About homotown

Homotown is a friendly, independent guide to the LGBTQ+ places of Wilton Manors, Florida — a small city just north of Fort Lauderdale that packs more queer life per block than almost anywhere in the country. Locals call it the Island City; most people just call it the Drive.

Wilton Manors has one of the highest concentrations of LGBTQ+ residents of any city in the United States. Wilton Drive, its main strip, is lined end to end with gay bars, drag stages, brunch patios, pride shops, guesthouses, and community institutions like the Pride Center at Equality Park. Every June the city closes the Drive for the Stonewall Pride street festival.

This site exists to keep all of that in one place: browsable by category, searchable, and honest. We list places that are LGBTQ+ owned, LGBTQ+ focused, or unmistakably welcoming — written by locals, for locals.

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A note on accuracy

Bars change hands, restaurants change hours, and shops move up and down the Drive. We do our best to keep listings current, but always check with the venue before making plans.