IN THE PRESS:
Sarasota is Coming OUT!Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Beyond the performers, the crowd at Oasis was a true mixture of our LGBTQ community and allies, all coming together for a great time. And it was at Oasis that I met the “gay mayor” of Sarasota, Joshua Beadle. I would later learn the title is unofficial but well-deserved. In 2016, Joshua launched SarasotaOUT.com, to promote Sarasota as a welcoming LGBTQ destination for visitors, businesses and residents alike. He partners with community organizations, local non-profits and the tourism industry to host events throughout the year. According to Joshua: “Sarasota is coming out of the closet.” |
The Starlite Room Will Get a Makeover and Be Featured on the Food NetworkFriday, March 29, 2019
The Starlite Room has hosted several LGBTQ-centered events in Sarasota. In collaboration with Beadle Media, the second level of the restaurant was home to Elevate, a bar that regularly hosted drag shows and performances. According to Yurckonis, renovations will take place on the first floor, meaning that the second floor will likely continue to host similar events. |
MOTE AQUARIUM WINS BEST ATTRACTION FROM SARASOTAOUT.COMWednesday, October 18, 2017
On Oct. 8, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium won best attraction at the first annual Sarasota’s OUT Awards. This celebratory event was hosted by SarasotaOUT.com, whose mission is to empower the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community in Sarasota by providing business listings, events, articles and blogs that will spotlight related people, places and things. |
Tampa Bay’s Overheard: OUT-standingBy Anonymous, October 4, 2017
“I think Sarasota OUT could be the driving force to help make the LGBT community come together,” Sarasota OUT manager Josh Beadle told Watermark in January. It’s a mission he and his team have accomplished: the community voted for the area’s best of the best in September, and will now come together to celebrate the winners." |
Sarasota Film Festival presents the 2017 LGBTQ film lineupWednesday, March 22, 2017
Josh Beadle, director of Sarasota OUT and Gay Guy Happy Hour, says the event will help raise money for LGBTQ programming. He says he is working vigilantly with Refos to encourage the LGBTQ community to view the films, which will help increase next year’s filming. |
SarasotaOUT.com and G2H2 donate $5310 to The Point FoundationFriday, March 10, 2017
SarasotaOUT.com is proud to be presenting the POINT FOUNDATION a check for $5310 from our 2017 Valentine's Prom! Point Foundation (Point) empowers promising lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students to achieve their full academic and leadership potential – despite the obstacles often put before them – to make a significant impact on society. |
Better Together: Sarasota’s LGBTQ community unites for Sarasota OUTThursday, January 12, 2017
People in the Sarasota area looking for LGBT-friendly resources now have a one-stop shop for their needs thanks to Sarasota OUT, Sarasota’s new LGBT directory of events and businesses. “I think Sarasota OUT could be the driving force to help make the LGBT community come together,” Sarasota OUT manager Josh Beadle says. |
Beadle Media donates total of $2500 to charityMonday, September 22, 2016
Joshua Beadle of Beadle Media volunteered over 100 hours working on the film 'When the Party Ends' for Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Florida. His hours where matched totaling a donation to Planned Parenthood in the amount of $2500 |
Top 5 Things to Do Today 06/10/16
By Wade Tatangelo, Herald-Tribune / Thursday, April 7, 2016
Special edition of Elevate Friday at Starlite Room for organizer Joshua Beadle's birthday from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. |
SFF parties and free events 4/7-10
By Wade Tatangelo, Herald-Tribune / Thursday, April 7, 2016
Joshua Beadle’s monthly Gay Guy Happy Hour (G2H2) — a popular event for gay professionals and supporters to meet, network and hang out — has partnered with Sarasota Film Festival for Thursday’s event at the new Aloft Hotel (pictured is its WXYZ Bar) with special guest Jason Benjamin. |
Sarasota Film Festival celebrates the LGBT communityBy Krista Ditucci, Watermark / Monday, April 4th, 2016
To celebrate the festival’s LGBT presence, Sarasota’s monthly “Gay Guy Happy Hour” (G2H2) will feature special guest director/producer Jason Benjamin. Benjamin made his directorial debut with Suited, a documentary about the Brooklyn-based tailoring company Bindle and Keep which serves the LGBTQ community. G2H2 will take place on April 7 from 5:30 to 8:30 at Aloft Sarasota, a new festival sponsor |
SFF hosts Gay Guy Happy HourBy Wade Tatangelo , Herald-Tribune / Tuesday, March 1, 2016
The always fun and fabulous Gay Guy Happy Hour (G2H2) monthly event is going to be even more exciting this Thursday when Sarasota Film Festival Producer John Secor gives G2H2 attendees a glimpse of the LGBT films slated for the April 1-10 festival. Secor will also announce some of the special events and personalities planned for the 18th annual festival |
LGBT Valentine's PromBy Brian Ries , Herald-Tribune / Thursday, February 11, 2016
Beadle Media, The Francis and ALSO Youth present an annual dance for everyone who missed out on their own prom because of their sexual orientation, as well as everyone else interested in supporting LGBT issues while having a great time. |
Joshua Beadle on his new weekly...By Wade Tatangelo , Herald-Tribune / Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Joshua Beadle knows how to throw a killer party. From house parties to events at hotels, he’s an expert. This week alone, his Beadle Media company launches the 2016 edition of the popular Gay Guy Happy Hour (G2H2) on Thursday with an evening at Sophie’s at Saks Fifth Avenue in The Mall at University Town. |
Sarasota to ‘Elevate’ LGBT nightlifeBy Krista Ditucci, Watermark / Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Sarasota – Locals searching for a new LGBT hot spot can elevate their Friday night experience at Starlite in Sarasota. Jan. 8 is the grand opening of Elevate – Friday Nights at Starlite. The night will kick off with a happy hour from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the downstairs lounge, where guests can mingle while enjoying the sounds of show tunes on the piano. |
Sarasota – Discover Gay FloridaBy Mike Halterman, HOTSPOTS! Magazine / Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Ivory Lounge (1413 Main St.), normally a straight venue, offers a gay night every Thursday called “Cream Thursdays,” organized by local promoter Joshua Beadle. Cream Thursdays offers dancing, high-energy music and performances by female impersonators. |
More Prom and a Clown at the BarHerald Tribune / Thursday, February 12, 2015
Joshua Beadle, who always demonstrates how to have a good time at his events, was decked out in gold sequin dress, blond wig, and impressive stilettos, flanked by his pals, the handsomely hairy Hunter Jackson and the dynamic duo of Zara Barrie and Eduardo Anaya. |
Factory Girl: Ratchet BallBy Zara Barrie, Observer / Thursday, March 6, 2014
Last Thursday, I had the ultimate pleasure of attending the exclusive "Ratchet Ball" at the controversially fabulous "Cream Thursday," at Ivory Lounge. Now, if you're a socially conservative heterosexual over the age of 35, you might be asking yourself, what in sweet lady Jane's name DOES "ratchet" mean? |
Factory Girl: Entitled QueensBy Zara Barrie, Observer / Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Factory Girl quickly dialed up two of her favorite Entitled Queens (who is better to gossip with than an Entitled Queen?), Eduardo Anaya and Joshua Beadle. She called for an urgent kiki. |
Overheard in Tampa Bay: Mark your calendars for Tampa Pride!By Anonymous, July 31, 2014
The Ivory Lounge is at 1413 Main Street in Sarasota. Cream Thursday is organized by Sarasota man-about-town Josh Beadle, who is always planning the next big celebration. Visit Cream Thursdays on Facebook for more details. |
Ivory Lounge ‘grand opening’By Wade Tatangelo , Herald-Tribune / Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Then on Sunday, Joshua Beadle, the promoter behind such popular events as G2H2 Sarasota (Gay Guy Happy Hour) launches a new weekly happy hour from 5 to 10 p.m. called Sunday Service. |
FCK SRQ: Sarasota's in-your-face philanthropistsBy Nick Friedman, The Observer / Monday, June 16, 2014
The exact reactions vary, but the sentiment is usually the same — "How dare you?" "Who do you think you are?" "What's your problem with Sarasota?" These are hardly the reactions most business owners want to hear from customers, but for Lauren Perchitti and Joshua Beadle, founders of the new clothing line, For Charity and Karma in SRQ, they welcome the reactions; it gives them a chance to explain themselves. |
Despite drag complaints, Ivory Lounge will remain open in SarasotaBy Steve Blanchard, Watermark / Thursday, January 16, 2014
For Sarasota resident Joshua Beadle, who works Cream Thursdays at the bar, the city attorney’s decision is a huge win for the lounge, which he supports and where he holds several events each week. “Today the city made a clear statement about the future of Ivory Lounge,” he wrote in a letter to Watermark. “All motivations used by the residents against Ivory Lounge; sound, vibrations, adult entertainment, cabaret, striptease, illegal operation and an immature crowd, have all been discarded by the city as none of it is true. We are a nightclub and we operate as one!” |
What Are We Thankful For?By Mike Halterman, HOTSPOTS! Magazine / Tuesday, November 19, 2013
I’m thankful for so many things. I’m thankful for the life God gave me, and the talent he blessed me with. I moved from Pennsylvania four years ago, and I moved down here to Florida knowing only one person. In that time, I’ve started my own graphic design business and had the pleasure of working with some outstanding companies. ALandCHUCK.travel, Sawmill Campground, Hotspots Magazine, |
Drag Queen Jell-O WrestlingBy Thomas Bender, Herald Tribune / February 15th, 2013
Cream Thursdays is a weekly gay night at Ivory Lounge in downtown Sarasota celebrated Valentine"s Day with a special night full of romance, cocktails, mood lighting and drag queens wrestling in a vat of Jell-O. |
Sarasota's LGBT nightlife is heating upBy Abby Weingarten , Herald-Tribune / Wednesday, July 18, 2012
“When I moved here two years ago, I found nothing but Barrel 87, and Arica and I said to each other, ‘We need a place where we can go to dress up and wear our cute shoes,’” Beadle says with a laugh. “So we helped create it." |
Good to be gay in Sarasota: GLBT events blossom throughout the weekBy Sean O'Connor , Herald-Tribune / Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Sarasota has never been gayer. There is more GLBT-focused stuff going on in the area than ever before, and it is truly refreshing and reassuring considering how many people consider Sarasota one big heteronormative bubble. |
The Scenestress: Getting her reality onBy The Scenestress , Herald-Tribune / Wednesday, October 5, 2011
In what surely sounds like the beginnings of a new reality show, G2H2 — Gay Guys Happy Hour, debuts at Ivory Lounge (1413 Main St.) tonight (10/6) beginning at 5:30 p.m. The official line is "Sarasota just got scene," meaning this event aims to draw all the classy, sophisticated gays for cocktails and, well ... I'll leave it at that. |