'Be My Valentine Ball' focuses on T-community
Watermarks (LGBT newspaper, Tampa/Sarasota/Orlando, Florida)
by Steve Blanchard
February 4, 2010
http://www.watermarkonline.com/index.php/News/tampa-bay-lgbt-news/3905-Valentine-Ball-focuses--community.html (http://www.watermarkonline.com/index.php/News/tampa-bay-lgbt-news/3905-Valentine-Ball-focuses--community.html)
For the first time ever, transgender people living in the Sarasota area will have an opportunity to celebrate Valentine's Day openly and honestly with their significant others. The first-ever "Be My Valentine Ball" focuses on the transgender community and is organized by the Florida West Coast Transgenders.
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The first annual ball is slated for 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Homewood Suites Hilton at 3470 Fruitville Road in Sarasota. The $89 rooms include breakfast, according to a press release. Tickets to the ball are $15.
The ball will last until midnight and will offer dinner, hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar.