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Ryan Williams-Jent

Saint Petersburg

Managing Editor at Watermark

Managing Editor @WatermarkOnline. ✍️ Husband, doggie, comic book and Cheez-It lover. He/Him/His. Make your plan today: https://t.co/EYNW30QpsG.

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  • 1 week ago | watermarkonline.com | Ryan Williams-Jent

    ST. PETERSBURG | “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alum Latrice Royale will host The Wet Spot’s final viewing party for season 17 April 18 at 8 p.m., cheering on local finalist Jewels Sparkles as she vies for the crown. Tampa Bay supporters have gathered poolside for watch parties all season long, usually hosted by local queen Discord Addams. Sparkles herself joined for the season 17 premiere — which she discussed with Watermark Out News — and also made subsequent appearances at the venue.

  • 1 week ago | watermarkonline.com | Julia Ferrara |Ryan Williams-Jent

    American Stage is inviting audiences back to the 60s for “Hair,” elevating “the era of flower power, protests and free love” at Demens Landing Park through April 28. The show premiered on Broadway in 1968. It highlights rebellious youth and “fun for fun’s sake” as a groovy love letter to counterculture, telling the story of the “tribe,” a group of politically active “hippies” living in New York City who are fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War.

  • 1 week ago | watermarkonline.com | Deborah Bostock-Kelley |Ryan Williams-Jent

    Imagine receiving a letter from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles that mandates the gender marker on your driver’s license return to your gender assigned at birth. In an instant, this policy not only negates your lived experience but also exposes you to discrimination, harassment and potential violence.

  • 1 week ago | watermarkonline.com | Ryan Williams-Jent |Gisselle Palomera

    A new investigation points to a discredited, former police officer who played a “key role” in the wrongful deportation of Andry Hernández Romero, a gay asylum seeker and makeup artist who was sent to a maximum security mega prison in El Salvador under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act.

  • 1 week ago | watermarkonline.com | Zaira Campos |Ryan Williams-Jent

    The Good Page features positive LGBTQ+ news in Central Florida and Tampa Bay, uplifting and inspiring stories highlighting locals in our community. In this issue, we learn about the social group known as The BLOC. Raven Iman Davis and her friend Antea Birchett created a space they had been longing for — a place where Black queer women could feel seen, heard and supported.

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Ryan Williams-Jent @RyanJent
12 Jul 23

RT @WatermarkOnline: Your LGBTQ+ news source is now on #Threads! Follow Watermark on the new social media platform at https://t.co/cRKYC0…

Ryan Williams-Jent
Ryan Williams-Jent @RyanJent
4 Jul 23

Happy 4th to everyone who didn't play a part in installing this SCOTUS.

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Ryan Williams-Jent @RyanJent
30 Jun 23

Special thanks to Donald Trump voters, with an honorable mention to fans of Jill Stein.

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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court rules the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loan debt, effectively killing the $400 billion plan. Millions of Americans are expected to resume payments by late summer. https://t.co/DJLK0hgkyd https://t.co/f8qfn0WojR