She dated a Canadian woman she met online, but the distance got to be too much. Her friends tried setting her up, but things didn't work out. So when Yvette Hankerson saw a flier for a lesbian speed dating event, she thought, Why not? She was feeling a bit desperate. That's why she's at Grand Central Station, a gay bar in St.
Petersburg, on a Sunday afternoon, sipping ginger ale and checking out 27 other women. She's looking for someone who's comfortable with who she is. She's tired of the "you can't be gay" comments just because she wears makeup and favors mango martinis. Already, she sees some possibilities.
Maybe in the next three hours she'll find that outgoing, energetic someone. In this musical chairs approach, each blind date lasts a whopping four minutes. If sparks don't fly, it doesn't take a couple of drinks and hours of small talk to figure it out.
Just move on to the next table when the bell rings, and circle "no" on your match sheet. If two men or women circle yes for each other, Suzanne Noe exchanges their e-mail addresses for them. Other speed dating companies such as 8minuteDating and HurryDate occasionally offer events for gays but cater mainly to straight singles. There's dating for single parents, vegetarian singles, smokers, "marriage minded" singles, tall singles and plus-size singles.
Petersburg, Tampa and Sarasota. I want to have a relationship. I don't want a one-night stand. Gay couples everywhere are flocking to same-sex wedding expos and buying gay honeymoon packages.
