Watermark Publishing Group

Watermark is a multi-faceted media company using opportunities and innovations to communicate and advance LGBTQ interests, with a corporate emphasis on professionalism while building strong relationships with our readers, customers and community. Watermark Media was founded by Tom Dyer in Orlando in 1994, and expanded to Tampa Bay in 1995. Dyer is an attorney, former board member of the Metropolitan Business Association and Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and current advisory board member of the Harvey Milk Foundation. In 1997 Watermark produced Beach Ball at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, the first large-scale nighttime party associated with Gay Days Weekend. Watermark publishes a glossy guide to that weekend's events, as well as a Wedding Guide, Arts Guides and Pride Guides. Watermark was a newsmaker in 1998 when it sought to hang rainbow flags throughout downtown Orlando during Gay Pride Month. The city reluctantly acquiesced, but the controversy made national news when televangelist Pat Roberts