Share this story: 2020 has been a roller coaster of a year and this past few weeks have been a dozen loop-de-loops in a row as we head into its final, holiday stretch. Parliament House, the oldest and longest running LGBTQ club in Central Florida, succumbed to the pandemic. While rumors of shutting down seemed to circle the iconic resort a couple of times every year, they always seemed to come out on top and I think we all thought it would be the same this go around. My mom told me of stories back in the ’80s when my gay uncle would take her dancing at the world-famous Parliament House and how free and loving everyone was there.