Parliment House

On June 10, 1975 William Miller and Michael Hodge (Bill and Mike), then 42 and 31,opened the Parliment House in Orlando, FL. The Parliment House was a complete gay resort with a disco and restaurant on the premises. They had renovated the run down Parliament House Motor Inn. Miller and Hodge were lovers when they bought it but soon the relationship changed into an business partnership.They had bought and sold several other gay establishments in town previously before this. Soon after opening Parliment House they had an in house nightlife magazine published on the premises called Gayzette. In 1978,a public feud erupted between the owners of the Parliament House, and owners of the new opened San Juan/Grand Central.

Miller died in 1987 and Hodge in 1992, both from AIDS. Through the latter part of the 1990s, The Parliament House suffered from lack of cash flow, the property deteriorating as well as the clientele. Hustlers and drifters of all types were entrenched in the surrounding area, which was plagued with criminal activity. The Parliament House balconies were accessible to these undesirables. To visit the the club could be dangerous just getting from the parking lot to the inside, but it was still popular.

In August 1999, the estate of Michael Hodge finally sold The Parliament House to a straight couple, Don Granatstein and Susan Unger.[1]