An action photograph of two contestants wrestling inside a blue inflatable pool during the 'Lubor Day' event at Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 7, 2026. Captured in mid-grapple, a person with extensive tattoos along their right arm and back wraps their arm around their opponent's neck, who leans forward over the edge of the liquid-filled pool in green athletic wear on an outdoor lawn under bright sunlight.
Contestants during ‘Lubor Day’ wrestling at Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, Florida on Asept. 7, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

Labor Day is a moment for the working class to celebrate making it another turn on the earth, and a chance for people everywhere to remember that it’s them—not their bosses—that make the world go ‘round. Also, it’s a holiday to just blow off some steam. Swamp Bois, a collective of transmasculine folks doing mutual aid and being badass, gathered last Monday in the yard at St. Petersburg’s Allendale United Methodist Church for its third annual “Lubor Day” wrestling extravaganza where proceeds from entry fees helped grow the Bois’ gender affirming surgery scholarship.

All photos by Dave Decker for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

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This article appears in Sept. 03 – 09, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...

Dave Decker is a songwriter and photographer living in Tampa Bay.