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Atlanta Asks NBA To Move All Star Game By AP Bill Browning
Attract Love In Your Life
Editor In Chief: Harvey Carr editor@cityxtramagazine.com
By Dr. Harvey Carr
Jacksonville LGBT Honorees 2016 By David W Vandygriff
NC Sued in Challenge to Anti-LGBT Law By Lambda Legal
HIV Treatment That Fits Your Life By Tyler Curry
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Atlanta Asks NBA To Move All-Star Game By AP Bill Browning Atlanta city leaders asked the NBA on Tuesday to consider moving the 2017 All-Star Game away from Charlotte, North Carolina, after lawmakers in the state passed legislation that critics say limits protections for LGBT people. Atlanta’s City Council introduced a resolution at a meeting asking the NBA to consider Atlanta after North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed the law, which prevents Charlotte and other local governments from approving LGBT protections in such places as restaurants, hotels and stores.
“We appreciate the invitation but are hopeful that the city of Charlotte and the state of North Carolina can work through their differences far in advance of the 2017 All-Star Game,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass responded in a statement. McRory shot back at Atlanta city leaders Tuesday night, saying North Carolina isn’t the only state to pursue such legislation.
The state’s Republican-led legislature said Charlotte city leaders went too far with a local anti -discrimination ordinance that, among other Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on Tuesday vetoed things, would have allowed transgender people to proposed legislation in his state that critics also use restrooms that align with their gender identity. called discriminatory toward LGBT people. The nixed legislation would have let clergy refuse to A statement from Atlanta City Council President marry same-sex couples and religious affiliated Caesar Mitchell said his city has a welcoming groups to use religious beliefs as a basis for spirit as a top tourist and convention draw and refusing service or declining to hire someone. home to several Fortune 500 companies.
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Attract Love In Your Life By Dr. Harvey Carr
We attract a reflection of what’s going on inside of us into our lives. So if you’re feeling sad, angry or restricted because of your weight, health, job, or past relationships, then you will attract someone into your life who is also sad or angry. If you had an issue with one of your parents, you will also attract a person with the same issue into your life so you can continue to heal that relationship. Let’s say, for example, that your father abandoned you. This means that you could attract a partner who is afraid of commitment. If your mother was angry and always yelling, you might attract a partner with a terrible temper. So before you focus on attracting new love into your life, it’s important to do some good work on yourself first. Once you’ve accomplished these tasks, you’re ready to attract the right love into your life! The List: This is an old, tried and true, method that really works IF you give it the time and attention it deserves. Take out a piece of paper and write on it, “My New Love Is:” and then write a list of everything you want in your partner. List all the physical, emotional, spiritual, financial, and personality traits that are important to you. Be very careful with your list because it works. Once you’re done, hang it up in a place where you’ll see it often – the bathroom mirror or refrigerator -- are good options. Then every morning and every evening read the list affirming in your heart that you’re bringing new love into your life.
If you’re in a new relationship and you’re hopeful it will grow into something more, write an affirmation such as “my relationship grows in love, respect, passion and commitment every day” and place it under a plant. Let that plant be a reminder that anything of beauty requires attention and a certain amount of time, work, and dedication to be able to properly prosper and grow. Every time you look at the plant affirm to yourself that your new relationship is growing in love. Letting Go of the Past: In order to invite in new love, you must let go of old relationships. The emotions of anger, resentment, guilt and mistrust are very powerful, and they set up barriers that tell potential new partners “stay away.” In addition to therapy and good friends, there are some great techniques you can use to let go of a painful past relationship once and for all. For starters, gather up everything your ex gave you – letters, gifts, cards. If none of it is meaningful or valuable to you, then donate the gifts and throw away the letters. If you’d like to hold on to these things because they have sentimental value, then box it up and tie it with a black ribbon. Black is grounding and protective.
Next, write a letter to your ex. This is a letter he/ she will never see, so really pour your heart into Write an Affirmation: Simply write an affirmathe letter. Get out all your regrets, dashed hopes, tion on a piece of paper such as “the right love comes to me right now”. Focus your strength and anger, guilt and sadness. Once you’re done, you energy into working to make yourself the best you can rip up the letter, bury it, or safely burn it in an oven proof bowl. can be so that you will attract the love you are seeking. Every day, review your affirmation and Accepting Love into Your Life: The best way to your commitment to that goal. attract new love into your life is by loving yourself. Do something fun for yourself every day –
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whether it’s running a hot bath, treating yourself to a manicure or coffee with a friend – make sure you are focusing on being kind to yourself. When you catch yourself being selfcritical, say, “cancel, cancel” and think of something great about yourself. Learn to accept compliments. Be gentle to your soul. Feel positive about your future. So if you’re single and looking for love, open your heart to new experiences. Expect, no, demand happiness and soon you’ll be celebrating with a new love by your side
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Jacksonville LGBT Honorees 2016 By David W Vandygriff
Edith Windsor Award Nadine Smith: Nadine Smith is the cofounder and CEO of Equality Florida, the state's largest organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. A former award-winning journalist turned organizer, Nadine was one of four national cochairs of the 1993 March on Washington. She was part of the historic oval office meeting between then - President Clinton - the first such meeting between a sitting President and gay community leaders. She served on the founding board of the International Gay and Lesbian Youth Organization, which celebrates 30 years in 2014. She is s a Florida Chamber Foundation Trustee, board member for Green Florida and served on President Obama's National Finance Committee. In 2013, was named one of the the state's "Most Powerful and Influential Women" by the Florida Diversity Council. She was also given the League of Women Voter's Woman of Distinction Award earlier this year. She currently serves on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Florida Advisory Committee. She lives in St. Petersburg with her wife Andrea and son Logan. Larry Kramer Award Justin Bell: Justin Eric Bell – has been living with an AIDS diagnosis since June 2007. Justin, a United States Navy veteran, was born in the Catskills of New York and resided in Southeastern Vermont from the age of 9 until joining the military at 21. A graduate of Norfolk State University and Northeastern University, Justin served the United States honorably, following that with a career with Paramount Pictures until his relocation to Jacksonville, Florida in 2000. Within months after
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his move Justin was diagnosed with intestinal cancer. The course of treatment included removal of 2.5 feet of the small intestine along with arduous chemotherapy and radiation. By late 2001 a full remission report was given. In 2013 Justin moved to Jacksonville, Florida where he has continued to work on behalf of all people living with HIV. He has served as the Ryan White Representative for people living with HIV. In his role as a HIV positive peer navigator Justin has personally orchestrated services for individuals who die with HIV/AIDS and have limited resources and/or family. In his continued work as a volunteer community peer navigator Justin serves over 200 individuals per month within Duval, Baker, Clay, St John’s, Nassau Counties and Southeastern Georgia. He is preparing to be reappointed for a third term by the Mayor of Jacksonville to the Metropolitan Jacksonville Area HIV/AIDS Health Services Planning Council as a consumer representative. In 2012 Justin was appointed by Governor Scott to serve as the Area 4 Representative for HIV positive consumers to the Florida Department of Health’s Patient Care Planning Group and is on his second term. Harvey Milk Award Jimmy Midyette: Jimmy Midyette is an attorney in private practice with the Luna Law Firm in downtown Jacksonville. After receiving his undergraduate degree in Political Science and Public Relations from the University of North Florida, Jimmy got his Juris Doctorate
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at The Florida State University College of Law where he was active in the National Lawyers Guild and the Outlaws LGBT law student association. Jimmy was proud to be a PFLAG scholar during his time at UNF and FSU.
Coalition for Equality (formerly, Committee for Equality), Jimmy helped bring together the community in 2010 to organize and push for a fullyinclusive human rights ordinance for Jacksonville. Jimmy has been a loud voice for equality in Born to a loving family of modest means, Jimmy political arenas including the 2011 city elections saw the law as a way to help balance the scales and the 2015 city elections, during which time Jimmy lead the Northeast Florida LGBT of justice in favor of low-income families and Leadership PAC. Jimmy continues his work for those with special needs. He began his legal full equality in Jacksonville as the current Legispractice at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid representing battered women and men, those infected lative Director of the Coalition for Equality wherein he works closely with our LGBT community, or affected by HIV/AIDS, and low-income senMayor, City Council, business leaders, and faith iors. Jimmy next worked for Florida Legal Serleaders. vices, based in Tallahassee, where he took his advocacy on behalf of at-risk Floridians to the Bayard Rustin Award Terry State Capitol and to every county of the state. Sams: Terry has always been a tremendous fan Jimmy came out as a teenager in the mid-90s of music and the arts. He was and gravitated quickly to JASMYN where he met an honor band member for 3 friends and mentors that have become important years in middle school playing members of his extended family. At JASMYN, the contra-bass clarinet and he Jimmy was a youth leader and became the first sang in high school and church part-time employee of the fledgling nonprofit. He choirs. These things were went on to become the first JASMYN alumni to halted by a newfound lead the Board of Directors. At JASMYN, Jimmy love.....track and field! organized with other LGBT youth leaders around Florida and the nation. When a rash of antiLGBT violence erupted in local schools, Jimmy helped form the Northeast Florida Safe Schools Coalition and advocated for needed protections from the Duval County School Board. Jimmy was active in Community Rainbows, the Ryan White Planning Council, JCCI, Unity Leadership, and PFLAG.
Jimmy has been recognized with a number of awards for his work on behalf of the Jacksonville community including the LGCAJ Gay Pride Award, JALA Equal Justice Award, and UNF LGBT Alumni of the Year. Over the years, he’s been honored with various CityXtra LGBT Community Awards including Hall of Fame, Most Influential, Best Attorney, and various organizational awards for JCE. As the founding Chair of the Jacksonville
He won state in the 100 meter and 200 meters 1993, 1994, 1995 Terry won nationals in the 4Ă—100 in 1995 as well as the team titles. Terry signed a full scholarship at the University of Florida April of 1995!!! He co-wrote the team fight song which is currently chanted at the end of all track and field events!
Terry was introduced to female impersonation by the late-great Lady Pearl and Basia!! He has been intrigued ever since!! He has judged numerous pageants, competed, a former Mr. Duval newcomer 2003, as well as mediated and now he owns Mr. Duval newcomer pageantry system for new and upcoming male entertainers!! They have produced a platform for beginner potential kings to showcase their talent, fashion sense, intelligence and guide them in the
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positive direction both on and off the stage! The bar business....wow where do we start! Terry worked at Metro as bartender then manager from 2001-2005 and shortly received an amazing call that has changed his life for the last 11 years!! Bartending, show directing, and management at InCahoots which has been a blessing and Terry is The arts are an example to learn from. The fields of music, visual art making, theater, and literature honored to be a part of the InCahoots staff and have historically embraced diversity and the Jacksonville LGBT community!! individuality. Even in times of incredible injustice Elizabeth Taylor Award Hope those individuals sharing their personal McMath: I am Hope McMath. I expressions through the arts could find am an arts administrator, an art- acceptance. ist, a wife, a sister, a daughter, an aunt, a friend, and someone More importantly art has always provided a platform to share the world through new and varying who is passionate about my lenses. I think about James and Rosamond community. Johnson writing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” or the I am a Jacksonville native and great jazz musicians playing on stages in the had the great fortune of growing segregated south or the painters of the Harlem up in an Arlington neighborhood Renaissance creating a new way of seeing…all where my schools and “my find acceptance within the artistic community and block” were diverse in every way. It was a world changing the world through their art. of connections rather than divisions. There was I also think of LGBT artists who have shared their also the strong influence of my mother who has life experiences with all of us and made our world always been a nurse. so care, compassion, more beautiful, more interesting. Painters like Cy humility and hard work have always been the Twombly, Frida Kahlo, and Keith Haring… expectation. photographers like Adi Nes, Gilbert & George, and I have been involved in the arts since I can Annie Leibovitz…mixed media masters like remember. From being the kid always designing Hannah Hoch and Robert Rauschenberg…ALL the classroom bulletin boards to being a student of have been accepted and celebrated. As an artist art and art history in college I knew that I would it is hard for me to imagine a world without the work, live and breath art. I have been fortunate to presence of their creative bodies of work. have worked in the arts for over 20 years as an Throughout my life, I have been surrounded by, educator, connector, creator, and community been loved by and have loved LGBT individuals. builder. To make sure my immersion was complete, I fell in love and married the most amaz- Best friends, colleagues, fellow artists…I can’t imagine my life without. Many now live too far ing artist, art educator and human being. I live a away as the moved to places that would embrace fulfilling, love-filled, artful life. them as full citizens… a personal loss and a loss Why does all of this matter to me in my role as a for my city. I have an incredible desire for everystraight ally? My childhood and my path through one to have all of the same rights, privileges and the arts has taught me that an inclusive, recognition that I have in the eyes of the law and compassionate community is the only way to go. in the heart of our city. Again, there is no room for There is no room for hate, intolerance, or hate, intolerance, or discrimination…not in my life discrimination. No room for closed doors. or the life of my city. It is essential to follow the
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road to love and acceptance that the arts have paved and pass a fully-inclusive Human Rights Ordinance, opening the doors for all of our citizens. When we do our city will be more like the environments of my mother’s living room, my elementary classroom, artists’ studios, theater stages, and the galleries of our great museums… caring, dynamic, compassionate, beautiful, creative, hard working, loving, and moving forward. Syliva Rivera Brittany Moore: Brittany Moore has lived and entertained in Jacksonville, FL for over 20 years in the art of female impersonation. She has captured many titles, the most of which were Miss Florida FI 2014, All American Goddess 2013, Miss Gulf States All American Goddess 2013 and Miss Heart of Florida 2013, Miss Rainbow House, Miss Jacksonville, Miss Bo’s Coral Reef, Miss Jacksonville Beach, Miss Music City AAG, Miss Boardwalk, Miss Atlantic EOY, and Miss Club Pantheon. Brittany is the entertainment director for Hamburger Mary’s Jacksonville and Daytona Beach, and loves the audience she entertains weekly. When not at Mary’s, she travels the country to entertain the masses. She is the proud owner of Brittany’s Spa Salon for over 12 years and is recently engaged to Gary Motes. In her free time she enjoys spending it with her family and pets, along with traveling to the Caribbean.
Brittany has helped raised money for nearly every charity in Jacksonville and various charities through-out the State of Florida. She has given her talents to help those not as fortunate as she. Brittany has become one of the most ICONIC female impersonators of our generation throughout the USA. Jacksonville is proud to have her talents locally. She has mentored and help numerous entertainers achieve their goals within the entertainment industry. www.cityxtramagazine.com 13
NC Sued in Challenge to Anti-LGBT Law By Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit today challenging North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, HB 2. The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina against North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, Attorney General Roy Cooper and the University of North Carolina, is on behalf of two transgender North Carolinians and a lesbian North Carolina Central University law professor. Plaintiff Joaquín Carcaño, a UNC-Chapel Hill employee, says:
The plaintiffs in this case are: Joaquín Carcaño, 27, a UNC-Chapel Hill employee from Carrboro Payton McGarry, 20, a UNC-Greensboro student who was born and raised in Wilson Angela Gilmore, 52, a North Carolina Central University law professor.
“HB 2 is hurtful and demeaning. I just want to go to work and live my life. This law puts me in the terrible position of either going into the women’s room where I clearly don’t belong or breaking the law. But this is about more than restrooms, this is about my job, my community, and my ability to get safely through my day and be productive like everyone else in North Carolina.”
Also named plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Equality North Carolina and the ACLU of North Carolina.
community, particularly against transgender people, both young people and adults. Clearly HB 2 is unconstitutional as it not only violates the guarantees of equal protection and due process in the U.S. Constitution but it also violates Title IX by requiring discrimination in education. North Carolina legislators cannot strip equality out of the Constitution and the law.”
The complaint argues that HB 2 is unconstitutional because it violates the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment because it discriminates on the basis of sex and sexual orientation and is an invasion of privacy for transgender people. The law also violates Title IX by discriminating against students and school employees on the basis of sex.
Lambda Legal, the ACLU, and the ACLU of North Carolina are filing the lawsuit together as co-counsel in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
In the complaint being filed, the plaintiffs allege that through HB 2, North Carolina sends a Lambda Legal Senior Attorney Tara Borelli says: purposeful message that LGBT people are second “No legislature should be using its power to -class citizens who are undeserving of the privacy, require cities, counties, or school districts to discriminate against anyone. This law is a targeted respect, and protections afforded others in the state. and unprecedented attack on the LGBT
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HIV Treatment That Fits Your Life By Tyler Curry
Now that HIV has become a chronic disease that, in best cases, can be relatively easy to manage, you might think that there isn’t much difference when it comes to selecting your antiretroviral medication. However, it’s crucial for a person living with HIV, whether you are newly diagnosed or a long-term survivor, to consider a variety of factors in order to get the maximum outcome with the minimal amount of unnecessary side-effects. Unfortunately, if you don’t know the right questions to ask, your doctor could make the wrong decision for you.
does come with certain cardiovascular risks. Therefore, Klappholz doesn’t recommend that patients who are overweight should take this drug. Instead, he says a Tenofivir-based medication, such as Stribild or Genvoya, is the best choice.
If you are "otherwise healthy." If you are not dealing with any coinfections, you don’t smoke or drink heavily, and you aren’t overweight, you may be considered what doctors call “otherwise healthy” This just means that you aren’t at any “Most people might just buy into the one-pill once- significant risk for cardiovascular disease, which a-day and that is it, but there are plenty of factors makes you the perfect candidate for Triumeq. that someone should consider when choosing If you smoke: A person who smokes should their HIV medication,” said Klappholz. “Your job, avoid Triumeq in order to avoid any additional your schedule, you lifestyle, these all factor into increase in cardiovascular risks. Even if you determining which medication will work best.” smoke occasionally, let your doctor know. If you Klappholz tells us which medications would have yet to completely give up smoking, correspond best with several common lifestyle Klappholz says that Stribild or Genvoya are most factors. likely the best options for you. To help figure out what meds will work best for you, we asked nurse practitioner Eric Klappolz, an HIV specialist in Dallas, Texas, who treats a variety of people living with HIV.
If you have an unusual schedule: Maybe you travel to different time zones often or, you work alternating or swing shifts. An unusual schedule can make it difficult to comply with a strict dosage schedule. For some medications, missing even a dose or two here and there can be quite the problem. “I would typically prescribe Prezcobix and Truvada for this patient, just because the Prezcobix is the most forgiving if you are likely to miss dosages. If you are a heavy drinker or recreational drug user: A person who engages in heavy alcohol or recreational drug use runs the risk of missing their daily dose by time-specified or altogether. Likewise, the same suggestion of Prescobix and Truvada is recommended because. If you are considered overweight: Although Triumeq is an excellent drug choice for some, it
If you also have Hepatitis C: An HIV/HCV comorbidity more than triples a person’s risk for multiple liver issues, so it is important to select the right medication to best treat both diseases while minimizing any unnecessary risks. New medications are making hep C easier to treat, as well. “If one of my patients also has HCV, Complera is the safest bet during the duration of the person’s HCV treatment. If you're a long-time user of Atripla: Atripla was once the go-to for people with HIV, but the arrival of new medications such as Stribild, Complera, Truimeq and Genvoya has knocked the popular drug down a notch. Now that Atripla is no longer a first-line medication, Klappholz recommends that his patients switch to a newer medication that provides all of the benefits with fewer side-effects.
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