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Pennsylvania gov signs anti-discrimination executive order

DC to Consider Travel Ban To Any State With AntiGay Laws

WASHINGTON, DC -- District of Columbia lawmakers will consider banning official travel by city workers to any state with laws that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The city’s mayor, Democrat Muriel Bowser, has already banned city travel to North Carolina because of a new law that excludes LGBT people from protections against discrimination.

Descovy, Gilead Science’s Latest HIV Combo Pill, Approved For Sale

WASHINGTON, DC--The Food and Drug Administration has approved Descovy, a combination HIV drug developed by biologic drugmaker Gilead Sciences. The daily pill includes two already-approved drugs for treating the virus. The combination is the backbone of Gilead’s newest HIV medicines, and it’s part of Gilead’s HIV pill Genvoya, approved in 2015.

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News Briefs

HARRISBURG, PA – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he’ll sign an executive order to prohibit discrimination by state contractors against people who are lesbian, gay or transgender. Wolf told WESA-FM in Pittsburgh on Wednesday that he had hoped the Legislature would pass legislation designed to outlaw discrimination based on someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. nn

Hate Crime in Miami at Whooper Bar

MIAMI—A hate crime involving two gay tourists from Los Angeles occurred at the South Beach BK Whopper Bar (1101 Washington Ave). While the incident took place on Monday, March 14 at 3 am, information on the attack only became available recently. 24-year-old Jordan Schaeffer and his boyfriend 25-year-old Eric Danko exchanged a kiss, which led to a verbal altercation with customers at the Burger King outlet, who labeled them “faggots.” nn

Nebraska’s longestserving lawmaker commandeers session

PayPal Says “No” To North Carolina Over Discrimination Law

RALEIGH, NC--PayPal says it’s canceling plans to bring 400 jobs to North Carolina after lawmakers passed a law that restricts protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The San Jose, California-based company said Tuesday it was canceling its planned expansion in Charlotte because of the law, which was signed March 23. nn

CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) - The CEO of PepsiCo, Inc., a company with roots in North Carolina, has written Gov. Pat McCrory, asking him to repeal the new law preventing specific antidiscrimination rules for LGBT people for public accommodations and restroom use. In a letter hand delivered to McCrory on Friday, PepsiCo head Indra Nooyi called the law inconsistent with how her company treats its employees. Nooyi also said the law is undermining efforts to advance North Carolina’s interests, and she said she hoped McCrory would consider repealing the law when the state legislature reconvenes later this month. nn

NASHVILLE, TN - A bill that would allow mental health counselors to turn away patients based on their religious beliefs and personal principles has passed in the House in Tennessee, the latest state to introduce measures that opponents say result in legalized discrimination against gays, bisexuals and transgender people. The Senate, which already passed the measure, still would have to approve an amendment adopted by the House. nn

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LINCOLN, NE--78-year-old state senator Ernie Chambers of Omaha is attempting to run out the clock on Nebraska’s legislative session with a filibuster in which he has described getting a colonoscopy and quizzed a colleague about the best way to pour a beer. The left-leaning independent chastised his fellow senators on Wednesday for rejecting a bill to legalize medical marijuana the night before, saying their decision will hurt suffering children. He said he’s also upset that lawmakers advanced a Republican-backed measure Tuesday to reinstate the winnertake-all system in presidential elections. nn

PepsiCo CEO Calls For Repeal Of North Carolina Discrimination Law

Tennessee bill allows discrimination

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The week reflected back through fabulously funny eyes

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DEAR AMERICA. This morning I called up the Cracker Barrel and I had a very special gift basket prepared for Sarah Palin and her family. Items requested, Natty light, 7-11 brand beef jerky, red bull, 305cigarettes, moonshine, a sled, Drakkar Noir, a copy of Mein Kampf, an AK-47, a dead moose, and a file organizer so Bristol Palin can keep all the confusing paperwork in order for her slew of baby daddy child support payments. It should arrive in Damascus, Syria by next week. Trust me, with those items on the list, they will be seduced to make the move out of the country. I’ll be accepting all thanks, right now. SWEATING TO THE OLDIES. These new Billy Banks workout infomercials makes Richard Simmons look more butch than John Wayne! Gurrrrlll! ANN COULTER ARRESTED IN NC. room stall police!!! Save the children!!!

THEY SAY EVERONE HAS A TWIN. Is it me or has nobody else noticed that Bernie Sanders’ wife is just sort of kind of the doppelgänger of Elizabeth Edwards back from the grave? A GIRL HAS HER STANDARDS. Of course I’m pansexual! But I’m extremely discriminating, I’ll only have sex with the finest of imported European cookware. LIKE KIDS IN A SANDBOX. I’m so over this f*#king election and these f*#king candidates…let’s just make a unanimous decision to elect Judge Judy this fall as Pres., and just get on with our lives. HOW TO BE THE FIRST LADY. Little known facts, Barbara Bush was a jitterbug champion of the Maidstone club in 1984, and has recently been taking pole-dancing classes in Kennebunkport. Who always had to be monitored because she loved to expose her breasts to anybody whenever she had a cocktail or two! WALK THE RUNWAY. Out of 50 seasons and 900,000 contestants on America’s Next Top Model, Carrie Dee is still hawking psoriasis cream, and what’s her face married the middle Brady kid, and Tyra Banks is still running a bigger Ponzi scheme than Bernie Madoff!

LMAO. Oh sh*t, let the world go to hell in a hand-basket. My abortion days are over anyway, and I’ll probably end up joining some fringe militia group in Utah or somewhere in the middle of the country. Who knows? Maybe I’ll look good in camouflage or whatever they call that exquisite hairdo that the Duggar mother has, as well as that that far bigoted clerk in Kentucky. Maybe I’ll even buy a pick up truck and run over minorities and people that don’t color coordinate their clothing!

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING...

Random thoughts from social media and beyond this week

BEYONCÉ’ TALKS ABOUT IVY PARK’S SUCCESS: “FOR ME, IT WON’T BE REAL UNTIL I SEE WOMEN AT THE GYM, IN THE PARK, ON THE STREET WEARING THE COLLECTION, SWEATING IN IT AND LOVING IT.”

honor to accept the Tex Ritter award for my movie Coat Of Many Colors. Thanks ACM Awards.”

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“THE NEW LAW PERPETUATES DISCRIMINATION AND IT VIOLATES THE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF PAYPAL’S MISSION AND CULTURE. AS A RESULT, PAYPAL WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PLANNED EXPANSION IN CHARLOTTE.

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PAYPAL PRESIDENT AND CEO DAN SCHULMAN SAID MONDAY,

Fort Lauderdale resident JUSTIN FLIPPEN, “To my Republican brothers and sisters, I echo the words of Hillary Clinton, once you make the extreme normal, you open the door to even worse.”

DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ,

For the first time in her political career, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is facing a primary challenge, and this week, the Florida Democratic Party decided they would give her challenger some unprecedented help in unseating her.

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MARK CUBAN ON POLITICS: “I do give Donald a lot of credit for changing the game. Up until now, you had to be a perfect candidate. It’s like you couldn’t have a drink when you were growing up. And I think Donald changed that. He made it OK to be an imperfect candidate, and I think that’s a good thing.”

South Florida resident, SAMANTHA PEREZ, “While we slept, these bigots took away our rights in the name of religion. That is why we must all be vigilant and more politically active. We are a powerhouse, whether you believe it or not. Our billions of Dollar Power can and will make a difference. Hit them where it hurts and support Corporations who fight along with us against any form of discrimination. BOYCOTT MISSISSIPPI and NORTH CAROLINA and any other state thinking of doing the same.”

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KEN KEECHL

TO RUN FOR STATE HOUSE.

“I have no choice.” BY RICHARD HACK

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FORT LAUDERDALE— Ken Keechl is angry. He’s also disappointed, disillusioned, and determined not to allow what he sees as flagrant abuse of power in the Florida state House of Representatives to go unchallenged. “I’ve been asked for years to run against George Moraitis by the Democratic party and I always hesitated to do so— until I saw the last session of the Legislature. The positions taken by George Moraitis this year are horrific. I can’t just let this go unchallenged any longer.” The former Broward County Commissioner and mayor announced that he’s running for the state house from District 93. “When I look at this Legislature, I see a group of politicians who have forgotten why they were elected in the first place. While they give handouts to the well connected, our public schools and local small businesses back home continue to be shortchanged. I’m proud of my service to Broward County and I’m running for the State House because I believe that our community deserves a Representative in tune with needs of the people he’s elected to serve.” District 93 covers the area from Boca Raton to Hollywood in eastern Broward County, and has a major LGBT constituency. “Thanks to representatives like George Moraitis, we have transgenders that can’t go to public restrooms of their choice, while

we have protections for pastors against gay people. And don’t get me started on why Moraitis thinks he has the right to tell women what they can or cannot do with their own bodies,” Keechl told the Agenda. “I’m an environmentalist, and when I watched our Legislature vote in favor of fracking, I knew I just couldn’t let it happen.” Fracking is the controversial high-pressure pumping of large volumes of water, sand and chemicals into the ground to recover oil and gas deposits. “My opponent has spent the change and to ban fracking, and last six years in Tallahassee to provide our public schools voting for every piece of antiwith the resources our students woman and anti-LGBT legislaand teachers need to give every tion to cross his desk, to allow child the excellent education the dangerous practice of frackthey deserve. It’s time to take ing, and to cut education fundthe power back from the special ing by $1.3 billion, all the while interests and put the people in denying the looming threat of charge in again. climate change to our commu“Whether we are talking about nity. When I’m in Tallahassee, I Broward County, the state of will fight for the rights of every Florida Floridian or U.S. as no matter a whole, who they I’m running for the people love, are their State House because despergender, I believe that our ate to end or their partisan community deserves ethnicity, contento find a Representative in tion and responsitune with needs of the replace ble soluit with tions to people he’s elected to modercombat serve.” ate leadthe ership,” threat of Keechl climate

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said. “It’s not easy to take on the incumbent representative, and I’m going to have to raise at least $500,000 to fight for this seat. But I’m going to do it, and I will win. I have no choice.” Keechl, who’s been a lawyer for the past 30 years, has served his community as a member of the Individual Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the Florida Bar, where he focused on civil rights cases, and with Broward Lawyers Care, a non-profit that provides probono legal services for citizens in need. After serving two terms as the President of the Dolphin Democrats, Ken successfully ran for the Broward County Commission, where he was appointed Vice-Mayor in 2008 and Mayor in 2009. He makes his home in Fort Lauderdale with his husband, Ted Adcock. nn

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ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

we’re not normal. Just because some would love to turn back time and have us considered criminals. Just because some would put us in institutions because we’re seen as mentally ill. Just because many of “our own” have become complacent. Yes, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality. That made a lot of people very happy, but it also made many very angry. Sure, things are better than they were ten years ago. But they are far from where they should be. Many would say this being an election year has something to do with it. Various candidates are banking on the ultra religious votes to get them elected, and they will go to any length to make it happen--at the expense of the LGBT and their rights. Some of those candidates are far from religious. In fact, if you want to get picky about things, some of them have lived less than “Christ-Like” lives, yet are bandwagon Christians for convenience. They have an audience who will listen to their hypocrisy. Those are some reasons (but not excuses) for anyone to take for granted what has been fought for and considered won. Yet, we cannot take bandages off because some wounds have healed. They are far from healed and the daily stories of what happens to the LGBT community is the reality handed right to you. I’m going to repeat a line from my last column: “STOP LEAVING IT UP TO SOMEONE ELSE to fight for what should naturally be yours. Stop thinking “it will never happen.” There is absolutely NO REASON each of us can’t take responsibility for our lives and help the lives of others to come. Didn’t our heroes of Stonewall do it (fight) for us? If “we” don’t get moving, “we” just might not have our tomorrow. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. It’s fun to sit back and watch a parade go by. But now more than ever, it’s time for ALL the LGBT community to get in the parade and solidify their place in life. Complacency is unacceptable. I leave you with the words of Peter Thiel: “I do think there is this danger that our society has made its peace with decline. I’d like to jolt them out of their complacency a little bit.” nn

Rev. Joel S. Slotnick is an ordained Interfaith minister and full time digital court reporter. He can be found on Facebook and followed on Twitter.

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to perform same-sex marriages, and the First Amendment Defense Act, which critics have said would allow tax-funded groups to deny services to gays and lesbians.” April 1, 2016, Florida Agenda’s Richard Hack reports (in part) on Monday, March 14, 2016, 3 am at BK Whopper Bar in South Beach “24-yearold Jordon Schaeffer and his boyfriend 25-yearold Eric Danko exchanged in a kiss, which led to a verbal altercation with customers at the Burger King outlet, who labeled them “faggots.” Ten days later, Thursday March 24, 2016, The Charlotte Observer reports (in part) “North Carolina’s new law sets a statewide definition of classes of people who are protected against discrimination: race, religion, color, national origin, age, handicap or biological sex as designated on a person’s birth certificate. Sexual orientation – people who are gay – was never explicitly protected under state law and is not now, despite recent court decisions that legalized same-sex marriage. These reports above are just a tiny portion of things that are being used against who we are as human beings, just because we’re LGBT. Just because we don’t live our lives the way some want us to. Just because some people would love to see us disappear. Just because some think

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Once again, I have gone to one of my favorite websites, Dictonary.com for its definition of Complacency: “A feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; selfsatisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.” March 16, 2016, Christianity Today reports (in part) “Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed into law on March 10 HB 43 or the Pastor Protection Act that shields religious entities and individuals from any lawsuit if they refuse to administer same-sex weddings.” By Rev. February 20 2016, CNN Joel reports (in part): “After lengthy debate, Georgia’s state SenSlotnick ate passed an amended version of a religious freedom bill Friday, sending it back to the House and infuriating critics who slam the revised measure as anti-gay and lesbian.” “Now the bill blends the Pastor Protection Act, which would enable religious leaders to refuse

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EVENT GUIDE

The sun, the fun, the sand, and the bodies. It doesn’t get any better than this glam annual event now in its 8th year. You are officially given permission to act silly, and sweat like a pro. What kind of pro is up to you. THURSDAY, APRIL 7 8:00 pm-9:30 pm

FRIDAY, APRIL 8 7:30 pm-10:30 pm

MIAMI BEACH GAY PRIDE CABERET KICKOFF AT NATIONAL HOTEL

VIP PRIDE KICKOFF RECEPTION W SOUTH BEACH OUTDOOR WET DECK GARDENS

1677 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, Fl 33139 (305)-532-2311 Tickets: $25 per person with a $20 food/drink maximum Performance Blood Sweat & Mouseketeer. Starring Lindsey Allen. Hosted by David Sexton, Ed Guedes, John Barone, and Peter Morales, with special Guest Hostess Elaine Lancaster. Former Mouseketeer Alley takes you on a comedic musical journey and her hilarious quest for exclusive “Happily Ever After.”

2301 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Fl 33139 Tickets: $85 in advance $100 at the door. Limited capacity so purchase early. Join 2016 Grand Marshal Elvis Duran for this elegant evening to celebrate the official kickoff of Miami Beach Gay Pride Weekend. Open bar and lite bites courtesy of our VIP Reception Sponsor, W South Beach. Hosted by Elaine Lancaster.

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VIP LOUNGE Saturday, April 9th & Sunday, April 10th from 2 pm to 10:00 pm Join us in the Exclusive Miami Beach Gay Pride Festival BB&T VIP Lounge and enjoy complimentary cocktails and mingle with other VIPs and other guest. Located close to the main stage and in the middle of the festival.

SATURDAY, APRIL 9 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm THE TD BANK NORTH LATIN STAGE DJ Sazon, Dancers from Around the World presented by host MC Marco Perez, Latin Pride Dancers, Percussionist Angel Emilio performance live at 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm. Also 6:30 pm. 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Poison Ivy’s Latin Divas Drag Showcase presented by Hostess/ MC Poison Ivy (Miss Illusions Honorary 2016) and special guest performance by Elishaly D’ witshes (Miss Pride Florida 2016) and Selena Jimenez (Miss Monkey Business).

Saturday, 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm MIAMI BEACH GAY PRIDE FESTIVAL Lummus Park, Miami Beach 11th to 13th Streets on Ocean Dr. Main Stage hosts TP Lords, Opening DJ Demarko, featuring Wildchild World and Pride Dancers. Closing party featuring international DJ/Producer Joe Gauthreaux spinning from 6 pm to 10 pm. Saturday, 10:00 pm to Sunday, April 10th 7:00 am URGE PRISMATIC AT SCORE Miami’s hottest party returns as the Official Saturday Night Party of Miami Beach Gay Pride. Score Productions and Hilton Wolman Proudly, present Urge Pristmatic featuring World Renowned DJs DJ Issac Escalante, & DJ Paulo.

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4TH ANNUAL INTERFAITH WORSHIP GATHERING Pride Festival Grounds Lummus Park off 12th Street All are invited on Sunday morning for our 4th Annual Interfaith Worship Gathering. This worship is led by 4 Christian churches and three Jewish temples, all committed to welcoming and including LGBTQA communities.

Sunday, 10:30 am to 11:30 am LEGACY COUPLES PRE-PARADE MEET & GREET Miami Beach Miami Beach Gay Pride brings together Legacy Couples to enjoy lite bites and beverages before they participated in the Pride Parade.

Sunday, 9:00 pm FIREWORKS FREE

Sunday, 11:00 am to 10:00 pm MIAMI BEACH GAY PRIDE FESTIVAL Lummus Park, Miami Beach 11th to 14th Streets on Ocean Dr.

Sunday, 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm

THE TD BANK NORTH LATIN STAGE 13th Street off of Ocean Dr.

PALACE PRESENTS “ROCK THE BLOCK” 12th Street & Ocean Drive

Featuring DJ Willy Gee. Dancers From Around the World presented by Host/MC Marco Perez, Latin Pride Dancers, La Linea Bana performing Live at 4:00 pm to 5 pm, and 6 pm. Adora’s Latin Divas Drag Showcase from 4 pm to 7 pm. Presented by Hostess/MC Adora. Special guest performances by Justice Divine & Marytrini.

The Palace gates are blowing wide open with another unparalleled block party. Join us on 12th Street & Ocean Dr. as Palace presents “Rock The Block” featuring Superstars DJ Drag Duo, Flower Power!, DJ Nina Flowers, and DJ Power Infiniti. Rocking the Palace to epic proportions for its Annual Block Party.

Monday, April 11 2:00 pm through April 15 12:00 pm MIAMI PRIDE CRUISE Source Events invites you to join the 7th Annual Miami Pride Cruise for a 4 night cruise. Prices from only $429 per person. Call 305-672-9779 Source Events.

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Pride Beach Party hosted by Elaine Lancaster and introducing Grand Marshal Elvis Duran, with International DJs DJ Milk, DJ Mary Alice, and DJ Drew G. A Drag Showcase featuring Miss Miami Beach Gay Pride 2016, Beth Sacks, Wildchild World, Pride Dancers. Direct from ItalyOsvaldo Supino & Ultra Nate. Plus Miami Beach Gay Pride 2016 Headline Performer Jordin Sparks.

Sunday, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm MIAMI BEACH GAY PRIDE PARADE Parade starts on 5th Avenue & Ocean Dr. travels north to 15th Street. Streets will be blocked off starting at 11:30 am except for 10th Street. Once the parade starts at noon, Ocean Drive will be closed and the only way to cross is on 5th Street or 15th Street. FREE

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A BIG DEAL IN GEORGIA

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The cynical — and probably obvious — view would be that Georgia Governor, Nathan Deal, was not moved to veto the state’s newly-passed anti-LGBT legislation out of concern for the reputation of the “character” of Georgians and their state. Nor did Deal likely have a humanitarian epiphany, despite his syrupy statement about Georgia being “full of loving, kind and generous people.” Let’s remember that in 2010 Deal lashed out at his then gubernatorial Republican rival, Karen Handel as “out of step with Georgia RepubliBY cans because she LINDA allegedly PENTZ supported gay adoption seven years ago.” Rather, it was the lethal onetwo punch of threatened boycotts and lawsuits that stayed his hand. Because signing the bill would have meant enduring the sounds of silence — the silence of cash registers not ringing. Long may those law suits rain down. The cash in question is almost incalculable. Esti-

mates of Georgia’s annual Hollywood revenue alone exceed $1.7 billion. Add to that corporate boycotts and the cold shoulder of major sports leagues, and signing the bill could have been fiscal suicide. We have turned an important corner. Passing anti-LGBT legislation is no longer about jeopardizing the $884 billion in annual LGBT spending power in the U.S. It’s about jeopardizing the spending power of major international corporations who support LGBT rights. This is super, and important, news. So you’d think Mississippi, the poorest state in the country, might be listening. Instead, it just passed what Ben Needham, director of the Human Rights Campaign’s southern-focused Project One America described as “probably the worst religious freedom bill to date.” That put Mississippi governor, Phil Bryant, next up in the veto chair, although all indications at press time were that he would sign the bill. (As if to exemplify how mixed up and polarized all this is, in the same week a Mississippi judged halted enforcement of the state’s ban on same-sex couples adopting children, a big win for LGBT rights.) For now, North Carolina is in the crosshairs for boycotts, demonstrations and law suits after its governor, Pat Mc-

Crory, signed his state’s antiLGBT equality bill, causing what could politely be called a hailstorm of trouble. McCrory says it’s “common sense,” not to understand that transgender women are women, a view that got nimbly turned on its head by self-described “transgender hillbilly,” James Sheffield, who posted a now viral Twitter selfie, beard and all: “@PatMcCroryNC It’s now the law for me to share a restroom with your wife.” In a more serious moment, Sheffield expostulated: “They passed a bill to keep men out of women’s rooms (which wasn’t a thing), & by doing so, they ended up putting men in women’s rooms.” And women in men’s rooms. Which was perhaps the real intention all along — to endanger transgender people rather than protect heterosexuals. That’s the only “common sense” conclusion. If not, then we’re forced to believe that our country is actually consumed with bathroom phobia which is a sad comment indeed for a nation that prides itself on being one of the most “advanced” in the world. nn

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HOW DO I PROVE I’M TRANSGENDER?

ransgender people don’t walk around with labels on their foreheads. It’s impossible to prove whether someone is transgender just by looking at them. Anyone who uses public bathrooms has likely shared a bathroom with a transgender person without noticing. But laws like North Carolina’s invite politicians, business owners, and even other bathroom goers to make snap judgments about who does and doesn’t belong in a restroom. North Carolina’s law states that people are allowed to use only certain bathrooms that correspond with their biological sex, which is stated on a person’s birth certificate. Most human beings don’t walk around carrying copies of their birth certificates, and they certainly don’t bring their birth certificates with them every time they need to use a public bathroom. But under HB 2, North Carolinians will need to be ready to prove their biological sex anytime they need to use a bathroom in a public facility or school. Other states across the country are considering “bathroom bills” that could award thousands of dollars in damages to anyone who shared a bathroom with a transgender person, creating a perverse incentive to try to seek out and accuse people who might be transgender in the bathroom.

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Michael Brown BY D’ANNE WITOWSKI

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Backlash. That’s what we’re seeing here in the flurry of anti-LGBT (and heavy on the T) legislation that’s been proposed and passed across the nation (or, in the case of Georgia, vetoed. Thank you, Gov. Deal). North Carolina is a shining turd of an example of what happens when the people in charge are a bunch of assholes. No wonder it’s called the Tar Heel State, because they’ve really stepped in it this time. In case you weren’t paying attention, North Carolina just passed the harshest anti-LGBT law in the country. It all started when Charlotte, one of the state’s more civilized cities, passed an antidiscrimination law that included protections for LGBT people. And rather than let something so terrible happen in their state, North Carolina lawmakers held a special session so they could bang out a sweeping law that banned all cities from enacting any laws that would dare to protect fags, dykes or trannies. They made sure to put particular emphasis on making sure that transgender students can’t go to the bathroom. Or, more specifically, can’t use the bathroom at school that matches their gender identity. You know, because trans students just have too many rights.

The business community has come out in strong opposition to the law. Companies like American Airlines and Bank of America are like, “Stop it, this is bad for business.” This law’s passage in spite of what corporate America wanted highlights the fissure going on in the GOP between the pro-business and pro-Jesus Republicans, two factions that used to be basically one in the same. And if you’re Michael Brown, author of Outlasting the Gay Revolution: Where Homosexual Activism Is Really Going and How to Turn the Tide, then you see these companies as just a bunch of schoolyard bullies trying to steal the Christian kid’s lunch money so that they can go spend it on sex-change operations or something. Criticism from these companies -- or anyone -- will not stand! “It is time for Christians and all people of conscience to say: ‘Enough is enough with your bullying,’” Brown writes on CharismaNews.com. “We are not going to bow down to your threats. We will do what is right, regardless of cost or consequence, and in the end, we will be vindicated for taking a stand.” Yeah! Stop trying to bully Christians out of bullying ev-

erybody else. If you’ve a threat of economic or legal significance, take it to Jesus! Specifically the Jesus we made up that hates homos and stuff. The “regardless of cost or consequence” part is intriguing. I hope that the result is both economic and spiritual bankruptcy. Brown also points out that “some of the companies protesting the loudest already have policies to protect LGBT ‘rights’ and those policies are completely unaffected by the new law.” It’s as if Brown thinks that these companies exist in a vacuum and that the LGBT people who work for them and who live in North Carolina aren’t negatively impacted by a law that basically states they aren’t worth a damn. Brown claims that “the activists who came out of the closet want to put you and me in the closet.” He adds, “That will never happen, and we will go to jail rather than compromise our convictions.” To which I say, is that a threat or a promise? It would be karmic justice if people like Brown who are so concerned about the “threat” of trans people being allowed to use bathrooms never get to take a sh*t in private again. nn

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Michael Brown Despite the massive cultural shift of recent years, those who value traditional marriage, gender differences and sexual purity have the opportunity to win debates in the coming years, while the gay revolution has sown the seeds of its own destruction, author Michael Brown argues in Outlasting the Gay Revolution: Where Homosexual Activism Is Really Going and How to Turn the Tide. Michael Brown holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from New York University and has served as a professor at a number of seminaries. He is the author of 25 books and hosts the nationally syndicated, daily talk radio show, the Line of Fire. “There are many, of course, who believe the culture wars are over and that America, from here on, will embrace homosexuality just as it embraces heterosexuality, without a second thought,” Brown writes in the introduction. But, while many believe “the complete success of the gay revolution is inevitable, ... the cultural battle is far from over.” Some of the principles described in the book are aimed at how Christians, and other social conservatives, should behave in the culture wars, such as principle No. 1, “never compromise your convictions,” and principle No. 2, “take the highest moral ground.” Other principles aim to exploit the weaknesses of the gay revolution, such as principle No. 3, “sexual purity trumps sexual anarchy,” and principle No. 5, “celebrate gender distinctions.”

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Tommy is a medium size Yorkshire Terrier weighing in at 10lbs. The brown/chocolate with tan nine-year-old dog is as friendly as he is handsome getting along with other dogs and kids. He is also is up-to-date with his vaccine and is recovering quite nicely from a non-contagious skin condition.

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SPRING 2016 BOOK REPORT

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Spring is here and with the change in seasons comes new life in bloom. Nowhere is that truer than on the shelves of your local bookseller where a virtual garden of new titles is just waiting to be picked. BY GREGG SHAPIRO

WORDS AND PICTURES

GOLDEN GIRLS FOREVER BY JIM COLUCCI Golden Girls Forever (Harper Design, 2016), subtitled An Unauthorized Look Behind the Lanai, is Jim Colucci’s reverent “complete, first-ever Golden Girls retrospective,” inviting readers inside the “wicker wonderland,” including exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes stories and photos, making it an essential companion to the enduring sitcom.

Said to encompass “the full spectrum” of gay life, through “the disco era into the age of AIDS,” Our Young Man (Bloomsbury, 2016) by prolific gay literary legend Edmund White, tells the tale of handsome Guy, a Frenchman who becomes the toast of the fashion world and Fire Island.

NIGHT FLOWERS: FROM AVANT-DRAG TO EXTREME HAUTE COUTUR BY DAMIEN FROST

With a foreword by Boy George, Damien Frost’s Night Flowers: From Avant-Drag to Extreme Haute Couture (Merrell, 2016) features artist/photographers stunning portraits of the “loose-knit community of drag queens and kings, club kids, alternative queer, transgender, and gender-queer people, goths, artists, and cabaret, burlesque and fetish performers who bloom at night and burn bright among the neon lights of inner-city London.”

ORIGINAL FAKE BY KIRSTIN CRONN-MILLS

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Stonewall Book Award-winning straight author Kirstin Cronn-Mills teams up with illustrator/comic book artist E. Eero Johnson for Original Fake (Putnam, 2016), a Y/A novel with graphic panels for readers of all ages about Frankie’s attempt to make his own mark in a family of attention grabbers.

FIVE BELLS BY JENNY PAPALEXANDRIS Commissioned by the Arcus Foundation, awardwinning photographer Jenny Papalexandris’ photo book Five Bells (The New Press, 2016), illustrates what “Being LGBT in Australia” means through images of weddings, family gettogethers, the LGBT Mardi Gras parade and more

Some Go Hungry (Kaylie Jones Books/Akashic, 2016) by J. Patrick Redmond is a gay murder mystery that takes readers from Miami Beach, Florida to Fort Sackville, Indiana, as Grey Daniels “struggles to live his authentic, openly gay life” amidst the fundamentalist Christians in his hometown. In Case of Emergency: Break Glass (Queens Ferry, 2016), three novellas by poet and fiction writer Sarah Van Arsdale, goes “from the far-flung to the far gone,” to answer questions about identity and relationships.

ers who might have missed it the first time around. In Without Annette (Scholastic Press, 2016), writer Jane B. Mason’s Y/A debut, girlfriends Josie and Annette attend Brookwood, an esteemed boarding school far from home, where they must face a series of unexpected challenges that threatens everything, not least of which is their relationship. A combined work of mystery fiction and semi-autobiographical memoir, David Goes Home (Hamaca Press, 2016), subtitled “Growing Up Gay In the Dust Bowl,” follows the title character’s “nightmarish search for the murderer of his hometown sheriff” and what he learns about the residents of his Oklahoma birthplace.

NEW NOVEL IDEAS

The GJS II (Quote Editions, 2016) of the title of Lambda Literary Award-winner Shawn Stewart Ruff’s third novel is Griffin Jewells Saunders II, the man at the center of this Clinton-era thriller promising “tabloid intrigue, high-fashion passion and murder.” Award-winning gay writer Paul Russell’s second novel, Boys of Life (Cleis Press, 1992/2016), about “country boy” Tony’s journey from Kentucky to New York to an “inside wet cell” has been reissued for read-

Set in a time before there were openly gay jazz artists such as Patricia Barber, Gary Burton, Andy Bey, Terri Lyne Carrington or Lea DeLaria, The Jazz Palace (Anchor, 2015/16) by Mary Morris, now in paperback, takes readers back to 1920s Chicago where two musicians, Jewish Benny and AfricanAmerican Napoleon, “navigate the highs and lows of the Jazz Age.” As more and more queer folks choose to be parents, childbirth becomes an increasingly common occurrence and Eleven Hours (Tin House, 2016) by Pamela Erens, depicts the process through the eyes of two women, in-labor Lore and pregnant nurse Franckline.

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BOOKS OF LOVE LOVE WINS: THE LOVERS AND LAWYERS WHO FOUGHT THE LANDMARK CASE FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY BY DEBBIE CENZIPER AND JIM OBERGEFELL

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Read Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality (William Morrow, 2016) by Pulitzer Prizewinning investigative reporter Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell, the “definitive account…of the dramatic and previously unreported events” leading up to Obergefell v Hodges, the milestone case regarding the legalization of same-sex marriage, before it’s made into a movie with a screenplay by Chris Weitz.

LOVE UNITES US: WINNING THE FREEDOM TO MARRY IN AMERICA BY KEVIN M. CATHCART AND LESLIE J. GABEL-BRETT Love Unites Us: Winning the Freedom to Marry in America (The New Press, 2016), edited by Kevin M. Cathcart and Leslie J. Gabel-Brett, includes essays by Evan Wolfson, Paula L. Ettlebrick, Mary L. Bonauto, the ACLU’s Matt Coles, as well as a foreword by Eric Holder.

BOOKS OF LIFE In Architecture’s Odd Couple (Bloomsbury Press, 2016), the lives and careers of two quirky but brilliant 20th century architects, Frank Lloyd Wright and openly gay Philip Johnson, described as possessing “restless creativity, enormous charisma” and a penchant for being outspoken, are examined by writer Hugh Howard.

The late country music and honky-tonk superstar George Jones, who received his Kennedy Center Honors alongside Barbra Streisand in 2008, is profiled Rich Kienzle’s book The Grand Tour: The Life and Music of George Jones (Dey Street, 2016). April 07, 2016 31

Lita Ford, who as a member of all-female rock group The Runaways, shared the stage with queer music marvel Joan Jett, and later went on to have a successful solo career, tells her story in the memoir Living Like a Runaway (Dey Street, 2016), featuring a foreword by Dee Snider of Twisted Sister.

“Is there an unforgettable song that changed your life?” is the question that NPR’s “All Songs Considered” host and creator Bob Boilen posed to queer artists such as Carrie Brownstein, Michael Stipe (of REM), Courtney Barnett, St. Vincent, Jonsi (of Sigur Ros), as well as straight musicians including Leon Bridges, Jeff Tweedy, David Byrne, Lucinda Williams and Cat Power, for his book Your Song Changed My Life (Morrow, 2016), and the answers are nothing less than fascinating.

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THURSDAY 4/07 @ 8:00PM Kravis Center Broadway legend Bernadette Peters is one of the most critically acclaimed Broadway performers of the last century. . She is widely regarded as the muse and greatest interpreter of Stephen Soundheim’s works, having been featured in Annie Get Your Gun, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods. 8:00 p.m. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. 701 Okeechobee Blvd. West Palm Beach. 33401.

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n VANESSA WILLIAMS FRIDAY 4/08 @ 8:00PM Adrienne Arsht Center The star of Broadway’s original production of Kiss of the Spiderwoman and a former Miss America, Vanessa Williams also happens to be a vocal proponent of gay rights. She has sold more than 25 million records. One of the best aspects of Vanessa Williams’ cachet is that she appeals to a wide audience, with number-one and Top 10 hits on charts as diverse as pop, dance, R&B, adult contemporary, holiday, Latin, gospel, and jazz. 8:00 p.m. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami. 33132.

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SATURDAY 4/09 @ 8:00PM Island City Stage When gay wannabe-playwright Danny Larsen writes a brilliant new play about an alcoholic black mother and her son trying to get out of the projects. The problem is that Larsen wrote the play under the alias Shaleeha G’ntamobi as an affirmative-action nom-de-plume. Pretty soon more lies pop up, bizarre alliances are forged, and Danny must decide whether to come clean or not in Island City Stage’s newest production. 8:00 p.m. Island City Stage. 2304 N. Dixie Highway. Wilton Manors. 33305.

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SATURDAY 4/09 @ 7:30PM Kravis Center First starting as a web series in 2009, Old Jews Telling Jokes is now a revue that celebrates the rich tradition of Jewish humor. Five actors reinvent classic jokes of the past and present. The show also features comic songs as well as tributes to some of the giants of the comedy world. After a successful Off-Broadway run, the play will now be performed at the Kravis Center until April 17th. 7:30 p.m. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. 701 Okeechobee Blvd. West Palm Beach. 33401.

FRIDAY 4/08 @ 8:00PM BB&T Center One of the most popular Seattle-based, grunge rock bands from the 1990s, Pearl Jam has maintained a career that bucks rock music trends. During their heyday, they rarely released proper music videos or gave interviews and even famously boycotted Ticketmaster. Despite (or because of) these rebellious actions, the band is one of the most popular rock groups of the past three decades. In total, they have sold over sixty million records worldwide. 8:00 p.m. BB&T Center. 2555 NW 136th Ave. Sunrise. 33323.

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SUNDAY 4/10 @ 12:00PM Ocean Drive The main event of the Miami Beach Gay Pride Festival includes 125 LGBT-friendly vendors and businesses, interesting celebrities, musical performances, food, and thousands of proud members of the LGBT community. Last year, there was an estimated 130,000 attendees. Celebrities on the lineup for this year’s festival include Jordin Sparks, Elvis Duran, DJ Miik, Elaine Lancaster, and Beth Sacks. 12:00 p.m. Ocean Drive and 8th Street. 873 Ocean Dr. Miami Beach. 33139.

ush Up Sweet Charlotte (Here!), a super-gay Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte drag parody/homage about the wacky Southern belle who became a “living mystery,” is an idea that probably looks better on paper than it does in reality. For years, theater companies such as Ryan Landry’s Gold Dust Orphans and David Cerda’s Hell In A Handbag, have been doing these kinds of spoof productions with far better and funnier results. It’s not a total loss. Jeffery Robertson (a.k.a. Varla Jean Merman) as bosomy and conniving cousin Melanie brings a kind of exaggerated old Hollywood femininity to the character, intentionally crossing over into caricature. Also worth mentioning are stand-up-comedianturned-actor Jason Stuart as journalist Mills and John Waters regular Mink Stole as rancid housekeeper Velma, both of whom do admirable jobs of keeping the camp coming. But the movie, written and directed by William Clift, is overly long and more than a little self-indulgent. The low-budget effects end up working against the movie as a whole and turn out to be more than a little distracting. After making the rounds of the LGBT film festival circuit in 2015, this cramped camp production is now showing on Vimeo. If you missed it the first time around, you can see it now and decide for yourself if Hush Up Sweet Charlotte should stay quiet.

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It’s Miami Beach Pride Weekend! Over 130,000 will dance, celebrate, mix, mingle, selfie, dress up and eat!! And I can’t wait for my Cuban sandwich. When Mookie and I first moved here, we lived in Winston Towers in Sunny Isles. I would make it a habit to visit the former Rascal House once a week for a thick hot pastrami sandwich. The meat piled high with spicy mustard with a side order of slaw made me feel like I was back in the city. New

York in Miami, all is well. Then one afternoon one of my work buddies took me to Versailles restaurant for lunch and he ordered me the Cubano. The Cubano is heaven for the warm sandwich lover. It’s crunchy, salty, and tangy. You’ll have plenty of options at Pride for purchasing a Cuban sandwich and after that, you can make them at home. You must use Cuban bread and the secret is the pickle. Here’s my recipe!

PREP: The big prep for the Cubano is roasting your ham and pork. You can use the meat for other recipes but I like making a big batch for a brunch/lunch and having it on hand for leftover sandwiches.

1 tablespoon sea salt 3 sprig of fresh oregano ½ cup Adobo seasoning 1 cup Mojo sauce 2 cups of orange juice Juice of 4 limes Preheat oven to 450. Remove pork leg from bag and set in roasting pan for 30 minutes to bring to room temperature. Roast leg for 30 minutes at 450, then reduce to 350 and continue roasting 5 hours. (Check to make sure the pork is falling off the leg.)

THE SWEET HAM: Preheat oven to 400 place a 5 to 10 pound bone in ham (fully cooked) roast in rack pan. Add 1 cup of water. Roast for 1 hour. While roasting, mix the following together in medium bowl: ½ cup honey 1 cup brown sugar 1 tablespoon dry mustard 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon flour. Pour mixture over ham and reduce heat to 350 roast for another 30 minutes.

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THE ROAST PORK: Refrigerate and marinate a 14 to 16 pound bone in pork leg overnight in a plastic bag with Garlic cloves (10 finely chopped)

ASSEMBLY Slice your Cuban bread long rolls. Toast the inside of the roll slightly in panni or grill pan. Butter both sides and add 5 pickle chips to one side. Add 3 ounces of Swiss Cheese to other side and top with 4 ounces Sweet Ham and 3 ounces Roast Pork. Add yellow mustard. Give a final press in the pan or panni! When you toss away the napkin scream “Completo Camaguey!”

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IN HONOR OF MIAMI BEACH PRIDE IT’S ALL IN THE PICKLE

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ACTA NON VERBA: THE ART OF MARIELLE PLAISIR

SUNDAY 4/11 @ 11:00AM Museum of Contemporary Art French-Guadeloupean artist Marielle Plaisir’s work plays with ideas of domination, critiquing prejudice and the view of political power as a natural fact. Acta Non Verba, the carefully curated exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary art, includes some of her best drawings, portraits, paintings, tapestries, and one video representative of her thematic narratives. 11:00 a.m. Museum of Contemporary Art. 770 NE 125th St. North Miami. 33161.

he late country music legend Hank Williams deserves much better than he gets in writer/director Marc Abraham’s dim and dull biopic I Saw The Light (Sony Pictures Classics). Thankfully, actor Tom Hiddleston, plays Williams (and does the singing) with all of the luminescence he can muster, outshining his director’s lazy and low-lit screenplay to turn in a radiant, almost Oscar-caliber performance.

A co-mingling of “vintage” in black and white), performance footage, and biography, for being a movie about someone as decisive as Williams, who “didn’t give a damn if you liked him,” I Saw The Light is decidedly wishy-washy. Williams was already a serious drinker by the time he got married to the questionably talented Audrey (Elizabeth Olsen) by a justice of the peace in an Alabama service station in 1944. So you couldn’t say she drove him to drink, but she certainly didn’t do much to make his life easier.

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Williams, a popular radio and roadhouse performer with lifelong back trouble (he was born with a mild case of spina bifida) and an irresistible stage presence, was also under the thumb of

his mother Lillie (out actress Cherry Jones) who took an immediate dislike to Audrey. This was probably because she saw that while Audrey loved Hank, she also saw him as her ticket to fame as a singer/songwriter in her own right.

The Williams had the kind of rocky marriage (including more than one divorce threat) about which country songs are written. Nevertheless, Hank’s undeniable talent took him many places (often without Audrey) including the interviews (shot top of the Billboard chart and the stage of the Grand Ole Opy REVIEW in Nashville. But his ongoing and debilitating health issues, heavy drinking and abuse of Williams’ grandson, singer Hank Williams III, has publicly expressed other substances, causing him his displeasure for Hiddleston’s to cancel concert dates and lose singing skills. Soon after Hiddleston’s jobs, didn’t help his case or his performance of “Move It on Over” at career for that matter. Wilthe Wheatland Music Festival, Hank liams’ early death at 29, while III posted on Facebook, “here is how undeniably tragic, was not all you do it Tom, You got no moan or that surprising. soul in your voice,” along with a video of himself singing his grandfather’s When compared to, say, hit. Hank III went on to critique HidJoaquin Phoenix’s portrayal of dleston’s role, saying “To do a Hank Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk Williams movie the way it should be The Line, Hiddleston stands done you need certain aspects in the “hat” and shoulders above mix to make right. It goes way beyond Phoenix. Jones, who isn’t onhaving an American to play the role screen near enough, also does a of Hiram Hank Williams, Sr. for it to relatively decent job of playing be somewhat natural, it needs to be a pushy and controlling mother an American from the South who has type. However, the rest of the eaten, lived and breathed these kind of cast seems aimless and Abraroles before to make more respectable ham’s lackluster direction and movie on Hank Sr.” screenplay don’t help matters.

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TUESDAY 4/12 @ 8:00PM Adrienne Arsht Center Before Hitler’s rise to power, Berlin was a cosmopolitan city known for its lavish nightlife and early acceptance of alternative lifestyles. Classic musical Cabaret takes the audience inside the Kit Kat Klub. As World War II approaches, her relationship with bisexual Cliff Bradshaw (a stand-in for writer Christopher Isherwood) begins to fizzle. 8:00 p.m. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami. 33132.

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WEDNESDAY 4/13 @ 8:00PM Broward Center In 1987, the low-budget, minor miracle of a film Dirty Dancing lit the box office and the music charts on fire. Starring little known actors Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, the film has earned over 214 million worldwide and the soundtrack spawned two multi-platinum albums. It was a no-brainer to convert the film to stage, which finally happened in 2009. The new production immediately broke theatrical box office records. Expect to hear the movie’s timeless tunes “Hungry Eyes” and “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.” 8:00 p.m. Broward Center for the Performing Arts. 201 SW Fifth Ave. Fort Lauderdale. 33312.

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STAR ERIKA JAYNE TALKS ABOUT BEING A QUEEN

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WHAT THEY SAID NOT GONNA LIE: Erika Jayne is a hottie! She would have messed up my tuck if I saw her at the Boxers and Briefs party. I wonder if her other panther is V-jazzled with diamonds as well. *wink wink* says Teriyaki Temple

Jewels, Beauty, Miss Piggy and being crowned Queen of White Party Palm Springs!

he newest cast member of Bravo TV’s hit franchise looks like the perfect Barbie-Stepford Wife but this girl is anything but plastic! Affluent, multi-talented and unapologetically fabulous Erika Girardi aka Erika Jayne is a pop-star and pop-culture phenomenon who ascended to the throne as Reality TV’s newest Queen.

eriyaki Temple caught up the new “it” girl as she took time out of her uber glamourous, lavish lifestyle to dish about her career in the spotlight and staying grounded despite standing tall on top of Beverly Hills! TT: How does it feel to be crowned Queen of White Party 2016? EJ: I am beyond honored and I’m so excited to be your Queen of White Party 2016. TT: What will be your first royal decree as Queen? EJ: Bow down and kiss my Cartier panther ring. All Hail the new queen in town! TRANSLATION: Kiss her 7 carat diamond encrusted pussy (feline) ring that has emeralds for eyes and black onyx for its nose worth only $60K. Meeeeeooooooowwwwww!!!! TT: Have you ever attended WPPS before? EJ: (Yes) I have performed Friday night at the Boxers and Briefs Party a few years ago. TRANSLATION: Yes I made all of the gay boys confused and question their sexuality again. TT: Any chance we will see you perform one of your many dance hits. EJ: Yes, huge chance. TRANSLATION: This just in, Erika will be performing at the T-Dance on Sunday.

TT: Will your husband Thomas be joining you? How do you think he would react to having thousands of hot, sweaty shirtless guys dancing with you and grinding on him? EJ: Honestly, he has seen the show a million times and always has a good time. TRANSLATION: Thomas and Erika Girardi are secure in their 16-year marriage. Despite the December - May relationship, you can tell they are really into each other. That’s really sweet! Also, Thomas is kind of a big deal. His case against PG&E inspired the film Erin Brockovich starring Julia Roberts in 2000. TT: You have many credits to your name which include: singer/song-writer (recording artist/chart topper), actress, entrepreneur, dancer, model, television personality and humanitarian. Is there something else you’d like to add to your list of accomplishments in the coming year? EJ: You forgot Sex Goddess and Rocket Scientist, currently working on both. ;) TRANSLATION: I’d come and worship at this Sex Goddess’ TEMPLE!!! You can’t help but admire a woman who has two private jets and still has a lot of ambition. Most people would sit on their arse all day.

TRANSLATION: I Heart Erika Girardi!!! oman has a heart of gold but seriously. I think it’s made of gold and I’d be willing to bet it’s encrusted with rubies or something shiny! TT: Your tagline is “The Pretty Mess.” How did this tagline come to be? EJ: It was a poem I wrote that turned into a song and then into a “tagline.” TT: What makes a person pretty? EJ: Confidence. TT: What makes a person messy? EJ: Insecurity. TT: Would you say you are the perfect balance of the two? Are there any things that tips the scale from one side to the other? EJ: I think we as human beings are all complicated and therefore we are all a bit of a “Pretty Mess”. TRANSLATION: Erika’s 2010 album and title track, “Pretty Mess” has an awesome music video. Check out it out on YouTube. Furs, diamonds, tiaras, disco balls, black satin sheets, hair flipping and guys dancing around in corsets. FAAAABBBUUULLOOOUSSSSS!! It’s what I imagine Richard Simmons fantasizes about when he masturbates.

TT: My stylist and friend, Kermit Allen, Owner of the Kermit Dane Salon in Seattle, begged me to ask a question about your lovely locks. “Being in the spotlight and having your hair done on a daily basis must be really hard on your hair. What’s your secret to keeping your hair healthy between your pop life and everyday life?” EJ: Lots of treatments and conditioners, but most importantly, who takes care of your hair.

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TT: You are often cited as an advocate and ally of the LGTBQ community. As a heterosexual female, what is it about the (LGTBQ) community that you identify with and/or appeals to you? EJ: I grew up in the community and LGBT people have been my family, friends and mentors over the years.

TT: What did you eat for breakfast this morning? EJ: Huevos Rancheros.

Move over Anne Hathaway, Michelle Pfeiffer, Halle Berry and Julie Newmar for some hot fresh pussy in the glitter box!

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TRANSLATION: Puuuurrrrfeeectttt!!! I’m noticing a trend here.

quoted as saying “you can’t do diets. You don’t have time for that vegan stuff BS.” How do you keep such a gorgeous figure? EJ: Exercise and lots of water.

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TT: If you weren’t in the entertainment industry, what would you be doing? EJ: Secretly, I want to be Cat Woman.

TRANSLATION: She’s like the Barbie my mom and dad never let me play with. Her hair is un-be-weaveable! If someone wanted to play with my hair, I’d just pull my weave off and tell them to go to town. TT: Despite all of your success and good fortune you come off so approachable and relatable. Why do you think your fans feel so connected to you? EJ: I think they understand I am a regular person. TT: How has your perception of the Housewives franchise changed since you are a part of the organization? EJ: I had no valid opinion before I joined because I never watched but I can say that I had come to really enjoy the people I work with, even with the bumps along the road. TT: Would you consider taking one of your RHWOBH co-stars on your Pretty Mess tour with you or at least have them watch your performance? How do you think they would react? EJ: Yes, the girls would be great on tour. Everyone would be wonderful.

TT: You’ve mentioned Erika Jayne is the “fantasy charter/alter ego” you cre-

TT: Would be it correct to say Erika Jayne is almost like your drag name? EJ: No, I am not a drag queen but thanks for the compliment.

For more information about Jeffrey Sanker’s White Party Palm Springs 2016, happening April 8-11, visit www.jeffreysanker. com. For more about Erika Jayne, visit: www.erikajayne.com and follow me @TeriyakiTemple on Twitter or add me at www. facebook.com/teriyakitemple.

TT: Speaking of Pork, On the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, you are

ated to keep your stage persona separate from who you really are. What is something Erika Jayne would do that Erika Girardi wouldn’t? EJ: Erika Jayne would go to the supermarket in a rhinestoned cat suit.

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TT: I noticed that from time to time, you retweet some of Miss Piggy’s posts. What draws you to her? Would you say you admire her? EJ: I love Miss Piggy!! Attitude, fierceness and fashion.

TRANSLATION: Hahaha I couldn’t imagine Kim and Kyle Richards (Paris and Nikki Hilton’s Aunties) cutting lose and dancing with the MO’s. I could totally see Lisa Vanderpump, Camille and Erika cutting a rug though!

TRANSLATION: SHE IS ALL WOMAN BABY. US DRAG QUEENS BOW DOWN TO THE QUEEN OF WHITE PARTY AND THE QUEEN OF THE GAYS! LONG LIVE ERIKA JAYNE!

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1 Mary had a little one 5 Deep throat clearer 9 Intro, at Gay.com 13 Where to find Moby Dick 14 Sitarist Shankar 15 Bear locales 16 Single drag queen? 17 Bauxite and borax 18 Type of New York Liberty defense 19 Episode of The Simpsons named for a boss 22 Like a phone in use 23 Galley slave’s tool 24 Pupils watching porn may do this 27 The Unicorn author Iris 31 Track shape 32 Strip a fruit 33 Noted Warhol subject 34 Gay character on The Simpsons who has a crush on his boss 38 U-turn from SSW 39 Kind of plastic 40 “___ Rhythm” 41 Bewitched actor Dick 43 Olympic awards for Louganis 45 “We ___ the Champions” 46 Lucci in All My Children 47 34-Across had a dream about his boss jumping naked out of this 52 Cheryl of Charlie’s Angels 53 “For here ___ go?” 54 Fairy tale huffer 56 Foundation for Humanity name 57 Bear’s den 58 Mamma Mia! band 59 Talk with one’s hands 60 Some of Mary’s lambs 61 Wine list info

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1 Beat it 2 Words before were 3 Sexy clothing material 4 Billy Bean’s sport 5 Turn on 6 Boy wizard Potter 7 Straight 8 Cam’s home state on Modern Family 9 Cross-dressing comedian Eddie 10 Music synthesizer 11 Gym bunnies do it to their pecs 12 Fruit sugar ending 20 On the other hand 21 Insertion indicator 24 Football foursome 25 Trump of old 26 Put one on top of the other 27 One of the Three Bears 28 Last letter from Socrates 29 Movie based on The Price of Salt 30 Ellen DeGeneres and others 32 Oral attention getter 35 In-your-face 36 Like a short round for Sheehan 37 Hernando’s place in The Pajama Game 42 Good and evil place in a Kevin Spacey movie 43 George Moscone, and others 44 SASE, e.g. 46 Holmes of Wonder Boys 47 First word of a South Pacific song 48 “Understood” to Ginsberg 49 Pull out your shooter 50 Port on Osaka Bay 51 Isle in Brando’s Desiree 52 ___ Miserables 55 Way out

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When most people think about the Vampire Facelift or Facial, they remember Kim Kardashian crying in pain during her dramatic “reality show” procedure, which overdramatized the effects of the procedure by leaving her with a swollen and bloody face. The truth, however, is that this couldn’t be further from the real experience of having a Vampire Facelift and Facial performed by a medical professional. The procedure begins by applying a By numbing Dr. Ferdinard cream to Cabrera the face to make the treatment a pain-free experience. Like every PRP (platelet-rich plasma) treatment, we use the growth factors contained in your own blood to enhance volume to the face and create a significant improvement in your skin’s tone and texture.

The process involves using a centrifuge to separate the platelet-rich plasma (PRP) from your blood and then activating the growth factors contained in the PRP. These growth factors are injected into the face using tiny needles to stimulate collagen growth and add volume, along with the option of injecting a hyaluronic acid facial filler to subtly sculpt the face with more volume and to create a more radiant and youthful look. We also use a technique called the Vampire Facial in coordination with the Facelift. The Vampire Facial involves a micro-needling roller or pen, which injects the same collagen stimulating growth factors to help generate cellular production directly to the dermis, drastically improving both skin tone and texture. Because both applications are subtle, you totally avoid the risk of having an unnatural look after either procedure. The goal of both the Vampire Facelift and Facial is to create a smooth and vibrant appearance that is both natural and youthful.

You’re probably asking yourself whether or not this is the procedure for you. No matter your age, the procedure can significantly improve your appearance. In fact, having a Vampire Facelift and Facial regularly while you’re younger will reduce the need for more major procedures and surgeries later in life. After the Vampire Facelift and Facial, your skin will continue to improve over the course of 3-4 months and the results will last for 1-2 years. It’s a perfect procedure to have done before a big event, like your wedding or high school reunion. Recovery is so short that you can return to work the next day. The Vampire Facelift and Facial might sound scary but they’re actually an incredibly successful procedure no matter what your age or skin condition. Please call the Genesis Health Institute at 954-561-3175 to schedule a complimentary consultation with Dr. Cabrera to discuss these and any other aesthetic procedures you may have questions about. nn

Dr. Ferdinand Cabrera has 33 years of experience as a General Internist. He is the founder and president of Genesis Health Institute which specializes in Functional and Anti-Aging Medicine. He can be reached at 954-561-3175, or on the Internet at www.ghinstitute. com.

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