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Violent Predator Assaults Sight-Impaired Gay Man By CLIFF DUNN
Part 1 of a 2-part Series WILTON MANORS - A parttime resident of Wilton Manors, Robert Jacobs, alleges that early one Saturday morning last month, he was held against his will in his own apartment for over an hour by another man who took advantage of Jacobs’s visual impairment. Jacobs— known by some locals as the “blind snowbird”—spends most of the year living in the Greater Boston area and usually spends the winter months in Wilton Manors. Jacobs says that he was unable to get a taxi during the early morning hours of March 17 after visiting
a friend’s house the night before, and so was walking home on NE 4 Ave. in the Fort Lauderdale city limits, just south of where the street approaches Fort Lauderdale High School and then turns into Wilton Drive. “That’s when the ‘Hopper’ pulled up,” say Jacobs, referring to the notfor-profit community shuttle service that provides free transportation to locations in and around Wilton Manors. Jacobs himself didn’t “hail” the vehicle to pick him up. He says that was the action of the man who he claims accosted him just a short time later. (Because of the ongoing police ‘ATTACK’ continues on Page 8
THE VICTIM: SIGHT-IMPAIRED WILTON MANORS RESIDENT ROBERT JACOBS
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GAY MILITARY COUPLE GETS ENGANGED AT MARINES’ CAMP PENDLETON Huston and Guerrero Acknowledge “Huge Step” for Themselves, Gay Servicemembers By Rory Barbarossa
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CAMP PENDLETON, CA – History was made last week when a former U.S. Navy medical corpsman proposed to his U.S. Marine boyfriend at Southern California’s Camp Pendleton, home of the 1 Marine Expeditionary Force and other important military commands. As Marine Lance Corporal Avarice Guerrero returned from a 10-month deployment in Afghanistan on April 24, boyfriend Cory Huston—a San Diego resident who was discharged
under the Pentagon’s now-defunct Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy—popped the question in what is believed to be the first gay marriage proposal on a U.S. military base. As Huston told San Diego LGBT Weekly, “This is a huge step for me,” acknowledging that the eyes of history—as well as thousands of LGBT servicemen and –women— were upon him and Guerrero (a name which, in Spanish, translates as
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SUNSHINE STATE Wilton Manors Officials Take on Public Enemy Number One: PARKING
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is managed. Says Shafran: “We are also taking a look at parking on the other side of the Drive,” near Rosie’s, Matty’s, New Moon, and Bona Italian Café, as well as for “a better parking solution near Hagen Park” across from Tropics and
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WILTON MANORS – For a city with a population of less than 12,000 (Source: 2010 U.S. Census data), Wilton Manors has big city parking woes. “Believe it or not,” offers Heidi Shafran, the city’s Director of Community Development, “this isn’t actually a bad thing”—what some might refer to as a “high-class problem.” She is referring to the growth of the Island City’s business in the past nine months, which (as any traffic engineer will attest) brings with it an increase in the vehicular population, along with the need for more parking. To meet this need—demand, really—about three months ago the city commission approved a $1.1 million bank loan to address “parking solutions.” These include, says Shafran, “a long-term lease with Kids in Distress for three lots located on NE 8 Terr.” These lots, which are within walking distance of Five Points as well as shopping and dining on Wilton Drive, should accommodate approximately 40 parking spaces—much needed as more businesses open along the Island City’s main thoroughfare. Shafran acknowledges that there are concerns about the growth of business on the Drive, but offers that solutions are part of the “ongoing process and action plan” that she and other officials—elected and hired— are employing to assure that growth
Gelato Station. “By season,” she adds, “we should have more than three dozen new [parking] spaces on the north end of the Drive.”
Agenda, Guy Magazine Host Kick Off Networking Luncheon WILTON MANORS - Nearly one hundred business and community leaders attended the first Multimedia Platforms (MMP) Networking Luncheon on Wednesday, April 25 at Gables Wilton Park on Wilton Drive. Co-hosted by Wilton Manors Main Street, Inc., the event was catered by Stork’s Bakery and Coffee House in Wilton Manors. Krishan Manners, President and CEO of Wilton Manors Main Street, said that the turnout didn’t disappoint. “It is always good to see so many individuals who have a stake in the good and welfare of this community coming together to network, catch up with one another, and help each other’s businesses through best practices and mutual support,” said Manners. Rev. Jamie Grace of WIG Ministries said, “I felt so uplifted and inspired. I didn’t realize that Bobby Blair [the publisher of Florida Agenda and Guy Magazine] was such a motivational speaker.” Marvin Nathan, world-class drag performer and emcee, attended. “I thought that the food by Stork’s was delicious,” he
said, adding “I am looking forward to next month’s event at Matty’s on the Drive.” Blair, who in addition to publishing Agenda and GUY is CEO and Managing Partner of MMP, announced that the Gay Tea Cruise—originated by the late Peter Burke, who died earlier this year— will return on June 3 with entertainers Deja Devonier from Lips Cabaret, and the talents of Marvin Nathan, whose television credits include CBS’ hit series “The Nanny” and “The Maury Povich Show.” A July 4 cruise will feature the Greater Fort Lauderdale fireworks display as well as a performance by Nathan, who will mark 37 years in show business. Blair also announced the return of “Dancing with the South Florida Stars” to the Manor Restaurant and Complex on Monday, May 21. For its second entry—the first having packed the stands to the rafters—an all-star panel of judges has been assembled, including Pepper Mashay (famous for—among other things—the “Dive in the Pool” theme song from Showtime’s “Queer as Folk”), Misty Eyez and Marvin Nathan, as well as DJ Scott Mann and the “Dreamgirls” dance ensemble of Nicole Phillips, Deja Devonier, and Velvet Lenore. Like the inaugural event in December, DWTSFS: Season Two will benefit the Brian Neal Fitness and Health Foundation which is working to provide free gym memberships and nutrition and lifestyle programs to persons living with HIV/AIDS. Tickets are on sale now at GuyMag.net and briannealfitness.org: general admission is $10, and VIP seating is $40.
Author Presents “From Homeless to Housing” Fundraiser for LGBT Youth FORT LAUDERDALE – Deon Davis, the author of “I’ll Find A Way,” a book that chronicles her personal journey as the mother of a gay son, will be the featured speaker
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at a fundraiser next month with the goal to raise contributions for the establishment of a safe house for homeless LGBT youth. Davis, whose son Rashad came out to her when he was 15 years old, says that homeless gay youths comprise “a large percentage of our homeless population, but due to the intensity of its nature, they are not reported as” being gay. The author also plans to establish a not-for-profit foundation, named after her book, with a “mission to get these beautiful young adults off the streets and into a safe house.” Although Davis’s relationship with her son was stronger for his having come out to her, she notes that other gay teens “are not that blessed, and that is why we must step in and help our beautiful homeless gay community youth and young adults.” To this end, Davis will host a fundraiser on Saturday, May 19 at PJ’S Corner Pocket (924 N. Flagler Drive, Fort Lauderdale), starting at 7:00 p.m. Davis says that the evening will include dancing, karaoke, fun, food, a private auction, and a raffle. A minimum donation of $5 is requested. For more information, visit deondavis.com. H
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Americans Increasingly Favor Marriage Equality WASHINGTON, DC – A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds that an increasing number of Americans favor of gay marriage. At the same time, a greater number favor gun ownership rights over gun control. The poll’s authors note that both positions represent landmark shifts in public attitudes, reflecting a “small-l” libertarianism taking shape in the culture. The survey—conducted by telephone between April 4 and 15, and reflecting the opinions of more than 3,000 nationwide respondents, with a margin of error plus or minus three percent—found that 47 percent of Americans favor marriage equality, and 49 percent believe it’s more important to protect the rights of gun owners than to support gun control laws. While not a majority in either case, those who support these positions outnumber their opponents, with 43 percent against same-sex marriage and 45 percent supporting gun control over gun ownership. According to Pew, strong opposition to gay marriage—which peaked in December 2004 at 38 percent— generally fluctuated around 30 percent until 2010, when it began to decrease, finally reaching its present 22 percent. Contrarily, strong support—with an all-time modern low of 8 percent, also in 2004—has ticked upwards until it now equals its opposition with 22 percent.
Gay Mom’s Dismissal from Cub Scouts Drives National Tolerance Campaign BRIDGEPORT, OH - A gay woman who was terminated from her position as a den mother for her son’s Cub Scout troop because of her sexual identity says she will not take the offense lying down. Jennifer Tyrell of Bridgeport, Ohio, has launched a petition to overturn the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) long-standing policy that bans open or avowed homosexuals from leadership positions in any of its organizations, which include the Boy Scouts, the Cub Scouts, and its Venturing division
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(formerly the Explorers). BSA also operates several permanent locations around the country, including the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base in Islamorada in the Keys. O date, the online campaign to change Scouting’s policies has garnered over 170,000 signatures. Tyrrell, 32, was told on April 10 about the decision by Scouting. She told MSNBC this week that the loss she and her seven year old son feel is “devastating.” “We lost our scouting family,” said Tyrell, a stay at home mother of four. “The best time in our lives we’ve had in the last year, it’s gone,” she added. “I can’t stop crying.” Tyrrell, a 32-year-old stay at home mother of four, became a den mother last year when her son, Cruz Burns, signed up for Cub Scouts. Although she was aware of the Boy Scouts’ national policy against homosexual leaders, she said she was told by a local Scout Master that there would be no controversy if she signed up as a leader. “He said they would stand, you know, hand in hand with us and stand behind us all the way. Well, actually, that’s been true,” she said. “I’ve never had a problem.” In an email to MSNBC, Boy Scouts spokesman Deron Smith said Tyrrell was in violation of Scouting’s national policy regarding gays. That policy gained national attention in the June 2000 Supreme Court ruling in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, in which the justices ruled that Scouting, and all other private organizations, have a constitutionallyguaranteed right to freedom of association and discriminating in its membership standards, under the First Amendment. The case involved an assistant scoutmaster who had been likewise banned because of his sexual identity. “Scouting, and the majority of parents it serves, does not believe it is the right forum for children to become aware of the issue of sexual orientation, or engage in discussions about being gay,” said Smith, the BSA spokesman. “Rather, such complex matters should be discussed with parents, caregivers, or spiritual advisers, at the appropriate time and in the right setting.” He added “We fully understand and appreciate that not everyone will agree with any one position or policy.” For Tyrrell, Scouting’s decision
comes down to basic human fairness. “We’re just people,” she said. “We’re just gay people who love their kids.”
Pennsylvania Elects First Openly Gay Lawmaker HARRISBURG, PA – Last week, an openly gay candidate won a decisive Democratic primary in Philadelphia, and will now become Pennsylvania’s first openly gay member of the state’s House of Representatives. Brian Sims beat a longtime incumbent to win the Democratic nomination in a heavily Democratic legislative district. Since he faces no Republican opponent in November, he will take his seat next January. “Tonight we’re celebrating a historic victory for Pennsylvania and for Brian,” said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund. “LGBT Pennsylvanians will finally have a voice in their state legislature, and what a strong and unyielding voice it will be. We are thrilled for Brian, who ran a remarkable campaign.” Sims, an attorney and LGBT rights activist from Philadelphia, formerly sat on the Victory Campaign Board, and served as a Staff Counsel for the Philadelphia Bar Association, as well as President of the Board of Directors of Equality Pennsylvania.
Town Councilman Threatened after Same-Sex Marriage Resolution JAMESTOWN, NY – The comments of a Jamestown councilman suggesting that the community consider marketing itself as a Mecca for gay marriage has sparked a firestorm, with the official receiving calls for his resignation and even threats against his life. Councilman Greg Rabb, who also serves as the municipal body’s president, proposed during a recent meeting that the state’s marriage equality law could benefit the community by putting out the call for gay tourists and those looking to tie the knot. When council members reviewed ideas for building tourism dollars within the community of 31,000
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(Source: 2010 Census data), Rabb floated the suggestion that Jamestown “market itself as a same sex destination.” Following the remarks, a flood of emails and comments hit the Web site of the Post Journal, the local newspaper. “I was appalled when I read Greg Rabb’s idea to make Chautauqua County a destination for ‘same sex marriages,’” wrote one reader. “What a despicable thing to say! This is an abomination and is against all natural law. The morals of our country are at an all time low and it is time we turn ourselves around.” Another reader, Pastor Donald V. Erickson, wrote with outrage “What! Is this how we are going to put Jamestown on the map? A baby San Francisco? We’ve already been in the national limelight (recall one who went about Jamestown knowingly infecting girls with the HIV virus),” adding “News flash, fellas: The second half of Romans, chapter one, is just as true as every other page in God’s Holy Word (The Bible).” Another criticized Rabb for pushing a “personal agenda.” Supporters of Rabb organized a demonstration on front of the Post Journal editorial offices this week, to show their solidarity with the embattled councilman. They said that the councilman had received threats since his suggestion, and note that town officials have seen an increase in tourism since the passage of marriage equality in New York, since Jamestown is near the border with Pennsylvania, a state where gay marriage is still not legal. H
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investigation, Jacobs was unwilling to give the name of his assailant; for the purposes of this article, he will be referred to as “Jim.”) Jacobs says that he recognized Jim’s voice from several previous occasions in which the man had greeted him on the streets. Jacobs explains “As far as I knew, he was a street guy. I was always polite with him when he said ‘hi,’ but never overly friendly.” Jacobs says that his blindness makes him naturally dependant on many things the ‘sighted’ take for granted, and that although he is careful about with whom he associates, “I can’t live my life suspicious of other people,” he offers. Jacobs relates that after he got into the Hopper—an electric vehicle similar in design to stretch golf cart— it continued up Wilton Drive before stopping at the corner of NE 21 Court, in front of the Gables Wilton Park condominium apartments. Jacobs says he got off the Hopper and prepared to cross the Drive when Jim told him that he was willing to walk Jacobs across the street to his apartment, but first needed to stop for about five minutes at a unit in the Gables Wilton Park complex. “I need to swing by a friend’s house,” Jacobs says that Jim informed him. “It didn’t seem like a big deal.” For those who are visually-impaired, Jacobs relates, the street corners on Wilton Drive are not very “userfriendly.” “There are no safe crossings,” he explains, “with just a single audible signal light [which emits a beeping sound to alert a light change] at NE 6 Ave.” This may have contributed to Jacobs’ willingness to wait a few minutes for Jim to help him across the Drive. “I felt a bit in his debt,” Jacobs admits, since the man had been responsible for getting the shuttle to stop and pick him up. “I knew him casually from my walking around town, and I didn’t have any reason to fear him.” Jim “brought me up to the unit,” says Jacobs, one of the upper story apartments in Gables Wilton Park that faces the Drive. When they got upstairs, he relates, “Jim told the guy who lived there to ‘get this guy’— meaning me—a drink of water.” Although he was willing to wait on Jim for a few minutes in the strange
apartment, Jacobs had a sense right away that things were “odd” in the relationship between Jim and the other man whose apartment they had entered. The dynamic between the two men, Jacobs says, was agitated, with Jim making demands and giving orders, and he knew that Jim didn’t live there. After a few minutes, “Jim went out to the balcony,” says Jacobs, “and I asked the guy [who lived there] ‘what’s the story here? Is he [ Jim] your master?’ ‘Yeah, sort of,’ the guy told me, and I just wanted to get out of there.” A short time later, Jacobs relates, Jim came inside the apartment from the balcony and then pulled Jacobs outside with him. Jacobs says the man asked him if he wanted to smoke some marijuana. Jacobs eschewed the offer, and he says that Jim continued to smoke something on the balcony. “I knew it wasn’t pot because I have smelled that before, and this was something entirely different.” Although he was in unfamiliar surroundings, Jacobs says that at this point he started to “get bolder and more assertive,” insisting that Jim take him back downstairs to the sidewalk on the street corner. Jim delayed their departure until Jacobs’s demands to leave became more insistent. After a time, they went downstairs. Although Jacobs told Jim to leave him on the corner, he says that Jim insisted upon walking him across Wilton Drive. They walked across the Drive, and Jacobs says that Jim physically steered him behind the strip center located on the 2100 block of Wilton Drive, between Copy This and the Florida Agenda editorial offices. He claims that Jim pulled him into a breezeway (“I can’t describe it very well because I haven’t seen it,” he acknowledges). “I started to plead with him to take me to the front of my apartment building.” Claiming that he was roughly handled by Jim through the hallways of his apartment complex during the still-dark pre-dawn hours, Jacobs was stunned and horrified when—after being finally escorted to his own unit by Jim—the man pushed him through the door of his apartment and pulled closed the door behind him, locking both men in. “I didn’t want to show too
much fear,” Jacobs admits. Once inside, Jacobs says that Jim started demanding money from him. “He said that we had been smoking dope at his friend’s place and that he wanted to be paid for what I had supposedly smoked,” relates Jacobs. “I told him that I hadn’t smoked anything and that he needed to leave my apartment.” Jacobs explains that he tried to maintain a level voice and keep things calm and reasonable as he attempted to convince Jim to leave. “I told him that I would call the police if he didn’t leave.” While he listened to Jim wander around his apartment, opening drawers, doors, and cabinets, Jacobs tried to call for assistance on his smartphone. “I didn’t think a blind man could use an iPhone,” he admits, attempting humor in the face of the decidedly unfunny. “I couldn’t make a speed dial to the police. Then he pulled the phone out of my hand and flung it across the room,” Jacobs recounts. “He was pushing up against me, demanding money, which I told him I didn’t have. I tried to approach him—to try and steer him towards the door—but he shoved me back each time.” Jacobs says that Jim shoved him back so hard that Jacobs fell back onto the floor of his apartment. He also pushed Jacobs into the counter, which injured his ribcage. That assault became an opportunity. “He left when he thought that he had really hurt me,” Jacobs offers. “He may have thought that he had made so much noise, it could have awakened my neighbors.” Next week: The aftermath of Jacobs’ perilous home invasion ordeal. H
13 Charged in Florida A&M Hazing Death: More Charges to Come in Other FAMU Hazing Incidents, Prosecutors Say
ORLANDO — On Wednesday, prosecutors in Central Florida handed down criminal charges against 13 people for counts related to the death of Florida A&M University (FAMU) marching band
member Robert Champion, who was beaten and died following a football game in November. Champion, who was gay, belonged to FAMU’s famed Marching 100, which has performed during Super Bowl halftime shows and at President Obama’s inauguration. Citing the growing concern over hazing and other forms of institutionalized intimidation, Lawson Lamar, the State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Court (Orange County) warned reporters that “Hazing is something that will continue to happen out of sight until a student like Robert Champion pays the ultimate price.” Lamar said that about two dozen other people also face misdemeanor charges in hazing cases at historically black FAMU that did not result in loss of life. Eleven of the individuals charged in Champion’s death face felony counts, while two are charged with misdemeanors. According to court documents, Champion, 26, died Nov. 19 after being beaten, kicked, and suffocated aboard a school bus by fellow student band members during a hazing ritual. Those familiar with the case say that a tradition known as “Crossing Bus C” required students to walk down the bus’s center aisle while band members punched them. Champion, whose body was found on the bus, was pronounced dead at the hospital. FAMU officials suspended the Marching 100 after Champion’s death and have said that the band might not perform during the 2012 football season. Julian White, the band director, was initially terminated from his job, and then put on paid administrative leave. In 2005, Florida passed a strict anti-hazing law after the drowning death of a college student during a fraternity event. The law makes it easier for prosecutors to treat hazing as a felony. Legal experts say that prosecutors would have had a hard time proving that band members had committed murder or manslaughter, as the participation of so many students in the hazing would make it difficult to prove that a single student caused Champion’s death. H
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Papal Nuncio: Roman Catholics, Muslims, Jews Must “Unite” to Oppose Gay Marriage
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Jewish synagogues have thrown their support behind the U.K.’s marriage equality plans, the country’s United Synagogues—British Judaism’s largest sect, which holds its religious authority from the Chief Rabbi of Britain—have come out in opposition, with one prominent London rabbi condemning what he called the government “assault” on religious liberty and values. In addition, the leader of Britain’s Network of Sikh Organizations, Lord Indarjit Singh, says that the plans to reform the U.K.’s marriage laws are “a sideways assault on religion.”
Scottish Faith Groups: Gay Marriage Ban “Boosts Homophobia” EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM – A LONDON, ENGLAND, coalition of faith groups in Scotland roundly condemned the UNITED KINGDOM – In an has unusual call for political unity religious ban on marriage equality between faiths that are often at-odds as “discriminatory,” claiming that it with one another, the pope’s personal “reinforces homophobia.” Faith in Marriage—which includes representative to the United Kingdom is urging British Roman Catholics to members of the United Reformed form a “united front” with British Church, the Quakers, the Unitarians, Muslims and conservative Jews to Liberal Judaism, the Humanists, the Iona Community, Buddhists, oppose marriage equality. During an address to Roman the Open Episcopal Church, the Catholic bishops, the papal nuncio, Metropolitan Community Church Archbishop Antonio Mennini, and the Pagan Federation—has repeated recent comments made by initiated a campaign to convince Pope Benedict XVI, who said that the Scottish Parliament to lift the the church faces “powerful political country’s ban on religious same-sex and cultural currents” that threaten marriage. In addition to the groups the traditional definition of marriage. named above, the organization The nuncio’s timing coincides with has the support of clergy from the recent statements by conservative Church of Scotland and the Scottish British Jewish and Muslim leaders, Episcopal Church. The letter, copies of which were who voiced strong opposition to Undersecretary for Equalities Lynne distributed by Faith in Marriage Featherstone’s call for a national representatives to Members of the dialog on marriage equality and Scottish Parliament (MSP), called the best ways to implement it. In for an end to the prohibition and response, the Muslim Council demanded the right to perform of Britain described the plan as gay marriages. “We believe that both “unnecessary and unhelpful.” lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Similarly, Scotland’s Council of (LGBT) people should be entitled to Glasgow Imams agreed to a resolution full equality under the law, and that that describes same-sex marriage as the current ban on same-sex marriage an “attack” on the Muslim faith and is discriminatory and reinforces homophobia in society,” it read. its fundamental tenets Echoed Rev. Scott McKenna, a Although Liberal and Reform Church of Scotland minister from POPE BENEDICT XVI
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Edinburgh: “In opposing equality, churches reinforce homophobia in society and that can lead to pain, low self-respect and, in some cases, violence. In the end this is about people who are on the receiving end of prejudice and are suffering because of that. The cycle needs to be broken.” The letter says that the organization and its members will “strongly oppose” any efforts to limit same-sex marriage to civil ceremonies. Faith in Marriage is calling for MSPs to “protect and extend” freedom of religion and faith by “giving those religious and humanist bodies that do want to conduct same-sex marriage the right to do so” in future legislation. Faith in Marriage’s campaign follows on the heels of an anti-gay marriage initiative from opponents Scotland for Marriage, a coalition that includes members of the United Free Church of Scotland, the Church of Scotland, the Evangelical Alliance in Scotland, CARE (Christian Action Research and Education) for Scotland, The Christian Institute, the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches in Scotland, and the Christian Brethren in Scotland. It also has the support of Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. The group claims that marriage equality will “dismantle marriage which has only ever meant the union of a man and a woman.”
CARDIFF, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM – The government of Wales is investigating whether a Roman Catholic lobbying group encouraged a campaign against marriage equality in the country’s secondary schools. Welsh Minister for Children and Education Leighton Andrews is looking into allegations that the Catholic Education Service (CES) sent an email last month to all Catholic secondary schools in order to promote an online petition organized by the Coalition for Marriage, a conservative political group. The group’s Web site notes the Roman Catholic Church and its Archbishops support the signaturegathering effort, which opposes progressive changes to the laws on marriage. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has accused the CES of “victimizing” students, and is asking both Andrews and his counterpart in the British government, Education Secretary Michael Gove, to intervene. BHA officials say that the Coalition for Marriage petition violates British political and campaign laws, and is seeking a Roman Catholic student to initiate a court challenge. CES denies the allegations and says that the Roman Catholic view of marriage is a religious, not political one.H
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“God is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Anonymous
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y partner and I were watching a movie the other night. I can’t recall which one, or what it was about, but one thing that stood out was the signage. By this, I refer to signs being carried by one side in the “conflict” that was being dramatized (although whether that conflict was a military battle or an abortion rights protest, memory doesn’t serve): “GOD Sees!” or something similarly evocative. During all this, my boyfriend turned to me and asked —half innocently, half archly—something to the effect of “How do their opponents [or whatever] feel about God supporting the other side?” to which I replied “God is ALWAYS on both sides.” From the Crusaders’ cry “Deus vult!” (Latin: “It is the will of God!”), to the Germans’ First and Second World War refrain “Gott mit uns!” (“God [is] with us!”), has there ever been a conflict where human blood was shed that divine favor wasn’t invoked by both sides? Even in the Age of Classical Greece, the Trojans and their Hellenic enemies managed to divvy up the Divine Olympians like pre-Bronze Age kickball teams (“Apollo, you’re on the Trojans side, Poseidon, you’re with us. Zeus, you’re Trojan, Hephaestus, Greek.”). In the modern era, this translates to the American brand of political fundamentalism which has by and large held the GOP hostage since the
Reagan Era—from around 1980 to the present—when they abandoned Jimmy Carter (who, unlike Reagan, was actually one of them) and the Democrats to set up a state-withina-state in the Party of Lincoln and Eisenhower. This was much as the Wahhabi mullahs did with the Saudi royal family, who turn a blind eye to the more egregious actions of the Islamic sect’s religious police in the interest of keeping their grip on power. Talk about your deals with the Devil. For the un- (or under-) educated, it would appear that this was always the state of affairs—that religious conservatives held one party or the other to a litmus test of where their candidates stood on DOMA, DADT, ENDA, SNDA, and other “alphabet soup” legislation. They did this with an eye to seeing how mighty a warrior they are in the Cultural War as defined by Pat Buchanan, who held a vice grip upon the bloviating bullhorn of the Socio-Political Right until he became too embarrassing for even that tolerant group of souls. Funny thing, it wasn’t always like this. No one asked John F. Kennedy during the 1960 presidential campaign where he stood on abortion rights. The landmark Supreme Court ruling that legalized reproductive freedom for women wouldn’t be decided until nine years and two months to the day after his assassination. Before Roe v. Wade, the states decided such matters, so Kennedy was spared the battle that another JFK from Massachusetts would not be, two dozen years later, when John F. Kerry was required to incant the formula that would label him “safe” in the eyes of the left, and the enemy in the eyes of the Religious Right. Compare that to the 1960s and 1970s, when Idaho—today one of the reddest of red states—consistently elected a liberal Democrat, Frank
Church, to the U.S. Senate. From 1958 to 1976, Utah elected Democrat Frank Moss, who promoted legislation that protected consumers and the environment, worked tirelessly to ban tobacco ads from TV and radio, and sponsored toy safety, product safety, and poison prevention measures that would be unheard of in the modern Beehive State. It isn’t that Idahoans and Utahans are any less conservative today than they were then. It’s that the argument has shifted away from the common sense things that need to get done (like resurfacing I-95), to hot button topics that generate tons of political contributions (and vitriol), and the sensible political center has literally failed to hold. Ironically, it is these religious and cultural conservatives who may do the most lasting harm to Mitt Romney’s presidential aspirations, as their intolerance for the “different” crosses paths with Romney’s Latter Day Saint (Mormon) religion, which departs from the canon of “mainstream” fundamentalist and Protestant Christianity in so many ways that many theologians consider it a separate religion—when they aren’t referring to it as a cult. These members of the Right may find it hard to build much enthusiasm for someone—Romney—that they suspect is just a little too tolerant of “the gays,” resulting in middling turnout in the places his candidacy will be counting the most on a strong showing. This—coupled with the fact that not all Christians in America are socially conservative, and that those who are remain far from being in love with Romney—could prove to be an opportunity for Obama. And hopefully for us as well. H
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By SCOTT GALVIN
Recently, I was speaking to a Gay Studies class at Florida International University, my alma mater. A student asked me which one LGBT law I would change if I were empowered to do so. I’m sure most expected me to say I’d legalize gay marriage, the continued hot topic of the gay community. Instead I answered with something that was not only unexpected, but for many, a topic they didn’t realize existed. I said I would overturn the federal ban on gay men donating blood. Since 1985, gay men have not been able to legally donate blood in the United States. This policy was instituted by our government in the earliest, most fearful days of the AIDS epidemic. When so little was known about the disease, reactionary officials instituted the ban as a way to ensure the nation’s blood supply would remain “clean.” The gay rights movement has many fields of battle. In recent months,
Congress has repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” President Obama signed a bill extending hate crime protections to sexual orientation, and more and more states allow same-sex marriage. But to our list of equality issues, we should immediately add overturning a ridiculous Federal policy which jeopardizes the well-being of each of us. We should fight to overturn the Federal ban on gay men (“MSMs,” or men who have sex with men) donating blood. The good news is that there is a growing movement afoot in Washington, DC to do it. Under the leadership of U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has outlined concrete steps toward ending the outdated, discriminatory lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men from donating blood. In 2010, a group of 18 U.S. Senators led by Massachusetts’s Kerry penned
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“warrior”). Upon Guerrero’s appearance and following several minutes of reunion, Huston asked for Guerrero’s hand in marriage, producing an engagement ring and asking “Will you marry me?” as reported by LGBT Weekly. After Guerrero accepted with a simple “Yes,” he admitted that he was “blown away.” “I was shocked that after all we’d been through, he would honestly want to spend the rest of his life with someone like me,” Guerrero said. Guerrero told CNN that he thought at first that Huston was breaking up with him because he had first asked the Marine to remove his “promise ring.” “Once he got down on one knee, I literally started thinking, like, ‘Is he serious? Is he really going to ask me to marry him after everything we’ve been through?’” Huston—who was discharged from the Navy in 2006 under DADT—said their engagement sends a positive message to LGBT troops. “It’s important to us ’cause we got engaged,” he explained, “but it’s also important because there’s young gay people coming out of boot camp who, even though it’s okay to be gay in the
military, there’s still a stigma and I want them to be like, ‘Okay, well other people have done it, so I don’t have to be ashamed of who I am.’” He added, “I spent too many years being ashamed of who I was and trying to be someone I wasn’t.” LGBT advocates say that the proposal represents the most recent in a series of turning points for gay servicemembers and their partners. In December, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta was photographed—in what came to be called the “kiss heard ’round the world”— in a loving embrace with her partner, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell after Gaeta’s ship returned its Virginia Beach base. The image was compared with the iconic picture by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt depicting nurse Edith Shain locked in a kiss with an unknown sailor at the close of the Second World War. Gaeta had won in a charity raffle the honor of the service’s traditional “first kiss.” Also groundbreaking was the picture taken in February of a gay Marine sharing a kiss with his boyfriend at Marine Corps Base Hawaii with his boyfriend, also went viral. H
a letter to FDA officials calling for an end to an “outdated, medically and scientifically unsound” policy. Most Americans—including many gays—do not even realize the ban is still in place. The FIU gay issues class students I addressed were well-versed in gay marriage, bullying, AIDS awareness, and the usual gay rights issues. But when I brought up the blood ban, very few of the people in attendance knew it existed. Obviously, thanks to modern science, we now know much more about the
spread of HIV and AIDS than we did in 1985. Truly, this ban is unnecessary and outdated. Donated blood is screened thoroughly between the time it is donated and when it is used for medical procedures. Technology easily helps us catch any tainted blood before it can be given to someone in need. I have begun to reach out to my Congresspersons and various gay rights organizations. With President Obama in the White House, we have an amazing chance to end a moronic and discriminatory policy. Two thousand twelve is a watershed year for the gay rights movement. Let us also make this the year. H
Scott Galvin has served on the North Miami City Council since 1999. He is also a member of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Board of Directors, and a lifelong resident of North Miami.
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today’s
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FOOD joint is like with epicure-on-the-go Richard David Chamberlain in a brand new Dining review. Looking for the best spots to hit this weekend, both inside the Gayborhood and out? The Agenda Bar Guide has plenty of food for thought in planning the perfect South Florida weekend. There’s also a new Recipe from Chef Jean Doherty at Le Patio, and Dr Arlen
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Justin Bieber Impersonator Arrested for Online Child Pornography
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ONTGOMERY, AL – An Alabama man has been arrested, charged with child pornography and sexual exploitation after falsely assuming the identity of performer Justin Bieber and enticing underage girls to perform sexual acts online. Christopher Patrick Gunn of Montgomery is accused of persuading the girls to perform sexual acts in exchange for free tickets and backstage passes to Bieber’s performances. Afterwards, he threatened to post their images and videos to pornographic sites when they learned the truth of his impersonation. Beginning in 2009, Gunn, 32, faked his identity on Facebook. He was arrested on March 20 after FBI agents searched his house and seized a laptop and a cell phone that contained videos and images of child pornography. Court documents says that between 2009 and last summer, Gunn posed as a member of “New Kids on the Block,” and then, beginning in November 2011, he impersonated Bieber to lure underage girls, some as young as nine years old. The children resided in Florida, California, and Virginia, among other places. Gunn is charged with committing multiple crimes, including two counts of child pornography, 10 counts of sexual exploitation, three counts of interstate extortion, and three counts of using interstate commerce in furtherance of unlawful activity. He is also currently on probation in Florida, related to convictions for theft, burglary, and other crimes. Authorities in New Jersey have also arrested a man who intimidated underage girls into performing sex acts online while impersonating Bieber. Lee Moir, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, also used Facebook to engage young girls into performing lewd acts for him. Moir, 34, threatened and sexually abused a 12-year-old New Jersey girl during a video chat session after posing as Bieber on the social networking site. Officials say the girl realized that Moir wasn’t the pop star during a video chat, but that he threatened to harm the girl’s family if she didn’t perform for him online. The Essex County, New Jersey prosecutor’s office says that Moir has been in contact via the Internet with “many juvenile females” in the U.S., Canada, France, and elsewhere overseas. Moir was arrested April 18 after an undercover Canadian investigator posed as a 14-year-old girl online. Authorities say Moir engaged in sexual conversations with the officer and was arrested after he requested a meeting. He has been charged by Canadian authorities with luring, manufacturing child pornography, and extortion. Nebraska Football Coach takes Public Stand against LGBT Rights OMAHA, NE – Ron Brown, an assistant football coach for University of Nebraska’s Cornhuskers, told the Omaha City Council last month that a proposed ordinance to ban discrimination based upon sexual orientation is a “sin,” and may address the Lincoln, Nebraska City Council’s May 7 meeting to take a
similar stand against a proposed measure in that municipality. Although University officials have taken issue with Brown listing his address as “Memorial Stadium,” implying that he is speaking for the school, and Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman said he was “personally offended” by the remarks, there has been no further move to censure the coach, who is in his fifth season with the Cornhuskers. Brown himself remains unapologetic and defiant, telling reporters that “To be fired for my faith would be a greater honor than to be fired because we didn’t win enough games.” Although he was criticized by LGBT rights groups for the harmful impact his comments could have on gay students in particular and promoting a hostile environment for gay athletes in general, Brown scoffed, saying “I haven’t lost any sleep over it. I realize at some point, we live in a politically correct enough culture where [being fired] very well could happen.” Barbara Baier, a member of the Lincoln Board of Education, has called for Brown to be terminated. “He says terrible things about members of my community—citizens of this country, people who have not committed any crimes,” said Baier in a letter to school officials. “He compares gays and lesbians to people who have committed crimes, people who are desiring to go and cause the destruction of the American family, and nothing could be further from the truth.” If Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne’s comments are any indication, Brown does not have much to fear for his job. “I think it’s important that there be clarity with what you do in your capacity at the university and what you do as a private citizen,” Osborne said. Wrestler’s Ex-Wife Retracts Allegations of Gay Affair NEW YORK, NY – The ex-wife of professional wrestling star Hulk Hogan has retracted claims that her former husband engaged in a homosexual affair with a fellow wrestler while they were married. Appearing on the syndicated program “The Wendy Williams Show” this week, Linda Hogan said that statements she made in her 2011 memoir “Wrestling the Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes” about an alleged affair between her ex and fellow wrestler Brutus Beefcake were taken out of context. “When you’re mad and you’re going through a divorce, you say things you just don’t mean,” Hogan said, adding in a message meant for her former husband “Hulkster, I’m sorry. I love and I will always love you.” Late last year, Hulk filed a defamation suit against his ex. Hulk—also known by his real name, Terrance Gene “Terry” Bollea—appeared on Williams’ show in February to defend himself against the gay rumors. “It’s tough because a lot of my friends in normal life, a lot of my friends in the entertainment business, and a lot of my friends in the wrestling business are gay,” he said at the time. “If it was true and I was gay, I’d embrace it, and I’d tell you guys about it and I’d celebrate it.” H
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new study, published this month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, reports that homophobia can result—at least partially—from suppressing same-sex attraction. The study analyzed six separate experiments conducted by researchers on approximately 800 university students in the U.S. and Germany, and provides empirical evidence that some homophobic individuals are in actuality manifesting externally the repressed sexual attraction they are experiencing for members of the same sex. According to the study’s lead author, Dr. Netta Weinstein, a psychology professor at the University of Essex (U.K.): “Individuals who identify as straight but in psychological tests show a strong attraction to the same sex may be threatened by gays and lesbians because homosexuals remind them of similar tendencies within themselves.” This hypothesis—that same-sex attraction, repressed by shame, fear, or other negative responses, manifests outwardly as homophobia— was acknowledged by one of the people cited in the research as examples of the theory: Ted Haggard, the evangelist whose pulpit blazed with the righteous fire of a brimstone-filled future for gay men (until a gay sex scandal involving a male hustler resulted in his resigning in disgrace) said in his apology during the scandal, “I think I was partially so vehement because of my own war [with same-sex attraction].” Freud referred to this as a “reaction formation.” “In many cases these are people who are at war with themselves and they are turning this internal conflict outward,” said Dr. Richard Ryan, professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Rochester, and the study’s co-author. Previous research conducted in 1996 by University of Georgia Department of Psychology found that hostility to gays is associated with homosexual arousal: this arousal was either unknown to or denied by the homophobic person who was experiencing it. The current study supports this, adding that those subjects who reported being heterosexual, but who experienced homosexual attraction under study conditions, were more likely to be homophobic. Besides Haggard, the new study also offered other recent examples of religious and political conservatives who have made a career of opposition to LGBT rights—only to be outed in the most public and (often for their families) shameful of circumstances. Among those cited: former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, an opponent of including sexual identity in federal hate crimes statutes who was arrested for lewd behavior in a Minneapolis men’s room after he approached an undercover police officer for sexual favors; and Glenn Murphy Jr., a rising star in the GOP and former National Chair of the Young Republicans and opponent of marriage equality, who pleaded guilty in 2007 following accusations that he had performed oral sex on a sleeping 22-year-old man. “We laugh at or make fun of such blatant hypocrisy, but in a real way, these people may often themselves be victims of repression and experience exaggerated feelings of threat,” added Ryan. “Homophobia is not a laughing matter. It can sometimes have tragic consequences,” citing the
1998 murder of Matthew Shepard and the 2008 shooting death of 15 year old Lawrence King. In the study published this month, participants were asked to rate their sexual orientation on a scale from one to 10, from gay to straight. A computer-administered test assessed their ‘implicit’ and ‘explicit’ sexual orientations, including how they reacted to words (“gay,” “homosexual”) and images of a sexual nature during a split-second timed task. Pictures of gay and straight couples were displayed for tracking participant reactions, and they were likewise asked to agree or disagree with phrases that described their relationships with their parents, such as “I felt free to be who I am,” or “I felt controlled and pressured in certain ways.” The level of tolerance in their homes was measured with responses to such statements as “My dad avoids gay men whenever possible,” and “It would be upsetting for my mom to find out she was alone with a lesbian.” The study suggests that at least some of those with intense feelings of hostility to gay people were likely themselves to have been the victims of oppression and intolerance. Displaying the word “me” or “other” for the briefest of intervals onscreen before each word or image was flashed, the authors say that the participants subliminally processed the word through “semantic association.” (When the word “me” precedes a word or image that reflects the viewer’s actual sexual orientation, these images are mentally sorted into the correct category faster than when “me” precedes those words or images that do not accurately reflect sexual orientation.) The study authors say this methodology is similar to tests that are used to measure other traits, like a subconscious racial bias. The researchers identified those study participants who, in spite of a “straight” self-identification, displayed same-sex attraction (that is, they associated “me” with gay-related words and pictures faster than they associated “me” with straight-related words and pictures). The authors said that more than 20 percent of such self-described “straight” individuals showed this discrepancy. Like the aforementioned Haggard, Craig, and Murphy, the study reported that other individuals who reflect this “discrepancy” are at a far greater likelihood of supporting policies and laws that are hostile to LGBT individuals. In short, a significant number of those who express homophobic and hostile attitudes towards gays are likely to manifest some measure of same-gender attraction. The authors note that participants who had supportive parents and who grew up in a tolerant environment were more likely to accept their own implicit sexual identity, while the opposite holds true for those reared in controlling, intolerant homes. H
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Whole Eggs: Nature’s Perfect Food By Andy kress
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reakfast dishes would not be quite the same without the incredible, edible egg. This healthy protein is one of the top choices when Americans sit down in the morning before heading off to work, or relax at a Sunday brunch. Yet recently eggs have been getting a bad rap, as a new health conscious fad suggests that it’s healthier to eat the egg white alone, disposing of the yolk which has been labeled as ladened with fat and cholesterol. Restaurants have jumped on the bandwagon. One can choose to have egg white only omelets, burritos, and breakfast sandwiches. Cutting down calories per sitting seems to be a wise and health conscious choice. In theory, getting rid of the fatty part of the egg should help those individuals who want to lose those last few extra pounds. The mistake in this logic is that with the affordable egg, Mother Nature has given us a complete perfect food. Toss out the yolk, and you’ll be missing out on the healthiest part of the egg! The yolk is very high in antioxidants, a spectrum of vitamins and minerals, as well as healthy cholesterol-fighting Omega-3 fats and all of the essential fatty acids. Yolks contain vitamin A, plus vitamins B6 and B12, other trace minerals, choline, foliate, lecithin and lutien (which gives egg yolks their color). B vitamins are especially helpful for nerve function, while lecithin is a natural emulsifier rich in choline, which aids in the process of fat metabolization in the body. Although the body already produces enough choline for normal needs, added dietary sources aid in reducing the accumulation of fat in the liver and help repair neurological damage. Lutien is an antioxidant, which helps in the prevention of inflammation (which is a major factor in fighting heart disease), and also helps strengthen the eyes. The yolk also contains 90% of the calcium in the egg, far outweighing the
egg white. Iron, phosphorus, zinc and panthothentic acid are only found in the egg yolk, but not the white. In addition, the yolks also contain all of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. The Omega-3 fats in eggs are essential to lowering fat and cholesterol. Eating the entire egg actually raises your good HDL levels and lowers your LDL levels. This helps improve the overall cholesterol ratio and blood chemistry in your body. This helps keep the fat burning hormones in the body in check, keeping more fat from being stored and burning more of the fat that is already there. This should be duly noted by anyone who is trying to lose weight. As wonderful as the egg yolk sounds, consume it in moderation. The American Heart Association recommends consuming no more than four egg yolks a week. Eating the correct amount of yolks along with the egg whites keeps cholesterol levels within the AHA guidelines of 300mg a day. The extra calories in the egg yolk are really no extra calories at all when you look in the grand scheme of your day. Egg yolks do contain more calories than egg whites, but the yolks micro-nutrient-rich density of those calories actually aids in appetite regulation. This helps you eat less and lowers overall calorie intake for the day. Oh, and one more thing: Eggs yolks contain all of the flavor! Next time you go to toss out that powerhouse of energy and nutrients, stop yourself, armed with the knowledge that you’re starting your bright, new sun-shiny day correctly.
Andy Kress is a certified fitness trainer, yoga instructor and nutritional counselor in Fort Lauderdale, FL. For more nutritional tips or inspired exercise routines, reach him at 954-789-3930 or via email at andyfitnesstrainer@gmail.com
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The City Without Walls By ROBERT ELIAS DEATON
Part II—The Hotels, The Clubs, The Adventure
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n November 2001, Klaus Wowereit became mayor of Berlin. Now in his third term, Klaus’s favorite color is pink, and he is not subtle in showing his
subway station. The minimalist rooms
strict dress code of leather, rubber or
in town. Themes change daily so check its
are designed with an open shower for
military on the weekends when it opens
the ultimate in showing off for your
its doors at 10 p.m. Should you be one
website. (www.kitkatclub.org/Home/Club) Saunas
traveling companion or overnight guest.
of the unfortunates that forgot to pack
WIFI is free throughout the hotel, with
leather, the club opens to the curious
newest bathhouse in Berlin opened
the Urban Bar within the hotel, and a
on Wednesday nights and welcomes
in September of last year to compete
all.
preference for it. Klaus, you see, is gay—
mutschmanns.de)
which in Berlin is no big deal. In fact, it helped Klaus get elected, having admitted to his cheering fanbase, “Ich bin schwul,
und das ist auch gut so.” (“I’m gay, and that’s a good thing.”) The city has been a center for gay and lesbian intellects, playboys, and creative types for nearly a century, so there’s no shortage of bars, restaurants, hotels and
clubs catering to them. The trick is in the sorting, ranging from hot, really hot, to sizzling hot--just like the customers themselves. Hotels Axel Hotel Berlin (Lietzenburger Str. 13/15, Schöneberg) Our favorite hotel in all of Berlin is the trendy Axel. With other locaations in Barcelona and Buenos Aires, the “hetero friendly” gay Axel Berlin is centrally located in Schöneberg and right up the straße from the Wittenbergplatz
(www.
The
with the established and larger Apollo Splash Club (Kurfürstenstraße 101). Both saunas provide the essential wet
(Motzstraße
19)
steam, dry sauna and cruising rooms,
has been around
with enough hot men to pack the
since the 90s, and
joints starting in the late afternoon
fancies
right through to sunrise.
itself
as
any gay man’s sweep of the gayborhood.
Book through the hotel directly for
Lately, it’s instituted a rather amusing
preferred rates. (http://www.axelhotels.
door policy where humiliation seems to
com/berlin)
be part of the technique. (No, we were
When clean and cheap is the order of
not turned away, silly rabbit. However,
the day, we recommend the ArtHotel
we did witness many hot men who were.)
(Fuggerstr. 33, Schöneberg) where
Triebwerk (Urbanstraße 64) This
$94.00 gets you a room for two. Late
club specializes in underwear and naked
risers alert: the free breakfast buffet is
nights to such an extent that you’re only
served at the ArtHotel until 4 p.m. At
allowed to wear head-to-toe clothing on
check-in, receive a free pass to Boilers
one night—Mondays. Even then, you
Sauna (see below) and Connections Club
may be the only one dressed, but at least
next door plus a Vodka Redbull cocktail
you’ll get in. (Köpenicker
Straße
Berlin. Flat screen TV, DVD players, and
76--entrance Brückenstraße) The club is
Ipod stations are standard in this no
truly legendary and worth a visit just for
smoking hotel. Clubs
the matchbooks alone. Opened in the
Mutschmann’s
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Bar
rooftop hot-top with spectacular views.
KitKatClub
(Mehringdamm
Tom’s
“the” first-stop on
to supercharge your first moments in
Boiler
mid-90s by porno producer Simon Thaur (Martin-Luther-
and his GF Kirsten Krüger (Miss Kitty is
Straße 19) is a fetish cruise bar with
usually manning the door), this place is
an international reputation. It has a
the site of the most intense fetish parties
Enhale the
excitement. H Robert Elias Deaton is a world-traveling epicure who enjoys the finer things in life.
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FORT LAUDERDALE/WILTON MANORS ALIBI 2266 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors Gayborhood tradition since 1997. Comfortable, inviting atmosphere with indoor video bars, outdoor drinking and dining. Drink specials all week, with mammoth 22-ounce Long Island Iced Teas for $3 on Thursdays.
PJ’S CORNER POCKET 924 N Flagler Dr., Fort Lauderdale Friendly neighborhood interracial bar with drinks specials every night of the week including, “In the Biz Mondays” at 9 p.m. with 2-4-1 drinks and $3 Cosmos and Apple Martinis, “Splash Friday’s” wet underwear contest, and Sunday’s pool tournament, both with a $50 cash prize!
BILL’S FILLING STATION 2209 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors Videos, pool tables, dart boards, dance floor, happy hour, live shows, Tuesday and Thursday karaoke – and great burgers, to boot. Fun and friendly truck-stop-themed bar.
RAMROD 1508 NE 4th Ave., Fort Lauderdale Voted World’s Favorite Leather Bar. Pig Dance first Saturday of the month – South Florida’s Busiest, Craziest Monthly Party (with caged hunks at Midnight on Saturdays – is there a downside to this?).
BOARDWALK 1721 N Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale Over 100 of the sexiest men from all over the world. Go-go dancers, cages, billiards, 2-4-1 Happy Hours. Drag emcees and did we mention the Boys?
ROSIE’S BAR & GRILL 2449 Wilton Dr., Wilton Manors Nexus of the A-Gay List. Be Seen in the Scene (without making one). Food, folks, libations, and a killer Sunday Funday.
BOOM 2232 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors The bar with two names features a dance club and Gayborhood bar. Drag Bingo on Mondays, karaoke Mondays and Tuesdays, dance music Fridays and Saturdays, and (indoor) Sunday T-Dance.
SCANDALS SALOON 3073 NE 6th Ave., Wilton Manors A line-dancin’, tight blue jeans-wearin’ good time. Country and western music, two-steppin’, three-steppin’, pool tables, and themed events year ‘round. Cowboys and Indians was never this much fun, Pilgrim.
CORNER PUB 1915 N Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors Friendly atmosphere, unpretentious clientele and staff. Next to Island City Pizza (so you can get your drink AND your slice on).
SIDELINES 2031 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors Where Sports come first. Nationally known destination sports bar with TVs streaming NFL, MLB, NBA and college games. Pool tables, dart boards and large indoor (and now smoke-free) facility. Outdoor patio features area for smokers. Mixed crowd of gay men and women (who would have thought?). Featured in Bloomberg Businessweek and recommended by LOGO.
CUBBY HOLE 823 N Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale Butch bar and grill with a rockin’ daytime crowd (and a fun nighttime one, too). Fifty cent pool, 2-for-1 drinks all day every day, video games, hot movies on HDTV and DirecTV. Thursdays it’s Bare Bear Chest Night, and every Friday and Saturday the fur flies with Hot Bears on Poles (where their Grizzlies Grind)!
STABLE 205 E Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale Levis-and-leather neighborhood bar, where the bears line dance and the cowboys are VERY friendly.
DEPOT CABANA BAR AND GRILL 2935 N Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale Adjacent to the America’s Best Inn and Suites. Pool open daily – No Cover or Day Pass. Great food, daily happy hour, Sunday afternoon T-Dance Poolside. Karaoke and live music. Open daily at 11:30 a.m.
SMARTY PANTS 2400 E Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale Cozy neighborhood bar with daily happy hour, and regular patrons. Show night Thursdays at 9 p.m. Karaoke Friday and Saturday nights, and with matinee on Sunday afternoon.
DUDES 3270 NE 33rd St., Fort Lauderdale Men dancing for men. Hot go-go boys in an upscale atmosphere, piano lounge for more quiet interludes. Steamy shower shows.
TORPEDO 2829 W Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale Dance, shoot pool, drink til 4 a.m., 7 nights a week. Doors open at Midnight; dance til Dawn.
JOHNNY’S 1116 W Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale Club, bar, lounge. Male dancers and the men who love (to ogle) them. Sunday amateur strip contest (and karaoke!). LIPS 1421 E Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park The Ultimate in Drag Dining. Dinner and shows six nights a week. Sunday Gospel Brunch with the Sisters of Sequins. THE MANOR 2345 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors WeHo vibe (think: LA’s The Abbey) in the heart of the Gayborhood. Dine, drink, dance, play, mingle. Theme rooms (salsa and merengue every weekend in the Latin Quarter!). Live dancing and dining. MATTY’S ON THE DRIVE 2426 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors Drink specials, billiards, and a chill gayborhood vibe. 75 Cent drinks on Wednesdays. No Drama, No Smoking. MONKEY BUSINESS 2740 N Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale Cozy neighborhood bar. Karaoke, drag shows, Patio Bar – and open at 9 a.m. daily. MONA’S 502 E Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale Cocktail Lounge in the heart of Searstown. Fun customers, fun bartenders and fun proprietor (the Legendary Jerry). Outside patio. Wednesday karaoke, Thursday Speedball Tournament. NAKED GRAPE 2163 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors Relaxing, friendly, hip, unique – the alternative gathering place on Wilton Drive. Wine tastings and events. Tuesday and Wednesday Late Night In the Biz.
WHISKEY BLUE 401 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale In the W Hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach, downstairs it’s the elegant Whiskey Blue, upstairs the luxe Living Room: hot dance and social settings in a distinctive atmosphere with signature cocktails and upscale patrons. Indoor and outdoor lounges. WILTON’S BIER GARDEN 2245 Wilton DriveWilton Manors German cuisine meets Der Gayborhood, in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Upstairs dining, downstairs outdoor patio and bar, DJ music, and a fun staff make one of Wilton Manors’ newest venues a good time to be had by all. MIAMI/MIAMI BEACH CLUB BOI 777 NE 79 St., Miami With an urban vibe on the weekends, a diverse crowd and a diverse musical format, including Hip Hop, R&B, House, Reggae, Soca, Latin and Old School. Go-go bois and drink specials. CLUB SUGAR 2301 SW 32nd Ave., Miami Gay Latin scene, with Salsa, Merengue, Reggaeton, Hip Hop and House music always playing. DISCOTEKKA 950 NE 2nd Ave., Miami Hot music, hot scene, hot bartenders, and hot patrons in the hot heart of Downtown Miami.
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On Miami Beach’s famed Lincoln Road, never a cover. Drink specials all week long, live DJs, high energy music and a fun crowd getting their dance on til late.
Exposed brick, cold beverages and friendly staff are the mainstays of the recently bloomed Florida Avenue flower! Neighborhood bar, pool tables.
PALACE BAR 1200 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach This bar and restaurant in the heart of South Beach’s Art Deco District. Mouth-watering burgers, boys (and girls!). Weekend cabaret shows Thursday through Sunday.
Baxter’s Lounge 1519 S Dale Mabry, Tampa, FL Tampa Happy Hour Tradition. Serving up some of the hottest dancers Wednesday thru Saturday nights at 10PM.
SCORE 727 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach Dance, drink, party all night on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road. Tons of events throughout the year, including fundraisers for Winter Party, White Party, and Miami Beach Gay Pride. SPACE 34 NE 11th St., Miami Mingle and mix with gays and str8s in the heart of Downtown Miami. Indoor dance floors and outdoor rooftop bar, spectacular light show. TWIST 1057 Washington Ave., Miami Beach Great music, friendly staff, hot tourists and locals. Never a cover, always a groove. Bungalow Bar = Hot Men. In SoBe’s Art Deco District. ORLANDO/CENTRAL FLORIDA Hanks 5026 Edgewater Dr., Orlando, FL Friendly local bar with a cruisy attitude. One of Orlando’s oldest and friendliest Gay bars. Beer and Wine. Pool Tables, Video Games and a Large Patio area. Hamburger Mary’s Bar & Grill 110 W Church St., Orlando, FL Eat, Drink & Be Mary! Tuesday BINGO with Miss Sammy & Carol Lee, Wednesday Trivia with Doug Bouser and Leigh Shannon’s Cabaret Dinner Show is every Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Parliament House 410 N Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL All gay entertainment complex with 130 newly-remodeled hotel rooms. Cruisy Hotel, Nightclub, Pool Bar, Bear/Leather Bar. New Phoenix 7124 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, FL Winter Park’s ONLY Gay & Lesbian Bar. Been There Forever! Karaoke every Tuesday and Friday at 9 p.m. Drag shows every Saturday night. Home of the $1 Jello shots. Pulse 1912 S Orange Ave., Orlando, FL Orlando’s Premier Gay Bar & Nightclub with Ultra Lounge, Jewel Box Dance Floor, and Adonis Dancers. Twisted Tuesdays with $10 All-U-Can Drink, College Wednesdays (18+) and 2-4-1 every Friday for Happy Hour. Savoy Orlando 1913 N Orange Ave., Orlando, FL “The hottest” gay bar and nightclub in Orlando. The MEN OF SAVOY Dancers from 6 p.m. til 2 a.m. every night in the main bar! Video Bar, Pool Tables. Wylde’s 3557 S Orange Ave., Orlando, FL Neighborhood bar South of Downtown Orlando. Jukebox, Video Games, Pool Tables and Dancers. Paradise Orlando 1300 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL Orlando’s casual Gay & Lesbian bar and nightclub. Patio, Tiki Bar and Pool Tables. Happy Hour 4 til 9 p.m. and drink specials every day til 9 p.m. Bar Codes (Formerly Bear Bar) 4453 Edgewater Dr., Orlando, FL Friendly Bar, Real Men and Bears... Oh My! Beer and Wine. Tends to attract the after work Happy Hour crowd. TAMPA BAY
JOHNNY’S MIAMI 62 NE 14th Street, Downtown Miami Club, bar and lounge. Johnny’s Miami boasts the best sound system in town! Plenty of safe, secured parking. Open 5pm to 5am daily. Hot male dancers and daily drink specials.
2606 2606 N Armenia Ave., Tampa, FL Tampa’s favorite Levi/leather bar has two floors (dimly lit), with the upstairs being the more cruisy. There’s Hog House shop on-premises, and the 2606 is home to the Tampa Leather Club. Monday is Underwear Night, Tuesdays are $1 drinks and on Wednesdays, Longnecks are just $1.50.
MOVA LOUNGE 1625 Michigan Ave., Miami Beach
Azalea Lounge 1502 N Florida Ave., Tampa, FL
Flirt Nightclub & Showbar 1909 N 15th St., Tampa, FL (Ybor City) Get that hometown feeling. Amazing lazer shows, big headliners and has been around for 6 years. City Side 3703 Henderson Blvd., Tampa, FL Tampa Bay’s “Best Happy Hour” til Midnight every night of the week. GBar 1401 E 7th Ave., Tampa (Ybor City), FL Dance Club & Video Bar. Open Tuesday through Saturday, 4 p.m. til 3 a.m. No cover before 10 p.m., $5 after with ID. Valentines Nightclub 7522 N Armenia Ave., Tampa, FL Voted #1 Nightclub in Tampa. Open 7 days a week 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. Monday, Latin Night, Tuesdays are Boys Night Out, Wednesdays are Karaoke Night, Thursdays, No Cover Dance Party, Fridays feature Hot Go-Go Girls, Saturdays are Latino Night “Uncut” and Sundays are Hip Hop Night. Ki Ki Ki III 1908 W Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL One of The Oldest Bars (beer and wine). A plain bar without pretention with its share of young regulars. Rainbow Room 421 S MacDill Ave., Tampa, FL A mix between a neighborhood bar and a community center. Main bar with pool, darts, jukebox. Outdoor Tiki patio has a full volleyball court and live bands. Beer & Wine. ST. PETERSBURG Georgies Alibi 3100 3rd Ave. North, St. Petersburg, FL One of the most popular gay bars in St. Pete. It’s always busy! Great VJ’s play Top 40 music. Mondays are Drag BINGO and Talent contest, Pool tourney Wednesdays, and the legendary Long Island Iced Tea nights on Thursdays. Ages 21 and over, never a cover! Flamingo Resort 4601 34th St. South, St. Petersburg, FL Florida’s “largest, luxury all gay resort.” Non-stop entertainment, great menu, and drinks served poolside at the Cabana. Weekly events and 2-4-1 Happy Hour daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday Happy Hour ($1 off) 11 a.m to 9 p.m. Gemini Lounge 2315 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL Gemini Lounge aims to serve a variety of tastes; music, karaoke, Internet access, poetry readings and sports on TV. Oar House Bar & Liquor Store 4807 22nd Ave. South, St. Petersburg, FL Fun, friendly, laid-back atmosphere where you can get great drinks at cheap prices! Drama free! Happy Hour daily from 2 p.m. til 9 p.m. Haymarket Pub 8308 4th St. North, St. Petersburg, FL More of a Men’s bar. Showing hot videos, beer specials, Saturday Underwear Night, and different events each week. Hideaway 8302 4th St. North, St. Petersburg, FL The oldest Womyn’s bar in the country. Where music is always the main entree! Coldest selection of beer in town. Detour 2612 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL The hottest club in St. Pete. Daily specials, karaoke nights and gogo boys from Rico’s Men. Noted for it’s Saturday Drag shows and Karaoke nights. Full liquor bar. MELBOURNE/COCOA Cold Keg NightClub 4060 W New Haven Ave., Melbourne, FL Largest Gay Club in Melbourne Florida and the Premier Gay Bar & Nightclub in Brevard County. Ultra Lounge 407 Brevard Ave., Cocoa, FL
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Nestled in Cocoa Village, this bar has a full coffee bar,
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2929 Plum St., Jacksonville, FL The Metro Entertainment Complex has been serving the GLBT community for 17 years. Features a total of 7 different venues under one roof to choose from. Lesbo-A-GoGo, monthly Tea Dances, special quest performers, female impersonators and live musicians.
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4751 Lenox Ave., Jacksonville, FL Your Neighborhood Gay Bar - the place for men. Cold beer, music and a warm and cozy atmosphere. Hot men and cheap beer... We all know where that leads! AJ’s Bar & Grill 10244 Atlantic Blvd., Jacksonville, FL Annie and Janie invite you to stop by and see some old friends and meet some new ones! Great food, awesome service, delicious mixed drinks and live entertainment. Park Place Lounge 931 King St., Jacksonville, FL A fun and comfortable gay bar that’s accommodating to both gays and non-gays. A great place to watch your favorite game, or enjoy playing Wii while the liquor flows! The Norm 2952 Roosevelt Blvd., Jacksonville, FL A neighborhood bar. Everyone is welcome, but remember it is a girls bar! Beer and Wine only. 616 Bar 616 Park St., Jacksonville, FL A warm and friendly atmosphere with a Patio bar. Karaoke on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Thursdays the Jax Bears are here for happy hour. Fridays and Saturdays enjoy the “Beer Blast.” Three Layers Cafe 1602 Walnut St., Jacksonville, FL The name Three Layers comes from their large variety of delicious three layer cakes. An inviting loft style cafe located in Springfield. Enjoy a bistro style lunch or just stop in for your morning coffee. Bo’s Coral Reef 201 5th Ave. North, Jacksonville Beach, FL
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There are great shows Thursday through Sunday with the best of female impersonators. Pool tables, video games, and a large outdoor patio. The only gay bar on the beach! Incahoots 711 Edison Ave., Jacksonville, FL This club offers good crowds every night. Recently remodeled with three bars and a friendly staff. Everyday is a different special. A fun place anytime. Full Liquor bar. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays except for special events. Kickbacks Gastropub 910 King St., Jacksonville, FL This is a top class venue serving over 600 different bottled beers, 84 beers on tap, breakfast, lunch and dinner 20hrs a day 7 days a week! PENSACOLA The Roundup 560 E Heinberg St, Pensacola, FL A neighborhood gay men’s bar... Pensacola’s Cowboy Bar. Open 2 p.m. til 3 p.m. daily. Cabaret 101 S Jefferson St. #E, Pensacola, FL Not strictly a gay bar, the charming and friendly Cabaret is very much a fixture in Pensacola’s GLBT community, drawing a mixed bunch each evening for happy hour, karaoke, videos, comedy shows, live music, and all-around hobnobbing and socializing. KEY WEST Bourbon Street Pub 724 Duval St., Key West, FL Opened in October of 1995 and has continued to grow ever since, it is now part of the larger collection of gay action in The Bourbon St. Pub Complex. Hot Go-Go boy dancers and a busy crowd. “Where the boys are!” 801 Bourbon Bar 801 Duval St., Key West, FL Cabaret shows upstairs with nightly performances by famed performers Sushi, Kylie, RV Beaumont, Margo, and others. This legendary establishment has been around for over 30 years, and host Happy Hour specials daily from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Aqua Nightclub 711 Duval St., Key West, FL Aqua features the “Reality is a Drag” show six days a week, followed by dancing. Monday is karaoke night and don’t
miss the great happy hour specials from 3 to 8 p.m. daily. KWest 705 Duval St., Key West, FL Daily Happy Hour from 3 to 8 p.m., and a piano sing-along every Wednesday night. Men dancing for men after 10 p.m. Weekly drink specials and “Wet Jockey” contests on Fridays. Saloon One 801 Duval St., Key West, FL (Behind 801 Bar) This is the only gay leather bar in Key West. Conveniently located behind 801 Bourbon Bar. La Te Da 1125 Duval St., Key West, FL An upscale hotel complex with 3 bars, cabaret and restaurant. Pearl’s Patio Bar for Women 525 United St., Key West, FL Tropical themed women’s bar for gay women and gayfriendly women alike. Patio bar with a full bar featuring drinks like “Cosmopearlitans” and “Pearl’s Passion”. Bobby’s Monkey Bar 900 Simonton St., Key West, FL The gay Cheers style neighborhood bar of Key West. Happy Hour from Noon to 7pm, Karaoke on Sunday nights, pool tournaments on Tuesday nights at 7pm. Free Wi-Fi access. Garden of Eden 224 Duval St., Key West, FL A Rooftop Bar with the BEST VIEWS in the city & “BEST Long Island Ice Teas made by Melinda!” Gay, straight, fat, or skinny... Doesn’t matter! Clothing optional - gay friendly! WEST PALM BEACH H G Roosters 823 Belvedere Rd., West Palm Beach, FL Dark bar that attracts a fun party crowd. Camp is in at H.G.’s, where drag shows and bingo nights pack in crowds looking for laughs and fun. The Lounge 517 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, FL Sushi, tropical views and tasty cocktails are accompanied by acclaimed resident DJ Daisy DeadPetals. Fort Dix Bar & Club 6205 Georgia Ave., West Palm Beach, FL
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Mostly local crowd looking to mingle and relax. The bar is a bit on the dark and dingy side, but who knows--that could be a plus. FORT MYERS Office Pub 3704 Cleveland Ave., Fort Myers, FL Oldest gay bar in South West Florida with a festive attitude. This bear-friendly Office likes to have fun with underwear parties, drag shows, Wii bowling! Check out their country and western music night on Saturdays. Tubby’s 4350 Fowler St., Fort Myers, FL Where men come to compete (in tournaments). “Never a cover... always a smile” Tubby’s is a no-frills video bar with a total of 10 TVs and two projection screens available for patrons to use as they wish. Add a six-hour 2-4-1 Happy Hour during the Wii tournaments on the big screen! The Bottom Line 3090 Evans Ave., Fort Myers, FL This gay entertainment complex is one of the longest running clubs in southwest Florida at over 20 years, The Bottom Line features 7 bars, pool tables, drag shows and occasional guest appearances by porno stars. VENICE TOTI: Tavern on the Island in Venice 127 Tampa Ave. East, Venice, FL This South Beach inspired gay bar, boasts a dance floor and a game room with pool tables and dart boards. It’s clean, the music is mixed and the staff are friendly. A mixed crowd can be found most nights... younger, older (duh, this is Venice), gay and straight. Did you know that in the Caribbean, TOTI is slang for a beloved male appendage? How apropos. GAINESVILLE Spikes 4130 NW 6th St., Gainesville, FL It is a laid-back kind of place, with friendly bar staff. The crowds vary depending on the night. The bar has a nice open air patio area that is rarely used, but would be nice if it was. University Club 18 E University Ave., Gainesville, FL This is a fairly average small college town gay bar. It is usually busy and crowded on Thursday nights.
Guilty pleasure: marvin nathan World Class “La Cage” Diva Brings Las Vegas Style to SoFla Drag
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Marvin Nathan is a performer whose time has come over and over again. For nearly 37 years, the multi-talented Nathan has been entertaining people in every medium from live performance to television. As “Cousin Ira” on the hit CBS series “The Nanny” starring Fran Dresher, Nathan came to Cher’s rescue when the legendary performer was trapped in the show’s Sheffield househo¬d following a little cosmetic “touch up.” To distract her fans and enable Cher to escape from the house, Nathan as “Cousin Ira” impersonated Cher—complete with Bob Mackie gown—in a sidesplitting stroll down the mansion’s grand staircase. Nathan began his entertainment career on July 4, 1976—America’s bicentennial. “It was the Eight Thousand Resort in Miami, and Dana Manchester put me in drag. It was the most successful show at that time,” he relates. That success led to some professional choices from the newly-
minted drag diva. “I decided it was time to move on. My mom was ill in Scottsdale, Arizona. I packed up and started a show in Phoenix, and within six months, we were a huge hit. I had an offer to go to California, so I packed Mom up and we moved.” In California, Nathan found himself in the center of a bidding war for his talents. “I got an offer from ‘La Cage’ in Hollywood to perform, but I instead chose to go to the [luxury liner] Queen Mary, and I was there for 10 years.” The death of his mother was especially hard. “I was devastated,” the entertainer admits. “She was my best friend. “Three days after Mom died, I got a call from Norbert Aleman [the legendary producer of ‘La Cage,’ then the world’s
preeminent female impersonation show], who wanted me to come to Las Vegas and star in his revue,” says Nathan. “I never auditioned, I was just told ‘Be here for two shows daily.’” It was back on the road for the performer. “I packed up my Cadillac Fleetwood and headed to Vegas. I was at ‘La Cage’ for four years doing my ‘Queensized Cher,’” he says. Later, Nathan made the TV talk show rounds, appearing on “Maury Povich,” “Sally Jesse Rafael,” “Talk Soup,” “The Man Show,” and many others. After appearing on the island of Cyprus and in Amsterdam, Nathan received a call from a fellow drag entertainer from “La Cage.” “Frank Marino was opening a show in—of all places—Kansas City, Missouri.
So, once again I packed up the gowns and off I went. I became the show director, revamped the show, and it became a huge success. Then I packed up and went to Atlanta. I was there for a year and then I moved back to Fort Lauderdale and took a position at Dudes,” where he performed for a year until a format change by management altered the venue’s entertainment. “I hate when they do that,” he concedes. “But you roll with the punches.” “Now I am back here and I hope that this is the last move for a LONG while,” Nathan laughs. Back in South Florida on a “permanent” basis, Nathan will be delighting fans old and new with performances on May 21 at “Dancing with the South Florida Stars II” (he is also a judge) benefitting the not-for-profit Brian Neal Fitness and Health Foundation. He will also be on the June 3 Gay Tea Cruise in Fort Lauderdale. Any spot in the world, Nathan’s star still burns brightly. . H
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Fort Lauderdale BEACHBEAR WEEKEND The annual BeachBear celebration in Fort Lauderdale will be held May 10 through 16. The host hotel is the Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel, 440 Seabreeze Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Thursday, May 10 - Afterburn: Windamar Resort from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tea-dance, drink specials. - BearBust: Scandals from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., happy hour prices. Friday, May 11 - Rehydrate: The Windamar Resort from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tea dance, drink specials. - Growl: Bill’s Filling Station, 8 p.m. $5 donation at the door includes one free drink. Saturday, May 12 - BeachBearFest: Granada Street, noon - 5 p.m., marketplace, food and drinks. - Where the Bears Are: Coconut Cove Guest House, private party, visit www.bosfl.org. - UnderBear: Boom, retro-disco, $10 beer bust, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. - The Meat Ball: Ramrod, starts at 10 p.m. Sunday, May 13 - BearBQ: Richardson Park, barbeque, beer, drinks from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. - Fuzz at Depot: Dance or play BINGO, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Bearlicious: Tea dance, The Manor, doors open at 8 p.m. Monday, May 14 - Bear Eats and Beats, Recovery brunch: Wilton Bier. - Big Bear Beer Bust: Ramrod, $10 all you can drink draft beer and $3 Absolute drinks. For more information and tickets, beachbearweekend.com FLORIDA AIDS WALK The Florida AIDS Walk is a 10k walk (or optional 5k) fundraiser to raise awareness and help reverse the continuing epidemic
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ou cannot pick up a magazine or watch a television show today without some advertisement for so-called “E.D.” treatment. Erectile disorder is often called erectile dysfunction or impotence and is the most common sexual disorder for men. Ironically, “dysfunction” and “impotence” inaccurately and often inadvertently contribute to a man’s feeling powerless over his erection. As with most sexual disorders, the inability to attain or maintain an erection or complete erection may result from biological and/or psychological causes. Low levels of testosterone, a natural part of aging, can contribute to issues with libido as well as erection problems. Testosterone supplementation is often sufficient to care for E.D., not to mention the benefits of increased energy and improved mood. Drugs, medication and alcohol are very frequently the cause of erectile challenges. Reducing or eliminating drugs and alcohol may be the solution. Ask your physician if any of the medications you are taking can contribute to erectile issues. These may include high blood pressure medications and anti-depressants. Often there are other medications available that can be substituted without the same sexual side effects. Diseases such as diabetes and coronary artery disease are also associated with erectile disorder. Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra can be effective medications for Erectile Disorder of physical origin. Other treatments including penile implants, and injections into the penis are also available for E.D. that originates from medically-related conditions. Vacuum aspirators (penis pumps) and venous retention rings (cock rings) offer varying degrees of success for E.D., as well. I tend to recommend trying a cock ring as a simple first choice for E.D. or for increasing the firmness of erections. While there are multiple physical reasons for erectile disorder, the primary cause is performance anxiety, not uncommonly related to lack of erotic desire for one’s partner. Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra are not aphrodisiacs, and they do not produce desire. Trying to overcome desire challenges with one of these medications will not work. When the underlying cause of E.D. is psychological, a cognitive-behavioral sex therapy approach works best. E.D. can be rapidly cured by using the mind to redirect the focus of attention during sex. While a
man who ejaculates prematurely does well to direct his focus away from the object of erotic desire, a man who has difficulty achieving erection or ejaculation does well to direct his focus toward the object of erotic desire. Performance anxiety is essentially a misdirected focus of attention on matters other than an object of sexual desire. When you are concerned about your ability to satisfy your partner or you are self-conscious about your body, or your mind is thinking about some problem at work, you are not focused on the sexual stimulus—the partner or fantasy in your mind. Similarly, when you move out of the moment of sexual connection and pleasure you are no longer focused on the sexual stimulus. Redirection is necessary in order to be sexual. One of the most enjoyable aspects of sex is losing yourself in the moment with your partner. Worry, anxiety, concern, and fear take you out of the here-and-now of sexual experience. Because sexual challenges are multifaceted and may include medical, biological, psychological, and/or social factors, they may not be a simple matter to address. Taking matters into your own hands may or may not work for you, which is why diagnosing and treating sexual problems is sometimes best accomplished by licensed health professionals. Working with your physician, (sex) therapist or clinical sexologist, your diagnosis and treatment can be most effectively accomplished. H
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Fort Lauderdale of HIV/AIDS in South Florida. 100 percent of the funds raised from the Florida AIDS Walk stay right here in Florida and will benefit the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Broward House, the Pride Center at Equality Park, SunServe, Latinos Salud, the South Beach AIDS Project, the Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center, and other local service organizations. This community fundraising and awareness event helps ensure the expansion of HIV/AIDS testing, education and prevention initiatives in South Florida, and throughout the State of Florida. The Florida AIDS Walk also benefits: LGBT education, advocacy and services; specialized services that meet the needs of the economically disadvantaged, marginalized youth, seniors and peoples of differing abilities; specialized, comprehensive care of children and youth with HIV/AIDS in a family-centered environment; and improving the lives of individuals living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS. Sunday, May 20, 2012, registration and checkin at 8:00 a.m. on Fort Lauderdale Beach. A Note About Sponsoring Walkers with Checks: Make checks payable to Florida AIDS Walk. Also, be sure to include the name of the person you are sponsoring and the team that they are a member of to ensure proper credit. A Note About Matching Gifts: Matching Gifts are an easy way to sometimes double the amount you have raised for the Florida AIDS Walk. Please click here for a list of participating companies and how to take advantage of this easy way to make your contributions count more! More information at floridaaidswalk.org.
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AQUA GIRL For Women Who Love Women, May 2 through 6. Now in its eleventh fabulous year, Aqua Girl™ continues to attract women from all corners of the country, the Americas and around the globe. The week continues to grow with an ever-expanding variety of events that enhance its appeal and have created what is now one of the hottest Women’s festivals in the country. From dance parties, to comedy shows, to live music, to pool parties, to a bowl-a-thon, jazz brunch, dine-out event, VIP reception, art show, and celebrity meet-andgreets and so much more. Having so much fun never did so much good, with 100% of the proceeds from Aqua Girl benefitting the Aqua Foundation for Women, a not-for-profit-foundation whose primary mission is to promote the equality, strength, health, and visibility of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women. Monies raised during the Foundation’s signature week, as well as through individual and corporate donations go directly to educate, empower and foster the lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women’s communities throughout South Florida. For more information, visit aquagirl.org
serve openly, and visitors are welcomed throughout the island. Key West shows their pride every day, and this is your chance to be a part of the celebration. Come out for Key West Pride, June 6 to 10, and enjoy dance parties, drag shows, bike tours, water excursions, a street fair, and even a parade through town. Their Miss Pride, Mr. Pride and Ms. Pride competitions are infamous for their fun and their skin. Make your plans now to attend Key West Pride. Most events are All Welcome. All events are uniquely Key West. For more information: keywestpride.org.
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Eating Healthy without the Guesswork By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN
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was
Steakhouse Burger ($6.49) on a whole
National Earth Day, and what
wheat bun. We were given a beeper
better way to celebrate, we
that carried the label “Please Chill While
thought, than eat at Energy
We Grill.” At Energy Kitchen, everything
Kitchen, an eco-friendly restaurant with
carries a message it seems. The plastic
a fresh approach to a healthy diet.
cups hark “Do the Math. Nothing over
week
ago
Sunday
The idea here is a simple one:
500 Calories.” The window signs offer
everything on the menu is 500 calories or
“Our Promise to You,” which essentially
less. Nothing is fried—not even the fries!
was a pledge from founder Anthony
They are baked, and so is everything else,
Leone that there were “no hidden
unless it’s steamed or grilled. Think of it
temptations and no hidden calories” in
as fast food, without the junk element,
a place where even the drinks are all
and you’ve got the picture of Energy
no-calorie favorites.
Kitchen.
The Veggie Tuna wrap was a thickly-
Located next to CVS Pharmacy in a
packed pleasure dome of flavor, that
spot that once housed a chicken joint,
defied its listed calorie count of 342.
the first impression of Energy Kitchen
It contained a tasty mix of cucumbers,
is efficiency. Green, white and stainless
celery, onions, peppers, lettuce tomato
steel is the color scheme here. Three flat-
and low-fat mayonnaise with enough
screen monitors display the menu, which
tuna to make you want to immediately
is broken down into categories: Breakfast,
swim upstream, and order another. The
Salads, Wraps, Burgers, Entrees, Sides,
Sirloin Steakhouse Burger came in at
Snacks and Beverages.
413 calories. The juicy meat was stacked
We opted for a Veggie Tuna wrap
high with caramelized onions and steak
on multi-grain ($6.49) and a Sirloin
sauce. The bun was steamed and the
overall experience left the stomach full
chatting amongst themselves at the
and the taste buds singing.
register, and got cheery smiles but no
As we shared a bag of 151 calorie
obvious action to correct the situation.
air-baked fries ($1.99) which could have
Oh well. We all know good help is hard
used a bit more time in the oven, we
to find, and we’re sure Energy Kitchen
checked the nearby tables and found
will work out the kinks. Nevertheless,
happy campers enjoying an enormous
the concept is a solid one, and in a city
Buffalo Chicken Burger ($6.49) which
where the obesity rate is clearly on the
the accompanying fanning of the lips
rise, this is one restaurant that deserves
suggested was very spicy; the signature
to be packed for good-intentions alone.
Kitchen Chopped Salad ($7.99) with
We can’t wait to return to try the Bison
blue
& Egg Breakfast Wrap ($4.99). With five
cheese, turkey bacon bits and lots of
egg whites and chopped premium bison,
romaine; plus an energy drink called the
you just know that one is a winner—just
Vaccinator ($4.99), containing orange
like Energy Kitchen itself. Go--and tell
juice, strawberries, bananas, vitamin C
them Florida Agenda sent you. H
chicken,
scallions,
tomatoes,
and non-fat vanilla yoghurt. As we rolled out, doggie bags in hand, and completely satisfied with our experience, we were surprised to discover the number of unbussed dirty tables, scraps of food and paper on the floor, and a spilled soda that had been marked by a yellow plastic “Caution” tent with a marginal attempt at clean-up. We mentioned the fact to the employees
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Lobster Bisque
This Week’s Delicious Recipe
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By JEAN DOHERTY
bisque is a smooth, creamy, highlyseasoned soup of French origin. It’s rich and decadent. It’s classically based on a strained broth or “coulis” of crustaceans. It can be made from lobster, crab, shrimp or crayfish. In authentic bisque, the shells are ground to a fine paste and added to thicken the soup.
• 1 3 ¼ lbs. lobster heads • 2 tbsp olive oil • 1 small onion, chopped • 1 small carrot, chopped • 1 stick celery, chopped • 1 sprig thyme • 1 bay leaf • 1 large tomato • 1 tbsp tomato puree • 1 tsp cayenne pepper, plus extra to serve • 1 tbsp brandy • A pint of dry white wine • 2 pints of fish stock • A pint of veal stock • A pint of heavy cream • 8 tsp Armagnac brandy • Sea salt mash the lobster heads with your rolling pin until they are well broken up. Have a blast. Let ‘em have it!!! Heat the olive oil in a thick-assed saucepan and cook the onion, carrot and celery over a low heat. When the vegetables are lightly browned, add the
parsley, thyme and bay leaf and the lobster heads, stirring so that they don’t stick or burn. Add the tomatoes, tomato purée, cayenne pepper and the brandy. Stir well, then add the wine. Bring to the boil and cook for at least 3 minutes. Add the fish stock and veal stock and bring back to the boil. Season lightly with sea salt. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and skimming off any scum that appears on the surface. Drain through a colander set over a clean saucepan pressing the lobster bones well to extract all the juices and flavor. To serve, bring the soup back to the boil and allow it to reduce. Add up to a pint of heavy cream, according to your taste, and boil for 5 minutes. Pour 2 teaspoons of Armagnac per person into four warmed soup bowls and pour the soup over it. If you have any lobster claw meat available add that too. Sprinkle with cayenne pepper and serve immediately. You are the chef!
Although born in Dublin, Ireland, chef Jean Doherty spent most of her life in Lyon, France, the gastronomical capital of the world. Together with Vero, her partner of 25 years, Jean has owned and run multiple restaurants including Fort Lauderdale’s Le Patio.
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