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NORTHFIELD, VT – The military academy from which graduated America’s original ROTC cadets is celebrating another groundbreaking first: The Norwich University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Allies Club (NULGBTQA) is hosting the school’s first gay pride week. The weeklong commemoration, which began on Monday, will culminate on Saturday with the school’s first Queer Prom, which will be attended by Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan. Morgan publicly announced
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she was gay on Sept. 20, 2011, the day the federal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) law was repealed. It was also the day Norwich students formed the NULGBTQA. In a statement, Joshua Fontanez, the president of NULGBTQA and the third-highest-ranking member of the Norwich University Corps of Cadets, said that the weeklong commemoration is meant to highlight patriotism and equality, and to try to educate the public about the challenges and issues faced by LGBT persons, including bullying, harassment, HIV and bias, based upon sexual identity. ‘ARMY GAY PRIDE’ continues on Page 8
LOCAL REALTORS PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR COMMUNITY IS Giving Back Despite a Tough Economic Environment By PHOEBE MOSES
WILTON MANORS – In the annals of performance-based giving, Atlantic Properties International DAVID DASO realty agents David Daso and Robert Wilfong are rewriting the playbook. The duo, who share lives and office space in Wilton Manors, have kicked off a unique campaign to give back to the community, and they are encouraging Photo: Facebook.com
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their clients and investors to do their parts in “putting their money” where the need is greatest. Beginning during this month’s Pridefest weekend, Daso and Wilfong have begun to contribute 25 percent of their listing commission to a local charity of their client’s choice—or of the realtors’ if their investor doesn’t evince a preference. The caring-and-sharing couple’s generosity is contagious, as they have
ensnared Atlantic Properties’ CEO and broker, Carl Marzola, in their giving-web, with the same percentage of the brokerage owner’s commission blowing up that charitable kitty into some very comfortable proportions. “I want to do everything I can to encourage my team associates to make this community very much a part of themselves,” notes Marzola, whose Atlantic Properties ‘CHARITY’ continues on Page 6
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that the rate of infections for HIV/AIDS in South Florida rose last years. The numbers reflect the nation’s worst incidents of HIV/ AIDS in spite of efforts to control its spread. The rate of new HIV infections was greatest in Palm Beach County, which saw a 30 percent increase from last year, followed closely by Broward County with a 25 percent increase. Statewide, that number rose more than onein-five, or 21 percent. New AIDS cases rose 6 to 8 percent in Broward and Palm Beach. Officials say artificially inflated stats reflect part of the increase, the results of changes to the counting methodology now being used by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They likewise note that approximately half of the new reported cases came from MSMs (men who sleep with men).
BERLIN, GERMANY FORT LAUDERDALE – This month, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (GFLGLCC) sent representatives to attend the annual ITB Travel show, in Berlin, Germany. Keith Blackburn, president and CEO of the GFLGLCC reports that more than 113,000 trade visitors and nearly 60,000 consumers were in attendance at the Messe Berlin Convention Center. The attendees had come to see 10,644 exhibitors from 187 countries, including those representing Greater Fort Lauderdale and its LGBT community. The chamber reps had set up an exhibition area in coordination with the Greater Fort Lauderdale-based International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), a stand that ranked Number 13 among NGO/Non-Profits by the Cologne Business School for their annual ITB “Best Exhibitor Award.” Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit paid an official visit to the booth. The GFLGLCC was formed last year by members of Broward County’s LGBT business community, with a mission that includes promoting business and economic opportunities for the LGBT and LGBTfriendly community, promoting tourism with a unified approach, and serving as an advocate and resource for all equalitypromoting member businesses. It is a 501c (6) non-profit organization. The GFLGLCC’s mission to Berlin was endorsed by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB). For more information about GFLGLCC, visit gogayfortlauderdale.com.
Broward HIV/AIDS Numbers Still Increasing FORT LAUDERDALE – A new report from the Florida Department of Health shows
In Broward County, there were more than 1,000 new reported HIV cases in 2011, which translates to 59 cases per 100,000 people, an increase from about 55 cases per 100,000 the previous year. Since 2008, Broward has had the highest per-capita infection rate in the U.S. Last year, CDC officials met to outline the elements of a major new and well-funded anti-AIDS campaign. There were 407 new HIV cases reported in Palm Beach County last year or 30.7 per capita. It is one of a dozen metropolitan areas with the highest infection rates. MiamiDade County has the nation’s second highest rate of infection.
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The Body Beach Challenge is an eightweek-long community-wide weight loss program targeting men, women and children aged 15 to 80 years old, whom Jackson would like to see shed their excess weight. The Challenge will kick off on April 7 and run through June 2--just in time for the arrival of summer. Part of the event’s proceeds will benefit the 2012 Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival. In addition, prizes will be awarded to the winners. Jackson says his goal is to set up the participants to succeed, with an April 7 initial meeting at Push Fitness, at 1098 Floranada Road in Oakland Park. Participants will have their weight recorded and body fat measured. Those measurements will be taken again on Saturday, June 2. The individual with the most dramatic improvement— which will include average weight loss and body fat percentage decrease--will be declared the winner, with the grand prize including a $400 personal training package at Push Fitness. “The $25 registration fee benefits the 2012 Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival,” notes Jackson. Those who take part will also receive a Body Transformation Guide with weight loss and healthy living guidelines, as well as a spiral bound Daily Exercise and Nutrition Guidebook. For more information and to register, visit pushfitnessftl.com.
Jackson’s Action:Community South Beach LGBT Needs to Lose Weight Visitor Center Showcases OAKLAND PARK – A local health ArtsUnited Winners and fitness entrepreneur is throwing down the gauntlet, metaphorically speaking, to motivate residents to shed their excess weight, and to do it for a good cause. “One in three Americans is either overweight or obese, making us the fattest nation in the world,” says Peter Jackson of Push Fitness. To get residents off their couches and onto their feet, Jackson has organized the “Body Beach Challenge.” “This is a grassroots effort to get people in our community to lose weight safely and make changes to live a healthier lifestyle,” Jackson says.
MIAMI BEACH – The LGBT Visitor Center in Miami Beach will showcase the award-winning artists from hallmark exhibitions presented by ArtsUnited. The show will take place between April 9 and April 27, and represents the first time that ArtsUnited will exhibit in South Beach. The show also coincides with Miami Beach Gay Pride celebrations. Founded in 1999, ArtsUnited is a Fort Lauderdale-based gay and lesbian arts organization. The group has a mission is to
utilize the arts to break down barriers which have historically prevented lesbians and gays from contributing fully and openly to the cultural, social, and economic success of South Florida. The April show will feature artists working in different mediums and styles. All presenting artists have won awards in the prestigious “United and Proud Exhibition” or “ArtExplosion,” two annual exhibitions presented by ArtsUnited. Some of the artists exhibiting will include realistic painters Alfred Phillips and Gregory Little, photographers Timothy Leistner and Nancy Goldwin, and expressionist Keith Clark.
“Bully” To Be Released Without a Rating AMC Theaters Allows Teens to View
When it opens March 30, minors will be allowed to see the controversial documentary “Bully” at AMC Theaters nationwide, despite being officially rated “R” by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Refuting the censors, producer Harvey Weinstein, whose Weinstein Company is distributing the film, responded by releasing it without any ratings designation. According to the theater chain’s website, “AMC Theaters believes people of all ages can benefit from the message of this film. That's why we are allowing all guests to experience the version of this film that is not rated." AMC is requiring those 17 or younger to be accompanied by a guardian, or bring a signed permission slip, available for download. The film, directed by Lee Hirsch and following the exploits of five teens affected by bullying, has been a topic of hot debate over the past month. The Motion Picture Association of America slapped the film with an R rating because of language.
Chaz Bono to Grand Marshall Miami Pride Event
MIAMI BEACH -- Transgender advocate, author and one-time “Dancing with the Stars” participant Chaz Bono will headline the Fourth Annual Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade as Grand Marshal, according to Babak Movahedi, president of the Pride board of directors. Bono will lead the parade riding in a vintage Rolls Royce convertible waving to an anticipated 60,000 fans and supporters who are expected at this year’s parade and festival. The Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade begins at noon on Sunday, April 15, along Ocean Drive, with sponsorship provided by Stolichnaya® Premium vodka. “Chaz’s courage, activism and contributions to the whole community stand as inspirations to us all,” Movahedi said. “We are extremely proud to have Chaz, who is a true trailblazer, as our Grand Marshal this year.” H
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WASHINGTON, DC - White House officials are clarifying remarks made last week by Michelle Obama during a New York City fundraiser, explaining that the First Lady was not trying to imply that President Obama’s Supreme Court nominees support same-sex marriage, and that she was not endorsing marriage equality on her own behalf or that of the president. “For the first time in history, our daughters and our sons watched three women take their seat on our nation’s highest court. And let us not forget what their decisions--the impact those decisions will have on our lives for decades to come--on our privacy and security, on whether we can speak freely, worship openly, and, yes, love whomever we choose. But that’s what’s at stake. That’s the choice that we face,” Obama said on March 19. “That is a reference to the president’s position on the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA],” White House press secretary Jay Carney said afterwards, referring to the 1996 law that federally defines marriage as between a man and a woman. In 2011, the Obama administration announced that part of DOMA was unconstitutional and ordered the Justice Department to stop defending the law in court. There were those on the political left who were hoping that the First Lady was making reference to marriage equality as well as signaling a White House plan to appoint Supreme Court justices who support gay marriages.
CNN’s Piers Morgan that the gay marriage debate has been “settled” in Massachusetts, and said that opponents of marriage equality should “move on” and focus on economic matters. “It’s settled law in Massachusetts. Quite frankly, everybody’s moved on,” said Brown on the March 19 broadcast of “Piers Morgan Tonight.” In the past, Brown has said that he opposes marriage equality, but he has never made it a campaign theme. The Republican split with his party in supporting President Obama’s repeal of the Pentagon’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy.
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“We’ve moved on. I encourage everyone else to move on,” Brown told the CNN host. “It should be decided state by state basis. I’m focusing on those other things.” Democrats say that Brown’s record on LGBT rights leaves much to be desired. They point to his opposition of non-discrimination legislation for LGBT persons, and his refusal to take part in an anti-bullying video. “If Scott Brown thinks marriage equality is settled law in Massachusetts, he should talk to the thousands of gay couples whose marriages aren’t recognized by the federal government,” said Kevin Franck, spokesman for the Massachusetts Democratic Party. Brown is in a re-election race for his U.S. Senate seat, the one formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy. His presumed Democratic opponent, Harvard law professor and former U.S. Treasury Department official Elizabeth Warren, has been endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign.
Layne Nisenbaum, Palm Beach Dermatologist, Dies Awaiting Transplant PALM BEACH—Layne Nisenbaum, Palm Beach dermatologist and long-time partner of former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL), died in a West Palm Beach hospital last week while waiting for a liver transplant. Nisenbaum had idiopathic liver disease,
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which left him with a cirrhotic organ. Foley and Nisenbaum, who was 53 when he died, had been together 28 years. Their relationship became public knowledge after Foley was forced to resign from Congress after he admitted sending sexually explicit emails and text messages to underage Congressional pages. After leaving Congress, Foley entered the real estate business in Palm Beach. On September 22, 2009, Foley debuted as host of his own radio show,
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International Business Café is located directly across Wilton Drive from the Wilton Manors City Hall. “We all know what the economic challenges this community has faced in the past few years,” says Marzola. “That’s why it is so vital to see business people like Bob and Dave helping to build the foundations that make for a strong future for us all. Broward House and Poverello are just two of the many great organizations that we are proud to support and help in a tangible way.” As noted by Marzola, the first contribution from the commission earned by Wilfong and Daso will benefit local service organization Broward House. That group was selected by the pair’s client/seller, Jim Blasi. “Another listing is pending and, upon closing, the designated charity is Poverello,” explains Daso, who, along with Wilfong, has been a real estate professional for six years, a job they started six years after moving here. “We just wanted to give something back to our community,” Daso adds, matter-of-factly. In addition to their charitable efforts, Wilfong and Daso have just finished shooting an episode of HGTV’s “House Hunters.” Their segment will air on the cable network in about three months. “Our clients Marcel Lebrun and Carl Daniels asked if we wanted to do it,” recalls Daso, “and of course we said yes! We filmed three days in January--one day for each property-
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-and last weekend filmed the ‘Three Months Later’ part of it.” Daso says that he and Wilfong took advantage of the “lent” spotlight to focus it on the place they love to call home. “We were lucky to have some say as to where” the location shooting occurred, “so we made it all about Wilton Manors and Fort Lauderdale,” Daso shares. “Not only did they film at the beach, but they also featured the Alibi, Naked Grape Wine Bar, Rosie’s, and Wilton Drive in general.” Daso says that he and Wilfong have been fortunate in the friends and business relationships they have forged in the past 12 years. They would like to see that goodwill banked and used for the good of themselves and the entire region. “We hope to promote our area as an affordable and highly desirable area to buy and sell real estate,” Daso adds. H
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BIG COMPANIES EASE THE TAX BURDEN ON SAME-SEX EMPLOYEE COUPLES By RORY BARBAROSSA
NEW YORK, NY – The growing support for LGBT rights among American corporate leaders is turning into tangible results for the nation’s LGBT workers, with a growing number of blue chips and other companies offering non-fiduciary benefits and other forms of compensation to their LGBT workforces, and their partners: married, domestic, or what have you. For example, Ernst & Young, one of the nation’s largest accounting firms, is one of about three-dozen companies that now compensate their LGBT employees because of a provision in the tax code that requires them to pay income taxes on their partners’ health benefits—an amount that straight married couples are not required to pay. Approximately three-dozen companies now offer the so-called “gross-up benefit,” which, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) reports, is close to three times as many that offered the benefit just twelve months ago. HRC reports that other companies that began offering the benefit as of Jan. 1 include American Express, Bank of America, Microsoft, and Yahoo. Both HRC and legal experts say that the tax requirement is a federal issue, and therefore trumps even laws in states that recognize gay marriage.
“Four letters,” says Chris J. Mancini, a Broward County attorney who has represented many LGBT clients on domestic partnership issues. “D-OM-A.” Mancini, a former federal prosecutor, notes that the federal Defense of Marriage Act does not recognize same-sex couples as being married, even in the eight states that have legalized marriage equality. “Under DOMA and its federal spousal definitions, a man on his wife’s health plan doesn’t pay federal taxes on his share of benefits, but a man on his husband’s plan does,” Mancini explains. “Big Five” accounting firm Ernst & Young has offered benefits to same-sex domestic partners since 2002. The matter of the tax inequity came up during a town hall meeting held in November by the company’s diversity department. According to HRC estimates, the gross-up benefit provides an extra $1,200 on average to an employee’s family. Competitors KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers have likewise added the gross-up benefit gay employees and their partners. Bank of America offered domestic partner health benefits beginning in 1998: the company added the tax benefit this year for both domestic partners of employees and eligible children. H
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The NULGBTQA was the first LGBT group founded on a military campus.The week of events at Norwich University, which was founded in 1819 as the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy, also features a day for celebrations or issue discussions for each of the six colors on the gay pride rainbow flag. Norwich is also the birthplace of the nation’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program. The school was also among the first to admit women and African Americans into its Corps of Cadets. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was the policy prohibiting gay and lesbian military service members from openly declaring their sexual orientation.“The repeal [of DADT] is bringing a new wave of equality, a new wave of rights that so many generations have been waiting for,” Fontanez, from Brown Mills, New Jersey, told Vermont Public Radio [VPR]. The Norwich senior said that schoolmates didn’t know he is gay until after the repeal of DADT. The policy prohibited gay servicemembers from declaring their
sexual orientation without the fear of official reprisals. Fontanez, 22, plans to be commissioned as a U.S. Army infantry officer in May. He told VPR that he had always wanted to serve his country, but believed he would have to hide his sexuality. “It’s something I feel I was truly called toward and truly loved, so it’s great that I don’t have necessarily to make that sacrifice,” Fontanez said. In addition to the participation of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, Fontanez anticipates the return and support this week of many school alumni. “They are truly saying, ‘we’re proud to come back home. This is something we wish that happened when we were here,’” said Fontanez. The future officer says that 30 to 35 members attend the club’s meetings-about three-quarters of them from the school’s Corps of Cadets. Approximately 115 of the 200 graduating Corps of Cadets members plan to be commissioned in the U.S. armed forces through ROTC. H
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Gay Cruise Passengers Arrested For Having Gay Sex in Caribbean
ROSEAU, DOMINICA — On March 22, two gay California men pleaded guilty after being arrested for indecent exposure and “buggery” during a cruise stop for a gay Caribbean sailing. John Robert Hart, 41, and Dennis Jay Mayer, 43, of Palm Springs, were arrested the previous day after police say that witnesses saw them having sex on the Celebrity Summit cruise ship as it was docked in Dominica, an island nation in the Lesser Antilles where consensual sex between men is a criminal offense. “We humbly apologize to the people of Dominica,” both men said during their hearing, adding that they regretted their offense. The couple’s lawyer, Bernadette Lambert, painted a picture of innocent abandon during the 30-minute hearing. “They were struck by the beautiful mountains, the clean and clear fresh air, and were having a few cocktails, and so threw caution to the wind,” she told the judge. Hart and Mayer were ordered to pay about $900 in fines by Chief Magistrate Evaline Baptiste, who called them “rogues and vagabonds.” Police boarded the Celebrity Summit on March 21 after an eyewitness in Rouseau, the capital of Dominica, reported seeing the men from the dock having sex onboard the ship. They were arrested on suspicion of “buggery,” the local equivalent of sodomy in the island, which has one of the lowest per capita gross domestic product (GDP) rates of Eastern Caribbean states, and is sometimes confused with the Dominican Republic. The Celebrity Summit departed Puerto Rico on March 17 carrying about 2,000 passengers. The cruise was organized by California-based Atlantis Events, a company that specializes in gay travel. The ship departed Dominica for St. Barts, leaving the men behind, held in a jail cell at police headquarters. Ian Douglas, the country’s Minster of Tourism, cautioned tourists to abide
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by local regulations, and reproved cruise and tour officials for not making passengers aware of local laws. “It cannot be the responsibility of Dominica to screen guests and tourists before they come into the country,” said Douglas. “It is expected that any time people come to a country, they will respect the laws of the country.” Gay cruises to the Caribbean have become popular in spite of hostility to homosexuality on several islands, including Barbados, the Cayman Islands, and Jamaica. Cruisemates.com reports that no gay cruise lines sail to Barbados or Jamaica because of local homophobia and fear of violence. Other Caribbean states are more welcoming of LGBT tourists. Authorities in the Caribbean last intervened on a gay cruise n February 2011, when U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested a California man aboard the vessel Allure of the Seas, which was docked in St. Thomas. Steven Krumholz pleaded guilty to dealing ecstasy, methamphetamine, and ketamine (which goes by the street name “Special K”) to other passengers.
The Nose Knows: Egyptian Official Resigns after Nose Job Scandal
CAIRO, EGYPT – The hard-line Al-Nour Party of Egypt announced last week that one of its leaders, Anwar al-Balkimy, has been expelled from the political group after officials learned that the conservative Member of Parliament had lied to them about a recent assault upon his person in order to cover up an even greater infamy: the fact that he had undergone a nose job. Al Jazeera reports that al-Balkimy, a parliamentarian with political ties to the even harder-lined Islamic Brotherhood, fabricated a story in which he was beaten by masked gunmen. The embarrassment over his nose job story forced the conservative Muslim to resign from the nation’s 40-day-old parliament. The truth came to light after fellow members of the religious Al-Nour party visited al-Balkimy in the hospital where he was recovering from what had originally been reported as injuries sustained in a mugging and assault.
Instead, they found out that al-Balkimy had gone to a Cairo clinic for rhinoplasty, then checked himself in to a second hospital where he told doctors that his bandaged face had resulted from an attempted carjacking in the desert. “Based on what the hospital officials said, we decided to expel him from the party, and so he submitted his resignation,” party spokesman Nader Bakar said on the organization’s official Facebook page. “We are trying to bring forth a new set of social values in politics based on Islamic principles. He may be suffering from an emotional disorder.” Though al-Balkimy has apologized for the incident, he could face prison time if convicted on charges related to filing a false report, including “creating anxiety among the public” and “worrying public officials,” according to Al Jazeera.
European Court of Human Rights: Gay Marriage is Not a Human Right
STRASBOURG, FRANCE – The European Court of Human Rights ruled last week that its member states are not required to grant access to marriage to same-sex couples. The judges were deciding upon the case of two gay women who are registered in France under a civil partnership. The couple argued that their status prevents them from adopting a child as a couple. The women, Valerie Gas and Nathalie Dubois, were asking the court to establish their marriage rights under European anti-discrimination laws. Among other rights the women were petitioning for Gas to be allowed to adopt Dubois’s 11 year-old daughter. But the judges said there had been no discrimination. “The European Convention on Human Rights does not require member states’ governments to grant same-sex couples access to marriage,” the court ruled. “With regard to married couples, the court considers that in view of the social, personal, and legal consequences of marriage, the applicants’ legal situation could not be said to be comparable to that of married couples,” they added. But the judges noted the importance of parity in all instances: “Where national legislation recognizes
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registered partnerships between samesex, member states should aim to ensure that their legal status and their rights and obligations are equivalent to those of heterosexual couples in a similar situation.”
British Lawmaker calls Queen Elizabeth“A Kaleidoscope Queen”
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM —Queen Elizabeth II addressed both houses of Parliament last week to celebrate 60 years on the British throne. In an address scheduled to mark the sovereign’s diamond jubilee, Speaker of the House of Commons John Brecow raised a few eyebrows when he introduced the 85-year-old monarch as “a kaleidoscope queen of a kaleidoscope country.” Bercow, 49, is straight and married, but serves as the honorary president of the Kaleidoscope International Diversity Trust, a gay rights group which works to overturn anti-gay legislation across the world and to open dialogues between straight government officials and gay citizens in less tolerant countries. Telegraph columnist and blogger Damian Thompson suggested that Bercow’s comment was “a thinly disguised plug for gay marriage.” British Prime Minister David Cameron, who supports marriage equality, was clearly not amused by Bercow’s remarks, as his expression showed when it was captured on television just moments after the Speaker of Commons’ “kaleidoscopic” comments. Elizabeth II ascended the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1952. “I am reassured that I am merely the second sovereign to celebrate a diamond jubilee,” the queen told officials. Only one other British monarch, Victoria, celebrated 60 years on the throne, in 1897 (she died in 1901). H
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“First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out.” Martin Niemöller
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have this little game I enjoy playing. I can’t take credit for its invention, because it’s been played since time immemorial. It’s a variation on “what if ”? In microcosm, it can take the form of “what if my boyfriend didn’t start working two doors down right around the time we met?” On a more cosmic scale, one of my faves is “what if a Confederate soldier hadn’t misplaced Robert E. Lee’s Special Order 191?” (These detailed the South’s 1862 northern invasion plans. If these orders had not been found accidentally by a Union soldier, the Confederacy might have won the Civil War three years before the Union did historically.) “What if Hitler hadn’t been born?” These questions and what-if scenarios practically write themselves. Here’s another one, less famous: what if women had been allowed to retain the right to vote, instead of having the franchise taken away from them, as occurred historically in These United States? Lydia Chapin Taft (known as “the widow Josiah Taft”),
43, cast her first vote at a town hall meeting in Uxbridge, Massachusetts in October 1756. She is known to have cast at least two other votes. Following the American Revolution, New Jersey was the only state to allow women the voting franchise, from 1790 to 1807. (It is tempting to imagine some fat, powderedwig-wearing, Chris Christie-clone bloviating about the need to let the men of the state decide by referendum, and how grateful the women will be to have this sort of important decision taken off of their shoulders.) Even the-then despised Latter Day Saints (Mormons) granted their Utah sisters the voting franchise in 1870, only to have the U.S. Congress roll it back in 1887 with the Edmunds-Tucker Act, which likewise outlawed polygamy (as well as the Mormon Church itself, come to think of it). In 1917, American women who were still fighting for the right to vote compared President Woodrow Wilson to the despotic German emperor,
referring to him as “Kaiser Wilson” and comparing the plight of U.S. women to that of Germans suffering under the yoke of an Imperial tyrant. Looking back on our country’s history, I am embarrassed to point to the many examples where a Tyranny of the Majority not only kept certain rights and freedoms inaccessible to a disenfranchised minority ( Jim Crow, anyone?), but actually had the audacity to take those rights away once they had been granted, if only briefly. If this isn’t “un-American,” I don’t know what is. And yet it happened here. I wonder which of the current crop of national political candidates long for just such “good old days?” “We hold these truths to be selfevident,” begins one of the most important passages of America’s Declaration of Independence. I understand what Jefferson meant when he wrote the phrase “self-evident,” but these days, I’m having a hard time understanding who the hell he meant by “we.” H
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SCOTT GALVIN Your favorite virtue. These days, I’d like to see more honesty in the world. Patience wouldn’t be bad either. Your favorite qualities in a person. That’s hard to say. I am accepting of folks pretty much how they are. I don’t expect them to bend to my likings. Your chief characteristic. I’d like to think I’m hard-working and diligent. Others probably see me as a pain in the arse. What you appreciate most in your friends. Their patience. I work too much and socialize too little. Thus, I’m glad they put up with me! Your main fault. I work too much. Your favorite occupation. Someday, I hope to quarterback the Miami Dolphins. But, based on my age, it looks like the window of opportunity is closing quickly.
Your idea of happiness. Short term, seeing the Dolphins win the Super Bowl would cause me to be giddy for days. Long term, I’d just love to be able to sit in peace and quiet and enjoy my surroundings, petting my cats and surrounded by the family I love. Your favorite authors. These days, I read books of various topics. I just finished a bio on Evel Knievel and now am on a work of political fiction by Sen. Bob Graham. Of late, I haven’t stuck with any one author (sorry, “Twilight” fans). But as a kid, I read a ton of Mark Twain and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Your heroes in real life. I used to teach American History, so obviously, I have an affinity for all our great leaders, from Washington to Lincoln to MLK. But my most unique hero is Vanessa Williams. She had to withstand so much in being forced to give up her Miss America title in 1984. It’s somewhat forgotten today,
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but at the time, that was a huge scandal. Nude photos. Sponsors threatening to pull out of the pageant. National embarrassment. A lesser person would have folded camp. Instead, she became the force she is today. That took strength of character and will-power.
of them were impossible 4 years ago. We still have some way to go, but I feel so lucky to be alive and see us come this far.
What characters in history do you most dislike? Again, it’s easy to go with history’s big villains: Hitler, Pol Pot, Castro. But I’m very disappointed in some current U.S. politicians who preach an agenda of hate and intolerance, while holding up the Constitution and Bible as justification. This is 2012. Stop being angry. As Al Green once sang, “Put a little love in your heart.”
For what fault are you the most intolerant? Anger.
What do you hate the most? I hate that federal law still prohibits me, and all other gay men, from donating blood. It’s an outdated, discriminatory law and I look forward to President Obama overturning it in his second term. The reform you admire the most. Obviously, the progress of the LGBT movement. The openness and freedoms I enjoy now were unheard of 25 years ago when I was in high school. In fact, some
How do you wish to die? After the age of 100. I’ve told many friends it’s seriously a goal of mine to live to be at least 100.
The natural talent you’d like to be gifted with. I’ve always wished I could sing. But I can’t. Ask anyone Your personal motto. In my high school yearbook, I listed as my motto: “You’re only young once, but you can be immature indefinitely.” Today, I don’t act as goofy as I might wish, but I still make sure I don’t take myself too seriously.
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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Cinema | Fitness | Nutrition | Travel | Dining | Bar Guide | Recipe | Classifieds
WHAT’S INSIDE: As the month of March readies itself to turn into April, the things that make Florida such a great place to live become more evident. For those with a love of road trips, Orlando’s Big Boy Pride gets underway this weekend, with the Magic City likewise readying itself for next month’s Miami Beach Gay Pride (plan to stop by and say hello to us while you’re enjoying the sand and sun). You will find out more about both, OUT in Florida. Being originally from New Amsterdam (okay, it was called New York then, too, but work with me), I have only dreamed about the exotic old world charm of the original Amsterdam. Robert Elias Deaton dons wooden shoes and orange shirt, and takes us inside a city where “dyke” has an entirely different meaning, in this week’s Travel. Greater Fort Lauderdale abounds in great places to dine, and epicure-parexcellence Richard David Chamberlain takes us this week to Port Everglades’ Market 17, just a skip and a jump from the beauty of Fort Lauderdale Beach. The delicious Dining scoop is inside. Like my old gramma used to say: dum vivimus, vivamus! Fitness expert Tom Bonanti has advice to get you on the path to the Summer You. Chef Jean of Le Patio serves up a new Recipe, and we get a close look at what makes the café that she and Vero built the tiniest, cutest restaurant in town, with this week’s Spotlight. Happy April! CD.
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2012 MOVIES WILL GET BETTER Or Why “John Carter” Came Out in March By WARREN DAY
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s far as the major studios are concerned, there are three seasons in which they release films, and once you understand that you’ll know why theaters are currently showing such dreck as “This Means War,” “Journey 2,” “Project X,” and “A Thousand Words.” None of these was able to muster even 50 percent positive reviews among critics and bloggers, who tend to give positive reviews to almost anything. “A Thousand Words” set a new record with an abysmal 0 percent rating, and “John Carter” is turning out to be one of the biggest bombs in movie history, losing Disney over 200 million dollars. From mid-January until the end of April, it’s the “Dump Season:” when studios tend to release the movies in which they have the least faith. There are several reasons that this time of year has the lowest movie attendance: winter weather, an increase in school activities, major sports events (Super Bowl, March Madness, etc.), along with other conditions. (It used to be that a large percentage of Roman Catholics didn’t attend movies during Lent, but that isn’t so true anymore.) Sometimes a studio will try to take advantage of the poor competition, and release one of their better films, such as “21 Jump Street” (the funniest movie of the year so far), or commence a new franchise, like “The Hunger Games,” a box office bonanza
that is attracting the same teenage girls who flocked to see the Twilight Saga—and critics say “Games” is better than the Twilight films--or to commemorate a calendar milestone, as with the April release of the 3D version of “Titanic” to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the maritime disaster. From May 1 until the third week of August, it’s the “Blockbuster Season:” when the most crowd-pleasing (and nonbrain-engaging) films show up in your local multiplex. It used to be that this season didn’t start until Memorial Day weekend (that’s when all the “Star Wars” films were originally released), but it has now progressed to the beginning of the month, hence the full offerings this May: MAY 4 “The Avengers” delivers a coterie of comic book heroes--Ironman, Thor, The Hulk, Captain America, etc. The trailer looks messy and disjointed, but this movie could be a fanboy’s wet dream. MAY 11 “Dark Shadows” is a high-rent version of a low-rent TV Gothic soap opera that ran during the 1960s. Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as the vampire Barnabas Collins, it promises to be both a hoot and a holler. MAY 11: “The Dictator” brings the far-out Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat,” “Bruno”) and his far-out satirical style to the whims and woes of a despot. No bounds will abound. MAY 25: “Men in Black III.” Will Smith
and Tommy Lee Jones return in this highly popular series about how aliens (the out-ofthis world kind) are everywhere. They are joined by Josh Brolin and Emma Thompson, and even Lady Gaga makes an appearance. JUNE 1: “Snow White and the Huntsman” is the second film of the year based on the popular fairy tale (“Mirror Mirror” opens on March 30), but from the trailer this looks far more interesting, with Charlize Theron as the prototype evil Queen, Kristen Stewart as Snow White (turned into Joan of Arc), and Chris Hemsworth (“Thor”) as the hunter who absolutely deserves to be hunted. JUNE 8: “Prometheus” is one of the most anticipated films of the year, a prequel by director Ridley Scott to his classic sci-fi film “Alien.” The trailer is awesome, and so is the cast: Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Guy Pierce, and Noomi Rapace (the original “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”). JUNE 15: “Rock of Ages.” A film by openlygay director Adam Shankman--who also helmed “Hairspray”--it depicts Tom Cruise coming out as an aging rock star (who knew?). Based on the Broadway musical and filmed last year in Miami and Fort Lauderdale (hence the horrible traffic around Living Room and Revolution:LIVE last summer). JUNE 29: “Magic Mike” promises to be an eye-candy paradise for gay men and a nightmare for insecure straight ones. Directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, it’s based on the true experiences of Channing Tatum when he worked as a male stripper in Tampa. The G-string-attired cast also features Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer (the openlygay hottie star of USA’s “White Collar”), Alex Pettyfer (“I Am Number Four”), and
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featuring Joe Manganiello (“True Blood”) as the aptly named “Big Dick Richie.” From the end of August until the middle of January, it’s the “Award-Seeking Season,” when the more prestigious, pedigreed, and Oscar buzz-generating films are unfurled. Beginning with the Venice Film Festival (August 29), and continuing with the Toronto, Telluride, and New York festivals through October 16, the critics and opinionmakers get their first look at the movies the studios feel are award contenders, giving those studios bragging rights and a bigger box office to boot. Of the last ten movies to win the Best Picture Oscar, all of them received their first showing at a film festival. The highly anticipated movies this fall include Stephen Spielberg’s “Lincoln” with Daniel Day Lewis, “The Great Gatsby” in 3D with Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Hobbit” starring Ian McKellen once again as the wizard Gandalf and directed by Peter Jackson, “Gravity” with George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, “Hope Springs” with Meryl Streep, and finally--and at last-the musical version of “Les Miserables” with Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, and Russell Crowe. From the trailers, it looks like a very promising time at the movies this summer and fall, but the trailers and the films don’t always line up. Once I accused a friend of wanting his life to be similar to the movies. He replied, “Oh no, I want it much better than that. I want it to be as good as the trailers.” H
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FLORIDA FAMILY ASSOCIATION:
GAYS HAVE CORRUPTED THE “STAR WARS” UNIVERSE Florida Family Association: Gays Have Corrupted the “Star Wars” Universe TAMPA – Fans of the “Stars Wars” film franchise may be surprised to learn that the “Old Republic” is still threatened—not by the evil Lords of the Sith but by members of the religious right who are expressing their anger at the creator of “Star Wars: The Old Republic,” because the makers of the popular online video game plan to allow players the option of simulating same-sex intimacy. In an alert sent to members and posted online last week, the Tampa-based Florida Family Association (FFA) suggested that the game designers could engineer a simulated “Darth VaPaula, a (mock) transgender version of Darth Vader--RuPaul, for kids to choose as their action player.” David Caton, the president of FFA, expressed dismay for the mere existence of gay and transgendered characters in the fictional Star Wars universe, which was originally created in the 1977 film, “Star Wars: A New Hope,” a movie that spawned a multi-billion dollar international film, software, fashion, and multimedia franchise. “There were no LGBT characters in any of the ‘Star Wars’ movies,” objected Caton, whose previous targets include the cartoon
“Family Guy,” and a successful campaign to scare sponsors from the reality series “AllAmerican Muslim.” Of BioWare’s game, the FFA alert claimed that “LGBT activists are demanding that the makers of Star Wars video games add LGBT characters for kids to select as their action figure when playing the games.” The “Star Wars: The Old Republic” video game is one of a genre known as Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG), in which players who have logged into a virtual gaming universe based upon the Star Wars films and other media, assume the role of characters who interact with other players and the artificial environment of the game’s “world.” The virtual characters are heavily customized, with options to choose species, gender—male or female only—and other features.
The FFA warning states that “Children and teens, who never thought anyway but heterosexual, are now given a choice to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender in their game player.” In fact, character “romances in “The Old Republic” are only initiated at the player’s option, and at present, only heterosexual relationships are available. BioWare officials have said that they will add same-sex relationship options in the future, which sparked outrage on the part of the religious right. “If BioWare, the maker of ‘Star Wars’ video games, adds LGBT characters for kids to select as their action figure,” added Caton in the FFA alert, “it could be something like Darth RuPaula, a combination of Darth Vader, one of the most popular ‘Star Wars’ characters, and RuPaul, the renown transgender cross
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dresser,” although his characterization of the performer is incorrect, as RuPaul is a drag entertainer, not a transgendered individual. FFA’s alert also claimed that “An overwhelming percentage of the 1.7 million games sold are being used by children who do not need to be introduced to this propaganda.” This contradicts research conducted over the past ten years, which shows that the average age of an MMORPG player is in the mid-20s, and that approximately 75% are 18 years or older. Experts say that such games are neither marketed to nor designed for children, as they require a credit card to pay the monthly fee. This is only the most recent in a string of attacks by the political and religious right against BioWare: Right Wing Watch reported that the American Decency Association condemned the software designer for pandering to “homosexual extremists.” And in January, the president of the Family Research Council slammed BioWare after it was announced that a same-sex intimacy option would soon be available for characters. In a weekly radio address titled “Rebel Fleet Surrenders to Gay Empire,” Tony Perkins said that “the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists.” H
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CITY COUNTY CREDIT UNION:
Homegrown and Helping to Grow Our Homes By DALE MADISON Gary Yamnitz knows his way around a credit union. The Wilton Manors branch manager at City County Credit Union (CCCU) began his career in financial services in 1984 with Sun Coast Schools Credit Union in Tampa. Fast forward 28 years and Yamnitz is bringing his vast depth and breadth of credit union experience to one of Broward County’s newest, the City County Credit Union branch which is set to celebrate three years in The Shoppes of Wilton Manors. “We are now getting about 40 new members per month in our branch,” reports Yamnitz, “in part due to the ‘Occupy’ movement.” That’s up from an average of 20 new members per month before national outrage was focused upon Wall Street. Yamnitz explains: “With people dumping their big banks, and the corporate greed of the system, people are fed up with fees.”
Part of the success of CCCU is Yamnitz’s empowerment of his staff to help members’ needs. “Contrary to the policies at big banks, I allow staff the flexibility to waive a fee that’s been charged to a member. They don’t have to wait for me to approve or to get clearance from the home office. It’s their discretion. I want our members to feel like they are part of the family, which quite frankly they are,” he adds with a smile. Yamnitz is often asked to explain the differences between banks and credit unions. “We are member owned,” he says of the latter. “When you bank here, you are a part owner. Several years ago when the economy was at its height, CCCU gave back over 1 million dollars to its members in dividends.” He illustrates the numbers and their benefit to members. “Let’s say, for example, you had $500 on deposit: on average, you
got a dividend of $20.00. Personally, I got about $1,500. And it always comes in handy,” he added. Of its community involvement, Yamnitz points to Father Bill of the Poverello Center, who, in December 2010 needed transportation to continue his ministry for people living with HIV/AIDS. A.J. Cross and others held a benefit to raise enough money to purchase a car. It raised nearly $9,000, but it was not enough to purchase the vehicle for Father Bill. Enter CCCU and its affiliate, Auto Branch. Between the two companies working with other vendors, a little gentle “arm twisting,” and the $9,000, Father Bill was given a nearly-new Toyota, a year of paid auto insurance, and a bumper-tobumper warranty. “We are very involved in the community,” Yamnitz notes proudly. “If you open a new checking or savings
account, City-County will pay for your first year Pride Center membership in the amount of $40.00, and will make a matching donation in your name to the Pride Center Building Fund. We also support four of the Pride Center’s teams: Youth, Hispanic, Senior, and, of course, Gay. Our motto is ‘People Helping People.’ It’s a motto that we truly believe in and live by,” Yamnitz told me. H
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THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE... AND IMPROVE YOUR WORKOUTS! A Few Popular Myths Exposed By TOM BONANTI
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have been a certified personal trainer for nine years. In that time I have read a lot, heard a lot, and I’ve seen most everything. Everyone has an opinion about how to build the best biceps, how to bulk up, cut up and trim down. Some of this information has proved invaluable and some of it is just plain bull! When I work with clients, I want them to know the truth. Let’s look at some common myths that just may be holding you back, or worse yet, could cause you harm. Myth # 1: If you want to build mass, cut out the cardio. Aerobic fitness is among the most preventative medicines available. What good is having gorgeous muscles if you drop dead of a stroke or heart attack! While building solid lean muscle is important, cardio vascular fitness is essential. And the best way to “pump up” the lungs and heart is by exercising aerobically. According to the International Sports Sciences Association, three to four 30-45 minute sessions of cardio per week will definitely help to build cardiovascular fitness. Tabulate your target heart rate (220 minus your age), then try to
get your heart rate to within 65 to 85 per cent of that number and keep it there for 20 minutes or so! Myth #2: I’m hurting, but if I just keep training, I can work through the pain. Only Neanderthal still believes the adage, “No pain, no gain.” This long running myth can potentially have dangerous effects on your body. There is a difference between real pain and the soreness and discomfort you feel after a really “kick-ass” workout. Experiencing pain during any fitness endeavor is a sign that your body is in trouble. Any indications of real pain should signal you to see a doctor. On the other hand, some muscle soreness can be expected a day or two after a really intense workout especially after you’ve experienced a lay off. This is called residual muscle soreness. Stretching, rest, massage and contrasting hot and cold showers can help ease this discomfort. Myth #3: I can only get “big” if I take the latest most expensive supplements and steroids. Just because a prominent bodybuilder is pitching a particular supplement or pro-
hormone in one of the muscle rags does not mean that you need to buy it or use it. You can achieve greatness in “muscledom” only by working hard in the gym, eating healthy and clean, and getting enough quality rest between workouts. Testosterone replacement therapy should be administered and monitored by a physician only, and should not be confused with juicing on anabolic steroids. Myths #4: In order to get “big” I need to workout everyday. Cumulative micro-trauma is the technical term for overtraining and it is nothing you should take lightly. Weight training every muscle group everyday without proper rest will result in muscle tears, joint pain, gross fatigue and eventually some serious injuries. Train each muscle group no more than twice a week for 20 minutes and make sure that muscle group gets 48 to 72 hours rest between training sessions. Take one to two days off from the weights each week, but stay active, do your cardio and eat properly. So there you have it – the bare-naked truth.
The best way to get the body you want is through hard work, healthy eating and reading the fitness column in this publication weekly! Contact TrainerTomB@aol.com for the real truth! H Tom Bonanti is a certified personal trainer and owner of Pump’n Inc Gym at 1271 NE 9th Ave, Fort Lauderdale. For more tips on how to get bigger beefier arms by summer, give me a shout at TrainerTomB@aol.com
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The Gayway City of Europe By ROBERT ELIAS DEATON
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If you’re feeling a bit naughty (and with all this testosterone pulsing nearby, why wouldn’t you?), look no further than Warmoesstraat. This is one of Amsterdam’s oldest streets, and now the home of an assortment of leather bars, back Reguliersdwarsstraat, a street rooms, and saunas, and next door that contains several rather old to the famous Red Light District. gay bars, and many newly closed Amidst these distractions is the ones. Regardless, that mouthful of a Greenhouse Effect (Warmoesstraat name is still the center of gay action 55), a hotel that sits above its own in the neighborhood. The nearby coffee shop in a simple, eco-friendly five-star hotel D’Europe (Nieuwe and clean environment. That in itself Doelenstraat 2-14), built in 1896, is is a pleasant change of pace from a in a prime location along the Amstel city where locals think nothing about River. Newer, but no less posh, is peeing in the street. Queen’s Day Much has been written about the Banks Mansion (Herengracht 519 – 525). Housed in a renovated bank legal use of drugs in this city. The building, this boutique hotel was fact is that all recreational drugs, opened in 2004, so the plumbing all including marijuana, are illegal in works—which in Amsterdam is no the Netherlands. The fact that coffee houses around the city sell pot does small matter. The world as a whole, and Just down the canal is the Amstel not mean that the place isn’t strictly Amsterdam in particular, celebrates area, a local neighborhood that breaking the law. In fact, marijuana is Queen Bea’s birthday on April 30 borders the Rembrandtplein. Just (even though her actual b’day is in off this traffic-free square, you’ll January. Nobody, including Beatrix it find the modern Hampshire Hotel seems, wants to party in the cold). (Amstelstraat 17), with rooms And what a party it is! The streets starting at $90, which translates to are lined with revelers and buskers $130, and in Amsterdam terms is dirt of all descriptions, with locals selling cheap. During the Queen’s Birthday wares, food and various items of holiday however, you will likely have questionable value. to pay quite a bit more wherever Most of the fun is packed into you book. In Europe, it’s called several compact areas of the city, marketplace pricing; in America, it’s Reguliersdwarsstraat of which our personal favorite is called price gouging.
e love Queen Bea. Ever since she rose to the throne as Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of LippeBiesterfeld and a host of other titles officially recognized as “etc. etc. etc.,” the monarch has ruled in a rather laid-back fashion over her country in North-West Europe. While commonly called “Holland” in America, that term is pars pro toto of the entire place, the capital of which is Amsterdam—home to Queen Beatrix and what, at last count, was a zillion gays or so it seems when they’re all quashed together.
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tolerated, not legal. Should you care to debate the subtle (or not so subtle) differences between Purple Haze, Black Moroccan, Maui Wowwie, Grasstasy, Swarte Marok, Blond Marok, White Widow, Northern Light or Stonehedge, the place to go is the Grey Area Coffeeshop (Oude Leliestraat 2) near the Anne Frank House. Two Americans, who are extremely knowledgeable about all things cannabis, own the joint and are not the least bit shy about sharing their wealth of info. When it’s time to clear your lungs, head to the Vondelpark, a 120-acre public garden located in the stadsdeel Amsterdam Oud-Zuid, west from the Leidseplein and the Museumplein. And if you look really closely, you might even catch Queen Bea. H Robert Elias Deaton is a world-traveling epicure who enjoys the finer things in life.
BAR GUIDE
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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,
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!
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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.
serving espresso, lattes, cappuccinos as well as draft beers & wine.
The Metro 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. Boot Rack Saloon 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
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 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.
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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.
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FORT LAUDERDALE AIR SHOW
Following a five-year hiatus, the Lauder-
dale Air Show returns to sunny Fort Lauderdale Beach, April 26-29, with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds headlining the event. Sunrise Blvd. will provide a center for the activities, which will include many of the world’s premier military and civilian acts. Enjoy this thrilling example of All-American fun and South Florida’s waterside beauty.
Schedule of Events: Thursday April 26 7:00 p.m. Performer Welcome Party (open to the public). Location TBD. Parachute Team Jump.
Schedule of Events: Friday April 27 7:00 p.m. Air Show Take Off Party (open to the public). Sea Level Restaurant beachside at the Marriott Harbor Beach. Navy Seals Parachute Team Jump.
Schedule of Events: Saturday April 28 8:00 a.m. Display Village Opens 9:00 a.m. Show Center Beach Premium Viewing opens
10:00 a.m. Waterfront Clubhouse, Colonel’s Club VIP Stand and Chalets open
12:00 p.m. Lauderdale Air Show 2012. Show Center at Sunrise Blvd & A1A
4:00 p.m. Air Show After Party (open to the public) Location TBD – near Show Center
7:00 p.m. Saturday Night Performer Party (open to the public) Location TBD
Schedule of Events: Sunday April 29 8:00 a.m. Display Village Opens 9:00 a.m. Show Center Beach Premium Viewing opens
10:00 a.m. Waterfront Clubhouse, Colonel’s Club VIP Stand and Chalets open
12:00 p.m. Lauderdale Air Show 2012. Show Center at Sunrise Blvd & A1A
4:00 p.m. Air Show After Party (open to the public) Location TBD – near Show Center
7:00 p.m. Air Show Afterburner Party (open to the public) Location TBD
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.
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By JUSTIN JONES
ants first. No. Shoes first. Then belt. Then pants. Clothes off. My heart is too loud. Too fast. Shirt next. Kissing. Lots of kissing. Passionate. Intense. Lip biting, face grabbing. Things move too fast around us. Room spins. The television is on. I don’t care. I can’t hear it. I hear and feel only the heartbeats. It beats so hard it hurts. Fall on the bed. Toss and turn. Stomach in knots. The good kind. Sweat beads. Mixes. Stings our vision. Tastes salty. Wine spills from the nightstand. Red on carpet. So? Mouthwash is the taste. Cologne, the smell. Skin, all of the above. It isn’t passion. It’s ferocity. It’s going a million miles an hour in the same place. Standing still in the middle of a hurricane. It’s the whole world crammed into a single moment. Passion climaxes. The story enters resolution. Nighttime and alcohol approve this message. Morning comes and the wine is dried. CNN drones on. The clothes are as disheveled as they were--a floorfashion eruption. The heartbeat has softened. The smells are almost the same. Cologne, yes. Breath, eh. Question 1. Time? Find phone. Ignore those texts. Am I late for anything? Question 2. Regret? Absorb the room in the daytime. Absorb him. Evaluate my judgment. Is it what I remember it being? Do I remember anything at all? Question 3. Stay or go? Always go. If he is your knight, he will rescue you again. Leave politely. Graciously. He has a schedule, too. Question 4. The cliffhanger: But will I see him again? Factors to include: his enthusiasm, my enthusiasm. Consider cuddling, and Question 2. Question 5 (2 parts): What do I tell my friends? And how do I get home? Our questions answer the overarching introspective: did I hookup last night? We write entire romances in one night. One night might encompass: Courtship, Honeymoon, Trial, and Heartbreak. It also often includes the optional foreword: alcohol. But that it lasted only one night doesn’t mean it’s a hookup; it also doesn’t necessitate
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Fort Lauderdale - 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.
the title “one-night stand” and the baggage (or lack of baggage) that comes with the label. To the status quo, the term “hookup” packs a wallop. It references a dalliance with suggestions of poor judgment, and reflects grander ambitions. A hookup is meaningless. It’s selfish and stereotypical. And it’s fun. Acceptable to some and practiced by many. Contrary to popular belief, though, duration has no relation to the label. A “hookup” may last one night, or it may last many nights (“Friends with Benefits” or “House Account,” anyone?). Likewise, romance--true and impassioned--may last one night only, when the situation is unrequited. When he decides not to call you; when, to him, the episode was onenight only, it becomes a hookup for him. Not for you. For you, a romance has taken place. Complete with your own tragic ending. To your friends, then, you answer honestly: “No, I didn’t hookup.” Smile. Perhaps there is a sixth question we romantics should add. One that we ask ourselves before we decide--in our drunken stupor--that he is the one: Can this wait for another time, maybe after we get to know one another? A million dollars says the answer is no, but it never hurts to ask. I hookup. Rarely. Very rarely. Okay, I hardly have a sex life. By choice, I hope. It’s not my style to have meaningless sex. You can do that with yourself. To me, it’s more about the story. To make love instead of f—. To cuddle rather than feel indifference. To wish for more instead of an end. To close your eyes, cross your fingers, and hope that he feels the same. H
Justin Jones is a Minneapolis-based writer. Facebook.com/JustinJonesWriter
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.
Miami GAY PRIDE On Sunday, April 15, Miami Beach will be more fabulous and extraordinary than ever! The city celebrates the annual Miami Beach Gay PRIDE parade and festival, a celebration of the extraordinary strength, beauty, and contributions of South Florida’s LGBT community, and an exciting allday event that features a parade, a festival with exciting celebrity presentations and musical performances, and an Expo with LGBT-friendly vendors and businesses, refreshments and food, including a familyfriendly playzone. Lesbian. Gay. Bi. Trans. Straight. PROUD. Miami Beach Gay Pride is an extraordinary celebration that brings out the best in us all.
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Miami Last year’s pride event brought OUT over 35,000 people from all walks of life and cities from across Florida-- and across the world-- making Miami Beach Gay Pride the city’s largest one-day event. This year will be even better! For more information, miamibeachgaypride.org.
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 everexpanding 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-and-greets 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-profitfoundation 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.
Hollywood ODD DUCK BAZAAR An annual indie craft fair, artisan show-
case, handmade bazaar, and music venue rolled into one. Expect a day of unique handmade crafts, art, food, live music and more. Admission is $5 for adults and children under age 12 get in free. Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, 1770 Monroe St., Hollywood. Saturday, March 31, Noon - 6:00 p.m. Information: oddduckbazaar.com.
Orlando BIG BOY PRIDE
Starting on Thursday, March 29 and continuing through Sunday, April 1 at the Parliament House. This four-day event will be loaded with lots of fun,
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Orlando unity and brotherhood. This event is for “big boys” and the men who love them. Relax by the pool, join in on many of the group activities, or play on the dance floor. Includes seminars, cocktail parties, mixers and various club nights. Purchase your Participant Package and reserve your room through the Big Boy Pride website bigboypride.com. So grab your boys and start planning now to meet us in Orlando. The early bird registration fee for this 4-day event is only $75.
Key West WOMENFEST The 20th annual Womenfest will be held in Key West from September 4 through 9. Parties, dancing, film festival and outings for women. For more information, womenfest.com. PRIDEFEST Key West has a lot to be proud of: the southernmost U.S. city recently tied with San Francisco for the title of Best City for Unity Between Gays and Lesbians, and they won hands down in Best City for Unity Between Gays and Straights. Both their city and county official mottos are “One Human Family. Their LGBT leaders 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.
GAY SPRING BREAK Gay Spring Break in Key West attracts LGBT students and their friends from late February to early April to the beaches and the clubs of the beautiful tropical island. Take a break for spring break in a place that embraces individuality, diversity, and openness all year long.
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DINING
MARKET 17
Hidden Oasis of Gastronomic Glee
By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN
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hen Oscar Wilde said, “After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relatives,” he must have been channeling Market 17. This elegant eatery located in the Portside Yachting Center is the brainchild of siblings Kirsta and Aaron Grauberger, who in any other life would have been born in a vineyard, such is their expertise around bottles of wine. While this may help explain the extensive wine menu with a selection numbering in the hundreds, it hardly prepares the hungry patron for the assortment of items on a dinner menu that changes nightly. That’s right—nightly. Never one to rest on her laurels, executive chef Lauren DeShields recreates your assortment of unusual offerings as if playing pickup-sticks. You just never know exactly how the palate will play.
On a recent outing with diet guru and society hostess Nikki Haskell, we took the plunge without checking the evening’s menu—though it is available mid-afternoon online at www.market17.net/menus. htm. The concept at Market
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eating new foods. Translation: antelope satay ($15), served on a bed of soba noodles with a peanut dipping sauce. “You had what for dinner last night, dear? Antelope?” The look on your friends’ faces is worth the risk alone. Far less trendy, but just
“If the fish were any fresher, we would have had to scale it ourselves. ” 17 is farm fresh food…so fresh in fact that what’s plattered tonight was alive and growing this morning. While it may be tempting to skip the appetizer section and save your appetite for the entrees, part of the fun at Market 17 is the adventure of
as delicious: Market Vegetable Tempura ($12), featuring baby broccoli, snap peas, avocado and fennel with a spicy kimchi aioli. A winner, no matter how you clean the plate. (We used our index fingers when no one was looking.) Our server Brittany Peterson, otherwise known as the perkiest blonde since Gidget, recommended that I try the Grilled Florida Hereford Boneless Pork Chop ($23 in a petit portion; $36 for entrée size)— “you just can’t go wrong with Hereford pork, honestly.” Of course she was right. It was tender and pink and, when combined with my new favorite legume--smoked beluga lentils—may just win the taste prize of the night.
Mrs. Haskill disagreed, casting her vote firmly in favor of her perfectly cooked and flakey Pan Seared Wild Florida Red Snapper ($23/$36). She pointed out that if the fish were any fresher, we would have had to scale it ourselves. It wasn’t on the plate that long, of course. Nikki is tiny, but she knows her way around a fish fork. It was served crusted in something created by God herself, and served with herbroasted sunchokes. On our next visit, if it’s on the menu, I intend to try the Pan Seared Duck Breast And Duck Confit ($23/$39). This particular evening, while it was listed as an entrée, the ducks apparently were smarter than the hunters for none arrived in the kitchen despite it being on the shopping list. Happy Hour runs 5 to 7 p.m. nightly with half-priced drinks and appetizers at the bar. That includes the housemade sausages, the Market Ceviche, the Florida Middleneck Clams and Pork Belly, the Cornmeal Crusted Pigtails (if you have to ask, you don’t want to know), and yes, Antelope Satay—on any given day. Dining in the Dark is another Market 17 fave. In this test of skill and taste buds, you consume your food in a blackedout room with your fingers. There are night-vision goggles, but only for the servers. Clever Market 17. Tell them Florida Agenda sent you. H
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SPOTLIGHT: Le PATIO By DALE MADISON
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o the names Jean Doherty and Veronique Leroux sound familiar? These women own one of the hottest little restaurants in South Florida. Le Patio boasts just 282 square feet, making it one of the most intimate dining places around. It has certainly become one of my favorite eateries. On April 1, the duo celebrates three years as proprietors of “the tiniest, cutest restaurant” in town. Sitting at the bar--which serves beer and wine—a sign caught my eye: “This is not Burger King: you don’t get it your way.” I chuckled about it as Veronique (“Vero”) quickly pointed out “that is NOT our philosophy! We will do what we can to make your dining experience just that, an experience.” Friends took me to Le Patio last month for my birthday, and it was one of the best meals I have ever had. That was not the first time that I had been
there, and I have always been intrigued by the tiny size of the place. When I finally caught up with these delightful women to get their back story, it turns out that it spans 24 years, and is fascinating. Doherty and Leroux met while both were working as sales reps for a company in Leon, Spain. Jean’s boss told her “you need to take the new rep out for training.” “At 4:00 p.m. we went to the local pub,” Doherty recalls. “Vero thought it was a test for her, but that was 4:00 p.m. and I think at 6:00 p.m. we were at U-Haul. Of course we all laugh about the fact that the girls always do that. We did rent a truck and moved in together. Been together ever since and neither of us can see us being apart,” she adds. Leroux picks up the story: “We bought a house together. Our
daughter Kathleen was so important in the relationship. She has been so supportive.” She remembers their first restaurant. “It was a little Tex-Mex with a bar,” recalls Leroux. “It worked out well but it wasn’t what we wanted.” It was while they owned the bar and restaurant in Leon, “The West Saloon,” that the couple made their partnership permanent. “The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence held our commitment ceremony,” says Doherty. “They waived a toilet bowl brush over us and pronounced us ‘wife and wife.’” Three years ago, Leroux and Doherty were scouting locations for their signature Wilton Manors café. “We wanted the space where the tattoo parlor is next to Matty’s,” says Doherty. “We called the owner and were told, ‘Sorry, I just leased it. BUT, I have another space around the corner.’ We met him and fell in love with the space.
And we have been so happy that we have it. It’s become our home.” Doherty and Leroux attribute the success of Le Patio to its patrons. “One of the greatest testaments for our little restaurant is 98 percent of our clientele is gay, one percent is lesbian, and one percent is straight,” says Doherty. “We love our gay boys. They come in, have a wonderful time, they bring in their mothers, and all have a great time, and we love them,” she adds. The couple is grateful also for their friends in the community. “If it not been for our general contractor, Jeb Sherer, I don’t know where we would be. He was our saving angel,” notes a thankful Doherty. “You know only one-in-10 restaurants succeed. We are proud to still be here and are energized every day to be here,” she says. H
RACK OF LAMB “EN CHEMISE This Week’s Delicious Recipe
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rowing up in Ireland, my mother would inevitably overcook the lamb chops-burn ‘em right to a cinder! It was while living in France that I learned to eat lamb rare, enjoy it, and finally get to really taste it. Lamb tastes so good on its own, so the seasoning should compliment, not dominate it. A rack of lamb or “carré d’agneau” is a part of lamb which is cut perpendicularly to the spine, and has 16 ribs or chops. When it’s been “frenched,” the bones have been cleaned of their fat and they look like lolly pops when sliced off the “rack.” “En chemise” (French for “shirt on”) is a term used to describe ingredients which are wrapped in something, or which are cooked in their natural covering. For example: spuds with the skin on, or in this case garlic with its skin on. Garlic roasted “en chemise” is so delicious, even people who don’t like garlic love it. The only difficulty in this recipe is not to overcook the meat.
• A whole head of garlic • Fresh rosemary and sprigs of thyme • Salt & pepper • Olive oil • An 8 bone rack of lamb, trimmed and frenched and cut in half.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Separate the cloves of garlic, without peeling them. Brush extra virgin olive oil all over the lamb and put it in an ovenproof dish, with the bones crossed like you would clasp your two hands together with your fingers. Season the meat well with salt and pepper. Place the garlic cloves and the rosemary under the “bridge” you have formed. Bake for about 20 or 25 minutes or until desired doneness. When you remove from the oven, let it rest for about 5 minutes before carving. Serve it with the garlic cloves in their skins, and sprinkled with fresh thyme. Serve with the side you love best..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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