Volume 4, Issue 5 April 2020
Rich Vitale
Spirituality, Life & Hope Staying Healthy & Informed
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 4, Issue 5 | April 2020
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RICH VITALE
SPIRITUALTY, LIFE & HOPE
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8 Travel 29 Realtors & Brokers 52 Professional Services 63 Retail & Shopping 87 Health, Wellness & Fitness 101 Events, Shows & Entertainment
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Is Happiness Abounding? Even in the Tough Times? By Steven O. Evans, PhD
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t was just a few weeks ago that I told Arthur, my best friend and Senior Associate Editor for the magazine, these exact words: “You know, I have more hope for the future than I’ve had in a long time.” It’s hope that keeps us going. Our world has drastically changed since then. Rather than being out on the town or seeing a show tonight, Athur, his boyfriend, and I are home playing the Golden Girl version of Monopoly, while watching the show streaming in the background. We are having fun, but it’s not our typical boys night out.
Today I watched a live video concert from the home of Michael W. Smith. It was inspiring as he played his keyboard with a few friends. But how different from the concert I had watched at Christmas, in which he played on TV with a full choir and orchestra. I watched another video of Sandy Patti tonight. She has been an inspiration for me personally and for much of church music. In the video, she talked about her contraction of the COVID-19 virus. Sunday, I was not physically in church. Instead, I watched the live stream of Sunshine Cathedral. I later watched my other churches’ broadcasts by Holy Angels and the United Church of Christ. They were a blessing. But also a reminder that gathering as a congregation is truly a unique experience. It’s strange to sit home and not hear our symphony, see our shows, go to our clubs, eat at our restaurants, or even just have a relaxing day at our wonderful beaches. But I am confident that we, not just the LGBTQ community, not just America, but our entire world will get through this. We will come out stronger and better. We will grieve from our losses, but we will also learn from our mistakes. There are resources available. Reach out to friends or some of the health institutions we have listed. Use this time to meditate, relax, spend time with loved ones, and maybe, just maybe, slow down and enjoy the chance to reflect on life. You’ll be surprised at the blessings that will come to mind. I’ll echo again, even in these times of uncertainty, the words of my dear departed friend, Dr. Angela Easterday, “Is happiness abounding?” Dear friends, be encouraged. We’re all in this together. Steven O. Evans, PhD Publisher & Editor in Chief
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WORKING FROM HOME SURVIVAL GUIDE By Fr. Richard Vitale
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s most of you know, I have worked full time remotely for my secular job for the past 10 years, so I figured I'd share just a few insights into how to survive either working from home, or just being at home. 1.) Wake up at your normal time every morning and resist the urge to sleep in. Excessive sleeping in can cause you problems at work, and also can lead to depression over long periods of time. Wake up BEFORE you need to be working, so that you can give your mind time to boot up. 2.) When you wake up, shower, shave, brush your teeth, and put on nice-ish clothes (not PJ's). The outfit you wear has a mental association with what you're doing. I'm wearing a polo and jeans right now. Make your bed! Making your bed sets a powerful tone for the day. It establishes normalcy, cleanliness, productivity, and self-respect.
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3.) Eat three normal meals each day at their normal times. Resist the urge to snack all day. You'd be surprised how tempting it is to forage constantly. 4.) Call your colleagues during the day. It will help you not to lose your connection to important business relationships and will provide necessary social interaction. 5.) The headphone rule. If you have a partner, roommate, or other person who shares your habitat, establish that headphones mean you are at work and do not disturb. 6.) If you are now primarily communicating by Skype, Slack, or other electronic messenger, resist the urge to hear everything in a negative tone. Be mindful that your mind might be adding flavor or intent to a message that is not there. If you can’t tell, call the person. My mind automatically reads everything negatively
and catastrophically. Think about all the different tones you can apply to the phrase "What's up with ________?" 7.) Set Boundaries. Whatever time you would usually stop working, stop working. Period. 8.) The social media distraction rule. If social media is proving too distracting for you and inhibiting your work, block it on your computer using the host file and delete it on your phone. Install it on an Ipad which you naturally will only check intermittently. 9.) Respect other people's personal boundaries. Never use text to communicate business matters unless it has been established that that is okay in rare circumstances. Text is primarily for social interaction; use Slack or email if you need to find out about someone's "TPS report." If a colleague texts you, be respectful, but you may want to refer them
back to established means of business communication. 10.) Do not let temptations take over your life. Don’t drink during the day or play video games, unless you're on an established break. No distracting TV unless it's truly just on in the background for noise. Don’t succumb to the various temptations on the internet (you know what I'm talking about). Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should. And don’t let it take over your life. Bonus Item I: Many of your friends are likely bored and texting you. If you are working, it is okay to say, "I'm sorry. I'm at work and I need to focus on that right now.” They will understand. If they persist, ghost them. Maintaining your employment is the most important thing right now. Bonus Item II: Drink plenty of water. Go outside and get some sunshine once in a while. You need both to happily survive.
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TIME TO PAINT By Eric Noel Roman
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get a notice on my door that says I have to remove some items from my balcony because it violates rules and regulations. I look outside to see what the problem could be. Everything out there has been there for several years. What could be the problem? I go to the administration office and ask questions. All I get is that it must be free and clear of clutter. I go back out to my balcony and conclude it has to be the plywood panels I use to cover my sliding glass doors during hurricanes. I ponder how can I camouflage these giant panels of wood? They are an eyesore and are too big to keep inside or in my storage unit. What do I do?
Now I have these giant white panels of wood trying to avoid detection from the administration office. Even though these problematic items still protect my home, they are definitely ugly. The paint helped hide the problem. However, I sit and cross my fingers that this solution fools the rest of my community and not see that there is a pile of wood on my balcony. I hope they see a pretty freshly painted wall with few to no flaws.
After staring at the wall for quite some time, the light bulb turned on and I figured out what to do. "I will paint the wood panels!"
I know deep down that no matter how much paint I use to cover up this problem, it is still there. I need to find a permanent solution. I know no matter how much I try to cover up my problem, eventually it will come back to haunt me. A temporary fix is sometimes necessary to go day by day. However, at some point I will need to face my problems to continue living in a progress. Not hiding my problems away.
I ran to the hardware store, purchased painting products to prepare to paint. I am now ready to start painting this problematic wood. It took three coats to cover the front surface and edges of these panels.
By facing problems head on solutions present themselves. You learn your lessons and come out less stressed. By covering up problems you end up having to deal with the same issues over and over, not allowing for progress.
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with DESCOVY for PrEP® DESCOVY for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a once-daily prescription medicine for adults and adolescents at risk of HIV. It helps lower the chances of getting HIV through sex. DESCOVY for PrEP is not for everyone: • It is not for use in people assigned female at birth who are at risk of getting HIV from vaginal sex, because its effectiveness has not been studied. • You must be HIV-negative before and while taking DESCOVY for PrEP. Ask a healthcare provider if DESCOVY for PrEP is right for you. To learn more, visit AboutDescovy.com. IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT DESCOVY (des-KOH-vee) This is only a brief summary of important information about taking DESCOVY for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis). This does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your medicine. MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT DESCOVY FOR PrEP Before starting and while taking DESCOVY for PrEP: • You must be HIV-negative. You must get tested for HIV immediately before and at least every 3 months while taking DESCOVY. If you think you were exposed to HIV, tell your healthcare provider right away. They may want to do more tests to confirm that you are still HIV-negative. • Many HIV tests can miss HIV infection in a person who has recently become infected. Symptoms of new HIV infection include tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin. Tell your healthcare provider if you have had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting or while taking DESCOVY. • DESCOVY does not prevent other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Practice safer sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to reduce the risk of getting STIs. • DESCOVY by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. Do not take DESCOVY for PrEP unless you are confirmed to be HIV negative.
suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking DESCOVY without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check or give you HBV medicine. ABOUT DESCOVY FOR PrEP DESCOVY for PrEP is a once-daily prescription medicine for adults and adolescents at risk of HIV who weigh at least 77 pounds. It helps lower the chances of getting HIV through sex. DESCOVY for PrEP is not for everyone: • It is not for use in people assigned female at birth who are at risk of getting HIV from vaginal sex, because its effectiveness has not been studied. • You must be HIV-negative before and while taking DESCOVY for PrEP. To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about your sexual health.
Do NOT take DESCOVY for PrEP if you: • Already have HIV infection or if you do not know your HIV status. If you have HIV-1, you need more DESCOVY may cause serious side effects, including: medicine than DESCOVY alone to treat HIV-1. • Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. Your If you have HIV-1 and take only DESCOVY, your HIV-1 healthcare provider will test you for HBV. If you may become harder to treat now and in the future. have HBV and stop taking DESCOVY, your HBV may
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Common side effects in people taking DESCOVY for PrEP include diarrhea, nausea, headache, fatigue, and stomach pain. These are not all the possible side effects of DESCOVY. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking DESCOVY for PrEP. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with DESCOVY for PrEP. See next page for more IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT DESCOVY.
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It’s time. Ask a healthcare provider if DESCOVY for PrEP® is right for you. Get more information at AboutDescovy.com IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT DESCOVY (cont’d) BEFORE TAKING DESCOVY FOR PrEP Tell your healthcare provider if you: • Have or have had any kidney or liver problems, including hepatitis. • Have any other medical conditions. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take: • Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist. • Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with DESCOVY for PrEP. HOW TO TAKE DESCOVY FOR PrEP • Take 1 tablet once a day, every day, not just when you think you have been exposed to HIV-1. • Do not miss any doses. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection. • Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking DESCOVY for PrEP.
HOW TO FURTHER REDUCE YOUR RISK • Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners. If your partner is living with HIV, your risk of getting HIV is lower if your partner consistently takes HIV treatment every day. • Get tested for other STIs. Some STIs make it easier for HIV to infect you. • Practice safer sex by using latex or polyurethane condoms. • Talk to your healthcare provider about all the ways to help reduce HIV risk. GET MORE INFORMATION • This is only a brief summary of important information about DESCOVY for PrEP. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist to learn more. • Go to DESCOVY.com/prep or call 1-800-GILEAD-5 • If you need help paying for your medicine, visit DESCOVY.com/prep for program information.
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It’s a strange arrangement for me though. Growing up, my dad was the local country veterinarian. We had 14 cats, three dogs, three horses, a goat, a fish tank, and even a few garter snakes my brother would rotate through from outside. Life in the Pennsylvania countryside was not life in a Florida townhome community. As a realtor, I’ve come to learn the ins and outs of many association’s rules, regulations, and procedures. When it came to pets it was once a lot easier to draw a clear line in the sand and say what was allowed and what was not. These days things have changed a bit when it comes to even the definition of the word “pet.” The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development published guidance for housing providers who accommodate assistance animals. Assistance animals are not pets. The guide clarifies how housing providers can comply with the Fair Housing Act when assessing a request to have an animal that provides assistance because of a disability. A
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h, fur babies! We love them so much. My husband and I have two. One is a puggle and the other is, well, he’s a special case wrapped in the appearance of a very sweet 35 lbs dog. He tends to use his mouth for more than just eating, which can be problematic especially since we live in a townhouse that shares a wall with wonderful neighbors. Our neighbors also have pups. It seems to work nicely for everyone’s coexistence. We are blessed because our walls are very thick and our homeowners association allows pets. key distinction. According to the March issue of Florida Realtor, “in most circumstances, a refusal to make such a change or exception, known as a ‘reasonable accommodation’ is unlawful. This is an exception to a no-pet policy for someone with a qualified disability who requires the assistance of an animal that does work, performs tasks, or provides therapeutic emotional support because of that disability.” A lot to digest! The question comes down to what is a pet? I’m not an attorney, but it seems apparent little fur babies can also provide emotional support which no longer boxes them in the definition of the word pet. This can be a difficult concept for people like landlords and tenants to comprehend. However, failure to understand does not exclude anyone from obeying HUD rules for fair housing. Be sure to seek legal advice for clarification and always remember to love the ones you’re with no matter if they have two legs or four, live in water or on land.
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EXEMPTIONS EXPRESS AND BROWARD COUNTS Exemptions Express
If you purchased a new home and made it your permanent residence prior to January 1, 2020, you may file for tax year 2020 Homestead and other exemptions until September 18, 2020. The timely filing deadline for Homestead and all other exemptions was March 2, 2020 with an extended late filing deadline of September 18, 2020. Representatives from our office are out in the community assisting property owners with exemption filing. Our staff visits homeowner associations and participates in community events to help residents apply for tax-saving exemptions and answer any questions. Please visit our Exemptions Express calendar at www.Web.BCPA.net/ExemptionsExpress/ Calendar to see where we will be throughout the community each month. Broward Counts – United States Census 2020
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to communities across the country for federal assistance programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, hospitals and nursing homes, housing vouchers, schools, roads, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP), Head Start, emergency services, and much more. The 2020 Census count will also determine our number of representatives in Congress and impact the redrawing of state legislative districts. You should have received a postcard mailed to you in March with a unique code and instructions explaining the Census and how to respond online. You can respond online (recommended), by phone, or by mail. To respond by mail, please call 1 (800) 9238282 or (301) 763-4636 to request a paper form. If you are hearing impaired, the Census Bureau has prepared an instructional video in American Sign Language. You can also respond in English by TDD at (844) 467-2020. For questions regarding the Broward County Census, please call (954) 357-6634 or you can email their office atCensus2020@Broward.org. Take care, Marty Kiar
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DIVERSE HELP FOR OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY
AHF AFFINITY GROUPS By John M. Hayden
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ack in the day, we were known as the gay and lesbian community. Later we became the LGB community. Now the letters are more plentiful, and in 2014, NOW’s national conference adopted a resolution encouraging people to use the acronym LGBTQIA. The letters keep multiplying because, even 50 years after Stonewall, our community is still learning how to define itself. And that’s a wonderful thing, but it can lead to challenges when trying to address common threats to our increasingly diverse community. That’s never been more clear than in the HIV/ AIDS crisis. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has spent decades working to bring education and healthcare access to the millions of patients and their families fighting the disease. There is no one-size-fits-all message because our community has never been homogenous. That’s why AHF came up with affinity groups, a series of organizations, each as unique as the
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part of the community they are designed to serve. “Their creation came about as a reaction to the shift in the epidemic,” Imara Canady told me. “AHF and all AIDS service organizations need to give culturally appropriate information to targeted populations.” Imara is the National Director for Communications & Community Engagement for AHF. “Each presents different opportunities. They are not cookie cutter by any means.” AHF says the organization is organically working in culturally sensitive ways with primary, high-risk populations to create education, awareness, testing, and prevention initiatives and messaging that resonates with the various targeted populations. They created five very specific groups for five very specific populations. Impulse Group was the progenitor, and focuses on gay men, and Imara says it inspired the rest of the project. “Impulse was first of the groups, and has grown to have tremendous
impact across the globe. It started the trend to see how to connect in communities with communities.” Now there is BLACC, Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition, which reaches into the African-American community. That is a place where too often the stigma of being gay is compounded by the HIV crisis. The group points out Black-American families—and young people in particular—are the highest risk demographic for new HIV cases and AIDSrelated deaths in the United States. BLACC focuses on increasing awareness and access to testing and care.
And then there is the newest group, SPARK, which is dedicated to reaching the lesbian community. They describe themselves as a women’s empowerment, enlightenment, and engagement group, and to inspire them to be leaders of change in their communities. Imara says each of the affinity groups thrives by being so specific. “It’s not just coming from the voice of AHF, but from our group of community partners. All of these developed to have more culturally sensitive relations to this work.” That means engaging on an almost neighborhood by neighborhood level. “These are led by folks in those targeted organizations. The dialogue is spearheaded through conversations and input from the specific targeted communities. It brings people to the table who often are not at the table.” Imara says the ultimate goal is to share powerful and truthful conversations between different communities. Photos Courtesy of AHF, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
FLUX works with the transgendered community, and its slogan is “Powered by Identity.” Maybe no other segment of our community is as misunderstood and underrepresented than the trans community. From intense discrimination to the additional health and wellness costs, it’s almost like there is a tax of sorts just for being trans. AHF targets emerging issues that directly impact our communities and mobilize them to create change. Their advocacy is geared to raise the profile of the trans and gender non-conforming persons.
LOUD works directly within the Hispanic community. From entertainment stars to religious leaders to local businesses, LOUD uses every open avenue to our Hispanic brothers and sisters and brings them a culturally targeted messaged.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION } Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your What is the most important information healthcare provider right away if you ® I should know about BIKTARVY ? get these symptoms: skin or the white BIKTARVY may cause serious side effects: } Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you have both HIV-1 and HBV and stop taking BIKTARVY, your HBV may suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking BIKTARVY without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to monitor your health.
Who should not take BIKTARVY? Do not take BIKTARVY if you take: } dofetilide } rifampin } any other medicines to treat HIV-1
What are the other possible side effects of BIKTARVY? Serious side effects of BIKTARVY may also include: } Changes in your immune system. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any new symptoms after you start taking BIKTARVY. } Kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider should do blood and urine tests to check your kidneys. If you develop new or worse kidney problems, they may tell you to stop taking BIKTARVY. } Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat.
part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomacharea pain. The most common side effects of BIKTARVY in clinical studies were diarrhea (6%), nausea (5%), and headache (5%). Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or don’t go away.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking BIKTARVY? } All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or have had any kidney or liver problems, including hepatitis virus infection. } All the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, antacids, laxatives, vitamins, and herbal supplements. BIKTARVY and other medicines may affect each other. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist, and ask if it is safe to take BIKTARVY with all of your other medicines. } If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if BIKTARVY can harm your unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you become pregnant while taking BIKTARVY. } If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. HIV-1 can be passed to the baby in breast milk. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
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MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT BIKTARVY BIKTARVY may cause serious side effects, including: • Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you have both HIV-1 and HBV, your HBV may suddenly get worse if you stop taking BIKTARVY. Do not stop taking BIKTARVY without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health regularly for several months.
ABOUT BIKTARVY BIKTARVY is a complete, 1-pill, once-a-day prescription medicine used to treat HIV-1 in adults. It can either be used in people who have never taken HIV-1 medicines before, or people who are replacing their current HIV-1 medicines and whose healthcare provider determines they meet certain requirements. BIKTARVY does not cure HIV-1 or AIDS. HIV-1 is the virus that causes AIDS. Do NOT take BIKTARVY if you also take a medicine that contains: • dofetilide • rifampin • any other medicines to treat HIV-1
BEFORE TAKING BIKTARVY Tell your healthcare provider all your medical conditions, including if you: • Have or have had any kidney or liver problems, including hepatitis infection. • Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. • Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take: • Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, antacids, laxatives, vitamins, and herbal supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist. • Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that interact with BIKTARVY.
POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF BIKTARVY BIKTARVY can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “Most Important Information About BIKTARVY” section. • Changes in your immune system. • New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. • Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat. • Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. • The most common side effects of BIKTARVY in clinical studies were diarrhea (6%), nausea (5%), and headache (5%). These are not all the possible side effects of BIKTARVY. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking BIKTARVY. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with BIKTARVY.
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TIPS FOR MANAGING HOME INSURANCE By Rod Davis CEO, BBB Serving Southeast Florida and the Caribbean
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loridians are blessed with mild winters, beautiful beaches, and, according to the Insurance Information Institute, the highest annual premiums for home insurance of any state. When I received my notice this year that my insurance was about to increase by $600, I decided it was time to get some quotes and compare my options. Insurance can be confusing to most homeowners. This data from the Insurance Information Institute shows how much we collectively need to learn to be better consumers. •
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Many people think the upper limits on the declaration page of the insurance policy as the amount they will receive if their home is destroyed. There are restrictions and terms that homeowners, and especially those of us in Florida, need to understand as we review insurance options.
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I used the BBB to request a quote option to get quotes and that tool makes getting proposals easier for the consumer. Go to www.SEFlorida. App.BBB.org/Connect and enter Homeowners Insurance and your zip code. You can upload a file with your current insurance coverage or any document summarizing what you are seeking. You can also indicate if you want to receive responses by email or phone. Once I had my three proposals, I laid them out side by side, and found the two that provided the best coverage and value. My last step was to check out the insurance company profile. It is important to have an insurance company that has a good track record of working with their customers when claims are filed (check with BBB, Google, etc. for this), has a solid financial rating (check on A.M. Best for this), and provides clear and comprehensive coverage to protect you and your property. I was able to save $600 and obtain coverage from a quality insurance company, so it is worth taking time to obtain comparative quotes and BBB can help make that process easy and fast. As a last reminder, homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage, so visit www. FloodSmart.gov to learn about flood insurance and if you might need that added protection.
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WHAT MAKES US CLIQUE
FR. RICHARD VITALE
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his series focuses on individuals who give to our community and make a positive impact on the lives of others. Often it is through our personal adversities that we discover who we are and transform the challenges into strength. Fr. Richard Vitale is a priest with the National Catholic Church of North America and he serves at Holy Angels National Catholic Church. He credits the love of his husband, family, parishioners, and God with giving him the strength to keep up with a challenging schedule of selfless service. Richard is also the new Vice-President of Impulse Group South Florida, an AHF affinity group, where he and other volunteers promote its mission to foster “sexual health education, advocacy, and breaking the stigma for gay men, both positive and negative.”1
Andy Armano: Thank you for taking the time to talk with us. I'm sure you have your hands full responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. How has your church responded? Fr. Richard Vitale: Yes, it's a time of great stress and great need. The crucial question is how do we help keep our community and connections alive when we have to keep social distancing. The ministry has been shifting its focus to digital content and online resources. In my work with Impulse Group, we have also been focusing on digital platforms to advance advocacy and we are working closely with AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) on that.
AA RV
Tell me a bit about what led you into the priesthood.
I grew up on Long Island, New York with a typical upper-middle-class suburban upbringing. We weren’t a particularly religious family. So, it was a shock to everyone when I decided to become a priest. I always felt drawn to a life of service. Even from a 1. www.impulsegrp.org
young age. I volunteered as a catechism teacher and I was in Boy Scouts. Serving the community has been a part of the fabric of who I am for as long as I can remember. In college, I ended up getting super involved in campus ministry and absolutely fell in love with the mass. I absolutely fell in love with the community, the spirituality. I felt such an incredible calling that I applied for the seminary and I was accepted.
AA
With such devotion to God and service, how did you reconcile your sexuality with religion?
RV
I had been openly gay before I applied to the seminary and at the time when I applied, there was an unspoken ”don't ask, don't tell” type of policy. Things started to change when an Archbishop decided that he was going to basically blame the entirety of the sexual abuse of minors scandal on gay clergy. So, he issued an edict that said that they were going to do an apostolic visitation to every seminary in the country to look for evidence of homosexuality. It was at that moment that I realized that I wasn't going to be able to make the changes from the inside that I wanted to. I just had this vision in my head of a young gay, lesbian, [and/or] trans person coming to my office saying, "Father, I'm struggling with this." I feared I would not be allowed to say to them, "It's okay. God made you the way he made you. You are perfect. Don't lose your spark." I just knew that I couldn't teach that. I didn’t believe it was God's way, and didn’t believe it was fair or just or moral or anything. So, I took my leave. I just went back to secular life. I pretty much left the church entirely and didn't worship anywhere for a long time.
AA
What was the transition back to secular life like for you? I can imagine it was difficult.
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have been injured by what I consider erroneous teachings of the Roman Church.
AA
There was this Bishop on Facebook® who frequently commented on my friends' posts and things like that. We began talking about my experience. He found my experience was relevant and applicable enough for ordination in the Old Catholic Church. And so, I was ordained as a deacon and priest. The ordination day was absolutely beautiful in this gorgeous church surrounded by family and friends, and it was just one of the most absolutely incredible days of my life. Just so incredibly overwhelming, and your life has changed forever. Sometimes scary, but usually the most profound and incredible ways because you then become truly a servant. It is on you to serve the people of God as best you can for as long as you can,
It felt a lot like having a non-mutual breakup. If you've ever been left by a partner or have left a partner and still had strong feelings for them, that's the feeling. There is love, but also sadness. When you are a priest, you consider yourself married to the church and so this isn’t just a pithy statement. It plays at the exact same emotional heartstrings. How did you come to terms with questioning the teachings you had been so immersed in?
RV
My experience wasn’t that different from many people. What happens when you snip the bottom of a tapestry or a sweater? It just starts to unravel, and the whole thing comes undone. It’s like that when you decide the teaching that homosexuality is a sin, an “inherent, intrinsic disorder” doesn’t check out. You question everything.
AA RV
So, what kept you believing in God?
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How did that process lead you back into the priesthood?
My experience of God's love brought me back and enabled me to put it back together. I realized the church itself is human, fallible, defective people trying to do the best they can in a structure that they were handed. At that point, I realized that the mysticism of the church is in every single person. It isn’t contained in the hierarchy. That's when I started to stitch it back together and when my faith came back.
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RV
Yes. There is an epidemic of people just struggling to be heard and acknowledged and appreciated. It's the counter. It's the part of that same loneliness that is just pervasive throughout the community. We've never been more connected, and somehow we are more lonely.
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Social media and apps have made it worse, if you ask me. I do think online life has made us less connected in real life. All this service work is volunteer, right?
Yes, I have full time employment as well. So I have to manage my full-time job, my parish life, and there is also volunteer work with Impulse Group.
AA RV as much as you can.
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Tell me about your service work these days.
I am a priest at Holy Angels and I perform mass there. I was just recently named the new Vice-President of Impulse Group with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). We are working on issues in our community like HIV prevention, helping people get into HIV care if they need it, regardless of their ability to pay, gay men's mental health, suicide prevention, and substance abuse.
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to you?
Do you find that when people find out you are a priest you find they open up
How do you do it all?
My dedication doesn't come without its own set of problems, right? Especially since I am married. Because if I come last, well then, sometimes he comes last along with me, and that can be hard. But beyond that, it is just so tremendously rewarding in the ways that you get to connect with other people.
AA
Your church, Holy Angels, does quite a bit of community outreach. Tell us about that.
RV
We take care of the poor. We welcome the homeless into our midst. We clothe them. We feed them. We provide bus passes. We have a mission church in Sierra Leone, West Africa, where we send monies and supplies. We built a school over there that has about a hundred students. It's very rewarding. I hope to make it out there someday and actually see it all. OutClique.com | 67
AA
How is service expressed in your life today? You mentioned that you’ve always had a calling for service.
RV
I had always really kind of envisioned myself as a priest in a great big parish with families and nativity pageants and all of that stuff. I wasn't trained for some of the harder stuff that would come. Working with the poor, working with the addicted, working with people who have just experienced the most awful tragedies. Working with people who have just been broken by the institutional church.
AA
How do you sustain your own spirituality, your own spiritual connection with God?
RV
My spirituality is very liturgical, which means sort of practicing the ritual of the church. It's very important to me that I celebrate mass each day. I celebrate it here at home. I set up my little altar in the guest room and I have mass each day. We have this beautiful tradition in the church of offering the mass for a specific intention. I constantly am soliciting intentions from the community. “What is it that you'd like me to pray for? Give me something to do.” It's worked out into being literally a global ministry where people will send me things to offer mass for, I write out a little card and I send it to them, and it says that the mass has been said for you. That is among the most important ways that I nurture my relationship with God. If being gay has done anything for me, and it has done everything for me, it has given me empathy. Because once you aren’t the ruling power, now you can have this incredible connection, and everybody has something. So, that's what I do now. The rewards associated with it have been so much more than anything I would have imagined. So that's how I've been changed in a great many ways. It's the constant 68 | OutClique.com
reminder that I always put others first.
AA
To come full circle, tell me a little about your spiritual perspective on this pandemic we are living through. There’s no aspect of our lives that isn’t affected. I know I personally feel the impact of the loss of my self-maintenance routine and of my connection with close friends. I'm a bit of a loner by nature, so if this is affecting me, it has to be affecting everyone. It's forcing me to look inward more, yet at the same time to reach out to the people for whom I’m responsible and to whom I am close.
RV
There are always trials in the world. In parts of the world, these kinds of challenges are part of everyday life. Here, we are blessed, even in the midst of this pandemic, we have more than so many people in the world. This is a time to practice gratitude. I also view this as a time for us to show our best nature. It's a time for each of us to be a helper, to be a giver, and a caretaker of our fellows. It’s a time to focus less on what we lost and more on what we can do right here and right now. And, in giving to others in the spirit of service and compassion, we can actually deepen our connections with others and strengthen our sense of purpose. From trials and tribulations comes a renewal.
AA
That is really beautiful and so powerfully stated. If we choose, this can be a wake-up call, personally and as a people.
RV
Yes, I do think this is a knock on our collective door of consciousness. Let’s use the pause as a time of reflection. We haven’t treated the earth and its creatures with respect and compassion. We’re seeing how much we don’t like it when nature is out of balance. I believe we need to double our efforts to care for the earth and our environment. We’re responsible for this glorious creation we call earth and all the life on it.
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DOES YOUR BEARD REALLY NEED IT’S OWN SHAMPOO?
By Michael A Ferrara
“Do I really need a beard shampoo?” I get this question from my clients who are either growing a new beard or attempting to maintain their current beard. I’m not one to have ten different bottles of potions and lotions in my shower. However, like I tell all my clients with this question, not only does your beard need it’s own shampoo, your beard could also benefit from an oil, balm, conditioner, and a special soap! Feeling overwhelmed about all this? Don’t be! I’m going to outline each product you will need in order to step up your beard game and start playing with the big (and bearded) boys. Beard Shampoo vs Hair Shampoo Yes all shampoos are made to clean hair and remove unwanted oils, smells, flakes, and such from your hair. However, a beard shampoo is formulated to be gentler on the skin since the skin on your face is far more sensitive than the skin on your head. It should also be sulfate free and have added moisturizers to deal with the thicker texture of hair. How To Use: Daily use is recommended. If your
skin begins to feel dry or irritated, skip a day or two.
Beard Oil This is an absolute MUST for beards! It doesn’t matter how coarse your beard feels, it will never feel soft without using a beard oil. Oil has a higher viscosity than conditioner which allows your very textured facial hair to absorb the moisture more effectively than just applying moisturizer that really only coats the top of the hair. Beard oil will penetrate the hair shaft and actually condition your beard from the inside out. Think of using fabric softener when washing your clothes. Beard oil will do to
your beard what fabric softener does to your clothing. How To Use: I recommend applying a beard oil in the shower after shampooing or immediately after a shower. The warm temperature after a shower opens up your pores as well as the hair cuticle allowing for moisture to enter the hair shaft more effectively.
Beard Balm / Beard Wax These two items are styling products for your beard. Similar to the shampoo differences, beard styling products are typically gentler on the skin, have added moisturizers, and make directing your beard to lay flatter and stay there much easier for you. Keep in mind however, when using balms and waxes, these can build up over time causing your beard to flake, dry out, and look dirty. Be sure you are shampooing these styling products completely out of your beard before applying more to it. How To Use: Apply a small amount of balm or
wax on your fingertips rubbing your fingers together to warm up the product. Next, gently finger through your beard from top to bottom, then base to ends to ensure full coverage. Your goal here is to have each hair strand covered, but not drowning in product. One last tid-bit before I send you off on your quest for a better beard . . . If your beard isn’t behaving the way you want it to, don’t sweat it! It’s going to take at least 4-5 times of washing, oiling, and balming your beard before you notice a significant difference in how it behaves, so keep it up! You’re well on your way to becoming the bearded beauty of your dreams!
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A MAN WHO WALKED HIS FAITH JUSTIN FLIPPEN Rev. Patrick Rogers
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What has happened leaves thousands of us behind in a state of shock. How could this ever be real? Why? All the questions we have will continue for a long time. Could this shake the foundation of my faith as his Pastor and a fellow Christian? Yes it could. Will it? No. Last Sunday, the lectionary scripture was the story of Jesus being in the desert for 40 days. That is how I felt after hearing the news about Justin. Where are you God? We are crying out in the wilderness. Overall, I know that God is present. I met with Justin’s family to plan his service, worked with both the City of Fort Lauderdale and City of Wilton Manors Police Force who helped at the service and also provided a motorcade to the cemetery. We planned a church service for his family. We worked with the City of Wilton Manors regarding the public Celebration of Life Service at the Venue. All I have seen throughout this, what we consider a tragedy, is love. We are witnessing what Justin brought into the world and shared freely. Love. Justin’s extreme and intense faith was at the center of every relationship, whether you were a friend, co-worker, fellow
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sit here in disbelief that I am writing this article. I want to take a nap and wake up and discover that it was all a bad dream, but it was not. Justin Flippen, a 41 year old man who was a Mayor, leader, friend, patriot, devoted son, traveler, and brother to thousands of people, has transitioned into a place where there is nothing except love. No pain, hurt, sorrow, discrimination, hate, or prejudice is found in his new home. Nothing but love. church member, or a stranger on the street. His ministry was public service. So what can we do? We can carry on Justin’s dream of facilitating a community and world where we love one another and treat one another with respect - at all times. He attended United Church of Christ Fort Lauderdale and was a member because we focus ministry on social justice and making a difference in this world. Social justice, diversity, and equality were his passion. We will miss seeing your daily (and hourly) facebook posts which reflected your love of life and of the community in which you served. The joy will be missed of those thumbs up pictures when you visited 379 state parks, laughing with the children when you wore those funny outfits, riding on the top of a float during the Stonewall parade, with your family, business owners, friends, and countless other acts of love. We will miss you, Justin, but we will carry your love within us always. Thank you for walking your faith walk. Thank you for being humble. Thank you for being an example.
Rev. Patrick Rogers, MDiv. – Community Activist and Senior Pastor at United Church of Christ Fort Lauderdale Photo Courtesy of Rev. Patrick Rogers, MDiv.
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audience was filled with local luminaries including the Gay Men’s Chorus. But they weren’t the ones Eric noticed as he looked for his seat. “That night I became suspicious when I saw two of my best friends come in and they hadn’t mentioned to me that they were coming to the show,” Eric told me.
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Keeping up the element of surprise is tough when you’re planning a surprise like this. And Eric soon saw more unexpected guests kept popping up in the audience. “Also I saw just about all of Jesus’ family there when I arrived and that doesn’t happen only for the holidays. One of his nephews was there who never usually goes out to any social events! So I was wow, this is unusual. That started to make me think, okay something is going on.” Jesus and Eric met two and a half years ago on Tinder, so lucky for them they both swiped right for Mr. Right. Eric says they’ve talked about getting married several times, but it was more of a theoretical discussion, something for the future.
Photos Courtesy of Jesus Reyna
So even with his antennae raised, he tried to put proposal possibilities aside and enjoy the show. That didn’t last long. “When (a cast member) was on stage and said he had an announcement that it was Jesus’ birthday.” One problem with that theory: it was not Jesus’ birthday. “So I started to realize okay, this is it. Then, of course, when he called me to the stage, I knew. I started tearing on my way up.”
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The crowd went wild! While the actual play went off flawlessly with great performances, it was Eric and Jesus that stole the spotlight. After a proposal like that, it’s gonna be hard to top it with the actual wedding. But, there’s time for that. “We haven’t started the wedding plans yet. We are thinking about a June wedding. No venue yet, but it will be in the Fort Lauderdale area.” The video is posted on OutClique’s Facebook® page. You should have a look! Warning: Have a box of tissues handy. www.facebook.com/Outclique/videos/
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AIDS WALK MIAMI RETURNS TO SOUNDSCAPE PARK ON MAY 3, 2020
Ending HIV/AIDS Through Community Collaboration
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he fight against HIV/AIDS is close to our hearts, and it’s close to our home. South Florida is the epicenter for the virus in the USA with the highest rate of new HIV cases in the country. This year, AIDS Walk Miami will benefit local nonprofit organizations that provide critical HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ+ related services. In recognition of the need for community collaboration in ending the HIV epidemic, these organizations will join our fundraising efforts, receiving a share of their funds raised. In addition to consistent community-based efforts and engagement, we have identified and implemented the tools to end HIV by 2030. We are expanding access to PrEP, an HIV prevention method for people at highrisk for HIV. Additionally, we are reducing HIV-related deaths through the Test & Treat program, which provides immediate linkage to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), medication that slows the progression of HIV in the body. When individuals living with HIV receive ART and achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load, they can’t sexually transmit the virus to others. At AIDS Walk Miami, we will celebrate the opportunity to create a brighter and healthier future in South Florida and commemorate the lives lost to HIV/AIDS.
Miami. As Miami native, she is committed to supporting the South Florida community and raising awareness about HIV/AIDS. La Negra will welcome the community during the Opening Ceremony and motivate walkers with a commencement speech and performances. "I’m so honored to serve as the Grand Marshal for AIDS Walk Miami 2020! It’s so important to bring HIV/AIDS awareness, peace, and love to the beautiful people of South Florida. I love working with the community to end this together." - Amara La Negra We invite the South Florida community to join us at 8:00AM for registration and the Opening Ceremony. For more information, please visit www.AIDSWalkMiami.com. Let’s end this together!
We are proud to announce the AIDS Walk Miami Grand Marshal, Amara La Negra. La Negra is a multifaceted singer and entertainer who has captivated fans through her appearance on the hit television show, Love & Hip Hop:
About Care Resource Care Resource is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization and a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with four locations in Midtown Miami, Little Havana, Miami Beach, and Fort Lauderdale. The health center provides comprehensive health and support services to address the full health care needs of South Florida’s pediatric, adolescent, and adult populations.
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THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IMPORTANT FACTS AND INFORMATION By Chris Nelson, MD
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’ve been texted and messaged by so many who know my infectious diseases and infection control training background and I’m honored that you would ask me what to think and do about the Coronavirus pandemic. So, I’m writing this to try and distill the most important facts and information to help you and your loved ones, in a confusing world of conflicting information: 1.) First, don’t panic. For 80% of us, infection with this virus will be no more than a bad cold or flu-like illness. This is not the end of humanity, and we will get through this, though it will be tough for awhile, and we will have to give up life as usual for some time, and make some very tough and unpleasant decisions for how we live our home/private lives and navigate our work lives. Previous generations have done this for various causes and crises (1918 Spanish Flu,the Great Depression, WW II, 9-11, SARS, MERS, 2009 H1N1 Pandemic) and survived. And so will we! 2.) Limit the amount of media that you
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consume. Be especially aware of fake posts on Facebook, which are common. Even trusted sources of info are dramatizing this pandemic, with the nightly “death count” on the news. Turn it off, tune it out, but do stay informed. My advice: listen to and trust everything that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Infectious Diseases expert, Dr. Tony Fauci, says regarding what to expect and what to do to keep you and your family safe. He has gotten us through several pandemics and his expertise and experience will get us through this one. Also, look at the CDC Coronavirus site daily to stay informed and answer your questions. This is the best single source of information available. 3.) Do the basics: wash and sanitize your hands, avoid crowds and gatherings for the next couple of months, and follow the advice of your local public health experts. 4.) Realize that international travel makes this a small world. Published data suggests that COVID-19 began in early December in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. They just
started to go back to work and get back to life as usual last week (mid-March). Most of the world did not become aware of the virus’ existence until much more recently. However, some countries, like South Korea, saw this coming and started testing everyone early at a point in the now famous epidemiological curve when “containment” (i.e., test and isolate) procedures dramatically slowed the spread there. The US still has not ramped up testing and it is important to understand that we are further up the epi curve (more widespread cases) than most people realize, so only more drastic “mitigation” actions will slow further spread (social distancing, shelter in place, closing down restaurants and bars, gyms, movie theaters, concerts, etc.) to avoid overwhelming our healthcare facilities with sick patients. However, even these actions will not stop the spread of the virus at this point, but rather only slow spread. From my review of the Chinese and South Korean experiences, we should expect the toughest impact on our routine life to continue for the next 2.5-3 months. I hope that, if most Americans follow infection control and social distancing guidelines, we might start to get back to a more regular way of life by early June 2020. The Coronavirus will be with us for much longer than that! 5.) You will hear the news media broadcast “breaking news” daily of so many new positive cases of, and deaths from, COVID-19. Even I feel anxiety sometimes by the way the media reports all of this. Remember (4) above and do
not panic. COVID-19 has been in the US for a few months, spreading among all of us even though we did not know it. So, as testing catches up with actual cases, you will, of course, hear of lots of new rapidly rising numbers of cases as testing catches up with reality on the ground here. See this coming and do not give in to media-induced panic. 6.) Isolate your parents and grandparents, and anyone you love with underlying lung disease, heart disease, cancer, immunodeficiency, or other chronic diseases. Kids are largely spared from serious illness with this virus (probably because of their experience with infection with other childhood Coronavirus infections, and the cross-protective immunity that this likely gives them to COVID-19). Very recent experiences from Italy and France suggest that young adults may get serious and lifethreatening illnesses, landing them in ICU’s. Recent US spring break beach video shows that many millennials, Gen-X’ers and Gen Y’ers are not taking this virus seriously, congregating in large numbers despite warnings not to do so, but they should be social distancing like everyone else. I hope this helps all of you to feel more empowered and informed. Knowledge is power, and we are all scared of what we do not understand, so read, inform yourself and know fact from fiction, and you will feel empowered and safe. Love to all!
Chris Nelson is a board certificated pediatrician with a specialty in infectious disease. He is currently a pediatrician at the Pediatric & Adolescent Associates in Lexington, KY and previously served as the Pediatric Clerkship Director at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He and his wife are also owners of Chrisman Mill Winery in Nicholasville, KY.
Additionally, Dr. Nelson served on the dissertation committee of Steven O. Evans, PhD, the publisher of OutClique magazine. The title of Dr. Evans’ dissertation is “Pediatrics education in an AHEC setting: Preparing students to provide patient centered medicine” from the University of Kentucky College of Education. It can be found at www.Libraries.UKY.edu. OutClique.com | 97
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In 1986, our Founding Director, Dr. Gary Keating founded this chorus as one of the first gay choruses in the nation and in the world. He helped start the LGBTQ choral movement and today, there are thousands. We’re proud of that legacy and continue it to this very day.
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Come hear our holiday performances! Friday, December 4, 2020 • 8pm St Matthew Catholic Church/Hallandale Sunday, December 6, 2020 • 4pm St Paul Lutheran Church/Boca Raton Tuesday, December 8, 2020 • 7:30pm St Sebastian Catholic Church/Ft Lauderdale Friday, December 11, 2020 • 8pm Sunshine Cathedral/Ft Lauderdale
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2020/21 SEASON ANNOUNCED Catch Every Beat!
BRAHMS | COPLAND | GOTTSCH – November 2020 Featuring David Shifrin, clarinet HANDEL’S MESSIAH – December, 2020 Featuring the South Florida Symphony Chorale HOLST | WILLIAMS | PERTTU – January 2021 featuring Jeffrey Biegel, piano MOZART: REQUIEM | SYMPHONY NO. 40 – February 2021 Featuring the South Florida Symphony Chorale A NIGHT OF OPERA’S GREATEST MOMENTS WITH FLORIDA GRAND OPERA –March 2021 Featuring Florida Grand Opera Studio Artists and the South Florida Symphony Chorale SIBELIUS | BARBER | NIELSEN – April 2021 Featuring Siwoo Kim, violin JOIN US FOR OUR 2019/20 SEASON IN FT. LAUDERDALE, MIAMI & KEY WEST SUBSCRIBE NOW & SAVE! SOUTHFLORIDASYMPHONY.ORG | 954.522.8445
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