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SFgN eNDorSeS hIllAry clINtoN For PreSIDeNt Scott Fitzwater –

Just more evidence as to why I don't read this rag. Your reasoning is based loosely on her gender and the candidates in the Republican Party? You speak of her experience yet you say nothing of the experience of the other Democratic candidate as if he doesn't even exist. How about getting past the primaries first.

toni Armstrong Jr. –

Thank you for taking a definitive stand. This is a polarizing election cycle and we all may as well state clearly what we really think. In the end, I will "vote blue, no matter who."

robert youngquist –

Is Hillary qualified to be the next President? Yes. Does she have the experience? Yes. Will she make a good a President? Only time will tell. Will I vote for her in the primary? NO. Why not? I have TRUST ISSUES with her. If she becomes the Democratic nominee? Hmmm. Well I'll take an antacid and vote for her because on her worst day she'd be better than a Repukelican on his best day. However, my gut feeling tells me Bernie will be the nominee and I'm going to FEEL THE BERN all the way to November!

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cAItlyN JeNNer SAyS hIllAry clINtoN oNly cAreS ABout herSelF Jerry Foster – This is all a publicity stunt for Bruce to get more money for his self. So, let's be clear, he is doing all of this for himself, not you or I. He is an embarrassment to the Transgender community and America. Ignore him at it will go away. Being Transgender is much much more than private parts. It has a lot to do with what goes on in the mind and spirit of the person going through the transition. As you can see, an empty transitioned shell is useless to the cause! Vanessa holcomb –

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Thomas How can she not see the irony in that statement. I'm done with her and her show.

Yeh ironic how lgbt people would vote for the party who wants to take away their rights and put us back in closet.

reADerS reSPoND to Joe PAllANt'S trI-rAIl PItch gene mahoney –

Two of the author's three bases for supporting his argument are falsehoods. "Transit has the potential to revitalize a downtown area." This refers to urban downtowns of which Wilton Manors cannot be considered one. "Open up the suburbs to new people." Wilton Manors does not have any suburbs; in fact it is surrounded by a city. That being said, the argument made by the author fails.

John gianni caminiti –

So far I have not seen anything to entice me to support it. It does not seem to stop anywhere desirable. If you take the train to Miami, how do you get to the beach or to town? There is no station nearby.

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PrIDe Fort lAuDerDAle lookS to reBuIlD Board down to 3 members Michael d’Oliveira

ride Fort Lauderdale’s board is looking inside and outside of the community for ideas on their next festival. They’re also looking for new board members. Right now, with the departure of Norm Kent as president, the board is down to three interim committee members – Miik Martorell, Rocky Bowell and Sean Manning. In November of last year, the Pride board voted to delay elections to January. Kent, publisher of SFGN, said he’s not resigning, just leaving his position because his term expired. “I’m going to still help reorganize a board of directors.” Martorell said the remaining committee members want to make sure they attract the right people, who know how to organize the event and fit in well with the other board members, before making long-term decisions on who will run the next event. “We’re still trying to put together what we think is going to work best for the community. We’re going to start through the whole process, create a board we can all be proud of,” Martorell said. “We can’t do it alone. Everybody’s help is needed.” He said the board hopes to have a

date chosen for the next event within 30 days or soon after. Meanwhile, Pride Fort Lauderdale will be hosting Prides of the Southeast [POSE] April 14 to 17 at the Embassy Suites in Fort Lauderdale. POSE is a conference attended by pride festival organizers from multiple states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana. “This is a major thing. It’s just like 30 to 50 people but it’s part of Fort Lauderdale being the epicenter of tourism in the U.S.,” Kent said. “They represent three to four million attendee goers. Atlanta alone is a million,” Martorell said. POSE, said Martorell, will give his organization the opportunity to learn from other pride events. “It really helps strengthen us as a pride organization.” He added that the interim committee also attended the Consolidated Association of Pride [CAPI] in February in El Paso. Like POSE, CAPI also brings pride organizations together as a means of sharing ideas. “Hopefully, we’ll bring some of that back with us,” Martorell said. For more information or to join Pride Fort Lauderdale, email miik@pridefortlauderdale.org.

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Senate Panel Conﬁrms 1st Openly Gay military Service leader (AP) The Senate Armed Services Committee has confirmed the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military service, voting Thursday to approve the nomination of Eric Fanning to be Army secretary. But it's unclear when the full Senate will take up Fanning's nomination. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., last year placed a hold on his nomination to protest the Obama administration's efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility. Sarah Little, Roberts' spokeswoman, said the hold remains in place. President Barack Obama nominated Fanning to the post in September. The committee moved ahead with Fanning's nomination after the Defense Department delivered copies of work-related emails that Fanning and Defense Secretary Ash Carter exchanged over Carter's personal unsecured email account. Fanning has held several jobs in the Pentagon. He

issouri Religious Objections Measure Passes Senate

(AP) After a failed 37-hour filibuster by Democrats, the Missouri Senate on Thursday passed a proposal to add greater religious protections to the state constitution for some business owners and individuals opposed to gay marriage. Senators voted 23-7 along party lines to give the measure final approval following the Democratic filibuster, which ground work in the chamber to a halt. Division over the measure highlights a national debate over how to balance the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and religious liberties following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer that legalized samesex marriages in all states. At issue is legislation to amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit government penalties against those who cite a "sincere religious belief" while declining to provide goods and services for same-sex marriage ceremonies or ensuing celebrations taking place around the same time as a wedding ceremony. The measure cites photographers and ﬂorists as examples of those who could be covered. It would also shield clergy and worship places that decline to participate in such weddings. "This amendment will protect those individuals from being commandeered into a wedding ceremony in violation of their religious conscious," said Republican sponsor Sen. Bob Onder, of Lake St. Louis. Democrats, who argued it would allow discrimination against LGBT people, stalled an initial vote on the measure from Monday afternoon to early Wednesday, when

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served as the Army secretary's principal adviser on management and operation of the service, with a focus on the budget. He was undersecretary of the Air Force from April 2013 to February 2015, and for half a year was the acting secretary of the Air Force. He also worked on Carter's transition. The committee met in January to consider Fanning's nomination shortly after he stepped down from the job in an acting capacity. Committee members had expressed concern a federal law governing requirements for filling openings that require Senate confirmation would be violated if Fanning continued as acting secretary. The committee chairman, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, said Fanning's resignation "cured" the problem, but the committee adjourned without voting. The committee's approval comes as the Obama administration works to eliminate barriers to military service based on sexuality or gender.

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Republicans used a rare procedural move to end what was the longest continuous filibuster in recent state history. On Thursday, action by frustrated Democrats continued to delay work in the Senate. Their pushback included nearly six hours spent reviewing and debating what's in the official state record of Senate action this week before the measure came up for a final vote. Democratic Sen. Scott Sifton, of Affton, said if senators and voters met his father and uncle, who are gay, and their partners, the proposal would fail and "Missouri voters would reject it unanimously."

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(SFGN) in a recent interview with Fortune Magazine Justin Nelson, president of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce(NGLCC) announced the organization is forming a new supplier diversity partnership with Major League Baseball (MLB). “We take great pride in the fact that this not only puts us closer to Major League Baseball and the ability to bring innovative suppliers to their operation, but also that we get to work with incredible advocates and athletes like Billy Bean,” said Nelson. Bean was the first professional baseball player to come out publically in 1999, and now serves as the MLB’s first Ambassador of Inclusion. “We’re looking forward to them helping us promote the initiatives that we have,” Bean said. “It’s important to me because I think it allows our community to get more coverage and exposure on the programs that [business owners are]

working very, very hard to expand.” According to Fortune the announcement follows similar partnerships made with the Unites States Tennis Association (USTA) and the National Football League (NFL). “I think there’s not a high enough level of importance that we can put on partnerships like with the MLB [and] USTA, because it really does help tell the story of who we are as an LGBT business community,” Nelson said. “It’s not just businesses that may be stereotypical or everyone assumes would be an LGBT business, like a ﬂorist or an interior designer—and those are great business and I want all of them certified—but it’s a lot of other things. It’s facilities management. It’s construction.” Nelson told Fortune the NGLCC looks to partner with the NBA and WNBA next. Photo: Facebook

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ay-Conversion Ban Faces Another Uphill Battle in Colorado

(AP) Colorado Democrats are trying again to stop therapists from trying to change young people's sexual orientation, joining a number of states that have acted against what's known as gay conversion therapy. But a bill moving through the Democratic state House is unlikely to make it to the governor's desk amid continued opposition in the GOP Senate. Supporters say that because conversion therapy has been denounced by psychology's governing bodies, the state shouldn't license therapists who do it. Conversion therapy seeks to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, or to eliminate romantic attraction to individuals of the same sex. "It's not validated by science," said Denver psychologist Sarah Burgami, who is the Colorado representative of the American Psychological Association. Testifying in favor of the ban, Burgami told lawmakers that giving state licenses to conversion practitioners misleads the public. "Parents rely on that licensure, that semblance of legitimacy, to know that something is valid," she said. The Colorado bill would say that licensed health practitioners couldn't attempt conversion therapy on people under 18. "There's no research that says that's effective," Burgami said. The bill passed 7-6 on party lines, with all Republicans opposed. A Republican senator who last year voted against a similar bill, Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs, told The Associated Press that this year's conversion therapy ban could expect a chilly reception in the Senate. "My objections remain," said Hill, who declined to elaborate. The bill awaits action by the full House. At least six states ban or limit gay conversion therapy. The U.S. Supreme Court last year declined to hear a challenge to New Jersey's ban.

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uling Raises Doubts over Same-Sex Marriages in Puerto Rico

(AP) An unexpected ruling from a federal judge in Puerto Rico is raising doubts and creating confusion about the future of same-sex couples seeking to get married on the island. Judge Juan Perez-Gimenez ruled that a U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows gay couples to marry anywhere in the United States does not apply on the island because it is a U.S. territory and not a state. The ruling also rejects a motion filed by Lambda Legal and Puerto Rico's government to stop enforcement of the island's ban on same-sex marriage. Lambda Legal attorney Omar Gonzalez said last Wednesday the group is seeking to have the ruling vacated as soon as possible. "We believe this order is erroneous," Gonzalez said in a phone interview. "It's something that we cannot let stand." It is unclear if Puerto Rico's government will stop issuing marriage licenses because of last Tuesday's ruling by the U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico. The island's Justice Department referred all questions to the governor's office, and a spokeswoman for Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla did not immediately return a message seeking comment. Garcia authorized gay marriage through an executive order shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in June 2015. However, legislators did not amend Puerto Rico's civil code to allow for same-sex marriages, and activists last Wednesday called on them to do so. It is unclear if legislators will take up that petition. A spokeswoman for Senate President Eduardo Bhatia did not return a message seeking comment. Bhatia had earlier condemned the ruling. Gonzalez said the ruling does not invalidate the dozens of samesex marriages that have taken place on the island. The U.S. territory recently extended other rights to same-sex couples, in December ruling that they can adopt children.

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ussia to Investigate Calvin Klein Ad Under 'Homosexual Propaganda' Law

(EDGE) A commercial for a Calvin Klein fragrance is coming under fire in Russia for possibly violating the country's anti-gay "homosexual propaganda" law, according to Gay Star News. The ad in question is for the fashion company's CK2 fragrance, which is being billed as a genderless perfume, and it features two same-sex couples as well as two opposite-sex couples. Gay Star News reports the ad has been reported to authorities for containing "elements of propaganda of homosexuality and pedophilia." The website claims the complaints were made to Russian officials in Arkhangelsk (located in the north of European Russia near the White Sea) after someone watched the

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clip on YouTube. Authorities from the city announced they are looking into whether or not Calvin Klein broke the country's "homosexual propaganda" law. The clip shows a number of couples, including a male same-sex couple who are seen riding a motorcycle without shirts. A female same-sex couple are also featured in the ad, and expose themselves on a freeway. As Gay Star News notes, the opposite-sex couples kiss in the clip but the gay couples do not. The website reports that if the company is found guilty of violating the anti-gay laws, it could be fined up to 1 million rubles (about $15,000 USD) and could be forced to suspend business in Russia for three months.

Scott’s Surgeon General Pick Resigns

(SFGN) Florida Governor Rick Scott’s choice to head the state’s Department of Health resigned in a telephone call last Friday, March 11. Dr. John Armstrong, who served as Florida Surgeon General since 2012, did not clear confirmation by a Senate Elections & Ethics Committee. When Senate President Andy Gardiner said he would not bring the appointment to the ﬂoor for a full vote, Armstrong telephoned Scott and resigned. However, on Tuesday, Gov. Scott placed Armstrong in a key health department position, according to the Politico news organization. South Florida HIV activist Michael Rajner, who doggedly advocated against Armstrong’s confirmation, issued the following statement: "It's nice to see that the governor wants [Armstrong] to continue to have access to health care while dealing with a lifethreatening illness," Rajner said in a news

release. "This same governor has denied so many families in Florida that same ability to have access to health care and continues to refuse to expand Medicaid to poor vulnerable families." In pushing for his confirmation, Gov. Scott disclosed Armstrong’s personal battle with colon cancer, but even that was not enough to sway legislators. Armstrong was characterized as oblivious to the rising number of HIV/AIDS cases in Florida and slow to implement the state’s medical marijuana program. Under his watch, upwards of 13,000 children were, reportedly, dropped from the rolls of the state’s children’s medical services. On Monday, the Governor’s office announced the appointment of Celeste Philip as acting surgeon general with Armstrong remaining employed in a newly created deputy secretary of administrative services role. 3.16.2016 •

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FGN’s new Mirror Magazine comes out this week, with its Spring Food Edition. The popular bi monthly guide is coming off its Winter Arts and Entertainment Guide, which ran 80 pages. Amongst the features included in the new issue are articles on food fairs, cooking glasses, and great places to wine and dine in South Florida. Also filled with credible content, some of the magazines pieces include articles on being ‘Muslim and Gay,’ and

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hIghlIghtINg the chAlleNgeS oF BISeXuAl youth IN mArch Denise Royal

arch is Bisexual Health Awareness Month. The Bisexual Resource Center (BRC) is running a social media campaign on Facebook and Twitter to highlight challenges the bisexual community faces. The 2016 theme for Bisexual Health Awareness Month (BHAM) is Bisexual plus Youth. (According to the BRC, the “plus” means anyone identifying as attracted to more than one gender. This includes folks who identify as pansexual, queer, or prefer not to use a label.) According to the group Advocates for Youth, LGBT youth in Florida are marginalized and at risk for HIV. In addition, 76 percent of Florida’s young people report hearing homophobic slurs in school, while 41 percent report that bullying, name-calling, and harassment are somewhat serious problems at their school. Young men who have sex with men account for 35 percent of HIV/AIDS cases among Florida’s young people ages 13-24, even though gay men represent less than 5 percent of Florida’s population. Bisexual youth experience higher rates of suicide, interpersonal violence, and mental

distress compared to their gay, lesbian, and straight peers. “Teens who are LGBTQ don’t have nearly as many role models regarding a stable, healthy non-traditional relationship,” says Tameka Thomas, Life Coach/Case Manager with SunServe, a social services agency serving the LGBTQ community in South Florida. “Their world isn’t filled with various examples of how to be in a successful lesbian relationship or successful relationship with a trans man. Not to mention, in addition to all the typical stresses of a teen relationship, you have to add the stress of being LGBTQ. LGBTQ teens may not have the support from their families or peers.” BHAM has formed local and national partnerships to raise awareness about the various social, economic, and health disparities experienced by bi youth. You can follow the campaign throughout the month of March on the Bisexual Resource Center’s (BRC) Twitter (with hashtags #BiHealthMonth and #BHAM), Facebook, Tumblr, and newly launched blog for the following focus weeks:

• March 14-18: (Resources) A spotlight on current resources, and the creation of new ones, that can improve the health and wellbeing of bisexual+ youth. • March 21-25: (Action) The promotion of programs, policies, and services that can work to prevent or decrease social, economic, and health disparities among bisexual+ youth.

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vitamins such as iron or calcium supplements; anti-seizure medicines; other medicines to treat HIV-1, hepatitis, or tuberculosis; metformin; or methadone), vitamins, and herbal supplements (for example, St. John’s wort). Some medicines interact with TRIUMEQ. Keep a list of your medicines to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist. Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider.

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IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT TRIUMEQ ® (TRI-u-meck) The risk information provided here is not comprehensive. To learn more, talk about TRIUMEQ with your healthcare provider (HCP) or pharmacist. Visit www.TRIUMEQ.com or call 1-877-844-8872 to get FDA-approved product information, including the Boxed Warning and Medication Guide. What is the most important information I should know about TRIUMEQ? TRIUMEQ can cause serious side effects, including: • Serious allergic reactions (hypersensitivity reaction) that can cause death have happened with TRIUMEQ and other abacavir-containing products. Your risk of this allergic reaction to abacavir is much higher if you have a gene variation called HLA-B*5701. Your HCP can determine with a blood test if you have this gene variation. If you get a symptom from 2 or more of the following groups while taking TRIUMEQ, call your HCP right away to ﬁnd out if you should stop taking TRIUMEQ: Group 1: fever Group 4: general ill feeling, Group 2: rash extreme tiredness, or achiness Group 3: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, Group 5: shortness of breath, abdominal (stomach area) pain cough, sore throat Your pharmacist will give you a Warning Card with a list of these symptoms. Carry this Warning Card with you at all times. • If you stop TRIUMEQ because of an allergic reaction, never take TRIUMEQ (abacavir, dolutegravir and lamivudine) or any other abacavir- or dolutegravir-containing medicines (EPZICOM®, TIVICAY®, TRIZIVIR®, or ZIAGEN®) again. • Within hours of taking them, you could have life-threatening symptoms like very low blood pressure that might lead to death. • If you stop TRIUMEQ for any other reason, even for a few days, and you are not allergic to TRIUMEQ, talk with your HCP before taking it again. Taking TRIUMEQ again can cause a serious allergic or life-threatening reaction, even if you never had an allergic reaction to it before. If your HCP tells you that you can take TRIUMEQ again, start taking it when you’re around medical help or people who can call a HCP if you need one. • Build-up of acid in the blood, called lactic acidosis, can happen in people who take TRIUMEQ. Lactic acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can cause death. Call your HCP right away if you get any of the following symptoms that could be signs of lactic acidosis: • feeling very weak or tired • feeling cold, especially in your arms and legs • unusual (not normal) muscle pain • feeling dizzy or light-headed • trouble breathing • fast or irregular heartbeat • stomach pain with nausea and vomiting • Serious liver problems can happen in people who take TRIUMEQ. In some cases, these serious liver problems can lead to death. Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver (steatosis). Call your HCP right away if you get any of the following signs or symptoms of liver problems: • your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice) • dark or “tea-colored” urine • light colored stools (bowel movements) • loss of appetite for several days or longer • nausea • pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or serious liver problems if you are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking nucleoside analogue medicines for a long time. • Worsening of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in people who have HIV-1 infection. If you have Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HBV, your HBV may get worse (flare-up) if you stop taking TRIUMEQ. A “ﬂare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns, worse than before. Worsening liver disease can be serious and may lead to death. To help avoid this, do not run out of TRIUMEQ. Refill your prescription or talk to your HCP before your TRIUMEQ is all gone. Do not stop TRIUMEQ without first talking to your HCP. If you stop taking TRIUMEQ, your HCP will need to check your health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your liver.

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• Resistant HBV If you have HIV-1 and HBV, the HBV can change (mutate) while you’re on TRIUMEQ and become harder to treat (resistant). • Use with interferon and ribavirin-based regimens. Worsening of liver disease that has caused death has happened in people infected with both HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus who are taking antiretroviral medicines and are also being treated for hepatitis C with interferon with or without ribavirin. If you are taking TRIUMEQ and interferon with or without ribavirin, tell your HCP if you have any new symptoms. What is TRIUMEQ? TRIUMEQ is a prescription HIV-1 medicine used alone or with other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults. HIV-1 is the virus that causes AIDS. TRIUMEQ contains 3 prescription medicines, abacavir (ZIAGEN), dolutegravir (TIVICAY) and lamivudine (EPIVIR®). TRIUMEQ is not for use by itself in people who have or have had resistance to abacavir, dolutegravir, or lamivudine. TRIUMEQ should not be used in children under the age of 18. TRIUMEQ does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. You must keep taking HIV-1 medicines to control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related illnesses. Who should not take TRIUMEQ? Don’t take TRIUMEQ if you: • have a certain type of gene variation called the HLA-B*5701 allele. Your HCP will test you for this before prescribing treatment with TRIUMEQ. • are allergic to abacavir, dolutegravir, or any of the ingredients in TRIUMEQ. See the full Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in TRIUMEQ. • take dofetilide (TIKOSYN®). Taking TRIUMEQ and dofetilide (TIKOSYN) can cause side effects that may be life-threatening. • have liver or kidney problems. What should I tell my HCP before taking TRIUMEQ? Before you take TRIUMEQ, tell your HCP if you: • have been tested and know whether or not you have a particular gene variation called HLA-B*5701. • have or have had liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection. • have kidney problems. • have heart problems, smoke, or have diseases that increase your risk of heart disease such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes. • drink alcohol or take medicines that contain alcohol. • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TRIUMEQ will harm your unborn baby. Talk to your HCP if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take TRIUMEQ. You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. What other medications might interact with TRIUMEQ? Tell your HCP about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Some medicines interact with TRIUMEQ. Keep a list of your medicines to show your HCP and pharmacist. You can ask your HCP or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with TRIUMEQ. Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your HCP. Your HCP can tell you if it is safe to take TRIUMEQ with other medicines. You should not take TRIUMEQ if you also take: • abacavir (EPZICOM, TRIZIVIR, or ZIAGEN) • lamivudine (COMBIVIR®, DUTREBISTM, EPIVIR®, EPIVIR-HBV®, EPZICOM, or TRIZIVIR) • emtricitabine (ATRIPLA®, COMPLERA®, EMTRIVA®, STRIBILD®, or TRUVADA®) Tell your HCP if you take: • antacids, laxatives, or other medicines that contain aluminum, magnesium, sucralfate (CARAFATE®), or buffered medicines. TRIUMEQ should be taken at least 2 hours before or 6 hours after you take these medicines. • anti-seizure medicines: • oxcarbazepine (TRILEPTAL®) • phenytoin (DILANTIN®, DILANTIN®-125, PHENYTEK®) • phenobarbital • carbamazepine (CARBATROL®, EQUETRO®, TEGRETOL®, TEGRETOL®-XR, TERIL®, EPITOL®) • any other medicine to treat HIV-1 (continued on the next page)

IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT TRIUMEQ ® (TRI-u-meck) (cont’d) • iron or calcium supplements taken by mouth. Supplements containing calcium or iron may be taken at the same time with TRIUMEQ if taken with food. Otherwise, TRIUMEQ should be taken at least 2 hours before or 6 hours after you take these medicines. • medicines used to treat hepatitis virus infections, such as interferon or ribavirin • a medicine that contains metformin • methadone • rifampin (RIFATER®, RIFAMATE®, RIMACTANE®, RIFADIN®) • St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) What are other possible side effects of TRIUMEQ? TRIUMEQ can cause serious side effects including: • See “What is the most important information I should know about TRIUMEQ?” • Changes in liver tests. People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus may have an increased risk of developing new or worsening changes in certain liver tests during treatment with TRIUMEQ. Your HCP may do tests to check your liver function before and during treatment with TRIUMEQ. • Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen when you start taking HIV-1 medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to ﬁght infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your HCP right away if you start having new symptoms after you start taking TRIUMEQ. • Changes in body fat can happen in people who take HIV-1 medicines. These changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and around the middle of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The exact cause and long-term health effects of these conditions are not known. • Heart attack (myocardial infarction). Some HIV-1 medicines including TRIUMEQ may increase your risk of heart attack.

What are the most common side effects of TRIUMEQ? • trouble sleeping • headache • tiredness These are not all the possible side effects of TRIUMEQ. Tell your HCP if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Manufactured for: by:

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Lamivudine is manufactured under agreement from Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc Basingstoke, UK COMBIVIR, EPIVIR, EPZICOM, TIVICAY, TRIUMEQ, TRIZIVIR, and ZIAGEN are registered trademarks of the ViiV Healthcare group of companies. EPIVIR-HBV is a registered trademark of the GSK group of companies. The other brands listed are trademarks of their respective owners and are not trademarks of the ViiV Healthcare group of companies. The makers of these brands are not afﬁliated with and do not endorse the ViiV Healthcare group of companies or its products. ©2015, the ViiV Healthcare group of companies. All rights reserved. Issued: September 2015 TRM:3MG

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hey sued and won for domestic the coach will be the Rusty Gordon GBLT partnership benefits, they expanded Democratic Caucus. The parade starts at 11:30 a.m. on Lake Avenue in an LGBT organization, downtown Lake Worth. they founded a counseling In 1988, Berman was a center — and now, they are The event, teacher at a high school this year’s grand marshals of PrideFest of Lake in Brooklyn. She and her this weekend’s PrideFest in partner sued the New York Lake Worth. Worth and The City Board of Education in The event, PrideFest of Palm Beaches, order to receive domestic Lake Worth and The Palm takes place partner benefits. Six years Beaches, takes place March later in 1994, they won 19 and 20 from noon to 6 p.m. March 19 and 20 the case. Since then, the at Bryant Park, Lake Avenue from noon to 6 couple has maintained their and Golfview in downtown p.m. at Bryant position as LGBT advocates. Lake Worth. Later, they expanded Selected by the Compass Park, Lake Avenue Parents, Friends and Family Gay and Lesbian Community and Golfview in of Lesbians and Gays, Center board and staff downtown Lake the largest LGBT and ally members are Ruthie Worth. organization in the United Berman and Connie Kurtz, States, by creating more longstanding LGBT rights branches in Florida and New activists. The women will ride in Sunday’s parade on the Wells Fargo York. In 2000, they became co-chairs of the Stage Coach, the parade sponsor. Flanking New York State National Organization for

Women (NOW) Lesbian Rights Task Force. Berman and Kurtz founded and spent 20 years working within The Answer is Loving Counseling Center. Their official marriage was on July 26, 2011 in New York. In October of last year came The Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act — taking the name of the newly chosen parade marshals — which expanded the Older Americans Act. Enacted in 1965, the OAA sought to improve services for senior citizens. The Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015 built upon this by

applying more services to LGBT adults over the age of 18. “Discrimination in housing, employment, and healthcare has made many LGBT older adults subject to an increased risk for social isolation and higher poverty rates,” reads the Human Rights Campaign website in recognition of the 2015 act. “This legislation recognizes LGBT seniors as a vulnerable population, which will open the door for organizations to obtain grants targeted to improve health and long-term care services for elders in the LGBT community.”

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(SFGN) Comedian Judy Gold has never had a problem letting her voice be heard. During an interview Thursday on Sirius XM’s “Opie and Jimmy” show, the lesbian comic unloaded her feelings about Caitlyn Jenner, referring to the former Olympian’s support of Ted Cruz and Jenner’s attacks on Hillary Clinton, and. “She’s for Ted Cruz, she doesn’t believe in gay marriage,” Gold said, adding, “She’s got to evolve on that.” “[Caitlyn] said ‘Hillary Clinton has done nothing for women,’” Gold said, “Oh really?

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You’ve gained a lot of insight in the seven months you’ve been female.” Gold continued, “The gays and lesbians are the ones who fought for her to have these rights and be treated like a human being…She is abhorrent.” Gold will be bringing her stand-up act to Delray Beach at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square on March 24, and to Melbourne Florida at the King Center for the Performing Arts on March 25.

(SFGN) Faith in America (FIA) announced that it will bring on bi activist and writer Eliel Cruz as executive director of the organization. FIA is a nonprofit media organization established in 2006 whose mission is to educate the public on the ongoing harm caused to LGBTQ persons, especially youth, by religious based prejudice.” Cruz has spoken and written on the topics of bisexuality, media, and culture for the Advocate, Mic, and Religion News Service. He has been published in the Huffington Post, the Washington Post, Quartz, and

Rolling Stone, among others. Cruz is also the cofounder of the Intercollegiate Adventist Gay Straight Alliance Coalition. “It is very exciting to be with an organization that has been on the forefront to work to end these harmful teachings," Cruz said. "Too many LGBTQ persons receive a condemning message, which says for being born LGBTQ they are lesser human beings, which has tangible, and sometimes deadly, results. It is imperative that we counter this message by highlighting LGBTQ voices of faith and our Christian allies to end, once and for all, this false narrative.”

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SecoND WAchoWSkI SIBlINg comeS out AS trANSgeNDer (AP) Four years after "Matrix" filmmaker Lana Wachowski revealed she was transgender, her sibling and filmmaking partner, formerly known as Andy Wachowski, has also come out as transgender, and her name is Lilly, according to a statement posted Tuesday on the websites of the Windy City Times and advocacy group GLAAD. The Chicago-born director is best known for the richly constructed worlds of the "Matrix" series, "V for Vendetta" and "Cloud Atlas.” "When you're living as an out transgender person it's ... kind of difficult to hide. I just wanted - needed some time to get my head right, to feel comfortable. But apparently I don't get to decide this," Wachowski said in a statement to the Windy City Times. Wachowski goes on to describe how she was approached by a journalist from the Daily Mail preparing to write a piece outing her transition, and that it was not the first time she’d been approached by a media outlet about her story. Lilly also writes that she had

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already come out to friends and family. "I am one of the lucky ones," she wrote. "Having the support of my family and the means to afford doctors and therapists has given me the chance to actually survive the process. Transgender people without support, means and privilege do not have this luxury. And many do not survive. "So yeah, I'm transgender," she added. "And yeah, I've transitioned."

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happen, governor? "I'll have to see the bill." merica is the envy of the world because our Constitution This is the same governor who doesn't use email or text gives us the right to live free, speak our minds and pick messages, so as not to leave a paper trail that would let citizens our leaders. But democracy only works if citizens know what's going on and can hold government accountable. And know what he's doing. He uses a private jet, too, so he doesn't increasingly, politicians are creating barriers to hide what have to tell people where he's going or who he's meeting with. And last year, he and Attorney General Pam Bondi signed a government is doing. $700,000 settlement for violating public records laws. That So on this Sunshine Sunday, an annual moment in time money, by the way, didn't come from their pockets. It came when the nation's news media steps back to assess government from the pockets of taxpayers. transparency, we must sadly report that our ability to watch The Florida Legislature, meanwhile, continues its relentless government in action is eroding. In Washington, the Obama administration has a terrible attack on your right to know. Last year, 12 percent of its bills created new exemptions to our constitutional right of access. record on transparency. Its spokesmen are often unresponsive This year, the First Amendment Foundation tracked 74 such or hostile to press inquiries. Federal employees suspected bills. (Editor's note: Sun Sentinel Editorial of leaking information are subject to Page Editor Rosemary O'Hara serves on investigation, including lie-detector the foundation's board of directors.) tests, according to a report by Columbia Perhaps you recall that One bill this year was designed to hide Journalism Review. New York Times the addresses of people who get hunting public editor Margaret Sullivan has said last year, we noted or fishing licenses, presumably so no one this administration is "turning out to be how Jason Parsley, will break into their homes and steal their the administration of unprecedented secrecy and unprecedented attacks on a executive editor of the guns or fishing poles. Another would have the names of nurses licensed free press." South Florida Gay News, exempted in another state who practice in Florida, You see the attitude in the secretive was told he'd have to creating a special class of anonymous behavior of former Secretary of State medical professionals. Hillary Clinton. After her appointment, pay $399,000 for the Another would have kept citizens she set up a private email server at her Broward Sheriff's Ofﬁce from seeing videos like that of Martin home, putting public records off limits. Lee Anderson, who was beaten to death On the campaign trail, she has refused to do a three-month a Panhandle boot camp. Another to release transcripts of her Wall Street search of agency emails in would have exempted the addresses of speeches. Indeed, her reputation for for gay and racial slurs. registered voters, making it impossible secrecy goes back to her 1993 health to track absentee voter fraud. Another, care task force, her 2006 secret energy which passed, makes secret the results of task force and her continued refusal to boxing matches until after they air on television. Talk about an disclose foreign donations to her family's foundation. Closer to home in Tallahassee, try getting a straight answer exemption ripe for abuse. On the surface, some exemptions may sound reasonable, from Gov. Rick Scott. It happened again this past week, when the hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" asked the governor about like a law passed last year that shields the home addresses of his friend Donald Trump's view of Muslims. "Do you think current or former U.S. military members who've served since Muslims in the state of Florida hate America?" he was asked. Sept. 11. But here's the consequence: Before government can tell The governor dodged, repeatedly, bringing the answer back to you about crime reports in your area, or immigrants accused of Medicare fraud, or a business that beat you out of a contract, jobs. The frustrated hosts finally cut him off. you first must pay someone in government to comb the records The governor's unresponsive answers are familiar to of any veterans. Floridians. Ask him what he thinks about an issue and he'll While well-intentioned, the more than 1,100 exemptions to likely say, "I have to see the bill." But what would you like to see

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the Sunshine Law are making it harder and more expensive for citizens to hold government accountable. Perhaps you recall that last year, we noted how Jason Parsley, executive editor of the South Florida Gay News, was told he'd have to pay $399,000 for the Broward Sheriff's Office to do a three-month search of agency emails for gay and racial slurs. It's not just the media, either, that faces obstructionist tactics. In Lake City, resident Barbara Lemley was told that to obtain a single-page document from the hospital authority, she'd have to come in, pre-pay the 30-cent fee and return the next day to pick it up. And in Orlando, resident Susan Hewlings fought Orange County Animal Services for four years — four years! — to obtain records about her dog having bitten another dog. The Fifth District Court of Appeal called it a classic case of government making a mountain out of a molehill. In South Florida, examples of government secrecy abound. Most recently, we saw it at Broward County's two public hospital systems, where one tried to hide the names of CEO candidates and another went behind closed doors to award a multi-million dollar, no-bid contract. We've seen it at county center, too, where Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry selected the new director of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport without reviewing a single piece of paper to get around the Sunshine Law. For our annual Sunshine audit this year, the state's newspapers tested whether politicians are archiving text messages, as required. The results were mixed. Reporter Brittany Wallman says Broward County commissioners promptly supplied text messages the day after a big Uber debate, but reporter Dan Sweeney has yet to receive a month's worth of text messages from Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putney's office. Mostly, we're forced to trust politicians when they say they have "no records responsive to your request." So there you go, this Sunshine Sunday. Our state's public records and open meeting laws are under assault. And when politicians at all levels of government say there's nothing there, we have to trust them. Again, democracy only works if people know what's going on and can hold government accountable. Heads-up, people. The doors are closing on our right to know.

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INterNAtIoNAl gAy Polo tourNAmeNt hoStS 7th ANNuAl comPetItIoN Brittany Ferrendi

he 7th Annual International Gay Polo Tournament takes place April 2 in Wellington located at 3667 120th Avenue South. Gates will open at noon and the polo matches begin at 1 p.m. and again at 3 p.m. The Gay Polo League, a community revolving around the love and challenge of the sport polo, provides this event annually. The community is varied — it is open to all ages, polo skills and walks of life. “Our goal is to provide a safe place for active people to enjoy the excitement of competition and the camaraderie that comes with team sports,” the GPL website reads, “knowing that many of us didn’t have as many opportunities to play a team sport growing up.“ General admission for tailgating is available for $25 plus parking, or you can purchase a special tailgate space for $375. This space comes with six general admission tickets, one assigned parking

spot, and a 10x10 tent that tailgaters are encouraged to decorate. Upon request, tailgaters can purchase double, triple or quadruple spaces. GPL also provides a VIP tent for the tournament for 1,300. It includes an open bar, seating for six center field, tableside service and gourmet food. It serves as an alternative to tailgating and the tableside services are throughout the matches. VIP parking is also provided. Individual tickets are also available for $250. Other reservations are also available for parking, brunch and more. For more information on reservations, email cz@phelpsmediagroup.com, call 561753-3389 or visit their site at GayPolo.com.

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SeNAte rAce heAtINg uP Grayson takes credit for gay marriage in Central Florida

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he race for Florida’s open seat in the United States Senate is quickly developing into a heavyweight prize fight between two sitting congressmen. Last week, following the Democratic Party’s Presidential debate in Miami, U.S. Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Orlando) blasted his opponent, U.S. Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-Jupiter) for his ties to Manhattan financial institutions. “He’s become an errand boy for Wall Street,” Grayson told SFGN in an exclusive interview in the “spin room” on the campus of Miami-Dade College’s Kendall campus. Grayson, often characterized as an outspoken leftist, is supporting U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for the Democratic Presidential nomination. “Bernie Sanders supporters have enormous intensity and that’s what we’re seeing,” Grayson said. “Bernie Sanders supporters will crawl over hot coals to vote for him and that means anything is possible.” Grayson pointed to Sanders’ surprise win in Michigan last week as evidence of the socialist’s viability. “Every single poll had Bernie down by double digits,” Grayson said. “There is a very dramatic movement in favor of one candidate.” In his race, Grayson referred to an online poll he conducted showing him with an 11-point lead in the primary election and a 6-point lead in the general election. “I’ve shown that I can do good things for the major elements of the Democratic Party: African Americans, Hispanics, the Jewish vote, labor and gays,” Grayson said. “I personally brought marriage equality to Central Florida and had to battle the forces of the reactionary religious right to do that.” As Florida was preparing to legalize samesex marriage last January, Grayson said he demanded the Orange County Clerk of the Courts accept marriage license requests from gay couples and additionally negotiated a deal

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with the prosecutors to protect those clerks from indictment. “I did that all that,” Grayson said. “Nobody told me to do, nobody asked me to do it. I did it on my own volition and as a result I had the proud honor to be the ring bearer at the first same-sex marriage in the history of Central Florida.” Likewise, Murphy has his gay credentials as well, having recently introduced the Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act, a piece of legislation intended to advance the dignity and security of older Americans who identify as LGBT. The 32-year-old accountant highlighted the bill during a recent campaign speech in Fort Lauderdale where he also questioned Grayson’s character in relation to a New York Times article linking Grayson to offshore hedge funds. “Murphy has done nothing but smear me from day one,” Grayson said. “Even before I got into the race he had people come and tell me he was going to smear me, he was going to destroy my political reputation and he has carried out that threat as best as he can but the voters are too smart for that that’s why we have a double digit lead in the primary.” Contrary to Grayson’s internal poll, a poll conducted by Univision Noticias and the Washington Post, released last week, show Murphy with 27 percent support among likely Democratic voters compared to 16 percent for Grayson, with labor attorney Pam Keith pulling 11 percent. The primary election is slated for August. “I am unbought and unbossed and I am running against someone who is fundamentally corrupted by the system,” said Grayson. The senate seat came open when Marco Rubio decided to run for the Republican Presidential nomination. Florida’s senior senator, Bill Nelson, declined to endorse either Grayson or Murphy during an appearance on Friday at Hillary Clinton’s campaign offices in Pompano Beach.

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WIth hIV/AIDS cASeS oN rISe, PreP IS NoW PArt oF the PreVeNtIoN Anthony Martinez Beven

• Reaching the nation’s goal of ensuring 90 percent of people living with HIV are diagnosed, and 80 percent of people diagnosed achieve viral suppression could prevent 168,000 new HIV infections. • By also increasing the use of PrEP, a daily antiHIV pill, among people who are uninfected but at high risk, an additional 17,000 infections could be prevented. • If HIV testing and treatment remained the same, expanded use of PrEP among high-risk populations alone could prevent more than 48,000 new infections.

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In Miami-Dade County, there are more than 27,000 people living with HIV or AIDS, and twothirds are gay men or men who have sex with other men, according to Care Resource, a nonprofit and health center for uninsured and under-insured LGBT patients in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Community outreach and education is one method that local public health agencies, such as Care Resource, utilize to help decrease the number of new HIV and AIDS infections. "Since 2011, we've seen a 32.5 percent increase in HIV among men who have sex with men," Paul Seligmann, PrEP educator with Care Resource, told a group of gay men gathered at the LGBT Visitor Center in Miami Beach last week. "One pill a day keeps HIV away," Seligmann said before educating the men on the basics of sex, and reminding them to treat it with some thought and attention. "Why do we have sex?" He asked the audience, receiving answers like procreation, pleasure and basic needs. "Yes, it's a fundamental requirement." What people say and what they do are very different, Seligmann warned. "People might say they are on PrEP but be HIVpositive or attend crystal meth parties on the weekend. People might say they are negative but haven't been tested for seven years...Share your mojo wisely." Seligmann said that PrEP should be a consideration for gay men, particularly due to statistics that show 74 percent of all new HIV infections in Miami-Dade County were presented with syphilis. Syphilis is an STD that can cause long-term complications if not treated correctly. Symptoms in adults are divided into stages – primary, secondary, latent, and late syphilis – according to the CDC. Syphilis can be contracted through direct contact with a syphilis sore during vaginal, anal or oral sex. Sores can be found on the penis, vagina, anus, in the rectum or on the lips and in the mouth. Seligmann encourages gay men to do their own research on PrEP, which has minimal side effects, including kidney, liver or bone density problems. He said PrEP, which is the only FDA-approved HIV prevention drug, is about 92-99.9 percent effective. For those without insurance, there are nonprofits, like Care Resource, that can assist those who would like to be on PrEP. And, for those with insurance, many insurance companies will approve and pay for use of the drug, Seligmann said. "They learned HIV costs them a lot more than someone who is on PrEP," he said. Scott said he appreciates community outreach events like this, and would like to see a local support group started for gay men who are on PrEP. "We should be communicating about it. What's your feedback? What's your emotions? All that kind of stuff that happens in a support group," he said.

Paul Seligmann, PrEP educator with Care Resource, hosted a discussion on the drug in partnership with the LGBT Visitor Center in Miami Beach last week for local gay men.

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cott is a 47-year-old gay man who lives in Miami Beach. He's single, on PrEP and enjoys casual sex with younger gay men. "For years and years and years, I was living in a manner that was pretty much fear-based in what I could and couldn't do sexually because of HIV," said Scott, who asked that his last name not be used due to his profession. "Now, it's changed. What was dangerous is seemingly now not." Despite recommendations from public health agencies, Scott prefers not to use condoms. "It's kind of along the lines that they have to say that," he said. "I'm not talking about having someone cum in me, or a gang bang. I'm just talking about having sex, pulling out and cumming." Scott doesn't ask about someone's status, or take their word for it. Rather, he requires them to go get tested with him at a free testing site near where he lives. Scott had a conversation with his doctor and friends before getting on PrEP to make sure it was right for him. Many of his friends are on the drug, he said. In February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new research showing that reaching the National HIV/AIDS Strategy targets for HIV testing and treatment and expanding the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could prevent 185,000 new HIV infections in the U.S. by 2020, a 70 percent reduction in new infections. The CDC also reported recently that condomless sex had increased by 20 percent over the past decade amongst gay men. PrEP, which is not a vaccine, is when people at very high risk for HIV take HIV medicines daily to lower their chances of getting infected, according to the CDC. A combination of two HIV medicines (tenofovir and emtricitabine), sold under the name Truvada, is approved for daily use as PrEP to help prevent an HIV-negative person from getting HIV from a sexual or injection-drug-using partner who’s positive. Studies have shown that PrEP is highly effective for preventing HIV if it is used as prescribed. PrEP is much less effective when it is not taken consistently, the CDC reports. The February CDC study estimates that, between 2015 and 2020:

leArN more To research PrEP, visit www.CDC.gov/hiv/risk/prep Questions can be sent to prep@caresource.org

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AIDS Walk Flows Into Fort Lauderdale John McDonald

he timing could not be better to demonstrate an understanding of AIDS. As former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deals with her recent gaffe about the Reagan administration’s handling of the AIDS crisis and Florida finds itself searching for a new surgeon general who can openly discuss the disease with the public, Fort Lauderdale becomes ground zero in the narrative on Sunday. The 11th Annual Florida AIDS Walk & Music Festival returns to Fort Lauderdale Beach March 20 with a 5k walk planned along scenic A1A and entertainment provided by hip-hop recording artist Flo Rida. “There has never been a better time to get together and honor those who we have lost to this disease and support those still living with it,” said Mark Angle, Event Director. Presented by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Pharmacy, the event unfolds at South Beach Park north of the B Ocean Resort. Registration opens at 8 a.m., stage opens at 9 a.m. and walk begins at 10 a.m. This year’s fundraising goal is $1.2 million. Participants can create their own teams and compete for top earning honors. As of Tuesday afternoon, SunServe Executive Director Mark Ketcham led the list of individual fundraisers with close to $6,500. Angle said all of the money raised is returned to the local based HIV/AIDS service organizations. Along with raising funds, awareness and education remain central components of the walk’s mission. “We still have a cause,” said Angle. “People are

still getting infected and the numbers in South Florida are not moving in the right direction.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 132,000 Floridians live with HIV. Florida ranks second to California in the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases and second to Louisiana in terms of HIV infection rates. Locally, Miami-Dade and Broward are Nos. 1 & 2, respectively, in newly diagnosed HIV cases among Florida’s 67 counties. “This walk reminds people the crisis is still in full effect,” said Angle. There is also a fun element to the Sunday stroll with an appearance by Flo Rida, whose hit song “My House” is a popular tune in today’s club mixes. “We’re excited to have him this year,” Angle said. “He’s the first person we’ve worked with a quite some time that actually has music on today’s charts. He’s very current and he reaches across many demographic s.” Flo Rida is scheduled to take the stage at 11:30 a.m. accompanied by resident South Florida music maker, DJ Maximus 3000. To register for the event, visit www. FloridaAIDSWalk.org. Walkers pay $25 and there is an option to register as a sleepwalker (non-participatory) as well. Angle said parking at the various beach hotels is acceptable during the walk’s morning and mid-afternoon hours. He also encouraged participants to bring cash for food and drinks as the ATM options are limited. Questions can be submitted to info@ FloridaAIDSWalk.org or by calling (954) 5223132.

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Experts at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning that the spread of the Zika virus to the U.S. could get worse before it gets better.

GMO mosquito test proposed for Florida (Associated Press) -- The spread of the Zika virus in Latin America is giving a boost to a British biotech firm's proposal to deploy a genetically modified mosquito to try to stop transmission of the disease. Oxitec has genetically modified the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also transmits dengue and chikungunya, so the males produce offspring that do not live. But until now, its proposal to test the mosquito in the Florida Keys has languished at the Food and Drug Administration while the company conducted similar field trials outside the United States. "The data seems to be promising in terms of reducing the mosquito populations in those small field trials, but we need to go through our process, and we are greatly expediting the process," FDA Assistant Commissioner Dr. Luciana Borio said earlier this month at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Zika preparedness.

Drug-reSIStANt 'SuPer lIce' IN FlorIDA (Sun Sentinel) -- Super lice, a strain of lice that resists over-the-counter medications, have been reported in Florida, although it's unclear whether they've made it to South Florida. The usual treatment contain pyrethroids, which used to be a highly effective treatment for lice, but is now effective

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in only 25 percent of the cases, KSDK-Ch. 5 reported. There is an FDA-approved treatment for the sturdier lice. Developed by Lice Clinics of America, AirAlle uses heated air "and we dehydrate the lice and the eggs in a single treatment," Claire Roberts, the company's CEO told KSDK.

StD ZIkA cASe coNFIrmeD IN FlorIDA (Associated Press) -- Polk County reported the first confirmed sexuallytransmitted case of Zika in Florida, the state health department said on Wednesday. The news comes a day after the World Health Organization said that sexual transmission of Zika is more common than previously thought. According to reports, United states is investigating more than a dozen possible such cases. "If you have traveled to a country with local transmission of Zika you should abstain from unprotected sex," health department officials said in a news release, highlighting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations. For more information about the Zika, you can visit the state health department's Web site, call 855-622-6735, visit CDC.gov/zika, and MarchOfDimes.org/zika.

New gel could Protect Against HIV, HPV and Herpes

(Edge Media) Population Council researchers presented results from the first in human trial of a new and promising microbicide gel, PC-1005, at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) and at the 6th International Workshop on HIV and Women in Boston, MA. PC-1005 gel, which is also known as MZC, was designed to be used both vaginally and rectally to protect women and men against HIV, herpes simplex virus (HSV), and human papillomavirus (HPV). PC-1005 contains the highly potent antiretroviral MIV-150, along with zinc acetate dihydrate and carrageenan. "PC-1005 is the only product designed for vaginal and rectal use targeting HIV, HSV, and HPV to have undergone a Phase I study to date," said Population Council researcher Barbara Friedland. "We are greatly encouraged by the results of this first vaginal study, which support further study of this important new prevention tool."

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ast week the National Gay and Lesbian the national LGBT community, and breaking Chamber of Commerce announced a story that had social impact. a historic partnership with major The NGMA not only encompasses the league baseball. South Florida Gay News, but the Washington I was thrilled. Except for Blade in D.C., the Dallas Voice, one detail. the Bay Area Reporter in San They gave the exclusive Francisco, LA’s new Pride Like the Gay and to Fortune Magazine, a magazine, Between the Lines Lesbian Alliance very mainstream and very in Detroit, and Bay Windows in straight publication. This Against Defamation, Boston. is a bad thing. In fact, it is the National Lesbian Our association also moronic. Sadly though, and Gay Task Force, represents the Windy City it is typical of many gay Times in Chicago, Gay City the Human Rights organizations trying to News in New York, Watermark Campaign, and earn brownie points with in Orlando, the Georgia Voice mainstream forums. and the Philadelphia Gay News. too many other Had the NLGCC come We are talking about reaching organizations to the National Gay Media close to 400,000 readers weekly seeking social Association, (NGMA) and more importantly, the heart which represents the and soul of our nation’s LGBT approval, largest and most credible community. sometimes these and conscientious LGBT Ironically, our organization champions forget actively supports the NGLCC. newspapers in the nation, their roots. they could have received We hosted parties and publicized notoriety, attention and their national conference here publicity in many papers on the Fort Lauderdale beach all at once. last summer. We highlighted their speakers Had the NGLCC come to the NGMA, we and featured them on our news pages. Suzie would have rightfully gotten the recognition Orman, who was their keynote speaker, was we were entitled to for being the voices of on the cover of SFGN.

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You would think they might do the same for us. Help out the people who help you. Like the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, the National Lesbian and Gay Task Force, the Human Rights Campaign, and too many other organizations seeking social approval, sometimes these champions forget their roots. If they have someone to praise, a story to share, or an idea to promote, look inward first, outward later. We are not an afterthought; we are the reason you are here. So to the leadership of the NGLCC, looking for sponsorships, publicity, and ink, here’s a secret. You don’t give exclusives to Fortune and Wall Street. You think about the people who are helping make you your fortune. You think about the people who embrace your organization and give its work life and vitality.

The same goes for other national groups who swoop into town and pilfer local dollars for national causes. There is room for everybody within our circle. We are supposed to be representatives of inclusion. While you are rounding the bases, don’t forget home plate. Don’t forget who gave you the uniform and put you in the game in the first place.

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Michelle Obama, George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton and Rosalynn Carter attend the Nancy Reagan funeral.

oN the FIght AgAINSt hIV AND AIDS …and on the people who really started the conversation

From Hillary Clinton

esterday, at Nancy Reagan’s funeral, I said something inaccurate when speaking about the Reagans’ record on HIV and AIDS. Since then, I’ve heard from countless people who were devastated by the loss of friends and loved ones, and hurt and disappointed by what I said. As someone who has also lost friends and loved ones to AIDS, I understand why. I made a mistake, plain and simple. I want to use this opportunity to talk not only about where we’ve come from, but where we must go in the fight against HIV and AIDS. To be clear, the Reagans did not start a national conversation about HIV and AIDS. That distinction belongs to generations of brave lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, along with straight allies, who started not just a conversation but a movement that continues to this day. The AIDS crisis in America began as a quiet, deadly epidemic. Because of discrimination and disregard, it remained that way for far too long. When many in positions of power turned a blind eye, it was groups like ACT UP, Gay Men’s Health Crisis and others that came forward to shatter the silence—because as they reminded us again and again, Silence = Death. They organized and marched, held die-ins on the steps of city halls and vigils in the streets. They fought alongside a few courageous voices in Washington, like U.S. Representative Henry Waxman, who spoke out from the ﬂoor of Congress. Then there were all the people whose names we don’t often hear today—the unsung heroes who fought on the front lines of the crisis, from hospital wards and bedsides, some with their last breath. Slowly, too slowly, ignorance was crowded out by information. People who had once closed their eyes opened their hearts. If not for those advocates, activists, and ordinary, heroic

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people, we would not be where we are in preventing and the United States today, with about 50,000 people newly treating HIV and AIDS. Their courage—and their refusal diagnosed each year. In Sub-Saharan Africa, almost 60 to accept silence as the status quo—saved lives. percent of people with HIV are women and girls. Even We’ve come a long way. But we still have work to do to though the tools exist to end this epidemic once and for eradicate this disease for good and to erase the stigma all, there are still far too many people dying today. that is an echo of a shameful and painful period in our That is absolutely inexcusable. country’s history. I believe there’s even more we can—and must—do This issue matters to me deeply. And together. For starters, let’s continue to I’ve always tried to do my part in the fight increase HIV and AIDS research and against this disease, and the stigma and pain invest in the promising innovations that "We’re still that accompanies it. At the 1992 Democratic research is producing. Medications like National Convention, when my husband PrEP are proving effective in preventing surrounded by accepted the nomination for president, we HIV infection; we should expand access to memories of marked a break with the past by having two that drug for everyone, including at-risk loved ones lost HIV-positive speakers—the first time that populations. We should call on Republican and lives cut ever happened at a national convention. As governors to put people’s health and First Lady, I brought together world leaders short. But we’re well-being ahead of politics and extend to strategize and coordinate efforts to take which would provide health also surrounded Medicaid, on HIV and AIDS around the world. In the care to those with HIV and AIDS. by survivors Senate, I put forward legislation to expand We should call on states to reform who are global AIDS research and assistance and outdated and stigmatizing HIV to increase prevention and education, and criminalization laws. We should increase ﬁghting harder I proudly voted for the creation of PEPFAR global funding for HIV and AIDS than ever." and to defend and protect the Ryan White prevention and treatment. And we should Act. And as secretary of state, I launched cap out-of-pocket expenses and drug a campaign to usher in an AIDS-free costs—and hold companies like Turing generation through prevention and treatment, targeting and Valeant accountable when they attempt to gouge the populations at greatest risk of contracting HIV. patients by jacking up the price of lifesaving medications. The AIDS crisis looks very different today. There are We’re still surrounded by memories of loved ones lost more options for treatment and prevention than ever and lives cut short. But we’re also surrounded by survivors before. More people with HIV are leading full and happy who are fighting harder than ever. We owe it to them lives. But HIV and AIDS are still with us. They continue and to future generations to continue that fight together. to disproportionately impact communities of color, For the first time, an AIDS-free generation is in sight. As transgender people, young people and gay and bisexual president, I promise you that I will not let up until we reach men. There are still 1.2 million people living with HIV in that goal. We will not leave anyone behind.

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DoDgINg BulletS Trans rights must be our priority

making their ways through various Republicano it looks like trans folks have avoided yet controlled legislatures, and over 100 targeting another horrible anti-trans bathroom bill becoming law, just barely. This kind the entire LGBT community. Worst of all, we must acknowledge where of thing is getting to be a habit, and the sharp rise in open cultural and political anti-trans the responsibility lies here. These bills never became law, and in fact the Arizona bill was hate is simply mindboggling. First it was Tennessee that tried to basically laughed out of existence. Had our criminalize being trans, where one legislator community remained vigilant, this might have been a brief dalliance by the GOP rather hated us so much he threatened to “stomp than the onslaught of anti-trans a mudhole” in any trans legislation we’re seeing today, but person who came near his we didn’t. family. They were A year ago, Mara Keisling, Then there was Arizona, Executive Director of the National where Republicans wanted wrong, dead Center for Transgender Equality, to pass a law making it a wrong, and authored an op-ed in which she crime, complete with a hefty argued that these bathroom bills fine and jail time, for a trans working class were signs that we were winning person to use the bathroom LGBT Americans and not to worry too much because that corresponds with their were little more than symbolic. gender identity. Apparently, and especially they “…these bills are probably going that was a bridge too far nowhere.” Keisling argued in the even for some Arizona trans people, piece. “Every year in every state, Republicans, because the bill are now paying there are lots of kooky bills that was subsequently amended are introduced bloodless and with to remove the criminal for those no chance to become law, with charges and instead protect mistakes. no one really intending to move business owners from being them. They are just what are called sued should they choose to message bills—attention-seeking prevent a trans person from publicity stunts.” using a bathroom in their establishment. And then came Houston. That was the beginning, but now it’s an Activists let themselves get blindsided in election year and trans people have become the target du jour, replacing same-sex marriage the effort to protect the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) because they didn’t take and couples as the primary targets of rightthese attacks seriously early enough. Instead wing extremists this election season. Over of directly taking on the bathroom predator 40 bills targeting trans people are currently

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myth, opponents of the ordinance were using to effectively argue for repeal, the Human Rights Campaign and others believed that the way to win was by staying positive and appealing to voter’s senses of justice and fair play, as they had with marriage. Of course, everyone apparently forgot that it was a Supreme Court ruling, not a popular vote, which gave the country nationwide same-sex marriage. To say the strategy didn’t work would be an understatement. Left unchallenged, HERO opponents rode the bathroom predator myth to victory and the ordinance was repealed by a wide margin. Major LGBT civil rights activists and organizations had believed that now, in the wake of that Supreme Court decision, we could take the role of gracious winners instead of proactive, aggressive, in-your-face advocates. They were wrong, dead wrong, and working class LGBT Americans and especially trans people, are now paying for those mistakes, with some of us quite possibly paying dearly. Like an overconfident boxer, we let down our guard prematurely and now we’re getting pounded into the mat as a result. Enough is enough. This is an election year.

Anti-trans bigotry is now official RNC policy. It’s time to start fighting back. It’s time to take on the bathroom myths about trans people directly. It’s time to start publicly shaming those who indulge in such tactics and force politicians to take sides. This time, we need to do things differently. When the trans community went up against HRC in 2007, it was big, loud, and eventually effective. We sent a message then, loud and clear. It’s time to send a different message now. The entire LGBT community must unite politically and challenge these attacks on the basic freedoms of trans people. HRC and other major LGBT organizations must stand with working class and poor trans folks and fight this effort like they fought for marriage. Just imagine: HRC and working class trans people, shoulder to shoulder, united on the front lines, actually working together as equals, each capitalizing on the resources the other brings to the table. It can be done, but it’s going to take effort on both sides to get beyond the legacy of bruised egos and personal animosity to make it happen. Imagine what kind of message that would send. Just imagine.

Rebecca Juro is a nationally-published freelance journalist and radio talk show host who is the Media Correspondent for The Advocate website. Her work has appeared in the Huﬃngton Post, the Washington Blade, Gay City News, the Albany Times Union, and The Advocate magazine, among others. Rebecca lives in central New Jersey and shares her life with a somewhat antisocial cat. Email: rjuroshow@gmail.com Twitter: @beckyjuro

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Five deadly myths David Fawcett PhD, LCSW

rystal, Tina. Meth. No matter what you call it, South Florida’s methamphetamine epidemic continues to wreak havoc on the lives of gay men. According to the Florida Department of Children and Families, methamphetamine deaths in the state rose 28 percent from 2013 to 2014, and 89 percent since 2011. While these data represent the entire population, other surveys confirm the grip of meth among gay men. The National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study found that meth use among gay New Yorkers has more than doubled in three years. Similar findings are reported for Los Angeles and San Francisco’s gay communities. And therapists and private treatment centers report more gay men slamming (injecting) meth, a particularly alarming matter

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since Miami-Dade and Broward consistently lead the nation in new HIV infections. Among gay men, meth is the most criminalized and least-understood drug, utilized primarily for sexual enhancement. But too many underestimate its danger or feel that they will escape its destruction, even though their peers could not. Moreover, meth users experience public stigma that impedes their recovery. In my new book, “Lust, Men, and Meth: A Gay Man’s Guide to Sex and Recovery,” I combine 20 years of therapy sessions with meth-using clients with personal research to document this drug’s impact. The result is an effective roadmap to both physical recovery and healthy sex with intimacy. To end this epidemic, we first need to clarify meth misconceptions.

Many gay men believe that, once addicted, escaping meth’s grasp is unattainable. Yet thousands in recovery, as well as addictions professionals, know better. Fortunately, with better current information, treatment opportunities, and support resources in the community, gay men now have the tools they need to get past meth. Increasing numbers of treatment programs serve meth-using gay men, and Crystal Meth Anonymous meetings in most urban areas are filled to capacity. Yes, getting clean involves relapses along the way to abstinence, but harm reduction strategies such as needle-exchange, education, and outreach are available. The recent lifting of the Federal ban on needle exchange will save lives.

“meth ADDIctIoN coulDN’t hAPPeN to me!” Not every gay man uses meth. But for those who ingest it consistently, it can be ruinous. My clients initially believed they were fully capable of controlling this drug.t They felt they could handle meth several times a year at circuit parties. Indeed, some could. Despite their best efforts, many increased their meth use to the point that their lives were dominated by binges which lasted for days – and then additional days needed for recovery. Jobs were lost, health and relationships destroyed. Nor is meth use restricted to young gay men. This year I had my first meth client in his seventies.

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meth DAmAgeS SeXuAlIty PermANeNtly. Meth deeply harms sexual functioning by quickly fusing intense, sexual desire with your intoxicated state. Users who stop using commonly experience postmeth fallout: a lack of sexual desire, problems with sexual functioning, and a belief that sex without meth is boring. This is not a permanent condition, but it requires altering your rituals connected to sex, dispensing with “meth-sex” habits, and no longer using pornography that you enjoyed while on meth. Sex without meth (or other drugs) may be frightening for gay men, yet sex and intimacy after meth is possible. In “Lust, Men, and Meth,” I document how, through brutally honest self-examination, you can fully reclaim sex and intimacy after meth. Some proven tactics for recovery are cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, meditation, and group processes.

meth AlloWS gAy meN to coNNect Better. Most gay men seek meaningful bonds with other gay men. Having been stigmatized and shamed, we search for the safety and intimacy of relationships. While many of these connections are sexual, we also strive for authentic friendship and a supportive community. Connections on meth may seem intensified, but are actually selfdestructive, exploitative, and degrading. They erode healthy relationships, leaving the user without partners, friends or social support when the drugs run out.

cAllINg out the DANgerS oF meth oNly StIgmAtIZeS uSerS.

Meth is “the HIV of this generation.” That’s how a nationally-known addictions specialist accurately described this growing problem. Yet the shame and stigma associated with meth has smothered any frank and open talk about this epidemic. The truth is this: Meth destroys careers, friendships, lives, and relationships. Publicly discussing the dangers of meth shows compassion, not criticism. As I note in “Lust, Men, and Meth,” “it’s not the person who is bad or shameful; it’s a very nasty drug that hijacks sexual desire and clear thinking, often with disastrous personal consequences.” Let’s support each other with compassion and truth to move past this epidemic.

Gazette Wilton Manors

Volume 3 • Issue 6 March 16, 2016

Twice-Monthly Neighborhood Outlook

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Gay Hookup Ads Removed After Resident Complaint

Ed Lugo Resort Named #20 Top Small Hotel by Trip Advisor

By Michael d’Oliveira

Days after receiving a complaint that the city should not be associated with ads for a gay hookup app, the ads were removed. At the March 8 commission meeting, resident Michael Rajner, a gay man, said he thought it was inappropriate for the city to allow Squirt.org ads on the solar-powered advertising boxes. The Squirt.org ads, which were featured on at least four boxes, read “Real Guys Real Hookups,” feature a man in a tank top, and were located along Dixie Highway and Wilton Drive near the Five Points intersection. “Gay men are a bit more sexually charged, yes. But I know we also have schools,” Rajner told commissioners. In a later interview, Rajner said he’s got nothing against anyone who uses hook up apps but that the city should have higher standards. “As much as the city is a destination for the gay community and should be welcoming, it’s ads like that one that continue to put a divide between some of our residents and the gay community.” The solar-powered boxes, which accept trash and recycling, are owned by Go Green Eco Bins and 7 Sun Media. The city receives 15 percent of the ad revenue from the boxes because they are located on city property or in city rights of way. In total, there are 11 boxes spread out along Wilton Drive and other parts of the city. They feature ads for a restaurant, home improvement business, bar, church, real

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estate agent and others. On March 8, Henderson said the city has the right to refuse ads and that her office would initiate a review. After the ads were removed on March 10 by 7 Sun Media, according to City Manager Leigh Ann Henderson, Rajner said the city was standing behind, “Life’s Just Better Here,” its new tagline. “It’s a city for all the people.” Before the ads were removed, Andrew Nolan, marketing and communications manager for Pink Triangle Press, which oversees the Squirt.org ad, defended the ads in an email. “We obviously don't believe the ads are inappropriate and we always work with the owners of the advertising boards to ensure that any advertising is placed in/around the gay communities and are sensitive to any restrictions they might place on our ads. We currently have advertising in Australia, UK, Netherlands, Canada and the US and although we have had some complaints to the advertising standards board in those countries – each time the complaints have been dismissed and we have been allowed to continue advertising.” After the ads were taken down, an email was sent to Nolan, asking for comment on their removal, but no response was given before press time. A call to 7 Sun Media was also not returned. WMG

Ask Ed Lugo what makes his resort, Ed Lugo Resort, so popular and one answer he will give is “attention to detail.” And those details have gotten him noticed again by Trip Advisor. Ed Lugo Resort has been named the number 20 Top Small Hotel in the United States. A total of 25 were selected and Ed Lugo Resorts is only one of three in Florida to be named. But it’s not Lugo’s first award by Trip Advisor. He’s gotten multiple awards from the online rating service. Out of 228 reviews on Trip Advisor, 214 were “Excellent,” the highest rating, 11 were “Very Good,” 2 were “Average” and only 1 was “Terrible.” “What a great place and staff! I came with no reservation. They helped me out, gave me the nicest house you can imagine! The friendly staff made you feel like family and included you in everything you wanted to. Super friendly staff, as service minded as you can imagine and more. Felt like home and was so taken care of!” wrote Sascha A on Trip Advisor. “To get Wilton Manors recognized around the nation, and on a website that big, is amazing,” Lugo said. “It makes me very proud that a small place like ours is recognized around the United States and around the world.” Lugo estimates that he has about 1,500 guests a year. Once they’re here, they frequent the city’s bars, restaurants and other businesses. “One of the reasons I started this business was to help other businesses.”

The resort was opened in 2007 and consists of converted single family homes. With no hotel, Ed Lugo Resort, located on Northeast 8 Avenue, just a few feet from Wilton Drive, is one example of how tourists are able to stay in the Island City. Lugo, in part because he’s located in an area the city set aside for paid lodging, is considered one of the good ones by city officials. Some vacation rentals, located in residential neighborhoods outside the designated lodging, have caused a lot of problems and disturbances for residents. That caused the commission to recently pass regulations on vacation rentals. “The city, has always been very supportive,” Lugo said. Commissioner Justin Flippen, who also works as the tourism project manager for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, said Lugo’s award-winning property, and its proximity to the Entertainment District, brings visitors to the city and has a positive impact on businesses here. He added that it also impacts Fort Lauderdale, Oakland Park and other parts of the regional economy. “From a tourism perspective, I think it’s great. From a city perspective, small bed and breakfasts, not vacation rentals, help to preserve that small town charm of Wilton Manors. We pride ourselves as a small bedroom community. Ed Lugo is really a success story in that regard.” WMG

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MARCH 16, 2016 • VOLUME 3 • ISSUE 6

By Sal Torre

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As I sit to write my article, already past deadline, I am distracted by having to set my clocks ahead for Daylight Savings Time and the seemingly early approach of Spring. Easter is early this year, only two weeks away, along with the rest of the springtime holidays and festivities, such as Purim, Nowruz, and others throughout the world that celebrate the coming of the Spring Equinox. As I ponder higher electric bills as my AC starts to run full-time, leaving behind those few cooler months in South Florida we call winter, I cannot get a song out of my mind, “Springtime For Hitler” from a Mel Brooks movie, The Producers, which was released in 1968. Not sure why this ditty is playing over and over in my mind, I start to review recent events in the news to see where my mind is leading me. Recent clashes in Chicago at a Donald Trump rally, bullies physically and verbally attacking protestors and others who did not display the same level of loyalty and faith, and blaming the victims reminds me of how the Brownshirts operated during the initial rise of Nazism and Hitler in an educated, accepting society such as Berlin and throughout Germany during the 1920s. Unfortunately, I will anger some readers by comparing Donald Trump and his followers to Nazi youth and Hitler, but that is the reality I see. It frightens me, and it should frighten all of you. So, you think I’m overreacting or that you have nothing to worry about here in the relative safety of Wilton Manors. After all, Donald and his boot stompers are only demonizing Mexicans, Muslims, and other freeloading criminals, rapists, and terrorists. So, you probably think it’s OK not to speak out and protest such behavior. Have you stopped to consider who might be next? There are a lot of angry radical Christians out there who think those in the LGBT community should burn in hell, or right here on earth if they had their way. People remained quiet in Germany while the boot stompers began vandalizing Jewish-owned businesses and places of worship, and then turned on others in the community like homosexuals, who were enjoying a certain level of openness and freedoms in major cities such as

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Berlin. They continued to march on in a very methodical way, crushing dissent one group at a time until, like the poem states, “When they came for me, there was nobody left to speak up.” Americans deserve better than this! The Republican Party needs to do some very serious soul searching. Not one candidate left in the field is worthy to be President of the United States, except perhaps John Kasich. Are Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio really the best the Republican Party has to offer? The waste of so many millions of dollars by billionaires forcing the Republican Party to put their puppets, Cruz and Rubio, before the American electorate has helped fuel the march to make Trump the frontrunner. Now the so called “establishment” has awakened to the reality they created, a nightmare the rest of us have been witnessing for years. They are frightened and no longer able to control the horrors they have unleashed—horrors such as hatred, religious zealotry, discrimination, demonization of fellow human beings, and division. So the tune goes: America was having trouble, what a sad, sad story, needed a new leader to restore, its former glory, where oh where was he? Where could that man be? We looked around and then we found, The man for you and me, … and now it’s…Springtime for Trump and America…. Watch out world, we’re going on tour… Perhaps Trump is just a smoke screen, and when the stage clears we will see the real wolf emerge, Ted Cruz, backed by those in Goldman Sachs and the ‘Kill the Gays’ Pastor, Kevin Swanson. Enough already, let’s try and get back to reality, back to an educated advanced society in the year 2016, because our history and our claim to greatness demands that we make our life and the life of all our neighbors just a little better here… WMG

City Gets $356,000 in Park Money from County By Michael d’Oliveira The recently-redeveloped Mickel Park will get more amenities because of a $356,752 grant approved by the Broward County Commission on March 8. “This was a really great accomplishment for our city,” said Mayor Gary Resnick. He thanked city staff members for their work in getting the grant. The grant, part of the remaining money from the $400 million Safe Parks and Land Preservation Bond referendum approved by county voters in 2000, will be used to buy new energy efficient

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By James Oaksun …cue exciting martial-like music… Hello again, James Oaksun here with the WilMa Halftime Report. Last year about this time, I filled you in on where the real estate market in the Island City stood at the halfway point of the season. Let's go to the Big Board to see the latest results, looking at single family home sales only. I've said many times that all real estate is hyper local, and the results so far illustrate that clearly. You can't always get meaningful information from county results, from city results, or even in many cases at the zip code level. Let's start with overall Wilton Manors stats for the first half of this season, compared with last season. Homes sold: 55 Percent change from last season: 0 Median price: $417,500 Percent change from last season: +19 Yes the volume is flat, so the more unit-driven market participants (closing agents, movers, contractors maybe) may have noticed a pause. But the higher prices are a good sign. Right? Maybe not. When you look at neighborhood level

results some interesting dynamics appear. Let's start with the good news, east of the train tracks: Homes sold: 27 Percent change from last season: 69 Median price: $465,000 Percent change from last season: +24 This season the east is where's it at, so far. That can change in the second half of course. But things definitely start cooling off as we head west. Here's the status in the center of the city: Homes sold: 17 Percent change from last season: -26% Median price: $331,000 Percent change from last season: -15% The most interesting news comes out of the western neighborhood: Homes sold: 11 Percent change from last season: -31% Median price: $385,000 Percent change from last season: +17%

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Sales volume in the center and west has cratered. While prices seem to have nosedived in Center WilMa also, the contrary seems true in the west. Here's where you need to peel back the onion a bit, as they say. Most of the homes selling in the west so far this season are updated midcenturies, often with pools. When looking at neighborhood level information you need to consider the types and conditions of the properties being sold, so that appropriate comparisons can be made. Preliminary research indicates that on a comparableproperty basis, prices have increased in the east, but have gone ﬂat in the center of town in the last year, and have actually declined in the west over the last six months. We'll be here after the final whistle for our postgame report. Now back to the action. WMG James Oaksun, Broward's Real Estate GeekSM, is a Realtor with the Wilton Manors oﬃce of RE/MAX Preferred. In addition to having degrees from Dartmouth and Cornell, he is a graduate of the Realtors Institute (GRI).

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Tip-a-Cop to Raise Money for Special Olympics

By Michael d’Oliveira Wilton Manors police officers will soon trade in their badges for serving trays. On Friday, March 18, police officers will volunteer as celebrity waiters during Tip-a-Cop. Money raised during Tip-a-Cop, held at Shawn & Nick’s Courtyard Café, 2211 Wilton Drive, from 6 to 9 p.m., will go to Special Olympics Florida. “It’s a great way to spend a Friday night. Take care of [the police officers]. They take great care of you,” Chief Paul O'Connel said. Money donated to Special Olympics Florida is used to pay coaches, buy equipment and cover the expenses for athletes to travel and compete. The sporting competitions that Special Olympics athletes compete in include, golf, bowling, powerlifting,

volleyball, surfing, softball, cheerleading, basketball, soccer, cycling, bocce and gymnastics. “Our larger vision: to use sports to inspire people throughout the world – to create a community where everyone has the lifelong opportunity to develop physically, emotionally, and socially through sports, wellness and leadership. We celebrate now and always that our athletes are at the center of our work and the heart of our movement; we will only continue on this trajectory with the support of our families, volunteers, partners and sponsors,” said Sherry Wheelock, President/CEO of Special Olympics Florida. For more information, call 954-856-5898. WMG

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News Briefs From Around Wilton Manors By Michael d’Oliveira

Kiwanis Chili Cook Off Get your chili spoons ready for the Kiwanis Club of Wilton Manors’ Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, April 2 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Kiwanis Clubhouse, 2749 NE 14 Ave., Wilton Manors. Tickets are $10 per person before the event and $15 at the door. Chili cooks can enter up to three chilies in the cook-off contest for a fee of $20. To sign up or for more information,

email Chili@wiltonmanorskiwanis. org or call 954-561-9785 extension 702. Money raised from the event will be used to fund Kiwanis programs, including the backpack program which provides weekend meals to needy children. For more information about the Kiwanis Club of Wilton Manors, visit WiltonManorsKiwanis.org. WMG

Kids In Distress Duck Fest A $5 investment could earn a $10,000 return. That will be the case for one lucky person who buys one of the $5 ducks in the annual Kids In Distress Duck Fest Derby. Every duck purchased, along with thousands more, is dumped into the New River on Saturday, April 19 at 2 p.m. The first duck to cross the finish line will win its purchaser $10,000. Other prizes will also be given out.

CERT volunteers wanted Training for CERT, Community Emergency Response Team, will be held on May 14 and 21 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fire-Rescue Station 53, 2200 Executive Airport Way, Fort Lauderdale. CERT members are trained to assist emergency response personnel during disasters. Preregistration is required. To register, call 954-828-6700. WMG

Money generated from the fundraiser will benefit Kids In Distress, an organization that provides services for children in the foster care system. The event, which runs from 12 to 3 p.m. at Esplanade Park, 400 SW 2 St., Fort Lauderdale, will also include bounce houses, petting zoo, face painting, food trucks and more. To purchase a duck, visit Support.KidINC.org. WMG

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Shred documents for free After tax day, shred sensitive documents for free on Saturday, April 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Hagen Park, 2020 Wilton Drive. A hard drive destruction service will also be offered. The event is free for Wilton Manors residents. Proof of residency is required.

Think you can beat Wilton Manors Mayor Gary Resnick at a game of chess? Now’s the time to try. The Mayors’ Chess Challenge, a monthly chess event rotated through various Broward municipalities, will be held on Saturday, March 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Hagen Park, 2020 Wilton Drive, in Wilton Manors. The free event is open to all ages and skill levels. Resnick joked that he isn’t too hard to beat. “I’m not proud.”WMG

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Bradley Deckelbaum (L) and Kenneth Averett-Clark (R)

Straight Eye For The Queer Buy

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ainbow flags over the entrances to car dealerships, pawn shops or barbershops in Fort Lauderdale do not guarantee anything, but when a gay-attractive product like the residential developments of fourth generation builder Bradley Deckelbaum are considered, the strategy (or lack of one) is worth an interview. Riva, his new luxury condominium project, is very attractive to the gay buyer, but the man behind it is straight. How has he managed to reach the Fort Lauderdale gay luxury housing market with Riva and with earlier projects like La Rive? Fort Lauderdale resident Bradley Deckelbaum and real estate agent Kenneth Averett-Clark cannot clearly explain what they do to reach the gay buyer, but they do it very well and with repeated success. Deckelbaum’s 15-floor riverfront project Riva, under construction on Federal Highway just north of Sunrise Boulevard, is almost 70 percent sold. Riva’s location is of interest. It is not really part of the Coral Ridge or Lake Ridge or Sunrise/ Intracoastal neighborhoods. Its neighbor to the south is East Point Towers where a large percentage of the residents are gay. At least two other nearby residential developments in the works might necessitate the coinage of a new gayborhood called Galleria, perhaps. (You heard it here first.) Deckelbaum describes Riva as a place designed for real Florida living with its 100 units stretching to swallow all the natural light and fresh air a buyer could desire in south Florida. The expansive terraces feature “summer kitchens” with river, ocean or city views. The eight penthouse residences emphasize the “oasis” quality of Riva, says Averett-Clark who is showing them to buyers who want to enjoy seclusion and privacy without having to retreat into cramped darkness. When asked to describe the Riva buyer, Deckelbaum said, “We build for the fulltime to nearly fulltime resident. When New York was our primary demographic coming into town and looking for second homes, I used to say that we build for the kind of people with a home in the Hamptons rather than those who just come down to Fort Lauderdale for Christmas. With Riva, we figured there would be two

or three segments stampeding for this kind of product, and we were right. In addition to the gay buyer, there are the younger empty-nesters of Broward County, and also couples from nearby Weston and from within Fort Lauderdale. These buyers already know the city, now they want the right home here. Maybe their kids are grown and they are looking to move back into the city. Maybe they are thinking ahead to the day when their kids will soon be out of the nest. Our buyers are not too concerned about school systems.” Deckelbaum says Riva is attractive to noneuphemistic DINKs [double-income-no-kids] meaning that DINK is not just a polite way to say “gay.” Professional couples of all types are buying into Riva. Deckelbaum notes that the demand for new construction in Fort Lauderdale exceeds the stock available, and he plans to develop other residential projects. When asked if he is responsible for the signature look of his projects – sleek and modernist, with soaring clear or tinted glass and white finishes – he admits that choosing the look of his projects is not his doing, and that if his projects seem to breathe elegant minimalism that is attractive to gay buyers, his savvy team deserves the credit. A good portion of their customer base is gay, but Deckelbaum and Averett-Clark who have worked together for many years first in New York and now in Fort Lauderdale are extremely postmodern in their thinking about “gay” real estate development to the point that they were not even sure which of their co-workers, team or staff might be gay. For these two men, “gay” is a non-issue. The straight Deckelbaum shrugs when asked if he has acquired some kind of gay sensibility that informs a luxury condo development like Riva or La Rive, but Averett-Clark, who works with his husband Jack Clark of Balistreri Real Estate, easily recites a long list of discriminating gay clients who have purchased what Deckelbaum has built over the years. He too shrugs at the notion that Deckelbaum has some special insight into residential development for the gay market, saying, “Bradley builds sexy. It’s really that simple.” Check out riva-condo.com 3.16.2016 •

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heAlth INSurANce – ANother NeceSSIty Ric Reily This multi-part series, Retiring Gay, primarily considers the financial steps to successful retirement. However, preparing emotionally for retirement is equally important to a happy, fulfilling and successful retirement. Planning for retirement is your opportunity to reconsider day to day living. Insurance, investments, spending, savings, socializing, residence and many other considerations change. Reaching retirement with a well executed plan makes your transition to a post work life easier and more fulfilling.

ealth insurance will likely be a big your medical expenses. Health insurance comes in several choices concern going into retirement. In including PPO (most expensive), HMO (less today’s world health insurance is still expensive), and high deductible plans (least a complicated mix of employer or union expensive). If you have frequent doctor sponsored plans and ACA plans available on visits you may prefer the co-pays and lower state by state or federal exchanges. A few very lucky retirees blissfully step deductible of an HMO or PPO. Choosing a high deductible plan if you’re relatively away from work with nary a blip of change in their coverage. Most walk away from an healthy can make sense. Be prepared to pay the amount of the deductible in the coming employer sponsored health insurance plan year if you have serious health issues. If you they understand if don’t particularly like. There will likely be a gap between your travel often, an HMO might not be for you as you may find yourself out current health insurance and of network and incur steep Medicare. A gap you will fill medical bills. Your plan may by buying a personal policy No one will offer separate gap coverage to on an exchange. Maneuvering offset the deductible cost if a health insurance exchange ever care as you end up in the hospital. won’t be fun though with some much about Your spouse may have persistence a health insurance policy can be purchased. your health as access to less expensive coverage. Or, it may be less The primary considerations expensive for certain family are doctors, deductibles, you do and your members to be insured on availability and travel. Prices health coverage individual health plans. vary little and subsidies are is the basis of Don’t be afraid to admit based on your income. Though when your employer’s health some price differentials are your health plan no longer meets your available, access to preferred care. needs. If you have no predoctors and facilities is existing conditions, look at perhaps more important than options to purchase insurance a few dollars per month in on your own. When I knew I would be leaving premium. my employer I went off the group plan several Here are some things to consider when years prior so I would have one less thing choosing health insurance and reducing your to consider when I was ready to retire. But cost: don’t cancel existing coverage until you are Keep an eye on the cost. Be aware of policy approved for a new policy, and you will loose changes at renewal and be certain your copays and total out of pocket expense has not both the employer contribution and the changed. The coverage you have this year may pretax payment benefits. The important thing is to take your time to be changed when you renew the policy each understand your plan; it really is not that difficult. year. If your deductible has changed and your You will have a lifetime of understanding and maximum out of pocket expense has gone up, not be dependant on others to translate your a visit to the hospital could easily leave you wondering where to get the money to pay the coverage. No one will ever care as much about your health as you do and your health coverage medical bills. Simply because you have health is the basis of your health care. insurance is no guarantee that is the end of

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Missed a week? Don’t worry. Catch up at SFGN.com/RetiringGay to follow the series online. Ric Reily is the author of two books, Money Is The Root Of All - Skip The Debt Habit, and Gregory’s Hero. You can reach him at ricreily@gmail.com

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ame-sex marriage in Ireland became official on 16 November 2015. A referendum on 22 May 2015 amended the Constitution of Ireland to provide that marriage is recognized irrespective of the sex of the partners. The measure was signed into law by the President of Ireland as the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland on 29 August 2015. The first marriage ceremonies of same-sex couples in Ireland occurred on 17 November 2015. Ireland became the first country in the world to do so by popular vote in a move hailed as a social revolution and welcomed around the world. Some 62 percent of the Irish Republic’s electorate voted in favor of gay marriage. To commemorate the event and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day it is only appropriate that we showcase the most famous Irish gay man of all times:

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Dining out/Doing good Rick Karlin

14th Annual Boca Bacchanal Wine & Food Festival

Dining out can be an enjoyable experience. However, when you can dine out and help out a worthy charity, it is an enriching experience as well. There are a number of opportunities to do so coming up.

Dining Out For Life

he 14th Annual Boca Bacchanal Wine T& Food Festival, being held on Friday S

and Saturday, April 8 and 9, benefits the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum. The two-day affair, held at the Mizner Park Amphitheater, features wine tastings, delectable cuisine from more than 30 restaurants and a craft beer garden. Live entertainment, fashion demonstrations and car tours will also take place throughout the evenings of the Boca Bacchanalia. On Saturday, a bit more exclusive event, The Vintner Dinners, takes place at grand estates and historic sites in the Boca Raton area. The more intimate dining experiences will each feature a vintner and chef pairing wine with a sumptuous five course meal. Three of the six dining options have already sold out; those that remain include one in East Boca Raton featuring food from Robert Carter of Barony Tavern, Charleston, South Carolina and the wines of Craggy Range Vineyard in New Zealand. Another highlights dinner at The Sanctuary with wines from France’s Vins de Bordeaux and food by Paula DaSilva. The final available dinner takes place at the Boca Raton Resort & Yacht Club, with a fashion show by Saks Fifth Ave., wine from the King Estate in Eugene, Oregon and food by Michael Scott of Rosewood Wagyu Beef from Dallas. The Bacchanalia is $125; the Vintner Dinners are $325. For more information and to purchase tickets go to bocabacchanal.com.

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upporting the fight against AIDS is as easy as grabbing a bite to eat on Thursday, April 28, as both Palm Beach and Broward County join the rest of the nation for Dining Out For Life. The Broward County event benefits Broward House, while the Palm Beach event supports FoundCare's Comprehensive AIDS Program. Dining Out For Life was created by an ActionAIDS volunteer from Philadelphia in 1991. Since then, the event has been held in 60 cities across North America, with more than 300,000 participating restaurants. Celebrity spokespeople for Dining Out For Life are actor Pam Grier, Chopped host Ted Allen, Food Network Chef Daisy Martinez and Project Runway designer Mondo Guerra. More than $4 million is raised in just one day of dining. Restaurants participate by donating either a portion of the day's proceeds or a flat amount to local AIDS service organizations. The money raised in each city by Dining Out For Life, minus a small administration fee, is donated to a local AIDS service organization to fund care, prevention, education, testing, counseling and other essential services. For information on participating restaurants in Palm Beach, contact Terri Neil at tneil@ foundcare.org. So far the following restaurants have signed up to benefit Broward House; Tijuana Taxi (Coral Springs, Davie, and Deerfield Beach locations), Thirteen, 13 Even, The Over Easy Café, Wilton Creamery, Hot & Soul, Naked Grape and Pink Submarine. For an updated listing go to DiningOutForLife.com/ BrowardCounty.

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concert The Cleveland Orchestra concludes its tenth anniversary residency at Miami’s Arsht Center with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performing Liszt’s emotional Piano Concerto No. 2. The program also includes a world premiere to celebrate the collaboration with the Arsht Center by Dorman and Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 1, “Titan.” Tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $39 at ArshtCenter.org.

The 165-voice Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida takes the stage again this weekend at the Sunshine Cathedral in Fort Lauderdale for “Love American Style.” Photo Credit: Submitted photo.

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The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida will premiere two works from a new opera, “Not in My Town” by Michael Ross, Friday, March 18 and tonight at 8 p.m. at the Sunshine Cathedral in Fort Lauderdale. "Not in My Town" is the story of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered in 1998 for being gay. The concert, “Love American Style” also includes works by Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein and Barry Manilow. Tickets are available for $35 and $45 at GMCSF.org.

Looking for an offbeat evening? The Wellington International Ukelele Orchestra is coming to the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE 8th St. in Fort Lauderdale, and bringing plenty of four-string merriment, heavenly harmonies, outrageous costumes and spontaneous comic repartee with them. Hear the music of Justin Timberlake, Prince, The Beatles, Dolly Parton, Cyndi Lauper and more! Tickets at ParkerPlayhouse.com.

He’s back! Pee-wee Herman (aka Paul Reubens) is headed back to the television in “Pee Wee’s Big Holiday,” streaming live on Netflix beginning Friday, March 18. A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee to take his firstever vacation in this latest installment about the wacky man-child and his friends, Bella, Pterri and Jambi. Joe Manganiello and Tara Buck co-star. Find it at Netflix.com.

“Bullets Over Broadway,” the hit stage adaptation of Woody Allen’s gangster film, comes to the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach through Sunday, March 27. A young playwright, in desperate need of financial backing for his next show, accepts an offer he can’t refuse from a mobster looking to please his showgirl girlfriend. You’ll love the dancing, colorful characters and jazzy 1920s score. Tickets at Kravis.org.

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Singer Marilyn Maye returns to the Royal Room at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach for her seventh engagement this weekend.

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t’s never polite to ask a lady her age, so let’s just say Marilyn Maye is a living legend in the world of cabaret and she has no plans to slow down any time soon. She holds the record for the most performances (76) on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” The iconic talk show host told his audiences of millions, “And that, young singers, is the way it’s done.” In addition to her busy concert schedule, including a seventh engagement at the Royal Room in Palm Beach this weekend, Maye regularly conducts master classes for aspiring young singers who yearn to adopt her signature style and understanding of The Great American Songbook, the timeless works of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and more. “Teaching is very exciting to me,” Maye said. She conducted one such master class for 14 students (with many more on a waiting list) last Sunday at the Royal Room that started at 1 p.m. and ended more than five hours later. “I get a lot of young people in my audiences who hear those great songs and tell me they’ve never heard them before,” exclaimed the singer in a telephone conversation. “A lot of younger performers do that material, too, but it’s a part of my DNA.” Those were the first songs Maye learned as a girl in Kansas, performing in live concerts and on the radio. And the songs from the Great American Songbook would help her land a recording contract with RCA, a Grammy nomination and, yes, all

those bookings with Johnny Carson. Maye will be singing many of those numbers in her show at the Royal Room, along with the standards made famous by the greatest crooner of all time, Frank Sinatra. “It’s a salute to Sinatra and more,” she explained. “We can call it that.” Maye originally put together the show after Sinatra died and then pulled it out again last year for the centennial of his birth. After performing the show in New York City and at the Annenberg Theater in Palm Springs—Barry Manilow was among her adoring fans—she predicted audiences in Palm Beach would love it, too. The Royal Room is just one of the “wonderful places” Maye continues to headline. She sang the “11 o’clock number” to a standing ovation in a tribute to actress Angela Lansbury and also feted composer Stephen Sondheim on his 80th birthday at a gala concert. In April, Maye will celebrate her own 88th birthday with an exclusive one-night engagement at 54 Below in Manhattan. How does a living legend—an honor conferred by countless organizations— maintain such a rigorous schedule at that age? With her comfortable Midwestern chuckle, Maye answered, “I take my vitamins.” She paused for a second and explained, “I’ve never been in the hospital, except to have my daughter. All the doctors ask what I take for my blood pressure and cholesterol and I tell them I take my vitamins. That’s my secret.”

Marilyn Maye appears at the Royal Room at the Colony Hotel, 155 Hammon Ave. in Palm Beach, through Saturday, March 19. Reservations at TheColonyPalmBeach.com.

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anessa Williams made us laugh time, she received an apology from the on Ugly Betty. She brought us to Miss America Pageant some thirty years in tears with her Grammy-nominated the making and with @vwofficial she is a single Save the Best for Last. She’s also force to be reckoned with on social media. the first Black Miss America, a Broadway Fans can expect to hear favorites star, a movie star and an up-and-coming including “Save the Best for Last,” “Colors fashion designer. Next week, the Tony, of the Wind” and other songs from Grammy and Emmy-award Williams’ time on the nominated Williams will “Great White Way.” perform in South Florida. When she’s not singing, Fans can expect The 52-year-old mother Williams is keeping busy to hear favorites with her new fashion line. of four will be on stage on including “Save March 22 at The Parker ‘V. by Vanessa Williams,’ Playhouse for her Broadway which will be sold on the the Best for Concert Series with Sirius Evine home shopping Last,” “Colors XM radio personality Seth network and Evine.com of the Wind” Rutdetsky accompanying starting March 19. She her on the piano. and other songs describes it as urban, "Vanessa will talk about suburban, casual and from Williams’ anything!” Rutdetsky said. glam all in one look. time on the “She has had such an She’s also coming “Great White amazing career and has so back to TV in a Star many fascinating stories. Jones-produced show Way.” She's overcome a lot of called “Satan’s Sisters.” things and dealt with some According to Buzzfeed, real headaches and she's going to talk the show centers around a fictional about it all. And she sings up a storm!" daytime talk show that may remind some Williams has a lot to dish about. In the viewers of ABC’s The View. It premieres last year, she became a wife for the third on VH1 next year. If you can’t wait until next year to see her, tickets to her 8 p.m. show on March 22 are available at ParkerPlayHouse.com or 954-462-0222.

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o one had ever heard of Angela Raiola when she joined the cast of VH1’s hit reality series “Mob Wives” in January 2012. An admitted fan of Botox and plastic surgery, the 50ish woman had had numerous face-lifts and breast augmentations. She dressed like a sex pot and cussed like a sailor – the lifelong smoker had a voice so deep and gravelly that it startled people. As Big Ang she quickly became the breakout star of “Mob Wives” – audiences fell in love with her lovable, larger than life personality. When Raiola died of cancer at age 55 on February 18, she was remembered as a kind soul, not only by her “Mob Wives” co-stars but by her neighbors in suburban Staten Island, New York. Ang, they said, was always available to lend an ear and to offer a kind word. Her parties at “The Drunken Monkey,” the Staten Island bar she owned for a number of years, had become legendary. Among many other things, Big Ang was a self-admitted “fag hag.” “I love ‘dem’ queens and ‘dey’ love me,” she told me during a 2013 interview. “We both have a thing for clothes and shoes. Where can you have more fun than with the gays?” Staten Island has long been New York City’s most conservative borough – LGBT people have never felt welcomed there. But that didn’t stop Ang from launching a weekly gay night at “The Drunken Monkey.” She said there were never any problems with the surrounding neighborhood. “We get a lot of gay people,” she told

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me. “Everybody loves me.” Ang was also a supporter of marriage equality. “Have your wedding party at my bar!” she offered. According to Towleroad, Ang even helped a gay fan propose to his boyfriend. As her popularity soared, Ang got her own spin-off series. In episode nine of “Big Ang,” she parties hard with a group of gay men at the New York City Pride Parade. She became a talk show favorite, launched her own brand of Big Ang Wines and appeared in the movie Scary Movie 5. The more exposure she got, the more audiences wanted. “I’m going to take this as far as I can,” she told me in 2013. But it wasn’t meant to be. Diagnosed with throat cancer in 2015, Ang underwent surgery and appeared to have beaten it. Later in the year her cancer returned. It had spread to her brain and lungs and had reached stage 4. Ang bravely soldiered on, allowing the “Mob Wives” cameras to document her battle during the series’ sixth season. Those episodes are currently airing. A few weeks before she died, Ang gave her final interview on “The Dr. Oz Show.” She already knew that the battle was lost. “I try to stay positive,” she told Dr. Oz. She expressed concern for her children and grandchildren, saying that they needed her as she wiped away her tears. Big Ang was a star who shone very brightly albeit briefly. We’d never seen anyone quite like her before. Its highly unlikely that someone like Ang will come along again. Rest in peace.

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Spring Awakening

March 17 to April 3 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. A group of German students in the 19th century explore adulthood through rock and roll. Tickets $45. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Miami Music Week

Through March 20 throughout Miami and Miami Beach. Miami erupts with electronic music with Miami Music Week, including the infamous Ultra Music Festival at Bayfront Park. Visit MiamiMusicWeek.com.

Capitol Steps: Mock the Vote

Through March 27 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Congress has never been so funny, with song parodies and satire of the political process and the upcoming election Tickets $40. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

broward county Joe Satriani March 16 at 8 p.m. at the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. Sitriani has played guitar with the likes of Mick Jagger, Deep Purple, and Chickenfoot. Tickets $52.50 to $97.50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.org. * Judy Collins March 18 at 8 p.m. at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs. Collins is responsible for writing endless hits for a number of artists from the ‘60s to the ‘90s, and she performs just a few of them. Tickets $32.86 to $92.22. Call 954-3445999 or visit CoralSpringsCenterfortheArts. com. * Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood: Two Man Group March 18 at 8 p.m. at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in

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MAR. 16 TO MAR. 22 Fort Lauderdale. The two “Whose Line is it Anyway?” veterans hit the road as a comedic twosome. Tickets $35 to $115. Call 954-4620222 or visit BrowardCenter.org. * Richard Nader’s Doo Wop Reunion March 18 at 8 p.m. at the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. The days of the ‘50s are back with legends Gene Chandler, Terry Sylvester, The Crests with Tommy Mara, and The Vogues. Tickets $33 to $73. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.org. * Love American Style March 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. at Sunshine Cathedral, in Fort Lauderdale. The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida’s two-night performance will include two works from the new opera about Matthew Shepard and two scenes from “Not in My Town.” Tickets $35 to $45. Visit GMCSF.org. * Back to the Future: A Tribute to Rod Stewart, ZZ Top and Kiss March 19 at 8 p.m. at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs. A throwback night to the rock and roll greats. Tickets $36.04 to $78.44. Call 954-344-5999 or visit CoralSpringsCenterfortheArts.com. * The Johnny Clegg Band March 19 at 8 p.m. at the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. The South African band creates a unique sound bringing together western pop, rock, and African Zulu. Tickets $28 to $48. Call 954462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.org. * Hector Olivera in Concert March 20 at 4 p.m. at The Pink Church First Presbyterian, 2331 NE 26th Ave. in Pompano Beach. Olivera joins the church for Palm Sunday for the Spiral Concert Series. Call Mark Jones at 954-328-5950 or visit ThePinkChurch.org * The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra March 20 at 6 p.m. at the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. The orchestra, armed with the iconic Hawaiian instrument, plays covers of songs from yesterday and today. Tickets $15.50 to $55.50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse. org. * Miami International Piano Festival: Jorge Luis Prats March 22 at 8 p.m. at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Ax plays works by Beethoven. Tickets $25 to $95. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org. The Violet Hour: A Modern Medea Through March 27 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort

Lauderdale. Euripides’ tragedy of a woman whose husband falls for a younger woman is retold in a modern context. Tickets $30. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Fifty Shades of Hillary Through April 3 at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs. A hilarious satire of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” erotica novel together with the sexual escapades of Hillary Clinton. Tickets $39.22. Call 954-344-5999 or visit CoralSpringsCenterfortheArts.com.

palm beach county * Limon March 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. Palm Beach State College’s Duncan Theater, 4200 Congress Ave. in Lake Worth. A legendary dance company performing modern dance since 1946. Tickets $45. Call 561-967-7222 or visit PalmBeachState.edu. * Steve Ross in Ridin’ High: The Music of Porter, Astaire, and Coward March 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The cabaret singer and pianist performs renditions of Cole Porter, Fred Astaire, and Noel Coward. Tickets $35. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org. * Ariadne auf Naxos March 18 to 20 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. In this opera, a comedy and opera troupe of two completely different styles realize they must share the stage. Tickets $25 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org. The Devil’s Music Through March 20 at ArtsGarage, 94 NE Second Ave. in Delray Beach. The story of Bessie Smith, “Empress of the Blues,” set in 1937 Memphis. Tickets $30 to $45. Call 561450-6357 or visit ArtsGarage.org. * Bullets Over Broadway March 22 to 27 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. In this Woody Allen musical, a playwright is so desperate for financial backing for an upcoming show, he works with a local mobster wanting to impress his girlfriend. Tickets $27 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org. Free Friday Concerts Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. Enjoy live music from the comfort of your picnic blanket or lawn chair every week, for free! Call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayArts.org.

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Tones on Tales: A Night of Samuel Beckett March 16 to 20 at 8 p.m. at the Miami Theater Center, 9806 NE Second Ave. in Miami Shores. Put on by the Mad Cat Theatre Company, an exploration of the diminishing light, space, and sound in life. Tickets $25. Call 305-751-9550 or visit MTCMiami.org. An Evening with Dudu Fisher March 16 to 22 at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. Enjoy a show traveling through Fisher’s career as a Broadway star and Israeli artist. Tickets $50 to $100. Call 305-466-8002 or visit AventuraCenter.org. * Dance Now! March 18 at 8:30 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. Enjoy a show traveling through Fisher’s career as a Broadway star and Israeli artist. A celebration of the roots of modern dance and the 70th anniversary of Jose Limon’s works. Tickets $35. Call 305-4668002 or visit AventuraCenter.org. * Thibaudet Plays Liszt March 17 to 19 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Jean-Yves Thibaudet on piano joins the Cleveland Orchestra to play Dorman, Liszt, and Mahler. Tickets $39 to $173. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org. * Miami International Piano Festival: Jorge Luis Prats March 19 at 7:45 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. Prats has been playing at the center for 2007 and joins this year’s piano festival. Tickets $35. Call 305-466-8002 or visit AventuraCenter.org. * Two on Tap March 20 at 2 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. The two Broadway veterans recreate the duos of the 1950s that so moved musical theater. Tickets $40 to $45. Call 305466-8002 or visit AventuraCenter.org. PAMM Outdoor Music Series Third Thursdays at the Perez Art Museum Miami, 101 W. Flagler St. in Miami. Come out for live music from DJs and musicians by the bay. Drink specials available. Free with museum admission. Call 305-375-3000 or visit PAMM.org. The Big Show Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. at Just the Funny Theater, 3119 Coral Way in Miami. A collection of comedy mixing the likes of improvisation and sketches. Tickets $12. Call 305-693-8669 or visit JustTheFunny.com.

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Top Picks Funkshion: Fashion Week Miami

March 16 to 19 throughout Miami and Miami Beach. A celebration of fashion with satellite events at Soho Beach House and the Wynwood art district. Visit Funkshion.com.

Pridefest

March 19 and 20 from noon to 6 p.m. at Bryant Park, Lake Avenue and Golfview on the Intracoastal Waterway in Lake Worth. Palm Beach County’s oldest pride festival returns with vendors, food, and drink celebrating LGBT pride. Parade is Sunday at 11:30 a.m. along Lake Avenue. Tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the gate. Visit CompassGLCC. com.

Florida AIDS Walk

March 20 at 8 a.m. at South Beach Park, 1100 Seabreeze Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Join the walk, starting at 10 a.m., to raise money for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, followed by a music festival headlined by rapper Flo Rida for a day of fun in the sun. Visit FloridaAIDSWalk.org.

broward county * Women in History

March 17 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. A celebration of women by local artists, as well as music, food, and drinks. Free. Visit PrideCenterFlorida.org.

Florida Renaissance Festival

Every weekend through March 27 from 10 a.m. to sunset at Quiet Waters Park, 401 S Powerline Road in Deerfield Beach. The Middle Ages comes to life with knights, kings, queens, faeries, artisans, and more. Tickets $21 with $1.50 park fee. Call the park at 954-357-5100, the festival at 954-7761642, or visit Ren-Fest.com.

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Broward Support Services

Wilton Manors. Three photographers explore the life of LGBT people across the United States and how this generation is redefining itself. Free. Visit Stonewall-Museum.org.

Gender Bender Youth Group

Life Coaching

Mondays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at SunServe Campus, 1480 SW Ninth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. A group for LGBT youth 13 to 21 to discuss gender, gender expression, binary systems, friendship, family and whatever else comes up! Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com

PFLAG Tuesdays in Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs and Southwest Ranches. A support group for parents of LGBT youth 13 to 21. Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com for dates and locations.

GayWrites Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the Stonewall Library, 1300 E. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Come join us and write your memoir, poem, blog, novel or short story. Free. Email garri1@earthlink.net

SunServe Youth Group Tuesdays and Thursdays in Fort Lauderdale, Southwest Ranches, Coral Springs and Hollywood. A support group and night of fun for LGBT youth 13 to 21. Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com for dates and times.

Survivor Support First and third Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Broward Health Imperial Point Hospital cafeteria, 6401 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Find support from counselors and peers who have lost loved ones to suicide. Call the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention at 954-384-0344 or visit FISPOnline.org.

Deep in the Dark Forest

Through April 7 at Studio 18, 1101 Poinciana Drive in Pembroke Pines. Artwork from South Florida artists exploring the dark side of one’s artistic inspirations. Free. Call 954-462-8190, ext. 206 or visit ArtServe.org.

Free In-Person Preparation for Seniors

Tax

Tuesdays through April 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. People 50 and older can benefit from tax help from professionals. Free. Call 954-463-9005 or visit PrideCenterFlorida.org.

* Here & Now: Queer Geographies in Contemporary Photography

Through May 1 at Stonewall National Museum - Wilton Manors Gallery, 2157 Wilton Drive in

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Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Latinos Salud Clubhouse, 2300 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Get one-on-one life coaching from certified CRCS coaches. For guys living with HIV, their partners, and anyone who identifies as transgender. Free. Call 954-7656239 or visit LatinosSalud.org.

Introduction Buddhism

Modern

Mondays 6 to 6:30 p.m. at the Drolma Kadampa Buddhist Center, 140 W. Prospect Road in Fort Lauderdale. Join a guided meditation and instruction with Western Buddhist teacher, Jay Radin. Free. Visit MeditationinFortLauderdale. com.

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Alliance

March 16 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Tideline Ocean Resort & Spa, 2842 S. Ocean Blvd. in Palm Beach. Mix and mingle with other business owners in the area. Visit PBA-Mar.EventBrite. com.

Add Some/ Take Some

Through March 19 at the Lake Worth Armory Arts Annex, 1121 Lucerne Ave. in Lake Worth. A collection of abstract art, curated by Peter Meyerhoefer. Call 561-493-2550 or visit LakeWorthArts.com.

Zumba Fitness

Mondays at 6 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Get moving with a certificated Zumba instructor for an infusion of exercise and dance moves. Donation of $5 or more. Call 561-324-1626 or visit CompassGLCC. com.

Sober Sisters

Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Lambda North, 18 S. J St. in Lake Worth. A support and discussion group for female recovering alcoholics. Visit LambdaNorth.net.

Out of the Closet, Into the Light

Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at MCC of the Palm Beaches, 4857 Northlake Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens. AA for the LGBT community. Free. Call 561-775-5900 or visit MCCPalmBeach.org.

Voices of Pride

Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Join the Gay Men’s Chorus as they practice every week. Free. Call 561-533-9699 or visit CompassGLCC. com

Mondays at 7 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N.

Wine Appreciation Classes

Mondays at 6 p.m. through March 28 at Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave. in Coral Gables. Patrick Alexander, an author, connoisseur, and bon vivant will lead students through the world of wine in this six-week course. The last class will be a dinner served by Chef Allen Susser. Tickets $299. Email emailing Irving Fields Irving@booksandbooks.com or visit BooksAndBooks.com.

Arsht Center Farmers Market

Mondays from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza for the Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Purchase fresh food from local farmers, including fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared foods, as well as chefs, live music, and cooking demonstrations. Free. Visit ArshtCenter.org/en/Visit/Dining.

Rainbow Circle

Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. at the University of Miami Flipse Building #302, 5665 Ponce de Leon Drive in Coral Gables. An open discussion about coming out, relationships, peer pressure, bullying, depression and more. Free. Visit Pridelines.org.

Yoga

Tuesdays from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at Jose Marti Park, 362 SW Fourth Ave. in Miami. Yogis 18 and older of all levels are invited to a practice lead by a certified instructor. Bring your own yoga mat, water, and towel. Free. Call 305-358-7550 or visit BayfrontParkMiami.com/Yoga.html.

HIV Support Group

Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at South Beach AIDS Project, 1234 Washington Ave. Ste. 200 in Miami Beach. A support group for those who are HIV positive. Free. Call 305-535-4733, ext. 301 or email support@sobeaids.org.

Book Study

Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Drolma Kadampa Buddhist Center, 1273 Coral Way in Miami. Buddhist monk, Gen Kelsang Nurbu, will lead classes on learning the foundations of Buddhism. Call 786-529-7137.

Capoeira

Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Bayfront Park’s Tina Hills Pavilion, 1075 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Learn the Brazilian art of capoeira, a mix of dance and martial arts, with Mestre Ze Com Fome. Free. Call 305-989-6628 or visit mestrezeomfome.com.

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