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The money would go to the onePULSE Foundation, who would oversee the project. In October the foundation was awarded up to $10 million in hotel-tax revenues by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners to fund the memorial and museum.

“The Tourism Development Tax funding is a significant step in fulfilling onePULSE’s mission to create a sanctuary of hope which honors all those affected by the tragedy at Pulse Nightclub,” reads a press release announcing the funding from the County.

Democratic State Sen. Linda Stewart, whose district includes the Pulse Nightclub, told Florida Politics in November she’s had discussions with the Senate president on including $1 million for the memorial in its MEMBER

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Stewart also filed a bill to create a speciality license plate paying tribute to Pulse. The license plate would include the words “Orlando United.” The proceeds of the plate would go to the onePULSE Foundation, the Mental Health Association of Central Florida, and the Two Spirit Health Services.

Last year former Gov. Rick Scott signed into law the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, which also included $1 million to build a memorial to those who lost their lives in the Parkland school shooting.

“There’s been a tremendous focus on Parkland, as there should be,” Raschein said.

“But we should memorialize and remember the lives lost at Pulse as well.”

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Jason Parsley bill to appropriate $2 million to help fund the design and construction of a permanent memorial and museum dedicated to the Pulse massacre cleared its first hurdle in the Florida House last week after a favorable recommendation from the Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee.

Holly Raschein, a Republican representing Monroe County, filed the bill (HB 3583). Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-Orlando), a gay man, is a co-sponsor.

“This was an unfortunate piece of our state’s history,” Rep. Raschein said. “I was happy and honored to be the sponsor of this.”

The vote was 8-0. Six Republicans voted in favor.

“This was a fantastic showing of bipartisanship,” she said. “It was just the right thing to do.”

According to the appropriations project request form, the funds would be used to build “a permanent memorial and museum honoring all affected by the June 12, 2016 tragedy at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando.”

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ex-director’s death deprives Pride Fort Lauderdale of full repayment Rick Karlin

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n June of 2011 Michael Cruz, the former director of the then-named Pride South Florida, was convicted of embezzling $46,591 from the organization. Cruz was sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to make monthly payments of $400 to Pride to reimburse the organization. Although he repaid the majority of the funds, he still owed $13,000 when he died in 2017.

When questioned for this article about plans to recover the money, Pride Fort Lauderdale issued the following statement through its attorney, “We have been advised there are no further legal options or mechanisms to collect any additional monies from the estate of Mr. Cruz. While we regret we could not recover the full amount of monies we lost through his theft, we are grateful that through monthly restitution payments during his period of probation, Mr. Cruz paid back our community a substantial portion of our loss. Going forward, we will continue to jealously safeguard our treasury with new fiscal safeguards we have put in place.”

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New Home for 7th Annual ‘A Tropical Garden Fair’ Richardson Park is new venue for the March 23-24 Equality Garden Club Event

Pride initially planned to regain the remaining funds. In an interview in 2016 he stated that, “There’s a responsibility to the organization for the money owed. It’s the community’s money.

At this point, we’re probably going to have to hire a lawyer to get the rest of it.”

When Cruz was convicted, a lien was placed against him by the court to ensure he paid Pride back. According to Broward property records, Cruz and a man named Emmanuel Stringos purchased a home in Fort Lauderdale in 2000 for $87,490. The home was sold in July of 2017 for $215,000, but Stringos was the only name on the title at the time of sale.

Last year Martorell started expressing doubt.

“I’ve kind of hit a road block [on finding out about the remaining money owed to Pride],” he said. “Hopefully, after Pride, I can make this happen. It hasn’t fallen off the charts. It just hasn’t progressed.”

It now appears Pride Fort Lauderdale has run out of its legal options.

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very March, for the last six years, the Wilton Manors/Equality Garden Club “Tropical Plant Fair” has drawn hundreds of horticulturists, amateur and professional to the grounds of the Pride Center for browsing and buying exotic tropical plants. But this year, on March 23-24, plant aficionados and brown-thumb gardeners will be heading to Richardson Park for the biggest and best Tropical Plant Fair ever.

“It’s a beautiful facility,” said Equality Garden Club President Paul Durbin. “We expect up to 3,000 visitors this year, compared to 2,000 last year.”

And you won’t have to worry about the construction on the Drive. Free parking and shuttle service to Richardson Park will be available at the Wilton Manors City Hall parking lot. A $3 tax deductible donation at the gate will help the Garden Club defray fair costs.

Fifty vendors will show off their plants throughout the park. Seven non-profit groups will also have booths.

“Most of our vendors have their own nurseries,” according to Durbin. “They will make more money in one day at the fair than they do in a month back at the nursery.”

The vendors will be offering a rich variety of plants, including aroids, air plants, bromeliads, cycads, heliconias, hoyas, orchids, palms, tropical fruits, bonsai, and more. Additionally, there will be vendors selling, art, and accessories, and essentials for the gardener. Information related to landscaping, insect control, fertilizer, and irrigation will be available from the Master Gardeners of Broward County. There will also be a silent auction with plant-related items and merchandise from local merchants.

The Equality Garden Club (known by its members as EGC) does much more than this annual event. The club donates to local charities such as Kids in Distress, which received $3,500 from the club last year. Durbin said they will support the organization again this year with a similar donation. Proceeds from the event will help fund community service projects in Broward County sponsored by the Garden Club.

EGC is also setting up five $1,000 scholarships for college students who have ties to the Urban Farm Institute. Durbin said the place “looks like an airport hangar, where the students do everything from hydroponics

to selling garden supplies. t’s an educational program and a community garden where people get lots of advice on how to grow their own plants and vegetables.”

While the EGC’s plant fair is the organization’s biggest event of the year, it’s far from their only activity. “We bring in speakers, such as the curators of Fairchild Gardens in Miami to speak on a regular basis,” Durbin said.

Topics vary widely, from palm tree experts, to non-native plants and even cooking programs.

“We try to make it exciting for people so they’ll attend.”

The club meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Hagen Park Community Center in Wilton Manors.

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ulti Grammy award-winning reggae artist Shaggy and the queen of bounce music, Big Freedia will join an array of performers over the annual spring break holiday for the 2019 Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival. Scheduled for Saturday, March 23 at Fort Lauderdale’s South Beach Park, this annual event kicks off with a 5K walk, culminating in a day-long music festival to raise awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS services throughout South Florida.

Presented by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the annual event attracts thousands of attendees from across the region. Those taking part must register, either in advance at FloridaAIDSwalk.org or on site.

“Given South Florida’s ranking nationally as the epicenter for HIV, we are pleased to present this annual event that both raises awareness about the HIV epidemic and significant dollars to support 10 non-profit organizations that are entrenched in the community, working to address this devastating epidemic,” said Michael Kahane, AHF Southern Bureau Chief. “We thank all of the amazing performers, corporate partners, team captains, individuals raising

funds and the thousands of attendees, for their support.”

Florida AIDS walk annually raises over $1 million in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Now in its 14th year, it has become a highly anticipated event. After years of being held on Sunday mornings, for 2019 the 5K walk and concert has been expanded to a full-day music festival experience that will kick-off as walkers return back to the beach.

Joining the line-up with Shaggy and Big Freedia are a diverse array of performers including The Struts, Coastcity, and Deep Fried Funk Band. The event will be hosted by Bianca del Rio, winner from the hit TV series “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” with dance tunes spun by DJ’s Tracy Young and Alex Ferbeyre. In addition, food trucks and local vendors will be in attendance.

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Youtube star to become first bisexual late-night show host Lilly Singh, via Facebook.

Lilly Singh, a bisexual Youtuber, is set to be the host of the NBC late night slot currently held by Carson Daly.

The 30-year-old, also known as “Superwoman,” is expected to be the only woman and LGBT person hosting a late-night show on one of the four big networks, according to NBC News. She announced the news on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” saying she’d

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“A huge shoutout to all the women who have been before me and are currently in the space, because I couldn’t have done it without them paving the path,” Singh said, according to NBC. Singh came out as bisexual last month via Twitter. Her show will debut in September on NBC.

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Maryland to add non-binary gender marker to driver’s licenses In a win for genderqueer and intersex individuals, Maryland has just approved a bill that would designate a gender marker “X” as an option for driver’s licenses.

Gov. Larry Hogan still has to sign or veto the bill, which was approved in the Senate last month, according to the Baltimore Sun. If the bill does become law, non-binary people can start applying for IDs marked “X” as soon as October.

“Changes to how we think about gender markers across the lifespan can also reduce the pressure families face in choosing an ‘optimal’ sex of rearing at birth, pressure which sometimes impairs their medical decision-making and can result in inappropriate surgical intervention on infants,” Matthew Malouf, a Baltimore psychologist told the Washington Blade. “For those individuals diagnosed with one of these conditions, it also allows them to have identification

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that accurately reflects their physical body.”

The bill also no longer requires people to provide proof of their sex or gender.

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First transgender woman runs for Thai prime minister Pauline Ngarmpring, via Facebook.

Pauline Ngarmpring, a 49-year-old transgender woman, is running for Thai prime minister, three years after she transitioned.

Ngarmpring is not expected to be a front runner in the race, according to Openly News, but the LGBT community is hoping her run will help focus attention on the challenges they go through. Ngarmpring hopes her campaign will inspire young women and LGBT people.

“Her candidacy is significant because she is challenging the traditional norms of gender and sexuality,” Anjana Suvarnanda of the Anjaree Group, an LGBT+ rights organization told Reuters.

“While we have had LGBT people in Thai politics before, no one has asserted their LGBT identity in such a public manner, and there has been no public discussion with such a positive approach.”

There are 20 other LGBT candidates running in the Thai elections.

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Newseum Unveils ‘Rise Up’ Stonewall-Themed Exhibit Joey DiGuglielmo Washington Blade

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he madras sport coat Jim Obergefell got married in, a red suit worn by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), the sewing machine on which Gilbert Baker made the first rainbow flag — all that and much more are part of the recent Newseum exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stonewall.

“Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement” opened Friday, March 8 at the Newseum (555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.) and runs through year’s end.

The exhibit explores the modern gay rights movement in the United States, marking the 50th anniversary of the June 1969 police raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. The protests following the raid are considered the catalyst that inspired the modern gay liberation movement.

It’s loosely part of an overall Newseum series “From Selma to Stonewall” that explores significant civil rights movements.

Patty Rhule, vice president of content and exhibit development at the Newseum, says the exhibit was a relatively easy one to conceive and execute. It’s been in the works for a year or year and a half, she says.

Upon contacting potential contributors, Rhule says, “I think people were excited.

There’s a lot of excitement around this anniversary … and people were excited that we were planning such a big exhibit on this topic. Everybody we reached out to seemed enthused about the idea.”

It opens with a section on LGBT portrayals in pop culture. Actors such as Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family”), Cynthia Nixon

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(“Sex in the City”) and George Takei (“Star Trek”) appear in video installations talking about their experiences as LGBT actors.

Next is an extensive depiction through photos and text of what actually happened at Stonewall and how it was covered (barely) in mainstream media at the time.

“I think it was the third day before the mainstream press even paid attention and then you see headlines … in The Daily News that use slurs,” Rhule says.

She says Stonewall’s impact on igniting the modern LGBT rights movement can’t be overstated.

“From this moment on, it’s propelling forward a movement that gets more militant, more radical and more demanding,” says Rhule, who’s straight. “It’s about demanding more than just tolerance, but demanding acceptance.”

There’s also a pre-Stonewall section that depicts Harry Hay, The Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis, early ‘60s gay and lesbian groups that formed and protested in pockets around the country but lacked tailwinds since almost nobody was out at the time.

“Young people today don’t realize just how repressive it was back then,” Rhule says. “We have headlines from newspapers like the New York Times and Chicago Daily News with horrible headlines, using horrible language that no one would ever use today just to give you an idea of what society and the accepted societal attitudes were. It kind of immerses people in that time.”

Items from gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny (his typewriter), former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (buttons and photos from his same-sex marriage), Harvey Milk (an envelope with bullet holes that was in his jacket when he was assassinated) and more are part of the exhibit as is a wealth of media including two copies of the Washington Blade (founded 1969), The Ladder (a national lesbian publication from 1956-1972), Frontiers (a now-closed Los Angeles gay magazine) and more. (The Blade is a sponsor of the exhibit.)

The AIDS crisis is up next with an AIDS quilt panel from a trans woman who died in 2016, ACT UP newsletters, mainstream coverage of the epidemic and more.

Anti-gay quotes from Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell and Anita Bryant are countered with images of Bishop Gene Robinson (the first openly gay man consecrated Bishop in the U.S.) to show how religion has evolved on LGBT issues.

“Rise Up” closes with bringing the issues into the present, especially the ongoing battle for transgender rights. As you exit, a large panel features famous LGBT folks such as Janelle Monae, Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox, Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper, Adam Rippon, Ellen DeGeneres and more.

“We really need to get that Oscar dress in here,” Newseum PR Director Sonya Gavankar says, referring to out actor Billy Porter’s gown/ suit. “Wasn’t that fabulous?”

A team of about 15 worked on the exhibit along with a handful of contractors in various stages. Most are straight but some LGBT employees were part of the team and outside LGBT folks, such as the Blade’s veteran

reporter Lou Chibbaro Jr., were consulted on everything from appropriate language to essential issues to cover and include.

“We knew we couldn’t have an allstraight perspective on this,” Maeve Scott, the Newseum’s director of collections and registrar, who worked on securing the items, says. “We came up with a whole glossary and asked a lot of people in the community how they feel about it to make sure we were using the right language.”

Scott says by seeking input from “a lot of people with diverse backgrounds” and “relying on our experts,” the exhibit was planned to be as unbiased as possible.

“It’s definitely something we keep in mind,” she says.

Attempts were also made to make the display relevant to longtime activists as well as D.C. visitors who may know little or nothing about Stonewall and LGBT history.

“There are always three types of museum visitors,” Rhule says. “Swimmers, skimmers and divers, people who read every word,” she says. “We try to make things look really compelling, give different access points and ways for people to interact. … We have selfie stations, people can pose behind a mic or with a protest sign. There are always going to be different levels of interest and understanding.

We’re trying to meet that in the middle.”

Scott, also straight, hopes visitors will find “Rise Up” inspiring.

“A lot of these people were just everyday people who used their First Amendment rights to enact change,” she says. “If this group did this, other groups can as well and this is not the end of the story.”

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CDC Report: Increase in New HIV Infections Among Gay/Bi Latinx Men Overall infections remain stable from 2010 to 2016

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new report released from the Centers for Disease Control shows that from 2010 to 2016 new HIV infections have leveled off and now remain stable at about 39,000 infections a year.

“After about five years of substantial declines, the number of new infections began to level off in 2013,” the press release reads.

But while some populations are seeing decreases some gay and bisexual populations are increasing. There’s been an alarming 65 percent increase among gay/bisexual black and Latino males ages 25 to 34.

“Here in South Florida’s Miami-Dade and Broward counties, we rank number one and number two in new HIV infections, and our gay / bisexual communities most impacted,” said Stephen Fallon, the executive director of Latinos Salud. “So we’ve never had the luxury of thinking the epidemic was declining. Gay Latinos and youth are at an alarming risk here, not only of acquiring HIV, but of faring poorly if living with HIV.” The press release goes on to note “that HIV infections are steady for now because effective HIV prevention and treatment are not adequately reaching those who could most benefit from them. These gaps remain particularly troublesome in rural areas and the South, and among disproportionately affected populations like African Americans and Latinos.”

For other populations though the report showed better results including a 17 percent decrease among heterosexuals; and a 15 percent decrease among heterosexual African American women. Those years also showed a

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30 percent decrease among people who inject drugs, but those numbers now appear to have stabilized.

A spokesperson for AIDS Healthcare Foundation had a different take on the report.

“I found this information to be quite shocking and questionable,” said Imara Canady, National Director, Communications & Community Engagement for AHF. “We are continuing to see a steady increase of those coming into our healthcare and wellness centers particularly in the southern region where the epidemic has hit the hardest.”

According to the report the South is seeing the highest percentage of new infections at 19.3 percent and notes that the number has stabilized. The Northeast is the only region that saw a decrease.

Canady went to implore the CDC to focus more on condoms as a way to prevent HIV. “It’s critical that we have safe sex messaging that is inclusive of condom usage,” he said.

He also added that the report doesn’t address “the thousands of individuals who are positive and are not aware of their status.”

Lastly Canady noted that more money is needed to combat the continuing HIV epidemic.

“We need increases in funding. Not to just shift dollars around,” he said.

That might just happen.

The Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2020 budget is requesting a $300 million increase in funds to combat HIV/AIDS. However that budget also seeks to roll back Medicare and Medicaid — programs on which many people with HIV/AIDS rely.

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Gay Irish Prime Minister and partner meet Mike Pence

Malaysian government disapproves of LGBT march

One of the only openly gay world leaders and his partner met Vice President Mike Pence, who is notorious for creating legislation that hurts the LGBT community.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and his partner Matt Barrett met Pence at his home for breakfast, according to the Washington Post. Varadkar said when they’d met previously, Pence said they spoke about LGBT issues, and that the couple would be welcome in his home.

“They were very well briefed,” Varadkar said, according to the Post.

“They knew about my personal story, that my partner was living in Chicago, and they said both Matt and I would be very welcome to visit their home in future.”

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make it to the breakfast, as she was visiting the United Arab Emirates, where homosexuality is criminalized, according to the advocate.

LGBT Malaysians marched alongside local feminist groups to end child marriages and gender discrimination.

The Malaysian government may try making it harder to have these types of protests.

The Peaceful Assembly Act, the law that allows public gatherings, could be revised to allow authorities to turn down requests for protests, according to Queerty. The Malaysian home minister hasn’t revealed when this will happen, but the Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman doesn’t approve of the march.

“As I have said before this, the government is very firm that LGBTQ practices will not be accepted at all in this country,” Jamman wrote on Facebook.

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Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin hasn’t clarified how the plans will play out yet.

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Botswana postpones ruling to legalize homosexuality

Australian gay men kicked out of Uber for kissing

In Botswana, being gay is illegal, and the country has been hearing a landmark case to legalize it. But last Thursday, the High Court postponed its ruling on the case.

The current laws promote discrimination and make it hard for LGBT individuals to receive healthcare, according to Eyewitness News. Judge Abednico Tafa said the laws were put in place when society wasn’t ready to accept homosexuality, but some say nothing has changed.

“The law should reflect on the values of society. As far as I know there haven’t been any changes in society towards gay people,” Sidney Pilane, lawyer for the state said, according to Reuters.

Judge Tafa said the decision will be postponed until June 11.

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Aaron Brown, 27, said his friend Ryan Ottey kissed his forehead in an Uber in Sydney, Australia, and immediately afterward, their driver told them to get out.

Brown complained to Uber afterward, but said he was disappointed with the “generic” response. They offered to refund the trip but didn’t call him to make sure the pair were okay, he said.

Ottey filmed the interaction between them and the Uber driver for proof.

“We were just dumbfounded and thought it was a joke so we questioned him and asked why. He just repeated himself and said ‘I can’t drive you anymore, this is my car and I’m not driving that’ – talking about us,” Brown said, according to Pink News.

An Uber spokesperson told

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9news.com.au that the company doesn’t tolerate discrimination. Brown said it was sad this is still happening in 2019.

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ittle did Salvo Mule know when he moved to Chicago from Rome, Italy, in the late eighties, he would be opening his first nightclub for on New Year’s Eve – thirty years later.

“It was a spur of the moment decision my business partner and I made last Dec. 5. We recognized a great anticipation was building for an elegant gay piano bar and lounge in Wilton Manors. With the closing of Chardee’s and a shift in Tropics, we could see their clientele were looking for a place to meet,” Salvo smiles.

“Twenty-five days later, at 10 p.m., we made it happen!”

Coming up with the name of his new club was easy for Salvo. “The crowds we sought like the finer things. They may also have silver hair,” he grins.

The doors to Club Silver were open. The guests arrived. And with a stage full of local

entertainers, Salvo says over 700 people stopped in to check out the celebration – with many who stayed for the champagne toast that brought in the New Year.

“What was amazing is we did no prior advertising of the opening!” he says. “A flash mob, I guess one would call it, arrived by word of mouth – mostly created by a gentlemen named Daniel Curtis who walked around the club with his phone, on New Year’s Eve, shooting a live tour of the place on his Facebook page. His live unplanned promotion was beautiful. He just came in, shot live, and left. And we had a packed house!”

“After the grand opening, we saw the first few weekends of the year was bringing in about 20 percent more people each week because of continued word of mouth. Friday nights are the busiest,” Salvo adds.

Club Silver is the home for an older crowd and

a young crowd. Once the ‘silvers’ head home, a younger set arrives around ten.

The Mustang Room was remodeled and rebranded - now called ‘The Silver Room.’

Monday nights hosts a weekly venue called Single & Looking. It is open to everyone.

There is no cover. “Come in, have a drink, meet people in a nice quiet space,” Salvo invites.

There is live entertainment nightly. Guests can see who’s performing on any given evening at ClubSilverFTL.com Salvo Mule loves to meet and mingle with his guests. There is a sign in his office that says Always Smile. For Salvo, it’s about making new friends. This explains why he has a 100 percent response rate on the Club Silver Facebook page. He answers everyone who posts.

Club Silver is located at 2209 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors, and opens daily at 4 p.m.

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n HIV modernization bill, the HIV Nick Duran out of Miami, who is incredibly Prevention Justice Act (HB 79), cleared passionate about this,” Rajner said. “We also its second hurdle this week passing the owe a great deal of thanks to Dr. Hansel Tookes Florida House’s Appropriations Committee and the medical students at the University of overwhelmingly 26-3.

Miami who have been doing a tremendous This is the second committee to give the bill a job of advocating for needle syringe exchange favorable recommendation. It recently passed programs statewide and in that process have the House’s Criminal Justice Subcommittee, been educating legislators on HIV.” 10-3.

The current law does not take into account “We’re really excited by the bipartisan whether a person actually transmitted HIV. momentum that we’ve seen for this HIV Nor does it matter if a condom was used, or modernization legislation,” said Jon Harris if the person with HIV is on treatment and Maurer, Equality Florida’s Public Policy undetectable.

Director. “This is long overdue and it’s exciting This new bill would revise the existing to see this being addressed as a criminal justice law such as defining “Substantial risk of reform issue and a public health issue.” transmission” as “a reasonable probability Michael Rajner, an HIV of disease transmission as rights activist, attributes the proven by competent medical or “I think most newfound support to advocates, epidemiological evidence.” The stakeholders and people living strikingly is that bill would also update outdated with HIV meeting with lawmakers the law currently language such as changing to tell their stories. “sexual intercourse” to “sexual doesn’t account Rajner said he’s been working conduct.” for whether in toward a bill like this for at least 8 “I think the most profound years. change is that there would have to fact there is any This is the third year this be actual intent and transmission transmission of bill has been introduced and of HIV to another individual HIV.” there’s been a surge in support. during sex,” Rajner said.

This is also the furthest an HIV Other changes include - Jon Harris Maurer modernization has gotten in the allowing a person who has HIV Public policy Director, Florida Legislature. to donate blood, plasma, organs, Equality Florida “Regardless of which side of the skin, or other human tissue as aisle you sit on people want better long as a medical professional public safety and better health outcomes and deems it appropriate. Currently, there are no that’s what this bill does,” said Justin Klecha, exceptions so if someone did make such a Deputy Director of SAVE and a member of donation they would be committing a thirdthe Florida HIV Justice Coalition. “This is a degree felony. HB 79 would downgrade the fantastic bill that takes a huge step forward penalty to a first-degree misdemeanor. reducing stigma around HIV.” “This bill would help modernize Florida’s Klecha said most of the opposition comes HIV laws that were written in the mid-80s at from a lack of knowledge. the height of the HIV epidemic and haven’t “Legislators don’t know the current science been updated to align with current science on around HIV, or how far we’ve come with the treatment and prevention for HIV,” Maurer treatments,” Klecha said. said. “I think most strikingly is that the law HB 79 must now pass through the Judiciary currently doesn’t account for whether in fact Committee. While in the Senate, Jason Pizzo (D there is any transmission of HIV. So under the - Miami), has filed similar legislation (SB 846), current law, a person could be incarcerated for but no hearings have been scheduled as of yet. up to 30 years with a third-degree felony, even “This is the first year the legislature is though there is no transmission of HIV, and actually taking any actions and votes. We scientifically there is no risk of transmission.” have a tremendous bill sponsor this year,

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Beto Jumps In; Mayor Pete Qualifies For DNC Debates Meanwhile, Irish PM Brings Partner To Meet Pence

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eto O’Rourke jumped into the U.S. presidential campaign last week, releasing a video alongside his wife, Amy. The video, with the O’Rourkes seated on a couch inside their El Paso, Texas home, was a little over three minutes with Beto doing all the talking.

“At this moment of maximum peril and maximum potential let’s show ourselves and those who will succeed us in this great country just who we are and what we can do,” O’Rourke said.

The video was lampooned by late night comedians and President Donald Trump for Beto’s aggressive and frequent use of hand and arm gestures. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democratic senator, piled on, telling NBC News moderator Chuck Todd, she disagreed with O’Rourke’s declaration that he was “born to run.”

O’Rourke, 46, gave up his U.S. Congressional seat to campaign against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2018 elections. His campaign garnered national attention and 48 percent of the vote against Cruz, a Republican, who had previously sought the Republican party’s nomination for president.

“This is a defining moment of truth for this country and every single one of us,” O’Rourke said in his campaign announcement video.

“The inter-connected crises in our economy, our democracy and our climate have never been greater and they will either consume us or they will afford us the greatest opportunity to unleash the genius of the United States of America.”

Meanwhile, Trump welcomed Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. Varadkar, a gay man, said his story is possible because Ireland is a country where “freedom and liberty are cherished.” Varadkar and his domestic partner, Matthew Barrett, were hosted by Vice President Mike Pence at the Naval Observatory.

“We are all God’s children,” Varadkar remarked.

Elsewhere, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (pronounced “Buddha Judge”) announced he had reached the threshold of 65,000 donors required to be invited to the Democratic party debates. Buttigieg, 37, is a Harvard educated, Naval reservist and former food analyst for the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

On March 13, Buttigieg released the following

statement concerning the Equality Act, a legislative effort to provide federal protections for LGBT Americans in matters of housing, employment and public accommodations: “Fifty years ago, courageous gay and transgender people stood up at Stonewall for the right to be recognized as equal Americans.

It’s time to finally implement a federal Equality Act that extends civil rights protections to all Americans, regardless of their gender identity and sexual orientation. This bill is commonsense, bipartisan, and will ensure that LGBTQ+ Americans in the thirty states like Indiana where discrimination is effectively legal will have the same rights and protections as the rest of America. In this country, you should not be discriminated against because of who you are or who you love,” Buttigieg said.

There are now more than 15 major Democratic candidates campaigning for presidential consideration. Former Vice President Joe Biden is also teasing a third run.

The Democratic party announced last week that Milwaukee, Wisconsin would host its 2020 convention.

LGBT Field Notes: Ron Gunzburger ended his role with the Broward Sheriff’s Office last week. Gunzburger served as general counsel to former Broward Sheriff Scott Israel. He has accepted an offer to work full-time as senior advisor to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. Some have urged Hogan to challenge Donald Trump in the Republican primary. Gunzburger posted on Facebook that he and his spouse Dana have purchased a home in Annapolis, Maryland.

“My time at BSO was an incredible ride and I truly enjoyed it and the amazing people I worked with. I am fortunate to leave BSO with high hopes, in great spirit, and with very much grateful-ness in my heart for having had this opportunity. To those I served with: I will always be appre-ciative of your friendship and support. You will always have a fond place in my thoughts ... and may your best days always be ahead,” Gunzburger posted March 15.

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Saturday, March 23 Send in the Queens This annual Drag Show Fundraiser is back by popular demand for the 12th consecutive year! A high-end, high-energy drag concert that features a cast of dazzling drag divas.

All proceeds will go to benefit the Playhouse.

Featuring performances by Lupita Hollywood, Melissa St. John, Velvet Lenore, Vasti Montana, Dayzee DeLuxx, Reanna Patrone, Candy Cox, Raejean Cox and Pepper Monroe.

Wednesday, March 27 Pride Business Alliance monthly social At the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, 6 – 8 p.m.

Sat/sun, March 30-31 2019 Palm Beach Pride Join the LGBTQ community to celebrate Palm Beach Pride on March 30 & 31, 2019, noon to 6 p.m. both days in Bryant Park, downtown Lake Worth. Non-stop entertainment, delicious food, awesome merchants and local businesses and organizations, games & fun for all. Sunday Parade starts at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 31 in downtown Lake Worth along Lucerne & Lake Avenues.

Rainbow Ball 2019 Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. – midnight Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches to Host Annual Rainbow Ball DISCO FUSION at Hilton Palm Beach Airport. Rev. Elder Tony Freeman, Interim Senior Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beach Gardens (MCCPB), announced that the largest faith-based community in Palm Beach County dedicated to serving the local LGBT community and its family members and friends, will be hosting its annual Rainbow Ball on Saturday, April 6. This is MCCPB’s largest gala fundraiser, a “fun-filled evening of dancing and dining, entertainment and socializing.” Visit RainbowBallMCCPB.org for more information.

April 5 1920 ’s Theme J’s Birthday Party, Penny’s at the Duke, 902 N Dixie Hwy. Lantana, FL, Lantana 8 p.m. to midnight JacquiOkie. 12-1 a.m. DJ Tim and dancing. There will be food and photo booth. Come dressed with a Bonnie and Clyde look (1920s) and lets have some fun!

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New Greek Life Org at FAU Showcases Inclusivity Lambda Alpha Lambda accepts all genders and sexualities

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ethany Gallagher, a freshman at Florida Atlantic University, came out right before she graduated high school. Because of the timing, she went through all four years without joining an LGBT club or organization.

But that changed when she arrived at FAU when its first LGBT-centered and gender-neutral Greek life organization, Lambda Alpha Lambda (LAL), was created.

“After coming to college, I can really embrace this and present myself how I want to be and how I want to identify myself,” Gallagher said. “... I wasn’t out to my family and didn’t have an outlet to meet like-minded people and be able to talk about certain things.”

LAL is the first organization of its kind at FAU — but also part of a nationwide pattern that’s trended upward for the past 20 years, according to USA Today. The organization is inclusive of all identities and orientations, which is something the group’s members believe is lacking in traditional fraternities and sororities.

Founder and President Gabby Miernik started the organization last August for students like Gallagher, now the director of finance, who were looking for an

“We’re so tightknit and one of the main things that bind us together is that we all want to be active in our community.”

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accepting club on campus.

“There’s a variety of [LGBT-focused Greek organizations] out there, but some are just for gay men, some for lesbian women, some for transgender and nonbinary people,” Miernik said. “But I felt like starting out here at FAU, I had to create one that was inclusive to all.”

Because of the organization’s inclusivity to more than one gender, they’re called a “diaternity” rather than a fraternity or a sorority.

Some of the few things they have in common with traditional Greek organizations are their community service and philanthropy. Since their community service is LGBT-based, they’ve volunteered for Human Rights Campaign, Equality Florida, Poverello, and more.

Last semester, they also raised roughly $500 for The Trevor Project. This year’s philanthropy project will be fundraising for the National Center for Transgender Equality.

Vice President Savannah Havens’ favorite part of the diaternity is everybody’s passion for volunteering.

“We’re so tight-knit and one of the main things that bind us together is that we all want to be active in our community,” Havens said. “[LAL] gives me an outlet to be active in the community, to be part of something bigger than myself.”

There’s only about ten members, which is miniscule compared to other FAU fraternities and sororities’ participation in the dozens, but Miernik said this helps meet the needs of each member and creates a more intimate “family.”

By giving more people access to Greek life, Gallagher said this leads to more diversity — which is a good thing.

“I feel like sororities and fraternities are like carbon copies of the same person,” she said. “For some of us, the only similar thing about us is that we all identify as LGBTQ.” Another thing the diaternity is proud of is its all-female executive board, or leadership team, which they agreed gives women more representation.

“We’re making campus a better place,” Miernik said, “and giving everybody a spot.”

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Pride Returns Join us March 30-31 Claudia Harrison

It’s March in South Florida. So that means there should be only one thing on everyone’s mind: Palm Beach Pride on March 30 and 31 at Bryant Park in Lake Worth!

This year, our community celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.

This momentous milestone is reflected in this year’s theme: 50 Years of Pride. We invite all Palm Beach Pride attendees to dress in the style of their favorite decade from the past 50 years.

This year, for the first time, Compass is partnering with the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County to create a unique piece of art that will serve as the backdrop of Palm Beach Pride’s stage! A call to local artists went out in February asking for submissions and the winning design will be on display the entire weekend.

One of the main attractions of Pride each year is the entertainment, and the Compass team has secured an extraordinary lineup for this year. We’re delighted to invite DJ Citizen Jane back to our stage. She always gets the crowd up and jumping, and we can’t wait for her to do it again this year!

We are also thrilled to have welcome rapper Cazwell at Pride, along with

Each year, the parade expands to new levels and this year is no different.

headliner Robin S., who scored success in the 1990s with such hit singles as “Show Me Love” and “Luv 4 Luv.” Palm Beach Pride’s entertainment is chart-topping, but we also look forward to the delicious, multicultural food selections, shopping among the best local artisans in South Florida, and many other fun activities that make Palm Beach Pride one of South Florida’s top weekend destinations.

Each year, the parade expands to new levels and this year is no different. In fact, it will start at 11 a.m., earlier than in past years, to accommodate all of the participants! This year’s grand marshals are the participants of Compass’ and Palm Beach Dramaworks’ joint effort: the Legacy Project. The Project is an intergenerational storytelling program that features mature members of our community being interviewed by LGBTQ Youth. Community favorites like Roosters, The Mad Hatter, and Penny’s at the Duke will be back in the parade. Also featured will be Miss Palm Beach Pride 2019 Kataleya Davenport Dupree. All groups, large and small, are welcome to participate.

Palm Beach Pride is a family friendly event and it is our goal to make it as open and accepting for people from all backgrounds and age groups as possible.

Family-fun activities at Pride will include face painting, colorful hair extensions, body art and glitter.

We look forward to seeing everyone on March 30 and 31 at Bryant Park in Lake Worth to celebrate Palm Beach Pride!

Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the gate. For more information about all things Pride, check our website at www.

CompassGLCC.com.

Claudia Harrison is Compass’ Chief Information Officer.

She can be reached at claudia@compassglcc.com

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Trump Seeks $300 Million to End HIV by 2030 — But Cuts Global Programs

The newly released budget is a mixed bag for HIV advocates Photo:CNN

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n the aftermath of President Trump’s State of the Union pledge to eliminate new HIV infections by 2030, his newly unveiled budget request for the U.S. government provides additional funds for domestic HIV/AIDS programs in contrast to earlier proposals that sought to cut those programs — but related international programs are facing cuts.

The fiscal year 2020 budget requests a $300 million increase in funds to combat HIV/AIDS, but also seeks to roll back Medicare and Medicaid — programs on which many people with HIV/AIDS rely — and continues the proposed steep cuts to U.S. initiatives seeking to fight the global epidemic.

On Monday during a conference call with reporters, a senior administration official said the $300 million “would go a long way to being able to end the epidemic through increased testing and the actual provision of life-saving medication to that population.”

The bulk of the $300 million figure is an additional $140 million requested for HIV prevention at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, which is a 19 percent increase in its overall budget from fiscal year 2019.

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the money is the first big increase in funds for the agency in two decades.

The rest of the $300 million includes an additional $70 million for the Ryan White Health Care Program, which provides health care to low-income people with HIV. That’s a 3 percent increase from fiscal year 2019.

Additionally, the request includes $50 million for community health centers at HRSA for expanded PrEP services and $25 million to screen for HIV and treat Hepatitis C. The $50 million for HRSA is notable because it can provide PrEP services, which Ryan White is barred from providing by statute, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Carl Schmid, deputy director of the AIDS Institute and co-chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, told the Washington Blade the $300 million figure represents a “commitment to end HIV, which is a departure from last year.”

“Instead of seeing budget cuts, we’re seeing increases in several programs,” Schmid said.

In terms of domestic spending, the request stands in contrast to the first two budget requests from the Trump administration, which sought reductions to the initiatives.

The first request sought massive cuts in both domestic HIV/AIDS programs, although the cuts in the second request were smaller.

Congress ended up disregarding those requests and maintaining funds for the programs.

The Trump administration now seeks increases as opposed to cuts in the aftermath of announcing a plan to end new HIV infections by 2030. The initiative will focus on 48 counties as well as D.C. and San Juan in addition to rural areas in seven states — places where new HIV infections are happening at the highest rates.

Jen Kates, director of global health and

“If targeted appropriately as they say they’re going to do, using the right public health inventions as they say they’re going to do, it could begin to sort of catalyze some change.”

- Jen Kates Kaiser Family Foundation Director of Global Health and HIV Policy

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HIV policy for the Kaiser Family Foundation, said the increases for CDC and Ryan White would be a good start to implementing the plan.

“Ryan White and CDC have really seen no increases for quite a while, particularly CDC, so in the context of those HIV specific efforts that the federal government has, it could make a difference for those programs,” Kates said. “If targeted appropriately as they say they’re going to do, using the right public health inventions as they say they’re going to do, it could begin to sort of catalyze some change.”

But Kates cautioned this budget represents only the first year of proposed funds to end new HIV infections by 2030 and that goal will require a sustained effort.

“This is supposed to be a multi-year initiative, so it’s important to see what will happen in Year Two and Year Three,” Kates said. “Will there be additional funding requested? I think that’s the intention.

So, from that more HIV specific and more narrowly focused perspective, it’s important for new investments.”

But while the budget request seeks additional funds for these HIV programs, it also requests cuts in others, including a $63 million cut to the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program and a $27 million cut to Housing for Persons with Disabilities.

Moreover, Schmid said the $50 million requested for HRSA for PrEP work isn’t new money for the program and instead is existing funding for community centers.

“That is not new funding,” Schmid said.

“That looks like it’s current funding. And that’s something that we will want to change.

We don’t want to take existing money from the community health centers. We want new funding, so we’ll be asking Congress for that.”

The budget request also calls for $6 million for the National Institutes of Health to conduct HIV research, but Schmid said that’s not new funding and actually a cut.

The most compromising cuts suggested in the budget for people with HIV/AIDS are not in HIV-specific programs, but general health care programs for the American public on which many people with HIV/AIDS rely.

Despite Trump’s campaign promises not cut to Medicare and Medicaid, the budget calls for a $845 billion reduction in Medicare and seeks major changes to Medicaid by turning it into a block grant program and eliminating the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare.

An estimated 25 percent of people with HIV receive care from Medicare and an estimated 40 percent people of people with HIV receive care under Medicaid.

With respects to the cuts to Medicaid, Schmid said the proposed changes would “hurt people with HIV.” The modeling to eliminate new infections by 2030, Schmid said, was based on the assumption the Medicaid expansion would remain in place for states that have gone that route, so a rollback of that expansion would change plans.

“This is a change,” Schmid said. “That was not considered in these new cuts…It was not considered in the modeling, and so, that’s

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another question that we need to ask HHS.” using unmatched funds appropriated Also of concern to observers is the by the Congress for 2019 from the last proposed cuts for the global programs replenishment,” the official said. “This new confronting HIV/AIDS, including PEPFAR, match will further challenge other donors the Bush-era program that seeks to deliver to make new commitments to fighting the antiretroviral therapy to countries, where three diseases funded by the Global Fund.” the epidemic is raging, such as Africa, and Kates said whether the United States can the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis maintain global goals under PEPFAR with & Malaria. this funding request remains “an open For PEPFAR, Trump’s budget would question.” provide $3.35 billion for bilateral efforts, “I would want to see the empirical which is $1.35 billion and 29 percent below evidence. It doesn’t seem like it would really current levels. For the Global Fund, the be possible to do that,” Kates said. “So, just budget seeks $958.4 million, which is also objectively, I haven’t modeled, but an over 29 percent below current levels. $1 billion cut from the PEPFAR budget would For the next Global Fund replenishment, get to epidemic control in these 13 countries the budget proposes $3.3 billion over three seems like a stretch, honestly.” years, compared to $4.3 billion in the last For the Global Fund, Kates said the idea round under the Obama administration, the United States can achieve the same according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. goals with a 1 to 3 ratio for donations is also The proposal will match $1 from the United dubious.

States for every $3 from other donors.

“The U.S. has been able to leverage its Previously, the ratio was $1 from the United investment to the Global Fund to get more,” States for every $2 elsewhere.

Kates said. “The way the administration is The cuts are consistent with earlier sort of approaching this next pledge period budget proposals from the Trump is to actually say it’s going to pledge less administration, which also called for major money, not more or not even the same. The cuts to HIV programs. But idea that that’s going to Congress for fiscal year 2019 leverage more funds is not “It’s a Republican actually increased funding clear to me.” instead by $50 million, At the end of the day, Senate, but to get marking the first time in the budget will have to go anything done on seven years global programs through Congress, which the budget they need experienced an increase, controls the purse and has according to the New Yorkthe final say on the funds’ Democratic support, based Health Global Access levels for these programs. and so anything on Project.

Based on lawmakers’ A senior administration the budget in the rejections of cuts proposed official defended the Senate, even though it’s in earlier budgets, Schmid proposed cuts to the global was confident Congress Republican controlled HIV/AIDS programs via an would reject them again in email to the Washington addition to providing the has been bipartisan.”

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Presidential Advisory track to reach goals.

“It’s a Republican Senate, Council on HIV/AIDS “The Budget fully but to get anything done co-chair funds implementation of on the budget they need PEPFAR’s bilateral HIV/ Democratic support, and so AIDS Strategy that maintains all patients anything on the budget in the Senate, even currently on antiretroviral treatment and though it’s Republican controlled has been assists 13 countries to achieve epidemic bipartisan,” Schmid said. “They’ve done all control by 2020,” the official said. “The U.S. their spending bills in a bipartisan fashion.” will remain the largest donor by far. The Schmid said the budget is definitely on reduction reflects FY-2019 funding levels track to eliminate new HIV infections by in excess of the strategy’s need. Combined 2030, with the caveat the proposed cuts to with this carryover, the Budget fully funds HOPWA, Medicaid and Medicare would be the strategy.” harmful.

For the Global Fund, the official said the Kates said the money Trump proposed 1 to 3 ratio for donations would encourage in the request is “just a start” in meeting other donors to make contributions to the the ambitious goal for eliminating new HIV program. infections by 2030.

“The budget offers to match $1 for “It’s just Year One,” Kates said. “It would every $3 contributed by other donors to really depend on how the resources are the multilateral Global Fund (which also actually deployed and what happens in the funds HIV/AIDS), providing a $1.1 billion future years of this initiative. It’s a start. contribution in 2020 and up to $3.3 billion Even if gets approved, it’s a start, but it’s too over the three-year replenishment period, early to say.”

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Equality Advances As Legislative Session Continues Jon Harris Maurer

Equality Florida Public Policy Director

Grassroots activists gathered in Tallahassee March 11-12 to educate legislators on LGBTQ priorities for Equality Florida’s Lobby Days.

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ast week more than 100 excited grassroots activists filled the halls of the Capitol to meet face-to-face with legislators during Equality Florida’s Lobby Days. The real work of protecting hard won gains and securing full LGBTQ equality is ongoing in Florida’s Capitol. As Florida’s Legislative Session enters its third week, there are early signs of progress, and also evidence that much work remains in the 60-day Legislative Session.

State and national LGBTQ groups have focused their energy on stopping the dangerous impact that House Bill 3 (HB 3) could have on LGBTQ equality. Last Tuesday in the Capitol, Equality Florida held a major press conference with the Human Rights Campaign to explain how the bill threatens to undo existing LGBTQ protections for 13 million Floridians. All three out legislators—Reps.

Shevrin Jones (D - Miami), Carlos Guillermo Smith (D Orlando), and Jennifer Webb (D - Orlando)—spoke about the bill’s potentially devastating consequences.

The bill could repeal decades of progress establishing local nondiscrimination ordinances, conversion therapy bans, and more in cities and counties throughout Florida.

North Carolina’s similar House Bill 2, which preempted local LGBTQ protections when it passed in 2016, led to more than $600 million in lost revenue for the state due to business boycotts, canceled conventions, and sporting events that moved to places like Orlando that do have such protections.

Last Thursday, HB 3 passed its second of three House committees on a party-line vote. Reps. Margaret Good (D - Sarasota), Adam Hattersley (D - Brandon), Dianne Hart (D - Tampa), Tina Polsky (D - Boca Raton), and Holly Raschein (R - Key West) all emphasized HB 3’s potentially harmful unintended consequences. An amendment significantly narrowed the bill’s scope but failed to Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith speaks at a press conference with Representative Shevrin Jones and others in opposition to House Bill 3.

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eliminate LGBTQ concerns. Legislators have already only in the area of employment, and not in housing reported receiving hundreds of letters opposing HB 3. or public accommodations. The employment-only bill Advocates continue to call for public pressure to further could attract support from legislators who claim to amend HB 3 until it clearly presents no danger to LGBTQ support the LGBTQ community, but in fact would not protections. provide the same protections enjoyed by every other Last Monday Rep. Raschein advanced group under the Florida Civil Rights Act. an appropriate bill to fund a Pulse As the comprehensive FCWA approaches National Memorial and Museum (House the tipping point for passage, this new The bill could Bill 3583). The bill passed the committee employment-only bill would exclude the repeal decades unanimously, and has not yet been LGBTQ community from equal protections scheduled for a hearing in the final of its in housing and public accommodation, of progress two committees. none of Florida’s out legislators have establishing local and The Florida Competitive Workforce Act signed onto it.

(House Bill 485/Senate Bill 430 or FCWA) The third week of Session, which began nondiscrimination continues to garner unprecedented support, on Monday, March 18, is already off to a ordinances, with the most sponsors and cosponsors of fantastic start, with Rep. Nick Duran’s HIV any proposed legislation this session. To conversion therapy Modernization bill (House Bill 79) passing date, a bipartisan group of 63 legislators— House Appropriations Committee on bans, and more in the including 5 Republican first-time Monday. Advocates with the Florida HIV supporters, and all three out legislators— cities and counties Justice Coalition provided compelling have signed onto the bill that would testimony, and the Committee throughout Florida. personal establish fully inclusive, comprehensive overwhelmingly passed the bill by a 26-3 statewide nondiscrimination protections margin. Florida’s current HIV statutes for the LGBTQ community in housing, employment, and have not been updated since they were drafted at the public accommodations. height of the epidemic and work against public health.

Despite this support, securing a hearing for the FCWA House Bill 79 would bring the law into alignment with is more challenging this session due to a competing current science. The bill has great bipartisan momentum, nondiscrimination bill that would provide protections having now passed two House committees.

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ast December TV personality Andy Cohen announced that he was expecting a child through surrogacy: “Family means everything to me, and having one of my own is something I’ve wanted in my heart for my entire life,” the 50-year old Cohen said, “and though it’s taken me longer than most to get there, I cannot wait for what I envision will be the most rewarding chapter yet.”

Cohen’s son was born February 4 and was named Benjamin Allen Cohen after Andy’s grandfather. Like every other parent, Andy Cohen soon discovered that his life was transformed by the joys and responsibilities of having a child. “I’m in love. And I’m speechless,” Cohen told TODAY show hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb (both moms). “I look at him the way I used to look at Instagram. I just sit and stare at him. I’m like, ‘Well, this is more interesting than a bunch of hot guys on my feed.’” Unlike previous generations of gay dads, Cohen did not have to go back in the closet, marry a woman, or even have a male partner in order to raise a kid.

Andy Cohen’s parenting experience is part of a veritable “baby boom” among gay men everywhere. Some of the gay dads are celebrities - Nate Berkus, Matt Bomer, Neil Patrick Harris, Perez Hilton, Alec Mapa, Ricky Martin and Dan Savage, among others - while others are ordinary folk. They became parents in various ways, including via heterosexual intercourse, co-parenting, adoption, donor insemination, reciprocal

A recent survey by the Family Equality Council found that 63 percent of gay millennials are considering expanding their families.

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IVF and surrogacy. Like Cohen, these men are out and proud and have no problem being openly gay fathers.

And while most people’s idea of a gay man is that of a childless bachelor, according to the 2000 census no less than 22 percent of male couples have raised at least one child.

This movement towards gay parenthood has increased in recent years: A recent survey by the Family Equality Council found that 63 percent of gay millennials are considering expanding their families.

In pre-Stonewall days, most men who were not yet openly gay were married to women and had children as a matter of course. Even today many older gay men, though since out, have children who are the product of previous heterosexual marriages.

Younger men, those of us who came out after Stonewall, accepted the newfangled idea, though sometimes reluctantly, that gay men should remain childless. In this we differ from our homosexual fathers, who had children with their wives, and many of our queer sons, who have kids with their gay husbands. Many gay baby boomers never had an opportunity to parent, since they died from AIDS complications before they could decide such a move.

Like most of my gay contemporaries, I never had a child; nor do I expect to have one in the years that I have left. In a sense, it is probably a good thing; I probably would not have made a good parent. In any case being childless allowed me the time, funds and opportunity to do many of the things I have done in my life. Children are not cheap; and it is easy for a wealthy celebrity like Andy Cohen, who has servants and nannies at his disposal, to raise a son than it is for those of us who are less fortunate.

Like other childless men and women, we who are not parents have channeled our parenting and nurturing energies into teaching, social work, missionary work and other endeavors designed to help the children of today and tomorrow. On the other hand, I have nothing but respect and admiration for those gay men who have gone out of their way to perform the difficult task of having and raising children. Unlike straight men, who often have kids by accident, gay dads have children because they want to. And theirs is a choice that we should celebrate.

Jesse Monteagudo is a freelance writer and journalist. He has been an active member of South Florida's LGBT community for more than four decades and has served in various community organizations.

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Knowing When to Move On

By Sal Torre

As the lyrics from Bradley Cooper’s “Maybe it’s Time,” keep repeating in my head for some reason, my thoughts wander around two possible topics for my article this week -- recycling and Joe Biden.

Listening to the lyrics, “Maybe it’s time to let the old ways die” causes me to ponder how we hold onto old ways and habits far too long, since letting go sometimes is not so easy.

Recycling and Joe Biden; can’t let them go, but no longer working for us. Those lyrics keep haunting me, making it hard not to reckon with the truth, that it just might be time to let certain things go and embrace something new, because the old ways are no longer working.

This understanding might be why we have so many Democrats coming out of the woodwork to announce their candidacy for 2020. The powerful elite are getting very concerned. They know the gig is up, but are unable to move beyond those old ways. No one gives up or gains power without a struggle.

The establishment of the Democratic Party cannot accept the reality that Bernie Sanders keeps outpacing the corporate backed candidates, raising millions from small donors who are tired of being left behind. The party keeps pushing more and more candidates out there, desperate to have one of them start gaining some traction. The last hold-out is good ole Joe Biden, the centrist who will save us all from that rebellious left wing of the party.

Unfortunately, what is being offered is simply more of the same ole pig, just with new lipstick. “Maybe it’s time to let the old ways die, maybe it’s time.”

The same can be said about singlestream recycling, no longer working, but yet we still do it. We place all recyclables in a separate container every week, only to have it carted off to the same incinerator as our trash. Municipalities and large commercial enterprises still go through the delusionary motions of having a meaningful and successful recycling program in place.

We continue to participate in this broken system, unwilling to make the changes that would actually make a

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difference. Stakeholders preach about the need to preserve the consumers’ current habits of recycling so that once single-stream recycling becomes profitable again all will be fine.

That’s like waiting for rotary phones to make a comeback. Certain things are just not going to happen ever again. Surprise, surprise, not everything your mother told you turned out to be true. One day you realize that Santa Claus does not slip down the chimney and leave gifts under the tree, that the tooth fairy does not magically leave money under your pillow, and now it’s time to stop believing that the items inside our green bins are actually being recycled.

The lyrics once again start repeating in my head, “Maybe it’s time to let the old ways die….’

Here in South Florida, Waste Management is making a lot of money keeping the recycle charade going. Nationally our current political elite would like to keep the old power structure in place just the same. Both holding on to the goose that lays the golden egg, while so many Americans are struggling to get by, working two jobs, still not making ends meet. But don’t dare mention free education or talk about alternative solutions, don’t dare look for something new, just keep believing in the old ways. It’s too hard

to change those old habits, and just takes a lot to try.

Let’s face it, the old ways are no longer working, and those who are profiting are just not ready to let go. Some cities here in South Florida are seeking new alternatives to deal with recycling. Glass, cardboard, and aluminum still have viable markets, so why not limit recycling programs to just the items that are still marketable?

Why pay more to have plastics and soiled non-recyclables carted away to an incinerator or quite possibly a landfill rather than limiting their usage in our society? Hopefully Wilton Manors will take a fresh new look at some alternatives, similar to the cities of Sunrise, Deerfield Beach and others. Dealing with all the plastic straws getting trashed during Happy Hour up and down Wilton Drive is a start, but is only a drop in the bucket. We must emphasis the other ‘R’s in the equation and begin to reuse and reduce far much more now that easy single-stream recycling no longer works for us. Creating change, altering old habits and initiating a new direction takes an enormous leap of faith, but faith in the future will only make life just better here. WMG

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We Are the Solution

By James Oaksun resources, and creation of resilient communities – things that (in my opinion anyway) South Florida needs in spades.

We don’t look at things and believe we are doomed – quite the contrary! In fact, I could argue that the summation of individual and community actions, bit by bit, can roll up to a vast regional and national impact, once a critical mass is achieved.

How would that work? Well consider three things we can do, starting right away, to work within the residential real estate ownership process to drive that sort of change:

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What’s in your garage/carport? Around 80 percent of single family homes in Broward County have either a garage or a carport. How many of these have an electric car charging station? It would cost $1,000 or so to put one in if there’s already electric service. And we know the typical car trip in Broward is about three miles – perfect for an electric car.

This would be an easy – and green – property differentiator in a market gone a bit squishy.

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How old is that house? The typical single family home in Broward is 40 years old. At their time of construction, energy efficiency was not a prime consideration. But now the aging of the housing stock, and the understanding of impacts of electricity production on our environmentally fragile surroundings, presents opportunity

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A flood zone?! Perhaps one day there will be a tech fix for sea level rise. However, to date Poseidon has not yielded to such efforts. Make it easy on yourself (or at least on your wallet). Avoid the flood zones. Let someone with a deeper pocket be on that risk.

What are some of your ideas? What can we do here, ourselves, regardless of what happens in DC, to use real estate to build a better and more resilient community? WMG James Oaksun, Florida’s Real Estate Geek(SM), is BrokerOwner of New Realty Concepts in Oakland Park. In addition to having degrees from Dartmouth and Cornell, he is a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (GRI).

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I was hoping, by now, to have the Ultimate Answer to a critical question, namely: is there a way to predict (or at least suggest) when a major real estate market correction is imminent?

The answer has, to date, eluded my analytical rigor. But I am still looking. There are, fortunately, many other real estate questions on which I can opine that will not only give you a better understanding of the market here in South Florida, but will also (ideally) make you a better informed citizen of our community.

We now find the 2020 campaign for President in full swing.

There are so many candidates already, the debate stage is going to look like Wilton Drive the night before one of those big LGBT cruises leaves port.

But here’s the thing. All these people – talented and sincere as they may be – are pushing “top-down� solutions to our problems. And yes, many situations do require that. But there’s also a risk in that – namely, that nothing gets done until there are the votes, until after the compromises, until after things make their way back down through the bureaucracy.

Here in South Florida, though, there are things we can do in a “bottom-up� manner to affect and improve our real estate market, our communities, and our lifestyle that are not contingent on shifting political winds. We don’t need to wait.

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We Need Safety on The Drive

During construction on Wilton Drive this past winter, care was not taken to help pedestrians navigate the challenging terrain. Many could be seen climbing through construction areas and ducking under hazard tape into the street amidst oncoming traffic.

Despite often frequenting the Drive these past months, not once did I see any town personnel assigned to help the pedestrian. It surely would have been a sad memorial to Greg Futchi if visitors were hurt because of this lack of supervision.

Doug Blevins and Norm Kent and others will have opinions -both positive and negative-about the work being done, but let’s all agree that of the millions being spent, some should be directed to putting police officers on foot in the neighborhood when safety demands it.

Becoming Clean, Green, and Resilient!

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Despite opinions to the contrary, we can say for sure that climate change, rising seas, and increasing extreme weather events are real. And let’s face it, we are the Island City. As such, we are subject to tides, flooding, extreme weather, and increasingly high temperatures. As city officials, it is our job to plan to keep our infrastructure - like underground water and sewer pipes, roads, and other city assets - sound and resistant to the impacts of climate change.

At the same time, we need to do our part to reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere, which greatly contribute to our climate-related problems. We must also encourage and assist our residents and businesses to do the same, simultaneously. In achieving reliance, we need to lessen or avoid wherever possible the impact on normal business operations, and we can’t bust the budget to achieve these goals.

It’s a big job, especially for a small city like Wilton Manors, but I’m proud to share that we are on it. In February, the City Commission gave the Joint Wilton Manors-Oakland Park Climate Action Plan (CAP) the final stamp of approval.

The Joint CAP identifies seven ambitious goals to adapt our cities to the impacts of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The plan also identifies an emissions reduction goal: 1 percent per year, for the next decade.

To our knowledge, this collaboration between two adjacent cities is the first of its kind, and it makes perfect sense.

Most people have no idea where Wilton Manors ends and Oakland Park starts, and our shared roads and waterways are logical areas for collaboration.

So what comes next? Measuring our greenhouse gas emissions, through an inventory, will provide baseline numbers by which to measure our reductions. We expect that the inventory will show that the single highest source of emissions will be residential and commercial energy in the form of electricity.

Finding ways to reduce consumption of electricity, as well as utilizing alternative energy sources, will be on the radar for the coming year. And once the city has a municipal plan for emissions reduction, we’ll be looking at a comprehensive program for incentivizing our residents and businesses to do their part too. We’ve already begun by offering ridesharing discounts, encouraging visitors and residents alike to leave their cars at home.

Other city incentives include rebates for low flow toilets, adopting the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, and two electric vehicle charging stations.

“Life’s just better here” in Wilton Manors because of the clean and green trajectory of our city. We certainly owe it to ourselves and our city’s future to keep moving forward on this path, and I am thankful our neighbors, city commission, city staff, and businesses share this as a community value. Or in other words, as my colleague Vice Mayor Tom Green likes to say, “Life’s Just Greener Here.”

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Colohatchee Park Parking Expansion Plans Move Forward Commissioner Rolli expresses concerns over funding of project

By Sallie James A plan to expand parking at Colohatchee Colohatchee Park is currently undergoing Park will cost $1.38 million and displace a $500,00 renovation. The city has added several residents whose adjacent rental units an eight-foot-wide walking track, fitness will be demolished to make way for more stations and expanded the dog park. A cars. ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for Park-goers currently have to park at 10 a.m. on March 30th. The park also 1975 NE 15 Ave. and walk the length of two has restrooms, a basketball court, a sand football fields on a raised volleyball court, a playground boardwalk to access the park, and a pavilion. which is popular place for Wilton Manors resident “This is the only dog-walking. and retiree Lou Papa visits physical way we “We are doing something the park almost daily and that will benefit the people said the added parking would be able of this city virtually forever and renovations will be to get another and so it is a very, very wise wonderful. investment I think,” said Vice “I think this is one of entrance, a much Mayor Tom Green. “This is (the city’s) treasures. I think better entrance the only physical way we it’s great they are doing this would be able to get another renovation. A lot of people into the park.” entrance, a much better use the park, and a lot more - Tom Green entrance into the park.” will use it when they are Vice Mayor City commissioners voted done,” Papa said.

4-0 on March 12 to approve But now city resident the purchase of two fourplexes at 2101 and David Ross, 70, isn’t sure where he will 2109 NE 14th Ave. to build a new 30-space live. The retired nurse has lived in his oneparking lot and add some park amenities. bedroom apartment at 2109 NE 14th Ave. for Commissioner Gary Resnick was absent six years and will have to move. He is hoping but had previously voiced support for the to access senior housing. proposal. The existing parking lot on 15th “The landlord never said anything,” said Avenue only has 24 parking spots.

Ross, who is disabled. “If they turn this into

Wilton Manors resident and senior citizen David Ross was upset to learn about the pending sale of the two fourplexes that will be razed to add more parking for Colohatchee Park. Ross rents a one-bedroom apartment in one of the buildings and is worried he won’t be able to find affordable housing nearby. He said his landlord hasn’t notified the tenants that their buildings have a buyer.

Wilton Manors resident Lou Papa, who visits Colohatchee Park almost daily, thinks the addition of expanded parking and the current renovation of Colohatchee Park is a great thing and will make the park accessible to many more people.

a parking lot, this street is going to be crazy.

People walk their dogs back here.”

Ross was aware his building could be sold because he pays his rent on a monthto-month basis. But finding somewhere affordable to live is difficult, he said.

The two fourplexes face each other across a grassy courtyard with patio tables and ornamental trees in a tranquil neighborhood where residents ride bicycles and ducks nest in among the shrubs.

Ross said nearby residents will be upset with an increase in car traffic.

The city plans to purchase the property with a two-year bridge loan from the city’s Water & Sewer Utility Fund.

“The two years will allow staff to explore alternative funding sources for this land purchase which could include grant funding, reimbursement from a potential future bond

issue, or other sources that are unidentified at this time,” said Patrick Cann, Director of the Leisure Services Department, in a March 12 memo to city commissioners. “Should no alternate funding be found within the two year period, the internal loan would be refinanced by a commercial bank loan.”

Commissioner Paul Rolli supported the parking expansion but said the city should find a better way to finance the project.

“I have significant issues in using the water fund in financing the purchase,” Rolli said. “Our water bills continue to increase and we continue to transfer money from the water fund to the general fund and that artificially keeps the millage rate from rising.

We do not have an overall master plan for the city and continue to use a piecemeal process and do what we call economic development.”

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On March 2 at The Pride Center at Equality Park, the community gathered to show eachother what they're made of. The Flea Market returns every first saturday of the month.

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FAITH & PRIDE spirituality

Words of hope “Our heart felt sympathy goes to our brothers and sisters in the Muslim community in New Zealand. Such acts of hate and violence impacts us globally. The Golden Rule in all our faiths talks of loving one another. We as faith based people need to step up our prayers but put hands and feet to them by being more proactive in all areas of Social Justice.”

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Holy Angels Catholic Community 2917 NE 6th Avenue Wilton Manors, FL 33334 954-633-2987 - HolyAngelsFL.net Sunday Mass at 11AM Christ Lutheran Church 1955 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale. 33306 (954) 564-7673 - christlutheranfl.org pastordeborah@christlutheranfl.org Worship: Sunday 10:00am

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As followers of Jesus, we must speak against the intimidation and murder of people who believe differently.

We are called to unite when mosques and synagogues and churches are attacked. It is our moral duty to pray with urgency for this violence to end.

In MCC we value theological diversity. Our Statement of Faith proclaims “...We don’t all believe exactly the same things. And yet in the midst of our diversity, we build community…”

We must partner with our interfaith siblings to assure we are all safe when we worship. We cannot be silent when intimidation tactics that forecast harm or use of force are issued by nations, political leaders, or local bullies. Written and verbal threats, including hate messages of graffiti, can escalate into physical violence and often have lasting emotional pain on the victims.

Our faith is not passive. It is more than a reflection on the latest terror attack. Our faith calls us to respond and MCC will continue to speak out against violence and discrimination in whatever the form it may take.

We must take courage and be the leaders God calls us to be.

We are called to unite when mosques and synagogues and churches are attacked.

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Rest in Peace Rev. Ford ❧

Kevin Konkle Peralta – He was the first LGBT minister I ever communicated with... Via a brand new thing called the Internet, many years ago. I was a scared Pentecostal married pastor, finally realizing I was gay. He made a difference for me. Well done.

Gail Tapscott – His like will not be seen again. He was a great Interfaith colleague and a valued friend. I participated in his big Christmas Eve services at the Broward Center for many years. A giant of ministry for sure.

Brendan Y. Boone – Oh No. I am so sorry to hear this! Thank you Grant Lynn Ford for being Love and Light to so many of us through the years. May the witness of your life, work and ministry find a way to continue to live through us all. You will be missed! Our loss is certainly heaven’s gain!

George Rick Stofer – I don’t think Grant really realized how many lives he touched. I certainly was one. I don’t think I could have made it through the AIDS Pandemic without his strong and loving guidance. I would say, “Rest in Peace,” but I’m sure he is already busy in the next world. Thank you for your pastoral care to all of us who attended the Sunshine Cathedral!

Wayne Besen – I’m sorry to hear this sad news. Grant was an extraordinary pastor. It was my great honor to work with him on a few LGBT advocacy projects.

He was always a wise statesman for our community and touched many souls. I’ll never forget this amazing man.

Noah Kitty – He was a tremendous leader, and a blessing to all. May his name be for a blessing.

Bill Collins – Sad news - he was the staple to our church back in the day. Gosh he will be missed.

Peter Meng – I am terribly saddened by the passing of this loving and caring man of God. He was amazingly inspirational and humorous at the same time. He will be truly missed by all that met him.

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Grant Lynn Ford Dies Long time reverend was a staple in Fort Lauderdale Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins Sunshine Cathedral

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t is with a heavy heart that I must announce the transition of the Right Reverend Grant Lynn Ford from this experience of life to the

next.

We will miss our friend, and as he would want, we also rejoice in the knowledge that his journey is not over but continues on another plane. He will undoubtedly keep us in his prayers in realms beyond, and we will remember him in ours.

Grant would have been 80 next month. My last moment with him was sacramental. It was on Ash Wednesday when I imposed Glitter Ashes on his brow and performed the Sacramental Rite of Anointing.

It was preceded by an hour of chatting and joking, which was always requisite with Grant.

Grant occupied multiple sacred spaces: Pentecostal, Sacramental, and New Thought. He blended them with joy and offered his hybrid spirituality freely to all who might benefit. Even in his rehab facility, he was offering prayer and pastoral guidance to the staff even as he tickled them with one liners and mirthful zingers.

He continued to be proud of Sunshine Cathedral.

He was the pastor of the Cathedral for 22 years and after moving to Northern Florida and then Texas, he returned home to Fort Lauderdale and began his ministry as the Senior Minister Emeritus. As such, he reminded me of successes of the past, celebrated with me the successes of the present, and encouraged me for the road leading ahead.

My primary task in this moment is to share with the multitudes who loved Grant that his body no longer houses his essence. Let us grieve each in our own way, but let us in our grieving also remember happy times.

Laughter always blessed our dear friend, and will do so still.

We wish comfort and strength for Grant’s daughter, Terri, and for all his family and friends, near and far.

Goodbye, dear one. Rest in peace; Rise in glory.

Amen.

He was a pastor for the church but a mentor and a marvel for the entire lgbt community of greater fort lauderdale for decades.

- Norm Kent Publisher, SFGN

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ometimes it takes two or three listens to appreciate and erase from the mind any pre-conceived ideas of what you were hoping for from an artist. That was the case with me on Ladytron’s latest self-titled sixth full length studio album, where they seem to have cornered the market on music to party to during the apocalypse.

It is never a good idea to go into an album and expect the result to live up to the greatness of the past -- for example, Ladytron’s near perfect “The Witching Hour” (2005) that still feels fresh to this day. The last two albums (Velocifero - 2008 and Gravity The Seducer -2011) fell a little short, missing some of the power and magic that they are capable of conjuring up.

On Ladytron (I wish they would have picked another album title) things heat up at a fast clip on starter track “Until The Fire” as it references the apropos album cover art of a hastily abandoned car, and a couple clasping hands, running, not away from a forest fire, but instead towards the flames, defying all rhyme or reason -I suspect symbolizing mankind’s current logic free trajectory. The lyrics “Oh we hang on the wire and the walls get higher, just until the fire catches them,” capture a state of high anxiety which they play with throughout this album.

The path clears a little with second single, “The Island,” as it cleverly borrows a similar beat from Carley Simon’s “Why” and encapsulates us with glistening expansive analogue synths, creating a world that feels like comforting melancholy -- if that is a thing.

I always felt that The Druids would have loved Ladytron and blasted the classic, “Destroy Everything We Touch” at Stonehenge if they had had the chance. In an alternate universe, if Cersei Lannister and Arya Stark from Game Of

Thrones were real people, this would be their favorite band. Gollum from Lord Of The Rings would have them on his favorite playlist as well. Ladytron flirt with a dichotomy between darkness and light as well as good and evil, that is unique to synth pop music.

As we travel further into Ladytron’s labyrinth we encounter, “The Animals” with a must see short film directed by Fernando Nogari. Founding member Daniel Hunt who currently lives in Brazil, describes the video as a love letter to São Paulo. Look for it on Youtube.

“The Animals” along with most of their music, showcases their ability to dabble in a kind of folk futurism, with complex harmonies that remind a little of The Mammas and The Pappas or a kind of twisted electro Scarboro Fair. I would love for them to do a cover of “California Dreaming.”

Lastly, I have to mention two outstanding tracks, “Deadzone” and “Run,” which would have fit just fine on a classic 80’s soundtrack.

Particularly on “Run” (should have been twice as long), there is a little bit of John Carpenter and Vangelis in it. Arpeggiated heaven? Yes. There is missing a little bit of guitar grit and drive on throwaway tracks like the cluttered “Tower Of Glass” and “Paper Highways.” Some of the production feels inconsistent, lacking a bit of punch and the vocals on “Tower Of Glass” seem slightly muffled. Ladytron the album, is a grower, not a shower, and contains a lot more depth and nuance on repeated listens.

In an alternate universe, if Cersei Lannister and Arya Stark from Game Of Thrones were real people, this would be their favorite band.

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John Bata is a local DJ/music producer, writer, artist, photographer. He currently lives in Wilton Manors.

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How do you deal with your anger?

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he monkey could have been any age. I was five. I had a small box of raisins in my left hand, and, in my right, a handful of raisins, extended to the bars of his cage. When the monkey grabbed the box, instead of those offered, we both started screaming in anger. Neither of us would let go of the box of raisins. They were mine, I yelled. My parents anxiously broke up the fight, but I have, forever since, angrily responded to injustice. “He had no right.” I’ve also learned to let go, or suffer.

A few years later, when I was president of my all-boy, high school, senior class, I learned an important lesson about anger from a friend who was sitting in the bleachers in front of me. I had announced a mandatory, after school assembly of my 200 classmates to teach them our competitive, school Field Day routine. When I saw that less than half the class was there, I started complaining angrily about how hard I had worked on a program to help seniors win the day. Terry calmly counseled in a low voice, “But, we’re here. Work with us.” Why take your anger out on people who have done nothing to deserve it?

Focus on what you can do positively with others.

When the Miami television station flew me in to debate the head of Anita Bryant’s conversion program, I went to dinner with the allegedly former homosexual the night before. During our theological discussion, I learned that it upset him when he was challenged to be inclusive of women in his biblical references. The next day, knowing that my unfeigned “Mr. Rogers” demeanor might open hearts, I calmly stated my case on why homosexuality was part of God’s plan.

John, Anita’s spokesperson, was asked to explain his theology. When he began with, “God made man,” I interjected, “and woman.” John lost his cool, his focus, and the Miami television audience. The lesson learned was that anger unnecessarily scares people. If you want to create bridges of understanding, don’t express yourself in an angry way. If you can get your opponent to say things angrily, the audience will find the individual unlikeable.

In my Irish Catholic childhood, my dear, saintly mother, insisted on “Peace at any price,” particularly at the dinner table, in the car on family vacations, and most certainly in public. When she got angry at one of us because of our misbehavior, she stepped back and called my father into the situation. When she got angry at my father, she either went to church to pray, or to the grocery store for a head of lettuce.

We ate a lot of salad. The modeling I got there was to step back, and away, when you’re too angry to express yourself peacefully.

Recently on Facebook, I posted successive descriptions of my daily encounters with conservatives, the first with two, very young Mormon or Baptist missionaries who rang our gate bell to see if I believed in the Bible, and to read a passage to me.

The second was with two men the next day in the produce section of Publix, one wearing a red baseball cap that read

“Trump and Jesus Forever.” The other, when asked whether he’d like his male family members to grow up and behave like Donald Trump, bragging about “grabbing pussy,” countered with the name, “Jussie Smollett.”

The young missionaries were met with kindness, but a clear understanding that gay people, such as myself, didn’t feel welcome in conservative Christian churches, despite the basic two themes of the Bible, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” and “As you judge, so shall you be judged.” It was a very hot day, so I offered them bottled water, but they politely declined and disappointedly moved on.

I left alone the old man with the offensive baseball cap message. People like him are unable to hear why their behavior is inappropriate. But, the other man, who said he was raised by liberal parents, had gay family members and friends, and gave me his card because he wanted me to buy his newly-created dog food, later that day received from me an e-mail in which I explained why his counterpoint reference to Jussie Smollett was very offensive to me as a gay man, and would be, I suggested, to his gay family members and friends if they were aware of what he said. He replied with an apology, and an invitation to get together to talk.

“How do you deal with your anger?” a Facebook friend asked me after reading the posts.

I get angry, the intensity of which depends upon how tired, hungry, and feeling overwhelmed I am. I can get angry at the behaviors of my husband, the dog, family and friends, Academy Award voters and recipients, the UPS driver, the

Staying angry is, as is commonly said, like drinking poison hoping it kills the other person.

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person ahead of me in line who looks for the exact change, TV commentators, radio talk show hosts, and myself for forgetting I had something in a pan, simmering, but now burning on the stove.

Ray and I apologize quickly if we unskillfully express our anger. I’m also quick to apologize to anyone I feel should have been spoken to more kindly. I’ve learned to breathe, to step back, and to try to understand the other person’s perspective.

Flashes of anger, particularly at minor injustices, are normal. Feeding anger with the reasons you have a right to be angry, does no one any good. Staying angry is, as is commonly said, like drinking poison hoping it kills the other person. Life is way too short and unpredictable to waste time with negative feels that have detrimental effects on your entire body, and that of others.

There are many times, especially at this moment in history, with our instant daily awareness of the cruelty taking place all around us, when not being angry would indicate a withered heart. An unending battle against the threatening behaviors of others, either toward ourselves or toward other marginalized people, animals, or nature, must be uppermost in our lives if we have any sense of decency. The trick is to fight like hell against the behavior of others, and not against their malfunctioning souls. It’s also to realize that anger is a useful weapon if handled with care. Nothing is achieved if we selfdestruct in the name of love.

Anger must sometimes be released, like a box of raisins, in order to engage injustice another day. And, our anger must be controlled, sometimes by a trip to the grocery store for a head of lettuce, so that it doesn’t permanently wound ourselves or others.

Brian McNaught has been a leading educator on LGBTQ issues globally since 1974. He has made his many books and DVDs available for free at Brian-McNaught.com. The New York Times named him “The Godfather of gay diversity training.”

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First Impressions & Second Chances What the Pho impressed me on a second go around Rick Karlin

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y mother used to say, you never get a second chance to give a first impression. That’s certainly true when it comes to restaurants. I love Vietnamese food. When I was in Chicago, I lived next to Little Saigon and we’d head over for a fulfilling (and cheap) meal at least twice a week.

When we moved to Wilton Manors the serves two as an appetizer or, as I chose to closest Vietnamese restaurant was all the do, one as an entrée. way up on Commercial near A1A. So, I was My husband thoroughly enjoyed the very excited when What the Pho opened caramel tofu (also available with a variety on the Drive in 2015. My first visit to the of meat options), which featured a just restaurant was disappointing sweet enough teriyaki-like (the service was inept and rude sauce coating silky tofu and an and the pho watery) so I didn’t abundance of fresh vegetables, go back. served with a choice of brown We recently had a friend in or white rice. Our friend from out of town and she wanted loved her lemongrass chicken to go to What the Pho. So, being with vegetables, served atop 2033 Wilton Dr., the good host, I dutifully took a generous portion of rice Wilton Manors her there, not expecting much. noodles. Winter rolls featured I was pleasantly surprised. Our grilled pork and vegetables in service was not only attentive deep fried rice paper wrappers.

954-870-6060 and friendly, but also efficient Everything was so delicious and well-trained, quite a change that I look forward to going back from my previous visit. again soon. I want to sample the whatdapho.net I began my meal with banh Huey Special, a bowl-style meal xeo, a crepe made with egg featuring stir-fried meat and and rice flour that is paper thin and folded vegetables topped with a portion of spring around an assortment of fresh veggies and roll and dumpling. We may even stop in for shrimp. It is served with sprigs of fresh basil lunch and check out the bahn mi, Vietnam’s and lettuce leaves. Not only was it perfectly version of the sub sandwich, and a delicacy I prepared, but also reasonably priced. It easily really miss.

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Side Dishes The Balcony, the New Orleans-style restaurant on Las Olas, has launched a new menu and is offering a “buy one entrée, get one 50 percent off” special, available Monday, March 25 through Thursday, March 28. Among the new dishes are; vegetable dumplings, coconut crusted shrimp, lobster bisque, seared ahi tuna salad, oyster po’boy and Carolina BBQ shrimp and cheese grits. For more information about The Balcony and its new menu, visit www.thebalconylasolas.com or call 754-200-6344.

Bombay Darbar of Miami has opened a second location at 1521 E Las Olas. The new place is open for lunch and dinner and offers thali style dishes for lunch. For more information, check out the restaurant’s website, bombaydarbar.com.

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“Dear Evan Hansen,” the 2017 Tony Award-winning best musical, arrives at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale for a two-week run. Evan Hansen, an isolated teen who struggles to relate to the people around him, is about to get the one wish he’s always desired: to finally fit in. Ben Levi Ross stars in the rock musical from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (“La La Land,” “Greatest Showman”). Tickets start at $63 at BrowardCenter.org.

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Tickets at OutlandishFL.com.

Palm Beach Opera concludes its 2019 season at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach this weekend with Johann Strauss, Jr.’s opera, “Die Fledermaus.” It’s New Year’s Eve at Prince Orlofsky’s lavish masquerade ball, where Viennese guests waltz, drink, and revel in opulence, blissfully oblivious to an elaborate revenge plan taking place. Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets at PBOpera.org.

Island City Stage presents a reading of “Turning Tables,” two one act plays set in the same apartment 50 years apart by playwright (and SFGN writer) Rick Karlin, tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Wilton Theater Factory, 2304 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors.

Award-winning poet and journalist Gregg Shapiro will narrate. Proceeds benefit the non-profit theater’s operational budget. Tickets are $10 at IslandCityStage.org.

Famed female impersonators Electra and Cacophony Daniels present “Double Divas: A Drag Revue and BINGO!” tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Wick Theatre and Costume Museum, 7901 N. Federal Hwy. in Boca Raton.

This is guaranteed to be one overthe-top evening of gender-bending performances with some crazy “games” thrown in for good measure. Get ready to yell “BINGO!” Tickets start at $65 at TheWick.org.

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een angst has long served as the inspiration for great musical theater.

“The Fantasticks” (1960), “Bye Bye Birdie” (1960), “Hair” (1968) and “Grease” (1971) immediately come to mind. In recent years, there was “Spring Awakening,” the 2006 Tony-winning musical based on an 1891 German play, and “Fun Home,” the 2013 winner inspired by cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel.

“Dear Evan Hansen,” a rock musical with music by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (“La La Land,” “Greatest Showman”) and book by Steven Levenson that took home six Tonys, including best musical in 2017, is the latest blockbuster to play on those familiar themes of adolescence.

The touring production comes to the Broward Center on Tuesday, March 26 for a two-week run starring Ben Levi Ross in the title role.

“There are so many pieces why this show has been such a success,” said Ross in a telephone interview. “The characters are so specific, so real and so flawed. There’s not one person on the stage where you recognize a perfect moral compass. Everyone has their moments of levity and big pitfalls and they deal with them in real and different ways.”

“Dear Evan Hansen” tells the story of a young man with social anxiety disorder who so yearns to make a connection with his peers that he fabricates a relationship with a deceased student.

In a misguided attempt to comfort the boy’s grieving family, Evan pretends that he

was good friends with their son. He fabricates an email account to “prove” their friendship, and when a fake suicide note makes its way online, Evan finds himself the unintended face of a viral video about loneliness and friendship.

Evan is drawn deeper and deeper into the lie and his relationship with his actual mother wanes in comparison to that of his “shiny new” family. He finally lands the girl of his dreams, and, most importantly, he’s no longer invisible.

Eventually, Evan is forced to make a decision: Will he give himself over to the fantasy he’s created, or will he reveal the truth and risk losing everything he’s ever wanted?

“It really is a play with music,” Ross said.

“It’s not an operetta. There is a sturdy book

by Steven Levenson, so audiences can expect a well-constructed story that is riveting and exciting and you never know what’s happening next. The score is beautiful. Benj and Justin are geniuses. The score verges and converges with pop music in a tasteful way that maintains beautiful, intricate, lush musical theater melodies.”

The role has been equally life-changing for Ross, who left his musical theater program at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh to join the Broadway cast as an understudy. He spent 10 months in New York before taking the lead in the first national tour last year and beginning his travels across the country to cities both large and small.

“It’s been a dream come true,” he said.

The national touring production of “Dear Evan Hansen” opens March 26 and runs through April 7 at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets start at $63 at BrowardCenter.org.

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equiem masses for the dead are not generally joyous musical compositions, but a new commission by the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida pairs an uplifting contemporary example of the genre with equally inspired Broadway show tunes and pop music.

The chorus, under the direction of artistic director Harold Dioquino, will present “From the Heavenly to the Divine” on March 29 and 30 at the Sunshine Cathedral and the program is sublime, said the conductor.

The program will open with Scandinavian composer Kim André Arnesen’s “Requiem for Solace,” an arrangement for men’s voices commissioned by the chorus.

“Generally, requiems are written for the dead,” explained Dioquino, “but this composer, an up-and-coming young composer, has reimagined the mass for the living. He has a crossover style, melodic with modern taste and sensibilities…composers sometimes just throw notes around, but he never does.”

The 135 men of the chorus will be joined by guest soprano Lissette Jimenez and the Singing Sons of South Florida, the renowned boys choir, as well as the Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, promising more than just great music. Strings, brass and percussionists will back the performers in

the eight-movement work, which includes a musical setting of an Emily Dickenson poem, “Not in Vain,” and concludes with a moving “We Remember Them.”

Dioquino and the chorus leadership have been working for years to come up with the “right” opportunity to collaborate with both the Singing Sons and Cuban Classical Ballet.

“I’ve been looking forward to this for the longest time,” he said.

Dioquino promised “two concerts in one” as the chorus will return from the intermission with a fun selection of show tunes and pop numbers. The chorus will treat the audience to “A Musical” from the Broadway hit, “Something Rotten,” the imagined birth of musical theater in Elizabethan England; “A Million Dreams” from “The Greatest Showman,” featuring boy soprano Sean Sterling from the Singing Sons; and the rousing “Before the Parade Passes By” from “Hello, Dolly!”

Composer Mark Hayes has created an inspirational medley for men’s voices of two Richard Rodgers songs, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” and the small ensemble Tropical Heat will sing an arrangement of the Elvis Presley hit, “Teddy Bear,” arranged in the style of a Bach fugue by one of Dioquino’s friends in the Philippines.

The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida presents “From the Heavenly to the Divine,” March 29 and 30 at 8 p.m. at the Sunshine Cathedral, 1480 S.W. 9th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.

Tickets start at $40 at GMCSF.org.

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ulf Stream Brewing Company is a craft brewery that opened 6 months ago in Fort Lauderdale on the revitalized area of 13th Street. Even though the brewery has only been open a few months, owners McKay Ferrell and Ty Eriks have over 30 years of brewing experience between the two of them.

They began brewing together almost a decade ago when they lived in the Pacific Northwest. After years of dreaming of opening their own craft brewery, Ty, who had fallen in love with Florida in college, decided to move his family to the Sunshine State. After visiting a few times, McKay and his family also fell in love with the state and made the move themselves. As people who love the outdoors and all that lifestyle has to offer, the decision to move was an easy one.

As soon as everyone was settled, McKay and Ty began their work to follow their passion and open a craft brewery. They literally poured their entire lives into the project. McKay quit his job as a software executive in order to focus solely on the

dream. The brewery tasting room and production facility is a result of hundreds of hours of hard labor that they undertook themselves, placing every brick and plank of wood, right down to the actual bar itself.

It is all hand-crafted, and the attention to detail shows. That attention also presents itself in the beer they make. Their brewery offers several unique flavors, and every flavor is a study in perfection, all the way down to modifying the individual water profile for each style of beer they brew.

McKay and Ty wanted to bring a truly immersive and fun environment where patrons can watch the brewing happening while sampling one of their delicious beers.

The tasting room also has games and offers several weekly events: “Bitchy Bingo” – first and third Tuesdays; Wednesday night Trivia; with live music on Friday and Saturday nights. On-site food trucks satisfy the hunger Wednesday – Sundays.

Gulf Stream Brewing Company provides a unique experience by folks who are passionate about what they do, and it shows.

Gulf Stream Brewing Company is located at 1105 NE 13th Street in Fort Lauderdale. Extra parking is available on NE 12 Avenue. Check out their craft beers and upcoming events at GulfStreamBeer.com.

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*DaVinci & Michelangelo: The Titans Experience

March 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, 3800 NW 11th Place, Lauderhill. This interactive and multimedia performance will take audiences on an aweinspiring journey through the Italian Renaissance. Tick-ets $50. Visit LPACFL.com

*Send in the Queens

Saturday, March 23 at 8 p.m. at the Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth. This annual Drag Show Fundraiser is back by popular demand for the 12th consecutive year! A highend, high-energy drag concert that features a cast of dazzling drag divas. All proceeds will go to benefit the Playhouse. Tickets $35. Visit lakeworthplayhouse. com.

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March 21 to April 21 at the Wilton Theater Factory Mainstage, 2304 Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors. Imagine sitting with your best friend, drinking beers and watching the Oscars on TV when, all of the sudden one of the winners names you as the bully who tormented him and provoked his best friend into committing suicide. That’s only the first few minutes of the explosive play, “From White Plains.” Visit IslandCityS-tage.org for tickets and info.

My One and Only

March 8 to 24 at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, 3800 NW 11th Place, Lauderhill.

A transatlantic aviator flies around the world in pursuit of the love of his life — a championship swimmer being blackmailed by royalty who claims to have compromising pictures of her. Tickets $48 to $58. Visit lpacfl.com.

Friday Night Sound Waves Music Series

Fridays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Hub, Las Olas Boulevard and A1A in Fort Lauderdale.

Enjoy live, outdoor music spanning genres and tributes every Friday evening through November. Free. Visit FridayNightSoundWaves.com

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"Send In The Queens," the annual Drag Show Fundraiser, will be at the Lake Worth Playhouse on Saturday, March 23. Photo via Lake Worth Playhouse, Facebook.

*Portrait of a Queen with Cece Teneal

Sunday, March 24 at 7 p.m. at the Arts Garage, 94 NE 2nd Ave, Delray Beach. a dynamic musical production, created by Cece Teneal & Soul Kamotion, that will have you on the edge of your seats from start-to-finish. This show will energize you with the many life lessons imparted through Aretha Franklin’s 50+ year musical legacy. Tickets $35 to $45.

Visit artsgarage.org.

*Derek Hough Live

Wednesday, April 10 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach. This solo live dance tour features brand-new stage production that sends fans on a journey through a fusion of dance and music. Tickets $39. Visit go.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! Returns in October. Call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayArts.org.

miami-dade county 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 mix-ing the likes of improvisation and sketches. Tickets $12. Call 305-693-8669 or visit JustTheFunny.com.

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Florida Fresh: The Speaker Series At the Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center Phyllis & Harvey Sandler Center, 21050 95th Avenue S., Boca Raton, FL

Monday April 8 2:30 pm

Florida Stories with Professional Storytellers, Caren Neile and Carrie Sue Ayvar

Florida boasts mysterious tales, stretching back more than twelve thousand years. Storyteller and Author Caren Neile, PhD, shares myths, legends and folktales that reflect the diversity of characters and cultures that make Florida such a fascinating place.

See Miami Beach through the eyes of Rose Weiss: Mother of Miami Beach, who transformed it, with persistence and a smile, from a sparsely populated sandbar (where Jews like her could only live in the southernmost tip) into the world famous multicultural metropolis it is today. Carrie Sue Ayvar presents her true story.

Thursday April 11 7:30 pm

The Jews of Key West;

Smugglers, Cigar Makers, and Revolutionaries

with Arlo Haskell

Long before Miami was on the map, Key West had Florida’s largest economy and an influential Jewish community.

Arlo Haskell presents his book, The Jews of Key West, an entertaining and authoritative account of Key West’s Jewish community from 1823-1969. Illustrated with over 100 images, it brings to life a history that had long been forgotten.

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*Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival

Saturday, March 23 at Fort Lauderdale South Beach. We’ll have food trucks, local vendors, tents in the sand and an amazing concert featuring Shaggy, Big Freedia, The Struts, Celebrity Emcee Bianca del Rio, and many more! Register now for the walk & festival, or buy festival tickets for only $25. Visit www. save.LGBT

In Search of Stonewall

Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at the Stonewall National Museum, 2157 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors. This panel discussion will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the 25th anniversary of The Gay & Lesbian Review, which has published a book on the events of 1969 and their aftermath, a collection of essays from the magazine’s first 25 years. Suggested donation of $5. Visit stonewall-museum.org.

Color Adolescent Sunset Art Installation

Friday, March 15 to May 19 at the Art and Culture Center Hollywood, 1650 Harrison Street, Hollywood. a series of site-specific installations by local and national artists and educators who explore discoveries between experimentation and academic practice with lighting, sets, sculpture, and performance.

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.

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.

broward county *Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival

Saturday, March 23 at Fort Lauderdale South Beach. We’ll have food trucks, local vendors, tents in the sand and an amazing concert featuring Shaggy, Big Freedia, The Struts, Celebrity Emcee Bianca del Rio, and many more! Register now for the walk & festival, or buy festival tickets for only $25. Visit www.save.LGBT

*GLLN Happy Hour

Thursday, March 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Suviche, 401 E. Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale.

One free drink per person and free appetizers.

A Tropical Plant Fair at Richardson Park

The 7th annual “A Tropical Plant Fair” presented by the Equality Garden Club will be held at Richardson Park, 1937 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors on Saturday, March 23 from 9

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In Search of Stonewall

Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at the Stonewall National Museum, 2157 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors. This panel discussion will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the 25th anniversary of The Gay & Lesbian Review, which has published a book on the events of 1969 and their aftermath, a collection of essays from the magazine’s first 25 years. Suggested donation of $5. Visit stonewallmuseum.org.

Arts and Crafts Wednesday Happy Hour

Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Arts and Crafts Social Club in Fort Lauderdale.

Enjoy a two-for-one ‘freestyle’ painting session

with hands on assistance as needed. Tickets $20. Visit artsandcraftssocialclub.com

Lunch With Art

Every Wednesday from 12:15 to 1:15 pm at 41 NE st 33060, Pompano Beach. Indulge your creative side in this free hands-on program.

Bring your own lunch or grab a bite to eat at the in-house cafe.

palm beach county *Palm Beaches Prime Timers

Second Saturdays at 3 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth.

An active fraternal and social organization dedicated to bring together mature gay and bisexual men for friendship, activities, support, and personal growth for the best times of our lives. Free. Call 561- 533-9699 or visit CompassGLCC.com.

Joan Osborne

Wednesday, March 20 at 8 p.m. at the Crest Theater, 51 N. Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach.

A multi-platinum selling recording artist and seven time Grammy nominee, the soulful vocalist is a highly sought after collaborator who has performed alongside Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Luciano Pavarotti, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, and Mavis Staples to name a few. Tickets $57 to $77.

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Seals and Crofts 2

Wednesday, March 27 at 8 p.m. at the Crest Theater, 51 N. Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach.

Experience the music of 70s rock duo Seals & Crofts in a whole new way. Hear the hits Summer Breeze, Diamond Girl, and We May Never Pass This Way Again, artfully reimagined with a reverent nod to the past.

Tickets $47 to $57. Visit OldSchoolSquare.com

34th Annual Palm Beach International Boat Show

March 28 to March 31. Attendees will enjoy live music and refreshments at the show’s famous floating cocktail lounges. Guests are invited to come by boat and may tie up to free docks located south of the in-water displays.

Tickets $18 to $52. Visit PBboatshow.com.

Coffee Clatch at Compass

First Monday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon at Compass, 201 N. Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth. A social group focusing on the mature LGBT+ community in Palm Beach County, providing a relaxed environment for meeting friends, discussing interesting topics, and engaging in community projects.

Free to attend, email joekolb@compassglcc. com for details.

Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Sculpture

September 29 to March 31 at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. Organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the thirty works by sixteen artists comprise the first-ever comprehensive exhibition of contemporary Japanese lacquer sculpture. They have all been drawn from the Clark Collections at Mia, the only collection in the world to feature this extraordinary new form. Tickets $9 to $15.

Visit morikami.org.

Family Nights with Food Truck Invasion

Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater, 8802 Boynton Beach Blvd, Boynton Beach. The event features rotating entertainment activities and a large collection of Food Trucks on site! Admission is free.

miami-dade county 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. Tickets $45 to $75. Free.

Visit ArshtCenter.org/en/Visit/Dining.

POZCONNECT Support Group for Gay and Bi Men

Tuesdays from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Pridelines, 6360 NE Fourth Court in Miami. A gay and bi men’s roundtable HIV+ support group. Free.

Call Eddie at 305-571-9601, ext. 105 or visit Pridelines.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 Norbu, will lead classes on learning the foundations of Buddhism. Call 786-529-7137.

key west The Tea Dance After Party

Sundays from 7 p.m. until close at Mangoes, 700 Duval St. Upstairs Ricky Ricardo Room.

Boogie the night away with a little help from delicious drinks, great music and free admission.

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