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Above: Dmitry Logunov and Rene Chalarca, the couple that was attacked. Photo credit: J.R. Davis.

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Attackers in Miami Gay Bashing Charged With Hate Crime

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he four men who attacked a gay couple restroom and then were attacked. Both after Miami Beach Pride on April 7 have suffered cuts and bruises and Chalarca now been charged with a hate crime. suffered an eye injury.

“The four defendants arrested for “We definitely feel some relief that they assaulting two gay individuals during the finally took some action and we may feel Gay Pride Parade on South much safer,” Logunov, 32, Beach last month were charged said. “As part of our emotional today with hate-crime related rehabilitation we were advised felony offenses. I commend to visit public places, but we go the investigative work of the only to gay events…regular bars @MiamiBeachPD & my Hate and restaurants still make me Crimes Unit prosecutors in this anxious. Life is getting back to case,” State Attorney Katherine normal and we are becoming Fernandez Rundle wrote on happy like we were. Hopefully it Twitter. “Due to my office filing won’t take much time to recover hate-crime related enhanced completely.” felony offenses against the The attack was caught on 4 defendants charged in the camera and the suspects later SoBe assault during Gay Pride surrendered themselves to the Parade, my prosecutor’s Motion Miami Beach Police Department for Increased Bond granted through an attorney. They - Dmitry Logunov today. Defendants taken into are Juan C. Lopez, 21; Luis M. custody & new bond of 75K w/ Alonso Piovet, 20; Adonis Diaz, GPS house arrest set on all.”

21; and Parblo Reinaldo Romo-Figuero, 21.

The two victims, Rene Chalarca and All four were charged with three counts of MEMBER Dmitry Logunov were called faggots in aggravated battery.

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Office has filed hate-crime related enhanced felony charges against these four attackers,” said Miami Beach City Commissioner Michael Gongora. “Our community must stand up against hate and attacks against any individual based upon them being a member of our LGBT community will not be tolerated. Justice will be served.”

A third person, Helmut Estrada, attempted to assist Chalarca and Logunov and was also attacked during the altercation and injured.

Recently Estrada was given an award from the City Commission for his bravery.

“He saw two individuals being attacked and was compelled to intervene. Helmut’s efforts helped stop the attack but not before he himself was injured requiring a visit to the hospital and staples in his scalp,” Gongora said. “The City of Miami Beach Medallion is a special honor usually reserved for acts of bravery, heroism and other significant contributions to our city. Helmut’s selfless act of defense warrants this honor and his stepping up and doing the right thing is even more special since he is straight and helped defend two gay victims from an attack related to their sexuality.”

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Interim Memorial Opens at Pulse Photo credit: onePULSE Foundation, via Facebook.

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he onePULSE Foundation opened the Pulse Interim Memorial to the public with a dedication ceremony May 8.

The foundation was joined by Pulse victims’ family members, survivors, first responders and community leaders for a dedication that opened with Pulse survivor Brian Reagan singing “Hallelujah” and included a bilingual opening prayer from Rev. Stanley Ramos, a dedication blessing from Orlando Health chaplains Phyllis Fitzwater and Jason O’Rourke, a video message from survivors and family members and a musical performance of “Together Again” by entertainer Tymisha Harris.

Eric Crittenden, onePULSE Foundation’s board chairman, spoke to the crowd saying that the Pulse Interim Memorial dedication not only marked a special place in Central Florida history, but also in American history.

“This moment of rebirth is an affirmation of the resilience of which the United States is known,” Crittenden said. “We will not, and we did not, be kowtowed to an act of mass hatred or terrorism.”

Founder and CEO of onePULSE Foundation and owner of Pulse nightclub, Barbara Poma spoke at the dedication thanking the Pulse families, survivors and first responders for their continued support in the memorial process.

“Their willingness to come to meetings and give their input, even in their toughest moments making hard decisions, is a true reflection of the love and understanding they have for this important journey,” Poma said.

The process for creating the interim memorial design was led by Kody Smith, Christina Hite and Greg Bryla, of the landscape architecture firm of Dix.Hite + Partners, and David Stone of Phil Kean Design, all of who worked closely with onePULSE Foundation’s memorial task force.

“They labored over every detail to make sure it was respectful, dignified, cost efficient, impactful and most of all reflective of our community,” Poma said of the design team.

“Everything you will experience here is intentional. It has purpose. It is because of their love and compassion for all those affected by the tragedy.”

Rial Jones and Chris Contino of Jones Clayton Construction Photo credit: onePULSE Foundation, via Facebook.

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led the two month construction of the interim memorial which converted the Pulse property into a memorial park.

Poma thanks Jones and Contino for their care of Pulse and for recognizing that this was not just another property.

“This is sacred ground and they treated it as such. Thank you both for taking such good care of Pulse,” she said.

The Pulse Interim Memorial contains photographs of the community after the Pulse tragedy affixed to a paneled wall that surrounds the Pulse nightclub. The photos were all selected by Chief Curator Pam Schwartz and her team at

the Orange County Regional History Center. Several of the panels are clear, allowing visitors to look in at the building itself. On the wall near the nightclub’s front entrance is a panel listing the victims’ names.

The park’s landscaping, the sycamore trees, the bench bases and an electronic guest book kiosk were all among the items and services donated for the memorial. The now iconic Pulse sign has been enhanced with message boards attached to its base for visitors to write notes.

“The list is so long of people who just wanted to be a part of this. It is so reflective of Orlando’s reaction,” Poma said. “It is utterly heartwarming how everyone still wants to be a part of what happens here. The people of Orlando, they love their city. They love their people. We are family.”

The interim memorial is open to the public while planning and design of the permanent memorial are underway. The Foundation’s Design and Construction Committee, led by Vicki Berman, reviewed and approved the interim design, and will soon begin efforts to oversee the design of the permanent memorial and museum.

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BSO Captain Faces Possible Punishment Over ‘Homophobic’ Facebook Post Michael d’Oliveira

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roward Sheriff Scott Israel says BSO Captain Ira Goldberg is under investigation by the department for a social media post that has been branded “homophobic” by a local gay Republican.

On May 6, Goldberg, head of BSO’s Community Outreach, made the comment in question on Gilbert Montalvo’s Facebook page.

“Gilbert, it’s truly sad you have to hire people to come help your protest. I hope you offered them money instead of sexual favors.

Those men deserve better.” Montalvo, a gay man who is a Republican committeeman and vice president of the Broward Log Cabin Republicans, has called Goldberg’s comment “homophobic” and wants to see Goldberg fired. Asked if SFGN would be able to interview Goldberg, Israel said no.

“He should be fired. This man is in charge of community outreach. He’s obviously a homophobic person,” said Montalvo of Goldberg.

Shortly after Goldberg wrote his first comment, he told Montalvo he didn’t care who he told about it. “I won’t be deleting anything. I stand by what I say. Call the media,” wrote Goldberg.

“This man is drunk with power. It’s called narcissism,” Montalvo said. He added that Goldberg has since deleted his comments.

“When we become a more tolerant community, we become a safer community. We respect people with dignity and that’s who I am.”

- Scott Israel

Broward County Sheriff

In an interview with SFGN, Israel said he had seen the post and directed Internal Affairs to investigate. “Maybe down the road I’ll be able to speak to you more in depth,” said Israel, who declined to comment further.

Israel did say that his department was working to bring all of Broward’s communities together, including the LGBT community. “When we become a more tolerant community, we become a safer community. We respect people with dignity and that’s who I am.”

According to BSO’s social media policy, “Employees are prohibited from disseminating content that is inconsistent with the duties, conduct and responsibilities of a Broward Sheriff’s Office employee including content that could be reasonably interpreted as having an adverse affect upon department morale, discipline, operations, safety of staff, or perception of the public.”

The policy goes on to include a prohibition on unprofessional and derogatory comments, including those that are of a sexual nature.

“All tend to undermine the public trust and confidence required by employees of the Broward Sheriff’s Office,” reads the policy.

The penalty for violating the policy includes disciplinary action, including possible termination of employment. SFGN 5.16.2018 •

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What is TRUVADA for PrEP?

Who should not take TRUVADA for PrEP?

TRUVADA for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a prescription medicine that is used together with safer sex practices to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex.

This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1. To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about your sexual health.

Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to prevent getting HIV. Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with body fluids. Never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fluids on them.

Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: ® Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status. If you are HIV-1 positive, you need to take other medicines with TRUVADA to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time. ® Also take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

Serious side effects of TRUVADA may also include: ® Kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your kidneys before and during treatment with TRUVADA. If you develop kidney problems, your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking TRUVADA. ® Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat. ® Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. ® Bone problems, including bone pain, softening, or thinning, which may lead to fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones.

Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP are stomach-area (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.

What is the most important information I should know about TRUVADA for PrEP? Before taking TRUVADA for PrEP: ® You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-negative. ® Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected. If you have flu-like symptoms, you could have recently become infected with HIV-1. Tell your healthcare provider if you had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting or at any time while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin.

While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: ® You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1. ® You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP: ® Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. ® If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider right away. ® To further help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1: ® Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners. ® Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV to infect you. ® Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as having fewer sex partners. ® Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection. ® If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.

TRUVADA can cause serious side effects: ® Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. If you have HBV and stop taking TRUVADA, your HBV may suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to monitor your health.

What are the other possible side effects of TRUVADA for PrEP?

What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking TRUVADA for PrEP? ® All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis. ® If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TRUVADA can harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while taking TRUVADA for PrEP, talk to your healthcare provider to decide if you should keep taking TRUVADA. ® If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If you become HIV-positive, HIV can be passed to the baby in breast milk. ® All the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. TRUVADA may interact with other medicines. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. ® If you take certain other medicines with TRUVADA, your healthcare provider may need to check you more often or change your dose. These medicines include certain medicines to treat hepatitis C (HCV) infection.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Please see Important Facts about TRUVADA for PrEP including important warnings on the following page.

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I’m irresistible, not irresponsible.

I know who I am. And I make choices that fit my life.

TRUVADA for PrEP™ is a once-daily prescription medicine that can help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 when taken every day and used together with safer sex practices. ® TRUVADA for PrEP is only for adults who are at high risk of getting HIV through sex. ® You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP.

Ask your doctor about your risk of getting HIV-1 infection and if TRUVADA for PrEP may be right for you.

Learn more at truvada.com

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IMPORTANT FACTS

This is only a brief summary of important information about taking TRUVADA for PrEPTM (pre-exposure prophylaxis) to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection. This does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your medicine.

(tru-VAH-dah) MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP Before starting TRUVADA for PrEP: • You must be HIV-1 negative. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-1 negative.

• Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include flu-like symptoms, tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin. Tell your healthcare provider if you have had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting TRUVADA for PrEP. While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: • You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1.

• You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you think you were exposed to HIV-1 or have a flu-like illness while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. • If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.

• See the “How To Further Reduce Your Risk” section for more information.

TRUVADA may cause serious side effects, including: • Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. If you have HBV, your HBV may suddenly get worse if you stop taking TRUVADA. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health regularly for several months.

ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA for PrEP is a prescription medicine used together with safer sex practices to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex. This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1.

• To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about your sexual health.

Do NOT take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: • Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status.

• Take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection.

HOW TO TAKE TRUVADA FOR PrEP • Take 1 tablet once a day, every day, not just when you think you have been exposed to HIV-1.

• Do not miss any doses. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection.

• Use TRUVADA for PrEP together with condoms and safer sex practices.

• Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP.

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “Most Important Information About TRUVADA for PrEP” section.

• New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure.

• Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat.

• Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain.

• Bone problems.

Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP include stomach-area (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight.

These are not all the possible side effects of TRUVADA. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with TRUVADA for PrEP.

BEFORE TAKING TRUVADA FOR PrEP Tell your healthcare provider if you: • Have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis.

• Have any other medical conditions.

• Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.

• Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If you become HIV-positive, HIV can pass to the baby in breast milk.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take: • Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist.

• Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with TRUVADA for PrEP.

HOW TO FURTHER REDUCE YOUR RISK • Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners.

• Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV to infect you.

• Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as having fewer sex partners.

• Do not share needles or personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them.

GET MORE INFORMATION • This is only a brief summary of important information about TRUVADA for PrEP. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist to learn more, including how to prevent HIV infection.

• Go to start.truvada.com or call 1-800-GILEAD-5 • If you need help paying for your medicine, visit start.truvada.com for program information.

TRUVADA FOR PREP, the TRUVADA FOR PREP Logo, the TRUVADA Blue Pill Design, TRUVADA, GILEAD, and the GILEAD Logo are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc., or its related companies. All other marks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

Version date: April 2017 © 2017 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. TVDC0162 07/17

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Aqua Ally Awards Recognizing the Vital Support of Allies

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n Thursday, May 10 Aqua Foundation for Women held their 7th annual Ally Awards at the Bacardi building in Coral Gables.

Aqua Ally Awards is an event to celebrate and honor allies who stand with the LGBT community in the fight for equality.

Although the term ally is often used in the context of conflict, it is an appropriate action driven noun bestowed upon one who supports the LGBT community in the fight for equality and empowerment.

Robin Schwartz, the Managing Director of Aqua Foundation, explained “Sometimes it is straight allies whose voices are heard the loudest by non-LGBTQ folks.”

Schwartz said allies are the largest part of the greater community so having their support in the fight for equality is vital.

“Our movement’s goal is for LBT women to have the same opportunities as everyone else and to have our voices heard as an equal part of the greater community.”

Aqua Foundation is heavily involved in work that empowers LBT women through scholarships/mentorships, programs for the LGBT homeless youth, initiatives for the transgender community and creating spaces for LGBT families.

Allies contribute to making these Aqua Foundation programs and initiatives possible. This year Aqua Foundation selected LGBT community pioneer allies, Bacardi, Reverend Dr. Laurinda Hafner, and Seth Gadinskly to honor with the Aqua Ally Award.

On Gadinsky’s recognition, Schwartz explained that in conversations with Gadinsky it is consistently clear that he is completely dedicated to making this world a better place for his daughters and for everyone.

“The influence that women had in my life was profound, my grandmother was born on a dot on a map somewhere in Russia and met this strapping young U.S. Army Veteran that was from her hometown,” Gadinsky told the audience when he accepted the Aqua Ally Award. “She got here to America during the Great Depression and could barely make ends meet.”

Gadinsky paused, and quietly held back tears adding, “Through sheer force of her will, she was able to keep those three meals on that table every day.”

Photo by Carina Mask.

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Aqua Foundation Gisela Vega, FIU and er. for Women board memb Photo by Carina Mask.

Gadinsky described his mother as a single woman with three children at the age of forty-one with no college degree who managed to get elected to the State Legislature.

“Arguably, nobody in the history of this state has affected more social change than my mother,” said Gadinsky on his mother, State Representative Elaine Gordon’s twentytwo-year service in the Florida State Legislature. During Representative Gordon’s tenure she sponsored legislation to create the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, a non-partisan body of twenty-two appointed women who make recommendations to the Governor, Cabinet and Legislature on issues affecting women.

Although Aqua Foundation is focused on the needs of LBT women in the community, Schwartz said that it is important to the wholeness of the LGBT community. “When women are treated equally and given the opportunities to thrive, we all benefit. When we have more women identified leaders we all benefit. When our LGBTQ youth who find themselves at risk of homelessness or homeless are supported through the programming that Aqua funds, we all benefit.”

According to Schwartz, the work that Aqua Foundation has been doing for years is in line with the work of the #MeToo Movement.

“Women’s voices must be heard in our personal lives, in the greater community and in the workplace,” said Schwartz. “We do this work through our scholarship and mentor program as well as our LBT Emerging Leaders Conference and we can do it through getting out the vote.”

Aqua Foundation has recently partnered with the League of Women Voters of MiamiDade County for a project to get more LBT women out to vote. Schwartz says that the long-term goal of Aqua Foundation is to no longer be needed. Fortunately, Aqua Foundation enjoys support from allies to support its mission while it is still crucially needed. It echoes the words of author and activist, Helen Keller, who once said “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.”

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Scandals to close after 13 years Michael d’Oliveira

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ine dance fans will soon have to find been able to devote the time and energy to somewhere else to do-si-do. After Scandals for a long time but that truly should 13 years, Scandals Saloon is closing. not have made that much difference.” He Owner Ken Kelley announced the closure of also said he “just can’t compete” with the the bar, located on Northeast 6 Avenue, on other bars.

Facebook Monday.

The competition between bars in Wilton “All I can say is WOW! I just Manors, especially on Wilton made the most difficult decision Drive, is very tough. Nick Berry, today to close Scandals Saloon who co-owns Rumors Bar & as of this Sunday. And the Grill, has told SFGN in the past word is already on Facebook. that it’s very hard to make a I wanted the chance to talk to profit running a bar because all of the staff first. It is with a there are so many and they all very heavy heart I had to make constantly run drink specials. this decision . . . It has been an Scandals customers amazing thirteen years and I expressed their own am truly blessed to have been a disappointment with the news. part of this community. Thank “I am sad to hear the closing you again to all those who of my favorite bar! It surely has stayed with us. God Bless each been a home away from home of you.” and I love you Ken for having a - Ken Kelley Kelley said “business suffered place for us country music and Owner of scandals horribly” after he had to put in line dancing lovers for all these valet parking. years. Your health is the most “So many of our customers refused to important thing!!!!” wrote Mike Peterson. support Scandals any longer. For those of “I know this was a difficult decision. you who stood by us for over thirteen years, Tommy and I just wanted to say thank you I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I for Scandals and for being you. We’ll have can’t imagine my life without Scandals. Life a drink in your honor tonight at Scandals. most definitely got in the way this past year Here’s to the next chapter, whatever that with my second cancer diagnosis. I haven’t may be,” wrote Carl Covington.

“I just made the most difficult decision today to close Scandals Saloon as of this Sunday. And the word is already on Facebook.”

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Bisexual Kentucky Teacher Files Federal Lawsuit Over Termination

Lesbian Woman Steps in As Planned Parenthood Spokesperson

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Planned Parenthood has a new spokesperson after the departure of their CEO. Dawn Laguens, the executive vice president of Planned Parenthood, took over the role for Cecile Richards after she announced she would step down in January, according to the Advocate.

Laguens will serve as the public face of the organization during the transition period.

“Basically I’ve been training with the

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master; [Richards is] like the Jedi Master of being out there, and I’ve had a great time over the last years being also out and giving a lot of speeches and being in the media, so it’s not all new, but it’s definitely another level,” she said.

Laguens said she has pride in the fact that her organization provides a wide range of health services for LGBT people, including hormone treatment and PrEP.

A bisexual teacher in Kentucky is suing his school district for allegedly firing him for coming out as bisexual.

Nicholas Breiner did not have his contract renewed with Montgomery County School District for 2017-2018 shortly after he posted on Instagram he was bisexual, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. Matthew Thompson, the district’s superintendent, said that the

contract renewal was not related to the Instagram post.

Breiner had been told that the reason for not receiving a new contract was due to budget issues, according to the HeraldLeader. Breiner later found out his position was filled by a heterosexual woman.

He had previously filed a lawsuit in the county before filing his federal lawsuit.

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Report from the South Florida AIDS Network HIVPC: online recertification now available

Sean McShee This article discusses the recent meetings of two HIV planning and advisory bodies in Broward. The Broward HIV Planning Council (HIVPC) is the planning body for the Ryan White Care (RWC) Program of Broward (RWCBroward). The South Florida AIDS Network (SFAN) is the advisory body for the RWC program of the Florida Department of Health in Broward (RWC-FL DOH Broward).

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t the HIVPC meeting on April 26, Josh Rodriguez reported that clients would no longer have to recertify in person.

They will be able to recertify online for RWCFL DOH and AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).

At the SFAN meeting on May 4, Wismy Cius, RWC-FL DOH Broward, distributed an official statement from the Department of Health in Tallahassee. In that statement, Patricia Ryder confirmed that RWC clients could begin this online process now. Ryder said that these clients should visit their local county ADAP staff or call 844 381-2327 to set up the necessary online accounts.

At present RWC-Broward still requires online certification.

Rodriguez reported another change. CVS Pharmacies will mail emergency prescription cards to those RWC clients without ADAP coverage. Ryder’s statement confirmed this report. She stated that these cards would allow eligible clients to receive up to 30-day emergency refills. Any pharmacy within the CVS network will honor these cards. With these cards, clients can receive two 30-day supplies within a 12-month period. RWC clients without ADAP coverage should expect these cards in the mail.

The manager of the RWC-FL DOH program, Serena Williams reported on RWF-FL DOH to SFAN. Williams reported on the Emergency Financial Assistance Program. This program pays for antiretrovirals so that people can start treatment immediately. Otherwise, they could not start treatment until their certification was complete and the pharmacy had their profile.

Several people in the audience reported problems with this program. People re-entering care still failed to obtain antiretrovirals.

Pharmacy staff told these patients that the pharmacy lacked profiles for them. Without those profiles, the pharmacy could not fill their prescription. Cius, manager of this program, said that the client should contact the ADAP eligibility office to get a waiver for the profiles.

Wynn argued that RWC-FL DOH should tell this to case managers.

Rodriquez gave the HIVPC meeting a previously requested report. This report summarized new HIV diagnoses in 2016 among Blacks in Broward by country of origin and by sex. New diagnosis refers to the first HIV positive test result rather than a new infection.

This report showed that not all newly diagnosed Blacks in Broward had been born in the U.S. Less than half of all newly diagnosed Black women in Broward had been born in the U.S. Among newly diagnosed Black men in Broward, slightly more than two thirds were born in the U.S. Most of these newly diagnosed Blacks born outside of the U.S came from Haiti, Jamaica, and the Bahamas in that order This report shows country of birth, not the country of HIV transmission. People are pushed out of the Caribbean for many reasons.

Many flee poverty. Many Puerto Ricans and Virgin Islanders fled environmental disasters.

LGBT people have been fleeing Jamaica to escape anti-LGBT violence.

The intersection of HIV and immigration issues affects Blacks as well as Asians, Latinx, and Whites.

To contact Broward ADAP, call: Phone: 954-467-4700, Ext: 5629 & 5630 Pharmacy: 954-467-4700, Ext: 5303 or 5300 The next SFAN Meeting will be on Friday, Friday, June 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., at the Holy Cross Healthplex, 1000 NE 56th Street, Ft. Lauderdale. The next HIV PC meeting will be on May 24, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.at Good Growth Homes, 915 Middle River Dr., Fort Lauderdale.

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ort Lauderdale will be the inaugural happening . . . Hopefully, Pride of the location of Pride of the Americas in Americas will bring our community together.

April 2020, an international LGBT It could be amazing.” festival that is expected to draw people from But it won’t happen without some several continents, including South America sacrifice. and Europe. Pride Fort Lauderdale is the Martorell said the annual Pride Fort organization which will organize and host Lauderdale event, which occurs in February, the event. most likely won’t be held that year.

“South Florida is the gateway to Latin “We are only capable of planning one big America,” said Richard Gray, senior vice event a year. I just don’t think it would be fair president for LGBTQ markets with the to do both.” He also said the availability of Greater Fort Lauderdale hotel space was a consideration Convention and Visitors in holding Pride of the Americas Bureau, in a press release. in April. “There’s just not The ten-day event will enough hotel rooms available feature a beach festival with in February.” entertainment, parade, Pride said it plans to partner fireworks, a visual and with other LGBT organizations performing arts festival, human on the event, including the rights conference, transgender International Gay and Lesbian health and lifestyle programs, Travel Association, Stonewall business expo, dance parties for National Museum and Archives, multiple communities within and the World AIDS Museum the LGBT community, and and Educational Center.

- Miik Martorell “Night on the Drive” hospitality Martorell said Pride is also Pride Fort Lauderdale President events on Wilton Drive in trying to partner with the Wilton Manors.

Tortuga Music Festival to see It’s estimated that the event could attract if the two organizations can share some as many as 350,000 people, but Miik stage and equipment costs. Tortuga will Martorell, Pride Fort Lauderdale president, be held before Pride of the Americas, but said he’s not sure yet exactly how many Martorell said the hope is some of the stages people will attend. “I honestly don’t know and equipment can be left in place after the what kind of number we can get. It’s a brand- music festival is over. new event.”

“It would definitely be a great way to He’s a little more sure of the impact open us up to some of the creativity and the event can have though, like bringing showmanship [of Tortuga]. We both save attention to the plight of LGBT individuals money [sharing costs]. At the end of the day, in countries where the LGBT community we have budgets. We don’t want to throw is under assault, including the Caribbean. away money on things we don’t need,” said “There’s a lot of hurt and hate that’s Martorell.

“We are only capable of planning one big event a year. I just don’t think it would be fair to do both.”

For more information, visit PrideOfTheAmericas.org.

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Many things have changed in the LGBT to become one of the largest LGBT events in the world. This June will mark 28 years since community since 1991 and one of the main that happened and the weekend has grown things is terminology, we have gone from to become an international sensation where Queer to Homosexual to Gay/Lesbian to thousands upon thousands of LGBTQIA+ GLBT to LGBT to LGBTQIA and so on. Since the name originally associated with the travelers from around the world descend first weekend in June events are no on Orlando at Walt Disney World® longer inclusive enough, Girls in Resorts and the surrounding This June Wonderland, Tidal Wave Party, area for four days of Pride will mark Parliament House, and One Month events including Girls 28 years since Magical Weekend are asking in Wonderland, Tidal Wave for the communities help Party, PI @ Phouse, and One that happened and in deciding, together, what Magical Weekend. the weekend has the new weekend name “Let’s be clear, a private grown to become should be. The public can company that started an international give input now through this seven years after the initial Facebook page link - https:// gathering does not own the sensation. www.facebook.com/letsgoplay/ tradition, nor does anyone else, posts/2020002994678609 but we are committed to what started Girls in Wonderland, Tidal Wave Party, in 1991 and our dates are NOT changing!” said representatives from Girls in Wonderland and Parliament House and One Magical Weekend One Magical Weekend, “There are reasons welcome everyone back in 2018 and want that this date has held fast over the years and the world to know that the around the clock the date is the date. We will always kick off events, rosters of incredible talent, and the LGBT Pride Month the first weekend of June world-class venues during this weekend will be a Wonderland of Magical experiences at Walt Disney World® Resorts!”

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Pride Fort Lauderdale a man named Emmanuel “By the time we finish with President Stringos purchased a home attorney fees, it may be too in Fort Lauderdale in 2000 cost prohibitive [to pursue]. for $87,490. The home was sold in July of It would be nice if the guy would just step 2017 for $215,000, but Stringos was the up to the plate. But not everyone does the only name on the title at the time of sale. right thing.”

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Just Spell My Name Right Why I love Letters to the Editor Jesse Monteagudo

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y favorite part of a magazine or a newspaper, LGBT or otherwise, are the Letters to the Editor.

The Letters are our lifeline to our readers, the only way, outside of an ad, survey or personal contact, that we know what they like or do not like. Letters to the Editor show you, the reader, at your best and (sometimes) your worst. Letters to the Editor are often more interesting than the columns written by those of us who get paid for giving our opinion. They are funnier than the comics and more honest than the personal ads.

They are safe, non-fattening and usually legal, which is more than I can say for other things that we enjoy.

Readers write to their favorite magazine or newspaper for a variety of reasons. They usually write to complain about what they read, not realizing that this is precisely what we want you to do. Any response, whether good or bad, is good publicity, so those of us who are in the receiving end of your cards or letters or email messages usually look forward to your postal attacks, as long as you spell our names right. Besides, being on the receiving end of a nasty letter is better than having one’s face rearranged in a public place.

Nothing spices up the letters page like a good controversy. Recent articles in SFGN about Clarence Collins, the convicted sex offender who worked at the Pride Center at Equality Park - until his sordid past was discovered - received more reader reaction

than anything that SFGN has ever published.

Letter writers, like our community as a whole, were deeply divided over such sensitive issues as the safety of children at the Pride Center, CEO Robert Boo’s responsibility for allowing Collins to work at the Center, and even the existence of a children’s playground in a place where most people are childless adults. Only one published letter writer dared to defend Collins.

Besides allowing readers to speak their minds, Letters to the Editor gives people who are interested in writing for fun or profit a foot in the door. Editors are always looking for new people with original points of view, which is why regular letter writers get so much space and attention. More prolific or persistent letter writers may go on to write a longer essay, a guest column, or even a regular column like “Jesse’s Journal.”

When writing a Letter to the Editor, be concise and to the point. An editor is too busy editing a publication to read letters that go on endlessly about the weather or the models in the ads. If you have something to say, say it quickly and get it over with; you have better things to do and so do we.

Avoid libel and unsubstantiated facts, follow the paper’s guidelines, spell my name right, and you got it made. Journalism is a two way street. We who write for a living need your input as much as (we hope) you need ours.

So keep those cards and letters coming, folks.

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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"Gilbert, how can you ignore the homophobia that rages among Republican leadership yet only selectively speak out when you are working on GOP efforts to remove and unseat a sheriff who is a Democrat."

ast week, Gilbert Montalvo from the Broward Log Cabin Republicans went to the media to report on a highly inappropriate Facebook comment made by Captain Ira Goldberg. Goldberg heads up the community outreach team for the Broward Sheriff’s Office where he and his staff must work hard if they genuinely want to engage residents from all communities of people and walks of life to gain trust in one of the largest fully accredited Sheriff’s offices in the United States at a time when we continually hear of stories around the nation when law enforcement has violated the rights and trust of minority communities.

Goldberg wrote: “Gilbert, it’s truly sad that you have to hire people to come help you protest. I hope you offered them money instead of sexual favors. Those men deserve better.”

Montalvo publicly self identifies as a Christian, conservative, Republican, and gay man.

While the Facebook comment does contain an element of homophobia...

I find the comment more inappropriate than homophobic, especially given Goldberg’s position. And to make matters worse, Goldberg doubled down on his remark and never attempted to apologize to acknowledge his failing.

In cases such as these, I do believe that counseling and education can help someone, but given Goldberg’s job at BSO, he should be immediately reassigned and whatever other corrective action the agency takes against him is up to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. But that’s where I part ways with Montalvo.

For more than a decade, I’ve been an incredibly vocal activist to call out bigotry, homophobia, and transphobia when I see it oppress others. I’ve gone against the popular grain and held the feet to the fire for Democrats, Republicans, party leaders, candidates, elected, and public officials. As for the current BSO administration, as a Democratic, I’ve had my share of moments to push for policy change that weren’t always pleasant.

While I agree Goldberg crossed the line, I can’t not ignore Montalvo’s

shameless exploitation and hypocrisy at a time when we have a White House Administration enabling extremists who pose as Christians and are working to inflict tremendous harm to the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

We have a Republican Governor in Florida who still ignores the new non-discrimination protections against LGBT people in Florida, and he can’t even begin to articulate the impact of the massacre at Pulse nightclub had on Florida’s LGBT community.

Many of the advancements to help the lives of LGBT people are at risk and in the hands of a political party which you identify and support, and I ask Montalvo, where is your outrage?

I know what it was like to be a gay Republican, I was one many years back in New Jersey when I served as a legislative aide to a state senator. I know firsthand of the alienation prompted by homophobia when I was diagnosed as HIV-positive and my name quickly disappeared from the invite lists to social events organized by the senator’s wife.

Gilbert, how can you ignore the homophobia that rages among Republican leadership yet only selectively speak out when you are working on GOP efforts to remove and unseat a sheriff who is a Democrat. Captain Goldberg was wrong in his actions, but you lack integrity in how you are exploiting the matter only for political gain while you support the election of anti-LGBT politicians looking to harm LGBT people far worse. If Montalvo is truly outraged, I suggest he go to Puerto Rico to get a roll of paper towels his President Trump tossed to the people of Puerto Rico following the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Montalvo’s outrage is void of integrity – he doth protest too much, methinks.

Michael Emanuel Rajner

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Cultural Medical Director at Midway Specialty Care competency is very important, but it Center’s Wilton Manors’ office. doesn’t trump living in the culture. Ok?” Dr. “As a gay man,” Dr. Grossman says, “being Grossman explains, “It makes perfect sense aware of the prejudice people face and the to me that patients want a gay doctor. A lot kind of hiding they’re forced to do, I’m very of it has to do with the fact gay doctors have sensitive to the things that people dealt with discrimination and with are feeling judged about during people feeling uncomfortable a medical exam, especially in medical care forever. when it comes to sexual We understand we talk “I very much feel if health and HIV.” about very sensitive I talk about my own In the early days of issues.” the AIDS epidemic, Such sensitivity experiences, like my going Dr. Grossman helped is particularly on PrEP as a physician, it to treat some of the important to helps other people to make first cases of AIDS as transgender men decisions, feel comfortable a resident at Kings and women, who are and make it acceptable.”

County Hospital, one the most likely of the of the largest public LGBTQ population to hospitals in New York face prejudice from the - Dr. Howard Grossman City. Dr. Grossman then medical community and continued his commitment to the community at large. fighting the disease as a physician “They come in here so at the first dedicated AIDS unit in the anxious and tightly held,” says country at St. Clare’s Hospital. He entered Grossman, “and as we’re talking, and they private practice in 1987 in New York, and see that I know what we’re talking about and most recently worked for the Cleveland that this is a completely accepting place, I Clinic. just watch them relax and start to breathe.”

In 1997, Grossman was one of three After a prestigious career, Dr. Grossman physician plaintiffs in Vacco v. Quill, a case is now focusing on LGBTQ health in Wilton heard by the Supreme Court. Three terminal Manors. “The 3 southern counties in Florida, patients asked their doctors to write Dade, Broward and Palm Beach have some of them prescriptions to end their own lives. the highest instances of HIV in the country, After winning in New York, the case was and some of the least access to care I have overturned by the Supreme Court. seen in a long time,” Dr. Grossman said, “ I In 2004, Grossman went to Washington, think it’s very hard for people living with HIV D.C., to run the American Academy of HIV to find compassionate and knowledgeable Medicine. care. It’s very hard to find LGBTQAfter 2 years there, he spent 10 months knowledgeable care in South Florida, like travelling the world and lecturing on HIV most places in the country. So, I think there’s awareness. He’s even collaborated with a real need here for both.”

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Commission Moves Forward on Pool Project Parking a major concern; still no solution

By Michael d’Oliveira Commissioner Tom Green said he the one trying to develop the property. wants to see the old Goodwill site The building has been unoccupied since redeveloped into an indoor pool. But Goodwill moved out in 2011.

Green said the project “violates the his personal approval of the project was not enough to get over his disapproval whole idea that we were going to try and of its lack of parking and give it his reign-in parking.”

The need for more parking, especially professional approval as a commissioner.

“It doesn’t even come close [to meeting along Wilton Drive, has been a constant issue within the community and at city the requirements].”

At their May 8 meeting, commission meetings for at least the last decade. commissioners approved “We live in Wilton a developer’s agreement Manors. What’s the and restrictive covenant “We live in number one thing we for the property, located hear daily in Wilton at 550 E. Oakland Park Wilton Manors.

Manors? Parking. If you Blvd. The lack of parking, were missing 12 spaces, there are 35 spaces when What’s the I could understand. If there should be 151, has number one you were missing 50. been the biggest concern But when it’s this much I regarding the project. thing we hear just . . . people are going The restrictions will to be parking all down prevent the property from daily in Wilton the street. I guess when possibly being used in the Manors? they get towed a couple future as a bar, lounge, times they’ll stop,” adult store, liquor store, Parking.”

Green said. casino, funeral home, Paul Kissinger, an and tobacco store. The - Tom Green architect representing rooftop patio will also be commissioner Hammerhead Aquatics, prohibited for use as a said that even knocking restaurant or bar.

The vote was 3-2 with Green and the building down still wouldn’t create Commissioner Scott Newton voting no. enough space for parking. In response At a future meeting, commissioners to Green’s concern about people parking will have to approve the rezoning of in residential neighborhoods, Kissinger the property from Light Industrial to said, “We can’t dictate human behavior General Business [B-3]. John Grzeszczak, where they might park. If they get a head coach of Hammerhead Aquatics, is ticket if they get towed, they’re not going

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to do it again. Well, we hope they don’t do it again.”

Kissinger said people would be cutting down on the amount of parking needed by using buses and carpooling. He also said Hammerhead Aquatics was talking with Walmart and other local businesses to use other nearby lots. “I’m okay with the parking. People will figure it out,” Mayor Gary Resnick said.

Newton also talked about parking and expressed a concern with the amount of people special events would bring.

Kissinger compared the Goodwill site to the Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, saying they only have 106 parking spaces but find ways of accommodating the thousands of people who attend special events there. “If we can’t work that out we are not going to have

successful events. We’re going to have to figure that out. We are thinking about this.”

Newton also expressed a concern over the concrete wall the Planning and Zoning Board said must be built. The developer wants a wooden fence instead. Newton said his insistence comes from the concerns from some residents he talked to that the concrete wall is needed to reduce the noise that would be generated. He said he’d be willing to give the developer a few years to build it, but “it definitely has to go up.”

Commissioner Julie Carson said the city would be relying on Code Enforcement to keep the noise down.

If given final approval, the facility would have a 50-meter main pool, a therapy pool, office, gift/pro shop, locker room, outdoor kitchen, and a 5,300 square foot rooftop deck. WMG

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Maybe It’s Time For Gary Resnick to Call it Quits?

He’s served honorably for 20 years, but even he admits being mayor is too much of a commitment

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By Sal Torre

Chief Executive Officer • Pier Angelo Guidugli

I recently happened across a newspaper article about the upcoming Broadway remake of “The Boys in the Band.” This remarkable play first debuted Off-Broadway in 1968 and in 1970 was made into a film that quickly turned into a cult classic.

The current Broadway production has a remarkable who’s who of young gay actors cast as the memorable group of gay men gathered in a NYC apartment to celebrate a friend’s birthday.

Thinking back to so many of the memorable lines, one reminds me of local politics here in our Island City. This past week, many of us heard the news that Gary Resnick is no longer running for re-election as Mayor, but is now running for City Commissioner instead.

This whole scenario of the Mayor originally stating that this would be his last term, then announcing his intentions to run again for Mayor, only then to change his mind once again, announcing that he would rather be a City Commissioner leaves me a bit dizzy.

In this state of light-headiness, I hear Harold in the background as he delivers his cutting response, “Who is she, who was she, who does she hope to be?”

Who do you want to be, Gary Resnick?

Perhaps you want to be a Real Estate agent, since at the last city commission meeting, you were advising a resident to put his house on the market and sell while his market value was not yet affected by the proposed townhouse development going in next door. His Honor was in favor of the project having two fewer units, but lost the vote 3 to 2. Most people still in attendance were shocked by the Mayor’s comments. It’s sad when our Mayor advises residents to start selling their properties.

It is even more ironic that earlier in the meeting, the mayor’s chair was vacant during the very important vote on appointments to our city’s Planning & Zoning Board, the same board that makes decisions on just such developments. For him to join the meeting late into the night, after much of the agenda had been dealt with in his absence, and then to make an off-the-cuff remark to a concerned resident is not the behavior we should accept from our elected officials.

Other recent slipshod comments by Mayor Resnick include his statement that the commitment of being Mayor is night and day from that of being simply a commissioner. Our Mayor goes on and states that he no longer has the time for such a huge commitment and that this new move to the commission will allow him and his partner to do other things. So, he basically wants to have his cake and eat it too, at our expense. “Oh, I don’t want the commitment of Mayor,” but I will just sit back for the ride, enjoy the perks of being an elected official, and easily serve as a City Commissioner for four more years.

Wrong!

I wonder how his fellow commissioners feel about these statements. Vice Mayor Flippen along with Commissioners Tom Green, Julie Carson and Scott Newton are all fully committed and engaged with this community. They attend neighborhood association meetings, community events, many city board meetings, have positions on the MPO Board along with positions on the Florida and National League of Cities and so much more. This commitment by the entire City Commission is further supported by a full-time City Manager who handles the day-to-day activities of our city, along with a fully staffed city government.

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“Forget your troubles, c’mon get happy! You better chase all your cares away!

What’s more boring than a queen doing a Judy Garland imitation?

A queen doing a Bette Davis imitation.”

No, it is a long-serving Mayor now trying to do a City Commissioner imitation!

First elected in 1998 to the City Commission, then elected Mayor in 2008 and serving in that role ever since is a long and honorable track record. However, residents have grown tired of the same old song and dance, especially over the last two years. Residents have noticed the empty chair at the head of the dais, the lack of involvement at community events, the unawareness of happenings around town, and the condescending complacent attitude that comes with doing something for such a long time. Residents are feeling tired and used by the Resnick Show.

Residents of our Island City deserve fully committed elected officials. If you do not have the time or the interest for such a commitment, then you should seriously consider removing yourself from consideration. Our city has no shortage of eager candidates to fill the role of public servant. Many, such as Paul Rolli, have stated their passionate commitment to serving the residents of our Island City, and to bringing new ideas and proactive leadership to our City Commission. After twenty years of service, it might be time for Mayor Resnick to move on to other endeavors, which he states is his interest, and leave the governing and leadership of our city to those who want to make a full commitment to making life in our great city just better here. WMG

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First Quarter Pricing Review

By James Oaksun Last time you’ll remember, I provided a recap of sales counts for single family homes in the three neighborhoods of the Island City, as well as in nine additional nearby neighborhoods of interest to you, my loyal readers. This time we will look at pricing, compared with both last year and two years ago.

In other words, it’s time to show you the money.

After all, things have quieted down a bit, the winter folk have fled to Rehoboth, Fire Island and Ptown, and we can assess what has happened in yet another season.

The chart included here shows all the details.

And while I doubt all Hell will break loose when you look at the numbers, they are indeed a bit eye opening. Let me point out a few things to you.

The average increase across the 12 neighborhoods compared with last year was nine percent, versus an 11-percent year-overyear change in the first quarter of 2017. A slight slowing yes, but a slowing still. As I noted in the

Yearbook and in several other places (including conversations with the chief economist of Florida Realtors), we cannot expect prices to increase at double digit annual rates forever (as much as Realtors (and those who already own property) might like them to.)

Second, more of the neighborhoods are having single-digit increases, or even slight declines, in pricing. Pricing momentum is definitely slowing.

Finally, just as I noted last time and in many other contexts over the years, you have got to be very specific when you discuss trends in South Florida real estate. County, city, even zip code, don’t tell you what you need to know.

(Examples: Do you mean houses or condos?

Waterfront or non-waterfront? Ocean access, or fixed bridges?)

Here we are concerned at the neighborhood level. And there is a wide variance among that nine-percent “average” increase. Some neighborhoods have gotten very “hot” (like Victoria Park, Middle River Terrace/Lake Ridge,

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and South Middle River), while others clearly lagged this season (Center and East Wilton, and Poinsettia Heights).

You’ve got to get at the detail. Even zip codes won’t give it to you, not in a densely populated area like Broward County. Zip codes, after all, were designed for the convenience of the Post Office, not for economic analysis.

Still, a nine-percent “average” increase makes a lot of people around the area very happy. As for other

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neighborhoods, you can look to my blog at NewRealtyConcepts.com over the next few weeks to get more data. Or just text or email me and I’ll try to get you what you need. WMG James Oaksun, Florida’s Real Estate Geek(SM), is Broker-Owner 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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Commission Chooses Wilton Manors K-9 Officer Wayfinding Sign Design Under Review After Video

By Michael d’Oliveira After months of discussions and a vote by the public, commissioners approved a design for the wayfinding sign program. At their May 8 meeting, commissioners voted on concept 1B [pictured above], which was also the one most favored by the public.

Once implemented, the signs, which feature the city’s tagline “Life’s Just Better Here,” will be placed at various entrances to the city.

There are 11 entrances into the city, but Todd Mayfield, of Axia Creative, the firm hired to design the signs, said it’s not known yet if all 11 entrances will get a sign.

The exact height of the signs is also not yet determined. Mayfield estimated between 12 and 16 feet. Commissioner Julie Carson asked if 16 feet was too high. Mayfield said once his company creates a mock up of the signs they will have a better idea of what the height should be. “We just want to be sure they have the right presence,” Mayfield said.

“It looks like a swizzle stick. It looks to me like you brought it home from Hawaii,” said Commissioner Tom Green. “I wouldn’t want

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to buck the public,” said Vice Mayor Justin Flippen.

Green and Commissioner Scott Newton said they preferred the second design but agreed with Flippen to go with the one favored by the public. “I will not vote my true feelings on the sign and join in with everyone else,” Green said.

Flippen said the signs are part of letting people know the city is not just a neighborhood. “We want folks to know we are the City of Wilton Manors.”

“To me, it finally looks like we’re getting art in public places,” said Green. WMG

The Wilton Manors Police Department Ferland, executive director of the United has re-assigned its K-9 officer in the wake States Police Canine Association, said, “I of a video that was posted on Facebook am not sure why the handler did what he showing the officer yanking on the K-9’s did. I would like to hear from the handler to explain why he needed to provide the leash.

The video was posted Saturday on collar correction or review any type of Facebook by user DaPastor Yoo. “This investigation report into this incident man followed me from Sunrise Blvd down before rendering an opinion.”

On the police department’s Facebook powerline just to pull me over for a tint, so why you need to search my car and page, others were quicker to render an bring the dog out? Then he get mad at opinion. Some have called for the officer to be fired. the dog cause he ain’t find “He should be FIRED!!! nothing!! Wilton Manners (PERIOD) ...what are you Police Department SMDH waiting for? For him to lose #LifeOfTheBlackMale” it on a child or adult? Bad In the video, the officer enough this poor dog is walks around the vehicle needing vet care... IF that with the dog. As he walks was a REGULAR CIVILIAN away from the car, he pulls they would be charged the chain in a violent, with an assault on a police sudden fashion. officer, so why isn’t this In a press release, “officer” being charged with the WMPD stated, “Our an assault on a officer? Oh agency is aware of a video yeah because you are Law involving one of our K-9 Enforcement and you are officers and his canine - Dr. David Ferland above the law,” wrote Nanda partner. Currently the Executive director of the United States CunhaBrown. canine partner is in the care Police Canine Association “Wow..... how is this of a veterinarian where officer expected to preserve a medical assessment is being conducted. Furthermore, our agency the life of civilians if he can’t respect and is conducting a full investigation into this preserve the life of his own partner! So this matter and the Officer has been re-assigned is either assault on an officer or animal from K-9 duties pending this review. As abuse- entire area either way I know that if this is an active investigation our agency is you’ve assaulted another officer that makes unable to provide additional information at you ineligible for employment at most police departments! Fix it!” wrote Vivian this time.”

Asked about the video, Dr. David “Lou” Corrales. WMG

“I am not sure why the handler did what he did.”

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City Mourns, Celebrates Alexander ‘Skip’ Stadnik, 84

City Suspends Posting Commission Videos Online

By Michael d’Oliveira

By Michael d’Oliveira “Who loves you, baby?” was Alexander “Skip” Stadnik’s catchphrase. One that Johnnie Goodnight would give anything to hear again. “We’ve always loved you right back, Skip Stadnik, and we always will,” wrote Goodnight, a Wilton Manors resident and employee who worked with “Skip” on the Community Affairs Advisory Board [CAAB].

“I’m sure people knew his kindness. He always wanted people to feel happy and cared about. When I first met “Skip” I didn’t like him. The longer I got to know him, the better I got to know him, it started a wonderful love affair for 45 years,” said his widow, Ruthanne Stadnik. “It was never a merry go round. It was always a roller coaster with him. It was never the same mundane thing.”

Stadnik, 84, died on May 7.

“At the end, he was just suffering so bad. He just knew he was never going to get better. He was miserable,” said Ruthanne. So, he signed a “Do Not Resuscitate” order. “He was gone within three weeks. He was determined to stay alive until his granddaughter graduated from college and she did last Wednesday.”

He was one of Wilton Manors’ mostcelebrated volunteers. He was a fixture on the Community Affairs Advisory Board [CAAB] for over 10 years and at a multitude of city events, including Veteran’s Day. At the last Veteran’s Day ceremony in November, Stadnik told the story of how he got his nickname, “Skip.” Stadnik, who had been in and out of the hospital struggling with health problems, said that it would probably be the last time he told the story. While in the Army, his fellow soldiers would yell “skip it” when Stadnik’s name came up during mail call. “The guys started yelling ‘skip it, damn’t.”

Stadnik served from 1952 to 1958 and four years after that in the reserves. He briefly served again during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. He talked about his service in a previous Gazette article. “I didn’t get there [to Korea] until the actual fighting was over. I had to spend three weeks over in Korea. Then, I came back and served my four years in the Reserve in South Florida. When the Cuban Missile Crisis happened, I had to put my uniform again and go back in. I trained a lot of medics.”

A pharmacist by trade, Stadnik moved to Wilton Manors in 1979 with Ruthanne. Over the course of their 45-year marriage, she was a public school teacher and the two had a spa and hot tub business, as well as general construction and roofing. “Skip” also did

Wilton Manors officials have temporarily suspended the online posting of commission meeting videos. The city clerk is still providing recordings of the meeting upon request.

The decision comes after a “deaf South Florida man is suing the Legislature because it doesn’t provide closed captioning for its ‘online live streaming and archived videos of legislative proceedings,’” according to Florida Politics. Wilton Manors officials are working on bringing the videos back with closed captions.

“The National Association of The Deaf and Eddie Sierra filed a federal lawsuit this week in Miami against the state, the Florida Senate and House, Senate some pool design work before he retired in his early 60s.

Ruthanne said he always had some new invention or business scheme up his sleeve.

He was a consummate salesman, she said.

“He just wasn’t an ordinary nine to five kind of guy . . . He could sell like no one I ever saw.

He could sell ice to an Eskimo. He was just that kind of personality. Always smiling, never angry or sad. He just looked at the bright side of things.”

But the end of his professional career only meant more time for volunteering. For his efforts, “Skip” was honored by the city on his 80th birthday, given the key to the city, and the veteran chosen by Wilton Manors to be its honoree at the United Way of Broward County’s Mayor’s Gala in 2016.

Mayor Gary Resnick often comments on how fortunate the city is to have a wealth of volunteers for its advisory boards. “You and Ruthanne both are what makes our community great,” he told the Stadniks last year. “We’re very blessed to have such great volunteers.”

“Skip” responded to the mayor, “You’re not paid in any form except knowing you’re doing a good thing. The rewards of seeing happy faces is out of this world. I always like to say, ‘God loves you and so do I.’” A celebration of life in honor of Stadnik was held on Saturday. WMG

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President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran, as well as the Florida State University Board of Trustees and FSU President John Thrasher,” wrote Florida Politics. “The plaintiffs seek a court order ‘to ensure that the live streamed and archived audio/video content of legislative proceedings is fully accessible to, and independently usable by, individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.’”

City Manager Leigh Ann Henderson said the city is also having technical difficulties with the videos. She said new videos might be posted online within a few weeks or a couple months. She was unable to give a more specific date of when the new videos would be back online. WMG

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community

Criticism of Water Testing Attracts EPA’s Attention

Provokes review by state

By Michael d’Oliveira

Mayoral candidate Boyd Corbin’s repeated public criticisms over how Wilton Manors’ drinking water is tested has resulted in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] issuing a “clarification of when and how local and state officials should perform tests on local water systems.”

That’s according to WLRN, which published a story on the issue on May 10.

“Previously, an April 20 letter to the state from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggested that Florida officials had been misinterpreting guidance of how and when to perform water quality tests. That letter was prompted by complaints to local and state officials lobbed by Wilton Manors resident and mayoral candidate Boyd Corbin.

The EPA addressed the letter to Corbin, but two state officials at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection were copied.”

Corbin has criticized the commission heavily for not testing the water for certain cancer-causing chemicals. He’s also paid for

By Michael d’Oliveira

private tests of the city’s drinking water, tests that found higher than allowed amounts of those cancer-causing chemicals. City officials did not accept the tests as valid because they said they weren’t supervised correctly and did not follow chain of custody rules.

After the letter was issued by FDEP, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] issued a statement that it “identified inconsistencies” related to when tests were conducted on specific harmful chemicals in Florida. “EPA currently understands that Florida DEP will be reaching out to all DEP Districts and relevant Department of Health County offices to ensure [chemical] monitoring is conducted correctly at water systems throughout the state.” WMG

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Commission Approves 10 Flex Units for Property on NE 21 Court

In a reversal of its previous vote, the more green space and more of a setback.

Wilton Manors Commission approved 10 Green said the footprint was just as dense flex units for the proposed development at as before. In response to past concerns over the site being too dense, Hernandez 549 NE 21 Ct. during its May 8 meeting.

In April, commissioners approved 8 flex said that the city needs more density near units for the townhouse development. The Wilton Drive in order to bring in more developer, Tim Hernandez of New Urban residents who can support the businesses.

Resnick said he doesn’t see a public Communities, had originally asked for 12 flex units. Due to the size of the 0.8-acre benefit by granting 10 flex units. He said the city might need the piece of land, only four additional flex units for units can be built. But, another project that is with flex units, the city more beneficial. “Four commission can exceed units. That’s all this the allowed number of property is entitled to,” units. If given a second said Resnick. and final vote, the total “I hear all this number of townhomes ‘let’s protect the would be 14. neighborhood.’

Well, “I thought we had this is a neighborhood,” decided this,” said said Green. “Let’s leave Commissioner Tom - Tom Green people alone as much as Green. Mayor Gary possible.”

Resnick and Green were Commissioner Resnick told one the two votes against resident who lives next allowing 10 flex units.

Vice Mayor Justin Flippen said he wanted to the planned development that “you to give Commissioner Julie Carson a chance might want to consider putting your to vote on the project because she left the home on the market before this gets last meeting before the vote was taken. He built.” Flippen said he didn’t think it was said the city needs to find a balance on appropriate for the mayor to say that. “I’m saying how I feel,” responded Resnick. development.

Hernandez told commissioners that “And I have faith in this commission,” his reworked plans for the site included replied Flippen. WMG

“I hear all this ‘let’s protect the neighborhood.’

Well, this is a neighborhood.”

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Meet judicial candidates Voters can meet all the judges in the upcoming judicial races on Tuesday, May 18 at 6 p.m. at Fort Lauderdale High School, 1600 NE 4 Ave., Fort Lauderdale. The event is free and hosted by the Broward County Bar Association, Broward County Hispanic Bar Association, Broward County Women Lawyers’ Association, and the TJ Reddick Bar Association. Register at browardbar.org/calendar. WMG

Flight! presented by the Atlantic Coast Theatre The Atlantic Coast Theatre will present Flight! on Wednesday, June 13 at 6 p.m. at the Richard C. Sullivan Public Library, 500 NE 26 St., Wilton Manors. The 50-minute performance will take a look at the history of flight, from the Wright Brothers to the Space Race to today. “Audiences are encouraged to think about the future of flight, and perhaps be inspired to become pioneers reaching for the stars themselves.” The performance is suitable for children in kindergarten to grade eight. Call 954-390-2195 for more information. WMG Photo via Youtube.

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C O L L E G E L I F E intro

Welcome to our breakdown of Florida's

LGBT-FRIENDLY COLLEGES Ryan Lynch

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here are not a lot of gathered resources on what the best LGBT accessible colleges are in the nation, especially in

Florida.

It can be hard to find what college is the most accepting when it comes to LGBT communities or what kind of programs a college offers. So we decided to break that down.

We looked at all 12 state universities, as well as some of the largest private and community colleges in the state. We looked at which schools had an LGBT center by them, what kind of organizations they had on campus, as well as which had some

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type of gender-neutral housing policy.

We also looked at local laws against discrimination as well as the communities that surround these colleges.

Besides those factors, we looked at what are some of the best classes on LGBT topics in universities. We looked at some of the best scholarships as well, including ones from in state as well as nationally.

What follows is a one-of-a-kind guide, one that you won’t see anywhere else. We hope you can find that useful as you use this to find what college fits your LGBT needs.

Florida International University

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A queer studies program, along with access to one of the largest gay communities.

University of South Florida

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One of the oldest LGBT student groups in the state and a major university position that makes campus more LGBT friendly.

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University of Florida A variety of LGBT student organizations, including one for transgender and queer people of color.

For online ranking and for issue rankings: For our ranking, we took all 12 public universities and put them in order. To see how the schools compare to private universities and community colleges, go to SFGN.com.

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Florida International University Jose Cassola

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lorida International University offers participation in several organizations, programs and workshops for LGBT students, staff and allies, including the MPAS LGBTQA Initiatives, Stonewall Pride Alliance, H. W. College of Medicine Gay-Straight Alliance and LGBTQA Mentors Program, among others.

The MPAS LGBTQA Initiatives, now in its sixth year, is part of the Department of Multicultural Programs and Services and the Division of Student Affairs at FIU. The campus department works closely with many organizations in the South Florida area. FIU has one fulltime staff member and two graduate students that are paid staff for the program.

“We oversee all programs and initiatives at both the Biscayne Bay (north) and Modesto Maidique (south) campuses,” said Dr. Gisela Vega, associate director of the MPAS LGBTQA Initiatives, who was hired as the first fulltime staff member in 2012. “We are the first university or college in South Florida to hire a full-time staff person to work with our LGBTQA population.”

Vega says the Stonewall Pride Alliance is FIU’s oldest student-run LGBTQA group on campus. It was started in 1991. While the group has been around for 27 years, Vega has advised this group on and off for about 20 years.

“All of these programs and organizations have come about based on the need to advocate for the LGBTQ community,” said Richard Moreno, graduate assistant of the MPAS LGBTQA Initiatives at FIU. Moreno says it is important for the university to have a large visibility in the LGBT community.

“Visibility is crucial in bringing about awareness and education for the LGBTQ community,” Moreno said. “We strive to create programming that represents FIU as a safer and more inclusive environment for LGBTQ students and a place where they can safely navigate their identities without fear of violence.”

FIU takes part in several LGBT-related activities throughout the year, including Pride Month, National Coming Out Day and Miami Beach Gay Pride, of which the university has been a part of since the parade’s inception 10 years ago. Pride Month was created by the MPAS LGBTQA Initiatives.

“We have a series of events that happen throughout the month to celebrate, educate and create awareness about the LGBTQA community,” Vega said. “Our office has a simple but clear motto: we S.A.V.E. our students. This acronym stands for student Support, Awareness, Visibility and Education. Pride encompasses all of these important aspects of everything we do.”

The Lavender Graduation and Leadership Recognition dinner for graduating LGBT seniors took place Monday, April 23. FIU has had a Lavender graduation for almost 20 years. Vega said three years ago the university opened it

up to all high school and other college Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) graduating Photos courtesy of FIU MPAS LGBTQA Initiatives. seniors to rebrand it as the FIU Annual City-Wide Lavender Graduation and Recognition dinner. aside from attending conferences held on those campuses.

“The Lavender Graduation has been essential in “Our collaboration is more focused on the LGBTQ providing students with the opportunity to celebrate with organizations around the area, like Pridelines, Aqua their community and be recognized for their achievements Foundation, TransSocial, etc.,” Moreno said. as LGBTQ students,” Moreno said. “For many trans On whether FIU is more LGBT inclusive than other students, they might have the opportunity to celebrate universities, Moreno said he can’t compare FIU to other their graduation with their name and identity recognized, Florida universities, but he said “there is always more to be which is why we create that space every year to ensure they done to make a campus more inclusive for LGBTQ students.” do have that opportunity.”

Programs like Safe Zone and the LGBTQA Mentoring Both Vega and Moreno say they don’t know how large Program help “facilitate that inclusive environment,” their LGBT student population is compared to other Moreno said. The Safe Zone program is geared towards colleges and universities. developing awareness and training faculty and staff on “I know we are getting more LGBTQA students attending campus to assist and serve as resources and support FIU based on the services we are providing LGBTQA networks for the university’s LGBT community. students,” Vega said. “The size of the LGBTQ population The mentors program provides support, safety and at FIU isn’t something I can comment on. However, I can guidance to LGBT students and aims to match those safely assume the more students on campus the increased students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender likelihood there will be more LGBTQ students on campus,” and queer/questioning with members of the LGBT Moreno said. “Many students may still be questioning their faculty and staff. The student will receive support and identity or still withhold that information from others for encouragement from the faculty and staff member inside safety reasons.” and outside of the classroom.

Moreno says FIU doesn’t often directly collaborate with Around 2015, FIU started to build more gender-neutral other Florida universities on LGBT-related issues or events bathrooms, but Moreno said “it is a heavy misconception that gender inclusive restrooms are only available for and used by transgender students. Gender inclusive restrooms on campus are needed everywhere regardless who is using them.”

“We strive to create More recently, to further their commitment to LGBT programming that students, FIU piloted a program in Spring 2017 called the LGBTQA Ambassadors Program, which recently won the represents FIU as a safer and Outstanding Diversity Program award at the Student Life more inclusive environment for Awards, hosted by FIU’s Division of Student Affairs.

“We felt there was a need to bring in LGBTQA students LGBTQ students and a place where they and focus on developing their leadership and professional can safely navigate their identities development through working with our office,” Moreno said. “Since [LGBTQA Ambassadors] is a new program, it is without fear of violence.” currently evolving and we have exciting changes coming to continue its success with our students. [This program is] - Richard Moreno graduate assistant of the MPAS just one more example of how we continue to fill the needs LGBTQA Initiatives at FIU of our LGBTQ student population as we continue to grow as a department.”

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ainesville has landed on several “top” lists in recent years, including for livability and as a desirable city to visit. It has a lot going for it — almost endless outdoor and wildlife-style activities, and for a city of about 130,000, restaurants and bars for the biggest appetites and thirsts. And then there’s the University of Florida, of course.

UF is one of the largest schools in the U.S. with a student enrollment surpassing 50,000. It also has an extremely active and engaged LGBTQ community, with many options for students of all stripes, acronyms and pronouns.

Pride Awareness Month took place at the school in April, which organizers bill as “… the largest LGBT student-run event series in the nation.” Organizers at PAM ran at least 19 events throughout the month that addressed LGBT issues. Many of the events were celebratory in nature as well.

SFGN lays out other options and departments at UF that exist for LGBTQ+ students and their allies here.

Multicultural and Diversity Affairs LGBTQ Affairs Division of student affairs Billy Huff (left) is the director of LGBTQ Affairs at the University of Florida. He is pictured with a supporter. Photo courtesy of Billy Huff.

OutLaw students at the 2017 Gainesville Pride parade. Photo courtesy of OutLaw.

When you consider that UF faculty, students and staff who identified as lesbian and gay were for the most part hidden until the early 1980s (because of homophobic attitudes on campus and prevailing attitudes throughout society in general) you could argue that things have come a long way.

It’s this history and the “legacy of the infamous Johns Committee” that LGBTQ Affairs cites as part of the struggle LGBTQ students faced early on.

The committee was in the State Senate. “[It] spent time between 1957 and the early 1960s at the University of Florida, attempting to identify persons who were thought to be homosexuals,” states the department’s website.

“Homosexual behavior was illegal, and committee members also believed that such persons were reprehensible and should not be part of the University of Florida,” it states.

Led by director Billy Huff and graduate assistant Maggie Anne Creegan, LGBTQ Affairs provides support, advocacy and education for LGBTQ students and the campus as a whole.

Huff said the department launched in 2004. “We have a lot of programs and events — National Coming Out Day, National Transgender Day of Remembrance and Lavender Graduation,” he said.

Huff and Creegan have 15 “student ambassadors” who help drive support for those services across campus. Their website has an extensive list of resources and programs for students to access, including for alumni, youth, and even undocumented LGBTQ+ students.

LGBTQ Affairs also organizes closed discussion groups for new students on campus, who might be “new to or questioning their own identity,” as well as for QWEN — the Queer Women Empowerment Network; QAPID — the Queer Asian Pacific Islander Desi; and HLXQ — the Hispanic and LatinX Queers.

The department hosts an LGBTQ+ speakers bureau and the Tamara Cohen LGBTQ Resource Library as well.

For more: gbtq.multicultural.uf l.edu; lgbtq@multicultural.uf l.edu

 Last year, the QTPOC commissioned a photo shoot which “[highlighted] queer/trans people of color and the dissonance associated with [its] multifaceted identities and being students at a primarily white institution.” Pictured is student Mustafa Hammad. Photo courtesy of QTPOC.

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OUTGrad OUTGrad is the only other group on campus that falls under the purview of Huff and LGBTQ Affairs. The rest are student-run organizations.

OUTGrad has been in operation since late 2014. It has 333 members on its Facebook group and counting. OUTGrad is described as for “any and everyone,” but it is essentially a group for LGBTQIA+ and allied graduate and post-doctorate students.

It holds meetings, socials and discussion groups throughout the year.

For more: gbtq.multicultural.uf l.edu; lgbtq@multicultural.uf l.edu

Pride Student Union The Pride Student Union is student-run. It regards its mission as: “… to support and educate members of the University of Florida, allies, and surrounding communities with regards to our community's issues and concerns.”

PSU is looking out for a lot of those aforementioned acronyms. The group strives to provide and maintain an “open, safe and inclusive atmosphere” for LGBTQQIAAP students — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, allied and pansexual.

The group is essentially broken down into social, educational and support categories, including the development of student leaders. PSU meets every Monday at 8 p.m.

For more: facebook.com/ufpsu; pridestudentunionuf@gmail.com

Queer and Trans People of Color Collective This group is another collaborative one. It consists of queer, trans, two-spirit and gender nonconforming people of color throughout the black, indigenous, Desi, Asian and LatinX Diasporas.

QTPOC Collective is a relatively new group, as it was founded in April 2017. The reason the group cites for its creation is “[We] were tired of having to suffer through systems of whiteness and oppression within existing LGBTQ spaces and the university as a whole.”

It has about nine facilitators and meets every other Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

For more: qtpocollective.tumblr.com; qtpocollective@gmail.com

OutLaw OutLaw at UF’s Levin College of Law is a group of LGBT+ members who “[advocate] for equal rights for all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.”

The group has its own “OutLaw Constitution,” holds elections (most recently in April 11) and has a faculty adviser. OutLaw’s public Facebook group has almost 200 members.

Events include everything from backyard parties to hosting discussions about the Parkland, Florida, school shooting. The group is currently taking applications for “Lavender Law 2018” which takes place this summer.

Lavender Law is an LGBTQ conference and career fair in New York City where attendees learn about legal affairs affecting the LGBTQ community. The UF Levin College of Law agreed to fund a one-year membership to the LGBT Bar, a round-trip flight, and living accommodations for four students for the August event.

For more: facebook.com/groups/OutLawUF

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estled in the Tampa Bay area, the University of South Florida has quietly become one of the most LGBT friendly schools in the state.

One of the biggest factors on this change is the President’s Committee on Issues of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (CISOGI). This unique role to USF answers directly to the university president and suggests ways for the campus to be more LGBT friendly.

In the most recent annual report by the position, ongoing goals included creating a cross-discipline LGBT studies initiative as a minor or certificate, increasing the awarded amount for the LGBT Alumni Scholarship and bringing a nationally renowned LGBT speaker to campus.

As a diverse community, USF has several student organizations that cater to LGBT student needs. Those include Trans+ Alliance, a group that provides monthly support groups for transgender and gender nonconforming people, as well as the P.R.I.D.E. Alliance, which stands for People Respecting Individual Diversity and Equality.

P.R.I.D.E is the longest continually run gay student organization in Florida since its founding in 1974.

According to organization president Montana Swiger, the group provides educational and support meetings for LGBT individuals at the school and presentations on gender and sexuality stereotypes.

“I would say P.R.I.D.E.’s most recent and proudest accomplishment would be the talent show we just put on last month,” they said. “Our annual talent show is a chance for everyone to have fun and express themselves in a

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 The Running of the Bulls in front of the University of South Florida’s Marshall Center. Photo credit: Rick DeBow.

“I would say P.R.I.D.E.’s most recent and proudest supportive environment and always accomplishment would be draws a crowd.” the talent show we just USF also has an LGBT and Allied Med Students organization, which put on last month.” provides info on the most LGBT friendly

are in oversized collections,” Knight said. “When I started helping with the LGBT initiative in 2012, there were 400 books.”

As for student records and medical schools and serves as a place where housing, both the Office of the - Montana Swige P.R.I.D.E Alliance President students can learn more about LGBT issues in Registrar and the Office of Housing and medicine.

Residential Education provide services The school has taken steps to preserve LGBT that can help transgender students. Since history both in the area and internationally through the 2011, the Office of Housing can make arrangements for University Library’s Special Collection Department. transgender identifying students to live with a friend of According to the LGBT collection’s website, they have the same gender assigned at birth or in a single dorm, photographs and objects dating back to the 1930s to according to USF’s website. present day that have significance to the LGBT community.

“It’s going to be really positive for a lot of trans people, “Donations to the collection are very common, and especially first-year students,” Taylor McCue, a transgender range from a phone call out of the blue from a patron student who helped create the policy, said at the time. “It who has seen our website, to follow-up visits after I have doesn’t mean the trans war has been won – you can’t win spoken at a local event or to a class,” Director of Special everything in one night. This is just part of the process for Collections Matthew Knight said. “These donations are changing things on campus.” usually monographs or archival/ephemeral materials.

The Registrar can work so that a student who is going Quite often donors give us books in terrific shape because through a documented gender change can have their name they feel they will not be added to the shelves of any public and gender corrected on all USF documents. library.”

As for other future improvements, Swiger said that USF Notably, all objects are readily available to view on the should look into making some type of student center for library’s website for those who are not in the area. Knight LGBT Students. said that the collection is always taking donations and will “I personally think the next important step for USF to accept them from both inside and outside the Tampa Bay take in fostering a thriving queer community would be area. beginning the groundwork for an LGBT student center, “At the moment we have 1,423 books in that collection, somewhere where all students can feel safe and welcomed but that does not count the hundreds or so books that in order to study, relax, and hang out,” they said.

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ollege doesn’t have to be the financial wall it seems to be, especially for LGBT students.

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Stonewall Foundation Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship The Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship is a $1,500 to $3,000 scholarship available to LGBT women pursuing any degree from an accredited university. According to the Stonewall Foundation’s website, scholarships are given out based on academic success and community service, especially related to the LGBT community.

Applications are accepted beginning in March 2018. For more information, contact scholarships @ stonewallfoundation.org.

League Foundation Scholarships The LEAGUE foundation awards scholarships from $2,500 to $4,000 for LGBT Students. According to the LEAGUE website, applicants must have a GPA of 3.0, be involved with their community and write two personal essays along with having two non-family references.

The Foundation has three $4,000 awards and nine $2,500 awards, of which all applicants are considered for.Applications open in January and close in April.

For more information, contact info@leaguefoundation.org.

Gamma Mu Foundation Scholarship The Gamma Mu Foundation offers scholarships to gay men in primarily rural or underserved areas. According to the Foundation’s website, the foundation looks for Students “who have overcome issues of discrimination and/or marginalization within their community” along with leadership experience and good grades.

Applications are accepted from March 1 to 31 and students receive anywhere from $1,000 to $2,500, according to the Foundation’s website. All applications are for a scholarship of one year, with no repeat funding without another application.

For more information, email scholarships@gammamufoundation.org.

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Point Foundation Scholarship The Point Foundation offers scholarships to LGBT students nationally who are attending an accredited school for their graduate or master’s degrees. According to the foundation’s website, students must have a proven financial need, a history of leadership experience and be working in some way to “better the LGBT community.”

Applicants must also be available to travel to “North or Central America on April 26-28 and be available to fly to Los Angeles in order to remain eligible for the scholarship,” with all of the expenses handled by Point.

Applications begin on Nov. 1 and funding is dependent on an applicant's other financial aid.

For more information, contact applications @ pointfoundation.org.

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State Aqua Foundation For Women Scholarship The Aqua Foundation for Women’s scholarships are available to all LBTQ people who are attending college in Florida. According to the foundation’s website, applicants are required to have a 3.0 GPA, attend for the whole academic year and must be pursuing an associate, bachelor’s or graduate degree at an accredited college.

Students who are selected are required to meet with their mentor monthly and attend LBT leadership seminars in Miami, according to the foundation. Students are also required to complete a minimum of 10 service hours and maintain a 3.0 GPA. Applications to the program are accepted starting in April through their website. For more information, contact Robin Schwartz at robin@ aquafoundation.org.

A. Gordon Rose - Another View Scholarship Nova Southeastern University provides the A Gordon Rose - Another View scholarship to psychology majors at their school whose research involves the self and community acceptance of gay and lesbian individuals. According to Nova’s financial aid website, all applicants must be in good standing with the school and have research that deals with gay and lesbian acceptance.

Two letters of recommendation (including one from an NSU course instructor) and a 500-word essay are also required. Applications are accepted until March 1.

Interest in other gay and lesbian research topics will also be considered.

For more information, contact Kirk Berner at kirk@nova.edu.

USF Alumni Association LGBT Scholarship The University of South Florida Alumni Association offers a $1,000 scholarship to students who have a “demonstrated financial need” and have created a “welcoming climate for all students, including those with different sexual orientation,” according to the Alumni Association’s website.

According to the Alumni Association, applications are accepted starting in the fall semester of each academic year through the USF Alumni Association website. All students who apply must be a student at USF. For more information or to apply, contact Latoya Wider at lwider@usf.edu.

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Students must also show financial need, write an essay on their impact in the local LGBT community, must have at least a 2.5 GPA and must be at least a part-time student (nine credits or more) seeking a degree at an accredited school, according to the fund’s website. Extra consideration is given to those who are a direct victim or the family of a direct victim in the shooting.

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t can be hard finding classes that can offer a different gender perspective. Many schools don’t offer anything past a simple gender studies class for students.

For interested students, there are more LGBT learning options out there at many of the state’s universities. We took out the guesswork and talked to the professors to show you some of the unique course options in the state.

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Florida International University REL 4434: Religion and Queer Theory Florida International has a three-credit course on the intersection of faith and queer theory through its Religious Studies department.

Whitney Bauman, a professor within the department, said that the class looks at much of the history of LGBT identities in religion and religious texts. The class also looks at present examples of the intersection of queer theory and religion.

“This course is of interest to students pursuing degrees in other disciplines within the humanities, who want to gain a better grasp of the religious issues surrounding LGBTQI identities,” Bauman said in an email.

University of Miami WGS 305: Queer Studies The University of Miami offers queer studies, a class that dives deeper into the identities of LGBT people.

Steven Butterman, a college of arts and sciences professor at the university, teaches about lesbian, gay and transgender identities with each unit of the class. At the final unit, students reflect on what they learned and how their expectations of queer theory changed.

“In particular, it will explore how queer theories can articulate our understanding of key issues across a range of disciplines and how it intervenes in current debates over the meaning and validity of sexuality as a way of understanding human sexual desire, emotions, and behaviors,” Butterman’s class syllabus states.

Butterman’s class also includes a “queer show and tell” where students bring in what they believe is their “most queer” and “least queer objects,” with sex toys excluded.

University of Florida PCO 4930: LGBT Psychology The University of Florida offers a three-credit class out of their School of Psychology about the psychology of LGBT people.

Tyler Hatchell, a doctorate student in the college of psychology, will be teaching the course. Hatchell’s research is mainly about LGBT youth and the risk factors that affect their mental health, according to ResearchGate.

“The focus will be on the nature of sexuality, gender, and expression,” Hatchell said in an email. “The mental health and treatment of sexual and gender diverse people will be another focus.”

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University of South Florida IDS 2931: Intro to LGBTQ Culture At the University of South Florida, there is a one to three-credit class that explores what experiences LGBT people go through and how those experiences are shaped.

Milton Wendland, a women’s and gender studies professor at USF, said that some course goals include exploring the history of LGBT people in the U.S. and how class, race and other factors shape the LGBT experience. According to Wendland, studying this allows students to give “context to past, current, and future struggles,” for the LGBT community.

“Students are often fascinated to learn about the role WWII played in establishing nascent gay communities,” Wendland said in an email. “We try to always pay attention to how LGBTQ people also have racial, class, and other identities that touch on their LGBTQ identities.”

AML 4933/LIT 6934: Queer Film & TV Another class at USF is Queer Film and TV, which Wendland teaches as part of a rotating special topics class slot.

The three-credit class has sections available to both master’s and bachelor’s students.

The course addresses queer representation in tv and movies, as well as the concept of queer theory as it applies.

“In Queer Film & TV we look especially at how sex, gender, and sexuality are presented in TV shows and movies and how that does or doesn’t match up with the world as we experience it – or want to experience it,” Wendland said. “We think about how a movie or TV show can be understood differently by different people.”

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Justin Timberlake brings his Man of the Woods tour to South Florida this weekend. He’ll be performing on Friday night at 8 p.m. at the American Airlines Arena in Miami and tonight at 8 p.m. at the BB&T Center in Sunrise. Believe it or not, tickets are still available for as little as $60 each. Granted, they’re nosebleed seats, but how many times do you get to see the blond bombshell live?

Tickets at Ticketmaster.com.

The big “Star Wars” prequel “Solo” isn’t out for a few more days, but there are some really good reasons to head to the local cineplex, like “Book Club,” starring Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen. The lives of these friends are upended after they read the infamous “50 Shades of Grey” and begin making outrageous life choices. Check local listings for theaters and show times.

Netflix releases the second season of the cathartic and controversial teen mystery “13 Reasons Why” on May 18. The cast includes Tommy Dorfman, the openly gay actor and advocate who was honored at the OUTshine Film Festival last year, and groundbreaking gay actor Wilson Cruz, who starred in “My So Called Life.” Season two focuses on longawaited justice for Hannah, we’re told. Watch at Netflix.com.

The always sexy Ryan Reynolds is back on the big screen this weekend in “Deadpool 2,” another wild adventure with the politically incorrect, smart-mouthed Marvel superhero. Searching to regain his mojo— as well as a flux capacitor—our hero must battle ninjas, the yakuza and a pack of sexually aggressive canines as he traverses the globe looking for love. Check local listings for theaters and show times.

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igital artist Santiago Echeverry likens the recent rise of white supremacist groups in the United States to the early days of the Nazi Third Reich.

His latest exhibition, “Cabaret,” opening this weekend in Wilton Manors, draws inspiration from the famous musical and movie of the same name, based on the writings of Charles Isherwood in Berlin, and depicting the underground world of the cabaret in Weimar Germany.

“The rise of the right wing was getting creepy for me and that was exactly what happened in Germany in the 1930s. There were all these crazy parties and yet the Nazis were quietly gaining power. Soon, nobody was left to remember what happened,” he said. “We’re experiencing the same thing here in the U.S., the need for self-expression, partying a lot, going out, compensating for the horrible news, dancing, dressing up, all the ways to say we’re still free.”

Echeverry first discovered the cabaret while still living in his native Colombia.

“I became part of the local Bogotá scene, creating an alterego called Patty E. Patétik. I followed Isherwood’s steps, and became part of the cabaret with the goal of preserving the memory, dynamics and spirit of most of us transient artists, that are traditionally forgotten by not only historians, but also by social narratives and new technologies,” Echeverry explained in the notes about his exhibition.

Because of his country’s violent past, he was keenly aware of the dangers of living in the shadows. He came out at 15 when homosexuality was still illegal. The police regularly raided the gay clubs and, even after the country got a new constitution, the long civil war made every day an exercise in survival.

His brother was murdered by guerillas and other members of his family were threatened.

The young artist could have remained quiet, but he saw the opportunity to use his art for good, especially during the AIDS epidemic. He would eventually emigrate to Baltimore and then Tampa, where he now resides and teaches.

Noting that “cabaret had broken its ‘fourth wall’ a long time ago, and that its stage had permeated into the lives of all of us participants, blurring the lines between performance and audience, fiction and reality, marking the ways in which we participate in this world,” Echeverry began documenting the people he encountered.

A self-professed computer geek, he wrote the coding for a unique 3-D sensor that collects data on his subjects and constructs images in real time. The terrabytes of digital information can then be replayed as a video or distilled into a large format composite image. He does not create the images in Photoshop, Echeverry emphasized.

His current exhibit includes portraits of more than 100 people he encountered enjoying the bar scene in Wilton Manors and Fort Lauderdale. Like the characters in “Cabaret,” he sought out the colorful performers, drag queens, bartenders and patrons who lend so much energy and color to the LGBT scene in the community.

“What you are going to see is the joy, people looking for the extremes of self-expression, incredible drag queens and performers, and just plain people,” he promised. “If I don’t tell the story, who is going to? If [Vice President Mike] Pence is elected president someday and they reinstate a death penalty for gays, who will remember? Of course, I exaggerate, but who knows?”

“Cabaret” by Santiago Echeverry will be on display through June 8 at Claudia Castillo Art Studio, 2215 Wilton Dr. in Wilton Manors. An opening night reception will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 during the monthly art walk. For more information, go to Santi.tv/Cab/.

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South Florida JAZZ at Bailey Hall

Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 PM at the A. Hugh Adams Central Campus, 3501 Davie Rd. Enjoy a video presentation of Afro-Cuban Jazz and Beyond, narrated by legendary drummer Ignacio Berroa.

Tickets $15 to $45. Visit baileyhall.org or call 954-201-6884.

Equus

Friday, May 18 at 8 pm at Palm Beach Dramaworks, 201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach. This play is not for the lighthearted — follow a psychiatrist’s struggle with uncovering a boy’s motivations for blinding six horses in this psychological thriller. Tickets $55 to $90.

Student tickets available for $15. Email SMighdoll@palmbeachdramaworks.org for more info.

*‘No Cojas Lucha’ Play Reading

Thursday, May 24 at 8:30 p.m. at the Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main Street, Miami Lakes. Enjoy this live-reading of a play about the drama surrounding a Cuban wedding. Free admission. Visit mainstreetplayers.com.

broward county South Florida JAZZ at Bailey Hall

Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 PM at the A. Hugh Adams Central Campus, 3501 Davie Rd. Enjoy a video presentation of Afro-Cuban Jazz and Beyond, narrated by legendary drummer Ignacio Berroa. Tickets $15 to $45.

Visit baileyhall.org or call 954-201-6884.

Carbon Leaf 25 Year Anniversary Tour

Friday, May 18 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts at 201 SW Fifth Ave, Fort Lauderdale. Carbon Leaf and special guest Katie Rose will blend rock, folk, Celtic, bluegrass and Americana traditions into a high-energy musical extravaganza. Tickets $25 to $35. Visit BrowardCenter.org or ca..

954-462-0222.

An Accident by Lydia Stryk

May 2 to May 27 at Empire Stage, 1140 N Flagler Drive, Ft Lauderdale. A play about recovery and forgiveness through vehicles of confrontation and eroticism. Tickets $30. primalforces.com or call 954-678-1496.

What We Play Is Life

May 22 at 6 pm at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive, Coral Springs. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School presents a night of jazz from the Stoneman Douglas jazz band, joined by world renowned artist Herbie Hancock, jazz artist Wycliffe Gordon and musician Paquito D’Rivera. Tickets $20 to $40. Visit thecentercs.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

palm beach county *Avenue Q

May 25 to June 10 at the Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse, 701 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach. Winner of the Tony “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. Tickets $55. Visit kravis. org or call 561-832-7469.

Equus

Friday, May 18 at 8 pm at Palm Beach Dramaworks, 201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach. This play is not for the lighthearted

— follow a psychiatrist’s struggle with uncovering a boy’s motivations for blinding six horses in this psychological thriller. Tickets $55 to $90. Student tickets available for $15. Email SMighdoll@ palmbeachdramaworks.org for more info.

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 *’No Cojas Lucha’ Play Reading

Thursday, May 24 at 8:30 p.m. at the Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main Street, Miami Lakes. Enjoy this live-reading of a play about the drama surrounding a Cuban wedding.

Free admission. Visit mainstreetplayers.com.

*Summer Shorts 23rd Anniversary

May 31 to June 1 at the Carnival Studio Theater in the Ziff Ballet Opera House. This annual theatrical celebration showcases the diversity of Miami through a number of new short plays and musicals. Tickets $29 to $54.

Visit arshtcenter.org or call 305-949-6722.

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.

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Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. at Just the Funny Theater, 3119 Coral Way in Miami.

A collection of comedy mixing the likes of improvisation and sketches. Tickets $12. Call 305-693-8669 or visit JustTheFunny.com.

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Top Picks *’Trans Cuba’ at the Stonewall Museum

Friday, May 18 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Stonewall National Museum, 2157 Wilton Drive. This photograph exhibit by Marietta Pathy Allen documents the lives and families of transgender women in Cuba as they struggle to survive discrimination and poverty. On exhibit until July 15.

*‘Free Havana’ Movie Night

Thursday, May 24 at 6 p.m. at the Stonewall National Museum, 2157 Wilton Drive. A free showing of “Free Havana - Six LGBTQ Cubans Speak Openly About Their Lives.” This film paints a vivid picture of what it is like to be a member of the LGBTQ community in Cuba through six firsthand accounts. Suggested donation of $5, refreshments provided by Barefoot Wine & Bubbly.

*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.

Broward Support Services PFLAG

Tuesdays in Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs and Southwest Ranches.

A support group for parents of LGBT youth 13 to 21. Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com for dates and locations.

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.

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Pride Film Series — The Shape of Water

Saturday, May 19 at Jaco Pastorius Park, 4000 N Dixie Highway is your time to clear out your clutter and and make some cash while doing it. Remember that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Reserve your table space for $10 to $20 by calling 954-630-4500.

May 7 through May 25 at ArtServe, 1350 East Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale. This multimedia exhibition explores the many ways in which art heals the soul and rejuvenates the spirit. Admission to the gallery is free. Visit artserve.org

CABARET: A Digital Art Experience

May 12 to June 8 at the Claudia Castillo ART studio, 2215 Wilton Drive. Experience digital and kinetic three-dimensional portraits, live video installations and performances. Wine and food will be served. Call 954-274-7047 for details.

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Every Wednesday from 12:15 to 1:15 pm at 41 NE 1st St. Atlantic Blvd. 2nd Floor Ave, Pompano Beach. Indulge your creative side in this free hands-on program. Bring your own lunch or grab a bite to eat at the inhouse cafe.

Tuesday, May 8 at 1:15 pm at the Pride Center in Wilton Manors. Enjoy this free showing of Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water.

Must be 18 or older to attend. Soda and popcorn will be served.

GFLGLCC May Mixer

Tuesday, May 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Brinny Irish Riverfront Pub, 304 S Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale. Join the Greater Fort Lauderdale LGBT Chamber of Commerce at their May Mixer aboard the Double Decker Water Taxi. Complimentary drink included,

may 16 - may 22 cash bar and Hors D’oeuvres available.

Tickets free for members, non-members $10. Visit gogayfortlauderdale.com

Lauderdale Bridge Club Lessons and Games

course fireworks. For information call 561488-8069.

LGBTQ Teen Support Group

Mondays at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 401 SE 15th St. in Fort Lauderdale.

Join the club for bridge lessons and try your hand at some games. Cost $4. Call 610-4016475 or visit MarpleBridgeClub.com.

Tuesdays from 6 pm to 7 pm at the Falk Center for Couseling, 22455 Boca Rio Road, Boca Raton. Join experts in a support group that addresses discrimination, coming out, depression, PTSD and how to deal with these stresses as an LGBTQ teen. Call 561483-5300 to register in advance.

Care Resource Recovery Group

Transcendence

Mondays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Care Resource, 3160 NW Ninth St. in Oakland Park. A weekly meeting with licensed behavioral clinical counselors on healing one’s entire being in the recovery process.

Visit CareResource.org.

palm beach county *11th Annual 4th of July Celebration

Wednesday, July 4th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater, 20405 Amphitheater Circle, Boca Raton. This free community event will feature activities for kids, live performances, concessions and of

Meets at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. A closed transgender youth support group for teens ages 12 to 19. For more information, email youth@compassglcc.com.

Bisexual Support Group

Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth.

Share your thoughts with other members of the bisexual community, discuss issues, and address concerns in a safe environment.

Email marissa@compassglcc.com or visit CompassGLCC.com.

Rapid HIV Testing

Wednesdays at MCC of the Palm Beaches,

4857 Northlake Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens.

Find out your status in a safe and private way.

Free. Email dropincenter@mccpalmbeach. org

miami-dade county *Camping Clinics

Saturday, May 26 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Bill Sadowski Park. Learn safety and camping skills while kayaking, snorkeling or camping. $5 per person. Visit zoomiami.org or call 305-255-5551.

*Frogwatch

Saturday, May 26 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Zoo Miami, 12400 SW 152 St. Learn how field biologists monitor frogs in this hands-on learning experience! Tickets $5 per family.

Visit zoomiami.org

Stormy Daniels to Appear at Cam Con

Tuesday, May 29 at 1701 Collins Ave, Miami Beach. Adult film star Stormy Daniels will appear at this year’s Cam Con, who are sharing a venue with Inked Con and Cannabis Con. Visit thecons.biz.

The Cons 2018

May 29 to June 1 at Miami Beach’s SLS South Beach Hotel. Come check out the convening go the cons, Inked Con, Cannabis Con and Cam Con have something to offer for everyone. Register at thecon.biz

Champions of Equality 25th Anniversary Gala

Wednesday, May 16 from 7 to 9 pm at the home of SAVE Guardian John Byrne, 400 Alton Road, Unit 3007, Miami Beach.

Celebrate 25 years of SAVE with lite bites and complimentary cocktails, presented by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Visit championsofequality.com to order tickets and RSVP.

key west Gay Key West Trolley Tours

Saturdays at 4 p.m. meeting at 628 Duval St. See the gay side of Key West on this trolley tour. Tickets $25. Call 800-535-7797 or visit GayKeyWestFL.com.

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Mytesi (crofelemer): • Is the only medicine FDA-approved to relieve diarrhea in people with HIV • Treats diarrhea differently by normalizing the flow of water in the GI tract • Has the same or fewer side effects as placebo in clinical studies • Comes from a tree sustainably harvested in the Amazon Rainforest What is Mytesi?

Mytesi is a prescription medicine that helps relieve symptoms of diarrhea not caused by an infection (noninfectious) in adults living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Important Safety Information Mytesi is not approved to treat infectious diarrhea (diarrhea caused by bacteria, a virus, or a parasite). Before starting you on Mytesi, your healthcare provider will first be sure that you do not have infectious diarrhea. Otherwise, there is a risk you would not receive the right medicine and your infection could get worse. In clinical studies, the most common side effects that occurred more often than with placebo were upper respiratory tract (sinus, nose, and throat) infection (5.7%), bronchitis (3.9%), cough (3.5%), flatulence (3.1%), and increased bilirubin (3.1%).

Should I Take Mytesi If I Am: Pregnant or Planning to Become Pregnant?

• Studies in animals show that Mytesi could harm an unborn baby or affect the ability to become pregnant • There are no studies in pregnant women taking Mytesi • This drug should only be used during pregnancy if clearly needed A Nursing Mother?

• It is not known whether Mytesi is passed through human breast milk • If you are nursing, you should tell your doctor before starting Mytesi • Your doctor will help you to decide whether to stop nursing or to stop taking Mytesi Under 18 or Over 65 Years of Age? • Mytesi has not been studied in children under 18 years of age • Mytesi studies did not include many people over the age of 65. So it is not clear if this age group will respond differently. Talk to your doctor to find out if Mytesi is right for you

What Should I Know About Taking Mytesi With Other Medicines?

If you are taking any prescription or over-the-counter medicine, herbal supplements, or vitamins, tell your doctor before starting Mytesi.

What If I Have More Questions About Mytesi?

For more information, please see the full Prescribing Information at Mytesi.com or speak to your doctor or pharmacist.

To report side effects or make a product complaint or for additional information, call 1-844-722-8256.

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Mytesi comes from the Croton lechleri tree harvested in South America.

Please see complete Prescribing Information at Mytesi.com.

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• Upper respiratory tract infection (sinus, nose, and throat infection) • Bronchitis (swelling in the tubes that carry air to and from your lungs) • Cough • Flatulence (gas) • Increased bilirubin (a waste product when red blood cells break down) For a full list of side effects, please talk to your doctor. Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or does not go away.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

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