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supply. Say hello to Key West Pride. Yes, the Conch Republic joins Pride month with a special itinerary befitting the southernmost reaches of the continental U.S. Long recognized for its laid back lifestyle, Key West also celebrates its “One Human Family” motto. “The whole island celebrates Pride,” said Dan Skahen, executive director of the Key West Business Guild. Key West Pride (June 6 to 10) kicks off with a welcoming party at the Island House (1129 Fleming Street), an all-male clothing optional guesthouse. However, for Wednesday’s Pride kickoff party (5 to 7 p.m.) the Island House is open to all. Other gay and lesbian guesthouses hosting Pride activities are Alexander’s (1118 Fleming Street) and Equator Resort (822 Fleming Street.) On Thursday evening, the Gardens Hotel (526 Angela Street) is hosting a free wine tasting. The Gardens is a boutique hotel with old style charm, modern comfort, lush grounds with tortoises and an extensive wine selection. See our news in video Online now!
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The Stoli Key West Classic returns for another year of bartending competition. The vodka maker is bringing in 14 bartenders from around the globe to compete at various bars across the island. The Marriott Beachside is housing the bartenders and Skahen said the hotelier has been a “huge sponsor” of Pride. At Saturday’s championship, hosted by the Bourbon Street Pub (724 Duval Street), LeeAnne Locken is scheduled to make an appearance. Locken most recently starred on the Bravo television show “Real Housewives of Dallas.” She will be joined at Bourbon Street Pub by Emmy Award winning comedy writer Bruce Vilanch and singers Debby Holiday and LaToya London. Skahen said he expects Pride to bring in “a few million dollars” to the Florida Keys and anywhere from 6,000 to 8,000 travelers. The Pride parade begins at 5 p.m. Sunday on Duval Street, flowing from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean. The Stoli champion will serve as parade grand marshal. All are welcome in the procession, organizers said, which includes a section of the famed rainbow flag created by the late LGBT rights activist Gilbert Baker. MEMBER Away from the bars and guesthouses, Key West offers an abundance of attractions, MEMBER
Skahen said. Several include sunset cruises, former U.S. President Harry Truman’s winter White House, the Ernest Hemingway House complete with roaming cats, Butterfly World and more. On Friday and Saturday nights of Pride week the Waterfront Playhouse (407 Wall Street) is hosting stage readings of the works of Oscar Wilde, the eccentric gay Irish writer. Elsewhere, Aqua Bar (711 Duval Street) is hosting a “Glow Party” featuring former American Idol contestant Les Green on Friday night. Of course, Key West’s tropical climate makes the island a year-round tourist destination. Temperatures tend to range between the mid80s and high 70s with humidity around 70 percent. The island was one of the first to court gay and lesbian travelers but is not without its problems. In February 2017, a gay couple was attacked by a North Carolina man on a scooter who told the men, “You live in Trump country now, I’ll cut you up.” The perpetrator was given a four-year probation sentence and 75 hours of community service. For a complete schedule of events or more information, visit KeyWestPride.org.
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n 2017, Pride Fort Lauderdale made is to build it out something that becomes a historic move to Fort Lauderdale a destination—It’s probably one of the beach. The reimaged event was a huge few cities that are like this. We see the success. Organizers promise the event is not ‘Gayborhoods’ disappearing, no matter what done evolving yet. They’ve still got surprises time of the year when visitors come, they in store for the future including some know they will have a great time. So that puts partnerships in the works that they believe a lot of pressure on us, on the community will take the festival to the next level. as a whole. For next year’s festival, we are President of Pride Miik Martorell has in talks with the Hard Rock to open with an spent his free time traveling from Pride to A list performer to kick off the event, and Pride; volunteering his time for different we’re in talks with the South Beach Food festivals and working on figuring out which and Wine festival to include an event for formulas would work best for CRAVE Fort Lauderdale which Pride Fort Lauderdale. happens to coincide with that “I’ve been traveling on my same weekend. Again, that’s own, you know frequent flyer a case where synergy works, miles, money out of my own and we can promote each pocket—Puerto Rico this other’s events. We’re all really coming weekend will be my excited.” 43rd Pride in the last two and Pride Fort Lauderdale half years.” doesn’t want to give away He admitted he needs too many secrets but they help from all different promised there would be many types of agencies, non big surprises. profit organizations, city On top of those additions to - Miik Martorell President of Pride government, PR agencies next year Pride Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale and that Pride is a huge also recently announced undertaking; he needs they were chosen to host and support from as many partnerships as organize the first ever Pride of the Americas, possible in order to make Pride Fort an international LGBT event that is expected Lauderdale a success. to draw people from several continents. “We are going to have to help as many The ten-day event will feature a beach people as possible and get a lot of people festival with entertainment, parade, involved, we don’t want to be rude to fireworks, a visual and performing anyone, or disrespect anyone, or for anyone arts festival, human rights conference, to feel left out, and we want this to become transgender health and lifestyle programs, a signature event for our city—this is not a business expo, dance parties for multiple one man show.” explained Miik Martorell, communities within the LGBT community, President of Fort Lauderdale. and “Night on the Drive” hospitality J.W. Arnold, a spokesperson for the events on Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. organization, added, “Part of our strategy
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Forrest Shearin, The Coming Out Group Facilitator, Dies at 90 Michael d’Oliveira
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hen Kerensa Butler-Gile introduced Forrest Shearin to her parents, it was “as the man who made me gay.” It was a joke, but Shearin had a very serious impact on Butler-Gile – he was the facilitator of The Coming Out Group at Compass Community Center, which helped she and others come out to their family, friends, and co-workers. She said he led it right up until the week before his death, which occurred on May 14, the day before what would have been his 91st birthday. “He was amazing,” said Butler-Gile. “He never stopped.” She estimates he ran The Coming Out Group for at least 20 years. Butler-Gile said Shearin was so good at running the group because he was able to get people to realize that coming out would not be the end of the world. “Forrest said it wasn’t as big a deal as I thought it would be. Sure enough, it wasn’t,” she said. “Forrest had to be one of the kindest, sweetest men I’ve ever met. He was very kind to me and very much an advocate for my coming out story.” The other group members were also a resource, said Butler-Gile. She could talk to a gay man who was a father to get an idea of how her own father might react to her coming out. “I could help him [as a daughter] and
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maybe he had advice for me because he was a dad. I think everyone has their own struggle and that’s what made Forrest amazing. He gave you some kind of comfort, whatever your past was.” According to Letchworth-Sykes Funeral Service, Shearin is survived by his partner, Jeffrey Schwarz, niece Elizabeth Allsbrook Joyner, and nephew John Allsbrook. He had a PhD in psychology and was a clinical psychologist.
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attraction to members of the same sex,” she said to BuzzFeed Japan. Katsuma had been married twice and has three children, but revealed she always had an attraction to women. Masuhara was notably one of the first women in the country to be granted a same-sex partnership certificate in 2015, according to Gay Star News.
Reality show star Ryan Cleary is fighting male bisexual stigma after coming out. The bisexual participant in “Survival of the Fittest” came out on the show and is using the platform to speak up. Cleary said there is a difference in how bisexual men and women are treated. “I feel that some people hold back when they are bi and by holding back from those people who they are closest to, those people assume that you are
straight,” Cleary said to gay lifestyle magazine Attitude. Cleary said he would have benefitted from a male on television coming out as bisexual without an issue. “There’s such a broad spectrum within the LGBT+ community and then within bi and gay men, of masculinity and femininity,” he said. “I feel they see only a certain way of what they perceive gay and bi men to be.”
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onday’s Supreme Court ruling drew reactions from every corner of the country, including South Florida. The case involved David Mullins and Charlie Craig who sued Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, in 2012 because he refused to bake a wedding cake for them. Nina Totenberg, NPR’s Supreme Court correspondent wrote, “Colorado, like most states, has a state antidiscrimination law for businesses that are open to the public. Colorado bars discrimination based on race, religion, gender and sexual orientation. So Mullins and Craig filed a complaint with the state commission on civil rights, which ruled in their favor, as did the state supreme court.” But SCOTUS, wrote Totenberg on Twitter, didn’t make a ruling that impacts non-discrimination laws already in place. The court’s ruling only impacts this particular baker’s case. “SCOTUS rules in favor of wedding cake baker on the narrowest of grounds, leaving unresolved the constitutional clash between gays and merchants who decline to sell them products or services.” In writing for the majority of the court in its 7-2 ruling, Justice Anthony Kennedy stated that, “The laws and the Constitution can, and in some instances must, protect gay persons and gay couples in the exercise of their civil rights, but religious and philosophical objections to gay marriage are protected views and in some instances protected forms of expression.” Longtime local LGBT rights activist Michael Rajner weighed in on the issue. “Right now the scope is very limited to this one case, and it doesn’t necessarily set a precedent,” he said. “But there is always a concern under the Trump administration,
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Left to right: Michael Rajner, Scott Herman (photo by Steven Shires), and Vincent Foster (photo via Twitter).
especially since he’s setting a record on the number of judges he’s been appointing to the federal bench.” Meanwhile Scott Herman, president of the Dolphin Democrats, said he was “extremely disappointed” with the ruling. He said the ruling could serve as a precedent to erode LGBT rights on other issues and could embolden others to try and claim the same right to refuse service that Phillips claimed. According to the New York Times, Phillips said, “It’s more than just a cake. It’s a piece of art in so many ways.” Herman said anyone in any restaurant in America could say the same. “You speak to any chef and it’s an art. And then you have to disprove it’s not an art, and cooking is, for all intents and purposes, an art.” He added that impact of the case could take a long time to undo. “And that is extremely dangerous when you consider how long ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ was in place.” Herman also said this ruling opens the doors to Christian
“SCOTUS rules in favor of wedding cake baker on the narrowest of grounds, leaving unresolved the constitutional clash between gays and merchants who decline to sell them products or services.” - Nina Totenberg
couples being discriminated against by bakers and other business owners who might not want to serve Christians. “You have a standing for it now.” Vincent Foster, Miami Log Cabin Republicans president, said he’s excited over the ruling and accused liberal LGBT groups and individuals of being “rebel[s] without a cause.” Foster said the LGBT community needs to focus on the important issues facing it, such as housing and workplace discrimination. “Why are we forcing these issues? I’m a devout atheist and a proud gay man and I would never go to a Christian bakery for my wedding cake that does not support gay marriage. Why anyone would want to have a wedding cake made for them by someone who doesn’t support their marriage? Let’s work on the real civil rights issues.” He stated that he thinks a lawsuit against a mom and pop bakery like this hurts the LGBT community by giving it unwanted attention and a negative reputation. He compared it to gay men who wear assless chaps at pride events. He also said he doesn’t think this is a case of true discrimination because the baker only refused to make the gay couple a cake but did not refuse to sell them any of his other items. In her dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg wrote, “The fact that Phillips might sell other cakes and cookies to gay and lesbian customers was irrelevant to the issue Craig and Mullins’ case presented. What matters is that Phillips would not provide a good or service to a same-sex couple that he would provide to a heterosexual couple. In contrast, the other bakeries’ sale of other goods to Christian customers was relevant: It shows that there were no goods the bakeries would sell to a non-Christian customer that they would refuse to sell to a Christian customer.”
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n a what one legal activist characterized as “dangerous encouragement to those who would deny civil rights to LGBT people,” the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7 to 2 Monday (June 4) in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to sell wedding cakes to same-sex couples the same as he sells to male-female couples. The much-anticipated decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado elicited an unusually broad array of reactions from LGBT legal activists and observers. While Lambda Legal Chief Executive Officer Rachel Tiven said the ruling offers “dangerous encouragement to those who would deny civil rights to LGBT people and people living with HIV,” the ACLU said the majority opinion “reaffirmed the core principle that businesses open to the public must be open to all.” Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said the decision was “narrow” and “does not break any new constitutional ground or create any new religious or free speech exceptions to anti-discrimination laws.” Law professor Tobias Barrington Wolff said “the majority’s reasoning has many implications,” including the likelihood that "litigants will try to apply the Court’s analysis to other forms of discrimination or unfavorable treatment by state authorities (based on race, sex, national origin), and lower courts may entertain those arguments.” The Alliance Defending Freedom, which brought the Masterpiece Cakeshop appeal, was unequivocal: “This is a big win—not just for Jack, but for every American who values freedom.” The decision In writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy accepted Colorado baker Jack Phillips’ claim that selling a wedding cake requires the use of his “artistic skills to make an expressive statement, a wedding endorsement in his own voice and of his own creation.” Kennedy also noted that, in 2012, when Phillips refused to sell a cake to the gay couple, Colorado law banned recognition of marriage between same-sex couples.
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“At the time of the events in question, this Court had not issued its decisions either in United States v. Windsor [striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act] or Obergefell [striking state bans on marriage for same-sex couples]. Since the State itself did not allow those marriages to be performed in Colorado, there is some force to the argument that the baker was not unreasonable in deeming it lawful to decline to take an action that he understood to be an expression of support for their validity when that expression was contrary to his sincerely held religious beliefs, at least insofar as his refusal was limited to refusing to create and express a message in support of gay marriage, even one planned to take place in another State.” As he did during oral argument, Kennedy also put considerable emphasis on his interpretation of how the Colorado Civil Rights Commission handled the complaint against Phillips. He said the Commission demonstrated “clear and impermissible hostility toward the sincere religious beliefs that motivated his objection.” His evidence was two-fold: that the Commission did not take adverse action against bakers who had refused to create cakes with anti-LGBT messages, and that a member or members of the Commission made remarks he construed to be hostile toward Phillips’ expressed religious beliefs. But LGBT legal activists, for the most part, were inclined to focus their reaction Monday to the majority decision’s inclusion of language signaling an acceptance that civil rights laws should and must protect LGBT people from discrimination. “Our society has come to the recognition that gay persons and gay couples cannot be treated as social outcasts or as inferior in dignity and worth,” wrote Kennedy. “For that
A recent protest outside of the Supreme Court. Photo credit: pcirelan.
reason the laws and the Constitution can, and in some instances must, protect them in the exercise of their civil rights.” While “the religious and philosophical objections to gay marriage are protected views and in some instances protected forms of expression,” wrote Kennedy, “....it is a general rule that such objections do not allow business owners and other actors in the economy and in society to deny protected persons equal access to goods and services under a neutral and generally applicable public accommodations law.” “…[A]ny decision in favor of the baker would have to be sufficiently constrained,” said Kennedy, “lest all purveyors of goods and services who object to gay marriages for moral and religious reasons in effect be allowed to put up signs saying ‘no goods or services will be sold if they will be used for gay marriages,’ something that would impose a serious stigma on gay persons.” That means, “the baker won the battle but lost the war,” said James Essex, director of the LGBT project of the ACLU, which represented the Colorado couple who brought the complaint against the baker.
“This was not the result we were looking for,” said Essex, but the baker “did not get a constitutional license to discriminate.” While Essex said there were no plans to revisit this case with the Colorado Commission, he said any same-sex couple who now seeks to buy a cake from the baker might reasonably file a complaint with the Commission if the baker refuses them service and hope for a good outcome. Others agreed. “Although ruling for the baker, the [Supreme] Court recognized the importance of protecting the dignity of LGBT people,” said Williams Institute Executive Director Jocelyn Samuels, “and affirmed states’ general authority to bar sexual orientation discrimination by businesses that serve the public.” In addition to Kennedy and the court’s conservative justices (Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch), two of its more liberal members –Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan— voted with the majority. (Clarence Thomas did not sign onto the majority decision but filed his own opinion, concurring in the judgment.)
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based on sexual orientation] was invalidated in any way.” Mullins and Craig were living in Colorado Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the dissent for herself and Justice Sonia but married in Massachusetts in 2012, when Sotomayor. Ginsburg found fault with the U.S. Supreme Court had not yet struck the majority’s reliance on the remarks of down state bans against marriage for sameCommission members and the different sex couples. After Phillips refused to sell outcome in complaints involving other them a cake for their reception, they posted bakers. She noted that the gay couple who a message on Facebook about the incident approached Masterpiece Cakeshop did not and then learned that state law prohibits seek any particular message “or anything else discrimination based on sexual orientation. That’s when they filed a complaint with the distinguishing” on their cake. “When a couple contacts a bakery for a Colorado Civil Rights Commission. A state administrative judge, the Colorado wedding cake, the product they are seeking is a cake celebrating their wedding—not a cake Civil Rights Commission, and the Colorado celebrating heterosexual weddings or same- Court of Appeals all ruled for the couple sex weddings—and that is the service Craig and against Phillips. The Commission did and Mullins were denied,” said Ginsburg. not order Phillips to design cakes for sameThe baker in the Masterpiece case, she said, sex weddings, but rather ordered that he “declined to make a cake he found offensive stop “refusing to sell [to same-sex couples] where the offensiveness of the product was wedding cakes or any product [the baker] would sell to heterosexual determined solely by the identity couples.” of the customer requesting it.” Colorado and 20 other Ginsburg also said she could states have laws prohibiting “see no reason why the comments sexual orientation of one or two Commissioners discrimination in public should be taken to overcome accommodations and other Phillips’ refusal to sell a wedding areas, such as employment cake” to the gay couple. and housing. During last December’s oral Rea Carey of the National argument, Kennedy expressed LGBTQ Task Force said that, consternation with a remark while she is “concerned made by a member of the that the Court’s action will Colorado Civil Rights Commission lead to future cases that during its deliberation –a remark may weaken the rights of that Kennedy construed to be - James Essex LGBTQ people,” she takes intolerant of religious beliefs. The Director of the LGBT “solace in the fact that in Commission member is quoted project of the ACLU Justice Kennedy’s ruling he to have said: “Freedom of religion reminded everyone that and religion has been used to justify all kinds of discrimination throughout religious objections alone do not grant a right history, whether it be slavery, whether it to deny services to others.” Law professor Tobias Barrington Wolff be the Holocaust…we can list hundreds of situations where freedom of religion has been said the majority's reasoning has “many used to justify discrimination. And, to me, it implications,” including the likelihood is one of the most despicable piece of rhetoric that “litigants will try to apply the Court’s that people can use –to use their religion to analysis to other forms of discrimination or unfavorable treatment by state authorities hurt others.” Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen (based on race, sex, national origin), and Breyer, two who are usually on the side lower courts may entertain those arguments.” “The landscape has shifted on religious of equal treatment for LGBT people, said they concurred with the majority that the discrimination claims,” said Wolff, “...in some Commission exhibited “religious hostility” to ways that might help to advance the rights of Phillips’ view that the Bible opposes marriage minority faith practitioners or non-believers, and in other ways that might result in religious for same-sex couples. justifications for discrimination occupying a particularly favored status in the day-to-day Preparing for the next battle business of state and local regulation.” Lambda Legal’s Tiven expressed a similar In a telephone press conference after the decision was released, David Mullins who, worry. “This is a deeply disappointing day in along with spouse Charlie Craig, filed the original complaint against baker Phillips, said American jurisprudence,” said Tiven, but he was “disappointed” with the ruling but that added that her organization “will fiercely he hopes “people can understand that this is resist the coming effort that will seek to not a wide-ranging ruling and it doesn’t mean turn this ruling into a broad license to the [state law prohibiting discrimination discriminate.”
“The baker won the battle but lost the war.”
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June 8 is National CaribbeanAmerican HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Denise Royal
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he purpose of the annual observance and culture of this great community.” is to educate Caribbean-Americans Reduction in HIV in Caribbean-Americans about HIV/AIDS and provide resources is possible if a larger proportion of people for HIV testing and treatment. with HIV engaged and retained in care. Because of the large number of Caribbean- People living with HIV who are in routine Americans living in South Florida, this day care and achieve undetectable viral loads is of particular importance to people in our minimize the chances of transmitting the area. According to a 2017 study published in virus to others who do not have it. But one out the International Journal of Environmental of every six people who have the virus don’t Research and Public Health, Florida is home know they have it, and they are the most to approximately 40 percent of the total likely to give HIV to others. It’s proven that Caribbean-born population in once people learn they have the the U.S. virus, they become much more The Caribbean has been likely to take precautions to more heavily affected by HIV prevent the spread of HIV, such than any region outside subas using condoms and taking Saharan Africa and has the medications. second highest level of adult Unfortunately, this is not HIV prevalence. happening enough. Compared to other “Much like other minority populations in Florida, communities, we are seeing Caribbean immigrants are an increase in new infections,” more likely to be screened Lowe said. “So we continue to - Lorenzo Lowe later for HIV, resulting in modify our approach to the Director of HIV prevention delayed diagnosis. According process of educating, testing, at the compass to UNAIDS, the Joint United and treating CaribbeanNations Program on HIV/AIDS, the disease is Americans. Understanding the beliefs, the leading cause of death among men and culture, and environment allowed us to women aged 20-59 in the Caribbean. identify the barriers regarding access to care. “National Caribbean-American HIV/ This was a game changer. Now it's a matter AIDS Awareness Day transcends a day of of slowly incorporating new processes observance,” said Lorenzo Lowe, Director of into everyday life. We hope this model will HIV Prevention at Compass, the LGBT center ensure that the education is then passed to in Lake Worth. “This day has expanded to a new generations.” deliberate and conscious effort to reduce the Visit the CDC website to find your nearest number of infections among this community. place to get tested every day of the year. With a large West-Indian population here in Many places offer free testing including the South Florida, we have learned in our efforts Pride Center in Wilton Manors, Compass to bring awareness to this disease that our in Lake Worth, and at AIDS Healthcare approach must also align with the history locations throughout South Florida.
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The Grille, Formerly Tropics, Opens on Wilton Drive By Michael d’Oliveira
Paul Hugo, owner of The Grille.
As employees were still sweeping and the redesigned interior looked and hosing down the sidewalk in great. He was having a vodka and soda front of The Grille On The Drive, the at the bar when he talked to SFGN. “I bartenders and waiters inside were can’t wait to come back for dinner.” Pittman said he was a fan of Tropics already taking drink and food orders. The restaurant’s sign also went up as but he’s glad a restaurant was brought back into the same space but with a the staff got to work. different name. “It was On Friday afternoon, an institution here,” The Grille opened its he said about Tropics. doors for the first time. The Grille features It sits where Tropics two bars, a piano in was located for 25 years the nightclub area of before it closed last year. the restaurant, and Wilton Manors’ salad bar. Along with newest restaurant, liquor, wine, and beer, located at 2000 Wilton the menu also offers Drive, is owned by Paul steak, seafood, veal, Hugo who owns The burgers, sandwiches, Manor, also on Wilton Italian cuisine, and Drive. more. Former Tropics SFGN talked to owners Alex Meyer and Jason Sims before he Godfrey Thompson - Alex Pittman had a chance to try leased the building to the new menu and he Hugo. Meyer stated that Customer was most impressed the goal was to reopen at that point with the Tropics but that they had way the restaurant to focus on other issues and thought it best to let someone else looked. It was, he said, an improvement over Tropics. The Grille was “beautiful, open a restaurant in its place. SFGN was at the opening and the gorgeous . . . brighter” and, most comments from customers were appreciated by Sims, there were “no positive. Alex Pittman said the menu pink lights.” WMG
“I can’t wait to come back for dinner.”
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Wilton Manors is So Gay; But is it ‘Too Gay’?
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By Sal Torre Oh Mary, don’t ask. Someone has complained that the Wilton Manors Business Association Directory is too gay. That’s right, at the last City Commission meeting, a resident expressed strong disappointment with the radical revision done to the latest edition of the Wilton Manors Business Association Directory. Sorry to disappoint, but the splash of color on the front cover is about as radical as it gets. The resident went on to point out that the inappropriate photo of men dancing inside a nightclub makes the directory seem more like a gay guide to our city. I guess some would like us back in the closet, out of sight, out of mind. Ironically at the same city commission meeting, Hunters Nightclub was honored as the recipient of the Community Spirit Award, along with resident Jon O’Connor. Each year the city’s Community Affairs Advisory Board recognizes one local business and one resident for outstanding community involvement and volunteerism here in our Island City. Hunters Nightclub has been a major sponsor of many city events, is always ready to step up when needed, and is a major asset to our business community, serving as a great example of how local businesses can improve and serve the community in which they do business. The photograph pointed out by that local resident as being too inappropriate for the Business Directory happens to have been taken at one of Hunters Sunday Tea Dances. Seems a bit contradictory to honor a business for all they do to improve life here in our community then condemn as inappropriate a picture of residents having a good time at that establishment. Prior to the City Commission meeting, I thought that the business association had done a wonderful job with the new directory. The front cover was colorful, with pictures depicting life and activities in our Island City. Inside is a wealth of information, from a brief history of our city, things to do around town, restaurants on and off The Drive, a wonderful summary of our city government, and a listing of local businesses throughout our Island City and the surrounding area. A job well done! Unfortunately, the comment of ‘being too gay’ is not limited to just this one incident. At a recent Island City Art Advisory Committee meeting, a local artist was abruptly interrupted by a committee member who complained that painting a crosswalk on Wilton Drive in the rainbow colors was “too gay.” The slight undercurrent of bigotry flowing beneath the surface here in our wonderful Island City rears its ugly head every now and then. A quote from Dorothy Day sums it up: “The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.” The LGBT community has come a long way in gaining legal protections and rights in our society, but we still must continue to educate right here in our local communities, to root out discrimination and bigotry embedded down deep within. The Wilton Manors Business Association has come a long way in the last seven years after hitting rock bottom back in 2011. That is when the association leadership thought it a good idea to invite Allen West, Congressman and conservative firebrand, to come to Wilton Manors. Community leaders and many WMBA members were in an uproar. Calls for a boycott of local businesses were thankfully called off by cooler heads, and the odious Congressman West road show was cancelled. Unbeknownst to residents who stood together back
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then, that firebrand style was just the warm-up show for things to come. Now the headliner across the nation is the Trump Reality Show. I can almost understand those who harken back to times gone by. However, looking back is not an option. Looking forward is the solution. Our business community, led by WMBA President Tim Moffett, is looking forward to a bright future with their bold new business directory and active membership. Our city leadership, led by City Manager Leigh Ann Henderson, is also actively looking forward with sound financial budgeting and planning for future needs. Our community neighborhood associations are looking forward, working with city staff to bring about needed changes along Andrews Avenue, possibly unifying our city zip codes, and advocating on behalf of many other projects throughout the city. Residents should be looking forward to our upcoming city elections in November. Elections offer residents a say in the future by electing a Mayor and City Commissioners who will best serve our Island City. In closing, I quote from Tim Moffitt’s Welcome Statement in the vibrantly revised Wilton Manors Business Directory. “Small businesses are the bedrock of every community. WMBA’s main goal currently is to form enduring alliances between city government, civic organizations, and business. In doing so, we believe we can help to build a stronger community and make what’s already a great city even better.” Shop locally, support the Island City business community, embrace the future, leave bigotry in the past, and let us move forward together, and in doing so we will continue to make life just better here. WMG
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Get That Listing!(?) By James Oaksun This week, we continue the descent into Geekery that marked my last two columns. We looked at recent sales and pricing results for the three WilMa neighborhoods, as well as for nine select neighborhoods of interest nearby. I want to change the gears a bit next. When you are a new Realtor (or even notso-new), there is one thing you will hear constantly from the typical managing broker, from successful Realtors, and from every real estate trainer out there: “Get the listing! Get the listing! The listing is everything! You can only make money in real estate as a listing agent! Do whatever you have to do to get the listing! Don’t come back to the office without a listing!” That said, you would probably think there were some super-dominant listing agents out there in some neighborhoods. People with laser-like focus and tremendous reputation who “own” certain areas, who are perhaps considered the “preferred Realtor of the neighborhood.”
So let’s look at the numbers. I looked at all the single family home listings in the Multiple Listing Service data for the last two years, in those same 12 neighborhoods we’ve considered over the past two columns. The attached table shows the results. (I included listings that are currently active as well as those that expired over the last two years, whether through sale or for some other reason.) Let me make some observations. First, if you consider the aggregate share of listings, none of the neighborhoods have a particularly dominant Realtor. Further, none of the neighborhoods have a cluster of five top Realtors with aggregate market share of over 40 percent. In other words, the market for single family home listings in all these neighborhoods is essentially totally fragmented. Finally, look at that last column. In every neighborhood, there were well over 100 Realtors who in the study period had at least one listing in the neighborhood in question. (Typically, it was exactly one listing.)
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from potential buyers to whom you can sell other properties. Bear in mind, though, that only about 50 percent of listings actually sell during the contract period. Perhaps that should be a topic for a future column! 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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Gazette Launches Wilton Manors Sues State to Community Facebook Group Get Rid of Preemption Rule By Michael d’Oliveira
The Wilton Manors Gazette recently launched a Facebook group to keep readers up to date with the latest happenings and news in the city and to distinguish itself from its parent company, South Florida Gay News. “What started out as a supplement to SFGN has really taken on a life of its own. Because of that we felt the Gazette needed a voice of its own, separate and apart from SFGN,” said Publisher Norm Kent. “We realize there is a community here in Wilton Manors that does not necessarily want all of SFGN’s news, from around South Florida and the world, so the Gazette will focus on just hyper local news.” By targeting just the Wilton Manors community SFGN’s staff will be able to highlight even more relevant news, stories and events geared towards locals. For instance, the city recently stopped live streaming its commission meetings over concerns about a lawsuit happening elsewhere in the state.
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The Gazette decided to start uploading the meetings to its YouTube page and posting a link to it in its Facebook group so readers will still be able to have easy access to the city’s meetings. In another hyper local example the Gazette recently assigned a photographer to capture the city’s annual canoe race. An event like that would not appeal to the broader SFGN audience and so the Gazette would not have assigned it. But the Facebook group gives the Gazette a place to highlight local events such as the canoe race. “We hope this Facebook group will provide a new way for readers and residents to interactive with our newspaper and their community,” Kent said. WMG
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Editor in Chief of the Pelican By WMG Staff
Michael d'Oliveira, the Wilton Manors Gazette’s news editor and main reporter, has accepted a job as the Pelican’s Editor in Chief. He starts his new position on June 25. “While we are sad to see Michael go we wish him the best of luck with his new job,” said SFGN Executive Editor Jason Parsley. “Most of all though we thank him for helping us build the Gazette from scratch.” Parsley credits d'Oliveira with making the Gazette an editorial success. “Before d'Oliveira’s consistent coverage of Wilton Manors, the city was an afterthought of our local mainstream newspapers,” Parsley said. “I am confident d'Oliveira will lead the Pelican to success.” The Pelican is a weekly newspaper that focuses mostly on Pompano Beach, but also covers Deerfield Beach, Lighthouse Point, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, Hillsboro Beach, The Galt and Palm Aire. WMG
On the same night Mayor Gary Resnick can be fined up to $5,000 and be removed asked for a moment of silence for the from office, and any regulations they pass victims of the recent Santa Fe High would just be removed by the state. The School shooting, he also talked about the preemption has come under more and city’s lawsuit against the State of Florida more scrutiny as local governments have expressed more of a desire to pass gun regarding preemption on gun regulations. Resnick, who is also a plaintiff in the control laws on the local level in response lawsuit, mentioned the Marjory Stoneman to gun violence. “We had an idea that we Douglas shooting and how would pass a regulation there have been a lot of that would require a gun moments of silence in the dealer, and there’s several commission chambers for in Wilton Manors, that a similar shootings. “It seems gun dealer notify our police like we just keep doing department if someone these moments of silence is denied a gun permit and nothing changes. because they failed a But hopefully things are background check,” Resnick starting to change now.” said. The idea, however, did The city also had a not move forward because proclamation for National of the exemption, he added. Gun Violence Awareness “We are trying to do what Day. Vice Mayor Justin we can.” Flippen talked about the Instead, he said the recent news that more - Gary Resnick city has joined the lawsuit students have died in Mayor of Wilton Manors which is being funded school shootings in 2018 by Everytown for Gun than the number of U.S. servicemen and women killed in combat. Safety, an organization that advocates for “That is a shameful statistic we really have increased gun control. Pembroke Pines and Coral Springs are also a part of the lawsuit. to take to heart,” Flippen said. City Attorney Kerry Ezrol said that But for now, taking things to heart is just there were other lawsuits filed by other about all city officials can do. According to state law, local governments cities, including Weston, and that there are not allowed to pass firearm regulations. are discussions about all the cities possibly If they do, each official who participates joining one lawsuit. WMG
“It seems like we just keep doing these moments of silence and nothing changes.”
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27th Annual Island City Canoe Race By Carina Mask
The race set sail on may 19 at the Middle River at Colohatchee Boat Ramp, ending at Richardson Historic Park. After the race, Residents celebrated the 71st Anniversary of the City with a BBQ, DJ, and the presentation of trophies and certificates of the Canoe Race winners.
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Oakland Park Walmart in Final Stages of Approval
Commission Approves Goodwill Pool Rezoning
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in about a month, but he’s not sure of an exact date yet. He also doesn’t know yet when demolition or construction will begin. The proposed 121,345 square foot store, which is 4,000 square feet bigger than the former Kmart building, was approved by Oakland Park commissioners at the end of 2016 and will employ an estimated 300 to 350 people. The site will have 510 parking spaces and solar panels will be installed to provide some of the building’s energy needs. Walmart will also hire an off-duty BSO deputy to provide extra security. Store hours will be from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily and it will only be open 24 hours during three days chosen by Walmart. Per an agreement with Oakland Park, the only way the store can be open 24 hours on more than those three days is if the city allows one of Walmart’s competitors to open 24 hours. Wherry said the days chosen by Walmart will most likely revolve around high-traffic shopping days, such as Black Friday. WMG
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The proposed pool at the former going to be parking all down the street. I Goodwill site hasn’t been given final guess when they get towed a couple times approval by the city, but it cleared one of they’ll stop.” At the meeting on May 22, Green the final hurdles with a rezoning approval. The rezoning of the facility, 550 E. Oakland reiterated his objections. “This particular Park Blvd., was unanimously approved by project is unwise.” Mayor Gary Resnick said he thinks the commissioners at their meeting on May 22. It was rezoned from Light Industrial to parking situation will be adequate. “I’m okay with the parking. People will figure it General Business [B-3]. But while the rezoning was unanimously out,” said Resnick at a previous meeting. “I approved, the project itself does not enjoy think it’s a great project for that area,” said unanimous support from commissioners. Resnick on May 22. Commissioner Newton also expressed Commissioner Tom Green said he would concern over parking but not vote for the project his main concern was because it does not have about the concrete wall enough parking. the Planning and Zoning The facility will have 35 Board said must be built. parking spaces. Roberta He said he would not vote Moore, director of to approve the project if the Community Development developer didn’t agree to Services, said 151 were build the wall. required but that there was The developer wants no way that many could a wooden fence instead. be incorporated into the Newton said his insistence site. If given final approval, comes from the concerns the facility would include from some residents he a 50-meter main pool, a - Gary Resnick talked to that the concrete therapy pool, office, gift/ Mayor of Wilton Manors wall is needed to reduce pro shop, locker room, the noise that would be outdoor kitchen, and a generated. He said he’d be 5,300 square foot rooftop willing to give the developer a few years to deck. At a previous meeting, Green said the build it, but “it definitely has to go up.” Other concerns raised by the parking was too big of an issue for him to support final approval. “We live in Wilton commission were fears that the building Manors. What’s the number one thing we could eventually become a bar or hear daily in Wilton Manors? Parking. restaurant. Per an agreement between the If you were missing 12 spaces, I could city and the developer, the property cannot understand. If you were missing 50. But be used in the future for one of those types when it’s this much I just . . . people are of businesses. WMG
“I think it’s a great project for that area.”
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Around Town By Michael d’Oliveira
Wilton Drive Streetscape workshop Wilton Manors officials will hold a workshop on the streetscape plans for Wilton Drive. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hagen Park Community Center, 2020 Wilton Drive. Residents and other interested individuals are encouraged to RSVP by calling 954-390-2100 or singing up online at https://bit.ly/2xFPVCt. WMG
Corbin plans Water Rally Mayoral candidate Boyd Corbin has announced he will be holding a Water Rally on Friday, June 1 at 6 p.m. at Mickel Park, 2675 NW 7 Ave., Wilton Manors. “I will have a water expert who works with the Erin Brockovich Foundation to explain how this is a national problem and tell us how we can keep ourselves safe and healthy until our water supply is cleaned up,” said Corbin, who has repeatedly criticized the city for not doing enough to improve the quality of the water it gets from Fort Lauderdale. Corbin, who paid for a private water test, has said commissioners are letting residents drink and use water that has higher than allowed levels of chemical compounds. His protests also led to the EPA issuing a “clarification of when and how local and state officials should perform tests on local water systems.” WMG
Stonewall calls for volunteers Organizers of the 2018 Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride Parade & Street Festival have issued a call for volunteers. “We still need volunteers for the Stonewall Pride Parade & Street Festival on Saturday, June 16, 2018. We particularly need help with early morning volunteer parking lot set-up, vendor set-up, parade set-up, parade execution, and parade barricade repositioning to emergency lane after the parade. Please consider helping us to put on a great event.” Go to 2018stonewallvolunteers.eventbrite.com/?s=85097601 to register. WMG
Jon O’Connor, Hunters receive Island City Spirit Award Resident Jon O’Connor and Mark Hunter, owner of Hunters Nightclub, both received the city’s Island City Spirit Award for 2018. Each year, the award is given out to a resident and business owner who have demonstrated a commitment to the city in a volunteer or contribution capacity, such as volunteering on city boards or supporting community events. At the May 22 commission meeting when the award was presented, O’Connor said he was surprised to receive it and joked, “I hope there was more than one nominee.” WMG
Rajner wants award named after Skip Stadnik Resident and activist Michael Rajner has suggested the city rename its Island City Spirit Award to include the name of Skip Stadnik. Stadnik, one of the city’s most well-known and celebrated volunteers, died earlier this month. Stadnik was an Army veteran and long-time member of the Community Affairs Advisory Board [CAAB]. He was frequently involved in and attended city events. “I say that as somebody who is the former chair of that [CAAB] board and the author of that award,” said Rajner at the May 22 commission meeting. Rajner also suggested the award only be given out during non-election years to prevent it from being used by any of the candidates to highlight their campaigns. WMG
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How the Lauderdale Bars Remained Open Norm Kent
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ast Friday night, while enjoying dinner Regrettably, and unfortunately, city at The Grille, Paul Hugo’s spectacular staffers decided to exact compliance by new restaurant in Wilton Manors, a using this tool as a first line of attack against gentleman approached me and thanked both straight and gay clubs, over two dozen me for my law firm’s victory in persuading straight ones in fact. The reason it drew the the city of Fort Lauderdale to rescind its attention of the editors here at SFGN was “homophobic” decision to close gay bars because nearly all of the LGBT clubs were so earlier. impacted, even though the majority of them No, that’s not what happened at all. Let me had inconsequential or specious violations correct that here and now. of law. The city of Fort Lauderdale, its city As an example, John Pradon, the owner manager Lee Feldman, and his assistant at 321 Slammers, and a long term client of Sarah Spurlock, who supervises the my law firm, was threatened with a violation Nighttime Economy Task Force, were at no because of "improper paving” of his parking time targeting the LGBT community. The lot. Jerry Schultz, the owner of Mona’s, was issue here was code violations, not gender legitimately mystified how a permit violation considerations. If our reporting intimated by his sublessee, an insurance company otherwise, I should be castigated, not with an adjoining location, could cause his congratulated. nightclub the right to lose an after hours Here is what actually happened. liquor license. He was right, of course, and Last year, the city manager inaugurated so were multiple bar owners with more a task force to more vigorously manage the substantial code violations. costs of patrolling the city’s You don’t use a shotgun thriving nightclub life. Too on a flea. many places were just having Sean David, the owner of too many problems, draining Le Boy, put the issue in its police resources and generating proper perspective. He said excessive administrative costs. “I may have been negligent They also found that numerous in putting up my outdoor hospitality establishments in awning before I got the town were skating on many proper permits, but you don’t code requirements. take away my livelihood Exploring measures to and ability to serve liquor induce compliance with city because of it. You wouldn’t regulations, officials found they tell McDonald’s they can’t had at their disposal a littleserve hamburgers if they did used ordinance with draconian not have enough parking - Sean David sanctions. Fort Lauderdale’s spaces.” Owner of LeBoy regulatory scheme for alcoholic My law partner, Russell beverage establishments only Cormican handled the case licenses them to serve liquor until midnight. for four of the establishments that retained In order to serve liquor after 12, all bars are our firm. This included the Boardwalk, required to acquire an ‘Extended Hours LeBoy, Slammers, and the Ramrod, but License,’ which discretionarily permits them obviously whatever determination the city to serve until 2 a.m. made would have to be uniformly applied to This license is renewable every year at all clubs, straight, gay, or pansexual. Russell no charge to the clubs, but it provides that summed up the city’s dilemma even more establishments who have ‘excessive’ police succinctly: “You don’t give someone the calls to their venues, or multiple outstanding death penalty for a traffic ticket that’s a lane code violations, which have gone unrepaired, change infraction.” may be denied that license. Unfortunately, the city already had.
“You wouldn’t tell McDonald’s they can’t serve hamburgers if they did not have enough parking spaces.”
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Mayor Dean Trantalis sits at LeBoy. SFGN File Photo.
In our investigation into the city’s enforcement activities, we learned that the Cubby Hole on Federal Highway had already been closed at midnight because of an inconsequential transgression unrelated to the sale of liquor. This is no way to supervise bars in a city promoting its nightlife and beachside hotels as an international tourist destination. Trust me when I say that Las Vegas clubs which may be short on parking spaces are not losing their right to gamble. Immediately upon being advised of the situation by the front page story which appeared in our newspaper, the city’s new mayor, Dean Trantalis, called an emergency meeting of his staff and those who were employing this ‘tough love’ method of discipline. “It was unjustified,” I told him. Mayor Trantalis firmly and correctly stated he would review and address the issue with his staff. Under no circumstances should he allow, nor any of us expect, that there will be special dispensations for the LGBT community. Besides, this meeting was not just about the city’s seven gay clubs. This was about using the exacting penalty of denying a club an after hours license as a tool and mechanism for code compliance to any club, straight or gay. Within minutes after meeting with his staff Trantalis, a gay man, made a straight,
forward-thinking decision. He decisively proclaimed that the city’s method of enforcement was improper. Through his spokesperson, Scott Wyman, he announced that the city’s past history and future plans was to promote a business-friendly climate that encouraged voluntary compliance by hospitality establishments. Wyman explained the city’s goal was to create mutual prosperity, not individual hardships. While this never was solely a gay issue only, our community must understand early on in the Trantalis administration that he may not come down on our side with every decision he has to make. He has an entire city to represent. There are competing interests and valid considerations for many issues. Still, there is reason not only to be proud, but happy. Given that previous mayors have flushed gay interests down the toilet or even refused to embrace gay marriages while the Supreme Court was doing so, I would say we are a lot better off today than yesterday. Now that we have a voice in city hall and a place at the table it falls upon all of us to work together to present our community as professional and righteous, creating a city and environment that makes us principled and prosperous. Our new mayor has just led the way. What can we say? Fabulous!
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After Halloween and Pride, one of the most important events on the gay calendar is the Tony Awards ceremony. We gays pay homage to Broadway and the showtunes that have become central to our cultural one night each year. Watch the broadcast from Radio City Music Hall tonight at The Pub, 2283 Wilton Dr. in Wilton Manors. Cheer on your favorite shows and proceeds benefit Island City Stage. Info at ThePubWM.com.
The Original Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus, celebrating their 30th season, observes Pride month with “New York City Boy,” tonight at 7 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, 333 Tarpon Dr. in Fort Lauderdale. Artistic director Dr. Gary Keating and his talented singers will take audiences on a musical journey back to Stonewall and beyond in this entertaining and nostalgic program. Tickets start at $25 at TheFtLGMC.org.
Dance music queen Kristine W will headline the free CommuniTEA dance, a Pride month tradition, tonight on the Thomson Plaza of the Arts at the Arsht Center in Miami. The fun kicks off at 6 p.m. with your hostess Tiffany T. Fantasia and DJs Lolo, Hottpants and Adora. Special entertainment by Gender Blender and Pioneer Winter Collective, the region’s only LGBTQ dance troupe. More information at ArshtCenter.org.
On the second anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub attack, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival remembers the victims with a special screening of the new documentary, “49 PULSES,” tonight at 9 p.m. at Savor Cinema, 503 S.E. 6th St. in Fort Lauderdale. Filmmaker Charlie Minn (“77 Minutes,” “A Nightmare in Las Cruces”) will participate in an audience Q&A following the screening. Admission is $12. For more information and tickets, go to FLIFF.com.
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NEW YORK CITY BOY Celebrate Pride Month with our stories of coming out, self discovery, survival and fabulousness set to songs by: Pet Shop Boys, ABBA, Cher, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Diana Ross and more
Sunday, June 10, 2018 • 7pm All Saints Episcopal Church 333 Tarpon Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL For tickets please call 954-832-0060 or www.TheFTLGMC.org $25 General Admission and $40 VIP
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n addition to the traditional parade and street festival, the Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride weekend will include a new arts showcase, “Our Night Out,” on Friday, June 15. The event, funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, was proposed by the leaders of the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida, Island City Stage and Stonewall National Museum and Archives three years ago and is the culmination of an extended effort to make their programs and performances more accessible, especially in underserved communities. The Knight Foundation has long promoted the creative arts in the South Florida community and one requirement of the extensive grant proposal was a major performance. “The city of Wilton Manors wanted to add a cultural event to the Stonewall weekend and it came together,” said Andy Rogow, artistic director of Island City Stage. The annual Artopia fundraiser founded by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce’s Gay and Lesbian Business Exchange served as a model for the new, immersive event with “more live performances and a stronger arts focus, ultimately concluding with an exciting performance,” said Mark Kent, executive director of the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida, “Our Night Out” will begin at 7 p.m. with a VIP reception at The Venue, 2345 Wilton Dr. in Wilton Manors. In addition to prime viewing for the performances later and meet-andgreets with performers, guests will have an opportunity to enjoy live music and visual arts
displays by the members of ArtsUnited, the local LGBT arts collective. At 8 p.m., a pre-show cocktail hour in the foyer for all ticket holders will feature fashions, acrobats and aerialists and interactive pop-up arts experiences. The main event begins at 9 p.m. with an allprofessional cast of LGBT and allied performers hosted by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alum Monet X Change and directed by Jonathan Hawkins. Kent promised an unforgettable musical and visual journey of LGBTQ expression, featuring more performances, stunning lighting and projections that will create a dramatic theatrical experience. The best part, Rogow emphasized, is the tickets are only $10 for the main event, allowing almost anyone to enjoy an evening of exciting music, dance and art. Following the show, guests may dance the night away to the beats of a special guest DJ at the popular nightclub. While the event is expected to become one of the highlights of the Stonewall weekend, both Rogow and Kent agreed that the opportunity for the diverse local LGBTQ arts organizations to collaborate is the most important result of the project. “It was a new idea,” explained Kent. “Is (‘Our Night Out’) the chorus or is it Island City Stage or is it Stonewall? It took a while to introduce the concept and raise awareness among our core constituents.” “What’s helped is the coordination of the three organizations. It gets us together more often and allows us to coordinate how we promote each other. It’s been successful, creating a closeness,” added Rogow.
“Our Night Out” will be presented on Friday, June 15 at The Venue, 2345 Wilton Dr. in Wilton Manors. Tickets for the VIP reception are $50 each and the main event is $10 per person. For more information and tickets, go to OurNightOut.org.
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n his day producer Allan Carr was known as "flamboyant"--a code word for gay. This was at a time when being openly gay in Hollywood could mean career suicide. Yet Carr (1937-1999) flaunted his sexuality, which didn't stop him from rising to the upper echelons of the film industry when he produced “Grease” (1978), then the top grossing movie musical of all time. Now, filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz (I Am Divine, Tab Hunter Confidential) chronicles Carr's colorful life in “The Fabulous Allan Carr,” an entertaining and fascinating new documentary available on a variety of digital platforms. Carr was a plain looking fat kid who was obsessed with Hollywood films of the 1930s and 40s. He yearned to bring that kind of glamour back to the screen and into his daily life. He often threw lavish parties during which Hollywood's elite would mingle with the young pretty boys of Carr's fantasies – he lavished gifts on these young men even as he wished that he could look like them. Carr was a lonely man – these parties were his personal life. His flamboyance could often be a bit much for the conservative suits in Hollywood, but he was forgiven because he was a moneymaker. At a time when Ann-Margret's career was floundering, Carr became her manager and turned her into one of the highest paid acts in Las Vegas. But there were failures. After the unprecedented success of “Grease,” Carr lost his touch when he produced the mega-bomb “Can't Stop the Music," (1981) starring the Village People. Crowds also stayed away from
“Grease 2,” Carr's sequel to his biggest hit. But Carr wasn't quite through--there was one more success to be had when he won a Tony Award for bringing “La Cage Aux Folles” to Broadway. It was his next big project, producing the infamous, overblown 1989 Oscars, which resulted in a number of Hollywood stars and directors signing a letter of protest to the Academy, effectively ending Carr's career. Schwarz presents all of these highs and lows in a fast paced and enjoyable film. Many of Carr's friends and colleagues consented to be interviewed for the project--their memories and insight offer an intimate portrait of a complex man. Interviewees include Bruce Vilanch, director Randal Kleiser and choreographer Patricia Birch of Grease, Steve Guttenberg and Valerie Perrine from “Can't Stop The Music,” Lorna Luft, Michael Musto, Paramount Pictures executive Sherry Lansing, among many others. Carr's homosexuality was a big part of who he was and is also a big part of Schwarz's film. Viewers may come away from the film with a deep admiration for Carr when they see just how out he was. He's seen flaming on a late 1970s appearance on The Mike Douglas Show, a popular chat and variety program of the period. Douglas looks uncomfortable. Carr obviously doesn't care. “The Fabulous Allan Carr” is ultimately a look inside the life of a man who lived, worked and played on his own terms. He succeeded in Hollywood even as he refused to play the game. He made a bold statement about being gay without being political and deserves to be remembered.
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*New York City Boy — Gay Men’s Chorus
Sunday, June 10 at 7 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, 333 Tarpon Dr, Fort Lauderdale. Celebrate Pride Month with stories of coming out, self discovery, survival and fabulousness. The Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus will sing songs from ABBA, Cher, Pet Shop Boys, Diana Ross and more. Tickets $24 to $40. Visit theFTLGMC.org or call 954-8320060 for tickets.
*A Solo Evening with Keb’ Mo’ Friday, June 15 at 8 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eight Street, Fort Lauderdale. Four-time Grammy award winner is coming to Fort Lauderdale for a memorable night of blues. Tickets $28 - $68. Visit ParkerPlayhouse.com or call 954-462-0222.
Freakshow
Tuesday, June 12 at 1:15 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors. Free showing of ‘Freakshow,’ featuring Billy Bloom, a glitter-bedecked, genderbending teenager who runs for his school’s homecoming queen. Soda and popcorn will be served. Visit pridecenterflorida. org for more information.
broward county *A Solo Evening with Keb’ Mo’
Friday, June 15 at 8 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eight Street, Fort Lauderdale. Fourtime Grammy award winner is coming to Fort Lauderdale for a memorable night of blues. Tickets $28 - $68. Visit ParkerPlayhouse.com or call 954-462-0222.
Freakshow
Tuesday, June 12 at 1:15 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors. Free showing of ‘Freakshow,’ featuring Billy Bloom, a glitter-bedecked, genderbending teenager who runs for his school’s homecoming queen. Soda and popcorn will be served. Visit pridecenterflorida.org for more information.
New York City Boy — Gay Men’s Chorus
Sunday, June 10 at 7 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, 333 Tarpon Dr, Fort Lauderdale. Celebrate Pride Month with stories of coming out, self discovery, survival and fabulousness. The Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus will sing songs from ABBA, Cher, Pet Shop Boys, Diana Ross and more. Tickets $24 to $40. Visit theFTLGMC.org or call 954-832-0060 for tickets.
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
New York City Boy, a performance by the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus. Photo via Facebook.
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.
Free Friday Concerts
Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. Enjoy live music from the comfort of your picnic blanket or lawn chair every week, for free! Returns in October. Call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayArts.org.
miami-dade county Outdoor Music Series
Third Thursdays at the Perez Art Museum Miami, 101 W. Flagler St. in Miami. Come out for live music from DJs and musicians by the bay. Drink specials available. Free with museum admission. Call 305-375-3000 or visit PAMM.org.
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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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A&E theater Laura Turnbull stars as a housewife who must make sense of her gender fluid daughter in “The Pink Unicorn” at Empire Stage. Photo Credit: Michael B. Lloyd.
Local Theaters Celebrate Pride Month with Thought-Provoking Plays J.W. Arnold In observance of Pride month, two local theater companies are offering thought-provoking plays that answer important questions in the lives of contemporary LGBTQ people:
“The Pink Unicorn” Primal Forces Theatre at Empire Stage “How on God’s green earth can you be both a boy and a girl?” That’s the question Trisha Lee, a widowed Texan housewife, must sort out when her child makes a startling confession in Elise Forier Edie’s “The Pink Unicorn,” the latest Primal Forces Theatre production opening June 13 at Empire Stage in Fort Lauderdale. Trisha’s mundane small town life is thrown into turmoil when her teenage daughter announces she is gender queer and starting a Gay/Straight Alliance at her high school. After the school principal rejects the application for recognition as a school club, Trisha must choose sides in her rapidly dividing town. “I was totally captivated by the script and its truthfulness, humanity, humor and transformative message,” said director Genie Croft, the mother of two gay children. “The importance of ‘The Pink Unicorn’ is rooted in its insightful, clever writing and the exciting challenge of bringing Trish's deepest thoughts to life on stage, as she wrestles with her socially conservative background and the profound love she has for her daughter. Trish's journey is laden with hilarious moments, the fight to give her daughter human dignity and the right to be her true self.” Croft turned to award-winning South Florida actress Laura Turnbull to star in this one-woman show with a wide range of characters. “Laura is such a multidimensional actress. She can play all the comedy, all the drama and all the humanity,” Croft said. Primal Forces Theatre presents “The Pink Unicorn” June 13 through July 8, at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Dr. in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets are $30 at PrimalForces.com.
“Mr. Parker” Island City Stage “As a writer, I wondered what would happen if I found myself in my fifties and started dating again,” explained playwright and star Michael McKeever. Happily married to his longtime partner, award-winning director and playwright Stuart Meltzer, McKeever conjured up such a situation in which a middle-aged man who has just lost his own longtime partner wakes up in bed next to a much younger man. “I’ve always marveled at how quickly the world has changed for the gay community and the whole concept of dating has evolved and is so far removed from where it was when I was single in my thirties,” explained McKeever, citing the influence and popularity of apps like Grindr and Tinder. “I’m all married and settled down. I could never do that.” McKeever started with the premise of the “fish out of water scenario, but that quickly gave way to something much more moving, an intimate portrayal of that concept. What happens when you lose someone who has been a part of your life for so long and the world is so different? How do you cope with the utter terror of stepping foot into this strange new world?” The world premiere of Michael McKeever’s “Mr. Parker” will be presented June 14 through July 15 at Island City Stage, 2304 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors. Tickets are $35 at IslandCityStage.org. 6.6.2018 •
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Top Picks *Everglades Escape
June 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Zoo Miami, 12400 SW 152 St, Miami. Get an exclusive look at the zoo’s night-loving species after the sun goes down. Night tour with behind-the-scenes looks at nocturnal animals. Tickets $30. Register at zoomiami.org.
CommuniTea Dance
Sunday, June 10 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Thompson Plaza for the Arts, Ziff Ballet Opera House. This free event celebrates pride month with community dances, drag performances, special acts, happy-hour priced drinks and light bites. For more information, visit arshtcenter. org.
*Stonewall Black and White Ball
Saturday, June 30 at 9 p.m. at the Harriet Himmel Theater in Cityplace, West Palm Beach. Come dressed up in cocktail and costume attire to celebrate 30 years of the Black and White Ball. Tickets $30. Visit compassglcc.com
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.
broward county *Creativity Exploration
Saturday, June 9 at 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the NSU Art Museum, One East Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale. Workshop series that teaches artistic concepts while encouraging creative exploration in this relaxing and inspiring interactive session. Tickets $15, call 954-262-0258 to RSVP.
Men Having Babies Seminar
June 9 and 10 at the Pride Center, 2040 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors. South Florida is hosting this expo. On surrogacy and gay parenting. Registration is $25 for both days. Visit pridecenterflorida.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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Lunch With Art
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.
Voices of Pride
Meets at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Join the Gay Men’s Chorus as they practice every week. Free. Call 561-533-9699 or visit CompassGLCC. com for rehearsal details.
Life Coaching
Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Latinos Salud Clubhouse, 2300 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Get one-on-one life coaching from certified CRCS coaches. For guys living with HIV, their partners, and anyone who identifies as transgender. Free. Call 954-765-6239 or visit LatinosSalud.org.
June 6 - june 12 Lauderdale Bridge Club Lessons and Games
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.
Care Resource Recovery Group
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 *Rebelution
Saturday, June 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater. AEG Live presents Rebellion with special guest Stephen Marley, Common Kings, ZION I and DJ Mackle. Tickets $35 - $45. Visit axs.com.
•David Pounds Art Exhibit
Saturday, June 9 through May 6 at the Box Gallery, 811 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach. See works from 2018 Glass as Art
winner and Best in Show at McMow Art Glass David Pounds, who will showcase his work alongside six other artists at the Second Year Anniversary Invitational Exhibition. Visit theboxgallery.info.
*FEEDBACK Open Mic Night
Thursday, June 7 at 8 p.m. at the Arts Garage, 94 NE 2nd Ave, Delray Beach. Established poets and amateurs alike will share their work with the crowd. Bring your own food and beverages, including alcohol. Tickets $5. Visit artsgarage.org.
*Stonewall Black and White Ball
Saturday, June 30 at 9 p.m. at the Harriet Himmel Theater in Cityplace, West Palm Beach. Come dressed up in cocktail and costume attire to celebrate 30 years of the Black and White Ball. Tickets $30. Visit compassglcc.com
The Box Gallery Exhibition
Saturday, June 9 through July 6, 2018 at the Box Gallery, 811 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach. Exhibition featuring six Palm Beach County artists who are changing the national and international cultural landscape. Visit theboxgallery.info.
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miami-dade county *Everglades Escape
June 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Zoo Miami, 12400 SW 152 St, Miami. Get an exclusive look at the zoo’s night-loving species after the sun goes down. Night tour with behind-thescenes looks at nocturnal animals. Tickets $30. Register at zoomiami.org.
CommuniTea Dance
Sunday, June 10 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Thompson Plaza for the Arts, Ziff Ballet Opera House. This free event celebrates pride month with community dances, drag performances, special acts, happy-hour priced drinks and light bites. For more information, visit arshtcenter.org.
Arsht Center Farmers Market
Mondays from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza for the Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Purchase fresh food from local farmers, including fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared foods, as well as chefs, live music, and cooking demonstrations. Tickets $45 to $75. Free. Visit ArshtCen-ter.org/en/Visit/Dining.
POZCONNECT Support Group for Spanish Speakers
Mondays 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Pridelines, 6360 NE Fourth Court in Miami. A support group for HIV+ people, in Spanish. Free. Call Eddie at 305-571-9601, ext. 105 or visit Pridelines. org.
Yoga
Tuesdays from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at Jose Marti Park, 362 SW Fourth Ave. in Miami. Yogis 18 and older of all levels are invited to a practice led by a certified instructor. Bring your own yoga mat, water, and towel. Free. Call 305358-7550 or visit BayfrontParkMiami.com/ Yoga.html.
key west Comedy Key West
Thursday and Friday at 8:30 pm at the Bottlecap’s Blue Room, 1128 Simonton Street, Key West. Come enjoy drinks and jokes at the weekly comedy nights! Local talent sure to get you laughing is showcased each week. Tickets $15 at the door. Visit comedykeywest.com
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