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tonewall will return to Wilton Manors, and so will the optional $5 entry fee. Organizers for the Stonewall Pride Parade and Festival, held Saturday, June 16 along Wilton Drive, first asked attendees to pay the fee last year. Rising security costs have created a need to raise more money. Jeff Sterling, CEO of the Wilton Manors Entertainment Group, which is working with the city to put on the event, said that security costs have increased again – $34,000 last year to $38,000 this year. This year organizers are going to make more of an effort to ask people to pay, but they still won’t force people. “It’s always going to be optional . . . If 13,000 people gave five bucks, that’s a substantial amount of money. It’s a game changer for us,” Sterling said. The entrances for the event are Northeast 21 Court, Northeast 6 Ave, and Northeast 9 Avenue. Cash and credit cards will be accepted. This year’s event, which drew 35,000 people last year, will start at 4 p.m. when the Festival Marketplace opens. Vendors will include food trucks, non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, and local businesses. The parade is slated to begin at 5 p.m., go down Wilton Drive, and last about 90 minutes. Right now, about 11 organizations and businesses, See our news in video Online now!
plus several trucks, fire trucks and emergency vehicles will be part of the parade. Sterling said he expects more to sign up as the event gets closer. Instead of staging the parade floats at Fort Lauderdale High School as in years past, this year they will be staged on Wilton Drive just south of Northeast 21 Court. The rest of the street, from Northeast 21 Court to Five Points, will be closed off. It’s smaller than previous years but Sterling said financial constraints forced a smaller event. “Unfortunately, we had to remove that section. That’s doesn’t mean it’s a permanent thing. It’s a this year thing.” But he hopes that the event can be expanded if future grants, such as one worth up to $65,000 from the Broward Cultural Division, can be obtained. To help do that, organizers are tracking how much money is spent in Wilton Manors and Broward County because of Stonewall. They hope to use that information to show grant providers, such as the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, how valuable the event is economically to South Florida. “We get that [cultural] grant, a good amount, MEMBER say $30,000, we get our entertainment back,” said Sterling. MEMBER
To make up for a lack of entertainment provided by Stonewall’s organizers, local business owners have been providing their own entertainment on outside stages for several years. This year’s private stage sponsors are Rumors Bar & Grill, Hunters, The Manor, and iHeart Radio. The first three will have a stage set up in front of their locations on Wilton Drive. iHeart will have its stage at Northeast 6 Avenue. Parking will be available for $20 at Hagen Park, 2020 Wilton Drive; Richardson Park, 1937 Wilton Drive; the 8th Terrace Lot, Northeast 8 Terrace and Northeast 26 Street; City Municipal Complex, 2100 N. Dixie Hwy.; the new lot at Northeast 23 Drive and Northeast 11 Avenue; and Fort Lauderdale High School, 1600 NE 4 Ave. Special all-day in and out parking is available online for $40 at WiltonManorsStonewall.com/parking. Visit WiltonManorsStonewall.com for more information on the rest of the event.
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Signs of the Times: New Art Project Aims to Inspire Wilton Manors Denise Royal
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rt and inspiration are in the air and Ken Stone created Wilton Art through a on the streets of Wilton Manors. You community partnership with the City of may have noticed street signs with Wilton Manors, Island City Art Advisory inspiring, thoughtful messages on them Committee, Art Gallery 21 and volunteers. around Wilton Manors. They are part of The Island City Art Advisory Committee the art sign.2018 project. If the signs made was created as part of a citywide initiative you smile and inspired you to share the to bring art to the public. The vision of message with others, it’s by Wilton Art is to engage, design. entice, innovate and interact At first glance, the signs with art. “People are appear to be the usual street Art sign.2018 is set up in signs you’d see anywhere. But such a way that people can asking how the art sign.2018 installation walk around the city to see is much more. Each sign them all. Nearly all of the they can get contains an uplifting, signs are on Wilton Manors’ emotive message. There are a streets or city parking lots. some of the total of 100 signs, 20 quotes, “The reaction has been divided into four categories amazing,” Falk said. “People signs. I think it’s that tell the story of Wilton are asking how they can get Manors—inspiration, nature, some of the signs. I think it’s really cool.” humor, and equality. really cool.” Art sign.2018 is the first Art sign. 2018 is the first of - Ron Falk project of Wilton Art, a group what is expected to be several created by three members to projects funded by Wilton create public art for the city Art. For more information, of Wilton Manors. Ron Falk, Matt Gill, and visit WiltonArt.org.
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Disheartened by Trump, Inspired by Adam Glambert Angels look to engage straight allies Damon Scott
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irst things first: these three women really love Adam Lambert. They love his music, his fashion, his philanthropy and his support of the LGBT community. They love his message of “resisting with unity, visibility, truth, inclusion, acceptance and most importantly, love.” If you’ve forgotten the story of the outspoken Lambert, it largely begins with American Idol. Lambert, 36, rose to fame on the reality TV show in 2009 as a runner up to winner Kris Allen. During the season, photos of him kissing another man surfaced, causing quite a stir. (It’s doubtful many would care much today). After the kiss, Lambert would confirm what many already knew or suspected – that he’s gay. Since American Idol, Lambert has enjoyed a fair amount of musical success, but is also known for giving to charity and motivating his fans to do the same. He has donated to and raised money for many LGBT-related groups, including The Trevor Project, and has performed concerts for causes like HIV/AIDS awareness. His post-reality TV professional life is full of LGBT advocacy and activism. He’s visited Florida many times and was the headline performer at the Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade and Festival in 2013, when he was also given the key to the city.
‘Vital’ Straight Allies
The Glambert Angels are led by founders Carter Sutterlund of Ontario, Canada, (an LGBT ally since a trip to Key West in 1989); Jen Olszanowski from Douglassville, Pennsylvania, (ally and member of gun reform group Moms Demand Action); and Ana Sliman of Great Mills, Maryland, (ally and social justice and animal activist). After the three women met on Lambert’s fan website, they started gifting his music to different individuals and groups. However, now their main focus is to promote and encourage LGBT allies to be active for youth causes. Their website has a resource page for allies. “Allies have always been vital to the advancement of equality and activism for the LGBTQ community,” Sutterlund said. “But now … we do feel that it is even more so crucial for allies to make the move from being passive allies to being active and vocal allies.” Sutterlund believes LGBT equality cannot be achieved without the support of straight allies. She cites the changes brought about by the Civil Rights Movement and Women’s Rights Movement as examples. “[They] weren’t made solely by black individuals or solely by women. Everyone who believes in equality needs to stand in solidarity,” she said.
Support, Action The urgency has been ramped up by the Sutterlund said the Portland, Maine-based election of Trump, she said. “Much of the progress that has been made Trans Youth Equality Foundation have been in regard to LGBTQ equality is being eroded in desperate need of sponsorships so trans by the Trump Administration,” Sutterlund youth could attend its summer camp. “Back in 2015, when we were contacting said. “After Trump and [Vice President Mike] LGBTQ youth organizations Pence won the 2016 election, to gift Adam’s music to, we we knew that we needed to lend our support to those that “Much of the progress discovered that several of these were struggling were going to be affected by that has been made organizations to remain open,” Sutterlund this administration.” The Trump Administration in regard to LGBTQ said. The Glambert Angels have has not only signed a equality is being funded four TYEF scholarships transgender military ban, but so far. has cut back on health care eroded by the Trump “They do many of the typical protections for trans people. summer camp activities, but Soon after his term began, Administration.” these camps also provide the president also rescinded protections for transgender - Carter Sutterlund guidance, education and support,” Sutterlund said. “The students, which had allowed Glambert Angels camps give youth a chance to them to use bathrooms that founder talk about the biases they face matched with their gender and the effect it has on them. identity. Most of the campers have “We wondered if the Trump Administration even took the time never met another trans child. These camps to consider what this would do to trans are places where the children feel totally children. How this would make them feel? accepted – the camps are vital and need How would this increase bullying of trans support, both financially and in the way of youth? Because we knew that this would volunteers.” For more, search for Glambert have such a negative impact, we wanted to do what we could to show trans youth that Angels online or go to Facebook.com/ GlambertAngels. they do matter,” Sutterlund said.
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Gay and Straight Men Are Also Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Trafficking Michael d’Oliveira
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ay and straight men as victims of domestic violence might not be something most people think of. But women in traditional marriages and relationships aren’t the only victims of domestic violence.
According to a study by the CDC, transmitted diseases. Some even become approximately 1 in 21 men said they were victims of sex trafficking. forced to penetrate someone else. About 1 One such victim was a man from Hungary in 10 men report they experienced rape or who came to the United States in 2012 and physical violence. was sex trafficked that year. Now 26, the man, At Women In Distress, a Broward who asked that his name not be published, organization that provides assistance said he was held against his will by three gay to individuals trying to escape abusive men, two of whom were a married couple, situations, regardless of gender, gender and forced to have sex with men who paid identity, or sexual orientation, Mary them. Riedel, president and CEO, estimates that The interview was arranged via email about seven percent of the individuals her through Nathan Earl, executive director of organization helps are gay or straight men. the Ark of Freedom Alliance, an organization “We always served men in our programs ... that aims to prevent trafficking, violence, and We’ve had long standing partnerships with the exploitation of adults and children. gay organizations.” “I was forced to have sex with them every Just like women, Riedel said gay and straight day, even if I didn’t want to, I didn’t have a men face the same types choice. Barely given food, I of abuse – physical, sexual, was kept with others without emotional, and financial. “It’s air-conditioner or windows. not just women,” said Somy Forced to have sex with clients Ali, founder and president of so they can have money. I was No More Tears, an organization only allowed to sleep four that assists victims of human hours or less daily. If I had trafficking and domestic client in that period of time, I violence. “People don’t realize had no sleep at all. We had to how often this happens.” hurt each other . . . the three of Ali said a lot of teenagers them just laughed at us. They who identify as gay become thought that was funny.” victims of sex trafficking He said they were able to because they run away keep him confined for so long - Unnamed Victim from home due to a lack of because he didn’t speak English acceptance on the part of their and was scared. The victims of parents. sex trafficking are put into situations where “I think that plays a big roll with domestic they are isolated and have little opportunity violence or human trafficking. A lot of these to seek help. Not speaking the language of kids run away from home because their the country they are in is one of the most parents find out they’re gay. As a society, it’s common barriers to asking for help. our fault because of prejudices . . . It’s really “I knew they were watching us, even when sad and sickening.” She added that society they were not home. They kept my passport. needs to “unlearn” the hatred that causes I didn’t have money, no phone. I couldn’t LGBT children and teens to be rejected by ask the police because I couldn’t speak the their parents. language. Multiple times we ask clients for Children and teenagers who end up on help but all of them turned away. They were the street are at a much greater risk for watching us on webcam every day, all day. If drug addiction and contracting sexually we went offline they would come home right
“I knew they were watching us, even when they were not home.”
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away. We were threatened many ways, like with a samurai sword. They hit some of us or hurt our families in Hungary. They had many connections with the police in my country.” Asked what advice he would have for other individuals in his previous situation, “Don’t give up hope.” Earl said that gender and sexual orientation have nothing to do with the “sexualized violence” that comes with sex trafficking. “It’s really about power and control. So sexual orientation has less to do with it than power and control.” Just as Ali said that society needs to become more accepting of LGBT individuals, Earl said society also needs to be more accepting of the idea that it’s okay for men who are abused to come forward and seek help. He said there are fewer specific resources for men who are abused than there are for women. Although organizations like Women In Distress do offer assistance to men, Earl said
the name itself, “Women In Distress,” can be a barrier to men because they think it makes them weak to seek help from an organization primarily designed to help women and girls. “For the only resource for a guy to report to be a place called Women In Distress. That in and of itself compounds the stigma. [They think], ‘I should have been stronger and that somehow makes me weaker.’” To overcome these stigmas and create more resources for men, gay and straight, Earl said men need to “step up” and speak out. “What we need are white cisgender men stepping up.” Earl added that straight men themselves are mostly responsible for perpetuating the stereotypes and attitudes that make men more reluctant to seek help. “One of the myths is that guys who are being victimized or exploited or trafficked, society automatically assumes that person is gay. Half the trafficked men don’t identify as being gay. That doesn’t make you gay.”
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Stonewall Happened in 1969. Webster Schott, a Straight Ally, Was Writing About Gay Rights Years Before. Christiana Lilly “The right to have sex without state American Greetings and Gibson Greeting intrusion must inevitably be confirmed and Cards. When he got home, he would take out codified by the Court.” his typewriter and work on his articles. In 2018, the statement isn’t “I loved my wife and I love my children, groundbreaking. But the writer, Webster but I did stay up and write at odd hours Schott, is 90 years old and he wrote those and in odd places, taking my typewriter to words in November 1967 for The New York vacations in North Carolina and to Cape Times. The legendary Stonewall Riots Hatteras and to Massachusetts and to New wouldn’t happen until almost two years later Mexico and California and all of that,” Schott in June 1969. said. “Wherever I went at “They were people who that time, my typewriter were looked down upon went along.” because of their sexual His first published piece preference and the truth is was when he was 14. He most people have almost studied journalism at the no control over their sexual University of Missouri, preference,” Schott told where he became the first SFGN. “You’re born that way. member of his family to It’s genetic.” get a college degree in And it wasn’t just one 1948. It was a far cry from piece. In Schott’s nearly his upbringing during the 50 years as a freelance Great Depression--one journalist, his byline can be year, his father only made - Webster Schott found in Life, Time, The New $400. York Times, The Washington For The New York Post, The Chicago Sun-Times, and more. By Times, Schott was first assigned to review day, he was a business executive at greeting fiction written by gay people, including card companies like Hallmark Cards, Mexican-American writer John Rechy. Schott was already interested in writing about gay Webster Schott people from his experience working in the via Facebook psychology lab in college and seeing how they were treated in society. In a 1986 tribute to the late gay writer Christopher Isherwood, Schott wrote “What he showed us was that being homosexual also means feeling everything. It was something we needed to know.” In his writing, Schott criticized the U.S. for its laws regarding sexual expression being fit for “Mayflower Pilgrims,” highlighted the gay press, noted a source who said homosexual relationships have more longevity than heterosexual ones, and investigated what experts believe is the cause of homosexuality--including one who
“The truth is most people have almost no control over their sexual preference.”
says it’s not a mental illness. “I guess my fundamental sympathies in life are with people who are either ignored, badly treated, or plotted against. I’m kind of organically sympathetic to people who are different,” he said. “We’re generally moving over a long period of time toward greater understanding of the importance of individual freedom and individual self expression.” However, not everyone thought the way that Schott did, which motivated him to cover the equality and civil rights movements. Almost always, he said, he wrote for progressive papers, including The Nation and the New Republic. “Society as a whole moved in what I consider to be a right direction,” he said.
“Our present situation, of course, is a pause in that inevitable movement, I think, toward greater freedom. But it’s an alarming pause, from my point of view. I’m 90 years old and I really look forward to living long enough to see Donald Trump thrown out of office.” When asked if he thought his reporting was groundbreaking for the time, he quickly replied, no. Instead, Schott gives the credit to the editors and those who gave him the assignments for recognizing that the stories he wrote were worth telling. “I was extremely fortunate, very lucky, to be able to write what I wrote and I think I wrote about the right things at the right time,” he said. “I think I was part of much larger forces at work in the world headed for more social justice.”
“Our present situation, of course, is a pause in that inevitable movement, I think, toward greater freedom.” - Webster Schott
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California teacher said she received a negative reaction after revealing her sexuality to students. Amy Estes, a middle school teacher in Rocklin, California, reported to her school district someone said derogatory comments to her, according to PinkNews. This included her being called a “dyke” and to join the Nazis. “One night I received a really upsetting comment that said ‘don’t be stupid, be a
smarty, you can join the Nazi Party – now accepting dykes,’” she said to ABC. “I had never revealed in those videos that I was gay and additionally when I looked at the profile it said that it was someone from Rocklin, California.” Estes said she was critical of the school district after it took a month to meet with her. She is currently on leave for mental health reasons, according to PinkNews.
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bisexual woman is attempting to win a seat in the U.S House of Representatives. Katie Hill won her primary for the 25th congressional district to face Republican incumbent Stephen Knight in November, according to NBC News. Hill is a non-profit executive who has endorsements from advocacy groups Equality California, Equality PAC, the LGBTQ Victory Fund and the Stonewall Democratic Club. “It feels surreal. Now it’s going to be
quite the journey from here,” Hill said. “Onwards and upwards. We are really excited.” Hill has notably had to run her campaign from a hotel recently after her home near Santa Clarita, California was evacuated due to wildfires in the area. Seven out people currently hold seats in the house and senate, including Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Hill would be the first out LGBT congressperson from California at the national level if elected.
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n Iowa judge ruled in favor of two transgender women being able to have their gender reassignment surgery covered by Medicaid. Plaintiffs Carol Ann Beal and EerieAnna Good won over the Iowa Department of Human Service in Polk County court, according to KCCI. Iowa law previously said that the procedure could not be covered because it was thought of as cosmetic instead of medically necessary.
“We are extremely relieved for our clients who now, after a very long wait, can finally get the care that they need, that all of our doctors agree is medically necessary for them,” ACLU of Iowa legal director Rita Bettis said. The state has 30 days to file an appeal on the decision. According to KCCI, a spokesperson for Iowa’s attorney general’s office said the state would not decide whether to appeal yet.
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rant money to help transgender individuals during their transition doesn’t really exist. That’s why Leland Koble is so grateful for Our Fund. Koble is president of New Beginnings, an organization that provides a place for transgender individuals to stay and recover before and after they go through surgical procedures. “We are the only place like ours in the world that we know of.” The organization helps male to female transgender individuals, female to male, non-binary, and anyone else. “We just support them in whatever part of the transition phase . . . Our Fund has been a huge help for us.” She said that previous grants from the Our Fund Foundation to her organization have helped during “desperate times” and she’s glad Our Fund once again awarded New Beginnings money. About 10 people a month are helped by New Beginnings. Koble said that previous grants from Our Fund to her organization have helped during “desperate times” and this new grant will also be put to good use helping pay for the stays of about five individuals at New Beginnings’ facility in Broward County. The grant for New Beginnings, which Koble estimates will help fund the stays of five individuals, was part of the $112,500 in grants given out this month by Our Fund. “A diverse group of community leaders
from various backgrounds reviewed over 20 applicants to select the projects that were funded. Chaired by Our Fund Board member Scott Bennett, the committee included Dan Ayers, Peter Burleigh, Hiram MartinezCabrera, Ghenette Wright-Muir, Mark Reyes and Barbara Signer, who volunteered their time for this effort,” reads the press release on the grants. Some of the other recipients include ArtServe, the Humanity Project, YES Institute, Lambda Living, Latinos Salud, Poverello, Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida, and Gilda’s Club. The stated purpose of some of the grant money awards will be an anti-bullying program, cancer awareness tailored to LGBT youth, opportunities for youth and adults to share their thoughts on gender and orientation, and support for LGBT seniors. Obed Caballero, Our Fund’s communications and administrative associate, said the organization tries to look for programs that focus on communities most in need, including transgender individuals as well as seniors and minority groups. The grants will be presented during Our Funds grant reception – Wednesday, June 20 at 6 p.m. at the Stonewall Gallery, 2157 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors. The deadline to apply for the next round of grants will be Aug. 31. Visit Our-Fund.org for more information.
“We are the only place like ours in the world that we know of.” -Leland Koble
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MCC Palm Beaches Launches Network for Long-Term HIV Survivors Denise Royal
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new HIV support network in Palm lost his job. These days, Cory feels better. Beach County focuses on a large, He attends other support groups but prefers and underserved population: HIV this one because, well, it’s designed to be positive people who had the disease before enjoyable. the widespread use of effective antiretroviral “I like groups like this one where everyone therapy. The Metropolitan Community can check in,” he said. “Then you get to Church of the Palm Beaches (MCCPB) started know people better.” the new network this year. A Lunch and Games day took place June The mission of the HIV Long-Term 9 at Compass and a pool party is planned Survivor Network is to develop for the Fourth of July weekend. and maintain a resilient The network wants to add “Group community of long-term movement classes soon, as survivors by providing social members well as dances, group outings, and educational activities and an annual conference on planned, that nurture relationships and aging once additional shopped, and HIV with others and promote lifefunding is obtained. prepared a “At the Metropolitan affirming self-care. Community Church of the Palm In short, the goal is to spaghetti Beaches, we consider longprovide long-term survivors a dinner, which term HIV survivors to be the social outlet that’s fun. The first was a great true heroes of the epidemic,” gathering was held this spring. says Rev. Dr. Lea Brown, Senior “Group members planned, bonding of the Metropolitan shopped, and prepared a experience.” Pastor Community Church of the Palm spaghetti dinner, which was a - Chris Lacharite Beaches, in a statement. “Many great bonding experience,” said MCCPB’s HIV Program have participated in clinical Chris Lacharite, MCCPB’s HIV Manager trials, marched in the streets for Program Manager, and himself a long-term survivor, in a statement. “It was treatment access, and survived and thrived a great success, and everyone had a good through multiple losses. We honor these survivors and celebrate valiant lives they are time.” Long-term survivors of HIV face a variety leading.” of physical and emotional issues that affect For more information about MCCPB’s the quality of their lives. Cory, who did not new Long-Term HIV Survivors Network, want his last name use, knows those issues please call 561-775-5900 or visit the well. He was initially diagnosed in 1994. Long-Term Survivors page on Facebook. When he didn’t respond to treatment, he
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Let’s Kiki
Project Seeks to Lessen Stereotypes, Raise Visibility of Gay Black Men Damon Scott
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t’s not a secret that African Americans in 2018 still face a particular scrutiny, oppression and racism that other minorities don’t see as often. Among black men it is particularly the case – whether police brutality, an uneven (to be kind) prison and judicial system, or simply the many institutionalized disadvantages – all are debilitating by their nature. But what if you add being gay to the mix? The Pride Center at Equality Park has sought to address the issues faced by gay black men in a program it has run for about four years – The Kiki Project. Kiki is a word that developed out of black and Latino gay social culture. Put simply, it’s a time when friends get together to chit-chat. We asked Lorenzo Robertson who manages the project with Jakari Roundtree (program specialist) and Ederick Johnson (project coordinator) about some of the issues gay black men face. How did the Kiki Project come about? From several conversations with the Florida Department of Health in Broward County. The Pride Center was approached to implement a program specifically for black gay men in Broward County. That was the catalyst. We wanted a program that would appeal to black, same-gender loving men, implemented by black, samegender loving men.
the community at large has an opportunity to see black, same-gender loving men who are unapologetically same-gender loving men. Has it been easy to recruit participants? It has never been a huge struggle to get men to host. When we initially started we partnered with the BrothasSpeak group – a network of black, same-gender loving men that meet weekly at the Pride Center. However, that source was exhausted within a few months. So, the recruitment effort to find hosts is ongoing and we are continuously reinventing ourselves to appeal to community members that we do not come in contact with frequently. [We] are always networking to assure that we are meeting new people and seeking hosts for our Kiki sessions and participants for our community conversations.
“We face the issues about being the angry black man when we voice opposing opinions.”
What are the issues and challenges for gay black men? Black, same-gender loving men face a myriad of contradictions within the - Lorenzo Robertson black community. We face the issues about being the angry black man when we voice opposing opinions; we are labeled lazy, criminals, and other negative stereotypes depicting black people – and black men, more What’s the project’s value? It gives voice to many men that have felt importantly. In the black community it is already voiceless in the past, through our community conversations and Kiki sessions. [It] provides determined that HIV is a gay disease, a forum [and] safe space to be homosexual, therefore we are destined to get it – or [it’s] black, vulnerable, HIV positive, HIV negative, God’s punishment for being gay. HIV is a effeminate, masculine, top, bottom, safe or disease, but the issues of racism are abundant raw. The value is [also] education on a variety toward men that are gay and black. We get of topics around HIV prevention in a non- the discrimination and disrespect from the threatening environment from people that gay community and from our own black look like the audience. Another value is that community. Many black, same-gender loving
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Left: Lorenzo Robertson, the manager of the Kiki Project. Right: Ederick Johnson is the coordinator of the project. He has a background as a church musician, which differs from previous coordinators. Photo courtesy of The Pride Center.
men do not have adequate access to health care and/or are fearful of being outed from community members, both in the gay and black communities. We face many concerns that we are a disgrace to our people because of our sexual orientation and doubly if we are HIV positive. Other challenges and issues are [that] we are a fetish for many white men and not [someone] they would want in a relationship – outside of sex in the wee hours of the morning away from their friends. We also have the issue of internalized homophobia and self-hatred which impact our desire to seek treatment if we know our HIV status. But one of the greatest issues is living in a racist society that does not value black men or black people. Another is one of acceptance in all areas of life, where we work, play, live and worship. Another challenge is that when people, including blacks, think about gay people, they think white. Black, same-gender loving men are not at the table and are not a part of the conversation when it comes to issues in the LGBTQ-plus community. It is as though we do not exist. The project works with high school kids? Our work within the school system, our Kiki Culture project for Adolescent Sexual Minority Males, has gone well – but the
challenge has been gaining participation from that population because of transportation, and just the interest level of youth. However, for the ones that have participated, they have gained knowledge about HIV prevention, safer sex practices, and other valuable information about being black, same-gender loving men who live their lives authentically [and] openly. We have concluded work for this school term and we anticipate working with the Broward County Public Schools beginning this fall. How does the project dovetail with the Get Your Life program? [It] is a collaborative with Advocates for Youth out of D.C. The intervention is an adaptation of the Many Men, Many Voices intervention designed for black gay men to address social determinants surrounding being black and gay. The social determinants are religion, homophobia, internalized homophobia, racism, identity, acceptance, HIV, incarceration, poverty, institutional racism, systemic racism and violence that occur simply because you are a black man living in a racist society. We wanted there to be a great deal of dovetailing from the Kiki Project into Get Your Life, but the reverse has occurred on occasion. For more, go to PrideCenterFlorida.org.
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Photo courtesy of The Kravis Center.
It Gets Better Comes to South Florida
Performances will take place at the Broward Center and Kravis Denise Royal
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he Broward Theater for Performing The Palm Beach County performance Arts and the Raymond F. Kravis Center is a first-time collaboration with Compass for the Performing Arts will present the Community Center, Stonewall National It Gets Better Project. The show uses music Museum & Archives, and KOP Mentoring to enlighten and educate people about the Network, and the Kravis Center. struggles of LGBT youth. “It is important that LGBTQ The performances will be identifying youth know that presented in tandem with a the community supports weeklong series of community them,” said Amanda Canete, outreach activities to strengthen the Compass Youth Services local LGBT support networks. Director, in a statement. In addition to its ongoing live “Our kids are excited to work performance by the It Gets with this renowned group of Better cast of professional performers, and we are looking artists, the dynamic musical forward to them learning more includes recorded student about themselves and their material - poems, songs, skits role in the world as they grow and more. and mature.” The Broward performance “We are proud to be working is a partnership that is funded in collaboration with Compass - Amanda Canete by the Community Foundation Community Center on the It Compass youth services director of Broward, with involvement Gets Better Project and the from the Slow Burn Theatre impact it will bring to the Co. “It is a great opportunity LGBTQ community,” said for the community,” said Michael Mendillo, Kravis Center Senior Director of Programing Managing Director, Slow Burn Theatre Co. Lee Bell.
“we are looking forward to them learning more about themselves and their role in the world as they grow and mature.”
Compass is Palm Beach County’s LGBT Community Center. The Kravis Center event is on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. To buy tickets, visit Kravis.org. The Broward performance is the following week on Friday, June 22 at 7 p.m. The Broward Workshop has two groups. One for teens aged 16 to 18. The other is for 19 years and older. It runs from Monday, June 18 to Friday June 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, go to https://www.browardcenter.org/it-gets-better-workshop. 22
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SAVE Celebrates 25 Years
Organization hosts successful ‘Champions of Equality’ Gala Carina Mask
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AVE celebrated its 25th year LGBT activists arose in opposition to anniversary of its founding and held its Bryant’s “Save our Children” foundationChampions of Equality Gala on Friday, and led political protest in Coconut Grove. June 8 at the Penthouse Riverside Wharf on Eventually these protests evolved into the Miami River. South Florida’s first Pride festivals. Pardo The attendees were a who’s who of local kept emphasizing just how important the LGBT activists, allies, and politicians. work is now, especially in this political The event was completely climate. He also reiterated sold out, with 600 people how SAVE’s work has evolved The event was attending to show their support and expanded into other and respect to one of the longest marginalized communities. completely sold running LGBT rights groups in Pardo also briefly spoke out, with 600 about SAVE’s prejudice South Florida. people attending reduction canvassing that Tony Lima, the Executive began in 2015. Director for SAVE began the to show their The award ceremony started awards ceremony by saying, “I support and with Miami Beach Police Chief want to invoke the spirit and Daniel J. Oates, being the first leadership of all the executive respect to one recipient. directors that came before me— of the longest Mark Gilbert, the board chair Because of all these leaders and running LGBT of OUTshine Film Festival is the board who supported them, and the staff who supported rights groups in SAVE’s 2018 Equality icon. Eric Woolworth, president them, and for the work we have South Florida. of Business Operations of the done so far. We are here tonight, Miami Heat, who was unable to at this beautiful celebration in the sky to really revel in the strides that we attend, was also given recognition for all of his contributions to the LGBTQ community have made over the last 25 years.” A brief historical overview by Damian and for creating the Loud and Proud Dance Pardo followed about the inception of SAVE party. For people’s choice award, thousands of which spans back to the Anita Bryant era, when she spearheaded anti-LGBT campaigns online votes culminated into a tie between Victor Gimenez and Lynare Robbins. all around the nation.
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Helping Haiti
From protecting children and educating women to building a health clinic, South Florida’s Renand Foundation is assisting the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country. Damon Scott
Renato Markus Silva courtesy of Renand
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hen Andis A. Tamayo decided to create a South Florida nonprofit in 2015, he was aware of how some viewed the LGBT community, both from the outside and on the inside.
“When I was trying to figure out what name put together – Ren(ato) and And(is). kind of nonprofit I wanted to create I did Both men have diverse professional research,” Tamayo said. “The feedback backgrounds. Tamayo earned a doctorate I received was: ‘you’re gay and so you’ll in organizational development from Barry probably do something for the gay University in Miami Shores. Silva, from community.’” Brazil, has owned fitness studios and is a He did, and he didn’t. longtime personal trainer. As the founder and president What stuck out the of the Pompano Beach-based most from their first visit Renand Foundation, Tamayo was the plight of Haiti’s oversees a Herculean effort to children and their roles help communities in Haiti. as “restaveks.” A restavek The decision came about is a Haitian child with after he visited the Caribbean parents who are so poor country, in close proximity to they cannot provide basic his native Cuba, with a friend. support. The child is often “He was going to Haiti to sent by the parents to work take over an orphanage. I went for a host household as a to Renato and said: ‘we’re domestic servant. going to Haiti.’ Once I was “Every single one of there I found out the problems the children was being - Andis A. Tamayo and wanted to do something sexually and physically Renand Foundation about it,” Tamayo said. abused,” Tamayo said. Founder Renato Markus Silva is “Our work means parents Tamayo’s husband of four are able to raise their and a half years. Silva is the children instead of chairman and cofounder of Renand. And enslaving them.” this is where the name originates. Renand Fast forward to 2018 and Tamayo and is the first three letters of each man’s first Silva have made many trips to Haiti,
“Our work means parents are able to raise their children instead of enslaving them.”
Andis A. Tamayo courtesy of Renand
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including the community of Bassin-Bleu. They’ve got a crew of eight Haitian staff working with the board of directors on projects that range from wellness programs to education and housing. “I’ve been recently working with local nonprofits and fellowship programs – building houses to be earthquake and hurricane resistant,” Tamayo said. Renand has also developed programs that specifically target Haitian women. “We’re educating them about family planning and even their menstrual cycle,” he said. “We’re trying to establish a [health] clinic in the area. There’s a community with 17,000 people and no clinic. Three women had babies and I had to send them to another town at 10 p.m. on motorcycles to help them,” Tamayo said. But what about the gay connection? “Renand is an LGBT organization,” Tamayo said. “A lot of people think gay
people only care about gay people, but that’s not true. We also care for the world, whether you’re gay or not. We wanted to show the world we can care for others, too. We chose Haiti in part for that reason,” he said. Tamayo said his board is all gay and that most of his sponsors and donors are from the LGBT community. Up next is a trip with a group of teenagers in tow to help build a latrine. “I wanted to bring teenagers to Haiti to give them a reality check about how the rest of the world is,” Tamayo said. Tamayo said Renand stays afloat primarily through donations and sponsorships. Here in South Florida, the nonprofit will be the beneficiary of funds raised by Flockfest organizers, which takes place June 30 at Sebastian Beach in Fort Lauderdale. Visit Flockfest.com for more info on the event. For more on Renand visit RenandFoundation.org.
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Convictions
A Mimosa for Stonewall Pride Straight Facts, Gay News.
Norm Kent
norm.kent@sfgn.com
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lowing your own horn’ has always been considered a rather vain human trait. Despite the unseemly conduct of the White House primary resident, it remains so. Nevertheless, as a competitive sports enthusiast, I was always taught to win with humility, lose with grace. Don’t flaunt it. Success is its own reward. When you get to be my age, you look back, for sure. But you never stop looking forward. Today, I am very proud of the South Florida Gay News, a quality newspaper printed and circulated every week in a digital age. Give me a moment to blow our own horn. We are now midway through our ninth year, and next month we will reach our 450th issue. We just finished an amazing week, where we released all three of our publications at once. I should buy my staff a drink this weekend- maybe a mimosa, some champagne and orange juice. It’s a celebratory cocktail, isn’t it? First, this month’s copy of the Mirror features local businessmen and entrepreneurs, just a small and representative sampling of personalities who have enhanced our community. We have two covers for this issue, one featuring the popular Wilton Manors based insurance agent, Joe Pallant, and a second with Christina Wan, whose delightful restaurant in Victoria Park bears her name. Oh, and their Mongolian Beef is so good! This month’s magazine illuminates many other local people and their contributions to our community. Make sure you pick up a copy. This month, the Mirror’s content is culinary, driven by food. It is going to make you want to go out to eat. Try Marco’s signature Lasagna at Café Vico, or hit the new kid in town on Wilton Drive, the Grille, featuring a chop steak the size of a mountain lion. We have lots of choices for you.
Please support and patronize the good people and kind advertisers who support our products. Let me remind you that the Mirror Magazine, along with all our past issues, is available online at TheMirrorMag.com. Second, this month we released our small, pocket-sized magazine, ‘The Guide,’ and at 144 pages, it is our largest ever. When I started this annual magazine, I was just trying to create a promotion for the Stonewall festival in Wilton Manors. I called it ‘A Guide to the Drive.’ Rather than just distribute balloons or buttons, my goal was to publish a small, handy, and convenient guide for tourists and residents to keep in their bedrooms or glove compartments, showcasing for them the many businesses catering to the LGBT community. “The Guide” became a major editorial undertaking this year. Your support and the work of our graphic designer, Brendon Lies, made it go off the charts. Thank you. We printed 35,000 copies, and will start our distribution this week at Stonewall. The growth of The Guide can be attributed to the hard work of our sales manager, Justin Wyse, and his team, including Clark Rogers and Eddie Niemann. Give them a call at 954530-4970 if you would like to place an ad with us. But it is also testimony to how exponentially gay life has grown within our borders. Third, you are holding in your hands our 2018 Pride issue of SFGN. This week, we are paying tribute to the lives of those that were lost two years ago at Pulse in Orlando. SFGN has a duty to remember its history. Whether it has been overcoming discrimination or fighting AIDS, LGBT life is not just parades and parties. We are passionate participants in shaping the character of our communities. Those who have stood up for us and fight for us still are soldiers in a war whose enemy is
Life is not always what we want it to be, but there are many blessings and much beauty to absorb in this world, from family to friends, and work to leisure.
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Hatred. We can never forget the Harvey Milks, Matthew Shepherds and so many others who paved the way. As SFGN moves steadily to our tenth year, our mission is to continue to illuminate the lives and stories of those who have brought stature to the LGBT universe. It’s SFGN’s commitment to you today. That’s who we are; that’s what we do. No matter what we say, we are your voice too. Speak out. Express yourself. No view is restricted and no voices are censored. We entertain diversity. We cheer it, not jeer it. We look forward to your letters and your commentary online at www.sfgn.com or in our print publication distributed every Wednesday to over 350 locations in South Florida. In the space of 7 days a new Mirror, the annual Guide, and the Pride issue of SFGN has hit the streets. I can be difficult as an employer. I can find a little bad in the best of things. Hell, some of my friends say I am only happy when
I am unhappy. Today, though, I have to thank our staff for a hard week’s work well done. As you walk through the Gayborhood in this year’s Stonewall Festival, keep in mind that we have all won many more battles than we have lost. Each of us, no matter our station, will face challenges, encounter adversity, and find days that test us. Life is not always what we want it to be, but there are many blessings and much beauty to absorb in this world, from family to friends, and work to leisure. Fight to keep alive in your breast that celestial spark of fire called ‘conscience.’ By all means, this weekend, at Stonewall, celebrate your lives, your loves, and your future. Acknowledge your past. Remember friends lost. But cherish what you have, and know that as long as you are alive to breathe and see, fight and stand, there is good you can do, beauty you can achieve, love you can find. There are mimosas on the horizon. Find one for yourself.
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An Alphabet of Pride
Dana Rudolph
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ride Month is 30 days long, but the energy and inspiration we gain from it can last all year. Here, then, are some of the things I hope we LGBT parents can all experience during this season of rainbows to sustain us in times to come.
Advocacy: Pride started as a protest, so let’s make sure to capture some of that spirit again. Whether it’s carrying a sign in a parade, calling an elected official, or collecting signatures for a cause, let’s advocate for ourselves and our children. Bravery: Because being ourselves takes courage every day. Community: Pride is rooted in community, in people coming together over a common cause because they care about each other. Our LGBT community also overlaps with other communities of which we are part and which nourish other parts of us. Let us be thankful for all of them. Dancing: Even if it’s by yourself. Feel the music, literal or figurative, and let it move you. Emotion: Pride is both event and emotion. Let us not forget to feel it, no matter how else we celebrate. Friends: Community is grand, but it is the closer bonds of friendship that help knit it together. Glitter: Not everything needs to have a reason. Sometimes it’s enough just to sparkle. History: Yes, we have a whole separate month dedicated to LGBT history, but there’s no reason to confine the recognition of our past to October. Pride has its origins in a specific historic event and the movement around it. That’s worth knowing and celebrating even as we head into the future. Intersectionality: All our identities are plural. Let us honor the ways in which they intersect and blend to make each of us who we are.
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Joy: May we all find joy, in our families, our friends, and the communities of which we are part. Kids: May we engage our children in the delight of Pride, whether this means taking them to a march, explaining why we celebrate, or (if they are too young for that), festooning their strollers with rainbows. Learning: Let us use the occasion to learn something new about an aspect of our community, the history of Pride, or about another person in our lives. Meaning: Pride has many meanings. Unchecked, it can lead to hubris; harnessed, it may give a person needed self-confidence. We may feel pride in ourselves, our children, our community, or others. Whatever its meaning for us, may we also acknowledge the meanings it may have for others and the things in which they take pride. Naps: All this celebration can be tiring. Let us give ourselves time to rest and recharge, too. (And may those of us with young children get them to sleep when they should.) Openness: May Pride inspire us to live our truths, or to take steps towards being able to do so. Patience: A virtue, yes, and a vital ingredient of raising children as well as achieving other goals. It should not be confused with simply waiting for things to happen, however; sometimes, patience means being willing to take repeated action. Queerness: Yes, some of us may have moved to the “burbs and put up the picket fence,” but let us not forget the counter-culture overtones of “queer.” Let’s remember it’s okay to march to our own drummers at least once in a while. Being accepted doesn’t always mean fitting in.
Resourcefulness: As LGBT parents, we have long found ways to be resourceful— protecting our families with what legal ties we could, say, or by writing our own books that showed families like ours. May that spirit continue to inform us. Sunshine: Because no one likes a rainy parade—but if we get one, may we find sunshine in our hearts. Transformation: Whether it be coming out, transitioning, finding a new job, or starting a new relationship, life is an ever-changing series of metamorphoses. May we allow ourselves to change and be sympathetic to others who are changing or struggling to do so. Understanding: May we have it for others even as we help them understand who we are. Victory: Over the laundry; over our kids’ bedtimes; or over bias and political challenges. May we also remember that victory doesn’t always mean someone else has to lose.
Wonder: Sometimes it pays just to step back and marvel: at our children, our significant others, or the progress our community has made over the past decades despite recent setbacks. eXcitement: (Cut me some slack, here. It was either this or Xylophones.) Pride should be exciting. Life should be exciting. Not every moment, perhaps (see above under “N”), but enough to give us that spark to keep going. Youth: Regardless of the age of our own kids, may we take pride in the awesomeness of today’s LGBT youth and youth with LGBT parents. Many are out and proud about themselves and their families in ways we adults could only dream of. And many are standing up and speaking out on causes from LGBT equality to gun control. I think the future is in good hands. Zeal: May we seize the day, the month, and the whole year. May our enthusiasm for our families propel us into new and joyous discoveries.
Wherever and however you celebrate Pride, may it be a happy and moving one for you and your family. Dana Rudolph is the founder and publisher of Mombian (mombian.com), a GLAAD Media Award-winning blog and resource directory for LGBTQ parents.
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lifestyle food Spinach Quinoa Salad Firey Fish Tacos
Banana Pancake
Dads of All Kinds
Rick Karlin
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ather’s Day is coming and when it comes to making a special meal for Dad, all you will see are suggestions for thick slabs of steak and meat and potato dishes. It’s like food editors have their minds stuck on a “Leave It To Beaver” 1950s Americana version of what fathers are like.
There’s no one type of father anymore, so why are all the dining out and recipe suggestions the same? A kid growing up today is just as likely to have a vegan hipster dad or drag queen dad (my son did!) as he or she is a lumberjack or suburban lawnmowing dad, so let’s celebrate Father’s Day with a full array of dishes to please pop, no matter what his lifestyle preferences.
Spinach Quinoa Salad
For dads who prefer to eat healthy, this delicious salad is a sure-fire winner. Ingredients
¾ cup quinoa 1 ½ cups water 5 oz. baby spinach (about 5 cups) 1 avocado pitted and diced ¾ cup chopped cucumber ½ cup red bell pepper strips ½ cup chopped red onion
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½ cup crumbled feta cheese Dressing: ¼ cup olive oil 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 ½ tablespoons Dijon mustard ½ teaspoon sea salt ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Directions
Directions
Bring the quinoa and water to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the quinoa is tender, and the water has been absorbed, about 15 to 20 minutes. Cool. Whisk together dressing ingredients, set aside. Top spinach with quinoa, avocado, cucumber, bell pepper, red onion, and feta cheese. Pour dressing (or toss) over salad right before serving. Note: you can also toss the ingredients together while the quinoa is warm for a wilted salad.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vanilla extract vegetable oil and bananas. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture; batter will be slightly lumpy. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Cook until pancake shows bubbles across the surface. Lift to see if golden brown on underside. If so, flip and cook 1 minute on remaining side, or until golden brown. Top with sliced bananas, walnut pieces, and whipped cream (optional) Serve with melted butter and maple syrup.
Banana Pancakes
No reason Mom should be the only one surprised with breakfast in bed. Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 egg, beaten 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 ripe bananas, mashed 1 semi-ripe banana sliced Walnuts and whipped cream, optional
Fiery Fish Tacos
For the dad who likes his fare spicy and light. The corn salsa adds an extra crunch. Ingredients Corn salsa 2 cups cooked corn kernels ½ cup diced red onion 1 cup peeled, diced jicama ½ cup diced red bell pepper 1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1 lime, juiced and zested 2 tablespoons cayenne pepper, or to taste 1 tablespoon cumin 1 tablespoon ground black pepper 2 tablespoons salt, or to taste 6 cod fillets (4 oz. each) 2 tablespoons olive oil 12 corn tortillas, warmed 2 tablespoons sour cream, or to taste Arugula (optional)
Directions Preheat grill for high heat. In a medium bowl, mix together corn, red onion, jicama, red bell pepper, and cilantro, lime juice and zest, set aside. In a small bowl, combine cayenne pepper, cumin, ground black pepper, and salt. Brush each fillet with olive oil, and sprinkle with spices to taste. Arrange fillets on grill grate and cook for 3 minutes per side. For each fiery fish taco, top two corn tortillas with fish, sour cream, and corn salsa. Optional: top with a handful of arugula.
Sun-Dried Tomato Penne Pie
A great option for the vegetarian dad. For a vegan dad, swap out vegan cheese for the mozzarella. Ingredients
lifestyle food kosher salt 1 box whole wheat penne rigate ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes with oil 2 ½ cups crushed tomatoes 1 clove garlic, chopped Freshly ground black pepper ½ cup freshly chopped parsley, divided ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 ½ cups mozzarella cheese, divided
Directions Preheat oven 375°. Lightly grease a 9” or 10” pie dish and set aside. Bring an 8-quart pot of water to boil and generously season with salt. Cook pasta according to package instructions until al dente. Drain, but do not rinse, and add back to pot. Meanwhile, in the bowl of a food processor add sun-dried tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, garlic, salt and pepper, 1/4 cup parsley, and olive oil; pulse until well combined. Pour sauce into stock pot and mix with pasta. Stir in 1 ½ cups cheese, then pour pasta mixture into pie pan. Top with remaining cup cheese and bake until cheese is melted and lightly browned (about 25 minutes). Garnish with remaining parsley and serve immediately.
Meaty BBQ Pork Ribs
Okay, so there are still those meat and potato dads out there. Serve this dish with a baked potato and sour cream and
watch him smile. Ingredients 6 lbs. country pork ribs 1 can beer Rub Recipe 1 cup brown sugar ¼ cup salt 2 ½ tablespoons ground black pepper 3 tablespoons sweet paprika 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 tablespoons garlic powder BBQ Sauce 5 tablespoons pan drippings ½ cup minced red onion 2 cups Hickory flavored BBQ sauce 2 cups apple butter cayenne pepper to taste salt and pepper to taste Combine BBQ sauce ingredients, set aside
Directions Preheat oven to 350°. Rinse the ribs and pat dry. In a medium bowl, stir together the rub ingredients. Coat ribs liberally with spice mix. Place the ribs on a rack in a 10x15 inch roasting pan. Pour beer into bottom of roasting pan. Cover pan with foil and bake in a 350° oven for 45 minutes. Remove ribs and lower oven temperature to 275°. Coat rib liberally with sauce, retaining some for table. Bake uncovered for 1 to 1½ hours, or until the ribs are tender and nearly fall apart.
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KEEP YOUR EYES ON
South Florida Gay News
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POST-STONEWALL & POST-GAY A Post Mortem
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T
he term “Post-Gay” was first used by British journalist Paul Burston in 1994 to connote the willful disassociation from certain stereotypes within gay culture. The term hit home with the American audience four years later, when Out Magazine editor James Collard recycled the phrase to assert that gays need no longer define themselves by their sexuality. Post-gay ideology is often used to define cultural assimilation (i.e. we are all the same) and is festering in current popular culture. While the march for equality necessitates some variance of post-gay ideology, considering queerness a non-issue (“baby you have come a long way”), it has become synonymous with a kind of status quo politics. It does little to advance the cause of activists engaged in the, not yet completely won, battle for LGBT rights; nor does it do anything for those who still face real issues surrounding their queerness. The old adagio “be yourself or you will never know what life is,” is becoming a different philosophy, or state of being, in short: “be gay, but not toooo gay.” In the last two decades we have jumped over legal and social hurdles, we are free to marry, have kids, report discrimination and hate crimes. But at what cost? We are in the corner losing our identity, there seems to be a desire to conform, to standardize, almost to be part of a mono dimensional, opaque, homogenized world. Fifty shades of beige. In other words, we aim to be boring like everybody else. Gays aping straights. That is what it has come down to. Borrowing
identities in exchange for sociallyprogressive gains. People should be multifaceted, diverse and complex so that our core identity can be whatever we wanted it to be. That is the beauty of human kind. Instead we shy away from it, we repudiate it. It is a new form of repression, and this time it is self-inflicted. As the evolution continues the divide between straight and gay will begin to fade. It is true that the labels we have carried for centuries are the product of homophobia, legal and religious intolerance with a good dose of prejudice often expressed with pejorative, insulting and contemptuous terms-but the end result of our long struggle will mean that defining oneself as gay will no longer be necessary and cease to have social relevance. Some say that in the New Closet love will transcend sexual orientation, alas, the price of admission will be to turn off within us those traits that are typical of our personality, that make us special, killing and hiding everything that is unique and diverse about us. Homosexuals have opted for a respectable accommodation with heterosexual society. We have been coopted by the very forces which suppressed us. There is still so much to be done. My problem with today’s gay world is the absence of a fighting spirit replaced with a false sense of security and a large dose of apathy. In fact, we are not gay enough to care. The last time we seriously stood up for something was in the 80’s, at the height of the AIDS crisis, thanks to ACT UP. Since then we have acted down. Stop the parade, I want to get off.
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Two Years Later
Orlando, LGBT Activists to Mark
two years since Pulse massacre Michael K. Lavers
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une 12 marked two years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs are expected to attend a ceremony at an interim memorial that opened last month at the nightclub. Equality Florida, a statewide LGBT advocacy group, and the Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence on June 11 held a rally at Orlando City Hall in support of gun control. Organizers of the annual Pride parade in the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan on June 3 held a moment of silence for the victims at the U.S. commonwealth’s first LGBT-specific monument that Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz formally unveiled two weeks after the massacre. Nearly half of those who were killed inside Pulse were LGBT Puerto Ricans. The June 3 ceremony took place less than nine months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Christine Leinonen, whose son, Christopher “Drew” Leinonen, was killed inside Pulse alongside his partner, Juan Guerrero, does not plan to participate in any of the commemoration events. Christine Leinonen described her son as “definitely one of the good guys” when she spoke with the Blade. “He made life easy,” she said. “He made life easy for everyone around him.” Axel Rodríguez, an Orlando resident who was born in Puerto Rico, was friends with Xavier Serrano Rosado, who was killed inside Pulse. “I have not forgotten any of the 49 souls that died,” Rodríguez told the Blade. “I will never, ever forget my friend Xavier.” Rodríguez said he has visited Serrano’s grave in the Puerto Rican city of Ponce. Rodríguez told the Blade he is “still not able to visit” Pulse.
Gun control ‘part of LGBTQ conversation’ in Florida
The Associated Press reported the onePULSE Foundation, of which Pulse owner Barbara Poma is executive director, will begin its search for architects who will design a permanent memorial next month. This year’s commemorations are also taking place against the backdrop of renewed calls for gun control. A gunman on Valentine’s Day killed 17 students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The Pulse nightclub massacre had been the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history until a gunman killed 58 people and injured more than 500 others when he opened fire during a country music festival in Las Vegas on Oct. 1, 2017.
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Photo credit: onePULSE Found, via Facebook.tion.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott — who, along with state Attorney General Pam Bondi, faced widespread criticism in the days after the Pulse nightclub massacre when they did not specifically mention the LGBT community — after the Marjory Douglas shooting signed into a law a $400 million bill that, among other things, banned the sale of bump stocks and raised the minimum age to buy a gun in Florida from 18 to 21. Equality Florida CEO Nadine Smith — who is a vocal critic of Scott and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) over gun control and other issues — told the Blade the fact that Scott signed the bill the National Rifle Association opposed “tells you there’s a loosening of” the organization’s “grip.”
“I have not forgotten any of the 49 souls that died.” - Axel Rodríguez Orlando Resident
Scott’s press secretary, Ashley Cook, in a statement to the Blade noted Scott, who is running against U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), in the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub massacre met with survivors and victims’ families “and saw Floridians show their resilience, strength and love for each other.” “The horrific terror attack at Pulse was heartbreaking,” Cook said. “Governor Scott will always honor the memory of the victims and the loss suffered by their families.” Cook’s statement did not specifically mention the LGBT community. Rubio’s office did not respond to the Blade’s request for comment. “We have made the gun violence conversation part of the LGBTQ conversation in our state,” Smith said. Christine Leinonen also remains a vocal gun control advocate. She and Dru Project Vice President Brandon Wolf, who was with Christopher “Drew” Leinonen and Guerrero when they were killed inside Pulse, marched with a Human Rights Campaign contingent at the “March for Our Lives” that took place in D.C. after the Marjory Stoneman massacre. Christine Leinonen on Tuesday said electing “strong Democrats” and encouraging parents not to keep guns in their homes are among what she described as her seven “practical steps to make us safer from mass shootings.” “Our homes have been robbed because of gun violence,” Wolf told the Blade.
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Never Forget * O RLA N D O *
Associated Press
We s t il l mour n t h e ir l osse s b ut we m u s t c e l e bra t e t h e ir l ive s
On June 12, 2016, a gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside Pulse, a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 people dead in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Here are stories of the victims.
Paul Terrell Henry
Cory James Connell
Martin Benitez Torres
Paul Terrell Henry, 41, was a caring father of two who loved to dance, play piano and sing, according to his friends and his boyfriend. Francisco Hernandez, Henry's boyfriend, told the Orlando Sentinel the Chicago native's main priority was to make sure his kids were taken care of. “Such a loving spirit. I'll always have him in my heart," said Hernandez, who added that he will most remember Henry for his smile. Bettye Edwards, of Oviedo, told the newspaper that she and Henry started a church briefly and that Henry had a master's degree in business from Florida State University and a theological degree. Henry never took a lesson, Edwards said, but he was a talented musician who sang and played the organ and piano. Danielle Biggers, of Orlando, said she worked with Henry as a sales representative at a resort company. "He always would make sure he would say hello," she said. "He just was over the top and made everybody smile."
Cory James Connell, 21, was his family's superhero, his brother Ryan said in a Facebook post. According to the Orlando Sentinel, friends and even a former middle school teacher posted to Facebook remembering Connell. "I've taught almost 1,700 kids at Lee. He was so special," said Shelley Klein, a science teacher at Lee Middle School. "All of his teachers at Lee adored him. We describe him as our all-time favorite." Nancy Robbinson, a member of the Orange County School Board, remembered the smiles and hugs Connell greeted her with when she saw him at Publix where he worked. "Every time I saw him, he greeted me with a warm, inviting smile and a cheery, 'Hey, Mrs. Robbinson,' and sometimes I was even blessed to get a hug," she wrote. "I just saw him at Publix a week ago and got one of those great hugs.
Martin Benitez Torres, 33, had recently moved to Orlando and was working to become a pharmacy technician. Benitez was a student at a Tampa satellite campus of the Ana G. Mendez University System, based in Puerto Rico, where he was born. In a university statement, one of his professors called him a "diligent and extremely hardworking student." Benitez was "thankful for the opportunity to advance his career and hopeful to make his dreams a reality," said Carla Zayas, a Spanish professor. He posted several photos and videos on his Facebook page in the days before the shooting, including one in the kitchen cooking with family members. The cover photo on his Facebook profile includes a quote in Spanish: "If God takes away my eyesight, it's because I've been allowed to see everything that's beautiful in the world."
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Two Years Later Juan Chavez Martinez
Jerald Arthur Wright
Jason Josaphat
Juan Chavez Martinez, 25, was a beloved boss and friend, friends and co-workers told the Orlando Sentinel. Friends said Martinez came to the U.S. from Huichapan, Mexico, and worked as a housekeeping supervisor for a hospitality service company. "He was extremely friendly, very dedicated to his family, to his co-workers . It is very difficult. Everybody loved him," said Alicia Amarro, chief financial officer for the company, APDC Services. Jose Crisantos used to work with Martinez at Reunion Resorts and also remembered Martinez's kindness. "He was very well known among us as very kind and loving," Crisantos said. "There was nobody else like him. It is a devastating loss."
Jerald Arthur Wright, 31, was quiet but knew how to treat guests at Walt Disney World, where he worked as a seasonal employee, a former co-worker said. "He was one of the kindest people you could meet," co-worker Kenneth Berrios told the Orlando Sentinel. "We had students from the London program . and Jerry was always willing to give rides to them and show them around town." Wright "was a great guy to work with," former coworker Scott Dickison said. "He was quiet but really wonderful with all the guests. He always had a smile on his face." Dickison said Wright had worked most recently in merchandising on Main Street in the Magic Kingdom, but also had worked in Tomorrowland and at Universal Studios in Orlando.
Jason Josaphat, 19, called his mother as a gunman opened fire to ask for help, his aunt and uncle said. She stayed on the line with him and could hear gunshots in the background, but tried to calm him down as he hid in the bathroom, Jimmy and Myrleine Inelus told KPNX-TV in Arizona, where Josaphat went to high school. His mother then didn't hear anything for as many as 20 seconds. "It was dead silence on the phone ... I think that's when the gunman finally made his way into the bathroom," Jimmy Inelus said. Josaphat moved to Orlando after graduating from high school in 2014. A childhood friend, Messiah McMillian, told KNXV-TV in Phoenix that he was one of the first people whom Josaphat told he was gay. "When I found out, I never judged him," McMillian said. "I never looked at him any differently. He was always my friend."
Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera Javier Jorge-Reyes
Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40, was known as "Javi" by his friends and as "Harvey George-Kings" on Facebook — a literal English translation of his name. But his Facebook profile name belied a deep pride in his Latino heritage, friends told the Orlando Sentinel. "He was proud to be Latino, super proud," friend Jose Diaz told the newspaper, adding: "He was always positive. He was very humble. He was a lovely friend." Diaz recalled being sold a wallet by Jorge-Reyes, who worked at a Gucci store at an Orlando mall. Another friend, Edith Colon of Miami, said Jorge-Reyes was a top salesman and makeup artist.
Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz
Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36, followed the crowd from a housewarming party to Pulse, according to former roommate Abismael Colon Gomez. "I am really in shock that he was in the club, because he was not usually a club-scene person," Colon Gomez told the Orlando Sentinel. Ortiz-Rivera worked in merchandise management and had earned a degree in communications from a university in Puerto Rico. He left behind his husband of a year, Ivan Dominguez; they were married June 26, the day the U.S. Supreme Court gave same-sex couples the right to marry in all 50 states. "It was a big and happy coincidence," Dominguez, 30, told The Associated Press. Dominguez is grieving, but said he still feels connected to his husband. He was not at the nightclub because he was supposed to work the next day. Another friend posted on Ortiz-Rivera's Facebook page after learning of his death: "God just gained one funny and caring angel today."
Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24, was always friendly and outgoing, "the most positive guy I've ever known," friend Josh Palange said. They became friends during middle school, and in high school, took honors classes and band together — Sanfeliz on trumpet. Though they didn't see each other much after graduating in 2010, "we stayed friends on Facebook," Palange told the Tampa Bay Times. Sanfeliz's family moved there from Cuba in the 1960s, family friend Mike Wallace said. Sanfeliz took business classes at a community college and was hired as a bank teller and worked his way up to become a personal banker, Wallace said. "He (was) a wonderful person and this is such a tragedy," said Wallace. "He was cut down in his prime."
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Two Years Later Brenda Lee Marquez McCool
Frank Hernandez
Franky Jimmy De Jesus Velazquez
Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49, loved to dance, so much so that she'd go to nightclubs with her 21-year-old son. They were both at Pulse. She was killed, son Isaiah Henderson survived, her oldest daughter, Khalisha Pressley, told NBC News. "She was always really cool, but really a mom at the end of the day ... the sweetest lovingest person in the world," Pressley said of her mother, a two-time cancer survivor who had 11 children. "She was a fighter," lifelong friend Noreen Vaquer told the Orlando Sentinel. "She doesn't take nothing from nobody." Vaquer, who met McCool when they were kindergartners in Brooklyn, New York, said her friend gave good advice, backed up by life experience. "She's smart," Vaquer said. "She'll put you right."
Frank Hernandez, 27, loved fashion and lived to purchase the finest pieces of clothing at Calvin Klein or Armani. "He had the best of everything, the most expensive," said Jessica Leal, 19, one of his five siblings. "He liked the good stuff. And he worked hard for it." A manager at a Calvin Klein store in Orlando, Hernandez grew up in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, near the U.S.-Mexico border, and had lived in Central Florida for three years. Hernandez also loved Beyonce and going out to dance, and he frequented Pulse, Leal said. According to media reports, Hernandez's boyfriend was able to escape, but lost track of Hernandez in the chaos. His sister has planned a fitting tribute: She'll wear Calvin Klein at his funeral. "I'm pretty sure he'd love it if he saw it," she said.
Franky Jimmy De Jesus Velazquez, 50, worked as a visual merchandiser, designing displays for an Orlando clothing store, according to his Facebook page. He posted inspirational and funny messages on his page, including a T-shirt that read: "Never underestimate an old man who is also a visual merchandiser." On a list of victims with an average age of 29 years old, Velazquez was the oldest. But age never became a barrier for Velazquez, former co-worker Bret Werner said. "He was a very outgoing, friendly person," said Werner, who worked with him at a clothing store in Miami. "Everyone wanted to be around him." Among family and friends in his native Puerto Rico, Velazquez was known for Jibaro folk dancing, said his sister, Shiela De Jesus. "He was a very loved person."
Luis Daniel WilsonLeon
Jean Carlos Mendez Perez
Capt. Antonio Davon Brown
Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37, barely spoke English when he moved from Puerto Rico to Florida in 2004, but he wasn't deterred by the language barrier. He quickly learned English, got a job and eventually met his partner, Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35, who also died. "(Wilson-Leon) walked into the room and all eyes were on him because of his positive energy, just what he radiated ... I'm heartbroken," said his cousin, Laly Santiago-Leon, adding that the couple frequented Pulse and loved Latin Night. Longtime friend Daniel Gmys-Casiano described Wilson-Leon as a protector and confidante. The two grew up in the same small town, and when Gmys-Casiano moved to the U.S., Wilson-Leon gave him a job in a shoe store. "He was my hero," Gmys-Casiano told the Orlando Sentinel. Even though Wilson-Leon had been bullied for his sexuality, Gmys-Casiano said, "he never retaliated with hate. ... He would stand to protect his friends."
Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35, had a humor and warmth that made him a great salesman — and helped him find love, a co-worker said. "He laughed with the people and would make jokes," said Claudia Agudelo, who worked with Perez at a perfume store. "He was always happy." Mendez Perez met his longtime partner, Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, about a decade ago when he sold him the fragrance Declaration by Cartier, Agudelo told the Orlando Sentinel. Wilson-Leon also died in the nightclub shooting. Mendez Perez moved to the U.S. from Puerto Rico when he was a teenager, and made friends quickly, father Angel Mendez said. "He was a real dynamic kid," he said. Sister-in-law Katia Mendez said Mendez Perez also was a fun-loving and doting uncle who would buy her three children candy and ice cream. "He was like a little kid when he was with them," she said.
Capt. Antonio Davon Brown, 29, served in the Army Reserve and deployed to Kuwait for nearly a year. Brown graduated in 2008 from Florida A&M, where he majored in criminal justice and participated in the ROTC program. Lt. Col. Kelvin Scott, a ROTC instructor, remembered Brown's positive attitude and sense of humor. "He kept a smile on his face," Scott told the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper. "He was willing to work very hard to earn his commission." Devonta White, a friend of Brown's, said Brown was known in their dorm for waking up early for drills and becoming close friends with his fellow trainees, but also making friends outside of ROTC. "He had a car so when he went to Wal-Mart, I would ride with him," White said. "We just became good friends over time. He helped me more than he knows." An Army service record shows Brown deployed to Kuwait from April 2010 to March 2011.
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Two Years Later Darryl Roman Burt II
Darryl Roman Burt II, 29, worked as a financial aid officer for Keiser University's Jacksonville, Florida, campus. As a volunteer, he co-chaired a clothing drive for the homeless for the Jacksonville Jaycees, a nonprofit organization. "Darryl was very passionate about working in the community and wasn't afraid to take the lead," Jacksonville Jaycees President Shawn DeVries told the Indianapolis Star. "If someone needed anything, he'd usually just ask for the details: where, when and what are the deadlines." Burt left behind family in central Indiana, and recently earned a degree in human resources management. Keiser University's chancellor, Arthur Keiser, called Burt "a highly respected member of the KU team" on the school's website, and the school was providing grief counselors to help Burt's colleagues.
Akyra Murray
Akyra Murray, 18, recently graduated third in her high school class of 42 students, had scored 1,000 points on the basketball team and had signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Mercyhurst University. "She was very loving, caring, out to help anybody," recalled her mother, Natalie Murray. To celebrate her graduation, Akyra Murray, her parents and her 4-year-old sister traveled to Orlando. Murray wanted to party in downtown Orlando, and her parents dropped her off at Pulse at 11:30 p.m. About 2 a.m., Murray sent a text message, saying that she and her cousins wanted to be picked up and there'd been a shooting. Moments later, the phone rang. "... (S)he was screaming, saying she was losing a lot of blood," Natalie Murray said. She was hiding in a bathroom stall, her arm bleeding for hours with no medical treatment. Akyra Murray told her mother to call police. They never spoke again.
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Simon Adrian CarrilloFernandez
Oscar A. AracenaMontero
Simon Adrian Carrillo-Fernandez, 31, loved to travel and "worked to be able to enjoy his life," co-worker Ivonne Irizarry said. A manager at McDonald's, Carillo-Fernandez had traveled to the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Mexico and went on cruises, Irizarry said. He and his partner, Oscar Aracena-Montero, who also was killed at the nightclub, had just returned from Niagara Falls, Irizarry told the Orlando Sentinel. Carillo-Fernandez never forgot a birthday, she said, and would bring in cakes for his McDonald's co-workers. Colleagues said Carrillo-Fernandez's attention to detail was a trademark of his leadership style. "He had to be the best, that was his thing. I cook the best, I clean the best, I work the best," she said of him.
Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26, lived with his partner, Simon Adrian Carillo-Fernandez, and three Chihuahuas in a home they bought last year, a friend, Andrea Herrera, told the Orlando Sentinel. Yamilka Pimentel, a cousin, said AracenoMontero moved with his father from the Dominican Republic to Central Florida as a child. "Oscar was a very sweet guy. Very sweet to everybody," Pimentel told the newspaper. "Every time he met somebody they would like him a lot. He was the type of guy who goes along with anybody."
Leroy Valentin Fernandez
Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado
Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25, recently had found a job as a leasing agent for an Orlando apartment complex, said his friend, Jennifer Rodriguez. "He had finally found something he liked. He was taking care of his mom," she said of Fernandez, who was also her hair stylist and one of her best friends. "He was like a brother," she said. "He was just really very spirited and always happy, you know?" Fernandez recently had been dating an older man, a dancer known by the stage name Eman Valentino, who also died in the shooting.
Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35, went by Eman Valentino on the stage. He dressed elegantly in a top hat, tie and gloves, collecting tips from the audience between high kicks and spins, according to a YouTube video. Off the stage, Rosado had a young son who had graduated from pre-kindergarten. "I have no words to express how proud and happy I am of my little boy," Rosado wrote on Facebook recently about his son. Yemil Royce, a friend, described Rosado as hardworking, talkative and friendly: "He was a lovely friend, brother and father."
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Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26, went to Pulse nightclub almost every weekend, often with her best friend, Amanda Alvear. "She was very outgoing," her sister-in-law, Nancy Flores, said. "She had lots of friends." Mercedez Flores worked at Target, studied at a local community college and wanted to become a party planner so she could coordinate events with her two older brothers, who are both DJs. Flores' family spent hours waiting at Orlando Regional Medical Center, then a staging area at a nearby hotel. Someone read the names of victims still hospitalized or being released, and her name wasn't on the list. Her father got a call early the next day from the sheriff's office that his daughter had died, Nancy Flores said.
Amanda Alvear, 25, and Mercedez Flores posted on Snapchat from the nightclub before the shooting. Alvear's friend Sandy Marte said one of Alvear's Snapchats showed a packed club full of revelers. Another, a selfie video of Alvear with a series of gunshots in the background. Marte and Alvear bonded over breakups and health problems. "She was loving, she was caring, she always had an open ear, she always wanted to help people," Marte said. "She had an amazing heart." Marte said he understands what it's like to be at a nightclub during a shooting. He was at the Glitz Ultra Lounge in Orlando in February when two people were killed, and said he froze in place from the shock of it.
Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20, wanted to be a star. "He was one of the most amazing dancers," his sister, Belinette Ocasio-Capo, said. "He would always call me and say, 'I'm going to be the next Hollywood star.' He really did want to make it and be known. "Now his name ended up being all around the world, like he wanted — just not this way," she said of her brother, a dancer who was working at a Starbucks while studying theater. Omar, as he was known to family and friends, at first seemed brash to 70-year-old Claudia Mason, a co-worker, but after getting to know him, she said, "I realized he had a very outgoing personality." "His sense of humor was definitely his defining personality trait," she said. "Omar got along with everyone. Young, old, male, female, gay, or straight, it didn't matter to Omar."
Eddie Jamoldroy Justice
Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30, tapped out a series of chilling text messages to his mother from a bathroom at Pulse, a 45-minute exchange that began with a message of love. "Mommy I love you," the first message to Mina Justice said at 2:06 a.m. The messages became more frantic as he told her the shooter was in the bathroom where he was hiding. "He's a terror," her son wrote. Eddie Justice normally was a homebody who liked to eat, work out and make everyone laugh, his mother said. He worked as an accountant. "Lives in a sky house, like the Jeffersons," his mother said she liked to say of his condominium.
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Shane Tomlinson Miguel Honorato
Shane Tomlinson, 33, had a passion for singing, and had been the lead vocalist with "The Frequency Band" at a nightclub before going to Pulse, according to the Orlando Sentinel. "He was destined for a grand stage and he was doing exactly what he wanted to do," said Dr. Lathan Turner, associate director of student transitions at East Carolina University, where Tomlinson graduated in 2003 with a degree in communication. Tomlinson was a vibrant and charismatic lead vocalist, friends said. "I've never met anyone like him," said Carey Sobel, an Orlando resident who hired Tomlinson's band to play for his upcoming wedding. "He was really special." Tarrick Cox, an adviser for East Carolina's gospel choir who worked with Tomlinson, remembers his contagious personality and the laughter that surrounded him. "He was gifted and creative. He was a go-getter," Cox said in a statement from the university.
Miguel Honorato, 30, was a father of three who managed four restaurants in central Florida along with a side catering business. He was always the one to drop everything to help out his family, which included seven siblings. His brother, Jose Honorato, wrote a simple, heartfelt message on his brother's Facebook page: "Come home bro, I'm waiting for you." "He was my mentor and my supporter. He helped very much in my parents' house and work," Honorato said. Even though Miguel was younger, he gave sage advice about the family business, his brother said. Jose Honorato changed his Facebook photo Monday to one of the two brothers smiling over a charcoal grill, one of many happy memories cooking together.
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Jonathan Camuy, 25, moved to Central Florida from Puerto Rico to work for the Spanish-language television network Telemundo. He was on the production team for "La Voz Kids," a talent show for young singers in its fourth season. "Jonathan was an extremely hard-working individual, full of life, enthusiastic and with a great personality," the network said in a statement. "He will be missed dearly." Camuy was also active in the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, which called him "one of our own" in a statement about his death.
Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22, known among family and friends as "Ommy," was always the life of the party. "Peter makes a difference everywhere he goes. He was a happy person. If Peter is not at the party, no one wants to go," his aunt, Sonia Cruz, said. Gonzalez-Cruz, who worked at UPS, went to Pulse with his best friend, 25-year-old Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez. After news of the mass shooting emerged, Sonia Cruz said she held out hope for hours that her nephew would turn up in a hospital bed. The family was later told he and Menendez were among those killed.
Edward Sotomayor Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez
Edward Sotomayor, 34, was a caring, energetic man known for wearing a silly top hat on cruises, according to David Sotomayor, who said the two discovered they were cousins after meeting at Orlando's annual Gay Days festival around a decade ago. Edward worked for a company that held gay cruises and often traveled to promote the company's events, said David Sotomayor. "He was just always part of the fun," David Sotomayor said. David Sotomayor is a drag queen who appeared on a season of the reality show "RuPaul's Drag Race" using the name "Jade." The two texted regularly and kept in touch via Facebook messages, last seeing each other this year at a filming of the reality show. They last exchanged messages late last week. "You never think that's going to be the last time you speak to him," Sotomayor said. "It's just heartbreaking to know it just can happen anytime."
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Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25, moved to Orlando a few years ago, his cousin, Irma Silva-Lauer, told the Orlando Sentinel. He was an only child and "the light and the life of all the family gatherings," Silva-Lauer said.
Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22, told his cousin, Robert Guerrero, that he was gay about two years ago. But he was worried about how the rest of his family would react, and did not tell them until just before the beginning of this year. "They were very accepting," said Robert Guerrero, 19. "As long as he was happy, they were OK with it." He got concerned after hearing of the shooting at Pulse, where he knew his cousin would go to every once in a while. Juan Guerrero was a telemarketer, in recent months he started attending college at the University of Central Florida and was in a relationship with someone his relatives regarded as part of the family, Robert Guerrero said. "... (H)e was like a big brother to me," he said. "He was never the type to go out to parties, would rather stay home and care for his niece and nephew."
Tevin Eugene Crosby
Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25, had a drive for success, which was reflected in his inspirational Facebook posts — "2016 will be the best year ever." "Whatever goal he had in mind, he worked hard. Whether alone or on a team, he worked on that goal," Chavis Crosby told the Orlando Sentinel. Tevin Crosby was director of operations for a Michigan marketing firm who'd recently visited family in Statesville, North Carolina, to watch several nieces and nephews graduate. Then, he traveled to Orlando after passing along some brotherly advice about business and setting goals. He loved to travel for work and fun, Chavis Crosby said. "He was definitely a good person and a good brother to me," he said.
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Stanley Almodovar III, 23, had tomato-and-cheese dip prepared by his mother to eat when he came home from his night out. Instead, Rosalie Ramos was awakened by a call telling her something had happened. Ramos told the Orlando Sentinel that her son, a pharmacy technician, posted a Snapchat video of himself singing and laughing on his way to Pulse nightclub. "I wish I had that (video) to remember him forever," she told the newspaper. A friend, Hazel Ramirez, told the Washington Post she also saw a video from Almodovar on Snapchat. She described Almodovar as "kind, but sassy," and someone who was comfortable with his sexual identity. "He was so proud of who he was," she told the Post. "He would do his makeup better than anyone else. It was so easy to be myself with him."
Anthony Luis Laureano Disla
Anthony Luis Laureano Disla, 25, started dancing at the age of 10 and was comfortable with any number of styles, from salsa to ballroom, his cousin Ana Figueroa said. Figueroa told the Orlando Sentinel that Laureano Disla invited her out for a night of dancing at Pulse nightclub, but she told him she was too tired. He was out with two roommates, both of whom were injured in the shooting, she said. The newspaper did not identify the roommates. Born in Puerto Rico, Laureano Disla moved to Orlando about three years ago to become a dancer and choreographer, Figueroa said. "I want people to remember Anthony as someone who was very happy and very kind," Figueroa said. "This is just devastating for our family and his friends."
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Luis Vielma, 22, was well-loved and worked at Universal Studios, friends said. High school friend Eddi Anderson told the Tampa Bay Times that Vielma loved his job at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and was known for his pleasant attitude and warm demeanor. J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books that spawned the movies and section of the theme park, tweeted a picture of Vielma in a Hogwarts school tie, and said: "I can't stop crying." "He was always a friend you could call. He was always open and available, Josh Boesch, who worked with Vielma, told the Orlando Sentinel. Vielma "just wanted to make people smile," said another co-worker, Olga Glomba.
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Kimberly "KJ" Morris
Kimberly "KJ" Morris, 37, moved to Orlando months ago and worked at Pulse as a bouncer, the Orlando Sentinel reported. "She was so excited," ex-girlfriend Starr Shelton told the newspaper. "She'd just started working there and told me how she was thrilled to get more involved in the LGBT community there." Narvell Benning met Morris when they were in college at Post University, where they both played basketball. "I can't think of a time when I did not see a smile on her face," Benning told the Sentinel. "I'm so thankful of the good memories I have of her." Liz Lamoureux told The Associated Press in a statement that Morris was one of her sister's best friends and a true friend to her entire family: "What did KJ die for? Being gay and going to work? It just makes no sense — her life amounts to so much more than that."
Enrique Rios
Christopher Leinonen, 32, was a Pulse with his friend Brandon Wolf, who sent a text to Leinonen's mother to say a shooting had occurred and her son was missing. Christine Leinonen drove to Orlando at 4 a.m. from Polk County, southwest of the city. When she arrived, she began checking emergency rooms to find her son. She never did. "These are nonsensical killings of our children," she said, sobbing. "They're killing our babies!" She said Wolf survived by hiding in a bathroom and running out as the bullets flew.
Enrique Rios, 25, had come from Brooklyn to Orlando to celebrate a friend's birthday. Even though his mother, Gertrude Merced, says that her heart is broken, she has already forgiven the gunman. "I'm not angry at the gunman. I'm angry about the situation. I'm going to forever miss my son ... but I still have the hope that I'm going to see him again one day," Merced told reporters as she packed her bags outside her New York apartment and headed to Florida. Rios' Facebook page says he worked with a home health care agency, and his mother said he had a heart for helping the elderly. He was studying social work. Family and friends said he was determined, always helping others and had a heart of gold.
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Angel Candelario-Padro, 28, moved to Orlando from Chicago in January to be closer to family. The nurse and National Guard member soon found a new job and a new love. "He was a humble boy, a good student. He liked to work and wasn't too much into partying," his aunt Leticia Padro told Univision. Candelario-Padro's boyfriend, who was shot several times, told her that after hearing several shots he turned to Candelario-Padro and asked if he was OK. "He told him he was OK, but in that instant he fell to the floor," Padro said. Candelario-Padro loved music and had played the clarinet in a band in his hometown of Guanica, Puerto Rico, according to uncle Efrain Padro. "We're waiting for his body to be brought home," he said, "We will welcome him with music."
Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32, moved to Florida from Mexico in the early 2000s in search of a better life. He went back to his home state of Veracruz for several years but returned to Tampa less than a year ago, relatives and friends said. "We came because here in the United States there are many opportunities here and because we were fleeing because in our country there was a lot of crime, violence and death ... and we expect it should be more peaceful here," his cousin Jose Paniagua told Newsday. The construction worker was looking forward to meeting friends at Pulse for another night of dancing — something he loved to do, friend Lorena Barragan told the Orlando Sentinel. "He was the best," said Barragan, who met Rayon Paniagua at church. "He was loyal. He was always trying to do stuff to make you feel better."
Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21, had recently moved to Florida from Cuba and was still trying to master English, according to a friend. Sarai Torres told the Orlando Sentinel she met Martinez last year, and he "always had a smile on his face." "Every interaction I had with him was totally positive," she said, adding that she remembers Martinez as an outgoing person who introduced her to his other friends. "He's the type of person (who would) see you in a parking lot and he'd have a whole conversation with you." Torres, 30, said she saw Martinez several times at Pulse nightclub, which she described as a good place to meet new people. She was not at the club during the shooting.
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Luis Daniel Conde, 39, ran a beauty salon in Kissimmee with another victim of the shooting at Pulse, Juan Pablo Rivera Velasquez, his longtime partner. "Everyone knows about this beauty salon," Irene Rivera told the Orlando Sentinel. She spoke of the couple's work on the Belleza Latina pageant. Tania Mercador was in tears as she described how she was supposed to have joined Conde and Velasquez at Pulse the night they died. "I used GPS and got lost," she said. "It kept sending me to the wrong address."
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Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33, was a biologics supervisor at the OneBlood donation center, according to the Orlando Sentinel. "He's alive in the people's lives that he saved," said Mat Simons, who worked under Ayala-Ayala and said his supervisor was also a blood donor. Ayala-Ayala had bought a car and a house within the past year. Wednesday would have been his one-year anniversary of home-ownership.
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Juan Pablo Rivera Velazquez, 37, worked at Alta Peluqueria D'Magazine salon in Kissimmee with Conde. Client Alexandra Ale told the Orlando Sentinel the salon would often be filled with clients who were there just to see the Velazquez and Conde. Ale said the salon would often provide free services to women who had been victims of domestic abuse. "They would take the shirt off their back to help others," said Jocelyn De Leon, another client. Messages were left in chalk on the sidewalk outside their salon. "We will always thank you for making us feel beautiful," one message read.
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Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32, was quick to tell someone off if she thought they were in the wrong, but it was her way of showing she cared, an ex-girlfriend said. Drayton had been in legal trouble involving drugs, but Ashleigh Alleyne told the Orlando Sentinel Drayton was changing after they had been arrested together a couple years ago. "She was actually putting in effort, because we both hit rock bottom at the same time," Alleyne said. "She pushed me to get through her issues, and I always tried to do the same for her."
Jean Carlos Nieves Rodriguez, 27, was remembered by family and friends as a kind man and a hard worker. Nieves Rodriguez, originally from Puerto Rico, had worked as manager of a McDonald's and a checkcashing store and bought his first house a month and a half ago, the Orlando Sentinel reported. "He wanted to be the best at what he did, and he would work very hard to achieve that. ... That's why whatever job he went to, he became a manager," friend Ivonne Irizarry told the newspaper. His sister Valeria Monroig said he "cared more about others than about himself."
Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24, was out for a night of dancing with her brother-in law and a friend, and posed for a photo before a gunman opened fire. Known as "Mary" to family and friends, Rodriguez Solivan was married to race car driver Juan Borges and had two children, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Her friend, Jonathan Antonio Camuy, also died. Her brother-in-law, William Sabad Borges, was shot twice, but the injuries were not serious, the newspaper reported. "I swear, my heart has a ladder tall enough to reach you both," Sabad Borges wrote on Facebook. "Mary, you leave me with a pain that I never thought I would feel."
Geraldo OrtizJimenez, 25
Geraldo Ortiz-Jimenez, 25, was known to friends and on Facebook as Drake. He was proud of his Dominican heritage, posing with a flag of the Dominican Republic in celebration of a Dominican model winning Nuestra Belleza Latina 2016. The photo, posted on Facebook, included Spanish-language hashtags that translate as #proud #Dominican. Ortiz-Jimenez graduated from J.P. McCaskey High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 2010, school district spokeswoman Kelly Burkholder told The Associated Press. He was living in Puerto Rico, according to his social media accounts, and studying at Universidad del Este in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Kevin Ortiz, a friend from college, described him as a humble man who was always concerned about staying fit and working toward fulfilling his dream of being a dancer. Messages were left in chalk on the sidewalk outside their salon. "We will always thank you for making us feel beautiful," one message read.
Merchant reported from Dallas and Webber and Johnson from Chicago. Associated Press reporters Danica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Thomas Peipert in Denver; Olga Rodriguez in San Francisco; Alina Hartounian in Phoenix; Jason Dearen in Orlando, Florida; Kelli Kennedy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Errin Haines Whack in Philadelphia; Caleb Jones in Honolulu; and Don Babwin in Chicago contributed to this report.
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Rick Karlin When Henry Flagler began to build the Florida East Coast Railway more than a century ago, he had real-estate and resort development in mind. Now another set of entrepreneurs has seen a local railroad vision come to fruition. Brightline began running trains in January nonstop between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, and just a few weeks ago added service to and from downtown Miami. A trip to either end of the line takes a little more than 30 minutes. The initial service provides 11 week-day round trips between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale and 10 on weekends, with later evening service on the weekends. The same goes for Miami. However, evening service ends rather early not allowing you to attend a concert or play and still get a ride home. For theater-goers a matinee is a better option. Passenger lounges in the terminals remind one of a mid-level hotel lobby, with large easy chairs, couches, work areas, and reservable conference rooms. The smaller stations in West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale feature dual snack bars — one with ready-to-eat choices, the other doit-yourself — and the much larger Miami station will eventually have a few fast dining outlets (Einstein Bros. Bagels, among others) along with a signature restaurant.
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A Few Spots to Eat After Your Brightline Ride The trains have two classes of seating, though both feel more like first class seating on an airplane. Snack service is offered by attendants walking through the train. To promote the service, Brightline has offered introductory one-way fares of $10 for Smart class and $15 for Select, with the upgrade including free snacks and one free mixed drink for all passengers in the first-class car. Eventually the train line will extend to Orlando, but for now you can pop into each of these cities’ downtowns for shopping, theater and, of course dining. Each stop offers its own dining, shopping and entertainment options. In West Palm the station is just steps from the Kravis Center (kravis.org) or you can hop on the free Palm Trolley just outside the station. The trolley stops throughout downtown, Exercise enthusiasts can rent a bike at the SkyBike station on-site. City Place is just a short walk away, where you’ll find dozens of restaurants and shops. Free concerts are almost always happening on Friday and Saturday nights. Check out the City Place event calendar at cityplace.com. Another option is to try the West Palm Beach food tour, $65 during the day on weekends. WestPalmBeachFoodTour.com For an upscale dining experience, check out the Galley in the West Palm Beach
Hilton, 600 Okeechobee Blvd., just a few blocks from the Brightline station. Try the ahi tuna poke with avocado mousse and lotus chips, arancini with citrus aioli or a pizza as an appetizer. Entrée selections include pan seared Scottish salmon, roast chicken, and an excellent bone-in rib eye. Save room for dessert, the Galley’s sundae pairs vanilla ice cream with chocolate waffle crumble, wood fired s’mores and a cookie baked in its own cast iron skillet are all excellent choices. For reservations, call 561-231-6000. The Miami train station is located in MiamiCentral, a new 11-acre complex that will eventually host the city’s first food hall, near the downtown corridor. Celebrity chefs Michael and Bryan Voltaggio will open Monger, an upscale market-based concept. The Voltaggio brothers’ restaurant will encourage diners to create their own dishes by visiting an onsite butcher counter, a fishmonger and green grocer. Watch also for Parliament Espresso (a national chain of coffee bars) and Joe &
The Juice (a Copenhagen-based chain of juice bars with specialty coffee offerings). As mentioned before, an Einstein Bros. Bagels franchise owned by Miami Heat star Udonis Haslem will be one of the food court offerings, as will a Starbucks. In the fall, additional purveyors will debut, including include Kuenko (casual JapaneseSpanish), 800 Degrees (wood fired pizzeria) and Rosetta, an Italian bakery. A short walk from the Miami station, you’ll find Books & Books, in the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center. The bookstore café is a good spot for a quick meal before a show. Other dining options include the traditional Nicaraguan fare at Los Ranchos, or Niu Kitchen for Spanish tapas and wine. A short cab or bike ride can take you to Little Havana, Brickell and Wynwood. The free Metromover is located in the station and stops at major nearby attractions and neighborhoods. There are also three Miami Trolley stops on-site. The trolley is free and stops throughout Miami.
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The “It Gets Better” project concludes a one-week residency for local LGBT and allied youth at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach tonight at 7:30 p.m. The program, inspired by Dan Savage and featuring a team of guest artists from across the country, combats bullying and promotes tolerance and understanding through creative music, hilarious skits and powerful spoken word performances. Tickets are $32 at Kravis.org.
Everybody loves a parade, especially a Pride parade! Head down to Wilton Drive this afternoon for the Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride festival and parade. The festival kicks off at 4 p.m. and the parade steps off at 5 p.m. More than 40,000 people will line the route to cheer on the band, floats and many organizations that will participate in this summer tradition in the gayborhood. More information at WiltonManorsStonewall.org.
Producer Ronnie Larsen presents the world premiere of Michael Mizerany’s comic drama “The Big D,” tonight through July 15 at the Foundry at the Abyss Theater, 2308 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors. After meeting in a bar, two men begin a whirlwind romance full of passion, laughter and lust, until a devastating secret challenges the very foundation of their relationship. Tickets start at $35 at RonnieLarsen.com.
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Grant Tambellini, left, and Gabriel Andrade star in “The Big D,” a new play opening this weekend at the Foundry in Wilton Manors. Credit: Christian Carroll.
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s the LGBT community celebrates Pride, “The Big D,” a world premiere play opening this weekend in Wilton Manors, explores the realities of love and relationships in a post-marriage equality society. Playwright Michael Mizerany, whose short comedy “20 Minutes and Counting” was a breakout hit at the San Diego International Fringe Festival, describes his latest work as a “comic drama about two gay men who never seem to leave the bedroom.” After meeting in a bar, Todd (Grant Tambellini) and Charles (Gabriel Andrade) begin a whirlwind romance full of laughter and passion. As they plan their wedding, a devastating secret challenges their commitment to each other, the very foundation of their relationship. “It’s about two guys who have been dating for three months. Their relationship is all sex and bars and drinking, and they’re finally getting to know each other and their families, and how those families have affected their lives. It’s fun and laughter until a secret comes out and all of a sudden it flips and becomes a very different story,” Mizerany explained. “They realize there is a
lot more to love than the physical act…As for the title, it doesn’t stand for the d-word most people expect.” The world premiere of “The Big D” is produced by Ronnie Larsen Presents. Larsen, the writer of the Off Broadway hit comedy “Making Porn,” is also directing the production at the Foundry at the Abyss Theater. Mizerany, 55, also an accomplished choreographer and “dancemaker” who moved to Southern California from the Midwest more than 30 years ago, first met Larsen two years ago after being commissioned to create a waltz sequence for another of Larsen’s plays being produced there. Larsen selected the play after holding a public reading at the Wilton Manors theater earlier this spring. “Michael’s play has everything. It’s funny and sexy and serious at the same time. The audience really responded to his characters and the life-changing predicament they faced,” Larsen commented. “We have achieved so much in the last few years in terms of marriage equality and civil rights, but with those victories come some pretty sobering responsibilities, too.”
The world premiere of Michael Mizerany’s “The Big D” will be presented June 17 - July 15 at the Foundry at the Abyss Theater, 2308 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors. The performance includes male nudity. Tickets are $35 - $50 at RonnieLarsen.com.
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his Pride month, while hundreds of thousands of LGBT and allied people take to the streets in marches and parades, the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida will make a musical statement about the personal sacrifices and successes made to advance human and civil rights. The concert, “Bold Voices,” will be presented on Saturday, June 23 at the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale and will call attention to the struggles of LGBT people, women and communities of color to achieve equal rights and human dignity. Artistic director Harold Dioquino has assembled a program that includes heartfelt anthems like “This is Me” from “The Greatest Showman and Petula Clark’s “Color My World,” featured in “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.” The 110-member chorus will also perform lighter works, such as “If You Were Gay” from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “Avenue Q” and “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from “Hairspray.” “The music weaves a story reminding us of the people who fought for the rights we are enjoying now,” noted Dioquino. “The songs were selected because of their positive messages of encouragement, love, hope and acceptance.” Michael Leeds, Tony-nominated associate director of Island City Stage, wrote a narrative for the program that will be delivered by professional stage and television actor Michael Focas. The concert will also include a first for the chorus: original animations and videos
created by production director James Smith and projected on two large screens on the Parker Playhouse stage. Joining the chorus will be acclaimed local cabaret performer LeNora Jaye and the Unity on the Bay gospel choir from Miami. Both Jaye and the gospel choir will be performing individually and with the men of the chorus. Isabella Gonzales Diaz, a sophomore at Avant Garde Academy of Broward, will conduct the chorus. Diaz was the second local student to participate in the young conductors program begun last year. “We love this program,” said Dioquino, who began working with Diaz several weeks ago. “It’s a special opportunity for talented young musicians to work with a chorus and explore conducting.” As the concert approaches, the 16-yearold has been rehearsing the chorus in her special number. She will also receive a $1000 scholarship funded by chorus member Dom Tomasello and his husband Bob Pagano. Dioquino hopes to expand the program to include performances by the chorus in local schools in the upcoming school year. Generation Z, the post-millennials in elementary and high schools today have a very different perspective on diversity. “We hope to perform and tell our stories,” he said. “Music is such a powerful force to combat bullying and promote understanding. We’ve come a long way, certainly, but have much further to go.”
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Saturday, June 23 at 8 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, Fort Lauderdale. The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida will celebrate human rights movements by singing songs that have historically communicated the hopes, dreams, and basic hopes shared by all people throughout numerous social movements. Tickets $37 to $47. Call 954-763-2266 for details.
*Mr. Parker
June 16 to July 15 at the Island City Stage, 2304 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors. Suddenly single at 54, Terry Parker is having a mid-life crisis and struggling to keep up with the world around him, until he wakes up one morning in bed with a 28-year-old man he met the night before. Tickets $35. Call 954-519-2533 or visit islandcitystage.org
*Robert Dubac’s The Book of Moron
July 13 through 15 at the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. OffBroadway solo hit for those tired of television comedies who seek satire armed with an intelligent edge. Tickets $28. Visit kravis.org or call 561-832-7469.
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June 17 through July 15 at the Foundry at the Abyss Theater, 2308 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors. This play explores the complexities of love and commitment in our postmarriage equality society. Tickets $35 to $50. Visit RonnieLarson.com.
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Saturday, June 23 at 8 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, Fort Lauderdale. The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida will celebrate human rights movements by singing songs that have historically communicated the hopes, dreams, and basic hopes shared by all people throughout numerous social movements. Tickets $37 to $47. Call 954-7632266 for details.
*Mr. Parker
June 16 to July 15 at the Island City Stage, 2304 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors. Suddenly single at 54, Terry Parker is having a midlife crisis and struggling to keep up with the world around him, until he wakes up one morning in bed with a 28-year-old man he met the night before. Tickets $35. Call 954519-2533 or visit islandcitystage.org
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 954-4620222.
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*Becoming Who I Was
June 13-14 at the Lake Worth Playhouse, 731 Lake Ave, Lake Worth. A Buddhist boy in the highlands of northern India discovers that he is the reincarnation of a centuries-old Tibetan monk and goes on a journey of self discovery. Tickets $6 to $9. Call 561-296-9382 for details.
*Sollers Point
June 13-14 at Lake Worth Playhouse,
731 Lake Ave, Lake Worth. Keith is 24 and freshly released from prison. He aggressively works toward getting back on his feet, but is finding relapse a hard thing to combat in a community scarred by unemployment, neglect and deeply entrenched segregation. Tickets $6 to $9. Call 561-296-9382 for details.
*Robert Dubac’s The Book of Moron
July 13 through 15 at the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Off-Broadway solo hit for those tired of television comedies who seek satire armed with an intelligent edge. Tickets $28. 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.
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The Big Show
Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. at Just the Funny Theater, 3119 Coral Way in Miami. A collection of comedy mixing the likes of improvisation and sketches. Tickets $12. Call 305-693-8669 or visit JustTheFunny.com.
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n addition to the traditional parade and street festival, the Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride celebration 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
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” alum Monet X Change will headline “Our Night Out,” a celebration of the arts on Friday, June 15. Credit: Facebook.
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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*Pride Run/Walk
June 20th at 6:45 p.m. at Holiday Park. Gift raffle and picnic with the Front Runners and Walkers Fort Lauderdale. Burn off those brunch calories and walk or run to celebrate Pride Month at this free event — all skill levels welcome! Visit FrontRunnersFortLauderdale.org or call 954-903-4383 for more details.
*Art Roundtable — Radical Chusmeria
Tuesday, June 19 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the NSU Art Museum, One East Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale. Rosmarie Romero will share her personal stories, pleasures, and appreciation of camp and kitsch as she explores Latinx identity, femininity, and queerness. Tickets $10 for nonmembers, free for members. Call 954-262-0258.
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.
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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 *Dads Paint Free — Abstract Angels
Sunday, June 17 from noon to 5 p.m. (two sessions) at Arts and Crafts Social Club, 902 N. Flagler Drive, Fort Lauderdale. Introductory abstract art class for all ages. Children’s tickets $20, dads paint for free when attending with a child. Visit artsandcraftssocialclub.com for details.
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.
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 in-house cafe.
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*Art Roundtable — Radical Chusmeria
Tuesday, June 19 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the NSU Art Museum, One East Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale. Rosmarie Romero will share her personal stories, pleasures, and appreciation of camp and kitsch as she explores Latinx identity, femininity, and queerness. Tickets $10 for nonmembers, free for members. Call 954-262-0258.
*Pride Run/Walk
June 20th at 6:45 p.m. at Holiday Park. Gift raffle and picnic with the Front Runners and Walkers Fort Lauderdale. Burn off those brunch calories and walk or run to celebrate Pride Month at this free event — all skill levels welcome! Visit FrontRunnersFortLauderdale.org or call 954-903-4383 for more details.
Life Coaching
Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
June 13 - June 19 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 Latinos-Salud.org.
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 MarpleBridge-Club.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.
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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.
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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Arsht Center Farmers Market
Mondays from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza for the Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Purchase fresh food from local farmers, including fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared foods, as well as chefs, live music, and cooking demonstrations. Tickets $45 to $75. Free. Visit ArshtCenter.org/en/Visit/Dining.
POZCONNECT Support Group for 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 305-3587550 or visit BayfrontParkMiami.com/Yoga. html.
POZCONNECT Support Group for Gay and Bi Men
Tuesdays from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Pridelines, 6360 NE Fourth Court in Miami. A gay and bi men’s roundtable HIV+ support group. Free. Call Eddie at 305-571-9601, ext. 105 or visit
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Wednesday, June 6 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m at the Island House, 1129 Fleming Street, Key West. The 5th annual Stoli Key West Cocktail Classic party, hosted by DJ KYD and Patrick Gallineaux. Gourmet appetizers and bubbly will be served by the Hottest Boys in Bouties. $20 entry. Call 305-294-6284 for details.
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.
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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employment positions wanted Male-Caregiver - 10+ Experience, Certified in State of Florida. Call Antonio 954.599.3265
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COMPANION AIDE - Strictly Professional, TBI, PCA, and NHTD certified Over ten years’ experience. Provide light personal care, light cleaning. Laundry and major meal prep. Respite for caregiver. Serious inquires call Karl 954-616-8952
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piano WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO? Learn from an experienced teacher. All levels and ages welcome. Learn to play classical, popular, jazz, or show tunes. Visit www.edwinchad.com or call 954-826-9555 for more information.
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