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allegiance to ISIS took the lives of 49 innocent people in the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando in an attack on our LGBTQ & Hispanic community,” Rubio tweeted. “May God grant them eternal peace & comfort their families, partners, loved ones & friends.” The incident is the deadliest attack on LGBT people in U.S. history. The president ignored it. Instead, in a cheap shot, Trump stripped LGBT people of protections in healthcare. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule that removes non-discrimination protections for LGBT people in health care and health insurance. Nikki Fried, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and Florida’s only statewide elected democrat, blasted Trump’s callousness. “There are no coincidences with this administration. This is a spiteful and
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hateful attack on the LGBTQ community on the anniversary of the Pulse Shooting. Trans rights are human rights,” Fried tweeted. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an order proclaiming June 12 to be Pulse Remembrance Day and also ordered all flags to be flown at half mast Friday in honor of the victims. “The State of Florida will not tolerate hatred towards the LBGTQ and Hispanic communities, and as Floridians we will stand united against terrorism and hate of any kind,” the proclamation reads. Florida Congresswoman Val Demings, whose district includes the site of the shooting, tweeted. “There is no better way to honor those we lost in the #Pulse shooting than to #HonorThemWithAction,” Demings tweeted. “There are so many ways to get involved, but here’s the easiest: take five minutes today and make a specific and precise plan on how to go vote this year.”
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21, also known as Slammers, is up for sale. 321 is a private sex club for gay men on Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. In the early 1990s the establishment was operated by George Kessinger, as the original “Georgie’s.” The list price is $1,795,000, which includes the business, building, land, and an adjacent parking lot. “I was the first bartender hired at 321 in 2007, and worked my way to owning this amazing business,” owner John Pradon said in a press release, announcing the listing. “I’d like to see it continue … but it’s now time for me to explore other interests and opportunities.” 321 is known as a “bottle club,” where customers pay for the set-ups, but bring their
own alcohol, and have the bartenders serve it to them. It’s just one of a handful of bottle clubs still left in Broward County, and the only gay one. The premises has also been grandfathered in as one of the last standing private sex clubs in the state. Years ago, it had a full-service restaurant and would host live shows.
Contact Toni Barone (954-253-0499) or Pat Burnside (305-389-5800) for more information on how to buy the property, and own your piece of the rock.
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DAILY TRACKING OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH FLORIDA Sean McShee
Cumulative Known COVID-19 Cases in Three South Florida Counties: June 10 through June 16 Cumulative Known COVID-19 Cases Cumulative Known COVID-19 Cases in inin Cumulative Known COVID-19 Cases Rates of Increase in Total Known COVID-19 cases from 6/10 to 6/16 Three South Florida Counties: Three South Florida Counties: Three South Florida Counties: Palm Beach = 0.21, Broward = 0.16, Miami = 0.12 June June 10Dade through June June 16 16 June1010through through June 16 21,917
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FIRST-EVER PRIDE FLOTILLA PLANNED FOR JUNE 21 Denise Royal
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f you thought all of this year’s Pride events were canceled because of COVID-19, think again. On Sunday, June 21, Pride Flotilla will take place in Fort Lauderdale. It’s planned to start along the Intracoastal and New River waterway beginning at Hugh Taylor Birch State Park at 1 p.m. It’s scheduled to wrap up at the basin in front of the Broward Center of Performing Arts. Many boats plan to be decorated in celebration of Pride. COVID-19 forced the cancellation of many Pride events, including Pride of the Americas. But once South Florida’s boat ramps and marinas reopened to recreational boaters, Patrick Parker and Scott Schramm conceived a plan for the flotilla. The group will depart Sunrise Bay adjacent to Hugh Taylor Birch State Park at 1 p.m. and make its way south along the Intracoastal Waterway, before proceeding west up the New River. “This has the opportunity to grow over
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the years into a very fun, large party,” said Schramm in a press release. The flotilla is much more than a show of boats. “It represents that we as an LGBT community are still united in furthering equal, and just rights,” Jeremy Pettus of Boys with Boats said. “They have graciously included Boys with Boats, along with our boat owning membership.” With the number of public spaces, and parks along our planned route, people are able to responsibly witness, and show support along the way.
he Our Fund Foundation, South Florida’s only LGBT community foundation, recently announced they received three legacy gifts totaling almost $10 million. “We are extremely humbled and grateful for these generous and thoughtful legacy gifts,” David Jobin, president and CEO of Our Fund Foundation, said in a press release. “We are proud to fulfill their wishes and will work diligently to ensure their contributions are fiscally managed to have a lasting and meaningful impact.” One-hundred percent of the funds will go towards providing critical aid to LGBT nonprofits South Florida. These legacy gifts come from Kay Maunsbach, Frederick (Ted) Emery and James Laird. “Our Fund encourages individuals and
families to be as purposeful with their giving after they are gone as they are while living,” Mark Blaylock, chief financial officer of Our Fund Foundation, said in a press release. “We offer specialized services and guidance to help individuals craft a legacy fund that reflects their values and goals.”
Visit Our-Fund.org to learn more about the organization.
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SCOTUS HANDS LGBT PEOPLE HISTORIC VICTORY WITH EMPLOYMENT RULING Lisa Keen
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n what is perhaps the most stunning U.S. Supreme Court victory in history for LGBT people, the nation’s highest court has voted 6 to 3 that a federal law barring discrimination on the basis of “sex” also prohibits discrimination based on “sexual orientation” and “gender status.” The court’s decision in three cases testing the reach of Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act came in one 33-page opinion consolidated under Bostock v. Clayton County. In words that will no doubt be highlighted for many years to come, Justice Neil Gorsuch (a Trump appointee who replaced the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia) wrote: “Ours is a society of written laws. Judges are not free to overlook plain statutory commands on the strength of nothing more than suppositions about intentions or guesswork about expectations. In Title VII, Congress adopted broad language making it illegal for an employer to rely on an employee’s sex when deciding to fire that employee. We do not hesitate to recognize today a necessary consequence of that legislative choice: An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law.”
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“This is a huge victory not just for LGBTQ people, but for our country,” said National Center for Lesbian Rights legal director Shannon Minter. “Today’s decision will be remembered as a watershed in the history of LGBTQ rights, even as our country continues to grapple with the brutal legacy of racism.” “The Supreme Court agrees with the straightforward reading of the law that we’ve been advocating for years,” said Jenny Pizer, senior attorney for Lambda Legal. “The words on the page say no workplace discrimination because of sex. There’s no way to understand those words that exclude sexual orientation or gender identity. It means essential job protection for millions of LGBT people. That’s more important than ever now as we grapple with the ongoing A rally for LGBT worker’s protections in front of the Supreme Court in 2019. health pandemic and related Photo credit: Elvert Barnes, via Flickr. economic challenges. For half a century, the law has promised workplace fairness. The Court should interpret “sex” to by the 11th Circuit — a ruling that Title VII today agrees that promise encompass sexual orientation does not cover sexual orientation. protects LGBTQ people like and transgender status. The The transgender status argument came everyone else.” court took up the issue in through Harris Funeral Home Inc. v. EEOC, While decision interprets two separate oral arguments: from Michigan and the Sixth Circuit. It marks - Jenny Pizer the reach of Title VII of the one dealing with sexual the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has SENIOR ATTORNEY, federal Civil Rights Act, the orientation and one dealing taken up the issue of whether a transgender LAMBDA LEGAL ruling is widely expected to with transgender status. person is protected by Title VII. The Harris be applicable to many other The sexual orientation case involves a funeral director, Aimee federal laws prohibiting discrimination cases were Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda, Stephens, who worked for years identifying based on sex. Among those laws are Title IX from New York and the Second Circuit U.S. as a male because that was the gender of the Education Amendments Act, the Fair Court of Appeals, and Bostock v. Clayton assigned to her on her birth certificate. But Housing Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Equal County, from Georgia and the 11th Circuit. Stephens sincerely believed, since from Credit Act, and section 1557 of the Affordable Both involved gay men who were fired a young age, that her gender was female. Care Act (which bars discrimination in after acknowledging they were gay. The When she got the courage to live true to her health care and health care insurance). Second Circuit said the employer’s firing of gender identity, she told her boss she would Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 parachute instructor Daniel Zarda did violate begin transitioning to live life as a woman. prohibits employers who have more than Title VII. But the 11th Circuit dismissed Harris Funeral fired her, and Stephens filed 15 employees from discriminating “because Gerald Bostock’s lawsuit, saying the court a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment of sex.” The question was whether courts was bound to conform to an earlier decision Opportunity Commission. EEOC ruled that
“IT MEANS ESSENTIAL JOB PROTECTION FOR MILLIONS OF LGBT PEOPLE.”
NEWS NATIONAL Harris Funeral’s action violated Title VII, and the Sixth Circuit agreed. Only 21 states prohibit discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation and transgender identity. Legislation has been pending in Congress for more than four decades, attempting to establish protections nationwide; but, the legislation — which has taken on different forms — has not cleared Congress. Aimee Stephens, the funeral home employee who brought the transgender complaint to the EEOC, died at her home in Detroit May 12 of kidney failure. She was 59. Donald Zarda, the plaintiff in the Altitude Express case, died in 2014 in a parachuting accident. He was 44. Gerald Bostock, 56, said his job with Clayton County, advocating for child abuse and neglect victims, had been his “dream job.” The county fired him for “conduct unbecoming” after he joined a gay softball league. The loss of the job also meant the loss of health insurance, just as Bostock was recovering from prostate cancer. Reached recently, Bostock said he is currently working as a mental health counselor for a Georgia hospital. TITLE VII IN HISTORIC CONTEXT
Aimee Stephens, a funeral home employee who brought the transgender complaint to the EEOC and brought the spotlight to workplace protections for trans people. Photo via Facebook.
Court’s clarification that it’s unlawful to fire people because they’re LGBTQ is the result of decades of advocates fighting for our rights. The court has caught up to the majority of our country, which already knows that discriminating against LGBTQ people is both unfair and against the law.” But Esseks cautioned, “Our work is not done. There are still alarming gaps in federal civil rights laws that leave people — particularly Black and Brown LGBTQ people — open to discrimination in businesses open to the public and taxpayer-funded programs. Congress must affirm today’s decision and update our laws to ensure comprehensive and explicit protections for LGBTQ people and all people who face discrimination.”
“THE COURT HAS CAUGHT UP TO THE MAJORITY OF OUR COUNTRY.”
June has often brought Supreme Court decisions of monumental importance to the LGBT community. For many years, with the pivotal vote of then-Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court ruled that states could - James Esseks not bar same-sex couples from DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ACLU’S LGBTQ & HIV marrying (Obergefell v. Hodges, PROJECT 2015), the federal government could not bar recognition of same-sex couple marriages (U.S. v. Windsor, 2013), and states could not bar same-sex couples from having intimate relations (Lawrence v. Texas, 2003). Not all LGBT decisions have been good ones for LGBT people. In 2017 (in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer), the majority ruled that church schools should receive the same grants as state schools even if they discriminated against LGBT people. In 2018 (in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado), it hinted it might be open to allowing small businesses discriminate against LGBT customers by claiming a religious exemption. The scope of the Bostock decision potentially sweeps far beyond Title VII’s protection in employment and will likely be cited by courts interpreting similar “because of sex” language in many other statutes. “This is a huge victory for LGBTQ equality,” James Esseks, Director of the National ACLU’s said James Esseks, director of the National LGBTQ & HIV Project. ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. “The Supreme
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BIKTARVY may cause serious side effects, including: Those in the “Most Important Information About BIKTARVY” section. Changes in your immune system. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any new symptoms after you start taking BIKTARVY. Kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider should do blood and urine tests to check your kidneys. If you develop new or worse kidney problems, they may tell you to stop taking BIKTARVY. Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat. Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. The most common side effects of BIKTARVY in clinical studies were diarrhea (6%), nausea (6%), and headache (5%). These are not all the possible side effects of BIKTARVY. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking BIKTARVY. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with BIKTARVY.
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f 2020 has shown us nothing else, it’s “Our numbers are lower than anticipated,” proven how difficult it is to be a black Robertson said. “Some due to the man. The challenges continue stacking pandemic and because of a later start to the up for gay black men with HIV/AIDS. program than originally planned. We have In South Florida, the Ujima Men’s Collective approximately a dozen program participants (UMC) provides help and mentorship for currently. We are in the process of recruiting Black same gender loving men. Similar others for the program. One of the challenges mentoring programs have provided success is the protégés are 18 - 34 years old. We opted in educational settings, and mentoring will to emphasize that age group because they offer the Black same gender loving male tend to be a group that typically did not have community the guidance that is currently Black same-gender role models growing up, lacking. and we wanted to address that deficiency.” “The mentorship is designed The Ujima Men’s Collective is and developed to enhance funded for a two-year cycle and “WE ARE IN intergenerational relationships plans to make a positive impact THE PROCESS and encouragement to pursue on the lives of Black same gender personal and professional loving men in Broward County OF RECRUITING development,” said Lorenzo South Florida. You may join OTHERS FOR THE and Robertson UMC Executive UMC’s quest to stop the spread if Director. “There is a component PROGRAM. ONE OF you want to help eradicate high THE CHALLENGES rates of HIV and other social to address the issues surrounding HIV testing, prevention, and IS THE PROTÉGÉS determinants. assisting the men to remain HIV The program isn’t solely ARE 18 - 34 negative.” focused on the prevention of YEARS OLD.” At its core, UMC is a peer-led HIV/AIDS. In recent weeks, support group with community participants have also joined - Lorenzo Robertson UMC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR conversations to address a myriad the growing chorus of voices of issues surrounding Black same demanding equality and an end gender loving men and those that love and to police mistreatment of black men. support them. The Ujima Men’s Collective “We have participated with a few of the will work diligently to provide platforms for Black Lives Matter protests and will continue Black same gender loving men to confront to support the efforts of the cause,” Robertson racism, discrimination, homophobia, and said. “The Ujima Men’s Collective stands in other concerns plaguing our Black same solidarity with the Black Lives Matter and will gender loving male community. continue to participate with the protests in UMC has launched the Protégé Project but and around South Florida. We will continue continues to seek mentors and protégés for to post supportive content on our Facebook the project. and Twitter media platforms.”
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he U.S. Supreme Court ruled LGBT workers are included in the nation’s civil rights laws thus banning discrimination in employment and putting Pride month into a much more celebratory mood. In the case, Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, in a 6-3 vote, SCOTUS ruled firing someone for being LGBT is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. “An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies Nadine Smith, the Executive Director of Equality Florida. the law,” Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote for Photo via Equality Florida, Facebook. the majority. In a virtual press conference presented in support of Florida following the Supreme by Equality Florida on Monday, civil rights Court’s lead and implementing change. advocates commented on the important SAVE Executive Director Orlando decision by the high court. Gonzales said his organization is looking “In the clearest language possible, the forward to the “opportunity to take this U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed that federal ruling and make sure that we codify discrimination against LGBTQ people is sex the laws at the local and state level and discrimination. It is time for Florida to make really be able to push forward in a way that explicit in our state statutes what the highest provides full equality for our community.” court in the land has said is already the law,” Smith called the ruling a watershed Equality Florida Executive Director Nadine moment and a tremendous victory. She said Smith wrote. efforts will be put into action in Tallahassee She added, in his opinion, where momentum is gaining. Justice Gorsuch wrote, “The “We have a long-held belief “THIS INCREDIBLE that success should be about answer is clear. An employer who fires an individual quality of someone’s VICTORY COMES the for being homosexual or work,” said Ann Ruth, Chief AT A MOMENT transgender fires that person Human Resource Officer for for traits or actions it would not WHEN THE NATION Florida Blue. “Equality and have questioned in members inclusion are important parts IS GRAPPLING of a different sex. Sex plays a of how we stay competitive WITH WHAT necessary and undisguisable in the recruiting space. We role in the decision, exactly value diversity and stand for EQUALITY AND what Title VII forbids.” JUSTICE REALLY inclusion.” Smith said the Supreme Ruth said through the MEANS.” Court’s ruling reflects where the LGBT community and Black majority of Floridians and the Lives Matter movements, - Nadine Smith EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF country stands on protections Florida Blue has “intentionally EQUALITY FLORIDA for the LGBT community. embraced a culture where all “Now, we need our state and team members can be their best local leaders to ensure this understanding selves at work.” of sex discrimination, inclusive of LGBTQ John Tonnison, Vice President and Chief people, is explicitly included in all the Information Officer of Tech Data, said his places sex discrimination is forbidden,” she company is headquartered in Florida and the said. “This incredible victory comes at a Supreme Court’s ruling carries huge weight moment when the nation is grappling with professionally and personally. Tech Data, what equality and justice really means. This Tonnison said, does business globally in 14 moment of victory helps fortify us for the countries. struggle that continues.” “One of our core values is inclusion and Business owners, health care because of that we’ve been supporting the representatives and community activists mission for legislation and clarification of joined the Zoom press conference on the laws in this way for a very long time,” said ruling Monday. Collectively, they advocated Tonnison.
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JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH AT COMPASS. THE IMPACT THAT COVID-19 HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND ON COMPASS AS AN INSTITUTION, HAS BEEN PROFOUND. THAT MEANS THIS YEAR’S PRIDE MONTH OBSERVATIONS WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THAN IN YEARS PAST. Despite the pandemic, Compass continues to provide nearly all of our services, through remote options and phone calls which replace in-person meetings and appointments. Zoom calls have replaced in-person meetings for support groups, therapy sessions, and youth group gatherings. Case managers are providing their services to clients over the phone, and carefully managing
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ON JUNE 27, INSTEAD OF GETTING TOGETHER FOR OUR STONEWALL BALL, WE ARE ASKING OUR COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR STONEWALL “STAY THE HECK HOME” BALL.
no-contact handoffs of food pantry cards, the only service that can’t be virtualized. We are committed to continuing our work with no reduction in staff or hours, but we have lost two of our largest fundraisers this year, Palm Beach Pride and the Stonewall Ball. Our ability to continue offering these services that we have provided to our community for 30+ years is at risk. We need your help. Our goal is to raise $30,000 this month. Each dollar we raise will go to critical, life-saving services that Compass provides directly to our community. Please donate at www. compassglcc.com/support On June 27, instead of getting together for our Stonewall Ball, we are asking our community to participate in our Stonewall “Stay the Heck Home” Ball. This will be an evening spent with close friends virtually as we support local restaurants and businesses. If you are interested in hosting a virtual dinner party on the 27, please email Julia@CompassGLCC.com. Leading up to the ball, we have virtual events planned for the whole month of June to keep us all connected, as well as social media posts highlighting our amazing community. Follow Compass on Facebook and IG for more info, or visit www.compassglcc.com.
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I WEAR A MASK — DO YOU? Norm Kent (left) with John Fugate and x Dusty. Photo credit: Stephen Lang.
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hough we have all taken different paths in life, we share many basic rules of the road. A communicable virus that is highly contagious and easily transmissible requires all of us to respect our shared destinies now more than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic cuts across class and political allegiances. Like passengers on a plane, we have a common interest in the pilot landing successfully. None of us should care who Dr. Fauci votes for. As we were raised, we grew up adapting to certain fundamental and unwritten rules. You yield the right of way to cars that got to the intersection first. You give up your seat on a crowded bus to an elderly patron. You wait on line at the supermarket. You take a number in the bakery. Respect for others is a fundamental premise of our lives. A civilized country requires we compromise for the common good. You just do certain things without asking. It’s how we all get along. Some things, we just know. Try not to sneeze into someone else’s coffee. Don’t cough into someone else’s face. Don’t spit on the floor in front of your grandmother. Though it has heightened our consciousness immensely, we did not need a pandemic to have a healthy respect for hygiene. We have known to wash our hands since we were little kids. Must of us stopped drinking water from faucets long before the pandemic started. And almost all of us hate ever having to use a public toilet. In the new age of COVID-19, let me add a new set of Norm’s unwritten rules. They are
simple and easy to follow. I wear a mask to protect you. You wear one to protect me. That’s not asking too much, is it? Just keep your microscopic viral droplets to yourselves. I will be okay with that. A pandemic has stolen a 115,000 American lives in less than six months, and yet a vast number of our citizens think we are producing a new episode of Toy Story. I don’t think so. The newspaper obits and admissions to the Broward General ICU say otherwise. So do the exponentially rising rates of COVID-19 in South Florida. View the chart on page 6. We have grown up in a world full of germs and during our lives, and have dealt with a variety of flus, illnesses and viruses. The gay community knows this more than most. Germs are everywhere, not just in the White House. We can be grateful that our bodies develop an immune system to ward most of these invisible invaders off. So far, COVID-19 is not buying into the playbook though. That means, caution, not carelessness, has to remain the rule, not the exception. Hold off on that Muscle Beach Party for July 4. Every generation faces its unique battles with disease. From polio crippling the 1950s to AIDS invading the 1980s, America has faced challenges with sickness and health. Until Donald Trump took over the White House, we had science and reason on our side. It’s been an exhausting few months, but try not to become a victim of quarantine fatigue. Just because you close the door on reality does not mean it won’t sneak in through the window. Opening up our restaurants and bars may jump start our economy and reduce catastrophic unemployment numbers. It won’t stop an invisible virus from getting you
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sick, sometimes seriously so. We take risks with our lives every time we step out of the door in the morning, but just remember COVID-19 did not abide by the President’s Easter deadline. Nothing about the pathogen’s power has changed since it silently landed upon our shores. Go to work, but please don’t be fooled by a discounted Sunday buffet at your local grill. There is still no cure and no vaccine, only many trials and lots of experiments. Because we are more aware, there are more ICU beds available if we need them; more skilled nurses and better prepared hospitals. There are also civilian doctors who have witnessed more deaths in the past 15 weeks then soldiers in a war zone. You learn as a little kid not to play with fire, because it burns. This virus kills, and pretty quickly for seniors — too many of whom were World War II veterans, spending their last days in shared, assisted living facilities. It
was not fair. Neither is life always so. Unfortunately, wherever crowds gather in closed quarters, there have been many victims of the virus. We have seen that with the Winter Party, convalescence centers and now, prisons. Next month, the coronavirus is likely to claim victims from protest rallies and political conventions. The present administration has delivered a lethal circuit of lies. Don’t fall for its deception or deceit. The corners are marked and the roads are lit. The numbers are real. There is truth at every intersection. Read your local paper. Focus on the facts. Fox News is as bad as the plague, unless you want to hear that Hillary’s emails started the fire. Be spiritually connected and socially distant. Hug less. Wave more. Practice safe talk. Walk your dogs. Love your friends. Be safe, not sorry. Basic rules. Live them and stay healthy.
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WILTON MANORS COMMISSIONER GARY RESNICK ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT By Sallie James The owner of Johnsons, a strip club in Wilton Manors, has accused City Commissioner Gary Resnick of using his position to get away with inappropriate sexual conduct during a June 28, 2017 business meeting at Resnick’s home. At the time, Resnick was the Mayor of Wilton Manors. According to a police report, Resnick offered to massage club owner Matt Colunga during the meeting, saying the businessman looked stressed. Resnick then directed Colunga from an outdoor patio to his bedroom, where he pleasured himself on Colunga’s back, exclaiming, “I love my job” as he “blew his load,” according to the police report. Resnick, who is the longest-serving member of the City Commission and the longest-serving mayor, said in a written reply that the allegations are “politically motivated and false.” Resnick was first elected in 1998. “The police looked into this and noted there was nothing to pursue and closed the case,” Resnick wrote in a text. “Mr. Colunga has supported me through my political career. He even hosted a fundraiser for me and asked me to be in a movie about his club. I am truly disheartened by this false allegation, that is rooted in political malice, from someone who supported me in the past.” Colunga confirmed that he did host a fundraiser for Resnick because Resnick portrayed that all the other commissioners
wanted to shut Colunga’s business down. The 60-year-old told police he couldn’t remember if Colunga ever came to his house, could not recall if the two went into his bedroom, said he never forced Colunga to do anything and denied massaging Colunga or touching him, saying “it did not happen.” When police asked Resnick if he had any sexual interaction with Colunga, Resnick stated “he did not recall/couldn’t remember, then said no,” the report said. Colunga has said he felt he was in an “uncomfortable position” given that Resnick was the Mayor. Colunga is not pressing charges but wants Resnick to resign, and is worried that he has done the same thing to others. Colunga said Resnick reached out to him on Facebook in 2017 and the two exchanged several messages online before agreeing to meet. Colunga said he wanted to find out what he needed to do to get his business opened. He saved the message thread and shared screen shots of the exchange with the Gazette. “We should discuss what you have in mind,” Resnick wrote in a June 22, 2017 post. Colunga replied, “That would be great. Thought it would be easier if I asked lots of questions and followed all the rules. But the club I used to run put a shadow on me.” On June 28, Resnick wrote, “Was going to reach out but stuck putting together a new bed today. Ug.”
“Need help? Lol. Just let me know and I’m there,” Colunga answered. The two met on Resnick’s back patio but Colunga saw no evidence of any furniture in need of assembly. When Resnick began massaging him, Colunga said he felt trapped and didn’t know how to react. He never confronted Resnick about the 2017 incident for “fear of retaliation with his business” and the “embarrassing nature of the incident.” Colunga said he left Resnick’s home immediately after the incident. Colunga told police he filed the May 21 police report after becoming upset when he watched Resnick publicly berate Commissioner Julie Carson at two recent City Commission meetings. Colunga told police that Resnick should not be a commissioner and should resign. In late April, Colunga shared details of the incident with his friend Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, hoping Trantalis would put political pressure on Resnick to resign, but nothing happened so he filed the police report in late May. Trantalis did not return a phone message on Thursday before press time. “I felt intimidated. Of course he [was] the mayor, he [was] the man in charge of the town where I want to open up my business,” Colunga said of the incident with Resnick. “And he wanted to massage me. What do you do? If you say ‘No, I’m sorry, this isn’t my thing,’ is your business going to open up? Gary didn’t stop at the massage. Gary decided to go further with it.” Colunga, who is married, added, “He must
Gary Resnick. SFGN file photo.
have done it to other people. I can’t be the only one.” Commissioner Julie Carson declined to discuss the matter. “I really don’t have a comment. Matt is a friend of mine and this is a tragic event for anyone. It’s certainly a sad time,” she said. The police report notes that the State Attorney’s Office indicated that simple battery would be the only crime possible, if there was evidence such as witnesses or photographs, of which there were none. The statute of limitations for simple battery is two years from the time of occurrence, and that has expired, the police report notes. “[Colunga] believes he currently has nothing to lose as for him coming forward right now,” the police report states. “The police told me to delete my Facebook,” Colunga said in relation to the ordeal. “I unfriended [Resnick].” WMG
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HE WHO LIETH DOWN WITH DOGS … Wilton Manors City Hall. Photo edited by Brendon Lies.
“….Mayor Resnick made such a big deal about a local business owner making a $5,000 donation to our city’s Leisure Services Department. Yes, that’s a good amount of money, and such a donor should be recognized and thanked by the community. However, the Mayor went out of his way on this one. What makes this whole scene a bit unusual is that this owner operates Johnson’s, the questionable nightclub right on Wilton Drive. He is also a very large donor to Mayor Resnick’s campaign for City Commissioner and has hosted a campaign event at his home. So, if you operate a questionable business in our community, have outstanding code violations, and want to send a message to city staff about how well you are connected to the elected officials, what better way to do it than appear in front of everyone at a City Commission meeting with a large check in hand. None of this might be the case, but appearances do matter, and this one is just a bit too much, even for Gary Resnick. “
The recent allegations by Johnsons’ nightclub owner against Commissioner Resnick might appear credible to many in our community. The tale that Matt Colunga weaves could very well have happened; could be exaggerated; could be
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By Sal Torre There are numerous metaphors one can use to use in an attempt to portray cautionary advice upon our elected officials here in Wilton Manors. “For they who lay down with dogs, shall rise with fleas,” is one that comes to mind. The message here is that one should be cautionary of the company one keeps. I did not sit down to write this article seeking to judge, or throw stones concerning the recent salacious headlines this past week in SFGN. The “glasshouse” I call home is certainly no temple of moral authority. However, when you choose to serve as an elected official and position yourself as a leader of the community, you better be ready to handle the wrath of public opinion and scrutiny. The reality is appearances do matter, as I pointed out back in 2018 in a Wilton Manors Gazette piece, when certain individuals appeared to be too close for comfort in the public arena of local politics:
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imaginary; or could be a tad of vengeance from a soured relationship between business owner and city official. However, looking at the timeline and recent events, I find much to question. In a post MeToo world, we are all more aware and educated when it comes to accounts of sexual misconduct by those in a position of power and privilege. If Commissioner Resnick used his position in our community to take advantage of anyone, such behavior is unjustifiable and inexcusable on any level. However, Matt Colunga seems more like someone who would have slammed Gary against the wall with just one hand, walked out of the bedroom and moved his business down the road to Fort Lauderdale’s NE 4th Avenue if he truly felt what he is currently stating to the news and in a police report. Instead, he hosted a fundraiser for Gary’s election, gave Gary a cameo appearance in his movie, and donated money to Gary’s campaign. Mutual benefaction or victimization, fellow Islanders, I leave it to you to draw your own conclusions. Now on to Julie Carson’s part in all this. Matt stated that he’s coming forward now with his allegations because of the way Gary has been treating Julie in recent commission meetings. He feels a need to be Julie’s knight in shining armor, riding to her defense against the big bad Gary Resnick. Looking from a different angle one might view such
chivalry as cozying up to the possible new Mayor of Wilton Manors. My preference is for our Mayor to stand on their own two feet. Additionally, while local businesses and non-profits were barred from holding events due to the COVID-19 restrictions, Julie posted pictures with Matt and the boys from Johnsons holding a car wash fundraiser, which was not permitted by the city she represents. That might be something to consider before posting on Facebook. Looking to other news here in our Island City, recent Black Lives Matter protests took place in our city this past Saturday and Sunday. These peaceful demonstrations highlighted the work that still needs to be done in many communities throughout South Florida as we strive to be better human beings. COVID-19 numbers are still climbing in the region and should still be a major concern for everyone. Even though Pride month celebrations are not taking place due to the restrictions, we have much to be proud about especially with our recent Supreme Court victory! Candidates for local municipal elections are now final, with qualifying dates closed this past week. Three candidates for Mayor and six candidates for the two City Commission seats. As we move ahead, hold on to your hats fellow Islanders, ‘cause the next few months leading up to our municipal elections are shaping up to be one hell of a show. Such is what makes life just better here. WMG
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I BELIEVE MATT COLUNGA. GARY RESNICK IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. THESE THINGS CAN COEXIST. By Bryan Wilson SFGN posted an article online last week titled “Wilton Manors Commissioner Gary Resnick Accused of Sexual Misconduct.” It revealed that “the owner of Johnsons, a strip club in Wilton Manors, has accused City Commissioner Gary Resnick of using his position to get away with inappropriate sexual conduct during a June 28, 2017 business meeting at Resnick’s home. At the time, Resnick was the Mayor of Wilton Manors.” Area residents and neighbors started commenting on this online article. These comments are important. They reveal some very toxic tenants within the culture of our community. People lost no time in victim shaming and judging Matt for his career in adult entertainment and even jumped to allege that Matt himself is a sex worker; whether or not Mr. Colunga engages in sex work, I neither know, nor care. It’s irrelevant to him coming forward with his experience of sexual abuse. Commenters on the story all but said that Matt was asking for it by wearing a short skirt and being such a loose woman of the night... Look, it’s no secret to any LGBTQN+ community member in South Florida that sex, slut, and body shaming thrives within our supposedly progressive and sexuallyliberated rainbow family. In addition, most of us are painfully aware that classism runs deep in our community as we watch folks go into debt (or jail) as they struggle to live in the reality that wealth is necessary to be all that you can be in the LGBTQN+ community; it’s particularly necessary for the success and well-being of gay men. We can do better, y’all. We can also do more than one thing
at a time. We can believe Matt and not pass a guilty sentence on Commissioner Resnick. In response to these comments, I’d like to set the record straight (definitely no pun intended). Sex workers can be sexually assaulted, especially when their ability to consent is taken away by people with the power to hurt or support their business. What you wear (or don’t wear) does NOT give people the right to sexually harass or assault you — even strip clubs have rules that exist to protect the health and safety of their workers. Just because Matt appears to be a strong, fit guy with the ability to “stop” his attacker, that does not shift responsibility for the sexual assault from the attacker onto the victim/ survivor. The decision to outright DISBELIEVE someone coming forward to say they were sexually assaulted flies in the face of everything we supposedly learned from the #MeToo Movement and #Ibelieveyou efforts. Remember that whole Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh thing? Believing sexual assault survivors does not mean passing a guilty sentence on Resnick. It means creating a place where people feel safe to come forward about sexual assault/harassment and know they will NOT be told they are not believed because of the clothes they wear, work they do, or the privilege they have/don’t have. It’s creating a community where one’s position of power and authority does not make them immune from the consequences of their action, nor gives them a license to harm others as they do whatever gets their rocks off. Stop telling survivors of sexual assault
STOP TELLING SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR HARASSMENT HOW THEY SHOULD REACT AND START TELLING PEOPLE IN POWER HOW TO ACT.
Matt Colunga (left, courtesy of Matt Colunga) and Gary Resnick (photo via Facebook).
or harassment how they should react and start telling people in power how to act. Matt doesn’t have to press charges or call for anyone’s resignation to legitimize his story. Perhaps his goal is just to create a safer climate in which survivors of sexual misconduct may come forward to tell their stories. Maybe he just wants us to acknowledge the sexual abuse going on in our own gay community and do something about it. If you’re someone’s boss, don’t hit on them or try to engage in sexual activity with them. Full stop. If you’re someone’s elected representative, don’t offer them massages or even attempt to get consent for sexual activity with them. Full stop. If you are someone’s professor, don’t ask a student out on a date. Full Stop. When you are in a position of power over someone, you can never remove that power dynamic from the situation. Your power to shape their economic future, fire them, or fail them… well, it makes it almost impossible to tell your boss to stop
propositioning you, say no to a date with your professor, or refuse a massage from your Commissioner as a business owner. Your power takes away another’s full ability to consent. Matt didn’t have to share his story. He was/is brave to do so. It says a lot about him. You don’t have to believe sexual assault and harassment survivors when they come forward. But whether you do or not — it says a lot about you. If you’re feeling convicted, don’t feel bad. Do something about it. Honor survivors with action. Seek conversations with leaders in the movements aiming to make this world a better place and society more egalitarian. Together we can do this. We can be better. WMG Sincerely,
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A TIME FOR CHESED Rabbi Noah Kitty
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have spent decades in Jewish and LGBT community work, learning about and employing all sorts of revolutionary programs that brought in great amounts of money and offered a wealth of promised results, only to repeat the cycle of programming year after year, decade after decade while the problems either remained the same or morphed into something even more toxic. Eventually it seemed to me that there must be an error in how we are thinking and acting in our attempts to ease social pain and inequalities. How was it that the same situations that we read about in the Bible are still with us today; we remain burdened with hunger and homelessness, the poor treatment of the widow and orphan, economic slavery, spotty healthcare, and environmental destruction. Ecclesiastes was right, there’s nothing new under the sun, and no matter what we do we are fated to do it over and over with the same results, like a mashup of the Matrix and Groundhog Day. And then I remembered that I am God’s creation and in this way am linked to Eternity. I asked myself, how can someone linked to Eternity be limited to one understanding of how the world worked. And then I remembered what we are taught about the Torah; the Sages tell us there are many valid interpretations to the Torah. The Midrash writes that there are 70 “faces” (interpretations) to the Torah (Bamidbar Rabbah 13:15). With this many ways of interpreting verses in our sacred literature, I became convinced there had to be more than one way to interpret the world. This idea gave me hope, because it seemed to me that since humanity started keeping records thousands of years ago that we have interpreted the world through the lens of Gevurah, the sefirah of Divine Judgement. Jewish mystical literature describes a series of 10 traits or characteristics that bridge the gap between heaven and earth. It is said that
these traits are in a dynamic relationship with one another, and if any of them become out of balance the effect is felt in heaven and earth. Gevurah is understood as God’s mode of punishing the wicked and judging humanity in general. It is the foundation of stringency, absolute adherence to the letter of the law, and strict meting out of justice. This means that we qualify the worth of an issue in front of us depending on where it falls in our system of judgement. For example, we think it is terrible that someone had a car accident. Then we learn they were driving at night, and we starting wondering whether they had good night vision, they should have known better than to drive at night. Or maybe they were speeding and lost control, and you feel a little less bad for them since they really did it to themselves. And then they need time off from work and extra help at home, and really why should you be responsible for helping someone who should have known better and damaged themselves. Or the many excuses for sexual assault, where the perpetrator defends themselves by claiming the victim asked for it by the way they dressed or walked or just appeared. Or we think that it is terrible that a person was gunned down in the street, until we learn that it was a black man who was shot and the police pulled the trigger, and all of a sudden it is maybe not so terrible since the guy probably deserved it. We all accept the concepts of kindness and forgiveness, love and acceptance. However, despite the fact that our sacred scriptures insist that we are all equally deserving of love and care by our Creator, we force our fellow humans to stand and bow in supplication before us so we can determine whether they truly merit our love and care. This attitude is in oppositional contrast to Chesed. It is the quality of grace, of lovingkindness, of giving without concern for the worthiness of the recipient. It is said
I BELIEVE WE HAVE ARRIVED TO WHERE WE ARE NOW DUE TO OUR ATTACHMENT TO JUDGEMENT.
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that God created the world through Chesed. Another example is going to a funeral, since the person whose death you are marking will never be able to return your kindness. Thus in viewing the world through the lens of Chesed we are only concerned with the need at hand. If you are hungry, then we feed you, rather than ask why you can’t feed yourself. If you are sick, we heal you, rather than tell you to figure out how to pay out of pocket. The essence of Chesed is that it is not earned, and cannot be earned. You are not ever entitled to Chesed, since entitlement assumes a judgement that you are deserving. According to this worldview, every person on the planet, every plant, rock, and drop of water, exists due to God’s Chesed. Studying these two traits it seemed to me that we are out of balance when it comes to the relationship between Gevurah and Chesed. We have organized ourselves around Gevurah. As a result we are always judged and judging others, who are typically judged lacking and thus are punished. Despite our system of assuming innocence before proven guilty, we have literally made ourselves into the judge, jury and executioner of others. If you want to know what a “law and order” world looks like, you are looking at it now. I am calling for a turn to Chesed. I believe others are turning to it as well. I see how we in the U.S. and around the world are responding to the death of George Floyd. Of course it’s not just George Floyd, it’s hundreds of years and tens of thousands worth of George Floyds. The marches and protests have continued for weeks, even in the face of social distancing. There has not been any (or much) co-opting crowds for the benefit of other left- or right-wing movements or organizations. Blessedly and with humility, left-of-center organizations that have routinely accused each other of impure politics and nefarious intent have essentially remained silent except to voice support to the idea that black lives matter. Messages of support that black lives matter have poured in from all expressions and denominations of religious communities. Folks who are bitter opposites on issues like abortion or immigration can hold hands together in the belief and practice that black
lives matter. Public and private companies are issuing statements of support, such as the one from Ben & Jerry: And it’s clear, the effects of the criminal justice system are not color blind… Rather, we believe it is due to the systemic racism built into the fabric of our institutions at every level, disadvantaging and discriminating against people of color in ways that go beyond individual intent to discriminate. For this reason, we are not pointing fingers at individuals; we are instead urging us to come together to better our society and institutions so that we may finally fulfill the founding promise of this country: to be a country with dignity and justice for all. I believe we have arrived to where we are now due to our attachment to Judgement. The time is now to give Loving-kindness a chance.
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Mark My Words
THESE PROTESTORS ARE PATRIOTS Mark Segal
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s someone who participated in the Stonewall Sometime in the middle of all the ruckus, I stood riots back in June 1969, many people have there and thought: this is 1969. Black people were been asking me the similarities between that fighting for their rights, and so was the latino event and the events, civil unrest and demonstrations community and women’s community. What about us? following the murder of George Floyd. In the middle of that revelation, a man named Marty They want to know if the two events — and the Robinson handed a piece of chalk and told to write on people pushing for change — share a connecting factor. the walls and streets “Tomorrow night Stonewall.” In May of 1969, when I was 18 years old, I moved And we did meet that second night, and a third, and to New York to escape a closeted life of lies. I quickly from the ashes of stonewall, Gay Liberation Front was realized that we LGBT people were invisible in the created. From our anger we found a group that made media, business, entertainment, and most areas of sure nobody would forget what happened at Stonewall life. We were thought of as immoral by all religions, and nobody would forget how we’d been treated by illegal by the police and mentally ill by the medical the police. A movement was created, the first LGBT profession. And as I noticed almost instantly, we were movement that was willing to fight back and not just treated as inhuman, dominated, and controlled by plead for our rights. We were out, loud, and in your police. I would find out the extent to which we were face. dominated very shortly. In the following nights we were the When the police burst into Stonewall ones who dominated the streets. We were WHEN THE that night in June, I witnessed police the ones who defied the police to stop us. POLICE violence against our community for the We had found in ourselves a real radical first time. Not just intimidation, not just organization, self-identity, and community. BURST INTO verbal abuse, but true physical assault. Part of our movement was to work STONEWALL THAT with The lights blinked inside the bar and soon others seeking social justice, so we NIGHT IN JUNE, marched with women, Latinos and African after the doors burst open. Police took people, who had been peacefully enjoying Americans. We worked with the Young I WITNESSED their drinks, and slammed them up against POLICE VIOLENCE Lords and Black Panthers. The women of the walls. They did this simply because GLF were part of the women’s movement, AGAINST OUR they knew they could and nobody would and many were leaders there. COMMUNITY stop them. It was their right to attack us For people who were literally illegal in Photo via Pxhere. because they believed we deserved it. New York at that time, we took back our FOR THE FIRST Nobody thought we as LGBT people had streets. We advertised our meetings and TIME. any worth in society. No authority would dared the police to break them up. For the force would no longer be tolerated. The idea that this be on our side. first time a drag queen could walk down cannot keep happening led to civil unrest and created a We were let out of the bar one by one. But rather Christopher Street and not be arrested, and they were movement for change. than run home, many of us chose to stay. I stood welcomed as part of this new movement of inclusion We are at a pivotal time in history, a time of powerful across the street from the bar. Eventually there were and diversity, where in the past our own community change. We need to embrace the moment and help it more of us outside the bar than the police who were had shunned them. spread. We need to be proudly on the front lines. We trapped inside. Almost spontaneously we began to We protested and created incidents, some of us were can’t be afraid of being arrested. Many of us in 1969 throw anything we had at the doors. The police had beaten, others arrested, but we never gave up. When wore our arrests as a badge of honor. lost control because we refused to allow them to attack anyone got arrested, we demonstrated the next day After all, our country was born from a revolution. us anymore. outside the police station. Those who fought to create this country are known as Like the black community, we witnessed the hate, The similarities are obvious between Stonewall and Patriots. And the people fighting for change today, the disregard, and a police force attempting to dominate the protests today. Violence once seen as normal in all people taking to the streets and demanding that these and control us. Like today, the Stonewall Riots were its ugliness became unacceptable. A dominating police injustices happen no more, they are patriots too. made up of young people my age, street kids, trans people, people of color, and women. Society and even parts of our own community had already abandoned Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News, is the nation’s most-award-winning commentator us. We didn’t have good jobs that we were afraid of in LGBT media. His best selling memoir “And Then I Danced, Traveling The road to LGBT Equality” is a losing. We had only our lives and our dignity to protect. National Lesbian Gay Journalist Book of the Year and available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. We were the ones that had nothing to lose.
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SUPPORTING LGBT FAMILIES REQUIRES THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER Dana Rudolph
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lack lives matter. Black LGBT lives matter. And we will never have a just world for LGBT families until we have racial justice. Black same-sex couples are roughly twice as likely as White same-sex couples to be raising a biological, step, or adopted child, according to UCLA’s Williams Institute. And 50 percent of children under 18 living with same-sex couples are non-White compared to 41 percent of children living with different-sex couples. (Statistics were not available for other LGBT identities). Even if the numbers were far less, of course, these families would still deserve equality and justice — but the numbers underscore just how many LGBT families are impacted by ongoing racism in our country. Racism is a formidable enemy, though, sometimes overt but often subtle. I can only speak to it from my perspective as a White person with a White child, but here are some of the things I am trying to do — and resolve to do better — to help dismantle it. I offer them as suggestions for others engaging in this work as well. Educate myself. My day job is with a nonprofit program focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, which requires a fair bit of reading on the subject, but I’ve found there’s always more to learn about racism’s history, impact, and the perspectives of those impacted. I continue to read, consume podcasts and videos, and listen to colleagues and friends of color when they choose to share their thoughts. There are a lot of good resource lists on racism going around right now, but I want to caution us White folks not to get caught up in feeling that we need to get through every article, book, movie, and podcast on a multipage list before taking action. Educating
ourselves on racism is an ongoing process. We shouldn’t feel we need to “finish” (no one ever can) before getting out into the real world and trying to make a difference. We should also not see resource lists as ends in themselves or view our progress through them as a sign of how “woke” we are. Read and listen humbly. Know there is always more. I’m not going to offer my own list here, as there are many others already, but if you need a place to begin, I suggest the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s new Talking About Race portal, which can easily be found with an online search. Self-reflect and self-improve. I try not to be racist, but as a White person, I know there are times when I am, albeit unintentionally. And simply by my privilege as a White person in our society, I am tainted by the systemic racism woven into its fabric, benefitting me in ways I may not even realize. This is not a reason to flagellate myself; instead, I need to ask what I can do to be more thoughtful about my words and actions, to use my privilege to be a better ally and accomplice, and to work towards a more just world. Teach my son. One of the most important anti-racist actions parents can take, I believe, is to show our children how to be anti-racist as well. My spouse and I have tried to teach our son not only that people of all skin tones are to be valued and respected, but that his peers of color may have very different experiences in the world because of systemic racism. We want him to be thoughtfully color aware, not color blind. We’ve tried to expose him at every age to books, shows, and movies that not only include characters of color, but that are told from their perspectives. Hand in hand with finding “diverse” media,
RACISM IS A FORMIDABLE ENEMY, THOUGH, SOMETIMES OVERT BUT OFTEN SUBTLE.
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however, we parents should talk with our children in age-appropriate ways when we find biases and lack of representation in any children’s media. Why don’t we see people of color here? How is this character a stereotype? And how can we see representation in one way but biases in another? My suggested place for parents to begin is EmbraceRace (embracerace.org), which offers not only resources but also a community of support for parents, teachers, and others of all racial identities. Additionally, on the Oprah Magazine website, award-winning author and Black queer mom Jacqueline Woodson has offered a list of recommended books on racism and race for children of all ages. (Go to oprahmag.com and search for “Jacqueline Woodson.”) These are just starting points. Take action in the world. First, we should each speak out any time we see racism, from overt slurs, to subtle microaggressions, to lack of representation in workplaces, schools, and other venues. That
necessary work can be supplemented by attending rallies and vigils, signing petitions, contacting our elected officials, and donating money and time to civil rights organizations and others that work with marginalized communities, as we are able. One extensive list of “Ways to Help” is at blacklivesmatters. carrd.co. Yes, we may not always do or say the right thing; we may feel awkward; we may stumble. We should not let these fears keep us from doing anything, however. We need to come into the work knowing it is a process and being willing to listen, apologize, learn, and keep trying. Pride was born from protest and resistance, led by people of color like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Miss Major, and Stormé DeLarverie. Many of our LGBT families would not exist today if it wasn’t for the smoldering revolution that they sparked into open flame. May we honor their legacy as we work for inclusion, equality, and justice.
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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Off The Wall
FATHER’S DAY It’s never too late to reconcile
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eligion, the root of all evil, was the biggest factor that prevented me from ever being close to my father. A deeply religious man, who truly lived according to Christian values, he had a tough time dealing with his first born, who, from an early age, proved to be rebellious, independent, stubborn, and gay. I never bought into the religious claptrap no matter how many hours I had to spend in Church, or taking part in family prayers. I had an adversarial relationship with religion, an inborn mistrust and dislike of the whole concept. I did not hesitate to express it loudly. Being punished for skipping Sunday services did nothing to deter me. In fact, it became very easy to “lose my religion,” to his life-long dismay. As time went by, our differences spilled into politics, social issues, lifestyles, education and career choices, never agreeing on anything and always carrying a tremendous amount of tension anytime we were in the presence of one another. Ironically he never found it difficult to get on well with strangers, with his nephew, or other people’s kids. During my childhood I feared and obeyed him. I was always reading his temperament, assessing his mood when he arrived home from work, constantly preparing myself for our daily battle around the dinner table. Much later I came to the realization I loved him, but sadly I never got to know him. Looking back I can now say it was a waste
of lives. Mine and his, plain misery for the sake of some ancient superstitious belief in an unknown god. I kept arguing with him that there was no convincing evidence our world was created by divine intervention, that a god intercedes in human affairs, or the complete absence of proof there is life after death for that matter. The more I went on the further apart we grew. I know he truly loved me and cared for me, but he had no idea how to reach out or bend his stern views of what I should be or do. And I never made an effort to extend an olive branch. I never compromised. According to my mother we were two faces of the same coin. My father was the strong and silent type — with an emphasis on the silent. That is, until his short fuse exploded in anger. Very much like some people describe aspects of my personality. He was a stranger for most of my life. I left home at a very early age to get away from him, to discover and explore the world on my own terms. To his credit he gave me the freedom I needed and craved. He probably realized the battle was lost and therefore did not oppose my living halfway across the globe. For my part I chose to live with “no regrets.” Again, to his credit, he never lost touch with me. For 30 years, not a week went by, without receiving from him a handwritten letter. It didn’t matter that most of the times
FOR 30 YEARS, NOT A WEEK WENT BY, WITHOUT RECEIVING FROM HIM A HANDWRITTEN LETTER.
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I didn’t bother to reply. They kept coming. He never gave up on me. Many of us are able to forgive our parents for perceived childhood wrongs once we see them as normal human beings who did the best they could raising us. When my father started to age he began to soften and my defenses dropped because I feared him less. But it wasn’t until I saw him as an old man slowly preparing for his own death that I was able to summon the strength to go up to him and tell him that I loved him. It was the first time in my adult life I ever said that to him. The gratitude, surprise and happiness I saw in his eyes and face, after I uttered those three magic words, instantly healed all the wounds of the past, on both sides. It was a brief moment, on a train station
platform, but it reconciled a lifetime of turmoil, friction and pain. I think timing is everything when initiating a step toward reconciliation, and you don’t have to wait decades before doing it. I know that now. There might not be a tomorrow. My father passed away five years after our milestone moment. Knowing that I had already said the things that needed to be said, actually helped a great deal during the grieving process. Nothing was left unsaid, hence, leaving no room for regrets. Now when Father’s Day comes around, only good memories accompany the tears. I only wonder what our lives could have been if religion hadn’t kept us so far apart for so long.
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THE SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH OUR SIDE Quiet heroes shape our destiny
Norm Kent
norm.kent@sfgn.com
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his week, the gay community celebrated another remarkable victory in the Supreme Court of the United States. It has special meaning to me. When I came to Florida in 1976, a graduate of the Hofstra University School of Law in New York, homosexuality was still considered deviancy of the highest order. In fact, it was grounds for the Florida Bar to deny you the right to be an attorney, because homosexuals were deemed to lack “good moral character.” For me to become licensed as a lawyer, my first act would have to be to lie to the Bar about who I was. Fortunately, my career in Fort Lauderdale began in 1977 with a threeyear stint as Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. In 1979, one of the students in my class — still a friend today — came to me with a case that had a cause. I could relate to it. He could not get a job in the Defense Department because he was gay. Rick was an outstanding student and a cartographer who had quintessential academic qualifications. All the Army cared about though was the other, bigger ‘Q.’ He was ‘queer,’ he was gay, and he was gone. I was certain Rick’s firing was a transparent violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, discrimination based solely on sex. Unfortunately, it was also 1980, and not so clear to the courts of that era. It took forty years to prove my point. On Monday, afternoon, by a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court finally agreed with Rick and me. By asserting his rights in a world where they were not recognized, Rick risked everything. It took a lot of courage for him to speak out. We were helped by the best. Frank Kameny had served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and completed
a doctorate in astronomy at Harvard before obtaining a job in 1957 for the Army Map Service. Only 32 years old, Kameny was confronted by his superiors about rumors and reports that he was a homosexual. He never denied that he was, and his admissions promptly cost him his job. Kameny, however, did not go quietly into the good night. Barred from staying in the public sector and fulfilling his life’s work, Kameny sued the government. His case went all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, where he lost, in 1960. Sixty years later and nine years after his death, on Monday afternoon, Kameny won in the Supreme Court too, as did LGBT everywhere. Human rights are won when one stands up for all. The history of landmark cases in our Supreme Court has been quietly written by the unlikely heroes who dared to be defiant, and spoke up for their rights. They wound up empowering us all. “Give me a place to stand on, and a lever long enough,” spoke the Greek philosopher Archimedes, “and I will move the world.” A few years ago, Jim Obergefell said he wanted to marry his partner, John Arthur, in Cincinnati, Ohio, before he died of ALS. He did, and five years ago, the Supreme Court of the United States sanctified that bond. In 1961, a penniless Clarence Earl Gideon demanded an attorney in Panama City, Florida, after being charged with a felony. From that small courtroom, the highest court in the land would one day rule the Constitution requires states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants who cannot afford lawyers themselves. Ernesto Miranda was a high school dropout whose lawyers in Arizona argued
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that he had to be read and understand his rights- before he was questioned by police. A plaintiff named Oliver Brown filed a class action suit against the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas, after his daughter, Linda, was denied entrance to Topeka’s all-white elementary schools. So too did the courage of Gerald Bostock and Aimee Stephens move the High Court in Washington, D.C., this week. They are two very human stories of courage and resolve, worth noting. Their lives gave birth to this week’s rulings. Gerald Bostock began working for Clayton County, Georgia, as a child welfare services coordinator in 2003. During his ten-year career, he received a host of commendations. In 2013, Bostock joined a gay softball league, but that did not hit a home run for him at work or with his homophobic colleagues. His superiors fired him for it. No, it had nothing to do with his job performance, but all about who he was and how he wanted to live his life. Aimee Stephens worked in a Detroit funeral home, showing up every day in a suit and tie, dressed as the man she was not. One afternoon in 2013, she wrote a letter to her colleagues and friends stating that she would be going to work dressed as a woman the next morning. It took all the courage she could muster. In her letter, Aimee wrote she “could no
longer live dishonestly with the agony in her soul.” Those words cost her dearly. Within two weeks, she was fired. While Aimee just passed away last month, she passes on a legacy that will never be forgotten. All these individuals were unlikely heroes who became champions for equality. Faced with a moment, they dared to buck the odds and challenge the status quo. Someday, somehow, somewhere, ever so suddenly, you too may get that call. How will you respond? How have you? When you encounter wrong, right it. Where you see injustice, speak out about it. When you see corruption, don’t tolerate it. Another Greek philosopher, Pericles, said it best: “If Athens shall appear great to you, consider that her glories were won by good citizens doing their duty every day.” The Pandemic that is COVID-19 has given us all time to think about our lives and our destinies. We have cleaned out a lot of old baggage. We are charting the path we will take next. Give a damn. Make a difference. Light a torch. Take a risk. Be the rainbow after the storm. Look at what these people did. Like Robert Frost, they came upon a road, and took the one less travelled by. It has made the world a better place for all of us. You can do the same. You can be tomorrow’s hero.
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