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AHF South volunteers with supplies for the Bahamas. Photo via AHF South, Facebook.
Cares - South Florida Humanities at Work for Bahamas Hurricane Relief taking place Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 6-9 p.m. The event will raise funds for Operation Helping Hands to support the response, relief and recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. “While South Floridians were spared the direct hit of Dorian, our neighbors in the Bahamas were not,” said President and CEO of South Florida Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline Lorber, in a prepared statement. “As Floridians we truly know the devastating impact of hurricanes and it is our duty as an arts-focused organization in the community to join in the humanitarian effort for the people of the Bahamas.” Visit https://bit.ly/2lSisiH for more information and to register for event. Other local groups involved in the LGBT community have also stepped up to the plate
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including Pride Fort Lauderdale, Sunshine Cathedral, Church of the Holy Spirit Song, Congregation Etz Chaim, and Broward House. “As we prepare to host the very first Pride of the Americas next April, we are once again reminded that many of our LGBT+ friends in the Caribbean—less than 100 miles from our shores—are still fighting for basic human rights and recognition,” said Pride Fort Lauderdale president Miik Martorell, in a pre-released statement. “It will take years to rebuild the Bahamas, and Pride Fort Lauderdale is committed to aiding the LGBT+ community there that may be overlooked by traditional relief efforts.”
To donate emergency supplies and other goods, contact hurricane@PrideFortLauderdale.org.
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IDS Healthcare Foundation has deployed a second relief flight to Abaco Island in the Bahamas. Hurricane Dorian recently devastated parts of the Bahamas including Abaco Island, which was one of the hardest hit areas. The non-profit has now delivered 14 tons of needed materials including food to the island nation. “AHF has a strong record of proactively responding to the needs of individuals and communities in need. We are deeply saddened by the recent devastation to the Bahamas, as a result of Hurricane Dorian,” Michael Kahane, AHF Southern Bureau Chief, said in a prepared statement. “Having supported many disaster relief efforts, we know that the road to rebuilding a community is a long journey. We remain committed to working with the Bahamian leadership to provide the critical resources that the Bahamian people will continue to need as they work to recover from this disaster.” According to NPR the death toll remains at 50 but is expected to rise in the coming weeks. More than a 1,300 residents are still missing. The South Florida Symphony also recently announced they’ve joined forces with the Hampton Art Lovers to present Culture
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Still Going Strong But the HIV organization will dissolve in 5 Years Damon Scott
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uesday’s Angels began the farewell process almost a year and a half ago when its leadership announced it would slowly dissolve over the course of 10 years. The group of gay men was well known for a once a month Tuesday dinner in Wilton Manors where a hat was passed around for donations to go to those in crisis due to HIV/ AIDS. The dinners went on for decades and the group used its fundraising to provide a variety of assistance to HIV-positive gay men. Tuesday’s Angels has given out close to $3 million over its lifetime to individuals and organizations involved in the HIV crisis. But the final curtain call officially began on Nov. 30, 2018. It wasn’t bad news, but was simply due to the fact that its leaders had achieved much of what the founders had intended. In addition, the face and nature of HIV has changed significantly over time – there are more women, children and straight people now – and overall conditions have improved. There’s still a need out there, no doubt, but it’s a different situation than the crisis it once was. Not only that, but as Tuesday’s Angels president Mike Ross explained it, the group’s leaders were also simply getting old. There are two in their 80s, two in their 70s and Ross is the youngest at 69. He said donors and volunteers were mostly older as well. Tuesday’s Angels now has five advisers who have been operating through the
transition – Ross, Chuck Nicholls, Dick Schwarz, Bennett Quade and Don Richards. While the Tuesday night dinners ended, as part of the transition the group would use any remaining funds to provide HIV support to those in need until 2028 through a special fund at Our Fund in Wilton Manors. Since that time, Ross said there have been a couple new developments.
Tuesday’s Angels has given out close to $3 million over its lifetime to individuals and organizations involved in the HIV crisis.
Tuesday’s Angels board members accepting an award from Care Resource. Photo via Tuesday’s Angels, Facebook.
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Tuesday’s Angels now includes HIV prevention efforts in South Florida as part of their mission. “The reason for that is because Florida has the third highest rate of new HIV infections in the country,” Ross said. “There’s been a real emphasis on prevention at the local, state and national level and we were asked to consider expanding our mission to help meet that need.” HIV prevention was never part of the group’s original goals – it has always been to assist those who were already in the midst of an HIV crisis. “It seems to be a very important issue, because if you can prevent people from getting HIV you will prevent people from transmitting it as well,” Ross said. Ironically, the number of new HIV cases is dropping in metro areas like New York and San Francisco, but it’s not the case in South
NEWS local Florida. Ross thinks there are a number of reasons for that. “A lot of the people in South Florida do not follow up. They start treatment, but don’t follow up – due to issues like transportation, substance abuse, mental illness, bureaucracy and access to PrEP.” He said other cities make it easier for people to access services. South Florida grapples with cultural reasons and stigmas, too, he said. “Young people don’t think it’s as big of an issue,” Ross said. “They think they can take medication and they’re fine. But in Florida, almost 100 people died of AIDS in 2017. People are still dying and young people may not see that.” Tuesday’s Angels now has an HIV Fund at Our Fund. It contributed $10,000 to it this year, and will donate another $10,000 next year. Five years
A picture from the 2017 of Bartenders’ Boxers & Briefs, an annual fundraiser event which still helps raise money for the organization. Photo via Bartenders’ Boxers & Briefs, Facebook.
“We are very pleased people are still supporting our mission.”
The other big change is that the group voted to “People have been generous complete its dissolution and continue to contribute to faster than previously the Tuesday’s Angels cause,” announced – in five years Ross said. instead of 10. He said they get donations “The older [advisers] felt from individuals, foundations, they wanted to participate and from events like the recent in getting out the money “Bartenders, Boxers and Briefs” – but [that] 10 years wasn’t fundraiser that brought in - Mike Ross practical,” Ross said. $7,000. Tuesday’s angels Speeding the transition up “We hope people will president will also allow more monies continue to give us money, to go out each year, he said. so we can give out more,” Ross said even though the group has given Ross said. “We are very pleased people are out about $25,000 since last year – including still supporting our mission. We’ve had $10,000 to SunServe and $5,000 to Latinos an extremely generous and loyal group of Salud – the fund still has about $300,000 in people who have given to us over many, it. many years.”
Those interested in donating can give to the Tuesday’s Angels Fund at Our Fund. Go to Our-Fund.org for more.
Tuesday’s Angels accepting a donation check in 2014 from Bartenders’ Boxers & Briefs, an annual fundraiser event which still helps raise money for the organization. Photo via Bartenders’ Boxers & Briefs, Facebook.
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Fort Lauderdale Votes for Non-Discrimination Ordinance Ban on Conversion Therapy
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n Thursday Fort Lauderdale “Fort Lauderdale has long been unanimously passed an non- problematic and slow to embrace LGBT discrimination ordinance that protects policy. They’ve only been getting things LGBT people in employment, housing, public right in the last several years and some of it accommodations in the city. has been painstaking,” he said. “Just getting The ordinance must pass this ordinance to move forward a second reading on Tuesday took more than a year.” before it becomes law. (SFGN City Commissioner Steve went to print before the vote.) Glassman, who is gay, took the Equality Florida, the state’s lead on the ordinance, said: largest LGBT rights organization, “I am thrilled that the Fort is thrilled with the city’s progress Lauderdale City Commission on the ordinance. has voted unanimously to pass “This is something to on first reading one of the most, celebrate,” said Joe Saunders, the if not the most, comprehensive organization’s Senior Political LGBTQ ordinances in the State. Director. “This is the first time I look forward to our final we’ve seen such a comprehensive public hearing on September 17 ordinance brought by a and enactment of this law.” municipality in Florida. It’s fully It was Commissioner Ben comprehensive.” Sorenson, who is straight, who - Joe Saunders More specifically the 44 page got the ball rolling on this issue Equality Florida ordinance does three things. after a year of stagnation. “In April, with Michael 1. Establishes a human rights Rajner’s help, I connected Equality Florida ordinance in leaders with our City Attorney. I asked the city that they work together to draft the most comprehensive LGBTQ protective 2. Adds domestic partnership ordinance for the City of Fort Lauderdale. protections We did just that,” Sorenson wrote on Facebook. “Thank you to our Mayor and 3. Establishes a city wide ban on City Commission, we moved forward conversation therapy towards outlawing conversion therapy for minors, affirmed a commitment to LGBTQ “This is a transformational,” Saunders families in domestic partnership, and added. “We have an openly LGBT mayor and committed to advancing a citywide human member of the council and the vice mayor rights ordinance banning discrimination who is a full throated champion.” against our LGBTQ community in the areas Michael Rajner has been pushing for an of public accommodations, housing, and ordinance similar to this for about decade. employment.”
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Craig Jungwirth Strikes Again The con man is piggy backing on an upcoming event by selling tickets at an inflated price
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raig Jungwirth, the man who once threatened a Pulse style attack against Wilton Manors, has reemerged and is once again attempting to insert himself into a local event for Bears. In the past Jungwirth has been accused of attempting to scam the gay community with fake “Bear” events. Jungwirth legitimately bought the rights to Beach Bear Weekend but then was accused of turning it into a scam. The former organizers then attempted to sue Jungwirth to take the event back, but eventually dropped the lawsuit after deciding the event was no longer worth the hassle. Eventually a new legitimate event called Bearsurrection was launched with the hope of circumventing Jungwirth. It didn’t work. Jungwirth has continued to attempt to piggy back off other legitimate local events in order to scam the LGBT community. Now he has a flyer on his website promoting an upcoming pool party at the Grand Hotel and Resort.
Craig Jungwirth.
But organizers of the event say Jungwirth has nothing to do with the event. Jungwirth even contacted SFGN on Instagram promoting his event. When SFGN asked for a comment Jungwirth said “you have nice hair.” The event in question is the Fort Lauderdale Bearurrection Pool Party on September 29 at the Grand Resort. The official website is bearsurrection.com. Tickets to the pool party on Jungwirth’s website cost $108.10. Tickets to the event on its official webpage cost $40 in advance and $45 at the door.
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YouTuber says people warned her not to tweet about bisexuality Lily Singh, a popular bisexual YouTuber, says people told her it was a bad idea to tweet about her bisexuality, due to her fans in parts of the world that weren’t accepting. In an interview with Marie Claire, Singh spoke about her sexuality, how her idols turned into friends, and her new talk show, A Little Late With Lilly Singh. She said she wants to have women and people of color frequent her show, and that when she came out, people told her not to talk about it online. “When I tweeted about being bisexual, a lot of people told me it’s bad, that I shouldn’t do that, especially because I have fans in cultures around the world that might not support it.” Singh told Marie Claire. “I remember making the decision, like, ‘Well, eff it, you don’t get to have an opinion about who I am.’” Singh’s talk show aired Monday September 16.
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Transgender students more likely to face mental health issues A study conducted on college students found transgender students were more likely to struggle with mental illenss than other demographics. The internet-based Healthy Minds Study published in a research journal surveyed 65,000 adults from 71 U.S. colleges, according to VOA News. Sarah Ketchen Lipson, an assistant professor at Boston University School of Public Health and the survey’s lead researcher, said not only are they more likely to suffer from mental illness, they were more likely to face every single kind of mental health issue. “Trans folks are not even visible on many college campuses,” Campus Pride Executive Director Shane Windemeyer told VOA. “They are not seen as a population to serve, still on many campuses.” Lipson says education and knowledge are the keys to being an ally to transgender people with mental illness.
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Gay ‘chemsex’ linked to rise in HIV cases in Europe
India celebrates gay sex decriminalization anniversary
Chemsex parties, when people get high and have sex for days with a number of partners is gaining popularity in Europe, which has led to a rapid spread of HIV. During chemsex, people use drugs such as crystal meth to enhance their arousal and pleasure, NBC News reported. Rusi Jaspal, a professor of psychology and sexual health at De Montfort University in the Britain who studies the spread of HIV and the chemsex scene, says the mix of drugs and sex increases the spread of viruses in groups subject to HIV, like the gay community. “People are not scared anymore of HIV,” Ignacio Labayen de Inza, a chemsex expert who works at U.K. clinics said, according to NBC News. “Many people I see say they think ‘it’s only a matter of time anyway, so I might
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as well have some fun.’” In a U.K. study, 30 percent of HIV positive men surveyed said they had participated in chemsex in the past year.
India’s Supreme Court voted a year ago on Sept. 6, 2018 to decriminalize gay sex. Before decriminalization, gay sex was punishable by up to a life sentence in prison, PinkNews reported. LGBT activists and allies have taken to social media to celebrate the anniversary of gay sex decriminalization in India. “One year ago the Supreme Court passed a landmark judgement to decriminalise Section 377, we celebrate that decision today,” The Congress Party, the liberal party in India, wrote on Twitter. “The Congress party has always fought for the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community & will continue to do so. Equality is the right of every citizen.” The Supreme Court decision to
After the ruling in 2018. Credit: Mukesh bari, via Wiki.
decriminalize gay sex was unanimous among the five judges on the bench.
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Gay priests fight to get Australian church’s marriage blessing
Brazilian president to remove mention of LGBT from schools
Two gay Anglican priests wanted their marriage blessed by the Appellate Tribunal, the highest church, but they first have to decide whether to bless any gay marriage. Father John Davis and Father John Whalley wed in a small ceremony in Melbourne, Australia, according to ABC News. However, Bishop John Parkes, who was meant to lead the ceremony, was asked by the high church not to bless it, yet. “The convention is we respect the institution of the Church,” Bishop Parkes said. “The Primate has asked and we will honour his requests. Although we won’t wait forever. My advice is that this is legitimate and lawful, and unless the Appellate Tribunal finds that it isn’t, then what we have at the moment is a
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delay rather than a backtrack.” Same sex unions were legalized in Australia two years ago.
Self-proclaimed proud homophobe and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro instructed the Ministry of Education to draft a bill to remove what he calls “gender ideology” from public elementary schools, according to Life Site News. Gender ideology is the concept of gender identity and expression, as well as sexual expression. Removing this would mean taking out mention of LGBT people from textbooks and lesson plans. “The Attorney General declared who is responsible for legislating on gender ideology, since it is a federal competence. I directed the Ministry of Education, with a view toward the full protection of children, to prepare a draft law that prohibits gender ideology in elementary schools,” Bolsonaro wrote on Twitter.
Jair Bolsonaro. Photo credit: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil.
Bolsonaro took office in January 2019, and is supported mostly by conservative Christians, according to Life Site News.
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The first one took place over the summer. Earlier this year Shervinski founded RSL. Last year some of these sports including kickball fell under a different league’s umbrella. “This league was founded to provide a service to the community,” he said. “We’re also going to be very philanthropic orientated.” In May they partnered with the local LGBT softball and flag football leagues to host drag kickball where they raised more than $19,000 for SunServe. Currently they’re not allowing anyone else to sign up for this season of kickball, but they welcome people to come out and watch their games, which take place Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. at Stevens Field in Oakland Park. Looking forward the RSL will form a soccer league in the spring of 2020. Shervinski also said they’re in the process expanding RSL to Tampa where they are forming a kickball league. Registration for beach volleyball is open through Oct. 5. The next season of kickball starts January 4. Registration for that begins in mid-November.
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Compass is Proud to Partner with SMART Ride The LGBT community center will be a beneficiary for the fourth consecutive year Claudia Harrison HIV and AIDS may no longer be headline news, but the virus continues to spread. South Florida has the unfortunate distinction of being one of the regions with the highest rate of new transmissions in the country. Compass is honored to be one of the recipients of funds from The SMART Ride for the fourth year in a row. The SMART Ride is a two-day, 165-mile fully supported bicycle ride from Miami to Key West that raises funds for seven AIDS service organizations across Florida. On Nov. 15, hundreds of volunteer cyclists and hundreds more volunteer support crew members will gather at the University of Miami to kick off SMART Ride XVI. As part of the SMART Ride, Compass staff and volunteers participate in planning for the ride and work as part of the support crew for the riders. Our Executive Director, Julie Seaver, will be returning to ride again this year along with three of the agency’s board members - Kara Rosa, Marc Pickering, and Michael Woods. For the second time in SMART Ride history, rider registration was closed early, because the maximum of 600 riders has already been reached! The community is encouraged to participate by attending one of the many fundraisers that will be hosted this fall. These events are hosted by Compass and by participating teams of riders based in Palm Beach County, such as Team Bill Bone, Team Chain Reaction (formerly Roosters Rollers),The Wanderers, and
Visit the SMART Ride website, www.TheSMARTRide.org, or email Dylan Brooks, dylan@ compassglcc.com, on ways to get involved. 100% of funds raised from the ride are distributed to AIDS service organizations operating across Florida.
Smart Ride. Photo via Facebook.
Team Everyday People. Team What What, a new addition to the Palm Beach contingent, currently leads in the standings for funds raised by a single team, with over $100,000! Funds raised through the SMART Ride help Compass and other deserving organizations provide care and support to people living with HIV, and reach more people with crucial information and guidance in making healthy choices to reduce their risk of acquiring the virus. Check our social media pages for upcoming events, like the White Party at Penny’s at the Duke, on Saturday, Oct. 5. Miracles come in many forms and last year’s SMART Ride funds to Compass were nothing short of just that: miraculous. This year, Compass was able to fund lifesaving surgeries, basic food and toiletries, emergency housing for several families in evacuation zones, and temporary housing for many experiencing homelessness and domestic violence situations. “The thing I like most about the SMART Ride is that for the week leading up to the ride and during the ride it almost feels like a utopia,” reflects Dylan Brooks, Compass’ HIV Prevention Coordinator and SMART Ride representative. “There’s nothing that divides us, money is no issue, HIV/AIDS doesn’t exist anymore, and, to quote Perks of Being A Wallflower, in that moment we were infinite!”
Claudia Harrison is Compass’ chief information officer. She can be reached at claudia@compassglcc.com
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The vice president once argued homosexuality was 'a choice' or 'learned behavior' during 1990s fight against gay rights ordinance Andrew Kaczynski CNN
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ice President Mike Pence once argued that homosexuality was a choice during his fight in the early 1990s against local efforts in Indiana to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. Pence’s opposition to LGBT equality has of the psychological community says long drawn the scorn of gay rights activists homosexuality at a very minimum is a choice and made him a champion of the Religious by the individual, and at the maximum, is a Right. But scrutiny of Pence’s record on LGBT learned behavior.” issues intensified recently when White House The American Psychological Association Deputy press secretary Judd Deere suggested said in 1992 that data did not support the last week in a tweet that the vice president view that homosexuality was a choice and wasn’t anti-gay because he was having lunch studies at the time in the 1990s suggested with the Irish prime minister, who is gay, and homosexuality was biological and genetic. his partner during a state visit. The arguments made in the 1990s by Pence The little-explored episode in the 1990s, would echo those he later emphasized when unearthed in local newspaper clippings he ran for Congress in 2000 when his platform during a deeper KFile review of Pence’s record protested extending civil rights protections to on LGBT issues, highlights an early window gay Americans. But the 1990s comments show into the now-vice president’s public activism for the first time Pence calling homosexuality and views in opposition of gay a choice and offer a clearer rights. view into Pence’s view on gay “Once you Darin Miller, a spokesman for Americans at the time. identify Pence, told CNN in a statement As president of the that the vice president “has conservative think tank Indiana homosexuals as always opposed discrimination Policy Review Foundation, a minority, then in any form and defends the Pence opposed a vote by the city by definition Constitution’s protection of council of Lafayette, Indiana, to the rights of all Americans make itself the first city in the they would need regardless of race, sex or state to add sexual orientation to be afforded religion.” to its anti-discrimination law. constitutional Pence argued in the 1990s that, Designating gay Americans protection.” unlike protections for African worthy of such protections Americans, homosexuals under the law, Pence said, - Mike Pence choose or learn to be gay and was would open “a Pandora’s Quoted during the ‘90s part of a “grassroots-generated Box of legal rights and legal movement for recognition of difficulties” and was part of homosexual rights” nationwide. grassroots movements by gay activists for “Once you identify homosexuals as a increasing their rights. minority, then by definition they would need Pence became president of the Indiana to be afforded constitutional protection,” Policy Review in 1991. His tenure there, Pence added. “Up to this point, our legal along with his years following as a statewide tradition in America has drawn a line over radio and TV host, helped transform Pence’s those things. I do not choose whether I am reputation from that of a twice-failed a black American ... the great vast majority congressional candidate into an influential
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conservative voice in the state. In September 1992, Lafayette, Indiana, first proposed adding homosexuality to its non-discrimination ordinance. The ordinance, which featured exemptions for churches and church-affiliated groups, would give a group of nine people appointed by the mayor the ability to investigate and mediate discrimination complaints against homosexual or bi-sexual residents in housing, public accommodations, and employment. Public opinion polls in the US at the time were equally divided over whether homosexuality should be accepted by society and many of the ballot initiatives in 1992 aimed at denouncing homosexuality or repealing measures that protected homosexuals from discrimination had mixed results. Bill Clinton would be elected that year campaigning on ending the ban on homosexuals serving in the military. Pence argued the issue of gay rights would become one of the most important issues of the 1990s. “They’re discussing (in Lafayette) what I suspect will be one of the biggest issues of
the ‘90s,” Pence said. “You’ve got a tiger by the tail.” A vote on the ordinance originally failed narrowly, with some members voting against it to wait for a city council member to return from vacation to vote. With issue momentarily tabled, an eight months-long debate began with panels and news forums across the state covering the issue. Though some residents and religious ministers argued against the measure because they said homosexuality was a sin and they did not want to hire or rent to homosexuals, Pence and the Indiana Policy Review opposed the measure on public policy grounds. “It represents a very bad move in public policy,” Pence said in January 1993. “It opens up from a legal standpoint ... a Pandora’s Box of legal rights and legal difficulties once you identify homosexuals as a discrete and insular minority.” The ordinance passed in May 1993 by a 5-4 vote with Pence saying it was an attempt to reform the 1964 Civil Rights Act. “No federal agency or state agency (has) ever spoken to the question of sexual preference as a source of civil rights,” Pence said.
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Where are you from, and where do you consider home? My husband, Scott Clearwater, and I made Fort Lauderdale home in 2012. We moved from Montclair, New Jersey. When did you first begin giving, and what inspired you to do so? What was the first organization you gave to? Scott and I have been together for 25 years. Much of our support to organizations was in the form of donations or volunteering at events. Scott has always loved the arts. We were involved with The Actors Fund, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS in NYC. As a lawyer, Scott was able to volunteer legal services for people in need at the Whitman Walker Clinic in Washington DC. In our younger years, we participated in the AIDS Ride from Philadelphia to Washington DC. Which causes and organizations do you support with your time and resources? After settling into Fort Lauderdale, I began to look around for well-run organizations that I may be able to help with my skills. I found LifeNet4Families. For over 25 years, LifeNet has helped homeless individuals and families get back on their feet. After volunteering in various areas of LifeNet, I joined the Board to help with some initiatives, including helping with locating and funding a new and larger facility in Broward County. The second organization I began to volunteer with was The Pride Center. Again, after living in the area and getting to know the LGBT community, it was clear that The Pride Center did a lot of great work in our community. I am now on the finance committee at The Pride Center. I continue to be impressed with how focused The Pride Center is with budgets and getting the most from every dollar spent.
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he 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising addition, “In Search of Stonewall” concludes with inspired the book business, like other industries, a vital section about “Stonewall’s Legacy.” Besides to celebrate and exploit this momentous event. giving us more stuff to read on the train, “In Search of Bookstores like Barnes & Noble set up displays that Stonewall” is a good introduction to G&LR. featured recent LGBT titles in their inventory. One thing that hasn’t changed in the half-century Publishers reached back to their corporate past since Stonewall is the fact that our LGBT community is and issued new editions of their best queer titles, basically an urban product. Some of the best histories like “The Gay Metropolis” by Charles Kaiser or that I have had the pleasure to read recently deal with “Stonewall” by Martin Duberman. New titles, fiction the queer history of cities where our people gathered or non-fiction, were also given the Stonewall 50 and created communities, in spite of all opposition. treatment. Most notable are a series of histories, from “The Boys of Fairy Town: Sodomites, Female scholarly monographs to coffee table photo books, Impersonators, Third-Sexers, Pansies, Queers, and Sex that showcase our LGBT past, both before and after Morons in Chicago’s First Century” (Chicago Review Stonewall. Press) is Jim Elledge’s good gay history Jason Baumann is Assistant Director of Chicago as told through the lives for Collection Development at the New of the men who left a record of their The 50th York Public Library. Baumann organized activities in the Second City. (It is also Anniversary the Library’s magnificent exhibit, “Love the first time that I encountered the of Stonewall is & Resistance - Stonewall 50,” which I term “sex moron;” in a book or in life.) enjoyed during my recent trip to New “When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh also the 25th York. “The Stonewall Reader” (Penguin Ryan” (St. Martin’s Press), tells the tale Anniversary Books), edited by Baumann, draws of LGBT life in “Brooklyn the Great, of “The Gay & from the Library’s archives to present second city of the Empire,” from the a collection of first-person accounts, 1855 publication of “Leaves of Grass” Lesbian Review,” articles and essays by and about LGBT - by Brooklyn’s own Walt Whitman one of the community members before, during - to the 1966 closing of the Brooklyn and after Stonewall. The pieces in this Navy Yard. In “Queer City: Gay London best (and last) book, many of which are long out of from the Romans to the Present Day” LGBT journals print, are of great historical value; and (Abrams Press) popular historian Peter around today. I predict that they will be used as text in Ackroyd, author of several books about future LGBT courses. At the same time, London, gives his beloved city the queer they are short enough to read on the treatment that it and we deserve. train, which is what I did on my way to New York. “David Bowie Made Me Gay?” Such is the title of The 50th Anniversary of Stonewall is also the 25th Darryl W. Bullock’s history of “100 Years of LGBT Anniversary of “The Gay & Lesbian Review,” one of Music,” also published by Abrams Press. Except for the best (and last) LGBT journals around today. To some gossipy books by Boze Hadleigh, there hasn’t celebrate, G&LR founder and editor-in-chief Richard been much written about queer contributions to Schneider Jr. published “In Search of Stonewall: pop music, and Bullock does his best to fill in the The Riots at 50 The Gay & Lesbian Review at 25 Best gap. Though Bullock’s study is not complete - there Essays, 1994-2018” (G&LR Books). Like “The Stonewall is nothing here about classical music - “David Bowie Reader,” “In Search of Stonewall” collects important Made Me Gay” is well-worth reading, even by those essays, from the Review’s first quarter century, about who know a thing or two about LGBT music makers. the Riots, the years before and the years after. In
Jesse Monteagudo is a freelance writer and journalist. He has been an active member of South Florida's LGBT community for more than four decades and has served in various community organizations.
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Both women say the vibe was It’s nothing official, but Carol Moran may hold some sort of record for the important to them. “We wanted people to feel at home — without screaming most businesses in Wilton Manors. Starting in 1998 and over the following over everybody,” Goldwin says. “A few 18 years, Moran owned Kicks Sports Bar, really good things to eat and the music New Moon nightclub, Thirteen Even is not blaring at you. That’s the kind of environment that we feel and Thirteen Restaurant comfortable in. We like and Bar (more on the those places that feel obsession with 13 later cozy and have personal on). touches. [Apt 9F] is really And now she and her like an apartment, if you wife Nancy Goldwin are have a really large bar.” back in SoFlo after three So, what’s Apt 9F like? years in Manhattan and Apt9F opened last have opened Apt 9F, month in the space which they describe as a where Naked Grape drinking den/social eatery. Wine Bar and Tapas used The name comes from to be. their Washington Heights Moran says Apt 9F apartment overlooking currently has nine the Hudson River. specialty cocktails, 70 “It looks like an liquors, 20 wines and 20 apartment,” Moran says, beers. describing Apt 9F, in - Carol Moran Business owner “And you know I’m a the heart of their old wine snob, so our wines stomping grounds, Wilton are great,” Moran says. Manors. “It’s literally our “You know the town is doing dollar apartment from New York City. “I want it to be like, here is my house drinks [and] that makes no sense to party. Before you go out for a big night, me. I can’t afford to do that. We will do stop by my apartment first or before a happy hour, but I can’t do dollar well you go home stop by for a little cocktail drinks. I’m not big enough.” A coffee machine is on the way. Like nightcap.”
“It looks like an apartment. It’s literally our apartment from New York City.”
Carol Moran at Apt 9F enjoying a mimosa. Photo via Apt 9F, Facebook.
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Reading, writing and arithmetic are the fundamentals for early learning. These core skills might just offer us insight into a more recent rendition of the Three R’s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. We will certainly be reading more about recycling here in Wilton Manors and throughout the region, especially since the arithmetic will add up to costing residents a lot more money. Many recent discussions blame China for the recycling catastrophe facing cities throughout our region. China is not to blame for this mess. Our neglectful creation of tons of contaminated, unusable trash that we pass off as co-mingled recyclables is the real culprit that got us into this mess. The global market for co-mingled recyclables, of which China was the largest purchaser, no longer exists. This hasn’t stopped us from filling up our Green Bins each week, putting them at the end of the higher and higher cost to have co-mingled recyclables carted off. drive, and having the contents carted away. One new costly problem facing cities is At the end of the day we all go to bed believing we did our part saving the planet the contamination rate of the recyclable material. We have grown and that all is right in the very lazy over the years, world. Unfortunately, filling up our Green Bins most of this co-mingled Have you joined with dirty cans, pizza boxes, mess goes to the waste-toplastic bags, and so much energy plant to be burnt as the Gazette’s more. We got accustomed fuel, with some even being Facebook page? to believing that almost dumped in landfills. Now everything is recyclable by with higher bills coming Do so today just placing it all within the due, residents will be asked to join the magic Green Bin. Cities must to pay much more each have a comprehensive public month to keep this charade conversation. education plan in place to going. make resident’s aware of As new contracts are the new reality of recycling. put in place between Facebook.com/ Here in Wilton Manors, city municipalities and trash groups/WMGazette staff began the process of removal companies such as informing residents, but Waste Management, rising much more needs to be done. costs can no longer be Reaching a few hundred avoided by elected officials, residents and city management. The big residents here and there at neighborhood question is how much more residents are association meetings and similar events will willing to pay to have their Green Bins not be enough. The City needs to undertake carted away each week, especially when a major education campaign, using every most of the contents might be disposed of possible means of reaching residents. Each in the same manner as what’s in the regular and every household’s Green Bin should have their lid covered with a new, updated, trash bins. Gone are the good ole days when cities large decal graphically showing what should made money on recycle programs. Now and should not be placed inside. Random the only one making money is Waste inspections might have to be done around Management, with regained monopolistic town with punitive citations issued to those power over the waste disposal business here who consistently fail to comply. Residents should not be the only ones who in South Florida. Residents will now pay
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Carol Moran is back in Wilton Manors with Apt 9F drinking den Continued from page 1 the craft cocktail menu, the small plate menu is still being developed, having started with a charcuterie dish. “Both of us like to eat that way,” Goldwin says. “We like to sample a lot of things. Neither one of us like to eat a humongous meal. We will probably stay with smaller plates. We don’t see ourselves being a full-plate or massive sit-down place with steak and those kinds of things.” She also says they are trying new dishes at home first, testing them out on friends. “Our friends are our guinea pigs sort of. A lot of our recipes evolve from us experimenting at home,” Goldwin adds. The front area has couches with small coffee tables as well as an intimate area at the window with a table for two. In the back dining area is a six-top table, modeled after a dining room in an apartment, that is placed beside the open kitchen. The color scheme is a golden marigold and a deep blue. The walls are covered with a jumble of art and photographs (Moran and Goldwin say they are huge art supporters) from both close friends, local artists and some work by Goldwin herself. The bar seats 12 people while the outside patio/bistro area in front could seat another 22 people. The entire space can handle a maximum of 46 people, but 30-35 is probably a more comfortable number, the women say. How the move back to SoFlo came about Three years ago the couple moved to New York City, where Moran became a
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A look inside of Apt 9F, as it appears in the header of the new business’s Facebook page. Photo via Apt 9F, Facebook.
food and beverage executive for Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Goldwin, who is a photographer, took her “dream job” as a marketing manager for Manfrotto photography equipment. While there, Moran also was a manager and ran the wine program for Pisticci restaurant. But both women eventually became homesick for South Florida and realized that they were happiest when they owned their own businesses. “I realized I miss my home, my community,” says Moran, a South Florida native. “This is my home. Sometimes you have to step away to know what you are missing. It’s not a bad thing. It’s cathartic, you know? Life is too short to for something you don’t love.” So in a three-week period earlier this summer, the couple sold the Fort Lauderdale house they had been renting out while living in NYC, bought a condominium on Bayview Drive, packed up their Manhattan apartment and moved back to Broward County. Less than a month later, they opened Apt. 9F. “It was the best unplanned planned thing ever,” says Goldwin, who adds that they did look at some locations in Manhattan, but “ ... both of our parents are gone. Our chosen family is here. We have a life here. All of the obstacles kind of cleared.” One of those obstacles was clearing the 48hour hurdle. “We have a 48-hour rule,” Goldwin explains. “It’s our little inside joke: If we feel the same way 48 hours later, we might pursue it or look at it more deeply.” She adds, “Everything was right [about Apt 9F]. The rent was right. The spot was right.
The build-out was right.” What’s the deal with the number 13? For Goldwin and Moran, 13 has been a lucky number. “We actually met through a mutual acquaintance ... and it was on a Friday the 13th,” recalls Goldwin, who was born and raised in western New York, but moved here with her family in 1979. “We bought our house on the 13th.”
And they signed a lease for their first jointly owned restaurant, 13 Even, on the 13th. That restaurant, which focused on tapas and craft beers, opened in 2013. So it was a no-brainer what to call the larger, full-kitchen restaurant they opened two years later: Thirteen Restaurant and Bar. Though they were not fully up-andrunning, Apt 9F opened on Tuesday, Aug. 13. WMG
If you go info Apt 9F is located at 2163 Wilton Drive, in Wilton Manors. For more information, call 954-880-1191 or go to Facebook.com/apt9f or apt9f.com. Apt 9F is open Mondays-Sundays from 4 p.m. to midnight.
The newly remodeled location featured a teaser ad with Carol Moran prior to opening. Photo via Apt 9F, Facebook.
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grew up in a rough neighborhood in a mill town in New England. (Back then, things were still made in mill towns here in the U.S.) Not so much on the wrong side of the tracks as right on the tracks… It turns out. That I was not the only gay person in the town. Obviously, I was drawn to the other… The other was a male hairdresser by the name of Ray. Ray lived on the edge. Eventually I came to be quite close to Ray and we ‘hung out’ as if we were the “only ones.” All week Ray stood on his feet doing hair until Saturday at 5. When 5 o’clock came Ray cleaned out the cash draw, flew to his Buick LaSabre, went home to a cocktail and then…. A few hours later… appeared as REJEAN! Once, as I was watching Ray transform into REJEAN, she lavishly applied Mary Kay’s Ultra Creamy Pan Makeup. She looked into the mirror at me behind her and she said “This
stuff, hon, hides a multitude of sins…” Rejean was gorgeous and fun and flaming and as I learned a holy, holy person. You see, we were not the only gay persons in our area. Young people forsaken by their families, the hungry, the outcast, the hurt and the ashamed knew of Ray’s goodness and they came to Ray for help. Ray helped. Ray loved them deeply. Ray died much too young. I travelled back home for the wake and to see him one last time. I was uncomfortable back in that town especially without Ray. As I stood in line waiting to kneel and pray close to the casket I gently felt for the tube in my pocket. I knelt. I prayed. Then, without looking up I slipped a tube of Mary Kay’s Ultra Creamy Pan Makeup into the casket. 1 Peter 4 - Above all, love each other deeply for “This stuff, hon, hides a multitude of sins.”
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Dr. Elie Schochet is returning to the Pride Center in Wilton Manors to give his always informative presentation on the importance of all things anal health for men who have sex with men. Schochet, who has more than a decade of experience in the field, will present “Happy Hiney Health” on Sept. 25 in the Pride Center’s Schubert Building. About 150 people came to his last Pride Center presentation a couple years ago. Lorenzo Robertson, Pride Center prevention interventions coordinator, said the timing of this year’s event is also a way to commemorate National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – which is Sept. 27. The day is observed each year to direct attention to the “ongoing and disproportionate” impact that HIV/ AIDS has on gay and bisexual men in the U.S. To mark the day, the Pride Center will be conducting onsite HIV testing Sept. 25 and at offsite locations as well. Let’s talk about anal
“One of the top myths is that you can work through the pain.”
For those who haven’t been to - Dr. Elie Schochet one of Schochet’s presentation, Part of the reason anal health topics Robertson said you can definitely are important anywhere, but especially expect to be engaged. South Florida, is that the area and its gay “It’s been a great presentation. He’s really easy going population have above average anal cancer rates. and draws people into it. There’s a lot of information Oh, and what about anal fissures? We didn’t forget and you will learn about something that is very – that will be covered as well, including many of the important,” Robertson said. myths associated with the condition. Among the many topics covered are overall anal “One of the top myths is that you can work through health, anal cancer, other colorectal issues, relevant the pain,” Schochet previously told SFGN. “Anal testing, treatment as prevention and the use of PrEP. fissures overlie the anal sphincters. When they’re in No subject is off limits. spasm, nothing is getting in or out without significant Schochet has discussed removing foreign pain that may shoot to the back, or legs, or torso.” objects from patient’s anal canals to treatment for Schochet suggests “heat and patience” to reset the constipation, diarrhea, hemorrhoids and STDs. sphincters, such as a hot shower just before a bowel
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movement to help pain and spasms. Other myths, he said, is that hemorrhoid cream will help and that you can ignore an anal fissure if it doesn’t hurt. “Sometimes fissures will stop hurting, but not heal. Any fissure that doesn’t heal with basic measures needs to be evaluated by a specialist for possible biopsy,” he said. The free event takes place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and refreshments will be served. For more information, call 954-463-9005 ext. 306, or email life@pridecenterflorida.org.
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he Greater Fort Lauderdale Food & Wine Festival will host the second in its ‘Savor” dinner series on Monday, Sept. 23, at Valentino Cucina Italiana, 620 Federal in Fort Lauderdale at 6:30 p.m. The six-course pairing dinner will feature Levantine Hill Estate’s head winemaker, Paul Bridgeman, who will be in attendance to discuss the variety of wines and suggested pairings.
The menu will include; passed hors go to chwinery.com. There are also locations d’oeuvres, razor clam ceviche, garganelli in Coconut Creek, Dania Beach and Doral. with rabbit ragu, coq au vin, rack of lamb, Up your game on game day by checking and an apple tart tatin for dessert. Each out one of these NFL viewing packages. course will be paired with a Levantine Experience game day like a true baller at Hill Estate wine. The cost of the dinner is Miami’s Fontainebleau. Lounge poolside $175 per person. Tickets are available at in a luxe cabana. Each cabana is equipped eventbrite.com. with a 46-inch, flat screen television, Doris Italian Market and Bakery hosts a personal butler service, mini refrigerator, wine night on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 7:30 to digital safe able to store a laptop or other 9:30 p.m. at its location at 2077 University valuables. Cabanas are furnished with Dr., in Coral Springs, and at its 11239 N a sectional lounge, chairs and tables, as Federal Hwy., in North Palm Beach on well as privacy curtains and ceiling fans. Saturday, Oct. 19 from All cabana rentals include six 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. The assorted sodas, two bottles of Each cabana is water, fresh fruit and chilled wine night offers guests the opportunity to sample towels. In addition, there are equipped with more than 100 wines from a few upscale packages. The a 46-inch, flat around the world and enjoy “Field Goal” package adds on a full gourmet buffet and screen television, two buckets of Heineken and artisan cheeses. In addition, personal butler a platter of hamburger sliders, special pricing on wines chicken wings, tortilla chips and service, mini will be available throughout coleslaw for a total cost of $550. refrigerator, the event. Tickets for Feeling flush? Check out a either event is $24.95 package that includes pitchers digital safe and can be purchased in of mojitos and unlimited chips able to store a & salsa or a bottle of Grey advance at the location or online at dorismarket. laptop or other Goose, two dozen chicken wings com. For more information and two pizzas for $1,000. To valuables. email customerservice@ reserve, call 305-538-2000 dorismarket.com or call or visit fontainebleau.com/ 954-572-5269. activities/miami-beach-cabanas. Speaking wine tastings, oenophiles (that’s Etaru, 111 S. Surf Rd., in Hallandale the fancy word for folks who like wine) Beach, is a Japanese robatayaki restaurant should check out the special tasting deal and it will be airing football games every at Cooper’s Hawk, the new wine-centric Sunday on its second-floor terrace as well restaurant in The Galleria, 2568 E Sunrise as at the first-floor beach bar, steps away Blvd Fort Lauderdale. Not only is each dish from the sand. Pair a game with Etaru’s on the menu paired with a bin number, for brunch from 12:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. for perfect wine pairings, but for just $7.00 $55 per person. The brunch includes a guests can enjoy a tasting that includes welcome cocktail followed by bottomless eight wines in the Napa-style tasting room. pours of wine, an array of hot and cold For more information call 754-755-9463 or starters on the robata counter, choice of
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one main course and a decadent dessert presentation. Call 954-271-3222 or go to etarurestaurant.us for more information. Taste of the NFL (TNFL) takes place on the eve of the Super Bowl, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale at the Broward County Convention Center. This year’s star-studded fundraising event brings together exceptional cuisine, prominent chefs from around the country, NFL players, coaches, legends and more, all to support the fight against hunger. “When we began in 1992, our goal was to raise money in order to provide meals to those in need,” said TNFL Founder Wayne Kostroski. “Many of the recipients
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Flamenco, Latin rhythms and Western pop come together in the irresistible music of the Gipsy Kings, the GRAMMY-winning, world music superstars performing tonight in concert at 8 p.m. at the Arsht Center in Miami. For more than 30 years now, the Gipsy Kings have captured the world’s imagination, ever since the release of their first self-titled, platinum-selling album in 1987. Tickets start at $62 at ArshtCenter.org.
Hollywood will salute the best in television tonight at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. All your favorite stars will be in the audience and we know you’ll be glued to the red carpet to see what Billy Porter (“Pose”) will be wearing. “Game of Thrones” is expected to be big winner for the epic final season, along with “The Incredible Mrs. Maisel” and “Pose.” Check local listings for channels and show times.
Tune in to Amazon Prime video tonight for “Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon,” a new documentary about Broadway’s greatest dancer. The muse of both Jack Cole and Bob Fosse, Verdon transformed the world of Broadway choreography over a 40year career. Filled with rare footage and celebrity interviews by Chita Rivera, Tab Hunter, John Kander and Charlotte d’Amboise. Watch at Amazon.com.
If you like theater, but find your weekend schedule just too hectic to make time for a show, local producer Ronnie Larsen has the perfect solution. For the next several weeks, he’s presenting performances of his sexy stage romp, “Happy Ending,” on Monday and Tuesday nights at the Foundry at Wilton Theater Factory, 2306 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors. Through Oct. 14. Tickets start at $35 at RonnieLarsen.com.
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How did you discover Pam Ann? She was born out of a bottle of Absolut vodka. I had a James Bond-themed birthday party back in 1996 (Sean Connery Bond). He only flew Pan American, so I went dressed to my birthday as a Pan Am 1960s air hostess. Over the course of the evening, everyone was getting more and more drunk and started calling me Pan Am. The drunker my friends got, the more it sounded like Pam Ann. Try it: Say Pan Am ten times in a row and boom! Pam Ann is born. Of course, you made her your own. My love of everything ‘60s design and airlines created what Pam Ann is today. Seriously, I never thought I’d end up in comedy, I actually wanted
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to be a department store window dresser…Before Pam Ann, I actually used to sell mannequins at Mei & Picchi in Fitzroy, Melbourne. You’ve traveled the world and now call Miami home. What makes South Florida audiences special? South Florida audiences are the sexiest and most passionate, the most chill and relaxed. They come for a party and that’s what I plan to have! Oh, and “dressed up” to a Miami audience is a fishnet dress with flip flops. Have you ever considered a real career as a flight attendant? Of course, but I don’t think I’d fair well with economy passengers or passengers at all— period! Where do you find the inspiration for your shows? From real life, so expect lots of comedy based on MIA and FLL. There are a lot of Florida stories and you just can’t make this stuff up. I mean, the only thing washed up after (hurricane) Dorian was 12 bricks of cocaine and guess who found them? Pam Ann! What should audiences at the Flamingo Theater expect in your new show? I have the most amazing “Mary Poppins” movie spoofs I can’t wait to show you all— brand new costumes, brand new songs, all with a splash of classic Pam Ann, but the show is predominately brand new. What adventures are next for Pam Ann? I’d love to do a Pam Ann sitcom based in Miami about all of (her) adventures.
Caroline Reid stars in “Pam Ann Returns” on Friday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Flamingo Theater at the Four Ambassadors hotel, 905 Brickell Blvd. in Miami. Tickets start at $49 at FlamingoTheaterBar.com.
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Saturday, September 21 at 8 p.m. at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Recognized as one of the most important figures of Cuban music at this moment, the vocalist, composer and producer started his artistic career at a young age and was evaluated as a singer in 1998 in his hometown. While part of the group Costa Sur from Camagüey, he caught the attention of David Calzado, who asked him to join his famous group, Charanga Habanera. Tickets are $37.50-$119. Visit BrowardCenter.org for details. tails.
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October 3 to October 27 at the Empire Stage Theater, 1140 N. Flagler Dr, Ft. Lauderdale. Ira and Larry were He-brew school classmates who took different paths in life. Ira came out and moved to the city; Larry got married, had a family and came out later in life. Now they’re spending one memorable weekend together on Fire Island with Larry’s son Bryan, Ira’s nephew Christopher and a whole lot of gay history! Tickets $35. Visit EmpireStage.com!
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his whole life to a pedantic old fart who can’t get it up. That same old fart is married to the beautiful woman Vanya desperately loves, but she finds Vanya tedious and pathetic. In this sunny, funny play of desperate people, one man tries to escape his misery but his misery just won’t let go. Tickets $22. Visit fauevents.com.
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Tuesday, October 15 at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. The second feature film from actress-turned-filmmaker Jeanne Herry, the film throws the audience deep into the milieu of the French social assistance services where the fate of one baby boy exposes the conflicting conundrums faced by many women – those giving up their babies and those desperate to have their own. Tickets $12. Visit AventuraCenter.org for details.
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Third Thursdays at the Perez Art Museum Miami, 101 W. Flagler St. in Miami. Come
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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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Playwright/Producer Expands Offerings at Local Theater J.W. Arnold
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ypically, theaters are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays—“dark” in theater speak—but local producer Ronnie Larsen plans to change that with an expanded schedule at the Foundry at Wilton Theater Factory. Larsen, a prolific writer who specializes in gay-themed plays, will mount a revival of “Happy Ending” at the Wilton Manors theater complex on Mondays and Tuesdays, Sept. 23 - Oct. 13. “Those were the only nights we could do the show,” explained Larsen, who recently extended a 25th anniversary revival of his Off-Broadway hit, “Making Porn,” through Oct. 19. “And besides, I think there is an audience in Wilton Manors for theater on Mondays and Tuesdays. Who said you could only see a play on the weekend?” Set in Fort Lauderdale, “Happy Ending” is a two-man play that blurs the lines between comedy, drama and thriller: Andy is a gay massage therapist who gets a very odd visit from a new client, Mr. Miller, who claims to be straight and voted for Trump. The massage session barely gets underway before the audience discovers Mr. Miller isn’t quite being honest about himself or his intentions. Larsen premiered the play in Fort Lauderdale in 2017 and took the production to Atlanta. Another critically-acclaimed production was subsequently mounted in London. Mikhail Duggan and Richie Stone, who are both currently appearing in “Making Porn,” will take on the additional roles. Rounding out the Monday schedule are monthly performances of “The Penis Talk Show,” which has attracted a cult following in South Florida over the past five years. Adam Chisnall, one of the standup comics from Larsen’s “Naked Comedy Tour,” will take over hosting duties as four anonymous “penises” (naked men whose identities are concealed) answer questions from the audience. “Grindr Mom,” a Larsen comedy originally scheduled for a short two-week run in August, will open on the main stage at Wilton Theater Factory on Sept. 19 and run through Oct. 13. This one-woman comedy starring Jeni Hacker and directed by multiple Carbonell Award-winner Stuart Meltzer, tells the story of a mild-mannered Mormon housewife who becomes curious about her
Ronnie Larsen celebrated the 25th anniversary of his Off-Broadway hit, “Making Porn,” with a recent revival at Wilton Theater Factory. Credit: George Wentzler.
gay son’s love life. She creates a fake Grindr account and discovers the world of appenabled gay hookups. Audiences accustomed to gratuitous male nudity and simulated sex may be disappointed, but Larsen promised that the mom’s zany online encounters will more than make up for the usual titillation. “When Jeni and Stuart started rehearsing the show, they liked it so much they asked if there was any way to extend,” said Larsen. “That’s a nice problem to have. We were lucky the stage was available.” But, if “Grindr Mom” seems like stretch for audiences, Larsen’s latest play definitely has a darker tone. “An Evening with John Wayne Gacy, Jr.” follows, Oct. 4 – Nov. 3. “Yes, it’s THAT John Wayne Gacy,” laughed Larsen, referring to the notorious serial killer who raped, tortured and killed 33 teenage boys in suburban Chicago between 1972 and 1978. Gacy became known as the “Killer Clown” because he often appeared at parades and children’s parties dressed as a clown. “He was an evil person, but so fascinating at the very same time,” Larsen said. “It’s a really disturbing show.”
For a complete schedule and tickets to Ronnie Larsen Presents shows at Wilton Theater Factory, 2304 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors, go to RonnieLarsen.com. 9.18.2019 •
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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.
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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.
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First and third Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Broward Health Imperial Point Hospital cafeteria, 6401 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Find support from counselors and peers who have lost loved ones to suicide. Call the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention at 954-384-0344 or visit FISPOnline.org.
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October 25, 31 and November 1 at 7 p.m. at the Historic Stranahan House Museum, 335 SE 6th Ave, Fort Lauderdale. Listed as one of South Florida’s must-see Halloween events year after year, the annual Spirits of Stranahan House Halloween Ghost Tours are back! Let us introduce you to the dearly, but not really departed spirits who reportedly still call the Historic Stranahan House Museum and other parts of South Florida their home. Tickets $25. Visit tinyurl.com/ Spirits2019.
Trans-Scend Trans and Allies Spiritual Group
First Tuesday of every month from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at 1419 E Commercial Blvd, Ste B, Oak-land Park. Enjoy spirituality, uplifting music, food, drinks and community!
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July 3 to September 2 at the Museum of Discovery and Science, Fort Lauderdale. This comic book superhero exhibit immerses you in the action as soon as you enter, with full-scale statues of biggies such as Superman, Iron Man, Batman (and his Batmobile) and The Hulk. At interactive stations, visitors can see how they match up against the superheroes. More info at MODS.org.
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Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Arts and Crafts Social Club in Fort Lauderdale. Enjoy a two-for-one ‘freestyle’ painting session with hands on assistance as needed. Tickets $20. Visit artsandcraftssocialclub.com
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Every Wednesday from 12:15 to 1:15 pm at 41 NE 1st St 33060, Pompano Beach. Indulge your creative side in this free hands-on program. Bring your own lunch or grab a bite to eat at the in-house cafe.
Voices of Pride
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Trans Masculine Support Group
Every Monday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at SunServe, 2312 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. A support group for transgender men, including discussion topics, sharing resources, and building peer relationships. Free. Contact Cole at ctimonere@sunserve. org or visit SunServe.org.
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Saturday, September 21 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Boynton Beach Arts District. The resident artists includes: Rolando Chang Barrero, Heather Leake, Jonathon Dvoretz, Ron Pacacha, Jordan Pettigill, Diane Slobotkin, Jehana Zell, John “Toby” Jones, Doug Barnard, Doreen Cott, and Rob Barravechio will be wel-coming guests to their creative spaces and working art studios. Free to attend.
Art After Dark
Fridays from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Norton Museum of Art, 1450 S. Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach. View an exhibition, attend a talk, participate in an art activity, enjoy a performance, concert, or film, sip cock-tails, and dine in the Museum’s elegant new bar and restaurant. Free admission. Visit Norton. org.
Palm Beaches Prime Timers
Second Saturdays at 3 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. An active fraternal and social organization dedicated to bring together mature gay and bisexual men for friendship, activities, support, and per-sonal growth for the best times of our lives. Free. Call 561- 533-9699 or visit CompassGLCC.com.
Coffee Clatch at Compass
First Monday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon at Compass, 201 N. Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth. A social group focusing on the mature LGBT+ community in Palm Beach
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Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at South Beach AIDS Project, 1234 Washington Ave. Ste. 200 in Miami Beach. A sup-port group for those who are HIV positive. Free. Call 305-5354733, ext. 301 or email support@sobeaids. org.
POZCONNECT Support Group for Women
First and third Wednesdays from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at Pridelines, 6360 NE Fourth Court in Miami. An HIV+ support group for women. Free. Call Eddie at 305-571-9601, ext. 105 or visit Pridelines.org.
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