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became a life long breast cancer advocate.

According to the Sun Sentinel in 2003 her brother and sister-in-law launched the Lisa Boccard Breast Cancer Fund when Boccard’s cancer returned after being in remission for 11 years. The fund helps uninsured or underinsured women throughout Broward County with the services being provided at Broward Health Coral Springs. More than $700,000 has been raised for the fund, which has helped provide more than 2,000 procedures that identified more than 100 women with breast cancer and provided follow-up treatment.

Eric Runyan, president of Front Runners, said Boccard attended their Boobie Bash last year.

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ront Runners and Walkers Fort Lauderdale is hosting Boobie Bash 2019, a run/walk benefiting the Lisa Boccard Breast Cancer Fund at 6:30 on Oct. 25 at Sound Bar in Wilton Manors.

There will be a run/walk and parade down Wilton Drive. The free event will be followed by snack, entertainment, drink specials, a bachelorette auction, and a drawing for Ariana Grande tickets. Sound Bar will donate 10 percent of its bar receipts from the event.

The 1.5 mile run/walk will begin and end at Sound Bar. This is the second year Front Runners have held this event. Last year they raised $1,600.

“Please wear your team shirts and turn out to support this great cause as we reach out to the women in our community,” the group’s newsletter reads.

The Fund’s namesake died earlier this year when she lost her battle with breast cancer.

Boccard, who was 57 at the time of her death, was diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. She

“lease wear your team shirts and turn out to support this great cause as we reach out to the women in our community.”

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Let’s Get Wicked

Pride Center readies Wilton Drive for 13th annual Halloween event Damon Scott

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here’s still time to put together a costume and make plans to be in Wilton Manors this Halloween.

The organizers of “Wicked Manors,” now space for the community to come together,” in its 13th year, always hold the event on Roa said.

Halloween no matter which day of the week Organizers are asking attendees to pay it falls on. (This year it’s a Thursday). a $5 entry fee again this year to help defray The event is a logistical achievement to security costs. (If you don’t carry cash, you be sure, as upwards of 30,000 people are can pay $5 on the event website as well). expected to descend on Wilton Drive in Time to have fun their best “7 Deadly Sins”-themed costume With security in place and logistics coming Oct. 31. Attendance can be as high as 50,000 together, the focus for attendees can be all when Halloween falls on a about having a good time. weekend.

Wicked Manors is now The event is a fundraiser considered one of the largest for the Pride Center Halloween street festivals in at Equality Park, with the country. proceeds going toward its “I’m looking forward to programs and services. The seeing great costumes this Wilton Manors nonprofit is year,” Cureton, who is the also the event host. event chair, said. “There will Doug Cureton and Bobby be a lot of individual ‘Sins’ Kyser founded the event and maybe collective ‘Sins’ in 2007 when about 1,000 coming to the Drive.” people showed up and Last year’s theme was event costs totaled about “Game Night.” “Hell on $5,000.

Heels” was the theme the The cost to put on the first year. event is now more than The fun isn’t just for - Doug Cureton $50,000 – mostly a function adults, either. There is trick Event co-founder of increased security needs. or treating for kids at various Crowd safety is an issue entry points up and down that has taken on greater urgency in recent Wilton Drive with participating businesses years, especially since the Pulse Nightclub starting at 5 p.m. Trick or treating will shooting in Orlando in 2016. continue until the kids costume contest at Roger Roa, director of development at the 6:30 p.m. on the main stage.

Pride Center, said security entry points have Event bars and Wilton Drive entrances are doubled this year to six. open to everyone from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

“We have been in planning meetings with The main stage is located at 6th Avenue [the Wilton Manors Police Department] and and Wilton Drive where the costume all of the departments within the city of the contests will take place. past six months to ensure we provide a safe Roa said the main stage will feature

“There will be a lot of individual ‘Sins’ and maybe collective ‘Sins’ coming to the Drive.”

For more about the Pride Center, go to PrideCenterFlorida.org.

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Misty Eyez speaking with Robert Boo and other committee board members from last year’s Wicked Manors. Photo courtesy of Roger Roa.

radio producer and host Miss Bryan (Ryan Carstensen) and DJ Kimmy B from the DJ Laz Show on HITS 97.3.

Performer Misty Eyez will return for her 13th year as the main stage emcee.

The costume contest has four categories: kids, sexiest, group, and a grand prize for best “7 Deadly Sins”-themed look.

There will be two other stages along the drive as well – the dance stage in front of the The Manor Complex and the Easy 93.1 stage

by Rosie’s Bar & Grill.

Hunters Nightclub is the presenting sponsor for the sixth year. Roa said there’s also a new partnership this time around with NBC 6.

“They will be producing commercials leading up to the event and will be broadcasting live the night of the event,” he said.

The Pride Center is hosting the event bars under white canopies along Wilton Drive which generate funds directly for the organization. They will be located on Wilton Drive at NE 22nd Street, NE 7th Avenue and NE 9th Avenue.

As always, organizers recommend attendees use ride-sharing services, since parking around Wilton Manors will be limited. Parking is available at The Pride Center for $20.

“The [Wilton Manors Police Department] will work with taxi and ride-sharing companies to designate drop off/pick up locations to coordinate traffic flow and alleviate traffic congestion,” Roa said.

All the latest information and updates can be found on social media and at wickedmanors.org.

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his article reports on three meetings. It reports on the Broward HIV Prevention Planning Council (BHPPC), the HIV Planning Council (HIVPC), and the South Florida AIDS Network (SFAN).

The BHPPC coordinates HIV prevention planning in Broward. The HIVPC oversees the Ryan White Care (RWC) Program of Broward (RWC-Broward). SFAN advises the RWC program of the Florida Department of Health in Broward (RWC-FL DOH Broward).

The BHPPC meeting focused entirely on planning for Ending the Epidemic Initiative (ETE). The HIVPC and SFAN also discussed the ETE. For narrative clarity, those discussions have been combined.

Ending the Epidemic The ETE aims to reduce new HIV infections in the US. Its goal is to reduce them by 75% by 2025 and 90% by 2030. This plan only targets areas with high rates of new HIV infections.

Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties are all eligible for this program.

Josh Rodriguez, RWC-FL DOH Broward, discussed the ETE plan. It will add to existing HIV programs, not replace them. The ETE initiative has four pillars: Diagnose HIV rapidly, enter treatment quickly, prevent new infections, and respond to new infections.

Rodriguez mentioned contact tracing and molecular surveillance as tactics under the response pillar. Contact tracing involves people entering HIV treatment disclosing their sexual contacts. Molecular surveillance involves examining viral DNA to identify those sexual networks in which HIV is spreading.

According to Rodriguez, Broward wants to focus on people who know they are living with HIV, but are out-of-treatment. The standard HIV prevention model focusses on individual medical treatment. Rodriguez contrasted this individual model with the “social determinants The HIVPC met on August 22 Jones reported that the Peer Training program had graduated its first class. Another class will begin in January.

of health” model. Six factors make up the social determinants of health: 1) access to nutritious food, 2) community and social context, 3) economic stability, 4) education, 5) neighborhood and physical environment, and 6) the health care system.

These six factors present barriers to staying in care.

Leonard Jones, RWC-Broward, reported that housing instability drives many people to drop out of care. Most people unable to suppress their HIV, lack homes or stable housing.

Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County have to rapidly develop plans to implement ETE in their area. Once written, the counties have to submit their plans to Tallahassee. Florida has to submit its plan to the Federal Government by December 19.

According to Jones, counties would then have to compete for funds in tiers. Broward and Miami-Dade will both be competing in the same tier. Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New York City, and Washington DC are also in that same tier. The ETE awards range from $750,000 to $9,000,000.

Rodriguez’s presentation generated much discussion. Lorenzo Robertson questioned how open Tallahassee would be to community input. He felt that Tallahassee fails to value work done in Broward and that the community is not getting what the community needs.

Janelle Traveras questioned whether the community would be meaningfully involved.

SFAN met on October 4 SFAN approved a motion to reallocate funds for a new line item. This line item would pay for the SFAN Chair and one other to attend three conferences\. Allowable conferences include two local ones and the USCA conference. SFAN moved $14,500 from Non-Medical Case Management and another $14,500 from Medical Transportation to fund this line item.

No one knows the cost of those three conferences. Once costs become known, SFAN will return all remaining funds to those two programs.

Next SFAN Meeting: Thursday, November 7 at 6:00 p.m. at Carter Park, Social Center, 1450 W. Sunrise Blvd. SFAN welcomes newcomers.

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Scheduled for Nov. 11 on the campus of Nova Southeastern University, the two organizations intend to bring leaders together to discuss LGBT equality. Nadine Smith, Equality Florida co-founder, will moderate the proceedings.

Equality Florida is a longtime LGBT advocacy organization. Our Fund Foundation is a top LGBT philanthropic organization supporting Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.

The Leadership Forum begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday evening inside NSU’s Horvitz Auditorium. Admission is free but due to space limitations a RSVP is required.

The forum features Michael Adams, CEO of SAGE; Mara Keisling, Founder and Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality and Shannon Minter, Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

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On Nov. 9, Equality Florida’s 17th anniversary Broward Gala comes to the Westin on the beach. Zach Dishinger, a teenage cosmetics entrepreneur is being given the Youth Voice award at the gala, said Row IIliescu, EQFL South Florida Development Director.

Illiescu also confirmed Nikki Fried, Florida’s Commissioner for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, will receive the “Voice of Equality” award. The award is given annually to a person who demonstrates courage, passion and unwavering commitment. Remarks from Nadine Smith are expected at the gala as well.

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Leather Days

at Disney ‘Leather Incursion’ whips up fifth year at Disney World Damon Scott

Crack that whip. On Mickey Mouse, that is.

For those who remember rock band Devo’s 1980s hit “Whip It,” or don’t – no worries, Kirk Rubén’s got you.

Rubén, (aka Mr. Ramrod 2013 Fort Lauderdale) has a plan to offer you an extended Halloween weekend of sorts with leather and more.

The 5th annual “Leather Incursion” takes place Nov. 1 through Nov. 3 at Walt Disney World in Orlando. Last year there were 40 attendees and this year Rubén hopes to have 50.

Rubén, who is sought after for his kink and fetish workshops, is the man at the helm to direct attendees over the three-day event.

“Join your fellow leather kink and fetish friends from all over the country to come together and make memories at the most magical place on earth,” Rubén said in a recent email blast.

He said the age of those who come usually range from the 20s into the 60s.

“We had all kinds of different people that joined us [in 2018] – gay, straight, trans, men, women – even a service dog,” Rubén said.

He said people have come from as far as Missouri, California and New York.

“Put on your family friendly leather or gear, and show your pride as we head into the parks and celebrate who we are outside of the bars, dungeons and title contests,” his email posted continued.

Rubén describes the gathering as a “leather version of Gay Days at Disney.” Gay Days is traditionally held every June (this year it was in August) and is known as one of the biggest Pride-style events for the LGBT community.

At Leather Incursion, you’ll have a chance to visit Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios.

Last year’s Leather Incursion guests posing at Disney’s “Animal Kingdom.” Photo via Damon Scott.

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Rubén describes the gathering as a “leather version of Gay Days at Disney.”

Participants can come for a single day or all three. While Rubén is the party director here, he’s quick to note that the weekend is pressure free.

There will be specific, but optional, meeting times for photos, meals and to visit attractions. Nothing is mandatory.

Leather Incursion coincides with Epcot’s popular Food & Wine Festival – many a foodie’s dream.

New options this year are visits to the recently opened Toy Story Land and a trek to the highly anticipated Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, both at Hollywood Studios.

There is also a closing dinner at a Disney Springs restaurant on the last night.

Rubén has secured a group hotel rate of $109 to $129 per night at the Courtyard Orlando Lake Buena Vista at Vista Centre.

Since the weekend butts up against Halloween this year (which is on a Thursday), and some are planning to attend Wicked Manors or other events, Rubén said the group hotel rate will be effective starting Oct. 31 through Nov. 5.

Extending the group rate is an easier way to accommodate those with separate Halloween plans or those who want to celebrate Halloween at Disney World before Leather Incursion, he said.

For more information and to RSVP, go to the “Annual Leather Incursion” Facebook page, or contact Rubén at mrramrod2013@aol.com.

A final note: Rubén wants to make clear that Leather Incursion is not an official Disney event and isn’t sponsored or endorsed by the company or any Disney affiliation.

Visit their Facebook group (search for “Annual Leather Incursion) to follow their updates or register at Eventbrite (5th Annual Leather Incursion).

Or email Kirk Rubén at MrRamrid2013@aol.com for more information.

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‘Bear Weekend’ Brings

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ne of the most popular entertainers among the bear set is coming to Key West.

Gay rapper Big Dipper (Dan Stermer) is headlining “Key West Bear Weekend” — now in its third year — Oct. 30 to Nov. 3.

There are many reasons why bears should be excited about Big Dipper, event organizer Shane Tate said.

For one, he’s a big body positivity advocate and regularly features plus-size bears in his music videos.

He writes songs about big boys.

Case in point is his song and video “Thiccness” – a sexy ode to bears. Stermer has been self-producing “provocative queer and empowering music and videos” since 2011.

Tate recommends another song – “Lookin” – to help understand the Big Dipper vibe.

The artist has racked up millions of views on his YouTube channel and his live show is performed across the globe.

He’s become known as the “go-to bear of raunchy internet rap,” and is in ever-increasing demand at Pride events throughout the U.S. Bear Weekend will feature other bear-centric entertainment, too, like the Joe Fiore produced Furball dance party – back for the second year.

Popular drag queen Vita Summers will host events as well.

Tate launched Bear Weekend three years ago to “see if the

Bear Weekend Sunday Tea Pool Party at the Island House.

Photo via Damon Scott.

Bear Weekend Sunday Tea Pool Party at the Island House. Photo via Damon Scott.

bears could go down to Key West.”

Attendees can expect a wide variety of gatherings and “We were shocked at how many people were able to make another Mr. Key West Bear contest and party – this time held it down,” he said. in what would be considered a cabaret room at the Bourbon That first year about 300 people came. This year’s interest Street Pub. is on track to match or exceed the first two years.

Other notable options include the: “You never really know how many people will come. You can’t just go by advance ticket sales, • Bear Soup Pool Party at the because some people don’t buy the passes until Island House.

That first year they arrive,” Tate said.

At press time about 100 passes had been sold about 300 • Kingdom of Neptune Pool – similar to the same point in 2018. people came.

Party at the Equator Resort.

Bear Weekend has previously been held the week before Key West’s Fantasy Fest (this year This year’s Oct. 18 to Oct. 27), but that presented challenges • Bear Ass Tea Party at the because hotels raise prices and airfare is high, interest is on Island House.

Tate said. track to match “For example, New York to Key West was • Farewell Party at the Island like $1,300, so this year we worked with hotel or exceed owners, the city and the gay chamber who were House. really helpful,” Tate said. the first two While Tate has lived in New York since the He’s got four hotels participating in group years. late 1980s, he was born in Jacksonville and rates so far. previously lived in Miami and South Beach.

Bear Weekend is now scheduled to land after He’s also the force behind “Fire Island Bear Fantasy Fest, when hotel rates and airfare are Weekend.” typically lower, Tate said.

Tate said Key West is an impressive place.

With the new dates comes a new event, too – Bear World “It’s a resilient city that’s back up and running. You Magazine’s “Monster Ball” at the Bourbon Street Pub on Duval Street. Also new this year is a foam pit, which Tate said wouldn’t know [Hurricane Irma] went through there,” he said of the massive 2017 storm. will be “interesting.”

There are many single ticket or day and weekend pass options on each day of the long weekend. Go to KeyWestBearWeekend.com for all the details.

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NEWS local Left to right: Shannon, Serena Chacha and Calum Scott. Photos via Facebook.

Rainbow FunFest Lets the Music Play in Miramar Event will showcase female artists

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he calendar says fall, but Pride Season General admission tickets are $40. The is in full swing. Rainbow FunFest is an teen pit area is $50, and the main stage pit opportunity for South Floridians to area is $70. VIP tickets for those 21-years-old express their LGBT pride. It’s a music festival and up cost $100. Tickets can be purchased and Pride event for people of all ages. Unlike here: bit.ly/31AgaUC. many other events, the majority You may also buy tickets in of the entertainers at Funfest the blue building at the box What: are women. office on Nov. 2. It’s next to Rainbow FunFest “Female artists usually don’t the Amphitheater and will be get to be on main stages,” said available one hour prior to the Vanessa Gonzalez of LezB doors opening.

When: Saturday, Nov. 2, Honest Entertainment.

Rainbow FunFest takes place 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Serena ChaCha is the host. at the Miramar Amphitheater.

Calum Scott, Shannon (Let It’s located near I-75 at 16801 The Music Play), and Devmo Miramar Parkway, inside Where: are among the performers. So Miramar Regional Park. Small Miramar Regional are DJ Citizen Jane, Lady M, DR bags, blankets, lawn chairs Park Amphitheater Kristian Caro, Flavia, DJ Bree and tarps are allowed into the Daddy, and Spikey Van Dykey.

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he race for the Democratic nomination heated up in Ohio last week with a record 12 candidates participating in the party’s fourth debate.

Taking the stage this time were U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, former Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, businessman Andrew Yang, former Housing & Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, billionaire Tom Steyer and former U.S. Congressman Beto O’Rourke of Texas.

WHW caught up with Florida Representative Shevrin Jones for his opinion of the state of the Democratic presidential campaign. Jones, who represents parts of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties in Tallahassee, said he has endorsed Biden.

“I have already endorsed Joe Biden which was very early on,” Jones said. “I am very tuned into to what’s happening with all the other candidates. I have really become a huge listener. There are a lot of values that I agree with Vice President Biden, I don’t agree with all of them.”

Jones, campaigning for a seat in Florida’s Senate, received the Harvey Milk Award at the Dolphin Democrats gala Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale. An openly gay black educator, Jones said Biden’s centrist position is what the country needs.

“There are a lot of values that I agree with Vice President Biden on that I can live with and one of them is him being huge in working with the other side of the aisle.

I’m big on that,” Jones said. “It’s almost like we’ve walked into a partisan twilight zone where nobody is talking to anyone.

Everybody is talking to themselves and their party, which you can’t get any work done and our country is in a mess because of it. So we need someone who’s going to bridge this gap that’s been created.”

In the debate Biden said he would raise the capital gains tax on the wealthiest Americans

Shevrin Jones.

to address the country’s wealth inequality.

“The way to get things done is to take a look at the tax code now,” Biden said.

“We have to start rewarding work not just wealth.”

Biden said stock market coupon clippers pay lower rates than teachers and firefighters under the Trump administration’s tax code.

“It’s ridiculous,” Biden said.

Meanwhile, back in Miami Gardens, Jones said the concerns he’s heard from his constituents are largely about basic needs.

“When I go door-to-door, people are mostly asking about how are you going to make sure that I maintain my health care and when I go to a parent’s door, parents want to know how can I make sure that my child will continue to be educated in a state that cares about education.”

At 76, Biden is the second oldest candidate in the field. Sanders is 78.

Representative Carlos G. Smith (D-Orlando) is Jones’ colleague in the Florida House. While he has yet to endorse a candidate in the Democratic field, Smith said age is not a major qualifier for him.

“The democratic candidate’s age is not at the top of the my list of concerns at this time,” Smith said in a telephone interview.

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DARSHAN CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION 1410 NE 26th Street Wilton Manors, Fl 33305 917-579-3750 www. darshancenterwiltonmanors.org RevDrGTelesco@gmail.com Interfaith Spiritual Services on Sundays 6:30PM Spiritual Study Group Thursdays 7PM St. Nicholas Episcopal Church 1111 E. Sample Road, Pompano Beach (954)942-5887 - stnicholasfl.org office@stnicholasfl.org Sundays 8:00AM & 10:30AM (9:30AM only from Memorial Day through Labor Day) First Congregational United Church of Christ 1415 North K Street, Lake Worth 561-582-6691 - fcclw.org office@lakeworthchurch.org Service Time: Sunday 10:30AM United Church of Christ Fort Lauderdale 2501 NE 30th Street, Fort Lauderdale (954)563-4271 - uccftl.org revpatrickrogers@gmail.com Service Times: Thursdays 10:30AM (Elliot Hall) & Sundays 10:30AM (Sanctuary)

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These are only some of the reasons people have joined Congregation Etz Chaim since our founding in North Miami in 1976. At that time there wasn’t a single mainstream synagogue that even considered welcoming gay and lesbian people, to the point that our first organizational support came from the MCC church community. We had to keep our meetings secret, our printed newsletter delivered in a plain brown wrapper, and avoided using last names so that no one would be accidentally outed.

Since that time we have brought wonderful and encouraging changes. Members and friends turned to us for help and support during the most deadly early years of the AIDS crisis, we succeeded in bringing LGBTQIA Jews into mainstream Jewish community life, we have evolved into a broad-based welcoming community whose members are LGBT, queer, Jewish, not Jewish, agnostic, atheist, questioning, singles, couples, families, non-binary, and straight folks, and we have become a destination for those who are relocating to our area.

Our doors are open to anyone interested in Jewish community and the support that offers, those who hear a call to service based on moral values, those who thrive on learning and text study, and a structure to express and memorialize the many powerful and significant moments in our human life.

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eople join our synagogue for a number of reasons; they want to connect with their local Jewish community, they are looking for a significant other who is community-minded, they enjoy religious services as consumers and / or leaders, they are single and feel less alone as a member, they are a couple and want to increase their social connections, they want to learn more about their history and tradition, they enjoy learning new things through reading, lectures, discussions, films, and theatre events, they enjoy being around like-minded folks, they delight in the intellectual challenge of speaking with someone who does not share every single thought or attitude, they have taken on the obligation of maintaining a Jewish community for the next generation, they have accepted the inheritance of a 6000 year old tradition with its wisdom and stories, they rest in the comfort of a reliable annual cycle of holy days and joy-filled celebrations, they welcome the rules that boundary their life including ideas of how to be a good neighbor or treat laborers or protect animals, they love the music of the holidays and Shabbat, they love the experience of spending time in nature that Sukkot promotes, they love lighting Hanukkah candles during the longest nights of the year, they welcome Spring with Passover seders, they gain spiritual joy from the invitation to begin again during Rosh Hashanah, they anticipate the relief that comes with the forgiveness brought by Yom Kippur, they glow in the connectedness of having a reliable weekly experience of fellowship, encouraging words, and a tasty

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Publisher's Editorial

Let Me Know When You Die SFGN Wants to Give Life to Your Death

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Norm Kent

norm.kent@sfgn.com

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hen you have published more than 500 issues of a weekly newspaper over ten years, it isn’t easy to come up with a new editorial topic every Wednesday.

My newspaper’s associate publisher, Jason bury them first, but think of us next.

Parsley, hates my columns, claiming I am just By the way, I would prefer a Viking Funeral regurgitating the same Pablum repeatedly, myself. There is something about going up in calling it trash and bashing it publicly in the a cannabis-based haze of smoke and flames office. Jason, you see, is just insanely jealous of on the “High” Seas that I find more appealing my greatness. He refuses to recognize I am a than be laid into a tiny casket for eternity. But stable genius; the Chosen One. I will bring an iPhone and transistor radio just He should just shut up and write more in case. better stuff.

I have also considered the possibility that Anyway, I thought I would my ashes could be sprinkled say something to you today on a baseball field, but I really that has been bugging me for don’t want softball players There is something years. When you die, please from the South Florida about going up in let us here at SFGN know Athletic Association sliding about it. into second base and having a cannabis-based I am tired of discovering pieces of my penis fly up into haze of smoke you passed away by seeing their faces. a picture of you in a bar As a matter of fact, I and flames on guide, without your shirt understand there are now the “High” Seas on, announcing drinks will places in Europe where be poured in your honor. they are banning you from that I find more Your departure from Earth is spreading your ashes on appealing than entitled to more, like a real soccer fields. I tried to that article in a real newspaper, with my Italian business be laid into a or at least an Obit you make partner here at SFGN, Piero tiny casket for your survivors pay for. the All-Too-Tempermental, The goal of SFGN is to of but they stopped me. Of eternity. course illuminate your lives course, he is still alive, so while you are living, but we there was that minor obstacle would also like to be able to acknowledge as well. your passing. Please don’t leave it up to Mark My point in this column is simply to say that Zuckerberg and Facebook to do that. you have a duty to celebrate your own life in The truth is we all eventually have an death. Your birthday or wedding might not be ‘appointment in Samarra.’ That means we breaking news, but your death could be. Let us have a date with destiny, a fate we all must know. face. Let us shine a light on yours. If our lives Our paper salutes your person. It should matter, then so do our deaths. You can’t have acknowledge your passing, you deserve that one without the other. much. Besides, you won’t be paying for it I am not trying to start an Obituary section anyway. Your partner will. Think of it as sweet at SFGN. I prefer writing about life, not loss revenge against the guy who left his dirty of it. However, I am trying to say that when socks on the kitchen counter every morning. a friend or loved one passes, yes, you should This is LGBTQ history month. We are

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celebrating our past. For too long, gay people covered up their deaths, because they were quietly ‘discreet’ about their lives. There were other reasons too- maybe embarrassed that they passed due to AIDS. Sadly, once we lived in a world that did not fight AIDS. It fought people with AIDS. Not anymore.

We can stop hiding who we were. Our future should not deny our past.

As a publisher of gay publications for 20 years, I can’t tell you how many times friends and families of loved ones have come to me and asked me, pleaded with me, not to run a story about that loved one’s death in our gay’ newspaper. It’s embarrassing.

“Oh, he was so much more than that,” they will say. “We don’t want him remembered that way.”

Oh, please.

Yes, he was more than that. He was also a well-known power bottom, dancing at a strip club, doing porn, living on Grindr, with a drug problem and on probation.

“Don’t write that,” we are told. “Talk about his art degree, his poetry, his pilot’s license.”

We will. We can chew gum and walk at the same time. But this is a newspaper. We report the truth. We don’t fly away from it.

Do me a favor, then. Let SFGN acknowledge your passing as we have your life, with words commemorating your time, recognizing your friends , and maybe that you liked rubbing peanut butter on your belly. Besides, who cares now?

Our paper is here to record our history, not hide from it. Sometimes, it is painful. More often, we find that which is intimately most revealing is universally most common.

In closing, let me share with you the words of baseball’s Yogi Berra, a charismatic wordsmith and Hall of Famer: “You should always go to your friend’s funeral. Or he won’t come to yours.”

When I pass, let my tombstone simply read I had a lover’s quarrel with the world, and forward all emails to norm@ iwouldratherbeattheballpark.com.

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Our Story: Founded in 2002, SunServe has been a pioneer and innovator in proactively developing cutting edge programs to improve the health, well-being and quality of life of those members of the LGBTQ+ community who are brave enough to reach out to us for services and support. Our mission is to help those who are disenfranchised, disadvantaged and marginalized, with a focus on serving children, youth, families, women, seniors, transgender clients and clients with HIV, regardless of their ability to pay. We work tirelessly to ensure that LGBTQ+ individuals have access to quality health care and health resources, affordable housing, HIV case management and mental health services.

On an annual basis, SunServe’s highly regarded staff assist more than 5,000 community members in Broward County, Florida.

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Transgender Services The Transgender Services department offers assistance to clients whether someone is just beginning to ask personal questions about gender or has transitioned years ago and needs help dealing with the challenges of day to day life. Staff help with name and gender marker change assistance, medical referrals, HIV testing and PrEP provider referrals, paperwork assistance to apply for SSI and food stamps, and sponsor Trans-focused support groups.

Senior Services Noble A. McArtor Senior Day Center SunServe reaches hundreds of local LGBTQ+ seniors annually through programs such as The Noble A. McArtor Senior Day Center, SilverServe Luncheon, LGBTQ+ In-home senior care management program, day trips and counseling services.

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Women’s Services The Women’s Services department improves the well-being of local LBT women through dedicated health and wellness services, connection to community resources, social engagement, and networking. SunServe provides a safe and equitable space for women to feel loved, respected, and affirmed in their intersectional identities.

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SunServe provides fee-for-service training to businesses and agencies to help them improve their cultural proficiency to more successfully interact with LGBTQ+ and Transgender clients.

“We have thoroughly enjoyed our time working with Misty and feel that the LGBTQ & Transgender Cultural Competence & Proficiency Training provided is a necessary training, especially for public sector employees. It is important for employers to create a supportive, respectful, and inclusive environment for employees and for the public. “ Paulina Gainey, Employment Manager, City of Plantation

SunServe is the Florida AIDS Walk Largest Beneficiary We LOVE all of our donors and partners, but we hold a special place in our hearts for AHF- the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Each year, AHF sponsors the Florida AIDS Walk, an event that raises over $1.5 million locally to support and care for Floridians living with HIV/AIDS through funding to beneficiary agencies, including SunServe. For every dollar SunServe raises towards Florida AIDS Walk, AHF provides a dollar for dollar match. Last year, SunServe was the top earning beneficiary agency of Florida AIDS Walk.

Here are some thoughts about Florida AIDS Walk from our Executive Director, Mark Ketcham: We walk to raise funds to support those living with HIV in Broward County, and for those who we are trying so hard to prevent them from contracting HIV. The AIDS Walk provides close to 20% of SunServe’s funding which is used for Transgender Services, Women’s Services, youth and Senior Services and very important to this community, Mental Health Services. That AHF provides the framework for the walk, AND then matches what we raise dollar for dollar from our donors, is what a commitment to the community looks like.

See you at the Walk!

Mark Ketcham

CARF Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities CARF—Say it loud you hear music playing, say it softly it’s almost like praying…well, not exactly—though while there were moments of praying that went into getting our CARF accreditation, the real reason was the single minded focus and herculean efforts of our entire staff, led by Director of Quality Assurance, Gary Hensley. CARF stands for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and earning accreditation is a huge badge of honor that means that SunServe is deeply committed to the health and safety of our clients and that their needs are always at the center of everything we do. page 5

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A (Long) History of Physique Magazines Each week in October SFGN will publish a series of stories to showcase our history. For more visit SFGN.com/history2019 Jesse Monteagudo

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saw my first physique magazine when I was 13 years old (1966), in a newsstand in downtown Miami. Though I did not yet know what I was, I knew that I found other men attractive, and I was instinctively drawn to the magazines’ models, who were completely naked from the back or tastefully covered with a posing strap up front.

Of course having a 13-year old looking at naked men was the last thing the old man who ran the newsstand wanted, and he was quick to chase me away whenever he caught me looking at the magazines (this happened quite often).

Still, what little I saw confirmed what I already knew: that, at its best, the male body is the most beautiful thing on God‘s green Earth. Coming from a family and a culture that claimed men were ugly, it was an epiphany.

By the time I came out of the closet (1973), the physique magazines were a thing of the past, victims of their own success. Fullfrontal nudes were no longer considered obscene, and openly gay magazines already proclaimed what the beefcake mags could not admit; that they published shots of naked men for the pleasure of other men.

Physique Pictoral.

Still, I never lost my interest in physique magazines, both for their own sake and as an important part of gay social and cultural history. This article owes much to Taschen, publishers of “Beefcake: The Muscle Magazines of America 1950-1970,” by F. Valentine Hooven, III and, in three volumes, “The Complete Reprint of Physique Pictorial 1951-1990.”

I also consulted “Physique: A Pictorial History of the Athletic Model Guild,” edited

by Winston Leyland (Gay Sunshine Press) and “Hard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in Photography” and “Film from Their Beginnings to Stonewall,” by Thomas Waugh (Columbia University Press). The recentlypublished “Buying Gay: How Physique Entrepreneurs Sparked a Movement” by David K. Johnson (Columbia University Press) is another fine resource.

The father of physique magazines was Bob Mizer (1922-1992). In 1945 Mizer started the Athletic Model Guild in Los Angeles as a modeling agency for male body-builders.

Mizer, a self-taught photographer, recruited and photographed the models, carefully listing their vital statistics along with their real names and ages. Mizer sold his photos by mail, advertising them in men’s magazines. By 1951 Mizer’s catalog was so extensive that he began to collect his photos and sell them in a magazine format. Thus was Physique Pictorial born. The first publication of its kind, Physique Pictorial showcased a generation of male pinups and bodybuilders, including Jack LaLanne, Joe Dallesandro, Steve “Hercules” Reeves and Mickey Hargitay (who’s bestknown as husband of Jayne Mansfield and father of Mariska Hargitay); as well as art by George Quaintance, Tom of Finland, “Art-Bob”

history month Media and others. The success of Physique Pictorial were often shown wrestling, which led to a led Mizer to produce 8 mm. short films, with whole new line of male erotica. campy titles like “Aztec Sacrifice,” “Cruel In spite of all that, as time went by Stepbrothers,” and “Days of Greek Gods.” physique magazines became more implicitly, Physique Pictorial became a hit with and even explicitly, gay. Though the photos thousands of men, and it was soon joined tried to retain the illusion of art and health, by a slew of imitators who hoped its success the drawings became deliberately campy would rub off on them. Soon newsstands and suggestive. Tom of Finland, perhaps carried titles like the Grecian Guild Pictorial, the most famous artist to emerge from the Adonis, Young Adonis, Body Beautiful, and beefcake mags, grew and developed along Tomorrow’s Man.” Chicago’s Chuck Renslow, with Physique Pictorial, and his cartoons later renowned as the founder of the progressed from coy to blatant as time went International Mr. Leather contests, started by and censorship receded. On the other Kris Studios and published Triumph and hand, George Quaintance was already at the Mars, which became showcases for Renslow’s height of his craft by 1951, and his paintings lover, the artist Etienne (Dom Orejudos). are Physique Pictorial at its artistic best.

In their heyday (1951-1970), physique I was not the only gay man whose life was magazines faced constant attack from transformed by the beefcake magazines. government censors, who would not allow “By the end of the 1950s,” according to “obscene” material through the mails. Mizer ‘Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian served time in prison for “obscenity” and, Encyclopedia,’ physique magazines were some suspect, hiring out his models for arguably the most openly - and selfsexual services. affirmingly - gay male publications available Renslow and his partners were indicted by to a wide American audience.” the Justice Department for “excessive genital To quote Thomas Waugh, “the exponential delineation.” Publishers went through great expansion of ‘physical culture’ constitutes lengths to avoid similar mishaps. There the most significant gay cultural achievement was no full-frontal nudity - which made the during the formative quarter-century posing pouch synonymous with beefcake following World War II. . . It is significant magazines - and no body hair; and even that our most important political activity exposed buttocks were controversial. of the postwar decades, statistically at least, Though most of the physique magazines was not meeting or organizing or publicly – readers were gay men, the magazines demonstrating but consuming: consuming themselves were never “gay.” Instead, Mizer collectively in the burgeoning ghettoes of and his colleagues pretended bars and other establishments, and that they published their most significant, consuming magazines for sociallyindividually as readers of acceptable reasons, images.”

“For much of the to promote physical According to F. fifties, those little fitness, art, or a soValentine Hooven, physique magazines were called “Greek Revival” magazines like movement.

Physique Pictorial not just an aspect of gay Grecian Guild “celebrated the male culture; they virtually Pictorial went so far body with a directness were gay culture.” as to publish a “creed” that had not been seen that promoted the since the collapse of - F. Valentine Hooven Greek Revival: “I pledge the Roman Empire. ... For allegiance to my native land . homosexual men, the muscle . . I seek a sound body in a sound mags became their magazines. mind that I may be a complete man; I Without presenting anything overtly am a Grecian.” homosexual, each issue was so cleverly Models posed in historic-artistic “tableaux” designed by and for gay men it was obvious that evoked Classical Greece, Imperial Rome, to even the youngest and most inexperienced Aztec Mexico or the American West. Since, of them. For many, it was their first awareness in our society, male-male contact is only that they were not alone, the first contact justified under the cover of violence, models with others of their own kind. Sometimes it

A cover of Physique Pictoral. Photo via Amazon.

would be the only contact for years or even a lifetime. ... For much of the fifties, those little physique magazines were not just an aspect of gay culture; they virtually were gay culture.”

Being closeted themselves, most gay men in the 1950’s and 1960’s had more in common with the “closeted” beefcake mags tan with the emerging homophile movement. Physique Pictorial consistently outsold “political” publications like ONE and the Mattachine Review.” According to Hooven, by the midfifties Physique Pictorial and Tomorrow’s Man routinely sold over 40,000 copies each. Add the estimated sales of the dozen or so lesser physique magazines to those two top-sellers and, even though most of the mags were published only quarterly or bi-monthly, the total must have approached a million copies a year.”

On the other hand, ONE magazine claimed at its height (1955) a circulation of just 3,500.

Hooven continues by pointing out that “the overwhelming majority of ONE’s sales were in just three urban markets, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, while the physique magazines were available in even the minor cities and an astonishing number of the small towns of the U.S., as well as most of the larger metropolises of Western Europe.”

More gay men read physique mags because they knew about them and had access to them.

What effect did physique magazines have on gay liberation? According to the authors of “Completely Queer,” “Mizer was never directly

associated with gay and lesbian activism, but his effect on the development of a gay male consciousness was immeasurable. As early as the 1950s, he began urging readers of his publications to demand their rights, join homophile organizations, and fight police entrapment and censorship.”

Certainly Mizer’s war against censorship led to wider dissemination of information about homosexuality, which in turn inspired many of us to come out of our closets and to become active in the homophile and gay liberation movements.

By the end of the 1960’s, the legal taboo against full-frontal male nudes was a thing of the past. Openly gay magazines like Drum and Vector emerged that combined gay activism with nude photography that was made no bones about their homoerotic appeal. The rise of hardcore gay pornography, and of glossy studios like Colt and Fox, proved too much of a competition for Physique Pictorial and other physique magazines, which could no longer afford to hire top models. (The three-volume, collected Physique Pictorial shows a sad decline in the quality of its models after 1969.)

Even so, Mizer continued to publish Physique Pictorial, as a semi-annual digest of old and new photos, until 1991. Mizer died in 1992, and his Athletic Model Guild soon followed suit. In 2017 the Bob Mizer Foundation (www. bobmizer.org) relaunched Physique Pictorial with quarterly issues that feature both new photography as well as photos taken during that magazine’s golden years.

Since, in our society, male-male contact is only justified under the cover of violence, models were often shown wrestling, which led to a whole new line of male erotica.

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t was the 1970’s and the gay life in South Florida was marked by its nightlife, and its nightlife was measured by the Copa.

As Tiny Tina, Ray Fetcho was one of its star drag performers.

The preeminent bar for all things gay, the Copa was a dance club located on South Federal Highway in Dania Beach, just by the airport.

One night a week, the Copa would host a “Wet Jockeys” contest, and the contestants, all dressed in nothing but white Haines underwear, would showcase their wares, as a drag queen poured pitchers of water on their not so private — and suddenly ever so transparent — parts.

The contest was funny and upbeat, and would pack the Copa. No host was more popular than Tiny Tina, the “Queen of Comedy.” But what was popular to the gay community was pornographic to the police.

Early in 1976, they raided the Copa, taking Tiny Tina into custody and charging her with “offering for a lewd act.”

With homosexual acts deemed illegal at the time, she pled no contest to the charge.

Over 30 years later, it would come back to haunt her.

After retiring from full time performing and becoming a nurse’s aide, Ray Fetcho worked as an employee and caregiver in an assisted living facility.

As laws changed, background checks became required to work in nursing facilities.

Individuals with certain types of arrests, like Fetcho’s, were banned.

In 2010, after one such check, Fetcho’s employers discovered the arrest from a quarter century before. They regretfully, but summarily, fired him. He thought he had no legal recourse.

Tiny Tina’s plight became a local news sensation, which went viral nationally in online LGBT publications. After decades of social service, Fetcho was suddenly out of work for a minor act 34 years before.

But Tiny Tina fought back. SFGN took up her cause. Fetcho first petitioned the state government for an exemption from the harsh statute. TV crews highlighted his plight.

After some setbacks, he won an

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administrative appeal. It was upheld. His nursing licenses were reinstated.

Already facing health issues before this happened, Fetcho would soon lose a leg to diabetes. Still, the “Queen” would perform in ALF’s for those even facing greater obstacles.

Soon afterwards, diabetes would claim not only his leg, but his life.

Of course, the emotional consequences of standing up to the state took a physical toll.

It had to.

Stated John Castelli, the present day Wilton Manors realtor, “She was a legend in the South Florida area, who performed for over 44 years, generating love and laughter.”

Castelli would know. He was the owner of the Copa when her act was interrupted by the police so many years ago, in a lifetime far away.

Tiny Tina was a great performer, once a Miss Florida. Ray Fetcho was a bigger human being. Ten years ago, faced with injustice and discrimination for being herself, he rose to the occasion and said, “No, I will not stand for this.”

The “Queen” became a king, a plaintiff in the cause for gay civil rights.

This is the fourth week of national LGBT history month. There are thousands of stories we can tell and re-tell here in the naked city.

In South Florida’s LGBT history, this has been one of them.

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alloween is believed to be the one night of the year when the barriers between the living and the dead break down. It began as the festival of Samhain, part of the ancient Celtic religion in Britain and other parts of Europe.

Immigrants from Scotland and Ireland brought the holiday to the United States.

The commercialization of Halloween started in the 1900s, when postcards and die-cut paper decorations were produced.

Halloween costumes started to appear in stores in the 1930s and the custom of ‘trickor-treat’ appeared in the 1950s.

Now it’s mostly an excuse for people to walk around in minimal clothing and get drunk (not that those are bad things, especially if you’ve got the body to pull it off). At least that’s what it seems like along Wilton Drive during Wicked Manors, the area’s premiere Halloween event.

Wicked Manors is usually the place for Halloween’s most creative costumes.

And this year’s theme, “7 Deadly Sins,” is sure to inspire guests to dress over-the-top The Pride Center at Equality Park hosts and benefits from the annual block party.

Wilton Drive is closed from Five Points to 20th St. and revelers fill the streets, taking in the numerous music stages and events at the area’s bars and clubs. Last year’s attendance was estimated at 25,000, and it all takes place from 6 to 11 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31. Remember the $5 entry fee benefits the Pride Center so don’t be stingy. Tuck a five in the g string and drop it in the donation box on your way in. For more information, go to wickedmanors.org.

As fun as it may be, Wicked Manors isn’t the be-all and end-all of Halloween.

There are plenty of other Halloween celebrations, as well as events leading up to and following the holiday. Check out some of these options.

Gear up for the holiday with a Diplomatico Rum dinner at Even Keel

Fish & Oyster, 4100 N Federal in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The four-course pairing menu features craft rum cocktails for each course. Cost for the dinner is $63.50. The restaurant is also hosting a Halloween bash the following night with sampling stations from craft spirit distributors and boutique wine vendors and nibbles from Even Keel’s kitchen. The theme is “Downton Abbey meets Peaky Blinders.” Tickets for the event are $135. Call 954-530-6276 for more information.

On Halloween, B Ocean’s Wreck Bar the popular weekly show, The AQUAMEN will transform into favorite ‘80s characters such as Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Boy George, Top Gun, Risky Business, in a never-beforeseen show. Food and cocktails will be created to celebrate classic horror movies of the 80’s such as “Friday the 13th,” “Halloween,” “It,” “The Gremlins” and more. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Signature cocktails and appetizers will range from $8-$12 such as the Cult of Chucky and Jason Lives.

Reservations are encouraged.

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Lona, at the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort, will be hosting a Halloween bash featuring DJ YSL, a costume contest and specialty dishes and cocktail offerings on Thursday, Oct. 31 beginning at 6 p.m. with contest prizes that include a weekend at the Westin, dinner for 10 with a special tasting menu, or brunch for six. The fun continues with Dia de los Meurtos celebrations through Saturday, Nov. 2. Specialty cocktails will include Toil and Trouble with gin, cucumber, lemon

As fun as it may be, Wicked Manors isn’t the be-all and end-all of Halloween.

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Don’t pack that costume away after Halloween. Bokamper’s Sports Bar & Grill, 3115 NE 32 Ave., Fort Lauderdale, holds its 6th annual Halloween Bash

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There will also be raffles and a late-night dance party. Call 954-900-5584 or go to bokampers.com for more information.

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theater It’s been 25 years since playwright Ronnie Larsen debuted “Making Porn,” a sexy comedy about the crazy life of a gay-for-pay porn “movie” actor. In the decades since, the hit has played Off Broadway and in theaters around the world.

The twice-extended revival at the Foundry at Wilton Theater Factory, 2306 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors must close on Oct. 26. Tickets are $35 - 50 at RonnieLarsen.com.

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theater Slow Burn Theatre Co. opens its new season at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale with “Shrek the Musical,” playing through Nov. 10.

The popular animated feature film about a lovelorn green troll gets a 3-D transformation in this Broadway favorite. In addition to a tuneful score, the production features colorful and imaginative costumes and puppets. Tickets start at $49 at BrowardCenter.org.

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If you’ve been following the construction of the iconic new Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, then you already know the guitar-shaped hotel and state-of-the-art concert venue, Hard Rock Live, get their big reveal this weekend.

Tonight, Adam Levine and Maroon 5 inaugurates the theater in fine style with their biggest hits. Tickets have been sold out for months, but don’t fret, because plenty of A-list acts will be performing in coming months. More information at SeminoleHardRockHollywood.com.

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ArtsUnited celebrates the opening of its “Provocative” Art Show 6 p.m. tonight at Tedd’s ART Works, 2422 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors. This popular annual show is intended to stimulate, intoxicate, excite, seduce and/or insult, enrage, offend and provoke. Admission to the opening reception includes hors d’oeuvres. The show will be on display through Nov. 2. More information and tickets at ArtsUnitedFlorida.com.

Just in time for Halloween, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 1001 E. Indiantown Rd. in Jupiter, presents the world premiere of “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors,” through Nov. 10. The epic story of Count Dracula gets a dash of Mel Brooks and Monty Python in this zany comedy. The infamous vampire’s antics are guaranteed to raise your pulse as you emit blood curdling screams— of laughter! Tickets start at $62 at JupiterTheatre.org.

Some questions are best unanswered, but if your penis could talk, what would it say? Find out at “The Penis Talk Show,” tonight at 8 p.m. at the Foundry at Wilton Theater Factory, 2308 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors. Adam Chisnall (“Ronnie Larsen’s Naked Comedy Tour”) hosts and four “anonymous” penises will answer your questions in this hilarious, sexy show. Tickets are $20 at RonnieLarsen.com.

The latest Tony-winning revival of the beloved Broadway hit, “Fiddler on Roof,” comes to the Arsht Center in Miami and runs through Nov. 3 to open the Broadway in Miami series.

A new generation of audiences are introduced to classic songs “Tradition,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life,” written 50 years ago by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock. Tickets available at ArshtCenter.org.

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Actor Mark Patton (“Nightmare on Elm Street 2”) confronts the demons of his past in a new documentary opening the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Credit: The End Productions.

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n 1985, handsome upcoming actor Mark Patton landed the lead in the highly anticipated sequel to the blockbuster film, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.” But, instead of becoming a young Hollywood leading man, Patton found himself facing a stark reality: he was a young, closeted gay man starring in a subversively queer film that was maligned by fans, failed at the box office and destroyed his career.

Patton retreated from show business and left the country, unaware of the growing reappraisal of “Freddy’s Revenge” and the cult status it achieved. Patton, out of hiding after more than 30 years, has finally embraced the film and confronted his personal demons by telling his story in a new documentary, “Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street.”

The compelling documentary will receive its Florida premiere at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival on Friday, Nov. 1 at Savor Cinema, in conjunction with the Popcorn Frights Film Festival.

The film, directed by Roman Chimienti and Tyler Jensen, examines how attitudes towards the controversial sequel have changed, along with the social mores of both Hollywood and society. Interviews with celebrities, film historians, local Fort Lauderdale industry personalities, and the original cast and crew—including his costars and Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund—round out the story of how the gayest horror film of all time ever got made.

“It’s a totally different world today,” Patton said of the industry in a telephone interview.

“The people who kept (gay actors) in the closet were the casting directors, agents

and managers. They would scare kids into believing they’ll be thrown away. Oddly, so many of those casting directors and mangers were gay.”

Detailing the homophobia and AIDSphobia of the mid-1980s as a closeted actor in Hollywood, Patton, now 55, retraces his career missteps and finally confronts the film’s writer, David Chaskin, who vehemently denied inserting the gay subtext into the story until just recently. Patton also publicly addresses his own nightmare with AIDS and how he barely survived the plague that wiped out his friends and former partner, “Dallas” cast member Timothy Patrick Murphy.

Patton recalled an event that occurred on his 20th birthday when a group of gay friends took him to see a “witch doctor” for a fortune-telling session.

“This was pre-AIDS and he told me that I wouldn’t like what he was going to tell me,” Patton said. “He told me my karma was to be a witness. Whatever was coming, I would be safe. Those friends are gone now and I am a witness to a horrifying time in history. I want to arm young people with knowledge and honor my friends who are gone or have lived through it.”

Patton is now working on more film projects, but he yearns to be 25 again.

“Today, truly unique people are becoming movie stars,” he pointed out, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or general weirdness. “Show business is never going to be an easy place, it is always going to be toxic and mean. You have to be tough to stay in that game, but these kids are going to make it.”

“Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street” will be screened at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1 at Savor Cinema, 503 S.E. 6th St. in Fort Lauderdale. For tickets and a full schedule of the 150 films being screened during the festival, Nov. 1 – 17, go to FLIFF.com.

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he Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida is celebrating its tenth anniversary in a big way with an entertaining, ambitious and nostalgic series of programs.

“For our 10th anniversary, we polled the chorus members and our audiences, so we could highlight all the best moments from our history,” explained executive director Mark Kent.

To open the season, the chorus presents its traditional holiday concert at the Sunshine Cathedral in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, Dec. 14, and for the third year, the chorus will repeat that concert on Sunday, Dec. 15 with a special celebrity guest artist at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood.

“American Idol” season 6 winner Jordin Sparks will perform seasonal favorites, along with the 120 men of the chorus and a live orchestra, in the new $150 million Hard Rock Live concert venue at the resort.

Every year, the creative team develops a storyline for their holiday concert. In this case, “Somewhere in my Memory” by Mark Hayes, a touching song about Alzheimer’s Disease, provides that theme. It’s also a very personal cause for artistic director Harold Dioquino, whose father in the Philippines suffers from the disease, and the chorus is partnering with the Alzheimer’s Association to raise awareness.

In conjunction with the Pride of the Americas festival coming to Fort Lauderdale next year, at their next concerts, the chorus will debut, “Unbreakable: The Untold Stories of Our Community,” on April 24 and 25 at the Sunshine Cathedral.

Composed by Tony Award-nominee Andrew Lippa (“I Am Harvey Milk,” “The Addams Family,” “Big Fish”), the new musical weaves together 120 years of LGBTQ struggles and courage, illuminated by lesser-known historical figures, including Jane Addams, the first woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 and an early lesbian activist; Lem Billings, John F. Kennedy’s best friend, a closeted gay man seated at the side of the most powerful man on the planet; and Sylvia Rivera, a mother of the transgender community.

The work beautifully weaves together the themes of awareness and activism and seeks to illuminate decades of setbacks and progress in the United States, said Dioquino, who also noted the piece was co-commissioned by several leading gay men’s choruses.

“As you would expect from a Broadway composer, ‘Unbreakable’ is a very theatrical piece of music, a choral Broadway approach.

It’s very upbeat and melodic,” Dioquino added.

The chorus officially marks its 10th anniversary and concludes the season during Pride Month on June 26 and 27 with “Homecoming” at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale. The musical program will honor a decade of joyful music, magic and mayhem.

Former members will be invited to return and rehearse with the chorus for the big concert.

“We plan to not only celebrate all we’ve accomplished in 10 years, but also our loyal supporters and all our fans in the audience,” Kent said, promising a special program that will also set the tone for the next decade.

NOV 14 - DEC 15, 2019 Tickets and Flexpasses are available online at www.islandcitystage.org or by calling 954-928-9800

Subscriptions and tickets for individual concerts in the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida 10th anniversary season are available at GMCSF.org.

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Active aging&health Expo

On october 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., The pride Center hosted its wildly popular annual health expo for healthy aging.

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