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men embarrassed by resTauranT’s dress code Jonathan canamella –

old florida seafood plaZa To geT exTreme maKeover

My partner and I frequent Houston’s quite often. They have the best ribs and stuffed baked potatoe around. Hands down.

Most. days after work, or if we are in between appts at supper time, we just order it to go from the bar. I run in and pick it up and we eat it sleevelessly in the convenience of our home

Joel s. slotnick –

Geez people, when is enough?? Does every piece of land have to be taken down and have (more) high-priced (unnecessary) investor residences built? What is the occupancy rate as opposed to the number of actual dwellings that are vacant? If I wanted to live in a concrete jungle, I’d have stayed in Miami-Dade! If you want a long term investment, I have 2 words: PARKING GARAGE! SMH

ira perlman –

I heard it’s gonna have a drive through plastic surgery clinic open 24/7.

frank polo –

Someone please tell them that this is south Florida where people attend CHURCH in sleeveless shirts, shorts and flip flops.

Joy berke sanchez –

I was in that same Houston’s last summer and a woman was in there wearing a halter top dress that barely covered her nipples. She was being stared at by both men and women but no one on the staff brought her a tee shirt to put on.

‘wicKed manors’ sTreeT parTy sTays The course

raymond carrier –

This site is so ready for a much needed redevelopment. All goes hand and hand with development on the old Church of Science site. Final that barren corridor of NE 26th St will shine!

steve Johnson –

Perhaps in the future we might ALWAYS schedule this celebration on either a Friday or Saturday night (or both). It works for Thanksgiving, and it would work for Wicked Manors.

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derek hyde –

Lame. This sucks. More new construction eyesores. Stripping the street of it’s character.

Sucks. Next vote that comes up I’m voting against these commissioner knuckleheads.

Justin carter –

Kinda bullshit story tho. Says they were holding it on Monday to “help the bars” even tho all the bars wanted the event to happen on Friday or Saturday!

Tommy williams – MEMBER

You will have to to let us know how it works out being on a work and school nite. Maybe next year it will be held on a nite much more convenient ! Security should be a cinch on a Monday work and school nite

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f you didn’t think South Florida was gayfriendly, this may change your mind.

Five Florida cities earned perfect scores in this year’s Human Rights Campaign Foundation Municipal Equality Index, including South Florida’s own Wilton Manors and West Palm Beach. The index focuses on LGBT equality.

“Our city’s inclusive laws and policies attract amazing people to live and work in West Palm Beach,” West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio told the Palm Beach County Human Rights Campaign. “West Palm Beach is a wonderful place for LGBTQ people - and others - to live, study, play, work, raise families and retire.”

The MEI ranked 506 municipalities, looking at their laws, municipal services, and more.

Also earning perfect scores were Miami Beach, Orlando, and St. Petersburg. Five out of the 20 Florida municipalities earned 100 points, from a total of 60 cities nationally earning perfect scores.

Fifteen of Florida’s cities made the list without top scores. Gainesville came close to perfect with a 98, with Miami Shores at 91.

Oakland Park and Tampa both received an 86 while Fort Lauderdale earned an 80.

Pembroke Pines came next at 78. Coral Gables lagged behind at 61, followed by Hialeah, Miami and Jacksonville at 49 and Daytona Beach at 48. Hollywood received a 43 and Port Saint Lucie a 30.

Cape Coral landed on the lower side of the ranking, receiving a score of 25. Tallahassee also received a score, but at the time of publication the ranking was not available.

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pride forT lauderdale sTill happening; slaTed for feb. 26 Organizers say this year’s event will appeal to everyone

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fter months of visiting other pride festivals around the country, most recently in Las Vegas, Miik Martorell said he and the other organizers of next year’s “Pride Fort Lauderdale on the Beach” will be ready to put on the coming festivities.

“We’re actually doing a lot of things differently. We want to be inclusive to the community as whole. We don’t want it to just be a Pride event, but be a pride event that goes after all areas of the community,” said Martorell, president of Pride. In September, Fort Lauderdale officials approved Pride’s permit – the last big hurdle for the group to put on the event. “We have just a couple small adjustments left.”

Next year’s event, scheduled for Feb. 26 at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, will include areas devoted to family, with the help of South Florida Family Pride, sports, history, and seniors. The time is tentatively set for either 12 to 9 p.m. or 12 to 8 p.m. “Mark your calendars for this. We will be participating in having a family friendly area just for you!” wrote South Florida Family Pride on its Facebook page as part of its participation announcement.

There will be an area that promotes the decision by those who don’t want to drink. “It’s an area where they don’t have to feel the pressure to drink. A lot of people, who are recovering alcoholics, feel left out at Pride,” said Martorell.

Organizers also say they plan to celebrate the transgender community and “bridge the gap in that regard. We’re trying to cover our bases as much as possible. It’s just really about all of us getting together.”

Helping with a 40th anniversary of the history of Pride will be the Stonewall National Museum & Archives and the World AIDS Museum. In regards to sports, “We [got the idea for] a sports area when we went to Montreal. We want to get the leagues involved. South Florida has a lot of leagues.”

Last year organizers attempted to meld the party atmosphere of a traditional PrideFest with a family area, but it didn’t go over so well. One woman, who was shirtless but wearing pasties covering her nipples, was asked to put on a t-shirt because there were children at the event. She complained of being treated differently than the boys running around in skimpy underwear.

“It’s a double standard. This festival is sponsored by condoms and lube. You have guys running around here in thongs and assless chaps and I have to put on a top? This is ridiculous,” she told SFGN at the time.

“Give me a break.”

The other pride festivals which Martorell and others visited for ideas include Austin, San Diego, Charlotte, Santa Fe, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Fort Meyers, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Orlando and Philadelphia.

Admission will be free but parking at the beach is not. Other possible parking lots Pride is working on, connected via a free shuttle, are the Galleria Mall and Hagen Park in Wilton Manors. Those parking locations will be confirmed as the event gets closer.

Organizers are also attempting to get a reduced rate for Water Taxi service to the event.

The public is welcome to attend the meetings held to organize Pride Fort Lauderdale, which are held every other Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Pink Sub in Wilton Manors. For more information, call 754-222-2234, check Pride’s Facebook page or visit PrideFortLauderdale.org.

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early voting underway in south florida (Sun-Sentinel) Early in-person voting began Monday with steady streams of voters in Broward, Palm Beach and MiamiDade counties.

Through Nov. 6, early voting lasts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 15 sites in Palm Beach County, 21 locations in Broward and 30 places in Miami-Dade. Registered voters can vote at any site in their county, unlike Election Day when you have to vote at your precinct.

Broward reported less than a 30-minute wait at all of its earlyvoting sites. At the Fort Lauderdale Branch Library/Art Serv, a line of about three dozen voters snaked out the door by 11 a.m.

Elections officials project that turnout for this year’s heated presidential race could push voter participation beyond the nearly 70 percent of eligible voters who cast ballots in Broward and Palm Beach counties during the 2012 presidential election.

Vote-by-mail ballots are already arriving at voters’ homes.

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HEALTH roup sues over some broward ballots missing medical marijuana Question

(Sun Sentinel) A group advocating for the legalization of marijuana sued the Broward County Supervisor of Elections on Thursday after some mail-in ballots did not include a question about a state constitutional amendment on allowing medical marijuana.

NORML of Florida, a chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, filed the lawsuit against county Supervisor of Elections Dr. Brenda Snipes.

It asked a county court judge to require that the elections office distribute new ballots to all voters who have received vote-by-mail ballots and to include information that explains that Amendment 2 had not been included on previous ballots.

“The end result of this error is catastrophic and cataclysmic as it applies to this ballot item, effectively disenfranchising voters and eliminating the right to vote on certain matters which have been lawfully placed on the ballot,” the lawsuit says.

The amendment needs 60 percent of the vote to pass.

“Every voter and vote, therefore, is critical,” the lawsuit says.

Snipes did not immediately respond to an email or phone call Thursday after the lawsuit was filed.

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Voters can request one until Nov. 2.

Changes in state law increased the number of days and hours allowed for early voting after long delays in 2012.

The state also changed limits on the types of locations that can be used for early voting is allowing for larger venues. Being able to use fairgrounds and community centers allows room for more voting stations and ballot printers, which should accommodate voters faster, Palm Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher said.

Early voting, as well as on Election Day, requires showing a photo ID that includes a signature.

Valid forms of identification can include a driver’s license, ID card issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, U.S. passport, military ID card, student ID card, retirement center ID, neighborhood association ID, debit or credit card, public assistance ID, veteran health ID, government employee ID or a concealed weapons permit.

Park commissioner, reported that her ballot did not include Amendment 2. Sallee said her husband’s ballot, and those of a couple of neighbors, were also missing the question.

There are multiple versions of ballots, depending on where a voter lives in the county, so not everyone was affected. It is unclear how many ballots did not include the question.

Norman Kent, one of the attorneys representing NORML of Florida, said he had received four calls about the error as of Thursday afternoon. Kent, who is based in Fort Lauderdale, is the national vice chairman of NORML’s board of directors.

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(CNN) The Log Cabin Republicans, one of the country’s most influential LGBT Republican groups, announced Saturday that it would not back the party’s presidential nominee, Donald Trump.

The group, while praising Trump as “perhaps the most proLGBT presidential nominee in the history of the Republican Party,” said it had objections to views held by some of Trump’s advisers and his support for a bill that would protect people who disagree with same-sex marriage from federal penalties.

“Log Cabin Republicans have long emphasized that we are not a single-issue organization, nor are our members singleissue voters,” the group said in a press release. It added that it will instead focus on down-ballot races to preserve Republican majorities in Congress.

Trump has occasionally mentioned LGBT Americans as a presidential candidate, most notably in the aftermath of the attack on a gay Orlando nightclub in June and his acceptance speech at the Republican convention in July. In that speech, The Washington Blade noted, he became the first GOP nominee to positively mention LGBT rights in that setting.

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(AP) Senate Democrats are intent on keeping out a provision from the annual defense policy bill that they say would undercut protections against workplace discrimination based on sexual or gender orientation.

In a letter delivered Tuesday, the lawmakers called the provision dangerous. They said the measure would permit religiously affiliated federal contractors to refuse to interview a job candidate whose faith differs from theirs and to fire employees that marry their same-sex partners or use birth control. But Republican proponents of the measure have described the provision as a bulwark for religious freedom.

The House added the provision to its version of the defense policy bill. The Senate did not, leading to a standoff. The divide could threaten the timely approval of the defense legislation, which authorizes military programs for the new fiscal year that started Oct. 1.

Congress returns after the Nov. 8 election for a lame-duck session and will be under pressure to resolve differences between the two chambers and get a final bill to the president’s desk.

Forty lawmakers, joined by two independents, signed the letter to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, the chairmen of the Armed Services panels. The committee’s top Democrats, Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Adam Smith of Washington state, also received the letter. But Republicans control deliberations over the bill, known formally as the National Defense Authorization Act. They said the provision is at odds “with the values and beliefs that continue to advance our great nation,” yet there is no overt threat in the letter to block the defense authorization bill if the measure is added.

“This discrimination erodes the freedoms that our military has fought for generations to protect,” the lawmakers wrote.

POLITICS out on the trail tim lonergan, the current mayor of oakland park.

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im Lonergan is asking the voters of Oakland Park for another term.

A gay man, Lonergan has served three and half years on the city commission and is currently Oakland Park’s sitting mayor.

“There’s more to accomplish,” Lonergan told SFGN in a telephone conversation Monday afternoon just as early voting kicked off in Broward County.

A Wisconsin native, Lonergan moved to Florida in 2000. He joined the Oakland Park Volunteer Corps in 2006 and began bicycling around the city, getting to know the lay of the land.

“That’s when I noticed we didn’t have garbage cans at all of our bus stops,” he said.

Lonergan took care of that issue and has moved on to numerous other projects during his tenure. He cites the addition of a fulltime detective assigned to the city, a new fire truck, an emerging culinary arts district and millions in grants for improved public school facilities as proof Oakland Park is moving in the right direction.

“We’re doing the right things and home values are going up,” Lonergan said.

The Oakland Park election is an interesting format as nine candidates compete for three commission seats. Four of the candidates – Lonergan, Mitchell Stollberg-Appleyard, Scott Herman and Mitch Rosenwald – are openly gay.

Lonergan married his partner, Floyd Adams, last year shortly after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which granted marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide. The couple have been together for 21 years.

“He’s by my side,” Lonergan said of his spouse. “I’m very proud of who I am, but I’ve never been the kind of person that pushes it down everyone’s throat.”

Stollberg-Appleyard’s campaign has raised

awareness of the deteriorating conditions of several public school facilities.

“Our schools our crumbling around our students,” he said. “They are breathing in mildew and mold. Roofs are leaking. Rust is coming out of bathroom faucets. This is not how a child should be going to school.”

Lonergan identified Northeast High School has a priority for improvement. He said he spoke with Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie about the need to spend bond and grant money on upgrading Oakland Park’s schools.

“I’m tired of hearing families say they are moving out of our city because they have kids now and they need to enroll them in good schools,” Lonergan said.

Meanwhile, Herman, who narrowly lost a special election for the Oakland Park Commission in March, has questioned Lonergan’s campaign finances. Donations from real estate developer William Murphy to Lonergan are, in Herman’s opinion, evidence of special interests influence.

“I’m disappointed Scott keeps bringing up all these things,” Lonergan said. “He’s (Herman) stirring up trouble to make himself look good. I’m not bought off by anyone.”

Herman, a disabled combat Iraq War veteran, is campaigning on the slogan “principles over politics.” This is his fourth attempt to win elected public office in Broward County and he has made veteran’s issues and homeless outreach central tenets of his campaign.

Rosenwald is seeking public office for the first time. With a background in social work, Rosenwald said he is “proud of the city’s direction” and wants it to “grow smartly.”

In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated Oakland Park to have a population of a little more than 41,000. Lonergan described the city as a “blue collar, hard-working community.”

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What is TRUVADA for PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis)?

TRUVADA is a prescription medicine that can be used for PrEP to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection when used together with safer sex practices. This use is only for adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1 through sex. This includes HIV-negative men who have sex with men and who are at high risk of getting infected with HIV-1 through sex, and male-female sex partners when one partner has HIV-1 infection and the other does not.

Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to prevent getting HIV-1. Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with body fluids. Never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fluids on them.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

What is the most important information I should know about TRUVADA for PrEP?

Before taking TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce your risk of getting HIV-1 infection: uYou must be HIV-negative. You must get tested to make sure that you do not

already have HIV-1 infection. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-negative. uMany HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected. If you have flu-like symptoms, you could have recently become infected with HIV-1. Tell your healthcare provider if you had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting TRUVADA for PrEP or at any time while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin.

While taking TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce your risk of getting HIV-1 infection: uYou must continue using safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1. uYou must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP. uTo further help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1: • Know your HIV-1 status and the HIV-1 status of your partners.

• Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months or when your healthcare provider tells you.

• Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV-1 to infect you.

• Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior.

• Have fewer sex partners.

• Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection.

• If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider right away. uIf you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.

TRUVADA can cause serious side effects: uToo much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious medical emergency. Symptoms of lactic acidosis include weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, nausea, vomiting, stomach-area pain, cold or blue hands and feet, feeling dizzy or lightheaded, and/or fast or abnormal heartbeats. uSerious liver problems. Your liver may become large and tender, and you may develop fat in your liver. Symptoms of liver problems include your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, and/or stomach-area pain.

uYou may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or serious liver problems if you

are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking TRUVADA for a long time.

In some cases, these serious conditions have led to death. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any symptoms of these conditions. uWorsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you also have HBV and take TRUVADA, your hepatitis may become worse if you stop taking TRUVADA. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider. If your healthcare provider tells you to stop taking TRUVADA, they will need to watch you closely for several months to monitor your health. TRUVADA is not approved for the treatment of HBV.

Who should not take TRUVADA for PrEP? Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status. If you are HIV-1 positive, you need to take other medicines with TRUVADA to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.

Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you also take lamivudine (Epivir-HBV) or adefovir (HEPSERA).

What are the other possible side effects of TRUVADA for PrEP? Serious side effects of TRUVADA may also include: uKidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider may do

blood tests to check your kidneys before and during treatment with TRUVADA for PrEP. If you develop kidney problems, your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking TRUVADA for PrEP. uBone problems, including bone pain or bones getting soft or thin, may lead to fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones. uChanges in body fat, which can happen in people taking TRUVADA or medicines like TRUVADA. Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP are stomach-area (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.

What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking TRUVADA for PrEP? uAll your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or

have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis virus infection.

uIf you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TRUVADA can

harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while taking TRUVADA for PrEP, talk to your healthcare provider to decide if you should keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Pregnancy Registry: A pregnancy registry collects information about your health and the health of your baby. There is a pregnancy registry for women who take medicines to prevent HIV-1 during pregnancy. For more information about the registry and how it works, talk to your healthcare provider. uIf you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. The medicines in TRUVADA can pass to your baby in breast milk. If you become HIV-1 positive, HIV-1 can be passed to the baby in breast milk. uAll the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. TRUVADA may interact with other medicines. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. uIf you take certain other medicines with TRUVADA for PrEP, your healthcare provider may need to check you more often or change your dose. These medicines include ledipasvir with sofosbuvir (HARVONI).

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Please see Important Facts about TRUVADA for PrEP including important warnings on the following page.

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• TRUVADA for PrEP is only for adults who are at high risk of getting HIV through sex.

• You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA. Ask your doctor about your risk of getting HIV-1 infection and if TRUVADA for PrEP may be right for you.

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Thousands of gay men in UK to be pardoned for now-abolished sex offenses Bianca Britton CNN

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ens of thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of nowabolished sexual offenses in Britain will be posthumously pardoned, the government announced Thursday.

The government proposal will also make it easier for living Britons, convicted years ago of since-decriminalized sexual behavior, to clear their names.

The proposal has been dubbed the “Turing Law” -- named after World War II codebreaker Alan Turing, subject of the 2014 film “The Imitation Game.” Turing committed suicide in 1954 after he was subjected to chemical castration as punishment for homosexual activity. In 2013, nearly 60 years later, he received a posthumous royal pardon from Queen Elizabeth II. Anyone previously convicted of the abolished laws can already apply through the UK’s Home Office to have their names cleared and wiped from criminal record checks. But under the new law, the government will automatically pardon living men convicted of historical sexual offenses “who would be innocent of any crime today,” Justice Minister Sam Gyimah said in a statement.

“Through pardons and the existing disregard process we will meet our manifesto commitment to put right these wrongs,” Gyimah said.

Private homosexual acts for men aged over 21 were decriminalized in England and Wales in 1967. However the law was not changed in Scotland until 1980 or in Northern Ireland until 1982.

‘An admission of guilt’ Brighton resident George Montague, who was convicted in 1974 for gross indecency with a man, told CNN he won’t accept the government’s pardon because “it’s an admission of guilt.”

Instead, he wants an apology for the way he and many others were treated.

“In my view if you’re born only able to love and be in love with another a man -which means you’re gay -- then it can’t be a crime. How can that be a crime? It’s not fair,” Montague said.

“The law didn’t apply to heterosexuals -they could have sex anywhere. But if you were gay and all you did was kiss your boyfriend in public you were convicted.”

He said he wouldn’t stop fighting until he received an apology from the government.

“We were treated very badly. I can’t understand it, even today, that there are so many people who do not understand or accept homosexuality.”

Announcement ‘welcomed’ Andrew Gilliver from the LGBT Foundation in the UK told CNN that while the government’s announcement is welcomed, it’s long overdue.

“What’s unfortunate is that it’s taken this long. Obviously in that time (since the laws were abolished) so many people’s lives have been ruined,” he said, adding that family relationships and career opportunities were destroyed.

On Friday Parliament is set to debate a bill by MP John Nicolson which proposes a blanket pardon be applied to everyone living so that they don’t have to go through the disregard process via the UK’s Home Office.

However, the government has said it will not support the Nicolson bill because it “could lead, in some cases, to people claiming to be cleared of offenses that are still crimes.”

The government has already rejected several applicants under the current law because the activity was non-consensual or the other person involved was under 16 years old.

"The law didn’t apply to heterosexuals -- they could have sex anywhere. But if you were gay and all you did was kiss your boyfriend in public you were convicted."

- George Montague, Brighton resident

Alan Turing, age 16.

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Closing a loophole?

Gyimah says he worries the consequences of the Nicolson bill haven’t been fully thought through.

“A blanket pardon, without the detailed investigations carried out by the Home Office under the disregard process, could see people guilty of an offense which is still a crime today claiming to be pardoned,” he said.

However Paul Twocock of the Stonewall organization, which campaigns for the equality of LGBT people across Britain, said in a statement to CNN that he doesn’t agree with the government’s interpretation of the proposed bill.

“It explicitly excludes pardoning anyone convicted of offenses that would still be illegal today,” he said.

Twocock said the proposed Nicolson bill

“closes a loophole which means some gay and bi men who are still alive and living with those convictions still can’t have them deleted, despite them being unjust and not illegal today.”

Gay rights around the world In recent years homosexuals around the world have fought to be pardoned for same-sex crimes that have long since been abolished.

Earlier this month Germany announced plans to compensate thousands of men who were convicted under an old law for their sexual preferences, Deutsche Welle reported.

And in New Zealand, lawmakers introduced a petition in July seeking a formal apology and a pardon for those convicted of same-sex acts under laws abolished 30 years ago.

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senior lesbian couple Joins hrc and eQualiTy nc To say ‘we’re wiTh her’ (SFGN) Pearl Berlin, 92, and Lennie Gerber, 80 recently celebrated their 50th anniversary. The couple is featured in a new campaign video for Hillary Clinton, the Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/2dG2LRP).

“We are in love and we tell each other that every day,” Gerber said in the 70-second video.

Pearl and Lennie moved to North Carolina in the 1970s. When North Carolina banned same sex marriage in 2012, they began advocating for that right to be won.

Now the two are encouraging people to vote, and to abolish HB2, in the video produced by the Human Rights Campaign and Equality North Carolina.

“Every single vote counts,” Gerber says.

“You can’t say, ‘Well, my vote doesn’t count,’ because it does! Sometimes elections are very close. You have to go out and get your friends registered, you get registered, and go to the polls and vote.”

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peTe burns, fronT man of dead or alive, dies aT 57 Pete Burns, singer for the pop group Dead Or Alive died of cardiac arrest, the Guardian reports (http://bit.ly/2eLFoZn).

A statement released by Burns’ partner, Michael Simpson, Burns’ ex-wife, Lynne Corlett, and his manager and former band member, Steve Coy, read: “All of his family and friends are devastated by the loss of our special star. He was a true visionary, a beautiful talented soul and will be missed by all those who loved and appreciated everything he was and all of the wonderful memories he has left us with.”

Burns’ may be best known for the 1980s hit “You Spin Me.” And he appeared in a season of Celebrity Big Brother in 2006.

In comments on gender and identity to the Guardian in 2007, Burns said, “Everyone’s in drag of some sorts, I don’t give a fuck about gender and drag. I’m

pete Burns.

not trying to be a girl by putting on a dress – gender is separated by fabric. I was brought up with an incredible amount of freedom and creativity. Society has put certain constraints on things.”

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Ten Trans soldiers seeK formal gender change (AP) Within weeks of the Pentagon allowing transgender service members to serve openly, Army officials said 10 soldiers have formally asked to be recognized as their new, preferred gender.

The small number represents only those who have publicly said they are transgender, and doesn’t include soldiers who may be considering or beginning gender transition or those who don’t yet want to make an official paperwork change.

Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff of the Army, said the key now is to educate the force, particularly commanders who will have to make decisions about soldiers in their units who request a gender change.

“Is the army ready? Well, we are educating ourselves, and we are trying to get ready,” Milley said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We’re well-past the issue of debating and arguing about transgender. We are now into execution, to make sure the program is carried

out with diligence, dignity, respect.”

The Pentagon policy took effect Oct. 1, and Army Secretary Eric Fanning approved the service’s new transgender guidelines earlier this month. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced in June that he was ending the ban on transgender individuals serving openly in the military.

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where They sTand Emails and sexual assault has dominated this election cycle so here’s a roundup of where Clinton and Trump stand on our issues

donald trump (left) and hillary clinton at the final presidential debate. Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

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og Cabin Republican President Gregory LGBT rights gained under the Obama Administration. She will appoint Supreme Angelo said it early on: Donald Trump Court judges who will not undo same-sex is the “most pro-gay” Republican presidential candidate in history. And marriage, women’s reproductive rights, and following the deadly attack on an LGBT more provisions of the Voting Rights Act. In short, Mrs. Clinton will be a president that will nightclub in Orlando last June, Trump himself suggested that he –not Democratic nominee fight for all Americans.”

“She is one of the most Hillary Clinton— is the qualifi ed candidates to ever presidential candidate even during run for the Presidency,” said who is “really the friend This year’s Fowlkes. “As First Lady, Senator, of women and the LGBT and Secretary of State, Mrs. community.” general elecTion Clinton has both the experience Clinton’s claim to the campaign, when and temperament to handle the mantle as the Democratic mosT democraTic complex issues that our nation Party’s most pro-gay presidenTial is facing.” presidential candidate in Log Cabin Republicans have history has to compete candidaTes Typically not yet issued an endorsement with the party’s 2012 grow suBTle aBouT in the presidential race, so nominee, President Barack Their supporT Angelo declined to provide Obama. But even during a statement. But Charles T. this year’s general election for The lgBT Moran, a prominent Trump campaign, when most communiTy, clinTon delegate from Los Angeles to Democratic presidential prominenTly and the GOP convention, offered candidates typically grow this: “The strongest reason why subtle about their support repeaTedly sTaTed LGBTQ’ers in our community for the LGBT community, her supporT in should vote for Donald Clinton prominently and sTump speeches and Trump is that he’s constantly repeatedly stated her deBaTe answers. recognized our community support in stump speeches and treated us with respect. and debate answers.

Asked to make their best arguments for In his business and philanthropic work, he’s their party’s candidate, gay Democratic and always been supportive, even when it hasn’t been popular. From the money he’s given Republican leaders said this: to HIV/AIDS causes in NYC, to opening the Earl D. Fowlkes Jr., chairman of the Democratic National Committee’s LGBT first private club in Palm Beach to allow open homosexuals to join, to just recently Caucus: “As a black gay man, I know that Mrs. Clinton will protect and work to extend dismissing the dramatic debate in the GOP

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and stating that Caitlyn Jenner should use whatever bathroom she wants at his Trump properties, to bringing forward the issue of protecting our community against radical Islamic jihad and threats of violence against our freedoms, he has truly walked the talk, and that is 30+ year history of support, unlike Hillary Clinton’s zig-zag on our issues over her 30 years in the public eye.”

Angelo says the Log Cabin board will reveal its decision concerning a presidential endorsement during this last week of October. In late October 2012, the group gave a “qualified” endorsement for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, noting that, while he may not be the first choice for voters with LGBT issues as a priority, Romney was better qualified overall and not likely to “waste his precious time” in the White House with attacks on the community.

In early September 2008, Log Cabin’s board issued an enthusiastic endorsement of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, calling him an “inclusive Republican” who bucked his own party by voting against the anti-gay Federal Marriage Act. Meanwhile, numerous LGBT groups have endorsed Clinton: the Human Rights Campaign, the Lesbian Political Action Committee, the Congressional LGBT Caucus political action committee, and the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. She has also won the endorsement of several statewide LGBT political groups, including Equality California and Equality Pennsylvania.

She has the backing of prominent LGBT elected officials, such as former U.S. Rep.

Barney Frank and five of the six current LGBT members of the U.S. House (only Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has not). polls pAst And present Historically, LGBT voters have supported the Democratic presidential candidate over the Republican one by a margin of about 3 to 1. Over the years, the polls suggest that many LGBT people who used to identify as “independent” are now identifying as Republican or Democrat. In September 2012, a Gallup study found 43 percent of LGBT-identified adults said they were “independent,” 13 percent Republican, and 44 percent Democratic. An NBC poll in September of this year found that only 13 percent identified as independents, compared to 18 percent “Republicans or Republicanleaners” and 70 percent “Democrats and Democratic-leaners.”

Over a shorter span of time, support for Clinton among LGBT voters has also grown. In a Gallup survey in May, 54 percent supported Clinton and 18 percent Trump. But in the NBC poll in September of 1,728 registered voters who identified as “homosexual or bisexual,” 72 percent said they would vote for Clinton; 20 percent for Trump. (Including the Libertarian and Green party candidates in the mix, the NBC survey found 63 percent of LGBT voters supported Clinton, 15 percent Trump, 13 percent Libertarian Gary Johnson, and eight percent Green Party Jill Stein.)

Looking at data going back to 1990 (the first year the National Election Pool exit poll

election • donald trump sought to identify “gay, lesbian, and bisexual” voters), the lowest LGB vote for Republicans came in 2008 when only 19 percent of LGB voters supported Republican John McCain.

A 2012 exit poll conducted by the New York Times and other major media outlets found that 76 percent of LGB voters supported Democratic incumbent President Obama.

That meant, at best, 24 percent for Republican Mitt Romney. the cAmpAign rollercoAster Donald Trump’s most pro-LGBT moments in the two-year campaign came in reaction to the June 12 mass shooting this year at an LGBT nightclub called Pulse in Orlando. He immediately expressed sympathy over the 49 lives lost and 50 people injured. During his nationally televised acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention in July, he reiterated his concern to the GOP –a party

whose platform has been notoriously hostile to equal rights for LGBT people.

“Only weeks ago, 49 wonderful Americans were savagely murdered by an Islamic terrorist — this targeting the LGBTQ community. No good, and we’re gonna stop it,” said Trump. “As your president, I will do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful, foreign ideology –believe me.” Then, departing from the text of his speech, Trump added, “And I have to say, as a Republican, it is so nice to hear you cheering for what I just had to say. Thank you.”

But for many in the LGBT community, Trump’s statement of solidarity with the LGBT community was undercut by his insistence that the Orlando massacre was made possible because the U.S. allows Muslims, who he said want to “murder gays,” to immigrate. Trump has called for a ban on allowing Muslims to enter the country (more

recently, he’s called for “extreme vetting” of Muslims). Trump also confused and dismayed many by seeming to signal initial support of transgender people in the North Carolina HB2 (bathroom) controversy only to say later that the issue should be “left to the states.” And his repeated promise to appoint a Supreme Court nominee in the mold of Antonin Scalia, who had the most anti-gay voting record of any justice on the nation’s highest court, will not likely earn him any LGBT votes.

Hillary Clinton has repeatedly included words of support for LGBT equality in her stump speeches. She addressed the 2015 national dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, unabashedly putting herself on record –early in the primary season — as supporting numerous positions favored

by LGBT voters. Among other things, she promised, “as president, I would push to cut off federal funding for any public child

welfare agency that discriminates against LGBT people.” She visited Orlando to show solidarity with the LGBT community following the Pulse massacre.

On LGBT issues, she stumbled twice: Once by saying that Nancy Reagan had helped lead public support for the fight against AIDS and a second time by saying that President Bill Clinton signed the “Defense of Marriage Act” as a way to head off a constitutional amendment banning marriage for same-sex couples. Internal campaign emails made public by Wikileaks this month show that LGBT Democratic activists moved quickly to urge Clinton to correct the record on both of those statements. She did correct her remark concerning Reagan and apologized.

She said her DOMA statement reflected her recollection of “private discussions” she participated in. In one of the leaked email, a staffer said Clinton would “never approve a true walkback” of the comment.

position on the issues lgBts in cAmpAign: supreme court: clinton hired an openly gay man (Robby Mook) as her campaign manager. She also clinton said she would make marriage equality a priority issue in choosing a nominee to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court. trump said he would appoint someone in the mold of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who is perhaps the most anti-gay justice in history.

hired an “LGBT Outreach Director,” Dominic Lowell. trump has not hired any openly LGBT in his campaign leadership.

stronger anti-discrimination protections for everyone.” trump has declined opportunities to say where he stands on the measure.

trump’s choice, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, is a long-time opponent of equal rights for LGBT people.

Vice-president: clinton’s choice, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, is a long-time supporter of equal eQuAlity Act: rights for LGBT people. clinton supports it, saying it will mean “full federal equality for LGBT Americans and pro-ActiVe Assist: mArriAge eQuAlity: clinton evolved over a period of 10 years to support marriage equality. In 2004, she said it was “a sacred bond between a man and a woman.” In 2007, she supported repeal of the part of the Defense of Marriage Act but also wanted to leave the marriage equality issue to the states.

Then, in a 2013 video after leaving her Secretary of State post, Clinton said she had “learned” and “come to believe” that LGBT Americans “deserve the rights of citizenship –that includes marriage….I support it personally and as a matter of policy and law.”

On CNN, trump said, “I don’t say anything. I’m just for traditional marriage.” But he has also said he would appoint Supreme Court justices willing to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell that struck down state bans on marriage for same-sex couples.

north cArolinA’s hB2: clinton issued a statement the day after the North Carolina legislature passed the

As Secretary of State, clinton spoke publicly about the need to address hostilities toward LGBT people around the world, saying “gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights.”

In 2011, trump accepted the invitation of an LGBT Republican group, GOProud, to speak at the conservative CPAC conference. And he eliminated a beauty pageant rule requiring contestants be “naturally born female.”

Voting record: clinton earned a 94 score from the Human Rights Campaign during her last Congressional session as senator; earned 89 and 88 in previous sessions. trump has never held elective office and has no voting record.

law –banning local jurisdictions from prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people and prohibiting transgender people from using the public restroom that matches their gender identity. The statement said, “LGBT people should be protected from discrimination under the law — period.”

When questioned about the law on NBC’s Today Show, trump said the state should “leave it the way it is,” noting that there had been “very few complaints the way it is.” “People go. They use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate. There has been so little trouble,” said Trump. But three months later, he said he had spoken with North Carolina’s governor and “a lot of people” and he had changed his mind. “I’m with the state on things like this.”

Kim dAVis controVersy: A Kentucky county clerk named Kim Davis refused to allow her office to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples even after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state’s ban. clinton said it was appropriate that Davis was jailed until she agreed to let her fellow clerks issue the licenses. trump said Davis should either let her fellow clerks issue the licenses or have same-sex couples go to other counties to obtain their licenses.

donald trump and hillary clinton at the second presidential debate. Photo: CNN.

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‘Resilient Women’ Photo Documentary Celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month Brittany Ferrendi

Bernadette Zizzo signing the breast cancer mannequin.

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ust about everyone is connected to someone who’s been affected by breast cancer. Here’s a chance to learn some of their stories.

For the ninth year, photographer Susan S. Buzzi’s work is taking over Broward Main Library’s sixth floor for ‘Resilient Women,’ a photo documentary showcasing breast cancer survivors through photography and sharing their personal stories. The gallery will run through the end of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

“They are all so different, age-wise, ethnicity, yet they are obviously sharing that disease,” Buzzi told SFGN. “And they all have conquered it and have traveled their journal in their own way. And that’s why we like to have the stories by the photographs.”

Buzzi’s oldest subject is 99 years old. The youngest was 28 when she was diagnosed — and recently gave birth, which Buzzi describes as a “miracle baby.”

“It’s amazing that every single survivor shares (the determination to just get through it),” Buzzi said. “It’s like a strange camaraderie. It’s like a sisterhood that I’m not a part of but I’m like an honorary member.”

Buzzi started the project by reaching out to people and medical centers nine years ago. In just seven months, she photographed 50 people for her photo documentary.

“Every single person, where they are photographed is their choice,” she said. “Whether they want to be by their partner, their spouse, their animal … with their doctors, in their studio.”

One survivor, Lily Mazurek, approached Buzzi on her own to become a part of her photo documentary.

“She’s a great photographer, great easy to pose for,” she said, standing in front of her own portrait within the gallery. “I think the picture is pretty natural.”

Mazurek chose to pose in a garden behind where she used to work. “I like gardens. With a name like Lily you can’t help it.”

Mazurek was diagnosed 20 years ago in 1996 over the phone with her doctor. “For me, emotionally, it just threw me through a loop, it hit me so hard.”

The gallery began nine years ago when Buzzi and the project manager of the Broward Main library, Barbara

Miller, came together to write for a grant from the Susan G. Komen Foundation. They received the grant, using the funds to run the gallery for the next three consecutive years and partial funding for the fourth.

She then branched out to different programming and received new sponsorships. Ever since the end of the fourth year, Buzzi funds nearly the entire gallery by herself.

This year, Art Frenzie — a gallery that specializes in framing — sponsored by giving $200 of frames and mats towards the photo documentary. Art Frenzie is co-owned

by Debbie Burke and Bernadette Zizzo, the latter a breast cancer survivor on display within the photo documentary.

“When I see Sue, I get happy, so I know it’s going to be

Buzzi’s oldest subject is 99

years old.

The youngest was 28 when she was diagnosed —

and recently gave birth, which Buzzi describes as a

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“miracle baby.”

fun and I know what it’s about. It’s about fighting,” Zizzo said.

Zizzo’s photo depicts her leaning against a tree, laughing. “We both chose the tree. I was drawn to that tree. It’s a very strong tree. It’s very grounded. Larger than life.”

Being in and out of the hospital and in recovery — including six surgeries within eight weeks to fight off an infection — she felt inspired to see herself in that photograph for the first time. One of the administrators went through breast cancer and is also on display.

“I don’t see myself like that. People look at me and say, ‘Wow you look so good,’ and I don’t feel that way because I’m so tired … You don’t think you’re looking well, because you always have that tired feeling. Down, sleeping a lot, drained. Wow, I do look healthy there.

Happy, healthy.”

In addition to Art Frenzie, Broward P.E.T. Imaging Center approached her to sponsor this year’s gallery.

The photo documentary will conclude in 2017, marking the tenth anniversary since the opening. The final showing will coincide with the second part of Buzzi’s book, “I am a Strong Woman,” a collection of photos and narratives of breast cancer survivors.

“All of these women have struggled, but they all have their own journey, story to tell,” Buzzi said. “That’s why they’re up there.”

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POLITICS national sen. John mccain.

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y many indications, the new United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be a strong champion for LGBT people.

The U.N.’s LGBT initiative, Free & Equal, released the following quote from Guterres: “I appeal to all governments and societies to promote the values of tolerance and respect for diversity, and to build a world where no has to be afraid because of their sexual orientation and gender identity.”

Guterres, 67, was appointed by acclamation on Oct. 13 to serve as the U.N.’s next secretary general. He replaces Ban Ki-moon of South Korea.

Guterres served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and leader of the European nation’s Socialist Party.

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Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., tweeted her support of Guterres throughout the confirmation process.

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One of Guterres’ signature diplomatic feats was his role in negotiating the trade sovereignty of Macau, a former Portuguese colony, to Chinese control in 1999.

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espite a spotty record on LGBT rights that included co-sponsorship of the anti-gay First Amendment Defense Act, Sen. John McCain of Arizona picked up the endorsement of LGBT conservative group Log Cabin Republicans.

Log Cabin Republicans came out with their latest round of endorsements for United States Senate races on Thursday.

McCain, the GOP’s failed presidential nominee in 2008, is among the six endorsed candidates.

Joining McCain are: Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R- NH), Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), who will receive support from LCR PAC in their campaigns for re-election. Interesting to note, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida was not endorsed by the Log Cabin Republicans.

“As members of the greatest deliberative body in the country, these endorsed United States Senators represent some of the most important voices in support of LGBT freedom,” Log Cabin Republicans President Gregory T. Angelo said in a statement released Thursday.

The endorsement of McCain, who was a stalwart foe of same-sex marriage and who called the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell a “very sad day” marks a significant shift in the four-term Senator’s position on LGBT rights.

Most notable of McCain’s shift was his vocal support of the confirmation of openly gay Eric Fanning as secretary of the Army.

“McCain is in a tough re-election race, and he needs to broaden his coalition whenever he can. Discrimination against gays is now a big loser politically in most states, and that

even includes Arizona - which is not nearly as conservative as it used to be,” Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia told NBC News.

“I’m grateful to have the support of the Log Cabin Republicans,” McCain said of his endorsement Thursday. “This organization does great work in supporting fiscally conservative values while championing equality through policy. I look forward to working to continuing to work with them in the U.S. Senate.”

In U.S. House races, the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed seven candidates, including two from Florida. The endorsements are as follows: Congressman Mike Coffman, (R-CO), Carlos Curbelo (RFL), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Robert Dold (R-IL), John Katko (R-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (RFL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ).

Curbelo and Ros-Lehtinen represent districts in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. In a news release Curbelo said, “The Log Cabin Republicans have done important work building consensus on LGBT issues across the country. In Congress I have been proud to stand up for equality. I am honored to have the support of Republicans who understand that equality can never be a partisan issue.”

Ros-Lehtinen, mother of a transgender man, stated: “I am grateful to once again count on the support of Log Cabin Republicans as we work together to achieve equality and justice for LGBT Americans.

I will continue to promote inclusiveness and ensure the fair and equal treatment of all individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”

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.S. Congressman Ted Deutch blasted U.S. Senator Marco Rubio for “using the LGBT community to advance his own political interests.”

Speaking to a packed room Tuesday morning inside Pride Center at Equality Park, Deutch said Rubio’s reaction to the Pulse Nightclub massacre was shameful. After years of supporting anti-LGBT policies Rubio, Deutch said, attempted to recast himself as a savior to LGBT Floridians following the worst mass shooting in American history.

“His actions need to be condemned,” Deutch said. “Using a community for political gain after a massacre like that is exactly what people hate about politics.”

Rubio, a Republican, is in a tight race against Democrat Patrick Murphy for the Senate seat which could change the balance of power in Washington.

A co-sponsor of the Equality Act, Deutch said he would continue to fight for LGBT rights on Capitol Hill. He said if Hillary Clinton is elected President, she will sign the Equality Act into law.

Among other things, the bill provides workplace protections for LGBT Americans.

“In Florida, if you’re gay you can get married on the weekend and fired when you show up to your job on Monday, that just can’t stand,” Deutch said.

Deutch was the featured speaker at the Pride Center’s weekly coffee and conversation program, a gathering geared towards seniors and boomers. Congressional redistricting has given Deutch more Broward County constituents. The three-term Congressman faces a Republican challenger, real estate agent Andrea McGee in the general election.

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POLITICS white house watch Peter Thiel, openly gay co-founder of PayPal, continues to support Trump and is scheduled to deliver a speech next week in Washington, D.C. Photo Credit: CNN.

Gay Trump Supporters Sticking It Out John McDonald

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espite the nation’s largest gay Republican organization’s refusal to endorse Donald Trump for President, there are still some who refuse to abandon ship.

Andy Eddy, a member of the Broward County Log Cabin Republicans, said he continues to support Trump.

“I am a duly elected GOP committeeman in Broward County serving on the County Executive Committee as are others in our (LCR) group and we are supporting Donald Trump the Party’s nominee,” Eddy wrote in an e-mail to SFGN. On Saturday, the national Log Cabin Republicans released a statement saying the group would not endorse Trump.

“Log Cabin Republicans have long emphasized that we are not a single-issue organization, nor are our members singleissue voters,” the group said in a press release.

The snub did not come as a complete surprise to Eddy.

“I don’t contribute to LCR PAC especially since I’m an outsider with limited means and no voice in that PAC. Yet, with that understanding, I have found I have a greater voting and meaningful voice dealing locally with the State and County Republican Party of Florida vs the Beltway,” Eddy writes.

Although other Republicans such as Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush have declined to back

Trump, Eddy cited his loyalty to the party as just cause.

“I must abide by my loyalty pledge unlike other politicians who are part of the ‘Never Trump’ movement and who violated their commitment by not remaining silent and subsequently going public in order to defeat the party’s duly elected nominee,” Eddy wrote in an email.

Meanwhile, Peter Thiel, the openly gay tech entrepreneur, continues to support Trump and is scheduled to deliver a speech in Washington, D.C. next week on Trump’s behalf, reports Brietbart. Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, is a billionaire who spoke at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Thiel’s support for Trump forced Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to defend Thiel’s position on the giant social network’s board of directors.

“We care deeply about diversity,” Zuckerberg posted on Facebook. “That’s easy to say when it means standing up for ideas you agree with.

It’s a lot harder when it means standing up for the rights of people with different viewpoints to say what they care about….That’s ultimately what Facebook is about: giving everyone the power to share our experiences, so we can understand each other a bit better and connect us a little closer together.”

On Saturday, the national Log Cabin Republicans released a statement saying the group would not endorse Trump.

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wicKed manors’ aTTendees are iTs enTerTainmenT Michael d’Oliveira

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here’s no big headliner slated for Wicked Manors on Oct. 31, but organizers say they don’t need one.

That’s because all of Wilton Drive will be the main stage and the headliner will be the thousands of attendees who dress up in costume for the annual Halloween event.

Over 15,000 are expected to attend.

“The costumes and the people are really the entertainment. It really is everyone’s creativeness and outlandish costumes that are going to be the entertainment,” said Robert Boo, CEO of The Pride Center, the organization running the event.

“We’re just happy to provide that safe space [of a closed Wilton Drive] for everyone to be out on the street.” Wilton Drive will close at 1 p.m. on Halloween and reopen at 2 a.m. on Nov. 1. Miss Misty Eyez will return to serve as the night’s “Dragtastic Emcee” along with DJ Laz from HITS 97.3.

The event begins at 7 p.m. and ends at 11 p.m. The first costume contest starts at 7:30 p.m.

The categories are: Kid, Most Unique, Most Sex Appeal, Best Group and Best Theme.

In keeping with the theme of the entire Wicked Manors event, “Political Nightmare. Scandals, Secrets & Sins,” Kevin Clevenger will be attending is something “political

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Kyle Kilger’s costume at wicked manors 2015.

Photo: J.R. Davis.

from ancient times.” Julius Caesar is a likely choice, he said. “It won’t be a Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump mask.”

This will be his sixth Wicked Manors. It an event he keeps returning to because it raises money for a “great cause,” the Pride Center, and he enjoys seeing everyone dressed up and enjoying themselves outside of the bar scene. “And it also includes everybody. It’s not just limited to the gay community. The straight community comes out as well.”

Parking is available at the Pride Center, Hagen Park, Richardson Park, the Municipal Complex on Dixie Highway, Northeast 8 Terrace and Northeast 26 Street, and the parking lot of the shopping center where the former Old Florida Seafood House is located. Parking in the municipal lots will be $10 starting at 5:01 p.m. Fort Lauderdale High School may be used as a parking lot.

As of Oct. 24, it was still pending. Vehicles left in the municipal lots after 1 a.m. are subject to towing.

Drink tickets will be on sale during the event and online before the event. For more information, visit wickedmanors.org.

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t its meeting on Oct. 24, the West Palm Beach City Commission voted unanimously to move “Ordinance No. 4666-16: Prohibition of conversion therapy as to minors” to the next step: a public hearing and second reading scheduled for Nov. 7.

The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council (PBCHRC) encouraged city officials to support the ordinance. W. Trent Steele has taken the lead on the ordinance for the organization and noted that “Mayor [Jeri] Muoio has often expressed her concern about conversion therapy and its use with young people.”

Muoio introduced the item and Assistant City Attorney, Zoe Panarites spoke briefly listing some of the states and municipalities that have banned use of such practices. The list includes Miami, Miami Beach, Wilton Manors, Cincinnati, Vermont, the District of Columbia and several more. She then introduced the city’s expert, Dr. Rachel Needle, a licensed psychologist who practices in West Palm Beach.

Dr. Needle detailed the history of conversion therapy and how every major medical organization has condemned the practice as ineffective and even harmful when inflicted on already fragile children.

Public comment elicited two speakers opposed to the ordinance. One was a young man who seemed confused about commission procedures. The second was Julie Harren Hamilton, a psychiatrist who practices conversion therapy in West Palm Beach. A visit to her website shows a connection between her practice and the anti-gay organization, NARTH (National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality).

Before the vote, several of the commissioners spoke in support of the ordinance and expressed pride that their city was in the vanguard of protecting LGBT children.

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Convictions Photo: CNN.

Sheriff Scott Israel (left) standing with Hillary Clinton. Photo: Facebook.

Norm Kent

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Re Elect Sheriff Scott Israel

or decades, the LGBT community of South Florida has had a contentious relationship with the Broward County Sheriff.

Four years into his first term as sheriff, Scott Israel has demonstrated an extraordinary level of commitment to LGBT citizens. For too long a time, we were apart from the community, rather than a part of it.

Sheriff Israel has enthusiastically embraced who we are. He has participated in our festivals, spoken at our rallies, and marched in our parades. The Sheriff has been supportive of diversity in every way, even running recruitment ads here on the pages of SFGN. The management team of BSO is populated with gay men and gay women, at all levels, from deputies on the beat, to lawyers in our courts, and an increasing cross section of Hispanic, Asian and African-American personnel. It is outreach at its best.

Beyond that, the Sheriff has engaged community policing, expanded juvenile interdiction programs, and

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represented himself as a personable and populist voice for law enforcement.

Like other administrators, he wants more money for his agency, which translates to seeking more funds to protect the public. Still, if these allocations are used for body cams and to control gun violence, they will have been worthy expenditures.

Most importantly, with over 6,000 employees and a budget of over $700 million, the Sheriff must employ professionals more interested in policy and protecting the public than politics. This he has been able to do, and this he must continue to strive for.

Sheriff Israel has done more than look for more weapons to win the war on crime. He has sought out programs, innovations, and modern techniques to change and alter the culture of law enforcement. That is no easy task.

Every sheriff has been criticized for politicizing the office. Sheriff Israel is no different. It is up to him

to ensure and maintain unimpeachable integrity.

Law enforcement can’t be for sale. Favors have no place in an agency where fairness must rule.

SFGN is satisfied that Sheriff Israel has created an environment of inclusion for all. He has created a department administering justice fairly, and insisting upon professionalism at every level. He has conducted himself with dignity and respect, and deserves your vote for his re-election.

the Sheriff has engaged community policing, expanded juvenile interdiction programs, and represented himself as a personable and populist voice for law enforcement.

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ou have no choice but to vote for Hillary Clinton. Your very life depends on it.

This is LGBT History Month and we’re also at the close of a very contentious presidential campaign, an interesting convergence.

It is often said that one thing we as a community learned from the AIDS epidemic was that we had to learn to organize since we were fighting for our lives. We have a new generation that does not know what that time was like, what that statement meant or how it shadows this election.

The LGBT community of the 1980s was one in sheer shock. Gay men were dying and no one seemed to care and some officials went so far as to suggest that we should quarantine gay men. Some religious people suggested that AIDS was a message from God. Those in the medical sciences were not sure what they should do. And why? Because leadership from the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health did not feel that they should act quickly in a time of a majorhealth issue since they received silence from elected officials, namely President Ronald Reagan. Even Reagan’s own Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, admitted years later that he felt guilt for the many lives that were lost. In times of crisis, a president can make all the difference.

What about today? We’re still fighting AIDS and funds need to be spent to find a cure. Apart from the epidemic, LGBT lives are at stake in other areas.

Take, for example, Uganda. The country keeps attempting to pass legislation that would make homosexuality a crime punishable by the death penalty. What does it have to do with the election in our country? Donald Trump has been endorsed by the very evangelicals who support this legislation. To date, it was only the Obama administration that has kept this from becoming law. If Donald Trump was elected, do we want take the chance? We’re not playing with the lives of our LGBT community.

And how about here in the United States?

Trump’s vice-presidential running mate believes in conversion therapy. Conversion therapy — and let’s not mince words here — is the torture and imprisonment of LGBT youth.

It’s just the latest term of aversion therapy.

Still not enough?

When the Pulse Nightclub was the target of what looks like antigay terrorism. Trump at first would not mention the word “LGBT.” Instead, he said he would not allow Muslims into our country. The fact that the man who did this was a Muslim was all he cared about — as well as making a few campaign points. He did not care about our lives. Trump, after being criticized by that comment said then he’d stop terrorists from coming into this country who might do that again. What about the antigay terrorists who are Americans and already in this country? Oh, he’s standing on a stage with them, shaking their hands and accepting their endorsements.

Vote like your lives depend on it. They do.

Mark Segal is the nation’s most-award-winning commentator in LGBT media.

His recently published memoir, "And Then I Danced," is available on Amazon. com, Barnes & Noble or at your favorite bookseller.

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The Lady Chablis The legendary drag performer of Savannah died last month

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he jury is still out on whether or not performer with a brilliant wit and a The Lady Chablis was a drag queen somewhat shady past — Chablis delighted or a transgender woman. She’s been in shocking people with her “T.” Through called both by journalists and the LGBT it all, she maintained an impressive level of community alike. Chablis certainly lived dignity and self-respect. Despite her overher “T,” her truth, as it was refered to in the-top flamboyance, Chablis came across Clint Eastwood’s 1997 film “Midnight in as one of the few Savannah residents who the Garden of Good and Evil.” was honest about who she really was.

Born Benjamin Edward Knox in 1957, Chablis relished the attention which the Florida native was a popular drag came her way, appearing on Oprah and performer in Savannah, Georgia when, in Good Morning America. Her regular 1994, she was unexpectedly thrust into performances at Savannah’s Club One the national spotlight. It was during this became the hottest ticket in town. period that she legally When Warner Brothers changed her name to The announced that Clint Chablis Lady Chablis — the name Eastwood would be was inspired by a bottle of directing a fi lm adaptation came across wine. of Berendt’s book, Chablis as one of Fame came her way actively campaigned to when author John play herself. She won the the few Berendt’s book “Midnight role.

Savannah in the Garden of Good and The Lady Chablis residents Evil” became a runaway became the first out, T best seller, remaining on identified actor to star in who was the New York Times best a major Hollywood studio honest about seller list for several years. film. Though she was a who she Berendt told a darkly seasoned club performer, humorous tale about the film marked her debut really was. one of Savannah’s most in a scripted drama. She infamous real life murder not only held her own trials — the city’s richest man, who lived among a cast which included Hollywood his life deep in the closet, was charged heavyweights John Cusak, Jude Law and with murdering a young hustler who may Kevin Spacey, she actually stole the show. have been his lover. As the story unfolded, Chablis’ persona was mesmerizing — it was Berendt also exposed some embarrassing impossible to turn away from her when she truths about Savannah’s eccentric was on screen. Audiences loved her. A star population. was born — or should have been.

The Lady Chablis was the book’s For reasons unknown, The Lady Chablis’ most colorful character. She was a drag Hollywood career began and ended with

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“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.”

She didn’t receive the Oscar nomination she so richly deserved. She never made another film. Was it homophobia? Perhaps. Chablis’ brief brush with movie stardom happened during the same year as Ellen DeGeneres’ historic coming out. DeGeneres’ once popular sitcom was soon cancelled, and DeGeneres had a difficult time in finding work until her chat show put her back on top a few years later. In 1997, Hollywood wasn’t quite ready to embrace LGBT performers.

Chablis went back to Savannah and performed at Club One until about a month before her death from pneumonia on September 8, 2016. She was 59 years old. Her obituaries noted that her final performance played to a packed house.

Though she remained a star in Savannah,

The Lady Chablis was forgotten by the public at large, and by a film industry that should have embraced her unique personality.

Nearly two decades after The Lady Chablis burst onto the silver screen, transgender actress Laverne Cox was nominated for two Emmy Awards: one for her work as an actress in the hit Netflix series “Orange is the New Black,” and another for producing the documentary “The T Word,” Cox has also graced the cover of Time Magazine, among many other honors. Cox, the first transgender person to become a bankable Hollywood celebrity, is without question a trailblazer who continues to open doors.

But let’s not forget that a little over fifteen years earlier there was The Lady Chablis.

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Straight to Hell with Boyd McDonald Jesse Monteagudo

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oyd McDonald (1925-1993) was an They all had one thing in common: a need eccentric recluse who changed gay life to write accounts of their sexual exploits and and gay literature with his collections share them with their fellow men.” of “true homosexual experiences.” In As McDonald himself put it, “I consider 1973, already retired and living on welfare, this history, not pornography. It’s very serious McDonald founded Straight to Hell (STH), an work ... the true history of homosexual desire underground publication with subtitles like and experience. Any gay publications that the Manhattan Review of Unnatural Acts or do not deal with the elemental discussion the New York Review of Cocksucking. of gay sexual desire are not serious - they are At its peak, STH enjoyed a circulation of frivolous.” What McDonald would think of ten thousand, though McDonald never made the current gay obsession with monogamous much money out of it. Excerpts from STH marriage and parenthood can only be later appeared in The Guide, the monthly imagined. journal of gay travel, entertainment, politics “The truth is the biggest turn-on,” & sex. (I wrote adult film reviews for The McDonald once wrote. “The proper study of Guide just before it sadly went out of business homosexuality is homosexuals.” in 2010.) McDonald’s true homosexual During his lifetime, McDonald’s Straight to experiences also appeared Hell magazines influenced in a series of 13 book the likes of photographer collections that he edited Robert Mapplethorpe “I consider for Gay Sunshine Press, and writers Gore Vidal, Gay Presses of New York, Larry Mitchell and John this Bright Tyger Press or Fidelity Mitzel. Mitzel, who knew history, not Publishing (publishers of McDonald, called him pornography.

The Guide). “a sex-revved Thoreau” McDonald also wrote who “became a hero to It’s very about movies - not thenthousands of gay citizens.” serious work current blockbusters but “Boyd had a voice unique ... the true oldies he saw at home on his and inimitable,” scholar black and white television Charley Shively said, history of set - for Christopher Street. shortly after McDonald homosexual These reviews were collected died. “He neither overstated and published in “Cruising nor understated the joys desire and the Movies: A Sexual Guide of gay sex. ... Sham and experience.” to ‘Oldies’” on TV (Gay fraud of any kind appalled Presses of New York, 1985). him. He ridiculed the - Boyd McDonald “Straight to Hell” is still hypocrisy of police, clerics, published by McDonald’s politicians, therapists, friend and successor, Billy teachers, and others of the Miller. so-called ‘helping professions.’ He likewise So much has changed in the decades disdained gay/lesbian spokespersons and since McDonald died that he is hardly leaders dedicated to cleaning up the filthy in remembered today except by smut collectors us all.” and a few aging survivors of McDonald’s “Boyd was a true renegade and an “Golden Age of Cocksucking” (1940-1980). iconoclast of the first order,” Tom Steele, Fortunately, McDonald has been rescued editor of Christopher Street, told Jones. from undeserved oblivion by author William “Nothing was sacred to him. He particularly E. Jones, author of “True Homosexual delighted in bringing down (in print) political Experiences: Boyd McDonald and Straight to and show business icons. Boyd was also one Hell.” Jones also wrote an introduction to a of the funniest people I’ve ever met. His wit new edition of “Cruising the Movies.” and intelligence were seemingly endless.”

“McDonald,” Jones wrote, “was the Jones’s “True Homosexual Experiences” is a main creative force behind one of the most fitting tribute to this late, great homoSEXual distinctive underground publications, in fact, icon. the first queer zine ... The unnamed men who For more about STH, visit contributed their stories came from all walks straight-to-hell.com. of life, barely literate to highly educated.

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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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senior heAlth eXpo On Saturday, Oct 22, the Pride Center in Wilton Manors gave community members a chance to meet providers specializing in senior and LGBT health.

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enter, the Pride C f o O E C on. (right), the volunteer D r Robert Boo te n e C e d sat with Pri

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Two profe ss stood read ionals from Midlan dM y to give fr ee informa edical Center tio need of sp ecialized n for seniors in care.

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mac n’ cheese at Brass tap pizza at the mellow mushroom

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s it just me or does it seem as if there are massive apartment complexes popping up all over town? Although the Manor at Flagler Village, on Federal between 5th and 6th Avenues, has been around for a couple of years, I never thought to check out the restaurants there. They just seemed so…hetero.

While visiting friends in Delray Beach, we dined at a Mellow Mushroom restaurant, that made me think of the one on Federal, which led to checking out the others in that mall. Although each is part of a chain (or mini-chain), all three offer design-your-own- dish options.

mellow mushroom 25 S.E. 6th Ave. Delray Beach 561-330-3040 525 N. Federal Highway #500 Fort Lauderdale 954-712-9527 MellowMushroom.com Imagine a bunch of mellowed-out hippies in the 1970s creating a restaurant. Now, update that restaurant for modern tastes.

That’s exactly what you’ll find at Mellow Mushroom. The original MM was started by some hippies in Georgia in 1974. It didn’t take long for them to become capitalists, and by 1984 the restaurant opened a number of other locations and franchised. The Fort Lauderdale location is one of the newer outposts of this chain. MM may be franchised, but there’s still a kernel of the “do your own thing” aspect of hippie-dom as each location offers special dishes developed for its neighborhood.

As you might expect from a former hippie joint, there are always plenty of options for vegetarians including the veggie patty

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(made from quinoa, kale, brown rice and roasted mushrooms) and hoagies offer the option of tofu or tempeh instead of meat.

Of course, pizzas figure prominently and many feature quaint, hippie names, such as; Kosmic Karma; with a red sauce base topped with feta and mozzarella cheese, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes and Roma tomatoes with a pesto swirl, or the Magical Mystery Tour; with a pesto base with button and Portobello mushrooms, feta and mozzarella cheeses, spinach and jalapeños on a pesto basted crust.

Since it’s all about individuality, in addition to pre-determined combinations there are build-your own versions of pizzas. The diner’s choice option also includes calzones or a “build your own” salad. Start with a base of greens for a couple of bucks and then add on the toppings, each reasonably priced. I opted for baby greens with feta, artichokes hearts and kalamata olives and the huge salad ended up costing less than $10. Combine that with a side, such as a bowl of soup, bruschetta or the yummy meatballs and you have a filling meal, featuring top of the line, wonderfully

flavorful ingredients, for less than $20.

For those who are old enough and can still remember dining at hippie places in the ‘70s, they’ll recall that service could be a little, well, let’s be kind and use the word “spacey.”

At MM our server was attentive, professional and friendly and managed to negotiate three couples, each wanting separate checks and making special requests, without any mixups. colAdA 525 N. Federal Highway #400 Fort Lauderdale 954-368-4705 ColadaHouse.com Colada, the second location of the popular Hollywood Cuban Coffeehouse, offers up familiar takes on exotic dishes and exotic takes on familiar dishes. The brunch options include; biscuits and gravy (the twist is the gravy is made with chorizo), Cuban eggs Benedict (featuring roast pork and black bean hollandaise), tres leche waffles or French toast and a torta Espana. The build-yourown concept at Colada begins at breakfast and includes a build-your-own breakfast sandwich brunch bowl and continues through lunch and dinner with fritas and meals in a bowl which start with a choice of protein, a base (rice, lettuce or spinach), toppings (beans, veggies, cheese, etc.) and a sauce. Don’t even get me started on the variety of empanadas, whether sweet or savory. Although they may not always be dished up with stellar presentation, they’re just like Abuelita used to make.

Biscuits at colada

BrAss tAp 551 N. Federal Highway #600 Fort Lauderdale 754-200-8648 BrassTapBeerBar.com Continuing with the theme of doing your own thing, the Brass Tap franchise at this location is the only one, out of the 35 restaurants in the coast-to-coast chain, to have both an in-house brewing facility and full-service kitchen with a dedicated executive chef. Beers are brewed on site in the upper level of the bar, and if you find you can’t live without one of the 80 brews on tap, you can have it bottled to go. The menu is equally vast featuring inventive burgers, wings, salads and flatbreads. The dedication to the food aspect is so intense that the owner of this franchise installed a full-service convection oven to bake breads onsite.

Among some of the more notable dishes are; spicy tuna lettuce wraps, Florida sweet corn fritters and a Korean barbecue pork sandwich, served with slivers of homemade pickles on a toasted, buttered baked on premises, brioche bun. Pepper Jack Mac-N-Cheese offers a rich cheesy sauce spiced up with a hint of pickled jalapeños, onion, garlic, tossed over spiral noodles, then topped with tempura crumbs and baked in individual cast-iron pans. The dish is so popular that it is also the base for a brunch dish; Hangover Mac-n-Cheese, which adds beer to the cheese sauce as well as generous dashes of bacon and caramelized onions. It’s then topped with fried hash browns and a runny egg. Hungover or not, it’s delish. Also, don’t pass up Sunday’s special cinnamon rolls, which take three days to prepare and are worth every minute of it.

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THEATER Zoetic Stage opens its 2016-17 Theatre Up Close season at the Arsht Center’s Carnival Studio Theater with the world premiere of “After” by gay, multiple Carbonell Award-winner Michael McKeever. The play follows the heartbreaking, ultimately uplifting year-long journey of two families left to pick up the pieces of lives interrupted by a horrible tragedy. Opens tonight and plays through Nov. 14. Tickets are $50 at ArshtCenter.org.

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THEATER Thinking Cap Theatre at the Vanguard Sanctuary for the Arts, 1501 S. Andrews Ave. in Fort Lauderdale, is currently presenting “Mud,” by Cubanborn, lesbian playwright Maria Irene Fornes. The 1983 Obie Award-winning play offers a powerful statement about a young woman’s doomed attempt to make a better life for herself, to forge something out of nothing. Adults only, no one under 21 admitted. Tickets are $35 at ThinkingCapTheatre.com.

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Park Chan-wook’s scintillating and sensual thriller, “The Handmaiden,” opens on Oct. 28 at Coral Gables Art Cinema, Miami Beach Cinematheque and Living Room Theaters in Boca Raton. The beautifully shot thriller, set in Japaneseoccupied Korea in the years before World War II, tells the story of a Korean servant who plots with a con man to defraud her Japanese lover and mistress. Check local listings for show times.

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Sampson McCormick performs tonight at the Florida Comedy Club inside Spanx the Hog BBQ, 147 S. Cypress Creek Road in Pompano Beach. The black, gay comedian and advocate uses humor to juxtapose the silly with the serious while taking on divisive social issues from religion and race to homophobia and HIV/ AIDS. He will perform two shows at 8 and 11 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $40 at FloridaComedyClub.com.

An original comedic variety show, “The Secret Comedy of Women: Girls Only,” opens on Wednesday, Oct. 26 and runs through Sunday, Oct. 30 in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. The two-woman act, inspired by the actual childhood diaries of the performers, blends sketch comedy, improv, audience participation, musical numbers, video and, of course, “girl talk” into a heartwarming experience. Tickets are $35 at Kravis.org.

Playwright Tony Finstrom’s newest work, “A King! A Plot! A Gun! A Shot!

And All That Followed (Quite a Lot!),” will receive its premiere tonight at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Jan McArt New Play Reading Series at Lynn University, 3601 N. Military Trail in Boca Raton.

The play, based on actual events, includes a notorious 19th century lesbian actress, Charlotte Cushman, among the suspects in this thriller.

Tickets are $10 at Events.Lynn.edu.

Famous for her heartfelt and bluesy mega-hits, including “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and “Something to Talk About,” 10-time Grammy Award-winner Bonnie Raitt performs both old favorites and songs from her new album in concert at the Broward Center. And, after nearly five decades of combining blues, country and folk into a signature mix, the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member shows no sign of slowing down. Tickets at BrowardCenter.org.

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QUEERLY DIGITAL LGBT cinema on DVD/Blu Ray, a monthly column

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elcome to Queerly Digital, a regular column about LGBT cinema available for home viewing. This time we celebrate Halloween with a few scary titles available for your viewing pleasure.

“The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935)

In 1931, film director James Whale (1889–1957) terrified the world with his take on Mary Shelley’s classic tale “Frankenstein.” The film was actually a bit of a collaboration between the auteur and a then-unknown actor named Boris Karloff, who played Dr. Frankenstein’s tragic creation.

Together they created a character who was a sympathetic man-child trapped in a monster’s body. The poor creature never understood why people were so afraid of him--some film historians have speculated that the monster was a metaphor for Whale’s life as a closeted gay man.

In “Bride of Frankenstein,” Whale stepped out of the closet a bit. Audiences were introduced to Dr. Praetorius (Ernest Thesiger), with whom Dr. Frankenstein creates the Bride, a female monster. Dr. Praetorius was a screaming, effeminate queen who stared lovingly at his much younger pupil, and the stage-trained Thesiger played the role in all its giddy, limpwristed, lisping glory.

Though the “word” was never said, it’s clear that Dr. Praetorius was a gay man. Though he’d now be seen as a negative stereotype, the character was, in 1935, a very daring persona to present on screen. Whale and Thesiger pulled it off beautifully.

“The Bride of Frankenstein” is available as part of “Frankenstein: The Complete Legacy Collection,” newly out on Blu Ray. The collection also includes Whale’s original 1931 film--both films are also available on other DVD and Blu-Ray Discs.

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“Voodoo Island” (1958) Another of horror-icon Boris Karloff’s many films. This low-budget romp is the type of B movie that was enormously popular during the 1950s and ’60s. Karloff plays Philip Knight, a best-selling author who’s investigating voodoo myths on a desolate tropical island in hopes of debunking those myths as foolish superstitions.

His merry band includes Claire, played by a little-known actress named Jean Engstrom (1920–1997). Claire is a lesbian. She flirts openly with Knight’s female secretary and expresses her disdain for men. Her lesbianism is so obvious that one of the male characters refers to it--though the L-word was never said, the dialogue makes it clear who Claire is. She claims membership in a “private and exclusive club” where men aren’t welcome.

Jean Engstrom’s acting career consisted primarily of guest roles on TV series. “Voodoo Island” was one of her very few theatrical releases.

For having the courage to play a lesbian during the ultra-conservative 1950s, we remember and salute Jean Engstrom.

“Voodoo Island” is available on DVD and can also be viewed in its entirety on YouTube.

"The Haunting" (1963)

This terrifying mood piece is a ghost story like no other.

Robert Wise, an admitted fan of horror and science fiction, directed it in between his Oscar-winning musicals, “West Side Story” and “The Sound of Music.”

“No one comes to Hill House during the night, in the dark,” says Mrs. Dudley (Rosalie Crutchley) the creepy housekeeper.

Depressed and sexually repressed Eleanor (Julie Harris) is part of a small scientific research team investigating the alleged haunting of Hill House, a spooky old mansion. Theo (Claire Bloom), another member of the group, is a lesbian who’s clearly attracted to Eleanor. Eleanor has another suitor: the ghost of old Mr. Crane, who built Hill House 90 years earlier.

The always-unloved, unhappy Eleanor suddenly finds herself at the center of a bizarre love triangle in this satisfyingly scary old-fashioned chiller.

Bloom plays Theo with delightfully over-the-top panache.

Unlike the independently produced, low-budget “Voodoo Island,” “The Haunting” is a big-budget, A-list studio production—which makes Theo possibly the first out-andproud character in a major studio film.

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reepy clowns may be on the run across the country, but creative ghosts and ghouls—most not so scary—will be haunting South Florida during the long Halloween holiday weekend: On Friday, Oct. 28 and Saturday, Oct. 29, WLRN Radio Theater presents “drAculA” in the Abdo New River Room of the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale.

The radio-play version of this timeless Bram Stoker novel, made famous by Orson Welles, will take audiences from Transylvania to London and back, utilizing authentic sound effects and a cast of talented voices.

Also on Friday, Voices of Pride, the gay men’s chorus of the Palm Beaches, hosts hAlloween drAg Bingo hosted by Mrs. D., beginning at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 100 N. Palmway in Lake Worth. Don your favorite costumes because there will be prizes, as well as entertainment, food and cash bar.

Tickets are $25 at VoicesOfPride.org.

On Saturday, Oct. 29 at 5 p.m., the phAntom of the operA will perform on the organ of Christ Lutheran Church, 1955 E. Oakland Park Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. The short program, especially suited for children and families, will feature Bach’s famous Toccata in D minor, Gounod’s “Funeral March of the Marionette” and selections from the Broadway musical, “Phantom of the Opera.” Baritone Rob Johnston will also perform. Information at ChristLutheranFL. com.

Enter into a shadowy realm of mystery as three of the world’s greatest “Phantoms,” all veterans of the Broadway show, join a

chorus to share their own stories behind the mask in “the phAntoms... unmAsKed!” on Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Place in Miramar. The program will also include some of the most popular show tunes in Broadway history. Tickets start at $50 at MiramarCulturalCenter.org.

Fans of the 1925 Lon Chaney silent movie “The Phantom of the Opera” can watch the film accompanied by organist timothy Brumfield, former organist of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, on Sunday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. at Trinity Cathedral, 464 NE 16th St. in Miami. Brumfield will improvise the musical accompaniment on the church’s 1926 Skinner organ. Tickets are $15 at TrinityMiami.org. A family package is also available.

The spooky weekend culminates on Halloween, Monday, Oct. 31 with wicKed mAnors, the annual street party that attracts more than 15,000 costumed revelers. The event is produced by the Pride Center and is presented by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Hunters.

The theme for the celebration is, appropriately, “Political Nightmare,” and will feature talent on the main stage at the intersection of Wilton Drive and NE 6th Ave. from 7 until 11 p.m. Misty Eyez will be the MC and Hits 97.3 on-air personalities Miss Bryan and Kimmy B. from the DJ Laz morning show will also appear. Costume contest awards will be presented throughout the evening. For more information, go to WickedManors.org.

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he old adage goes “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”

Television personality and celebrity chef Ina Garten will discuss her latest cookbook, “Cooking for Jeffery”—her tenth—during a special appearance at the Broward Center on Thursday, Nov. 3.

“It takes two years to complete each book,” explained Garten in a telephone interview, “and each book follows a similar process.”

First, Garten develops a list of dishes she wishes to include and then puts together the recipes.

“I’m always changing that list, adding and taking [from] it,” she said in the same elegant and relaxed tone her dedicated viewers have come to know and trust.

She will prepare each dish three, four, or even 25 times, until the outcome consistently matches her expectations. Garten then hands off the recipe to her assistant who then also follows the recipe. This process can take a week for each recipe.

“She always comes up with questions I hadn’t considered,” added Garten.

Then Garten will serve that dish for a dinner party. Over the years, Garten’s cookbooks have

focused on entertaining and become resources for avid hostesses and hosts.

“It’s one thing to make a recipe, but another thing when you also have to worry about setting the table, making cocktails and all the other preparations for a party,” she said.

Photography then takes another three to four weeks before Garten sits down with her editor to work on the text and then the designer for layout.

“I’m involved in the selection of every font and color and photograph and how it looks on the page,” she said, not surprisingly. “I’m quite involved in every detail.”

“Cooking for Jeffrey” is a culinary tribute to her husband of nearly 50 years and the book includes many stories about their romance and the dishes that have been special to them.

While she notes that many of her recipes may evolve slightly, she eschews the many “foodie” trends championed by restaurants that come and ultimately go.

“My taste hasn’t changed,” she said emphatically. “Maybe a recipe I made 18 years ago may need a tweak. Ingredients change, too, maybe for the better or the worse. Twenty years ago we didn’t have the beautiful heirloom

tomatoes we can buy today.”

She remains an advocate of locally sourced ingredients, preferring to purchase vegetables from farmers’ markets and meats from local farms.

“We’re definitely finding more good ingredients and farmers’ markets are popping up everywhere. My cooking style hasn’t changed over the past 40 years, but the ingredients certainly have.”

Garten actually inherited the title, “The Barefoot Contessa,” the name of the gourmet shop and catering business she purchased in the Hamptons decades ago, but before embarking on a successful career in food, she actually worked as a budget analyst in the White House Office of Management and Budget during the Ford and Carter presidencies, where she worked on nuclear energy budget proposals and analysis.

She doesn’t claim to be “political,” saying she left Washington because of politics. She avoided an opportunity to speak about the heated presidential election season, only saying, “I’m glad there are smart people like the Obamas.”

Further, she worked on many $20- and $30 billion dollar programs and noticed “nothing changes.”

ina garten, food network’s “the Barefoot contessa,” pictured with husband Jeffrey, will appear at the Broward center next week. Submitted photo.

“I’ve found the food business much more satisfying,” she admitted. “Unlike government, it has changed.”

Her fans—LGBT and straight alike—are glad.

“Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook,” Clarkson Potter Publishers, $35, is available on Amazon and other retailers. Ina Garten will appear at the Broward Center on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 8 p.m.

Tickets start at $39.50 at BrowardCenter.org.

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he Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium at Florida Atlantic University was filled with students Saturday night who came to sing with, dance with and throw money at a lineup of performers at this year’s Homecoming Drag Show.

The sixth annual drag show was hosted by the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs and was emceed for the sixth time by the show’s consistent queen, Ariel Rimm.

The night started with a performance of Beyonce’s song “Halo” by drag queen Anastasia, which had those in attendance clapping their hands and singing along. The crowd went wild when Rimm made her debut on stage, keeping the Beyonce streak by dancing to “Formation.”

“Who’s ready to Draguate, bitches?”

Ariel asked, making a play on words of “graduate.”

Before every act, Rimm would come out in another outfit, drawing cheers — and some cash offerings — from the audience.

“It takes a lot of time and a lot of money to look this cheap bitch, but I’m here for you,” Ariel said. “I’m going to make you scream, I’m going to make you question your sexuality, I’m going to make you call your mom and say … We got to talk.”

Nothing was off limits for the performing queens — a Mean Girls-esque “Jingle Bell Rock” tribute that later turned into an

intense metal rock number and a soulful anthem performance of “Chandelier” by Sia. This gave way to a show of flips and butt-shaking to the same artist’s “Cheap Thrills,” as the song transition was made complete by a tear-away costume change.

Those tear-away costumes were a big theme of the drag show. The trick outfits marked a transition from slow intros to upbeat dance numbers with skintight pieces that left close to nothing to the audience’s imagination.

Valerie Dior changed from a flowing ball gown to a see-through dress with duct tape covering private parts.

Another queen named Rubber Child tore out pages of the Bible and sprinkled them on stage before ripping her clothes off.

None of the queens were shy in dealing with the crowd, as many would run into the audience and do flips in the aisles while collecting the handfuls of cash that were being offered.

“I haven’t seen this much money being passed around since I was in church,” Twitter user @Mikaalala tweeted during the show.

The majority of the show was fun and upbeat — but the second act changed tone to address the Pulse nightclub shooting.

Rimm came out in a white gown while a recording of Barack Obama talking about the Pulse victims played. Lip-syncing to a

Before the show.

Photo: Facebook.

The majority of the show was fun and upbeat — but the second act changed tone to address the Pulse nightclub shooting.

heartfelt musical anthem, she was adorned with an oversized rainbow shawl by backstage helpers as she pointed upward to lights shining down on her.

She teared up during her performance as audience members waved their cell phone flashlights to the music. She ended her tribute by addressing the tragedy to the crowd.

“No one, no one, no one deserves to die for being gay,” she told the audience.

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After the final performances, the show ended with a meet and greet with the queens. Many students and audience members crowded around the performers with compliments and, of course, more cash.

“Go out there and make a difference in somebody’s life,” Rimm said to the crowd.

“You never know whose life you will touch, if you will have just a small impact, or a big one.”

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here are some topics—politics and religion, for example—that we are warned not to bring up in polite conversation.

Comedian Sampson McCormick, on the other hand, promises to bring up politics, religion and all the other controversial topics most people avoid.

Of his show, he said, “It’s funny. I talk about politics, religion, race and sexuality, all the things we don’t talk about it polite company. Especially now, nobody likes to talk about racism, but the fact is we do live in a country that is racist.”

McCormick, 31, describes himself as pretty spontaneous, the product of the black church in which he was raised in North Carolina and later Washington, D.C. “If the spirit moves, you never know what will happen,” he promised. “Actually, I’m a city boy with country tendencies, or maybe a country boy with city tendencies, one of those.”

He does believe race relations remain a flashpoint in American society. Those tensions are particularly stoked by the rise of social media, which allows people to remain anonymous while expressing hateful and hurtful thoughts.

“When you’re a double minority (black and gay), you develop a different perspective about life and the world around you,” McCormick opined.

McCormick’s opinions were formed in the inner city of Washington.

“I grew up in the hood. We talked about each other’s mommas, how fat they were, how queer they were,” he recalled. “Today’s kids cry that you’re hurting their feelings. There are so many 12-year-olds on anti-depressants. Now kids don’t have the backbone.”

As a child, McCormick coped with the

pressures, like many, by becoming the class clown.

“I’ve definitely gotten more serious as I’ve gotten older. When I was younger, I spent a lot of time reading, a lot of time thinking and a lot of time high. When you put those things together, you definitely form opinions about the world,” he said in a telephone interview from an Amtrak train, traveling to a gig in Philadelphia.

McCormick has been entertaining audiences professionally for more than 16 years and notes his road has not been easy as a male, gay comedian.

“Everybody knows Wanda Sykes, Ellen, Rosie O’Donnell, Lily Tomlin. Now, let’s name some gay male comedians at the same time,” he pointed out. “We’ve been around, but I don’t want to say people take us seriously, but we have to work harder.”

When pressed to name successful gay male comedians, effeminate, stereotypical personalities come to mind first.

“I don’t walk around carrying a purse, wearing make-up and talking about fashion trends,” McCormick emphasized. “I’m drinking beer and talking about the game like the other guys. I don’t fit into that category and they’re baffled by that.”

Much of this lack of visibility of gay men in the industry had been driven by executives concerned by the marketability of high-profile gay comedians.

“America is ready for it,” McCormick stated confidently.

And for audiences who may be concerned his show is “too” edgy, he dismissed them, instead describing his personality as “nice, chocolatey and sexy.”

America—and South Florida—are ready.

Sampson McCormick appears at the Florida Comedy Club inside Spanx the Hog BBQ, 147 S. Cypress Creek Road in Pompano Beach, on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 8 and 10 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $40 at FloridaComedyClub.com.

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Adele

Oct. 26 at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Back on the road for her first tour in five years, the British chanteuse performs songs from her latest album “25.” Tickets $36.95 to $146.50. Call 786-777-1000 or visit AAArena.com.

Sia

Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. at the BB&T Center, One Panther Parkway in Sunrise. The Australian singer has topped the charts with her unique voice and performance style, including “Chandelier,” “Plastic Heart,” “Titanium,” and most recently, “Cheap Thrills.” She is joined by Miguel and Aluna George. Tickets $30.75 to $120.75. Call 954-835-7000 or visit The BBTCenter.com.

The Three Sisters of Weehawken

Through Nov. 6 at FAU’s Heckscher Stage, 777 Glades Road. Three sisters, Olga, Masha and Irina, have dreamed of returning to their childhood home in Manhattan, just a 15-minute ferry ride from their home in New Jersey. Tickets $35. Call 561-297-6124 or visit fauevents. com.

broward county * Halloween is Murder!

Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. Barbara Fox leads a one-woman murder mystery with audience participation. Tickets $20. Call 954678-1496 or visit EmpireStage.com.

* Seasons Greetings

Oct. 27 to Nov. 6 at Broward College Central Campus‘ Fine Arts Theatre, 3501 S.W. Davie Road in Davie. A collection of 80 plays in one, with works by Alan Ayckbourn. Tickets $10, $5 for students, faculty, and seniors. Visit BaileyHall.org.

* Radio Theater Presents: Dracula

Oct. 28 to 29 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Entertainment the old fashioned way in the style of radio theater to tell the story of the vampire, Dracula. Tickets $25. Call 954462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

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* The Phantoms…

Unmasked!

Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. at the Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Place in Miramar.

Three of the men who have played the phantom come together to perform classics from “Les Miserables,” “Man of La Mancha,” “Miss Saigon,” and more Tickets $50 to $250. Call 954-602-4500 or visit MiramarCulturalCenter.org.

* Peter Cetera

Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. at The Amp, 1801 NE Sixth St. in Pompano Beach. The frontman for Chicago, Cetera went solo in 1986 and has since recorded 10 albums. Tickets $40 to $100. Call 954-5195500 or visit TheAmpPompano.org.

Cock Tales: Shame on Me!

Through Oct. 30 at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. Debra Ehrhard tells the story of her encounters with the opposite sex. Tickets $20 to $35. Call 954-678-1496 or visit EmpireStage.com

* The Pretty Reckless

Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at Revolution Live, 100 SW Third Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The Pretty Reckless returns for its third album, opening with the hit “Take Me Down.” Tickets $26 in advance, $28 the day of. Call 954-449-1025 or visit JoinTheRevolution.net.

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* Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo

Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Benatar is joined by her husband to perform classic hits like “Love is a Battlefield,” “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” “We Belong,” and more. Tickets $25 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

miami-dade county Everybody Drinks the Same Water

Oct. 26 to Nov. 20 at the Miami Theater Center, 9806 NE Second Ave. in Miami Shores. Three teens of different religious backgrounds come together to solve a murder caused by someone poisoning their water supply in Cordoba, Spain. Tickets $25. Call 305-751-9550 or visit MTCMiami.org.

* Deathscribe Miami

Oct. 27 to 30 at the Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Celebrate Halloween at the theater with Chicago’s Wildclaw theater, where they produce creepy radio scripts. Tickets $39.

Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

* After

Oct. 27 to Nov. 13 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. A look into the lives of a grieving family and the one of the accused. Tickets $50. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

* Alessia Cara

Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. With a variety of influences, the 20-year-old chanteuse is a musical chameleon. Tickets $37.50 to $50.50. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

* Mana

Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Known for their theatrical shows, the Mexican rock band performs as a part of their Latino Power Tour.

Tickets $46 to $251. Call 786-777-1000 or visit AAArena.com.

Hand to God

Through Oct. 30 at GableStage at the Biltmore, 1200 Anastasia Ave. in Coral Gables. A student in a religious town in Texas finds his talents working with puppets, until one of them takes on an evil life of its own. Tickets $57 to $60.

Call 305-445-1119 or visit GableStage.org.

Outdoor Music Series

Third Thursdays at the Perez Art Museum Miami, 101 W. Flagler St. in Miami. Come out for live music from DJs and musicians by the bay. Drink specials available. Free with museum admission. Call 305-375-3000 or visit PAMM.org.

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The Secret Comedy of Women: Girls Only

Oct. 26 to 30 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. A night of sketch comedy, music, videos, and audience participation celebrating all things girls. Tickets $35. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

* Lake Worth Has Talent II

Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m. at Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave. in Lake Worth. Show off your talents, with proceeds benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network. Prices for first, second, and third place winners!

Tickets $30. Call 561-586-6410 or visit LakeWorthPlayhouse.org.

The Mystery of Love & Sex

Through Oct. 30 at Arts Garage, 94 NE Second Ave. in Delray Beach. Charlotte is a white Jewish girl, her boyfriend Johnny is black, and her parents are trying to keep up with their relationship. Tickets $30 to $45. Call 561-4506357 or visit ArtsGarage.org.

Reasons to be Pretty

Through Oct. 30 at the Lake Worth Playhouse, 709 Lake Ave. in Lake Worth. Greg loves his girlfriend Steph, but he makes the mistake of mentioning a few physical imperfections he thinks she has. Tickets $23. Call 561-586-6410 or visit LakeWorthPlayhouse.org.

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In the case of Dallas Steele, his former work was in front of camera, but with much less action.

Last week it was revealed by several mainstream news organizations that Steele is in fact former CBS anchor and Fox weatherman Jim Walker. The 44-year-old worked for CBS affiliate KBAK in Bakersfield, California and Fox affiliate KBTV in Beaumont, Texas.

“I am as comfortable in a suit as I am a jockstrap,” Steele told Queerty.

The New York Daily News reports Steele recently got butt implants and has participated in six “top selling” porn flicks.

On a Twitter account, @DallasSteeleXXX, the actor is listed as a TitanMen exclusive.

“Classy, not trashy,” reads his Twitter profile.

In an interview with the New York Post, Steele said he left broadcast news due to the industry’s increasingly competitive nature. Demands to “embellish” and “sensationalize” stories left

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newsman Jim Walker looking for a way out.

“There were four years in between where I basically contemplated what I was going to do next,” Steele told the Post. “And when a friend of mine suggested I do movies, I said, ‘I’ve got to do something.’”

Described as a muscle daddy, Steele can be seen in the TitanMen production of “Silverlake.”

In the film, Steele and Vinnie Stefano double team a Washington, D.C. political operative played by David Benjamin amid the backdrop of the desert of Palm Springs, California.

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Oct. 27 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Concrete Beach Brewery, 325 NW 24 St. in Miami. The gang from the brewery will be tapping kegs of Guava Lychee Saison, coupled with a Q&A by the head brewer. Free. Call 305-796-2727 or visit ConcreteBeachBrewery.com.

Griot Fest: The Haitian Food Festival

Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. at Burt Aaronson South County Regional Park’s Sunset Cove Amphitheater, 20405 Amphitheater Circle in Boca Raton.

Celebrate Caribbean cuisine, culture, and music. Tickets $28 to $50, free parking. Buy tickets on EventBrite. com.

Wicked Manors: Political Nightmare

Oct. 31 from 7 to 11 p.m. on Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Traverse the drive in your best costume for bar hopping, costume contests, music, and fun. Benefits the Pride Center.

Visit WickedManors.org.

virtual * Thinking of Buying a Home?

Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. online. Join the National Association of Gay & Lesbian Real Estate Professionals and the Virtual Counseling Network for an interactive, online workshop with housing experts to discuss buying a home and renting. Free. Call 800-826-1502 or register at virtualcounselornetwork.org/vcnworkshop-registration.

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broward county Florida U.S. Senate Debate

Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. at Broward College Central Campus’s Bailey Hall, 3501 SW Davie Road.

Candidates for the U.S. Florida Senate seat will participate in a one-hour debate moderated by Todd Dermott, WPBF anchor, will moderate. Visit Broward.edu.

* Healthy Feet Clinic & Raffle

Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. Holiday Park, 1200 G. Harold Martin Drive in Fort Lauderdale. Learn about foot care for walkers and runners, as well as a raffle, put together by Front Runners & Walkers Fort Lauderdale and Runner’s Depot. Call 954-2478642 or visit FrontRunnersFortLauderdale.org.

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GENDER BENDER YOUTH GROUP

Mondays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at SunServe Campus, 1480 SW Ninth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. A group for LGBT youth 13 to 21 to discuss gender, gender expression, binary systems, friendship, family and whatever else comes up! Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com

PFLAG

Tuesdays in Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs and Southwest Ranches. A support group for parents of LGBT youth 13 to 21. Free.

Visit SunServeYouth.com for dates and locations.

SUNSERVE YOUTH GROUP

Tuesdays and Thursdays in Fort Lauderdale, Southwest Ranches, Coral Springs and Hollywood. A support group and night of fun for LGBT youth 13 to 21. Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com for dates and times.

SURVIVOR SUPPORT

First and third Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Broward Health Imperial Point Hospital cafeteria, 6401 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Find support from counselors and peers who have lost loved ones to suicide. Call the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention at 954-384-0344 or visit FISPOnline.org.

Wilton Manors’ Annual Halloween Spooktackular

Oct. 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mickel Park, 2675 NW Seventh Ave. in Wilton Manors. A family friendly Halloween celebration with a costume contest, photos with the Great Pumpkin, food, games, hayrides, and more.

Shuttle parking at at St. Clement Church.

Free. Call 954-390-2130 or email bpierce@ wiltonmanors.com.

* Community Day

Oct. 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. The whole community is invited to come together for food, a pet and kid’s costume contest, demonstrations by fire and police departments, and more. Call 954-463-9005 or visit PrideCenterFlorida.org.

* Monthly Psychic Fair

Last Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. at Sunshine Cathedral’s Graham Fasana Chapel, 1480 SW Ninth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. An afternoon of astrology, tarot readings, and psychic and mediumship readings by the Metaphysical Chapel. Will not meet in December. Cost $15 for a 15-minute reading. Visit MetaphysicalChapel. com.

ocT. 27 To nov. 3 * Peep Show

* Trick or Treat so PBC Can Eat

Fifteen Minutes

* Author Presentation: “Annie’s Plaid Shirt” by Stacy B. Davids

The Thrill of the Vote: Episodes in Democracy

Transcendence

Oct. 31 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Stonewall National Museum - Wilton Manors, 2157 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Take a break from the Halloween festivities with an erotic art exhibit. Tickets $25. Call 954-763-8565 or visit Stonewall-Museum.org.

Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at Stonewall National Museum - Wilton Manors, 2157 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Annie loves her plaid shirt, but her mom tells her she has to wear a dress to her uncle’s wedding. Davids’ children’s book tackles gender norms, identity, tolerance, and other themes. Rescheduled from a previous date due to Hurricane Matthew.

Free. Call 954-763-8565 or visit StonewallMuseum.org.

palm beach county * Hungarian Photographers – Pioneers of Modernism

Oct. 30 from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real in Boca Raton. Dr. Yvette Sencer discusses the Hungarian-born artists who helped propel photography into fine art. Tickets $10. Call 561-392-2500 or visit BocaMuseum.org/ events.

Oct. 31 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Drop off food for the Palm Beach County Food Bank’s inaugural food drive — those in costumes are entered into a costume contest! Free. Visit PBConventionCenter.com.

Through Nov. 30 in the FAU’s Theatre Lab Gallery in Parliament Hall, 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton. A exhibiting exploring voting rights over American history. Call 561-297-6124 or visit FAUEvents.com.

Question Bridge: Black Males

Through Dec. 18 at the Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach. A look at the lives of African American men, more than 160 men in nine cities were interviewed for this visual art project. Free. Call 561-832-5196 or visit Norton.org.

Who is Joan Quinn? A Life in Portraits

Through Jan. 15, 2017 at the Cornell Art Museum at Old Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach.

A collection of works created over 50 years by contemporary artists celebrating the legacy of Joan Agajanian Quinn. Suggested donation $5.

Call 561-243-7922 or visit OldSchoolSquare.org.

Through Jan. 15, 2017 at the Cornell Art Museum at Old Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach.

Andy Warhol once said, “Everyone will be worldfamous for 15 minutes.” This exhibit examines the culture of celebrity. Suggested donation $5.

Call 561-243-7922 or visit OldSchoolSquare.org.

Meets at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. A closed transgender youth support group for teens ages 12 to 19. For more information, email youth@compassglcc.com.

miami-dade county Ronaldo Peña: Black Gold

Through Nov. 13 at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, 770 NE 125th St. in North Miami. A contemporary exploration of oil and its grasp on our everyday lives. Tickets $10. Call 305893-6211 or visit MOCAMiami.org.

Ethiopia Now!

Through Nov. 15 at the Miami Center for Architecture & Design, 100 NE First Ave. in Miami. An exhibit of contemporary architecture by 19 designers from the past decade. Call 305448-7488 or visit miamicad.org.

Arsht Center Farmers Market

Thomson Plaza for the Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Purchase fresh food from local farmers, including fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared foods, as well as chefs, live music, and cooking demonstrations. Free. Visit ArshtCenter.org/en/ Visit/Dining.

Yoga

Tuesdays from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at Jose Marti Park, 362 SW Fourth Ave. in Miami. Yogis 18 and older of all levels are invited to a practice lead by a certified instructor. Bring your own yoga mat, water, and towel. Free. Call 305-358-7550 or visit BayfrontParkMiami.com/Yoga.html.

key west * Fantasy Fest

Through Oct. 30 throughout Key West. The biggest party in Key West has returned! With the theme “Political Voodoo and Ballot Box Barbarians,” indulge in wacky costumes, parades, and parades. Visit FantasyFest.com.

Hot Naked Hump Days

Wednesdays from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Island House, 1129 Fleming St. in Key West. Relax in the middle of the week with two-for-one drinks, free shots, videos and music, giveaways, and naked boys at the pool. Call 305-294-6284 or visit IslandHouseKeyWest.com

Mondays from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Parker and Vann

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The Parish of Sts. Francis and Clare Where we welcome and appreciate diversity.

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HARRY’S ELECTRIC RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL - Additions, renovations, service upgrades, breaker panels,FPL undergrounds, code violations, A/C wiring, ceiling fans, recessed, security & landscaping, lighting, pools, pumps, Jacuzzis, water heaters, FREE PHONE ESTIMATES 954-522-3357 Lic & Ins. www. harryelectrician.com

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HUSBAND FOR RENT - Is he procrastinating home repairs? He says he will do it tomorrow?? After the football game?? We fit right in - in the house or the yard, small or big jobs: tile, dry wall, paint, plumbing, roof leaks, broken furniture, irrigation, fences, and more!It doesn’t cost to hassle us to see the work - so why wait? Neat, clean work for a reasonable price.

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AFFORDABLE AWESOME MASSAGE BY JIM Offering Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports and LomiLomi Massage for Men; in a very comfortable, relaxed and Private Massage Studio, NOW conveniently located in Wilton Manors on NE 26th Street, with plenty of free parking. Same Day appointments are welcome; please call Jim, 954-600-5843 email: info@ massagebyjim.com or visit my website for testimonials, rates and more. GREAT OPENING SPECIAL NOW AVAILABLE! www.massagebyjim.com Licensed and Certified MM22293 MASSAGE BY DENNIS - $50 per 90 min-Out calls higher. Swedish, Deep Tissue, All clients and Body types welcome, Reflexology and Feet. Couples Discounts. Delray Beach. 22 years experience.

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