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Evangelical Anti-Gay Bishop Elected Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Tucker Berardi
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arcelo Crivella, bishop of Brazil’s Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, was elected Mayor of Rio de Janeiro last week with nearly 60 percent of the city’s vote. The right-wing politician also has an extensive record of anti-LGBT views, according to PinkNews. In the past, Crivella has categorized homosexuality as a sin, classifying it as a “terrible ail” in his book “Evangelizing Africa,” CNN reports. Rio de Janeiro has traditionally been a progressive city, hosting the LGBT-centered Carnival and Pride Parade every year, as well as being home to the 2016 Summer Olympics — which had a record-breaking 55 out-LGBT athletes. Crivella’s win, however, has the city’s activists worried about the future of LGBT rights. “I think he represents a very risky climate that is going on and growing really fast in Brazilian society,” lesbian activist Jindera Queiroz told Public Radio International(PRI). Veriano Terto, activist and researcher at the
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Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association, believes that Crivella will prioritize religious rights over human rights, thus harming progress made for the LGBT community. “Check some of his recent speeches on homosexuality,” Terto told PRI. “You’ll see that he says things like ‘homosexuality is OK, but we cannot forbid the religious people to say that homosexuality is a sin, that it’s something perverted, dirty, that should be condemned.’” Queiroz, Terto and other activists in Rio fear that AIDS and HIV funding and outreach could be cut under the new administration, or that police mistreatment of the LGBT community in Rio will only get worse if left unchecked.
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omestic LGBT issues are still important and far from settled. But, after five years of highlighting them at Our Fund’s Fall Forum, David Jobin, CEO and president of Our Fund, thought it was time to shed some light on international LGBT issues. “They’ve been incredibly interesting conversations but I felt, after five years, we were ready to kind of turn the page and talk about different topics. Not just ones that are in our back yard. We can think a little more globally. People are being thrown off roofs, being put to death for being gay and lesbian.” Our Fund, an organization that seeks to unite LGBT donors with LGBT organizations, will hold its 6th Annual Fall Forum, also known as the National LGBT Leadership Forum, on Monday, Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. at the NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale. Jobin said a lot of members of the LGBT community with the resources to help make a positive impact on LGBT individuals abroad will be at the Fall Forum. “I would be happy if we came away with a more informed, more sympathetic audience about these issues.” According to the United Nations, many nations, mostly in North Africa and the Middle East, still punish LGBT individuals with either jail time or the death penalty. And in some nations, such as Russia, while LGBT relationships have been decriminalized, individuals still face a lot of cultural and religious persecution for who they are. To counter that persecution and help change the culture, Steve Roth, director of global initiatives, Out & Equal Workplace
Advocates, and one of the panelists for the Fall Forum, said his organization tries to change hearts and minds in a more personal and organic way. By helping to change the culture of corporations, Roth hopes to change the culture of the countries where those corporations are located. Governments may not listen to human rights advocates, he said, but they are more inclined to listen to businesses. “Corporations have a unique and powerful platform to speak from.” But it’s not about applying financial pressure, such as when PayPal cancelled plans to open an operations center in North Carolina after that state passed its controversial transgender bathroom bill. “It’s more subtle than financial pressure. The first step is for companies to provide a safe and nurturing environment. It’s not something that’s going to happen necessarily overnight but eventually that can help a [pro-LGBT] platform.” Roth adds that rather than be the “ugly Americans” and use “neo-colonialism” to try and “tell people what to do” on LGBT rights from the outside, the key is to work with existing LGBT rights groups from within and assist them in their mission. “Partnering with them so they can do their work.” Joining Roth on the panel are Nadine Smith, CEO of Equality Florida; Angeline Jackson, executive director of Quality of Citizenship Jamaica; Micheal Ighodaro, Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention and Graeme Reid, director of LGBT Rights Program, Human Rights Watch.
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he site of the deadliest mass-shooting in United States history will turn into a memorial. The city of Orlando will spend $2.25 million on the Pulse Nightclub, Mayor Buddy Dyer told the Orlando Sentinel. “There are lots of people that are making a visit to the site part of their trip, part of their experience of Orlando, so I think 12 to 18 months of leaving it as-is would be appropriate,” he said. The goal is to “create something to honor the memory of the victims that are deceased [and] those that were injured, and a testament to the resilience of our community.” The nightclub is still visited daily by mourners. The nightclub site will likely not be changed for at least another year. Dyer told the Sentinel that the city will reach out and ask the community about how they should construct the memorial.
Come in & Get The site of the nightclub was appraised at $600,000 less than the purchase price. The shooting took the lives of 49 people and injured 53 others. Funds are currently being distributed to victims and their families. The Associated Press reported that the victims’ estates will get $350,000 each. Donald Trump, Republican Nominee at the time, opened up his campaign office across the street from the gay club in August.
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irst Comes Love: Portraits of Enduring LGBTQ Relationships,” an exhibit depicting the real lives of LGBT couples, will come to the Stonewall National Museum beginning on Friday, Nov. 10 through Dec. 11. Barbara Proud — known as B. Proud for short — created the project following the passage of Proposition 8, which took away the right for same-sex couples to marry in California. “I began a quest that would celebrate the long-term relationships in the LGBTQ community, the ‘marriages’ that in essence but not in rights, already exist,” said B. Proud. “Recently, my work has taken a new route, one of social documentary, as I seek to share what I see as injustices in our world.” With her new social documentary, Proud aims to educate people outside of the community in addition to celebrating these relationships and providing a historical record. Proud and her exhibit have traveled the country from Seattle to Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia and beyond, where she hopes “people would learn to understand us more and therefore foster acceptance.” The exhibit comes from her book of the same name — a 148-page collection that includes black and white portraits of 65 different couples, including three widows and widowers. The couples have been together for as few as 11 years and as much as 61 years, meeting at their freshman orientation in college. One couple even wrote a song inspired by the project.
Proud funds her own travel and financial expenses, putting her hopes for a second book volume on pause. “I think (the project has) turned out to be a very historical document,” Proud spoke of the project and book. The significance comes from the people involved — both of the couples from the Proposition 8 case agreed to become a part of the project. In addition, the first same-sex couples married in Washington D.C. and Delaware also participated. Proud hopes in the future her exhibit “to be in more public places like airports, so people outside of the community can see it.” As for other projects, Proud hopes she can create a series on trans couples. The photographer wants to look to LGBT rights activist and political figure Sarah McBride for advice, who is “top of (her) list of people to get for inside feelings” on the transgender community. “First Comes Love has it right: It’s the faces and stories of real people that open hearts and minds and pave the way to legal and social change,” said President of Freedom to Marry Evan Wolfson in a press release. “And first comes love – the love that enriches our lives and the love that sparks the passion and commitment to bring the change needed. These beautiful images and stories are not just to look at, they are to be inspired by.” The exhibit begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, with an artist talk by the photographer B. Proud at 7 p.m. Entry is free; however, the museum suggests a $5 donation on entry.
IF YOU GO: First Comes Love: Portraits of 2157 Wilton Drive Enduring LGBTQ Relationships Wilton Manors, Florida, 33305 Stonewall National Museum Nov. 10 – Dec. 11 Wilton Manors Gallery
riests do not have to report sexual abuse discovered during confession, Louisiana Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 28. The decision came after a 2014 case in which a woman claimed a Baton Rouge Catholic priest did not report when she told him a longtime church parishioner sexually abused her. The woman was 14 at the time. On Friday, the Supreme Court claimed they had never “conclusively determined” whether a priest is required to report child abuse under provisions of the Louisiana Children’s Code, according to The Advocate. “Any communication made to a priest privately in the sacrament of confession for the purpose of confession, repentance, and absolution is a confidential communication under La. Code Evid. 511, and the priest is exempt from mandatory reporter status in such circumstances by operation of La. Child. Code art. 603, because ‘under the … tenets of the [Roman Catholic] church’ he has an inviolable ‘duty to keep such communications confidential,’” the court ruled. In other words, priests are not considered
“mandatory reporters” of sexual abuse, and thus do not need to come forward when they learn a child’s “physical or mental health or welfare is endangered as a result of abuse or neglect or that abuse or neglect was a contributing factor in a child’s death,” according to article 609 A(1) of the Louisiana Children’s Code. A statement delivered Friday by The Baton Rouge Diocese announced it was pleased by “the Louisiana Supreme Court’s recent opinion, which affirms the sanctity of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.”
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US Pastor to Ask Judge to Reject Uganda Anti-Gay Lawsuit
Scott Lively, evangelist. Photo Credit: Tim Pierce.
(AP) A Massachusetts evangelist will ask a federal judge to reject a lawsuit that accuses him of waging a long campaign to persecute gays in Uganda. An East African gay advocacy group filed the lawsuit in 2012 against minister Scott Lively under a statute that allows non-citizens to file U.S. court actions for violations of international law. Lively’s Springfield church is known as Redemption Gate Mission Society. He has called the lawsuit “absurd” and “completely frivolous.” Lively said he has preached against homosexuality, but advised therapy, not punishment. The New York-based group Center for Constitutional Rights filed the suit on behalf of Sexual Minorities Uganda. A hearing will be held Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Springfield on Lively’s request for summary judgment to keep the case from going to trial.
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(SFGN) Just sharing a kiss in Morocco is enough to land you hard time. Article 489 of the Moroccan Penal Code states that “any person who ‘commits a lewd and unnatural act’ with an individual of the same sex may be sentenced to six months to three years of imprisonment.” Due to this article, two teenage girls ages 16 and 17 must stand trial for being caught in public displays of affection on a roof, Omar Arbib of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights reports to CNN Arabic. The Association will send a lawyer to represent the girls in trial. CNN also reports that the 17-year-old girl’s mother visited her in the adult wing of the prison and learned that the teenager was “mistreated by other prisoners.” Arbib calls for Article 489 to be abolished. “Individuals cannot be punished based on their sexual inclination,” he said. The Moroccan Association of Human Rights isn’t alone in wanting to help the teenagers. The Alternative Movement for Individual Liberties protested their arrest by publishing a photo with the group founders. The photo caption reads: “We are heterosexual and we support LGBT rights.”
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interests and behaviors, while ignoring that intolerance and discrimination regrettably exist in various parts of the world, be it on the basis of color, race, sex or religion, to mention only a few.”
(AP) African nations are seeking to initially suspend and then get rid of the first U.N. independent expert charged with investigating violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Botswana’s U.N. Ambassador Charles Ntwaagae said Friday that African nations want the General Assembly to delay consideration of a Human Rights Council resolution adopted on June 30 that authorized the appointment of an expert to monitor LGBT rights in order to discuss “the legality of the creation of this mandate.” Ntwaagae told the 193-member world body that a General Assembly resolution introduced by African nations seeking a delay also calls for suspending the activities of the first expert, Vitit Muntarbhorn of Thailand, who was appointed on Sept. 30, pending a determination of the legality. The assembly is expected to vote on the African resolution on Tuesday. The Human Rights Council resolution establishing the LGBT expert was adopted by a vote of 23-18 with 6 abstentions, reflecting the deep divisions internationally on gay rights. The U.N. has worked to improve the rights of the LGBT community in recent years but has repeatedly run into opposition from some member states - especially from countries in the Middle East and Africa as well as China and Russia. According to a U.N. human rights report last year, at least 76 countries retain laws used to criminalize and harass people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, including laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relationships among adults. Ntwaagae said African nations “are alarmed” that the Human Rights Council is delving into national matters and attempting to focus on people “on the grounds of their sexual
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omania: Political Dispute Over Anti-Gay-Marriage Referendum
(AP) The leader of Romania’s biggest party has asked two colleagues to withdraw a bill calling for an anti-gaymarriage referendum to be organized on the same day as parliamentary elections. Two Social Democratic Party senators submitted a draft bill to Senate Thursday, calling for a referendum on changing the constitution to specify that marriage is a union between a man and a woman. The initiative is backed by a petition signed by almost 3 million people who fear Romania may legalize same-sex marriage. Liviu Dragnea, chairman of the Social Democrats, said Friday the two issues should not be mixed. If Parliament approves the bill in 2 weeks, there will be a referendum on Dec. 11, together with parliamentary elections. The current constitution says marriage is an act between spouses.
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LGBTQ Task Force Sides With Standing Rock John McDonald
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he National LGBTQ Task Force has jumped into the fray over the Dakota Access oil pipeline. In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the Task Force is asking President Obama to stop construction of the pipeline on sacred Native American lands. Tensions have reached a boiling point as police and protesters clash over the pipeline’s route through Standing Rock Reservation. On Wednesday, the Task Force released the following statement: “We proudly join LGBTQ advocates across the country in celebrating the rich history and culture of First Americans. We’d also like to take this opportunity to express our solidarity with our Native American family, friends and community who are taking action to protect drinking water against contamination in North Dakota. For generations, Native American communities have been marginalized, stripped of their land, forced to relocate, and denied fairness and justice. We urge the President to go beyond his welcomed re-routing of the
Standing Rock pipeline project and to stop the project entirely — and commit to preserving all sacred Native American lands,” said Rea Carey, National LGBTQ Task Force Executive Director, in a news release. Speaking at a campaign rally in Ohio on Tuesday, Obama told CNN, “As a general rule, my view is that there is a way for us to accommodate sacred lands of Native Americans, and I think that right now the Army Corps is examining whether there are ways to reroute this pipeline,” adding his plan is to “let it play out for several more weeks” before coming to a final conclusion. Elsewhere, the Task Force is putting final preparations together for its annual Miami Gala. Staged Nov. 19 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, the gala, now in its 20th year, will feature a performance by Tony Award winning actress Beth Malone. For more information, visit taskforcegala.org
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Wilton Manors Bank Robber Still At Large John McDonald
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bank robber remains at large as authorities seek tips leading to an
arrest. On Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a photograph of a bank robbery at Wells Fargo, 2520 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. The robbery occurred at 12:15 p.m. on Nov. 2. The robber, investigators say, entered the bank and demanded money from a bank employee.
Anyone with information as to the identity of the bank robber is urged to contact the FBI at 754-703-2000 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.
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Study: More gay characters on TV, but lesbian/bi women keep getting killed off (AP) A record number of gay characters are featured on broadcast series, but small-screen shows overall can be deadly for the female ones, according to a study released Thursday. More than 25 lesbian and bisexual female characters died on scripted broadcast, cable and streaming series this year, the media advocacy group GLAAD found in its report on small-screen diversity. While TV remains far ahead of film in gay representations, the medium “failed queer women this year” by continuing the “harmful ‘bury your gays’ trope,” the report said. The violent deaths included characters Poussey Washington (played by Samira Wiley on “Orange is the New Black”) and Bea Smith (Danielle Cormack on “Wentworth”). It’s part of a decade-long pattern in which gay or transgender characters are killed to further a straight character’s storyline, GLAAD said, sending what it called the “dangerous” message that gay people are disposable.
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For its annual report titled “Where We Are on TV,” researchers tallied the LGBTQ characters seen or set to be portrayed in the period from June 2016 to May 2017. Counts were based on series airing or announced and for which casting has been confirmed. The study, which in 2005 began examining other aspects of diversity on TV, found record percentages of people of color and people with disabilities depicted on broadcast shows. For full results, visit www.GLAAD.org/ WhereWeAreOnTV16.
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NC House Member Comes Out as Bisexual (AP) A North Carolina House member says he’s making public his bisexuality so people know members of the LGBT community remain in the General Assembly and will keep speaking up against discrimination. Democratic Rep. Cecil Brockman of Guilford County told the News & Record of Greensboro (http://bit.ly/2elrPho) of his decision to come out. Brockman is a first-term legislator who faces no opposition next week for a second twoyear term. The only other openly gay member - Guilford County Rep. Chris Sgro - is stepping down at the end of the year. Sgro leads the gay-rights group Equality North Carolina and was appointed last spring largely to oppose the law limiting LGBT rights known as House Bill 2. Brockman voted against the law last March.
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Attorney: Chelsea Manning Again Attempts Suicide in Prison (AP) Chelsea Manning attempted suicide for the second time in recent months while the transgender soldier remains imprisoned in Kansas for leaking classified information, two of her attorneys said Friday. Manning’s attorneys, Vincent Ward and Chase Strangio, cited her prison conditions including the solitary confinement that her legal team says she received as punishment for her July suicide attempt - as contributing to their client’s fragile mental state. Strangio, in an email to The Associated Press, wrote “After her July suicide attempt, I watched her begin to piece her life and spirit back together only to have that shattered by the disciplinary proceedings brought against her and then the unannounced initiation of her term of punishment last month,” Strangio wrote. “She has repeatedly been punished for trying to survive and now is being repeatedly punished for trying to die.”
Chelsea Manning.
Manning, arrested in 2010 was convicted in 2013 in military court of leaking more than 700,000 secret military and State Department documents to WikiLeaks. Manning was an intelligence analyst in Iraq at the time. In 2014, the ACLU sued the U.S. Department of Defense over its refusal to treat Manning’s gender dysphoria. Manning staged a several-day hunger strike in September until the Army agreed to get her treatment for her gender dysphoria, including surgery recommended in April by her psychologist, the ACLU said.
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Quist – Queer History with a Twist App encourages you to add more history dates
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GBT History Month may be over but with The Quist app it’s LGBT history every day. The app is empowering people to explore and educate themselves about LGBT history and historical sites. Quist contains resources including a list of LGBT history online resources and a calendar of LBGTQ history events. Quist launched mid-2013, has been downloaded to more than 27,000 devices in 112 countries. It is available on the majority of tablets and smartphones worldwide. On an average day, 300 unique users will visit the app, 9 percent of them for the first time. “Most users engage with us by checking the app every
day or a few times a week to see the historical tidbits,” says Sarah Prager, Founder and Executive Director of Quist. While the app is filled with many important facts and figures, they are far from a complete, definitive accounting of LGBT history. “There are a few reasons for that,” explains Prager. “One is that we feature history of national and international significance, so some local information doesn’t make it in. The date of the first pride parade for every town in the world isn’t listed, for example. Then we also have the restriction of being an all-volunteer organization. We can only enter as much as we have the people-power for.”
Users can also contribute historical content to the Quist app. Both historical events and notable locations can be added by emailing info@quistapp.com information can be entered at QuistApp.com/submit-event. In South Florida, there are a few areas highlighted for their unique relevance in LGBT history. Among them – the Miami-Dade County Courthouse where Commissioner Ruth Shack sponsored a human rights ordinance to prohibit discrimination on the basis of homosexuality in 1976 and the World AIDS Museum in Wilton Manors. A half dozen other South Florida locations are expected to be added soon.
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ayor Gary Resnick won a comfortable re-election bid against challenger Boyd Corbin with 72 percent of the votes Tuesday night, winning a fifth term as the Island City’s leading elected official. Ruthanne Stadnik, a resident and Resnick supporter, said the city’s “really grown and prospered under Gary’s guidance” and that she was glad the road reduction of Wilton Drive would keep moving forward. “Property values have gone up. He really has made a difference.” But Resnick’s fellow incumbents, Commissioner Tom Green and Commissioner Julie Carson, had much closer races. Green, who got 32 percent of the vote, was the leader in the commission race. Carson came in second with 28 percent.
Mayor Gary Resnick. Photo: J.R. Davis.
Challengers Paul Rolli and Celeste Ellich got 27 and 11 percent respectively. Carson and Rolli were only separated by 116 votes.
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Trump defies the odds, wins the White House
Clinton supporters gathered at Clinton Street and President Street to watch election night unfold in New York. Photo: Hannah Long-Higgins.
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or a brief period of time Tuesday evening, it looked like heavily LGBT Broward County, Florida, might give Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton the boost she needed to win that state’s critical 29 electoral votes. If it had, the race would have been over. It didn’t happen. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump won the state with 49.1 percent of the vote to Clinton’s 47.7 percent. And by 2:40 a.m. Wednesday, the New York Times and some other media were projecting that Trump had won the White House after apparently taking Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes. Shortly thereafter CNN reported that Clinton had called Trump and conceded the election. The news defied nearly every poll prediction in the run-up to the November 8 election and dramatically altered the political landscape for LGBT rights in the United States. Although Trump was to some the “most pro-gay” Republican presidential nominee ever, he has promised to name an Antonin Scalia-type justice to the U.S. Supreme Court who can undo marriage equality. He has promised to reverse “all” President Obama’s executive orders, several of which have increased protections for LGBT people. And he has urging allowing individual states decide what rights LGBT people can enjoy. Exit polls conducted by the major television networks and Associated Press indicated that one in five voters said the U.S. Supreme Court was their top priority in choosing a president.
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In other election news Tuesday night: • Democrats failed to win enough U.S. Senate seats to take over as the majority there, leaving Republicans in charge of the White House and both houses of Congress. Democrats did pick up two seats in the Senate, both supporters of equal rights for LGBT people: U.S. Rep Tammy Duckworth defeated incumbent Republican Mark Kirk. LGBT community support was split in that race, with the Human Rights Campaign backing Kirk and other groups supporting Duckworth. And Democrat state Attorney General Catherine Masto won retiring Democrat Harry Reid’s seat for Nevada. • North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, who led that state’s efforts to pass the anti-LGBT law HB2 this year, appeared to have lost his bid for re-election. Democrat Roy Cooper was 4,480 votes ahead of him at 3 a.m. • Oregon elected the nation’s first ever openly LGBT governor. Kate Brown, who assumed office following a scandal involving the previous governor, won election in her own right Tuesday night, earning 51 percent of the vote; and, • The six openly LGBT incumbent members of the U.S. House won re-election Tuesday night but none of the 12 other LGBT candidates for Congress –two for the Senate and 10 for the House—won.
Following the news of Clinton’s concession call to Trump, lesbian news commentator Rachel Maddow of MSNBC said, “it’s hard to overstate the political import of what this is. “Our country is about to face some serious crises, and so buckle up, your country needs you,” said Maddow. Trump took to the stage at his rally in New York City at 2:54 a.m. Reading from a teleprompter, Trump said the country owes Clinton a debt of gratitude for her service to the country. “It is time for us to come together as one united people,” said Trump. “I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be a president for all Americans and this is so important to me.” “To those who have chosen not to support me in the past,” he said he would “work together and unify our great country.”
“Our country is about to face some serious crises, and so buckle up, your country needs you." - Rachel Maddow, MSNBC
ELECTION • the results are in As he left the stage, his campaign played one of his most common theme songs, the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” By 3 a.m., Trump had 279 electoral votes to Clinton’s 218. It takes 270 to win. Trump reached that goal by winning Wisconsin, a state many expected would go for Clinton. In the final days of the campaign, Clinton worked hard to get out the LGBT vote. During a campaign stop in heavily gay Wilton Manors, Florida, she promised to call on Congress to pass the Equality Act, work to achieve an AIDS-free generation, “end the harmful practice of the so-called conversion therapy,” and take on homelessness, bullying, and violence against LGBT youth. She also promised to push for gun control “so that what happened in Orlando can never happen again.” Trump’s campaign issued a statement to “strongly condemn” the antigay activities of a white nationalist supporter, William Johnson, from Los Angeles. Johnson funded a robo-call in Utah October 31, calling an obscure independent presidential candidate a “closet homosexual.” Johnson’s robo-call was apparently
prompted by the success the independent candidate, Evan McMullin, was having in drawing votes away from Trump in Utah, potentially costing Trump six electoral votes. According to media reports, the robocall said: “Evan has two mommies. His mother is a lesbian, married to another woman. Evan is okay with that. Indeed, Evan supports the Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage. Evan is over 40 years old and is not married and doesn’t even have a girlfriend. I believe Evan is a closet homosexual. Don’t vote for Evan McMullin. Vote for Donald Trump.” (McMullin has said he loves his mother “very much” but believes in “traditional marriage.”) In 2012, 76 percent of LGBT voters supported Democratic President Barack Obama, 22 percent supported Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Exit poll data late Tuesday night indicated the vote breakdown in this election was essentially the same for the Democrat, with 78 percent voting for Clinton. But only 14 percent voted for the Republican Trump. Previously, the lowest support from the LGBT community for a Republican presidential candidate was 19 percent in 2008 for John McCain.
Trump and Pence. Photo: CNN.
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oters in Oakland Park returned Mayor Tim Lonergan and Commissioner Sara Guevrekian to office and elected newcomer Matthew Sparks. Lonergan collected the most votes in the nine candidate field with 4,353 votes. Guevrekian tallied 4,120 and Sparks got 3,645. “I am grateful that the voters of Oakland Park have placed their trust in me,” said Lonergan in a telephone conversation with SFGN late Tuesday evening. Lonergan, a gay man, was endorsed by the Sun-Sentinel, Broward County AFL-CIO and Dolphin Democrats among other groups. He campaigned on improving Oakland Park’s “affordability, desirability, safety and quality of life.” Rounding out the field were: Steven R. Arnst (3,628), Scott Herman (3,620), John Michael Perez (3,226), Curletha D. Campbell (2,268),
Mayor Tim Lonergan. Photo: Facebook.
Mitchell-Stollberg-Appleyard (2,083) and Mitch Rosenwald (1,426). Herman, StollbergAppleyard and Rosenwald are openly gay. A total of 28,369 people voted in Oakland Park’s 16 precincts. While he returns to the commission, Lonergan rotates out of the mayor’s seat and John Adornato III rotates in. Both men are gay and married.
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Florida Rep. David Richardson.
Richardson Wins Re-Election To Florida House John McDonald
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lorida Representative David Celebrating the duo wins, the Victory Richardson survived an 11-hour Fund released the following statement: attack from his opponent to win re“Florida increased its representation in election to the House of Representatives. the state legislature Tuesday night with With 42 of 43 precincts reporting in the election of Carlos Guillermo Smith district 113, Richardson collected 30,249 and the re-election of David Richardson. votes to 16,577 for challenger Jonathan Just five months ago LGBT people were H. Parker. In the run-up targeted in the deadliest to the election, Parker mass shooting in U.S. had accused Richardson history, and these openly "I am honored to of being an “invisible” have such incredible LGBT leaders were elected representative. on platforms of common support in my “Our four year journey sense gun violence community, but continues,” said Richardson prevention and advancing also glad that my in a telephone conversation equality for all Floridians. with SFGN late Tuesday status as an openly Carlos and David will be evening from the Hotel critical LGBT voices in the gay man does not Gaythering in Miami Beach. state legislature, and are affect my ability “I am honored to have such laying the foundation for to serve all of the incredible support in my long-term LGBT political constituents of community, but also glad power in the state,” said house district 113." Victory Fund President & that my status as an openly gay man does not affect CEO Aisha C. Moodie-Mills. - David Richardson my ability to serve all of Both men are Democrats. the constituents of house Another gay Democrat, district 113.” Ken Keechl, was not so lucky. The Wilton Richardson will be joined in Tallahassee’s Manors attorney could not knock off lower chamber next session by another incumbent Representative George Moraitis, openly gay representative. Carlos Guillermo a Fort Lauderdale Republican. Moraitis Smith easily won his first campaign for the won the district 93 seat with 43,951 votes to state house in Orlando’s district 49. 37,691 for Keechl.
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Florida ‘Gayborhoods’ Vote Heavily in Favor of Clinton, Most Amendments Michael d’Oliveira
ELECTION • policies
Medical Marijuana Approved Solar-Energy Amendment Defeated
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n heavily LGBT and Democratic Wilton Manors, Oakland Park and Miami Shores, voters overwhelmingly voted for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Murphy. But even with levels of support ranging from 60 to 70 to 80 percent depending on the precinct, it wasn’t enough to give those candidates the office they sought. Statewide, all the amendments passed except for Amendment 1, which dealt with solar energy. In all three cities, which have the highest percentage of same-sex households in the state, similar percentages were reported for most of the constitutional amendments. Voters in Wilton Manors and Miami Shores overwhelmingly voted “No” on Amendment 1. Only one precinct in Miami Shores voted “Yes” on Amendment 1 and it was only by a razor thin margin of 50.76 to 49.24. But in most Oakland Park precincts, Amendment 1 either barely passed or barely failed. But voters in the three cities were more similar in their approval of Amendment 2 in favor of
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medical marijuana; Amendment 3, tax relief for disabled first responders, and Amendment 5, homestead tax exemption for seniors. Wilton Manors resident Angel Duarte was one of those in the minority on the homestead exemption for seniors. He supported the tax relief for first responders but not for seniors. “Old age is just subsequent to life. Seniors get enough [help] already.” On the solar issue, Wilton Manors resident Maya Sanchez also was in the minority. She voted yes. “I just felt like people should be able to choose their own energy source.”
ith the passage of Amendment 2, the clock begins ticking this January for the Florida Department of Health, which has six months from then to come up with regulations governing Florida’s new medical marijuana industry. The amendment had 71 percent of the vote, with 60 percent needed to pass. Support was especially strong in Broward and Palm Beach counties, where 75 percent of voters approved. It was a big comeback from 2014, when a similar amendment failed to pass with 58 percent of the vote. Amendment 2 will allow marijuana use for people with cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, HIV/ AIDS, PTSD, Crohn’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, multiple sclerosis “or other debilitating medical conditions of the same kind or class.” That “kind or class” language, meant to further limit who qualifies for marijuana, was one of three major changes proponents of Amendment 2 made when crafting this year’s language. They also specifically required parental consent in the amendment language, one of the primary points of contention in 2014, despite the fact that non-emergency medical treatment requires parental consent. This year’s ballot language also allows the state to limit the amount of patients a caregiver can tend to at any one time. Allowing people other than patients to pick up the marijuana and deliver it is necessary because many of those who qualify are unable to get the marijuana themselves. In 2014, another criticism was that the unlimited amount of patients per caregiver would mean drug dealers would become “caregivers” to sell their product. Amendment 2 was one of four amendments Floridians considered this November, along with numbers 1, 3 and 5. Amendment 4, which mandates that solar-energy equipment not be counted toward any property’s value in terms of property tax, was a rare primary-election initiative. The state Legislature moved it to August to avoid confusion with another solarenergy amendment. Of the remaining three: • Amendment 1, a controversial solar-energy amendment that guaranteed Floridians the right to use solar energy, but also could have opened the door to limiting net metering in the state, failed to pass, garnering only 51 percent of the vote. By Nov. 8, it had become the most expensive constitutional amendment campaign in Florida history, with more than $26 million raised by Consumers for Smart Solar, the group backing the amendment, most of it from Florida’s utility companies. • Amendment 3, which will allow the Legislature to pass legislation waiving property taxes for first responders who are permanently and fully disabled in the line of duty, passed with 84 percent of the vote.
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• Amendment 5, which clears up the language of a previous amendment giving a tax break to low-income seniors who have lived in the same property for at least 25 years. The tax break comes in on a property worth less than $250,000, but it could have gone away if the property’s value increased above that limit. This amendment changes that so that the tax break is on the value of the property at the time the senior citizen applies for the tax break, and is not tied to rising and falling housing prices. The amendment passed with 78 percent of the vote. With passage of Amendment 2, the Florida Department of Health now has six months to create regulations for the new marijuana industry, including procedures for issuing marijuana patient cards, establishing qualifications for caregivers, registering dispensaries and deciding on what a proper dosage of pot is for any of the qualifying ailments. If the department does not create these regulations in six months, the ballot language allows any citizen of Florida to sue the department and get the courts to force the department to issue rules. Along with the required regulations from the health department, it’s likely that the state Legislature will also pass laws regulating medical marijuana in the upcoming legislative session in March, though it’s too soon to say what precisely lawmakers will do. And the health department already has a head start thanks to the legislature. Two years ago, the state Legislature passed a limited medical marijuana law that allowed people with cancer, epilepsy and severe muscle spasms to receive non-euphoric strains of medical marijuana in non-smokeable form. Some of the rules put in place in the wake of that law’s passage could be carried over now, but other parts of that law may have to change. For example, the law limited the amount of dispensaries to just five — there are six after a lawsuit allowed one more — and it’s unlikely those will be enough to respond to demand under the new constitutional amendment.
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Publisher's Editorial
Convictions
i believe in tomorrow
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Publisher Norm Kent had a foreboding sense of gloom about the outcome of this week’s election. Read his July 27, 2016 editorial, ‘There Is Too Much of 1968 in 2016’ at http://bit.ly/2fflkkh
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went out on a limb the other day and African American precincts. But it symbolized predicted that Hillary Clinton would win the something greater. It demonstrated that there election. is an American divide which is particular and I had a hint things were headed in our pronounced, emerging, not diminishing. There direction. Early returns from some graveyards in are too many unhappy people at both sides of key Chicago precincts favored Hillary 2 to 1. I just the political spectrum., felt that angry white guys in the suburbs could Many of us just feel that we are not getting a not overcome that advantage. fair shake. We don’t have the faith we once had I wasn’t as sure as my words. I wasn’t as in the basic institutions which are supposed to confident as I sounded. But I wanted to defend protect and serve us, whether it’s a cop on the the ‘blue’ wall; hold the fort. I wanted to give the corner or a tag agency mailing you a new license impression of a winner who had already won- plate. We just don’t trust that our government because if you think you are beaten, you have can efficiently do what it is supposed to do, already lost. regardless of your political party. Trump’s I believed in America though. I believe we overwhelming majorities in suburban embrace rights and expand communities are testimony to protections. I believe we build the same. bridges not walls. I believe we This could have been a The Republican support the future not fears . I celebratory contest, where nominee believe in vision not vitriol. America, 96 years after granting purposely Either way, elections are women the right to vote, proudly not unlike erections. When chose one as their commander poisoned you have them, someone gets in chief. We could have had a the debate, screwed. Honestly though, the debate of ideas and issues, on knowingly and competitive candidacies of both matters, as the Little Prince intentionally Bernie Sanders and Donald once dreamed, of consequence. Trump demonstrated early on Trump’s candidacy destroyed trying to skirt this year how angry today so that chance. the issues and many Americans are, regardless It was warming that so many instead skewer of their status or class, religion people left ‘I voted’ stickers by or race. Susan B. Anthony’s grave. It’s a his opponent While Sanders could not get greater warning that one of the personally. by the Democratic machine, most popular stickers on social Trump crushed the Republican media read ‘I vomited.’ That’s establishment. He defied logic, odds, even not surprising. sensibility, and chewed up and spit out 16 The Republican nominee purposely poisoned reasonably respected politicians, from sitting the debate, knowingly and intentionally trying governors to US senators. It changes the game to skirt the issues and instead skewer his forever. It means national celebrity, and a lot of opponent personally. money, not a political party, can seed a run for He did so wrongly, forever staining his name office. Make way for Oprah. and place in American politics. You see, he may How did a billionaire living a gilded existence tweet his way through life today, but he won’t became a populist representing the working get to change the libel laws or govern what class? Simple, really. He respected no one, historians record tomorrow. He can’t recall his attacked everyone, and whether it was the pope ugly words or repulsive comments. They are cast or the president, they all became fair game. And into the waters of history. his audience loved it. He was like a radio host Politics has never been for the thin skinned. sitting with his microphone, tweeting away the It has always been brutal, often personal, and day, driving the world crazy with his stunning always adversarial. Ms. Clinton never expected bluntness. anything else. She was the First Lady when The early returns which should have scared Republicans tried to unsuccessfully impeach her Clinton were the surge in suburban white husband. voters and the decline in voters at urban How did that work out by the way? Most
Convictions people voting today probably don’t even remember. Our country has endured nevertheless. We always do, because our constitution is greater than any officeholder. They just rent space. To become the interim tenant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Mr. Trump knew he had to shift the debate away from the selection of the first woman president. So his opponent became ‘corrupt’ and ‘crooked.’ Proof? Unnecessary. Credible? Inconsequential. Make things up. Throw enough mud against the wall and something will stuck. He does not need the Republican party. He had the American people. He was draining the swamp, and with a simple tweet he could reach them all. Mr. Trump’s purposeful threats that he would not authenticate the election because the contest was ‘rigged’ and ‘fixed’ was not only not sustainable, even his own party leaders would have to repudiate it. In fact, many distanced themselves from it, playing right into Trump’s hands. How better to be a crusader and independent outsider than trashing even people in your own party and supposedly on your side? Principles? Meaningless. Policy? Purposeless. If you were Donald Trump, It’s about winning, even if you lose. Perception becomes reality. What’s better proof about how badly the system is rigged if it can even sabotage a billionaire? ‘If the corrupt system can beat me, with all my money, can you imagine what they can do to you?,’ he said. You weren’t voting for the rich kid who gropes women abusively or insults his adversaries meanly. You were voting to
Publisher's Editorial restore justice to a corrupt system that he is standing up to, for you. Not true ? He could care less. It was a lie that worked, and that will motivate future contestants. You see, the real losers this year are the American people. The legitimacy of our electoral process has been compromised. The bar for future candidates has been reduced. The credibility of our two party system has been diminished. The integrity of our ‘one man one vote’ process has been challenged. Our nation will be wounded, but we will survive that too. I look forward to the next four years, and the future of our country. I am confident our economy will improve, technology will advance, and health care will improve. I don’t see disasters or calamity. I see diversity and unity. I see our lives immersed in the community and our rights protected by our laws. I see a melting pot of Hispanics taking a greater part in our cities and no walls being built to separate us, but bridges to unite us. I see citizens cultivating partnerships, not sowing divisions. I see a world where terrorism will recede and righteousness will rise. I see a planet where climate change will be addressed and our environment guarded. I see light and rainbows, not darkness or despair. This is how I live my life, and its how I encourage you to live yours. No matter who is president or who has the nuclear codes, I have to believe reason will prevail. We have had good presidents and bad presidents. Regardless, Americans endured, enriched ourselves, and carried on- despite differences or divisions. So will we now.
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If You Could Read My Mind: A PTSD Diary
Convictions
David-Elijah Nahmod
I Am Sylvia
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f time travel were possible, I would go back to the early 1960s and give Sylvia a hug.
Sylvia was a short, strange looking (to my young eyes) woman who would sit in the park across the street from the elementary school I attended. I now realize that she was mentally impaired, which I was incapable of understanding as a young lad in the second and third grades. Sylvia was a sweet, gentle woman. She always smiled at us kids and said hello when our teachers brought us to the park for recess. All that changed one day, when one of my classmates called Sylvia a “retard,” laughing uproariously as he did so. Within seconds, the whole class joined in, tormenting this poor woman who had done us no wrong. Our teachers sat nearby, talking among themselves. They could
Sylvia was a sweet, gentle woman. She always smiled at us kids and said hello when our teachers brought us to the park for recess.
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clearly see and hear what we were doing, yet they made no move to stop us. This went on for several days. Sylvia soon stopped coming to the park. One day, as our teachers led us down Bay Parkway in Brooklyn towards the park, we spotted Sylvia across the street. “Look! It’s the retard!” we shouted, laughing uproariously at our own childish ignorance. “Hey, Sylvia, you’re a retard!” For the first and only time, we got a reaction. “Drop dead!” Sylvia screamed as her eyes flooded with tears. “Leave me alone!” Our maniacal laughter reached a fever pitch, and still our teachers did nothing. I never saw Sylvia again. Now, a half-century later, I can no longer remember what Sylvia looks like. I seem to recall that she was middle aged. I imagine that she’s long dead by now. I barely gave her a second thought after that last time I saw her, or for many years thereafter--so what has me thinking about her now? Today, in 2016, I am Sylvia. I’m a middle aged gay man who survived a childhood riddled with abuse from my own parents, which caused me to develop a fairly intense case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Over the years I’ve had severe manic episodes, nightmares, flashbacks, and blackouts which I can barely remember. Through it all I’ve endured public ridicule not from kids, but
from adults. In 2010 I was nearly driven to suicide after a series of gay and lesbian bloggers inflamed anti-gay and anti-Semitic hate against me for nothing more than a cheap laugh. Gay advocacy groups called me an anti-gay bigot when I asked for their help in putting a stop to this. Fifty years after we kids tormented Sylvia to the point of tears, nothing has changed. Why didn’t our teachers stop us? Why didn’t they teach us the difference between right from wrong? Why, after all these years,
do people still not know how to treat each other? Where is our compassion for each other? Where is our humanity? I regret few things more than how we kids treated Sylvia on that blustery Brooklyn day those many years ago. My own eyes well up with tears as I recall the tears streaming down her cheeks. I can only hope that Sylvia had a good life after I last saw her. Mostly, I hope that we as Americans, will one day take an honest look in the nearest mirror.
David-Elijah Nahmod is an American/Israeli half-breed who has lived in New York City and Tel Aviv. Currently in San Francisco, his eclectic writing career includes LGBT publications, SF Weekly & monster magazines. A survivor of childhood gay conversion therapy, he lives with PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Queer Places New historical tome tells us where our ancestors lived and died
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lisa Rolle is an historian who has done her homework. The openly lesbian writer and editor is authoring a series of books which document the history of Queer culture and the people who made that culture happen. Her 2014 book “Days of Love: Celebrating LGBT History One Story At A Time,” chronicles the lives and loves of those who came before us. With that book, Rolle took us on a journey back in time, across the 20th,
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19th and 18th centuries – and much further back – to revisit the lives of people who were known or believed to have been LGBT. That book was a fascinating read which offered a few startling surprises, such as the inclusion of blind/deaf author/educator Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, the woman who taught Keller how to read braille and to communicate. Other than Sullivan’s short lived, failed marriage in 1905, she and Keller lived together exclusively for 49 years. Is it really a stretch to believe that they may have loved each other? In Rolle’s latest book “Queer Places: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ People Around the World,” Volume 1, Rolle serves as our travel agent, taking us on a trip to all fifty states. Rolle is our tour guide as we visit the homes, birthplaces and gravesites of many of the historical figures we learned about in her earlier book. Volume 1 covers the U.S. The yet to be published Volume II will trace the steps of LGBT people in the United Kingdom, while Volume III will journey across the rest of the world. Queer Places begins with Keller and Sullivan. Rolle takes us to Ivy Green, the Alabama estate where Keller was born in 1880. As we see the house where Keller lost
her sight and hearing, and where she first met Sullivan, the author once again recounts the story of their relationship. Rolle then continues onward, letting us know where other Queer Alabamians lived, and where LGBT people can go to find other Queers when visiting the state. Later on in the book, in the section devoted to Washington DC, Rolle shows us where Keller and her “lifelong companion Annie Sullivan” rest together at the National Cathedral. Rolle divides the book state by state. Countless LGBT lives are remembered as we visit the places where each of them lived, worked and died. Hundreds of historical photographs are included. But Rolle goes much further. She also lets the current LGBT generations know where they can go to find others like themselves while travelling--yes Virginia, there really are gay bars and bookstores in Alaska. Rolle walks through the streets of various neighborhoods in numerous cities, such as New York. Iconic buildings like the Dakota, among others, are photographed by the author in all their glory as she lists the names of famous historical LGBT figures who once occupied those elegant homes--many were
forced to live closeted lives during their earthly sojourns. Rolle doesn’t forget the sunshine state either. She opens the Florida section of Queer Places by naming the state’s gay villages: Key West, South Beach, and even Wilton Manors, home of SFGN. Readers will be taken to the various Key West Homes of Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) the acclaimed playwright who wrote Southern Gothic tales of madness, which were often infused with less than subtle references to homosexuality. Williams’ success was all the more impressive when we realize that he lived an openly gay life as early as the 1940s. Rolle then takes us on a street by street tour of the Island city, showing us where other famous Queer writers penned their works. As she continues her journey across SoFla, readers will learn that the state was in fact a haven for LGBT people for nearly a century. At 600 pages, Queer Places is an exhaustive and brilliant work. Readers might wonder if there’s a single street in the country that Rolle didn’t visit. Is there an historical archive whose records she failed to study? Rolle is without a doubt our most important historian.
lifestyle film
‘Loving’ Recalls First Marriage Equality Battle SFGN chats with director
Photo Credit: Focus Features.
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n June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court struck down all statewide bans on interracial marriage. This decision was the result of a lawsuit filed by Mildred Loving, an African American woman-she and her husband Richard, who was white, were a quiet, simple couple in Virginia. The Lovings had been arrested shortly after their 1958 marriage. All the Lovings wanted to do was to raise their family and love each other, and they shunned the spotlight they were thrust into. In the new film “Loving,” now playing in theaters, the lives of the Lovings and the battles they were forced to fight are recreated. “Is there anything you want me to tell the judge?” Richard Loving is asked by his attorney as a court date looms on the horizon. “Tell him I love my wife,” Loving (Joel Edgerton) replies. It’s one of many powerful moments in a film, which serves in part as a character study of the couple who fought the original marriage equality battle. As the story unfolds, some viewers might indeed note the striking similarities between the Loving story and the marriage battle fought by the LGBT community more than forty years later. In one particularly infuriating scene, which underscores the injustices they were subjected to, the Lovings are told by a judge that they can avoid jail time if they leave Virginia and agree not return to the state for twenty-five years. “The LGBT marriage equality fight was definitely in the back of our minds during filming”, director Jeff Nichols said after a recent press preview of the film. “The two battles were more or less the same.” Nichols added that while much of Loving was based on historical documents, little was known about the years during which the couple lived under the radar as their case worked its way through the courts. “What were they doing in their day to day lives while the court case was progressing?” Nichols wondered, as he explained how he pieced the story together. “Since details of their years in hiding weren’t available, I tried to focus
on the pervasive psychological threat that was hanging over them during those years.” The results are mesmerizing. Though it’s largely speculation--both Richard and Mildred have passed on--Nichols presents a plausible look inside the couple’s private lives as they eat their meals, watch TV and raise their kids amidst a facade of normalcy, all the while knowing that either or both of them could be arrested at any time. Actor Joel Edgerton, who plays Richard Loving, said that he went to bricklayers school. Loving had worked as a bricklayer and is seen at work in several scenes – Edgerton wanted absolute authenticity in his portrayal of Loving. He also said that he watched Nancy Buirski’s documentary film The Loving Story so he could capture the nuances of his character’s vocal mannerisms and body language. “In the documentary we see Richard and Mildred at home, interacting with each other and with their kids,” he said. “This gave me a chance to see how they walked and talked, and how they lived their day to day lives.” Edgerton emphasized that he wanted to do more than just mimicry. “What was going on between the two of them?” he wondered. “What was it they felt for each other? What was going on when there weren’t cameras in the room? I wanted to capture that.” Nichols said that the scenes involving the couple’s arrests and court battles were historically accurate and not based on speculation. “The first two thirds of the events portrayed in the film are pretty well documented,” he noted. “Their marriage in Washington DC, the arrests, their exile from Virginia, even Mildred’s cousin telling her to write to Bobby Kennedy, it’s all been documented.” The end result is a profoundly moving look back at a couple who would not give up. The Lovings knew they were meant for each other. Like their LGBT counterparts decades later, they refused to accept the intolerance of the world around them. As is often the case, love won out. 11.10.2016 •
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‘Gaymers’ Come Out Annual LGBT gaming convention takes place this weekend in New York City
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is geared fully toward LGBT inclusion and hen people think about social progression and equal rights, the video advocates for a more accurate representation of diversity in video games. game industry is certainly not the first “We focus on creating a fun and safe space place considered a forefront of change — if it is for gamers and gaymers of all identities to even considered at all. have fun and hang out with like-minded Recently, however, there has been a stronger push for LGBT-inclusive gaming that has put folks. GaymerX is a ‘queer space,’ but is made the spotlight on gamers, or “gaymers,” in the for everyone,” reads the description on the GaymerX website. “We stand side-by-side with LGBT community. “Art normalizes a part of society that people any communities who have been left out of or are currently afraid or unsure of,” YouTube discriminated in mainstream gaming culture, and we are dedicated to providing a Gaming personality Andrew unique, safe, harassment-free space Eisen told SFGN, “Video games for all marginalized people.” and media helps to normalize “Straight The push for more representation things that should already be white males in video games has gained normal.” momentum, but much of the LGBT According to Eisen, the don’t deal community and its allies remain evolution of gay characters with issues disappointed in how diversity — or on television — from the of ‘erasure’ lack thereof — is presented in games. inclusion of ‘token,’ almost Professor Adrienne Shaw of satirical characters to or Temple University is in charge of narratives completely centered ‘othering;’ the world’s largest and constantly around LGBT individuals — expanding archive of LGBT content in has served as a precedent for we’ve Shaw has seen the progression social change. always been games. of LGBT inclusion in video games and Eisen pointed out that there.” has pointed out the obvious disparity while TV is a bit ahead of between the diversity of the gaming video games in terms of queer community and the hetero-normative representation, there is still - Andrew Eisen tendency of the gaming industry. an increasing push for LGBT Youtube personality “Most games are focused media representation in games on mainstream heterosexual as well as the establishment of audiences,” Shaw said. “There is a lack of an LGBT presence in gaming conventions. In early September, PAX West — a large queer world-building in games, usually there are only rare LGBT characters in a primarily game and media convention — held a panel discussion titled “Queering up Misconceptions: heterosexual world … there seems to be more queer representations in video games offered LGBT Game Industry Life,” and answered questions facing the industry such as the state as side content. Same-sex relationships of queer content in games, and the struggle of options and LGBT content has been pushed as optional content.” balancing identity and fitting in. Most consider the gaming audience to be Another gaming convention, GaymerX, taking place this weekend in New York City, largely heterosexual, and thus releasing games
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that don’t primarily cater to a straight audience can be seen as financially dangerous. However, contrary to popular belief, gaymers make up a significant portion of the gaming community. A 2006 “Gaymer Survey” from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with over 10,000 respondents, measured the sexual orientation of gamers based on the Kinsey Scale — a measurement of sexual orientation as a spectrum. The results showed that only 28 percent of respondents were completely heterosexual, 23.4 percent completely homosexual and the remaining 48.6 percent falling somewhere in between. As the survey shows, LGBT players are very common — and they are pining for more representation and mainstream queer content in games and storylines. However, it is ultimately the job of game developers to incorporate more LGBT representation in their projects. The majority of big-studio game developers are straight white males, according to Eisen. And while it may not be on purpose, they tend to design games with character representation skewed heavily toward their own heteronormative demographic. “Straight white males don’t deal with issues of ‘erasure’ or ‘othering;’ we’ve always been there,” Eisen said. “[They] are so used to things revolving around them [and] are not used to, or are scared of, something new being introduced.” Game developers may also have some reservation in creating inclusive context because of marketing, according to Luke Karmali, a writer for video game news source IGN. Openly gay game writer Lucien Soulban told Karmali in a 2014 IGN article that, “fears of damaging sales would be the main stumbling block in securing support for a homosexual protagonist, asserting that unless publishers were convinced otherwise, a gay lead is likely to remain a pipe dream.”
Developers want to play it safe and avoid financial pitfalls that “controversial” LGBT content may lead to. But small-scale studios and community “modders” have created content that has been widely appreciated, meeting with much more encouragement than dissent. The PrideParade mod for Rock Star Games’ Grand Theft Auto 5 was a collaboration between Stockholm Pride and some of the game’s community members and was very well received by fans. MogiiCraft is another example of popular queer content, and is a fan-made Minecraft server dedicated to LGBT players. “MogiiCraft is an LGBT+ Friendly Minecraft server, and we strive to have a good sense of community and friendliness,” read a post on Reddit from user Purpleflyingdragon. MogiiCraft is a server to chill out and build stuff either in survival mode, or creative. Or just have a chat with everyone. PvP is off, cause hugging is better than killing.” If player-created LGBT content has been so widely received and accepted, then why is it such a longshot for larger publishers to start doling out more inclusive plots and content? TV and movies have already begun exploring queer stories much to the appreciation of their diverse audiences — it is time for video games to do the same. “Gaming is one of the youngest entertainment mediums but it threatens to stunt its growth without acknowledging that there are many people who play games,” Karmali wrote. “Our world and other entertainment forms are more inclusive than ever, and its time games caught up.”
Visit GaymerX.com for more information about the convention.
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Oakland Park/Wilton Manors
SCUE BENEFIT E R T E P Y FUN FEST at DOGG AND Struttin’ for Strays walk SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 11AM – 4PM
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:05 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. All Day:
Registration for "Struttin' for Strays" walk 1.25 mile walk along Oakland Park's Main Street Gates open, registration for lure course & doggy costume contest Silent Auction in building - Auction closes at 2:00 Doggy costume contest Opening Ceremony - Northeast High School Color Guard Introduction of dignitaries and sponsors Dachshund races Blessing of the animals Silent auction announcements Polynesian dancers Lure course and Doggy kissing booth
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Spanx the Honey BBQ
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Silent auction items located inside Benefitting a variety of local animal rescue organizations
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Rants & Raves
Goodbye Humpy’s; welcome back free parking and more Rick Karlin So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good-bye Following a dispute with its landlord, Humpy’s Pizza has gone out of business. The beloved eatery, known as much for its giant slices of New York style gourmet pizzas as for its delicious cupcakes, closed unexpectedly after Halloween. An auction, selling off the businesses equipment and furniture, was held a few days later, leading one to believe that there were no plans to reopen. Humpy’s is just the latest business in the mall to close or move after a dispute with management of The Shoppes of Wilton Manors. In the past year; Out of the Oven moved to a new location and Salt This Way shuttered its doors after being open just a few months. Earlier, Steel Gym moved to another location before shutting down completely. Steve DeJong, owner of Humpy’s said of Rivercrest Realty, the management company for the Shoppes of Wilton Manors, “Basically, they’re raising the rent to the point where it’s unmanageable…It’s really just a shakedown of small businesses and we’re being bullied.” Speaking of greedy real estate management, the complex housing Courtyard Café was sold last month for $6 million and management recently installed meters in its parking lot. I get it; parking is becoming increasingly difficult along the Drive, but why penalize the customers of the businesses in your mall? After outcries from the community and the mall’s businesses, parking is now free from 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nick Berry, coowner of Courtyard Café has managed to arrange additional free parking for those dining at his restaurant (with a coupon, available in the café).
Flaming Out In Oakland Park, Kelvin 3200 shuttered its doors, perhaps not as unexpectedly as Humpy’s but just as quickly. While the food was great (I gave it a rave review), what I put down to
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hiccups in service due to the opening were never corrected. Service issues weren’t the only problem. In order to create a great restaurant, food that comes out of the kitchen has to be consistent, both in quality and appearance. Sometime plates were beautifully presented, but more often they were a hot mess and portion sizes varied wildly from visit to visit. It also helps if every diner’s meal comes out at somewhere near the same time, which, more often than not, was not the case.
A Peter Pan Pan I know I’m going to ruffle some feathers with this one; but why the hell can’t we have a 24-hour diner that combines decent food and good service? I’m specifically talking about one of our community’s favorites; Peter Pan. I generally find the servers at P.P. to be friendly and efficient; so I suspect the problems seem to arise in the kitchen. During recent visits, poached eggs arrived almost hard boiled, bacon requested crisp came out limp (and you know how we feel about limp things!), steaks ordered medium rare are served charred and everything looks like it was dumped on the plate from 10 feet above. Recently, some friends and I stopped by for a late dinner. After waiting 10 minutes for anyone to appear at our table (the waitress blamed the hostess, saying “I was on break and she didn’t tell me I had a table.”) we placed our order. The soup that came with my dinner arrived promptly. Then there was a wait of almost 40 minutes before our entrees arrived, all of which were delivered with the wrong side dishes. The waitress explained, “We ran out of the escarole you ordered so the kitchen subbed corn.” We weren’t offered a choice of substitute beforehand. Our server apologized, but again, blamed someone else, the kitchen this time. Okay, mistakes happen, but complaints to the management each time have yielded a shrug and, “We sometimes run out of stuff” or an off-handed “Sorry.” Sorry is right. Peter Pan is a sorry excuse for a diner.
And, Now Some Happy News The Annual Taste of the Island on Nov. 14 at Richardson Park, 1937 Wilton Drive, will tantalize your taste buds as diners sample a wide range of culinary delicacies from more than 20 local South Florida restaurants and bars in a festive party atmosphere. The $30 ticket is a bargain when you consider that those attending can sample the fare from more than two dozen vendors. This year’s participating businesses (as of this writing) include Angelo Elia Bakery Bar/Angelo Elia Pizza Bar, Another Perfect Party, Aruba Beach Café, BBQ Jack's, Blue Martini, Bubbles & Pearls, Burger 21, Chef Ray, Delacaseas, Dolce Salato, Edible Arrangements, Fitlife Foods, Funky Buddha Brewery, Gym Sports Bar, The Ice Pop Shop, Kelly's Landing, Krave Jerky, Ocean Liquor & Fine Wine, Pizza Fusion, Rumors, Tee Jay, Tijuana Flats, Trader Joe's, Tropics, Warsaw and Whole Foods. All event proceeds will benefit the Wilton Manors Historical Society, the Kiwanis Club of Wilton Manors, the City of Wilton Manors’ Leisure Services Department and the Wilton Manors Development Alliance. For tickets and more information, go to TasteOfTheIsland.org.
Bohemian Chic The original 1930s guesthouse located at The Confidante, 4041 Collins, in Miami Beach has reopened as Nina’s House. The poolside outpost, with its own entrance on 41st street, brings a bohemian, vintage vibe to the historic home. Decorated with surf boards, local artwork and antique leather furniture, the new hangout will be open Thursday through Saturday evenings. Among the light bite menu offerings are; gator pibil with achiote, pickled onion, cotija cheese; and cauliflower tinga with chipotle tomato, oaxaca cheese and crema. Nina’s will invite local musicians, DJs and acoustic performers to the house on programmed nights.
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photography “First Comes Love,” a new exhibition of photographs by B. Proud, opens tonight at the Stonewall National Museum and Archives Wilton Manors Gallery, 2157 Wilton Drive. An opening reception will be held at 6 p.m. to celebrate the exhibit, which eloquently captures the faces and stories of real people, longtime couples who paved the way to legal and social change. For more information, go to StonewallMuseum.org.
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The Cleveland Orchestra opens its annual Miami residency this weekend at the Arsht Center with Samuel Barber’s gorgeous Violin Concerto, featuring Gil Shaham, as well as Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival Overture” and Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Music director Giancarlo Guerrero conducts. The program will be repeated on Saturday. Tickets start at $39 at ArshtCenter.org. Submitted photo.
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“Adoring Adora,” an eclectic photography exhibition by resident artist Henrique Souza opens tonight at House of Art, 815 NE 13th St. #4 in Fort Lauderdale. For decades, female impersonator Adora has been a popular entertainer in the LGBTQ community and this exhibit captures her charisma and glitzy style. The exhibition also includes images by guest photographers Alexis Trigoura and Frank Polanco. More information at HouseofArt.com.
“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah opens the annual Miami Book Fair International at Miami-Dade College tonight at 6 p.m. The South Africanborn comedian will discuss his memoir, “Born a Crime.” Noah, with a white Dutch father and black Xhosa mother, was literally born “illegal” during the Apartheid era. Tickets are $40 and include a signed copy. Tickets and more information available at MiamiBookFair.com.
Our Fund, the charitable foundation benefitting the local LGBT community, hosts its 6th annual National LGBT Rights Forum tonight at NSU Art Museum, 1 Las Olas Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. The program will include an in-depth discussion with international LGBT leaders on the victories and challenges ahead beyond our borders moderated by Nadine Smith of Equality Florida. Free Admission with RSVP. More info at Our-Fund.org.
The Kravis Center in West Palm Beach opens its Broadway on Kravis series with the 2015 Tony Award-winning play, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.” When an autistic 15-yearold falls under suspicion for killing his neighbor’s dog, the boy sets out to identify the true culprit, which leads to an earth-shattering discovery and a life-changing journey. Performances through Sunday, Nov. 20. Tickets start at $27 at Kravis.org.
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Book Fair Spotlights LGBT Authors, Activists J.W. Arnold
Actor Alan Cumming and activist Jim Obergefell will be among more than a dozen LGBT authors participating in the 33rd annual Miami Book Fair International, Nov. 13 – 20 on the MiamiDade College Wolfson Campus. The festival, one of the largest in the country, brings hundreds of authors to South Florida for eight days of readings, lectures and panel discussions, culminating in a free street festival that attracts thousands of book lovers. Cumming (“Cabaret” on Broadway, TV’s “The Good Wife”) will read from his new, light-hearted memoir, “You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures,” on Sunday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. as part of the fair’s popular “An Evening With….” Series. Tickets to the program are $15 at MiamiBookFair.com. Obergefell, one of the plaintiffs in the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that led to marriage equality, will participate in a panel discussion, “Marriage Equality Means Love Wins” on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 3:30 p.m. The discussion of his book,
“Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality,” written with Debbie Cenziper, is free and will be held in Building 8 on the Wolfson campus. The busy book fair schedule includes four additional free events focusing on LGBT issues:
Actor Alan Cumming is one of the LGBT authors appearing at this year’s Miami Book Fair International at Miami-Dade College. Photo Credit: Francis Hills.
“The Road to Marriage Equality” Saturday, Nov. 19, 1 p.m. Learn about the road to marriage equality from Kevin Cathcart, former executive director of Lambda Legal; historian Lillian Faderman, author of “The Gay Revolution” and co-editor of “Love Unites Us;” and Miami attorney Elizabeth Schwartz, author of “Before I Do: A Legal Guide to Marriage, Gay and Otherwise.” “Gender Transitions: Two Memoirs” Saturday, Nov. 19, 4:30 p.m. Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality by a transgender woman, Kate Bornstein‘s “Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us” breaks all the rules and leaves the reader forever changed. “Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout” is Laura Jane Grace’s searing account of her search for identity and her true self. “The Edge of Sports: Readings and Discussion with Two Authors from Akashic Books” Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 p.m. In his latest nonfiction book, “Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports,” Cyd Zeigler examines the history of how participation in sports has transformed for LGBT athletes. Jessica Luther’s “Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape” is a meticulously researched and powerful exposé on the epidemic of cover-ups that surround sexual assault and college football players. “An Afternoon with Susan Faludi” Sunday, Nov. 20, 3 p.m. “In the Darkroom” is Susan Faludi‘s extraordinary inquiry into the meaning of identity in the modern world and in her own haunted family saga, as she learns her estranged father has undergone sex reassignment surgery. Deirdre Donahue, contributing book editor at AARP, will interview Faludi.
For a complete list of Miami Book Fair International programs, events and participating authors, visit MiamiBookFair.com.
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Bernadette Zizzo: Breast Cancer Survivor and Inspiration Lesbian business owner’s story told through photos
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feel inspired by that person,” three and a half months to cure it,” she said. said Bernadette Zizzo, a cancer She’s been in treatment and recovery survivor, looking at a photograph ever since with various antibiotics. of herself. “You don’t think you’re looking But recently, out in the public for the first well, because you always have that tired time in months, Zizzo saw a photograph feeling. Down, sleeping a lot, drained.” of herself up in Susan Buzzi’s “Resilient In 2011, Zizzo was diagnosed with a rare Women” photo documentary at the form of breast cancer called LCIS. She was Broward Main Library, which ran through familiar with the cancer — her own mother the end of October. had died from the same “Wow, I do look healthy illness. there,” she said, pausing Her photograph to admire the photo with a She underwent a double mastectomy upon doctor — which depicts smile on her face. “Happy, recommendation, and healthy.” her laughing received breast implants in Her photograph — which and leaning their place. Shortly after, depicts her laughing and against a Zizzo contracted E coli and leaning against a sturdy had to remove her implants. tree — will be in the gallery sturdy tree “She never even left the until the end of October — will be in hospital, it went bad so to celebrate Breast Cancer the gallery quickly,” said Debbi Burke, Awareness Month. until the end Zizzo’s business partner And like the tree, she sees at Art Frenzie, a gallery herself as “Stronger. Much of October that specializes in framing. stronger. Stuff to live for, to celebrate “They took out one right right?” Breast Cancer away and the other right Previously, Zizzo was after that.” bedridden, causing isolation Awareness It was about a year before with her friends and Month. they proceeded with any acquaintances. more surgeries. “I haven’t seen anyone Last October, a different doctor came since the last show (over a year ago),” she in and did implants. She wound up with a said. “I was a little nervous coming in (to major infection, causing her to be in and the photo exhibit) because I hadn’t seen out of the hospital for months — including anyone in a while, I didn’t know what to needing to undergo six surgeries in eight expect.” weeks to get rid of one of her infections. But her relationship with Buzzi, the “The infection got so bad that it turned creator of the photo documentary, inspired into this major bacteria, they couldn’t her to participate in a photoshoot and figure out what it was, kept me there for attend the gallery. “She’s a doll,” Zizzo
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spoke of Buzzi, whom she has known for the last six years. “I love her.” Three days after they met, the photographer accompanied Zizzo into her double mastectomy surgery, which lasted about eight hours. During the process of going in and out of recovery, Buzzi kept in touch with Zizzo and occasionally visited her. “There were days when she could not even lift her hand out off the bed,” Buzzi told SFGN. “She was so weak she would fall asleep as we were talking.” “It’s been a road for her, a struggle. But she still smiles, she still has that little drive — well, it’s more than a little drive. She’s got something inside her that just has to keep going. As soon as you meet her, she’s just effervescent.” Although Zizzo is the co-owner of Art Frenzie, she has been out on disability while she recovers. Her business partner, Burke, has been there to support her along the way. “It’s been crazy,” Burke said of the surgery and recovery processes. “I’m her best friend and partner and we are just like family, so I just try to help wherever I can.” Despite all of the surgeries and treatments, Zizzo looks forward. “I can’t ever say people are ever the same after cancer, after the treatments,” said Zizzo. “But I can say, it makes you a fighter. I believe the truth about all of this is, it’s what you’re made of. If you’re a fighter inside, if you have the will, that’s what it’s really about. Of all the people that I’ve met, you can see it in their eyes. It’s either doom and doom and doom or it’s that fight.”
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Comedy Takes Audiences Back to “Lavender Scare” J.W. Arnold
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et during the Red Scare of the 1950s, Topher Payne’s play, “Perfect Arrangement,” might sound like a sober history lesson from an era when being gay or lesbian could destroy the most successful career and shame entire families. Bob and Norma are two U.S. State Department employees tasked with identifying “sexual deviants” within the highest ranks of the government. But, there is a twist: Both Bob and Norma are gay and they have married each other’s partner in an attempt to avoid their own detection. “In the midst of all this heady discussion, I swear it’s a comedy,” promised Payne. “Imagine the conflict between what was on the front page of the newspaper in 1950 versus what Americans were watching on their television screens and the perfect lives these shows tried to present to viewers.” Payne likens the result to a zany episode of “I Love Lucy,” as the couples emulate the idyllic lives of married couples as modeled by sitcoms and commercials. “It’s all by design,” said Payne. “The absurdity and farce of the masks they are wearing is tragic, but so ridiculous, you can’t help but find it all funny. That’s a piece Andy and his team can
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handle with great facility.” Payne referenced Island City Stage’s producing artistic director Andy Rogow, who will be opening the latest production of the Off Broadway hit in Wilton Manors this weekend and running through Dec. 11. The gay-centric theater company opened its 2015 season with a successful production of Payne’s “Angry Fags.” Comedy or not, much research was involved to get the facts right. Payne learned much about the period from David K. Johnson’s seminal volume, “The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government.” “When I initially became aware of this moment in history, it was one of those times when you get really ticked off that you didn’t already know about it,” Payne explained. “The Red Scare is studied in history class and part of the lexicon; but, this (Lavender Scare) was happening concurrently and the effect it had on galvanizing the American gay rights movement has been lost to history in many ways. When I find something like that frustrates me. It’s what sends me to the computer and to work.” During 2012 workshops of the play in Washington, D.C., he dug into local archives and met many people who shared second hand accounts of the people who were forced to lead double lives during the period. The play then
ironically received its premiere just blocks away from the Supreme Court just as the Defense of Marriage Act was struck down. “It really captured the zeitgeist of the moment,” Payne recalled. The play may be a historical piece, but there are still contemporary lessons to be learned. “I find that when you write a period piece you’re not just telling a story of ‘them then,’ you’re telling a story of ‘us now.’ Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible,’ for example, about the witch hunts was written during the McCarthy era. It meant to teach a lesson about how those who don’t heed the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them,” he added. Audiences may become frustrated with some of Payne’s characters who seemingly fail to stand up for their rights, but Payne, a native of conservative Mississippi, relates to their concerns decades later. “We have a tendency to be baffled by those who choose to live closeted or very discreet lives, but the queer people I was able to know coming up, I’ve always had a place in my heart for the people who chose to live their lives that way out of a feeling of necessity,” he said. It can be frustrating, he admitted, but again, he emphasized the importance of not repeating the mistakes of history and taking a moment to laugh at ourselves when we can.
Matthew Stuart Jackson and Erynn Dalton star in Island City Stage’s production of “Perfect Arrangement.” Photo Credit: Andy Rogow.
Island City Stage presents Topher Payne’s “Perfect Arrangement,” Nov. 10 – Dec. 11 at Abyss Theatre, 2304 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors. Tickets are $35 at IslandCityStage.org.
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First Openly Gay Pro Boxer to Fight For World Championship Brittany Ferrendi
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e’ll be the first publicly gay boxer to get the opportunity to win the World Boxing Organization lightweight championship title. ‘I’ve always been a proud gay boxer,” Puerto Rico’s professional boxer Orlando Cruz told The Daily Mail. “Now I will become the first openly gay world champion.” Cruz, who often wears rainbow-
colored shorts in solidarity with the LGBT community, is set to fight against current undefeated champion Terry Flanagan on Nov. 26. Cruz won 25 out of his 30 fights, with one draw and the remaining four were losses. The 35-year-old came out of the closet in 2012, making him the first boxer to publicly declare
his homosexuality while still professionally active. He is currently married to his husband Juan Manuel Colon. In 2013, Cruz was inducted to the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame alongside transgender male triathlete Chris Mosier and professional football player Jerry Smith.
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Perfect Arrangement
Nov. 10 to Dec. 11 at Island City Stage, 2304 N. Dixie Highway in Fort Lauderdale. It’s the Red Scare and Bob and Norma are assigned to find “sexual deviants” at the State Department. In reality, they’re both gay and have married each other’s partners! Tickets $35. Call 954-519-2533 or visit IslandCityStage.org.
Cuddles
Nov. 13 to Dec. 11 at Arts Garage, 180 NE First St. in Delray Beach. In this vampire drama, Eve has been locked away her entire life, protected by her sister Tabby. But, Eve has had enough. Tickets $40. Call 561-4506357 or visit ArtsGarage.org.
Pet Shop Boys
Nov. 16 at 9 p.m. at Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. In over 30 years of entertaining, the duo has produced 42 top 30 singles in the United Kingdom. Tickets $49.50 to $64.50. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.
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broward county * Avenue Q
Nov. 10 to 20 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. In this coming-of-age musical, Princeton moves into an apartment on Avenue Q in New York City, where he meets a host of characters. Tickets $45. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.
* Broadway to Silver Screen
Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. at The Sanctuary, 1400 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Brent D. Kuenning and Steve Geyer, both former New York City singers, dangers, and actors on Broadway, come together as 2 of a Kind for a show spanning the Broadway songbook. Suggested donation $10. Call Steve Geyer at 954-770-0888 or Stevengeyer1@aol.com.
* Elle King
Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. at Revolution Live, 100 SW Third Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. King released the hit “Ex’s & Oh’s” from her debut album and is now featured on the “Ghostbusters” soundtrack. Tickets $28.50 in advance, $30 the day of. Call 954-449-1025 or visit JoinTheRevolution.net.
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* A Celebration of the Great American Songbook
Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The South Florida Symphony is joined by singer-pianist Bobby Nesbitt to perform allAmerican favorites by George & Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Johnny Mercer and Oscar Hammerstein and more. Tickets $35 to $85. Visit SouthFloridaSymphony.org.
* V3 at AT3 (Vixens, Veterans & Visuals)
Nov. 11 from 8 p.m. to midnight at Atelier 3, 1901 Harrison St. in Hollywood. Celebrate our veterans in this special performance by drag queen Misty Eyez and her lounge sisters Melina Almodovar, Brendan John and John Anthony — with a special appearance by “Adele.” Free.
* The Legendary Ladies of Song: Meri Ziev & Kelly DiLorenzo
Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. at The Tennis Club, 600 Tennis Club Drive in Fort Lauderdale. The Broadway ladies perform favorites in honor of Liza Minelli, Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, and other legends. Tickets $20, $15 for members, plus a two drink minimum. Contact Ken Harrison at 954-547-2819 or kenh7748@yahoo.com.
* Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show
Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs. A musical celebration of the Rat Pack and the golden age of music. Tickets $28.62 to $76.32. Call 954-344-5990 or visit CoralSpringsCenterForTheArts.com.
* The Diary of Anne Frank
Nov. 11 to 20 at FAU’s Studio One Theatre, 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton. The young diary keeper has gone down in history for her account of World War II, and this play gives a fresh new look at the younger’s story. Tickets $20. Call 1-800-564-9539 or visit FAUEvents. com.
* Casting Crowns
Nov. 12 at Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre, 6017 Sansburys Way in West Palm Beach. The Christian rock band brings a night of ministry and music. Tickets $60 and up. Call 561-7958883 or visit WestPalmBeachAmphitheatre. com.
* A Celebration of the Great American Songbook
Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. at FAU’s Kaye Auditorium, 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton. The South Florida Symphony is joined by singer-pianist Bobby Nesbitt to perform all-American favorites by George & Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Johnny Mercer and Oscar Hammerstein and more. Tickets $30 to $60. Visit SouthFloridaSymphony.org.
* The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Nov. 15 to 20 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Christopher, 15, is accused of killing his neighbor’s dog, so he sets out to find the real villain. Tickets $27 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.
* Ron McCurdy’s Langston Hughes Project “Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz”
Nov. 15 to 20 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. McCurdy narrates the jazz performance exploring the search for freedom and equality in the 1960s. Tickets $32. Call 561832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.
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Nov. 12 to 19 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Carmen is a gypsy girl who can get any man she wants, moving onto the next at the drop of a pin. When one man, who drops everything to be with her, is scorned, she’s Carmen has met her match. Tickets $16 to $88. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.
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Through 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.
Everybody Drinks the Same Water
Through 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.
* Sara and Tegan
Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. at Revolution Live, 100 SW Third Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. For 13 years, the indie duo has been covered by The White Stripes and worked with DJs Tiesto and David Guetta Tickets $28.50 in advance, $31 the day of. Call 954-449-1025 or visit JoinTheRevolution.net.
palm beach county * Program One: Giselle
Nov. 11 to 13 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. In this ballet, Giselle goes mad and dies when her lover rejects her. She returns with ghostly Wilis to haunt the men who wronged them. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.
Tick, Tick, BOOM!
Through Nov. 11 at the Bhetty Waldron Theatre at Actor’s Rep, 1009 N. Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. The autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the composer of “Rent,” about his journey to making it in the theatre world. Tickets $25. Call 561-339-4687 or visit KWPProductions.com.
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or a while Brent Corrigan was gay porn’s wildly popular Twink golden boy. Everything went horribly wrong when Bryan Kocis, the porn auteur who made Corrigan a star, was brutally murdered. The culprits were competing pornographers who wanted to buy out Corrigan’s contract--Kocis had refused. In “King Cobra,” openly gay writer/director Justin Kelly offers a brutal gay film noir which recreates that disturbing but true story. It’s the second feature for Kelly, who’s debut offering “I Am Michael” was a hit on the film festival circuit in 2015. In “Michael,” James Franco stars as a gay man who professes to go straight with the help of Jesus--his many late night phone calls to his former boyfriend (Zachary Quinto) suggest that he’s not as confident in his new life as he claims to be. Kelly told SFGN that “I Am Michael” gets a general release in 2017. With “King Cobra,” Kelly establishes himself as a bold filmmaker.”Cobra” is dark, graphic, and often unnerving, but there are also some wonderfully comic moments. During one hilarious interlude, gay porn star/escort Harlow (Keegan Allen) eggs on a scantily clad, nerdy client who worships his feet. For most of it’s running time, “King Cobra” exposes the truth about the false friendships and relationships that are often forged in a business where people pretend to love each other so they can have the sex which comes with the job. “King Cobra” also shines a light on the elephant in the room: many in the porn business are either unstable or unable to maintain healthy relationships. As the story unfolds, their vulnerabilities and their need for real love becomes clear. At the film’s IMDB page, one reviewer took Kelly to task for painting such a negative portrait of the industry and of gay men. “There are porn stars and murderers both straight and gay,” Kelly told SFGN. “Good guys and bad guys both straight and gay. As a director who’s gay, I am presenting well-rounded gay
characters who I seek to understand rather than vilify. Telling these stories does not send a message that all gay people are ‘bad.’” Kelly added that in both his films he is telling phenomenal stories with interesting characters. “Who they sleep with is secondary,” he said. The cast includes a number of straight actors who were required to play fairly graphic, albeit R rated, gay sex scenes, such as Christian Slater, who plays Bryan Kocis (renamed Stephen) in the film. “I think that most actors love a challenge and love to try something different,” Kelly said. “Everyone involved in Cobra was perhaps a tad nervous up front but saw the dark, sexy subject matter as rather intriguing and for a chance to show another side of themselves as actors.” The filmmaker gave particularly high marks to James Franco, who plays Joe, the psychotic gay pornographer who plots his competitor’s murder – Franco and Kelly have collaborated twice thus far. “We have fun working together and I guess we’re both drawn towards stories that deal with controversial or difficult subject matter because the challenge involved in bringing these stories and characters to life is rewarding,” he said. “Franco was instrumental in both of my films off the ground--and many other queer films-and we have more in the works.” Kelly said that Sean Paul Lockhart (Brent Corrigan) gave King Cobra his blessing but chose not to be involved. Lockhart now performs in R rated independent films. Kelly hopes that both his films will open people’s hearts and minds. “Aside from being entertained, I hope that people can take something away similar as with ‘I am Michael,’” he said. “People who might be shunned or judged--an ex-gay, a porn star, a murderer-might have more of a story to tell. Rather than vilifying people, we should try to understand what motivates devious behavior.”
“King Cobra” is open in theaters and on Video on Demand platforms.
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Through Nov. 6 at the Stonewall National Museum - Wilton Manors, 2157 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. After photographer Robert Kalman’s lesbian’s sister passed away, he has paid tribute to her memory by photographing lesbians while asking them, “What’s life like for you now?” Free. Call 954-763-8565 or visit Stonewall-Museum. org.
Deck the Walls
Nov. 5 from 1 to 6 p.m. at Concrete Beach Brewery, 325 NW 24th St. in Miami. A block party with music by Electric Kif and Afrobeta, food by local restaurants, brewery tours, and a gallery of art. Call 305-796-2727 or visit ConcreteBeachBrewery.com.
Who Is Joan Quinn? A Life in Portraits
Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square, 51 N Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. A guided tour of the collection by Joan Agajanian Quinn, artist appearances, and cocktail reception. Call 561-243-7922, email museuminfo@ oldschool.org, or visit OldSchoolSquare.org.
broward county HIV Prenatal Classes
Nov. 10 and Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. at Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center, 1401 S. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Confidential and informative classes with lunch. Free. Contact Bisiola Fortune-Evans at 954-728-1056 or Yvette Gonzalez at 954-4674700, ext. 5541.
First Comes Love: Portraits of Enduring LGBTQ Relationships
Nov. 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Stonewall National Museum - Wilton Manors, 2157 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Photography by B. Proud looks at the lives of couples who have been together for anywhere from 10 to 50 years. Exhibit on display through Dec. 11. Free. Call 954-763-8565 or visit StonewallMuseum.org.
* Wilton Manors Taste of the Island
Nov. 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Richardson Historic Park and Nature Preserve, 1937 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. More than 40 local restaurants show off favorites from their menus in this annual food festival. Tickets $30. Visit TasteOfTheIsland.org.
Broward Support Services 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
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Tuesdays in Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs and Southwest Ranches. A support group for parents of LGBT youth 13 to 21. Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com for dates and locations.
SunServe Youth Group
Tuesdays and Thursdays in Fort Lauderdale, Southwest Ranches, Coral Springs and Hollywood. A support group and night of fun for LGBT youth 13 to 21. Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com for dates and times.
Survivor Support
First and third Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Broward Health Imperial Point Hospital cafeteria, 6401 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Find support from counselors and peers who have lost loved ones to suicide. Call the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention at 954-384-0344 or visit FISPOnline.org.
* My Big Fat Gay Marriage: Finding a Middle Ground with Religious Conservatives
Nov. 15 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Broward College Downtown Campus 11th Floor, 111 E. Las Olas Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Howard Simon of the ACLU of Florida leads a panel with Nadine Smith, CEO of Equality Florida, Dr. Abdul Hamid Samra, imam of the Islamic Center of Greater Miami, and Rabbi Edwin Farber of Bath Torah Benny Rok. Free. Visit Broward.edu/ community/village-square.
* “Romaine Brooks: A Life” by Cassandra Langer
Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Stonewall National Museum - Wilton Manors, 2157 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. In this author event, Langder discusses the life of the misunderstood lesbian artist. Free. Call 954-763-8565 or visit Stonewall-Museum.org.
* Movie Night: “Big Eden”
Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Stonewall National Museum -- Wilton Manors, 2157 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Henry Hart returns to his small town to care for his grandfather, and he’s forced to come to terms with his feelings for his best friend from high school. Call 954-763-8565 or visit Stonewall-Museum.org.
Nov. 10 to nov. 17 Belief + Doubt
Through Jan. 22, 2017 at the NSU Art Museum, One E. Las Olas Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Contemporary art from more than 60 artists in the collection of Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz. Closed Mondays. Call 954-5255500 or visit NSUArtMuseum.org.
palm beach county The Thrill of the Vote: Episodes in Democracy
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.
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.
Fifteen Minutes
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 world-famous for 15 minutes.” This exhibit
examines the culture of celebrity. Suggested donation $5. Call 561-243-7922 or visit OldSchoolSquare.org.
Transcendence
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.
Zumba Fitness
Mondays at 6 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Get moving with a certificated Zumba instructor for an infusion of exercise and dance moves. Donation of $5 or more. Call 561-324-1626 or visit CompassGLCC. com.
Sober Sisters
Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Lambda North, 18 S. J St. in Lake Worth. A support and discussion group for female recovering alcoholics. Visit LambdaNorth.net.
Out of the Closet, Into the Light
Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at MCC of the Palm Beaches, 4857 Northlake Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens. AA for the LGBT community. Free. Call 561-775-5900 or visit MCCPalmBeach. org.
Voices of Pride
Mondays at 7 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N.
Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Join the Gay Men’s Chorus as they practice every week. Free. Call 561-533-9699 or visit CompassGLCC.com
miami-dade county * Soirée
Nov. 11 from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Miami Beach Woman’s Club, 2401 Pinetree Drive in Miami Beach. Miami Beach Gay Pride hosts this cocktail reception, with proceeds going to the 2017 Pride parade and festival. Event includes a raffle, open-bar, live jazz, and a check presentation. Tickets $80 in advance and $100 at the door. Visit MiamiBeachGayPride. BrownPaperTickets.com.
* The Bowtie Bash
Nov. 12 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Private Key Club, 567 NW 27th St. in Miami. Annual networking and philanthropic event hosted by OUT Miami. Tickets $75 to $175. Visit BowtieBash. EventBrite.com.
22nd Annual InterContinental® Miami Make-A-Wish® Ball
Nov. 12 at 8:30 p.m. at the InterContinental Miami, 100 Chopin Plaza in Miami. With the theme “La Nuit de l’Animal: A Fairy Tale,” enjoy an evening of speciality cocktails, gourmet food stations, silent auction, and entertainment by Grammy Award winner John Legend and Alisan Porter of “The Voice.”
The event will be emceed by actress Gabrielle Anwar. Visit MakeAWishBall.com.
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 305-893-6211 or visit MOCAMiami.org.
key west * A Celebration of the Great American Songbook
Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Key West High School, 2100 Flagler Ave. in Key West. The South Florida Symphony is joined by singer-pianist Bobby Nesbitt to perform all-American favorites by George & Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Johnny Mercer and Oscar Hammerstein and more. Tickets $10 to $85. Visit SouthFloridaSymphony.org.
Aqua Idol
Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Aqua Key West, 711 Duval St. in Key West. Support your local artists and vote for your favorite! Benefits Waterfront Playhouse. Call 305-294-0555 or visit AquaKeyWest.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. Call Haim at 954-398-3676, sidnalll@yahoo.com
health MANSCAPING SERVICES WE OFFER - Treat yourself to a Full Body Hair Removal, Shaving, Trimming, and Waxing. European Facial, Oxy Hydro Treatment. No Chemicals used.Looking Good & Feeling Good Call Ebi at 561-502-3217 or www.euromanscaping.com
COOL POOLS- RELIABLE POOL SERVICE Professional pool service.Covering Wilton Manors, Lighthouse Point, and eastside of Pompano Beach. 15 years experience. Licensed and insured.Free estimates. Call 954-235-0775.
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WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO? Learn from an experienced teacher. All levels and ages welcome. Learn to play classical, popular, jazz, or show tunes. Visit www.edwinchad. com or call 954-826-9555 for more information.
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MIKE THE RENTAL GUY - NE Lauderdale/Wilton Manors/Oakland Park-1/1 from $990, 2/1 from $1140. Victoria Park-1/1=$1090.00 cable included. Credit & Income Requirements-Pets okay with restrictions Call for Details Mike 561-703-5533 or miketherentalguy@aol.com
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954.530.4970 tutoring/instruction HELP WANTED - I am living in Wilton Manors, and looking for someone who does tutoring/instruction. I need help learning Mac Book Pro, Mini I Pad, and I phone 6’s. Call Bob @ 973-202-6721. 11.10.2016 •
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