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Brief Summary of Patient Information about GENVOYA GENVOYA (jen-VOY-uh) (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide) tablets Important: Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with GENVOYA. There may be new information about GENVOYA. This information is only a summary and does not take the place of talking with your healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.
What is the most important information I should know about GENVOYA? GENVOYA can cause serious side effects, including: • Build-up of lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis may happen in some people who take GENVOYA. Lactic acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Lactic acidosis can be hard to identify early, because the symptoms could seem like symptoms of other health problems. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms, which could be signs of lactic acidosis: • • • • • • •
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• Severe liver problems. Severe liver problems may happen in people who take GENVOYA. In some cases, these liver problems can lead to death. Your liver may become large and you may develop fat in your liver. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms of liver problems: • your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice) • dark “tea-colored” urine • light-colored bowel movements (stools) • loss of appetite for several days or longer • nausea • stomach pain • You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking GENVOYA for a long time. • Worsening of Hepatitis B infection. GENVOYA is not for use to treat chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV). If you have HBV infection and take GENVOYA, your HBV may get worse (flareup) if you stop taking GENVOYA. A “flare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before. • Do not run out of GENVOYA. Refill your prescription or talk to your healthcare provider before your GENVOYA is all gone. • Do not stop taking GENVOYA without first talking to your healthcare provider. • If you stop taking GENVOYA, your healthcare provider will need to check your health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your HBV infection. Tell your healthcare provider about any new or unusual symptoms you may have after you stop taking GENVOYA.
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What is GENVOYA? GENVOYA is a prescription medicine that is used without other HIV-1 medicines to treat HIV-1 in people 12 years of age and older: • who have not received HIV-1 medicines in the past or • to replace their current HIV-1 medicines in people who have been on the same HIV-1 medicines for at least 6 months, have an amount of HIV-1 in their blood (“viral load”) that is less than 50 copies/mL, and have never failed past HIV-1 treatment HIV-1 is the virus that causes AIDS. GENVOYA contains the prescription medicines elvitegravir (VITEKTA®), cobicistat (TYBOST®), emtricitabine (EMTRIVA®) and tenofovir alafenamide. It is not known if GENVOYA is safe and effective in children under 12 years of age. When used to treat HIV-1 infection, GENVOYA may: • Reduce the amount of HIV-1 in your blood. This is called “viral load”. • Increase the number of CD4+ (T) cells in your blood that help fight off other infections. Reducing the amount of HIV-1 and increasing the CD4+ (T) cells in your blood may help improve your immune system. This may reduce your risk of death or getting infections that can happen when your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections). GENVOYA does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. You must stay on continuous HIV-1 therapy to control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related illnesses. Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection to others: • Do not share or re-use needles or other injection equipment. • Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like toothbrushes and razor blades. • Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safer sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions about how to prevent passing HIV-1 to other people.
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What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking GENVOYA? Before taking GENVOYA, tell your healthcare provider if you: • have liver problems including hepatitis B infection • have kidney or bone problems • have any other medical conditions • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if GENVOYA can harm your unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you become pregnant while taking GENVOYA. Pregnancy registry: there is a pregnancy registry for women who take HIV-1 medicines during pregnancy. The purpose of this registry is to collect information about the health of you and your baby. Talk with your healthcare provider about how you can take part in this registry. • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take GENVOYA. – You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. – At least one of the medicines in GENVOYA can pass to your baby in your breast milk. It is not known if the other medicines in GENVOYA can pass into your breast milk. – Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Other medicines may affect how GENVOYA works. Some medicines may interact with GENVOYA. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. • You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with GENVOYA. • Do not start a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take GENVOYA with other medicines.
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• GENVOYA is usually taken 1 time each day. • Take GENVOYA with food. • If you need to take a medicine for indigestion (antacid) that contains aluminum and • • • •
magnesium hydroxide or calcium carbonate during treatment with GENVOYA, take it at least 2 hours before or after you take GENVOYA. Do not change your dose or stop taking GENVOYA without first talking with your healthcare provider. Stay under a healthcare provider’s care when taking GENVOYA. Do not miss a dose of GENVOYA. If you take too much GENVOYA, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away. When your GENVOYA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or pharmacy. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. The virus may develop resistance to GENVOYA and become harder to treat.
What are the possible side effects of GENVOYA? GENVOYA may cause serious side effects, including: • See “What is the most important information I should know about GENVOYA?” • Changes in body fat can happen in people who take HIV-1 medicine. These changes may include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and around the middle of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs, arms and face may also happen. The exact cause and long-term health effects of these conditions are not known. • Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen when you start taking HIV-1 medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you start having any new symptoms after starting your HIV-1 medicine. • New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider should do blood and urine tests to check your kidneys before you start and while you are taking GENVOYA. Your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking GENVOYA if you develop new or worse kidney problems. • Bone problems can happen in some people who take GENVOYA. Bone problems may include bone pain, softening or thinning (which may lead to fractures). Your healthcare provider may need to do tests to check your bones. The most common side effect of GENVOYA is nausea. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. • These are not all the possible side effects of GENVOYA. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. • Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. General information about the safe and effective use of GENVOYA. Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient Information leaflet. Do not use GENVOYA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give GENVOYA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them. This Brief Summary summarizes the most important information about GENVOYA. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about GENVOYA that is written for health professionals. For more information, call 1-800-445-3235 or go to www.GENVOYA.com. Keep GENVOYA and all medicines out of reach of children. Issued: November 2015
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Anchorage OfďŹ cials Nix Proposed Ballot language in effort to repeal lgBT ordinance (AP) Opponents of Anchorage's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender non-discrimination law may need to get more specific in their ballot language seeking repeal. City attorneys approved the referendum effort while nixing language that asked whether Anchorage Ordinance 96 shall remain law, the Alaska Dispatch News reported. City attorney Bill Falsey wrote in a Friday memo that the language didn't accurately describe what the law does. Falsey was joined by other attorneys in suggesting alternative language saying the law prohibits "discrimination within the municipality on the bases of sexual orientation or gender identity in the sale, rental or use (of) real property, financing, employment, places of public accommodations, educational institutions, and practices of the municipality; to codify certain religious and other exemptions; and to expand the lawyer's role in fact-finding conferences
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(AP) The Supreme Court has sided with a lesbian mother who wants to see her adopted children, blocking an Alabama court's order that declared the adoption invalid. The justices issued an order Monday in a case that puts on display legal challenges facing gay and lesbian parents even after the Supreme Court decided that same-sex couples have the right to marry. The case involves a soured relationship between two women, and the three children they raised until the breakup. The children's birth mother is contesting regular visits between the children and her former partner. Alabama's highest court refused to recognize the other woman as a parent, saying the adoption they obtained in Georgia was not valid. The women disagree about whether the order Monday will restore visits while the appeal continues. Supreme court.
before the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission." City Clerk Barbara Jones says petitioners have to sign off on the new language in order to begin collecting signatures. Conservative talk show host Bernadette Wilson is listed as the primary sponsor in the petition application. She did not respond to a request for comment. Assemblywoman Amy Demboski said the repeal language has been "reworded in such a fashion to manipulate the electorate." She said this issue is blatantly being treated differently from similar wording that had been approved for a referendum rewriting city labor law. Falsey says he was not the attorney when the labor issue went to ballot. Assemblyman Ernie Hall chairs the ethics and elections committee, and says lawyers are defending against legal challenges that may be brought in the future.
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(AP) Officials in another Indiana city have approved banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity ahead of an expected debate in the state Legislature over whether to stop allowing such local ordinances. The Anderson City Council voted unanimously Thursday to extend local protections on housing, education, employment and public accommodations. The Herald Bulletin reports (http:// bit.ly/1TFnpRe ) two residents spoke against the proposal, but Councilman Russ Willis said laws are sometimes needed so people do what is right. Carmel, Columbus, Terre Haute and Hammond are among the cities adopting similar protections since last spring's uproar over Indiana's religious objections law. A bill proposed by Senate Republicans would extend state civil rights protections to LGBT people, allowing exemptions for religious institutions and some small businesses. The bill would bar stricter local ordinances.
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(AP) Married same sex couples in Arkansas will not be able to get the names of both spouses listed on birth certificates for their children after the state's highest court on Thursday put a temporary hold on a lower court ruling allowing it. The exception is that three same sex couples who originally sued over the issue will be able to get birth certificates for their children. The Arkansas Supreme Court suspended Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox's decision striking down part of the state's birth certificate law as unconstitutional. A spokeswoman for the state health department said that same-sex couples would need
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a court order to both be listed as parents now that the lower court ruling is on hold. Earlier this week, the department had said it would issue amended birth certificates for children of same-sex couples who can prove they were married before the child was born after initially saying it would only issue them for the three couples in the case. But the Supreme Court said it halted such birth certificates to avoid confusion. "Substantial confusion could result if the circuit court's order were to remain in effect and subsequently be altered by a decision of this court on appeal," it said. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge's office said she was pleased the court quickly approved her request to put the lower court ruling on hold. "The attorney general disagreed with much of the lower court's order and was concerned that it would lead to confusion and uncertainty," spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement. An attorney for the couples said she was disappointed with the court's ruling. All three of the couples who sued the state have received amended certificates for their children since Fox's ruling, she said.
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(AP) The Boy Scouts of America announced revised rules this week to emphasize a duty to God and ban political advocacy, leaving a Utah organizer who applied for a troop with gay leaders wondering if applications like his are targeted. The changes come at the end of a turbulent year that saw the organization lift a blanket ban on gay leaders. Restore Our Humanity - which advocated for the legalization of gay marriage in Utah - filed an application in September for an LGBT troop. Though he has yet to receive a formal response, director Mark Lawrence said he expects a rejection. "I don't think this is what they were expecting. I don't think they expected a bunch of new charter applications to come," Lawrence said. However, a Boy Scouts executive in the scouting stronghold of Utah said the revisions show that the organization's values remain intact. The Boy Scouts' doors are open, but new troop applications must now be approved by a national body, not locally, Great Salt Lake Council Scout Executive Rick Barnes said. "We're being very careful on how we do this with charters," he said. "We want to make sure that organizations are willing to follow our policy." Utah is home to the nation's largest sponsor of Boy Scout units, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There are about 427,000 boys in Mormon churchsponsored troops, accounting for about 18 percent of all youth Scouts.
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(EDGE) A popular LGBT rights activist died Thursday six weeks after he and his husband were attacked in what police are calling a hate crime, Gay Star News reports. He was 71. George Zander was sent to Desert Regional Medical Center early Thursday morning and died from unknown causes. His husband Chris Zander, who was also injured in the October attack, took to Facebook to discuss his husband's passing. "His passion and strength has paved the road for many of us to follow and build from. His legacy will live on forever. I love this man more than I love life itself. I can only assume that is what true love is," he reportedly wrote. He added George died "in loving arms and in very little pain." As a result of the attack, George suffered a double hip fracture and needed to undergo surgery, which then required weeks-long of rehabilitation. George was one of the cofounders of the Desert Stonewall Democrats and was currently serving on the Palm Springs Police Department Advisory Board, Gay Star News reports. Chairwoman of the Desert Stonewall Democrats Ruth Debra told the Desert Sun George's passing was "sudden" and "unexpected." "All of us who are his friends are very sad and a little angry," she told the newspaper. It was reported earlier this month police arrested two men believed to have been involved in the attack, which took place over Halloween weekend. Both Christopher James Carr and Keith Terranova pleaded not guilty but remain in custody. At the time of the incident, Carr allegedly "intentionally" bumped into Chris and used gay slurs towards him. After the couple argued with Carr, he then allegedly tackled Chris, who was left with a concussion and required staples to the back of his head. Carr then allegedly returned with Terranova and attacked the couple. Police accused Terranova of beating Chris with a tire iron and accused Carr of attacking George.
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(AP) As Kentucky's Supreme Court heard a case Thursday that could help determine the parental rights of same-sex partners, one justice noted they were in "uncharted waters." The court has been asked whether a woman has the right to intervene in an adoption case involving the child of her former same-sex partner. The two women, identified only by their initials in court documents, were in a same-sex relationship for five years. One of them had a child in 2006 with the help of a sperm donor. The other helped raise the child until the couple split up in 2011. Now the biological mother has cut off all contact with her ex-partner and has married a man who is trying to adopt the child. The ex-partner, identified as A.H., is seeking joint custody and wants to intervene in the case to block the adoption. But the biological mother, identified as M.L. says because her ex-partner is not the biological mother of the child, she has no parental rights. The biological mother compared her ex to a "baby sitter." A Kenton County family court ruled in favor of A.H. But a state appeals court reversed the decision, arguing A.H. lacked legal standing to intervene in the adoption.
or gender identity, imposing a $200-a-day fine on violators. There are laws against the practice in California, New Jersey, Oregon, Illinois and Washington, D.C. The American Psychological Association and other health organizations say conversion therapy doesn't work and can increase suicide risks. Councilman Chris Seelbach referred to the suicide nearly one year ago of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn of suburban Cincinnati.
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(AP) A protester who disrupted historic arguments over gay marriage at the U.S. Supreme Court has been sentenced to 21 days in jail. Rives Miller Grogan of Mansfield, Texas, was sentenced Thursday. Grogan pleaded guilty in September to illegally demonstrating inside the court. Grogan was arrested April 28 after disrupting oral arguments by yelling that the Bible says gay marriage supporters "could burn in hell." The justices announced their decision in the case in June, ruled same-sex couples have a right to marry nationwide. Prosecutors and Grogan had agreed to a 30-day jail sentence, but prosecutors wanted him to serve it consecutively while Grogan asked to serve it intermittently, two days at a time, so he could continue to work. Grogan must stay away from the Supreme Court for a year.
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(AP) A Puerto Rico court has for the first time allowed a same-sex couple to adopt a child. Wednesday's ruling involves a woman whose longtime partner gave birth to a girl through artificial insemination. The woman had been fighting to adopt the girl for two years. Justice Secretary Cesar Miranda calls it a historic decision and says it represents a new civil rights achievement. Puerto Rico until recently prohibited same-sex marriages and the recognition of such marriages. However, the government struck down those laws after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in late June that required every state to recognize such marriages. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla previously signed orders that allow transgender and transsexual people to change
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(EDGE) TLC officials announced last week they green lit the second season of their reality show "I Am Jazz," which follows transgender teen Jazz Jennings and her family, Deadline reports. Season 2 will have eight episodes and is scheduled to premiere in 2016. "I Am Jazz" stars 15-year-old Jennings as she faces decisions about her health and balancing her social life with friends and dating. The second season of the reality show will continue to follow the teen and her perspective as a trans youth as she experiences school, social life, sports and family. Jennings' parents Greg and Janette Jennings, along with her sister Ari and twin brothers Griffen and Sander will also return to the show. Time magazine named Jennings one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens" in 2014 and 2015 after she published her book "I Am Jazz."The teen and her parents founded the Transkids Purple Rainbow Foundation, a nonprofit organization to support trans youth and their families, Deadline notes. E! announced in October it renewed "I Am Cait," the reality series that follows Caitlyn Jenner, for a second season. Jazz Jennings.
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(AP) An Ohio city's council has passed a ban on therapy aimed at changing the sexual orientation of minors. Cincinnati council members voted 7-2 Wednesday to outlaw the practice known as "conversion therapy." The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that nearly two dozen pastors and other people packed in to council chambers to unsuccessfully oppose the move. But council voted to prohibit therapy by health professionals designed to change sexual orientation
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(AP) Kansas' top child welfare official says allegations that she attempts to block potential adoptions by same-sex couples are "fiction" and decisions about troubled children are driven by a desire to find the best homes for them, not anti-gay bias. But in her first extensive interview on the subject this week, [Secretary Phyllis] Gilmore of the Kansas Department for Children and Families told The Associated Press that the department and its two foster care contractors are required by state and federal law to keep children with relatives and their siblings as much as possible. She said their decisions are focused on what's in the best interest of each child. "We're talking about trying to get children into the best homes we can," she said. "Could that sometimes be a homosexual home? Of course, but I still say that the preferred (situation) is every child to have a mom and a dad, if possible, but it's not always possible."
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That statement referred to a preference for so-called traditional families headed by straight, married couples. But she said that this would not exclude a child being placed with a gay or lesbian relative or with a same-sex couple. Allegations of bias arose after a Topeka City Council member and his wife were charged last month with child abuse and child endangerment. They were serving at the time as foster parents and have both biological and adopted children. They were allowed last year to adopt a young girl who'd previously been foster-parented by a lesbian couple in Wichita who also wanted to adopt her, according to news reports. Five other cases involving lesbian couples have since become public. Legislators are contemplating an audit of the child welfare system, and House Minority Leader Tom Burroughs, a Kansas City Democrat, has suggested a special investigatory committee.
(EDGE) The Log Cabin Republicans once again denounced a social media campaign involving "selfies" for Out2Enroll, which aims to get members of the LGBT to enroll in Obamacare. "Just when you thought they couldn't get any lower, Out2Enroll once again plays to the lowest common denominator by invoking gay stereotypes in an attempt to con members of the LGBT community to enroll in a government health insurance plan on life support," Log Cabin Republicans President Gregory T. Angelo stated. "Out2Enroll and its supporters would do well to abandon their campaign of narcissism, voyeurism, and terrible grammar in favor of real healthcare solutions being offered by Republicans in congress today." Taking umbrage with Out2Enroll ad campaigns has become [an] annual event for Log Cabin Republicans. In 2014, the conservative gay group was equally miffed with a holiday-themed ad that featured four go-go boy types in spandex shorts and skimpy holiday accessories dancing and frolicking to the song "Let it Snow." "This ad is also an example of the left
promoting harmful stereotypes that gay men are nothing more than sex-crazed lechers," Angelo wrote last year. "If anyone on the right made such a comparison, liberals would be apoplectic. At a time when left-wing propagandists are decrying 'Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson for equating homosexuality with promiscuity and deviance, Out2Enroll and others should take a look in the mirror and ask if the truth is that they are the ones responsible for promoting such harmful stereotypes." In October 2014, the GA Voice reported that Kellan Baker, associate director for the LGBT Research and Communications Project at the Center for American Progress, said Out2Enroll is not about "putting a rainbow flag" on the Affordable Care Act. "We commissioned research of the experiences of LGBT people living under 400 percent of poverty level. The results were striking," Baker said. "There is an additional layer of skepticism, LGBT people and especially transgender people said they faced discrimination, and people reported having trouble with getting their partner and kids covered through their job." 12.16.2015 •
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IMPORTANT PATIENT INFORMATION PATIENT INFORMATION PREZCOBIX (prez-koe-bix) (darunavir and cobicistat) tablets Please read this information before you start taking PREZCOBIX and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking with your healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment. What is the most important information I should know about PREZCOBIX? • PREZCOBIX may cause liver problems. Some people taking PREZCOBIX may develop liver problems which may be life-threatening. Your healthcare provider should do blood tests before and during your treatment with PREZCOBIX. If you have chronic hepatitis B or C infection, your healthcare provider should check your blood tests more often because you have an increased chance of developing liver problems. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any of the below signs and symptoms of liver problems. • dark (tea colored) urine • yellowing of your skin or whites of your eyes • pale colored stools (bowel movements) • nausea • vomiting • pain or tenderness on your right side below your ribs • loss of appetite • PREZCOBIX may cause severe or life-threatening skin reactions or rash. Sometimes these skin reactions and skin rashes can become severe and require treatment in a hospital. Call your healthcare provider right away if you develop a rash. Stop taking PREZCOBIX and call your healthcare provider right away if you develop any skin changes with symptoms below: • fever • tiredness • muscle or joint pain • blisters or skin lesions • mouth sores or ulcers • red or inflamed eyes, like “pink eye” (conjunctivitis) • PREZCOBIX when taken with certain other medicines can cause new or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider should check your kidneys before you start and while you are taking PREZCOBIX. See “What are the possible side effects of PREZCOBIX?” for more information about side effects. What is PREZCOBIX? PREZCOBIX is a prescription HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1) medicine used with other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). PREZCOBIX contains the prescription medicines PREZISTA (darunavir) and TYBOST (cobicistat). It is not known if PREZCOBIX is safe and effective in children under 18 years of age. When used with other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection, PREZCOBIX may help: • reduce the amount of HIV-1 in your blood. This is called “viral load”.
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• increase the number of CD4+ (T) cells in your blood that help fight off other infections. Reducing the amount of HIV-1 and increasing the CD4+ (T) cells in your blood may help improve your immune system. This may reduce your risk of death or getting infections that can happen when your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections). PREZCOBIX does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. You must keep taking HIV-1 medicines to control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related illnesses. Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection to others. • Do not share or re-use needles or other injection equipment. • Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like toothbrushes and razor blades. • Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safe sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions on how to prevent passing HIV to other people. Who should not take PREZCOBIX? Do not take PREZCOBIX with any of the following medicines: • alfuzosin (Uroxatral®) • cisapride (Propulside®, Propulsid® Quicksolv) • colchicine (Colcrys®, Mitigare®), if you have liver or kidney problems • dronedarone (Multaq®) • ergot-containing medicines: • dihydroergotamine (D.H.E. 45®, Embolex®, Migranal®) • ergotamine tartrate (Cafergot®, Ergomar®, Ergostat®, Medihaler®, Migergot®, Wigraine®, Wigrettes®) • methylergonovine (Methergine®) • lovastatin or a product that contains lovastatin (Altoprev®, Advicor®, Mevacor®) • lurasidone (Latuda®) • midazolam (Versed®), when taken by mouth • pimozide (Orap®) • ranolazine (Ranexa®) • rifampin (Rifadin®, Rifater®, Rifamate®, Rimactane®) • sildenafil (Revatio®), when used for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) • simvastatin or a product that contains simvastatin (Simcor®, Vytorin®, Zocor®) • St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum), or a product that contains St. John’s Wort • triazolam (Halcion®) Serious problems can happen if you take any of these medicines with PREZCOBIX. What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking PREZCOBIX? Before taking PREZCOBIX, tell your healthcare provider if you: • have liver problems, including hepatitis B or hepatitis C • have kidney problems • are allergic to sulfa (sulfonamide) • have diabetes • have hemophilia • have any other medical condition • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if PREZCOBIX will harm your unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you become pregnant while taking PREZCOBIX.
IMPORTANT PATIENT INFORMATION • Pregnancy Registry: There is a pregnancy registry for women who take antiretroviral medicines during pregnancy. The purpose of the registry is to collect information about the health of you and your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about how you can take part in this registry. • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take PREZCOBIX. • You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV to your baby. • It is not known if PREZCOBIX can pass into your breast milk. • Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Some medicines interact with PREZCOBIX. Keep a list of your medicines to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist. • You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with PREZCOBIX. • Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take PREZCOBIX with other medicines. How should I take PREZCOBIX? • Take PREZCOBIX exactly as your healthcare provider tells you. • Do not change your dose or stop taking PREZCOBIX without talking to your healthcare provider. • Take PREZCOBIX 1 time a day with food. • If you miss a dose of PREZCOBIX by less than 12 hours, take your missed dose of PREZCOBIX right away. Then take your next dose of PREZCOBIX at your regularly scheduled time. • If you miss a dose of PREZCOBIX by more than 12 hours, wait and then take the next dose of PREZCOBIX at your regularly scheduled time. • If a dose of PREZCOBIX is skipped, do not double the next dose. Do not take more or less than your prescribed dose of PREZCOBIX at any one time. • If you take too much PREZCOBIX, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away. What are the possible side effects of PREZCOBIX? PREZCOBIX may cause serious side effects including: • See “What is the most important information I should know about PREZCOBIX?” • Diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia). Some people who take protease inhibitors including PREZCOBIX can get high blood sugar, develop diabetes, or your diabetes can get worse. Tell your healthcare provider if you notice an increase in thirst or urinate often while taking PREZCOBIX. • Changes in body fat can happen in people who take HIV-1 medications. The changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and around the middle of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The exact cause and longterm health effects of these conditions are not known. • Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen when you start taking HIV-1 medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you start having new symptoms after starting your HIV-1 medicine. • Increased bleeding for hemophiliacs. Some people with hemophilia have increased bleeding with protease inhibitors including PREZCOBIX.
The most common side effects of darunavir, one of the medicines in PREZCOBIX, include: • diarrhea • nausea • rash • headache • stomach area (abdominal) pain • vomiting Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. These are not all of the possible side effects of PREZCOBIX. For more information, ask your health care provider. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. How should I store PREZCOBIX? • Store PREZCOBIX tablets at room temperature between 68°F to 77°F (20°C to 25°C). Keep PREZCOBIX and all medicines out of reach of children. General information about PREZCOBIX Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient Information leaflet. Do not use PREZCOBIX for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give PREZCOBIX to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about PREZCOBIX that is written for health professionals. For more information call 1-800-526-7736. What are the ingredients in PREZCOBIX? Active ingredients: darunavir and cobicistat Inactive ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, and silicified microcrystalline cellulose. The tablets are film-coated with a coating material containing iron oxide black, iron oxide red, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol (partially hydrolyzed), talc, and titanium dioxide. Manufactured by: Janssen Ortho LLC, Gurabo, PR 00778 Manufactured for: Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP, Titusville NJ 08560 Issued: January 2015 © Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2015 027415-150108
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FilM, “The saMe diFFerenCe” eXplores ideas oF BlaCk lesBian idenTiTy (SFGN) Director Nneka Onuorah has experienced years of lesbian stereotyping from outside, and inside the community. In her film “The Same Difference,” Onuorah examines what happens when marginalized individuals choose to define themselves through their differences. And what happens when the lines they’ve drawn start to blur, NBC News reports. "Black women don't have a voice—Black 'AG' [aggressive] lesbians don't have a voice," said Onuorah, referring to lesbians exhibiting behaviors traditionally deemed masculine. "I wanted to tell a story of my own for people who look like me," said Onuorah. “The Same Difference” is Onuorah’s commentary on the criticism and criteria of AG lesbians, also referred to as studs, as they take on roles deemed stereotypically feminine. "My goal was to introduce AG lesbians— all types of lesbians—to the broader world, and start a conversation within the lesbian community about what it means to be a lesbian," Onuorah said. "It's hard enough
to have the world disapprove, but honestly, it's really hard to have much of your own community go against [your identity]." Among the women featured in Onuorah’s film is Felicia Pearson, known for her role as “Snoop” on HBO’s The Wire. Pearson prepares herself for an upcoming audition, practicing in heels. Also featured is King Kellz, a selfidentified stud, who receives backlash and disapproval for her hair extensions. And Jordan Diaz-Cross, a stud who offers to bear a child when she finds her partner is infertile. The film does not offer tidy resolutions, but merely acknowledges the perseverance of the characters and of the circumstances and judgments that confine them. “The Same Difference" debuted in October in New York City at NewFest, an HBO-sponsored LGBT film festival, where it made festival history by selling out four screenings in a record four minutes, NBC reports. The film will debut in Miami, Jan. 14.
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nBa reF kennedy CoMes ouT aFTer player's gay slur (AP) Veteran NBA referee Bill Kennedy has told Yahoo Sports he is gay after Sacramento Kings guard Rajon Rondo directed a gay slur at him during a game. Kennedy tells Yahoo he is "proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man," adding that he chose to come out in hopes of sending a message "that you must allow no one to make you feel ashamed of who you are." Rondo was suspended one game by the NBA for directing a derogatory and offensive term toward a referee in the Kings' game against Boston in Mexico on Dec. 3. Rondo apologized Monday and the Kings said his comments were disrespectful and offensive. Kennedy is in his 18th season as an NBA official, having worked more than 1,050 regular-season games and five in the NBA Finals. "I wholeheartedly support Bill's decision to live his life proudly and openly," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. "Throughout his 18-year career with the league, Bill has excelled as a referee because of his passion, dedication and courage. Those qualities will continue to serve him well both
as a game official and as a positive influence for others. While our league has made great progress, our work continues to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and dignity." Kennedy worked San Antonio's home game against Utah on Monday, receiving applause from fans when he was shown on the videoboard with the officiating crew and his name was announced. The league took more than a week before announcing a penalty for Rondo, who will sit out Sacramento's game against Houston on Tuesday. Yahoo reported that Kennedy and another referee told league investigators that Rondo used profanity and anti-gay comments.
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“happy BiseXual” auThor says FuTure is BrighT For The Bi (SFGN) Neil Endicott is a bisexuality coach, and author of “How to be a Happy Bisexual.” In a recent Huffington Post column, Endicott describes the great strides in visibility that bisexuals have taken over the last twenty years. “It's now easy to find online bisexual communities, blogs, information and activist sites. Bisexual YouTube vloggers are creating new spaces to express their experience and interact with thousands of viewers. There are thriving bisexual meet-up groups in cities around the world,” Endicott writes. Endicott cites the YouGov UK and US polls stating that 1 in 2 of youths surveyed considers themselves not “100 percent heterosexual.” But he also acknowledges the amount of biphobia still present and the disproportionate amount by which bisexuals are affected by health and mental wellness issues. According to Pew research, less than a third of bisexuals have come out to loved ones for fear of discrimination as opposed to three quarters of gay men and lesbians surveyed. “Veteran LGBT activist Peter Tatchell has argued that as society becomes more accepting of the LGBT community, more and
more people will be open to both opposite sex and same sex desire. This year's YouGov polls indicate that a real shift in social attitudes towards bisexuality is already underway,” says Endicott. He then references a UCLA study which found that up to 5 percent of the population identify as bisexual. With his signature optimism, Endicott agrees with Tatchell that with increased visibility and acceptance will come swifter resolutions and positive change. “Let's hold on to that positive thought as we head into the New Year. Things are getting better for bisexual people. Maybe not as quickly as we'd like, but we're heading in the right direction.”
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Luisa Revilla Urcia, and Adela Hernandez the Blade reports. In 2014, Suarez was elected to the Uruguayan Senate, reported El Observador, she called it a bittersweet victory to be the first openly trans senator to be elected. Peruvian activist Urcia won her seat on the local council of La Esperanza, in the province of Trujillo as part of the Regional Movement for Development with Honesty and Security, the Blade reports. Her platform included constructing a home for those living with HIV/AIDS. “I am going to promote equality and I will say no to discrimination,” she told Peru’s Correo Diario. “We want everyone to have equal access, to succeed and to achieve their goals. When there is no discrimination, there is pacification. Infrastructure and modernity is important, but promoting values and showing concern for the people matters even more.” In 2012, Hernandez became the first openly trans person to hold public office in Cuba, after becoming a member of the Caibrien Municipal Council.
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lthough Kimber White grew up in a smoking family on a North Carolina tobacco farm, his addiction to cigarettes never went much past the off and on phase. But after White, 56, came out at age 30, that’s when he says his addiction became serious and ultimately life-threatening. “I started smoking regularly after I came out at 30 which was also the time I started going to gay bars.” By the time he had a mild stroke five years ago, White was up to three packs a day. “I hate to say this but I think the gay community has more of an addictive personality . . . more than the heterosexual community.” Statistics and several studies back up White’s experience. According to the CDC, 26.6 percent of LGBT individuals smoke as compared to 17.6 percent of heterosexual individuals. According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, smoking among gay men was 55 percent higher than heterosexual men. Smoking among lesbians was 70 percent higher than heterosexual women. The main cause? According to the CDC and former LGBT smokers, it’s stress. Studies have also found similar differences in smoking rates between military veterans and active duty personnel as compared to civilians. Stress is also cited as the culprit. Dr. Richard Travis, a Fort Lauderdale psychotherapist who has written several books about addiction within the LGBT community, said LGBT individuals tend to smoke more because of the stress put upon them by society for who they are. “Negative beliefs are internalized by individuals. That leads to feelings of shame and guilt. Substance abuse is a coping mechanism to deal with those feelings,” said Travis. Coping, for many in the LGBT community, also means higher rates of drug and alcohol abuse. “We medicate our
feelings,” Travis said. White said he also had trouble with alcohol. Having also kicked his alcohol habit, White says smoking was, by far, the hardest to give up. After he stopped drinking eight years ago, he said he smoked more to compensate. “A lot of people in recovery, they’ll trade addictions. “It is a gay thing. They’ll go to the gym, they’ll be so healthy and they’ll smoke. That amazes me more than anything.” In his book, “Addiction in the LGBTQ Community,” Travis writes that smoking prevention programs must be tailored to address the root of the problem and encourage LGBT individuals to develop a positive self-image. For those trying to quit, the Area Health Education Center [AHEC] through a grant by the state legislature, offers free smoking cessation courses which include free nicotine products, such as gum, lozenges and patches, as well as counseling. Bob Weiss, a tobacco cessation specialist with Nova Southeastern University and representative for AHEC, said the courses are an effort by the Florida Department of Health to reach out to groups most at risk. Two options are available: a two-hour session where participants learn how to develop their own plan to quit or participants meet once a week over a period of six weeks. The Pride Center at Equality Park in Wilton Manors is one location where cessation courses take place but companies and organizations can have a course brought to them if a minimum of 8 to 10 individuals sign up. “We can bring it to you,” said Weiss. “We’re increasing our efforts to target the gay community. We’re here and we’re committed to helping all people to live a full life.” Visit ahectobacco.com/calendar for a list of smoking cessation courses provided in Wilton Manors and other cities in Broward County
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lorida House candidate Carlos Guillermo Smith expressed his opposition to granting permits for firearms on college campuses. Speaking to the Dolphin Democrats at the organization’s annual holiday party on Dec. 9, Smith said he “vocally opposes the NRA’s plans to put guns on college campuses.” Smith, a gay Latino man, is seeking to represent district 49 in the Florida House of Representatives – a section of turf that takes in east Orlando and the University of Central Florida. “If minorities don’t have a seat at the table then we’re kind of on the menu,” Smith told those gathered at the Richardson House in Wilton Manors. Describing himself as a “progressive, liberal Democrat” Smith said it was key for the Florida Democratic Party to contest all house seats, including district 93, a seat currently occupied by Representative George Moraitis. In Moraitis’ case, Smith had a few choice
words for the Fort Lauderdale Republican. “George Moraitis has gone out of his way to endorse and sponsor anti-LGBT legislation,” said Smith, who serves as governmental affairs manager for the civil rights organization Equality Florida. “We need to recruit a strong Democrat to run against him (Moraitis) to present an authentic progressive voice.” In the audience was the last man to run against Moraitis, Republican-turnedDemocrat Scott Herman. Herman, a gay disabled U.S. Army combat veteran, is campaigning for an open seat on the Oakland Park City Commission. Also attending the Dolphins party were Wilton Manors Mayor Gary Resnick, Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Dean Trantalis, Wilton Manors Commissioner Justin Flippen, Broward Clerk of Courts candidate and former Democratic Party Chairman Mitch Caesar and Willie Jones, a retired BSO sergeant campaigning for Broward Sheriff.
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Religious Freedom On Trial Again This case could have big implications for LGBT rights
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new case is underway in the ongoing also claims a First Amendment right to and escalating conflict between “expressive association,” an argument that laws protecting religious freedom could have far-reaching implications. and laws prohibiting sexual orientation “The expressive association argument discrimination. And this one has the could be used by non-religiously affiliated potential to either strengthen or cripple laws institutions” to justify discrimination based that prohibit discrimination on sex or sexual orientation, based on sexual orientation explained Bennett Klein, across the nation. a long-time attorney for The case, Matthew Barrett GLAD. Klein is representing “How can [the v. Fontbonne Academy, Matthew Barrett, who lost school] credibly has been brought by Gay his new job with Fontbonne talk to kids about Academy after he filled out & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), the the Catholic faith some paperwork indicating organization that won the if somebody who’s that, in an emergency, his right to marry for same-sex employer should contact his an employee is couples in Massachusetts. husband, Ed Suplee. GLAD also led the way to Fontbonne, a Catholicinvolved in activity strike down the federal inconsistent with affiliated secondary school Defense of Marriage Act for girls, had hired Barrett the message of the to be its director of food (DOMA) and state bans school” on marriage for same-sex services. The school’s couples in all 50 states. student population includes Barrett is one of many non-Catholics, and the food - John Bagley cases around the country services director has no that are testing the right explicit duties to instruct any of various employers to of the students in religious circumvent laws prohibiting tenets. discrimination based on sexual orientation. But at a preliminary argument December In most of these cases, the employers claim 1, an attorney for Fontbonne, John Bagley, their discrimination is a necessary part of said Barrett’s being married to a man would their free exercise of religion. And in most, interfere with the school’s Catholic-oriented the conflict has been played out between message. individual businesses in the public realm – “How can [the school] credibly talk to kids bakers, florists, wedding vendors— refusing about the Catholic faith if somebody who’s an service to same-sex couples getting married. employee is involved in activity inconsistent In this case, however, the employer with the message of the school?” said Bagley.
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As an example, he noted that, if Barrett and his spouse show up at a school-wide party or event, the students might assume the school is conveying an implicit message that samesex marriage is acceptable to the church. To buttress his argument, Bagley pointed to the 1995 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the St. Patrick’s Day parade lawsuit, Hurley v. Irish-American Gay. That decision held the right to expressive association permitted the private organizers of Boston’s annual parade to bar a gay group from participating in the parade behind a banner which identified them as gay. Bagley’s brief also argued that a 2000 Supreme Court decision in Boy Scouts v. Dale held that a private organization had an expressive association right to bar a gay man from a leadership position in the group. Klein argued Tuesday that Barrett, by being married to a man, is not attempting to convey a message, like the Irish-Gay parade contingent, and that Barrett is not assuming a role as advocate, as gay scout leader James Dale did. “Sexual orientation is not a message, and there’s no distinction between sexual orientation and being married to a person of the same sex,” said Klein in court. Fontbonne’s decision to withdraw its job offer “was based on [Barrett’s] status …not based on him doing anything [or] saying anything.” Neither of Fontbonne’s attorneys, John Bagley nor Jeffrey O’Connor, were available to take this reporter’s call, and Bagley begged off reporters’ questions following the hearing.
Bagley also argued December 1 that he believes there are some facts in dispute. If Norfolk County Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins agrees, he could schedule the matter for a jury trial. If he disagrees, he could rule on the merits of the case. Whenever the lawsuit is resolved, it will almost certainly be appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and, eventually, the U.S. Supreme Court. GLAD founder John Ward, who argued the Hurley case in the Supreme Court, said he considers the Fontbonne case to be “hugely important” because, for gay people, “the issue around the country is: You can get married on Sunday and fired on Monday.” Ward said he thinks this case could help decide the current conflict over the use of religion to justify discrimination based on sexual orientation. “There’s been this trend in U.S. Supreme Court cases that hasn’t been real helpful,” said Ward, referring to recent decisions. Last year, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the high court ruled that a federal law can not require a closely held commercial employer to provide health insurance coverage for contraception if that employer claims that to do so violates his or her personal religious beliefs. Prior to that, in Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment bars lawsuits on behalf of “ministers” against their “churches,” holding that it is “impermissible for the government to contradict a church’s determination of who can act as its ministers.”
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For your HIV viral load,
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• ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) has been proven TO LOWER VIRAL LOAD to undetectable* in approximately 8 out of 10 adult patients new to therapy through 48 weeks compared to approximately 7 out of 10 adult patients in the comparator group • ATRIPLA has been proven TO LOWER VIRAL LOAD to undetectable* in approximately 7 out of every 10 adult patients new to therapy through 3 years compared to approximately 6 out of 10 in the comparator group† • The most common (at least 5%) moderate to severe side effects in patients on ATRIPLA were diarrhea, nausea, tiredness, depression, dizziness, sinusitis, upper respiratory tract infections, rash, headache, trouble sleeping, anxiety, and common cold. Each of these was reported in less than 10% of patients
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INDICATION INDICATION and IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION for ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate [DF]) What is ATRIPLA?
• Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/ tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) have developed serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity), with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat in the liver (steatosis). In some cases, these liver problems can lead to death.
ATRIPLA is a prescription medication used alone as a complete regimen, or with other anti-HIV-1 medicines, to treat HIV-1 infection in adults and children at least 12 years old who weigh at least 40 kg (88 lbs).
Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following signs or symptoms of liver problems:
ATRIPLA does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS and you may continue to experience illnesses associated with HIV-1 infection, including opportunistic infections.
- urine turns dark
See your healthcare provider regularly while taking ATRIPLA.
- don’t feel like eating food for several days or longer
What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA? ATRIPLA can cause serious side effects: • Some people who have taken medicine like ATRIPLA (which contains nucleoside analogs) have developed lactic acidosis (build up of an acid in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following signs or symptoms of lactic acidosis: - have unusual (not normal) muscle pain - have trouble breathing - have stomach pain with nausea and vomiting
- bowel movements (stools) turn light in color - feel sick to your stomach (nausea)
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
- feel very weak or tired
- skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice)
- feel cold, especially in your arms and legs - feel dizzy or lightheaded - have a fast or irregular heartbeat
- have lower stomach area (abdominal) pain • You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or liver problems if you are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking nucleoside analogcontaining medicines, like ATRIPLA, for a long time. • If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and you stop taking ATRIPLA, you may get a “flare-up” of your hepatitis. A “flare-up” is when the disease suddenly returns in a worse way than before. Patients with HBV who stop taking ATRIPLA need close medical follow-up for several months to check for hepatitis that could be getting worse. ATRIPLA is not approved for the treatment of HBV, so you need to discuss your HBV therapy with your healthcare provider. Who should not take ATRIPLA? You and your healthcare provider should decide if ATRIPLA is right for you. Do not take ATRIPLA if you are allergic to ATRIPLA or any of its ingredients.
*Undetectable was defined as a viral load of fewer than 400 copies/mL. † In this study, 511 adult patients new to therapy received either the meds in ATRIPLA each taken once daily or Combivir® (lamivudine/zidovudine) twice daily + SUSTIVA® (efavirenz) once daily. ‡ Symphony Health Solutions, Source® PHAST Prescription Monthly, equivalized counts, July 2006 – June 2015.
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With over 9 years of prescribing experience, ATRIPLA is the #1 prescribed one pill, once-daily HIV treatment‡ SELECTED IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION • Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA have developed build up of lactic acid in the blood, which can be a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. • Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA have developed serious liver problems, with liver enlargement and fat in the liver, which can lead to death. • If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and you stop taking ATRIPLA, your hepatitis may suddenly get worse. ATRIPLA is not approved for the treatment of HBV. Please see below for more information about these warnings, including signs and symptoms, and other Important Safety Information. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Ask your doctor about ATRIPLA today. What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking ATRIPLA?
MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH ATRIPLA
Tell your healthcare provider if you:
• ATRIPLA should not be taken with: Combivir® (lamivudine/zidovudine), COMPLERA® (emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), EMTRIVA® (emtricitabine), Epivir® or Epivir-HBV® (lamivudine), Epzicom® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine), STRIBILD® (elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir DF), Trizivir® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), TRUVADA® (emtricitabine/tenofovir DF), or VIREAD® (tenofovir DF), because they contain the same or similar active ingredients as ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). ATRIPLA should not be used with SUSTIVA® (efavirenz) unless recommended by your healthcare provider.
• Are pregnant or planning to become pregnant: Women should not become pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after stopping ATRIPLA. Serious birth defects have been seen in children of women treated during pregnancy with efavirenz, one of the medicines in ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). Women must use a reliable form of barrier contraception, such as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also use other methods of birth control, while on ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after stopping ATRIPLA. Women should not rely only on hormone-based birth control, such as pills, injections, or implants, because ATRIPLA may make these contraceptives ineffective. • Are breastfeeding: Women with HIV should not breastfeed because they can pass HIV and some of the medicines in ATRIPLA through their milk to the baby. It is not known if ATRIPLA could harm your baby.
• Vfend® (voriconazole) should not be taken with ATRIPLA since it may lose its effect or may increase the chance of having side effects from ATRIPLA. • ATRIPLA should not be used with HEPSERA® (adefovir dipivoxil).
• Have kidney problems or are undergoing kidney dialysis treatment.
These are not all the medicines that may cause problems if you take ATRIPLA. Tell your healthcare provider about all prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, or herbal supplements you are taking or plan to take.
• Have bone problems.
Important Safety Information is continued on the following page.
• Have liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection. Your healthcare provider may want to do tests to check your liver while you take ATRIPLA or may switch you to another medicine.
Please see Patient Information on the following pages.
• Have ever had mental illness or are using drugs or alcohol • Have ever had seizures or are taking medicine for seizures. Seizures have occurred in patients taking efavirenz, a component of ATRIPLA, generally in those with a history of seizures. If you have ever had seizures, or take medicine for seizures, your healthcare provider may want to switch you to another medicine or monitor you. What important information should I know about taking other medicines with ATRIPLA? ATRIPLA may change the effect of other medicines, including the ones for HIV-1, and may cause serious side effects. Your healthcare provider may change your other medicines or change their doses.
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ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) Important Safety Information (continued) What are the possible side effects of ATRIPLA? ATRIPLA may cause the following additional serious side effects: • Serious psychiatric problems. Severe depression, strange thoughts, or angry behavior have been reported by a small number of patients. Some patients have had thoughts of suicide, and a few have actually committed suicide. These problems may occur more often in patients who have had mental illness. • Kidney problems (including decline or failure of kidney function). If you have had kidney problems, or take other medicines that may cause kidney problems, your healthcare provider should do regular blood tests. Symptoms that may be related to kidney problems include a high volume of urine, thirst, muscle pain, and muscle weakness. • Other serious liver problems. Some patients have experienced serious liver problems, including liver failure resulting in transplantation or death. Most of these serious side effects occurred in patients with a chronic liver disease such as hepatitis infection, but there have also been a few reports in patients without any existing liver disease. • Changes in bone mineral density (thinning bones). Lab tests show changes in the bones of patients treated with tenofovir DF, a component of ATRIPLA. Some HIV patients treated with tenofovir DF developed thinning of the bones (osteopenia), which could lead to fractures. Also, bone pain and softening of the bone (which may lead to fractures) may occur as a consequence of kidney problems. If you have had bone problems in the past, your healthcare provider may want to do tests to check your bones or may prescribe medicines to help your bones.
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These are not all the medicines that may cause problems if you take ATRIPLA. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider about all medicines that you take. Keep a complete list of all the prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any herbal remedies that you are taking, how much you take, and how often you take them. Make a new list when medicines or herbal remedies are added or stopped, or if the dose changes. Give copies of this list to all of your healthcare providers and pharmacists every time you visit your healthcare provider or fill a prescription. This will give your healthcare provider a complete picture of the medicines you use. Then he or she can decide the best approach for your situation. How should I take ATRIPLA? •
Take the exact amount of ATRIPLA your healthcare provider prescribes. Never change the dose on your own. Do not stop this medicine unless your healthcare provider tells you to stop.
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Women should not become pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after stopping it. Serious birth defects have been seen in the babies of animals and women treated with efavirenz (a component of ATRIPLA) during pregnancy. It is not known whether efavirenz caused these defects. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are pregnant. Also talk with your healthcare provider if you want to become pregnant.
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Women should not rely only on hormone-based birth control, such as pills, injections, or implants, because ATRIPLA may make these contraceptives ineffective. Women must use a reliable form of barrier contraception, such as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also use other methods of birth control. Efavirenz, a component of ATRIPLA, may remain in your blood for a time after therapy is stopped. Therefore, you should continue to use contraceptive measures for 12 weeks after you stop taking ATRIPLA.
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Changes in body fat. Changes in body fat develop in some patients taking anti HIV-1 medicine. These changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), in the breasts, and around the trunk. Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The cause and long-term health effects of these fat changes are not known.
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Tell your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you notice any side effects while taking ATRIPLA.
“Flare-ups” of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, in which the disease suddenly returns in a worse way than before, can occur if you have HBV and you stop taking ATRIPLA. Your healthcare provider will monitor your condition for several months after stopping ATRIPLA if you have both HIV-1 and HBV infection and may recommend treatment for your HBV. ATRIPLA is not approved for the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection. If you have advanced liver disease and stop treatment with ATRIPLA, the “flare-up” of hepatitis B may cause your liver function to decline.
Contact your healthcare provider before stopping ATRIPLA because of side effects or for any other reason.
Serious psychiatric problems. A small number of patients may experience severe depression, strange thoughts, or angry behavior while taking ATRIPLA. Some patients have thoughts of suicide and a few have actually committed suicide. These problems may occur more often in patients who have had mental illness. Contact your healthcare provider right away if you think you are having these psychiatric symptoms, so your healthcare provider can decide if you should continue to take ATRIPLA.
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Kidney problems (including decline or failure of kidney function). If you have had kidney problems in the past or take other medicines that can cause kidney problems, your healthcare provider should do regular blood tests to check your kidneys. Symptoms that may be related to kidney problems include a high volume of urine, thirst, muscle pain, and muscle weakness.
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This leaflet summarizes the most important information about ATRIPLA. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about ATRIPLA that is written for health professionals.
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This is not a complete list of side effects possible with ATRIPLA. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a more complete list of side effects of ATRIPLA and all the medicines you will take. How do I store ATRIPLA?
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in patient information leaflets. Do not use ATRIPLA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give ATRIPLA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them.
Do not use ATRIPLA if the seal over bottle opening is broken or missing. What are the ingredients of ATRIPLA? Active Ingredients: efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate Inactive Ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, sodium lauryl sulfate. The film coating contains black iron oxide, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, red iron oxide, talc, and titanium dioxide. Revised: January 2015 ATRIPLA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. COMPLERA, EMTRIVA, HEPSERA, STRIBILD, TRUVADA, and VIREAD are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc., or its related companies. SUSTIVA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company. Reyataz and Videx are trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Pravachol is a trademark of ER Squibb & Sons, LLC. Other brands listed are the trademarks of their respective owners. 21-937-GS-014 ATRC0079
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Rash may be common. Rashes usually go away without any change in treatment. In a small number of patients, rash may be serious. If you develop a rash, call your healthcare provider right away. Rash may be a serious problem in some children. Tell your child’s healthcare provider right away if you notice rash or any other side effects while your child is taking ATRIPLA. Other common side effects include tiredness, upset stomach, vomiting, gas, and diarrhea.
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s Democrats prepare for Saturday’s Sanders is an outspoken defender of New Hampshire debate, the party’s what he terms “Democratic Socialism” and left wing appears dissatisfied with the has delivered speeches on college campuses process. Grumblings from liberal activists across the country to raise awareness of posted on various social media outlets are income inequality in America. His efforts not hard to find. The central theme of the have not gone unnoticed as Sanders has left’s frustration is aimed at party insiders been satirized by “Seinfeld” co-creator seeking to suppress a dialogue among Larry David on “Saturday Night Live” and Democratic Presidential contenders. dined with rapper Killer Mike in Atlanta. “DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz “I didn’t get into politics to figure out has made it her absolute mission to stifle how I could become president or a senator,” the Democratic primary Sanders told the rapper. “I got debates, to bury them into politics because I give a underneath faintlydamn. I do think it is an outrage advertised headlines that we have people sleeping and shoehorn them into on the streets in this country, impossibly unrealistic that 51 percent of young African time slots. Let’s be honest American kids are unemployed – Wasserman Schultz has or underemployed, that millions no interest in putting on of people don’t have health a show of the primaries,” insurance.” writes J.D. Durkin of Saturday’s debate from website Mediaite. Manchester, N.H. featuring Vermont Senator Sanders, Clinton and ExBernie Sanders is the Maryland Governor Martin undeniable favorite of O'Malley airs at 8 p.m. EST on - Bernie Sanders progressives and the far ABC. Presidential Candidate left and, according to a Meanwhile, the Republicans Real Clear Politics poll of gathered for another debate likely Democratic voters, on Tuesday night as SFGN was he holds a 48 to 43 percent lead over former going to press. Much of talk leading up to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New this Las Vegas event was of a possible tussle Hampshire. The small New England state, between front runners Donald J. Trump and known for its “live free or die” motto, is the Ted Cruz. On Sunday, Trump characterized site of the first in the nation U.S. Presidential some of Cruz’s actions in the U.S. Senate as primaries Feb, 9 2016. maniacal. “Sen. Bernie Sanders needs to win New “I don’t think he’s qualified to be Hampshire if he wants any shot at the President,” Trump told Fox News host Chris nomination,” writes Jim Newell, a journalist Wallace. “Look at the way he’s dealt with for Slate. “It neighbors the state he’s the Senate – where he goes in there a – you represented in Congress for two-dozen years know, frankly like a bit of a maniac. You’re and is populated, on the Democratic side, never going to get things done that way.” with delightfully ornery white liberals.”
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pproximately 60 professionals gathered last month at the Wyndham Grand in Jupiter to share and learn about issues faced by LGBT people in business, in nonprofit agencies and in life. “I’ve run 26 of these gatherings over the past five years and this is the first one focused on LGBT people,” said Lani Click, owner of Clicking In Forum (ClickingIN. com) and creator of these gatherings. “I think it’s incredibly important that we help people learn about others’ lives and I’m pleased to be breaking new ground here in North County.” Click expressed surprise that over 100 people unsubscribed from her list when she announced what the topic would be. “So I had to ask myself, ‘do I need these 100? Or am I better off without them?’ I think the latter,” she said. There were beverages and hors d’oeuvres. Regulars greeted one another and new comers were introduced and welcomed. Business cards were swapped, contacts made. Nothing unusual. Twenty young people from co-sponsor Maltz-Jupiter Theatre performed a medley of songs under the direction of Brian Andrews. Selections included “Raise You Up” and “True Colors “among others, and the troupe was called back for an encore. Panelists were Rev. Dr. Lea Brown, Senior Pastor at the Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches; Peter Gloggner, VP and Chief HR Officer with Jupiter Medical Center; Rand Hoch, Attorney and Founder of Palm Beach County Human Rights Council; PJ Layng, VP of Philanthropy for the Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida; Julie Seaver, Community Center Director at Compass; and Scott Simmons, author, photographer, and Staff Writer for the Florida Weekly.
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Moderator for the group was Tim Luke, a professional auctioneer and appraiser who, used his auctioneer’s stentorian voice, to organize the questions field them to panelist based on their different disciplines. The topics ranged from coming out to human rights to religion to what makes a family, to protecting LGBT kids in school to transgender issues to aging and more. Two unscheduled speakers to whom Luke gave the floor were septuagenarians Connie Kurtz and Ruthie Berman, Palm Beach County’s doyens of democracy. The two were friends for years, fell in love and left their husbands to live together for more than 30 years when they could finally get married. In addition to sharing their openly lesbian lives, the women urged the attendees to contact their elected officials to cosponsor The Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015, Senate Bill 1765 and Companion House Bill H.R.3793 Maltz Marketing Director, Jennifer Sardone-Shiner has a gay brother so she thought she knew a lot about LGBT people but admitted that “when Julie [Seaver, Center Director, Compass] talked about having to constantly decide if it’s safe or relevant come out… I just never knew.” Click echoed Sardone-Shiner’s remarks, “I never realized the constant vigilance LGBT people must have to protect themselves,” she said. “I’m so glad we were able to have this gathering,” added Click. “We have a lot of LGBT people who live and work here in North County and we need to be open and inclusive. I didn’t miss the comments about Martin County and points further north, either. There’s work to be done and I’m proud to be in front.”
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re you looking for holiday cheer with a side of sweets? Then take a trip To The Moon. The Marketplace, that is. Located at 2205 Wilton Drive in the heart of the gayborhood, To The Moon is one business that has staying power. The candy and novelty gift shop celebrates 11 years in business next month and owner Anthony Dumas credits loyal customers and creative inventory for that success. “I still love what I do,” said Dumas, a native New Yorker who named his shop after the popular phrase from the 1950s television sitcom, “The Honeymooners.” The show’s main character Ralph Kramden (played by legendary actor Jackie Gleason) would often threaten to punch his wife, Alice, in the “kisser” and thus send her into orbit. “To the Moon, Alice!” Gleason would shout. Dumas is not as forceful with his customers, but he knows nostalgia sells. Audrey Hepburn tin lunchboxes, Charlie Brown drinking glasses, Superhero action figures and Mister Rogers “encouragemints” breathe mints are just some of the memorabilia in stock. There are more than 15,000 different items inside this thin slice of real estate. “You hear the ohs and ahs all the time when people come in,” Dumas said.
To add to this unique shopping experience, retro themed music is played overhead. Theme songs from classic television shows are typically on the playlist with holiday numbers this time of year added for good measure. Candy, Dumas said, is the shop’s top seller followed by greeting cards. There is a diverse collection of both international and domestic flavored chocolates to choose from, including over 100 types of black licorice. Shoppers can also find ice cream, crackers, same-sex designed wedding cakes, British crisps, German pretzels and Dutch wafers. Non-edible items of note include all male nude calendars, colorful knee high stockings, Pan Am flight attendant handbags, Hanukkah dreidels and magnets bearing a boyish image of the late Studio 54 bartender Sal De Falco, who last tended bar across the drive at Hunters Nightclub. Dumas moved his business from Miami Beach, where he had operated for 10 years. He said he looks forward to continued success in Wilton Manors and agrees with plans to narrow Wilton Drive to allow for more street parking and reduce dangerous conditions for pedestrians.
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Visitors can park behind To The Moon for free and enter through the shop’s back door. Hours: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. To The Moon is open every day of the year. For more information, visit ToTheMoonMarketPlace.com or call 954-564-2987
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Wilton Manors
Twice-Monthly Neighborhood Outlook
Business Business
Economic Development Task Force Renewed For Two More Years Spared from the proverbial chopping block, city commissioners extended the life of the Economic Development Task Force by two years at their Dec. 8 meeting. Created in July of 2011 and made up of two business owners, one commercial property owner and six residents, this was the fourth time the Task Force was renewed. The Task Force objectives include finding ways to retain businesses, attract new developers and industries, find parking solutions and grow the city as an LGBT vacation destination. “They have unfinished work,” said Commissioner Justin Flippen. Part of that unfinished work also includes the creation of wayfinding signs to help visitors and tourists find their way to certain locations in the city. Nick Berry, chair of the Task Force, said the
group’s greatest accomplishment so far has been inspiring the creation of the Wilton Drive Business Improvement [BID]. The BID is a seven-person board of property owners, business owners and one resident who will advise the city on improvements to Wilton Drive. Money for improvements will be raised by additional taxes levied on Wilton Drive’s property owners. Recently, the BID unanimously voted to support the Two-Lane Initiative which seeks to reduce Wilton Drive from four lanes to two. The commission will have the final say on whether or not the road is narrowed. Commissioner Julie Carson said she was concerned with the overlap of duties of the BID and the Task Force. The justification for both is that the BID is focused on Wilton Drive and the Task Force is supposed to be looking at the entire city. At some point in the future, members of the Task Force will have to reapply for their seats. WMG
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Police
Police to Work Overtime for Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
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By Michael d’Oliveira Armed with a grant from the University of South Florida, the Wilton Manors Police Department will fund overtime hours to officers to focus on pedestrian and bicycle safety. The program to improve roadway safety will be divided into three phases: education, warnings and citations. In response to the recent deaths of pedestrians on Wilton Drive, police have already begun a pedestrian safety program. “This enhances what we’ve been doing since June,” said Chief Paul O’Connell. When the ticketing phase begins, everyone will be subject to possible fines; pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers, said Commander Gary Blocker. He declined to say exactly when the education and warning phases would end and when police would begin issuing tickets. “We’re just trying to get the info out there,” Blocker said. Police will focus on Wilton Drive, Andrews Avenue, Powerline Road, Northeast 6 Avenue and Oakland Park Boulevard “on any
given day between 12 p.m. and 12 a.m.,” Blocker said. The initiative is modeled after Florida’s “Alert Today - Alive Tomorrow” campaign. According to state officials, 1 in 5 traffic fatalities is a pedestrian and 1 in 20 traffic fatalities is a bicyclist. According to the Wilton Manors Police Department, there have been three fatalities on Wilton Drive since 2009. One in 2009, one in 2014 and the most recent in July of this year. Three occurred on Oakland Park Boulevard in 2009, 2011 and 2013. Oakland Park Boulevard had the most accidents, fatal and nonfatal, with 32 since 2009. Wilton Drive had 18, Andrews Avenue had 21, Northwest 9 Avenue had 14 and Northeast 6 Avenue had 12. WMG For more information about how to improve safety as a bicyclist, pedestrian and driver, visit WiltonManors.com/alert.
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Christmas 2015
Gazette Wilton Manors
DECEMBER 16, 2015 • VOLUME 2 • ISSUE 24
By Sal Torre
2520 N. DIXIE HIGHWAY • WILTON MANORS, FL 33305 PHONE: 954-530-4970 FAX: 954-530-7943
As we all begin to get caught up in the holiday spirit here in Wilton Manors, my attention keeps going back to the song playing on the radio, “Do they know it’s Christmas?” Originally produced back in 1984 in response to the tragic draught and starvation in Africa, the words have a much different meaning for me today. “There's a world outside your window and it's a world of dread and fear” ring out with a reality that is hard to grasp. Outside our world of plenty here in Wilton Manors is an ever increasing right-wing attack that has not been seen since the Brownshirts started their campaign of hatred in Germany in the 1920’s. Demagogues such as Donald Trump, along with almost all the Republican presidential candidates, have based their campaigns on hatred, fear, racism, religious extremism, and an attack on women’s right to choose. Where will it end? Today it’s hard-working Mexican Americans, Muslims, and Planned Parenthood. Tomorrow it could be gays and lesbians. “Oh no,” you say. Well, I am sure that was the feeling of many Jews and gays living in Berlin during the 1920’s. We know the history, and what I am seeing today in the news, discussed openly by presidential candidates, debated in the media, and accepted by so many American voters frightens me far more than I have ever been. All the game playing of the National Republican Party, with their talk of a brokered convention to prevent Donald Trump from becoming the nominee, will not change the reality of Trump’s popularity and those who support his call to criminalize large portions of our fellow citizens. Trump is not alone in the field of candidates. One notable standout for the LGBT community is Senator Ted Cruz, who boasts about the radical Christian leaders who have endorsed his campaign. Radicals such as Philip Benham, who likens Muslims and LGBT people to the devil, and Kevin Swanson, a pastor who believes LGBT people should be executed. We are only a short step away from these demagogues gaining a majority of support. A terrorist attack on U.S. soil, a health scare similar to Ebola, a continued immigration crisis from war-torn Middle East, or some other major world event can put one of these extremist very close to gaining a victory in the next Presidential election. So, while we busy ourselves hanging Christmas decorations, baking holiday goodies, and enjoying this special place we call Wilton Manors, it's also time we start paying much more attention to the world outside our windows! As we look to real community leaders standing against the onslaught of hatred and fear, I have to ask, where are the Log Cabin Republicans? What does this gay and lesbian Republican organization
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have to say about all the hatred? On a national level we hear a lackluster response from the Log Cabin President, stating that Trump’s call for a ban on Muslims entering our country is just as possible as a constitutional amendment banning marriage equality. We need to hear a clear and loud response from our community against these extreme attacks on our freedoms and liberties. All in the LGBT community, including those who align themselves with the Republican Party, need to make it clear that hatred, racism, religious persecution and attacks on civil liberties will not be tolerated. Bono’s verse, “Thank God it's them instead of you,” sounds way too selfish in today’s environment. We need to understand that “them” can easily become “us” and that we are not isolated from all the turmoil taking place in the world. We can still spread a smile of joy, spread our arms around the world, and enjoy the holiday season but it's also time to become united as a community and start fighting the rising tide of extremism right here in our own country. Do not let those like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz become the Grinches who stole Christmas! Why, because life’s just better than that! Happy Holidays! WMG
City Hires Engineering Firm to Design New Parking Lot The city’s newest parking lot isn’t technically a parking lot yet. It’s a vacant lot near Wilton Drive where people park their cars when they patronize businesses on that street. On Dec. 8, commissioners took the next step and hired engineering firm Chen Moore & Associates to design the lot, located behind Bona Pizza at 1008 NE 23 Drive, and oversee its construction for $30,070. In addition to the parking spaces, estimated between 18 and 24, designing and building the lot includes adding lighting, fencing, drainage, landscaping and sidewalks. Per the agreement, Chen Moore & Associates will present its proposed design to the commission within 30 days. The city purchased the empty lot for $447,879. The estimated cost to pave it is between $180,000 and $240,000. WMG
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Water, Water Everywhere!
Real Estate Geek
By James Oaksun Yes, we have extremely strict building codes here, but we have seen the waters rise even absent major storms. An ongoing issue in south Florida is the existence (and timely renewal) of the federally subsidized flood insurance program. The Feds socialize (ooh that naughty word) the risk faced by people in low lying areas and spreads it over the whole country. Now, this program comes up for reauthorization periodically. The GOP majority in Congress is inclined to let the program expire. If that occurs, some homeowners here will face annual premium increases into the tens of thousands. Although the program was reauthorized until 2017, the GOP is widely expected to retain at least the House, and new Speaker Paul Ryan is an extreme fiscal conservative chary of all big government programs. Lest you think this does not affect Wilton Manors and adjacent areas, the latest flood map from FEMA indicates that about 20 percent of the Island City – and nearly all of Poinsettia Heights and Middle River Terrace – are at elevated risk of rising water. .WMG
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Had enough of the rain yet? It certainly seems we have had our share in December. And as anybody who has driven around town knows well, the waters do rise. No, this isn't a column about global warming. It's about our specific vulnerability in Wilton Manors and throughout parts of south Florida to existing issues. We have been lucky the last 10 years, having passed another summer without any major storms. But exceptions do not prove rules. As a member of the Government Affairs committee of Greater Fort Lauderdale Realtors, I attended a meeting in Miami with then-Congressman Garcia (defeated in 2014) and the state director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Both emphasized that south Florida has not been tested recently in respect of a major weather event or flood. Two examples were offered. Many remember Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and what happened to Homestead. Had Andrew made landfall just seven miles to the north, the damage would have been catastrophic – well beyond the resources and reserves of FEMA. The other example was the (unnamed) hurricane of 1926. One day, Coral Gables was there. The next day, there was nothing, and the original developer of Coral Gables ended his career in a low level job with the city of Miami.
James Oaksun, Broward's Real Estate GeekSM, is a Realtor with the Wilton Manors office of RE/MAX Preferred. In addition to having degrees from Dartmouth and Cornell, he is a graduate of the Realtors Institute (GRI).
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Dog Owners Up In Arms Over Dog Park
Wilton Manors to Restrict Marijuana Dispensaries By Michael d’Oliveira need for the restrictions. In relation to the decriminalization of marijuana passed by the city, she said dispensaries are important and asked why the commission felt the need to pass zoning restrictions on something that doesn’t exist yet. “Are we going to do this for everything [that could be legalized]?” she asked. Marijuana Decriminalization Finalized At the same meeting, commissioners approved a final vote to decriminalize the possession of marijuana. The vote was initiated after the county passed its own decriminalization program. Instead of arresting people found in possession of marijuana, police will issue citations if the amount is 20 grams or less. The first citation results in a fine of $100. The second a fine of $250 The third $500. When a person is caught a third time, they must consent to a drug screening or face the possibility of jail time. Depending on the result of the screening, the recommendation could be treatment, an educational course or a fine. If a person is caught with marijuana a fourth time they are subject to arrest. Elkin Alfred, prevention specialist for the United Way of Broward County, applauded the commission for decriminalizing marijuana. She said communities were being adversely impacted by the arrests stemming from minor marijuana possession. That impact is a big reason why commissioners approved decriminalization. “It shouldn’t ruin somebody’s life,” said Resnick. WMG
Business
Andrews Diner gets remodel Courtesy of Food Network By Michael d’Oliveira Thanks to the Food Network, Wilton Manors’ Andrews Diner has a new look. On Dec. 7, Ty Pennington and Amanda Freitag, hosts of American Diner Revival, visited Andrews Diner, located on Andrews Avenue, to reveal the finished remodel of the 24-year-old restaurant. The show documents the efforts of Pennington and Freitag as they “revitalize diners in need of help all across America,” reads the show’s website.
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The owner of Andrews Diner said he wasn’t allowed to speak about the remodel until after the episode airs. A Food Network producer also declined to discuss Andrews Diner but said the episode would air sometime between Jan. 22 and 25. To mark the occasion, the city issued a proclamation. “It will be fun to watch just because it’s in Wilton Manors,” said Commissioner Justin Flippen. WMG
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Wilton Manors commissioners haven’t expressed any opposition to medical marijuana dispensaries. But they don’t want one opening in their neighborhoods either. With a particular strain of medical marijuana, Charlotte’s Web, now legal in Florida and five dispensaries already approved at various locations throughout the state, commissioners want to place restrictions on where dispensaries can be located. Two voter initiatives to legalize marijuana have also been approved to collect signatures for potential placement on the 2016 or 2017 ballot. “This is a relatively fast-moving train,” advised City Attorney Kerry Ezrol. “I want to control where they are,” said Mayor Gary Resnick. He cited the opening of an unwanted pawn shop on Andrews Avenue as an example of what can happen when the city doesn’t have the right zoning codes in place to control where certain businesses can be located. Previously, the city had no zoning restrictions on pawn shops. After the Andrews Pawn shop opened, commissioners revamped their zoning code to limit the areas pawn shops could be located. Resnick said he wants to have zoning restrictions ready to vote on by the end of March. “We will expedite the process,” responded City Manager Leigh Ann Henderson. “I’d rather see it in a drug store. Let’s get onto this. I see no reason to wait,” said Commissioner Tom Green who praised Lauderdale-By-The-Sea for already passing zoning laws dealing with dispensaries. Carson, the only no vote, questioned the
Calls to suspend the dog park registration fee until improvements were made to the facility have been rejected by commissioners. Commissioner Julie Carson raised the issue at the Dec. 8 city commission meeting but only Commissioner Justin Flippen supported her. Mayor Gary Resnick, Vice Mayor Scott Newton and Commissioner Tom Green voted no. “So many things are in the process of being corrected,” said Carson, who suggested the fee, $30 for residents and $60 for nonresidents, be suspended for six months or until improvements were made. The commission vote came two weeks after resident Michael Rajner shared his concerns over the state of the dog park, located at Colohatchee Park. Patrick Caan, Leisure Services Department director, said the fee was instituted in 2008 because residents were complaining that non-residents were crowding them out. Cann added that the fee was already suspended for a year because of the construction of the apartments next to the park. That development, said Cann, has prevented the city from doing a lot of maintenance because construction crews are blocking the access road used to get trucks into the park. One resident, Ralph Borrelli, said he has paid the fee three times in the past but refuses to pay now. “If it was kept up, I’d pay it. They don’t replace things when they break.” He also complained about the park becoming a place where men come to have sex with each other. “People don’t come here [gay and straight] because of the cruising.”
To address that issue and help manage the park better, the commission voted earlier this year to hire a full time park ranger. Other planned improvements include re-sodding grass in the dog pens and trimming trees. He estimates the work would be finished by the middle of January. But park users want to see more done. “They should just turn this whole thing into a dog park,” Rajner said. He wants to see water stations, new trashcans and larger pens so dogs have more room to run and play. “You get eight dogs [in the large dog pen] and it gets crazy.” Water bowls were previously available but Caan said concerns about bacteria resulted in their removal. Andy Ryan, a Fort Lauderdale resident, said users are pretty good about cleaning up after their dogs and called the bacteria concerns unwarranted. “It seems like a lot of the stuff here is not based on fact.” Rajner also wants the city to find a way to re-sod without closing down the pens and keep the park open more like other dog parks. Wilton Manors’ park is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Pompano Beach’s dog park is open every day except Tuesdays. Caan said he would look into creating a temporary dog pen to be used while one is closed. He also said he would meet with Rajner to review Rajner’s request to have a space set aside for dogs at Island City Park Preserve. Cann said dog park users would be able to voice their concerns during a focus group that will begin in February. An exact date has not yet been determined. WMG
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A HISTORIC YEAR FOR
Gay Rights
For 20 years Justice Kennedy has been our champion
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he SFGN ‘Person of the Year’ for 2015 is Justice Anthony Kennedy, the author of the Supreme Court of the United States decision declaring marriage to be a constitutional right for same-sex couples. “No union is more profound than marriage,” he wrote, “for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were.” Those bold words became one of SFGN’s more unique and stark covers earlier this year. Our cover that week was all black and white- as clear and as lucid as the words published by Justice Kennedy. Love is colorblind. In authoring twenty years of Supreme Court decisions protecting, asserting, and defending the rights of homosexuals to live freely, so too does Justice Kennedy become something greater than once he was. He has transformed himself into our black-robed champion, a man of
national distinction, and worthy of our recognition and universal acclamation. Ironically, appointed to the high court by President Reagan in 1988, Justice Kennedy has written all of the Supreme Court rulings that have validated the rights of gay people and same-sex relationships. Raised by an Irish Catholic family in northern California, Kennedy was educated at Stanford University, the London School of Economics, and Harvard Law School. He continues to summer in Salzburg, Austria, where he teaches courses in International Law. At 79 years of age, he was only nominated to the Supreme Court after Reagan’s first two selections, including Robert Bork, failed. Kennedy was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate.
Romer v. Evans Often seen as a swing vote, Justice Kennedy came to our attention in 1996, when the high court struck down an amendment to the Colorado constitution that singled out gay people for unequal treatment. It was Justice Kennedy who penned a thoughtful ruling noting that the LGBT community constituted a class of citizens who would have been unjustly discriminated against if the law were allowed to stand. If this law held, it would have prevented state governmental agencies from protecting citizens from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Justice Kennedy would not have any of it, ruling it violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution; declaring it targeted LGBT citizens in a discriminatory and unfair way. He paved the way then for the rulings that would follow. At the time, no one saw a trend emerging. Only four years later, in 2000, Justice Kennedy voted, with four other justices, to uphold the Boy Scouts of America’s organizational right to ban homosexuals from being scoutmasters. Gay leaders nationally censured the ruling.
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However, in 2003, led by a stunning decision by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court struck down the nation’s anti-sodomy laws. In declaring that there was a zone of privacy beyond which government could not reach, Kennedy wrote: "The petitioners, Lawrence and Garner, are entitled to respect for their private lives. The State cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime." Keep in mind, at the time; these gay gentlemen had been arrested for having ‘deviate sex.’ They were facing jail, convictions, and a criminal record. The Supreme Court invalidated not only the Texas statute, but implicitly, similar sodomy statutes in 13 other states. Only 13 years ago. The Court and Justice Kennedy held that homosexuals had a protected liberty interest to engage in private, sexual activity; that homosexuals' moral and sexual choices were entitled to constitutional protection; and that moral disapproval did not provide a legitimate justification for Texas's law criminalizing sodomy. Lawrence v. Texas was a paramount case in two regards. First and most obviously, the ruling established that consensual and private homosexual sex is part of a right to liberty as protected by the Constitution. Second, and less obviously, Lawrence held that there is a zone of liberty, a zone of protection, a line that’s drawn where the individual can say to the government, ‘beyond this line you may not go.’
U.S. v. Windsor Two years ago, Justice Kennedy kept his roll going. When he declared that the Defense of Marriage act was illegal, he reasoned that “DOMA undermines both the public and private significance of state sanctioned same sex marriages; for it tells those couples, and all the world, that their otherwise valid marriages are unworthy of federal recognition.” In other words, Justice Kennedy echoed again the principle that gays and lesbians have fundamental rights that cannot be abrogated by discriminatory, state-sanctioned legislation. That was a law that denied federal marriage benefits to same sex couples. The justice ruled that it was not only unfair to children raised by parents of the same sex, but to the parents as well.
Obergefell v. Hodges Decided on June 26, 2015, Obergefell requires all states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to recognize same-sex marriages validly performed in other jurisdictions. This legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United States, and its possessions and territories. Wrote Justice Kennedy, “it demeans gays and lesbians for the state to lock them our of a central institution of the nation’s society. Same sex couples, too, may aspire to the transcendent purposes of marriage and seek fulfillment in its highest meaning.”
Conclusion A number of the Republican presidential candidates have criticized the June ruling as judicial activism without precedent, upsetting what the founding fathers intended. Nonsense. They are engaging in sheer political posturing, trying to align a right wing base and sabotage judicial common sense. The truth is the court is adapting to the new world, keenly aware of the depth and diversity of our society. They are settling into a progressive vein, which reaches out to all, and discriminates against none. This is the history of our constitution; to embrace those seeking rights, not to exclude some at the expense of others. Years ago, women could not vote. They could go to jail for getting an abortion. We could go to jail for having sex with our partners. Blacks could not marry whites. Times change. We adjust. We grow. We change. We emerge. So too does the Supreme Court. The rulings of Justice Kennedy, backed by majorities of the Supreme Court, have
secured the rights of all, but eliminated the rights of none. They make rulings that simply demand that we respect the rights of all. They are recorded now for posterity, weaving a fabric for a fairer, more equal America, tomorrow. As SFGN is the media representative of the South Florida LGBT community, we annually give pause to those who have made a difference. We acknowledge achievements in excellence and salute those who have helped improve our lives and made our existence more rewarding. This is an honor we bestow cautiously to those who deserve it. Next week we will announce those local champions. June 26, 2015 will always be a special date in LGBT history, and Justice Anthony Kennedy will always be a special person because of the decisions he rendered on that date. On this day, December 16, 2015, the South Florida Gay News pays tribute to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy as our ‘Person of the Year’ for standing by us for the past twenty.
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was among the first generation of kids to see the original “Star Wars” movie in 1977. I was 10 then, and when the third installment rolled around six years later, I was waiting in line for hours with friends at the local theater on opening day. I’ll be seeing “The Force Awakens” with my own son this week, and have been reflecting on some of the lessons I’ve learned from the series and what it has meant to me. Leia was by far one of the coolest on-screen heroines I’d encountered at the time. I admired her nononsense attitude and the way she commandeered her own rescue. Still, she fell into the traditional category of a “princess in a dress,” and as an inveterate tomboy, I was vehemently against dresses. Sure, she went for a very lesbian-ish vest in “The Empire Strikes Back” and camouflage in “Return of the Jedi,” but by then it was too late. I wanted to be Luke and wield a lightsaber. That probably goes a long way to explaining my later years as a competitive fencer. I also suspect that the series’ encouragement to think about “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” (coupled, perhaps, with the 1980 release of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos on PBS) was inspiration that led me to a degree in astronomy. The movies also gave me a new respect for how insightful my mother was. She worked at a psychiatric hospital and had read her share about psychology and Jungian archetypes. After our family saw “Empire” together, she predicted that Vader was Luke’s father. At 13, I probably wouldn’t have agreed with her even if I had thought she was right, but I
couldn’t believe it in any case. Fast forward three years, and of course she nailed it. The series has continued to occupy a large part of my psyche. As a parent, I’ve found several of its lessons useful: Biology isn’t destiny. Despite Aunt Beru’s assertion that Luke “has too much of his father in him” to stay on the farm, it was his upbringing by her and her husband Owen, rather than his genetic ties to Darth Vader, that determined his moral compass. Children will find their own paths. Uncle Owen wanted Luke to stay on Tatooine. Luke left. He was compelled by tragic events, to be sure--but I feel he would have gone eventually anyway. Never underestimate the power of a teddy bear. No, I didn’t really like the Ewoks. They seemed too clearly created for merchandising purposes. Still, there was something compelling about their scrappy fight against an evil and physically bigger enemy. As a parent, I’ve been amazed at the enduring power of my own son’s little stuffed guys and the comfort they bring him. Finally, here are a dozen quotes from the series that can shine a little light on the galaxy-sized adventure that is parenting: “Watch yourself. This place can be a little rough.” Parenting isn’t always delightful family dinners and warm good night stories. It’s also skinned knees, lost toys, long nights, toddler tantrums, teen angst, and other challenges. “I’m not afraid.” “You will be.” That moment when you first bring your child home and wonder where the user manual is. “Judge me by my size, do you?” A warning to every parent of a two-year-old. “Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy.” And raising a child isn’t like anything else one has ever experienced.
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“In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.” Which is why we all buy car seats and bike helmets for our kids. “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” When you hear maniacal giggling from your little ones in the other room, followed by a crash. “Never tell me the odds.” Soccer practice and a piano lesson on the same day, when your washing machine quits and you have an emergency at work? No problem. “Don’t get cocky.” Notwithstanding #7, remember you’re only as good as your handling of the current crisis. “It’s a trap!” Something to keep in mind when your child asks, “You always said you didn’t like that antique vase your aunt gave you, right?” “Sorry about the mess.” Something you’ll say frequently to friends until your child is . . . well, perhaps grown and out of the house. “Stay on target.” It’s helpful to remember the basic goal— raising reasonably well-adjusted human beings to adulthood with a minimum of harm to themselves or others—when dealing with daily challenges. “Do or do not. There is no try.” Parenting in a nutshell. I have high expectations for “The Force Awakens,” not least because it stars a Black man and a White woman in the leading roles—rarities for Hollywood blockbusters— not to mention the gracefully aging Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamill reprising their characters. This begs the question of whether we’ll ever see any LGBTQ people (or LGBTQ non-human sentient beings) in that far-away galaxy. As Yoda said, “Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.” But if “Star Wars” has taught us anything, it’s to have hope. Dana Rudolph is the founder and publisher of Mombian (mombian.com), a GLAAD Media Award-winning blog and resource directory for LGBTQ parents.
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n our march for equal rights LGBT to win elections. We began to think that the people usually take two steps forward large negative majorities of the 20th century and one step back. So it is in 2015. Four were a thing of the past. months after the Supreme Court decision in Then Houston happened. Obergefell v. Hodges the voters of Houston, Opponents of HERO used fear tactics Texas repealed the Houston Equal Rights to scare the voters into repealing the Ordinance (HERO). Coupled with the rise of ordinance. In this they resemble the anti“religious freedom laws,” the Houston vote LGBT activists of the last century, but with reminds us that Obergefell a difference. The early rights was not the end of the LGBT opponents used the fear of rights struggle. In fact, we gay male sexuality to achieve In spite of have our work cut out for us. their goal: Openly gay school Houston is often portrayed Caitlyn Jenner teachers and Boy Scout as a progressive city - a blue leaders will use their newand Laverne oasis in a red state - one that found rights to molest young elected the openly lesbian boys or to “recruit” them into Cox, most Annise Parker as its mayor. a life of homosexuality. The Americans This only makes the proemergence of AIDS in the repeal margin of victory (62eighties gave the other side know little 38 percent) that much more more ammunition to oppose incredible. We have to go and understand our rights: Gay and bisexual back to the last century for men were now viewed as less about similarly lopsided victories disease carriers as well as against LGBT rights. sexual predators. trans women During the 1970s and 1980s, Fifteen years into the 21st and men. “gay rights” ordinances went century, most Americans before the voters in cities and know a lesbian, gay or counties across America only bisexual friend or loved one, to face almost-certain defeat. With the start so the specter of AIDS-stricken scout leaders of the new millennium, pro-LGBT legislation does not work well anymore. Instead, the anticontinued to be voted down, though by HERO activists used trans people, especially smaller margins. Even better, our side began trans women, to scare the Houston voters.
In spite of Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox, most Americans know little and understand less about trans women and men. They don’t realize that trans women are often victims of violent rape and murder. Instead, anti-HERO activists convinced a majority of Houston voters that trans women were the predators: That they were really straight men in wigs and dresses who would use their access to women’s bathrooms and locker rooms to rape or murder cisgender women and girls. It worked. Almost two-thirds of the voters went to the polls and defeated a law that, in their view, would expose their wives and daughters and sisters and mothers to the tender mercies of violent men in drag. This in spite of the fact that there is no evidence of cross-dressing men “invading” women’s bathrooms or locker rooms to attack the women or girls within. Supporters of HERO should have done more to expose the opposition’s lies; and to bring forward the trans women and men who, like LesBiGay people, are part of many families and friendship circles, even in Houston. However, instead of sharing our stories, proHERO activists spoke of equal rights and
human dignity, worthy goals, which could not compete against the opposition’s scare tactics. Some cisgender lesbian, gay or bisexual people use the Houston debacle as an excuse to suggest that we throw our trans siblings under the bus; that we abandon trans people and limit our efforts to LGB rights. This is wrong, for so many reasons. First of all, supporting trans rights is the right thing to do. Second, trans women and men were part of the LGBT movement from the beginning: The trans women who took part in the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in San Francisco in 1966 paved the way for the Stonewall Riots of 1969, which was also led by trans women along with trans men, lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. And our enemies are not going to let us separate from the Ts in the LGBT community. To many of our enemies, lesbian, gay and bisexual people are not worthy of our rights or even our lives because we are not “real women” or “real men” - just like trans people. LGBT people and our allies must stick together, if we are to prevent the Houston disaster from happening elsewhere.
Jesse Monteagudo is a freelance writer and journalist. He has been an active member of South Florida’s LGBT community for more than four decades and has served in various community organizations.
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anthologies that jump from one genre to another, with this assortment, it actually works quite well. Some of the works will break your heart a little, like Toranse Lowell’s essay “Learning the Words,” a piece about religion and abuse: “When I was 20, I wanted to die, when I was 16, I wanted to die, when I was 12, I wanted to die, when I was four, I wanted to die.” While others will make you laugh out loud, such as Liv Mammone’s essay “Advice to the Able-Bodied Poet Entering a Disability Poetics Workshop.” The poet says, “I’m not your metaphor. Phantom limbs, deafness, or blindness as figurative language in your poems will result in unhinging my fucking jaw.” QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology is an eclectic mix of well-crafted stories that makes an important contribution to disability studies. The book retails for $30 and the e-version can be obtained through Kindle. For more on the book, you can visit the publisher’s website at SquareSandRebels. com
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To be the “best year” ever in LGBT history, 2015 had to do better than 2013. That was the year the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the key section of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and allowed a decision to stand that enabled same-sex couples in California to marry; the U.S. Senate passed the Employment Non-
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Discrimination Act for the first time and got its first openly gay member; five state legislatures passed marriage equality laws, and President Obama’s inaugural speech prominently endorsed the LGBT struggle for equality. Did 2015 do better? These 10 “top stories” make a strong case for “yes!”
Boy scouts of america ends more of its discriminatory policy The executive board of the national Boy Scouts of America organization voted on July 27 to end the group’s national policy of barring openly gay adults as troop leaders and employees. The board left it up to local troops, including religious chartered troops, whether to allow openly gay people as volunteer
leaders. Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin criticized the change as not going far enough. Two years earlier, the BSA National Council voted to end its policy of barring youth from membership based on their sexual orientation..
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Bruce Jenner, the United States’ 1976 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, acknowledged in a Rolling Stone interview and nationally broadcast television discussion in April, that he has always felt he was a woman and that he would, going forward, live his life as a woman, Caitlin Jenner. The resulting publicity prompted a flood of discussions publicly and
nationally about transgender people: their prevalence, their needs, their fears, and their medical and legal challenges. While violence and discrimination against transgender people continued, Jenner’s openness undoubtedly advanced the American public’s understanding.
houston repeals city’s anti-discrimination law
Houston voters on November 3 voted 3 to 2 to repeal a year-old non-discrimination ordinance –a repeal that appeared to be largely driven by a campaign that claimed the law would enable sexual predators to enter women’s restrooms to assault young girls. The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance
passed the City Council in May 2014 as an effort to prohibit discrimination based on numerous factors – including race, ethnicity, and religion. But opponents of prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity convinced voters that HERO amounted to a “Bathroom Ordinance.”
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GOP candidates flaunt their hostility toward LGBT people Many candidates for the Republican presidential nomination for 2016 have worn their hostility for equal rights for LGBT people on their sleeves. U.S. Senator Rand Paul said LGBT people wouldn’t need nondiscrimination laws if they would just stay in the closet. Neurosurgeon Ben Carson said allowing same-sex
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled in July that existing federal law prohibits employment discrimination against federal workers based on sexual orientation. The fivemember commission said that the prohibition of sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 “means that employers may not ‘rely upon sexbased considerations’ or take gender into account
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couples to marry is equivalent to tossing the “word of God …into the garbage.” U.S. Senator Ted Cruz said he wanted a new ban on LGBT people in the military. Meanwhile, all three Democratic presidential hopefuls have expressed strong support for equal rights for LGBT people.
when making employment decisions….This applies equally in claims brought by lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals under Title VII….Title VII similarly prohibits employers from treating an employee or applicant differently than other employees or applicants based on the fact that such individuals are in a same-sex marriage or because the employee has a personal association with someone of a particular sex.”
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a state clerk tries to mount campaign against supreme Court
A county clerk in Kentucky, Kim Davis, captured national headlines for weeks as she attempted to circumvent a U.S. Supreme Court decision that found state bans against marriage for same-sex couples to be unconstitutional. Davis and her supporters couched her continued refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples as an exercise of her religious beliefs, but others –including a few Republican presidential candidates—said she was violating her oath of office to carry out the law. In August, the full
U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency request to stop enforcement of a federal district court order that Davis resume issuing marriage licenses. A federal appeals court has rejected her appeals, the state’s incoming Republican governor is expected to issue an order removing the names of county clerks from marriage licenses. And last month, members of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church staged a protest against her, saying that “God hates oath breakers.”
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pope Francis denies he offered support to outlaw clerk
Pope Francis stunned LGBT people when it was revealed that he secretly accepted a visit from Kentucky clerk Kim Davis during his wildly popular visit to the U.S. Davis and her attorney characterized the visit, which took place at the Vatican’s embassy in Washington, D.C., as an expression of the pope’s support for her defiance of the Supreme
Court’s ruling that bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional. But in short order, the Vatican issued a statement saying the pope did not know about or support Davis’ efforts to subvert the Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage and noted, instead, that the only audience the pope gave while in the U.S. was to a gay friend and his partner.
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Catholic leaders maintain opposition to samesex marriage
At a three-week-long global summit, Catholic bishops in October rejected efforts to soften the church’s policies against homosexuality and samesex marriage. Instead, the document approved by 86 percent of more than 258 bishops gathered in Rome said that “every person, independently of their
sexual tendency, must be respected in their dignity and welcomed with respect.” But it also stated that there was “no foundation whatsoever to assimilate or establish analogies, even remotely, between homosexual unions and God’s design for marriage and the family.”
Ireland approves same-sex marriage, and more In the world’s first-ever national referendum on giving legal recognition to marriages of same-sex couples, Irish voters in May weighed in 2 to 1 for legalization. More than 60 percent of the country’s voters turned out to have their say. And by December 2, the legislature had approved a bill that prohibits Catholic-run schools
from discriminating against teachers based on their sexual orientation. The legislation repeals an existing law, known as Section 37, that allows discrimination against employees based on their sexual orientation. The bill now goes to President Michael Higgins for his signature.
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u.s. supreme Court strikes state bans on same-sex marriage The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 26 that state bans on marriage for same-sex couples are unconstitutional and that states must recognize marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples from other states. The 5 to 4 decision, in Obergefell v. Hodges, ended bans enforced by 13 states and secured lower court decisions that struck down bans in nine other states. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing
for the majority, stated that “the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person, and under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment couples of the same-sex may not be deprived of that right and that liberty….The Court now holds that same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry. No longer may this liberty be denied to them. Photo: Steve Petteway.
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robert Mapplethorpe (1946 –1989) was an American photographer, known for his controversial large-scale, highly stylized black and white photography. His work featured celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits and still-life images of flowers. His most controversial work is that of the underground BDSM scene in the
late 1960s and early 1970s of New York. The homoeroticism of his work fuelled a national debate over the public funding of controversial artwork, as well as questions of censorship and the obscene. In the summer of 1989 The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., had agreed to be one of the host museums for the tour of his exhibit titled: Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment. The show included photographs from his X Portfolio, which featured a self-portrait with a bullwhip inserted in his anus. Several members of the U.S. Congress were upset when the works were revealed to them, due their homoerotic and sadomasochistic themes though much of his work throughout his career had been regularly displayed in publicly funded exhibitions, conservative and religious organizations, such as the American Family Association, seized on this exhibition to vocally oppose government support for what they called “nothing more than the sensational presentation of potentially obscene material.” After the Corcoran refused to show it , the underwriters of the exhibition went to the nonprofit Washington Project for the Arts, which showed all the images in its space from July 21 to August 13, 1989, to large crowds. In 1990, the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, was charged with obscenity for displaying his work. They were found not guilty by a jury. Mapplethorpe died on March 9, 1989, 42 years old, from AIDS complications robert reed (1932 –1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor, and television director. He is best known as Mike Brady, the father on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch, which aired from 1969 to 1974. In 1976, he earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his gueststarring role in a two-part episode of Medical Center and for his work on the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man. The following year, Reed earned a third Emmy nomination for his role in the miniseries Roots. While Reed did not have AIDS at the time of his death, his doctor listed his HIV-positive status as a “significant condition[s] that contributed to his death.”
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ews have traditionally dined at Chinese restaurants on Christmas Eve and Day. According to the documentary, “The Search for General Tso,” the tradition started early in the 20th century when the two biggest immigrant groups in America were first generation Eastern European Jews who came to America to escape persecution, and second generation Chinese-Americans whose parents who were brought over as cheap labor to help build the railroads. Neither community celebrated Christmas, but it was more the fact that the Chinese restaurants were open on Christmas that led the Jewish immigrants to their doors. In most large cities the two ethnic neighborhoods tended to be in close proximity to each other. Another, and some say the major attraction for the immigrant Jews, is that traditional Chinese recipes don’t use dairy. At that time most Jews in America kept Kosher, and of the major Kosher dietary restrictions is the prohibition from serving meat and dairy together, or even using the same plates or cooking utensils. The two groups were linked not only by proximity, but by “otherness.” Jewish affinity for Chinese food, "reveals a lot about immigration history and what it's like to be outsiders," according to the documentary. Here are a few Chinese restaurant options for Christmas Eve. As always, call ahead to check that they will be open and make reservations when you can. If you haven’t “done Chinese” before on Christmas Eve, you’ll be surprised how packed these places can get.
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Don’t want to cook? Eat Chinese! Christina Wan’s Mandarin house - 664 n, Federal 754-703-7359, ChristinaWans.com
rainbow palace 2787 e. oakland park Blvd., 954-565-5652, rainbowpalace.com
pink Buddha 5949 s. university dr., 954-680-3388, pink-Buddha.com
lotus 1434 ne 26th st., 954-5665565
The night Before Christmas It’s the night before Christmas, And in every town Jews will order their Chinese With nary a frown. The menus are scanned For plates we can share, With egg rolls, chop suey and similar fare. While Christians are gathered In churches and homes, We Jews greet each other With hearty Shaloms My Bubbie and my Zaydie Will each have an app, Spring rolls, won-tons Or a nice chicken wrap Or maybe we’ll all share A giant pu-pu platter, And also some shrimp In a nice crispy batter. Then on to the entrees; They arrive in a flash, As past meals we’ve enjoyed, We all must rehash. During which we feast On dumplings of dough, And two orders of Peking duck in a row. Then what to our widening eyes Does appear?
Crab Rangoon With a Chinese mustard schmear. The little old waiter, so crabby and dour. Serves me my soup, I ordered hot and sour Then faster and faster, The courses they came As the waiters brought them, They listed dishes by name Here’s chow mein and lo mein, s Some mu shu with fixings, The pancakes and roast pork And sauces for mixing. As the plates Across the lazy susan do scrawl, I knew that I shouldn’t, but I ate it all. I sat and I groaned And rubbed my full belly, I’d eaten more food Than you’d find in a deli. As I digested, I was handed My fortune cookie, I cracked it open And gave it a lookie. I laughed out loud At the message written there. “For Jews, Chinese Food On Christmas is Bashert!”
For those of you who want to dine out on Christmas Eve, but are either not Jewish or prefer something other than Chinese, another option is to find someplace serving the “Feast of the Seven Fishes” an Italian tradition. The multi-course affair is delightful. This year the dinner is being offered by Mojo, 4140 N. Federal in Fort Lauderdale. Mojo’s version will include a choice of stuffed baked clams or frutti di mare (calamari, shrimp, clams and scallops) or lobster bisque for first course. A second course of lobster and burrata ravioli or linguini aglio olio with anchovies. Entrée choices include; Parmesan crusted sautéed sole, lobster tail or shrimp scampi. A dessert menu will be offered. The meal is $65 per person with the final seating at 9 p.m. Call 954-568 4443 or go to www.mojofl.com for more information.
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Art Looking for that special gift? Why not consider the gift of a one-of-a-kind piece of original art? ArtServe, 1350 E. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale, holds its annual art and gift show, “Unwrapped,” through Dec. 30. Tonight from 6 -8 p.m., stop by a free reception and check out the unique gifts. The showcase includes wearable art, paintings, sculpture, textiles, jewelry and more. Information at ArtServe.org.
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Theater Better watch out because the Grinch is coming to town! Broadway Across America presents the Dr. Seuss classic, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” at the Broward Center through Dec. 27. Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is "two sizes too small," decides to steal Christmas away from the holiday loving Whos of Whoville. Tickets at BrowardCenter.org.
The fate of the galaxy is at risk again in the latest installment of George Lucas’ epic saga, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” in theaters beginning Friday, Dec. 18 Photo Credit: Lucasfilm.
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Stranded in an airport terminal with no holiday dinner and a drunken Santa impersonator, all hope for a merry Christmas for Kara and Kody rests upon their Jewish aunt and uncle. Featuring your favorite Christmas classics and a few new holiday hits, “A Very Kosher Christmas,” playing at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, puts a new spin on the holiday. Tickets at CoralSpringsCenterForTheArts.com.
The Dueling Drag Divas, Joanna and Chi Chi Rones, are back at the Village Pub, 2283 Wilton Drive for five unique and hilarious shows starting tonight, Dec. 22, Dec. 24, Dec. 28 and Jan. 1. They’ll transform into the “Wicked” witches, Cher vs. Liza, Amy vs. Adele and more in these clever performances that feature live singing and lots and lots of laughs. There’s no cover. For more info, go to VillagePubWM.com.
We all know you tried to snag tickets to that midnight showing of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on Friday. But it was sold out months ago, so chances are tonight will be the first opportunity to get into the Cineplex to catch director J.J. Abrams’ new film. Speculation is running high that there’s a big surprise. We haven’t seen Luke Skywalker in any of the trailers. Could he have been wooed to the dark side?
We have absolutely no idea how they do it, but for two nights, the stage of the Kravis Center is going to be transformed into an ice rink for the “Broadway on Ice Holiday Celebration.” See Olympic ice dancing champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White and more skate to all your favorite show tunes tonight and Wednesday, Dec. 23 in a musical salute to the Great White Way. Tickets start at $30 at Kravis.org.
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n 2013, a Billboard Magazine article headline heralded Disclosure as, “The New Faces of House Music” -- and they were right. Disclosure can be patted on the back for being largely responsible for returning House music to the forefront of popular culture after it went out of vogue, and disappeared into the underground about a decade ago. Disclosure were on SNL recently for the first time. While viewing the promos with the triumphant duo, I couldn’t help but think about all the gay DJs and producers that came before that were just as worthy of the booking -- people like, Frankie Knuckles or Larry Levan (before their deaths) David Morales, Junior Vasquez, Danny Tenaglia or any other African American or gay pioneer of House music. Black gay culture in New York City and Chicago during the late ‘70s and ‘80s created the musical genre that made Disclosure's sound even a possibility, and they -- two straight baby faced brothers from the UK who happen to be white -- profit heavily from. Being heterosexual and Caucasian has its privileges. Society seems to be drawn to white performers who accessorize attributes from oppressed cultures while these same artists never
experience any of the oppression first hand from which these art forms were first born. Many of these same attributes are viewed negatively on the oppressed. With white artists, instead of it being totally gay or ghetto depending on the appropriation, it is seen by the masses as hip, groovy, cool or sick. There is no denying that Caracal is one the better albums of 2015 and the Lawrence brothers are talented producers of music that can be enjoyed across a large spectrum of the population. They are also very good at marketing themselves. It is kind of telling though that Lorde and Sam Smith joined them on SNL, but Gregory Porter, Miguel, The Weekend and Lion Babe, who also appear on “Caracal” did not. Why is it that Mary J. Blige’s album “The London Sessions” from late last year which was produced by Disclosure and is just as good as Caracal -- if not better -- did not receive the amount of press, exposure or sales? Mary J. Blige receives 500,000 views and Sam Smith’s Omen attains 55,000,000 plus views. Something is off here and is worth exploring. It could have something to do with the record company’s lack of conviction, but I think it goes deeper. Much of Caracal is early ‘80s R&B and early
‘90s style deep house and ‘90s R&B. The newness they add is minimal as they pepper new synth sounds here and there throughout, but the bulk is a well done replica of the past and is based in House. For the record Disclosure have been pretty vocal about where their sound came from. Hopefully they will continue to do so. With great power comes great responsibility. Caracal is a decent album. “Nocturnal” feat. The Weekend is downtempo bliss. “Hourglass” feat. Lion Babe (Vanessa Williams’ daughter) is a late night house stomper that evokes clubbing in the mid 1990’s. On “Good Intentions” feat. Miguel, it’s hard
not to forget when Miguel egotistically flew through the air and landed on some poor woman’s head at the American Music Awards and caused her some serious head trauma. I guess he had “Good Intentions” and admits in the song, “that he is not perfect.” which is obvious. Unlike his personal “Oops up side your head” moment, the song works out even though it is one of the weakest on the album. Caracal is a well-produced album and Disclosure should be applauded for bringing back quality dance music to the masses. But, are Disclosure honoring black gay culture or stealing from it?
John Bata is from Denver, Colorado and a local resident of Fort Lauderdale since 2013. He is a published poet and music aficionado. Currently he DJ’s at Ramrod on Sundays and has been a DJ since 1992 in Washington, DC, New York City and Fort Lauderdale. One of his passions is to spotlight the latest in indie and underground dance music.
A WEll-STRung ChRiSTMAS DECEMBER 18 Amaturo Theater
Celebrate the holidays in style with Well-Strung, a hunky and talented all-male singing string quartet that is taking the musical world by storm with its signature pop-classical mashups. The New York Times called the band “a talented quartet of men that brilliantly fuses pop and classical music from Madonna to Beethoven.”
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DIVA DIARIES a sassy new musical with big hair
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Diva Diaries tells the story of three dynamic drag queens on the verge of a nervous breakdown as they prepare for their final night on stage. Extremely funny, Diva Diaries has an energetic pop score and eye-popping production numbers. In the end, Diva Diaries is a musical celebration of friendship, family, and fabulous fun! Enjoy convenient and delicious dining in the Café at the Abdo New River Room starting 90 minutes prior to the performance and during intermission. A full bar is also available.
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A drag diva saves the day for a struggling British shoe factory in “Kinky Boots,” which recently closed at the Arsht Center, but comes to Broward in March.
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or some reason, whenever I think about “Kinky Boots,” Nancy Sinatra’s sassy ‘60s hit, “These Boots Are Made for Walking,” comes to mind, except, the shiny, sparkly, stiletto boots in the hit musical are also made for running, dancing, voguing and more. The Tony Award winner for Best Musical made a stop last week at Miami’s Arsht Center and showed audiences exactly why Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein’s show took Broadway’s top honor in 2013. South Florida audiences will get another chance to catch the lively singing and dancing when the show stops at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, March 1 – 13. Based on a 2005 movie, the show stars Adam Kaplan as Charlie Price, a young man who struggles to live up to the expectations of his father to continue the family business, a third-generation men’s shoe factory in Northampton. Charlie is not much interested in the shoe business, preferring to live in London with his materialistic girlfriend (Charissa Hogeland). But, when his father dies suddenly, Charlie realizes just how dire the situation is at the factory, but cannot bring himself to lay off the employees, many of them childhood friends. After a chance encounter with drag queen Lola (J. Harrison Ghee), he is inspired to save the factory by manufacturing quality footwear for other female impersonators, kinky boots. Fierstein’s book is uplifting, forcing both Charlie and Lola (Simon) to confront the ghosts of their fathers (Lola’s father is broken and unresponsive, committed to a nursing home). There are also issues of identity and bullying that rear their ugly heads as workers at the factory ruthlessly taunt their savior and
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even Charlie struggles to accept the assistance of Lola and her friends. Along the way, Charlie attracts the affections of factory worker Lauren (Tiffany Engen), but make no mistakes, the best female parts in the show are reserved for men. Kaplan’s Charlie is likeable, even during the darkest moments of his relationship with Lola/Simon, but it is Ghee—thanks to a colorful character—who delivers an electric performance, accentuating the differences between the flamboyant drag queens and the dull factory workers. Pop diva Lauper’s score is tuneful, in fact, best during the disco-infused choruses and accompanied by frenetic choreography by Jerry Mitchell, although none of the individual songs are particularly memorable. “Sex Is In the Heel,” “Everybody Say Yeah” and “Raise You Up/Just Be” are among the high-energy numbers that had the Arsht Center audience dancing in their seats. As should be expected, Gregg Barnes’ costumes accentuate the social and cultural divides from smudged factory smocks to fabulous footwear. Any show with drag queens—think “Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”—is going to require over the top, campy clothes and Barnes never disappoints. Despite its occasional shortcomings, the energy and spirit of the show propelled “Kinky Boots” ahead of “Matilda,” the dark British musical based on a novel by Roald Dahl (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”), but it’s hard to imagine the show sweeping the Tony Awards in 2015 or even 2016. It’s still an entertaining night of theater that will be equally well received by audiences at the Broward Center in the new year.
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A Well-Strung Christmas
deC. 16 To deC. 22 Fort Lauderdale. A tribute to Joey Bishop, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Frank Sinatra. Tickets $37.50 to $57.50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.org.
* An Irish Christmas
Dec. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. A traditional Irish Christmas with the music and dancing of the season. Tickets $23 to $43. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.org.
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Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Known for their great looks, the all-male string quartet also sings in this Christmas special. Tickets $35 to $75. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter. org.
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The Dance of the Sugar’s Plump Fairy
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Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. The Empty Closet Women’s Theater performs a spoof of the Christmas classic. Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Visit EmptyClosetWomensTheater. com/dance-of-sugars-plump-fairy.html.
The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge
Through Dec. 27 at the Balcony Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile in Coral Gables. A year after Scrooge has been transformed into a better person, he sues Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future for their shenanigans last Christmas. A special LGBT night Dec. 17. Tickets $58. Call 305-444-9293 or visit ActorsPlayhouse.org.
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Dec. 18 at 8 p.m. at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs. Jana Kramer and Craig Wayne Boyd put together an unforgettable Christmas show with country flair. Tickets $40.28 to $61.48. Call 954-344-5990 or visit CoralSpringsCenterfortheArts.com.
* The Nutcracker
Dec. 18 to 20 at Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Place in Miramar. The classic tale of toys at war the night before Christmas, as performed by Ballet Etudes. Tickets $28 to $43. Call 954-6024500 or visit MiramarCulturalCenter.org.
Doodu Boy
Through Dec. 20 at Empire Stage, 1140 North Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. A one-man play of Stefhen Bryan’s life story, from the struggles in the Jamaican ghetto to his journey in the US. Tickets $20 to $30. Call 954-678-1496 or visit EmpireStage.com.
* Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show
Dec. 22 at Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in
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Dec. 16 at 2 and 7 p.m. at Crest Theatre at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. The Christmas classic is performed with Scott Severance in the role of Scrooge. Tickets $45. Call 561-243-7922 or visit OldSchoolSquare.org Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. One of the greatest violinists of our time, the Israeli man wowed the world with his haunting performance for the “Schindler’s List” soundtrack. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.
Cannoli, Latkes, and Guilt… the Therapy Continues
Dec. 16 to 20 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Steve Solomon continues his comedic antics on growing up Italian and Jewish. Tickets $30. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.
* The Midtown Men: Holidays and Hits
Dec. 18 to 20 at Crest Theatre at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. A holidaythemed show with live music, dancing, and remixes of music by The Drifters, The Beach Boys, and Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Tickets $45. Call 561-243-7922 or visit OldSchoolSquare. org
* A Well-Strung Christmas
Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Known for their great looks, the allmale string quartet also sings in this Christmas special. Tickets $39 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.
* It’s About Time: When Your Time Is Up Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. at Standing Ovation Performing Arts, 7429 S. Military Trail in Lake Worth. An adult improv show. Tickets $10. Call 561-7340187 or visit StandingOvationPerformingArts. com.
Sex With Strangers
Through Dec. 20 at the Palm Beaches Theatre, 262 South Ocean Blvd. in Manalapan. Olivia falls for a younger sex blogger and navigates dating in the digital age. Tickets $35 to $75. Call 561-362-0003 or visit Theatre.PBIfilmfest.org.
* Broadway on Ice: A Special Holiday Celebration
Dec. 22 to 23 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Figure skaters perform to Christmas and musical favorites. Tickets $30 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.
miami-dade county * 3 Men and a Baby... Grand!
Dec. 18 at 8 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. Enjoy a tribute to Frank Sinatra. Tickets $40 to $45. Call 305-466-8002 or visit AventuraCenter.org.
* Dancing Under the Mistletoe
Dec. 18 to 20 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The Peter London Global Dance Company puts an international flair to the Christmas spirit. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.
* The Weeknd
Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The singer has come onto the music scene with a force, with his singles “Love Me Harder,” “Earned It,” “Can’t Feel My Face,” and “The Hills.” Tickets $36.50 to $96.50. Call 786-777-1000 or visit AAArena.com.
* Sarge: The Chanukah Chutzpah Tour
Dec. 19 to 20 at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. Sarge returns for Chanukah with his comedy, singing, and piano act. Tickets $39.50 to $44.50. Call 305466-8002 or visit AventuraCenter.org.
Constellations
Through Dec. 21 at the GableStage at the Biltmore, 1200 Anastasia Ave. in Coral Gables. A chance encounter between an ordinary man and woman changes their lives forever. Tickets $45. Call 305445-1119 or visit GableStage.org.
Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The four men from the original cast of “Jersey Boys” perform holiday favorites. Tickets $25. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis. org.
* Rock the Room
Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. at Bamboo Room, 25 S. J St. in Lake Worth. Local bands Chemradery, The Kinected, Teri Catlin, Rogue Theory, Yardij, and The Whiskey Wasps take the stage. Tickets $5 to $15. Visit BambooRoomMusic.com.
* Classic Albums Live Performs Dark Side of the Moon
Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Pink Floyd’s greatest album is performed from start to finish by Classic Albums Live. Tickets $25 to $55. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.
* Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas, the Symphony Tour
Dec. 18 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The ethereal voices of Celtic Woman bring a whole new vibe to the Christmas spirit. Tickets $29 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.
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Dec. 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. Dr. David Fawcett discusses his new book about the resurgence of meth addiction in the LGBT community. Free. Call 954-4639005 or visit PrideCenterFlorida.org.
Miracle on 34th Street
Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. at Canyon District Park, 8802 Boynton Beach Blvd. in Boynton Beach. A screening of the Christmas favorite from the comfort of your lawn chair or picnic blanket. Free. Visit Facebook.com/CanyonAmphitheater.
The Flying Trapeze School
Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Bayfront Park, 1075 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Soar through the air like a member of the circus with trained trapeze experts. Call 786-2398775 or visit TheFlyingTrapeze.net
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broward county * Santa’s Enchanted Evening
Dec. 17 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Wilton Manors Elementary, 2401 NE Third Ave. in Wilton Manors. A family event with bounce houses, face painting, food -- and snow! Free. Call 954- 630-3118 or visit WiltonManors.com.
* Sexuality and Trauma in Modern El Salvador
Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. at Stonewall National Museum - Wilton Manors Gallery, 2157 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Carlo Zepeda joins the Stonewall author series to discuss his autoethnography about living in El Salvador as an LGBT person. Free. Call 954-763-8565 or visit Stonewall-Museum. org.
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Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Elite International Dance Academy 8692 Griffin Road in Cooper City. A special Santa Baby themed burlesque workshop. Class $15. Visit Cabarretfit.com/ product/santa-baby-burlesque-workshop.
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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
PFLAG Tuesdays in Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs and Southwest Ranches. A support group for parents of LGBT youth 13 to 21. Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com for dates and locations.
GayWrites Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the Stonewall Library, 1300 E. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Come join us and write your memoir, poem, blog, novel or short story. Free. Email garri1@earthlink.net
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.
* Holiday River Tours
Dec. 18 and 20 to 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Stranahan House, 335 SE Sixth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The historic home is lit up in Victorian Christmas decor, costumed characters, live music, and more. Tickets $30. Call 954-5244736 or email info@stranahanhouse.org.
Introduction to Modern Buddhism
Mondays 6 to 6:30 p.m. at the Drolma Kadampa Buddhist Center, 140 W. Prospect Road in Fort Lauderdale. Join a guided meditation and instruction with Western Buddhist teacher, Jay Radin. Free. Visit MeditationinFortLauderdale.com.
Dream Car Classic
Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown Hollywood, 330 N. Federal Highway in Hollywood. Classic cars from before 1980, modern cars and customs will be on display for all car lovers to ogle. Free. Call 954-2142457
Art Walk on Wilton Drive
Third Saturdays on Wilton Drive in Wilton
deC. 16 To deC. 22 Manors. A monthly art festival along the drive. Free. Visit ArtWalkOnWiltonDrive. com.
PrEP Workshop
Fourth Saturdays from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at The Pride Center Room 200, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. Learn more about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention -- what it is, how to get it, insurance, etc. For people who are HIV negative, PrEP includes taking an FDAapproved medication daily to decrease the risk of acquiring HIV. Bring friends and questions. Free. Call 954-463-9005 x 210 or email PrEP@pridecenterflorida.org.
Sunday Jazz Brunch
First Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Esplanade Park, 400 SW Second St. in Fort Lauderdale. Relax on blankets and lawn chairs for a lazy Sunday with jazz music from local artists. Free. Call 954-828-5363 or visit FortLauderdale.gov.
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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
Out of the Closet NA Group
Mondays at 7 p.m. at Lambda North, 18 S. J St. in Lake Worth. A support and discussion group for LGBT recovering addicts. Visit LambdaNorth.net.
Positive Connection
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Men who are HIV positive are invited to come together for support, education, and advocacy. Closed group. Call 561-324-1626 or visit CompassGLCC.com.
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A Day in the Life of Coral
Through Jan. 18, 2016 at Museum Park, 1075 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. New York-based artist David Brooks presents billboards of coral around Miami and its changing atmosphere. Free. Visit FringeProjectsMiami. com
Mercado De San Miguel
Through Jan. 30, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Bayfront Park, 1075 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Fridays and Saturdays will be transformed into La Feria del Mercada de San Miguel, a traditional market in Spain, fit with food-related activities every time. Free. Visit BayfrontParkMiami.com.
Arsht Center Farmers Market
Mondays from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza for the Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Purchase fresh food from local farmers, including fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared foods, as well as chefs, live music, and cooking demonstrations. Free. Visit ArshtCenter.org/ en/Visit/Dining.
Rainbow Circle
Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. at the University of Miami Flipse Building #302, 5665 Ponce de Leon Drive in Coral Gables. An open discussion about coming out, relationships, peer pressure, bullying, depression and more. Free. Visit Pridelines.org.
Yoga
Tuesdays from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at Jose Marti Park, 362 SW Fourth Ave. in Miami. Yogis 18 and older of all levels are invited to a practice lead by a certified instructor. Bring your own yoga mat, water, and towel. Free. Call 305358-7550 or visit BayfrontParkMiami.com/ Yoga.html.
HIV Support Group
Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at South Beach AIDS Project, 1234 Washington Ave. Ste. 200 in Miami Beach. A support group for those who are HIV positive. Free. Call 305-5354733, ext. 301 or email support@sobeaids. org.
Book Study
Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Drolma Kadampa Buddhist Center, 1273 Coral Way in Miami. Buddhist monk, Gen Kelsang Nurbu, will lead classes on learning the foundations of Buddhism. Call 786-529-7137.
Prayers For World Peace
Sundays from 10 a.m. to noon at the Drolma Kadampa Buddhist Center, 1273 Coral Way in Miami. Buddhist teacher, Todd Ellenberg will lead prayers and meditation. Cost $10. Call 786-529-7137
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