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pain’s Angela Ponce has become the first transgender contestant to participate in the Miss Universe pageant. “I was born into a world, into a society which really wasn’t prepared for me. I had the support of my family, but I still faced discrimination, and I had no role models,” Ponce told Thomson Reuters Foundation News earlier this month. The international Miss Universe competition was held in Bangkok this year. The winner crowned Monday morning was Miss Philippines, Catriona Gray. The Miss Universe Organization, which owns the beauty pageant, lifted a ban on transgender contestants in 2012. A model from Seville, Ponce outpaced 22 other contestants for the Miss Spain title, according to NPR. Ponce competed originally in the Miss World pageant in 2015, until she learned the competition prohibited trans women from winning. “It crushed me,” Ponce said in an interview with Time last month. “I had to go on and perform, and it felt horrible. But after I got to the Miss Universe final, Miss World changed their rules too. I changed the rules.”

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Bermuda recently challenged a law in local courts putting a ban on gay marriage, but they decided to appeal to the London High Court to uphold the ban. They filed the appeal to the Privy Council, the highest appeals court, on Thursday, according to NBC. There are thousands in the conservative island that would side with the ban on gay marriage, and the government said it wants to represent those people. “Constitutional issues are important issues and this Government wants to get it right,” the government said in a statement on Thursday. But LGBT rights activists say this is a step in the wrong direction. “This is a cynical, bigoted, hypocritical attack on the rights and freedoms of

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The Israel High Court ruled last Wednesday that the Interior Ministry cannot refuse to put an adoptive parent’s name on a birth certificate because of their gender. This comes after the Ministry refused to put two gay men’s names on their son’s birth certificate. The couple appealed the decision to the court through LGBT advocacy task force, The Aguda, according to the Times of Israel. The judges ruled unanimously that the decision would not only hurt the parents, but the child. Simple legal decisions would be harder to make by not having both parents listed. “We’re happy that the court reminded the Interior Ministry of something that should have been self-evident — that parents are parents, no matter their

others,” Tony Brannon, a gay rights activist in Bermuda told NBC.

A gay man from Moscow, Russia accused a Lublino police officer of punching him to the ground and kicking him. He said he called an ambulance and got treatment at a hospital. The police said the 55-year-old man named Valery, according to Pink News, hit his head on the ground several times to injure himself, and tried to “cause a scandal.” They also said the policeman called the ambulance. Valery filed a complaint to the Investigative Committee of Russia with a Russian LGBT advocacy group, Stimul. “Although more than 10 days have passed since Valery’s statement about the crime, employees of the Lublino investigation department are not in a hurry to interview even the victim,” says Stimul’s lawyer Anton Ryzhov, who has

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sex, sexual orientation or gender,” the couple’s attorneys, Hagai Kalai and Daniella Yaakobi, said, according to the Times of Israel.

A gay minister will push the Australian Labor Party to remove the ban on gay blood donations, or at least revise the law. It currently states that gay men can not donate blood unless they abstain from sex for one year. Andrew Barr, Canberra’s chief minister, wants the party to either reduce the time to three months, or remove it all together, according to Gay Star News. “The current 12-month deferral period for men who have sex with men is excessive and beyond what is required to maintain a safe blood supply,” Barr said, reported Gay Star News. “Labor will seek to reduce or eliminate the deferral period for men who have sex with men. This will increase blood supply and reduce inequality and social

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Russians Targeted LGBT Voters

During 2016 Election ‘…the campaigns sought to demobilize African Americans, LGBT, and liberal voters’ Lisa Keen

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Russian social media operation aimed at helping Republican nominee Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election included efforts to polarize voters around LGBT issues and, in some cases, pushed LGBT voters to support Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. The operation also posted a message aimed at lonely LGBT teenagers, an effort believed intended to blackmail vulnerable youth. “It is evident that the campaigns sought to demobilize African Americans, LGBT, and liberal voters,” states one of two reports made public Monday by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. “This was attempted through organic posts that attacked [eventual Democratic nominee] Hillary Clinton. Content referred to President Clinton’s 1996 signing into law of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as an attack on the gay community, and in another, argued that Hillary supports Muslims, who the post insinuates are anti-gay.” “Organic post” refers to posts on social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, that are made without using paid services to boost distribution. Both reports investigated the attempts by Russian operatives to use social media to spread disinformation about political issues and to create divisiveness within the American public. Both reports refer to the operatives as Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA). One report, - Oxford The Tactics & Tropes of the Internet Research Agency, was produced by a firm called New Knowledge, which deals with national security and digital media. The second report, The IRA, Social Media and Political Polarization in the United States, 2012-2018, was produced by

experts at the University of Oxford and the social media data company Graphika. The Oxford report noted that, of the 20 most “Liked” Facebook pages managed by the Russian IRA, one called “LGBT United” ranked eighth in terms of the number of “Likes” it received (almost two million). The LGBT United posts were shared almost one million times, prompting almost 400,000 “reactions” and drawing 87,500 comments. A chart in the Oxford report indicates the investigation found the Russian IRA spent about $5,500 on at least 70 ads targeted to LGBT people through websites and mobile apps. More than 80,000 people who saw the ads clicked through to reach the IRA’s Facebook page. The largest targets of the IRA political messaging were African Americans and conservative voters. Campaigns targeting the LGBT community were most abundant and successful during pride month, June, of 2015. “In mid-to-late 2015,” said Report the report, ads about “Being Patriotic” and “LGBT United” “produced the majority of organic posts.” “In 2015, there were a total of 4,108 organic posts from a few of these campaigns. In total, more than half (2,139) targeted right-wing users. ‘LGBT United’ accounted for almost

“We interpret messaging to this group as an attempt to increase polarization between liberals and conservatives around LGBT rights.”

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all of the rest (1,814 posts).” According to the report, the IRA messages were “framed with antagonism towards groups that are perceived as anti-gay,” including certain religious groups and rightwing conservatives. “While there was a limited amount of discussion that sought to drive some of these voters towards Bernie Sanders or third parties, patterns of trying to reduce trust in the political system were more apparent,” said the report. “Claims meant to demerit Hillary Clinton are occasionally peppered into this content, but are relatively infrequent. We interpret messaging to this group as an attempt to increase polarization between liberals and conservatives around LGBT rights, a well-known wedge issue between these groups,” said the Oxford report. The New Knowledge report quotes an

IRA Facebook posting about the controversy surrounding a gay Breitbart contributor, Milo Yiannopoulos, and efforts to ban a speech by him on the campus of the University of California Berkeley. “The fucking lefty scumbags seeded destruction around at UC Berkeley overnight in response to the planned speech by a rightwing firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos who’s an actual gay! Who’s intolerant now?” stated the post. New Knowledge also noted that some IRA persona, such as @MRNyc2015, “pretended to be a liberal gay man” to deliver “active voter suppression messages,” including suggestions that “Everyone needs to vote ONLINE.” One New Knowledge report chart indicates that one of the top performing Instagram accounts created by the IRA was rainbow_nation_us.

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Reports from HIV Planning Bodies: SFAN and HIVPC Sean McShee This article discusses two meetings. First, it reports on the meeting of the HIV Planning Council (HIV-PC). Second, it reports on the meeting of the South Florida AIDS Network (SFAN). At that meeting Kim Saiswick discussed the Florida Patient Care and Prevention Group (PCPG) meeting. The Broward HIV Planning Council (HIVPC) oversees the Ryan White Care (RWC) Program of Broward (RWCBroward). The South Florida AIDS Network (SFAN) advises the RWC program of the Florida Department of Health in Broward (RWC-FL DOH Broward). The PCPG advises the Ryan White Care program throughout the state of Florida.

The HIV Planning Council, Nov. 29, 2018 The HIVPC elected Claudette Grant of Broward House as its Vice-Chair. Recently, two HIVPC members resigned. As those former members are living with HIV, the HIVPC now needs to recruit more people living with HIV. In January of 2019, the Council will launch a major recruitment drive. Members of the Council will go to provider agencies to recruit new members who are living with HIV. Réquel Lopes, chair of the HIVPC, said, “Instead of people coming to us, we are going to them.” Josh Rodriguez, RWC-FL DOH Broward, reported that 290 people have enrolled in the 90-day prescription program. South Florida AIDS Network, Dec. 7, 2018 Wismy Cius, RWC-FL DOH Broward, announced that RWC clients without insurance can now receive antiretrovirals and other HIV medications through the mail. Neil Walker reported that the peer training program has begun. This program trains people to become peer counselors about HIV. Currently 75 percent of these peer trainees are African-American. Another 17 percent are Latino, and 8 percent are White. Kim Saiswick reported on the Patient Care and Prevention Group (PCPPG) meeting in

Tampa. That meeting took place from Nov. 7 through Nov. 9. Florida will be conducting a Needs Assessment Survey in June/July of 2019. Out 67 counties in Florida, 41 are now providing PrEP services. Florida now has more than 430 HIV testing centers. According to Saiswick, the Florida Department of Health will include “Undetectable = Untransmissible” (U=U) language for sexual transmission in its campaigns. The state Department of Health will incorporate U=U language about sexual risk. That language would say the following. “People with HIV who take HIV medication as prescribed and get and keep an undetectable viral load have effectively no risk of transmitting HIV to their HIV-negative sexual partner.” Two recent cases question whether an undetectable viral load can prevent HIV transmission through breast feeding. That mode of transmission involves a larger exchange of fluids than does sexual activity. The greater volume of breast milk would mean more viral particles would be present in breast milk, even if the viral load was undetectable. As these two cases only occurred last summer, much more needs to be understood about HIV transmission through breastfeeding while undetectable. These two cases, however, have no impact on the risk for transmission during anal or vaginal sex while undetectable.

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Against Gay Men One judge already ruled the Pleasure Emporium raid was improper

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n February and July, the Hollywood Police Department raided the Pleasure Emporium – an adult business at 1321 South 30th Avenue – resulting in the arrests of more than a dozen men. The men were charged for a variety of acts, including masturbating and engaging in oral sex, officially “exposure of sexual organs and/or unnatural lascivious acts.”

Inside of the Pleasure Emporium. Photo courtesy of Abbie Cuellar.

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In late October, Broward County Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren ruled that the locked rooms at the Pleasure Emporium are, in fact, private areas, and therefore charges of exposing genitals in public aren’t valid. Lerner-Wren dismissed two of the cases brought by attorney Rhonda F. Gelfman of North Miami Beach. “The court finds that the Pleasure Emporium is not a public space under [Florida Statute] 800.03,” Lerner-Wren wrote in her ruling. “The patrons who access the private viewing theaters where consensual activity occurs in the presence of other consenting adults objectively and subjectively possess a reasonable expectation of privacy.” The judge noted that Pleasure Emporium has “several levels of barriers” in place to keep unsuspecting patrons away from the sexual activity. But despite this ruling prosecutors have not dropped the charges against the other men, becuase those cases are assigned to other judges, who have the authority to rule differently. “What this means is the state attorney’s office is judge shopping – trying to hook up with another judge that might rule in their favor,” said Russell Cormican, who represented one of the men whose case was dismissed. Judge Lerner-Wren’s decision was hailed by those who thought the police had clearly overreached. The Hollywood Police did not share the judge’s view. “The Hollywood Police Department respectfully disagrees with the judge’s interpretation,” said Miranda Grossman, the Hollywood Police Department’s public

information manager. “The State Attorney’s Office felt there was sufficient basis to file charges in August. The department still believes the establishment is not private since it is open to the public.” The Broward State Attorney who decided to prosecute the men is Michael J. Satz. After the judge’s ruling, Satz’ office said it would review the situation to determine next steps. As of press time, neither the Hollywood Police nor Satz’ office returned requests for updated comments to SFGN. How the judge’s ruling will affect the charges against men with pending cases isn’t clear. “I assumed the State would dismiss the cases [after the judge’s ruling],” said attorney Abbie B. Cuellar of Miami’s Amador & Cuellar. Cuellar had filed a motion to dismiss her client’s cases and was denied. She’s now scheduled to depose the police officers involved in the summer raid on Dec. 19. “I want to find out the reason behind the raid,” she said. “They are claiming 11 of 13 men were seen doing exactly the same thing. Two clients are being accused of masturbating in the theater, but they never bought a ticket and were never in there,” she said. The theater area is marked with a large neon “private viewing” sign. To access the theater area, patrons must be 21 years old and purchase a ticket from a clerk in the front of the store near a boutique retail area. “[The Hollywood Police] had instructions to arrest anyone that was back there, and in order for it to stick, had to charge them,” Cuellar said.

NEWS local Cuellar thinks the Hollywood Police “He wants to be licensed as a nurse assumed the arrested men would agree to practitioner, but now has to wait until his plead out or enter a diversion program and case is resolved,” she said. never take their cases to trial. Diversion Cuellar said her client was able to find programs are typically used by those who another job and that his partner and family have no prior arrests, although one is were supportive, but he went through a required to admit guilt. “really difficult” time. Cuellar said her clients intend to go to Another of Cuellar’s clients lost his job trial, and are risking up to a and had to leave Miami to find year of jail time in order to work again. He went into a send a message. deep depression, she said. “Even if they had done what “It was his first time [at the they are accused of doing, Pleasure Emporium],” Cuellar they are consenting adults,” said. “He had gone at the she said. urging of a friend.” Cuellar said there are The family of another currently eight holdouts by of her clients now isn’t her count. communicating with him at “I’m very disappointed to all, Cuellar said. hear that the prosecutors are “You’re outed and made ignoring Judge Lerner-Wren’s to be a pedophile, a sex very well reasoned decision,” offender,” she said. “It wasn’t Cormican said. “It’s an bad enough they get arrested, incredible waste of resources then the police department to continue the prosecution sends their pictures to the of sexual encounters between press.” consenting adults occurring Two of Cuellar’s clients in a place that a Judge has were charged with having already found to be private. consensual sex and two were I’d rather see them focus on charged with masturbating. - Abbie B. Cuellar real criminal activity and stop “[One client] goes there Attorney trying to govern the private because he really doesn’t sex lives of gay men.” have a community. He talks to people there. He was in the hallway getting Rough road ready to leave when they arrested him,” she said. One of Cuellar’s clients came to Florida via Cuellar is surprised there hasn’t been Cuba, fleeing what he saw as an oppressive more public outcry in response to the raids. area for one more socially accepting. In “It shocks me there isn’t more of a South Florida, he had a full time job in the reaction,” Cuellar said. “Today it’s my clients, health care industry and was going to school. tomorrow it’ll be someone else – people Two days after his arrest, Cuellar said he was harassed and humiliated for a consensual terminated. He was also not out at work as act in a private place. It’s despicable that this a gay man. is happening in Broward in 2018.”

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he man who made national news by threatening to harm the Wilton Manors LGBT community with a ‘Pulse’ like attack in 2016, was this week charged by Orlando authorities with an act of domestic violence. The incident evolved out of an argument with his mother, whom he lives with. He was accused of falsely imprisoning her on the evening of Dec. 12, including trying to prevent her from meeting with the police officers who responded to the scene. He was released on bond after being booked into the Orange County jail, with restrictions. The conditions of his release include a directive that he have no contact with family members or return to his mother’s Orlando home. It is not known where he will be living at this time. He has previously resided in Fort

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Our Fund Foundation Grants Everything from youth and pets to transgender and HIV programs received money Martin Gould

outh Florida’s only LGBT community foundation honored 18 non-profit organizations at the Our Fund Foundation’s Fall Community Grant Program, held Tuesday night at Fort Lauderdale’s New River Fine Art Gallery. More than $120,000 in grant money was given out.

One such organization that received a launched Thou Art Woman in 2016. The first grant included Freedom Fund, which helps event drew 50 people. Now, more than 100 LGBT people who are incarcerated or in attend. “Immediately,” said “G,” “there was immigration detention because they can’t great racial and age diversity. We grew to afford bail (in Miami-Dade County this year three events a year, started charging a small alone, there have been more than 9,700 such fee and used social media to promote the incarcerations). events.” According to Freedom Fund’s Founder, Thou Art Woman received a $7,500 grant Scott Greenburg, LGBT people are much more to expand the organization’s performance likely to spend a night in jail. LGBT youth are and visual arts program into a 3-day social three times more likely to be homeless. If event of visual and performing arts, mixers, you’re black and gay, it’s five and other inspiring and times as likely. entertaining experiences. “If you spend a night “We’re getting a lot of in prison, your future is interest from people as far impacted by that single away as Orlando, Atlanta event [loss of job, income],” and New York,” said G, who Greenberg said. Freedom added the timing of the event Fund received a $5,000 Our also coincides with Women’s Fund grant which Greenberg History Month. G is already will put to use providing bail, looking ahead to further following up with HIV testing, expansion. recommending social services “I feel I’ve been called to do assistance and developing this work. I could never have - Ghenette “G” more effective communication imagined producing an event Wright Muir about the disproportional for women.” Founder of Thou art criminalization of LGBT Established in 2011, Our women residents who have fallen Fund has quickly become one upon tough times or were just of the largest LGBT community in the wrong place at the wrong time. foundations in the U.S. Its $10 million Another organization receiving an Our endowment ranks third, behind longerFund grant, “Thou Art Woman,” focuses on established foundations in San Francisco and raising the profile of LBT women and their Seattle. Our Fund President David Jobin said allies through performance and visual art. the number of organizations applying for The event’s founder, Ghenete “G” Wright grants has tripled over the last few years, due, Muir, said she wanted to create an alternate in large part, to the Foundation’s expansion space for LBT women and allies to connect on into Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. a deeper level. “I had recently come out and “For the first 4-5 years, most applications was new to the LGBTQ community. There came from Broward, but in the last couple of were limited places to socialize with other years our profile has expanded. Now we get women.” “G,” as she is known to her friends, 60-70 applications a year.”

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Ghenette “G” Wright Muir, founder of Thou Art Women, was one of the recipients. Photo via Facebook.

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NEWS local Jobin said applicants have to go through a rigorous vetting process, which takes place twice each year. “We interview each applicant, then rate and score them. Usually, we come up with 15-20 that are strong enough and their program is so vital.” The vetting process includes making sure the applicant organizations are stable, that they have legitimate 501(c)3 non-profit status, conduct regular audits and have boards of directors. Unlike traditional foundations, Our Fund raises the money for each application cycle by soliciting donors for each project. Jobin says that’s when the really difficult process begins. “We go out and solicit these programs to our donor base to find the best match between an agency’s programming with our donors’ priorities.” It takes several months to complete the process. “We coach the agencies through,” Jobin said. “We’re local, so we’re on-site. I

personally review the applications, so I know where our Foundation board has questions and concerns.” Jobin said grant applications can pose as hurdles. “We want to support the agencies, so they come forth with the most likely application that can get approval.” Agencies can receive a grant once in a 12-month period. It can take several cycles for an agency to receive a grant. Jobin says, “often times, the next round goes better, because we know them better.” Our Fund is not a traditional community foundation. Its goal is to build a base of support. “Our endowment is now $10 million, and our ultimate goal is to be a $30 million endowment, so we don’t have to fundraise,” Jobin said. The Foundation also has between $50-$60 million in estate pledges, as more donors include Our Fund in their wills, many of whom support or designate gifts for specific projects.

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2018 Our Fund Fall Community Grant Program Recipients YOUTH

TRANSGENDER ISSUES

Broward Education Foundation: $7,500 for expanding Safe and Supportive School Environments for LGBTQ Youth

Aqua Foundation: $5,000 to support for the annual TransCon conference.

Kids In Distress: $5,000 for LGBTQ Family Foster Recruitment Miami Children’s Museum: $5,000 for Rainbow Families Day 2019

SENIORS

HIV/AIDS Urban League of Broward County: $5,000 to Support the Men’s Health and Wellness Conference

ARTS & CULTURAL

Alzheimer’s Association: $10,000 to enhance scope of services to support LGBT caregivers

FAU Foundation/Theatre Lab: $10,000 to commission plays by emerging LGBTQ+ playwrights.

SunServe: $10,000 for continued access to counseling, assistance and resources to LGBTQ senior adults

FIU Foundation/Frost Art Museum: $5,000 for educational programming inspired by the Art after Stonewall exhibition.

Sunshine Cathedral: $7,500 for Sunshine Cathedral Food Sharing Program

OUTShine Film Festival: $8,000 to mitigate funding loss.

WOMEN’S ISSUES

ADVOCACY

Pride Center: $10,000 to Enriching Women with Pride, a healthcare initiative for LBTQ+ women.

Freedom Fund Network: $5,000 to expand capacity of bail program targeting LGBTQ people

Thinking Cap Theatre: $5,000 for production of “coming out” plays by queer women.

Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services: $5,000 to build inter-agency capacity on LGBTQ refugee issues.

Thou Art Woman: $7,500 for expansion of performance and visual art event celebrating queer women.

Ujima: $5,000 to support black same gender loving men through workshops, community service, and an annual conference.

PETS The Pet Project: $5,000 to help clients’ pets with emergency health care.

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Founder of Gender Identity Watch Steps Aside Cathy Brenan, a lesbian and radical anti-trans activist, started the blog to oppose the trans community David-Elijah Nahmod

he controversial anti-transgender blog Gender Identity Watch posted that the site was no longer being run its founder Cathy Brennan, a self-described “radical lesbian feminist.”

In an Oct. 7 post titled, “Gender Identity Watch Changes Hands,” the blog announced it will now be run by WoLF (Women’s Liberation Front), a radical feminist organization “dedicated to the total liberation of women,” according to their website. The post included a statement from Brennan. “In 2012, I started Gender Identity Watch because it was abundantly clear that transgenderism was a tsunami devastating the rights of women and girls, and it would be important to understand how that wave grew.” Over the years Brennan has been accused

of using Gender Identity Watch as a conduit for a variety of insensitive acts toward trans women, including outing trans kids at their schools as well as contacting trans women’s employers and personal physicians. Several of Brennan’s accusers have posted compelling evidence which suggests that the accusations against Brennan could be true, such as an email allegedly sent by Brennan to the personal physician of trans woman Emily Horsman. Also posted was a Facebook message sent by Brennan to a woman’s mother. When SFGN reported on Brennan’s alleged actions in 2014, several people sent emails and wrote comments online claiming

A petition online for the Southern Poverty Law Center to monitor the Gender Identity Watch as a hate group. Photo: Change.org

to have been targeted by Brennan. According to WoLF, their legal counsel More than 9,000 people signed a petition was obtained “thanks to the generosity of asking the Southern Poverty Law Center to Cathy Brennan.” monitor Gender Identity Watch as a hate Shortly thereafter Gender Identity Watch group. was restored to the web with a different In a 2014 interview with SFGN, Heidi server. Beirich, director of the On Dec. 5, an Southern Poverty Law interview with Brennan Center’s Intelligence Project posted at Gender Several of Brennan’s was stated: “We don’t list them Identity Watch regarding accusers have posted Brennan’s founding of (GIW) as a hate group because it’s a blog and we “The Pussy Church Of compelling evidence don’t compile a list of hate Modern Witchcraft,” a websites anymore, largely which suggests that lesbian feminist religious because it was becoming organization. the accusations impossible to track what Though it’s been claimed was happening on the web.” against Brennan could that Brennan is no longer Gender Identity Watch is running Gender Identity be true, such as an now coming under fire. Watch, it would appear that According to a blog she is still a part of the blog. email allegedly sent posting at the WoLF website, There is no indication by Brennan to the the blog was taken offline that anyone from the by Wordpress on Nov. 16 personal physician of WoLF organization has for “malicious publication been involved in Brennan’s trans woman Emily of private details related to alleged behavior toward gender identity, including trans women. Horsman. former names.” SFGN reached out to WoLF hired an attorney, WoLF attorney Trisha who, in a letter to Wordpress, demanded that Scott, who declined to comment. Brennan, Gender Identity Watch’s files be turned over Wordpress attorney Paul Sieminski, and to WoLF so that the blog could be reposted the WoLF board did not respond to SFGN’s under a different server. request for comment.

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his past summer, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation presented the greater Fort Lauderdale community with an initiative to address the low-income housing crisis in the city. Partnering with a coalition of nonprofit organizations, including the United Way, AHF announced plans to break ground on a residential campus for low-income residents in Fort Lauderdale. SFGN covered the story with a front-page feature because not every gay man lives in a beachside condo. With numerous local community leaders present, the various agencies set out their vision for a housing complex which could advance solutions rather than hopelessness. The position of the South Florida Gay News is solid and certain. We stand squarely and firmly behind the proposal, which is a bold and collaborative initiative. As the Pride Center at Equality Park in Wilton Manors has demonstrated with its own initiative, there are those in our community in need of low cost housing, too. This is an LGBT issue we must own. We are a part of the community, not apart from it. In the past month, however, angry neighbors are rising in opposition to AHF’s proposed 680-unit complex. It is the NIMBY Virus, infecting nearby residents - the “not in my backyard syndrome.” The objections, however, are based on false fears, not credible arguments. This is a humane and needed project which will enhance the reputation of our community. Current statistics indicate that 789,000 Floridians spend more than half of their income on rent each month. You simply can’t survive that way. Our cities must be livable. We should embrace the opportunity to create a place where less wealthy residents find and secure clean and safe housing. The project is going up in an area near

many other small apartments and office buildings, not far from the county courthouse. The complex will be within a stone’s throw of downtown Fort Lauderdale, accessible to public transportation and nightlife. It is NOT in the residential neighborhoods of Rio Vista. For decades, the city of Fort Lauderdale has been regressive and repressive when caring for its poor and disenfranchised populations. This is a city where past mayors once asked our citizens to pour kerosene into garbage cans to kill off the homeless. It is time we changed directions. The AHF project gives us a chance to be pioneers. The affordable housing complex is designed to create small, livable housing units. If you are concerned about the growing tides of homeless gathering in urban communities, consider this a project which helps prevents hopelessness. The downtown and centrally located venue for this undertaking will enable its residents to find scores of employment opportunities at the hundreds of nearby restaurants, hotels, and hospitality establishments pouring over on East Las Olas Boulevard and A1A. Not far from the city bus terminal and railroad, residents will have easy access to mass transit and those scooters popping up on every corner of downtown. There won’t be an overflow of parking. There will be an overflow of opportunity. The Fort Lauderdale project has been developed by the Healthy Housing Foundation, which is an offshoot of AHF. It’s specifically targeted to assist low-income and chronically ill individuals, along with families, focusing on sustainable rentalto-ownership models. It’s a humane idea, creating a framework for other communities to follow.

Having an affordable roof over your head, which you can call your own, keeps you motivated and healthy, gainfully employed, and off the streets.

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AHF has been working to address the housing needs of the chronically ill for 30 years. A program like the Fort Lauderdale project was recently launched in Los Angeles as well. Years ago, AHF was in the forefront of advocating ADAP housing in Miami. Noble goals should be celebrated, not censured. They are treading where others dare not dare. Secure shelter provides sanity of the most fundamental sort. First, of course, is physical security from the storm. But having an affordable roof over your head, which you can call your own, keeps you motivated and healthy, gainfully employed, and off the streets. No matter how small, it gives you something you can call your own. It creates and fosters self-esteem. How many times have we all heard the phrase, “There but for the grace of God go I…?” How many people have you met that are a

paycheck away from being broke, who can’t afford the most basic of necessities? The city of Fort Lauderdale holds boat parades and air shows, and sponsors museums and performing arts centers. We bill ourselves as a vacation paradise and the Venice of America. We are a rich, luxurious community, lining A1A with hotels and restaurants, where the world comes to sun, swim, and surf. Can we not forget that the sun which tans also burns? Can we not forget that there are good people with empty pockets who need a fair shake and a chance to be part of that dream? Can we open our hearts to a clean, affordable and livable low cost housing project which creates opportunity and hope? We are all entitled to a small ray of sunshine in our lives. Happy Holidays, everyone.

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Hallmark Movie Without a Tree Brian McNaught

eremy’s middle name was Christmas, as the Irish Setter puppy was a gift to my live-in boyfriend at the time. When we broke up, he gave me back the dog. A couple of years later, when Ray and I had a little old Polish lady knit our monogrammed red and green stockings, Jeremy had one too. After he died, we used it for Brit. Since Brit’s death, I’ve pulled it from a box of decorations each year, felt it, and tucked it back away. A clever friend in Tupper Lake was able to perfectly match our stockings with one for Lincoln. He knows his own stocking, and sniffs it occasionally on the days leading up to present-opening Christmas morning, after Santa Claus has long departed. With the exception of a couple of years when excessive booze dampened the mood, Christmas in our home was usually a Hallmark movie, at least in my eyes. I love holiday ritual meals, and decorations. I’m fortunate to be a good cook and decorator. For forty-two years, we’ve had turkey soup the night we put up and decorated the tree, a potato-leek soup every Christmas Eve or Day. Ray used to bake for Thanksgiving a I was appalled pumpkin-pecan pie, the recipe for which many years he found on the cover of an early 1980s Gourmet magazine. ago when One year, we hosted the McNaught my parents family for Christmas in Gloucester. We guided them through the rituals Ray and I bought an had created since leaving our birth families. artificial tree At the end, my sister from Michigan pulled Photo credit: me aside and said, “There is more love in for their Brian McNaught. your house than in any other I’ve been Florida home, in.” She picked it up not just from how we treated each other, and the dog, but but I now also each of them. I tell you this because the night before last, despite having no tree. Ray and Uncle Brian’s house. But, decorating less, purchasing understand within months of my mother’s death from Like most people our age, we’re downsizing. fewer gifts for one another, and switching menus, doesn’t cancer at age 72, all of my siblings divorced and sympathize. When you retire, you lose your cash flow to pay mean that there’s any less love in our home. It could still be a their spouses. Henceforth, they created bills. Our home of sixteen years, in which we Hallmark movie, but you may have to throw in a handsome compromised holiday rituals with new imagined dying, is now for sale. The realtor recommended nephew to get many young gay people to watch it. spouses, or felt sadness in the fragmentation of their rituals that we not put up a tree, as it would cut down the appearance It won’t be in too, too many years, that someone will as single people. But, our rituals, and decorations, saved over of the living room’s size. This is a tough one for me, but so is open a Christmas box and happen upon Lincoln’s, Ray’s, the years, continued, giving us the welcomed role of having seeing my husband age, and my siblings too, and experience Jeremy’s and my red and green hand-knitted stockings, pull our home identified as the place in which to find love and in myself less excitement about decorating perhaps because them out and feel them, and remember or not the stories tradition. Ray and I are no longer doing it together, and perhaps behind them. It won’t matter if they forget, or if they never But, as anyone reading this, who is now in the senior because of my sciatica. have turkey soup the night the tree goes up, or potato-leek years knows, even in the most loving of households, holiday The day is soon coming when we’ll be mailing to our nieces soup on Christmas. What matters is that it happened, is traditional meals, and decorating can begin to disappear with and nephews, and to their children, the beloved snowballs, happening, for us, and it all represents a lifetime of being aging. I was appalled many years ago when my parents bought antique Santas, and glass tree ornaments we’ve bought over excited when the person you love most in the world unwraps an artificial tree for their Florida home, but I now understand the years. None of our family wants us to do so because it a little something that reminds them, “I love you,” even if it’s and sympathize. Ray didn’t make his pumpkin-pecan pie for represents an end to the dependable holiday rituals at Uncle the dog doing the unwrapping. It’s a family thing. Thanksgiving this year. I made an apple one to satisfy the task he was no longer able to manage with his chronic back pain. And, his role in helping me to decorate the house or tree ended a couple of years ago, although he kept the job of Brian McNaught has been a leading educator on LGBTQ issues globally since 1974. He has carefully packing away the decorations. I still made turkey made his many books and DVDs available for free at Brian-McNaught.com. The New York soup from the Thanksgiving bird’s carcass, which we enjoyed

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Holiday Cheer For Homebuyers Affordable Housing Trust aids first-time home owners By Sallie James “The [recipients] will become taxpayers. One of the least affordable cities in the Broward County will soon be offering Again, what do you do with not very much first-time buyers affordable housing money?” Green said. “It seemed the most efficient way for the city to use this money assistance. But get in line fast if you think you to help someone without incurring qualify: Wilton Manors only has enough continuing costs if it were a rental subsidy money to assist two buyers in this city of program.” The city is entering into an interlocal 12,000 residents. agreement with The city is earmarking Broward County to the last $100,000 from its “The [recipients] administer the first time Affordable Housing Trust homebuyers program, at Fund for this endeavor. will become a cost of $15,000. The Distribution of these funds remaining $85,000 will will deplete the city’s taxpayers... be distributed to two Affordable Housing Trust according Fund, which is composed what do you do homebuyers, to city records. of money developers had An income category to contribute if they didn’t with not very chart provided by the include affordable housing city states that eligible units in their projects. much money?” homes for assistance Earlier this year, an must have a maximum additional $200,000 from - Tom Green sale or assessed value of the fund was earmarked Vice Mayor $317,647. for a 48-unit LGBT-friendly According to the affordable housing project for seniors slated for construction at the Broward County Property Appraiser’s website, the average market value of a Pride Center at Equality Park. Vice Mayor Tom Green, a strong Wilton Manors home is $410,764. And supporter of the initiative, said the property values here continue to rise. program will add new taxpayers, as Wilton Manors property values rose 7.73 opposed to using the money for rent and percent from a year ago, according to City Manager Leigh Ann Henderson. repair subsidies.

The Wilton Manors City Commission.

Wilton Manors realtor Jimmy Cunningham, ranked among the top 100 realtors in Florida, wondered how someone who fit HUD’s income parameters for “extremely low” ($25,100 for a family of four), “very low” ($40,400 for family of four) and “low” ($64,650 for a family of four) income could afford a house in Wilton Manors even with assistance. “A mortgage basically costs you $500 per $100,000 plus taxes and insurance,” said Cunningham, whose annual real

estate sales total about $12 million. “Here’s my reality: in my world if somebody called with me a family of four on a tight income, I would probably encourage them to buy somewhere else. It’s not really an affordable family neighborhood or even an affordable neighborhood period. It’s one of the most expensive areas in the county.” Wilton Manors condos aren’t cheap either, Cunningham pointed out. Continued on page 4 

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Opinion

Christmas is Cancelled! By Sal Torre

Word spread quickly across the land that our pugnacious leader had decreed that Christmas would be cancelled this season. No merriment and joy for all while he had to suffer the humiliation of this past week from his public squabble with Pelosi and Schumer right on his own turf at the White House. Adding to the fury and anger was the ongoing bad news of investigations, prison time for colleagues and the dwindling list of those willing to serve top posts within his beleaguered inner circle. Executive Orders have been issued and sent to the North Pole giving notice that entrance visas for Santa and his entourage of reindeer and elves have been rescinded. It’s a good thing for us that Santa was already here in Wilton Manors this past week before the travel ban was put into place. Santa came to town for his annual boat ride around our Island City and breakfast with our young ones. He also made a surprise visit to our City Commission meeting on Tuesday. I have to say that Ole Saint Nick looked a bit disheveled, spoke not in his usually boisterous and jolly manner, and had lost a lot of weight. His outfit looked like it never made it to the dry cleaners after last year’s travels. Perhaps it was due to receiving notice from the West Wing about the impending cancellation of Christmas that put the ole guy into such a state, or perhaps it was the stiff trade tariffs Time to turn off the news, decorate your house, bake holiday imposed on Chinese toys that were keeping Santa up at night, cookies, attend a party or two, and enjoy the season with family, wondering how he was going to fill all those stockings hanging friends and neighbors. from mantles within budget and ensure a hard and fast delivery Unfortunately, Santa needs to get back to the North Pole and date on the morning of the 25th. Adding to those worries is the finish the final preparations before the big day. Fearful of not harsh reality of climate change that has started to affect the North being able to make it back due to the imposed travel ban, Santa Pole. Santa might just not have a lot to be jolly about this year. has plotted his course to get back into the country through But then a Christmas miracle happened while visiting our Canada, defying the no-fly orders from Washington. The Island City. assistance by Trudeau to help preserve Christmas from being The joy and happiness that Santa came across while visiting our extinguished by the evil forces in Washington will only add to the little Island City, where life is just better, renewed growing acrimony between the leaders of the two his jolly spirit and filled him with holiday wonder neighboring countries. and magic. Mustering his elves and reindeer, they Santa has a back-up plan in case the northern plotted and planned on how to bring Christmas to route is thwarted. The plan is to then head south to But then a all in such dark and turbulent times. Mexico. Under the cloak of darkness on Christmas Christmas Top on the list was to enjoy some good dinners Eve, disguised as Central American migrants, around town to put some girth back on the ole Santa and his crew will slip through our porous miracle tummy. There were Santa sightings at Rosie’s, southern border. Santa’s elves are ready with happened while Tee-Jays, Wilton Creamery, The Grille, and other special gifts for those who have not voted to fund dining establishments around our city. Rudolph the great border wall that will single-handedly visiting our got into some trouble as he stumbled home one keep Americans safe at night nestled snug in their Island City. night from the Alibi, and elves were spotted beds. frolicking all over town. You can hear Santa scurrying around town as he The merriment began to pick up pace. Homes gathers his flock and readies for departure, calling throughout the neighborhoods are stringing up holiday lights. for Dancer, Prancer and Vixen. “Come along Comet, Cupid, Residents are coming together and enjoying holiday parties. Donner and Blitzen” he shouts. Rudolph’s very red nose, no doubt Our new Mayor is showing up around town wearing his holiday from hitting the happy hours up and down the Drive, lights the lights and hat while delivering words of good cheer. The recent way as he slumps in the rear of Santa’s sleigh as Donner takes the cold snap last week made it seem almost believable that we could lead as the designated Reindeer this evening, leading all safely dream of a white Christmas. As Santa and his helpers continue to back to the North Pole. spread their merriment and joy throughout the Island City, the As Santa’s sleigh reaches past the roof tops of our Island magic of Christmas is alive and in full swing. The fever has spread City and flies out of sight, you can hear him shout back to us, far and wide beyond our borders. We may still have Christmas “Merry Christmas Wilton Manors, where life is just jollier. Happy after all! Christmas to all, and to all a good night!” WMG

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An Inventory Carol By James Oaksun In this final installment of my 2018 Wilton Manors real estate review, I will share my impressions on the levels of inventory we are seeing in the market. In simplest terms, available inventory should be low when sales in the next few months are anticipated to be low, and high when there is anticipation of higher sales. Having a low inventory when headed into a slow selling time, for example, is not an indication of a tight market. (This is different than the “official” calculation method. But that doesn’t make the official method correct.)

The chart here looks at inventory across all three neighborhoods of the Island City. Read the chart like this: Let’s say a perfectly balanced market would have an inventory index of 100. If the index is above 100, that means there are more sellers than buyers, and the opposite if the index is below 100. Of course, real estate is not a “perfect” market like, say, the stock market. There’s always going to be variability here and there. I account for some of that in my calculation, but assume further that some “wobble” around that 100 level is normal. Certainly in 2012, as the market had begun to recover, inventories were dropping dramatically. By late 2013, inventory reached a low point and then generally started increasing as owners and investors could sell into a rising market. Inventories (relative to anticipated volume) peaked in early 2015 and have been wobbling around the 110 level ever since. In other words, WilMa inventories have been relatively balanced - perhaps at the upper end of the “balanced” range - for some time. Right now, market conditions favor neither

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buyers nor sellers. As I mentioned in my two previous columns, however, there are some storm clouds on the horizon. Just like they do in the winters up north, please monitor weather conditions keenly as we enter the New Year. In closing, a personal note. This is my last column of 2018. I am grateful to be able to share with you my research and observations, almost in real time. I hope they are making you a better informed consumer and prospective property buyer

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or seller. Maybe you’ve even noticed a witticism or pun here and there; facts and figures need not be dreary. My best wishes to you all for a splendid 2019, wherever your path should take you. WMG James Oaksun, Florida’s Real Estate Geek(SM), is Broker-Owner of New Realty Concepts in Oakland Park. In addition to having degrees from Dartmouth and Cornell, he is a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (GRI).

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City to Offer Assistance to Two First Time Home Buyers

Wilton Manors Strategic Plan

Roadmap to Our Future

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“A two/one condo averages about $140,000 and they are 650 square feet. They are pretty small and that is probably the most affordable,” Cunningham noted. “In general terms condos require about 20 percent down … and that is not really a first-time home buyer’s budget.” He noted that most of the people who are buying in Wilton Manors are not first-time homebuyers. “The people who buy homes here for the most part are the people who are coming from other areas like Chicago, New York, and Washington DC,” he said. City commissioner Gary Resnick, who was late for the Dec. 11 commission meeting and missed voting on the first-time homebuyers program, said he doesn’t believe it is a good use of taxpayer dollars. “I wanted to cap the amount of money that

The Priority of Sound Governance By Justin Flippen

anyone could get or the value of the home so it could help more people,” Resnick said. Commissioner Julie Carson said the Affordable Housing Trust Fund sat dormant for years and she is glad to see it going to good use. “Is it a good use of taxpayer dollars? I think it absolutely is because we are assisting people to purchase homes in Wilton Manors. That is why the fund was established,” Carson said. WMG

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As we prepare for and enter 2019, allow me to first and foremost wish you and yours a Happy New Year. In our city’s Strategic Plan, five priorities were set in the area of Sound Governance. Most of the goals in this priority area require continued diligence, because they are ongoing objectives that demand constant updating. The first of these is to operate in a fair and transparent manner. These days, transparency means providing access to information electronically. Did you know you can access the city commission agenda the Thursday before the meeting on our website, wiltonmanors.com? There is also a calendar on the main page that provides up-to-date details on upcoming classes, meetings, and programs. If you’d like a permitting form, a video of a previous commission meeting, or details about the Strategic Plan, all are available on our website. In 2019, I will push our city to seize upon a clear area of opportunity and make more of the city’s website from our applications, forms, reservations, surveys, and payments as technology based and user friendly as a government doing business in the 21st Century should be. Each year Wilton Manors works to enhance visitation and usage of our city website, and to this end we have seen a 5 percent increase in web traffic over the past year. We’ve made great strides in this area, and our staff has great plans for even more transparency. Social media engagement continues to grow with a 41 percent increase of followers across our platforms (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram), giving the city the ability to direct message stakeholders without relying on outside sources. Our city staff takes real pride in providing excellent services to our community. Park and library visits exceeded half a million annually and our Leisure Services Department coordinated, organized, and facilitated more than 40 diverse, multi-generational, community based special events. But again, online reservations of our meeting and park space need to be something we adapt and evolve towards. And did you know that if you are a senior, we may be able to provide transportation to the grocery store, library, or doctor’s visits? Last year we provided more than 750 trips of this sort. Wilton Manors is also in fine shape financially, meeting the goal of promoting and maintaining financial stability and integrity. In light of the continuing growth in Wilton Manors property values, and the city’s policy of budgetary restraint, the city commission reduced the millage rate for

the seventh year in a row. We received a rebate of more than $78,000 for utilizing purchase cards instead of traditional invoice billing, and a returned premium of almost $20,000 related to lower than expected insurance claims for workers compensation, liability, and property. Our unassigned fund balance (reserves for emergencies) increased to about 17 percent. Finally, the members of our Wilton Manors City Commission-appointed boards and committees are contributing their time and energy toward making our small town a better place to live. There are many examples for the hard work of these volunteers. As one such example, the Community Affairs Advisory Board (CAAB) conceived of, created, and printed a brochure called the Senior Resource Guide, which was distributed citywide and featured on our website and social media. The Island City has now been designated as an Age Friendly Community by both the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), and CAAB is conducting a survey to develop an action plan to make our city even more age friendly. Are you a senior? Take the survey! Go to wiltonmanors. com for more information. Sound governance is just one more reason why “life‘s just better here” in Wilton Manors. Next month, I’ll review the city’s efforts in Strategic Growth and Redevelopment. In your service,

Justin S. Flippen, J.D. Wilton Manors Mayor WMG

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Holiday Spectacular On december 10, the Holiday Spectacular in the Park was hosted by the Wilton Manors Business Association at Richardson Historic Park. The concert featured America’s Got Talent’s Yoli Mayor, The Bombshell’s Heather Lundstedt, and famous tenor Jonathan Hawkins along with Floridian musicians such as Jennifer McClain. Jennifer McClain lights up the stage.

Yoli and Bianka.

Steven, Travis and Joe Pallant.

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On the second saturday of each month - from november to march - the wilton manors city hall and hagen park transform into a community yard sale. Everyone from local artists to book lovers come together in search of new treasures to share or bring home. Brian.

Carlos and Kai.

Below: Nancy, Lorraine and Wanda with their Wind Tin Collection.

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No need to take your car for a night out on visitors,” said Mayor Justin Flippen. “Our hope the town. Uber and Lyft have become even is that the discounts will further encourage more affordable, thanks to new ride sharing people to rideshare to reduce traffic, parking discount codes provided by the City of Wilton congestion and carbon emissions.” The Lyft and Uber promo codes for Friday Manors. These codes are available to residents, and Saturday nights change each week. The visitors, and businesses who choose to use website (below) will be updated through the aforementioned ride services to travel September 2019 every week with the new to Wilton Drive on both Friday and Saturday codes. Promo codes for special events will also evenings. Intended to alleviate the never-ending be offered from time to time. Two upcoming search for parking spaces during peak hours, events include New Year’s Eve and the the cost for rides after the promotion codes Classical Concert at Hagen Park. On Monday, Dec. 31, the Lyft promo code is equate to the price of three hours and twenty NEWYEAR1231 and the Uber minutes of parking. promo code is enky87j. The Making things even more "Our hope is Concert on Wednesday, Jan. difficult for visitors to The Drive that the discounts 9 at 7 p.m. has a Lyft promo is the ongoing construction code of CLASSICAL0109 taking place. Although the ride will further and an Uber promo code share promotion is not entirely encourage people of eh5ysf2. The Wilton credited to the construction, it Drive Improvement District will certainly assist in easing to rideshare is sponsoring those two congested traffic. to reduce special event promo codes. More specifically, discounts traffic, parking To enter the discount code are $5 each and are available manually, open the Lyft app for the first 25 Lyft and first 25 congestion and on your phone. Next, select Uber riders who request to go carbon emissions." the menu, which is the three to any Wilton Drive destination - Justin Flippen lines in the upper left corner. between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Mayor of Wilton Manors Select “Promos” and then The codes will work from any type in the code. pickup destination and can be To manually enter the Uber promo codes, redeemed once per person per night. The idea of the promo codes was a combined open the Uber app on your phone. Next, effort of the City Commissioners, those on select the menu, which is accessed by clicking the City’s Wilton Drive Improvement District the three dots in the upper left corner. Choose Board, and the Economic Development Task “Payment,” scroll to the bottom and select “Add Promo Code.” Here, you can type in the Force. “The City of Wilton Manors proudly discount code. Note that it’s case sensitive, so embraces commuting options to increase all of the letters must be entered in lowercase. mobility choices for our residents and WMG

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Shabbat services, Films, Mindfulness Practice, ! Men’s & Women’s Clubs, Dinners, Lectures & more! There are many ways to have a spiritual lifeLet us show you how! 954-564-9232 www.etzchaimflorida.org Serving the LGBT Jewish Community since 1974

The Parish of Sts. Francis and Clare 2300 NW 9th Avenue - Powerline Road, Wilton Manors, FL 33311 Service at 10 PM - Mass followed by dessert, punch and coffee. United Church of Christ Fort Lauderdale 2501 NE 30th Street, Fort Lauderdale Service at 8:00pm, including a Chamber Orchestra and Candle Lighting

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 1750 East Oakland Park Boulevard Children’s Christmas Pageant - 4:30 p.m. Prelude Festival of Music - 7:00 p.m. AND 10:30 p.m. Choral Eucharist - Rite II - 7:30 p.m. AND 11 p.m. St Nicholas Episcopal Church 1111 E Sample Road, Pompano Beach 5:00 p.m. Christmas Lessons & Carols with Holy Communion. The 10:00 p.m. service will be a traditional Choral Eucharist. A spirited reception will follow both services (Eggnog & Blender Drinks) Sunshine Cathedral 1480 SW 9th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale We Need a Little Christmas! Services at 7pm and 9pm Both services with orchestra

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Christmas Reflections The Rev. Mark Andrew Jones, BSG Rector, St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, Pompano Beach

n Christmas we celebrate Jesus’ coming as Emmanuel (God-With-Us). The Prince of Peace, “is the image of the invisible God”; “in him all the fullness of God … dwell[s], and through him God … reconcile[s] to himself all things” (Colossians 1:15-20) – out of love, for love, and in love. This is Good News and Tidings of Great Joy! No matter who you are, or what you’ve done, or whom you love, God accepts you. By daily accepting into our hearts the coming of Jesus – the Light of Life that dispels all darkness – the miracle of Christmas can change the world.

Father Joe, OSF Parish of Sts Francis and Clare, Wilton Manors

he Word became flesh and dwells among us” - the promise made long ago, that in the fullness of time, God would keep the promise to send one like us as Emmanuel - God with us. We, as Franciscan friars, in word and action, make this promise known. As a parish community, our sisters and brothers are also ambassadors of the Word made flesh. We are an open and affirming parish where we appreciate and welcome diversity.

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here’s a lot of ugliness in the world. There’s fear, sadness, injustice, and conflict. That’s why we need holy days. Every religion offers days to celebrate possibilities and show gratitude for resilience, and in my faith tradition, Christmas is such a day. Christmas reminds us that there is joy to be found even in uncertain times. Christmas presents angels reminding us that peace is possible and goodwill is our inheritance. Christmas is needed when the world seems out of whack; it reminds us to dream of better days and to work to make those dreams come true. Christmas Eve Services at Sunshine Cathedral: 7 PM and 9 PM.

hile I was watching a Christmas tree twinkle, it occurred to me how each Christmas is something like a renaissance painting touched up and redone ever year, bringing with it memories both new and old. Isn’t it remarkable that for almost 2000 years Christians have been returning to Bethlehem in their hearts and minds to remember and recreate the hope of Christmas? Christmas is the beginning of the Christian story of how God became intimately involved in our lives. Because God loved us so dearly, God drew us closer in the Christ child, so that we can see God in every child, and God can know the child within us.

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The Rev. Dr. Deborah Geweke Christ Lutheran Church, Oakland Park

hat is the meaning of Christmas? It is an expectant time of the year. After weeks of waiting we gather to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. He comes to us as the Christ Child. And He is the one who continues to live among us and in each one of us. He is the Lord of our lives guiding us to reach out to one another in love and faith. We look forward to carrying true meaning of Christmas into and through the new year, and in all aspects of our life.” Christmas Blessings from Christ Lutheran Church..

Rev. Patrick Rogers, MDiv. United Church of Christ Ft. Lauderdale

he season of Christmas is a time to remind us to be more Christ like. May we choose to allow the light within each one of us to shine. We live in a torn and hurting world and the invitation of this holiday is for us to choose “love” as our lifestyle all year long. Last year, Rabbi Marc Labowitz and the congregation from his Temple brought the food to our church so we could feed those who were hungry and in need together. Before the meal we shared a joint worship service where we praised, sang, and prayed together and shared our love and passion for God. I have no doubt that the unity of our community pleases Jesus. We don’t judge, we love. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Seasons Greetings!

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Of Food, Festivals, and Family Dana Rudolph

y family of origin always has our Latkes were probably first made near the biggest gathering on Thanksgiving. Mediterranean from cheese, then from My spouse Helen, our son, and buckwheat or rye in Northern Europe, as I pretty much party from then until Yoni Applebaum explained in a piece at Helen’s birthday in early January, marking The Atlantic two years ago. Even once the Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s potato was adopted, chicken fat remained along the way. It’s both exhilarating and the frying medium of choice until the exhausting. early 20th century, when Jews in America Some of my favorite parts of the whole started to use newly invented Crisco season are the foods I cook for my family. vegetable shortening. The use of oil and As those who know me can attest, I am far the connection to Hanukkah happened from a domestic goddess, having long ago after that. rejected that traditional gender role, but All this seems to reflect the challenges of cooking is the one exception. a people trying both to retain its traditions For me, it’s a creative outlet. and to adapt to new surroundings. That’s My brother and his wife particularly appropriate usually host our family in relation to Hanukkah, Like our Thanksgiving meal, but since the original events I’m in charge of making involved a split in the family, we’re also the cranberry sauce. I do a Jewish people, with some traditional version of wholeurging assimilation with the making it berry sauce, but also always Greeks and others seeking up as we go make a fiery “cranbanero” independence. in which I steep several The tension of assimilation along, taking versus habanero peppers. Sweet, separation comes up, sour, and sometimes the models we of course, not only for Jews, incendiary—a blending but for any people within a of flavors like the holiday were given and majority population not their itself, which despite being adapting them own. How do we continue about gratitude, also has a honoring and remembering so they feel darker side. Its origins in our unique culture while also colonialism still haunt our to respect and work right for us. learning country and Native peoples with the practices of the wider today—something I try to society? remember as we tuck in to our turkey and The rise of Hanukkah, which is really a stuffing. minor Jewish holiday, to be viewed by many Hanukkah is next, and at some point as co-equal to Christmas in significance, is during the eight days I’ll whip up a batch a prime example of these forces at work. of latkes, a pancake made of shredded Such transformations make me hope that potatoes and fried in oil — essentially giant LGBT people, in these days of marriage tater tots. The connection with Hanukkah, equality and queer parents in the PTA, can we are told, is in the oil. When the second- still keep the rainbow flags flying on our century Jews reclaimed the Jewish Temple picket fences. in Jerusalem from the Greeks, the Talmud My spouse and I work to keep both my says, they only had enough oil to light Hanukkah and her Christmas traditions the lamp in the Temple for one day, but it alive. We celebrate each in its turn, but also miraculously lasted for eight. sometimes blend them. At least once during The fact is, though, that latkes as we the holiday season, we’ll have a family day know them are not as traditional as they of baking gingerbread cookies with our seem. Potatoes are a New World vegetable. eclectic collection of cookie cutters.

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Five-pointed Christmas tree stars sit next to six-pointed Stars of David; reindeer prance next to menorahs; many of our gingerbread people are gender creative. Our son always decorates his cookies with as many M&Ms and other candy pieces as they’ll hold, taking advantage of our holiday exception to junk food limits. For Christmas, we keep things simple, food-wise. Helen’s parents live across the country, so we don’t usually get together with them for the holiday. For many years, though, I’ve taken to starting a batch of cinnamon sticky buns on Christmas Eve so that I can pop them in the oven Christmas morning for us to eat while we open our presents. Sure, we might get sugary smears all over the gifts, but that’s a risk we’re willing to take. I use a recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks (“The King Arthur Flour Baker’s Companion”), boosted with raisins and orange zest. Any recipe worth making is

worth making one’s own—a lesson that just might apply to a lot of life. New Year’s Eve brings champagne for Helen and me; sparkling apple juice for our son. Then for Helen’s birthday, to wrap up the season, I’ll bake a cake from scratch, usually my go-to chocolate cake with one of several frosting possibilities (fudge, coffee, cream cheese, peanut butter, or peppermint, among others)—something tried and true topped with a little variety to keep it interesting. Maybe that’s the secret to our 25-year relationship as well. As we eat throughout the season, we savor how we’ve created our unique expression of traditions. Like our family, we’re making it up as we go along, taking the models we were given and adapting them so they feel right for us. All we know is that there’s a lot of love here as we gather together in the season of light. Happy holidays to you and your families, no matter how you celebrate.

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Make-ahead appetizers make cocktail parties a breeze

s the holidays draw near, there will be more and more opportunities to host, or attend cocktail parties. Whether you’re hosting the party yourself or bringing a treat for a party to which you’ve been invited, you want something that only takes minutes to put together so that you (or your host) don’t wind up slaving away in the kitchen while the rest of the guests are chatting happily on the patio. All of the following recipes can be prepped ahead of time and, when guests arrive, take only minutes to go from refrigerator to serving platter, all with a minimum of fuss. Pop out when Uncle Joe begins that “joke” he tells every year and be back in time for the punch-line, all while holding a tray of goodies that will provide everyone with a chance to change the subject.

Bacon-Jam Cream Cheese Spread

Seafood Salad in Endive

Serve this delicious spread with slices of baguette or plain crackers. My friends call this my “crack” dip. It’s that addictive.

Making the filling ahead actually improves the flavor of this dish, allowing the flavors to marry.

Ingredients 1 1/2 lbs. sliced bacon, cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces 2 medium yellow onions, diced small 3 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled 1/2 cup cider vinegar 1/2 cup packed dark-brown sugar 1/4 cup pure maple syrup 3/4 cup brewed coffee

Ingredients 4 oz. medium cooked shrimp, finely chopped 4 oz. cooked crab meat, chopped 4 oz. goat cheese, room temperature 2 Tbs. chopped chives, plus more for garnish 1 Tbs. fresh lemon juice Coarse salt and ground pepper 20 endive leaves (from about 3 heads)

Directions In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium-high, stirring occasionally, until the fat is rendered, and bacon is lightly browned, about 20 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet. Add onions and garlic, and cook until onions are translucent, about 6 minutes. Add vinegar, brown sugar, maple syrup, and coffee and bring to a boil, stirring and scraping up browned bits from skillet with a wooden spoon, about 2 minutes. Add bacon and stir into base to combine. Simmer until liquid is syrupy, 5-10 minutes. Transfer to a food processor; pulse until coarsely chopped. Let cool, then refrigerate in airtight container, up to 4 weeks.

Directions In a small bowl, combine shrimp, cheese, chives, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 1 day.

To Serve Heat jam in microwave until slightly warm. Spread cream cheese onto crostini, spoon on a bit of bacon jam and serve (or put out in two containers with a tray of bread and let guests assemble each bite themselves).

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To serve Place 1 tablespoon mixture on each endive leaf, and top with additional chives. May be done up to two hours in advance, cover with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Seafood Salad in Endive.

Bacon-Jam Cream Cheese Spread.

Apricot, Blue Cheese & Walnut Bites Ingredients 2 lbs. dried apricots (3 lbs. fresh) 8 oz. blue cheese 8 oz. cream cheese 4 Tbs. honey 8 oz. walnut halves If you want to get extra fancy you can use fresh apricots which have been halved and then broiled. Directions Allow cream cheese and blue cheese to come to room temperature. Add honey and blend together. Chill cream cheese until firm but spreadable (about 30 minutes) Toast walnuts in a dry skillet for about 2 minutes, allow to cool. Spread on dried apricot, top with walnut half. To Serve Place on platter and cover with plastic wrap. Can sit, unrefrigerated, for up to six hours.

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Ingredients 2 tubes buttermilk biscuits 1 lb. turkey breast cut in ½ inch thick slices (Lucky’s Market has an excellent fresh turkey breast in its deli department) 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup cranberry preserves or sauce 1/2 cup gravy (optional) Directions Bake and cool biscuits according to package directions. Split biscuit and spread one side with mayonnaise (you may substitute turkey gravy for mayonnaise if you prefer) and other with cranberry preserves. Place a slice of turkey on bottom half of biscuit. Top with top of biscuit. Cover and refrigerate overnight, or at least 6 hours.

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Cauliflower Fritters You’ll eat all your vegetables with this exotic favorite. Undercook the fritter slightly so it doesn’t dry out when reheated in the over. Ingredients 1/4 cup flour 3 large egg whites 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper 6 tablespoons Greek yogurt 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. ground cumin 1/4 tsp. ground coriander 1/4 tsp. pepper 1/4 tsp. allspice 2 packages cauliflower “rice” Salt to taste 1 1/2 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for frying Salmon caviar, for garnish Directions Thaw and thoroughly drain the frozen cauliflower. Spread the cauliflower on a paper towel–lined baking sheet to dry. In a small bowl, combine flour with the baking powder, cumin, coriander, pepper and allspice. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt at high speed until firm peaks form. Fold in the cauliflower and flour and spice mixture. Heat a large nonstick skillet. Very lightly oil the skillet. Drop tablespoons of the fritter batter into the skillet to form a small pancake. Cook over moderately high heat until browned on the bottom, about 2 minutes. Flip fritters and brown on the other side, about 1 minute.

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Repeat with the remaining batter, coating the skillet with oil as needed. When fritters are cooled, they can be stored in an air-tight container overnight. In a small bowl, blend the yogurt with the 1 1/2 teaspoons of olive oil. Season with salt. Cover and refrigerate about 5-10 minutes, or up to overnight.

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To serve Preheat the oven to 350°. Reheat the fritters in the oven on a foil covered baking sheet, about 2-4 minutes. Garnish each fritter with 1/2 teaspoon of yogurt sauce and some caviar. Transfer to a platter and serve.

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Give the gift of musical theater this holiday season. Tonight, Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” opens at the Arsht Center in Miami, courtesy of Broadway Across America. This timeless tale of joy and goodwill is filled with classic Irving Berlin songs and topped off with glorious dancing and lots of snow. Based on the classic movie musical, this show is guaranteed to please your special someone on Christmas night. Tickets start at $34 at ArshtCenter.org.w Photo Credit: Jeremy Daniel.

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Miami City Ballet transports audiences to a dazzling winter wonderland in the new production of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker this weekend at the Arsht Center in Miami. Step into the magical world of toy soldiers, magical characters and the enchanting “Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy,” set to the beloved music of Tchaikovsky and performed by a live orchestra. Tickets at MiamiCityBallet.org.

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hip-hop sensation “Hamilton” has every theater queen in South Florida turning handsprings. If you didn’t snag seats to see the show at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, there are still 40 tickets available to every performance for $10 each. Download the official “Hamilton” app or visit HamiltonMusical.com/Lottery at 11 a.m. each day to enter the digital lottery. Good luck!

If you’re not going to church tonight, then head to the cineplex to see the fabulous period drama, “Mary, Queen of Scots.” Even though we know this film doesn’t have a happy ending—at least for Queen Mary— we’re going for the fabulous costumes, rich cinematography and Oscarworthy performances by Saorise Ryan (“Ladybird”) and Margot Robbie (“I, Tanya”). Check local listings for theaters and show times.

The Adolph and Rose Levis Jewish Community Center, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd. in Boca Raton, presents “A Very Jewish Concert” with Aaron Kula and the Klezmer Co. Jazz Orchestra performing jazzed up Yiddish and Chassidic music, today at 3 p.m. in Zinman Hall. Guest artists for this special variety show include Miami vocalist Julie Jacobs and storyteller Caren Schnur Neile. Tickets start at $30 at LevisJCC.org.

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he film “Legally Blonde” was an instant hit in 2001, so it was no surprise Broadway producers jumped on the opportunity to take the comedy to the stage just six years later. New York Times critic Ben Brantley accurately sized up the show as “highenergy, empty-calories, and expensivelooking hymn to the glories of girlishness.” The show, which only managed a oneyear run on Broadway but followed with several successful international tours, was perfect for Fort Lauderdale’s plucky Slow Burn Theatre Co., which has staked its reputation on producing those quality shows that often came up short in critics’ reviews or at the box office. Becca Andrews makes her Slow Burn debut as the effervescent Elle Woods, the young socialite who follows her intended husband to Harvard Law School. Equally bubbly as her character, Andrews was immediately likeable, perfectly cast as the show’s can-do heroine. Also new to Slow Burn is Michael Focas as the graduate assistant Emmett Forrest, a handsome actor with a soaring baritone voice. But, it was Jeanine Gangloff Levy as hairdresser Paulette and Clay Cartland as the hunky UPS driver Kyle who nearly upstaged the leads. Levy may have looked and sounded like the “Long Island Medium” Theresa Caputo, but when she belted out her numbers, she commanded the Amaturo Theater stage. Cartland, a Carbonell winner and master of physical comedy, showed off his strapping physique in signature UPS brown shorts and milked every moment on stage, drawing catcalls from both women

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and men in the audience. And, then there were Butters, the confident long-haired chihuahua cast as Bruiser, and Mimi (“Rufus”), the reluctant English bulldog whose shyness elicited almost as much admiration from the audience as Cartland’s cocky walk across the stage. Rounding out the massive 25-member cast—a record for Slow Burn—were a number of familiar South Florida faces:

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Sahid Pabon, who offered a breakout performance in Island City Stage’s “The Radicalization of Rolfe;” gender-bending Jerel Brown, who doubles as dance captain and assistant choreographer, and a veteran of several Slow Burn and Wick Theatre productions; and Jonathan Eisele, the gay pool boy Nikos, who, with James Giordano, had the jury wondering if their couple were merely “European” in one of the show’s most dazzling ensemble numbers. Director and choreographer Patrick Fitzwater particularly makes the most of those fast-paced ensemble scenes. Unlike in other shows, his style of choreography is perfectly matched for the collegiate setting and pop-infused score of “Legally Blonde.” Music director Paul Tine equally makes the most of Laurence O’Keefe and Nell

Benjamin’s high-energy songs from the pit located below the stage. For this production, Fitzwater selected sets created by Music Theatre of Wichita. The handsome rolling pieces not only allowed for quick scene changes—and there were many—but gave the production the polished look and feel of a big Broadway show. Likewise, lighting designer Thomas Shorrock capably accentuated those scene changes and special effects with hundreds of carefully planned and executed lighting cues. Now, here’s the verdict: Slow Burn Theatre Co.’s entertaining and energetic production of “Legally Blonde” is a must see show of the holiday season. It’s no “Hamilton” and there isn’t a history lesson, but who says Harvard Law School is boring, either?

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*The Wiz

December 7 to 31 at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, 3800 NW 11th Place, Lauderhill. The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is a glorious musical retelling of Frank Baum’s “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” set in the context of AfricanAmerican culture. Tickets $48-$58. Visit LPACFL.com or call 954-7772055.

*Bette and Barry: From Bathhouse to Broadway

January 10 and 11 previews with public opening January 11 at Wilton Theater Factory Main-stage, 2304 Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors. Picture all those memorable songs like “Wind Beneath My Wings, “Copacabana” “The Rose” and “I Write The Songs” sung by Bette & Barry and backed by the legendary Harlettes. “It’s A Miracle” you say. “Could It Be Magic” you ask. Bring your “Friends” and find out! Tickets $38, visit islandcitystage.org

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December 7 to 31 at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, 3800 NW 11th Place, Lauderhill. The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is a glorious musical retelling of Frank Baum’s “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” set in the context of African-American culture. Tickets $48-$58. Visit LPACFL.com or call 954-7772055.

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Friday Night Sound Waves Music Series

Fridays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Hub, Las Olas Boulevard and A1A in Fort Lauderdale. Enjoy live, outdoor music spanning genres and tributes every Friday evening through November. Free. Visit FridayNightSoundWaves.com

Michael Marino shown performing on Oct. 14 at the Free Friday Concert Series with his band's Relics/Hendrix Tribute. Every week features someone new! Photo via the Free Friday Concert Series, Facebook.

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Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. Enjoy live music from the comfort of your picnic blanket or lawn chair every week, for free! Returns in October. Call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayArts.org.

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miami-dade county *A Christmas Carol

December 3-23 at The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. A fabulous musical ad-aptation written especially for family audiences, this Miracle Theatre favorite promises to warm hearts as it reveals the true meaning of the holidays. Ticket prices vary, visit actorsplay-house.org.

Superior Donuts

January 3 to January 20 at Main Street Plyers, 6766 Main Street, Miami Lakes. Arthur Przybyszewski owns a decrepit donut shop in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Franco Wicks, a black teenager who is his only employee, wants to change the shop for the better. This comedy-drama explores the challenges of embracing the past and the redemptive power of friendship. Tickets $25 to $30. Visit mainstreetplayers.com.

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Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. at Just the Funny Theater, 3119 Coral Way in Miami. A collection of comedy mixing the likes of improvisation and sketches. Tickets $12. Call 305-693-8669 or visit JustThe-Funny.com.

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Kwanzaa Celebration

Saturday, December 29 at 7 p.m. at the Stonewall National Museum, 2157 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors. Hosted by Brother Saalik Cuevas with drumming by Kiowa. Learn, celebrate and participate as we light candles and honor the Nguzo Saba, which are the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa followed by a taste of the tradition with foods served in the Karamu feast. Free to attend.

Zoo Lights Miami

November 23 to December 29 at 7 p.m. the Miami Zoo, 12400 SW 152 St, Miami. Zoo Miami will open at night for a special holiday event with one million bright, animal shaped lights and dazzling tree lights. Tickets $15 to $37. Visit ZooMiami.org.

*Under a Big Top

Saturday, January 5 at 8 p.m. at the Sunshine Cathedral, 1480 9th Ave, Fort Lauder-dale. Drag superstar and erstwhile “carny” Varla Jean Merman is coming back to town with three rings stuffed with fun...and all she needs is a big top! This circus-themed show is filled with jaw-dropping videos, awe-inspiring songs, and death-defying wigs, and celebrates Varla’s 20 years as “The Freakiest Show on Earth.” Tickets $30, visit OutlandishFL.com.

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Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Arts and Crafts Social Club in Fort Lauderdale. Enjoy a two-for-one ‘freestyle’ painting session with hands on assistance as needed. Tickets $20. Visit artsandcraftssocialclub. com

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

SunServe Youth Group

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

Survivor Support

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

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Saturday, January 5 at 8 p.m. at the Sunshine Cathedral, 1480 9th Ave, Fort Lauder-dale. Drag superstar and erstwhile “carny” Varla Jean Merman is coming back to town with three rings stuffed with fun...and all she needs is a big top! This circus-themed show is filled with jaw-dropping videos, aweinspiring songs, and death-defying wigs, and celebrates Varla’s 20 years as “The Freakiest Show on Earth.” Tickets $30, visit OutlandishFL.com.

*Our Fund LGBT Philanthropy Awards

Saturday, February 9 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Tower Club, 100 SE 3rd Ave 28th floor, Fort Lauderdale. Join us for a special evening as Our Fund Foundation hosts its inaugural South Florida Philanthropy Awards to celebrate individuals and families whose gen-erosity of time, talent and resources

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Kwanzaa Celebration

Saturday, December 29 at 7 p.m. at the Stonewall National Museum, 2157 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors. Hosted by Brother Saalik Cuevas with drumming by Kiowa. Learn, cele-brate and participate as we light candles and honor the Nguzo Saba, which are the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa followed by a taste of the tradition with foods served in the Karamu feast. Free to attend.

Coloured Art Exhibit

December 14 to February 8 at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center, 50 W. Atlantic Boulevard, Pompano Beach. The exhibition Coloured designates a culturally-specific space for checking out how color is set down on canvas, paper and wood to convey di-verse renditions of contemporary

Arts and Crafts Wednesday Happy Hour

Lunch With Art

Every Wednesday from 12:15 to 1:15 pm at 41 NE st 33060, Pompano Beach. Indulge your creative side in this free hands-on program. Bring your own lunch or grab a bite to eat at the in-house cafe.

L.I.F.E. Project

Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. Get the tools you need to treat your HIV positive diagnosis and live a full, productive life. Free. Call 954-463-9005 or visit PrideCenterFlorida.org.

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the streets of Downtown Lake Worth to West Village. There will be live music, gallery openings, lectures and more. For more info, visit focusLW.com

Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Sculpture

September 29 to March 31 at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. Organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the thirty works by sixteen artists comprise the first-ever compre-hensive exhibition of contemporary Japanese lacquer sculpture. They have all been drawn from the Clark Collections at Mia, the only collection in the world to feature this extraordinary new form. Tickets $9 to $15. Visit morikami.org.

Family Nights with Food Truck Invasion

Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Sunset Cove Amphi-theater, 8802 Boynton Beach Blvd, Boynton Beach. The event features rotating entertainment activities and a large collection of Food Trucks on site! Admission is free.

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*Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival

Dinner & Dancing in Downtown

Conversation with Artist Bruce Helander

Zoo Lights Miami

January 20 to February 12 at AMC CityPlace 20. 29th annual The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival will present movies from around the world, opening with PAPA, a heart-warming movie about an adopted son searching for his biological parents. Ticket prices vary, visit PBJFF.org or call 877-318-0071.

Monday, January 7 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Colony Hotel Coral Ballroom, 155 Hammon Avenue in Palm Beach. An arts critic and writer, curator and creative talent, Bruce Helander has been hailed as “the most recognized and successful collage artist in the country.” Tickets $75 to $85. Complementary beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Visit palmbeachculture.com.

Coffee Clatch at Compass

First Monday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon at Compass, 201 N. Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth. A social group focusing on the mature LGBT+ community in Palm Beach County, providing a relaxed environment for meeting friends, discussing interesting topics, and engaging in commu-nity projects. Free to attend, email joekolb@compassglcc.com fir details.

Focus Celebration

November 25 - December 1 in downtown Lake Worth. Experience a week of multidisciplinary art displayed throughout

December 31 from 7:30 p.m. to midnight at the Miami Theater Center, 9806 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Shores. Bring in the new year with some bubbly and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a five course meal and wine pair-ing. When the night nears midnight, get ready for dancing, music, the ball drop and more! Tickets $175. Visit mtcmiami.org. November 23 to December 29 at 7 p.m. the Miami Zoo, 12400 SW 152 St, Miami. Zoo Miami will open at night for a special holiday event with one million bright, animal shaped lights and dazzling tree lights. Tickets $15 to $37. Visit ZooMiami.org.

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. Tickets $45 to $75. Free. Visit ArshtCenter.org/en/Visit/Dining.

key west Jazz in the Gardens

Sundays 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Gardens Hotel, 526 Angela St. in Key West. Wind down from the crazy weekend with a few hours of soothing jazz. Call 305-294-2661.

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