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Jesse Tyler Ferguson Ties the Knot

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The couple asked guests to donate to gay rights groups as a wedding gift Jesse Tyler Ferguson, star of ABC’s hit comedy “Modern Family,” has married his partner of two years in New York City.

The ceremony took place on July 20. The Emmy-nominated actor married 27-year-old lawyer Justin Mikita, with whom he had been engaged since last year.

According to People Magazine, celebrities including

Rebecca Romijn, Zachary Quinto, Isaac Mizrahi, Arnold Germer, Nigel Barker, Cat Deeley, Mary Murphy, Tyce Diorio, and Padma Lakshmi, among others, attended the wedding. Ferguson’s co-stars Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell and Eric Stonestreet were also present.

The couple, who live in California, decided to get married

in New York City because “that’s where it was legal, he said on “The View” following the Supreme Court ruling on California’s Proposition 8 in late June.

“Weddings are expensive, y’all, and we wanted to give that money to a state that accepted us as an equal,” the 37-year-old said. “We’re too far down the planning path to change.”

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But on July 24, the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs approved a voice vote to change the definition of a spouse in the army, the Washington Blade reported.

The bill is part of a package of legislations known as the Charlie Morgan Act, meant to give gay service members and veterans the same rights as

their straight counterparts.

The package is named after Charlie Morgan, a lesbian guardsman who battled cancer, while also battling the legal system seeking veteran’s benefits for her spouse. Morgan died in February, just months before the Supreme Court struck down DOMA. The full Senate is yet to vote on the bill.

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gathered at a local community center where the filmmakers were conducting a seminar, arresting group chairman Kris van der Veen, as well as a camerawoman, a sound technician and a female student.

Police was then able to detain the tourists based on interview footage of a 17-year-old the filmmakers had gathered; the teen had allegedly told the tourists that he was an adult.

Under the country’s “homosexual propaganda” law, anyone giving minors information regarding homosexuality can be put in jail. Foreigners can be detained for up to 14 days.

Last month, the Olympic committee promised athletes competing in next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi won’t be affected by the law.

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The Dutch filmmakers allegedly violated the country’s ‘homosexual propaganda’ law

Even foreigners are not safe from Russia’s anti-gay laws: four Dutch tourists filming a documentary were arrested for allegedly promoting homosexuality to children.

According to the Huffington Post, the tourists arrived in midJuly to the city of Murmansk to make a film about the gay community living there. On July 21, police raided an LGBT group

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Veterans and service members stil do not enjoy same rights as straight couples

A portion of the Defense of Marriage Act may have been deemed unconstitutional, but gay veterans, current service members and their spouses are yet to be treated as straight couples.

Title 38, a portion of the U.S. code governing veterans’ benefits, defines marriage as an opposite-sex union independently of DOMA.

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IKEA Donates Furniture to Central Florida LGBT Center The Swedish furniture maker installed $10,000 worth of products at an Orlando center.

Philadelphia Trans Woman Stabbed to Death, Suspect Arrested Police arrested and charged 43-year-old Charles Sergeant with the murder.

Opponents Attack Montenegro’s First Gay Pride Hundreds of people shouting “kill the gays” attacked activists and clashed with police.

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news international Bradley Manning Acquitted of Aiding the Enemy Associated Press U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning has been acquitted of aiding the enemy for giving classified secrets to WikiLeaks.

The military judge hearing the case, Army Col. Denise Lind, announced the verdict Tuesday.

The charge was the most serious of 21 counts. It carried a possible life sentence without parole.

Manning [who’s gay] was convicted of five espionage counts, five theft charges, a computer fraud charge and other military infractions.

Manning’s sentencing hearing is set to begin Wednesday. The 25-year-old Crescent, Okla., native acknowledged giving the anti-secrecy website hundreds of thousands of battlefield reports, diplomatic cables and videos in early 2010.

Manning said he didn’t believe the information would harm troops in Afghanistan and Iraq or threaten national security.

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+Sacha Baron Cohen Drops Freddie Mercury Biopic For - better or worse, Sacha Baron Cohen won’t be playing iconic gay singer Freddie Mercury in a film about the late Queen’s lead singer’s life.

According to Deadline.com, after three years into the project, the “Borat” star decided to drop the film due to creative differences -- Cohen wanted the film to be a gritties, R-rated look at Mercury’s life and death, while the

remaining band members were hoping for a PG feature.

The news comes as a surprise given the latest update on the film by Queen guitarist Brian may seemed positive: “Our main agenda was the Freddie film … which, I’m happy to tell you, is on course. Much of our discussion was about contractual things … it’s pretty complex …. and determining

who is responsible for what,” wrote the musician on his website last October.

“The pieces are all falling into place, though we are now on a slightly later schedule - filming is now scheduled to start in the Spring, with Sacha Baron Cohen playing Freddie. The film should be ready for release early in 2014.”

Deadline.com reported in March that Tom Hooper was considering the Mercury

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Proposition 8 backers in California just won’t give up. For the second time in July, the state’s Supreme Court rejected a request to put gay marriage on hold.

This time, the petition, filed July 19, came from Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., a Republican county clerk in San Diego, who asked the high court it to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples because marriage equality was causing him to “suffer irreparable injury and damage,” the Los Angeles Times reports.

Dronenburg argued that the California Supreme Court should order gay marriage to be placed on hold while it considered another petition from Proposition 8 backers, which claimed that that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on June 26 should only apply to the two counties where the four plaintiffs reside --Los Angeles and Alameda.

The previous petition rejected in July came from Prop 8. backers.

Attorney General Kamala Harris had predicted the state Supreme Court’s rejection of Dronenburg’s petition shortly after it was filed.

“The filing offers no new arguments that could deny same-sex couples their constitutionally protected civil rights,” she said in a statement issued the same day as Dronenburg’s petition.

“The federal injunction is still in effect, and it requires all 58 counties to perform same-sex marriages. No exceptions.”

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biography as his next project. Hooper had worked with Cohen on “Les Miserables.”

“Sacha, you know, he’s got to be one of the best comedians on the planet,” Hooper told Huffington Post about Cohen, who played Thénardier in Les Mis. He’s also proven that he’s got tremendous acting ability. There are moments in ‘Bruno’ that have incredible humanity. He was my first choice.

Turing’s Posthumous +Alan ‘Indecency’ Pardon

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Colonoscopy Patients Exposed to HIV in KS

Over 200 patients at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas, may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. As the Chanute Tribune reports, 240 patients who had received colonoscopies in the last seven months got letters in the mail from the medical facility saying they may have contracted the deadly viruses.

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water channel within three of six endoscopes used was found to be unsanitary. The water channel needs to be sterilized with each patient, and failure to disinfect the machines means patients were exposed to the viruses.

“Infection control specialists consider the risk of any infection transmission in these cases extremely low,” Franks told the Chanute Tribune. “But because we cannot say the risk is zero, we are acting with an abundance of caution and recommend the notified patients receive a blood test.”

He added that patients will received free screenings to see if they are infected, and

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The mathematician, who helped to crack Nazi Germany’s secret codes and thus had a major impact for the Allies during World War II, may receive a posthumous pardon for his homosexuality conviction.

The Guardian reports that British politicians will introduce a bill to pardon Alan Turing, who committed suicide in 1954 following his “gross indecency” conviction for having a same-sex relationship.

“Alan Turing himself believed that homosexual activity would be made legal by a royal commission,” Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon is quoted by the Guardian as saying.

“In fact, appropriately, it was parliament which decriminalized the activity for which he was convicted. The government is very aware of the calls to pardon Turing, given his outstanding achievements, and have great sympathy with this objective.”

Often referred to as the “father of computer science,” Turing invented a machine that could decipher encrypted messages from the Nazi army. The 41-year-old killed himself by eating an apple laced with cyanide, after having been forcibly treated with female hormones to render him asexual, according to the BBC. The bill could make its way to the lower House of Commons by October.

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Protesters Try to Disrupt Gay Pride in Lithuania Associated Press

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A group of protesters tried to disrupt Lithuania’s second gay Pride parade ever on July 27, defying an enormous police presence by throwing eggs at marchers and attempting to storm a stage.

Several hundred gay rights activists took to the grand main street of Vilnius to show their pride, waving Lithuanian and rainbowcolored flags, with some standing on top of buses decked out in colorful balloons.

They were met by hundreds of unruly protesters, 28 of whom were detained, police said. Among them was Petras Grazulis, an anti-gay lawmaker who rallied protesters with a bullhorn. He was thrown face-down on the ground and carried off in handcuffs by police, though the lawmaker soon reappeared at the protest after being released from police custody.

About 50 protesters tried to storm a concert stage where activists were to speak, but police forced them off. Protesters also threw eggs, hitting Lithuanian lawmaker Giedre Purvaneckiene and Sweden’s European Union Affairs Minister Birgitta Ohlsson, who were standing at the front of the parade along with other dignitaries.

“It shows that we need to march until eggs aren’t thrown anymore and people can march freely and without fear,” said Purvaneckiene, who was not injured.

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The parade, dubbed “the March for Equality,” is only the second such event for Lithuania, a predominantly Catholic nation of 3 million people that activists say has not done enough to ensure gay, lesbian, and transgender rights.

Large segments of the population in Lithuania, along with other areas of the former Soviet Union, are opposed to the idea of equal rights for gay people.

In Russia, an unsanctioned gay rights rally in May resulted in clashes, with police detaining some 30 people, while Ukraine held its first-ever gay pride march amid a large police contingent needed to protect the small group of activists.

Many feel the unrest in Lithuania, which is currently heading the EU’s rotating presidency, is particularly troubling since the Baltic state, along with neighbors Latvia and Estonia, continues to discriminate against gays and lesbians despite having undergone intense political and economic integration with Western Europe over the past two decades.

Authorities in Vilnius initially refused to allocate the busy downtown avenue to the activists but were overruled by a local court.

Police said one officer was injured in the day’s event.

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Arin Andrews and Katie Hill look like your typical teenage couple from Tulsa, Okla. – but there is something incredibly unique about them; they are both transgender people and went through their transition process while dating.

For the first 15 years of her life, Hill, born Luke, lived as a male, the British newspaper the Daily Mail reported in 2012. Her boyfriend, Andrews, 17, was born as a female named Emerald, who was a ballerina and excelled in beauty contests. Both teens struggled with their sexuality while growing up, however, and were often bullied.

Nevertheless, they underwent hormone therapy and later met in a transgender support group and fell in love.

“All I saw was a handsome guy. We’re perfect for each other because we both had the same troubles growing up,” Hill told the publication a year ago. “We’re both size five, so we even swap our old clothes our mum’s bought us but we hated. We look so convincing as a boy and a girl, nobody even notices now. We secretly feel so good about it because it’s the way we’ve always wanted to be seen.”

Andrews, a high school student, received testosterone shots, which gave him a masculine shape while Hill, 19, had completed her estrogen shots.

“I hated my breasts, I always felt like they didn’t belong. Now I finally feel comfortable in my own body,” Andrews told the U.K. tabloid paper the Sun on Monday. “Now when I’m out in a public pool or lifting weights, no one raises an eyebrow.”

Hill added that she understands her

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boyfriend “better than anyone else” because she is also transgender.

“Even from age three, I knew deep down I wanted to be a girl,” Hill told the Daily Mail.

“All I wanted was to play with dolls. I hated my boy body and never felt right in it.”

Andrews echoed his girlfriend’s sentiments and says he knew he was a boy inside since the first day of school when he was five years old.

“The teachers separated the girls and boys into separate lines for a game,” he said. ’I didn’t understand why they asked me to stand with the girls. Girly things didn’t interest me, but I was worried what people would think if I said I wanted to be a boy, so I kept it secret.”

Though the couple’s parents support the teens and their transition, they were still the victims of bullying and were depressed. In a 2012 interview with “Inside Edition,” Hill said she was “Abused. Ridiculed. Ashamed and embarrassed.”

“My parents were scared stiff and put me through 15 therapists to try and cure my depression,” she told the Daily Mail. “None helped because nobody suggested I was trans, and I didn’t know what it was.”

As the Sun reports, its been over a year since the couple started their transition process.

“I can wear a tank top, which I couldn’t before, and I can go swimming shirtless. I can just be a regular guy,” Andrew said. “And I’m so lucky to have my family and Katie to rely on.”

For Hill, Andrews is “just my Arin. He’s always looked manly to me. But now that he’s had the surgery he’s much more confident and comfortable with himself.”

news national Persecuted Gay Immigrant to Stay in US Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Federal judges have permitted a gay Filipino immigrant to stay in the U.S. despite deportation orders because he has suffered persecution for his sexual orientation in his native land.

In a decision issued on July 24, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco says 37-year-old Dennis Vitug was harassed and threatened by police in his native Philippines for being a homosexual.

He moved to the U.S. in 1999 and overstayed

a tourist visa while working in the Los Angeles area and studying fashion design.

Vitug became addicted to methamphetamine and was convicted of possession several times.

An immigration appeals panel had ordered him removed from the country over the drug convictions.

The court said Wednesday that Vitug was persecuted in the Philippines and ordered officials to withhold his removal.

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The officiant of a Satanic Temple is being hit with a misdemeanor charge after performing a ritual in which gay couples kissed at the gravestone of the mother of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps Jr. Meridian Police Capt. Dean Harper told Huffington Post on July 24 that the man, who goes by the name Lucien Greaves and is part of New York’s Satanic Temple, would be arrested if he returned to Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

The charge, however, carries no jail time, and Harper estimated that the associated fine would be “less than $500.”

Greaves presided over two so-called “pink masses” at the grave of Catherine Johnston, and was also photographed putting his genitals on the headstone. The group claimed that the ritual had made Johnston’s soul gay in the afterlife, and encouraged others to perform it as well.

The member of the Satanic Temple told

HuffPost via email that they did not desecrate the grave, since he and the members participating in the ritual “left the cemetery exactly as we found it” and committed no “material damage or vandalism.”

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Dozen Men Arrested in LA Under Invalidated Sodomy Law Associated Press An East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office task force arrested at least 12 men since 2011 under a sodomy law invalidated a decade ago the U.S. Supreme Court, a newspaper reported Sunday.

The most recent arrest was July 18 when a man discussed or agreed to have sex with a male undercover agent, The Advocate (bit.ly/13mSpdc) reported. The task force was trying to deter sexual activities at the parish’s public parks.

Although sex in public and sex solicitation for money are illegal in Louisiana, neither was part of these 12 cases, and most of the men were arrested after agreeing to have sex away from the park at a private residence, District Attorney Hillar Moore III told the newspaper.

“The sheriff’s office’s intentions are all good,” Moore said. “But from what I’ve seen of these cases, legally, we found no criminal violation.”

The Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that a Texas law against oral or anal sex was invalid.

Louisiana was among nine states with such

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laws. Richard Leyoub, then attorney general, said the high court’s ruling made Louisiana’s law unenforceable.

The sheriff’s office sent a statement Sunday to the newspaper saying it “should have taken a different approach” to worries about park safety, the newspaper reported (bit.ly/14pLnEv).

“We will consult with others in the legislative and judicial branches to see what can be done to remove this law from the criminal code that each deputy receives and to also find alternative ways to deter sexual and lewd activity from our parks,” it said.

Metro Councilman John Delgado said Sheriff Sid Gautreaux owed an apology to the men arrested and the entire parish.

Delgado said he will file public records requests to determine when the district attorney’s office told the sheriff’s office that the men targeted had committed no crime.

“You cannot simply hide behind not knowing that the law had been changed by

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the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2003,” Delgado said in email to the sheriff’s office.

“The sheriff’s actions are a violation of the civil rights of these men under the 5th and

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In an equal rights fight going back ten years, victory can be claimed once and for all by Florida Atlantic University’s LGBT employees.

This year is the first time that FAU’s LGBT employees can be reimbursed for their domestic partner’s health insurance, if they receive insurance through the university.

It started back in March 2003, when FAU’s United Faculty Senate, a voting body of more than sixty professors, passed a motion seeking domestic partner benefits. It was not until the university’s thirteen highestranking officials, the Board of Trustees, and the faculty union chapter on campus, the United Faculty of Florida signed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in June, that benefits were extended.

“These things unfortunately take time, fortunately the Union was persistent and this is what they got,” Palm Beach County Human Rights Council President Rand Hoch said. As a human rights advocate, Hoch has spent the last 25 years lobbying local and state politicians for LGBT equality.

Openly gay faculty members, like Communications professor Fred Fejes, who teaches a class on sexuality and the media, agree with Hoch.

“Obviously… this is a long time coming,” Fejes said, adding later “FAU is really behind the curve compared to other Florida universities.”

Flordia State University and the

University of West Florida, founded in 1851 and 1963 respectively, still do not extend health insurance benefits to domestic partners, according to GayWebSource.

Meanwhile, the newest public university in the state, Florida Polytechnic University, split from one of University of South Florida’s campuses last year and have already added these benefits.

Under the new three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement, FAU’s LGBT employees can use the sick leave benefits similar to what married employees use, and it allows those employees with domestic partners to use a stipend, since the university cannot offer them insurance directly.

This translates to FAU employees being able to take up to six months of sick leave to care for their domestic partners or their partner’s children. The new sick leave policy and the rest of the domestic partner health insurance program will be in place by mid-August, according to the PBCHRC’s press release.

“Domestic partner benefits were long overdue at FAU,” UFF-FAU President Chris Robé told GayWebSource. “Offering domestic partnership benefits is a necessity for any public institution that aspires towards the ideals of equality, access, and fairness.”

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Ex-Dir of Stonewall Claims Sexual Harassment Christiana Lilly

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Bryan Knicely, the former president of the Stonewall National Museum & Archives, told South Florida Gay News that he left his post because of repeated sexual harassment and a constant disrespect for the precious items housed at the museum.

“It should have been my ideal job ever just because it’s my skill set together with an organization that I believed it,” Knicely said. ““The public here should know that they’re not taking care of our assets properly or presenting the organization in a way that

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really helps build upon its cultural ability to become the number one LGBT organization that archives history and artifacts.”

Knicely said he was told to “hire cute young boys” and was sent applicants for jobs that weren’t available. During opening events, he was groped and another time someone licked his bicep. Knicely also said he was repeatedly referred to as “handsome” or “sexy” than by his first name.

“I brought it to the board chair’s attention at one point along with another board

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member and they decided to do nothing,” he said. “I don’t think my coworkers were surprised because they feel the same way about a few things.”

Knicely started as a consultant for the Stonewall National Museum and Archives and officially joined in April 2011. During his time, he helped bring the museum to the national and international arena, participating in conferences and even working with the Smithsonian to create a partnership.

When word spread of his resignation in November 2011, it seemed there were only good things to say about his tenure.

“Bryan has done a fantastic job for us, and accomplished tremendous things for the gay community and for gay history.

We are very sorry to have him go,” Thomas Tabor, museum board chair, told South Florida Gay News in December. joining the Coral Springs Museum of Art as its new executive director.

His proposal to stay on as a consultant Brian Knicely through January to help in the Photo courtesy of Brian Knicely transition was approved, as multiple projects were incomplete.

Knicely’s resignation letter is in fact dated In May, Stonewall interviewed 144 people the day before the event, however, he gave to replace Knicely and chose David Jobin two weeks notice as well as offered to stay on to become the new executive director. He as a consultant to help with the transition. was the executive director of the Gay Men’s He claims he was uninvited to the event.

Chorus in Washington, D.C. He also provided multiple emails Knicely reached out to SFGN this summer, indicating that the sexual harassment issues claiming that his reasons were leaving were were discussed. based on ongoing sexual harassment and Tabor also said that Knicely “did not “wanting to run the organization more like a perform a satisfactory job on the remaining nightclub than an archive or museum.” assignments for Stonewall. Nonetheless, “Work should be as fun as it can be due to an administrative error, Mr. Knicely but you have to keep in mind it’s a work was paid by our automatic payroll provider environment,” he said. through January 25, 2013 with full benefits.”

On top of everything else, Knicely also Knicely says he continues to believe in the said that the museum owes him about potential that Stonewall has as a historical $5,000 in consulting fees. institution, housing items such as protest SFGN reached out to Tabor in response to banners, historical books, memorabilia, and the accusations made by Knicely. even the gavel used to end Don’t Ask Don’t “He did not report any harassment Tell. He isn’t going to go after the museum problem to the volunteer Board of Directors for the money and wants to move on. or to authorities during his employment or “It’s not too much whether I’m there since he resigned nine months ago. Further or not. It’s whether they realize that the Mr. Knicely had two independent exit artifacts they’re creating are the artifacts interviews where no complaint was raised. for the LGBT community, which need to Had Mr. Knicely reported anything improper be preserved and presented in a way that to the Board it would have been attended to the museum would care for them. They’re immediately,” Tabor wrote in an email. not little tchotchkes you just pull out and He also noted that Knicely resigned pass around and do show and tell,” he the day before the museum’s largest said. “There are museum quality things fundraising, including hosting there that need to be preserved and their Congressman Barney Frank. stories told.”

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opinion publisher’s editorial Norm Kent

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A Time to Care It is the middle of the summer, and the Facebook pages of your friends are sprinkled with pictures of Alaskan cruises and hiking trips in Maine.

Here in Florida, our days are filled with heat in the morning and tropical storms in the afternoon. Business has slowed down, but thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, we are going to gay weddings in states like California and Connecticut.

But the gay world is not in such a good state. This weekend, as some of your friends go to celebrate a weeklong gay pride in Amsterdam or Stockholm, young gay teens in Russia are being ostracized and tortured by emerging neo Nazi groups.

Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has become an international czar of homophobia, enacting laws that ban individuals from holding LGBT rallies, or even writing articles supportive of our community. This is the country where the

International Olympic Games are supposed to be held in October.

This past week, as gays in Lithuania tried to gather for a gay pride event, they were ‘greeted’ by protestors who tried to beat them up. The hatred that Putin advocates inevitably spreads, encouraging the crazies to come out of the closet.

Africa remains a terribly dark continent for gay human rights. In Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe has just called for gay men to be ‘beheaded.’ In Ethiopia, the death penalty for homosexual conduct is on the horizon. In Uganda, gay rights activists have been tortured and killed. In New York, gay men are looking to buy wedding cakes.

Here is the heads up. We are not there yet. There are still Pat Robertsons in the United States saying gays cause hurricanes; still churches complaining our behavior is a social evil. This week, the simple words of a quiet pope gave us some inspiration.

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Of gay priests, he said, “who am I to judge?”

You have to hope that will send a message to millions of his followers that it is ‘nonjudgment day.’ You have to hope the LGBT community will no longer be summarily excluded as deviant. Victories come in small steps, with politicians recognizing their past mistakes or Popes coming to grips with present truths.

Indeed, life would be so much easier if all of us measured the other not by the color of our skin, or the partners we slept with, but rather by the content of our character. That was the dream of Martin Luther King, shared with this nation a half century ago at the Washington Monument. It is always a good time to care about civil rights, and never a good time to be apathetic about them.

The LGBT community should be composed of individuals who become the strongest advocates for the rights of international equality. This does not mean we should necessarily stop selling brands of Russian vodka, but it does mean we can band together to protest the treatment of our gay comrades in Russia.

There was a gay soldier named Leonard Matlovich who once made the cover of Time Magazine, fighting the exclusion of gays from the American military. His tombstone reads “they gave me a medal for killing two men, but threw me out of the armed forces

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for loving one.” To make a difference, you have to stand naked against the cannon, whether it is protesting invasions of your privacy by the National Security Agency or challenging cover-ups by crooked local pride organization leaders.

Two weeks ago, a page 3 piece in SFGN noted that the new Acting Secretary of the Air Force was a gay man. We got here from there because soldiers like Leonard Matlovich stood up when it was easier to remain silent. We got to a Florida where gays can adopt because two men went to court, bucked the tide, and fought for a just ruling, striking down a discriminatory law.

We recognize that poolside barbecues in the summer months are an important vacation respite, and you have to do things that are good for yourself.

We also encourage you to do good things for others not able to be with you at those pool parties, because they are being drowned in a sea of continuing injustice. There are still HIV patients needing your bike ride; still teenagers being bullied; homeless gay youths with no place to turn. They need your help.

Don’t let the blinding light of South Florida’s sun blind you to the LGBT inequities here at home and still pervading other gay communities across the globe. Every day is a good day for civil rights.

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Should We Judge Pope Francis?

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Pope Francis was reported to have said, “Who am I to judge?” when asked about the rumored Vatican “gay lobby” during an in-flight press conference on his home from Brazil. A frenzy of parsing, speculation and optimistic chatter ensued involving everyone except the 200 cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church who remain dumbfounded and scrambling to spin the pope’s startling words in a way that does not negate the hard line anti-gay stance of his predecessor Benedict XVI. What did Pope Francis really mean to say?

And should the worldwide LGBT community dare to suspect that the Roman Catholic Church under his leadership will stop its condemnation of gay sex? It is essential to review what Francis did not say. He did not trot out the frustrating and idiotic nonsense about how God loves gay people but hates gay sex. Either he has been told that that line is insulting or perhaps he himself recognizes its absurdity. We do not yet know for sure.

Because he was responding specifically to a question about the supposed “gay

lobby” at work in the Vatican, his remarks should not be considered a redefinition of sexual sin that still includes— at least until his next press conference—gay sex.

I find refreshing another part of his answer to the “gay lobby” question. He reportedly said that he has yet to find anyone in the Vatican carrying a business card that identifies himself as gay. In other words, Francis knows there will always be men, including Vatican prelates, who have sex with men, but they do not identify themselves in terms of that activity. More likely, they consider gay sex a shortcoming, a failure, or a slip-up on the road to spiritual perfection. They probably go to confession—perhaps to Francis himself—and unburden their souls of guilt over their “sin.”

Absolution and forgiveness are given and the penitent priest, bishop or cardinal is back in the good graces of God. Is the repentant man “gay?” Most of us would say so, but Francis doesn’t seem to feel that way, and he is not alone in that perspective. His parents were Italian, and the gay rights movement in Italy has not grown apace with the rest of Europe because Italian men make a distinction between having sex with other men at various times in the course of their lives and actually being “gay.” Many Italian men who have sex with their male friends are mystified by the American notion of becoming self-identified as part of “The Gay.” That digression aside, the Pope’s response about the supposedly gay priest he appointed to investigate the Vatican Bank further elucidates his point of view regarding gay priests. He said that he had found via investigation nothing substantial in the accusations. He decried gay blackmail.

Again, what is important here is what Francis did not say. He did not use the moment to accentuate some stern repudiation of gay sex. He did not express the kind of gay panic that usually results in a witch hunt. Instead, by saying “Who am I to judge?” he borrowed a page from the playbook of Jesus who,

when presented with the woman caught in adultery, invited those without sin among her accusers to cast the first stones. Once the mob had gone home, he told the woman to go home and to sin no more.

It is important to understand that in Catholic tradition, sin and forgiveness constitute a repetitious cycle of life from cradle to grave. In the privacy of the confessional, a Catholic priest who receives the whispered account of gay sex, abortion or contraception or anything else imaginable that might trouble someone, knows full well that after he absolves the person from that sin, chances are good that he or she will be back a week later to confess it all over again, despite having had the strong intention to sin no more. This is really a very humane and healthy way to approach the human condition. Sin, from a Catholic perspective, is like dieting. You say you want to do it. You try to do it. You fail. You resolve again to do it. You fail a thousand times more. Does that make you an evil person? No. It makes you someone who, as the Pope said on Monday, “searches for the Lord and has good will.”

“Wait just a minute,” some gay Catholics responded when they read the reports of the press conference. “I don’t want to be forgiven for gay sex. It’s not sinful. The pope and his church are still against me even with this latest bit of patronizing nonsense!” I understand that anger. Personally, I never felt—not even for a single moment in all my years in the seminary and in the priesthood—that gay sex was a sin. I never once confessed it. I didn’t understand gay priests who agonized over it.

Later I felt angry with them when they went on the offensive against marriage equality. Now, I just pity them because they are mostly a bunch of old men who have wasted and twisted their lives trying to live up to something that Jesus never wanted for them. Among those priests is Pope Francis, but he stands apart from his tribe in that he is not full of bitter recrimination for men like me who trust their instincts about the moral goodness of gay sex. I am quite sure that if I asked to be restored to the active ministry in the Catholic Church he would want me to renew my promise to be celibate, but he probably wouldn’t bat an eyelash if several hours later I confessed to him that I had sex with a Swiss guard shortly after our meeting.

(There is also the rather complicated matter of my having acquired a husband. I don’t

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suspect Francis would feel good about that, but he’d probably not hesitate to accept a dinner invitation to our house before telling me so.)

Should we be encouraged by what Pope Francis said on Monday? Yes. Is the Catholic Church’s persecution of gay people over? No. But for the first time in the lives of anyone breathing today, there is indication that the worst may be over. Francis also said in the course of that press conference that he wanted women to have stronger leadership in the church. Although he repeated Pope John Paul II’s proclamation that women will never be ordained, he could start that process by making some female cardinals. (Cardinals do not have to be priests.) Make enough women cardinals, and the next conclave could find a pope who will extinguish the anti-gay inquisition once and for all. I hope I live to see it.

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Miami and the Desire to Explore Jorge Richa and Andy McIntyre

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One of the goals of the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is to promote Miami as a year-round, gay and gay-friendly tourist destination. With that in mind our Chamber engages in partnerships with many organizations or companies whose products and services cater to the tourists or locals who want to learn more about what Miami has to offer. Below, our Corporate Partners Big Bus Miami www.bigbustours.com / 800336-8233 provide us with great insights on our “Desire to Explore”.

When visiting a new city for the first time, we’ll often go out and see the places and landmarks that make that city famous.

We’ll probably have a tick-list of the things we want to see and do. In New York it’ll be the Statue of Liberty or the view from the Empire State Building, in Washington, D.C. it’s a walk along the National Mall and the grand Memorials. For visitors to Miami a visit to South Beach and Ocean Drive is often that ‘must do’ activity.

On our second or third visit to a city, we want to find something a little more personal. To find a fantastic restaurant, discover a niche museum or relaxing coffee shop; something that gives us a connection and makes us feel like an insider. We’ll wander down a street simply because of its architecture, browse through a quirky shop or be willing to sample new cuisine. We want to explore.

But what happens to that enthusiasm when we come home? For most of us that passion for exploration diminishes and we return to our set routines, habits and traditional favorite places. Big Bus Miami encourages you to keep that enthusiasm for exploration!

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Miami, our home city, has global appeal.

We receive hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, all keen to explore. With our hop-on hop-off sightseeing tour, Big Bus Miami is able to help visitors discover our city, fulfilling not just the ‘must do’ visit to South Beach and Ocean Drive, but also taking visitors to places such as the Bass Museum, Botanical Gardens, Viscaya, Barnacle State Park, Coral Gables, Little Havana plus many more.

As these visitors travel across Macarthur Causeway, wind through Downtown or meander through Coral Gables they learn about the city from our guides; local experts who are happy to share their knowledge on Miami’s history and tell the fascinating 100 year story of how Miami developed into the dynamic metropolis we see today. The experience is enhanced by the elevation of the double-decker, open top buses, providing perfect views of Miami’s many landmarks.

It is a perspective that enables everyone to see Miami with fresh eyes.

The Big Bus Miami team is delighted to share their knowledge with our overseas guests, but we believe the hop-on, hop-off sightseeing experience is of equal benefit to local residents. So, if you can find that enthusiasm for exploration, hop on the tour and let us help you rediscover Miami. We promise that we will excite you and give you a new appreciation of your city.

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My HIV Diary Comfortable in My Own Skin

Each week Ryan Dixon shares his story of taking HIV medication.

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Ryan Dixon (a.k.a former porn star Kameron Scott) has started taking HIV medication.

He’s keeping a diary of his experience.

Being in my mid-20’s isn’t easy, add HIV on top of that and we have one hell of a complicated life. I’m making the best out of the hand life has dealt me and the decisions I’ve made along the way. Writing helps free my mind. Hopefully these words will help you understand the plight of others like myself, and inspire you to live each and every day in the moment.

Week 47

(July 19 – July 25) I sometimes hate that I don’t have to see a doctor every month but rather every three or six months. That means I don’t have any numbers to log or report, but it also means I’m well enough to not have to be under constant care of a physician. August 3 is my next appointment for my medicine study and the numbers I’ll get will be two months old. After that appointment, I have one with my AHF doctor in September and the next study appointment will be in November.

I’ve had two incidences this week that I feel the need to share even though it’s a subject I’ve touched on before. I had two young guys on Grindr message me and

tell me that they’ve noticed my body has changed. I think I’d be the first person to notice I’ve put on weight. My favorite jeans don’t fit anymore. I can barely fit into a medium shirt without having to suck it in when I go out. I didn’t need the messages telling me that I’ve “let myself go” and I’m “not taking care of myself.”

Fact is, a lot if people living with HIV and AIDS suffer from lypodustrophy and other body appearance changes. I seriously wish I could get rid of some of the weight, but I can’t without the help of other medicines. When AZT was first introduced in the 80s, doctors often prescribed their patience steroids to help with the body and fat wasting many patients were experiencing. My doctor said that maybe after the first year’s data has been collected for the study I might be able to take steroids or a fat fighting drug to help me out.

In all honesty, I think I’m okay with my body right now. I had over 50 comments on Facebook post about the messages all telling me I look great and to not worry about what some twinks on a hook-up site think. I feel comfortable in my skin but at the same time I still feel the need to live up to the hype of what a gay man is supposed to look like.

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Private Manning Goes to Jail, But the Government is Guilty Norm Kent

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Correction In the article on “How Does DOMA Affect Floridians?” published in the July 24 edition, Attorney Gregory Kabel was quoted as saying that a surviving spouse receives 100 percent of the assets of a deceased spouse unless there are minor children in which case the assets are divided between the surviving spouse and the minor children. The quote should have read that the surviving spouse receives all assets unless one of the spouses has children from a previous relationship in which case the assets are divided between the surviving spouse and descendants. We regret the error.

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“Government whistleblowers are part of a healthy democracy and must be protected from reprisal.”

-Senator Barack Obama, 2008, then a presidential candidate.

When Glenn Greenwald, the gay Guardian columnist featured in this week’s SFGN, wrote about Bradley Manning in December of 2011, he argued that the prosecution of the whistleblower was “an exercise in intimidation, not justice.”

Subject to intense solitary confinement, held for over three years, forced at times to stand nude for inspection after his clothing was seized, the gay soldier was found not guilty yesterday of the most serious charges against him, that he “aided the enemy,” a charge which carried the death penalty.

From the outset, Private First Class Manning stood by his contention that leaking this classified information to the public would start a healthy national domestic debate on the role of the military and U.S. foreign policy.

Earlier this year, on February 28, Manning pled guilty to some of the lesser charges of leaking the information. Yesterday, Judge Lind found Manning guilty of 19 more charges for that effort to inform the American people of the policies pursued in their name.

Amongst the charges that Manning had pled guilty to was his leaking of a video showing a U.S. Apache helicopter in Baghdad gunning down civilians and a Reuters journalist. The proceeding will now immediately enter a sentencing phase, with more witnesses testifying for both sides. He could still go to jail for life.

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Most importantly, from the outset Private Manning contended “I want people to see the truth… regardless of who they are… because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public.” He leaked materials, which exposed American atrocities in a foreign war.

Lind first had refused to throw out charges — including the aiding the enemy charge — which Manning’s defense argued the government had not substantiated.

However, with the standard of evidence different after a trial than during a pre trial motion, Lind found Manning not guilty of “aiding the enemy,” the most serious charge.

Nevertheless, Manning has still been convicted of supplying information to the press, to places like Wikileaks. For the past three years, the U.S. government has pressured him to turn on Julian Assange and Wiki Leaks.

The government has spent three years portraying Manning as a traitor who was secretly aiding Al Qaeda. Now we know that the government’s primary arguments were a conspiracy of lies, orchestrated to protect their own illegal acts and outrageous atrocities that should turn the stomach of most Americans.

After a thousand days of abusive pre trial treatment while being denied fundamental constitutional rights, it is Bradley Manning, a gay man, who now faces a lifetime in jail. But it is the powerful forces of our government that should be disgraced, convicted of filing false charges, leveling specious allegations, and engaging in activities that threaten a free press everywhere in America.

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Local Couple Makes History With Green Card Application Christiana Lilly

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Julian Marsh and Traian Popov’s love story started like any other – seeing each other at two consecutives parties led to dating and eventually a trip to Brooklyn in October 2012 to get married. But now, two years after it all started, they’re swept up in a whirlwind of history making and their names splashed in newspapers around the world.

The gay binational couple was the first to have their petition for a green card approved without ever first being denied – as has been the case for couples across the country. Just two days after the Supreme Court overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, a clerk somewhere signed off on their application and changed their lives.

In six to nine months, Marsh – an American citizen – and Popov – a Bulgarian citizen on a student visa – hope to get that green card to keep Popov in the country, just like any other straight couple could.

The day the two received word that their petition was approved, the press starting calling their lawyer from the DOMA Project.

“It was unbelievable, I had to create a spreadsheet to keep track,” Marsh said. “It was overwhelming and for four solid days it was nonstop. It was hard to contemplate what was going on.”

The DOMA Project (DOMAProject.org) is a nonprofit organization headed up by a law firm in New York City working to keep binational gay couples from being separated.

With their marriages only being recognized by some states, many green card applications

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were being denied right off the bat. However, with optimism that the Supreme Court would overturn DOMA, many were applying for green cards just to get the process started and then appeal any denied applications. Marsh and Popov were taken on as clients free of charge and just paid for processing fees.

“They were the ones that guided us, we didn’t know what to do,” Popov said.

For Marsh and Popov, the decision to get married was not only the next logical step in their relationship, but also to keep Popov in the country when his studies at Nova Southeastern University were completed. After an emotional ceremony at a New York City courthouse (the two ironically lived in the Big Apple at the same time and never met) the couple ran to the DOMA Project to turn in a copy of their marriage license to start the green card application. When they returned home to Broward County, their license was just

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Traian Popov, left, and Julian Marsh were married in Brooklyn, New York in October 2012.

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a piece of paper and the two had to apply to be recognized as domestic partners.

Then, in June, they got word that their green card petition was accepted. Not only has the press been eager to hear what the couple has to say, but couples locally have been reaching out to them, showing how widespread the strife of binational couples is.

“Now they recognize us and they come, let’s say in the gym, and people come and they ask us about their own immigration troubles,” Popov said. “When they come and talk to you, that’s when it hits you. You see these people so many times.”

The couple wants to take advantage of their unexpected fame and use it for good. They’ll be partnering with Equality Florida to spread SouthFloridaGayNews

the word about how gay couples are impacted by immigration issues rocking Congress.

Florida’s own Sen. Marco Rubio said he would not support his own immigration bill if gay couples were included.

“He was killing the whole legislation affecting 11 million people just to victimize 30,000 people,” Popov said.

If DOMA weren’t overturned, the couple would have been forced to move to Toronto, where their marriage is recognized and where Marsh originally hails from.

However, for both of them that would have meant leaving behind decades of memories and stability.

“That’s 23 years of my life I’m going to walk away from because I’m gay? Come on,” Marsh said.

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The News Breaker

How Glenn Greenwald Went from the Cathode Ray to Center Stage

Norm Kent

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When he came out of the closet at the age of 21 in 1988, Glenn Greenwald was living in Lauderdale Lakes and working at a summer day care center with a lesbian couple.

But that was a lifetime ago. Today, Greenwald is 46, a national figure, and an investigative reporter who is at the epicenter of a nationwide debate on the reaches and breadth of the National Security Agency.

As a journalist Greenwald normally writes about the news, but recently, he’s become the news after being contacted by Edward Snowden, the National Security analyst who was looking for a credible journalist to release revelations of secret spying by the American government. Since breaking the story, Greenwald has been accused of “aiding and abetting the enemy” and has become a part of the story.

Before Greenwald was an internationally known journalist he was a just a humble kid living in South Florida.

It was the couple mentioned above who introduced Greenwald to the gay nightlife of South Florida. “I was like a kid in a candy store,” Greenwald says, reminiscing of nights spent at Backstreet, the Copa and the Cathode Ray on East Las Olas.

“There were very few gay role models back then,” he continued. “And like many other young men, I felt the stigma and alienation of being gay. But I turned it around. I recognized I had to forge my own path. ” He certainly has.

Greenwald is today recognized as one of the most prominent and prolific political pundits and commentators in the country he no longer lives in. A lawyer by trade, a journalist by choice, Greenwald resides in Rio De Janeiro, with his with his partner David Michael Miranda, a bi-national same-sex couple residing outside American borders because of laws just altered by the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Brazil recognizes our relationship for immigration purposes, while the government of my supposedly ‘free’ libertyloving country enacted a law explicitly barring such recognition,” Greenwald told Fred Bernstein in an OUT Magazine 2011 interview. He was of course referring to the Defense of Marriage Act, just one of many examples Greenwald cites as stripping away the rights of Americans.

Greenwald has always been willing to stand naked against the cannon. He takes pride that his first race for public office

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was as a 17-year-old teenager. Encouraged by a mentorial grandfather who had previously served on the Lauderdale Lakes city commission, Greenwald launched a campaign against “corruption” and “negligence” in city government.

Greenwald would go on to lose a city commission race, not once, but twice, each time against Josephus Eggelletion. Twenty years later, Greenwald would author his first book on the frailties of the Patriot Act. Eggelletion would go on to serve on the

partner sought out a nice apartment in Manhattan. The landlord refused to treat the pair as a couple, and would not combine their income to meet rental guidelines.

“I actually had to have my father co-sign for me,” he recalls. “It was a denigrating experience.”

In another instance, a civil lawsuit required he reveal intimate personal communications between he and his partner. “Because we are gay, and were not legally married, the spousal communication privilege did not

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Broward County Commission and end his term disgraced, a convicted felon doing a stint in state prison for embezzlement.

Decades later, Greenwald is still standing alone, challenging the governmental apparatus that he asserts has “illegally invaded the privacy rights of American citizens.”

Greenwald left Florida to get his undergraduate degree from George Washington University. He would then move to Manhattan and attend New York University Law School. “By that time, I was living in a city where you were accepted for who you were, but you still faced structural injustices that needed to be challenged.”

His early legal experience was with a white-collar firm, an experience that left him frustrated and unfulfilled. He became an advocate for the powerful instead of the powerless. There was no comfort zone.

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apply. Consequently, I was forced to divulge behavior and incidents that a straight couple never would have faced.”

Greenwald continued, “As an openly gay man, these incidents were eye opening and they emboldened me. It led to anger, but determination as well.”

At the time, Greenwald speculated he might have a political future. But today, like lawyering, he rules it out summarily, with passion.

“The practice of law was constraining.

You constantly have to placate the stupidity of judges who dictate imperial powers, determining your fate. Your impact is marginal, limited to the boundaries of a particular case or claim.”

On the other hand, Greenwald, who has written four books, finds his career as an author and investigative journalist empowering. “I not only feel freer, but I think I am working on things more significant, more liberating and consequential.”

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Indeed, Greenwald recently testified before the U.S. Congress by Skype from Rio about the abuses of the National Security Agency (NSA). He also recently did a segment on CNN’s Piers Morgan Show, guest hosted by Morgan Spurlock.

Sunday morning he told George Stephanopoulos on ABC, “The NSA has trillions of telephone calls and emails in their databases that they’ve collected over the last several years.” Greenwald noted these calls were easily accessible to even low level NSA analysts, “able to be used as simply as a computer screen in front of a supermarket clerk.”

Greenwald’s congressional testimony this week is part of a larger career that has made him a fiery guest on national television news shows and a compelling lecturer in American universities.

This week, he told SFGN that he relishes the challenge he faces today.

“I want to use this information I have received to make Americans more aware of their civil rights and how their democracy is being compromised,” he said. “I have a platform and I want to use it effectively.”

Armed with a quick wit and an armada of facts that he presents with rapid-fire speed, Greenwald generates a commanding and compelling presence on the air. It is a skill he has honed writing the past few years as a columnist for Salon.com and now for The Guardian.

Greenwald’s political passions are transparently left of center, but they are presented with the cogent background of a constitutional rights lawyer making his case.

He is serious, no-nonsense, and strident with his arguments.

Referring to the Foreign Intelligence Service Act or the National Security Agency, Greenwald’s words are defining: “Secret courts and invasive spying are an anathema to what our country is supposed to be about.

Completely opaque proceedings are contrary to our democracy.”

Various challenges have forged Greenwald’s iron will, but few will probably be more demanding than the stories that have come his way this past month.

Contacted by Edward Snowden, the National Security analyst who was looking for a credible journalist to release revelations of secret spying by the American government, Greenwald flew to Hong Kong to meet him.

After numerous meetings, Greenwald recognized what he was getting himself into, and it was a lot bigger than a seat on the Lauderdale Lakes city commission. “I knew the government might come after me, but I knew I was going to report the story aggressively. I knew it was going to be tumultuous.” It has been so.

Greenwald acknowledges these past few weeks have taxed his relationship with his partner, David Miranda, who is finishing school for a business and marketing degree.

“I knew this story would change our lives, but David and I talked frequently even when I was in Hong Kong, and he has been extremely supportive, played a significant role in our discussions, and while we have dealt with anxiety, because all this has been stressful, we will emerge stronger. These kind of challenges foster growth and solidarity in relationships.” The two have been together since they met on a beach in Brazil over a decade ago.

Greenwald is confident in the eventual outcome. He believes that once fully exposed, the government’s secret spying programs, started by George Bush and carried on by President Obama, are going to outrage Americans. “ “I think public policy is already beginning to shift,” citing an amendment just last week sponsored by a Republican congressman, which would have limited NSA spying powers. It failed by only a dozen votes. Greenwald immediately authored a column showing how many liberal Democrats, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, backed continued secrecy.

In South Florida, Congressman Alcee Hastings and Richard Grayson voted to limit the powers of the NSA. But other

liberals like Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Patrick Murphy did not.

Greenwald admires the courage of Edward Snowden, and acknowledges that his decision was courageous, fraught with legal perils. He even recognizes a retributive government; angry at exposes he has written may eventually turn its sights on him.

Indeed, on MSNBC, commentator David Gregory confronted Greenwald, asking why he should not be charged with “aiding and abetting the enemy.” Lawmaker Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) originally put the idea that Greenwald should be prosecuted forward. The chairman of the House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, he falsely told Fox News that Greenwald was threatening to disclose the identities of CIA officers.

Ironically, the U.S. Supreme Court decision providing for same sex marriages will also allow Greenwald and his partner to eventually move back to the United States.

But it is not so easy.

“First, David is from Brazil, and has never lived in the states,” Greenwald said.

“And frankly, with the story on Snowden breaking at the same time of the Supreme Court decision, we really have not had time to even process a move. But it is something we think about.”

Even though he still has mother and father residing in South Florida, it’s a pretty safe bet that if Greenwald comes back to the states, it will be on a more center stage than Lauderdale Lakes. But it may not be the borough of Queens in New York City either, where he was born.

Greenwald and his partner have 12 rescued dogs in their house in Rio, and there are few apartments in New York City that can house that big of a kennel.

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When he came out of the closet at the age of 21 in 1988, Glenn Greenwald was living in Lauderdale Lakes and working at a summer day care center with a lesbian couple.

But that was a lifetime ago, today, Greenwald is 46, a national figure, and an investigative reporter who is at the epicenter of a nationwide debate on the reaches and breadth of the National Security Agency.

As a journalist Greenwald normally writes about the news, but recently, he’s become the news after being contacted by Edward Snowden, the National Security analyst who was looking for a credible journalist to release revelations of secret spying by the American government. Since breaking the story, Greenwald has been accused of “aiding and abetting the enemy” and has become a part of the story.

Before Greenwald was an internationally journalist he was a just a humble kid living in South Florida.

It was the couple mentioned above who introduced Greenwald to the gay nightlife of South Florida. “I was like a kid in a candy store,” Greenwald says, reminiscing of nights spent at Backstreet, the Copa and the Cathode Ray on East Las Olas.

“There were very few gay role models back then,” he continued. “And like many other young men, I felt the stigma and alienation of being gay. But I turned it around. I recognized I had to forge my own path. ” He certainly has.

Greenwald is today recognized as one of the most prominent and prolific political pundits and commentators in the country he no longer lives in. A lawyer by trade, a journalist by choice, Greenwald resides in Rio De Janeiro, with his with his partner David Miranda, a bi-national same-sex couple residing outside American borders because of laws just altered by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Cirque du Soleil returns to South Florida for one week only with Quidam at the BB&T Center through Sunday, Aug. 4. This arena show tells the story of one girl’s escape into the world of imagination, complete with the daring acrobatics, dazzling costumes and lyrical music that have become trademarks of the Montrealbased circus troupe. Follow the adventures of young Zoe as she escapes to a world of colorful characters who encourage her to free her soul and express her individuality. Tickets are $51.75 – 97.75. For show times and tickets, go to Ticketmaster.com.

FRI Film

8/2

If you missed the campy SyFy feeding frenzy on TV that was Sharknado, you’ll get a second chance to see this cinematic masterpiece on the big screen. Anyone who has lived in South Florida for any amount of time has lived through hurricanes and waterspouts, but who says the next big storm won’t pick up a few thousand ferocious ocean beasties and hurl them into the streets to terrorize the locals? The film storms into theaters in Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Miami Beach tonight only beginning at 12:05 a.m. For tickets and show times, go to FathomEvents.com.

SAT Music

8/3

The Symphony of the Americas continues Summerfest 2013 with a concert by the I Musici Estensi Chamber Orchestra from Italy in concert at the historic Crest Theatre in the Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square. Maestro James BrooksBruzzese will conduct the virtuoso musicians, along with soloists from the Symphony of the Americas, in a program of works by Antonin Dvorak, Henry Purcell, Giuseppe Verdi, Astor Piazzolla and a world premiere by Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, pianist and Summerfest composerin-residence. Maestro Brooks-Bruzzese will give his first downbeat at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25-40 at DelrayCenterForTheArts.org.

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The critically acclaimed Cirque du Soleil production, Quidam, the story of a girl’s adventures in an imaginary world, takes center stage at the BB&T Center through Sunday.

Photo courtesy of Cirque du Soleil

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Slava’s Snowshow, the incredible production that stole the hearts of more than 30,000 South Floridians when it premiered in Miami in 2008, returns this weekend for a limited engagement at the Arsht Center in Miami. Often described as a cross between Cirque du Soleil and Blue Man Group, Slava’s Snowshow is an awe-inducing theatrical experience and a profoundly moving spectacle full of wondrous images, delightful comedy, haunting music and snow—lots and lots of snow. Get out of the heat this month and cool down with Slava through Aug. 25. Tickets are $25, 55 and 75 at ArshtCenter.org. soflagaynews //

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South Florida’s vibrant regional theatre scene has been unusually quiet this summer, but instead of productions, many of the companies have offered a different kind of experience—staged readings of new works by talented local playwrights. Tonight, the Naked Stage offers an evening of short plays by Carbonell Award-winning playwright Christopher Demos Brown at the Pelican Theatre on the campus of Barry University, 11300 NE 2nd Ave. in Miami. Several of South Florida’s most talented actors will be featured. Best of all, it’s free.

The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 954-261-1785.

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In conjunction with the exhibition, Bunny Yeager: Both Sides of the Camera, chronicling the career of the pioneer erotic photographer, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, 1 E. Las Olas Blvd., presents, Woman’s World: Contemporary Views of Women by Women.

The exhibition includes 40 images by 25 women photographers and is drawn from local public and private collections. Dating from the 1950s to the present, the photographs reveal how the explosive growth in numbers of women photographers since the 1950s has changed the way women are represented on film. Admission is $14 for adults. For more information, go to MOAFL.org.

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Filmmaker Puts the “Cock” in Cockpit With I’m So Excited!

Yale Freedman The majority of the film takes place on a transatlantic flight going from Spain to Mexico. Due to technical failure, the airplane is flying in circles in La Mancha, Spain, and as the plane moves on a course without a destination, so does the episodic plot of I’m So Excited!

Spanish Filmmaker, Pedro Almodovar, is an international treasure that isn’t afraid to push queer cinema to the peak of jaw-dropping and campy flavor.

His insights behind the kitschy quirks of the gay community, women and theatrics are like a breath of fresh air. When so many Filmmaker Pedro Almodovar filmmakers concern themselves Photo courtesy of Pedro Almodovar’s Facebook with bringing homosexuality tries to blend character and relationship into the political limelight or as the victims of repression, Almodovar struggles, along with themes relating to creates individuals, who so happen to be repressed homosexuality, Almodovar teeters gay, transgender or sexually promiscuous. from the ridiculous to the serious, unable There is neither judgment nor holding back to grasp a coherent tone.

The look of the film, particularly the set of hedonistic pleasures. the airplane, has a charming and colorful I’m So Excited! is a raunchy comedy stage-quality.

A hodgepodge of bright in which the flight crew drugs the colors—such as red, light blue and pink— coach passengers with sedatives and consort and deal with the business class, a gives the film a European, pop-art essence. handful of prickly and bizarre characters that This time around, the camera is static; the represent the entitled upper class of Spanish editing and camera movements are minimal, society. The stars of the film, and the funniest which emphasizes the dialogue and abrupt elements, are the gay flight attendants who sexual encounters (typical Almodovar). indulge in an endless string of booze, drugs, However, the sexual content doesn’t seem as sex and gossip. The gay trio, played by Javier shocking or outlandish as his previous efforts.

The manic concept behind I’m So Camarra (Almodovar regular), Raul Arevalo and Carlos Areces, make up the film’s Excited! has excellent potential for a more comedic highlight. They are aware that the John Water-ish trash-type of cinema. Too plane could crash, and similar to the medical bad filmmakers would have trouble getting unit in Robert Altman’s MASH, they act in distribution for a throwback midnight a relentless hysteria to block the idea of death. movie from the 70’s. I’m So Excited! is an Unfortunately, the best scene in original and flavorful creation, but the the film can be seen in the trailer; the laughs are far and few between. Pedro flight attendants, drugged on a heavy Almodovar is a one-of-a-kind filmmaker, dose of mescaline, perform a flamboyant and but in the new millennium, his dramatic slapstick dance number to the Pointer Sisters pieces resonate deeper than his comedies.

I’m So Excited! Will be playing at the “I’m So Excited” and once it’s over, well, it’s following theaters: back to a lagging plot and kinky dialogue The Classic Gateway Theatre - 1820 E exchange that never tops that single scene of Sunrise Blvd Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 spontaneous musical combustion.

Regal Cinemas Shadowood 16 - 9889 West Pedro Almodovar is going back to his sexual Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33434 comedic roots of the 80’s, such as Tie Me Regal Delray Beach 18 - 1668 South Federal Up! Tie Me Down! and the hilarious, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, but Highway, Delray Beach FL 33483 Coral Gables Art Cinema - 260 Aragon in I’m So Excited!, the separate storylines Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33134 hardly converge, creating a bumpy and uneven 90 minutes, with characters that aren’t fully fleshed out. When the story

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Two Contestants of this Season of Project Runway Have Local Ties Lifetime’s emmy-nominated reality show returns for 12th Season Erik R. Caban The sewing, stitching and shredding returns in the twelfth season of Project Runway, which premiered July 18 on Lifetime. Sixteen fresh designers will encounter inventive challenges, unexpected eliminations, fan interaction, the return of a mystery contestant from seasons’ past chosen by fans, and celebrity judges, including Michael Kors, Kaley Cuoco, Kelly Osbourne and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Expect lots of confidence, dueling personalities, drama, — one contestant even goes “missing” – lots of unconventionality and lots of gay!

As part of the newly added “PlayRunway,” legions of fans will be able to interact with viewers across the country in real-time during each episode through the new interactive on-screen feature. This feature empowers fans to use their smartphones, tablets and computers to share their reactions to episode storylines, design challenges and decisions by judges.

Among the fan integration elements include the Project Runway superfan contest.

Via video submissions, seven super fans will be chosen to be featured in an upcoming episode this season for a fashion makeover.

This season will also offer up more Tim Gunn. Fans have asked and Project Runway has delivered. Gunn will join supermodel and fashion maven Heidi Klum, fashion icon Zac Posen and Marie Claire fashion director Nina Garcia to watch the runway show.

Gunn will be able to “rescue” one designer during course of the season he feels deserves a second chance.

This season boasts two contestants from Florida; 27 year old Justin LeBlanc from Tampa who now resides in Raleigh, NC and 29 year old Karen Batts, originally from Boca Raton who now resides in New York.

SFGN caught up with the two courtiers.

SFGN: Why do you think you will win Project Runway?

Justin LeBlanc: I KNOW that I can win Project Runway. I have the skill, the passion, the drive and the knowledge needed to win.

I think that I also have the personality to enamor the audience and judges. I do believe that I have the ability to inspire others; that’s a big thing in my book as a designer.

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Going back a bit, how did your fashion career get started?

While growing up, I always knew that I was a designer, although I didn’t realize that fashion design was my calling until college.

Being deaf has made me a more visual person. This naturally drew me to finely crafted designs. I began my formal training in architectural design but soon realized that fashion design provided me greater opportunities to express my creativity.

How would you describe your design aesthetic?

I would describe my design aesthetic to be minimalistic, highly tactile, with a zeal for finding new techniques.

Who are your style icons/inspirations?

My style icon is Daphne Guinness and some of my greatest influences are from some of my favorite artists and designers, including Lucy McRae, Bart Hess and Alexander McQueen. My training in architecture also heavily influences my design aesthetic.

My deafness has always influenced my design aesthetic, as I strive to provide a full visual experience in my designs.

You talk a lot about utilizing the five senses in your work. How did you overcome any difficulties on the show because of your deafness?

My hearing loss may cause me to have difficulty understanding challenge instructions or discussions amongst the designers. However, I will request a sign language interpreter if I need one. I am quite determined.

Oh, and I think that my deafness may help me at times because I can turn my hearing device off in order to avoid drama in the workroom and focus on my designs. Not that this will be a problem - this is Project Runway! [Laughs] Architect, fashion designer, and artist; is there one medium you are more passionate about than the other?

All the above. I was trained to think critically and understand the threedimensionality of design. With my varied training in architecture, fashion, and art soflagaynews //

allows me to exploit and fuse different approaches, resulting in artistic expression that cannot be conveyed by one discipline alone.

With such a full palate, does it make it difficult to have a dating life?

That is the last thing on my mind at the moment! However, I always love meeting new people and hearing their stories.

For more info. and to see Justin LeBlanc’s work, check out jleblancdesign.com.

How would you describe your design aesthetic?

I would say my design aesthetic is definitely classic, minimalist infused with current trends. It’s beautiful - it has a girliness to it but has a tom-boy influence mixed in there.

SFGN: Why do you think you will win Project Runway?

Karen Batts: I think that I’m going to be the winner because I feel I bring an interesting point of view to fashion. It’s definitely something people want to wear. People are intrigued by my designs. My style is very much classic infused with current trends. I feel that really resonates with people.

Going back a bit, how did your fashion career get started?

I grew up learning to sew from my mom and grandma. I was about 8 or 9 when I began sewing. I actually joined 4H, which is kind of like Girl Scouts but co-ed. In 4H, I did the sewing programs. I went to sewing camp one summer. I had a love for creating clothes then but I didn’t really realize that I loved designing until I went to college. Originally, I had gone to study photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design. While there, I took a fashion class and it opened my eyes to wanting to study design. It was through the course of my studies that I was like, “Yes, this is what I want to do. There’s no turning back from here.” [Laughs] I saw that you are from Boca Raton. I’m very familiar with there, living in Orlando myself. Did you have a fashion career while there?

I lived in Boca until going to college in Savannah. So, my only fashion career while in South Florida was moreso home sewing and sewing for myself. I definiteky hope to go back ther now and talk to boutiques in the area and say, “Hey, I’m a Florida native, you should sell amazing garments I made.”

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Who are your style icons/inspirations?

I love the way Parisian women dress.

It’s so... beautiful. It’s looks so casually put together but reads so chic-looking!

Parisian women are such an influence. I love Hollywod stars like Keira Knightley and Elle Fanning - they’re so beautifully put together all the time. I love it! Totally effortless!

What fashion trends do you see for the fall?

Print wise, I definitely see pastels but influenced by the night sky. I’m working on prints that - I don’t want to say psychedelic - but involve animals. Now I don’t mean kitty cats with lasers coming out of their eyes or something but definitely interesting.

[Laughs] Photographer and fashion designer; is there one medium you are more passionate about than the other?

I don’t know. They’re apples and oranges. I love fashion and luckily it’s very commercial, so you can make money but fine art

photography, I generally keep to myself.

I went to school wanting to be a fashion photographer. It’s funny - when I graduated, I fell into doing more fine art photography. I have a medium format film camera that I use.

I love to work in the dark room creating black and white prints of still life. I love to shoot my own work. I would love to someday be like Karl Lagerfeld - who, here he is designing his own collection but then he’s doing photgraph campaigns for Chanel. I think that’s so exciting.

What has the experience been like being away from your husband/family while taping?

It’s been tough, especially being away from my husband. He is my rock. If I have a bad day or if I have a question, he’s the person I turn to. So, it’s been hard to not have him right there with me or to see him at the end of the day but getting to know the other cast members and hearing their stories about loved ones has been encouraging. We’re there to commiserate with each other. We can help each other, like “Hey, we’re gonna get through this” or “It’s going to be ok.”

[Laughs] This is probably the most crazy experience I’ve been through. I’d do it again but it’s way more challenging than being in school. It’s kind of funny.

I read that you did a fashion competition prior to Project Runway in Charleston.

I did a fashion competition for Charleston Fashion Week. It was this past March. I created a twelve look collection; fall - winter women’s wear. Basically, how it works is you show an eight look collection and then at the semifinals you show the twele look collection. I was able to show an eight look fall-winter collection on the runway. It was amazing. I’m really proud of how it came out - and just to have my garments walking on models down an actual runway - this is why I’m here. This is why I’m doing this. It was so joyful to see.

Karen Batts Photo courtesy of Barbara Nitke

Do you think that helped prep you for Runway?

Definitely! I had actually applied last year.

I had done the paper application and I got an email saying that the show wasn’t going to pursue me further. I wasn’t asked to come to the audition when they were here in New York. This year, it’s funny, because I was going to audition again since I didn’t have a full time job or anything important enough going on to stop me from being able to be on the show. I missed the paper application deadline, so I just went to the open call. I brought pieces from my Charleston show and Anthony Ryan [from season nine and AllStars winner] was there. He just loved what I had made. It was an incredible experience to have something close to your heart resonate with someone else. It was so awesome!

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Broward County Cirque du Soleil: Quidam

July 31 to Aug. 4 at the BB&T Center, One Panther Parkway in Sunrise. Zoe is ignored by her parents, so the bored youngster goes into the imaginary world of Quidam in a performance of 52 acrobats, musicians, singers and eclectic characters. Tickets: $26 to $85.

Call 954-835-7825 or visit TheBBTCenter.com.

* Starlight Musicals

Aug. 2 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Holiday Park, East Sunrise Boulevard and Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale.

Enjoy music from the classic rock band, The Weedline, under the stars. Free. Call 954-828-5363.

Summerfest Concert 2013

Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.

The Symphony of the Americas is joined by the Italian I Musici Entensi Chamber Orchestra to perform classical works. Tickets $25 to $60. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

* Mad Decent Block Party

Aug. 3 at 2 p.m. at Revolution Live, 100 SW Third Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. A show with Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, Flosstradamus, Big Gigantic and Riff Raff.

Tickets $48. Visit Ticketmaster.com.

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Black Sabbath

July 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cruzan Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansbury Way in West Palm Beach. Ozzie and the gang are in town to perform the metal rock hits that sent them to stardom. Tickets $32 to $143.50.

Call 561-795-8883 or visit LiveNation.com.

Jonas Brothers

Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. at the Cruzan Amphitheatre, 6017 Sansbury Way in West Palm Beach. The trio of brothers will have fans screaming. Tickets $33 to $94.40. Call 561-795-8883 or visit LiveNation.com.

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* Company

Aug. 7 to 18 at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre, 201 Clematis St. in West Palm Beach. Perpetually bachelor Bobby interacts with all his married friends, seeing his difficulties committing to just one person. Tickets $35. Call 561-514-4042 or visit PalmBeachDramaworks.org.

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Slava’s Snowshow

July 31 to August 25 at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami.

Slava, the star clown of the original Cirque du Soleil, steals the spotlight in a performance with enough snow to cool you off for the rest of the summer. Tickets $25 to $75. Visit ArshtCenter.org.

The critically acclaimed Cirque du Soleil production, Quidam, the story of a girl’s adventures in an imaginary world, takes center stage at the BB&T Center through Sunday.

Photo courtesy of Cirque du Soleil

* Metric with Jacuzzi Boys

Aug. 1 at 8:30 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. The Canadian new wave band is joined by local heroes, The Jacuzzi Boys. Tickets: $39.50. Visit Livenation.com.

* Rabbit Hole

Through Aug. 11 at Main Street Players, 766 Main St. in Miami Lakes. A couple struggles with the accidental death of their young son, Danny, and find themselves drifting apart rather than coming closer together. Tickets $18 to $25. Visit MainStreetPlayers.com

Rated P for Parenthood

Through August 11 at Actors’ Playhouse, 280 Miracle Mile in Coral Gables. A musical comedy reflecting on all stages of parenthood, from those sleepless first nights to prom. Tickets $39. Call 305444-9293 or visit ActorsPlayhouse.org.

Good People

Through Aug. 18 at the GableStage at the Biltmore, 1200 Anastasia Ave. in Coral Gables. A tribute to the playwright’s roots in South Boston, the play examines those who break free from blue collar life and those who stay behind. Tickets $15 to $42.50.

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

The Big Show

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 JustTheFunny.com.

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Palm Beach County

Through Aug. 2 at United Way of Broward County, 1300 S. Andrews Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Drop off new notebooks, folders, paper, glue sticks, pencils, rulers, and other school supplies for area children. Donation box is at the front of the building. Call 954-462-4850.

Fourth Thursdays from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Boynton Beach Art District, 404-422 W. Industrial Ave. in Boynton Beach. Art studios will be open for the public to view, as well as food, music, dancers and live performances. Call 786-521-1199.

* Back to School Supply Drive

Boynton Beach Art Walk

* Summerfest

Art Cinema at the Crest

* Humorous Speech Contest

BBAD Open Mic Night

Aug. 2 from 4 to 10 p.m. on Historic Sistrunk Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. Celebrate the summer with good trucks, kids zones, live entertainment, art, culture and more. Call 954-828-4742 or visit FortLauderdale.gov/Summerfest.

Aug. 5 at 7:15 p.m. at Equality Park Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. Cheer on your local Toastmasters club as they compete to present the most hilarious speech of the evening.

Visit ToastMasters.org or Facebook.com/Groups/ ProudSpeakersGroup.

* Should You Get Married?

Aug. 6 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. With DOMA overturned, learn more about survivor and dependent social security benefits, tax issues, retirement planning, and other matters impacting gay couples.

Call 305-751-8855 or email info@DavidTreece.com.

Putting for Charity

Aug. 14 from 5 to 8 p.m., JM Lexus, 5350 West Sample Road in Margate. Put your putting skills to good use to “putt for prizes,” food, networking, and even tips from a pro golfer. All proceeds benefit the Faulk Center for Counseling. Tickets $20. Call 561-483-5300 or visit FaulkCenterForCounseling.org

PFLAG

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

SunServe Youth Group

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

Gender Bender Youth Group

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

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.

Wednesdays through August 28 at 6 and 8:30 p.m. at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. Catch a film every Wednesday, including host Caroline Breder-Watts of 91.3 WLRN at each 8:30 p.m. screening. Call 561-234-7922, ext. 1.

Third Thursdays from 7 to 10 p.m. at the ActivistArtistA Gallery, 404-422 W. Industrial Ave. in Boynton Beach. With beer and wine in hand, check out some of the area’s best musical talent. $5 sign up fee. Call 786-521-1199.

Antiques Festival

First weekend of the month at the South Florida Fairgrounds, 9067 Southern Blvd. in West Palm Beach.

A monthly antiques market. Tickets $7 to $25. Visit WPBAF.com.

Green Market

Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon at West Palm Beach Waterfront, 101 S. Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. A relaxing morning of shopping through green vendors and live entertainment. Contact Katrina Resch 561822-1520 or KResch@wpb.org.

Miami-Dade County Iron Fork

Aug. 1 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Kicking off Miami Spice, guests can watch competitors receive a basket of food and one secret ingredient to turn into a delicious meal for a panel of local celebrity chefs. Tickets $35 to $75. Visit ArshtCenter.org.

* Pridelines Gala

Aug. 10 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Westin Colonnade Coral Gables, 180 Aragon Ave. in Coral Gables.

Tickets $100 to $150. Go back to 1950s Havana to honor The Miami Foundation and Josue Santiago and their work for the LGBTQ community and youth. Call 305-571-9601 Bob Gramatges bob@ pridelines.org or Victor Diaz-Herman victor@ pridelines.org.

Summer Art Exhibition

Through Aug. 30. LGBT Visitor Center, 1130 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. The artwork of Henning Haupt, an assistant professor at FAU, and Joseph Padial, a designer and art director in publishing, will be on display through the rest of the summer. Call 305-397-8914 or visit GoGayMiami. com.

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Broward County Angel’s Cafe

2287 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Enjoy happy hour on Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. with $3 wines and beers, free snacks, raffles, and music by DJ Sol. 2-4-1 Sunday dinner special Valet parking in rear. Call 954-900-5217.

Boardwalk

1721 N. Andrews Ave. in Wilton Manors. Share drinks over a game of pool or check out the bar and strip club. Call 954-463-6969.

Alibi

2266 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Best and longest happy hour; Wednesdays $2 domestics and$1 Schnapps after 9 p.m.

Johnny’s

1116 W. Broward Blvd in Fort Lauderdale. Some of the hottest guys around with drink specials to make it even sweeter. Call 954-522-5931.

The Manor

2345 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Indoor and outdoor dining followed by hitting the dance floor.

Live music Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Call 954-626-0082.

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Eros Lounge

6205 Georgia Ave. in West Palm Beach. A great place to mingle and relax with DJs on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Call 561-533-5355.

823 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach. The city’s oldest gay club, with hot male dancer, free BBQ and karaoke. Cal 561-832-9119.

The Palm Lounge

Rumors

2426 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. For a chill night, hit up the bar with great prices. All 954-564-1799.

Sidelines Sports Bar

2031 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Relax with a cold beer for some friendly competition on the pool table. Call 954-563-8001 or visit SidelinesSports.com.

Naked Grape Wine Bar & Tapas

131 E. Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton. Tuesday country night, Wednesday karaoke, singers or tribute artists on the weekends. Call 561-672-7561 or visit PalmLoungeBoca.com.

The Mad Hatter

1532 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Cheap drinks, friendly bartenders and free pool from Sunday to Thursday. Call 561-547-8860.

2163 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. A casual, hip bar to try out all sort of wines. Happy Hour all night on Thursdays. Call 954-563-5631.

The Bar Lake Worth

New Moon

Miami-Dade County

2440 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. The area’s favorite lesbian bar with Wednesdays half-priced drinks. Call 954-563-7660.

Palm Beach County The Cottage

522 Lucerne Ave. in Lake Worth. Tea Dance Sundays with great service, food and drinks. Call 561-5860080.

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2211 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. A friendly watering hole with live bands. Call 561-370-3954.

Club Space

950 NE Second Ave. in Miami. Come on Saturday nights for some of the best DJs around. Call 305- 3509084.

8201 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. NYC house music on Thursdays. Call 305-754-3444.

Score

727 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. Located in the heart of South Beach on the famous Lincoln Road strip. Call 305-561-5521.

Swinging Richards

17450 Biscayne Blvd. in North Miami Beach. Fully nude men dancing to the best music in South Florida.

Call 954-357-5521.

Twist

1057 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Awesome music, muscle boy dancers and never a cover. Call 305- 538-9478.

Key West

Point5 Cocktail Club

34 NE 11th St. in Miami. Known for crazy all-nighters to electronic dance music and hip hop. Call 305-3501956.

915 Duval St. in Key West. Happy Hour every day from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. with $5 premium cocktails and gourmet pizzas. Call 305-296-0669 or visit 915Duval. com.

Club Sugar

The Bourbon St. Pub

2301 SW 32nd Ave. in Miami. Drag Wars on Thursdays, $5 house drinks and $4 domestics. Call 305-443-7657.

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724 Duval St. in Key West. Get a taste of New Orleans with the best video bar with live DJs every night. Call 305-296-1992.

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REAL ESTATE RUMFORD MAINE A UNIQUE CAMP SITE (or whatever). A retired 180 ft communication tower and a 12x24 support structure on 2.5.acres with a deeded ROW through a dense woods. Area known for skiing, snow mobile and ATV clubs and trails. jpm8145@gmail.com for pictures. $40k.

(251)867-8134

PERFECT VACATION RENTALS! Spring & Summer specials from $69/night and $395/week.Award Winning Gay Hotel. Beautiful Studio, 1 & 2 BR Self Catering Apts. with Full Kitchen.Clothing optional heated pool, laundry, private parking. Central to Wilton Manors &HauloverBeach.Incl.Wi-Fi utilities, cable, tel. Gay Owned & Operated. Pets Welcome.

Celebrating 15 YearsCall Joe or Jack at (954) 927-0090 or visit www.LibertySuites.com *Four Week+ Relocation Discounts Offered* LOOKING FOR LODGIING NEAR SUNLIFE STADIUM? Completely furnished luxury 1/ BD/1BA Condo. Easy access to public transportation and major express ways.

Shopping and dining are in walking distance.

Gated Community and private parking.

Reasonably priced @$375 a week or $1,500 a month plus $400 processing and move in fees.

Call 305-793-8650.

accounting/tax service RNB ASSOCIATES Income Tax/ Accounting/ Book Keeping for Individuals ,Small Business or Corporate. Very reasonable rates, fast and efficient service. 35+ years experience to help you save money! Registered with the IRS. Email info or meet. Visa/MC accepted. Call (248) 8942600 (FL based) or email info@RNBassociates. com for faster response. Mention SFGN AD for a 5% discount.

air conditioning HONEST, RELIABLE AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING SERVICES Gay owned and operated company, Eiland Air, Inc. 24 hour service. Reasonable prices.

Licensed & Insured #CAC1817222 Call Mike 786-247-6022

attorneys

antiques/collectables

MOVIE POSTERS WANTED Private collector buying vintage movie posters, lobby cards, film stills, photography and other old entertainment memorabilia. Call for a free appraisal to find out what your stuff is worth! All calls confidential.

Ralph (800) 392-4050 email: sell@ralphdeluca.com

counseling/psychotherapy

TERRY DAVIS, LCSW, LLC #SW1079 Supportive male therapist, specializes in LGBT issues, HIV/AIDS,addictions, etc. Affordable, sliding scale. Eves/weekend. TdavisLCSW.com* (954) 731-5505

dentist

business opportunities GAY APARTMENT RESORT/HOTEL FULFILL YOUR RETIREMENT DREAM With this rare opportunity to enter the lucrative Fort Lauderdale Gay Accommodations Market.

Owners retiring and offering the award winning Liberty Apartment Suites in Dania Beach, with 11 beautifully furnished Apartments with full kitchens.

Established 15 successful years with high repeat and referral guests. Currently operated as selfcatering, limited service, extended stay hotel phenomenal potential for growth and expansion.

Turn-key business, All Inclusive. Offered at $895,000. Qualified Buyers Only - Brokers Protected - For info, contact: Joe Van Eron-(954) 383-5548 or Joe@LibertySuites.com

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cleaning services HOME AND COMMERCIAL CLEANING Residential and Commercial cleaning.

Experienced with references and provide free estimates. Call (305)-896-7494 or (214)-356-0684

COMPLETE COMPUTER REPAIR FREE ESTIMATES - no extra charge for in-home.

FREE Computer tune-up with any service.

Replacement of laptop screen & key board.

Viruses, spyware, data recovery, lockouts & more. SAME DAY SERVICE - LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE Call Ernesto: 754-234-5598 HATE WINDOWS 8?We can bring back the look and feel of windows. Same day service. Call 954-986-1316 www.gaycomputerwiz.com PERSONAL COMPUTER TUTOR! Basic computer skills* Emailing pics /docs, scanning* Microsoft office programs*Excel, Word, Outlook and Powerpoint* Virus Removal* PC speed optimization* Secured Wireless home network setup* Wireless printer installation* PC purchasing consultant. Call (954) 980-0383 or email jamesjcarter22@gmail.com.

SALES POSITIONS Sales position open at high end antiques gallery in WPB. Knowledge of antiques, sales experience required. Reply: HillcrestAntiquesWPB@gmail.com EXPERIENCED COOKS AND SERVERS To work breakfast , lunch and dinner. To apply in person at Angels Café , 2287 Wilton drive, Wilton Manors , FL 33305 or email resume to Angelscafewiltonmanors@aol.com

ACCOUNT MANAGERS ,BOOK KEEPERS AND SALES REPRESENTATIVES Work your own flexible schedule! Pays $1500 to $2000 monthly plus benefits. Must be computer literate, have 2-3 hours access to the internet weekly . We are looking for efficient and dedicated people who are at least 21 years of age. contact us for more details .If you are interested and need more information send your resumes to ruthmace7@gmail.com FT OFFICE MANAGER Stonewall National Museum & Archives, a non-profit organization, is located in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Seeking an individual who is highly organized with strong management skills, basic computer fluency (including Microsoft Office Suite, including MS Word and Excel), database management system, a working knowledge of billing practices, volunteer/staff coordination, and a positive disposition. FT with benefits.

Salary commensurate with experience.

Please send cover letter and resume to Office Manager Search, Stonewall National Museum & Archives, 1300 East Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, or email to David.

Jobin@stonewallnationalmuseum.org HANDYMAN NEEDED!! Part time handyman needed to with building projects. Painting, Tile work, Electrical, Construction. Wages based on experience. Call 954-892-0494.

CLEAN IT RIGHT The best cleaning for your buck. 1BD $50, 2BD $60, 3BD $70. Excellent rates & references. 10 years in business. Serving Broward, North Miami Dade & S. Palm Beach.

Call Manny 954-560-4443

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employment

CAREGIVERS NEEDED! Looking for honest, caring, reliable caregivers (male/ female).

Agency in Wilton Manors. (954)226-4660.

cars for sale VW Golf Rabbit 2006 For Sale, VW Golf Rabbit 06 well serviced, well-keptand in great shape with only 57,500 mileage. Registered until, 12/14. Ready to be picked up and driven home! Sporty , smart and nice looking car. Great on gas!!! Please call: 954.770.2795, miami. craigslist.org/brw/cto/3921656419.html

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THE PATIENT AND ANY OTHER PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT HAS THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PAY, CANCEL PAYMENT OR BE REIMBURSED FOR PAYMENT FOR ANY OTHER SERVICES, EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT WHICH IS PERFORMED AS A RESULT OF AND WITHIN 72 HOURS OF RESPONDING TO THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE FREE, DISCOUNTED OR REDUCED SERVICE, EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT.

employment ENTRY LEVEL SALES EXECUTIVE Full time Sales, Client Services, Direct Marketing, Lead Generation, Telemarketing & Email Services. Microsoft Word & Excel experience.

Competitive Salary plus Commission, Medical/ Dental, 401k & Profit Sharing . Email Resume: aleen@ lighthouselist.com MEDICAL ASSISTANT –FULL TIME Natura Dermatology and Cosmetics is seeking a personable, and well educated medical Assistant. Experience is preferred yet not required. Email resumes to bobby@ NaturaDermatology.com

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GENERAL MANAGER FOR MICHELE’S RESTAURANT Must have knowledge of both FOH and BOH, Food Costing , service standards, wine and alcohol laws.etc. Looking for someone with FULL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE. Please submit resume to lou@ lmc123.com immediate opening.

BROWARD HOUSE Case Manager for MEGA program working with 18 – 30 year old MSM (men who have sex with men) at risk for substance abuse and HIV. Candidate with have a Bachelors degree and provide testing and case management services addressing health care, social supports, and other life areas.

Individual must also have the ability to facilitate groups specific to target population. Forward resumes to AThornberry@Browardhouse.org THE NEW SIDELINES SPORTS BAR IS HIRING for all bar/nightclub positions. Please send your resume to AL@SidelinesSports. com no later than midnight Monday, August 5th, 2013. Interviews will be scheduled the following week with all selected applicants.

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landscaping IRRIGATION SYSTEM REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE 19 years experience, excellent work, referrals upon request. Call Roberto 954383-8980

licensed massage EXP. MATURE MALE WPB MASSEUR In-calls only, private studio setting by Belvedere/SR7 in quiet area. Highly skilled, intuitive theraputic bodywork by friendly LMT. Affordable rates but cash only. Early to late, 7 days. Call (561) 2548065 for appt. or walk-in OK. RELIEVE STRESS & TENSION WITH MAGICAL HANDS PRO MASSAGE (FL: MA51008)

garage sales GARAGE SALE!!! August 3rd, 8am to 2pm. The address is 2408 NE 11th Ave, Wilton Manors.

Garage behind the house and Funeral Home.

House goods , Exercise equipment and some really good stuff!!!!

home care HEART TO HEART HOMEMAKER AND COMPANION If you or your loved one are elderly, or temporary or chronic disabled, we can help you with home chores (cooking, light-house cleaning, laundry) and bring companion for home or where you need to go. We will work with you to find the Plan that fits your needs. (954)2264660. Right in the heart of Wilton Manors.

COMPANION,HOME CARE,SENIOR SERVICES. Make life a little easier for you or your loved one. 53 yr old experienced caregiver available. Light Cleaning, cooking and laundry included. Also shopping, appointments, gardening and organizing Im friendly, engaging and compassionate. Hourly or afternoon/ evening/late night shifts available. Bonded insured, college educated and references. Call for more info, Robert 954-707-0264.

RECESSION RELIEF $40 per 90 MIN - Out calls higher. Swedish, Deep Tissue, Specialty Back, Lower Body & Feet. Couples Discounts.

Seniors Welcome. Delray Beach. 16 years experience. MA18563 Dennis (561) 502-2628 BEST MASSAGE & BODYWORK IN SOUTH FLORIDA READ MY REVIEWS AT WWW.SCHEDULENOW.INFO KEITH ANGEL, LMT (954) 816-7260 MA62951 MM27048

painting services LEENYX HOME IMPROVEMENT Interior and Exterior Painting, Popcorn Removal, Baseboard/ Crown Molding Install. Residental and Commerical. No job is too small!! We service all of broward with great competitive prices!

Visa/Mastercard accepted. Call 954-696-6840 or email, tizpo11231@yahoo.com

AFFORDABLE AWESOME MASSAGE BY JIM Offering Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports and LomiLomi Massage for Men; in a very comfortable, relaxed and Private Massage Studio, NOW conveniently located in Wilton Manors on NE 26th Street, with plenty of free parking. Same Day appointments are welcome; please call Jim, 954-600-5843 email: info@massagebyjim.com or visit my website for testimonials, rates and more. GREAT OPENING SPECIAL NOW AVAILABLE! www.massagebyjim.com Licensed and Certified MM22293 WPB/ LAKE WORTH MASSEUR Strong, caring perceptive therapist for your body in need. Full time therapist for over 15 years! Easy and relaxed home studio for your comfort and healing.

Convenient and affordable, flexible hours, in and out calls. MA64031, Alan 954-279-9935 www. alantherapy4u.com

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WILTON MANORS MASSAGE Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports. $59 Swedish Hour. call or THINGS YOU NEED TO ACCOMPLISH? Minds Text Chris Tunkus 954-258-8779 1322 NE 4th at ease, A+ handyman service. Prompt, Reliable Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL www.WiltonManorsMassage.com & Honest. Call Keldon Keller 954-551-3127 krkeller@aol.com THE BRITISH POUND John Maroussas LMT TOP NOTCH CONTRACTING Knows all and Sports Massage, Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular, does all!! Many years experience and easy on the Trigger Point, Swedish, Salt or Sugar Scrubs. eyes! Remodeling, Trimming, Ground molding, Private Studio w/ Shower. Wilton Manors LocaDrywall, Painting, Landscaping, Roofing , Tile work, Electrical, Windows, Doors and more. Very tion near Bill’s Lic#MA51123 954-999-2240 reasonable rates and free estimates. Call Shawn 954-549-8243

plumber BUTLER PLUMBING, INC.Residential & Commercial, Licensed & Insured, Palm Beach 561-613-338, Broward 954 -999-3315, Miami-Dade 786-999-2152 24/7 -365 days,info@butler-plumbing.com, www. bultler-plumbing.com“ Just tell your friends the BUTLER did it”

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pets

Dog Walking: $10.00 starting at Pet Sitting: $40.00 In House Pet Sitting: $45.00 Training: $10.00 starting per visit Pet Taxi (FTL Area): $20.00 Dependable • Reliable Service Delivered with Love and Respect

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human resources WE GOT YOU COVERED! Advocates for student needs. Specializing in helping foster student and others transition into responsible, independent Adults. We are here to help find resources and outlets for stable and healthy adult lives. Call 786793-8650 for more information.

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psychic services CHRISTIAN PSYCHIC READER AND ADVISOR BY SHAWN Reunite you with loved ones or family. Will guide you for success. Tell past, present and destiny to come. For further information call Shawn at 954-549-8243

real estate for sale MIAMI WATERFRONT LOCATION, KeystoneNew Stunning Renovation. Boca Style 3274 sq ft, 2 story, Open design Cherry wood kitchen. granite counter,stainless steel appliances. 10 ft ceilings, 4br/2ba +26 ft bonus room,dining room,den large lot and 40 ft long pool. Best Buy $895K, 305-433-1775,631-433,0690

rent/lease furnished PERFECT RELOCATION RENTALS 3 TO 6 MONTHSFrom 325/week & 895/month. Gay owned and operated hotel resort with beautiful studio, 1 & 2BRself catering turnkey, fully furnished & apartments with full kitchens.

Clothing optional pool! Central to Wilton Manors & Haulover nude beach in historic Dania Beach . Pets welcome. Includes ,utilities, parking , cable, wifi , internet/telephone . Call Joe & Jack at 954927-0090 or visit www.LibertySuites.com

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LARGE 2BR/1 BA Beautiful wood floors, private yard, single family home with canvas covered parking, amazing bonus room, washer/ dryer. Quiet neighborhood walking distance to Wilton Drive/restaurants, clubs, etc. Background check/credit check required. Available NOW!!! $1,650month Please call Terri Wright with Sea Island Realty, Inc 954-401-4918

AFFORDABLE-READY TO MOVE IN NEWLY REMODELED, Wilton Manors, ready to move-in 1BD/1BA for $695.00, in newly renovated. Our largest unit. Walk in closet, renovated kitchen and bath, new appl., new tile floors, off-street parking.

Smoke free. No pets. $695.00. Call 754-366-7563 AFFORDABLE-READY TO MOVE IN NEWLY REMODELED, Wilton Manors, ready to move-in 1BD/1BA for $695.00, in newly renovated.Our largest unit. Walk in closet, renovated kitchen and bath, new appl., new tile floors, off-street parking.

Smoke free. No pets. Free Laundry onsite. $695.00. Call 754-366-7563

rent/lease ft. lauderdale LARGE TOWNHOME WITH POOL, EAST FORT LAUDERDALE Beautiful 2BR/2BA townhome in quiet 5-plex.Large eat-in kitchen, central a/c, ceiling fans, Washer/dryer in unit, dishwasher, sparkling pool and more. All in tropical paradise within 5 minutes of the Atlantic Ocean & 1-95 & 8 minutes to Wilton Drive.

Master bedroom has walk-in closet and sliding glass doors to private balcony. Great neighbors and neighborhood. Small pet ok. $1,225/mo.

Check out photos & complete descriptions at www.YourPerfectApartment.com or call Rick at 954-253-1929 LAKERIDGE FURN. GARDEN STUDIO Central to beach/downtown/Wilton Drive.Clean newly ren. 1 rm and bath. Lg. private fenced courtyard. private entry with parking,laundry onsite, water and electric included. $765/mo. 1st and security with lease. Avail March 1st call 941-548-7989 MIDDLE RIVER TERRACE 1/1 efficency $675/ mo. Or $165/week, 6 mos or 1 year lease. Large 3BD house $1,250, carport, office, and all tile.

Pay your first month’s rent with an approved application and you’re in. Water & electric included* Call for details. 954-527-9225 HUGE 2/2 POOL DUPLEX - POMPANO BEACH Updated, Lushly Landscaped, East of Fed Hwy 1 Mile to Beach, D/R, Sep. Laundry W/D, Fab Lrg Pool, New Central AC, Tile Floors, Small Dog or Cat ok. $1390, Available 2/1/13 Call Tim: 754-235-2911 1BD APARTMENT UPSTAIRS 1142 NE 4th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale $700/Mo. Yearly Call 954-764-0212 or 954-581-2573 $700 DOWNTOWN/ SAILBOAT BEND Quiet, small complex.1 BD/ 1BA. Large walk-in closet , like new carpet. Living room ,dining area, kitchen. FREE hot water, NEW A/C, LOW electric bills. Assigned parking. ** MOVE –IN SPECIAL** $ 700/Mo. 954-566-6251

roommates WILTON STATION LUXURY CONDO Share 2/2 with loft, private bath, parking, pool, gym and Jacuzzi. Utilities included. Looking for mature professional, background check required. $875 a month ,call 516-655-3216 LAUDERLAKES ROOMATE WANTED Share a 2/2 on lake w/ hot tub, private bath, W/D , dishwasher ,central a/c and cable. $ 400/mo includes utilities & internet. Looking for a mature professional. 1st & security deposit. Background check req. Call Gary 954-803-0885

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MALE ROOMMATE WANTED Male roommate wanted for 2/1/13. Beautiful WPB 2BD/2BA apt to share $650/Mo. Water, Elect, Waste Mgt included. Deposit + 1st. mo. Required. Call 561316-7236

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2 ROOMS FOR RENT 1BD/1BA new carpet, kitchenette, $1,200/Mo. will reduce to $775 for experienced handyman. Also 1BD $700/Mo. will reduce to $400 for experienced handyman. No pets allowed. Preferably young and strong male.

Contact John 954-549-8243 for more info.

PB COUNTY-LAKE PARK 2/1 CONDO 2nd Floor Corner - Next to Kelsey Park across from Intracoastal Great Locations. $750 per month - 1 year Lease • No Pets • No Smoking • 1st & Security Call 561-310-0615

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