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Inspiration

Pridelines Offers Help for Gay Teens

By Joey Amato

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n light of the recent suicides among LGBTQ teens and young adults, Pridelines Youth Services wants any ostracized and marginalized youth in South Florida to know they have a safe and welcoming place in this community.

“Whether because of bullying at school, family disappointment at being gay, misinterpreted religious beliefs, or outdated ethnic morals, an LGBTQ

youth in South Florida has a safe haven at Pridelines,” said Victor Diaz-Herman, executive director at Pridelines.

“At the end of the day, regardless of what hardships a young person is facing due to their sexual orientation and the coming out process, no person should ever reach a point in their life when they feel so alone that suicide seems the only solution,” Diaz-Herman states.

For more than 28 years, Pridelines has provided a safe space and nurturing

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environment for South Florida’s LGBTQ youth between the ages of 14 to 24.

Youth are welcome to visit the drop-in center on Mondays through Fridays, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., where they can meet other LGBTQ youth who experience similar issues on a daily basis.

Pridelines’ peer led discussion groups offer a means for youth to discuss issues with each other, offer advice to each other, and most importantly to support each other on the long and challenging path of coming out. Pridelines also offers a series of interesting and entertaining programs including transgender and lesbian programs and social events for all youth, Diaz-Herman said.

“The Pridelines mission is to nurture LGBTQ youth so they can live their lives proudly and happily as vibrant contributors to the entire community,” he said. “Our organization’s aim is to positively impact South Florida’s LGBTQ youth so they never spiral into depression … or worse.”

Referring to the recent LGBTQ suicides, Diaz-Herman said Pridelines can also offer resources to any LGBTQ youth in need through its partnerships with The Alliance for GLBTQ Youth and the Miami Behavioral Health Center.

These services include healthcare coordination, family counseling, homelessness assistance, suicide prevention assistance, mental health evaluations and more.

For more information about Pridelines call (305) 571-9601 or visit Pridelines.org.

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n October 11, 2010, over 150 people gathered at the Sunshine Cathedral for a community vigil, call to prayer and call to action in light of the recent gay suicides and hate crimes that have been affecting our community.

In a joint effort by the Pride Center at Equality Park and the Sunshine Cathedral, participants were addressed by members of clergy and government leaders, including Florida State Senator Chris Smith (District 29), Florida State Representative Perry Thurston (District 93), and Robin

Bartleman, Broward County School Board member at large.

Attendees were urged to pressure government officials to pass the Student Non-Discrimination Act (HR 4530 / S3390) and the Safe Schools Improvement Act (HR2262 / S3739).

These bills would make discrimination in schools based on sexual orientation or gender identity against the law, and require schools that receive federal funding to implement comprehensive antibullying policies.

Statistics show 9 out of 10 LGBT youth report being verbally harassed at school; 44 percent say they have been physically harassed; 22 percent report having been assaulted; and 60 percent say it is useless to report abuse because they don’t trust that anyone will actually help to protect them.

In the past few weeks, our community has endured numerous hate crimes and teen suicides including those of Asher Brown (age 13), Seth Walsh (age 13), Justin Aaberg (age 15), Billy Lucas (age 15), Tyler Clementi (age 18) and Raymond Chase (age 19).

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Campaign Watch

Meek Not Mild: Crist A ‘Flip-Flopper’ unconstitutional,” Crist responded, “That’s what has changed… and I respect the law.”

“The problem is that Crist sat in the same chair in February, after a Florida court had already ruled the law unconstitutional,” says a response email from the Meek campaign, “praising the law and believing that children do best in a home with a mother and a father.

And he stuck by that claim today.”

Gov. Charlie Crist Kendrick Meek As a Senator, Charlie Crist will have no sworn duty to defend any laws.

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“Today, the governor proved he still feels the same way about equality for Florida’s gay and lesbians – he still stands with conservatives firmly against it,” says Meek. He’s referring to video footage on YouTube of a flustered Charlie Crist telling reporters that he only changed his opinion on the adopfree tion ban because of a reason court ruling estimates! that called it unconstitutional.

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Wilton Drive Welcomes Season with Open Arms Business Owners Mostly Optimistic About Economy

By Joey Amato

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s you walk down Wilton Drive from City Hall to Rosie’s you may notice that many storefronts display signs saying ‘For Lease’ or ‘Going out of Business.’ A leisurely stroll one afternoon revealed that approximately 34,000 square feet of commercial space was available for sale or rent, not including new construction or the space available in Gables Wilton Park, which is currently mostly vacant, even though the residential component seems to be faring better.

Many businesses, including most hospitality venues, have seen sharp decreases in revenue this summer. Many entrepreneurs say they have experienced one of the worst summers in recent memory.

Almost every strip center on the drive contains some vacancies, with the noticeable exception of the strip anchored by Zoo Two to the south and Karl Grace to the north.

So why, even though the Drive appears vibrant, are many businesses suffering? The answer is quite simple.

First, despite recent reports, the economic climate is still not as good as many economists have declared. People are not spending as much money as they used to, and instead using every dime to pay for necessary expenditures and not to indulge in superfluous activities, such as shopping, dining and partying.

The bars and clubs may look full, but the average customer receipt is down. Customers who used to order top shelf beverages are now opting for well drinks instead. Patrons

Island City will celebrate their second anniversary in November and Darham expects the busiest season yet for his establishment.

“The economy is still down, and people are spending less on entertainment and leisure as a general rule,” he states. “We are all small businesses here and are so easily affected by our local economy.”

Darham has witnessed an increase in business this summer even though the majority of American’s have been cutting back on fitness memberships.

“Our membership is more than double last year,” Darham tells SFGN, “which I believe is a testament to our philosophy of genuine care and concern for our members in providing a clean, healthy, and friendly environment.”

Jennifer Morales and Laurie Whittaker of Sidelines While some businesses such ing season due to an excellent opportunity as Book Nook, Photo Impression and Scoop for international visitors to come to Fort have closed their doors, others are leasing Lauderdale,” as a result of the weak dollar, space on the Drive. Exit Ryan Scott Realty “a lift in the spirit of all Americans, and a will be opening a new office, in addition to its current location, in the 1,300 square foot brighter economy.”

Whittaker is not alone in her thinking. In space formerly occupied by Rock Hard.

“The dynamic of Wilton Drive is ideal a positive sign for the hospitality industry, a new establishment called Wilton’s Bier Gar- for our expansion,” states Scott Morreau, den is scheduled to open in November of broker/owner of the firm. “The amount of this year, just in time for the holidays and visitors and foot traffic in the area should be Matty’s on the Drive has announced another great for business.”

The space, which is planned to open in expansion. It has only been a few months since the establishment initially expanded October, will feature interactive touch screen into a space adjacent to the original loca- displays, so people can browse through intion, now the popular watering hole took ventory after store hours. Morreau is optiover an additional space formerly occupied mistic about the expansion and the housby PC Lauderdale, which is still in business, ing market in general. “We think it’s a great time to be in the market for a home. Prices but decided to relocate off the Drive.

“It’s not all roses for everyone on the are mortgage rates are low,” in addition to a drive,” states Reece Darham of Island City large inventory to choose from.

Consumer and business sentiment may be Health & Fitness. Despite experiencing a great summer, Darham has heard stories of mixed, but it is yet to be seen what the fall season has to bring to local businesses. struggle within neighboring businesses once ordering expensive bottles or wine with dinner are now ordering by the glass, if at all.

After a difficult summer, Sidelines Sports Bar owner Laurie Whittaker is hoping business will pick up this fall. “While this past summer has been economically difficult, not only for our country, but also for local businesses, most have managed to stay busy,” she says. “We at Sidelines are anticipating a flourishing business this com-

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By A. Sebastian Fortino

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an you imagine life without the ability to read? Could you imagine life without purpose, aspirations, or hope? Might you imagine for just one moment, a life of being stigmatized as hopeless?”

Major Denise Smith and Randi Sands are women with a mission, to save at-risk youth from an empty, precarious existence at the military-styled Elite Behavioral Health Center (EBHC). While Smith has been involved with youth for nearly 20 years, Sands has only come onboard within the past two months as the school’s grant writer. Since the school’s inception in 1998 they have never needed to petition for grants.

“Our funding has primarily been through the department of education, but as we all know even they have faced cut backs due to the economy,” said Smith, who also has made television appearances and has a website where she extols the benefits of tough love at Toughloveguru.com.

After Smith left the military she started working at Miami Central High School, where she saw firsthand the need to mentor and educate at-risk youth. The definition of at-risk youth, according EBHC, are students who have been or will be kicked out of the public school system.

Smith’s first program was working with at-risk females, and on her personal website she explains that the reason she entered the military in the first place was because she herself was an at-risk young female. How-

ever, her path soon led her to work with males, between the ages of 8 and 15 years of age who have emotional, behavioral, or educational issues.

Not all of the boys that come to EBHC come from single-parent households without father figures, or families that struggle financially. Some boys are sent to the school by parents who can afford to pay. The issues these children face are universal – Smith points out she has had students from Miami penthouses who gladly pay the $12,000 tuition, who have the same issues as students from lower socio-economic orders.

“We have more than 40 kids on our waiting list, so now we are trying to get the funding we need to get these kids off of the streets and into our school,” said Smith with some dismay. “It’s unfortunate because we’re only about seven weeks into the school year. Our kids are on track now.

We have a few kids that came two weeks ago that we are still putting on track.”

Smith says the school gets calls every day from the mothers and families of students who need the school’s rigorous, boot campstyled approach to education which according to Smith and Sands, works.

“We had two boys that did not do their homework a few days ago. As a result they were made to do physical training. If they did not come back caught up with their homework they would get more physical training. The next day there was not one child in the school that did not do their homework,” said Sands who is still amazed continued on page 25

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SFGN Special Report

Valerie Jarrett’s Address to the HRC Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett, spoke at the annual national dinner of the Human Rights Campaign on Saturday evening, October 9, in Washington, D.C. to directly address the recent tragedies surrounding youth who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. SFGN is proud to publish her address.

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RC has been a formidable force in the fight for equality. And you’ve been a great partner to President Obama over the past two years during some very tough battles. Together, we’re fighting to build a fairer and freer nation. Together, we’re working toward the day no one in this country is treated like a second class citizen – not by our laws, and not in any community.

That’s why the President asked me to come here tonight, to carry a message on his behalf. Recently, we’ve all been shocked and heartbroken by the deaths of several young people who had been harassed and bullied for being openly gay – or because people thought they were gay. It’s a terrible tragedy.

And it has turned a harsh spotlight on an issue that often doesn’t get the public attention it deserves- the struggles of LGBT youth. The enormous pain that too many experience as a result of bullying, and the desperate, tragic decision by some young people who feel that their only recourse is to take their own lives.

I say this not only as an advisor to the President. I say this from my heart, as a mother. I cannot begin to fathom the pain – the terrible grief – of losing a child. There is no greater loss – and we have lost too many in just the past few months. Asher, Billy, Seth, Tyler, Justin.

We all want to protect our children. We want to be there for our children. And the idea that a young man or woman, in some cases barely teenagers – just at the start of life – would feel so hopeless and tormented as to want to end their lives, it saddens all of us. Young people are our future. They need guidance. They need our support. And this responsibility is far too great to be shouldered by parents alone. Our whole society has to step up and reaffirm our collective obligation to all of our children. This includes the responsibility to instill in young people respect for one another. And we adults should set an

example of mutual regard and civility ourselves.

No young person should have to endure a life of relentless taunts and harassment, just because they’re gay. On behalf of President Obama, I want to make clear that this administration is firmly committed to working with you and other advocates. For we all have to ensure that we are creating an environment in our schools, our communities, and our country, that is safe for every person, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. That’s why, last year, we created a new federal task force on bullying. We must disprove the myth that bullying is an unavoidable fact of life for young people.

The Department of Education has reinvigorated the Office for Civil Rights to help stop harassment and bullying of LGBT young people who may not conform to gender norms.

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced an unprecedented National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention.

We must also recognize that creating a safe environment for LGBT youth also means doing more for young people who are forced to leave their homes. For the first time, we have a national strategy to fight homelessness, which addresses the needs of LGBT youth..

So when it comes to putting a stop to the bullying and harassment of LGBT youth, we are not going to let up. We are going to stand with you. We are going to stand with every single young person in this country who deserves the chance to grow up, learn, have fun, and live their lives without the constant threat of violence, or ridicule…

The tragic loss of Seth, and Tyler, and Asher, and Billy, and Justin, and countless others whose names we don’t know – strikes at the heart of our values as Americans, and our sense of humanity. We all have an obligation to engage in the broader struggle to build a more perfect union – a nation where each of us is free to pursue our own version of happiness.

Verdugo Holding Rally to Fight for His Job

uled on November 30, 2010 relevant to Mr.Verdugo’s ongoing discrimination case against the City of Hollywood. Mr.Verdugo is still fighting to be reinstated in his job.

The plan is to hold the rally at high noon on Wednesday, October 20, at City Hall in Hollywood, in front of the building, at 2600 Hollywood Boulevard.

Attendees have been invited to wear purple in support and memoriam for the number of gay teenagers who have recently committed suicide as a result of bullying.

The rally comes in the wake of the August 12 hearing in Tampa when The State of Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission unanimously upheld a negotiated Settlement Agreement in the

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ormer openly-gay Hollywood Police officer Michael (“Mikey”) Verdugo, who charged that he was unfairly terminated by the City of Hollywood, along with his attorney, George Castrataro, Esq., and a team of community leaders, will hold an important rally to keep attention focused on Mr.Verdugo’s exemplary discrimination case and further explain why support for passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is so important.

ENDA is a comprehensive federal remedy to address the lack of state and local protection afforded to American LGBT workers. There has been no movement on ENDA in the House in recent months.

The rally precedes a Court Hearing sched-

But, as you know, building a more perfect union is not just about our laws. It’s about engendering a society where we embrace one another’s differences. And while we have made progress, we all know that these tragedies brought on by bullying do not reflect who we are as a nation. They are a painful reminder of the work we still have to do. We have to keep fighting together.

We must not lose hope. We cannot allow people to sow division among us – not when the stakes are so high for our country.

After all, as President Obama said when he spoke here last year, the people in this room are a testament to the progress we have already made as a nation. “[L]ife is precious, and part of its beauty lies in its diversity,” he said. “We shouldn’t be embarrassed by the things that make us different. We should be proud of them. Because it’s the things that make us different, that makes us who we are. And the strength and character of this country have always come from our ability to recognize ourselves in one another.”

Verdugo discrimination case and allowed Mr. Verdugo to retain his State certification as a law enforcement officer.

“It was an important victory and first step in vindicating Mikey, but there’s a long way yet to go,” Castrataro stated. Castrataro’s argument had prevailed that the City of Hollywood’s intervention into the previously negotiated settlement was inappropriate and improper.

“In Florida, employment and advancement are still hindered by prejudice. Too many people, both straight and gay, do not realize that it’s still possible to fire someone without cause!” Mr. Castrataro said. “Mikey’s fight illustrates the need to pass the ENDA without further delay. His plight serves as a powerful reminder that discrimination is real and must end. Passage of the bill would have far-reaching effects.” Castrataro, long active in Broward County human rights initiatives, is working with co-counsel, SFGN Publisher Norm Kent.

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• Allergic reactions. Skin rashes, some of them • KALETRA tablets can be taken with or without food. • See “What is the most important information I severe, can occur in people who take KALETRA. Tell • If you are taking both Videx® (didanosine) and should know about KALETRA?” your healthcare provider if you had a rash when you KALETRA: • Liver problems. Liver problems, including death, took another medicine for your HIV infection or if you didanosine can be taken at the same time as can happen in people who take KALETRA. Blood tests ° notice any skin rash when you take KALETRA. KALETRA tablets, without food. in people who take KALETRA may show possible take didanosine either one hour before or two Common side effects of KALETRA include: liver problems. People with liver disease such as ° hours after taking KALETRA oral solution.

• diarrhea Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C who take KALETRA may • Do not miss a dose of KALETRA. This could make the have worsening liver disease. Tell your healthcare • nausea virus harder to treat. If you forget to take KALETRA, provider right away if you have any of these signs and • stomach area (abdominal) pain take the missed dose right away. If it is almost time • feeling weak symptoms of liver problems: for your next dose, do not take the missed dose.

• vomiting ° loss of appetite Instead, follow your regular dosing schedule by • headache yellow skin and whites of eyes (jaundice) ° taking your next dose at its regular time. Do not take • upset stomach dark-colored urine ° more than one dose of KALETRA at one time. pale colored stools, itchy skin These are not all of the possible side effects of ° • If you take more than the prescribed dose of KALETRA. For more information, ask your doctor or ° stomach area (abdominal) pain.

KALETRA, call your local poison control center or • Inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis). pharmacist. Tell your doctor about any side effect that emergency room right away.

Some people who take KALETRA get inflammation of bothers you or that does not go away.

• Take KALETRA oral solution with food to help it work the pancreas which may be serious and cause death. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. better.

You have a higher chance of getting pancreatitis if You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA• If KALETRA is being used for your child, tell your you have had it before. Tell your doctor if you have 1088. doctor if your child’s weight changes. nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pain while taking • KALETRA should not be given one time each day in How should I store KALETRA? KALETRA. These may be signs of pancreatitis. children. When giving KALETRA to your child, give • Increases in certain fat (triglycerides and KALETRA tablets: KALETRA exactly as prescribed. cholesterol) levels in your blood. Large increases • Store KALETRA tablets at room temperature, • KALETRA oral solution contains a large amount of of triglycerides and cholesterol can be seen in blood between 59°F to 86°F (15°C to 30°C). alcohol. test results of some people who take KALETRA. • Do not keep KALETRA tablets out of the container The long-term chance of getting complications ° If a young child drinks more than the it comes in for longer than 2 weeks, especially in recommended dose, it could make them sick from such as heart attacks or stroke due to increases in areas where there is a lot of humidity. Keep the too much alcohol. Contact your local poison control triglycerides and cholesterol caused by protease container closed tightly. center or emergency room right away. inhibitors is not known at this time.

KALETRA oral solution: • Diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia). ° Talk with your doctor if you take or plan to take • Store KALETRA oral solution in a refrigerator, metronidazole or disulfiram. You can have severe Some people who take protease inhibitors including between 36°F to 46°F (2°C to 8°C). KALETRA oral nausea and vomiting if you take these medicines KALETRA get new or more serious diabetes, or high solution that is kept refrigerated may be used until with KALETRA. blood sugar. Tell your doctor if you notice an increase the expiration date printed on the label. in thirst or urinate often while taking KALETRA. • medicines for tuberculosis (TB), such as rifabutin (Mycobutin®) • inhaled steroid medicines, such as fluticasone propionate (Flonase®) • inhaled medicines such as salmeterol (Serevent®) or salmeterol in combination with fluticasone propionate (Advair®). Your doctor may need to change to a different medicine • medicines for gout, such as colchicine (Colcrys®) • medicines to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), such as bosentan (Tracleer®) or tadalafil (Adcirca®) • pain medicines, such as fentanyl (Duragesic®, IonsysTM, Fentora®) and methadone If you are not sure if you are taking a medicine above, ask your doctor.

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• When your KALETRA supply starts to run low, get more from your doctor or pharmacy. It is important not to run out of KALETRA. The amount of HIV-1 virus in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. The virus may become resistant to KALETRA and become harder to treat.

• KALETRA can be taken with acid reducing agents used for heartburn or reflux such as omeprazole (Prilosec®) and ranitidine (Zantac®) with no dose adjustment.

• KALETRA should not be administered once daily in combination with carbamazepine (Tegretol® and Epitol®), phenobarbital (Luminal®), or phenytoin (Dilantin®).

Avoid doing things that can spread HIV infection.

KALETRA does not stop you from passing HIV infection to others. Do not share needles, other injection equipment or personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like toothbrushes and razor blades. Always practice safer sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.

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• KALETRA oral solution that is stored at room temperature (less than 77°F or 25°C) should be used within 2 months.

• Keep KALETRA away from high heat.

Throw away any medicine that is out of date or that you no longer need.

Keep KALETRA and all medicines out of the reach of children.

General information about KALETRA KALETRA does not cure HIV-1 or AIDS. The long-term effects of KALETRA are not known at this time. People taking KALETRA may still get opportunistic infections or other conditions that happen with HIV-1 infection.

Some of these conditions are pneumonia, herpes virus infections, and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections.

Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not use KALETRA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give KALETRA to other people, even if they have the same condition you have. It may harm them.

This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about KALETRA. If you would like more information, talk with your doctor. You can ask your pharmacist or doctor for information about KALETRA that is written for health professionals. For more information about KALETRA call 1-800-633-9110 or go to www.KALETRA.com.

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What are the ingredients in KALETRA? Active ingredient: lopinavir and ritonavir Inactive ingredients: KALETRA 200 mg lopinavir and 50 mg ritonavir tablets: copovidone, sorbitan monolaurate, colloidal silicon dioxide, and sodium stearyl fumarate. The film coating contains: hypromellose, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 400, hydroxypropyl cellulose, talc, colloidal silicon dioxide, polyethylene glycol 3350, yellow ferric oxide 172, and polysorbate 80.

KALETRA 100 mg lopinavir and 25 mg ritonavir tablets: copovidone, sorbitan monolaurate, colloidal silicon dioxide, and sodium stearyl fumarate. The film coating contains: polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, talc, polytheylene glycol 3350, and yellow ferric oxide E172.

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Campaign Commentary

HRC Head to NOM: ‘Your Lies Don’t End!’ Anti-Gay Group Fights Same-Sex Marriage in NH

By Jarrett Terrill

The fair-minded people of New Hampshire will see through NOM’s deceit.”

Leaders at NOM have made it clear that t was recently revealed that The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) an their agenda is to repeal marriage equality anti-gay group, has bought $425,000 in in New Hampshire. This latest $425,000 atadvertising in New Hampshire, likely for nega- tack campaign follows in NOM’s tradition of divisive campaigns tive attack ads against which the HRC and Governor John Lynch other groups charge who signed a marriage have even been illeequality bill in New gal at times. This last Hampshire last year. week, HRC indicated This is in addition to that NOM did not rethe $200,000 NOM port their campaign spent on attacks against financing in MinneGov. Lynch last spring. sota before trying to Lynch’s motto is “New sue that state’s governHampshire works best ment for asking them when New Hampshire to. NOM remains unworks together.” If past der investigation in campaigns are any inneighboring Maine for dicator, NOM will do violating election laws their best to split public as well. opinion right down the HRC and the Courmiddle on gay marriage HRC’s Joe Solmonese age Campaign have in the State. Past campaigns have featured crying children, wor- partnered to expose NOM for their secretive ried parents who lie about sex education in tactics and connections to the Catholic and schools and hired actors playing citizens from Mormon Church hierarchies through the whatever state the ad supposedly represents. new website NOMexposed.org. The web“NOM’s lies just don’t seem to end,” said site is every bit as bold as NOM’s “gatherHuman Rights Campaign(HRC) President ing storm” advertisement which became Joe Solmonese. “Gov. Lynch has proven the subject of numerous parodies due to its himself an effective leader who stood up for obvious mischaracterizations of “average the rights of all New Hampshire citizens. straight people.”

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SFGN BRIEFS US SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE ON UPSWING Polls this year from the Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life have found that more Americans favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally than did so just last year.

In two polls conducted over the past few months, based on interviews with more than 6,000 adults, 42 percent favor same-sex marriage while 48 percent are opposed. In polls conducted in 2009, 37 percent favored allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally and 54 percent were opposed. For the first time in 15 years of Pew Research Center polling, fewer than half oppose same-sex marriage.

The public continues to be far more supportive of gays and lesbians serving openly in the military than of allowing legal samesex marriages. This year, 60 percent say they favor allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military, while 30 percent oppose this. Support for gays serving openly in the military has remained fairly stable over the last five years. In 1994, shortly after the Clinton administration implemented the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, opinion was

more evenly divided (52 percent favor vs. 45 percent oppose).

inappropriately? The situation is so bizarre.”

He claims all the instructors routinely joke with customers about the awkwardness of a stranger being strapped to their backs, including raunchy sexual references.

Now Zarda, says he can’t get a gig at another skydiving company because of the complaint. But his boss says, “He was terminated for inappropriate behavior in the workplace.”

SFGN will see if the lawsuit flies.

MDGLCC Hosts MIAMI Networking Event The Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce will hold a Networking Cocktail Session at the Angler’s on October 13, 2010 at 4:30pm.The monthly networking program on the beach, held the second Wednesday of each month at the Angler’s Resort Hotel, 660 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. Cocktail networking event (cash bar) and complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be offered. Guests can receive a 15% discount off menu items. RSVP requested: 305-673-4440

Was NY skydiver fired for being gay?

Long Island skydiving instructor Donald Zarda was just axed after a female client complained that during their tandem descent he touched her in a wrong way.

Donald Zarda was strapped tightly to the woman, identified only as Rosanna, as they floated to earth in a tandem jump June 18,

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Skydiving instructor Donald Zarda when he told her, “Don’t worry, I’m gay.”

Rosanna says it was “inappropriate behavior” and also said he she was touched “in a way that made her uncomfortable.”

But the skydiver scoffs at the allegation he had fondled the woman. “I’m 100 percent gay,” Zarda told The Post. “So, you’re accusing me – the gay guy – of touching the girl

Macy’s announced its fifth annual “Shop For A Cause” charity shopping event, which has raised more than $34 million for local charities across the country since 2006.

This year’s Shop For A Cause will take place at all Macy’s stores and on macys.com on Saturday, October 16, 2010.

“Macy’s is proud to invite our customers to join us in giving back to the causes that make a difference both locally and nationally,” said Martine Reardon, Executive Vice President of Marketing for Macy’s. “In 2009, the Shop for a Cause program raised more

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SFGN BRIEFS WIKIMEDIA / “Confederate till Death”

cational seminars South Carolina and Cross Lighting by KKK focusing on the North Carolina, needs of the LGBT said the KKK has senior population. met with school Seminars include: officials and plans 1) Sex & Seniors; 2) to protest the Diabetic Nutrition school’s treatment & Wound Care; 3) of 24-year-old Medicare parts A-D; Jennifer Keeton GLCC HOSTS HEALTH CARE EXPO FOR SENIORS 4) Veteran & Medicaid Entitlements; 5) Elder on Oct. 23 from 1 to 4 p.m. Klan members Law and Fall Prevention, to name a few. will be in full dress across from the school’s The Pride Center at Equality Park will sponsor its first Assisted Living Facility (ALF) For more information about the Pride Center or this main Walton Way entrance in the median at Fleming Avenue.”

Project “Senior Health Care Expo.” The event event, please visit: PrideCenterFlorida.org.

Keeton lost her First Amendment lawsuit will be held at The Pride Center on Saturday, against the school in federal court this year.

October 23 from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. KKK to Rally for Spurlock said that Keeton has not been The Expo will provide a unique opporAntigay Student in touch with his group, which is affiliated tunity for key organizations in the fields The Ku Klux Klan plans to rally on the with the Church of the National Knights of of aging and geriatrics to showcase their campus of Augusta State University in supthe KKK based in South Bend, Indiana, and services and/or products through our port of counseling student Jennifer Keeton, claims 100,000 members in 41 states and 21 exhibit and trade show area. Participants are who claims the school violated her rights by countries, according to the Chronicle. dedicated to supporting healthy seniors and ordering her not to practice according to will provide exhibit information for Assisted her personal view that homosexuality is an Living Facilities, Insurance Services, Home identity disorder.

Twin Cities Archbishop Health Care Agencies, and testing for hearAccording to the Augusta Chronicle, “Bobby Refuses GAY COMMUNION ing, vision, cholesterol, and HIV. Spurlock, who identified himself as impeSome 25 students from St. John’s UniThe Expo will also feature a variety of edu- rial wizard knighthawk and grand dragon of versity and the College of St. Benedict than $6 million for nearly 10,000 charities across the country. We are once again looking forward to helping to make a positive impact in our communities.”

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approached Twin Cities Roman Catholic Archbishop John Nienstedt at St. John’s Abbey’s evening mass last Sunday and were refused holy communion – because they were wearing rainbow buttons and sashes as some sort of statement on the church’s position on The Gays.

Surprisingly the students were not part of the larger Rainbow Sash Movement. It’s not the message, the church says, but the act: any signs of political protest are not welcome so close to Jesus.

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SFGN Editorial

October 13, 2010

Facing Up to Homophobic Extremism Norm Kent, Publisher

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What world are we living in that both in ast week was mind boggling! One week after bumping numerous sto- New York and Florida the Republican Party ries because of breaking news content can promote religious Neanderthals as gurelated to gay suicides, bullying, and adoption, bernatorial candidates? I will get to Scott in again this week, the nation’s news epicenters an issue down the road, because this was all have focused on our lives. And I find myself during a week when Manhattan was rocked by brutal anti gay hate crimes. writing a second full page editorial.

How bad was it in New York?

This week we heard of an attack upon The Stonewall incident paled in comparigay men at the Stonewall Inn. The gay NYC landmark, is our White House. Eight attack- son to revelations that nine members of a ers have already been arrested and charged Bronx street gang brutalized one of their 17-year-old recruits when they discovered with a hate crime.

Instead of a heightened sensitivity by he was gay.

Early in the morning on Oct. 3, the gang candidates in New York towards anti gay violence, the Republican standard bearer members allegedly lured the teenager to an for Governor goes to a Hasidic Jewish fo- abandoned apartment, stripped him, beat rum and viciously rails on gays, denouncing him and sodomized him using a plunger gay pride parades and boasting he has never handle. Prosecutors say the gang then lured marched in them, then intimating our lives the 30-year-old man seen with their recruit are dysfunctional. He then hit the trifecta by and another 17-year-old boy in to the apartcommenting that “being gay is not the example that we should be showing our children.”

What Carl Paladino did say was “I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family.” He added that “I’m sure lots of gay and lesbian New Yorkers would love to get married and raise a family,” but to save us from our foolishness, he added he would veto any such bill.

Peter Finch as Howard Beale in the movie Network After all, he added of gays: “I don’t want them to be brainwashed ment. They too were tortured, in an attack into thinking that homosexuality is an city officials have condemned for its brutality.

Meanwhile, in downtown Utah, where we equally valid or successful option. It isn’t.”

Another inflammatory statement, that “there expect this kind of thing, we were not disis nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunc- appointed. Boyd K. Packer, president of the tional homosexual,” was in the prepared church’s Quorum of Twelve Apostles, spoke remarks but Paladino didn’t say it. So what, about homosexuality thusly: “There are those today who not only tolerate but advodoes anyone think he did not presume it?

cate voting to change laws that would legalize immorality, as if a vote would somehow alter the designs of God’s laws and nature.”

Packer addressed more than 20,000 members in attendance and millions more watching a broadcast of the Mormon faith’s 180th General Conference via satellite. He told his audience that “homosexual tendencies are impure and unnatural.” He said we gays are going to bring down society.

“We quickly lose our way when we disobey the laws of God,” the senior apostle declared. “If we do not protect and foster the family, civilization and our liberties must indeed perish.”

South Florida may be a gay ghetto where you can gather in the sun, but there is a world out there that still hates you and wants you buried in a closet or lynched on a rope. Welcome to the Mormon choir.

The HRC has launched a nationwide letter writing campaign in protest. The letter they are asking you to send Elder Parker is on their website, and it castigates him for his appalling speech, which, they argue rightly, “further alienates LGBT youth and potentially contributes to suicides of even more vulnerable young people…”

But just as Dan Choi chained himself to the White House, maybe the HRC dinner last week should not have been in Washington, D.C. Maybe we should go to Salt Lake City, one million strong, and let the Mormons know who we are. Valerie Jarrett, a White House advisor, delivered the keynote address to the HRC last week, and we published most of her talk on page six, with the full text online. Still, someone needs to tell the HRC we need more direct action and less inaction.

For two years, with a Democratic Congressional majority, and a supportive administration, we have gotten lip service. We have not achieved an end to discrimination in the armed forces or a victory with ENDA. And the Democrats are about to get their donkey’s kicked next month. Aren’t you tired of lame excuses, weak apologies, and misleading leaders when your brothers and sisters are being killed in the streets?

We make advances one day and we are greeted with homophobic extremism the next. We have to act, not react. We have to demand our rights today in the streets.

Cocktail parties just aren’t cutting it, folks.

When will you stand up like Howard Beale (Peter Finch) and say, as he did 34 years ago in ‘Network,’ “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”

Our newspaper is your voice. It is time to shout and be heard, seen and mobilize, stand up and be counted, and not in a poll for the best place to pick up a date. Pick up a sign and take over a congressman’s office.

They are trespassing on our rights. Let’s trespass on theirs.

October 13, 2010 • SouthFloridaGayNews.com

Brian McNaught

Why Companies Support Gay Relationships

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n 1990, when Lehman Brothers asked my spouse, Ray Struble, to take over their Atlanta office, he told the firm they would need to pay my relocation expenses. There was no policy that covered such a benefit at his firm, or any other at the time, but Lehman said, “Yes.” It later became official policy at his firm, and at most others.

In the upcoming Out and Equal Workplace Summit in Los Angeles, I’ll be on a panel that’s discussing “The Business Case for Marriage Equality.” The thrust of the discussion will be that corporations need to be aware of the significance of gay marriage to their economic success, and that they should be actively participating as public advocates for marriage equality in upcoming Supreme Court cases.

My feeling is that they already have advocated for gay relationships, long before even national gay organizations had it on their radar.

From the earliest days when The Village Voice made history by announcing it would provide health care benefits to the domestic partners of its gay employees, to the recent declaration by Google that they would raise the salary of gay employees to cover the cost of the federal tax on those benefits, American corporations have led all other segments of society in recognizing the relationships of their LGBT employees. Long before it became a legal issue, it was a business issue, raised to the attention of management by employees like my spouse, Ray. Lehman had also asked Ray to take over their office in Singapore, which he declined because of the country’s negative attitudes on homosexuality at the time. He likewise turned down the request that he lead the firm’s office in London because the United Kingdom would not have allowed me to work then. Being transferred to Singapore and London today would be a very different experience from when Ray said, “No.” Attitudes have dramatically changed in Singapore, and the laws have changed in the U.K.

AP T But the attitudes and the laws in those countries have changed because gay employees have pressured their firms to pay attention to the injustices of workplace compensation, the impact of hostile work environments, and the toll on profits of punitive laws.

Before the United States Supreme Court hears the two significant cases on gay marriage headed its way – the suit filed by the State of Massachusetts charging that the Federal Government’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) discriminates against the citizens of the Commonwealth and their right to full marriage benefits, and the suit filed on whether the State of California can legally bar gay marriage – most Fortune 500 corporations are already providing equal treatment for their gay employees and their spouses. And even if the Supreme Court rules against the right of gay people to legally marry, most corporations will continue to recognize the relationships of their gay employees as equal to the marriages of their heterosexual employees.

It would be great if the more than 60 companies that came out publicly in support of affirmative action in 2003 also did so in “Friend of the Court” briefs for the two cases now heading to the Supreme Court. If 3M, Coca-Cola, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods, Microsoft, Nike, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Reebok, and Xerox all publicly put their names behind gay marriage as they did for affirmative action, it might make a difference in how Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered the swing vote in the deeply divided partisan court, might vote. But if they do publicly support gay marriage, it will be because the LGBT employees and their heterosexual allies in those firms ask them to. If the companies don’t publicly take a stand, we all need to acknowledge that these cases wouldn’t even be considered were it not for the long history of corporations publicly normalizing gay relationships. And they did so because their employees asked them to.

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Guest Column

Tea Party Republican Speaks Out Against Obama

By Peter Ryskewecz

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am Gay, and I have spent nearly half a century as a thoughtless “liberal” gayclone, believing everything the gay ghetto and my labor union has told me. I have blamed the decimation of gay men dying of AIDS on Reagan, Bush, Cheney, Rove and Gingrich. I have dutifully voted Democratic in almost every election since John F. Kennedy. I have called for a “French Revolution” in America and preached the socialist gospel of European superiority to anybody who would listen. But I have changed!

What brought about this change? In one word: Obama!!! His taxpayer bailouts of the incompetent rich contradicted his beautiful rhetoric of condemning the rich when he campaigned for President. His health-care reform is a farce and does not control costs for any age-group. His star has faded. His luster is diminished, just as millions of people have

lost their homes and their employment. He blames Bush, but unemployment used to be almost half of what it is in today’s Obama-world.

He has left us so deeply in debt that China, our primary creditor, is almost certain to become the world’s most powerful economy.

Even Europe is telling Obama he is going in the wrong direction.

He implores us to vote for Democrats; and if we don’t, there will be no funding for AIDS. Yet Bush spent hundreds of millions on AIDS, as did Reagan and Gingrich.

I no longer believe Gay propaganda and Gayeditorial writers.

I am tired of being expected blindly to follow a Democratic Party that usurps my Gayness to raise millions, only to raise my taxes and to promote bogus fear of Republicans to extort even more money from my friends and me.

During this campaign season, I have attended numerous GOP and “Gay” GOP events. None of the Republican candidates or GOP activists treated me like an alien.

All of them welcomed my patriotism and my gayness. Now I realize how much “socalled progressive gay activists” lie and exaggerate about right-wing homophobia.

I am fed-up with being told that because I am Gay, I must vote Democratic! Otherwise, I will hate myself. I am tired of Gay left-wing demagoguery in the Gay blogs and publications.

In 2008, over one out of three Gay voters voted for John McCain in an otherwise dismal year for the GOP. They must have been on to something. I can only hope, for my country and for my unemployed friends and family, that even more Gays will vote Republican in November.

Next Week’s SFGN Profile JOE HARTER Joey Amato features young performer.

Letters, We Got Letters Comment on: ‘No Pride on the Drive’ (10/6) DEAR EDITOR: The HOA Board members of the Belle Isle Community read with great interest the recent article regarding No Pride on the Drive.We scratched our collective heads as none of us were contacted to provide any input to the article. So perhaps we can provide some needed balance for your readers.

Belle Isle is a diverse community of 60 townhomes in the heart of Wilton Manors.

We, the Board members, take our volunteer positions very seriously in maintaining our exceptional property. We proudly serve our neighbors because we care about community.

We govern by a set of By-Laws, approved by the community. These By-Laws contain reasonable rules which apply to every resident and tenant. These By-Laws are an important component of keeping our community up to the uniform and acceptable standards our Belle Isle residents have come to expect. When new tenants move to Belle Isle, we have them complete a lease package indicating that they will abide by the rules.

The tenants mentioned in the article completed a lease package and agreed to abide by the Association rules.

One of these rules is “no flags” (except the American flag). Why? Is this reasonable?

The HOA Board members must look at the needs of the whole Belle Isle community.

If we “allow” rainbow flags (or country flags of Brazil or Italy as referenced in the article),

on an on-going basis, then we must allow any flag - whether it supports tolerance and inclusion or whether it supports intolerance and derisiveness. This flag example is why Belle Isle has By-Laws and elects a Board to enforce them.

The Board initially had no issue with the rainbow flags being temporarily displayed during Pride weekend. In fact, regarding special events, holidays, etc., we encourage community spirit. However, months later, the flags remain and this, in the Board’s opinion, is not reasonable, is a violation of our By-Laws and accordingly, we’ve asked the tenants and the unit owner to take down the flags.

With respect to signage, the “no signs” message was incorrectly communicated to the tenants mentioned in the article. Belle Isle’s management company initially misunderstood the By-Laws violation and included “signage” instead of “flags”. Appropriate, tasteful signage for the commercial units is, of course, necessary and fully supported by the HOA. Unit owners and tenants (and, even on occasion, SFGN reporters) often come to our HOA meetings. We encourage all Belle Isle residents to come to our community meetings and express their concerns, challenges and needs. If residents do not like the rules, they can proactively go about getting rules changed. It’s in the By-Laws.

The HOA Board will continue to do it’s level best to manage our wonderful neighborhood – with pride, I might add.

Respectfully, M. Felici for the HOA Board of Belle Isle

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Legal News

Global Fund to Fight AIDS Announces New Contributions U.S. Pledges over $5 Billion

By Jarrett Terrill

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n October 6, 2010, President Obama pledged a record breaking $4 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Not including what private corporations pledged to the Global Fund, the USA pledged around 53 percent of the total money to fight these diseases.

While total contributions from all participating nations are down from the $20 billion expected by organizers, according to IRIN Global, the total pledged thus far is $11.7 billion. Obama’s pledge to the fund marks a 38 percent increase from the previ-

ous cycle’s pledge in 2007.

Among private entities donating to the cause, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation tops the list with a pledge of $300 million, followed by a similar amount from Product(RED), the United Methodist Church’s gift of $28 million and Chevron’s $25 million.

The countries who have pledged the most to the Global Fund according to their ability – as a percentage of their GDP – for this 3-year cycle are France, Canada, Luxembourg, the United States, Japan and Australia, in that order. The United States was the first and is, by far, the largest contributor to the Fund, providing more than $5.1 billion to date.

“This pledge is linked to a firm call to action,” said U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby, “that calls upon the Fund to make needed reforms and for other donor nations to share in the responsibility of saving more lives effectively and efficiently.”

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INDICATIONS ISENTRESS is an anti-HIV medicine used for the treatment of HIV. ISENTRESS must be used with other anti-HIV medicines, which may increase the likelihood of response to treatment.

The safety and effectiveness of ISENTRESS in children has not been studied.

It is important that you remain under your doctor’s care.

ISENTRESS will NOT cure HIV infection or reduce your chance of passing HIV to others through sexual contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood.

IMPORTANT RISK INFORMATION A condition called Immune Reconstitution Syndrome can happen in some patients with advanced HIV infection (AIDS) when anti-HIV treatment is started. Signs and symptoms of inflammation from opportunistic infections may occur as the medicines work to treat the HIV infection and strengthen the immune system.

Call your doctor right away if you notice any signs or symptoms of an infection after starting ISENTRESS. Contact your doctor immediately if you experience unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness while taking ISENTRESS. This is because on rare occasions muscle problems can be serious and can lead to kidney damage.

When ISENTRESS has been given with other anti-HIV drugs, side effects included nausea, headache, tiredness, weakness, trouble sleeping, stomach pain, dizziness, depression, and suicidal thoughts and actions.

Rash occurred more often in patients taking ISENTRESS and darunavir together than with either drug separately, but was generally mild.

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I am outgoing.

I am on the go.

I am a newlywed.

I am HIV positive.

You are special, unique, and different from anyone else.

And so is your path to managing HIV. When you’re ready to start HIV therapy, talk to your doctor about a medication that may fit your needs and lifestyle.

In clinical studies lasting 96 weeks, patients being treated with HIV medication for the first time who took ISENTRESS plus Truvada:

Experienced less effect on LDL cholesterol (“bad” cholesterol) — Cholesterol increased an average of 7 mg/dL with ISENTRESS plus Truvada versus 21 mg/dL with Sustiva plus Truvada

Ask your doctor about ISeNTReSS. Not sure where to start? Visit isentress.com/questions

People taking ISENTRESS may still develop infections, including opportunistic infections or other conditions that occur with HIV infection.

Tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions, including if you have any allergies, are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. ISENTRESS is not recommended for use during pregnancy. Women with HIV should not breast-feed because their babies could be infected with HIV through their breast milk.

Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription medicines like rifampin (a medicine used to treat infections such as tuberculosis), non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

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

For more information about ISENTRESS, please read the Patient Information on the following page.

Need help paying for ISENTRESS? Call 1-866-350-9232 ISENTRESS is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. Copyright © 2010 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. All rights reserved.

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Had a low rate of side effects — The most common side effect of moderate to severe intensity (that interfered with or kept patients from performing daily activities) was trouble sleeping — This side effect occurred more often in patients taking ISENTRESS plus Truvada (4%) versus Sustiva plus Truvada (3%)

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Patient Information ISENTRESS ® (eye sen tris) (raltegravir) Tablets Read the patient information that comes with ISENTRESS1 before you start taking it and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This leaflet is a summary of the information for patients. Your doctor or pharmacist can give you additional information. This leaflet does not take the place of talking with your doctor about your medical condition or your treatment.

What is ISENTRESS? • ISENTRESS is an anti-HIV (antiretroviral) medicine used for the treatment of HIV. The term HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). ISENTRESS is used along with other anti-HIV medicines. ISENTRESS will NOT cure HIV infection.

• People taking ISENTRESS may still develop infections, including opportunistic infections or other conditions that happen with HIV infection.

• Stay under the care of your doctor during treatment with ISENTRESS. • The safety and effectiveness of ISENTRESS in children has not been studied.

ISENTRESS must be used with other anti-HIV medicines.

How does ISENTRESS work?

• ISENTRESS blocks an enzyme which the virus (HIV) needs in order to make more virus. The enzyme that ISENTRESS blocks is called HIV integrase.

• When used with other anti-HIV medicines, ISENTRESS may do two things: 1. Reduce the amount of HIV in your blood. This is called your “viral load”.

2. Increase the number of white blood cells called CD4 (T) cells.

• ISENTRESS may not have these effects in all patients.

Does ISENTRESS lower the chance of passing HIV to other people?

No. ISENTRESS does not reduce the chance of passing HIV to others through sexual contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood.

• Continue to practice safer sex.

• Use latex or polyurethane condoms or other barrier methods to lower the chance of sexual contact with any body fluids. This includes semen from a man, vaginal secretions from a woman, or blood.

• Never re-use or share needles.

Ask your doctor if you have any questions about safer sex or how to prevent passing HIV to other people.

What should I tell my doctor before and during treatment with ISENTRESS? Tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions. Include any of the following that applies to you: • You have any allergies.

• You are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.

- ISENTRESS is not recommended for use during pregnancy.

ISENTRESS has not been studied in pregnant women. If you take

ISENTRESS while you are pregnant, talk to your doctor about how

you can be included in the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry.

• You are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed.

- It is recommended that HIV-infected women should not breast-feed their infants. This is because their babies could be infected with HIV through their breast milk.

- Talk with your doctor about the best way to feed your baby.

Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take. Include the following: • prescription medicines, including rifampin (a medicine used to treat some infections such as tuberculosis) • non-prescription medicines • vitamins • herbal supplements Know the medicines you take.

• Keep a list of your medicines. Show the list to your doctor and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

How should I take ISENTRESS? Take ISENTRESS exactly as your doctor has prescribed. The recommended dose is as follows: • Take only one 400-mg tablet at a time.

• Take it twice a day.

• Take it by mouth.

• Take it with or without food.

Do not change your dose or stop taking ISENTRESS or your other anti-HIV medicines without first talking with your doctor.

If you fail to take ISENTRESS the way you should, here’s what to do: • If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If you do not remember until it is time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do NOT take two tablets of ISENTRESS at the same time. In other words, do NOT take a double dose.

• If you take too much ISENTRESS, call your doctor or local Poison Control Center.

Be sure to keep a supply of your anti-HIV medicines.

• When your ISENTRESS supply starts to run low, get more from your doctor or pharmacy.

• Do not wait until your medicine runs out to get more.

What are the possible side effects of ISENTRESS? When ISENTRESS has been given with other anti-HIV drugs, side effects included: • nausea • headache • tiredness • weakness • trouble sleeping • stomach pain • dizziness • depression • suicidal thoughts and actions Other side effects include rash, severe skin reactions, feeling anxious, paranoia, low blood platelet count.

A condition called Immune Reconstitution Syndrome can happen in some patients with advanced HIV infection (AIDS) when combination antiretroviral treatment is started. Signs and symptoms of inflammation from opportunistic infections that a person has or had may occur as the medicines work to treat the HIV infection and help to strengthen the immune system. Call your doctor right away if you notice any signs or symptoms of an infection after starting ISENTRESS with other anti-HIV medicines.

Contact your doctor promptly if you experience unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness while taking ISENTRESS. This is because on rare occasions, muscle problems can be serious and can lead to kidney damage.

Rash occurred more often in patients taking ISENTRESS and darunavir together than with either drug separately, but was generally mild.

Tell your doctor if you have any side effects that bother you.

These are not all the side effects of ISENTRESS. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

How should I store ISENTRESS? • Store ISENTRESS at room temperature (68 to 77°F).

• Keep ISENTRESS and all medicines out of the reach of children.

General information about the use of ISENTRESS Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in patient information leaflets.

• Do not use ISENTRESS for a condition for which it was not prescribed.

• Do not give ISENTRESS to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them.

This leaflet gives you the most important information about ISENTRESS. • If you would like to know more, talk with your doctor.

• You can ask your doctor or pharmacist for additional information about ISENTRESS that is written for health professionals.

• For more information go to www.ISENTRESS.com or call 1-800-622-4477.

What are the ingredients in ISENTRESS? Active ingredient: Each film-coated tablet contains 400 mg of raltegravir.

Inactive ingredients: Microcrystalline cellulose, lactose monohydrate, calcium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, hypromellose 2208, poloxamer 407 (contains 0.01% butylated hydroxytoluene as antioxidant), sodium stearyl fumarate, magnesium stearate. In addition, the film coating contains the following inactive ingredients: polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 3350, talc, red iron oxide and black iron oxide.

IMPORTANT: Take ISENTRESS exactly as your doctor prescribed and at the right times of day because if you don’t: • The amount of virus (HIV) in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short period of time.

• The virus may develop resistance to ISENTRESS and become harder to treat.

• Your medicines may stop working to fight HIV. • The activity of ISENTRESS may be reduced (due to resistance).

Distributed by: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889, USA

Registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. Copyright © 2010 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. All rights reserved.

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Light the Lights!

The Arts Season Explodes in South Florida

By Elliot Joseph

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lorida may be like the Sahara in the summer, but come the Fall, the entertainment options are varied and plentiful, appealing to tourist and residents alike.

Last week was a nostalgia filled journey. Bob Dylan and his band

stunned audiences with its impeccable timing at Nova University on the same night that Young Frankenstein opened at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

On Friday, the Eagles were scheduled to play at the Bank Atlantic Center but were postponed for two weeks because Don Henley took ill.

Not to worry. Had you headed to the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, you could have seen the band Rain’s memorable and nostalgic tribute to the Beatles, a two hour collection of the Fab Four’s most popular songs. Close your eyes and you would swear that John Lennon was still singing. The timing was perfect. It would have been his 70th birthday Saturday. Bank Atlantic will also be hosting Roger Waters in November.

Meanwhile, if you stayed in Lauderdale, The Manor was packed in three separate rooms, with the Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival showing in two of them. In less than two weeks, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival opens its doors for its 25th anniversary season, with an opening night screening of ‘Nice Guy Johnny’ starring Edward Burns. The festival also closes strong with the Jack Abramoff thriller “Casino Jack,” starring Kevin Spacey, Kelly Preston and Jon Lovitz. continued on page 31

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Nightlife by J.W. Arnold

Thursday, Oct. 14

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ona’s Cocktail Lounge, the friendly neighborhood bar located at 502 E. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale, hosts a speed ball tournament every Thurss a child, I got very excited as we day. Prizes include $500 cash and a 7-day beer bash for the winner’s closest friends. crossed off the days on the calNow get down there and start sinking endar until Christmas and why not? Christmas is the ultimate holiday with some balls. gifts, music, turkey and good times with Friday, Oct. 15 family and friends. I would argue that what Christmas is to kids is what Halloween is to orn star Kayden Hart the gay community.You get it—the will be making his first Italian-American community South Florida appearance has Columbus Day, the tonight at Johnny’s, 1116 Irish have St. Patrick’s W. Broward Blvd. in Day and so on.

Fort Lauderdale.

Well, we’re just a Enjoy $3 Southcouple of weeks ern Comfort away from Haland Herradura loween—my cocktails as so called the star of “Gay Christ“Little Big mas”—and the League 4: anticipation Grand Slam” is mountstruts his ing in Wilton stuff. We hear Manors, Key he’ll use his West (they call bat to knock it Fantasy Fest one right out down there), of the park. Who and all points in will be there to between.The drag make the catch? queens have been Saturday, Oct. 16 cooking up outlandish, campy costumes.The bars and ort Lauderdale Beach nightclubs are getting their decoramay be no Copacabana, tions in order, and, because the holiday falls but Brazilian rhythms will be throbbing on a Sunday, plans are coming together for a through the air tonight at The Manor, 2345 four-day-long blowout.

Wilton Dr. in Wilton Manors, for Ritmo In the meantime, there are plenty of events de Brazil. Direct from Rio de Janeiro, in South Florida building up to the biggest Winter Party 2010 headliner DJ Ana holiday of the gay year. Here’s a look at some Paula will be in the booth. There’s no of the highlights: cover, but you’re practically guaranteed plenty of action at this tropical theme party.

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Corner Pub’s Grand Opening Party held at 1915 N. Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors, FL

Anthony and Shannon hold Corner Pub’s grand opening party.

Brad and Moht (bartender) enjoy the outdoor festivities.

One of the many crazy games held at the event.

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Paul’s Gallery: Presents an Explosion of Color

By A. Sebastian Fortino

has been really good! A lot of clients come in asking for custom work.”

He proudly showed a lampshade that he aul’s Gallery is a brightly enameled painted for a client, with serpentine leaves. On jewel box, where even the walls have been painted in a playful man- a main table in the gallery he was also workner. While most gallery spaces benefit from a ing on a vase, embellishing a traditional Roman clean, unobstructed source of light, visitors to or Etruscan form with his personal touch.

The works all have a highly lacquered look Paul’s find that the work comes alive when to them, and they glimmer like porcelain. Other the sun goes down and the lights come on. pieces show his interest in developing texture, People are often drawn in at night because and using new materials.Two pieces caught my there is so much texture in Paul’s work. eye, due to their playful sense of color and texPerhaps that is why he is hosting a show on ture. I was convinced the piece was a porcelain Sunday, October 16, from 6 to 9 p.m. “canvas” onto which free-form clay had been The artist opened the gallery space two modeled before being baked in a kiln. years ago, although he has been in Fort I was, however, wrong.

Lauderdale for the past 20 years. Paul says “This is foam, attached to the canvas,” that despite the economy his work and mission statement have been well-received. said Paul. “I am always trying to find new ways to merge explosive color with new His prices, it should be noted, are fair even material into the design.” when it comes to custom work.

There are many influences at work – and “I want to create unique modern art, for play – in the gallery. Paul, who is of Japanese interior spaces,” said Paul. “The response

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with the school’s ability to reform youth.

“Major Smith had as many as 100 kids in the school. Now she has had to downsize so she could keep the education standards high. We both want to see more funds to get them off the street.”

Bringing Smith on board as a grant writer right now shows how desperately the school needs funding from grant-providing sources, as many non-profits are currently letting their grant writers go in order to cut corners. Their wish list includes a larger facility – as they had to downsize recently, and an indoor gymnasium.

In addition to the military discipline there is something that one would probably not encounter in basic training. As the school’s motto is “A holistic approach to behavioral change” part of the school’s curriculum includes yoga, meditation, and tai chi,” Smith believes these elements are key to developing a sense of inner peace in the students.

“Then we work on what is effecting them emotionally, educationally, or behaviorally,”

said Smith. “With no inner peace they can’t sit still and do their schoolwork.”

The methods seem to work, most of the graduates return to a normal school setting and flourish, going onto the armed forces, college, or some type of skilled labor.

Sands proudly has been researching new avenues of funding, in addition to writing grants. On Sunday October 17, from 4-9 p.m., EBHC will host the first annual Elite Disco Ball at The Manor, which through the $20 general and $30 VIP admission hopes to make money and partners for the school.

DJ Karin Ward will be spinning classic disco hits all night long.

“The owners and managers of the Manor have been incredible, very quick to step to the plate, and immediately offered us a space. They have been wonderful at giving me the connections I need to make this event work,” said Sands.

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and Thai heritage, studied modern art in Japan and at the University of Thailand.You can see this Asian influence outright in some pieces – such as glassware painted with flowers, and faces of Thai maidens. The wooden head of a deity becomes – under Paul’s palate – a god on vacation in the Caribbean. Plain tables with clean, functional lines are lacquered black, with sprays and splashes of color that he can customize as per the color scheme in your home.

Yet, as with any artist, his skill, craftsmanship, and artistry is truly realized by the varied styles he commands. Therefore, more traditional paintings, such as still lifes and landscapes might seem out of place in Paul’s gallery, when compared to his modern pieces. However, when you realize it is all

the work of the same artist you can see the continuity of craft, attention to detail, and texture found in all of Paul’s pieces.

There is also an element of fun. A mirror, set within a frame that the artist created has a smiling sun attached to the glass, which lends a childlike quality to the piece.

Paul’s Gallery is located at 3304 NE 33rd Street, Fort Lauderdale, 33308 and he is open Tuesday through Sunday, from 3 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. “I close on Mondays so I can go to the beach,” added Paul.

For more information, please call 561-305-6285

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Theatre Review

been fully experienced. The story follows Belen, (Hannia Guillen), a young actress Play: The Color of Desire who lives with her protective aunts, (the Runs through November 7 at Actors’ Playmarvelous Isabel Morena and Teresa Maria house, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. For Rojas) and works with them as a costumer tickets and more information, call 305-444in the theatre’s basement.

9293 or visit ActorsPlayhouse.org.

Belen falls in love with Preston (strappingly sexy Jim Ballard) a wealthy American whose business is threatened by Cuba’s new regime. Preston courts Belen, not because he is in love with her, but because he wants her to help him recapture a tempestuous love affair he once had with a woman to whom Belen bears a striking resemblance.

What follows is a sultry story about sacrificing the present and future in order to reclaim the past. While the unique love story and the political backdrop seem too separate in the first act, the two mesh in the second, lending urgency and poignancy

By Mary Damiano to one another.

Arts Editor The Color of Desire lags when attention is drawn from Belen’s aunts, whose bickerassion, poetry and politics take center stage in The Color of Desire ing banter lends a humorous touch, and the story of Belan and Preston, to ex-pat

by Nilo Cruz, now making its couple Caroline (Barbara Sloan) and Oscar world premiere at Actors’ Playhouse in (Michael Serratore). As luminous as Sloan Coral Gables. is and as funny as Serratore is, they detract In The Color of Desire, Cruz, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his play Anna in the Tropics, from the real story. These characters deevokes a pivotal moment in Cuba’s history. serve their own play, but they don’t work as second fiddles here.

It’s autumn 1960, and the ramifications of Cruz so beautifully creates the world Castro’s recent revolution have not yet of his characters that he can get away with lines that from the pens of lesser playwrights would just be cheesy. When Preston says to Belen “What does your pain taste like?” you don’t groan over its absurdity, you hope that one day someone asks you that same question. The final scene may not be what you expect, or even what you want, but it works beautifully, and is the most haunting scene of the play.

Guillen shines as Belen. In the course of two hours, she transforms from an ebullient innocent to a wanton, bitter woman. That transformation is illustrated by Ellis Tillman’s sumptuous costume design.

But the reason to see The Color of Desire is the play itself. Few playwrights are able to integrate Hannia Guillen and Jim Ballard and in poetry into dialogue, but Cruz is the world premiere production of The a master. Don’t miss this world Color of Desire by Nilo Cruz. premiere production.

Love in the Time of Castro

New Nilo Cruz Play Makes its World Premiere in Coral Gables

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New Chorus Formed!

Gordon Roberts Takes the Reigns

By Joey Amato

former members to form the new musical group.

“The chorus is in the ust weeks after a group of former Fort process of recreating Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus members walked out on rehearsals, former itself from a new place,” Roberts pointed out. member Gordon Roberts has officially “We are determined to formed a new chorus, The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida. Roberts now serves as be a place of inclusion and transparency, a place where each member is respected and the chorus’ interim artistic director. whose talent is nurtured.”

With 64 members strong, Roberts exHe noted that the chorus is planning “a pects to increase that number to 75 “by the time we hit the stage on Friday and Saturday, very ambitious season that will give those who are interested in singing a place to December 17 and 18.” express their passions.”

The 43 members of the Fort Lauderdale The title of their first season is Home for Gay Men’s Chorus who walked away from the Holidays, “I’ve been so inspired by what the chorus in a dispute over governance these guys have been willing to go through issues have been joined by other new and

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to form this chorus,” states Roberts. “We are grateful to the Sunshine Cathedral for their support and for welcoming us back home.” The program will feature a wide variety of holiday favorites, from great choral masterworks to the lighter holiday fare. Roberts tells SFGN, that selections will contain gay twists.

Gordon Roberts, holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from the Juilliard School of Music and has had a successful international career as conductor, accompanist and television personality. Harold Dioquino is the assistant artistic director, and Bill Spinosa will serve as the group’s interim president.

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programs, and Holocaust foundations. ProNaomi Wilzig with a tapestry depictceeds from the upcoming fifth anniversary ing the myth of Leda and the Swan, celebration will benefit the Interdisciplinat the World Erotic Art Museum in ary Stem Cell Institute at the University of Miami Beach Last year, in Miami School of Medicine.

“I feel that I have done something imporhonor of her tant in creating the museum,” says Wilzig.

75th birth“We just want to keep getting that message day, Wilzig out there that this is not pornography.” launched the Naomi Wilzig Art and CharThe World Erotic Art Museum Fifth ity Foundation, Anniversary Party will be held Saturday, an umbrella

By Mary Damiano October 16, 8 p.m. to midnight, at 1205 organizaArts Editor Washington Ave., Miami Beach. Tickets are $15. No one under 18 admitted. For tion that will more information call 305-532-9336 or give funds to local organizations, including here’s never been a museum quite WEAM has been convincing the public that visit WEAM.com. like the World Erotic Art Museum. art and sex are not mutually exclusive ideas. hospitals, cancer research, cancer care, AIDS “Many people presume erotic means porAnd there’s never been a museum nographic,” says Wilzig. “We are fine art. They founder quite like Naomi Wilzig.

Wilzig, a 75 year-old Jewish grandmother, don’t realize the potential and experience of coming in and discovering 12,000 square feet is the face of erotic in South Florida. She of erotic art from all over the world.” is also known internationally as a leading WEAM is arranged as a journey through expert on erotic art. Wilzig will celebrate human sexuality from prehistoric to modern the fifth anniversary of her museum on times. One room is dedicated to artwork Saturday, October 16, with a lavish party that will include a buffet, and entertainment inspired by the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan. One of the most popular items by performance artists Geraldine, Shanaya, is an ornate four poster bed intricately Adora and Victoria. carved with the positions in the Kama Sutra, Collecting erotic art has become a vocaperhaps the most famous sex manual of all tion for Wilzig. Her collection began when her son Ivan asked Wilzig, an antiques lover, time. There are depictions of all facets of sex, including gay sex, sex in politics and Varto pick up a few pieces of erotic art for his gas Girls. What emerges is an understandnew apartment. Wilzig was shy at first, but was soon fascinated by the pieces she found. ing of the important role sex has played in every society, all over the world, from the For the next two decades, she traveled the beginning of time. world buying erotic art.

“So many people are unaware that Her collection became so extensive that erotic art has been created throughout the it would no longer fit in her home. She also wanted to share the art with the public.Wilzig centuries,” Wilzig says. “Without eroticism, without the sexual acts which are depicted, purchased a building at the corner of Washthere would be no people. What the art ington Avenue and 12 Street in Miami Beach. does is visualizes the thoughts and activities The World Erotic Art Museum was born. of habits of people throughout the ages.”

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The Hard Rock is not only drawing great crowds it is bringing in great performers every night in their comedy club. But continued from page 21 The Manor’s relevance cannot be under- follow their schedule closely, and you can catch everyone from Diana Ross to Joan stated. Each week they host new bands in Rivers to Kathy Griffin, as well as humorist the Epic Room while featuring the Valerie Lewis Black. With its laissez faire appeal, Tyson Band on the main stage. They have gambling, and diverse choices, it is becomalready hosted a sold out Lesbian Comeing South Florida’s most appealing venue. dienne Series, but their Saturday Latino You have heard out of lemons, make nites is driving crowds north, and that only lemonade? Turmoil in the Fort Lauderdale fills one of their many spacious rooms.

Gay Men’s Chorus has led to a second Less then two weeks ago, with DJ Peter chorus, the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Rauhofer spinning, the club was a sold out Florida, and both are now joined by the spectacle. Earlier this year, they hosted newly created Hollywood Gay Men’s ChoDavid Goldyn’s Rising Action Theater. The rus. All will be performing, as will the Miami Manor is becoming not only the hottest City Ballet, who will take Fanfare and the night spot in the Manors, but a must see Nutcracker to all of South Florida’s main venue for diverse entertainment. theaters in this, their celebratory 25th This Tuesday, as featured on our cover, season. The Alvin Ailey Dancers and Pilobus the Arsht Center hosts the South Florida will also make their annual sojourn to debut of Dreamgirls, prior to its run at South Florida at the beginning of the year. the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.

As the South Florida Guide to the After Dreamgirls, the Arsht Center will welcome in The Jersey Boys, In the Heights, Arts says, the Fall is our Spring. Other big and Beauty and the Beast. Each musical has names headed our way include Tony Bennett to Broward and Lauryn Hill to the won popular acclaim already.

Knight Center. But the Southern Monster Indeed, the Broadway across America Smash Music Festival will headline J.J. Grey series in South Florida is one of the most and Mofro, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, remarkable and appealing I have ever seen the Heavy Pets and the ambitious Miami in thirty years of covering the arts. This Music Festival and Conference will hype season’s shows in Fort Lauderdale include the incredible Wicked, revival of West Side local sounds again at the Arsht Center in November.

Story, the alluring Cats, the amazing Rock Beyond the big rooms, the Sunshine of Ages, as well as Hair and Le Mis. Every

Guide to the Arts is reporting that “many smaller venues have been showing a discerning ear and a willingness to gamble on South Florida’s support for aggressive booking,” including Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale (recent dates with Smashing Pumpkins and Public Enemy), Roxy’s Pub in West Palm Beach (Snoop Dogg) and Grand Central in Miami (Crystal Castles).

Then there is our publisher’s favorite, the Annual Musical Medical Marijuana Festival at Tobacco Road.

Of course, South Florida is also home to one of my favorite events. First, there is the spectacularly attended Miami Book Fair in November, this year featuring the National Book Award winning Jonathan Franzen. The LGBT community will also be thrilled to hear that film maker John Waters is also a confirmed guest. Of course, next spring there is also the Broward Library Foundation’s Annual Literary Feast, where homeowners host authors for home cooked meals and conversation.

One of the world’s most popular events, Art Bazel returns to Miami in December, which seems to feature a universe of high end art, following the International Boat Show and its parties in November, as well as the Christmas Boat Parade along the Intracoastal. The Heat brings LeBron and Dwayne Wade to the Arena, and even the pathetic Panthers provide entertainment for sports fans out west in Sunrise, not to mention the WWE coming to town on November 21.

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Jesse’s Journal Revealing Sam Steward An Interview with Justin Spring, Author of Secret Historian

By Jesse Monteagudo

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oday Samuel M. Steward (19091993) is remembered, if at all, as the author of the Phil Andros gayrotic novels and stories and as the friend of Gertrude Stein, Alice Toklas, Thornton Wilder and other famous writers.

Justin Spring rescues Steward from his undeserved obscurity in Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade (Farrar Straus Giroux). Based on Steward’s “secret” diaries, journals and detailed Stud File – which after Steward’s death were stored in his executor’s attic – this excellent biography reveals Steward’s many-faceted life: as Sam Steward, Professor Samuel Steward, tattoo artist Phil Sparrow and erotic author Phil Andros. Samuel Steward was also an out and proud gay man who enjoyed and pursued sex with other men decades before Stonewall.

Though Secret Historian is first and foremost the biography of a most fascinating man, to a great degree it is also a social history of gay male life in the 20th century. While Steward was an extraordinary man in so many ways, he was also a gay man of his generation.

Even so, Steward “didn’t want to bow to convention and marry, and he didn’t want to engage in hypocritical statements about his sexuality,” Spring says. “He wanted to be truthful about his experience of the world, including his sexual experience. And in doing so he paid a terrible price. He kept a low profile about his sexuality during his drinking years, but once he got sober, he recog-

nized that his situation was personally intolerable, and he made the radical change from professor to tattoo artist.”

During the 2008 presidential campaign, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee infamously told the New York Times that 1968 was the dawning of “the age of the birth-control pill, free love, gay sex, the drug culture and reckless disregard for standards.” However, Steward’s surviving records reveal that he and other men led active and diverse gay sex lives decades before Huckabee’s annus horribilis.

In an age of sexual repression, Steward was “promiscuous,” a term whose moral connotation Spring dislikes: “If you were to live in a world which prohibited you from sharing a bed or even a home with a partner of the same sex, and you were strongly discouraged from being seen with the same individual of the same sex on a regular basis, you would seek out sex in whatever ways were open to you. Or else, of course, live celibate - which is a choice that many men made. As Steward’s life story demonstrates, many men were sexually active with other men even during the most sexually repressive era in our nation’s history. The stakes were higher, but so of course was the thrill.”

What made Steward unique, and his biography possible, was his habit of keeping a written record of his life, especially his sex life. “Sam kept records and collections of things from childhood onwards: letters from celebrities, books, autographs, and

Book Cover: Secret Historian

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various sorts of memorabilia. His sexual record-keeping was just one aspect of his collecting personality. Most collectors are to some degree obsessive. Sam’s records of his sexuality are to my mind beautifully and admirably comprehensive, and I’m glad he kept them as assiduously as he did.”

“That being said, I feel that his sense of what he was doing and why he was doing it evolved over time. At first he kept the sex records for his own pleasure and satisfaction; after meeting Alfred Kinsey and reading the Kinsey Report, he realized that what he had done so naturally and for so many years just for himself was indeed valuable to science and to culture. At Kinsey’s urging he became ever more focused on that record keeping. Kinsey reinforced Steward in the belief that what he was doing was going to aid in the cause of sexual enlightenment.” Steward’s records of his sex life

later formed the basis for his Phil Andros books, beginning with $tud (1966).

Steward lived alone all of his adult life, and in his writings he often expressed a low opinion of gay relationships. But, as a young man, Steward hoped “to find a special person and settle down quietly with him. Over time however that came to him to seem increasingly impossible and, frankly, undesirable; sex as recreational activity was so fascinating to him that he preferred it to sex with a single partner, and cohabiting would definitely have gotten in the way. Even so, there were sex partners in his life with whom he had sex more than 200 times, and towards whom he felt an enormous affection. These were, in a broad sense, relationships, and moreover ones that he cherished, even as he cherished his privacy and his solitude, both of which are of utmost importance to most writers.” In any case, it would be wrong to define Steward by today’s standards of political correctness.

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