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JAIL! Cruz Sentenced in Pride South Florida Theft

to cash in his IRA. But living on $16,000 a year in Social Security disability and having little or no equity in his home prohibited Cruz from access to any additional funds to pay back what was stolen in the near future. help for a gambling problem. By Ed Donato Young also pointed out that Cruz atHansen, who has been friends with t the end of an emotionally tempted to commit suicide twice during charged hearing last week Mi- Cruz for more than 15 years, was very the past year. distraught when he asked the judge to chael Cruz, former director Assistant State Attorney Jared Gass sentence Cruz to probation, counseling of Pride South Florida, was handcuffed called for some incarceration and probaand restitution. and taken into Broward Sheriff’s Office tion saying the damage to Pride South “I was incredibly torn apart because custody to begin serving a one year Florida is immeasurable. of my friendship with Cruz,” Hansen sentence for stealing $46,591 from the Judge Siegel sentenced Cruz to one said. “Michael’s actions 35-year-old organization. year in the Broward County Jail, ten hurt so much.” A clearly despondent years’ probation, mandatory Gambler’s Hansen said that the Cruz spoke only when he Anonymous meetings upon release, and last thing Pride South said yes to Judge Andrew L. Florida wanted to do was full restitution of the missing funds. The Siegel’s questions that his judge also ordered Cruz to pay $10,000 make it easy for Cruz. plea was of his own free will, “We know Michael, his in restitution within one month of bethat he was satisfied with health and mental status,” ing released from custody and $400 a defense counsel, that he was month until the $46,691 is paid back to said Hansen. “We’re waiving his right to a jury Pride South Florida. A $46,691 lien was angry at him. There’s no trial, and that his sentence placed on Cruz’s Fort Lauderdale home. doubt I wanted him to was in the judge’s hands. Mike Cruz Cruz was also ordered not to go to any be punished, but I wasn’t Before Cruz was sensure jail was the necessary punishment.” casinos, bingo halls or pari-mutuel facilities tenced, Joel Slotnick, secretary/treasurer while serving his ten years’ probation. Cruz’s attorney, Daniel Young, also of Pride South Florida and Marc Hansen, Hansen said that because of Cruz’s theft, requested probation. vice president of the organization, asked Pride South Florida will have to watch its “Mr. Cruz is here to accept responsithe judge to punish Cruz with probation bility for his actions,” said Young. “He has pennies when it comes to spending. and counseling. “With the loss of $40,000, that’s a Slotnick told the judge it was “heart- lost all his friends, all respect in the combreaking” and not easy to stand before munity and believes he has been severely bite in our ass,” Hansen said. “In the last two years we’ve been very gentle the court due to his more than 10 year punished in his own mind.” with what we’ve spent. But I’m not Young said that Cruz could pay friendship with Cruz. He asked the giving up fighting for our pride or our $10,000 in restitution immediately judge to sentence Cruz to probation, rights.” because Cruz’s life partner was willing pay restitution, and order him to seek submitted photo

ON OUR COVER After Governor Cuomo signed a new law legalizing same-sex marriage, SFGN’s New York correspondent Tony Adams captured a gay couple (left) at the Pride celebrations in New York City on Saturday paying hommage to the famous photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt (right) taken in Times Square on V-J Day in 1945.

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munity Award for his eft this year’s 10th anforts in bringing the LGBT nual Stonewall Black community together in the and White Ball on county by promoting events, June 25, Compass honored two and hosting a weekly LGBT locals for their commitment to social mixer. the LGBT community. “He is an omnipresent perWest Palm Beach Mayor Jeri sonality in Palm Beach CounMuoio was awarded the Comty, and if you are a part of this pass Leadership Award for her community you know who effort in passing extended COC harlie Fredrickson he is,” Plakas said. “There are BRA health benefits and family medical leave benefits for domestic partners. people who make elected or appointed deci“It’s not just about partner benefits be- sions that go on record for that. And then ing extended, it’s also understanding the there are people who go out of their way, other circumstances families face,” said Tony just from the goodness of their heart, doing Plakas, executive director of Compass, Palm things like Charlie is, advertising events, goBeach County’s gay and lesbian center. “If ing around taking pictures, and just being you are a government employee and you good community members.” Fredrickson said he was humbled to achappen to be LGBT West Palm Beach is probably one of the best municipalities in cept the award. “It’s not about me. It’s about making conthe country to work for.” Additionally, West Palm Beach resident nections between people inside and outside Charlie Fredrickson was awarded the Mi- the community. That’s what I really enjoy chael Brown Memorial Faces of the Com- doing,” he said.

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Denied Gender Change at DMV: Gov’t Workers Need More Education By Victoria Michaels Lavelle, Miss Florida 2011

y name is Victoria Michaels Lavelle and I am the current reigning Miss Florida F.I. 2011 for the LGBT community. I am a pre-op transsexual (male to female) and I have been living every day life as a full time female since 1999. I serve as an advocate for the LGBT community and I currently work as a premiere hostess at the world famous Boardwalk Bar in Fort Lauderdale. On June 10, 2010 the U.S. Department of State announced new guidelines for issuing passports to transgender people. It states that any applicant for a gender marker change on their passports will need to submit a certification from a physician that they have received “appropriate clinical treatment” for gender transition. Most importantly, gender reassignment surgery is not required anymore under the new policy.

National Center for Transgender Equality and other advocates stressed with the State Department that the old policy unnecessarily called attention to transgender travelers whose appearance and gender marker were at odd’s. I can personally confess through personal experience that in some airport destinations my gender marker having still read “male” had created an uncomfortable situation because I was outed as transgender in an unwelcoming environment and in the presence of prejudiced security personnel. The government website goes on to say that the new rules represent a significant advance in providing safe, humane and dignified treatment of transgender people. I went to the Florida DMV to ask if they would honor the new passport guidelines for gender marker change on my license and I learned through the Supervisor, Aar-

on Lee at the Pompano DMV Branch, that Florida is now following very similar guidelines for gender change for transgender individuals such as myself. I was elated that after all these years of my living as a female I can finally have it officially read “female” on my license. There are written details in the new guidelines, which Florida DMV provided me with a copy of the official license manual for gender change about what information my physician must provide and be sworn too under the penalty and perjury laws of the United States of America. After reviewing the new guidelines carefully with my physician we both considered myself to be a perfect candidate since I have lived every day as a full time female and have also had my name legally changed to Victoria Michaels Lavelle in 1999. I returned to the Florida DMV to have my gender marker changed and after standing in line for 3 hours to my amazement I was courtesy of Victoria Michaels

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Continuing Coverage of the Census Results New data released shows increases in same-sex couples in five more states

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he number of same-sex couples identifying themselves on the U.S. Census grew by 36 percent in California between 2000 and 2010, according to Census data analysis released Thursday by the Williams Institute. And, with the release of data available now for seven states, the total number of same-sex couples for 2010 already exceeds the total reported nationwide in 1990. In Delaware, the increase was most dramatic –79 percent. In Pennsylvania, it was 59 percent. And in the relatively less populated states of Kansas and Wyoming, the increase was 55 percent and 42 percent respectively. The latest data was released at 12:01 a.m. Thursday by the Census Bureau, which has begun a slow rollout of data, state by state, from the 2010 decennial survey. In the first week of rollout, data from Alabama and Hawaii hinted at a dramatic increase in the number of same-sex couples identifying themselves on the 2010 Census compared to 2000. Hawaii showed a 78 percent uptick; Alabama a 39 percent increase. The Williams Institute, a nationally respected public policy research organization focused on issues related to sexual orientation, is analyzing and releasing “snapshots” of the data related to same-sex couple households within hours of the data release from the Census Bureau. The Census data reports all same-sex couple households, regardless of whether they are legally married, in a legally recognized civil union or domestic partnership, or in a relationship that has not been formalized by law. Gary Gates, the lead author of the “snapshot” analysis of the data concerning samesex households, said the Census Bureau is expected to provide a breakdown of the data of just same-sex married couples later this year. But he said that breakdown will not be an accurate reflection of how many samesex couples have marriage licenses because some same-sex couples identify themselves

as being “husband or wife” even if they do not have a marriage license. Gates said the contrast between the 2000 and 2010 is a “fair comparison” and, in fact, might even been an understated one. That’s because the Census Bureau in 2010 has done better job, says Gates, of “correcting” the numbers. Analysis has shown that about 3 in every 2,000 heterosexual married couples inadvertently check off the wrong gender for their spouse. Without a correction, those mis-identified heterosexual couples would significantly increase the number of same-sex couples. Only 145,130 same-sex unmarried partners nationwide were identified in the 1990 Census, when the bureau first began separating out data of same-sex couples from heterosexual couples who identified as unmarried partners. In 2000, 594,391 samesex couples nationwide identified as unmarried partners. It is already clear that the 2010 data will identify many more couples than in previous years. The count so far, with only seven states reported, totals 184,999. A national count of same-sex couples for 2010 will be released by the Census Bureau later this year. In California, the Census shows that 53 percent of the 125,515 same-sex couples are female. About one in five of all same-sex couples in California (21 percent) are raising children. Statewide, there are almost 10 same-sex couples (9.98) per 1,000 households. No surprise, the county with the high-

est density of same-sex couples is San Francisco, with 33.41 same-sex couples per 1,000 households. The city with the highest density of same-sex couples is Palm Springs, with 115.21 same-sex couples per 1,000 households. Palm Springs is followed by Guerneville (86.58) and West Hollywood (66.7). In Pennsylvania, the Census shows that 63 percent of the 33,602 same-sex couples are female. Twenty percent are raising children. Statewide, there are 6.7 same-sex couples per 1,000 households. The town of New Hope has the highest density of same-sex couples, with 58.55 per 1,000 households. In Delaware, which showed the greatest increase in the number of same-sex couples identifying themselves on the Census between 2000 and 2010, 60 percent of the 3,352 same-sex couples are female, and 19 percent of all same-sex couples are raising children. Statewide, there are 9.79 same-sex

couples per 1,000 households. The highest density of same-sex couples is in the beach resort town of Rehoboth Beach, with 106.87 same-sex couples per 1,000 households. In Kansas, the Census shows that 71 percent of 6,176 same-sex couples are female. Twenty-six percent of all same-sex couples in the state are raising children. Statewide, there are 5.55 same-sex couples per 1,000 households. The highest concentration is in the city of Merriam, with 10.23 same-sex couples per 1,000 households. And in Wyoming, the least populous state in the nation, the Census shows that 73 percent of 1,147 same-sex couples are female; and 28 percent of all same-sex couples are raising children. Statewide, there are 5.06 same-sex couples per 1,000 households. The greatest concentration of same-sex couples is in the city of Riverton, with 12.45 same-sex couples per 1,000 households.

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Gay Marriage Backers: NY Vote Has National Impact

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EW YORK (AP) – Many obstacles still lie ahead for supporters of same-sex marriage, and eventually they will need Congress or the Supreme Court to embrace their goal. For the moment, though, they are jubilantly channeling the lyrics of “New York, New York.” “Now that we’ve made it here, we’ll make it everywhere,” said prominent activist Evan Wolfson, who took up the cause of marriage equality as a law student three decades ago. With a historic vote by its Legislature late Friday, New York became the sixth – and by far the most populous – state to legalize same-sex marriage since Massachusetts led the way, under court order, in 2004. With the new law, which takes effect after 30 days, the number of Americans in samesex marriage states more than doubles. New York’s population of 19 million surpasses the combined total of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Iowa, plus the District of Columbia. The outcome - a product of intensive lobbying by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo - will have nationwide repercussions. Activists hope the New York vote will help convince judges and politicians across the country, including a hesitant President Barack Obama, that support of same-sex marriage is now a mainstream viewpoint and a winning political stance. “New York sends the message that marriage equality across the country is a question of ‘when,’ not ‘if,’” said Fred Sainz, a vice president of the Human Rights Campaign. Wolfson, president of the advocacy group Freedom to Marry, said the goal is attainable by 2020, or sooner, “if we do the work and keep making the case.” The work – as envisioned by leading activists – is a three-pronged strategy unfolding at the state level, in dealings with Congress and the Obama administration, and in the courts where several challenges to the federal ban on gay marriage are pending. “This will be a big boost to our efforts nationally,” said Richard Socarides, a former Clinton White House adviser on gay rights.

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“It will help in the pending court cases to show that more states are adopting samesex marriage, and it will help in the court of public opinion.” The New York bill cleared the Republican-controlled Senate by a 33-29 margin, thanks to crucial support from four GOP senators who joined all but one Democrat in voting yes. The Democratic-led Assembly, which previously approved the bill, passed the Senate’s stronger religious exemptions in the measure, and Cuomo swiftly signed it into law. Gay rights activists have been heaping praise on Cuomo for leading the push for the bill, seizing on an issue that many politicians of both parties have skirted. Yet the Senate vote marked the first time a Republican-controlled legislative chamber in any state has supported same-sex marriage, and several prominent Republican donors contributed to the lobbying campaign on behalf of the bill. For those engaged in the marriage debate nationally, recent months have been a po-

litical rollercoaster. Bills to legalize same-sex marriage failed in Maryland and Rhode Island despite gay rights activists’ high hopes. However, Illinois, Hawaii and Delaware approved civil unions, joining five other states – California, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington – that provide gay couples with extensive marriage-like rights. Adding those eight states to the six that allow gay marriage, more than 35 percent of Americans now live in states where gay couples can effectively attain the rights and responsibilities of marriage. Just 11 years ago, no states offered such rights. For now, gay couples cannot get married in 44 states, and 30 of them have taken the extra step of passing constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. Minnesota’s Republican-controlled Legislature has placed such an amendment on the 2012 ballot. Brian Brown, president of the conservative National Organization for Marriage, vowed to seek defeat of the New York Republicans who helped the marriage bill pass. He also

predicted victory for the amendment to ban gay marriage next year in Minnesota, and said this would belie the claims that the same-sex marriage campaign would inevitably prevail nationwide. “We’ve won every free, fair vote of the people,” Brown said Saturday. “Backroom deals in Albany are not an indication of what people in this country think about marriage.” Efforts may surface in some states to repeal the existing marriage bans, but the prospect of dismantling all of them on a state-by-state basis is dim. In Mississippi, for example, a ban won support of 86 percent of the voters in 2004. Thus, looking long term, gay marriage advocates see nationwide victory coming in one of two ways – either congressional legislation or a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would require all states to recognize samesex marriages. “The way you do that is creating a critical mass of states and a critical mass of public opinion – some combination that will encourage Congress and the Supreme Court,” Wolfson said. “By winning New York, we add tremendous energy to the national conversation that grows the majority.” Shorter term, gay rights activists and their allies in Congress would like to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal recognition to same-sex marriages. The act is being challenged in several court cases, and Obama ordered his administration in February to stop defending the law on the grounds it is unconstitutional. Democrats in Congress have introduced a bill to repeal the law, while the Republican leadership in the House has pledged to defend it. Obama, when elected, said he supported broadening rights for gay couples but opposed legalizing same-sex marriage. More recently, he has said his position is “evolving,” and he asked gay activists at a New York City fundraiser Thursday for patience.

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Scanty Attire in Friendly Skies By A. Sebastian Fortino

fusing US Airways’ request to pull up his pants to keep his underwear from showing. ccording to Marman’s later refusal to the San Francomply with the pilot’s orcisco Chronicle a ders to get up from his seat scantily clad man – wearled to his arrest, police said. ing little more than ladies Marman’s attorney, Joe undergarments – boarded O’Sullivan, said his client a June 9 flight from Fort had been stereotyped by Lauderdale to Phoenix, US Airways, and that the Ariz. Passengers comairline was guilty of racial plained to the airline discrimination. As Marman before boarding. However, is African-American the attorney wonders if employees ignored complaints. U.S. Airways spokeswoman Valerie Wunder his client was racially profiled. “A white man is allowed to fly in underconfirmed she’d received the photo before a similar incident earlier in June in San Francisco wear without question, but my client was asked to pull up his pajama pants because and had spoken to Jill Tarlow who took the image.Wunder explained employees had been they hung below his waist,” said O’Sullivan. Tarlow, was returning home to Phoenix afcorrect not to ask the man to cover himself. ter helping her mother move. She said she was “We don’t have a dress code policy,” said shocked upon noticing the older man in blue Wunder. “Obviously, if their private parts underwear and black stockings.Tarlow said the are exposed, that’s not appropriate. ... So man obliged when she asked to take a picture. if they’re not exposing their private parts, “No one would believe me if I didn’t take they’re allowed to fly.” his picture. It was unbelievable. And he loved However, the man was allowed to fly after Deshon Marman, a University of New Mexico it. He posed for me,” added Tarlow. football player was removed from an Albuquerque to San Francisco-bound flight June 15 due While we do hope US Airlines rectifies the situto attire. Was he displaying private parts when ation with the young footballer, we would love his pajama pants sagged to mid-thigh level? to meet Mr. Scanty Panties. Please contact our Police arrested Marman, 20, for allegedly reoffices if you find this article! submitted photo

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House Committee Doesn’t Go After D.C. Marriage Law

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he Republican-led House Appropriations Committee did the unexpected last Thursday, June 23. It advanced an appropriations bill involving District of Columbia funding without attaching language to repeal the city’s marriage equality law. For nine years, the appropriations bill for D.C. included language to prohibit the use of federal funds to implement a domestic partnership law passed by the D.C. government in 1992. The Human Rights Campaign and several other political advocacy groups sent a letter to the Committee on Wednesday urging legislators not to add any amendments relating to social policies to the bill. The bill for Fiscal Year 2012 reduces the federal government’s contribution to the D.C. government from $699 million in FY 2011 to $637 million for FY 2012. According to the Washington Post, the federal gov-

ernment provides about two percent of the city’s operating budget. This year’s bill also includes a provision to prevent the use of any federal funds or any D.C. taxpayer funds to provide for women with low incomes to obtain abortions. The bill, known as the 2012 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, covers a number of agencies, including the Judiciary, the Executive Office of the President, and the Treasury Department. It now goes to the full House where some member could attempt to attach an amendment to undermine the marriage equality law. But if such language is inserted on the House floor, it is not likely to be part of the bill approved by the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats. Thus, any real battle in Congress to undo D.C.’s marriage equality law will not likely take place until much later in the year, when a Senate-House conference committee will seek to hammer out one version of the bill.

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is the only time of the year when we get to be the majority.” Allison Bauer, who will be attending this year for the eighth time, agreed. The best thing about Family Week, she said, “is the general feeling of comfort and acceptance

Her nine-year-old twin son and daughter, she said, think less about issues of difference and more about being on vacation with their friends, “yet there is a familiarity with this particular week for them.... I can imagine that they also like being around families that look like theirs, but they haven’t articulated that to us.” Sheerin similarly recalled one incident when one of his daughters met another child during Family Week. She said to the other, “You have two moms? I have two dads.” “It was just so matter of fact,” Sheerin observed. Wright said that FEC also tries to facili-

that pervades the whole town.” She first attended Family Week when she lived in Arlington, Virginia. Although their community was “very progressive,” she said, “there was still the underlying feeling of difference.” And even though she and her family have since moved to Massachusetts and done coparent adoptions and a legal marriage, she said there is still “something very special” about the sense of community at Family Week. “Intellectually, we know that the gay parenting community is out there, but during Family Week we actually get to experience it fully.”

tate conversations among the children. For example, he said, they host a panel of teens they have found during the week “who have really great stories and want to share them.” The panel gives them the chance to do so, and for others to ask questions: How did they handle bullying when they were in school? How did they get teased and how did they respond to that? It also gives parents a chance to talk about how they are able to advocate on their children’s behalf in those settings.” But not all Family Week programming deals with such heavy topics. Children’s

Family Week in P-Town Offers Lgbt Families Fun and Friendship By Dana Rudolph

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ake several hundred LGBT families from around the country— moms, dads, children young and old, and assorted other relatives—add sun, sand, movies, and a bonfire, and you’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of what Family Week in Provincetown is all about. The event, now the largest gathering of LGBT families in the country, had its origins in a grassroots group of gay dads looking to support one another and build their community. Out of their organizing, in 1979, came the Family Equality Council (FEC), first known as the Gay Fathers Coalition (and later expanded to include all LGBT parents). Family Week “started out as some backyard gatherings” of the men in the group, said Brent Wright, director of programs for the FEC. In 1985, it became an “official” week-long series of events. “Over the years, it’s just continued to gain momentum,” Wright said. Early years saw mostly families with younger children, but these days, noted Wright, all ages of children (including adults with LGBT parents) attend. Transgender parents are also more common than in earlier years. These changing trends have “driven our programming to reflect those needs and those conversations,” said Wright. New York resident Brian Sheerin has attended Family Week each of the past eight years with his husband and their two girls, now ages two and nine. He called it “my absolute favorite week of the year, and our kids’, too.” All members of the family, he said, have made lasting friendships there. “Even though we live in an area with other LGBT families, there’s something special about Family Week,” he explained. “It

activities include theater, dance, and photography workshops—the latter run by a photographer who has gay parents and attended Family Week herself as a child. FEC is also partnering with Provincetown Rec Center to offer children “a classic summer camp experience for the week” if they want it. Families wanting less structure may still want to check out the Toddler Pasta Party, Family Kickball Game, or Whale Watch, among other activities. For adults, rather than the workshops of past years, FEC is hosting a number of “parent café” discussion forums. Wright explained, “You’re on vacation—do you want to sit in a classroom and listen to a presentation?” Instead, the cafés will offer more casual conversation over coffee and food, albeit around various topics related to LGBT parenting and what’s happening in the LGBT movement. But Family Week is less about explicit activism and more about fun, friendships, and community. Bauer said one of her favorite memories of the week is “just looking back up the street at the size of the Family Week parade as we march through town. It is very inspiring and uplifting.” Wright added that that Friday afternoon parade “encapsulates for a lot of the families the celebration we feel over the course of that week.” Following the parade is a family dance to end the week. Wright urges attendees, especially firsttimers, to look at the schedule and “lock in their spots early” for the events they know they want to attend, especially ones with limited spaces. He also encourages people to contact the Provincetown Department of Tourism, who are “eager to partner” with LGBT families about lodging and more. No matter what one chooses to do, said Wright, Family Week offers LGBT families “the chance to really feel an entire community’s embrace.” Family Week is July 30 to August 6. Find out more and register at familyequality.org/ familyweek.

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Queer Speak 21st Century Quotes & Quips on Being Gay in America “I think if a Republican state senator who comes from conservative roots can support marriage equality, and I will be running in the same year as President Obama, President Obama can support marriage equality, and if he doesn’t support marriage equality, then that would be a major disappointment.” – James Alesi, first New York Republican State Senator to come out in support of gay marriage in New York.

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Remembering GRID & Dozens of Departed Friends By Gary Schweikhart

arrived in the “plague city” of San Fransideshow in the summer of ’82, a 30-year old ex-media whore from Ohmagawd, Nebraska. Within a few weeks I was hired to replace the managing editor of The San Francisco Sentinel, a widely respected biweekly gay newspaper, which was not to be confused with the trashier tabloid, the Bay Area Reporter. The publishers of the two competing papers were both leading figures in the history of San Francisco’s gay movement. The punchy, paunchy Bob Ross ran the B.A.R., while the publisher of The Sentinel was William E. Beardemphl, one of the co-founders of the pre-Stonewall organization SIR (Society for Individual Rights). The two middle-aged publishers were also former chefs who deeply despised one another, both journalistically and culinarily, and frequently used their newspapers to launch vicious personal attacks on his nemesis. It was a precarious time in the Bay Area’s LGBT community, when both political and social frivolity reigned rampant. The three local Democratic groups were

constantly feuding: the moderate Alice B. Toklas Club disliked the lockstep liberals in the Harvey Milk Club with their “squeaky wheel” insistence, while the Stonewall Democrats were anarchistic crazies. The minimal Log Cabin Republicans, on the other hand, were merely irrelevant prigs. Party-wise, the community was in the last throes of the disco-thumpy “Best of Times” celebrated in La Cage aux Folles, when dozens of bath houses, dirty book stores and back room bars were always jam-packed in those heady, popper-fueled and condom-free days and nights. The trouble was men kept dying – young, good-looking, vibrant men – and no one knew why. Before arriving in San Francisco, I had seen a couple of small, throwaway articles in The Advocate and other publications about the so-called “gay cancer,” but didn’t know enough to be cautious when I ran away to California. Within days of starting at The Sentinel, however, I was confronted with the ramifications of this spreading epidemic with numerous names. Some called it GRID

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(Gay-Related Immunodeficiency Disease). Others called it KS or Kaposi’s sarcoma. I was very proud that The Sentinel was the first gay newspaper in the country to start running a regular health column about the scary new disease, written by Bobbi Campbell, an RN who had contracted AIDS and was bravely sharing medical advice and personal insights. A few years later, Bobbi was the first person with AIDS – after Rock Hudson – to be featured on the cover of Newsweek. If you’ve ever seen the TV movie And the Band Played On, based on the best selling

Volume 2, Number 1 book by San Francisco Chronicle reporter Randy Shilts, Bobbi was one of the key characters – a lovely man with a huge heart and a deliciously wicked tongue who I miss to this day. Reading and watching And the Band Played On was most disconcerting. Not only had I spent a lot of intense time with many of the people portrayed, I was in the room during actual moments that were later pivotal scenes in the film. I remember Charles Morris, the waspish former publisher of The Sentinel and the first person with AIDS I ever interviewed, sweatsoaked and shivering in his bare apartment. I remember Randy Shilts, bravely leading the public campaign to close the baths to slow the spread of the disease, making him one of the most maligned figures within the gay community. I remember Bill Beardemphl, a homosexual pioneer who adamantly refused to use the word “gay” and insisted for years that AIDS was not a real disease, but a government plot to convince our people to curl up and die. I remember Bill Kraus, the valiant political in-fighter, and Cleve Jones, the wiry dynamo who later launched the AIDS Quilt. And I remember the funerals… of Pete, and David, and Chuck, and TJ, and Wally, and Pedro, and Michael, and…. Gary Schweikhart lives in Boca Raton and is president of PR-BS, a Boca-based public relations firm. Visit www.pr-bs.net for more information.

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A MESSAGE FROM YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

Talk with your doctor about ways to help protect your immune system. HIV treatment is now recommended for everyone with a T-cell count of 500 or less and should be considered when T-cells are higher than 500, according to the DHHS* and the IAS-USA†, along with other factors. Starting treatment early may help protect your immune system and vital organs. Today’s medicines may have fewer, more manageable side effects. They may help you live a longer, healthier life. Receive helpful information about living with HIV that you should know. Call toll free 1-888-453-2596, or visit TREATHIVNOW.COM. *DHHS = Department of Health and Human Services †IAS-USA = International AIDS Society USA. ©2011 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. UN8450 03/11

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Maria Mejia: Unlikely Activist

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On her return, she began taking courses at the University of Miami and was asked to become a peer counselor. “By then I was okay coming out in small settings.” But soon, she would take on the formal role of “activist” when her partner’s sister died of a brain tumor. “I went through that process with her and I just remembering thinking to myself, why do people go through cancer and I still can’t talk about myself? I’m stigmatizing myself,” explains Mejia who began taking her message to

By J.W. Arnold

or three decades in the United States, the faces of HIV/AIDS have largely been gay men and drug users. A South Florida woman diagnosed 20 years ago is determined to shatter the stereotypes of HIV/AIDS and educate others. Maria Mejia is a 37-year-old Latina and a lesbian, and she lives every day with HIV, hardly a stereotype: The victim of a traumatic childhood, she was molested by a family member and grew up in an abusive household. As a teenager, she ran away from home and joined a gang. She contracted the virus from her boyfriend, who unbeknownst to her, had been experimenting with drugs. “Even though he was a teenager, back then it was known as a homosexual disease,” she recalls. “He was experimenting with drugs and I didn’t know.” After a couple of years in the foster care system, Mejia returned home. Her abusive father had left the family and she felt school could change her life: “I could see the light at the end of the tunnel.” Mejia was soon enrolled in Job Corps in Kentucky. She took the mandatory health

screening and began getting notices from the clinic. “I started getting little slips from the clinic, but I just ignored them,” she says. “A few weeks passed and I was getting homesick and in order to come home, I had to be discharged by the clinic.” Just days after her eighteenth birthday, Mejia finally reported to the clinic and was given news that would profoundly change her already troubled life. “I just saw my life pass before my eyes,” says Mejia. “Back then people were dropping like flies. I wanted to go home to my mom and little brother and die.” Mejia didn’t die, but despite the support of her family, she found herself living with the stigma and shame of a misunderstood disease. They returned to her native Colombia, maintaining her secret for another 10 years when her AZT stopped keeping the virus under control. “I began to feel very weak and decided to return to the U.S.A.,” she says, noting that her T-cell count had dwindled to just 39. These were the years before the Internet and Mejia read every book available about her disease.

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the masses through speaking engagements, blogs, YouTube videos and a 1200 member Facebook support group. One lesson she has learned over the past year is that young people no longer fear HIV/AIDS. “A lot of young people are minimizing the illness, not respecting it. They think you take a pill and you can live a long life. Thirty years into the illness, there is still the same ignorance and the key is education,” insists Mejia. “HIV/AIDS is not a death sentence any more, but it is a life sentence.” She adds, “It’s my mission and my duty. Not everybody is an activist, but it’s something I have to do.” To find Mejia’s page search for “International place for people with HIV/AIDS, and the people who love us” on Facebook.

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New Treatment Offers More HIV Prevention By Jason Parsley

clinical trial, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control, last year has shown certain HIV drugs help protect HIV negative gay and bisexual men from the disease. Protection though depends on how regularly they take it. This could be good news for gay and bisexual men because the CDC reports that men who have sex with men (MSM) is the only group in the U.S. where the annual number of new HIV infections is increasing. On average the trial showed that by tak-

ing a drug called Truvada offered the men 44 percent additional protection. But those numbers go up significantly if the drug is taken as prescribed on a daily basis. For instance the study showed that for men whose data and self-reports showed daily usage, the drug offered 72 percent additional protection. And for those men whose blood work showed daily usage, Truvada offered 91 percent additional protection. So far only studies on MSM have been completed. Other trials are currently underway on injection drug users and heterosex-

ual women and couples. Results from those trials won’t be available until next year. Dawn Smith, a Medical Epidemiologist with the CDC, said it’s fairly common for medication that treats an infectious disease to be used to also prevent the same disease. This is called Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). For instance people that travel to places where there is a high risk of catching malaria will take medication before, during and after their visit to prevent themselves from catching it. She said the reason it’s taken almost 30 years for this practice to be used to prevent

Three Decades of AIDS: A Select Book List By Jesse Monteagudo

he three decades of the AIDS/HIV epidemic has seen a vast amount of literature. These include self-help manuals, personal accounts, histories, memorials, novels, poetry and plays and they range from the sublime to the ridiculous. Most of the good books about AIDS were published in the 1980s and 1990s, which means that many of them are out of print. Many of them though may be found in any good public library or at the Stonewall National Museum and Archives. The following books are part of a vast and still growing library. Authors marked with an asterisk (*) have themselves since died from AIDS complications. Sadly, there were too many of them. Facing It: A Novel of AIDS by Paul Reed*, Gay Sunshine Press, 1984. Facing it was one of the first novels to deal with the epidemic. It follows one gay man’s AIDS-related illness and death, set in the background of medical politics.

Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS by Cindy Patton, South End Press, 1985. From the beginning, AIDS has been a political epidemic. In Sex and Germs, Patton showed how fear of sex, homosexuality, disease and death shaped the public’s reaction.

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts*, St. Martin’s Press, 1987. This is the essential history of the first five years (1980-85) of the epidemic. Though marred by the author’s bias (Patient Zero), “Band” excels as both literature and journalism. It was the basis for a movie of the same name. Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir by Paul Monette*, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. This memoir details the AIDS-related death of Monette’s partner, Roger Horwitz. Monette also memorialized Horwitz in Love Alone: Eighteen Elegies for Rog (1988). Ground Zero by Andrew Holleran, William Morrow, 1988. Holleran covered the early years of AIDS in a series of essays, which appeared in Christopher Street magazine. Ground Zero was revised and reissued in 2008 as Chronicle of a Plague, Revisited: AIDS and Its Aftermath (Da Capo Press).

Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of an AIDS Activist by Larry Kramer, St. Martin’s Press, 1989. Kramer is arguably the greatest -- and most controversial -- AIDS activist. In his angry essays, and play, The Normal Heart, this modernday Jeremiah attacked the powers that be -- and the LGBT community -- for not doing enough to fight the epidemic. Kramer’s collection of AIDS essays was updated and expanded in 1994. Eighty-Sixed: A Novel by David B. Feinberg*, Viking, 1989. Feinberg’s first novel follows the life and times of B. J. Rosenthal (Feinberg) through the turbulent years 1980 and 1986. Feinberg brought Rosenthal back in Spontaneous Combustion (1991). Gentle Warriors* by Geoff Mains, Knights Press, 1989. In this revenge fantasy, a group of PWA terrorists try to assassinate the president for his failure to do something about AIDS. Not too far-fetched at a time when gay men died and most people didn’t care. For the complete article, go to: sfgn.com/aidsbooks

HIV is because the first HIV drugs had many side effects. “Back then there were lots of pills involved, some you had to take without food, some had to be kept cold,” she explained. “They weren’t really practical to use them for prevention.” Eventually though new drugs came out on the market with few side effects and nowadays many people with HIV only have to take one pill a day. Truvada is a fixed-dose combination of two antiretroviral drugs, tenofovir and emtricitabine. The way it works is it prevents HIV from replicating as it enters the body, which can also prevent it from establishing permanent infection. Tenofovir was approved as a treatment for HIV in 2001 and the tenofovir/emtricitabine combination was approved in 2004. Smith said that the 44 percent average was very telling because it appeared that many of the participants had trouble taking the pills everyday. She also said that several things have to happen before using HIV drugs for prevention will become mainstream. “Anything that’s new takes a period of time to be introduced and become common place,” she said. Another barrier will be the cost. Smith said out of pocket cost would run someone about $1,000 a month. Some insurance companies, however, have indicated they would be willing to pay for it. As for side effects Smith said they were minimal for uninfected people. About 5 percent of the people taking the medication experienced an upset stomach for a few days or weeks afterwards. She did say other studies would need to be conducted on the long-term effects of the drug. She also cautioned though that this drug isn’t for every gay or bisexual man. “It will never be the case where everyone will wake up in morning and take a pill,” she explained. “The MSM group is composed of lots of smaller groups. Lots of people manage to lower their HIV risk with condoms and counseling. Even among MSM there are some that take more risks. This would be for the those taking the most risks.”

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By Peter Jackson, CPT

Living with Hiv? Here’s Why Exercise Is a Priority

t was the incomparable and seemingly ageless Cher who said, “If exercise came in a pill, everyone would be fit.” Certainly exercise is beneficial for everyone regardless of their HIV status, but for those who are HIV positive, it should be considered a priority and an essential component, along with proper nutrition, in remaining healthy. While treatment programs known as Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) have done an amazing job at suppressing HIV viral replication and the progression of the HIV disease, there is no disputing that these lifesaving medications are tough on the body and produce unpleasant side effects. The best-kept secret is that a strategic, consistent exercise program comprising cardio and resistance training can mitigate or minimize many of these metabolic problems. Among a long list of benefits, exercise has been shown in studies of HIV-positive individuals to fight fatigue, lower high lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides) and increase HDL (the “good” cholesterol). Exercise can also improve bone density, increase CD4 cell counts (these are a subset of white blood cells which fight infection), lower blood pressure, increase lean muscle, and, not least important, lower body fat in general and abdominal fat in particular. One of the most distressing developments for anyone living with HIV can be the onset of lipodystrophy, the redistribution of fat in the body. This occurs in two distinct ways: lipohypertrophy (fat gain),

usually seen in the stomach, breasts and back of the neck where it is resembles a buffalo hump, and lipoatrophy (fat loss), typically in the arms, legs, buttocks and face where the cheeks appear sunken. Experts remain uncertain about the precise cause of lipodystrophy, although it is often linked to use of certain HAART medications in some individuals. There is no magic pill for lipodystrophy, but resistance training can help to rebuild muscle, which has been lost in the arms and legs and can often help reduce the “protease paunch” – the build-up of belly fat. The use of testosterone for this purpose has had conflicting reviews. The FDA late last year approved a drug marketed as Egrifta (Testamorelin), which helped to reduce the build-up of visceral fat in the abdomen in some individuals during clinical trials. The long-term effectiveness of this drug has yet to be determined. How much exercise, what type of program and frequency depend on a number of factors including the fitness level of the individual and the progression of the HIV. A baseline body composition assessment should be undertaken as soon as possible after diagnosis and monitored at least quarterly, with special attention paid to changes in weight and body fat. Generally, in people who are asymptomatic, I first recommend a regimen of cardio exercise such as brisk walking, jogging, etc. three times a week for 30 to 45 minutes. Second I recommend strength training such

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f you have diarrhea, make sure it is diagnosed correctly and treat it aggressively. Talk to your doctor or dietician about ways to support your appetite or reduce nausea. Ask your doctor to check your hormone levels and your thyroid function and/or the thyroid hormone, thyroxin, in case these levels are low. Increase your protein intake to at least half a gram per half kilo of bodyweight per day, if you can. This is a moderate level not found to tax the kidneys in those with kidney dysfunction; those with healthy kidneys could possibly double this. Exercise with weights, but minimize aerobic exercise. One hour 3-4 times a week is enough if done correctly. Try to persuade your doctor to prescribe anabolic steroids if nothing else works.

ut calories and fill yourself up with fruits, vegetables, grains and lean meats. Eat small, frequent meals. Exercise with weights/machines 3-4 times a week for an hour and also do cardiovascular exercise (fast walking, light jogging, etc) for at least 30 minutes a day after weight training. Make sure that you sweat! Ask your doctor to check your hormone levels and your thyroid function since low levels of testosterone or thyroxin can make you prone to gaining fat. Get your lipids and blood sugar under control with a healthy diet, regular exercise and medicines, if necessary. Beware of companies that claim their weight loss/appetite suppressant supplements or “growth hormone precursors” work.They don’t. Most weight loss supplements have stimulants that can affect mood and increase blood pressure and cardiovascular risks.

as pushing and pulling movements like the Bench Press and Seated Row two to three times a week in sessions lasting 45 minutes to an hour. If exercise has not been a part of your lifestyle, start slowly by simply increasing your activity level: walking, taking stairs, dancing, etc. Regardless of one’s HIV status, nothing ages us faster than the inability to bend easily from the knees. Exercises that improve flexibility, particularly in the lower body, and strengthen the quadriceps and hamstrings are therefore important. These include a variety of weighted squats using dumbbells, barbells, and a hex bar. Joint problems and bone density issues

are a concern for individuals who have been on HIV meds for many years and I advise caution with exercises such as the Shoulder Press which require lifting weight over the head and can stress the joints in the shoulder. Never, never do exercises that require pulling weight behind the neck! My colleague Nelson Vergel, author of a definitive book on HIV called “Built To Survive,” offers the advice in the box above

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Broward House: Serving the HIV Community for 23 Years By Denise Royal

hen South Florida native “Pops” was diagnosed with HIV in 1998 his outlook was grim. Not only was his health poor – he was covered in Kaposi sarcoma lesions and had lost the vision in his left eye. “I should have been gone. I went through chemotherapy for about 9 months and surprisingly came out okay.” But his fight was far from over. He had to battle a substance abuse problem and find a place to live. “Pops” found the help he needed at Broward House. It’s Broward County’s oldest and largest

HIV/AIDS community service organization. For 23 years, the non-profit organization has provided support services for people living with, or at risk for HIV/AIDS. As the needs of the HIV/ AIDS community grew and evolved, Broward House responded and developed programs and services to meet those needs. As its name implies, Broward House provides affordable housing, substance abuse treatment and services to people living with or at risk for HIV. Its programs include supportive and independent housing, intervention and prevention programs, men-

AIDS at the Movies Films chronicle the illness

By A. Sebastian Fortino Philadelphia, 1993, directed by Jonathon Demme. Of course one cannot talk about the annals of gay and AIDS related cinema without including this monumental film, one of the first to deal with the illness in the mainstream media. Tom Hanks took great risks in this film, in terms of his career.Yet, the role did not damage his career and made great strides in advancing the story of AIDS to “everyday Americans.” The scene in which famed opera singer Maria Callas sings La Mama Morta is a moving metaphor, in which characters played by Hanks’ and Denzel Washington become friends despite the differences of race, sexuality, and health. The Adventures of Félix, 2000, directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jaques Martineau. As this story came after the introduction of AZT drugs there is more hope in this visually stunning film than earlier films involving HIV-positive characters.

In fact, Félix’s status is simply a matter-of-fact. He is a healthy, positive, young man who sets off from his northern home of Dieppe to Marseille where he hopes to meet his father whom he has never met. He sets off on his adventure with only a bag with his HIV-medication, and a rainbow kite. Along his journey to meet his father he encounters people he adopts as a “family.” The colors, the views of France, and the story do delve into some sadness. Rather than being persecuted for his illness he does encounter violence because he is a Frenchman of Arab descent – a culture of which the French are still known to be hostile. Forrest Gump, 1994, directed by Robert Zemeckis. This is not an “AIDS movie” per se. However, the film has three distinct eras. Forrest’s youth is set in the conservative post-WW II of the American

tal health services and education. Broward House reaches more than 6,000 people a year who are affected by HIV/AIDS. Pops is just one of them. These days, he is employed, has been clean and sober for 19 months, and his viral load is undetectable. “They rebuilt my self-esteem. Broward House let me know that I’m not alone. They gave me the tools I need to succeed. I don’t think that I would be clean and sober without Broward House,” he said. But, the recession and misinformation about HIV/AIDS makes this a very chal-

South. He comes of age during the Vietnam War as a soldier, paralleled with the hippie movement embodied by Jenny, played by Robin Wright, a girl whom befriends Forrest as a child. The film ends when Jenny discovers she has a mysterious virus, thus the writer of the novel Winston Groom, closes his story with the AIDS era which also closed the era of unhinged sexual liberation. Clearly, many viewers of the film knew what the unknown virus was with which Jenny was diagnosed. Peter’s Friends, 1992, directed by Kenneth Branagh. This is, perhaps, a first for the HIV/AIDS films to come out during the height of the crisis – it is a comedy-drama, heavy on the comedy, light on the drama. Peter, played by out gay British actor Stephen Fry, invites a cast of characters played by Emma Thompson, Rita Rudner, Imelda Staunton and others to a New Year’s Eve weekend party at his family’s rural English manor house. They have not seen each other in a decade and they learn things have changed. At the end of the film Peter reveals something deeper than that he will sell his country home – that he has HIV. It is interesting to note that he celebrates his life at a time when medication was uncertain for those diagnosed with the illness.

lenging time for Broward House. Demand for its services is on the rise because an increasing number of people are contracting the disease. Another reason: Among young people, there is a dangerous belief that a cure for HIV exists. That misinformation stops many people from being tested so they are unaware that they have the disease. “The county needs more prevention money. It works when we do it, but there’s not enough money for prevention,” says Broward House Chief Operating Officer Kathleen Cannon. Like so many other non-profits, Broward House is feeling the pinch of a bad economy. “There’s so much more to worry about with the economy and jobs. Right now worrying about AIDS is on the backburner because it’s perceived as a manageable disease. People forget that folks are dying from HIV/AIDS,” says Terry DeCarlo, Director of Public Relations, Marketing and Fundraising at Broward House. Talk about AIDS falling on the backburner has led to a feeling of complacency. That’s led to a lack of funding and a decrease in outreach. DeCarlo says money that used to be spent on marketing now goes to patient care. That’s led Broward House to find new ways to raise money. Cannon says the organization is financially efficient. It has to be run like a business. These days that means looking for all kinds of grants and donations. Broward House holds several fundraisers during the year and relies more on local businesses to give of their time and resources. “It’s harder to let the community know that HIV/AIDS is deadly and a difficult disease to manage,” says Cannon. Pops is now part of getting the word out. On his days off from work, he volunteers at Broward House. His message on preventing HIV: “It’s protection no matter what. I love you does not protect you from getting AIDS.” Visit BrowardHouse.org for more information.

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The Rare Reporter

AIDS: 30 Years Later By David Webb By David Webb

delivery of anti-HIV drug cocktails, and those costs are expected to spiral in the The Rare Reporter next decade to astronomical amounts. At hree decades into the HIV/AIDS epidemic more is known about the the same time, all of the major countries in the world are struggling to remain solvent disease than ever before but the future looks as uncertain as ever in terms of during the worst financial crisis of more than a half-century. how it will be managed in coming decades. Regardless of what medical treatments Treatments for HIV infections have become available, the majority of people radically evolved since the early days may not be able to afford them. when side effects such as nausea Millions of people in the and pain from medications like U.S. are unemployed and AZT prolonged the lives of uninsured for health some HIV-infected individuproblems they als but failed to help others face. The states because they couldn’t and the federal tolerate the drugs. government have Now, HIV-infected long provided health people often care and other reappear to be sources for HIV/ living longer and AIDS patients, healthier thanks but crashing to the developbudgets are alment of the anti-retroviral drugs ready placing limits in the 1990s. Although healthy apon those programs. pearances often belie the massive, And it’s only going to complicated regimens of multiple, get worse as governoften-changing medications to sustain ments struggle to make ends meet. patients, there is no doubt HIV-infected Insurance premiums are rising so quickly people are enjoying a better quality of life. in tandem with the rising cost of health care Ongoing research by scientists around that many companies are struggling to prothe world gives hope to the possibility vide benefits for employees. A decade ago, there will someday be a vaccine to protect it was common for companies to pay for against HIV and possibly even eradicate it after infection. Just recently, it was reported 100 percent of employees’ health insurance policies, but now it is more common for that a man suffering from both leukemia and HIV who received a bone marrow stem employers to require 20 percent payments of premiums by employees. cell transplant in Germany in 2007 is now In addition to government cuts, the HIV-negative. His bone marrow transplant amounts of money HIV service organizations reportedly came from a donor who was immune to HIV, an immunity that some sci- have been able to raise from the charitable public is almost certainly going to decrease entists believe exists in about one percent as well. People just don’t have as much inof the Caucasian population. come to share with less fortunate people. The downside of all this is the enorFor older Americans looking to retire mous cost of HIV treatments when they and anticipating the end of their job-afeventually become available to the public. forded health insurance, the availability of The bone marrow transplant treatment is medical care through the federal Mediincredibly painful, dangerous and expensive care program is going to be more probso its widespread use is unlikely. lematic, as it will be for younger people Billions are already being spent on the

contracting new HIV infections. And even if an older American has abundant financial resources to access whatever medical care is available, the truth is that the drug cocktails that have prolonged the lives of younger people just don’t work as well for anyone over 50, according to scientific studies. It’s hard to believe that the 30th anniversary of the HIV epidemic observed this month was accompanied by a United Nations report that 30 million people have died from the disease, and that 7,000 new infections occur globally every day. What’s more, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study was released earlier in the month reporting that LGBT students are

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more likely than heterosexual classmates to engage in risky behavior like alcohol and drug use, which presumably could lead to unprotected sexual activity. It is believed that an estimated 40,000 new infections occur yearly in the U.S., often in people who are unaware of their HIV-positive status. So three decades into the HIV epidemic, we find ourselves pretty much where we were in the beginning back in 1981 when we realized it was likely a blood-borne, sexually transmitted disease in most cases. No matter how rich someone is or how old they are, an HIV infection is unaffordable in every way imaginable. Prevention of an infection is still the best answer for everyone.

Miami-Dade County Care Resource Various Locations through Broward and MiamiDade counties Careresource.org/hivaids/testing/ SoBe AIDS Project 1234 Washington Avenue #200, Miami Beach, Florida 33139 305-535-4733 Sobeaids.org/hiv_testing.htm Alert Health 660 NE 125 Street, North Miami, FL 33161 305-893-7992 Hep-c-alert.org Out of the Closet, Locations Miami 2900 N. Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL 33137  305-764-3773   Or South Beach 1510 Alton Rd. Miami Beach, FL 33139  305-531-6800   OutoftheCLoset.org Visit www.dadehealth.org/hiv/HIVsites. asp for a complete list of HIV testing and counseling cites throughout Miami-Dade County.

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The 10,000 Graves of Dab the AIDS Bear

ou will recognize the faraway look in the beautiful eyes of Dab Garner. You have seen it in the eyes of young veterans returning to a civilian world with haunting memories and the deeply etched experience of death not shared by their contemporaries who have been spared the hardship of battle and allowed to enjoy their youth. We each own a piece of Dab’s life story, but few of us have survived the enormity of the early onslaught of HIV/AIDS that overtook him as a teenager, and derailed what might have been a comfortable life as a promising young model, newly gay-minted and living in San Francisco with a man he loved. Fewer still have used their personal misfortune to achieve so much good in the lives of the victims of HIV/AIDS. The story of the creator of DabTheAidsBearProject.com is difficult to compress. Dab, a teenager discovered by a photographer scout on the beach of Pensacola, Florida, hid his real age, 16, from the man who became his mentor and lover and flew to San Francisco monthly to be with him until three days after his high school graduation when he moved permanently to the west coast. His lover, a man in his early

20s, had assumed Dab was graduating from college. In 1980, at the age of 18, a close friend is quarantined with a new and mysterious disease. Unable to be in the same room with him, Dab got his friend a teddy bear from a gift shop so that he would not feel so isolated as he died. Dab’s lover soon became ill and for ten days, Dab kept vigil from the far side of the glass window of a quarantined hospital room. A kind nurse named Vicki allowed another teddy bear to link Dab and his lover. At the age of 19, Dab found himself arranging the memorial service for his lover and dealing with his lover’s family who claimed all his assets and possessions. Within weeks, Dab himself became HIVpositive and learned what it felt like to await death in isolation in 1982 as one of the first to have been diagnosed with what was then called GRID. He survived while most others died. Dab has one half of the chromosome needed for immunity. In addition to gene structure, cell receptors constitute the second front for defense against HIV, and when the disease was new and killing swiftly, there was no knowledge of receptors and certainly no medications to block them. At one point Dab had only Tony adams

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four T cells and named them after the people closest to him, including the baby girl for whom he became foster parent during the 4.5 years of her life. Born to an HIV-positive prostitute, who died soon after giving birth, facially deformed and with fetal alcohol syndrome, the baby girl desperately needed Dab who remembers that even the nurses in the hospital ignored her, assuming she would soon die. Dab, then 23 and with a new partner, would make Christmas special for their goddaughter, shopping for presents throughout the year. When she died in summer, they

already had a pile of Christmas gifts for her, and that is how Dab’s initiative for pediatric AIDS victims came to be. Dab eventually relocated to south Florida because it has the highest new HIV infection rate in the country. He remembers a time when men who died from HIV were incinerated at the hospital because funeral homes would not take the bodies. When he was diagnosed with HIV on Valentine’s Day of 1982, he was told he would not live to see his March birthday. He estimates the number of friends and associates he has lost to HIV/AIDS to be 10,000. Dab the AIDS Bear Project has become a grassroots project of concerned citizens joined together to raise HIV awareness, education and prevention. The project has three wishes: Increased funding for the Ryan White Care Act and ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program), Health Care for all Americans, and a cure for HIV/AIDS. There are so many ways to become involved in Dab’s work and to learn more about the admirable life of the longest living San Francisco AIDS survivor. Visit DabTheAIDSBearProject.com for more information.

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Movie Mirrors Experiences of Local Gay Man By J.W. Arnold

ritics are raving about the film, Beginners, opening this weekend in South Florida, but for one local gay man, the story is very familiar. Writer and director Mike Mills’s film explores the relationships between a son, Oliver (Ewan McGregor), and his gay father, Hal (Christopher Plummer). Told through a series of flashbacks after Hal’s death, the film looks at the distant relationship between Oliver’s parents and Hal’s coming out experience at age 74 following her death. Rob Johnston, 64, of Fort Lauderdale, found himself in a similar situation when his wife of 20 years died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage. The father of three children, ages 16 to 22, he was faced with the same life-changing decision. Johnston met his wife when they were

just 20 years old, but living as a gay man in upstate New York was not an option. “The explanation Hal gave his son was right on….These were things you just didn’t do when I was young,” recalls Johnston. “Being gay wasn’t really an option. But the difference with us was that there was a lot of love in my marriage and with my kids.” Unlike the character Hal, who Johnston says “came flying out of the closet at Mach 2000,” it took many months following his wife’s death to come to grips with his sexuality. “Hal wanted to do it all at once and experience all the feelings he’d been wondering about for all those years. I felt bad for him because he really only had four years to experience the gay life. He was such a gung ho newcomer.” And while Oliver was very accepting of his father’s new lifestyle in the film, Johnston

Rob Johnston had more challenges with his own children. “I think Oliver was so open to it because he loved his father and saw love from him for the first time in his gay relationship,” he says. “That wasn’t the case for me.” Johnston’s own children didn’t learn about their father for nearly a year after their mother’s death, when his partner, Mark, moved in. He and Mark have now been together for 21 years. “My daughter just came out and asked. Mark was there and I wasn’t going to lie to my kids,” he says resolutely. Johnston’s son, in particular, reacted strongly and immediately, threatening to commit suicide. The intervention of his son’s girlfriend led to acceptance and an eventual relationship with Mark that would endure for years, until his son’s unexpected death while still in his thirties. “My son was very ‘up’ and a lot of fun to be with,” reminisces Johnston. “He became

a loving husband and an excellent father.” Oliver was not so lucky, but for different reasons. “Some of the relationship between the father and the mother reflected in his own fear of commitment,” Johnston adds. “He was afraid that he would have a relationship like his father and mother, not because his dad was gay, but because he was afraid it might become cold like his parents.” Beginners will touch audiences in many ways, feels Johnston, who, like Hal, also faced a life-threatening health condition, but survived. He describes the movie as an emotional rollercoaster as the various relationships are revealed in each fast-paced vignette. “It’s funny, it’s sentimental, it’s angry and cold, sometimes at the same time” says Johnston, “but isn’t that life?” And with a large population of gay men who came out later in life, Johnston is sure he’s not the only man in South Florida who will agree.

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ou can’t get more American than mom, hot dogs and apple pie, and this weekend we celebrate the most American holiday of them all – Independence Day – which conveniently falls on a Monday, making this another long weekend. By day, the homos will be celebrating our heritage at picnics and on the beach, but when the hot summer sun sets, they’ll be decked out in their finest red, white and blue for a weekend that would certainly make the founding fathers blush. While the Tea Party drinks its tea, here are some of the soirees the bars and clubs of South Florida have cooked up for your weekend:

Mix. Not only will you experience the best sound system in Miami, your eyes will be treated to the hottest men, all dancing for your pleasure. Johnny’s Miami is located at 62 NE 14th St. Meanwhile, in Fort Lauderdale, Bill’s Filling Station, 2209 Wilton Drive, presents a concert by Debbie Holliday. The show starts at 11 p.m. there’s no cover. She’ll be hanging around to meet fans and sign CDs and there will be plenty of giveaways. Sunday, July 3

elebrate the holiday poolside at Cabana Boy, the Sunday party at Lords South Beach, the swanky gay hotel. Located at 1120 Collins Ave., Lords has become a popular destination for tourists and locals alike. While you’re there, grab a quick bite at the hotel’s hot restaurant, Cha Cha Rooster. Thursday, June 30 The Manor, 2345 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors, is throwing a picnic T-dance today, he ladies will kick off their holiday starting at 7 p.m. and featuring Grammyweekend tonight in Miami Beach at winning DJ and producer Chris Cox. MOVA Lounge, 1625 Michigan Ave. DJ This is the place to get those foot-long hot Zehno is in the booth and drinks are 2-4-1 from 9 to 10 p.m. Finlandia is $5 and dogs, ribs and apple pie – if you’re so inclined – along with $12 domestic buckets. Miller Lite is $3 all night long. One of the biggest parties of the weekFriday, July 1 end can be found at Dream, 1532 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Presented by Score e were never impressed with Productions and Hilton firecrackers Wolman, Urge will as a kid, but we feature DJ Abel love the roman along with the candles. For hottest dancers Independence from Europe and Day, Boardwalk Brazil. Here’s your has a real one, Hot Dogs to benefit chance to show those Falcon Studios The Pet Project at Mona’s boys how Americans porn star Roman celebrate their independence. Heart. The hottie will be doing 2 shows a night on Friday, Saturday Monday, July 4 and Sunday.You’ll find the fireworks at 1721 N. Andrews Ave. ona’s Cocktail Lounge celebrates all day long with its annual benSaturday, July 2 efit for The Pet Project. Stop by for beer-soaked, flamed broiled hot dogs, he best way to cool off is to get wet homemade potato salad and all the fixings and Miami nightclub Discotekka is happy to help. Get wet and sweaty late into beginning at 2 p.m. There will be drawings the night and early into the morning at the and prizes all day long and Toni Barone and the notorious Russell of The city’s most popular dance club.You’ll find nd Stable will be running an outrageous the party downtown at 950 NE 2 Ave. auction at 5 p.m. Mona’s is located at 502 Johnny’s celebrates its new Miami locaE. Sunrise Blvd. tion with The Spot, featuring DJ TPro-

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kinky facemasks. They also carried sexy stiletto heels that honestly made me want to purchase them just so I could kick my ex’s balls around next time I ran across him stand seven feet tall. I picked my outfit f one Johnny’s Bar isn’t enough to fulfill all out—which I will refrain from going into of your dirty fantasies weekly needs, they any detail about because it might be more have now opened another bar in Miami! exciting for you to dream about than the Apparently, this Johnny’s focuses on the more reality of it—and I scanned the assortment of straps, leather bonds and inflatable toys butch and burly dancers rather than Laudermentally making this year’s Christmas wish dale’s local twinks.The grand opening was list. The staff were all polite and helpful as last Wednesday and a multitude of patrons we browsed through the shop able to anflocked to see what all the fuss is about.The swer any question that we might have, like, reviews are in and they are all positive. I see “What in the world do you use this for,” plenty of trips to Miami in my near future. or “Does this thing take batteries?” I will After taking a trip to the mall and not definitely be returning to the Fetish Factory. really finding anything interesting at the It gets pretty monotonous going to the Hot Topic, me and my man were referred same bars, seeing the same people and flirtto the Fetish Factory as a joke from one of Hot Topic’s slightly irritated lovely staff. I ing with the same old twinks, so change it up honestly hadn’t thought about going to the a bit and get the hell outta town! Why not Fetish Factory, but when she mentioned it, I go to the Seaquarium in Miami and aftercouldn’t believe I hadn’t made the shop my wards check out Buck 15, or head on down to Universal Studios in Orlando and party it first choice. We left immediately. I walked up at Pulse? You know you want to get away. in and found it was just like a twisted Till next week, Alice in Wonderland. I loved their funky Matt ;) leather/rubber outfits and assortment of

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Independence Eve Because everyone’s off on the Fourth

By A. Sebastian Fortino hristmas carries a pre-requisite night-before celebration. This is wonderful, it spreads out festivity and time with loved ones. In contrast I am annoyed there are 10,000 things to do on the Fourth of July but not the night prior. After all, almost everybody is off. Also, as it’s a night event, you can forbid child guest. Ah, just like the proper manners of 1776… minus of course the slavery. To truly enjoy the holiday host an intimate evening for a few friends. Ideally those whose paths you might not cross on the actual holiday, or busy summer. Since you’ll overeat the next day – serve light fare.

still watch the peppers. One distraction can turn them to ash. After three minutes the paper-thin red exterior skin should be black and shiny. If not, close lid and check every two minutes. Place roasted peppers in pot, close with heavy lid, let cool from an hour to overnight. Slide off charred skin, slice skinned peppers into horizontal strips of about three. Layer in a deep glass dish. After every two layers of peppers drizzle about two tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, grated pepper, a light dash of sea salt, and one teaspoon chopped fresh Italian Parsley. Season top layer the same way, but add a few extra whole parsley leaves. Chill until serving.

Roasted Red Peppers are an easy, elegant, healthy dish. Start them the night before. Slice six red bell peppers in half. Remove core, green stem, then rinse out cavity of each pepper for remaining seeds. Place on grill, skin side down, close grill lid for three minutes. The dish is easy – but you must

Brus-ket-ta Salad yes, the spelling is incorrect. No one here pronounces bruschetta correctly. Take three, firm, preferably organic, yellow tomatoes, and three red tomatoes. Cut into large chunks, roughly an eighth of a tomato. Have one cup of fresh, whole, washed basil leaves, stems removed

Stonewall 2011 Reactions from attendees

By A. Sebastian Fortino

ast week we asked businesses along Wilton Drive to share their feelings of the Sunday, June 19 event. This week we asked the attendees for their reaction. Pride, after all, is a celebration many in the LGBT-community look forward to with the same excitement of famed “gay holidays” such as Halloween and New Year’s Eve. In addition to what responses we received from the community – via Facebook and email – there was one unanimous “thumbs up” in terms of the 2011 new structure. Everyone was thrilled the event began at 4 p.m. and the parade began at 7 p.m., such timing made the event far cooler than recent years.

Alain Destresse and Jim Buresch, of Fort Lauderdale “We’ve been here 9 years and this was the best pride event here yet!” The couple also kindly shared a video they posted online. Go to http://tinyurl.com/6y59ob9 to view. John Hitchcock, of Fort Lauderdale “Thought it was very well-organized and policed. I didn’t care for some of the tents blocking local business[es]…especially where there were so many spots that tents could have been put where they would not [have] interfered…with anything. Also, I tried to enter off of a side street since I had walked from home, I was told I could exit there but not enter. I had to trudge through someone’s private landscaping to gain access. Other than that I thought it was a great day, good energy and karma. I would give it a 9…”

and one cup extra virgin olive oil on hand. Into a turkey platter place all the tomatoes. Add half of the olive oil, then half of the basil and mix. Then, gently drizzle the remaining oil and handfuls of basil in at a time and mix until happy with consistency. Next move into center of platter leaving room for slices of grilled, whole-wheat baguette with which you have rubbed a halved garlic clove over the toasted side. Per baguette about three cloves of garlic – peeled, with skins removed. Turkey Basil Burgers these light, Mediterranean inspired burgers break the obsequiousness of beef. In large bowl combine, 1 cup plain yogurt with, 2 garlic cloves well-incorporated grated garlic ½ cup fresh basil cut into slivers 1 medium purple onion, diced 3 tablespoon dry, plain breadcrumbs 1 tablespoon freshly grated parmesan or pecorino cheese Freshly grated black pepper to taste Form into patties. If you wish to – make all eight or keep raw extras in the fridge in case a gust gets the munchies later. When

Ethan King, of Wilton Manors “This year was the best one I have been to so far! I loved that it was later in the afternoon, because of the heat. The variety of vendors was really interesting and the performances were terrific.” Andrew Lord, of Fort Lauderdale “I still do not get the whole Sunday thing…I think if it is going to a one day event it should be held on Saturday so all can enjoy. Majority of people work on Monday morning and so that is always lingering in your head as you try to… enjoy yourself. I also feel the booths were too spread out, left too many areas on the drive empty, and also blocked many storefronts that didn’t need to be blocked… While we are on the same subject, also why is the Halloween event on a Sunday this year? We will run into the same issues I think while there is still time it should be reconsidered for a Saturday night…”

SFGN spoke to Ellen Wedner, of Wedner and Friends, responsible for the event’s organization. If readers have long-wondered why events such as gay pride festivities are held on Sundays, instead of Saturdays,

party ends freeze extras instantly! To cook simply toss on the grill for three minutes on each side, place on toasted, wholewheat buns. Serve with Caesar Salad, using chopped Romaine or large bag of spinach. If you don’t have a favorite Caesar Salad dressing recipe simply purchase a higherend one. Doctor up with some more pepper, perhaps hot sauce, and/or a touch of lemon juice. Grilled Pineapple Peel and slice up one pineapple into one-inch slices, grill both sides of each slice. While warm present on a large platter accompanied by a gallon of vanilla ice cream with one empty bowl per guest, spoons, an ice cream scoop, and toppings such as slivered almonds, your favorite local honey, mint leaves and of course chocolate syrup. Let guests serve themselves…after all, America is a very selfserving country. Since this is our nation’s birthday I recommend serving American wines or beer from a local brewery. American Bourbon or Whisky with a lemon peel, served neat or with club soda, will make for a U.S.A. all the way nightcap. Happy Independence Day, hope you enjoy!

Wedner answered the question simply. “While Saturday is a day off for most people it’s also a day people who work during the week visit salons, run errands, or go shopping,” said Wedner. In sum, Sunday more associated with brunch or breakfast is more ideal for avenues like Wilton Drive, or Fifth Avenue in New York to host special events. “When you close down on Saturdays businesses lose more money than shutting doors on Sundays.” In terms of tents and booths organizers had to follow city guidelines. However, the majority of those who came out to support the event all seemed happy with the combined efforts of Wilton Manors, Stonewall National Museum and Archives, the numerous national and local entities that made the event possible. Wedner also said this year would not have come off as smoothly if it were not for the volunteers. “To make events like this happen we need as many people on board as possible,” she said optimistically. “If you wish to make this and any other events we do better, volunteering your time is the best thing you can do for the event and community.”

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n Friday July First, local author/inspirational public speaker, Micheal Humphries will speak and have a book signing at the Pride Center located at 2040 N.Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors 33305 at 8pm “It’s All Good” by Michael Humphries intends to help readers achieve a worry-free state In his memoir, “It’s All Good” (ISBN 146095386X), Michael Humphries breaks down his journey toward finding peace. Humphries focuses on the positives in his life: love, happiness, faith, family and friends. Through self-reflection, he opens his heart and soul to readers. The author discusses the death of his mother as a turning point in how he lived his life. While he notes that she was a strong woman of faith who loved her family very much,

she always seemed to be worrying about something in an attempt to live honestly and responsibly. The author admits that, like his mom, he also lived in a constant state of worry, which restricted him from living up to his potential – and robbed him of a peace of mind. “It’s All Good” emphasizes the importance of being happy in the present, as it’s impossible to change yesterday and tomorrow might never come. Humphries credits total forgiveness as an essential step in the process, and shares the many circumstances he found that can block happiness. “I’ve come to the conclusion that life is not that complicated, “Humphries said. “But there are many times that the human race makes things more difficult than they are.” Humphries shares his life experiences in an attempt to help other achieve simplicity. He hopes that his work and hard-earned life lessons will provide readers with the steps necessary to achieve a peace of mind in their daily lives. Gospel music has always been a big passion of Michael Humphries, who recorded his first album at the age of 12. Before his 16th birthday, he was on the road full time with a professional group, and continued singing professionally while attending college and during the years following. He later decided to leave gospel music, and began studying motivation, leadership and the art of sales. Since working for a national emergency response company, he now spends his time writing, speaking and trying to give as much as he can to help others.

It’s All Good By Michael Humphries Email: humphries.michael.r@gmail.com Website: www.mhpeaceofmind.com

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