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Young MSM Meth Users May be a High-Risk Group for HIV By Healthy Living News

oung, male crystal meth users who have sex with other men (MSM) may be at risk of contracting HIV according to a new study. Published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, the study re-

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vealed that for young MSM, there is an association between crystal meth use and high-risk behavior that increases HIV infection risk. The study recruited 595 adolescent boys and men ages 12 to 24 years. All self-reported as being sexually active with other males. Study participants then answered a survey on drug use and risky sexual behavior. Of the larger group, 64 reported they had used crystal meth in the last 90 days. Compared with those in the study who had not recently used crystal meth, the meth users had a higher history of sexually transmitted diseases (51 percent vs. 21) and two or more sex partners in the past 90 days (85 percent vs. 63). They were also more likely to have had sex with an IV drug user (51 percent vs. 10) or someone with HIV (32 percent vs. 11). In addition, they were also less likely to use condoms during every sexual encounter (33 percent vs. 54). Recent meth use was also associated with lower rates of school attendance and higher levels of homelessness. Study author Dr. Jonathan Ellen, a pediatrician and adolescent health specialist at Johns Hopkins noted that

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crystal meth -- a popular and relatively cheap street drug also known as Tina-heightens sexual response and lowers inhibitions leading to high risk behavior. “Add meth and you have a formula that leads to increased sexual risk in a group that already has higher prevalence of HIV,” added study co-investigator Nancy Willard, also of Johns Hopkins. The study authors did concede that there were some limitations to the study. For example, it did not clearly establish a cause/effect relationship between crystal meth use and high-risk behavior, or the other way around. But there was a clear association for both. In addition, because the study recruited participants from high-risk urban settings it may not accurately represent all young MSM. Study participant’s drug use was also self-reported -- data that can be unreliable in studies. The researchers further cautioned that any drug abuse -- not just of crystal meth -- can increase risky behavior. Study participants who reported using other drugs such as cocaine, crack, heroin and ecstasy, were also twice as likely than non-drug users to have sex with HIV-infected partners and injection drug users.

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Scores protest assaults on 3 Utah gay men SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – The sister of a man who was injured in the latest attack against gay men says it is “intolerable to treat someone as less than precious and valuable.’’ “I’m LDS. My family is LDS,’’ said Marnie Nelson Bales, of Tooele. “And you know, it

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doesn’t matter. He’s my brother. We love him.’’ Her brother, Cameron Nelson, wants to see an end to the violence, she told the estimated 100 to 200 people who attended the event to protest the assaults. Bales spoke Friday night at a fireside vigil in the capital city’s Liberty Park, the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune reported. Nelson was beaten early Thursday by two or three people yelling anti-gay slurs outside the American Fork hair salon where he works. He suffered a broken nose and other injuries. The attack was the third such on gay Utah men in the last two weeks. Dane Hall, a victim of a beating at Club South in Salt Lake City two weeks ago, had his jaw broken in three places and six teeth knocked out. He thanked the crowd for their support, speaking through

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his wired-shut jaw. “Thank you for coming out and supporting us,’’ Hall said. “I don’t know how to express myself, but just know that I am very thankful.’’ He has said he expects his medical bills to surpass $40,000, but he has no insurance. A second gay man also was attacked near Club South the same night, but police do not believe the two incidents are related. Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank shared a personal story about his cousin, a gay man who was a victim of domestic violence on multiple occasions but wouldn’t report the violence for fear of others finding out about his sexual orientation. He told the crowd that it’s important to involve police when violence takes place. Police handed out cards that detail how the public can submit confidential tips to detectives. “We have people in our community who still cannot come forward because of the stigma that may be attached to them,’’ Burbank said. “Any crime represents a failure of our society, especially a crime like this.’’ The nondenominational church City of Hope Salt Lake organized the event, which ended with participants marching with glow sticks through the streets of Salt Lake City and showing pictures of Hall’s injuries.

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Women of Color Health Expo at Pride Center By Andrea Dulanto

or the first time in South Florida, a health expo will directly address the needs of LBT women of color. The Women of Color Health Expo takes place at the Pride Center in Wilton Manors on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Several organizations have come together to bring this event to the community. They include Area Resource and Referral Organization for Women; Rainbow Ladies- Our Space; and Beta Phi Omega Sorority. In addition to health booths, visitors can enjoy food and entertainment. There is no cost to attend. Dr. Nan Van Den Bergh, founder of ARROW and professor of social work at Florida International University, emphasizes the Expo “is open to all women…all families and allies of LBT women of color…regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin or sexual orientation.” Confirmed participants are Memorial Regional Hospital; Broward County Health

Department; University of Miami Project Care, which supports Black women who have survived breast cancer; Women in Distress with information on same sex domestic violence; YWCA Family Wellness Program, and many others. Services include breast exams, HIV testing, blood sugar and cholesterol screenings as well as information on low cost or no cost mammograms and Pap tests. Explore complementary medicine with the Annie Appleseed Project, acupuncture physician and traditional Chinese medicine practitioner Amy Sear, and instructors of yoga, tai chi and self-defense. Van Den Bergh shares how the historic Expo became a reality: “Rainbow Ladies, a social and service organization for Black LBT females, contacted ARROW to organize a health fair.” By training more than 200 health pro-

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his past April the Rainbow Alliance, the 15 year old organization dedicated to promoting LGBT and LGBT-friendly tourism in Fort Lauderdale, unanimously

viders to work with the LBT women’s community and presenting health information at hundreds of community events over the past four years, ARROW has become an important local resource for LBT women’s health. Based on this commitment, ARROW received a Susan G. Komen Foundation grant for the Women of Color Health Expo. “Hopefully this can be an annual event,” says Van Den Bergh. “However, there are many costs involved in addition to the 100 percent volunteer time on the part of ARROW, Rainbow Ladies and Beta Phi Omega Sorority.” Rainbow Ladies and Beta Phi Omega focus on empowerment for LBT women of color and all women. While the Rainbow Ladies’ mission is “to enrich the lives of…women and [their] allies through education, community involvement, health awareness and social networking.” Beta Phi Omega works to build “a uni-

voted to establish the Greater Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. (GFLGLCC) under the umbrella of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). The association with the national chamber will broaden and expand opportunities for business owners. They also intend to work with affiliate chambers such as the Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and MBA Orlando, Central Florida’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce.

fied, unique, diverse…sisterhood.” The Expo reaches out to all communities that lack access to health care. Yet Van Den Bergh underscores that “studies have found lesbian[s] have greater risks for breast cancer, gynecological cancer, lung cancer and cardio-vascular disease. Barriers to quality health care include [lack of] health insurance, lower incomes, and discrimination.” How can we confront these barriers? ARROW offers training to health care providers on how to reach out to LBT women. Van Den Bergh also observes that “gay male organizations need to provide equal visibility and advocacy of LBT women’s health risks.” Furthermore, she asks LBT women to “be proactive” by following medical guidelines for breast and Pap exams, regular exercise, as well as eating more fruits and vegetables and limiting alcohol intake. Regardless of the debate over the health reform law, most Americans would agree that awareness and education are vital components to maintaining health. A visit to the Women of Color Health Expo could be an important step in that direction.

Women of Color Health Expo Pride Center 2040 North Dixie Highway Wilton Manors, FL 33305 Saturday, September 24, 2011 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact: ArrowlbtHealth@gmail.com 305-892-0928 RainbowLadiesOurSpaceinc.org BetaPhiOmega.net

As an added bonus to being under the umbrella of the NGLCC the newlyformed organization will offer much lower rates to members. If you are an LGBT-owned or friendly business compare the new membership fee of $250 with the former fee of $330 to see things are changing for the better in Fort Lauderdale. Visit GoGayFortLauderdale.com to become a member or learn more information.

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Rebels with a Cause

The Key West Poker Run, September 15-18 By Andrea Dulanto

xpress your born-to-be-wild side at the Key West Poker Run, Sept.15-18. This annual event welcomes 10,000 participants to South Florida. Even though it’s billed as a motorcycle even there’s no need to invest in a Harley. All motorcycles, cars and trucks can participate in the picture-perfect South Florida drive on U.S. Highway 1 from Miami to Key West. “A lot of people go in cars,” confirms Brenda Bastos, Marketing Manager of Peterson’s Harley-Davidson. The event is sponsored this year by Phil Peterson of Peterson’s Harley-Davidson of Miami/South, As you travel the Poker Run, you’ll make five stops to pick up a card. If you end up with the best poker hand at the end you win. The ten best hands are eligible for a game of Texas Hold-Em, competing for a new Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 Iron or $6,000. Thirty-nine years ago, Harley-Davidson owner Phil Peterson created the event to revitalize Key West during slow tourist

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months and to contribute to charity. The Poker Run benefits the Sunrise Rotary Club and the Diabetes Research Institute, raising almost $500,000 for research over the past twenty years. Bastos says first-time participants can “expect a lot of bikers [and] a Mardi Gras style party.” What if you’re not familiar with biker culture? Do you need a jacket stitched with a bad-ass nickname? First, you watch too much Sons of Anarchy. Second, Bastos agrees that bikers are often “stereotype[d] as large, bearded people, who get drunk and cause a ruckus.” But Bastos attests to different types of bikers road warriors as well as “people who wear a suit and tie…and on weekends, get all bikered out.” There are also women riders, particularly lesbians. “The biker community is stereotyped same as the gay and lesbian community,” observes Bastos. She encourages participants: “Come as you are you don’t need to be someone you’re not.”

39th Key West Poker Run September 15-18, 2011 Register at Peterson’s Harley-Davidson of Miami 19400 NW 2nd Avenue/ US 441, Miami FL 33169 305-651-4811 Peterson’s Harley-Davidson South 19825 S. Dixie Highway, Miami FL 33157 305-235-4023 For a complete schedule of events visit PetersonsHarley.com

Register for the Key West Poker Run at Peterson’s Harley-Davidson locations in Miami. A $10 donation covers one poker hand. However, you can play additional hands at $10 each. You can also enjoy the Duval Street Party, Custom Bike Show, the 17 th Annual Blessing of the Bikes and other events. According to Bastos, the riders and businesses are behind the success of the Key West Poker Run: “Everyone involved has a passion for it.”

National News

Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin Announces Bid for Senate

If elected she would become the first openly gay senator By Lisa Keen

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.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin said Wednesday that her campaign for a U.S. Senate seat from Wisconsin “will not be about me,” but she’s “prepared to respond to any number of likely attacks in this political age,” including ones based on her being gay. Baldwin, one of only four openly gay members of the U.S. House, announced Tuesday that she will seek the Democratic nomination to replace Senator Herb Kohl, a Democrat who announced in May that he would not seek re-election in 2012. Although Baldwin is not the first openly gay person to run for a U.S. Senate seat, her campaign has ignited considerable enthusiasm in the LGBT political community. Chuck Wolfe, head of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which supports openly gay candidates for elective office, said in a telephone conference call with LGBT media Wednesday that the Victory Fund “believes this will be an important race for our community.” He predicted the community would “rally around” Baldwin, whom he called a “stellar” representative of the community. Baldwin, who participated in that call and took questions from the media, said she expects the campaign to be “hotly, hotly contested,” as are all Senate races in recent years. The partisan balance has been closely divided for years. Democrats currently have 51 seats plus 2 Independents who caucus with them; Republicans have 47. It takes a majority of 60 to break a filibuster staged by a minority party, and the Republican Party has made filibuster an almost routine maneuver since 2008, in hopes of thwarting a second term for Demo-

cratic President Barack Obama. Following Obama’s election in 2008, Democrats and Independents held 60 seats. Baldwin said her first challenge will be to introduce herself to parts of Wisconsin outside her district of Madison, the state capital. She said currently polling suggests between 52 percent and 55 percent of voters in the state recognize her name. And given the potential “in this political age” for a hotly contested Senate race to include an anti-gay attack, said Baldwin, she’s eager to introduce herself to voters around the state before an attacker does. Baldwin doesn’t necessarily believe an anti-gay attack will be particularly effective in Wisconsin. She noted that the western part of the state has also elected an openly gay member of Congress before U.S. Rep. Steve Gunderson. Gunderson ran for re-election twice after he was outed in 1991. Baldwin noted that she has been openly gay “all my adult life” and she thinks the voters of Wisconsin “appreciate values of honesty and integrity.” “And I have a lifetime commitment to equality for all,” said Baldwin. But “this campaign,” said Baldwin, “will not be about me, it will be about the middle class, the threats they’re facing, and which candidate is the best fighter for them.” Meanwhile, two state representatives in Wisconsin announced Wednesday, September 7, that they will seek the Democratic nomination to run for Baldwin’s seat. One is openly gay Rep. Mark Pocan, who filled in Baldwin’s state assembly seat when she was elected to Congress. The other is State Rep. Kelda Roys, the youngest member of the Wisconsin assembly and former head of the Wisconsin chapter of NARAL.

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Gays…Worse than Terrorism! By Staff

tunately we don’t have to deal with a terrorist attack elow is what Oklahoevery day, and that’s what ma Republican state I mean. legislator Sally Kern It’s more dangerous, and had to say about the LGBT yes I think that it’s also community, AIDS epidemic more dangerous because and terrorism. it will tear down the mor“You know if you just look al fiber of this nation. We at it in practical terms, which were founded as a nation has destroyed and ended the upon the principles of relife of more people? Terrorligion and morality, if we ism attack here in America or take those out from under HIV/AIDS? In the last twenty our society we will lose years, fifteen to twenty years, what has made us a great we’ve had maybe three terSally Kern nation, we will no longer rorist attacks on our soil with a little over 5,000 people regrettably losing be a virtuous people, which we see happentheir lives. In the same time frame, there ing already. And without virtue this nation have been hundreds of thousands who have will not survive.” This isn’t the first time Kern went on a hodied because of having AIDS. So which one’s the biggest threat? And you know, every day mophobic rant. In 2008 she said homosexuour young people, adults too, but especially ality is “the biggest threat our nation has, our young people, are bombarded at school, even more so than terrorism or Islam.” She in movies, in music, on TV, in the mall, in made the latest remarks while promoting magazines, they’re bombarded with ‘homo- her new book The Stoning of Sally Kern and sexuality is normal and natural.’ It’s some- speaking with Peter LaBarbera of Amerithing they have to deal with every day. For- cans for Truth About Homosexuality.

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The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run in Fort Lauderdale was a 5k-walk/run event honoring the courage and dedication of first responders, our military men and women and their families. All money raised at the September 10 event will go directly back to the Stephen Siller Foundation, to honor the legacy of love given to us by Stephen Siller, who laid down his life on 9/11. It was one of many events in South Florida commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attack on the United States at the World Trade Center and in Washington, DC.

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ith social buying websites like Groupon and Living Social exploding across the Internet Terrence Smalley recognized there wasn’t a local one serving the LGBT community. So he did what any entrepreneur would do -- he started one. Last month he launched CrazyGayDeal.com, which he hopes will fill a local niche that wasn’t being served. In order to reach the LGBT community quickly Smalley reached out to SFGN to advertise. Instead SFGN decided propose a partnership between the two companies. “After one meeting both parties saw the synergy and realized that we could help each other, the advertisers, and the community with a joint venture,” Smalley said. “So a deal was put in place. Now CrazyGayDeal.com will work with the SFGN.com sales team to increase our advertiser contacts. And SFGN. com now has a coupon deal to offer its consumers that is unlike any other coupon site online to date.” Smalley emphasizes though that this venture of his isn’t all about money. A portion of every deal bought will be donated to charity. “With every company I have worked with, every client I have supported, any event I have managed, I always find a way to make it work to help support a charity,” he said. “Business can’t always be about money in your pocket, but how can I help someone else? People keep telling me to start worrying about myself instead of everyone else. But that isn’t who I am, I was raised to always be able to help someone and have always been involved with charity since I can remember. So while making a buck or two is okay, being able to help someone is what makes it all rewarding.” SFGN publisher Norm Kent said he recog-

nizes the value of social buying websites and that’s why he’s excited about working with both CrazyGayDeal.com and The DailyHookUp.com. “These deal of the day websites are hot right now and we don’t want our readers to miss out,” Kent said. “Here at SFGN we’re always trying to find new ways to inform and benefit our readers. And one of the reasons we’ve decided to partner up with these particular companies is that they both donate a portion of their profits to charity.” Visit SFGN.com and click on the CrazyGayDeal.com ad to find the latest deal of the day.

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B-Amazed at the B Ocean Hotel Where every room has a desirable view By Brian Swinford

hether you’re planning to get away for just a few days or desiring to run away for a week, there’s no better place to escape and be playful than B Ocean Fort Lauderdale. The hotel is located just steps away from the sea foam on Sunrise Boulevard and A1A. One of the unique aspects of the B Ocean hotel is that all of their 240 guestrooms and suites are facing the ocean so no worrying about whether you’ll end up with a room overlooking a garbage dump or some other undesirable view. The B Ocean opened its doors in January. Before that there was a Holiday Inn at the location, which closed in 2005 after damage from hurricane Wilma. Besides the indoor amenities guests can frolic and play at the beach all day by taking a local excursion to discover all that Fort Lauderdale has to offer, such as jet skiing, parasailing, shopping, the Swimming Hall of Fame, the Everglades, and more. When it comes to dining the B Ocean has some of the best hotel food in the area. The hotel features delicious dining options including their signature restaurant, B’stro on the Beach which offers fresh pastries, chopped salads, and organic fares. Then there’s SAIA featuring modern Asian fusion and is set up as

family style dining where food is brought to the table continuously throughout the meal and is placed in the center. The hotel also features an exclusive wine bar, quench pool and patio bar with lounge chairs, cabanas, and an infinity-edge pool. There are plenty of vacation packages and hotel deals to choose from as well. Looking to reconnect with that special someone or perhaps, for a little adventure? This hotel has it all. Visit Bhotelsandresorts.com for more info.

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Protests Can’t Dampen Charlotte’s Pride By Julie Seaver

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ast week, my partner and I joined two former Charlotteans and drove north in between the rain bands of Hurricane Irene on our way to the Queen City. Having never attended a Pridefest that I didn’t have to work, I was really looking forward to attending Pride Charlotte and having a long weekend of fun. Charlotte, hometown of Christian evangelist Billy Graham and heart of the socially conservative Southern Baptist headquarters, served up more than I bargained for in my quest for hospitality and pride. We picked a great year to go, as the community’s greatest anticipation was this year’s move to the metropolitan “uptown” area. Tourist warning: do not call it “downtown,” unless you are into eye rolls and quick corrections. Historically, pride festivities have been held at several community parks and even a parking lot to avoid unwanted guests. The one-day festival was within walking distance of our hotel, the prestigious downtown (oops, “uptown”) Westin Charlotte. The venue boasts 25 sky-soaring floors gleaming in shiny marble, modern glass and a welcoming staff. In this unfamiliar city, I chose to leave my gayest attire behind and made our way out the revolving doors where we realized we weren’t the only same sex couple in town. We arrived at the festival and were greeted with hundreds of families dressed in red shirts I thought read, “God loves the Gays” while passing out complimentary bottles of water. How nice! Hydration has always been an important survivor tip at our sunny Florida pride events, and I was pleased as punch they were being just as hospitable and caring as the community is in Palm Beach County. Not so fast, sunshine. As I took a closer look, the lettering on the red shirts and wa-

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ter bottles became more clear: “God Has a Better Way.” They were not patrons of pride, but mavens of mayhem. The annual protestors had also arrived. While spouting scriptures from the Bible and messaging “change,” a large number of families had dressed their infants and toddlers in these same shirts in varying sizes of hate. The group’s reverend, amplified by loud speakers on the corner, bellowed all day over the entertainment and encouraged the group’s participation in random acts of “kindness” by giving out bottled water and informative pamphlets. In my book, that reads, “Here is a free bottle of water and some silent condemnation extended in love! If you don’t repent today, you are going to need that bottle of water in hell’s eternal fiery damnation. Have a nice day!” For a while, we were in disbelief, not only of the amount of protestors there were, but the fact that an additional brigade of special volunteers of peace were recruited to stand between the event goers and protestors. Our anger grew as we watched the upcoming young gaylings

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shout at the protestors, loud and proud to show off their true colors. As we walked, more small groups of protestors set up shop on the main street corners holding up their signs of sin, and armed with bottles of complimentary holy water. This just pissed me off. I marched back to the hotel, threw on my coveted “Got Gay” shirt from home and set out to represent Palm Beach with enough pride to pop the pious right out of them. Not used to protestors at South Florida pride events, I quickly found out that protesting and hating others is truly exhausting work. The photo above is me getting over it,

getting on with it and having the fun I set out to have. If you don’t recognize me, I’m the one singing “That’s me in the spotlight. That’s me in the corner, losing my religion.” As we start planning next year’s PrideFest of the Palm Beaches, I will remember our brothers and sisters across small town America who advocate in adverse situations for our human rights. Besides pride, I found perspective. I let go of the disdain, ignored the damnation and celebrated the diversity. Julie Seaver is the Development Director at Compass Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Palm Beach County.

Off the Wall

The Lavender Mafia By Pier Angelo “I want you to take care of that sonofabitch right away. I don’t want to see him no more. I want you to make that first thing on your list, understand?” (from The Godfather)

he history of the Mafia is sketchy but many believe that it was born in order to protect the less fortunate and the poor peasants of Sicily. The American branch begun around 1893 when Don Vito Cascio Ferro fled the island to New York after the murder of banker Emanuele Notarbartolo. The Italian mafia in the U.S. is sometimes referred to as La Cosa Nostra (“Our Thing”). It continues to dominate organized crime in the United States. In a continuous effort to break down the mafia control over the southern part of the country the Italian government has been sending soldiers to fight the secretive and dangerous crime network. Something every Italian government has been trying to do, with varying degrees of flaccidity, for the last one hundred years. “Pentito” the Italian word that has always carried a religious connotation (he who has repented in front of God) has now taken a new meaning.It designates people in Italy who, formerly part of criminal or terrorist organizations, following their arrests de-

cide to “repent” and collaborate with the judicial system to help investigations. “Omerta”- Sicilian for “code of silence”, the vow, among men of honor, that, for over 100 years kept them from betraying their secrets to the authorities, is being slowly broken, in more ways than one. Many of those arrested have started to “sing and dance” and not to the soundtrack of “The Godfather”. A show tune seems to be more likely because a new twist has been thrown into the equation. The cement door of the closet has been opened, and Gay Mafia Dons are being outed in droves. Gay life in Italy is a complex subject that often confuses queers from more open countries. The Italians, in a general sense, don’t proclaim their sexuality if it’s homo or bi. Only in recent years has the subject been openly talked about. The Catholic Church continues to exert a tremendous influence on everyday attitudes. It is no accident the Mafia has grown in the home of the Vatican. Both demand the same fidelity from their followers and punish those who are different or stray from the rules with death, either earthly or eternal. In the meantime the prosecutor in charge of the ongoing investigations has revealed that there are more gay bosses than ever

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imagined. These gay bosses are marked men, as good as dead. The Mafia does not tolerate homosexuality. You can be a friend of Dominick but not a Friend of Dorothy. On the outside they exhibit their usual machismo but in private they have male lovers or frequent male prostitutes. The police have, following tips provided by the pentiti, intercepted and recorded dozens of phone conversations between rent boys who freely describe the homosexual preferences of powerful Godfather like figures. In a page taken out of The Soprano, fiction and reality become one, and stealing directly from the show, we can just imagine the consigliere talking to the members of the famiglia after they have killed the outed capo: “You know, maybe it is better this way. You wouldn’t want him to be a model for the children, after all.” And if this was a musical comedy they would break into a Broadway number: So, you little Italian devils, you want to know about love? If you want to make a woman happy you rely on what you were born with because it is in your blood. “Be Italian” (from Nine) Like the characters of the HBO hit, killing, lying, stealing and cheating on your wife aren’t sins. But going gay sure is. Vito Spatafore’s brutal end in the famous episode of The Sopranos was one of the most telling and chilling moments in the show’s expose of mob Catholic hypocrisy. As Phil Leotardo watches, his hench-

men tape Vito’s mouth shut and beat him to death. But do Vito’s killers suffer any remorse? Do they believe that they’ve done something sinful and wrong? Not for a moment. In fact, bolstered by perverted Mafia logic, they actually pat each other on the back for having performed a service to humanity and manhood itself, not to mention Jesus Christ and the Church. Vito, whose character is based on real life Vito Arena, a homosexual mob associate in the Gambino crime family, is guilty of “making a mockery of the sacraments” and being “a disgrace to his family.” The fact that they live a life dedicated to constantly breaking every one of the Ten Commandments doesn’t stop them from putting on God’s mantle and passing judgment on one of their own, who murdered and stole like the best of them, but whose only crime, in their eyes, is that he had the balls to become a “ricchion.” By telling the story with an explosive mix of sacred and profane, the show, and the real life events unfolding in Italy, brilliantly portrays the unblemished absurdity of their Catholic beliefs and it forces us to ask what religion really is, what it’s really supposed to do, and where the hell is God, for that matter?

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FloridaTogether Florida Together Conference to Feature Inspirational Speakers from Across Country

This year’s fourth annual Florida Together Conference takes place in Miami on Saturday, Sept. 24 starting at 9 a.m. at the Kovens Conference Center, at Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay Campus. “The conference is for activists, allies, and just people interested in becoming more involved,” said Executive Director Michael Kenny. “[Attendees] will get some concrete knowledge and takeaways.” There will be 15 speakers from around the county. They include leaders from the world of activism, government, technology and the arts.

There will also be a screening of “Saint of 9/11” which is about the tragic death of gay New York Fire Department chaplain Father Mychal Judge during the fall of the South Tower. The past three conferences took place in Orlando and had usually about 4 presentations. Kenny wanted to reach out to the rest of the state by moving the conference to Miami this time. In addition, he’s drastically expanded the scope of the conference as well. SFGN decided to took a closer look at this year’s speakers, profiling nine of them including a state

Malcolm Lazin A renaissance man bringing gay rights into the 21st century with Equalityforum.com By Lisa Lucas

alcolm Lazin has worn so many hats in the past twenty years that his collection could rival that of a London haberdashery. But the one he now covets and wears the most, is the Executive Director of Equality Forum, a national and international LGBT civil rights organization with an educational focus. A prominent Philadelphia attorney, Lazin, who didn’t come out until after law school, is actively involved in civil rights, LGBT rights, historical preservation, community leadership and is now making his foray into show business. His resume is so long and diverse it’s hard to imagine that he has achieved so much and made

O Deon Davis Nurse turned activist and author By Denise Royal

prah Winfrey often says that being a mother is the hardest job in the world but as Deon Davis points out her job as a mother is also the most rewarding and challenging. She shared her story in a book titled, I’ll Find a Way: A Mother’s Journey of Love and Acceptance for her Gay Son. Davis did not set out to be an author. She’s a nurse by trade and a single mother raising two boys and a girl. Like most moms, she’s worried about her children’s safety, their health and overall well-being. She hoped they would all grow up to be successful, productive adults. “I was determined not to let my children fall into the stereotypes

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senator from Wyoming; the executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans; a traveling photographer capturing everyday gay families; an African-American nurse turned author and activist; an openly gay actor fighting for equality in Hollywood; and a young straight man whose inspirational speech to Iowa’s House of Representatives went viral on YouTube. Kenny hopes that these men and women, and the others slated to speak will inspire people to do their own great work. “Some presenters will make people’s hearts

soar,” he said. “I guarantee that people will leave with concrete knowledge they can use and will be inspired and motivated to pick their road to help in the battle for full equality for everyone.” Florida Together is a federation of organizations dedicated to achieving equality and justice for LGBT Floridians. Registration is $50 and includes a continental breakfast in the morning as well as a full luncheon and two refreshment breaks. Visit FLtogether.org for more information.

such an impact on the community. Lazin was a federal prosecutor who lead successful investigations into public corruption, a litigator in a private firm, commissioner of the Pennsylvania Crime Commission, and was awarded the U.S. Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award -- the Department of Justice’s highest honor. But the tentacles of his ambition didn’t stop reaching there. He chaired the Philadelphia Waterfront Development Council, which not only instigated infrastructure improvements but Lazin conceived the idea to light the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and helped raised $1.7 million to fund the project. In addition, Lazin is the chair of the

Washington Square Committee which secured the largest Revolutionary War burial site in Independence National Historical Park. And now Lazin is able to wear the moniker of “executive producer.” Having produced three award winning gay-topic documentaries including “Saint of 911,” about the tragic death of gay New York Fire Department chaplain Father Mychal Judge during the fall of the Twin Towers. This October, however, Lazin will relish in his most enthusiastic accomplishment. October is LGBT History Month and Equalityforum.com proudly joins the celebration by honoring 30 gay icons (one per day) with a short

of the black single parent family, especially with two young males but I was not prepared for the coming out of Rashad,” she said. That coming out first happened to a therapist that Davis contacted because her son was depressed and suicidal. Bullying at school led him to harm himself by cutting his arms. But hearing him say the words “I’m gay” was not enough to convince Davis that her son was a homosexual. “My initial reaction was he’s too young to know what he wants and he is just going through a phase.” But when it became clear that it was not a phase Davis was able to get through the confusing time by focusing on one thing: being a mother.

“This new circumstance took parenting to a new level. I knew that at that moment of discovery that I had a new role, not only as his mother; but now I need to become his protector, his voice, and also his friend. Growing up in an African American home I was taught that being gay was not accepted especially in our Christian community, but as a parent I knew that I loved my son and God loves him also. So I pulled out the boxing gloves and prepared myself for the fight that I had in front of me. I vowed to my son and the GLBTQ community that I will fight for equality forever,” Davis said. Fighting that battle together has brought mother and son closer.

film on their website. The icons are people that have distinguished themselves by making a significant impact on LGBT rights. “Gay history is the only part of society that is not taught history at home, school or religious institutions,” Lazin says. “It’s no wonder that homophobia exists. Without life-empowering resources we are diminished. Resources help empower people and the community and we must take responsibility to teach history.” Visit LGBTHistorymonth.com or Equalityforum.com to check out the iconic films starting in October.

Rashad was able to turn his life around thanks to his mom’s support. He eventually transferred to a more accepting high school and now attends college. “Rashad is now exceeding in everything he does, with parental support the sky is the limit,” Davis said. As for the responses she’s gotten from other parents, Davis says they’ve been mixed, but mostly those of praise and admiration. She offers this advice to other parents: “Do not allow his/her sexual orientation change the relationship between you and your child.The same love that you endured from birth, continue that love into every situation that life brings before you.”

“In sharing your experience with others you give hope to those that struggle, understanding to those that are unsure and enlightenment to those who have been misled.”

Alex Lucchesi Changing the world by Speaking OUT By Denise Royal

he bible says the truth shall set you free. SpeakOUT hopes the truth will change the world, or at least rid it of homophobia. The organization is the nation’s first LGBT speaker’s bureau. The Bostonbased group works to create a world free of LGBT homophobia and other forms of prejudice by telling the truths of people’s lives. SpeakOUT trains volunteers to use their personal stories to spread understanding about issues of gender and sexuality. Their clients include high schools, colleges/universities, churches, civic organization and corporations. By speaking directly to these types of groups the organization hopes to increase understanding. Alex Lucchesi is Co-Chair

Zach Wahls Overnight gay-rights activist and viral sensation By Lisa Lucas

o look at this handsome, strapping, engineering student from Iowa, who was an exemplary Boy Scout, no one would guess his secret. Actually, he has two secrets. One, he is straight. The other: he was raised by lesbians. And he never thought that talking about it would propel him into the Cyber Hall of Fame. It started in 2009, when he was 17-years-old and the Iowa House of Representatives was slated to pass a constitutional amendment that would to define marriage as between one man and one woman and in so doing reinstate the ban on same-sex marriage in Iowa. Wahls decided to write a letter to the Des Moines Register about his take on the proposed amendment from the perspective of the son of a lesbian couple. Soon after, his phone rang. It was a representative from “One

of SpeakOUT. He started as a speaker with the organization nearly three years ago, then joined the board of directors in the summer of 2009 as director of training and later became co-chair of the board in January 2010. “I joined SpeakOUT because I wanted to make the world a safer, friendlier place for kids and adults dealing with issues of gender and sexuality. I became passionate about SpeakOUT quickly because of the connection I was able to make with the audience and the difference that could be made in their lives,” Lucchesi said. SpeakOUT believes that sharing personal stories and experiences publicly can educate and inform communities about issues that divide them. Usually speakers appear

in pairs and talk for a few minutes about their own lives. They share their experiences of prejudice, as well as how they have evolved to take pride in their sexual or gender identities. Speakers also discuss the details of how they’ve come out to their families, friends and co-workers, and how they’ve faced discrimination and hardships. Most importantly though how they’ve fallen in love and raised families. “People can argue with statistics, but they can’t deny or negate your personal story. In sharing your experience with others you give hope to those that struggle, understanding to those that are unsure and enlightenment to those who have been misled,” Lucchesi says. SpeakOUT encourages audienc-

es to ask questions. Lucchesi says he’s often asked for blunt facts. “Often high school students want to know about the mechanics of gay/lesbian sex. My answer is always the same: ‘Gay or straight there are as many different ways to make love as there are couples on earth.’” I also get lots of religion questions, ‘How does it feel to know you are going to hell when you die?’ The trick in answering is to avoid being shocked or laughing, just answer honestly, respectfully and keep the questioner’s level experience and age in mind.”

Iowa,” a LGBT advocacy group, asking him to testify in front of the House Joint Resolution 6 Committee at a public hearing. He agreed, never expecting that when he shared his impassioned and honest story about why he believed same-gender marriage should be constitutionally protected, that his life would change…and so would the lives of many that heard him speak. It was a Monday night, when he spoke in front of the House and 500 spectators. By Friday night, his testimony had gotten over a million hits on YouTube. “I had no idea this was going to happen,” Wahls said. “The Democrats uploaded my testimony without even asking or telling me and within days it went viral. It’s not like I planned it. I mean, I had written about the subject but I wasn’t an activist. I was just a kid

in high school trying to speak out to defend my family.” Originally from Wisconsin, Wahls’ biological mother, Terry, is a doctor of internal medicine who decided to use donor insemination to have Zach and his sister. When she moved to Iowa she met and married Jackie Reger. Five years later his mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Confined to a wheelchair by 2007, Reger assumed a big part in Wahls’ parenting, even acting as a den mother for his Boy Scout troop, as well as caring for Terry. In 2007, Terry, unwilling to accept her fate, designed a series of cutting edge diets and interventions and has since made an extraordinary recovery. “My mothers are amazing women and I am so lucky to have been raised by them,” Wahls said. “People have been single parents for centuries. I had two moms to

love me.” Wahls, who is straight as is his sister, said he never longed for a father and had many male role models in his life, including football player Brett Favre and his Boy Scout leaders. As a result of his testimony he has been inundated with speaking and writing gigs and has temporarily withdrawn from school. “I think this is a pivotal time for gay rights because there are so many conservative Republicans. If we can just make it to 2013 without the bill passing, I think we’ll be okay. I’m going to do all I can to make that happen.”

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Alix Smith Photographer is literally putting a face on equality By Lisa Lucas

ew York photographer Alix Smith spent the last year with her wife, traveling the country taking pictures. Sounds like a fun way to see the sights but she is not your typical tourist – she is on a mission called “States of Union.” A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, Smith’s work has been exhibited in major galleries across the United States and Europe. Her work has been described as having a “theatrical and painter-like quality reminiscent of the masters” and her “iconic images defy cliché.” Now Smith is using this technique to put a face on a cause. Smith married her psychologist wife in Connecticut in 2009 and has been an outspoken activist for gay marriage and full equality.

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State Senator Cale Case Unlikely Ally By Donald Cavanaugh

y girlfriend and I are going to have a good time in Florida and maybe get a look at South Beach culture,” chuckled State Senator Cale Case of Wyoming in a phone interview. Case, a Republican from what Rachel Maddow calls “the most Republican state in the nation,” is slated to speak at the upcoming Florida Together Statewide Conference in North Miami and plans to take some time to check out the South Florida scene. Rachel Maddow featured Case on a segment of her March 4, 2011 show for his contribution to the effort of preventing passage of an anti-gay marriage bill in Wyoming. He is what Maddow calls “a smallC conservative, a small government Republican.” The “Defense of Marriage” legislation in question, House Bill

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“So many people have only been exposed to flamboyant photos of the gay community, like in gay Pride parades,” Smith says. “But it’s important to know that not all gay people wear feather boas and dress in drag.They look just like everyone else.” Smith’s pictures are raw, real portraits of gay families that she digitally transforms into “works of art” based on Classical paintings. According to Smith’s mission statement, “States of Union” has a dual objective. First it acknowledges the gay community’s struggle with self-recognition as well as the struggle many Americans have with accepting gays as worthy of equality. “The photographs give credence to the validity of family life among the gay community by universalizing the very idea of fam-

ily. In a country that does not yet fully recognize same sex families, the visual record provided by ‘States of Union’ may be one of the few formal acknowledgments of these relationships.” “The goal is to show the gay community as real people and real families,” Smith says. “It’s important for people growing up gay to see that they are just like everyone else and to show the anti-gay voters who they are voting against.” One look at her photographs does just that. Smith uses Photoshop to enrich and enhance the images and “to show these people in their best light and allow their personalities to come through.” For now the only place to see the photographs is at Smith’s websites but she is excited that many

will be shown at New York City’s Visual Arts Gallery in an exhibition called “Being American.” “Hopefully the exhibit will help continue funding the project, “ Smith says. “I did get a small grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts because they are nonprofit, but basically I’ve been putting everything on my credit card and it’s pretty much maxed out.” In 2009 PBS did a segment on the project and, through wordof-mouth, word started spreading and emails from potential subjects came pouring in. “There are so many people I want to photograph it’s just really a matter of getting to them.”

74, would have stopped Wyoming’s current recognition of out-of state same-sex marriages and other legal partnerships. The impact of the new legislation would have been enormous, stripping hospitalization visitation, property rights, life and death decision making etc. from same sex couples which would have affected not only residents but also visitors. A Baby Boomer, Case was born in 1958, one year after Wyoming became the first state to legislate that marriage within its borders is between one man and one woman. He knew the law existed but was not familiar with its origin or history. He suspected it had to do with anti-polygamy sentiment since Wyoming shares a border with Utah and is home to a sizable Mormon population. Case attended high school with Matthew Shepard’s father, Dennis

who he says is “less militant than [Matthew’s mother] Judy.” Case has a PhD in economics, was first elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives in 1993 and to the Senate in 1999. When asked if there was any discussion about amending Wyoming’s current gender restrictions, Case cautioned against trying to do too much too fast. “Let’s let this settle in a bit before taking on the next issue,” he said. Case believes there may be a backlash to House Bill 74, but it will probably have to wait because the next session of the legislature is a budget session that requires 2/3 vote to get legislation introduced. Becky Vandenberghe of WyWatch Family Action, a Wyoming-based family-values group, thinks otherwise, however, and has already promised to get a vote

on the bill even under the budget session rules. Case is not a supporter of hate crimes legislation. Wyoming is one of five states that doesn’t recognize hate crimes against any groups or individuals. The other four are Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan and South Carolina. He noted that Judy Shepard was particularly pleased when the federal law passed, “But I’m not sure, myself,” he said. “We have good laws. Judges can increase or decrease penalties for a variety of issues. There’s no need to force them to apply legislated penalties.” In addition to getting acquainted with the Sunshine State, Case is looking forward to speaking to Florida’s gay activists. “It’s really a civil rights issue,” he said. “No one can make someone else second class whether you’re in Wyoming or Florida or anywhere.”

Visit AlixSmith.com and StatesOfUnion.com to visit her work.

James Duke Mason Young gay actor playing his part in the politics of Hollywood By Lisa Lucas

ctor and gay rights activist James Duke Mason prefers to be called just “Duke.” An appropriate moniker considering his lineage is that of Hollywood royalty. The grandson of British actor James Mason and son of actor/producer Morgan Mason and singer Belinda Carlisle, Duke was named one of the most influential young LGBT Americans in the Advocate’s “Forty Under 40” issue. In addition he was voted into AfterElton.com’s list of the top 50 gay/bisexual male celebrities in the world. Now he is trying to change history with his newly launched “Trailblazer Campaign” for out LGBT entertainers. “This campaign is an unprec-

Patty Buckley Educating straight people about gay rights By Lisa Lucas

efore becoming the Chief Operating Officer of Friendfactor, a nonprofit organization that makes it easy for straight friends to join the gay rights movement, Patty Buckley had already established herself as a born leader. She graduated from Northwestern with a B.A. in Political Science and Hispanic Studies and immediately got a job at Google. Buckley launched Google’s first offices in South America, oversaw AdWords Online Sales and Operations across Latin America. Under her direction the monthly revenue increased 242 percent and the advertiser base increased 191 percent in the Spanishspeaking Latin America region and led the company’s US-based AdWords teams for Eastern

edented and important effort to derail the conspiracy that exists in the entertainment industry,” Mason says. “Conspiracy may sound harsh, but there is definitely an effort of the establishment [studios, agents, producers] to silence actors and encourage them not to come out.” Mason was born in Los Angeles and moved with his parents to the South of France when he was four. After graduating from Mougins School in France, Mason returned to the United States and back to the kingdom of his roots. However, acting is not the only career he has set his sights on. He spent a year studying Political Science at California Lutheran University, worked as a volunteer

for Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2008 and was appointed to serve as a page in the U.S. House of Representatives. He’s also now actively involved in President Obama’s LGBT Leadership Campaign. “I came out when I was 14 and I was always passionate about both acting and politics,” Mason says. “I had to decide how I was going to combine the two and use the acting as a platform to run for office and let my voice be heard.” He has started doing just that with the launch of his “Trailblazer Campaign.” Although he admits that the entertainment industry has made great strides in the last decade he’s still not satisfied. “Studios are still afraid to cast an openly gay actor in a leading

role.” Mason says. “Studios have to give it a chance. If someone is a good enough actor – like Neil Patrick Harris for example – you can play any role and you shouldn’t be discriminated against because of your sexual preference.” “Basically, “Trailblazer’s” goal is to help pave the way for openly gay movie stars, like Sidney Poitier did for African Americans. It’s going to be difficult but I have a feeling that in the next few years there will be a tidal wave in the industry and someone, maybe even me, will do it and the naysayers will say “They were right.”

Europe, Korea and China. During graduate school, she interned at Cell-Life, a South African non-profit that develops mobile apps for HIV workers. She was inspired by her teammates, who worked very hard for little pay and even less recognition, and who chose to devote their lives and talents to the benefit of others. As if that wasn’t enough, Buckley received a Master’s in Business Administration from Stanford in 2009 during which time she started a company that builds low-cost solar panels for entrepreneurs earning under $1 per day. The next year she got a Master’s of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government where she met Brian Elliot, the founder of Friendfactor. “Brian told me his vision which

I thought was a great model for change in this movement,” Buckley says. “I thought this would be an opportunity to accelerate change in the LGBT community by making it personal for their straight friends, introducing them to the human side of the gay rights movement.” She joined the organization in July 2010, and has since launched its web platform, and now oversees its programs. Since that time, Buckley has overseen internal operations and programs, including the launch of educational and advocacy tools. On the advocacy side, the “Friend-setter” tool generated more than 8,000 calls to state-legislators during the New York marriage campaign and was featured on the front page of the New York Times. “Usually a non-profit campaigns

for money, not advocacy, which is where Friendfactor stands out,” Buckley says. “My family and friends were always very supportive of me but didn’t know what or how they could help. They’re not activists and have never called a legislator or taken any action for gay rights but once they made the calls they felt like they were part of something, that their voice was heard, and what they felt actually mattered.” Buckley believes with the right mix of brightly colored post-it notes, pretzel M&M’s, washable markers, and a little help from friends anything is possible. And based on what she has already accomplished, it seems she is right.

Follow Mason @ttcampaign on Twitter to learn more about his campaign.

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Log Cabin Republicans

Clarke Cooper War Vet, Republican and…gay J.W. Arnold

Clarke Cooper is an Eagle Scout, Army combat veteran in Iraq, former diplomat and Bush Administration appointee…. and he’s gay. The Florida native is conservative and believes it’s not incongruous to be Republican and homosexual. Last year, as the battle to repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the military’s ban on openly gay soldiers was being waged in the halls of Congress, Cooper assumed the leadership of Log Cabin Republicans, the advocacy group for gay conservatives. Cooper recalls telling his deputy executive director, “We need to do a full court press. Let’s hit the armed services committees first and then every other Republican possible.” While other gay activists had written off support from Republicans—other than the more moderate senators from New England—Cooper was surprised by the reception he and his

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organization received from other lawmakers. “No one denied us a meeting,” he says. “Even those who probably wouldn’t vote for repeal. In Republican offices, some felt it incumbent to meet with us, as Republicans also, to do due diligence on the issue at least.” What he found was that until his visit, no organizations had reached out to many of the Republican offices at all, assuming they would not even consider the issue. Many of the staffers and Members of Congress he met with had no military experience and little knowledge of LGBT issues. “In the end, we were all conservatives, we talk the talk, walk the walk, and we made the case why repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was a conservative vote,” Cooper says. His experience on the battlefield didn’t hurt, either, as he explained how the policy was weakening the military at a time when the forces are

stretched with two wars. Ultimately, the DADT repeal was a bi-partisan decision, one not accomplished by the Democratic supermajority before the 2010 elections. With a DADT victory under their belts, Cooper and his gay Republicans are turning their attention to the Defense of Marriage Act, which for federal purposes defines marriages as between one man and one woman. “That one, again, is another example of where there is a lot of basic education that needs to take place,” Cooper explains. “DOMA is anti-conservative, government encroachment and there are all kinds of reasons to [repeal it] in addition to it’s the right thing to do.” Again, Cooper is optimistic that bipartisan support can again be raised, especially with a Republican House of Representatives. He says many conservatives can back the domestic tax parity issue and Republican co-sponsors

already support repeal, including Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Miami, one of Cooper’s former bosses. As Republicans seek to govern again, he warns the party must support a more diverse base. “We’re a dying breed if we don’t fix the platform and take a broader stance,” Cooper says. He goes further to encourage the LGBT community to embrace gay conservatives, too. “We can’t immediately be dismissive of people with different views, especially when we cherish the same goals.”

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Gay Theater Flourishes in South Florida T By Rod Stafford Hagwood Sun Sentinel

he provocatively titled play “Two Boys in a Bed on a Cold Winter’s Night” had a run this summer at Rising Action Theatre that was so successful the show was held over. Twice. First for two weeks, and then for an additional three. To even the totally uninitiated (read: heterosexual), the promotion for the comedy made it clear this play was about two gay men — mostly naked — hooking up in a one-night stand. “It’s our once-a-year show to pay the rent,” said Jerry Jensen, managing director for Rising Action, a small theater company in Fort Lauderdale. “It was our top-grossing show this season.” Local professional theaters know the audience is there, and have been increasingly targeting productions that resonate with gays and lesbians. Census Bureau numbers released in August confirmed that same-sex households in South Florida soared over the past 10 years. The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is attempting to capture the audience by introducing a Pride Series featuring gay-themed musical and comedy performances scheduled from October through June. “Look at it this way: Who else is doing a Pride Series?” asked Kelley Shanley, president and CEO of the Broward Center. “Not a lot of other markets are doing this. I think that speaks to the strength of the gay and lesbian market in South Florida.”

Though this is the inaugural season for the Pride Series, local theater companies were already there. For business partners Garet Scott (playwright) and David Gordon (actor), the gay audience was definitely part of the business plan when the New York-based team took over Fort Lauderdale’s Sol Theatre in 2010 and rechristened it Empire Stage.The inaugural play was Ron Larsen’s “Making Porn,” which chronicles the rise of a gay porn star. Gordon played the protagonist, which he had previously done on the national tour in the late 1990s “Speaking strictly as a producer, you realize that we are so close to Wilton Manors it just makes sense as a businessman,” said Gordon. The company just came off an extremely successful run of the parody “Mommie Queerest.” And now the cozy 48-seat black box space is bringing in a show titled “An Evening With Mister Johnson,” which has a straight version on Thursdays and Saturdays and a gay version on Fridays and Sundays. The Women’s Theatre Project recently staged its third edition of Girl Play, a festival of short plays with lesbian themes produced for the Pride Center at Equality Park in Wilton Manors. Meredith Lasher, a founding member of The Women’s Theatre Project, said that the small company housed in the F.A.T. Village Arts District in downtown Fort Lauderdale didn’t start out to produce plays aimed at a lesbian audience. “There was no design to become a gay or lesbian theater,” she said. “But because women are lesbian, it just worked out

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that way. We wanted to tell women’s stories, and that includes lesbians as well. “The [Gay and Lesbian Community Center] in Wilton Manors was having a real struggle doing outreach to the lesbian community,” said Lasher, explaining the impetus for the lesbian-themed festival. “Now we’re getting submissions from all over the world — from Europe, Asia, Africa — so obviously it struck a chord. We must get over 100 submissions a year.” Shows aimed at a gay male audience have it easier, according to Lela Elam, a local actress who is also an “out” lesbian. “Gay guys will come out and support gay theater,” Elam said. “Gays are just very community-oriented. I feel like girls will only hang out with this type of girl or that type of girl. I hope I’m wrong about that, but that’s how I feel. But if I go out with one of my gay guy friends, he will know everyone in that bar.” Gordon said, “[Visiting]…so often I started to see how much more gay Fort Lauderdale had become. Garet is not gay specific in her plays, but gays like her writing more than straights. She has a real tongue-in-cheek humor that gays just get. And she usually has a man dressed as a woman.” But it’s not all over-the-top campy humor. Empire Stage has also seen productions of “Pillowman,” “The First Step: Diary of a Sex Addict” and “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” Rising Action has brought to South Florida serious fare and “dramedies” such as “Boys in the Band,” “Bent,” “Take Me Out,” “The Sum of Us” and “The Killing of Sister George.”

And yet executive artistic director David Goldyn is hesitant to classify Rising Action as a gay theater. “We are and we’re not,” Goldyn said. “We do have a large gay following so we always have that in mind. But a lot of people are coming to see the shows that aren’t gay.We do five or six shows a year, but I can only think of maybe four shows that we’ve done recently that you could call a ‘gay’ show. ‘Grey Gardens,’ ‘Flora the Red Menace,’ ‘The Sisters Rosensweig’ are not gay shows. Lasher, of The Women’s Theatre Project, observed, “South Florida is unique. People here are much more open-minded than some other places in the country. We just have big, open minds here. And I think Wilton Manors and the renaissance of that area is pretty significant too.” But this fare also often brings in an audience that might not otherwise support local plays, she said. “Every company struggles to develop a new audience these days. I know for a fact that there are women who don’t go to see any other theater, but they will come here if they see something that speaks to them. They may not be passionate about theater, but they are passionate about the message. I know this. They come in the door and say, ‘I just saw Girl Play and I want to become a subscriber.’” For some companies there have been whispers of exploitation. “’Sordid Lives’ did have the actor nude in the advertising,” said Goldyn. “But he was never nude onstage. What can I say?

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Nightlife by J.W. Arnold

Where the Bears Are….

ort Lauderdale may be where the boys are, but if you’re looking for bears, you’re going to find them in Key West next week. Key West Bear Fest returns to the island, Thursday, Sept. 19 through Sunday, Sept. 22 with a weekend of events for big furry men and the ones who love them. The weekend kicks off Thursday at 11 a.m. with a pool party at the infamous Island House resort, 1129 Fleming St., followed by happy hour at 5 p.m. The celebration turns wild at the Bear Cave leather dance party at Saloon One, 504 Petronia St., from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. On Friday, Big Ruby’s, 409 Applerouth Ln., hosts the pool party beginning at 11 a.m. Later, enjoy the special bear drag show at 801 Bourbon, 801 Duval St., and then head back to the pool at Island House for some late night fun at 11 p.m. On Saturday, start the day at the Island House pool before dinner, “Carnivale for Carnivores” at Braza Lena, 421 Caroline St. Tonight’s dance party is at Bourbon St. Pub, 724 Duval St. from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. followed by a happy ending at Island House. The weekend wraps up on Sunday with bear brunch at Island House, tea dance at 4 p.m. at Bourbon St. Pub, “Bear-e-oke” at 801 Bourbon, and the bear beer bust at Saloon One. Individual tickets are still available, as well as the weekend pass ($119 includes the Saturday night buffet, also), at KeyWestBearFest.com. Meanwhile, here are some of the highlights of the week ahead in South Florida:

But, that’s not why we’ll be stopping by. DJ Pride will be providing the beat to kick off the weekend and that’s reason enough. Twist is located at 1057 Washington Ave. Just down the street on trendy Lincoln Road, Edison Farrow hosts his Simple Life Thursdays at the new Buck 15 Lounge, 437 Lincoln Ln. Daisy D. is always in the booth and you’re bound to run into a friend of two at this lounge-y party. Friday, Sept. 16

e’re gaga for Lady Gaga and the next best thing, Courtney Act, will bring her own Gaga to The Manor, 2345 Wilton Dr. in Wilton Manors, for the club’s popular Bubble Gum Fridays party. DJ JPS will be in the booth and, as always, there are plenty of drink specials all night long. Saturday, Sept. 17

ou can still catch dinner and a show in South Florida at Lips, 1421 E. Oakland Park Blvd. Diva and her “drag queens gone wild” will serve you dinner and then take the stage for “Taboo – The Forbidden Show” at 11:30 p.m. In Miami, Johnny’s is “The Spot” on Saturday nights with 40 of the hottest dancers in town, music by some of the hottest DJs and, best of all, no cover. The town is abuzz about the new club, located at 62 NE 14th St. Sunday, Sept. 18

candals, South Florida’s country-western bar, hosts a barbecue and leather auction to benefit the Leather Masked Ball in November. Stop by from noon to 1 p.m. to preview the wide selection of new and “lovingly used”—we doubt the term “gently used” would apply—leather gear that will Thursday, Sept. 15 be auctioned off beginning at 1 p.m. Scanwist is a South Beach institution and, on dals is located at 3073 NE 6th Ave. in Wilton Thursdays, drinks are 2-4-1 until 3 a.m. Manors.

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Theatre Broward

*As Bee’s in Honey Drown

As Bee’s in Honey Drown is a comedy about the pitfalls of the unquenchable hunger for fame. A gay writer meets his Auntie Mame meal ticket (or so he thinks) in this delicious and breezy comedy. Sept. 9 to Oct. 9 Fri, Sat at 8 p.m., Sundays at 7 p.m. Tickets $35. Visit Risingactiontheatre.com

New Times Pairings Vintage 2011

Get ready to sip, sample, and savor culinary delights from the area’s finest restaurants perfectly paired with wines from around the world at New Times’ 4th Annual Food & Wine Pairing event on Sept. 15. General Admission is $45 and $55 at the door. The main event, at 7 p.m., will feature bites from 40 restaurants each complemented with the perfect wine selection, specialty cocktail or craft beer, along with a wide range of live entertainment. Visit NewTimesPairings.com

XVI International Ballet Festival of Miami

Come to The XVI International Ballet Festival of Miami on Sept. 16, at the Broward Center when they proudly present “Italian Night” starring two of the most famous Contemporary Ballet companies from Europe. Performing for the first time in Broward are Gabriele Rossi Dance & Balletto Teatro di Torino from Italy. The cutting-edge innovative choreography combined with their dazzling technical prowess and style has made them audience favorites worldwide. Visit BrowardCenert.org

American Fantasy II

Florida hosts Andrew Koslosky and his Broadway Blockbusters who take the stage in American Fantasy - A Tribute to Hollywood’s Greatest Musicals on Sept. 17 to 18 at the Parker Playhouse. Koslosky’s talent is joined with 18 professional actors who make up Broadway Blockbusters including renowned bassist Clyde Bullard who began his career in Joseph Papp’s Shakespeare Festival touring production of Two Gentlemen of Verona and later in Hair, Chorus Line, Bubbling Brown Sugar and Pippin. Visit BrowardCenter.org

João Carlos Martins and the Bachiana Filarmonica

Audiences will experience what legends are made of when João Carlos Martins and his remarkable Bachiana Filarmonica Orchestra bring the music - and the beat of their native Brazil to the Broward Center’s Au-Rene Theater on Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. The New York Times says, “Maestro Martins has lived a life of renowned, challenge, tenacity and triumph sufficient to fill a lively memoir.” Visit BrowardCenter.org

Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill

At the Boca Raton Campus of Florida Atlantic University on Sept. 23 through Oct. 2 the winner of multiple awards, Cloud 9 had a long run Off-Broadway to rave reviews. It’s a biting, witty, satirical farce set in Victorian Africa and 1980s London. It riotously examines a cornucopia of sexual mores -- from heterosexual adultery to bisexual incest -- in a circus of carnal confusion and topsy-turvy theatrics. The New York Times called it “a non-stop round-robin of sexual liaisons” and “an evening of inspired lunacy” from one of the world’s foremost playwrights. Visit FAUevents.com

Andy Weiser: Real Estate Guru By Brian Swinford When it comes to great investments

*Rain- A Tribute to the Beatles

Come see a band that has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, delivering a totally live, note-for-note performance in this multi-media concert, that’s as Infectious as it Is transporting. This adoring tribute will take you back to a time when all you needed was love, and a little help from your friends. Don’t miss this tribute band Oct. 4-6 at the Broward Center. Visit BrowardCenter.org

Andy Weiser is hard-hitting, decisive,

Arts Ballet Theatre - Harlequinade

with total discretion, complete privacy

informed, driven, and goal-oriented, with only your needs and wants in mind. Andy will make your requirements a reality

Originally made into a ballet in 1900, by Marius Petipa, with music by Riccardo Drigo, Harlequinade follows Harlequin, and his lover, Columbina, as they outwit Columbina’s father, Cassander. Subscribe by Oct. 9, and get 15 percent off of all three magical performances in the Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida’s upcoming season in the Amaturo Theater. Visit BrowardCenter.org

*Beauty and the Beast

and the utmost professionalism. Andy makes it happen. Consistently ranked among the top 1 percent of all Coldwell Banker Realtors Worldwide, Andy has

The most beautiful love story ever told comes to life at the Broward Center on Nov 15-27. Based on the Academy Award winning animation feature film, this eye popping spectacle has won the hearts of over 25 million people worldwide. Visit BrowardCenter.org

been selling Real Estate since 1980. Beginning his career in Manhat-

Palm Beach

on Andy’s knowledge, integrity and experience. His clients are his num-

Ms. Weissberger will speak about her experiences as a young Jewish girl coming of age in 1940’s Czechoslovakia as a prisoner in the Terezin concentration camp, Hitler’s “Model Ghetto.” Ela was chosen to play the role of the cat in Hans Krása’s children’s opera, Brundibár, performed over fifty times by the children of Terezin. Her insightful and poignant presentation will set the stage for Insight through Education, Palm Beach Opera, the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches and the Kravis Center’s performances of Brundibár on Oct. 22. Visit Kravis.org

home with a private dock, Andy Weiser will gladly welcome you to the

The Brundibár Experience

K.D. Lang and the Siss Boom Bang

Throughout a career that has encompassed styles ranging from country to pop to classic torch songs, Lang’s musical journey has been distinguished by one unique component: a truly singular and beautiful voice that makes any song, in any style, truly identifiable as a K.D. Lang performance. Come to the Kravis Center on Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. for this great stand up and sing performance. Visit Kravis.org

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tan, he’s been a Fort Lauderdale resident since 1998. For more than 30 years, many successful and highly visible individuals have come to count ber one focus. Whether you want a starter home or a luxury waterfront Sunshine State. Visit AndyWeiser.com for more info.

Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia! Is the ultimate feel-good show. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the Greek island they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship to a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget. Relive the fun … again! Sponsored by Carolyn and Richard Sloane, Annual Friends Members Dessert Reception at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 25. Visit Kravis.com

Sesame Street Live/ Elmo’s Super Hero’s

Calling all super heroes! Come help Elmo and friends get his super-ness back. In West Palm Beach Elmo and friends will sing, dance, and exercise their way thru important life learning lessons. Come join Sesame Street friends at the Kravis Center on Oct. 15 for a great experience for adults and kids alike. Visit Kravis.org

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This morality play about the cost of lying and the price of truth telling, examines a troubled family and a father who placed duty to his family above the lives of others, and now must face the consequences. This play is showing at The Palm Beach DramaWorks Clematis Theater Nov. 12 through Dec. 11. Visit PalmBeachDramaWorks.org

Miami Hairspray

Hairspray is Broadway’s hottest musical-comedy phenomenon with so much heart and soul that it also inspired a major motion picture. A joyous tribute to the ‘60’s, this intelligent and hilarious musical has the best Broadway score in recent years. Come to the Actors Playhouse Oct. 12 through Nov. 13 for 1962, and pleasantly plump Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire, to dance on the popular “Corny Collins Show.” Visit Actorsplayhouse.org

August: Osage County

In Key West at the Waterfront Playhouse on Dec 20, it’s August in Oklahoma. A father is missing, a mother is in the grip of addiction, a marriage is unraveling and lies are being exposed. You are cordially invited to one bitch of a family reunion. This raucous dark comedy transforms one family gathering into an evening filled with sex, secrets, and really inappropriate behavior. One of the most lauded plays of the decade, August: Osage County is a can’t-miss hilarious and stinging look at the American family. Visit WaterfrontPlayhouse.org

Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol

Get ready for a holiday treat Dec. 7 through Jan. 1 at the Actors Playhouse. Move over Scrooge, it’s time for Jacob Marley to tell his story! Join Marley and his heroic behindthe-scenes effort to save old Scrooge’s soul - and in the process save his own, in this delightful gem of a show. Filled with laughter and terror, redemption and renewal, this wonderful play is irreverent, funny, and a deeply moving twist on Dickens’ classic, told with warmth and infectious zest. Visit Actorsplayhouse.org

Community Calendar Broward

*Halloween Fetish Ball 2011

This Halloween party is a tour-de-force of fetish clubbing featuring a huge multi-room space transformed into the most elaborately decorated fetish nightclub beyond your wildest imagination, filled with a fun and playful crowd. In years past, this party has been known to draw more than 2,000 fetish-frenzied partiers in a single night. The Halloween Ball takes place Saturday Oct. 29 and will be held at the incredible Exit 66 Nightclub on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Visit Fetish-Factory.com

*Mack Mixer

Ft. Lauderdale’s Most Popular Gay/Straight Friendly Professional Cocktail Social Is being held Sept. 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Timpano Martini Bar & Chophouse on Las Olas Blvd. There is a $10 cover charge, which includes one free Grey Goose Vodka cocktail. Best Networking Event Around. Visit Mackplanet.com

*Monsters & Mosaics

Come to Anne Kolb Nature Park at 751 Sheridan Street Sept. 6-28 to see beautiful Sculptures and Décorative Arts Exhibited by JoBeth Thomas & Ry Nielsen. There will be a reception Friday Sept.16 7 p.m to 9 p.m. Call 954-357-5163 for more Info.

*Morton’s Steakhouse Hosts Inaugural Golf Classic

Morton’s Steakhouse is hosting its inaugural Golf Classic at Lago Mar Golf Course benefitting Birdies for the Brave. The day’s festivities include a shotgun-style golf tournament and lunch on the golf course, followed by an awards ceremony, silent auction and three-course dinner Sept. 26 at 11 a.m. Awards reception and three-course dinner immediately following. Visit Mortonssoflgolf.eventbrite.com

Fetish Factory

A clothing store of a different color! By Brian Swinford If you’re looking for some of the sexiest fash-

*Justin Ryan’s “Ive Been There” Concert

Unity of Pompano Beach is hosting Justin Ryan’s youth-inspired concert series “I’ve Been There” inspired by the overwhelming number of LBGT youth suicides in the past several years. The concert is free (Love Offering Accepted). This event will take place Friday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. at Unity of Pompano, 261 SE 13 Ave. Visit Unitypompanobeach.org

Temple Beth Torah

On Sept. 29 at 5 p.m. till 6 p.m. Temple Beth Torah is introducing something new on the first day of the Jewish New Year– a free Rosh Hashanah outreach service for interfaith couples and spiritual seekers. This innovative service is ideal for beginners and assumes no knowledge of Jewish tradition. Directed to both Jews and non-Jews, it strives to attract all individuals seeking to learn more about Judaism. Everyone is welcome regardless of their religious affiliation. Visit Tbtonline.org

Gourmet on Wheels in Oakland Park

Gourmet on Wheels in Oakland Park will be coming to Oakland Park Main Street on Saturday September 10 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. It will be on NE 12th Avenue in Oakland Park. There will be 7 trucks parked along the street, plus there will be a bar fully stocked of course. Bring the whole family or your partner and enjoy gourmet food from mobile kitchens. Visit Miamifoodtrucks.com

Temple Bat Yam Hosts Open House Shabbat

Temple Bat Yam invites the community to attend an open house Shabbat to learn more about the reform synagogue in East Fort Lauderdale, attend a musical Shabbat service featuring the Temple band, Dor L’Dor, and meet Rabbi David Spey and Cantor Wendy Autenrieth. Coffee and dessert will be served following the service. On Friday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. and enjoy a Wine and cheese reception followed by a 7:30 p.m. service followed by Oneg Shabbat. Visit the temple’s website at TempleBatYam.org, call 954-928-0410 or email: info@templebatyam.org

Beach Boot Camp with The Health Colonel

Thinking of dropping a few pounds…The Health Colonel is here to help you keep in shape. Come to Fort Lauderdale Beach Monday and Wednesday at 7 p.m., and Saturdays at 8 a.m. Individual classes are $15. Every session incorporates three elements – cardio, strength, and flexibility. As you might expect, the man named The Health Colonel knows a thing or two about fitness. “The real issue,” he says, “has nothing to do with food -- or exercise for that matter. It has everything to do with how you think.” Visit NoMoreCryBabies.com

Cardio Strip & Pole Dancing Class

Westward Bond, Jane Doe and more. With a

Every Thursday at The World Fitness Association grab that brass pole and shake that cellulite away. Cardio Strip & Pole Dancing Classes are fun from beginning to end. Wrap your thighs around a stiff pole and sweat those pounds away. The best thing about these classes is that your first one is free. Call 954-564-6743

comprehensive fetish inventory including the

Butterfly Gardening Workshop

ions check out the Fetish Factory. The store has some of the hottest designers like Pleaser,

kink inventory filled here. The Factory is one

Learn how to start your own butterfly garden, how to identify and attract local butterflies. Workshops are held indoors, at Butterfly World’s Grand Plaza, 3600 W Sample Rd. in Pompano Beach. This workshop is free with paid admission. Only two dates left Sept. 10 or Oct. 8. Call 954-977-4434 or email gardens@butterflyworld.com

of the largest stores of its kind in the world.

LGBT Senior Expo

kinkiest costumes, adult novelty, and accessories it’s hard to go wrong by getting your

ible array of alternative club wear, footwear,

This year’s LGBT Senior Expo will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 at The Pride Center, 2040 North Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. The event will provide LGBT Seniors with a comprehensive overview of healthcare services available to benefit the elder LGBT community. The event will feature a Trade Show with various LGBT friendly medical, professional and financial services providers, who are eager to assist our community.

accessories, toys, media and more. And if any-

The Clubhouse II

They stock all the top designers of latex and vinyl from high-fashion to the strange, outlandish and bizarre! They also carry an incred-

thing above excites you then you must check out the Factory’s annual “A Halloween Fetish Ball” on Saturday Oct. 29, at the Exit 66 Nightclub, 219 S. Ft. Lauderdale Beach Blvd. Visit Fetish-Factory.com for more info.

Is a great spot for bi and gay men. On Tuesdays, there is “Leather Night,” which Clubhouse claims is the largest leather party in town. You get $4 off admission if you’re in leather, and it’s an open bar. Along with Tuesdays and Thursdays, the bar is also complimentary on Fridays and Saturdays. Pay $35 for a six-month membership. For a one-day pass, add $10 to your purchase of a room or locker. Lockers are from $13 to $19. The new Sunday special is $13. Rooms cost $24 and $30 for VIP. Clubhouse II is open 24 hours. Visit ClubHouse2.com

Palm Beach

YOGA Among the Orchids

It’s time for Yoga Among the Orchids at the American Orchid Society, 16700 AOS Lane, Delray Beach. Relax and replenish the flower inside with an hour of breathing exercises, toning, and yoga poses under a canopy of lush orchids. This is orchid headquarters so pick up a few pointers from the pros in between sun salutations. Classes are Wed. at 9 a.m. Cost is $20 and RSVP is suggested. Call 561-404-2011. Visit OrchidWeb.org

Jazz on the Palm

Jazz on the Palm - Downtown West Palm Beach Waterfront - Gather with friends and family to enjoy the diverse vibrant sounds of jazz under the stars every 3rd Friday of month at the new Downtown West Palm Beach waterfront concert series. Free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs. From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Visit Wpbgo.com/2010/06/jazz-on-the-palm

Sunday on the Waterfront

Sunday on the Waterfront is a free concert series, which takes place the third Sunday of most months in the beautiful downtown West Palm Beach Waterfront area. This familyfriendly event is the perfect way to unwind this weekend with good times and great entertainment for all ages with plenty of free kids’ activities. Guests are welcome to bring blankets and chairs and can bring coolers or purchase tasty treats at the concert. Free parking in all city lots and at city meters. 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. May through October. Visit OnTheWaterFront.com

BrothasSpeak

This group is a black gay men’s discussion group that is held at the Compass in West Palm Beach. Every Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. this group will be directed toward issues for and about black men. Visit Compassglcc.com

Paths

Paths is a social/discussion group held at Compass in Lake Worth. This men’s group takes place every Monday from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Paths men’s group will be discussing relationships, coming –out, safer sex issues and more. Visit Compassglcc.com

Yoga

Yoga with Deborah will change your life. Bring a mat and get ready to stretch the stress away every Tuesday at The GLCC in Palm Beach from 6 to 7 p.m. This yoga experience will uplift and transform your life. $6 Entry Fee. You must bring your own mat. Visit Compassglcc.com

LIVING BUDDHISM

On the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. Compass in Lake Worth will be holding a discussion group for overcoming obstacles and obtaining happiness. This group is great for getting internal enlightenment. Release your inner stress, and become free. Visit Compassglcc.com

GOOD ORDERLY AA

These meetings take place at Compass, and geared toward recovering alcoholics. Every Tues. and Thurs. at 7 p.m. and on Sat. at 6 p.m. These meetings will help recovering alcoholics cope with the stress of everyday life without the use of alcohol.

Miami

Coalition of Chambers at Sunlife Stadium

Miami Dolphins “Coalition of Chambers” Experience” – Miami Gardens – Sept. 18 - Join members of the The Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and other Chambers in Miami for a Miami Dolphins “Coalition of Chambers” Experience at Sun Life Stadium (2269 Dan Marino Blvd., Miami Gardens) on Sunday, Sept. 18. Tailgate begins at 2 p.m. – game-time at 4 p.m. Tailgate party includes burgers, hot dogs, chili, cookies, brownies and more! Also included is wine, beer, sodas and water. Price per person is $95 for Upper Level seating and $145 for Lower Level seating. RSVP today at miamidolphins.com/chamber

Symposium on Aging

“Symposium on Aging” at the Hyatt Regency Miami (400 SE 2nd Avenue, Miami) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 24 hosted by the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Community Partners will hold its 1st “Symposium on Aging” with the objective to educate and explore the needs of the LGBT community. The fee for admission, which includes seated lunch and refreshments throughout the day, is $35 for members of the MDGLCC and $55 for non-members of the MDGLCC. Event is open to the public. RSVP required at GoGaymiami.com

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To Submit Listings Email: Brian at Calendar@sfgn.com Fax: 954-530-7943. Please include a brief description, address, phone number, date, time and cost. Food Trucks in the Park

Come to Tamiami Park, 7900 SW 40 Street, Miami, every Friday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. until Sept 27 and enjoy great food served from a mobile stove with the entire family. These trucks have everything you could think of from pulled pork sandwiches to carnival funnel cakes. Call 305-226-8315

Business Builders Luncheon – Upper Eastside

Business Builders Luncheon - Upper Eastside – Sept. 22 MDGLCC presents its monthly networking program held on the 2nd to the last Thursday of each month. Soyka’s Restaurant, 55th Street Station , 5556 NE 4th Ct., Miami, 305-759-3117. Registration 11:30am with luncheon/networking from noon to 1:00 pm. Cost: MDGLCC members ($30), Potential Members ($40, $10 applied to new MDGLCC membership). Includes seated style lunch limited to 20 persons. Please bring a friend. RSVP requested: 305-673-4440 or mdglcc@bellsouth.net

Business Builders Luncheon Downtown

Key West

Smithsonian Magazine’s 7th Annual Museum Day

The Custom House Museum and the Key West Lighthouse and Keeper’s Quarters Museum will each participate in the seventh annual Museum Day, presented by Smithsonian magazine. Doors will be open free of charge to Smithsonian magazine readers and Smithsonian.com visitors for an excellent opportunity to immerse yourself in history. Museum Day is Sept. 24. Open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call 305-294-0012

Women-Fest

September 6 - 11, 2011 - GAY/LESBIAN - Women fest Key West - Lesbians and friends converge on Key West for a week of activities, including late night dancing, pool parties, comedy shows, sunset sails, competitive bull riding, and lots of music. Call 305-294-4603 for more information.

Business Builders Luncheon – Downtown – Sept. 29 - MDGLCC presents its NEW addition to the monthly networking program held on the last Thursday of each month. City Hall The Restaurant, 2004 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, 305-764-3130. Registration 11:30 a.m. with luncheon/networking from noon to 1:00 pm. Cost: MDGLCC members ($30), Potential Members ($40, $10 applied to new MDGLCC membership). Includes seated style lunch limited to 25 persons. Please bring a friend. RSVP requested: 305-673-4440 or mdglcc@bellsouth.net

39th Annual Key West Poker Run

Theater Night “Hairspray” Florida Regional Premiere

USS Spruance Arrives in Key West

MDGLCC, in association with the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, presents Theatre Night at the Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Mile Theatre (280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables) on Thurs., Oct. 13. There will be a pre-performance reception with wine & hors d’oeuvres in the theater lobby at 7 p.m. $30 Reception and Performance. Hairspray is Broadway’s hottest musical-comedy phenomenon and a joyous tribute to the ‘60’s. The show has won 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical. RSVP Required: mdglcc@bellsouth.net, 305-673-4440

The 39th Annual Key West Poker Run will feature 10,000 motorcycles riding to Key West from September 15 to 18 - on one of the most scenic and unique roads in North America, the Overseas Highway. Along the way they will collect poker cards. Prizes awarded for the best hand. Any make of motorcycle, car, or truck is welcome. It doesn’t matter what you ride or drive. Call 305-235-4023 or visit KeyWestPokerRun.com The US Navy’s newest destroyer arrives in Key West Sept. 23, in preparation for the official commissioning the following week. Visit the Key West Truman Annex waterfront at the end of Southard Street to get a view of the ship docked at the Mole Pier. KeyWestTravelGuide.com

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Save Dade Presents Hellrotika: Seed Of The Beast

Hellrotika: Seed of the Beast, SAVE Dade’s 17th Annual Halloween event, to be held Saturday Oct. 29, 8 p.m. at Jungle Island’s Sabal Palm Courtyard. Last year the event brought out 1,200 partygoers, and more are expected to attend this year’s celebration, which is praised as the “premier” Halloween event in South Florida. The VIP experience includes premium open bar and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are $125 in advance and $150 after Oct. 21 and at the door. Free valet parking. All VIP ticket holders will also receive a special gift bag. Visit Hellrotika.com

80’s Baby

Come to Badrutts Place every Tuesday and re-visit the days of bad fashion-sense and egos bigger than baggy pants. Happy hour is on Tuesday nights. European tradition and cuisine, with an 80’s twist, meet for a night that’s a bit more tasteful than acid-washed jeans. DJ Lenym plays 80’s favorites and there’s half off drinks from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Ladies drink complimentary cosmos until 10 p.m. Visit Badrutts-place.com

The Incredible Dog Show

See canines perform Frisbee tricks, dog diving, run through an obstacle course, weave through poles and leap, jump and bark for the audience. Show features professional dog actors that have appeared in movies such as “Water for Elephants” and “Life is Ruff.” The show begins September 28 at Bicentennial Park. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; 3:30 p.m. Saturdays; Noon, 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 24. Call 1-787-331-0696 or visit TheIncredibleDogs.com

Ability Explosion Blast-Off

The Ability is kicking off the 2nd annual Ability Explosion on Oct. 19, a 5-day series of events helping to create awareness and improve the lives of people living with disabilities. The Blast Off Party will be held in the Banyan Room at the beautiful Miami Beach Botanical Gardens. The festivities include a performance by acclaimed singer/songwriter/actress, Maryel Epps. Also in attendance will be Mayor of Miami Beach, Matti Herrera Bower. All proceeds benefit Access Now/Ability Explosion and will help people living with disabilities. Visit AbilityExplosion.org

Miami to Key West Ride

This coming Nov. 18 and 19 will be the Miami-Key West Ride for Charity. Every year, the SMART Ride donates 100 percent of donations to benefiting agencies. Not only that, you decide which agencies receive the funds you’ve raised. Visit TheSmartRide.org

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Twist

Bars Broward

Discotekka

1057 Washington Ave, Miami Beach , Florida , 33139, (305)538-9478 Never a Cover…Always a Groove. Resident star DJ Mika spins tribal. Every Saturday TWIST is full of the hottest men in Miami. Muscle boy dancers taking it off in the Bungalow Bar. 950 NE 2nd Ave, Downtown Miami, Florida 33132,(305)3509084 One of the Best Night Clubs In Miami. Every Saturday The Hottest DJ’s from the Top Performers. Drink Special Every Saturday

321-Slammer

321 W Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33311. Slammer sex club the best place to cruise for the hottest gay men. Thursday’s is leather night, fri-sat night live dj’s. Monday & tuesday -- $9 entry fee

Club Space

34 NE 11th St ,Miami ,Florida, 33132,(305)350-1956 Space Miami Voted Best U.S Club IDMA 2011. The go-to venue for any nightlife enthusiast in the nation,The club is proudly marching on into its second decade of operation.

Clubhouse II

2650 E. Oakland Park Blvd , Fort Lauderdale, Florida (954)5666750. A Private Club for Bi/Gay men. Bear and Cub Thursday $4 Off For Bear & Cub. Tuesday Leather Night - $4. off wear any type of leather

Johnny’s

The Club Fort Lauderdale

Miami 62 NE 14 Street Downtown Miami Florida (305)640-8749 No Cover 7 nights a week. The hottest men in the universe strip shows nightly from 6 p.m. Sexy from Wall to Wall. Saturday SEPT 3 in Miami, FIRE & ICE at the SPOT…The Hottest POP, Hip Hop and Latin alongside the COLDEST Electro and House Beats. all on Miami’s Best Sound System.

110 Northwest 5th Avenue,Fort Lauderdale, FL ,(954) 525-3344 Good. Clean. Fun. 1/2 price rooms...Tuesday Nights and 1/2 price Lockers. Thursdays Nights. Always busy

Georgie’s Alibi

2266 Wilton Drive ,Wilton Manors, FL 33305 ,(954) 5652526. Fort Lauderdale’s Best & Longest Happy Hour. Wednesdays $2 Domestics & $1 Schnapps after 9pm Wednesdays

CG Burgers: Nothing but the best

Atomic Boom

With CG Burger’s farm-fresh ingredients and nothing-but-the-best

2232 Wilton Drive ,Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 630-3556 Best Sound & Light Show in Broward County. Mondays Porn Bingo with Desiree Dubois. $3 Margaritas, $1 Draft

Bill’s Filling Station

2209 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 567-5978. Large Bar/ Nightclub, Amazing. Drink Specials in Wilton Manors. Wednesday’s After 9pm $10 Miller Lite Beer Bust

Key West

By Brian Swinford

philosophy, the restaurant has taken Florida by storm. CG burgers are bursting with all-natural, wholesome goodness and no artificial nonsense. CG burgers uses 100 percent vegetarian-fed beef, ground fresh

801 Bourbon Bar

801 Duval St. , Key West, Florida,(305)294-4737 Cabaret shows upstairs with nightly performances by famed performers Sushi, Kylie, RV Beaumont, Margo, and others. Happy Hour specials daily from 11am - 8pm.

Kwest

daily and grilled to perfection, topped with your choice of toppings and

705 Duval St. , Key West, Florida,(305)292-8500 Key West All-Male Strip Club. Daily Happy Hour from 3-8pm, And a piano sing-a-long every Wednesday night.

1721 North Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311. (954) 463-6969. A Cute Little Hangout in Fort Lauderdale Pool-Room/Game Room on One Side and a Bar-Strip Club on the other. Mondays $3 Well & Dom, after 9pm $3 U-Call-It Shots

served on a bun. CG also offers exotic burgers like Kobe Beef, Lamb,

Club Aqua

Corner Pub Bar

way. Besides just burgers they also offer coal-fired pizza, sandwiches,

Boardwalk

1915 North Andrews Ave, Wilton Manors, FL 33311, (954) 564-7335. Redefining What a Bar Should Be. Thursday’s Margarita. Madness $4, Monday’s Underwear Night. 2 for 1 until 9:30 pm

Fresh White-Meat Turkey, Bison, and Vegetarian Burgers to expand your burger horizons. Enjoy all-American favorites made the all-natural wings, salad bar, gelato milkshakes, beer, and wine. Five locations throughout Broward and Palm Beach. Visit CGburgers.com for more info.

Cubby Hole

823 North Federal Highway ,Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, (954) 7289001. The Cubby Hole is one of Fort Lauderdale’s Most Unique and Popular Neighborhood Bar for Men. Underwear Wednesday’s. Boxers n’ Briefs get 2 for 1 on Drinks 9pm till Close

The Depot Cabana Bar and Grill

2935 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, (954) 5377076. Voted the “Friendliest” Gay Bar in Fort Lauderdale. Monday’s $1.99 Drinks and $.50 Wings Open to Close

Johnny’s

1116 West Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312, (954) 5225931. Monday Dragon with TP Lords, Daisy D. and DJ Rob Sky No cover, drags/trans drink free 10 p.m. to midnight . Everyone else gets $3 drinks all night!. Finally something fun to do on Monday 18+

Matty’s on the Drive

2426 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 564-1799. Matty’s is one of the few bars in Wilton Manors that’s just that –a bar. Wild Wednesday’s $.75 Drinks, 13 Drinks for less than $10. 5pm

Mona’s

502 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, (954) 525-6662. The eclectic décor and a friendly staff makes. Mona’s a great place to have fun in Fort Lauderdale. Thursday’s College Boy’s Night 8pm Enjoy College Boy’s Choice 2 for 1

Monkey Business

2740 North Andrews Ave, Wilton Manors, FL 33311, (954) 514-7819. The Monkey Business Bar is a Small Outdoor Bar Among The Shops Just off Marina Blvd. No Frills But Comfortable and a Great Place to Stop and Meet Good People. Happy Hour 8 am to 9 pm

Naked Grape Wine Bar

2039 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 563-5631 A Casual, Hip, Fun Experience and if You Have a Taste for Deliciously Unique Wines, You Need to Make This Your Next Stop! Happy Hour All Night on Thursday

New Moon

The Manor

PJ’s Corner Pocket

The Stable

2440 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 563-7660 Your neighborhood Gay and Lesbian bar in the heart of Fort Lauderdale and just minutes from Ft. Lauderdale Beach. Wednesday All the fun, half the price 2-4-1 All Day, All Night 924 North Flagler Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, (954) 533-0257. One of The Most Diverse Bars in Fort Lauderdale. $2 Drinks Every Wednesday, Spades Every Thursday

Ramrod

1508 NE 4th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, (954) 763-8219 South Florida’s Leading Levi, Leather and Uniform Bar/Club. Every night is Bear Night. Bear Happy. Hour Every Thursday. Caged Hunks Sat Night

Rosie’s Bar and Grill

2449 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 567-1320 Wilton Manor’s Best Burger in Town. Try the Fat Elvis. Happy Hour 5pm to 9pm

Scandals Country Western Bar

Oakland Park, FL 3334, (954) 567-2432. Scandals Gay and Lesbian Country Western. Dance Bar in Wilton Manors. Tuesdays Pool League, and Free Dance Lessons

Sidelines Sports Bar

2345 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 626-0082. Food, Service, Atmosphere, Value, Drinks Makes The Manor the One Stop Shop for Good Times. Happy Hour 3pm- 9pm $5 Tapas until 7pm 205 East Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park, FL 33334, (954) 565-4506 A neighborhood bar with a different theme every night, from drag shows and bingos, to bears and underwears.

Torpedo

2829 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312, (954) 587-2500. Your Dance Destination Till Dawn. Open Late for You To Devour The Night. Open 7 nights a week till 4 am

VooDoo Lounge

(Sunday only), 111 Southwest 2nd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, (954) 522-0733. Voodoo Lounge is in Fort Lauderdale Florida is now Gay on Saturday nights. The club also hosts Noche Latina, an event for South Florida’s Latino community

Miami

2031 Wilton Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305, (954) 563-8001 Sidelines Sports Bar and Billiards is a unique, friendly, And accepting place to relax with a cold beer, great drinks and Martinis. Happy Hour M-F 4pm to 2am

Score

Smarty Pants

Club Sugar

3038 North Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306, (954) 561-1724. Great Local Hangout in Fort Lauderdale with Great Drink Specials. Saturday’s Free Breakfast to Order – 8 am

711 Duval St.,Key West, Florida,(305)294-0555 Monday’s Dueling Bartenders. Your Bartender’s sing, shake, and stir their way through happy hour 5:30pm-8:30pm

Pearl’s Patio Bar

525 United Street, Key West, FL(305)293-9805 ext. 156 Pearl’s Patio is a great place to enjoy a drink and relax. Happy Hour – every weekday from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Friday’s are Extended Happy Hour 5pm-9pm

Virgilio’s

524 Duval St, Key West ,Florida, (305)296-8118 Classic Cocktails, Italian Cuisine ,Live Music. $5 Martini Mondays, Late night dancing in Their Garden Bar Setting.

West Palm Beach The Lounge

517 Clematis St, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. (561) 655-9747. The most unpretentious South Beach styled lounge in West Palm Beach. Great Drink Deals Tues-Thurs 9pm-3am

The Cottage

522 Lucerne Ave, Lake Worth, Fl, 33414. (561)586-0080 Great Service, Great Food, Full Stocked Bar, Great Professional Tea-Dance every Sunday

Fort Dix

6205 Georgia Ave, West Palm Beach, Florida 33405 Directions, (561)533-5355. Mostly local crowd looking to mingle and relax. Place rocks with a Fabulous DJ on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sunday T-Dance.

The Mad Hatter

1532 North Dixie Hwy ,Lake Worth, FL 33460. (561) 547-8860. Cheap drinks, friendly bartenders, and free pool SundayThursday. Stop by and relax at this no-attitude haunt.

Tag Bar

727 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach, Florida, 33139,(305)561-5521. Score is located in the heart of South Beach, In the thriving and infamous promenade, Lincoln Road. Bigger Saturday’s Sexy Male Dolls 2301 SW 32nd Ave, Miami, Florida, 33145,(305)443-7657. All the Sweetness you’ll need in one Club. Every Thursday Drag Wars with TP Lords. $5 House Drinks & $4 Domestic Beers all night

25 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33483 954-801-3247. Delray Beach’s only Gay Bar. Mon - Sun: 4 p.m. - 2 a.m. Awesome Drink Specials

H.G. Rooster

823 BELVEDERE ROAD, WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA 33405, (561)-832-9119. H.G. Roosters is West Palms oldest gay club. Sunday’s Complimentary BBQ 5pm, Hot Male Dancers 6pm, Karaoke 11pm

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Theater

Male Member with a Mind of Its Own By J.W. Arnold

ince the beginning of time, men have been accused of thinking with their dicks instead of their heads. Now, imagine what the infamous male member might have to say to his owner in response. That’s the hilarious gist of new plays being premiered this month in South Florida. Presented by Anagram Entertainment and Empire Stage, Michael Matteo’s play, “An Evening with Mister Johnson – The Penis Diatribes” will be presented in two versions, “It’s Hard Being a Dick” and “It’s Harder Being a Gay Dick,” beginning Thursday, Sept. 8. Compared to “The Vagina Monologues,” Matteo’s play explores the relationship between man and his “best friend,” explains co-producer Nate Sykes. But, unlike the “Monologues,” this show has a plot, a beginning, middle and climax—pardon the pun, “although the guys playing the penises might feel differently,” Sykes chuckles. Originally written as a story about a straight relationship, a gay version was drafted soon after the premiere. Both will be presented in rotation in Fort Lauderdale, with the straight version on Thurs-

days and Saturdays and the gay version on Fridays and Sundays. “There are not a lot of differences outside of the obvious. Straight relationships and gay relationships are similar. They have the same dynamics. The only difference is you have double the estrogen with women and double the testosterone with men,” Sykes says. “As a result, the plays end up being very different because of the emotional reactions.” The story follows a man who is in an unsatisfying relationship. On Christmas Eve, he finds himself caught by Grandma in a compromising position with his boyfriend’s/ girlfriend’s cousin. Fast forward a week to New Year’s Eve and he’s moping around when his penis walks in the door and proclaims, “Excuse me, I was just doing my job.” Sykes is quick to point out there is no male nudity in either version and no penis costumes, either: “I hate to stoop to swinging dick around the stage to put butts in seats.This is an adult show, and to be Freudian about it, the penis is really an ‘id’….he refers to himself as the referee between the head and the heart.” He adds, “It’s a cute piece of fluff. There’s not a lot of depth (to the plot). We’re in a

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Anagram Entertainment

An Evening with Mr. Johnson

Paul Sutherland and Kevin Wright (striped shirt)

time when people want comedy and they want to laugh. They are more apt to come to something that will make them laugh than something that would make them want to go home and slash their wrists.” Over the past two years, Empire Stage has nurtured a strong following in the Fort Lauderdale gay community, but Sykes hopes straight audiences will also embrace “Mister Johnson” the way gay audiences have in other cities. “It’s definitely a word of mouth kind of piece,” he says, “and we’re hoping to get the word out. A lot of people in South Florida wait until that night to decide if they want to go out, so it makes for some sleepless nights and compulsive Internet chatting.”

“Mister Johnson – The Penis Diatribes” Sept. 8 – Oct. 2 “It’s Hard Being a Dick” (straight version) – Thursdays & Saturdays “It’s Harder Being a Gay Dick” (gay version) – Fridays & Sundays Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Dr., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $40 for both shows at door For tickets or more information: 954-8710168 or MrJohnsonBoxOffice@gmail.com Website: EmpireStage.com or MrJohnson.net

Letter to the Editor

VIEWS OF THE NEWS

Gay Community Should Be More Tolerant of Opposing Views

From photographer Tony Adams: It’s Fashion Week in New York City, and like a school of minnows, the cameras surged toward every shiny person crossing Lincoln Center Plaza, as aficionados, models, designers and just plain folks with flair gracefully accepted the scrutiny.

From photographer JR Davis: Our friends at the AIDS Health Care Foundation have advertised Magic Johnson’s clinics and his fight against HIV here in our newspaper regularly, but AHF takes it to a new level this month, with huge billboards on South and North Federal Highway at the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. You can learn more about the Magic Johnson Foundation at magicclinics.org

s a gay citizen of Broward County I am appalled at the racism, intolerance and bigotry displayed by a community that is itself so very often a target of such disgusting behaviors. Have we learned nothing since Stonewall about discrimination? Really?    So, now must everyone must have the same political beliefs or be silenced? These are tactics used by thugs and bullies. Should we now act like the very people we worked tirelessly to pass hate crime bills against? We are now the LGBT discriminators! Tolerance be dammed unless you agree with us 100 percent!    We should all be ashamed that a few nasty queens in our gay community have given all of us a black eye. (No pun intended) Who the hell died and made a few vocal, radical people the arbiters of what now constitutes political discourse. You obnoxious few activists should one and all be writing apologies to all the honest business people who will be tarred with this community’s broad brush of intolerance with ugly racial overtones.    U.S. Representative Allen West is a veteran who proudly served his country, at the very least the LGBT community owes him respect for defending our very freedom(s). The vitriol directed an African American member of our community who simply has a different political opinion is beyond the pale!  It is a shame that Michael Rajner has chosen to divide our LGBT community, however it is quite consistent with the ideals of his leader President Obama, the great divider.   We ask for tolerance and acceptance and yet pull out the welcome mat from someone who was elected by our very own district. How dare our LGBT community ever ask for respect and acceptance when we have shown only contempt for this very principle?   We all owe West the respect due his office, regardless of his views.  I am truly ashamed of this LGBT community turned lynch mob! You should be as well.

– George Schulte, Dania Beach

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Sex sells.” Empire Stage’s Gordon, who lives in New York with his wife, Lucy Caracappa, has even read a blog that questioned whether a straight man had any business producing plays targeting a gay audience with some admittedly lurid advertising images. “With ‘Sex & Violence’ the poster had a bare chest in high heels and fishnets with a chain saw and lots of blood,” Gordon said. “Obviously we were targeting a specific audience. That was me by the way. With ‘Making Porn’ it had a photo of a clapper over my private parts and nothing else. “Of course I know a lot of people think I’m

just a straight guy taking advantage of the gay audience,” he said. “But when I was first starting years ago in New York, I was a really novice actor. I had a nice body. Gay theater was there to give me an opportunity — mainly because of my body — when I needed one.” Elam, the actress, thinks there will come a time when “gay theater” will not be a separate category. “As society changes, all these little things that divide us will go away, but it will take time. And we just have to wait.”

Catching My Breath

The Hard Times with the Good Times

By Brian Swinford

‘Catching My Breath’ is a personal reflections column about gay life. If you want to ‘catch your breath,’ submit your stories to editor@southfloridagaynews.com’

Rod Hagwood is a correspondent for The Sun Sentinel, where this article originally appeared. SFGN shares content as a media partner of the Sun Sentinel.

was born in Jacksonville in 1982, to a man with obviously more on his mind than his family. I guess that’s what happens when you have a kid at 19 and you’re in The Coast Guard Drug Enforcement. With my father always gone, saving America from drug dealers, I was left alone with my mother. She decided early into their marriage this was not the life for her. With all the stress of raising a son alone, and having no father around, she turned to a life of cocaine and heroin. Once my father found out about her addiction, he divorced her, and moved us to Hawaii, “to start a fresh life,” in his own clairvoyant way of saying. So we tried. After a while my dad found a new wife, and things were looking up. But after he and his new wife took their vows, she decided it would be better if she started her own family. And that’s exactly what they did. So back to Florida I went. I was stunned. My father told me I had to live with my mother. Big mistake. I ended up living with her for about a year, while my dad, his new wife, and their new baby, moved to Georgia. Well, my mother found this out and decided it was time for us to pay my dad a visit. What I didn’t know at the time was that this was all a part of a fiendish plan to get rid of me so she could get back to shooting dope. She told me we were going to Busch Gardens. But this is what really happened: we stopped at my dad’s house for a visit him and everything went well untill we said our goodbyes. Once we got in to our car to leave my mother handed me a note and told me to go to the door and hand my dad the note. So I did. While I was knocking on the door my

mother threw my luggage out the car and sped away. Her last words to me were, “Give this to your dad and get out.” Now at 4 and half years old I was smart, even for a youngster, so I knew what had just happened and started to cry. I cried not just because I was abandoned by my mother, to a father who hated me, but because I knew inside my heart it would be the last time I would ever see her. And I was right. Shortly after that incident my dad told me my mother had died of a cocaine/heroin overdose. My dad said it with such a ‘hahaha’ in his voice. I knew I was on my own from that point. At 17, I ran away, and came to Fort Lauderdale on my own. It was a life changing moment for me, because in Lauderdale as a young boy, you are either in the money or sleeping with it. Alone and homeless, I turned to a more exotic way of life. During this time I learned something about myself I would have never found out living the straight and narrow life with my father. I found that I liked sleeping with men, and living a gay lifestyle. I’ve been in Fort Lauderdale for ten years making small changes to my life for the better ever since. Not only that, but I found a man I love and that loves me back. Father is taking it better now that he is getting older. I’ve learned that life isn’t about money, or power, but about love. Loving yourself, loving life, and loving everyone. And also about working a job responsibly and doing it well. That’s where I think I am today, and that’s my story up to this point. I am confident about my future and I am not going to let my past hold me back.

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By Victoria Michaels

Controversy Over Florida Teacher’s Anti-Gay Comments Continues

s reported last week, Florida teacher Jerry Buell of Mount Dora High School in Lake County was suspended for three days of the new school year pending an investigation of some anti-gay marriage comments he posted on Facebook. Here’s what Buell wrote: “I’m watching the news, eating dinner, when the story about the New York okaying same sex unions came on and I almost threw up. And now they showed two guys kissing after their announcement. If they want to call it a union, go ahead. But don’t insult a man and woman’s marriage by throwing it in the same cesspool of whatever. God will not be mocked. When did this sin become acceptable?” Buell was reinstated after the investigation determined he had a right to voice his opinion on his personal Facebook page. Rather than subsiding though, the controversy is continuing after students have come forward claiming Buell’s anti-gay bias

did not end on his Facebook page. A number of those students say his anti-gay behavior was also brought into the classroom, which prompted serious concerns from a multitude of individuals and organizations. Brian Blaise, an honors student, remembers one of Buell’s anti-gay rants. “I looked up when he said he supported gays in the military, stunned by the answer. He immediately followed that comment with the statement that we should then put them on the front lines, and pull back!” Blaise recalled. “Among several things hung around the classroom room, Bible verses were spread across the walls, accented by a picture of Jesus Christ above the clock.” Another of Buell’s students recounted him invoking the quote “A pig in a tuxedo is still a pig” to declare his disdain for recognizing gay relationships. “I teach and lead my students as if Lake County Schools had hired Jesus Christ him-

self,” is how Buell describes himself on his the virulently anti-gay bias of Jerry Buell, school’s web page. On his class syllabi he a Lake County school teacher. As a growwarns, “I teach God’s truth, I make very ing number of students continue to come few compromises. If you believe you may forward to share their classroom experihave a problem with that, get your sched- ences of Buell’s anti-gay behavior, we grow increasingly concerned that ule changed, ‘cause I ain’t Lake County has left their changing!” On on a sepastudents vulnerable to rate document, Buell wrote discrimination and harassthat he regards the classment by not including sexroom as a “mission field.” ual orientation and gender Many have called for identity in their anti-bula change in Lake Counlying and non-discriminaty Schools anti-bullying tion policies.” and discrimination poliIn a letter to Chairperson cies, along with Buells’ of the Lake County School resignation. One of these Board Debbie Stivender, petitions can be found on Florida State RepresentaEquality Florida’s web site Nadine Smith tive Scott Randolph said, and I urge anyone who agrees to sign the petition at Eqfl.org/ “I am writing to urge you to expand your anti-bullying and non-discrimination pronode/1232. Equality Florida released the following tections to include sexual orientation and statement, by Executive Director Nadine gender identity. Mr. Buell’s apparent antiSmith, regarding the most recent develop- gay bias raises serious concerns about his ments concerning Lake County students ability to treat all students with dignity and at risk of anti-gay bullying and discrimi- respect. His comments pose a serious threat nation: “Yesterday, Florida Rep. Scott Ran- to all students by fostering a classroom endolph (District 36) became the most recent vironment that encourages disrespect and voice to call on the Lake County School potential bullying outside the classroom. All Board to strengthen their anti-bullying students would benefit from strong anti-buland non-discrimination policies in light of lying and non-discrimination protections.” Supporters of Buell have set up Facebook pages supporting his “Freedom Of Speech.” Advertorial Obviously this is just an excuse to justify his anti-gay behavior. Furthermore, to my amazement and amusement, I received more Have you ever had to plan a than 45 comments posted about my original funeral or memorial service report on this topic at SFGN.com. for a loved one unexpectedly? I am pro freedom of speech. It’s the foundation on which our constitution was built and the seed from which all of our freedoms There are many decisions that need and civil rights have blossomed from. It deto be made during the arrangement fines us as Americans. conference and these can seem overJerry Buell has the right to think anyway whelming at the time. It can add adhe wants and he certainly has the freedom ditional stress to an already confusing and right to “not marry a gay person.” Howand emotional time. ever, when he brings his opinions into a At American Burial and Cremation classroom and poisons students’ minds to Center at Jennings Funeral Home, you believe that gay marriage and gay people can come in or call us and speak with are disgusting, and should all rot in a cessus about prearranging your cremation pool, then he becomes obnoxious and ofor burial service. When you prearrange, fensive. I stand by my original opinion that you choose the type of service that you Jerry Buell is a homophobe with an agenda want and give your loved ones peace of to spread hate against gays. Since he is a mind knowing that this is your wish. former “teacher of the year” he should stick We also offer burial and cremation to the educational curriculum and keep his packages. When you prearrange, the anti-gay opinions to himself. He has created cost of services and merchandise are a hostile environment and has intentionalfrozen at today’s cost. We offer a convely been sending the message to bully’s and nient, interest free, payment plan with others that it’s ok to pick on gay people. 10% down. Shame on Jerry Buell and shame on the We have been serving all faiths in the Lake County School District if they don’t tri county area since 1962 with “Value, call for his resignation. Simplicity and Respect”.

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Brian McNaught

Don’t Be Afraid to Step Outside Your Comfort Zone

he religious parents of a gay man are coming from the Bible Belt to see their gay son get married on Fire Island in a few weeks. I called them in advance to walk them through the ceremony at which I’ll be officiating. They later called their son to say how much they appreciated being prepared for what the event would look and feel like. Their anxiety was lower. When we leave our comfort zones, as this mom and dad are doing by departing the security of their heterosexual, southern lives to travel north to one of the gay Meccas of the world, two things usually happen to us. We initially feel anxious about the unknown and how we’re going to find our footing, and we realize that we have the opportunity to grow in ways otherwise not possible. As anyone who has traveled to a foreign country can attest, the fear of the unknown passes when we begin to feel safe. When we learn a few words of the language, and get back smiles for our efforts, or when we enjoy the spicy food rather than get sick from it, we start to see that we are not personally threatened, and we’re able to open ourselves up to new experiences. We can then expand our knowledge and understanding of different ways of being or thinking in our lifetime. But, though stimulating, risk taking can be exhausting, and ultimately, there’s no place like home. After awhile, we long for the comfort of the familiar. The loving and proud parents from Savannah will have a great time at their son’s wedding, especially now that they know what to expect, but when it’s over, they won’t long to stay in the Pines. A couple of days ago, I had a 52-year-old gay man on my boat in Provincetown who had read all of my gay affirmation books, but was not yet out to his parents. He was afraid of leaving the comfort zone of his closet, and of forcing them to leave theirs. I urged him to confirm for them what they

probably already know, so that their relationships with each other could be honest, and therefore possibly intimate. It is scary to shake things up, but it can also be lifetransforming. In this case, coming out to his parents would not be like going to a wedding on Fire Island because once he’d taken the step into honest living, he couldn’t go back to the comfort of his former life. In a couple of days, I’m doing a webinar for the national workplace organization, Out and Equal, on how best to do training on LGBT issues. I assert that attendance at diversity training needs to be mandated, because if attendance is voluntary, many people who most need the education won’t come. Why would they leave their comfort zones if they didn’t have to? Forcing people to experience something they would prefer not to know about makes it far more difficult to open them up to new thinking than it would if their participation was voluntary. But it can still be life transforming -- if it is done with respect, awareness, and good humor, which I tried to show the parents of my gay friend. It’s been my experience that corporate executives are generally very happy that they were required to attend my presentations because they consistently say they learned something important that they would have otherwise avoided. But changes in attitude don’t come easily. Growing pains are often avoided if possible. Therefore, successful diversity training in a corporation requires that the executives and employees be exposed to LGBT issues more than once. Becoming truly familiar with the unfamiliar requires frequent exposure. My friend’s southern Christian parents need not go back to Fire Island for them to love their son, but they will never be able to make Fire Island feel like home, unless they go there more than once. When my boat companion comes out to his folks,

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it won’t be enough for them to understand how he is different from what they expected from a straight son. They will need consistent help in understanding his life, or they will otherwise tuck the knowledge of his homosexuality into a small drawer in their comfort zone. As I recently explained over an iced, decaf, skinny, extra mocha latte to a young straight financial advisor who spoke of his work with wealthy gay clients, straight people need constant exposure to gay people if they are to forever leave what was once the safe world of heterosexual privilege. In order for straight men and women to feel at home with gay and lesbian people, they need to understand and reject heterosexist assumptions, such as heterosexuality being nature’s intention. Additionally, the young, straight wealth manager needed to be comfortable with people assuming that he was gay. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. Gay and lesbian people need more than occasional encounters with transgender people in order for them to be completely at ease with the continuum of gender identity and gender expression. In reaction to heterosexual bullying, many gay men and women have created comfort zones that exclude non-traditional expressions of gen-

der. To fully embrace their own transgender nature, gay and lesbian people need to let go of the security that came with identifying themselves as “real men,” and “real women.” They will otherwise never be dependable allies to transgender people. Being single and inviting people to dinner, dating someone not your type, reading an op ed piece written by a Republican, eating vegetables as a main course, not being home for Christmas, sitting next to a priest or rabbi on an airplane, coming out to your folks, going against your will to a diversity class, and telling friends about attending the wedding of your gay son, can unnerve us. But, that’s the best reason we should do them. There are many foreign experiences we would rather avoid, but repeatedly exposing ourselves to the things that scare us is guaranteed to make us grow into happier, healthier people, with more places and people with whom we feel comfortable. Brian McNaught is an educator on the issues facing LGBT people. Since 1974, he’s been working primarily with heterosexual audiences in corporate and college settings helping people to better understand the unique challenges and opportunities faced by gay people. Visit www.brian-mcnaught.com to learn more.

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Noshing Shrimp & Avocado Cups – are a light, refreshing way to serve avocado. Many versions of this dish require mayonnaise. However, avocado is already rich so… skip the mayo. This dish, which my French host mother taught me as an exchange student at the age of 15, taught me a few simple ingredients can make the most decadent dish. Dice a medium purple onion & 12 cherry tomatoes in half, set aside – take two medium avocadoes, cut lengthwise in half, remove seed – using a tablespoon scoop out most of the flesh, leaving only a thin layer to give the skin some weight – in a large bowl mash avocado flesh with 2 tbs of extra virgin olive oil & 3 cloves of garlic which you have put through a press – add in 1 cup of cooked, peeled shrimp, the onion & tomatoes, 2 tbs of cilantro or flatleaf parsley, one teaspoon of sea salt & fresh grated black pepper to taste – combine well – scoop into the 4 avocado halves. Garnish with a lemon wedge & cilantro sprig. If serving as an appetizer, serve 1 avocado half per guest, as an entrée serve 2 halves with a spinach salad & a citrus vinaigrette. For wine select a chardonnay or chenin blanc – enjoy!

Reading A Funny Time to be Gay, Hilarious Gay & Lesbian Comedy Routines by Ed Karovski, Jr. – it’s also a great time to reissue a book…electronically, although, on Amazon.com there are still plenty of hard copies. In the 1990s being a gay comic was not only accepted but often encouraged, especially with the famous 1997 episode of Ellen in which Mrs. de Rossi came out on TV. The book offers brief bios of about 30 comics, followed by a transcription of some of their routines, songs, or humorous writing. Bob Smith’s transcribed appearance on The Tonight Show will make you laugh out loud. He came out to his parents by asking his mother to “pass the gravy to a homosexual.” When his mother handed the gravy boat to his father a “terrible scene followed.” Metina Bevis describes the agony of a break-up… with yourself. “And breaking up with yourself is not as easy as you may think. I stalked myself in bars. I would call myself at all hours. It just got worse: I kept driving by my house to see if I was home!” However, what’s amazing about this book is that it’s held up since its initial publication 14 years ago, this is humor that stands the test of time. In sum, and borrowing from Karovski’s intro, “a funny thing happened on the way out of the closet” for LGBT comedians.

Watching Gun Hill Road – is a new film starring Esai Morales, Judy Reyes & introducing Harmony Santana, a 20-year-old transgender artist & actor. This movie is a touching depiction of a family facing changes. Enrique, played by Morales, returns home after serving a three- year prison sentence. Things are not the way he left them, his wife Angela, played by Reyes is wrapped up in an affair. His son, in a gripping performance by Santana, no longer likes baseball and instead identifies as Vanessa, his female persona. The distance of three years is depicted touchingly in one scene. When Enrique & Angela first make love he refuses to kiss her – although she longs for such tenderness. The film opens this week at the Gateway Theatre on Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale & will surely be counted among the top LGBTfilms of 2011. Call (954) 763-7994 for show times.

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