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PLUS: MEDIA HUMILIATION OF GAY MEN INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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One Magical Weekend

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GLBT National Hotline

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SFGN Profile:

Straight Ally, Captain Wierzbicki

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South Pacific

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SFGN Editorial

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In this case, it means a managing editor of Scripps Newspapers determined that even in the year 2012, gay sex is still scandalous enough of a topic to warrant the humiliation of men that may or not be guilty. In fact, as the SFGN investigation of Palm Beach arrests showed, along with our follow-up of arrests in Norm Kent, Publisher Michigan and elsewhere, it’s the cops who are often guilty of breaking the law and gay men putting your life and safety at risk get arrest- who are victims of an illegal set-up. In Martin County, the Parks and Recreation ed every week, yet newspapers don’t publish their arrest reports or photos. But a group of Director Kevin Abbate stated that neither he queers hook up in a rest room and their lives nor his department requested the assistance of the sheriff’s department to combat illegal are subject to public humiliation? Listen, the cops did not have to call the LA sexual activity in the parks. So the question GLCC, hold a sensitivity training session, say the newspapers should be asking is whether the conduct in the restroom is offensive and that sheriff’s office, on its own, launched a illegal, and it must be stopped or we are going targeted, mean-spirited crusade to embarrass and humiliate gay men for to raid you, but you know the same conduct which ocwhat? They could havecurs on every straight beach that is what community where a woman is wearing a outreach is for. Why else do skimpy bikini showing excesyou establish gay liaisons sive cleavage. When was the with police agencies? last time you read about that Of course, the police kind of arrest? were absolutely not under Come to think of it, if the a legal duty to do so, but newspapers are looking to sell hey, would it have been so papers, think of all the straight wrong? Are you out to end guys that would pick up copies if the problem or increase a bunch of bare-breasted buxom your arrest total? The pobabes were posted on the front lice could have fired a Scr pps Managing Editor page for having been arrested warning shot before the Michael Canan, who can be on a public beach for selling too bullet. No, you don’t have reached at 772-223-4743 much cleavage on a Sunday afto warn a bar owner first if they serve underage kids, or warn a speeder ternoon to little children? The truth is news orif he drives too fast. But don’t forget if there ganizations could do more of a public service is a recurring problem in your community, it to the community by letting us know which can often be arrested with education instead streets are burglarized most often, or where drunken drivers live and drive, then what pubof incarceration. As for the newspapers, it is clear why they lic bathrooms gay men congregate in. Nothing in this editorial should connote wanted to publish the names of those accused. They were looking for spicy news. that we condone pubic sex in public places, When asked what their policy is about pub- though readers often read past the writing lishing the names and photos of people into thinking what they want. We instead charged with misdemeanors Managing Editor raise the issue that an LGBT newspaper ought Mike Canan said: “We report on misdemean- to raise, which is simply, are we being treators when they are deemed newsworthy based ed equally, fairly, and properly, or are we still on a number of different factors.” It’s a free the target of an underlying, silent, hidden, press. They have the right to be wrong. They discrimination which needs to be brought to light? We report, you decide. exercised it.

he Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center says Manhattan Beach police were negligent in releasing the names and photos of 18 men arrested in an undercover sex sting at a public restroom last week. There is nothing you can do about that. Arrests are public records, and police blotters get released to local community newspapers as a matter of course. What they do with them is another matter altogether. Closer to home, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers published a report last month about 10 men arrested on Graham Beach in Jensen, nine of which were charged with exposure of sexual organs. The Scripps story included not only the 10 men’s names and ages, but also their photos and home addresses. Maybe it should have included their penis size as well. The issue that the LA GLCC and LGBT leadership should take issue with is that the local media goes bat-shitty insane over these juicy stories about fags congregating in restrooms. See, whether you realize it or not, while being pumped up on Ecstasy at ‘Muscle-Beach’ parties hosted by the National Task Force on South Beach, gay men are still being targeted unjustly for arrest in city after city across America. As we reported in the expose of Palm Beach police falsely arresting hundreds of gay men for allegedly salacious acts in public parks, these incarcerations are a fraud upon the gay public. Many of the arrestees are legally innocent, wrongfully handcuffed and jailed by cops who illegally induced the prohibited acts by purposefully entrapping gay men. Instead of lustfully jumping over these arrests and posting them on community billboards, newspapers ought to assign writers the task of uncovering whether the arrests were legitimate and lawful instead of discriminatory and devilish. Hundreds of people driving drunk while

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One Magical Weekend: A Charitable ‘Fun-Raiser’ Event will support Broward House

By Jesse Monteagudo

n the first weekend of June, hundreds of thousands of LGBT people and their friends travel to Orlando to take part in the annual Gay Days events. One of the most popular Gay Days events – though not one produced by Gay Days itself – is One Magical Weekend, to be held at the Walt Disney World from May 31 to June 3. An exciting event in its own right, OMW is also a fundraiser for two HIV/AIDS charities in Florida: Broward House in Fort Lauderdale and the Hope & Help Center in Orlando. One Magical Weekend’s premiere event is RipTide, an after-hours private party to be held Friday, June 1 at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Waterpark. From 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., community members and their friends will revel in a unique aquatic spectacle as they scream down the water rides or surf the Lagoon’s incredible tidal wave. Broward House’s Director of Public Relations, Marketing and Fundraising and a producer of OMW, Terry DeCarlo, calls RipTide “the crown jewel of the weekend.” RipTide, DeCarlo adds, “hosts over 6,000 people in bathing suits, drinking and dancing on the sand to the sounds of international DJ/Producer Randy Bettis. The event has sold out two years in a row and is very close to selling out again.” On Saturday, June 2 Magical Weekenders will join 30,000 of their closest friends on a

pride-filled day as Red Shirts Create the Magic at Magic Kingdom. Topping off the weekend on Sunday, June 3 is “Drink Around the World” all day and the Retro T party from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., both at the Epcot theme park. The Retro T dance, DeCarlo says, “is the only LGBT event in history held in a Disney Park while it is open.” It features master DJ Robert Leslie and a private VIP close-up viewing area, set up with food and bars, to watch Epcot’s amazing fireworks, “IllumiNations, Reflections of Earth.” Last year, the producers of OMW celebrated the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell by donating 250 RipTide tickets to lesbian and gay service members. This year, OMW will continue its commitment to the LGBT community by donating a portion of every ticket sale to Broward House and the Hope & Help Center. According to DeCarlo, “Broward House now has 13 locations throughout South Florida, but the money that does come in through One Magical, as well as events like it, goes to help us keep our promise to never turn anyone away who needs our help. So many people come to us with nothing that sometimes we need to go to extremes to get them set up with everything they need and it is philanthropic ventures like One Magical that help us keep that promise.” Visit OneMagicalWeekend.com for more information.

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HIV-RELATED EXCESS BELLY FAT. In two separate clinical trials of HIV-infected people with lipodystrophy, each lasting 6 months, EGRIFTA® (tesamorelin for injection) reduced HIV-related excess belly fat by an average of 18% in the first trial, and 14% in the second trial. This reduction in excess belly fat resulted in an approximate 1-inch reduction in waist size. Individual results may vary. On average, patients on EGRIFTA® did not lose weight.

Like HIV, HIV-related excess belly fat is a chronic condition. In clinical studies: • People who used EGRIFTA® continuously for 1 year maintained their results over this time period • People who stopped taking EGRIFTA® after 6 months had their HIV-related excess belly fat come back EGRIFTA® is believed to work with your own body to produce natural growth hormone to reduce your excess belly fat. Indication: EGRIFTA® is a daily injectable prescription medicine to reduce the excess abdominal fat in HIV-infected patients with lipodystrophy. Limitations of use: • The impact and safety of EGRIFTA® on cardiovascular health has not been studied • EGRIFTA® is not indicated for weight-loss management • It’s not known whether taking EGRIFTA® helps improve compliance with antiretroviral medications • EGRIFTA® is not recommended to be used in children Important Risk Information Do not use EGRIFTA® if you: • Have pituitary gland tumor, pituitary gland surgery, or other problems related to your pituitary gland • Have active cancer (either newly diagnosed or recurrent) or are receiving treatment for cancer • Are allergic to tesamorelin or any of the ingredients in EGRIFTA®, including mannitol or sterile water • Are pregnant or become pregnant Before using EGRIFTA,® tell your healthcare provider if you: • Have or have had cancer • Have diabetes • Are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed • Have kidney or liver problems • Have any other medical condition • Take prescription or non-prescription medicines, vitamins, or herbal supplements EGRIFTA® may cause serious side effects, including: • Serious allergic reaction. Stop using EGRIFTA® and get emergency help right away if you have any of the following symptoms: rash over your body, hives, swelling of your face or throat, shortness of breath or trouble breathing, fast heartbeat, feeling of faintness or fainting • Swelling (fluid retention). EGRIFTA® can cause swelling in some parts of your body. Call your healthcare provider if you have an increase in joint pain, or pain or numbness in your hands or wrist (carpal tunnel syndrome) • Increase in glucose (blood sugar) intolerance and diabetes

• Injection-site reactions, such as redness, itching, pain, irritation, bleeding, rash, and swelling. Change (rotate) your injection site to help lower your risk for injection-site reactions The most common side effects of EGRIFTA® include: • joint pain • numbness and pricking • pain in legs and arms • nausea • swelling in your legs • vomiting • muscle soreness • rash • tingling • itching EGRIFTA® will NOT cure HIV or lower your chance of passing HIV to others. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088. Please see Consumer Brief Summary of EGRIFTA® on following page.

Ask your healthcare provider if EGRIFTA®, the first and only FDA-approved medicine for HIV-related excess belly fat, may be right for you. For more information, visit www.egrifta.com or call the AXIS Center at 1-877-714-AXIS (2947).

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Consumer Brief Summary for EGRIFTA® (tesamorelin for injection) EGRIFTA® (eh-GRIF-tuh) (tesamorelin for injection) for subcutaneous use Read the Patient Information that comes with EGRIFTA® before you start to take it and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This leaflet does not take the place of talking to your healthcare provider about your medical condition or your treatment. What is EGRIFTA®? • EGRIFTA® is an injectable prescription medicine to reduce the excess in abdominal fat in HIV-infected patients with lipodystrophy. EGRIFTA® contains a growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF) • The impact and safety of EGRIFTA® on cardiovascular health has not been studied • EGRIFTA® is not indicated for weight-loss management • It is not known whether taking EGRIFTA® helps improve compliance with antiretroviral medications • It is not known if EGRIFTA® is safe and effective in children. EGRIFTA® is not recommended to be used in children Who should not use EGRIFTA®? Do not use EGRIFTA® if you: • have pituitary gland tumor, pituitary gland surgery, or other problems related to your pituitary gland • have active cancer (either newly diagnosed or recurrent) or are receiving treatment for cancer • are allergic to tesamorelin or any of the ingredients in EGRIFTA®. See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of ingredients in EGRIFTA® • are pregnant or become pregnant. If you become pregnant, stop using EGRIFTA® and talk with your healthcare provider. See “What should I tell my healthcare provider before using EGRIFTA®?” What should I tell my healthcare provider before using EGRIFTA®? Before using EGRIFTA®, tell your healthcare provider if you: • have or have had cancer • have diabetes • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if EGRIFTA® passes into your breast milk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that HIV-infected mothers not breastfeed to avoid the risk of passing HIV infection to your baby. Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby if you are taking EGRIFTA® • have kidney or liver problems • have any other medical condition Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. EGRIFTA® may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect how EGRIFTA® works. Know the medicines you take. Keep a list with you to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. How should I use EGRIFTA®? • Read the detailed “Instructions for Use” that comes with EGRIFTA® before you start using EGRIFTA®. Your healthcare provider will show you how to inject EGRIFTA® • Use EGRIFTA® exactly as prescribed by your healthcare provider • Inject EGRIFTA® under the skin (subcutaneously) of your stomach area (abdomen) • Change (rotate) the injection site on your stomach area (abdomen) with each dose. Do not inject EGRIFTA® into scar tissue, bruises, or your navel • Do not share needles or syringes with other people. Sharing of needles can result in the transmission of infectious diseases, such as HIV What are the possible side effects of EGRIFTA®? EGRIFTA® may cause serious side effects including: • Serious allergic reaction. Some people taking EGRIFTA® may have an allergic reaction. Stop using EGRIFTA® and get emergency help right away if you have any of the following symptoms: – a rash over your body – hives – swelling of your face or throat – shortness of breath or trouble breathing – fast heartbeat – feeling of faintness or fainting

• Swelling (fluid retention). EGRIFTA® can cause swelling in some parts of your body. Call your healthcare provider if you have an increase in joint pain, or pain or numbness in your hands or wrist (carpal tunnel syndrome) • Increase in glucose (blood sugar) intolerance and diabetes. Your healthcare provider will measure your blood sugar periodically • Injection-site reactions. Change (rotate) your injection site to help lower your risk for injection-site reactions. Call your healthcare provider for medical advice if you have the following symptoms around the area of the injection site: – bleeding – redness – rash – itching – swelling – pain – irritation The most common side effects of EGRIFTA® include: – joint pain – nausea – pain in legs and arms – vomiting – rash – swelling in your legs – itching – muscle soreness – tingling, numbness, and pricking Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of EGRIFTA®. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. Call your healthcare provider for medical advice about side effects. To report side effects, contact EMD Serono toll-free at 1-800-283-8088, ext. 5563. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. Keep EGRIFTA® and all medicines out of the reach of children. General information about the safe and effective use of EGRIFTA®: Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient Information leaflet. Do not use EGRIFTA® for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give EGRIFTA® to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them. Do not share your EGRIFTA® syringe with another person, even if the needle is changed. Do not share your EGRIFTA® needles with another person. This Patient Information leaflet summarizes the most important information about EGRIFTA®. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about EGRIFTA® that is written for healthcare professionals. For more information about EGRIFTA®, go to www.EGRIFTA.com or contact the AXIS Center toll-free at 1-877-714-2947. What are the ingredients in EGRIFTA®? Active ingredient: tesamorelin Inactive ingredients: mannitol and Sterile Water for Injection

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ORTHFIELD,Vt. — A Vermont military college that held what’s believed to be the nation’s first gay pride week on a military campus is refocusing the mission of its gay and lesbian club after some alumni were upset that it held a “condom Olympics’’ and “queer prom.’’ Norwich University President Richard Schneider said Tuesday that the administration should have had more oversight of the

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Activists Protest Outing of Men in Gay Sex Sting

ANHATTAN BEACH, California — A Los Angeles gay rights group says Manhattan Beach police were wrong to release to the media the names and photos of 18 men arrested in an undercover sex sting last week. The LA Gay & Lesbian Center tells the Los Angeles Times that release of the information could lead to public humiliation and one of the arrestees attempted suicide after results of the sting were made public. Various local media published the identifying information. The sting occurred after lifeguards told police the Marine Avenue beach bathroom was popular for sexual encounters. Undercover officers posing as men seeking sex arrested the men, who were booked for investigation of offenses ranging from lewd conduct to indecent exposure. City Attorney Roxanne Diaz says police commonly release identifying information of arrestees.

activities of the school’s LGBTQA club — formed after the end of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell’’ rule — and focused more on education and ensuring that gay and lesbian students feel comfortable, supported and safe at college. He isn’t backing away from Norwich’s commitment to ensure that gay and lesbian students are fully and openly integrated into school life and eventually the U.S. military. “My responsibility is to get them ready to serve in the United States military or in the private sector. They’re worried that by letting them do those things and calling them those things, that’s not preparing them properly for what life as an adult is like,’’ Schneider said, referring to the alumni who were upset. “We are not going to see condom Olympics held by the Army. So why are we teaching future second lieutenants that?’’ Schneider said he recognized the need to teach students about safe-sex practices, but such activities would be focused on all students, not just members of the LGBTQA club. Last month, Norwich highlighted that it

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AS VEGAS -- A national gay rights advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit last week against Nevada’s governor in a bid to win marriage rights for same-sex couples in the state. The lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund claims eight committed, same-sex couples are being discriminated against because they aren’t allowed to marry. The lawsuit filed in Las Vegas argues that Nevada’s constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The gay marriage ban was approved by Nevada voters in 2002. The lawsuit’s lead plaintiffs are 73-yearold Beverly Sevcik and 76-year-old Mary Baranovich of Carson City. They’ve been together for nearly 41 years and have raised three children. They have four grandchildren. According to Census data released last year the number of gay and lesbian households in Nevada jumped 87 percent from 2000 to 2010, and about a quarter of those couples are raising children. In all, Nevada had more than 9,000 households led by same-sex couples in 2010, up from fewer than 5,000 such households counted in 2000.

Gay Mormon Students Come Out in Video

tudents from a strict Mormon college that prohibits “homosexual behavior’’ have launched a Web video aimed at reassuring other gay and lesbian youth struggling with their faith and sexual orientation.

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was holding the first gay pride week at a military college. The six days of events were capped by what was billed as the “queer prom,’’ which was attended by Gov. Peter Shumlin. Other events included seminars on bullying, safe sex and HIV testing and discussions with veterans. But within hours of news of the gay pride events being held, Norwich began to hear from alumni, many of whom were upset — some by the activities themselves and others at the way the university handled the events. Fontanez, the LGBTQA club president, said that overall the reaction to Norwich’s pride week was positive. “This touched the lives of so many people it’s unbelievable,’’ he said. “The positive news articles, the positive emails, the positive international reaction was so much more, that it outweighs the negative.’’

Pride Events Upset Some Military College Alumni

Brigham Young University student comes out on YouTube video

The video recently posted to YouTube by 22 Brigham Young University students is the first of its kind with ties to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which forbids gay sex and marriage. By posting the video, the students could face excommunication from the church and expulsion at BYU, where gay students are prohibited from touching or kissing. The campaign is part of columnist Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better’’ project, which seeks to give voices and hope to bullied gay and lesbian teenagers. In the video, several BYU students confess that they considered suicide because they didn’t think they could be Mormon and gay. “In our religion, there is a lot of misunderstanding and ugliness about homosexuality,’’ said Kendall Wilcox, a former BYU faculty member who produced the video and serves as an adviser to the school’s unofficial gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender support group. “We wanted to send this message that God loves you just as you are.’’ The video estimates there are more than 1,800 LGBT students at BYU. It also notes that the school is consistently ranked as one of the most unfriendly campuses for those students in the nation. In 2010, BYU lifted a ban on advocacy of homosexuality. That same year, students formed Understanding Same-Gender Attraction. The support group drew eight people to its first meeting. This semester more than 80 students have attended the weekly meetings on campus. The video initially drew nasty comments from some anti-Mormon and anti-gay groups. On campus, however, the reaction has largely been positive, Wilcox and White said. Some gay activists are celebrating the video as the latest sign that the church is becoming more open to their community. Gay activists said they have made strides in recent years. A conference for LGBT Mormons was held in Salt Lake City last year and is scheduled to reconvene later this month in Washington, D.C. At the meeting, gay leaders plan to unveil an “It Gets Better’’ video featuring Mormon adults.

A Phone Call for Fitting in National hotline provides LGBT of all ages an open ear, and where to find more

By Gideon Grudo

lmost fifteen years ago, Brad Becker took a call from a teenager in the Midwest, who needed some advice. He was thinking about coming out. Through their conversation Becker learned that no one had ever told the boy it was OK. The call wasn’t random, it was coming into the GLBT National Help Center, where Becker is today the executive director. The Center gives out free — and confidential — counseling, advice, and local information to anyone who needs or wants it. The hotline was founded in 1995, an outgrowth of what was then the New York City hotline, a similar enterprise that focused on the city. Back then, Becker said, there were around 150 local hotlines like this, but each one was specific to its locale, separate from the others. This hotline, Becker envisioned, would be different and would help anyone, anywhere. Today, the San Francisco-based hotline holds over 15,000 resources in its one-of-a-kind database. Many of those local hotlines around the country have since disappeared making the National Help Center’s hotline even more important. “It put increased pressure on the national hotline,” Becker said. “Support from our community has been wonderful.” The hotline is funded through individual donations only. But money is only one part of what’s needed to run the place. The other part is supported by volunteers who answer calls and farm resources out to the public. Overseeing the volunteers and maintaining the extensive database is Aaron Almanza. The manager of information technology joined the team in 2008. “This job came up and it sounded really exciting,” Almanza said. “I can often times hear [the volunteers] giving out resources to people

who never knew they existed. You can hear a reaction from the volunteers’ end when people find what they need.” Almanza’s favorite memory at the hotline is also about the Midwest, where resources tend to be more rare than in the more urban parts of the country. “There was a volunteer on a chat with a young girl. They were on this online chat, and they couldn’t find anything — there was nothing in the database for several hundred miles,” Almanza said. “I found two or three youth groups that were just formed that week. She was so excited that I found something.” Looking into the future, Almanza said he hopes to see the hotline doing exactly what it does today. Of course he said they’re always looking for more donations and having more resources to throw in the database. While sometimes the hotline does get an abusive call from an anti-gay person, Becker said those are rare and never cause much of a problem.

The hotline has two numbers, depending on the resource sought: GLBT National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564 GLBT National Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-PRIDE (7743) Visit www.glnh.org to learn more, and take advantage of the hotline’s peer-support chat.

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Rough F Riding SPORTS

By Jason Parsley

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Gay Rodeo Returns to Davie

Rough Stock Events

Bull Riding

The ultimate event of the rodeo, Bull Riding is an advanced version of Junior Bull Riding, but with a one-half ton more beef to contend with and the added danger that many bulls turn back on the rider and attempt to get even for having their routine disrupted. Guaranteed, once you are on the bull and the gate opens, few riders ever leave this event without being slammed to the ground and scurrying for cover, as the Bull Fighter moves in to save the cowboy or cowgirl.

Bareback Bronc Riding

A specially designed collection of leather and cinches used for this event is called a “bareback riggin.” Compared to the bull rope, this one is really tied on to the animal and has a built-in hand hold. Another difference is that the rider must start the ride with both of his or her feet extended forward over the horse’s shoulders and on the first leap out of the chute, “rake” backwards toward the horse’s rump. If the rider misses this, called “marking out,” it does not matter how great the rest of the ride is, he or she will receive a DQ. If the rider is lucky enough to make the 6 seconds, he or she may be plucked to safety as the two “pick-up men” move in and attempt to rescue the rider from his or her bucking mount. Contestants may elect to ride two-handed from start to finish, but will also receive a lower score.

Chute Dogging

This event is designed to give even the novice a chance to compete in rough stock events. The steer and the contestant both start in the bucking chute and face a 60-second time limit. When the chute gate opens,

the contestant must bring the steer out to a 10-foot line in front of the chute, and then attempt to wrestle, or “dog” the steer to the ground. The contestant will turn the steer’s head up and toward the steer’s shoulder, hoping the steer will fall over on it’s other shoulder, causing all four feet to point in the same direction as the head was turned. If the steer is contrary and falls the other way, it is termed a “dog fall” and the contestant can either attempt to turn the head the same direction or let the steer up and start over. In this event either the contestant “dogs” or gets “dogged.”

Roping Events Gay rodeo presents three roping events with one designed for beginners. The other two can be costly, because success depends on a very good horse. Many roping horses sell for $10,000 and up. These events always begin with the contestant in a “roping box.” An imaginary start line runs across the front of the roping box and the chute where the calf or steer is held. Should the contestant cross this line, called the “barrier,” before the calf or steer clears the chute, a 10-second penalty shall be assessed and added on to the time. The three roping events include Calf Roping on Foot, Mounted Break-Away Roping and Team Roping.

Speed Events Speed and agility are two highly prized qualities in these contestant’s horses. These three speed events pit the horse, under the skillful hand of it’s rider, against the clock. Negotiating the prescribed pattern is a test of the rider’s skill and the horse’s speed and agility. A running start is permitted in these events and the fastest time wins.

or years Keith Huber had attended gay rodeos all over the country and had always enjoyed watching them. Seven years ago though Huber decided to try his hand at steer riding in the Florida Gay Rodeo Association’s first gay rodeo. Even though he fractured two ribs, he came back the next year to participate - and fractured two ribs again. Still Wilton Manors resident Huber, 48, refused to give up and decided to attend the International Gay Rodeo Association’s rodeo university to learn how to ride a steer. Since then he’s given up steer riding, but has gone on to excel at the other events. He’s now won two buckles, one for chute dogging and one in goat dressing, and he’s been invited to the World Gay Rodeo Finals. It’s those buckles that keep him coming back. “I’m hoping to come back with a vengeance this year and get lots of buckles. I want a buckle in wild drag and calf roping,” he said. “I missed it by .08 seconds last year.”

Barrel Race

Contestants vie for the fasted time in running a triangular, cloverleaf pattern around three barrels. The horse and rider are allowed a running start and time begins and ends upon crossing a visible starting line. A 5-second penalty is assessed for knocking over a barrel. The pattern can be started either from the left or right, and contestants that go off the prescribed course are disqualified.

Pole Bending

In this event, horse and rider compete for fastest time working a linear pattern through six equally spaced poles. The poles must be at least 6 feet in height and spaced 21 feet apart. A running start is allowed and a 5-second penalty will be assessed for knocking a pole down, and disqualification will take place if the team goes off course.

Flag Race

A triangular pattern similar to that of the barrel race is used, with the substitution of a pole in place of barrel number three. The two other barrels will have a bucket that is 3/4 full of rabbit pellets placed on top of it, and a flag in one of these buckets. If the rider knocks over the first bucket or the pole, a 5-second penalty will be assessed.

Camp Events Whenever a group of cowhands get together for a good time, hell is going to be raised! Prerequisites for participation are a willingness to eat dirt and the ability to hold your own with an ornery steer or goat. Sixty percent of gay contestants get their start in these three events and the old-timers stay in because the payoffs (or winnings) are the best of all events.

Steer Decorating

This event requires a two-person team. One member stands ten feet from the chute gate holding the end of a 25-foot rope, which is looped around the steer’s horns. The other team member stands 40 feet from the chute and has a 24-inch long ribbon. When the chute gate opens, the team must bring the steer out and across the ten-foot line. One team member tries to tie the ribbon on the steer’s tail while the other team member tries to remove the rope from the steer’s horns. When the ribbon is on the tail and the loop is off the horns, the ribbon-tier must tag the timer.

Wild Drag Race

The Wild Drag Race is an audience favorite all across the IGRA rodeo circuit. A team is made up of one male, one female, one “drag” (either male or female), and one wild steer. When the chute gate opens, the team tries to direct (or harass) the steer toward the finish line, which is 70 feet from the chute. They must get the steer across the finish line, mount the “drag,” and then ride back across the finish line.

Goat Dressing

This two-person event was created specially for gay rodeo. The team stands 50 feet from the point where the goat is tethered. One of the team members has a pair of jockeystyle underwear worn over their forearms. When the whistle sounds, the team runs to the goat. The team member without the underwear picks up the goat’s rear hooves, grabs the underwear from around the other member’s arms, and pulls it up the legs of the goat. Both team members must then race back to the start/finish line and cross the finish line to stop the time. The underwear must stay over the goat’s tail bone until the timer is tagged by both members.

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Someone else hoping to win a buckle this year is Kirk Ruben of Wilton Manors. Last year his hopes of winning that buckle were dashed. So he’s back again. In order to win a buckle contestants must score the most points over two days of competition in one of the events. This will be Ruben’s fifth Sunshine Stampede, and he has yet to bring home a coveted buckle. As a professional ballet dancer Ruben never imagined he would one day return to his rural roots as a cowboy, albeit a flamboyant one. Around the rodeo Ruben is known as the “Rhinestone Cowboy.” “I ran out of the whole rural situation as fast as I could and now here I am down in the cow dirt right back in it again,” he said. “I’ve traded in my tights for spurs and blue jeans.” The rodeo has traditional rodeo events like bull riding, steer riding, calf roping, barrel racing, and pole bending. And then some notso-traditional events, called camp events, like goat dressing, and the wild drag race (see side bar). The camp events are just for fun and good events for first time competitors. Another difference between gay rodeos and regular rodeos is that all of the proceeds are donated to charity. More than $2 million has been raised from gay rodeos around the country since the 1980s. The level of difficulty is also less than other rodeos to give more people an opportunity to participate. The gay rodeo caused a stir the first year in Davie. The first year after the Davie town

council approved the event residents sent letters of protest. The council in turn made the FGRA add extra police protection in case protestors showed up - five showed up. Huber remembers one of them holding up a sign that read “No Brokeback Mountain here in Davie.” ’Brokeback Mountain’ was a 2005 movie about two gay cowboys in a secret relationship. And while it was used by a protestor in a derogatory way, the movie inspired Huber. “I think the Brokeback movie did drive people to the rodeo,” he said “I know it inspired me a little bit.” Everything ran smoothly the first year and Davie’s mayor even showed up and praised the event. Since then those type of protestors have been few and far between. But just like traditional rodeos, gay rodeos have garnered another type of protestor - animal rights groups like PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Huber said the rodeo is animal friendly – or as animal friendly as a rodeo can be. They go above and beyond regular rodeos to ensure the safety of the animals. They’ve modified events, prohibit shock sticks, and if a contestant abuses an animal, even their own animal, they will be disqualified. The Seventh Annual Sunshine Stampede Rodeo takes place April 21-22 at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds, 4271 Davie Road in Davie. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the gate. Visit www.fgra.org for a complete listing of the weekend’s events or more information.

The 2012 Sunshine Stampede — Weekend Events Schedule

Thursday, April 19

FGRA Royalty Show The Manor Complex 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Join Royalty, both past and present from IGRA and across the circuit, as well as local performers for fun and fundraising.

Friday April 20

Rodeo School Bergeron Rodeo Grounds 8:30 a.m. to Noon Lunch provided for attendees Welcome Pool Party and Mixer Hilton Pool Deck 1870 Griffin Road, Dania Beach 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. After you check in, relax by the pool, enjoy the music and meet the cowboys and cowgirls coming in from all over North America.

Saturday April 21

Rodeo, Day One Bergeron Rodeo Grounds 9 a.m. - Rodeo Starts – Morning Events 12:30 p.m. - Grand Entry 1 p.m. – Rodeo – Afternoon Events 1 p.m. - Midway Tent Opens for Dancing and Entertainment

Sunday April 22

Rodeo, Day Two Bergeron Rodeo Grounds 9 a.m. - Rodeo Starts – Morning Events 12:30 p.m. - Grand Entry 1 p.m. – Rodeo – Afternoon Events 1 p.m. -- Midway Tent Opens for Dancing and Entertainment Awards Ceremony and Dinner 7 p.m. - Dinner Buffet begins - Dinner requires a ticket 8 p.m. - Hilton Ballroom - Awards Ceremony Dinner tickets will be available at Friday night’s Registration and the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds. Closing Party The Manor Complex Live Country DJ, Dancing and lots of Cowboys and Cowgirls! 8 p.m. till Close *Bergeron Rodeo Grounds – 4271 Davie Road *Hilton Hotel – 1870 Griffin Road, Dania Beach, Florida 33004 *The Manor Complex – 2345 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors

April 18, 2012 • SouthFloridaGayNews.com

Richard Wierzbicki: LGBT Ally and Friend There’s more to this captain than a slew of awards

o he was promoted five times in 12 years. So he’s been recognized over 80 times for his work on hate crimes and bullying in Broward County. But Captain Richard Wierzbicki has another, less superhero side, one that enjoys sports, history and Asian food. On April 3, Wierzbicki received the AntiDefamation League’s Doris and Murray Felton Excellence in Law Enforcement Award. The ceremony was one of many that the captain would have attended through his long career. The Wilton Manors police chief retired in 2005, but that wasn’t even close to the end of the road for him. He was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1958, into a law enforcement family. Wierzbicki, who found high school to be boring, said that he knew he wanted to be one of two things when he grew older: a boxer or a police officer. “I just found law enforcement more interesting,” he said. And so, six years after moving to Wilton Manors, Wierzbicki started off as a police

And so the captain got to aide for Pompano Beach in work, changing the psych exam 1978. Not three years latfor incoming officers and taker, he would make police ing a more focused stand on officer in Wilton Manors, the officers’ ability to deal where he would climb the with diversity — a facet he ladder and spend the next said was not largely taught 27 years of his career. Out at the academies. The capof the following nine years tain would later push hard he was patrolling, Wierzon domestic violence, bullybicki clearly remembers the ing, homeless abuse and hate night he was out for a docrimes. His 2005 retirement mestic disturbance call. He was well earned. was training another offiCaptain Richard Wierzbicki But duty called Wierzbicki cer, and didn’t expect to end up ducking from whizzing bullets. The mem- back home, and he rejoined the police force ory stays with him to this day, and he’s glad in 2008, titled Commander in the Departto have made it, saying he was very fortunate. ment of Law Enforcement for the county. Manors was more laid back then, he said, That same year, Sheriff Al Lamberti put Wiand definitely not as vibrant. It was during erzbicki in charge of the newly formed Hate his time there, he said, that the LGBT com- Crimes/Anti Bias Task Force. The new ormunity started moving in and setting up its ganizations would win its own recognition from the LGBT community and be looked culture around the small city. “I knew we had to change the way the po- on as an expert authority for the issues on lice department operated,” Wierzbicki said. which it focused. Wierzbicki’s testimony was “We had to diversify the department to rep- partially responsible for the state’s policy revision in 2010, adding ‘homeless’ as a categoresent the community in Wilton Manors.” J.R. Davis

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ry for hate crime. Later that year, Wierzbicki would testify in front of the senate about violence against the homeless. But behind all of his heroic endeavors and community status, Wierzbicki has hobbies and pleasure just like anyone else. He likes to exercise, lift weights and he regularly runs at the local LA Fitness. His wife Mindy and he have made it a habit, and priority to check out new restaurants. His favorite cuisine is Asian, and hers German. As they decide where to go, sometimes the conversation becomes what Wierzbicki calls a tug-of-war. He follows baseball, specifically the Detroit Tigers. And since he’s got a friend who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies, he likes them, too. But the Tigers always come first. Wierzbicki also makes sure to make time for reading, his favorite topic being World War II. And in that war, his favorite moment to read about is the Battle of the Bulge. And if he’s not reading books, the captain is probably watching the first two installments of the Godfather movie, which he claims to have watched over a hundred times. If you ask Wierzbicki which character in the series most resembles him, he would say Luca Brasi, who was known for being able to fight hard fights and get the job done. “I love to take on challenging and difficult assignments,” Wierzbicki said. “Especially if I get to help a person who really needs it, or an organization.”

April 18, 2012 • SouthFloridaGayNews.com

Tony adams

Houston, Do You Read Me? LGBT Bloggers, Journalists, Editors Convene in Texas In response to questions geared to elicit some disclosure of interest in running for higher office, Mayor Parker said that while she has enjoyed her years as an elected official, she hopes that her next job will be as a CEO of some sort. On the subject of marriage equality, the group became testy early in the weekend. Many resented (l-r) Matt Foreman, Michael Rogers, Steve Rothaus, Noah Michelson the apparent commandeering of the agenda by this one issue, and pains were taken to keep By Tony Adams hat happens when you get 36 it from consuming the discussion. On the LGBT bloggers, writers, jour- other hand, a relentless parsing of President nalists and editors together in Obama’s performance for the LGBT communione hotel in Houston for a weekend? They ty did not seem to disturb anyone in the room. Presenter Clarke Cooper, Executive Ditweet the mayor’s remarks before her opening sentence is finished. They broadcast pho- rector of Log Cabin Republicans was facing tos of the speakers even before the mics were a tough crowd. His co-presenter was Jerame pinned to their lapels. In this town of cow- Davis, Executive Director of the National boys, you’d be hard pressed to find a group of Stonewall Democrats. Aware of the room’s sharp shooters faster on the draw than were general feeling of distrust for the proposition the attendees at the third annual Haas Jr. that anyone could be both gay and Republican, Cooper invoked the principle that the 20 Fund LGBT Writers Convening, March 23-24. Given the many millions of readers who percent of a man that is your enemy does not rely on the 36 attendees for their LGBT news, overcome the 80 percent that is your friend. opinions, activism and entertainment, the The attendees, on their best behavior, largeHaas Jr. Fund makes a wise annual invest- ly treated disagreeable words and positions ment in this gathering and attracts high level with silence. This was not reserved exclusively for Republican presenters. Steve Walker, guest presenters. At the opening dinner, Annise Parker, the deputy political director of the Democratic lesbian mayor of Houston, spoke to the group National Committee, stayed so carefully on about her career in politics and her personal message that his words also received the sifuture plans. She was recently re-elected to lent treatment. Nina Perales, Vice President of Litigation, a second term as mayor. She spoke of being attacked by a local pastor and other detrac- MALDEF, spoke about minority voter disentors for referring to her long time partner as franchisement through redistricting and voter suppression tactics, a subject of particular Houston’s “first lady.” She said, “They try very hard to be polite, concern to the LGBT community of South but they also say I am going to hell, in a very Florida where redistricting is often an injurious distortion. polite way.” The most entertaining speaker of the weekMayor Parker answered questions about marriage equality. Delineating the work at end was Mara Keisling, executive director of hand on the municipal, state and federal lev- the National Center For Transgender Equalels, she said, “Marriage is something we can’t ity. She got a big laugh when she said, “We fix in our cities. Marriage is something that have not trans-jacked the gay rights movehas to happen at the federal level…While I ment. I’d like to. I think it could use it.” want very much to marry the person who shared my life for so many years, I have alter- Vist http://www.haasjr.org/programs-and-ininatives because I have a certain level of eco- tiatives/gays-and-lesbians for more information nomic security. Marriage is great, but if you about the work of the Haas Jr. Fund for the LGBT don’t have the ability to earn a living wage community. and to support yourself and your spouse, Watch a video of Mayor Parker’s words: http:// then we haven’t given you very much.” bit.ly/HFpTgp

April 18, 2012 • SouthFloridaGayNews.com

McNaught’s Notes

Dyed Chicks and Dead Prophets By Brian McNaught

here’s a new television series called Touch. It’s about a small boy who sees connections between people and global events. He can’t speak, so his father’s task is to figure out the boy’s numerical clue to save other people’s lives. I believe all of us can see patterns if we pay attention, and we can save lives, too. Over the weekend, Ray and I hosted two happy transgender people, one of whom is a very self-confident, transsexual woman, and the other is an exceedingly grateful, crossdressing, husband and father. While sitting with them in the living room one morning, two stories jumped out at me from the newspapers we were reading. The first was about a 49-year-old, charismatic and inspiring, gay, male therapist in New York City who committed suicide after completing his prophetic manuscript, The Right Side of Forty: The Complete Guide to Happiness for Gay Men at Midlife and Beyond. The second article focused on the objections of animal rights

activists to farmers injecting dye into incubating eggs, which is often done so that children at Easter can have their choice of colored chicks, including ones in dayglo green. So, what are the connections between our transgender guests, the suicide of the gay man, and the dyed chickens? I see the common denominators of “false feathers,” and the toxicity of social whims. But what other patterns can be found, and could a life have been saved? Chickens see color better than humans do, but like human babies, they don’t know what color they’re supposed to be. Unlike chicks, human embryos are not yet dyed with color, though it has been proposed that proper hormonal interference with fetal development could eliminate variances in sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression. If not dyed in the shell, chicks are sprayed with food coloring after they hatch. The same happens to infants. Once other humans designate the infant’s gender, babies are sprayed

Could we have seen the “numerical code,” blue or pink. Those colors have intended figured out the connections, and stopped meaning, but often they are false feathers. The dayglo green, purple, pink, lime, red, Bob from suffocating himself with a plastic and blue coloring of the chicks eventually bag? Heterosexual allies have written to me changes when their feathers grow out. Though after reading the story to ask me that question: “What could have been done?” we say chickens have “bird brains,” we Sometimes, even when you don’t know how the dyeing process find chicks just like yourimpacts their instincts, but we do self, you discover that they know that most children get have created expectations of bored with the chicks soon what your color means, too. after the bright colors of their In many places, gay blue feathers change. chicks need to be young My friend, Denise, a corpoand handsome, or rich and rate play-maker, was spray famous. This is especialpainted blue when she was ly true in “coops” like New born, as was my author York and Los Angeles. Bob friend, Vanessa. Bob, the gay, was a good therapist who male prophet who committed tried to convince himself, as suicide, was dyed blue too. he did other gay, blue chicks, Denise knew at an early age that that these expectations were as she wasn’t supposed to have been dangerous and unhealthy painted blue. She was a tall, gawky, as dyeing a human baby geeky boy who felt poisoned blue or pink, and then by the blue dye. One day, aftelling them what those colors ter a lot of thought and outside counseling, she took the spray bottle and must mean. I wish I knew Bob, saw the code in time, made herself pink. But pink for Denise doesn’t mean the same thing it does to some pink and followed it to Bob’s door. I would have chicks. Denise wears jeans instead of a skirt. brought him home with me to stay for awhile She raises horses with her adult daughter, and with two old, gay, blue chicks who have found she doesn’t paint her face. Denise is among the happiness at midlife and beyond. I might have suggested that for him to be happy most relaxed pink people I know. Vanessa never felt completely comfortable with the change in the color of his feathers, in the blue she was painted at birth. As a male, it could require that he move to a place where he married a pink chick, and had chicks of his children are less easily bored, and adults own, but since childhood, he wanted to be al- know that sprayed dye doesn’t define you. But Bob’s suicide isn’t lowed to express his the end of the search pink side too. He wore for the clues we’ve his mother’s make-up “Sometimes, even when been given. We’ve got and clothes when she you find chicks just like to get the word out to as was out of the house. But blue chicks aren’t yourself, you discover that many people as we can that they shouldn’t dye supposed to pretend they have created chickens or children. to be pink. Vanessa now wears pink a lot, expectations of what your Pink and blue are only colors. They are not deso much so that her color means, too.” terminants of our life. actual color is purple. When we spray paint a She’s worked that out with her wife and her adult children, and child, we clog their pores and make it difficult she’s very happy, though making a living is a for them to breathe. We don’t want them to be “bird brains.” big challenge for her. We also must follow the clues and give Bob didn’t see that his blue male coloring was wrong, but he couldn’t live up to the ex- clear messages to the chicks that prance pectations of a blue chick. Blue chicks aren’t around the room in their fancy colors. In orsupposed to want to mate with other blue der to fly, the colored feathers need to fall chicks. He didn’t want to change his color to out, and in order to soar, the new feathers pink; he just wanted to build a life for himself will only get strong enough with age. that was outside the expectations of the people who sprayed the dye. He was a blue chick Brian McNaught was named “the godfather of who was happiest when he was with other gay diversity training” by The New York Times. blue chicks that also mated with chicks of He works with corporate executives globally, is his color. That worked for a while, and then the author of six books, and is featured in seven it didn’t. With age, his feathers changed to a educational DVDs. He and his spouse Ray Struless vibrant blue color, and as hard as he tried ble divide their year between Fort Lauderdale to experience it otherwise, he felt unwanted and Provincetown. Visit Brian-McNaught.com by the children. for more information.

April 18, 2012 • SouthFloridaGayNews.com

Letter to the Editor

icked up a copy of your new magazine at my local gay club. I absolutely loved it. I don’t go out clubbing often and would like you to send me your Summer/Fall issue. Thank you.

Albert N. Pucillo, Orlando

April 18, 2012 • SouthFloridaGayNews.com

Jesse’s Journal

Jim Flint: From Peoria to the Stars An interview with biographers Tracy Baim and Owen Keehnen

im Flint: The Boy from Peoria (Prairie Avenue Productions) is the second biography of a Chicago LGBT community icon by Windy City authors Tracy Baim and Owen Keehnen. (Leatherman: The Legend of Chuck Renslow was the first.) Best known for his drag persona Felicia, the baton-twirling, roller-skating “queen” of Chicago, Flint opened in 1969 the world-famous Baton Show Lounge, to this day one of the leading female impersonator clubs in the world. Flint also owned the Redoubt gay leather bar, headed the Chicago Knights motorcycle club, founded the Windy City Athletic Association and ran (1987) for the Cook County Board of Commissioners as an openly gay candidate. Outside of Chicago, Jim Flint is best known as the founder of the Continental Pageant System. Started as a “hobby,” the System crowned the first Miss Continental (Chilli

Pepper) in Chicago on Labor Day Weekend, 1980. Since then it has grown to become “the ultimate female impersonation pageantry system in the world,” honoring such stars as local performer Tiffany Arieagus (1982), Amber Richards (1991) and Candis Cayne (2001). Now more than three decades old, the Continental Pageant System has gone beyond Miss Continental to include Mr. Continental as well as Elite and Plus competitions. Preliminaries are held all over the country including Florida, which held its Mr. and Miss State of Florida Continental Pageant in Fort Lauderdale in February. Like Renslow, Flint is a larger than life personality, whose biography also serves as a social history of Chicago’s queer community. This was deliberate on the part of the authors. “Every city has people who are critical parts of their community, but if they are not as well known nationally, it is difficult to get an entire book done on just one person,” Baim says. “We tried to place their stories within

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knew much about him, so the book really helped me understand him much better.” Keehnen, her co-author, only “knew Jim peripherally. I had seen him at many functions and at the Baton. However, the longest conversation I had with him was when he was interviewed for Leatherman. So working with Tracy on this book really opened my eyes to just how much this man has contributed.” Writing The Boy from Peoria, like reading it, was a learning experience. Flint, Keehnen continues, “has made a large number of contributions, but for me I think his greatest has been taking female impersonation and elevating that field into an art form. He made it something more professional and polished. He helped create careers for a lot of performers when before he came on the scene, there were mostly gigs. He did that through the Baton as well as through the exposure and bookings from the Contithe overall context of the local and national nental Pageant System.” “Starting Miss Continental, and before that LGBT movement, to show their importance.” Both the Renslow and Flint books run over his Halloween balls, were both important in500 pages each, which seem to make them too stitutions,” Baim adds. “He ran for office in much of a good thing. But Baim and Keehnen the mid 1980s at a time when few out LGBT reject the suggestion that their books would people did so. He also participated in politics, non-profits and sports have been improved organization in leaderby cutting them down “Flint has made a large ship ways. He really imin size. As Keehnen pacted quite a range of put it, “in telling both number of contributions, our various LGBT comthese stories a largbut… his greatest has been munity elements.” er story is being told. Is there another ChiThey are biographies taking female impersonation cago legend on the hoyes, but they are also and elevating that field rizon? According to stories of eras, struginto an art form.” Keehnen, he and Baim gles and movements are currently working in the LGBT commu– Owen Keehnen on a biography of acnity in Chicago and beyond. It was an opportunity to capture a tivist Vernita Gray, whose life (like Renslow’s larger history. With Jim that story includes and Flint’s) encompasses Chicago’s LGBT the trans world, gay sports world, political community history for half a century. “Verworld, activist world, bar culture, pageantry nita’s story covers a lot of ground and provides a platform for telling a more expansive world, etc.” Though, as one of Chicago’s leading LGBT story. It is really fascinating to explore this journalists, Baim “covered Jim and his events history and such a privilege to chronicle anand businesses for 27 years, I really never other amazing life.”

April 18, 2012 • SouthFloridaGayNews.com

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COMPLERA (emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) is a prescription medicine used as a complete single-tablet regimen to treat HIV-1 in adults who have never taken HIV medicines before. COMPLERA does not cure HIV or AIDS or help prevent passing HIV to others.

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INDICATION COMPLERA® (emtricitabine 200 mg/rilpivirine 25 mg/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg) is a prescription HIV medicine that contains 3 medicines, EMTRIVA® (emtricitabine), EDURANT™ (rilpivirine), and VIREAD® (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) combined in one pill. COMPLERA is used as a complete single-tablet regimen to treat HIV-1 infection in adults (age 18 and older) who have never taken HIV medicines before. COMPLERA does not cure HIV and has not been shown to prevent passing HIV to others. It is important to always practice safer sex, use latex or polyurethane condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with any body fluids, and to never re-use or share needles. Do not stop taking COMPLERA unless directed by your healthcare provider. See your healthcare provider regularly.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION Contact your healthcare provider right away if you get the following side effects or conditions while taking COMPLERA: • Nausea, vomiting, unusual muscle pain, and/or weakness. These may be signs of a buildup of acid in the blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious medical condition • Light-colored stools, dark-colored urine, and/or if your skin or the whites of your eyes turn yellow. These may be signs of serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity), with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly), and fat in the liver (steatosis) • If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV), your liver disease may suddenly get worse if you stop taking COMPLERA. Do not stop taking COMPLERA without ﬁrst talking to your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider will monitor your condition COMPLERA may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect how COMPLERA works, and may cause serious side effects.

Do not take COMPLERA if you are taking the following medicines: • other HIV medicines (COMPLERA provides a complete treatment for HIV infection.) • the anti-seizure medicines carbamazepine (Carbatrol®, Equetro®, Tegretol®,

Tegretol-XR®, Teril®, Epitol®), oxcarbazepine (Trileptal®), phenobarbital (Luminal®), phenytoin (Dilantin®, Dilantin-125®, Phenytek®) • the anti-tuberculosis medicines rifabutin (Mycobutin), rifampin (Rifater®, Rifamate®, Rimactane®, Rifadin®) and rifapentine (Priftin®) • a proton pump inhibitor medicine for certain stomach or intestinal problems, including esomeprazole (Nexium®, Vimovo®), lansoprazole (Prevacid®), omeprazole (Prilosec®), pantoprazole sodium (Protonix®), rabeprazole (Aciphex®) • more than 1 dose of the steroid medicine dexamethasone or dexamethasone sodium phosphate • St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) • other medicines that contain tenofovir (VIREAD®, TRUVADA®, ATRIPLA®) • other medicines that contain emtricitabine or lamivudine (EMTRIVA®, Combivir®, Epivir® or Epivir-HBV®, Epzicom®, Trizivir®) • rilpivirine (Edurant™) • adefovir (HEPSERA®) In addition, also tell your healthcare provider if you take: • an antacid medicine that contains aluminum, magnesium hydroxide, or calcium carbonate. Take antacids at least 2 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take COMPLERA • a histamine-2 blocker medicine, including famotidine (Pepcid®), cimetidine (Tagamet®), nizatidine (Axid®), or ranitidine hydrochloride (Zantac®). Take these medicines at least 12 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take COMPLERA • the antibiotic medicines clarithromycin (Biaxin®), erythromycin (E-Mycin®, Eryc®, Ery-Tab®, PCE®, Pediazole®, Ilosone®), and troleandomycin (TAO®) • an antifungal medicine by mouth, including fluconazole (Diflucan®), itraconazole (Sporanox®), ketoconazole (Nizoral®), posaconazole (Noxafil®), voriconazole (Vfend®) • methadone (Dolophine®) This list of medicines is not complete. Discuss with your healthcare provider all prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, or herbal supplements you are taking or plan to take.

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COMPLERA does not cure HIV infections or AIDS. • Always practice safer sex. • Use latex or polyurethane condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with any body fluids such as semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. • Never re-use or share needles.

Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions about how to prevent passing COMPLERA can cause serious side effects, including: 1. Build-up of an acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis can happen in HIV to other people. some people who take COMPLERA or similar (nucleoside analogs) medicines. Lactic Who should not take COMPLERA? acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. • Do not take COMPLERA if your HIV infection has been previously treated with Lactic acidosis can be hard to identify early, because the symptoms could seem like HIV medicines. symptoms of other health problems. Call your healthcare provider right away if you • Do not take COMPLERA if you are taking certain other medicines. For more get any of the following symptoms which could be signs of lactic acidosis: information about medicines that must not be taken with COMPLERA, see “What • feeling very weak or tired should I tell my healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?” • have unusual (not normal) muscle pain • have trouble breathing What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA? • have stomach pain with Before you take COMPLERA, tell your healthcare provider if you: - nausea (feel sick to your stomach) • have liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection - vomiting • have kidney problems • feel cold, especially in your arms and legs • have ever had a mental health problem • feel dizzy or lightheaded • have bone problems • have a fast or irregular heartbeat • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if COMPLERA can harm your unborn child Pregnancy Registry. There is a pregnancy registry for women who take antiviral medicines during pregnancy. Its purpose is to collect information about the health of you and your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about how you can take part in this registry. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms • are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. The Centers for Disease Control and of liver problems: Prevention recommends that mothers with HIV not breastfeed because they can pass • your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice). the HIV through their milk to the baby. It is not known if COMPLERA can pass through • dark “tea-colored” urine your breast milk and harm your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best • light-colored bowel movements (stools) way to feed your baby. • loss of appetite for several days or longer Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription • nausea and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. • stomach pain 2. Severe liver problems. Severe liver problems can happen in people who take COMPLERA or similar medicines. In some cases these liver problems can lead to death. Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver (steatosis) when you take COMPLERA.

You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are COMPLERA may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking COMPLERA or a similar affect how COMPLERA works, and may cause serious side effects. If you take certain medicines with COMPLERA, the amount of COMPLERA in your body may be too low and medicine containing nucleoside analogs for a long time. it may not work to help control your HIV infection. The HIV virus in your body may become 3. Worsening of Hepatitis B infection. If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection resistant to COMPLERA or other HIV medicines that are like it. and you stop taking COMPLERA, your HBV infection may become worse (flare-up). A “flare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before. Do not take COMPLERA if you also take these medicines: COMPLERA is not approved for the treatment of HBV, so you must discuss your HBV • COMPLERA provides a complete treatment for HIV infection. Do not take other HIV medicines with COMPLERA. therapy with your healthcare provider. • the anti-seizure medicines carbamazepine (CARBATROL®, EQUETRO®, TEGRETOL®, • Do not let your COMPLERA run out. Refill your prescription or talk to your healthcare TEGRETOL-XR®, TERIL®, EPITOL®), oxcarbazepine (TRILEPTAL®), phenobarbital provider before your COMPLERA is all gone. (LUMINAL®), phenytoin (DILANTIN®, DILANTIN-125®, PHENYTEK®) • Do not stop taking COMPLERA without first talking to your healthcare provider. ® ® • If you stop taking COMPLERA, your healthcare provider will need to check your health • the anti-tuberculosis medicines rifabutin (MYCOBUTIN ), rifampin (RIFATER , ® ® ® ® , RIMACTANE , RIFADIN ) and rifapentine (PRIFTIN ) RIFAMATE often and do regular blood tests to check your HBV infection. Tell your healthcare provider about any new or unusual symptoms you may have after you stop taking • a proton pump inhibitor medicine for certain stomach or intestinal problems, including esomeprazole (NEXIUM®, VIMOVO®), lansoprazole (PREVACID®), omeprazole COMPLERA. (PRILOSEC®), pantoprazole sodium (PROTONIX®), rabeprazole (ACIPHEX®) • more than 1 dose of the steroid medicine dexamethasone or dexamethasone sodium What is COMPLERA? COMPLERA is a prescription HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) medicine that: phosphate • is used to treat HIV-1 in adults who have never taken HIV medicines before. HIV is the • St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). If you are taking COMPLERA, you should not take: • contains 3 medicines, (rilpivirine, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) • other medicines that contain tenofovir (VIREAD®, TRUVADA®, ATRIPLA®) combined in one tablet. EMTRIVA and VIREAD are HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency • other medicines that contain emtricitabine or lamivudine (EMTRIVA®, COMBIVIR®, virus) nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and EDURANT is an EPIVIR® or EPIVIR-HBV®, EPZICOM®, TRIZIVIR®) HIV-1 non-nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI). • rilpivirine (EDURANT™) It is not known if COMPLERA is safe and effective in children under the age of 18 years. • adefovir (HEPSERA®)

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Also tell your healthcare provider if you take: The most common side effects of COMPLERA include: an antacid medicine that contains aluminum, magnesium hydroxide, or calcium • trouble sleeping (insomnia) carbonate. Take antacids at least 2 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take • abnormal dreams COMPLERA. • headache • a histamine-2 blocker medicine, including famotidine (PEPCID®), cimetidine • dizziness (TAGAMET®), nizatidine (AXID®), or ranitidine hydrochloride (ZANTAC®). Take these • diarrhea medicines at least 12 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take COMPLERA. • nausea ® ® ® • the antibiotic medicines clarithromycin (BIAXIN ), erythromycin (E-MYCIN , ERYC , • rash ERY-TAB®, PCE®, PEDIAZOLE®, ILOSONE®), and troleandomycin (TAO®) • tiredness ® • an antifungal medicine by mouth, including fluconazole (DIFLUCAN ), itraconazole ® ® ® (SPORANOX ), ketoconazole (NIZORAL ), posaconazole (NOXAFIL ), voriconazole • depression (VFEND®) Additional common side effects include: • methadone (DOLOPHINE®) • vomiting Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you are not sure if your medicine is • stomach pain or discomfort • skin discoloration (small spots or freckles) one that is listed above. Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your • pain •

healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. Your healthcare provider and your pharmacist can tell you if you can take these medicines with COMPLERA. Do not start any new medicines while you are taking COMPLERA without first talking with your healthcare provider or pharmacist. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that can interact with COMPLERA. How should I take COMPLERA? Stay under the care of your healthcare provider during treatment with COMPLERA. • Take COMPLERA exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it. • Always take COMPLERA with a meal. Taking COMPLERA with a meal is important to help get the right amount of medicine in your body. A protein drink does not replace a meal. • Do not change your dose or stop taking COMPLERA without first talking with your healthcare provider. See your healthcare provider regularly while taking COMPLERA. • If you miss a dose of COMPLERA within 12 hours of the time you usually take it, take your dose of COMPLERA with a meal as soon as possible. Then, take your next dose of COMPLERA at the regularly scheduled time. If you miss a dose of COMPLERA by more than 12 hours of the time you usually take it, wait and then take the next dose of COMPLERA at the regularly scheduled time. • Do not take more than your prescribed dose to make up for a missed dose. • When your COMPLERA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or pharmacy. It is very important not to run out of COMPLERA. The amount of virus in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. • If you take too much COMPLERA, contact your local poison control center or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away. •

What are the possible side effects of COMPLERA? COMPLERA may cause the following serious side effects, including: • See “What is the most important information I should know about COMPLERA?” • New or worse kidney problems can happen in some people who take COMPLERA. If you have had kidney problems in the past or take other medicines that can cause kidney problems, your healthcare provider may need to do blood tests to check your kidneys during your treatment with COMPLERA. • Depression or mood changes. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms: - feeling sad or hopeless - feeling anxious or restless - have thoughts of hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself • Bone problems can happen in some people who take COMPLERA. Bone problems include bone pain, softening or thinning (which may lead to fractures). Your healthcare provider may need to do additional tests to check your bones. • Changes in body fat can happen in people taking HIV medicine. These changes may include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and around the main part of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs, arms and face may also happen. The cause and long term health effect of these conditions are not known. • Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen when you start taking HIV medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your healthcare provider if you start having new symptoms after starting your HIV medicine.

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Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of COMPLERA. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 (1-800-332-1088). How do I store COMPLERA? • Store COMPLERA at room temperature 77 °F (25 °C). • Keep COMPLERA in its original container and keep the container tightly closed. • Do not use COMPLERA if the seal over the bottle opening is broken or missing. Keep COMPLERA and all other medicines out of reach of children. General information about COMPLERA: Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient Information leaflet. Do not use COMPLERA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give COMPLERA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them. This leaflet summarizes the most important information about COMPLERA. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about COMPLERA that is written for health professionals. For more information, call (1-800-445-3235) or go to www.COMPLERA.com. What are the ingredients of COMPLERA? Active ingredients: emtricitabine, rilpivirine hydrochloride, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate Inactive ingredients: pregelatinized starch, lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, povidone, polysorbate 20. The tablet film coating contains polyethylene glycol, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate, triacetin, titanium dioxide, iron oxide red, FD&C Blue #2 aluminum lake, FD&C Yellow #6 aluminum lake. This Patient Information has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Manufactured and distributed by: Gilead Sciences, Inc. Foster City, CA 94404 Issued: August 2011 COMPLERA, the COMPLERA Logo, EMTRIVA, HEPSERA, TRUVADA, VIREAD, GILEAD, and the GILEAD Logo are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc. or its related companies. ATRIPLA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. © 2012 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. 202123-GS-000 02AUG2011 CON12392 3/12

Mr. Gay World Goes to Africa By Donna Bryson Associated Press

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OHANNESBURG -- After Mr. Gay Ethiopia entered the Mr. Gay World contest, his father cut off all communications. Mr. Gay Zimbabwe withdrew, fearing the publicity was making life difficult for his mother. But Mr. Gay Namibia’s family accompanied him to the airport for a warm send-off when he left for the competition, which culminated for him and 21 other men late Sunday in the finals at a Johannesburg casino. “Bring the trophy home,’’ Namibia’s Wendelinus Hamutenya said his mother told him. In the end, New Zealand’s Andreas Derleth, a 32-year-old manager for a chain of stationery stores, was named Mr. Gay World. A disappointed Hamutenya said he would nonetheless return to Namibia to fight “for gay rights and human rights.’’ Hamutenya said his experience shows that Africans and Africa can change. On the continent, gay rights activists have been vilified, threatened and killed. Laws in dozens of African countries ban homosexual acts. Prominent African politicians ridicule gays and minor politicians grab headlines by proposing even tougher anti-gay laws. “I hope and I believe that Namibia will be the second country in Africa to recognize the rights [of gays],’’ Hamutenya said in an interview. The first country is South Africa, also the first African country to host Mr. Gay World, which debuted in 2009 in Canada. The bill of rights adopted after apartheid ended in South Africa in 1994 explicitly bans discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. Same-sex couples can marry and adopt children in South Africa. Teboha Maitse, acting chairman of South Africa’s Commission for Gender Equality, said she fought white racist rule alongside openly gay comrades, and that experience made her and others aware of the need to enact legal protections for gays. But she said when she travels farther north, “people say, ‘You South Africans, you don’t behave like Africans.’’’ Maitse, whose government-appointed commission regularly speaks out in support

when he was in his teens that he was attracted to men. He confided to his father when he was 16. His father called the police and had them take his son to a mental hospital. Hamutenya escaped from the institution and lived with friends. Eventually, he and his father reconciled. Hamutenya went on to study nursing in South Africa, and returned to work as a midwife in his home region. Hamutenya said villagers respect him because of his work, and because his family is prominent and known for its piety. Hamutenya himself once considered becoming a priest. Since becoming Mr. Gay Namibia, Hamutenya has lobbied for a repeal of his country’s Finalists of the Mr. Gay World contest anti-sodomy law. And he says politicians have been receptive to his arguments. of gay and lesbian rights, acknowledged in pressure there, organizers said. RepresenHamutenya was badly beaten in Windan interview that even in South Africa gays, tation was thin from Asia, Eastern Europe hoek, Namibia’s capital, after winning the Mr. lesbians and others who don’t fit a tradiand the Middle East _ all regions where gay Gay Namibia contest last year. He believes tional definition of the sexual norm do face rights are under threat. the attack was a mugging, not a hate crime. discrimination and worse. In the United States, projects like It Gets Organizer Kukkuk insisted that Mr. Gay Of particular concern in recent years Better reach out to young homosexuWorld is not a beauty pageant. have been attacks on lesbians sometimes als to help them cope with harassment, a Mr. Gay World includes an essay test on called “corrective rapes.’’ Maitse said gay reminder that even in the West, gays are the history of the gay rights movement. But men often suffer in silence, sometimes com- vulnerable. The American Mr. Gay World the swim suit competition counts for more, mitting suicide to escape taunts. She said contestant, Kevin Scott Power, is an elemen- according to the judges’ handbook. The poor, black gays and lesbians are particularly tary school teacher who said even young seven judges are from around the world vulnerable because the communities in children experience anti-gay bullying. and include journalists and an actor. which they live are conservative. Power, who finished fourth on Sunday, Cary Alan Johnson, executive director of South Africa’s Mr. Gay World contestant, said he was not nervous at coming to Afthe New York-based International Gay & Lance Weyer, is white. Weyer, a psychologist rica, despite its homophobic reputation. Lesbian Human Rights Commission, worwho recently won office on a city council in “We’re all representing the people that ries such glitzy contests feed stereotypes southeastern South Africa, said gays like him don’t have the power to stand up,’’ Power that could cement the view, often heard in have the education and money to fight back told reporters in Johannesburg. Africa, that homosexuality is un-African. when their rights are violated. That makes it Coenie Kukkuk, Africa’s director for “Most of us are of color, poor, don’t look all the more important, he said, for success- Mr. Gay World, said the contest produces like we go to the gym regularly,’’ Johnson ful gays and lesbians to speak out, both to a spokesman and role model for gays, said in a telephone interview. “Class does be role models for others and to shake up particularly in Africa. Previous winners of matter. It is poor men who experience the conservative attitudes. the contest have gone to schools and unimost oppression.’’ Weyer was named first runner up Sunday. versities to speak out about human rights. He gave Mr. Gay World credit for drawing Neither of the black African contestants Prizes include $25,000 in travel vouchers attention to discrimination against gays, parmade it to the final 10. to enable the winner to spread his message ticularly in Africa. But Johnson said that dur“We look for the best man, whether he’s around the world. ing a recent visit to Johannesburg, he was white or black or any other color,’’ said Tore Kukkuk said he has struggled to get more dismayed to find the advertising featured Aasheim, one of the Mr. Gay World organiz- black South African and other African contwo white men -- the South Africans who ers, adding he hoped more contestants from testants. Mr. Namibia’s story helps illustrate won Mr. Gay World in 2011 and 2010. Africa would participate in future contests. why that has been difficult, but also gives “The one thing they ought to do is It isn’t just African gays who face difficul- reason for hope. change that poster,’’ Johnson said. “Have ties. The Chinese contestant was unable to Hamutenya, who herded cows as a young one black guy up there with no shirt on. come to Johannesburg because of anti-gay boy in remote northern Namibian, realized Cater to a diverse audience.’’

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Theater Event

Peter Coombs

‘South Pacific’ Still Relevant in a Changing World Pacific is still relevant and moving. In an era when many Broadway shows are lucky to launch just one or two songs into the repertory, South Pacific is loaded with tuneful melodies that have become a part of the timeless American songbook: “Bali Ha’I,” “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair,” “Some Enchanted Evening,” “Happy Talk,” “Younger Than Springtime,” “I’m in Love with a Wonderful Guy.” And the cast sings them with heart. Jennie Sophia (Ensign Marcelo Guzzo as Emile De Beque Nellie Forbush) effortlessly and Jennie Sophia as Nelli Forbush glides through her songs with a crystal clear soprano, only to be By J.W. Arnold surpassed by Shane Donovan’s silky baritone ore than six decades after its as Marine Lt. Joseph Cable. The role of Emile Broadway debut, South Pacific is de Becque has traditionally been cast by undeniably quaint. serious singers—because he’s supposed to It wasn’t seen that way in 1949, however, be French?—and Marcelo Guzzo’s operatic as the musical, based on James Mitchener’s voice projected to the furthest corners of Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book, Tales of the the Au Rene Theatre. South Pacific, tackled issues of racial prejuChristian Marriner (Luther Billis) elicited dice. The story centers on two shocking love laughter as the enterprising sailor who has stories —at least at the time—an American his hand in everyone’s business while Cathy nurse stationed at a U.S. naval base who Foy-Mahi nailed her role as the mercurial must struggle with the mixed race of her Bloody Mary. French paramour’s children, and a dashing While Michael Yeargan’s set is spare, even young Navy officer. Despite the challenging by today’s standards for roadshows, it never subject matter, the show is considered one seems cheap, but rather sophisticated, utilizing of the greatest Broadway musicals. bamboo shutters to frame the scenes and difHow times have changed. In 2012, multifuse the light, serving the function of a canopy ethnic families are commonplace. Race relaof palm trees or a screen of tall bamboo. tions are still tense—witness the polarized A 10-piece orchestra—extravagant by Trayvon Martin shooting controversy—but today’s touring standards, even if digitally America is rapidly browning and becoming enhanced—accompanies this production, a vastly more diverse country. The country conducted expressively under the baton of finds itself wrapping up two long and diffiRichard Dunn II. cult wars against an enemy who is not easily Great art transcends time. That’s why defined and a cause that raises little patrimillions of people flock to the Louvre, the otic ferver anymore, unlike World War II. Museum of Modern Art, Broadway and yes, It might be easy to simply dismiss the the Broward Center. While generations may Rodgers and Hammerstein show as the draw different lessons, masterpieces still insignificant product of another era. The speak to their audiences. That’s certainly the touring production currently on stage at case with South Pacific. Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center as part Rodgers and Hammerstein’s of the Broadway Across America season is “South Pacific” a severely scaled-back version of the lavish Broadway Across America Tony-winning Lincoln Center revival and the Through April 22 cast is largely non-Equity. Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort But the genius of the book and score, couLauderdale. Tickets start at $25.25 at Browardpled with sophisticated staging from Director Center.org or call 954-462-0222. Bartlett Sher and soaring voices, proves South

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By Brian Swinford

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*Dangerous Liaisons

Enjoy this tale of seduction set in France among aristocrats before the revolution, this is a classic drama for exploring decadent sexuality, morals and manipulation played as the ultimate game with tragic results. Through April 22 at FAU - Studio One. Visit http://www.fau.edu/ theatre

South Pacific

Set on a tropical island during World War II, the musical tells the sweeping romantic story of two couples and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of war and by their own prejudices. At the Broward Center through April 22. Visit BrowardCenter.org

Gay Men’s Chorus Presents: “Comedy Tonight”

The Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus will present their 2nd concert of their 26th season April 27 & 28, at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 and $25. Visit TheFortLauderdaleGayMensChorus.org

Palm Beach County *Into The Woods

A Journey into the darkside of Happily Ever After… Slow Burn Theatre invites you to a twisted fairy tale land deep in the world of Stephen Sondheim’s popular musical – complete with dead giants, less-than-charming princes and one particularly ambivalent witch. Through April 22, Fridays & Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. at the West Boca Performing Arts Theatre. Visit http://slowburntheatre.org/

*The Music Man

An affectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A. of a bygone era, The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen. At the Lake Worth playhouse through April 29. Visit Lakeworthplayhouse.org

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GENE ROBINSON: A Man for All Seasons

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Theater Broward County

Community Calendar Broward County

film review: Love free or die

*Women with Pride

ene Robinson is a trailblazer in his profession. He is the first openly-gay man to be elected bishop in the Episcopal Church. Director Macky Alston’s inspiring documentary, Love Free or Die, follows Bishop Robinson’s career, Gene Robinson from that controversial election in 2003. Eventually, acceptance and triumph come when the U.S. Episcopal Church votes to formally approve the ordination of gay bishops in 2009. The following year, Rev. Mary Glasspool becomes the second openly-gay person to be ordained bishop. Alston’s film observes these developments with proper distance. It documents Robinson’s fears, weaknesses and strength as he stands his ground against criticism, death threats and open confrontations during mass. This is one of many entries of the Palm Beach International Film Festival, which continues until Thursday, April 19, when Love Free or Die will have its last screening at 7:00 pm. The Muvico Parisian theater, where it is screened, is also showing the highly-acclaimed Bully — if you care to make it a double feature night.

Miami-Dade

Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, screens films and videos in locations throughout Miami-Dade County. The 14th Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival will run Friday April 27 until Sunday May 6. Visit MLFF.com

Key West

The Look of Love: Carmen Sings Burt Bacharach

Carmen Rodriguez, Key West’s own conch diva (along with guest stars Bobby Nesbitt and Danny Weathers) will deliver music from the legendary composer/lyricist, Burt Bacharach. Saturday, April 21 at the San Carlos Institute. Visit Waterfrontplayhouse.org

Red Barn Theatre presents: Match

This Broadway hit stars like the hysterical Tom Luna as Tobi Powell, an eccentric and endearing dancer, choreographer and teacher. A married couple arrives at Powell’s apartment to interview him about his life, but it is soon evident that their agenda is as multi-layered as Tobi’s life story. Call 305-296-9911 or Email: info@redbarntheatre.com

Key West Pops presents: Kiss Me Kate

The annual musical-in-concert features Cole Porter’s production starring Susan Powell and Richard White. This classic from the Golden Age of Broadway musicals is pure entertainment gold with hits songs and great dance sequences. The guest artist roster is to reflect the Pops’ usual practice of bringing together out-of-town artists and Key West favorites. Starts at 7:30 p.m. and is at the Tennessee Williams Theatre. Call 305-296-6059 or Email: info@keywestpops.org

The board of directors and staff of the Pride Center at Equality Park along with the Women with Pride planning committee cordially invite you to attend the kick off reception for Women with Pride a LBT South Florida Women’s Resource Initiative on April 18 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Call 954-463-9005 ext. 101

*Latin Night Bingo

Latin night bingo and dinner fundraiser for Hildana Ciser at the Pride Center in the main hall, building A. The Latin inspired dinner starts at 530pm and bingo starts at 730pm. Dana will be raffling away one of her paintings. Don’t miss out on owning an original Dana work of art. There are sponsorships available for those interested. The will also be an open snack bar for all that attend. Call 954-463-9005

*GLBTA Diversity Summit

The Florida Diversity Council is please to be sponsoring its Inaugural GLBTA Diversity Summit on Friday, June 22 at the Pride Center at Equality Park from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Registration for the half day event is $49 and the event will be held at The Pride Center in Wilton Manors, Florida. Visit Glbtsummit.com

*Man2Man Discussion Group

Man2Man Discussion Group meets at the Pride Center on Mondays from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Any subject may be discussed. Members regularly reassemble afterwards for ‘repast’ at The Courtyard, PeterPan Diner. Visit Glccsf.org

Meditation After Work

On Mondays from 6-6:30 p.m. there will be Guided meditation w/ western Buddhist teacher Gui Passow. Looking for a way to rest and re-charge before starting your evening? Come in for a free guided meditation to clear your mind at the end of the day. This class is free at Drolma Buddhist Center. Call 954-537-9191 or visit meditationinfortlauderdale.org

Buddhist Meditation Classes: Happiness from a Different Source

All the happiness there is in the world arises from wishing others to be happy. By abandoning self-centered thoughts and replacing them with the belief that others are important, we will overcome our suffering and find true happiness inside our own hearts. $10/class or $30/series includes vegetarian food after class. Call The Drolma Buddhist Center at 954-537-9191.

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Theater Reviews

The Music Man By Jason Parsley

ake Worth Playhouse must have a thing for a good scam. This is the second year in a row they’ve had a musical featuring a con man. Last year it was Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. This time around The Music Man, an American classic. The plot of the show revolves around con man Harold Hill, who poses as a band organizer and leader, and sells band instruments and uniforms to naive townsfolk before skipping town with the cash. Leading man Tom Cooch is a familiar face at the Playhouse, having also played the leading con man in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He did an excellent job. This show has a huge cast so the community theater deserves credit for their ability to manage and direct a cast of more than 30, which also included children. The only criticism is the theater’s small stage, so a cast that large can overwhelm it from time to time. The children in the cast also did a marvelous job. They were delightful to watch. One thing is for sure, you won’t be scammed out of a ticket if you see this show.

out – thought they wanted. Little Red Hood played by Lindsey Forgey delivered a stand out performance. This isn’t the first time I’ve thought that either. Forgey was excellent in Slow Burn’s production of both Rocky Horror Show where she played Janet Weiss and as Hope in Urinetown. Another stand out performance included the Narrator of the “fairytale” Conor Walton who played his part with a comedic and refreshing effeminate twist. Slow Burn is in its third season, but is already known for putting on high quality productions. The set, while simple, looked just as professional as larger theaters. Be prepared though at three hours, the show is quite long. The show continues 8 p.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are from $20 to $35. Visit SlowBurnTheatre.org or call 866-8114111 for more information.

The show runs through April 29. Tickets are $26 to $35. Visit LakeWorthPlayhouse.org or 561-5866410 for more information.

Into the Woods By Jason Parsley

hat happens when you throw Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel together in their own fairytale? You get Stephen Sondheim’s classical musical Into the Woods, which opened up this past weekend at Slow Burn Theatre in West Boca. The show takes familiar fairy tale characters and ties them together in an original story, that delves into what happens after “Happily Ever After?” Each character wishes for something, and by the end of the first act their wishes really do come true. The second act focuses on what happens after they get what they wanted or – as it turns

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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. Intimate Partner Abuse Group

SunServe is offering a new weekly support group for LGBT people that are experiencing abuse in their intimate relationships, or have just left an abusive intimate relationship. Abuse includes: name calling, put downs, slurs, humiliation, isolation, being kept from friends and family, economic deprivation, threats, intimidation, violence, sexual coercion, and sexual violence. Call 954-764-5150 extension 104.

LGBTQA Prom

Be encouraged to make or wear whatever kind of costume you want as long as you include a mask and we can make this the most unique masquerade dance that Lambda has ever held! There will be awards for monarchs of the prom and many festivities. Held on April 27 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Call Frank Gorritz at 954-990-3061 or email fgorritz@fau.edu.

Living Healthy

Fusion in Wilton Manors will be having a free workshop on healthy choices, and healthy living on Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This workshop provides interactive learning, practice and mastery techniques for a healthier and more active life, and positive changes for quality of life. Call 954-630-1655

Mack Power Lunch at Capital Grille

Networking is one of the most proven means of developing leads, referrals, and valuable future alliances. This is where power lunch has made an entrance for almost four years. Come to The Capital Grille on Tuesday, May 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Visit Mackplanet.com

Jim Bobick

Jim Bobick’s first solo art exhibition will be at Gallery 101 in Fort Lauderdale through May 4. Inspired by the work of the color field painters of the 1960’s and armed with a keen interest in the romantic landscape paintings of the 19th century, Jim’s canvases seeks to simplify the patterns of a traditional landscape in a way that transcends the physical and draws us into the spiritual. Call Jim Bobick at 212-463-7047

Dream Car Classic

Every Sunday of the month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pre-1980s classic cars, modern classics and custom cars from 19812012 will be showcased. $10 car registration from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Show Car Entrance: 20th Avenue & Tyler Street). People’s Choice Award - 2 Classes; Top Ten Vehicles Award. Call 954-214-2457

Beach Walk for Florida AIDS Walk

Sidelines Sports Bar is proud to once again announce its sponsorship of the 2012 Florida AIDS Walk. Team Sidelines, a group of the popular gay sports bar’s patrons, staff, friends, family, sports team members and selected vendors will take to Fort Lauderdale Beach on May 20, to help in the fight to stamp out HIV/AIDS. This will be Sidelines’ fifth year as sponsor and participant in the annual walkathon. Visit SidelinesSports.com

Gay & Lesbian Lawyers Network Fundraiser

The Gay & Lesbian Lawyers Network presents its inaugural fundraiser benefiting The Pride Center at Equality Park and The National Center for Lesbian Rights on April 29 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Hugh’s Catering located at 4351 NE 12th Terr., in Oakland Park. Tickets $30. Space is limited. All donations go to The Pride Center and NCLR. Contact gllnboard@gmail.com.

Community-Wide Weight Loss Challenge This is a community-wide eight-week weight loss program aimed for people ages 15 to 80 to shed excess weight. The “Body Beach Challenge” will take place through June 2. Part of the proceeds will benefit the 2012 Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival. Prizes will be awarded to the winners. Cost is a $25 registration fee. Participants will receive a body transformation guide with weight loss and healthy living guidelines as well as a spiral bound daily exercise and nutrition guidebook. The individual with the most dramatic improvement will be declared the winner. The grand prize includes a $400 personal training package at Push Fitness. Visit PushFitnessFTL.com.

Garden Club Presents “America Celebrates with Song”

This event is a standard Flower Show, and a plant sale on April 21-22 at Hugh Taylor Birch State Park. Free admission to show and sale, park has entrance fee. Email FLGardenClub@ gmail.com or call the Fort Lauderdale Garden Club, Inc at 954-561-8475.

Life Coaching program

Latinos Salud’s Life Coaching program is for Latino gay/bi guys ages 18-44. Come by Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for free one-on-one life coaching with certified CRCS coaches. Set your goals, and meet action steps to make them come true. Stop in for more info at 2330 Wilton Drive or call 954-765-6239. Visit Latinossalud.org

Sex and Love Anonymous

S.L.A.A. believes that sex and love addiction is a progressive illness which cannot be cured but which, like many illnesses, can be arrested. It may take several forms -- including, but not limited to, a compulsive need for sex, extreme dependency on one or many people, or a chronic pre-occupation with romance, intrigue, or fantasy. Meets at The Pride Center at Equality Park in Bldg A, Room 200 Fridays 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visit Slaafws.org

A Survivor Support Group

A Survivor Support Group is being held on the first and third Wednesday of each month at the 211 Community Center, 250 NE 33rd Street, in Oakland Park. The Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention (FISP) is sponsoring this free support group and is open to all family members and friends of those who have died by suicide. Call 954-384-0344 to register. Meets from 7-8:30 p.m. Visit Fisponline.org.

Grief Support Group

Meets every 3rd Tuesday at American Burial & Cremation Center @ Jennings Funeral Home 1801 E. Oakland Park Blvd. from 2-4 pm. Call 954-731-4321.

Eating Disorder Support group

Meets Friday evenings from 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. At Sun Serve’s Wilton Manors location at 2123 Wilton Drive, second floor. A “drop-in” psycho-educational support group. Free. No registration required. Donations welcome. Call 954-764-5150

SunTrust Sunday Jazz Brunch

First Sunday of every month. An ideal way to relax and enjoy Fort Lauderdale’s scenic Riverwalk. Live, outdoor concert series bringing the area’s best local jazz artists. Listen to the soulful sounds on four different stages. Well-behaved, leashed pets welcome. Plenty of room for chairs, blankets and picnic baskets.

Young Adult GLBT

A social group open to all LGBT people ages 18-35. Meets Fridays at the Pride Center in Wilton Manors from 7:15-9 p.m. Meeting starts with a discussion on current events followed by introductions and then a group activity. Visit PrideCenterFlorida.org/contact-us

Boardwalk Friday Fest

Come out to Hollywood Beach Theatre East of A1A at Johnson St and the ocean. Admission: Free every Friday of every month. Live jazz, blues, pop and everything in between along Hollywood’s signature 2.5 mile boardwalk. Charming oceanfront cafes and restaurants serve up delicious innovative cuisine while you enjoy the best array of live music and tropical ocean breezes. Visit Hollywoodfl.org or call 954-924-2980

Toastmasters

Most Toastmasters meetings are comprised of about 20 people who meet weekly for an hour or so. Participants practice and learn skills by filling a meeting role, ranging from giving a prepared speech or an impromptu one to serving as timer, evaluator or grammarian. Toastmasters meet at the GLCC/Pride Center Monday at 7:15 p.m. Call Ted Verdone at 954-599-7916 or email: Tedverdone@comcast.net

Safe “T”

Safe “T” is a support group for gender variant adults. Meets Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at Sunserve’s Wilton Manors location at 2312 Wilton Drive, second floor. A “dropin” psycho-educational support group. Free. No registration required. Donations welcome. Call 954-764-5150.

GreenMarket Pompano Beach

At the corner of Dixie Highway and Atlantic Blvd. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Includes the freshest fruits and vegetables, juices, baked goods, seafood, gourmet teas and coffees, as well as orchids, plants, and health-related products and services. Held every Saturday through April 28. Also features art shows, antique automobile shows, and environmental exhibits. Visit GreenMarketPompano.com

Tuesday Night Eatin Meeting

Tuesday Night Eatin’ Meeting will be held at The Alternative MC Clubhouse at 4322 NE 5th Ave in Oakland Park. Fun, food, and fellowship. There will be hamburgers, hotdogs, all the fixins, cold drinks, desserts, and snacks. Meeting begins at 8 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. Visit Alternativemc.com/events/ florida-events

Gay Men’s HIV+ Long Time Survivors’ Group

A support group that gives men who have been HIV+ for a long time (5 yrs +) the opportunity to give and receive support around topics of interest and issues for concern that are raised by the members. Meets on 1st and 3rd Thursday at SunServe 2312 Wilton Drive from 6:30 – 8 p.m. No cost. Donations welcome.

Gay Male Empowerment Group

Topic discussions include issues and concerns about being a gay man in South Florida. Meets Thursdays at the Pride Center from 7 - 8:30 p.m. Call 954-353-9155 or email info@ sunserve.org

PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)

Meets on the first and third Tues. of the month at the Sunshine Cathedral at 1480 SW 9th Avenue to support the parents of LGBTQ youth in Broward. No charge. Visit Community.pflag.org/pflagfortlauderdale

SunServe Therapy Groups

Provided for the LGBT community at SunServe on a regular basis. Groups require an intake interview. Call the Intake Coordinator at 954-764-5150 to learn which therapy groups have openings. Visit SunServe.org

Fusion Wilton Manors - Connections

Gay men’s group discussion. Different subject every week. Dr. David Fawcett, a gay therapist, who has been in private practice in Fort Lauderdale for the last ten years, leads the event. No charge. Starts at 7 p.m. Call 954-630-1655.

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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. Women4Women Support Group

A safe and loving place to explore all the concerns and topics raised by group members. This open drop-in meeting is held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the New Sun Serve Building at 2312 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Call 954-764-5150

Man2Man Discussion Group

Man-2-Man talk is an informal discussion group of gay men, with all age ranges and backgrounds welcomed. Bldg A, Room 206. Visit Glccsf.org/calendar/

Palm Beach County

Social group with regular outings and social mixers for LGBTQ ages 18 to 30. This meeting will take place at The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Palm Beach County. Email matthew@compassglcc.com or Visit Compassglcc.com.

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. Bring blankets, chairs, and coolers or purchase 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

*PFLAG

PFLAG is a monthly support, coming out and rap groups for families of & for Gay, Lesbian, Bi, and Transgender people. Meeting in Palm Beach County is at 6:30 on the third Wednesday of the month. Call or e-mail Carol at 561-716-9464 Pflag@pobox.com

Palm Beach International Film Fest

Opening Night Film & Party (Muvico CityPlace, West Palm Beach, FL), Private VIP Party, Closing Night Film & “It’s A Wrap” party with filmmaker awards (at the luxurious Two City Plaza in West Palm Beach, FL) all of this and more at this year’s Palm Beach International Film Festival being held April 12-19. Visit Pbifilmfest.org/index.html

Deerfield Beach Wine & Food Fest

The 2nd Annual Deerfield Beach Wine & Food Festival is back April 27-28. Held at Quite Waters Park in Deerfield Beach. Friday night features two events, the VIP dinner under-thestars; 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. which is an intimate 4 course wine and food pairing dinner with your own personal chef and wine sommelier, and the Grand Tasting Launch Party; 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., with gourmet food tastings, wine and spirits, with live entertainment. Saturday begins with the Jazz Blues Brunch from 10 a.m. to noon, with plenty of Bloody Mary’s & mimosas and that evening, 50 chefs converge for the Grand Tasting event; 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Visit DeerfieldBeachWineAndFoodFestival.com

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

Miami-Dade

Sober Sisters AA

*Aqua Cocktail Reception

PBC Gender Support Group

Aqua Girl 12

Good Orderly AA

ArtsUnited Event

Support group is dedicated for lesbians who are recovering from alcoholism. Meeting happens every Monday at 7 p.m. at Lambda North Clubhouse. Visit LambdaNorth.net All ages support group dedicated for transgender individuals. This meeting happens the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at 7:30 pm. These meeting will take place at The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Palm Beach County. Visit Compassglcc.com These meetings now take place at Lambda North at 18 S. J Street, and geared toward recovering alcoholics. Every Tues. and Thurs. at 7 p.m. and on Sat. at 5:30 p.m. These meetings will help recovering alcoholics cope with the stress of everyday life without the use of alcohol. Email tcamie@aol.com

Seniors vs. Crime

Seniors vs. Crime is a free service that provides help to seniors who have been victimized by businesses or service providers and need assistance. This event will take place at Mae Volen Senior Center at 1515 W. Palmetto Park Road. By appointment only so call 561-736-3820 or 561-395-8920.

Yoga On The Waterfront

Lake Pavilion at 101 S. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL / Yoga On The Waterfront in downtown West Palm Beach on Wednesday Evenings at 5:45 PM. Residents $40 per 8 week session, Non-Residents $50 per 8 week session, Drop-ins $10 per class. To register, please call 561-804-4902.

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. Classes are Wed. at 9 a.m. Cost is $20 and RSVP is suggested. Call 561404-2011. 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

New Alternatives

2012 VIP Cocktail Reception on April 21 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the beautiful waterfront Miami Beach home of Larry Hyer. Visit AquaGirl.org There will be 14 diverse events for everyone to choose from. There is something for everyone including dance parties, a comedy show, live music, pool parties, a bowl-a-thon, a jazz brunch, a dine-out event, a VIP reception, and celebrity meetand-greets. From May 2 through 6 in South Beach. ArtsUnited’s award winning artists will be showing their work at the LGBT Visitor Center in Miami Beach through April 27. The show will coincide with Miami Beach Gay Pride celebrations. ArtsUnited is a gay and lesbian arts organization founded in 1999 and is based in Fort Lauderdale. Its mission is to use the arts to break down historical barriers preventing lesbians and gays from contributing fully and openly to the cultural, social and economic success of South Florida. Call Frank Crowley 954-764-6638 or email crowleyfrank@comcast.net

Gay & Lesbian Walking Tours of South Beach

Gay & Lesbian Walking Tours of South Beach – South Beach – April 28. The MDGLCC, Greater Miami Convention Visitor Bureau (GMCVB), and the Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL), present a ninety-minute guided Gay & Lesbian Walking Tour of South Florida. Tour starts at 5 p.m. and departs from the MDPL Art Deco Welcome Center at Ocean Dr. and 10th St. Miami Beach. No reservation needed. Tickets are $20, and can be purchased at MDPL’s Art Deco Welcome Center. Free to MDPL and MDGLCC members. RSVP to 305-672-2014.

Women’s Empowerment Luncheon

MDGLCC’s popular Women’s Empowerment Luncheon series continues at the Sanctum Room of the Epic Hotel (270 Biscayne Boulevard Way), with special guest speaker Cristina Serralta, CEO of Amazon Services Inc. speaking on “Small Business Ownership from the LGBT Perspective.” 11:30 a.m. Registration; Noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch at Epic Hotel. Cost: MDGLCC Members ($35), Potential Members ($45, $10 applied to new MDGLCC membership). A full sit-down luncheon with a Q&A to follow. Co-Sponsored by Aqua Foundation & NCLR. Visit mdglcc@bellsouth.net

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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. MGLFF Women’s Film & After Party

May 2 from 7:30 p.m. to midnight at the Film Screening at the Colony Theater 1040 Lincoln Lane. After-party at the Shore Club 1901 Collins Avenue Aqua Girl and the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival join forces to bring you girl trash, the soon to be released lesbian film that will be the centerpiece of the annual Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival along with a chic after-party at the chic Shore Club. Tickets include the screening, the after-party and a complimentary cocktail. $30 in advance / $40 at the door Members $25 in advance. Visit Aquagirl.org/events

Business Builders Luncheon

MDGLCC presents its monthly networking program held on the last Thursday of each month. Next one is April 26. City Hall, The Restaurant, 2004 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, 305764-3130. Registration 11:30 a.m. with luncheon/networking from noon to 1:30 p.m. 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.

Galla Luncheon Networker @ Morton’s Steakhouse

MDGLCC/GALLA presents its monthly networking program tailored for attorneys, judges and legal professionals held on Wednesdays. New location: Morton’s Steakhouse, 1200 Brickell Avenue, Miami. Networking from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with networking and a full sit-down lunch. Cost: MDGLCC members ($35), Potential members ($50, $10 applied to new MDGLCC membership). Visit mdglcc@ bellsouth.net

Business Builders Luncheon

2209 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 567-5978. Large bar/ nightclub, amazing drink specials in Wilton Manors! Wednesday’s after 9 p.m. $10 Miller Lite Beer Bust

Boardwalk

1721 N. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311. (954) 4636969. 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 9 p.m. $3 U-Call-It Shots

The Club Fort Lauderdale

Bathhouse. 110 NW 5th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL, (954) 5253344 Good. Clean. Fun. 1/2 price rooms...Tuesday Nights and 1/2 price Lockers. Thursdays Nights. Always busy.

Clubhouse II

Bathhouse. 2650 E. Oakland Park Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (954) 566-6750. 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.

MDGLCC presents its monthly networking program held on the last Thursday of each month. This month it will be at City Hall the Restaurant. Registration at 11:30 am with luncheon/ networking from noon to 1 p.m. Includes seated style lunch limited to 25 people. Please bring a friend. RSVP requested: 305-673-4440 or mdglcc@bellsouth.net

Corner Pub Bar

Lambda Dade Clubhouse

823 N. 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 drinks 9 p.m. to close

A meeting place for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender communities and friends in recovery. Hosts Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Al-Anon, Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA), Debtors Anonymous (DA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), and Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA), meetings. (305) 573-9608. 212 NE 24th Street. Miami. Visit Lambdadadeclubhouse.org

Key West

On June 6 - 10, come show your pride in our tropical paradise, and you’ll find yourself in the midst of a celebration unlike any other. From the opening party to the closing parade, you’ll discover quickly that the best place to show your pride is on an island whose official motto is “one human Family.” The welcoming island invites you to join us at Key West Pride! Visit Gaykeywestfl.com

17th Annual Golf Tournament

One of the longest running golf tournaments in the Florida Keys, the event supports scholarships for Florida Keys students in the hospitality and culinary fields of study. Just $100 per player includes greens fees at Key West Golf Club, goodie bag, food (Breakfast and Lunch), drinks, hot dog stand, Mimosas and Bloody Marys and much more! Team up with four of your friends or sign up individually. Call 305-2964959 or Email: executiveoffice@keyslodging.org

Cubby Hole

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 2266 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 565-2526. Fort Lauderdale’s best & longest happy hour. Wednesdays $2 Domestics & $1 Schnapps after 9 p.m.

Johnny’s

1116 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312, (954) 5225931. Monday Dragon with TP Lords, Daisy D. and DJ Rob Sky Some of the hottest guys around with great happy hour drink specials. Bring all your friends to this sexy Bar.

The Manor

2345 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 626 0082 - Come Dine, Dance, Drink, Mingle and of course Relax. 2 for 1 happy hour Tues-Friday 3-9pm. Indoor/Outdoor Dining. Dance the night away Thursday through Sunday. Live music Weds, Fri, Sat, Sun Visit themanorcomplex.com FOR MORE DETAILS.

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. 5 p.m.

Mona’s

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502 E. Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, (954) 5256662. 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

Naked Grape Wine Bar

321-Slammer

Bathhouse. 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, Friday and Saturday night live DJs. Monday & Tuesday -- $9 entry fee

Atomic Boom

1915 N. 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 p.m.

Georgie’s Alibi

Key West Pride

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

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

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 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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The Bar Lake Worth

PJ’s Corner Pocket

Tag Bar

2440 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 563-7660 Your neighborhood lesbian bar in the heart of Fort Lauderdale and just minutes from Fort. 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 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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

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

Smarty Pants

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 a.m.

The Stable

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) 5872500. Your Dance Destination Till Dawn. Open Late for You To Devour The Night. Open 7 nights a week till 4 a.m.

Palm Beach County

2211 North Dixie Highway Lake Worth. (561) 370-3954 Thebarlakeworth.com. Men and women share this mostly-locals space as a calm and friendly watering hole. The bar often features live music which can be a nice break from thumping bass. 25 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33483 954-8013247. Delray Beach’s only gay bar. Mon - Sun: 4 p.m. - 2 a.m. Awesome Drink Specials.

Miami-Dade 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.

Club Sugar

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.

Discotekka

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

Johnny’s

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.

Score

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.

Swinging Richards

17450 Biscayne Blvd, N Miami Beach, Fl 33160 954-357-2532 Tuesdays-Saturdays from 6p.m. to 6 a.m. Come and enjoy fully nude guys dancing to the best music in South Florida.

Twist

1057 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, Fl, 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.

Key West 801 Bar

Rodney Briguglio of Mara, with models for Three Olive Vodka, sponsors of the 2012 Gay Polo Tournament Mara (Thurs-Sat)

1132 North Dixie Highway, Lake Worth FL $3 Drinks. No Cover. Open till 5 a.m. Ladies night on Thursdays and Karaoke on Fridays.

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 11a.m.- 8 p.m.

The Bourbon St. Pub

724 Duval St. (305)296-1992. Key West’s premier video bar with LIVE DJ’S nightly. A taste of N’Awlins in the heart of Old Town – Enjoy Key West’s hottest music videos on the large screen while the boys entertain on the bar. No Cover.

La Te Da

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

1125 Duval St. 305-296-6706 Fun Gay-Friendly atmosphere. Cabaret entertainment during season including Randy Roberts and Chris Peterson. Enjoy great live music Tuesday thru Sunday with Lenore Troia. Cover charge may apply. Great outside bar if you just want to enjoy a cocktail and chat while people watching on Duval Street.

Fort Dix

Club Aqua

The Cottage (Tea-Dance Sundays)

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.

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 6 p.m., Karaoke 11 p.m.

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.

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 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Kwest

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

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 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday’s are Extended Happy Hour 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

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By J.W. Arnold

Tickets are now on sale for the Forteenth Annual Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, April 27 – May 6. This year’s festival will feature 65 feature films, documentaries and shorts from 15 countries presented at locations in Miami and Miami Beach. At the opening night reception, the festival will recognize country singer Chely Wright with the inaugural Lavender Heart Award, created to recognize an LGBT individual in the arts/entertainment industry who has demonstrated extreme acts of courage while promoting the community in a positive manner. Last year, Wright was one of the first country music stars to publicly come out of the closet. Wright recorded her struggle through intimate video diaries and interviews that were assembled into a documentary, Wish Me Away, that will be screened at the festival. The festival board is also honoring MarkyG, the popular host of “South Beach Dance Party” on Y100 and “Issues Over the Rainbow,” a gay-themed interview program on the New Party 93.1 for more than four years. MarkyG will receive the Angel award for his significant impact on arts programs in the community. Ticket prices generally range from $7-8 in advance for festival members to $1112 for non-members at the on-site box office during screenings. For membership information and a full film schedule, go to MGLFF.com or call 877-484-8499.

She’s Back Yes, outrageous comedian Kathy Griffin is back, this time on her own new weekly Bravo talk show, Kathy, premiering April 19. Griffin arguably left the “D-List” years ago and we’re looking forward to watching her dig into celebrities in real time.

Kathy Griffin

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On the Silver Screen

“Look, I’ve called Academy Award winners a-holes and shown the world my awesome 51-year-old boobs, so I asked myself, what else is there to do,” Griffin said in a statement. “I’m a true original. A snowflake! Time for a talk show, of course! So I called Bravo and clearly, they wanted to see pop culture get bent over by me, so here we go! It WILL hurt, America, but in a good way, I promise. Weeee!!!!” Check your local listings for showtimes, but if the show is a hit, you can count on Bravo to rebroadcast it ad infinitum.

Last Chance Boca Raton’s Slow Burn Theatre is scrappy, tackling challenging large scale musicals with heart and all the pocket change they can muster. This time, they took on Stephen Sondheim’s charming fairy tale for adults, Into the Woods, and wooing critics from across South Florida. This weekend is your last chance to catch the show at West Boca High School, 12811 Glades Rd. Tickets are $20-35 at SlowBurnTheatre.org.

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MARY’S Tips and Tricks to PLACE By Mary Bondi

Manage Stress

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ne of the major challenges to our health that we all experience on a daily basis is stress. Although stress is not necessarily a bad thing and can be a stimulus for positive change, prolonged stress can be detrimental. Research shows that excessive stress can cause individuals to become more susceptible to emotional problems, physical illness and accidental injuries. Stress is classified into two categories – acute and chronic. Acute (short-term) stress is caused when the body’s instinct is to defend itself from a dangerous or threatening situation. The body’s physiological reaction reacts to the sudden danger by producing the appropriate hormones, adrenaline and cortisol changes necessary for the task at hand. This is known as the fight or flight response. This is usually short-lived and the body then returns to its normal physiological state. Chronic (long-term) stress is when your body spends more time in the hyped-up fight or flight state. This type of prolonged exposure to stress can lead to problems such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, burnout and other medical disorders. Chronic stress can often be a result from events such as ending a relationship, illness, death, and loss of employment, divorce or financial hardship. These stressors tend to take more time and support to overcome as they place more strain on the entire body. The following are some symptoms and signs of stress: trouble sleeping, waking up in the middle of the night, lack of energy, feeling listless or apathetic, fatigue, headaches, stiff neck, upset stomach, nausea, high blood pressure. Awareness is the first step in stress management. Observe your behaviors for any of these or other stress-related symptoms. I have listed some stress management techniques below. ➊ Learn to say “no” or “ I don’t have time right now” to out-

The massage room at Camp4Health: a place to reduce stress side obligations that cause you stress. Set boundaries at home and at work. If possible, act to change situations that trouble you; know when to face up to the things that are causing stress and when to let them go. Ask for support if needed. ➋ Surround your self with positive uplifting people. ➌ Visualize a safe haven to go to in times of stress. (Except when driving of course). Example: close your eyes and visualize a place in your mind that is peaceful or relaxing. While at this place notice what you see, what you hear and what you smell. If it’s the beach it could be the smell of the salt water or sun tan lotion. You may hear the waves slapping up on the shore, or hear the seagulls. Now take a deep breath with this visualization in mind. Stay there and continue to notice what comes up and how your body sensation feels. Is it relaxed, calm, and peaceful? This is the body sensation you are looking for. Do this visualization as often as you can.

➍ Identify which tasks in your day you enjoy doing and

mix them with more mundane tasks. ➎ Distinguish between high and low priority tasks and eliminate less important ones. ➏ Delegate any tasks you can that are less important. ➐ Stop “perfectionism” it breeds unnecessary stress-and perfectionism is a myth anyway. ➑ Practice relaxation exercises, for example: belly breathing. This is a powerful and simple technique. You will learn to breathe slowly from the diaphragm or your belly. This will relax you and help to relieve stress. Lie comfortably on your back, place one hand on your belly, and inhale while you slowly count to four. Expand your belly as much as you can like a balloon. Then exhale from your mouth to a slow count of four while letting all the air out of the balloon. Feel yourself releasing the tension. Repeat about 3 times and try to build up to 5. You can do this before feeling stress, as it is a good prevention tool. ➒ Do something nurturing and beneficial everyday for yourself. I have listed some suggestions. • Pamper and nurture yourself. • Spend some time laughing with a friend. Watch comedies and read humorous books. • Exercise. • Get outdoors-regular exposure to outside light combined with fresh air can be beneficial. • Express your creativity-painting, drawing plant flowers or journal fond memories. • Learn how to meditate-calming your mind is another great stress reducer. • Get a Massage-massage therapy is an excellent stress reducer. It relieves tense muscles and also evokes the opposite of the fight or flight response. • Spend some time with your pets-they help keep us in the present moment. It is extremely important to keep areas of work, personal leisure, and relationships with others in balance. It is sometimes difficult to keep all areas of life in harmony at the same time. However, if you consciously make an effort to strive toward this it will help you decrease stressors and help lead you to a more complete life. In peace and happiness! – Mary

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or the fifth consecutive year, Milano Brothers International has been selected for the 2012 Best of Deerfield Beach Award, in the Electronic Equipment & Supplies category, by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). The President of Milano Brothers International is SFGN’s Pier Angelo Guidugli, the newspaper’s Chief Financial Officer. Founded in 1941 by Frank Milano in New York City the company moved its headquarters from New York to Florida in 1992. At its central location in Deerfield Beach there are 15 employees including administration and purchasing personnel. The various branches of Milano Brothers include techni-

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