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BREAKING NEWS May 9, 2012 • Volume 3 • Issue 19

Former Director of Pride South Florida Violates Probation By Jason Parsley

In order to prevent something like this from happening again Hansen said PSF has put in place new check policies such as requiring two signatures on each check, and gotten rid of all ATM cards. Hansen said the theft set the organization back, but under new leadership they’ve been able to come back stronger than ever.

he former director of Pride South Florida, who stole more than $46,000 from the organization, recently was arrested for violating his probation.

Since Cruz’s release in February, after serving one year in jail, he’s made only one payment of $460 to PSF, said current director Marc Hansen. But according to the terms of his probation he was supposed to pay an initial $10,000 upfront to the organization.

“This money does not belong to us as a corporation.This is the community’s money.We have just been put in place to protect it, and create an event for the community,” Hansen said. “Getting this money back will only put us in a better position. Although Michael not repaying us won’t hurt us, it is still our responsibility to get the money back. I will do everything in my ability to see to it to we get it back.”

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Hansen told SFGN that Cruz was given an opportunity to come before the board to explain his situation, and possibly renegotiate the terms, but he failed to do that because he was embarrassed, Hansen said Cruz’s probation officer told him. “At $460 a month it will take 8 years before we’re paid back,” Hansen said.

When released from custody, Cruz will have to face a judge for the violation, and can be reinstated with amended conditions, or even sentenced to more jail time.

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SFGN will follow the story as it unfolds.

Bar Wars Play Their Way Through the Courts Alibi Owners Win Preliminary Rulings By Norm Kent

ruling unsuccessfully, so far.

ast year, SFGN profiled some of the litigation between Alibi owners Jackson Padgett and Mark Negrete, and the former owners who sold them the bar, George Kessinger and Terry L. Norman.

Meanwhile, Realtor John Castelli also wound up suing over the deal, because when it originally closed, Kessinger held back part of the brokerage fee due his real estate firm. Once the deal was fully consummated, Castelli sought the balance.With George Castrataro as his counsel, he prevailed against Kessinger, and a settlement is now pending.

While the case winds its way through the system, it’s important to note some significant rulings in favor of current owners Padgett and Negrete. First, Judge Carol Lisa Phillips made a finding of fraudulent misrepresentation. She entered a ruling concluding that Kessinger and Norman made knowing fraudulent misrepresentations of material facts in the sale, causing Padgett and Negrete to suffer damages in reliance on the representation. On February 17 the court awarded Pagette and Negrete $255,000.00. Second, the court found that Terry Norman specifically breached the non compete agreement he had entered by forming a business relationship with Matty’s on the Drive. Consequently, Judge Marc H. Gold enjoined Norman and Matty’s from any further employment, consulting, management or financial transactions with each other. The court battle has been ongoing, and as recently as last month, each party has peppered the other with various subpoenas and notices. The essence of the claim by Plaintiffs Padgett and Negrete is that they were falsely induced into paying a purchase price higher than they reasonably should have. Norman lost his argument that the plaintiffs did not pay the full purchase price as the court found that payment was made in full. Norman has challenged the

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If that’s not enough, Bank of America also brought legal action against the Alibi’s original owners, George Kessinger,Terry Norman, and Ron Gofrank for loans borrowed and unpaid for the purchase and opening of their Palm Springs business. It appears that the bank is also contending the former owners failed to disclose material matters to them prior to their executing the loan.This action is still pending, and is a bit beyond the scope of SFGN’s coverage.

Update: Kildea vs. Sidelines Meanwhile, in another matter, Martin Kildea is a plaintiff against Sidelines owner Laurie Whitaker, who continues to operate the bar, denying that Kildea has now, or has ever had, legal ownership interests therein. We can let the court decide that. This piece is not about the legal issues. Without naming names, someone has foolishly been circulating copies of inconclusive and isolated court pleadings around town, depicting images of Whitaker, one where she is seen joking, and holding up a finger, after a touchdown against the Dolphins, in a clear attempt to uselessly embarrass her. If someone has a claim to make, let him or her

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make it in the light of day. It won’t fly to senselessly go after Whitaker or her life partner, Jennifer Morales, who have contributed so much already to the good of the LGBT community and so many of our honorable causes and charities. It’s stupid. As the claim makes its way through the courts, judges and legal rulings will decide the outcome of this case, not offensive and anonymous mailings obviously authored by people with a malicious intent to defame.

Update: David vs. Giorgi Speaking of defamation, Sean David, the owner of Johnny’s Bar, has filed a claim against a local businessman, Richard Giorgi. In full disclosure, I am David’s counsel. It is a libel lawsuit, accusing Giorgi of filing false police reports against David. Giorgi had filed complaints against David with ABT, BSO, the Department of Agriculture, and the FLPD. David alleges all the complaints are specious and fabricated, generated so that Giorgi could extract a fee for a commission on a business deal. Giorgi will have 20 days to answer the suit when he is served with the pleadings. The case was filed last month.

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Punch Gay-Acting Boys NC preacher tells parents to physically abuse their effeminate sons

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made by God to be a male and o your little son you are going to be a male. And starts to act a litwhen your daughter starts acttle girlish when ing to Butch you reign her in. he is four years old and instead And you say, ‘Oh, no, sweetof squashing that like a cockheart. You can play sports. Play roach and saying, “Man up, son, them to the glory of God. But get that dress off you and get sometimes you are going to act outside and dig a ditch, because like a girl and walk like a girl that is what boys do,” you get and talk like a girl and smell out the camera and you start like a girl and that means you taking pictures of Johnny actare going to be beautiful. You ing like a female and then you Sean Harris are going to be attractive. You upload it to YouTube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing are going to dress yourself up.’ You say, ‘Can I take charge like that as a you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies that should have parent?’ Yeah, you can. You are authorized. I just been squashed. Can I make it any clearer? Dads, the sec- gave you a special dispensation this mornond you see your son dropping the limp ing to do that.” wrist, you walk over there and crack that – Sean Harris, wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. OK? senior pastor at Berean Baptist Church You are not going to act like that. You were in Fayetteville, North Carolina

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ChamberChat Monthly Column From the Miami Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

MDGLCC Annual Gala Awards By Steve Adkins, President / CEO, MDGLCC

he Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce’s (MDGLCC) 11th Annual Gala Awards Celebration: The Orange Gala will take place on Saturday, June 23, at the Hilton Miami Downtown. This event traditionally attracts the “movers & shakers” in the South Florida LGBT and allied business community as well as representatives from most of our community service organizations. The awards celebration will honor corporate and individual supporters of the Miami-Dade LGBT community selected for their long-term commitment to fostering diversity, as well as for their efforts in contributing to the overall well-being and quality of life in South Florida. This year’s award recipients include IKEA; AT&T, Business of the Year; Steve Haas, The Wells Fargo Business Person of the Year; Miami Beach Visitor & Convention Authority, The Office Depot Non-Profit Organization of the Year and Daniel Spring, Special Recognition Award. As the voice of the LGBT business community, the Chamber is especially proud to have such an exemplary group to recognize this year. From a global LGBT trailblazer to hometown heroes, this year’s gala honorees are as diverse as the LGBT community itself. The GALA is well known for the exclusive silent auction, which includes donations

from many area hotels, restaurants, and retail establishments. In addition to raising money for the Chamber, the silent auction provides an opportunity for local businesses to showcase their products and services to the community. For the past several years, the MDGLCC Gala Committee has selected a different color of the rainbow flag for the Gala’s theme and has encouraged attendees to wear a splash of that color to the event. The theme for this year’s event is “The Orange Gala” featuring a color, which represents optimism, warmth, happiness, adventure and risk-taking. This annual event, MDGLCC’s principal fundraising effort of the year, helps sustain operations and the everincreasing demand to expand programming. The 11th Annual Gala Awards Celebration: “The Orange Gala” will feature a VIP champagne reception and silent auction beginning at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m., the awards ceremony at 9 p.m., and then dancing beginning at 10 p.m. Tickets are $1,750 for VIP tables of 10, $175 for individual VIP tickets and $100 for general admission. Tickets are available online at www.gaybizmiami. com, by calling 305-673-4440, or e-mailing RSVP@gaybizmiami.com. This is the most important annual fundraising effort that the MDGLCC hosts and your support is greatly appreciated. We look forward to seeing you at The Orange Gala on Saturday, June 23, 2012!

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Billy Graham backs NC anti-gay marriage amendment

ALEIGH, N.C. – The Rev. Billy Graham urged North Carolina voters Wednesday to support an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage, a move that an observer said was highly unusual but another said was in keeping with the minister’s moral beliefs. “Watching the moral decline of our coun-

‘OK to be gay’ article in high school yearbook

Scout official resigns, supports ousted gay leader

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ENOIR CITY, Tenn. – A yearbook article about a gay student’s experiences at Lenoir City High School has ignited both anger and support in the community. “I have received an unbelievable number of e-mails from parents and concerned citizens,’’ Lenoir City High School Principal Steve Millsaps told the Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/KeVfh4). Yearbooks were distributed on Friday and by Monday local blogs were filled with postings about the article, titled ``It’s OK to be Gay.’’ It profiles the experiences of student Zac Mitchell but was written by a different student who said she does not want to be identified for fear of retaliation. Students said petitions were being circulated urging them to tear the page from their yearbook during graduation and to deny Mitchell the right to attend the ceremony. Loudon County School Board member Van Shaver used his blog to call for a criminal investigation into the Yearbook Faculty Adviser, James Yoakley. “What I am intolerant of is an adult, a teacher no less, inflicting their personal beliefs and sexual orientation decisions on impressionable students,’’ Shaver said. Yoakley was not available for comment. Recently another of Yoakley’s students was involved in controversy. When student newspaper editor Krystal Myers was denied permission to publish an essay titled ``No

to appear in 14 North Carolina newspapers throughout the weekend. Graham’s statement was issued by the Charlotte-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which is led by Graham’s son, the Rev. Franklin Graham. Franklin Graham recorded a message last month in support of Amendment One, which is on the ballot in the election Tuesday. “At 93, I never thought we would have to debate the definition of marriage,’’ Billy Graham’s statement said. ``The Bible is clear – God’s definition of marriage is between a man and a woman. I want to urge my fellow North Carolinians to vote for the marriage amendment’’ Tuesday. North Carolina already outlaws gay marriage, but adding that ban to the state constitution would make it much harder to change in the future. Opponents to the amendment argue the language is vague and it could have wider consequences beyond those for gay couples.

Billy Graham try causes me great concern,’’ said Graham, 93, who lives near Asheville. ``I believe the home and marriage is the foundation of our society and must be protected.’’ His complete statement about Amendment One will be part of full-page ads slated

board member for an Ohio regional Boy Scouts group who resigned to protest the removal of a lesbian den mother said he wants the national organization to review its ban on gays. The Boy Scouts of America’s policy of not allowing gays within its ranks has been debated for more than a decade since being upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. It is facing renewed questioning in eastern Ohio after Jennifer Tyrrell, the mother of a 7-yearold scout, was thrown out in April. David Sims resigned from the Ohio River Valley Council’s board Friday after learning of Tyrrell’s story. “Ms. Tyrrell’s removal goes against my fundamental beliefs of how we should treat our fellow human beings and is, in my opinion, wholly discriminatory,” he said in his resignation letter, released by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Sims achieved Scouting’s highest honor, Eagle Scout, as did his father and grandfather. He said he understands that the ban is legal but thinks it’s time to re-examine the policy. Tyrrell, of Bridgeport, Ohio, called his resignation a huge statement. “I’m just wondering how many board members, how many scouts that they have to lose before they change the policy,’’ she said Tuesday. Gay rights groups have taken up Tyrrell’s cause, starting an online petition to get the Scouts to change their policy. Tyrrell said that

within the past week she has heard from dozens of people, including some current scouts who are gay. “It’s sad,’’ she said. “These kids are fine examples of what a young man should be, and they have to hide their true selves.’’ The Scouts say that as a private organization they have a right to exclude gays. “We value the freedom of everyone to express their opinion and believe to disagree does not mean to disrespect,’’ said Deron Smith, a spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America at its headquarters in Irving, Texas. “We’d like to thank this Boy Scout Council board member for his service to youth and wish him well.’’ The organization has long said it understands that not everyone agrees with its stance, but it believes scouting is not the right place for youngsters to be exposed to issues of sexual orientation.

Judge scolds prosecutors for dismissing gay juror

AN DIEGO – A San Diego judge has dismissed an entire jury panel after prosecutors dismissed a gay man as a potential juror in a same-sex marriage case. U-T San Diego reports (http://bit.ly/IpSsxj) Superior Court Judge Joan Weber ruled Tuesday that defendants in the case were denied a representative jury and called the city attorney office’s actions “shocking.’’ The case stems from the 2010 arrest of nine people at the city clerk’s office where they protested Proposition 8, California’s samesex marriage ban. Prosecutors say the potential juror indicated he had protested in support of gay rights issues in the past, so they deemed him an unsuitable juror for the case. Attorneys for the accused activists say prosecutors systematically excluded gay people from the jury, violating their client’s right to a jury of peers.

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Perez Hilton Shows Off New Body in Video

BEFORE Celebrity blogger, Perez Hilton, dances to the beat of Kat Graham’s “Put Your Graffiti On Me” wearing just a pair of skimpy briefs. Recently rumors have floated around about Hilton’s dramatic weight loss. Some have reported that he went under the knife to achieve his new look. On the YouTube description of the video Hilton, 34, rebutted those allegations. “And to all those folks who think I got in shape through some kind of surgery, I guess it’s flattering you’re in disbelief I look this good Ha! BUT...I did it the hard way! Naturally! Putting in the effort! Over a long period of time! And I’m soooo happy!”

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Election 2012

B y L isa K e e n • K e e n N e w s S e r v i c e

Grenell Resigns Romney Post, Citing ‘Personal Issues’

statements would have you believe.” Davis criticized Romney for “silently [letting] the bigoted wing of his party control his personnel choices.” Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese also criticized Romney for his silence. “The fact that Grenell is gone so quickly after a right-wing uproar,” said Solmonese, “is a troubling harbinger of the kind of power that anti-gay forces would have in a Romney White House. ” Jimmy LaSalvia, head of the national gay conservative group GOProud, said, “I still can’t believe that in 2012 there are still people like Bryan Fischer and Tony Perkins, who would rather keep a gay person from having a job on a presidential campaign than have Mitt Romney assemble the best foreign policy team possible.” “On a day when foreign affairs and national security are at the forefront, it’s too bad that Governor Romney doesn’t have the best spokesman possible speaking on his behalf.” “The fact that Grenell is gone so quickly after a right-wing uproar is a troubling harbinger of the kind of power that antigay forces would have in a Romney White House.”

– Joe Solmonese Bryan Fischer, a policy official with the American Family Association, criticized Grenell’s appointment, characterizing Grenell as a “gay activist” and suggesting he would be trying to promote a “homosexual agenda.” Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, noted that Grenell publicly criticized President Bush for opposing

uncertainty about what was really behind his abrupt resignation. Grenell, 45, lives in Los Angeles and was due to start work at Romney’s national headquarters in Boston on Tuesday. Such a move would enable Grenell to marry his longtime partner, Matthew Lashey. Personal issues were also a focus of early criticism of Grenell’s appointment, as media reports gave considerable attention to Grenell’s Twitter posts making unflattering observations about GOP presidential longshot Newt Gingrich’s current wife, Callista, openly gay Pulitzer Prize winning comRichard Grenell mentator Jonathan Capehart, and MSNBC’s the U.S. endorsement of a pro-gay stateopenly gay political commentator Rachel ment by the United Nations. Maddow, among others. Another right-wing anti-gay activist, Gary Those posts came to light just as the Bauer, criticized the appointment of Grenell, clamor was subsiding over a remark from saying that it showed unwillingness by the openly gay Democratic strategist Hilary Romney campaign to reassure conservatives Rosen that Romney’s wife, Ann, had “never in the Republican Party. worked a day in her life.” “Conservative pro-family leaders,” said Grenell’s qualifications to serve as a Bauer, in an April 25 email to supporters national security and foreign policy advisor of his current organization, Campaign for to Romney seemed unquestioned. GrenWorking Families, “are disappointed because ell served the administration of President Grenell has been an outspoken advocate of George W. Bush, as a spokesman for the U.S. redefining normal marriage.” Ambassador to the United Nations. He was He noted that Grenell “once caused a con- also appointed by Ambassador John Dantroversy by trying to have his partner listed forth in 2004 to serve as an alternative repas his spouse when he worked at the U.N.” resentative of the United States to the U.N. Grenell asked to have his partner listed, the Security Council. And he served numerous same as the spouses of other U.S. delegation other prominent Republicans, including employees, in a United Nations directory. New York Governor George Pataki, former But Bauer’s criticism of Grenell’s apSouth Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, and pointment was somewhat tempered by San Diego Mayor Susan Golding. his acknowledgement that “homosexuals” The Romney campaign’s willingness worked in the administrations of President to appoint an openly gay man to such a Reagan and the two Bush presidents. prominent position also seemed to indicate And Grenell’s own cryptic explanathat the campaign was prepared to go after tion —citing “hyperpartisan discussion of the one in four gay voters who tend to vote personal issues that sometimes comes from Republican. Grenell’s departure could make a presidential campaign”—left room for that task more difficult.

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epublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s openly gay advisor on foreign policy resigned Tuesday, May 1, just two weeks after the campaign announced his role. According to the Washington Post, which broke the story, Richard Grenell “resigned in the wake of a full-court press by anti-gay conservatives.” But Grenell, in a statement to the Post, said only that his ability to “speak clearly and forcefully on the issues has been greatly diminished by the hyper-partisan discussion of personal issues that sometimes comes from a presidential campaign.” Grenell’s statement also thanked Romney for his confidence in Grenell’s ability to serve the campaign on national security and foreign policy issues and for Romney’s “clear message to me that being openly gay was a non-issue for him and his team.” The Post quoted Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades as saying the campaign is “disappointed that Ric decided to resign from the campaign for his own personal reasons.” “We wanted him to stay,” said Rhoades, “because he had superior qualifications for the position he was hired to fill.” Most gay activists see Grenell as a victim of the Republican Party’s strong right-wing base. R. Clarke Cooper, head of Log Cabin Republicans, echoing Grenell’s statement, blamed Grenell’s departure on “hyper-partisan discussion of issues unrelated to” Grenell’s national security qualifications. Cooper said Grenell “was essentially hounded by the far right and far left.” Stonewall Democrats’ National Executive Director Jerame Davis said Grenell was “mercilessly hounded by religious conservatives.” To Davis, Romney’s appointment of Grenell was never serious, but just a “crassly cynical political move by Romney to fool LGBT voters into believing he’s not as anti-gay as his

May 9, 2012 • SouthFloridaGayNews.com

Election 2012

ver since political newcomer Patrick Murphy decided to run for Congress he’s been attacking Allen West. In fact West is the reason Murphy decided to jump into the race in the first place. And when West ditched Congressional district 22, which included parts of Wilton Manors, for more favorable territory in the newly created district 18 – Murphy jumped ship as well to follow him. Now West has decided to fight back, launching his first attack against the CPA and businessman with a poster that reads at the top “BARACK OBAMA & the BIG SPENDERS Present,” and then continues at the bottom with “TAXMAGEDDON.” In the middle there’s a photo of Obama and former Speaker of the House Nancy

Pelosi scowling. The West campaign must not have been able to find a similar scowling photo of Murphy because instead they used one of him with a bright smile. W h i l e t h e We s t poster is attractive and dramatic, it’s wildly misleading. Murphy doesn’t even hold a political office so there’s no way to lump him together with Obama, Pelosi and Congress’ failures. The poster is referring to the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts on personal income, capital gains, and dividends, in addition to several other tax breaks that will occur at the end of the year. If Congress doesn’t act taxes will go up $494 billion, starting at the beginning of 2013. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke referred to the end of the year expirations as a “massive fiscal cliff.”

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Voices of Pride Ends Season with Concert and Fundraiser

VOP in Concert at Arts Garage

oices of Pride, The Gay Men’s Chorus of the Palm Beaches, will perform at the Arts Garage in Delray Beach on Friday, May 11 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The Arts Garage is located at 180 NE First Street in the Pineapple District. Tickets are $15-25 in advance, $5 more at the door. Under the baton of artistic director Tom Pilecki, the chorus will perform a variety of music from ballads to torch from Garland to Gaga whose popular song, Born this Way, was gaily stretched to become the concert’s title, Born this WAAAAAAAY! According to Pilecki the concert will feature a tribute to the LGBT armed forces, songs from the hit musical Jersey Boys and hits from the 60’s group The Four Seasons. “Of course, no Voices of Pride show is complete without an appearance by the incredible Mandrews Sisters,” said Pilecki. “This will be a laid back evening of fun and good music.” Twenty-two men will be on stage at the Arts Garage, which according to Matthew Farmer, programming and facility manager at the Arts Garage, is the largest ensemble to take the stage so far.

“It’s a wonderful space,” Pilecki said. “The cabaret tables, the dance space, and the overall atmosphere are unique and wonderful. We love the energy they are creating in the space, and in the county. And we’re thrilled to be part of it. “We’re really excited to have the Voices of Pride,” Farmer said. “I’ve known Tom Pilecki and George Lydon and some of the other members for years. They asked if we’d be interested in having them perform and here we are. And yes, the audience may dance.” “This is their first performance,” said Alyona Aleksandra Ushe, executive director. “We’re talking about making it a long-term relationship. They have a distinct style of programming. It’s the type of performance we enjoy having at our venue.” Although this is the chorus’ first concert

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at the Arts Garage, it is their last show of the season. During the summer they will perform at fundraisers and small private parties. They will announce their fall season at the end of the summer. For more information about the chorus visit VoicesofPride. org/vopsite or call 561-247-4554. Arts Garage is a multi-disciplinary cultural hub for visual artists, musicians, performers, film presenters and arts educators. Located in the lower level of Old School Square Parking Garage, Arts Garage is at the center of Delray Beach’s entertainment district in the Pineapple Grove Arts District. Visit ArtsGarage.org to order tickets or for more information. They can also be reached at 561-450-6357. Higher priced tickets are for cabaret seating where guests may BYOE (bring your own everything (food and drink)) and are close to the stage. Lower cost seats are for auditorium seating in the back of the room. All seats have a clear view of the stage.

VOP Joins with MCC to Stock Food Pantry By Donald Cavanaugh

he Voices of Pride Gay Men’s Chorus and the Sanctuary Choir of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of the Palm Beaches are offering two concerts in May to raise funds to support the on-going operation of the MCC’s Bill Meissner Food Pantry. Concerts will be held at the MCC Church at 4857 Northlake Blvd in Palm Beach Gardens 7 p.m. Saturday, May 19 and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased online at VoicesofPride.org/mccfoodpantry. Additional contributions are welcome. “The concerts will offer a variety of selections of non-secular, secular and patriotic music sung by the two choruses individually and together,” said Tom Pilecki, artistic director for Voices of Pride. “We’ll close both programs with a combined choir grand finale.” In addition to the concerts, the interna-

tionally recognized West Palm Beach design firm, Jack Fhillips Design, is providing silent auctions of home furnishings at each concert. Items for bid will be displayed before the concerts and winning bidders will be announced at the end of the shows. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to the food pantry. “The food pantry has seen explosive growth in demand as the economy has continued to struggle,” said Rev. Lea Brown, pastor at MCC. Over 2,000 people are served every month and that’s twice the number we were helping just over a year ago.” According to Brown, the MCC food pantry purchases much of its foodstuffs from Feeding South Florida. During season, Feeding South Florida charges 19 cents a pound. During the summer, their supplies nearly dry up. So costs quadruple for the pantry because it has to purchase

much of its food at retail prices. “Voices of Pride is proud and pleased to be able to help this worthy cause at MCC,” Pilecki said. “The MCC Choir and Voices of Pride complement each other musically and philosophically. Part of our mission is to encourage acceptance of diversity and respect for all people through music. Raising funds to help feed people in need, regardless of who or what they are certainly brings us to a deeper level of achieving our goal.” Brown added: “We expect the concerts will raise close to half the money we need for the coming year. Last year’s concerts were well attended and we anticipate that happening again. We are truly blessed to have Voices of Pride help us in our mission.” Call the church at 561-775-5900 or visit MCCpalmbeach.org for more information. Visit VoicesOfPride.org for information about the chorus.

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P e r s o n a l I n j u ry • f r e e c o n s u ltat I o n

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“Today I ask you to stand with me as a proud Republican, a Rep. Wyatt at press conference proud veteran, and a proud gay man who wants to protect all kids, addressing bullying in our schools. “I will not lie to myself anymore about my own sexuality. It has probably been the hardest thing to come to terms with. I have always ignored it. I didn’t even think about it or want to talk about it. I’ve not been immune to it. I hear the comments, usually snide ones, about me. “I am not the first or last Republican to come out. I have just gotten tired of the bigotry being shown on both sides of the aisle on gay issues. Being gay has never been a Republican or Democrat issue, and it should never be.” – Rep. Zachary Wyatt (R) of Missouri coming out of the closet on the floor of the state House of Representatives

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Florida AIDS Walk 2012 By Mark Martin, Florida AIDS Walk Director

im said to me, “I’m invisible.” I lifted my head from my daydream, and looked at him quizzically. “What do you mean?” I asked. “Don’t get me wrong — I love my life with you all, but when we’re out, Don is the sexy one, Terry’s the popular one, you’re the entertaining one, and I’m just me,” he paused. Tim was shy. While he could be considered attractive, he fell just outside the bulls’ eye of the harsh standards that we in the gay community often use to classify new acquaintances. Tim’s voice, softened by a backwoods-Alabama accent and a sweet baritone pitch, often caused strangers to mistake him for being unthreatening or timid. For those of us who were given the opportunity to know him that southern-drawl often delivered some of the sharpest, wittiest and most astute commentary you might ever witness. He’d have given Designing Women’s Julia Sugarbaker a real run for her money, had they ever met in some alternate universe

“People walk right past me … forget my name … look right through me … it sucks. On some days, I just wish I mattered more.” No matter how often I recall that conversation, despite the numerous vivid details that I reproduce in my mind, I just can’t remember how I responded to Tim that night. I am sure I told him how important he was to all of us, and reminded him that he was one of the core people in our group of friends who had known each other for nearly 10 years. I probably made a joke to lighten the mood, and then tried to change the subject to get him into a happier frame of mind. Tim would let the topic go, put his “game-face” back on and the fun weekend would resume. Like the rest of us, Tim struggled with his personal demons, but I think that his beat him down pretty badly. Tim was a great friend. In 1999, I left behind everyone I knew to live in DC and organize the Millennium March on Washington. During a particularly bad period of homesickness for me, as if Tim could read my mind, he sent me a care package containing

a letter he’d written to me, in which he called me his “muse.” He went on to write how proud he was of what I was doing, and thanked me, saying I’d given him courage to say and do things in life that he wouldn’t have done otherwise. That letter touched me in a way that I can’t describe on paper – and believe me, I’ve tried. I still have it today. To become a part of the 2012 Florida AIDS Walk, visit A few years later, when Tim told me www.FloridaAIDSwalk.org. Feel free to contact Mark Martin with any questions via e-mail at: MarkM@aidshealth.org. he’d discovered he was HIV positive, the thing I remember most ternationally known artists, great food and — beyond my shock, my sadness, or my con- drinks, and a chance to party in the sand to cern for him — was the expression on his face celebrate the hard work of our walkers. The as he said the words. It took me back to that community is excited about the reboot of the night so long ago, when Tim spoke of feeling event, and they are showing it as they raise irrelevant. Just as he had done that night, and money, sign up to volunteer, and donate to on so many occasions since, I watched Tim as their friends and family in numbers greater he replaced the walls that he had lowered to than ever before. All of the proceeds raised by the Walk share this news with me, once again hiding stays in Florida, to fund things like educahis vulnerability and protecting his pride. Tim died in February of 2004, just after tion and prevention initiatives, free confidential HIV and STD testing at our Out of the Valentine’s Day. In his last few years, he had lost his job and Closet Thrift Stores and in our Mobile Testhad no insurance. He quietly withdrew from ing Units, and access to condoms, top-grade his friends, and moved home to live with his medical care and advocacy — regardless of mother, with whom he had little relationship someone’s ability to pay. We’ve doubled our to speak of. He couldn’t afford healthcare, Florida AIDS Walk beneficiaries this year to eight — including Broward House, SunServe, and he wasn’t taking any HIV medications. Tim’s death shouldn’t have happened. To Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center, help fight our feelings of anger, powerless- The Pride Center at Equality Park, Latinos ness and loss, Tim’s friends formed a team Salud, and Minority Development & Empowand raised money in his honor for the new- erment, Inc — so that more organizations ly established AIDS walk that was taking can have an opportunity to keep the money place in Fort Lauderdale. The team, known they raise at Florida AIDS Walk to fund their as “Club Us,” grew bigger every year, and was own programs that support people living consistently the top fundraising group for with HIV. To all of you, whether or not you are HIV the event. Florida AIDS Walk grew as we did, both in attendance and in dollars raised to positive, if you’ve loved someone living with support Floridians living with HIV. In 2010, HIV, you’ve lost someone to AIDS, or you’ve AIDS Healthcare Foundation dedicated their ever felt invisible, like you couldn’t make a new mobile testing unit — which Florida difference, I beg you: become a part of the AIDS Walk money helped to purchase — to Florida AIDS Walk family. It matters. YOU Club Us, in honor of Tim Yocom. Later that matter! YOU will change lives, and in the year, I was offered the job of Director of Flor- process, it will change yours! Eight years after Tim’s death, I’m the Diida AIDS Walk, which has turned into the most life-changing, inspiring and important rector of the amazing Florida AIDS Walk, Terry is the Team Captain of its number-one thing I have ever done. Florida AIDS Walk — which takes place fundraising team, and Don is one of Team this year on Sunday, May 20 — continues to Club Us’ top fundraisers. Tim — wherever you are — you’ve nevgrow and impact more and more Floridians who are dedicated to fighting the AIDS Cri- er been more visible to all of us. Who’s the sis here at its “ground-zero” in Florida. For muse now? We love you. the first time since its creation, the Walk is now taking place entirely on Fort Lauderdale Florida AIDS Walk will take place Sunday, May Beach. In another exciting first, the Walk will 20. Walk begins and ends at Fort Lauderdale’s be followed by a music festival featuring in- South Beach Park. FloridaAIDSWalk.com.

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History is filled with Gay Folk By Brian McNaught

ries to tell, had they dared. Decorum at the time required discretion. Their house was staffed by Filipino boys, and they had a “very delightful” young tenant, Archie Clark Kerr, who worked for the British Embassy, and was described as “high-spirited and mischievous.” Years later, as the British Ambassador, Kerr went to Iowa to stay with a strapping farm boy

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y friend Bob Bauman asked me if I knew the name “Archibald Butt.” It sounded familiar, and since Bob and I are from the same gay civil rights era, I said, “I think so.” I was wrong. Butt was the confirmed bachelor military advisor to President William Howard Taft. The President wept when it was confirmed that Butt and Frank Millet, the “artist friend who lives with me,” had died when the Titanic cast its passengers into the icy Atlantic Ocean. When Bob dropped off the book, Voyagers of the Titanic, and the research he had done on housemates Butt and Millet, who had nearby but separate rooms on the doomed ship, he, Ray, and I reminisced about Bob’s time in Washington, and the night he had Harvey Milk’s ashes in his closet. Lenny Matlovich, who was staying with Bob, wanted them buried in the historic Congressional Cemetery near Capitol Hill. That same morning, I had two lesbian neighbors and their friend in a small boat, slowly touring the canals of Ft. Lauderdale. I explained that I was a bit late because Bob had dropped off materials he thought might make a good column. I asked one of the women, a lesbian in her early forties, if she knew who Bob Bauman was. “No,” she said. I explained that he was the conservative, Republican congressman from Maryland who lost re-election because he was “outed” in 1980. It was really big news in the national press, but my neighbor would have been only 10 at the time. My guess is that my lesbian shipmates and their visiting guest from Ohio would have known the name “Harvey Milk” because of the recent award-winning film about him, but not the name Lenny Matlovich, whose face was on the September 8, 1975 Time magazine cover with the headline, “I am a Homosexual.” It was the first time any national periodical featured a gay person. Leonard was discharged from the U.S. Air Force for being gay, and was as famous as Harvey Milk as a gay activist in the 1970s. His tombstone epitaph is, “When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.” My friend Bruce Presley, who spent his life creating textbooks, and is now creating educational videos, wants to capture on film for the Stonewall National Museum all of the LGBT civil rights pioneers who are still living. He, and many from our generation, fears that younger people have no awareness of

Lieutenant Archibald Butt what life was like for those of us who fought the battle for equality. Recently, when Bruce was speaking to a college audience about the conditions endured by gay people when he was in school, a lesbian student announced, “I wouldn’t have put up with that!” Indeed. If Bruce had been alive in 1912, and had the ability to interview Major Archibald Butt, and his lover, Frank Millet, what a story might he have been able to save for us, so that YouTube- and Facebook-oriented young people might know about the lives of those who paved the way for zero-tolerance policies on bullying in schools, marriage equality, and the end of sexual orientation discrimination in the military? It may be that Butt and Millet would not have agreed to be on camera. Though they shared a home, and were constant companions, despite Millet being married, no one spoke at the time of them being “lovers,” only of their great affection. But if they had agreed to be videotaped, we might have heard Major Butt disclose that the only argument the two of them ever had was over the rose wallpaper in their bedroom. Each man was considered manly and attractive, and each had achieved notable success in their careers. It’s likely that Butt accompanied President Taft when he sailed into Provincetown, Mass. to dedicate the completion of the Pilgrim Monument. He may have done the same with President Teddy Roosevelt, with whom he also worked, when Roosevelt came to Provincetown for the laying of the cornerstone of the monument in 1907. Butt and Millet would have had lots of sto-

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Francis Davis Millet he met at a bus station in Washington. There are stories of Butt’s heroism on the Titanic, acting as an officer to help women and children into the lifeboats. One woman,

who had given music lessons to the Roosevelt children, recalled Butt tucking a blanket around her. Butt was seen standing at the railing when the ocean liner sank swiftly, killing 1,517 passengers and crew. It was assumed that Millet was standing with him. When news of Butt’s death reached the White House, one reporter wrote, “…the name of Maj. Archie Butt, once synonymous of laughter and jest, now symbolic of heroism, was repeated while eyes blurred and voices became queerly strained.” Shortly thereafter, by joint resolution of congress, a memorial fountain was erected on Executive Ave. in Washington, D.C., and named the Butt-Millet Fountain. If young gay high school boys, on a field trip to the nation’s capital, knew these names in advance of their travel, they might stop at the fountain and feel more at home. But unless we make the effort to learn and tell the stories, no LGBT youth will know the names or the heroic stories of Archibald Butt, Frank Millet, Bob Bauman, Lenny Matlovich, or even Harvey Milk. Brian McNaught was named “the godfather of gay diversity training” by The New York Times. He works with corporate executives globally, is the author of six books, and is featured in seven educational DVDs. He and his spouse Ray Struble divide their year between Fort Lauderdale and Provincetown. Visit Brian-McNaught.com for more information.

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Bright and Bootiful Future for the Pride Center By Tony Adams

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let it be known that the staff should feel free to greet my return to the center by singing ‘Hello Dolly,” said Robert Boo. Only a Broadway show queen with a heart for people, a head for management and a long resume of success could pull off a line like that. Robert Boo is that kind of guy, and the Pride Center of South Florida is fortunate that he has returned as its new executive director. Boo had been the center’s director of development for five years before being lured back to his earlier career in corporate management. When the center’s Paul Hyman left in March to become the director of New York City’s Stonewall Community Foundation, replacing him with a man who had a big part in the successful move of the center into its expansive Wilton Manors campus meant a seamless transition. With a personality as buoyant and lighthearted as a bunch of party balloons, Boo’s casual and confident manner is a refreshing surprise. He has navigated his life with a mixture of vision, skill and success that often makes a man like him reserved and also inaccessible to LGBT organizations that cannot afford that level of leadership. He grew up in a rural northern Indiana town of corn and soybean farmers. “The population was 2,000 if you included the mental hospital,” he says. He knew from an early age that small town ways would never be his. “I was attracted to the other boys in my class. I’d give you their names, but they’re still there. I went from a high school senior class of 45 to a Purdue college class of 2,000. That is where I had my first gay experience. The

Photo of Robert Boo by Tony Adams dean of the school of mathematics picked me up and took me home. Frightening. I felt like Shirley MacLaine floating outside my body and watching what he was doing to me. I was so scared by the whole experience that I went back into the closet for two years,” he says. Boo’s description of his work life is a lesson in location strategy. After eight years in Chicago, he learned the power of whining and cajoling his employers to move him to the cities that attracted him, including Miami Beach and New Orleans. A stint in San Diego left him without much love for the west coast. His heart was in South Florida. Boo recalls, “Right after college where I studied institutional management, Aramark

hired me, and then their competitor Sodexo hired me, and eventually Aramark lured me back with the right offer—Fort Lauderdale. I had decided never to spend another winter north of the Mason-Dixon. That was nine years ago. A few years in, I had my midlife crisis, and I knew there had to be more to life than saving millions of dollars for these large corporations. Still, it took my friend Paul Hyman five months to convince me to become director of development at the old Pride Center. It was a mess. I joined Paul’s team because he had this dream of building a new center. Paul had come into a failing organization and worked hard to transform it. His team accomplished so much in my five years there.

Who knew that this little organization would be able to buy this five-acre campus? There were other developers that wanted the site but couldn’t put it together. Northern Trust stepped up to help us. They were the only bank that stuck with us and gave us the financing. In addition to growing the already impressive list of programs at the center, Boo has very specific plans in one area. “We need to get more women involved in the center. We just launched our ‘Women With Pride’ initiative in conjunction with ‘Women-In-Network.’ Over 150 came to the kick-off. When we used to be called the GLCC, I used to say we needed to put the L back into it. One of my top priorities is to make sure women feel welcomed here. Four years ago we had a dream to get out of Andrews Avenue. Now I have a new dream. Right now we have one office dedicated to women, why not have one whole building dedicated to services for women?” The general consensus is that Boo can accomplish this and any other goal he sets for the Pride Center. When asked about his unusual last name, he says, “It’s Swedish and no, it’s not an Ellis Island shortening of something like Boorstein. My friends call me Boo. In New Orleans, it’s a term of endearment. Whenever I heard people say ‘Hey Boo.’ I used to think they were talking to me.” At the Pride Center, ‘Boo’ is very definitely a term of endearment, and given the 51-year-old’s emphatic promise to stay put in the place he calls home, he will be our ‘Boo’ for a long time to come. Robert Boo encourages you to tour the Pride Center at 2040 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors. Call 954 463-9005 or visit GLCCsf.org for more information.

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Gay Men with Cancer: Sometimes a Forgotten Lot By Gideon Grudo

t was 2008, and Vinny Savinetti had just been diagnosed with bladder cancer. He was self-employed and had enough cash to take care of himself, but was having a hard time finding the help he needed. That is, until he came across Gilda’s Club, a cancer support club which sponsors the Gay Men’s Networking Group. “When I started looking around for information for help, for what to do, all I got was ‘call this 800 number and call that 800 number,’” Savinetti said. “At Gilda’s Club — they were the first ones to invite me over.” He contacted Gilda’s at the advice of a neighbor, and hasn’t looked back since. After an intake session and a new member meeting, Savinetti began attending the gay men’s networking group, giving him the freedom to finally tackle some of the less-obvious issues related to cancer. He was really “pissed off” over what cancer societies told him. “They’ll help with certain kinds of cancers — they’ll medicate you for pain,” he said. “American Cancer Society sent me pretty lit-

tle folders to put my bills in, and brochures on how to deal with cancer. All they do is raise money for research, but aren’t doing anything for the people living with it now.” He went to his first meeting on a Sunday, not wanting to wait, having become so depraved of attention and hungry for a solid conversation about what he was going through. “Your friends only want to hear so much, and you can’t burn out your family,” Savinetti said. With time, he found others who had the same cancer as his. “It’s a good place to let what you can’t usually let out someplace else,” Savinetti said. “If you were a gay man with cancer, there’s almost no place to go, but if you’re a gay man with HIV, you get flowers.” He thinks it’s wonderful that there’s so much help for men with HIV, but found there’s not nearly as much offered to gay men with cancer, and that there’s “zero help for you in the gay community.” That’s where Gilda’s Club steps in. Sam Budyszewick, Gilda’s program direc-

“My body isn’t the same as it was before all of this,” Savinetti said about his sexual problems, bowel problems, skin issues and incontinence, just to name a few. “In the gay men’s group, you can discuss these things without offending anyone.” It’s the freedom to talk about these issues that makes the group unique, especially since it’s a venue for gay men to talk. “We can talk about gay issues — about how cancer affects us sexually, socially. Gay life is built for the young,” Savinetti said. “You take away a gay man’s sexuality, and it’s a bullet to the brain. Some people can’t handle it.” Some of the men have been battling cancer for years, others are in remission, and yet others have had operations and are living with the side effects. One common denominator with them all Savinetti says is that they all wonder, “’What do I do with my life now?’” It’s always the ‘What if’? You never know if it’s going to rear its ugly head again.” Savinetti’s advice to men who’re going through cancer: “Call Gilda’s immediately and get into a new members’ meeting. It’s going to make you know you’re not alone. You don’t have to go through this alone,” he said, before repeating: “You don’t have to go through this alone.”

tor, facilitates the Gay Men’s Networking Group. Gilda’s Club was founded in 1994 to provide an outlet to those facing cancer. More than 3,000 adults and 500 children belong to the organization. The club offers more than 60 support groups, workshops, lectures and social activities. The Gay Men’s Networking Group is just one of those, and meets on the second Monday of every month at 5 p.m. The point of the group is to provide mutual support, education and a social aspect to the issues gay men with cancer face. Most importantly though, the group is there to reinforce the notion that no one has to go through cancer alone. “We’re really empowering our members,” he said. “There’s a comfort level to be with people who’re going through the same thing.” And it’s a good thing they do. Budyszewick said there are a lot of resources for caner patients and survivors in the gay community, but they’re sometimes scattered and hard to find. “Unfortunately,” he said, “Gilda’s becomes a great and well-kept secret.” Even though Savinetti had his bladder was removed in 2009 he still attends meetings. He’s now a survivor and still must deal with the after effects of his surgery and treatments. He gets tested every three months. The chemo and the removal of the bladder took a toll on his body.

Visit GildasClubSouthFlorida.org or call 954763-6776 for more information.

By Jason Parsley

ne Million Moms is once again calling for a boycott of J.C. Penney because of their affiliation with lesbians. In February they called for a boycott after the company announced that Ellen DeGeneres would be their new spokesperson. Now they’re upset with the retailer for featuring a lesbian couple in their May catalog. “JC Penney has laid low in the month of April by airing two different commercials that portrayed them as remaining neutral in the cultural war. Even though JCP seemed to have changed their approach, their May catalog shows they are making a strong effort otherwise,” the organization writes on their website. “On pages ten and eleven, under the title “Freedom of Expression,” you’ll find “Wendi and her partner Maggie and daughters” and again “Wendi, daughters Raven and Clover, and partner Maggie” in text. In the picture both women are wearing wedding bands.” The organization is asking for their members to contact local store managers to ask them “to tell corporate that they should remain neutral in the cultural war.” This isn’t the only catalog that’s gotten the

group upset recently either. The April catalog from Urban Outfitters featured two women kissing. “The April 2012 catalog from Urban Outfitters has begun arriving in home mailboxes the last couple of days,” OMM wrote. “On page two of this catalog is a picture of two women kissing in a face holding embrace! The ad and catalog are clearly geared toward teenagers. The content is offensive and inappropriate for a teen who is the company’s target customer.” Earlier this year when DeGeneres was named J.C. Penney’s spokesperson OMM wrote: “By jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon, JC Penney is attempting to gain a new target market and in the process will lose customers with traditional values that have been faithful to them over all these year… The majority of JC Penney shoppers will be offended and choose to no longer show there.” In response DeGeneres thanked J.C. Penney on her show for sticking behind her. “This organization doesn’t think I should be the spokesperson because I’m gay. For

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J.C. Penney saved those of you just tuning in I’m gay,” she joked on television. “First of all being gay or being pro gay is not a band wagon. You don’t get a free ride anywhere. There’s no music.” She continued: “For a group that calls themselves ‘Million Moms’ they only have 40,000 members on their [Facebook] page…so they’re rounding to the nearest million and I get that. She continued more seriously saying, “Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, compassion. To me those are traditional values and that’s what I stand for.” The group’s Facebook page now has 46,000 “likes.” In comparison, fans of DeGeneres

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‘One Million Moms’ Continues Campaign Against J.C. Penney

created their own page “1 Million people who support Ellen for JC Penney” which so far has garnered 204,691 “likes.” During the controversy DeGeneres even received support from some unlikely people including Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. OMM admits the boycott over DeGeneres was a failure. “OMM has so many issues to cover we had no choice but to move on earlier in the year but have decided to revisit this issue and speak out again. It is obvious that JCP would rather take sides than remain neutral. JCP will hear from the other side so they need to hear from us as well,” the organization wrote. “Last time OMM contacted JC Penney store managers, we were brushed off. Some even experienced in person the store manager saying, “thank you,” and walking off while their customer and our concerned members were in mid-sentence. OMM has been told that JCP corporate office told store managers to say “thank you” and then walk away. If they want our business, then we will not be ignored!” Apparently J.C. Penney doesn’t care what OMM has to say. OMM writes that J.C. Penney has blocked emails from its servers. OMM is a project of the American Family Association, a group well known for its antigay views and rhetoric.

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The Harvey Milk Foundation Nephew carries uncle’s legacy

Proudly Carrying the Torch: Stuart Milk Taking his uncle Harvey’s now famous message a step further than the silver screen, Stuart Milk has turned the work of his uncle in to a worldwide endeavor

By Michael Anguille

The original: Harvey Milk

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ntil his now famous uncle’s untimely assassination in 1978, Stuart Milk was a teen-ager who, though still closeted, had a unique connection with his uncle Harvey. At the time, Harvey Milk was the first openly gay person elected to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors — and only the fifth openly gay person elected to public office in the nation. He was also one of the few people in the family that, despite knowing about his nephew’s still private homosexuality, spoke to him about what it meant to be different and how difference could bring about positive change, despite the inherent challenges it presented. Fast forward 22 years to 1999 and — well before the 2008 blockbuster starring Sean Penn made Harvey Milk a household name — Stuart Milk decided to pick up where his uncle had left off. It was then that he formed the Harvey Milk Foundation, a not for profit organization that, according to its website, aims not just to educate the world on the plight of the LGBT population, but takes this concept further extending it to any “gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, racial and ethnic minorities…” with the goal of giving them the right of full societal involvement and recognition. Now 13 years since its inception, the Harvey Milk Foundation continues to extend its message not just in the U.S., but throughout the world. As [Stuart] Milk exclaims, “It’s not a U.S. or San Francisco problem. Harvey Milk with President Jimmy Carter

Hate and bigotry doesn’t get stopped by a body of water or the Himalayas.” Milk, who worked a full time job in the private sector until recently, admits that “addressing the fact that hatred and oppression is not acceptable in any part of the world” is, and has been a full time job, since the foundation’s beginnings. He takes no pay and is also far from short on frequent flyer miles. “I’ve traveled to at least 50 countries and spoken with at least 200,000 people throughout the world,” he says. “And we’re making progress, but there is still so much to be done.” Speaking to the SFGN, Milk’s magnetism is undeniable and his knowledge seemingly unending. The gleam in his eyes, pupils wide with excitement as he speaks while sipping his Starbucks coffee, only affirms the words of Fort Lauderdale attorney Norm Kent who summed up Milk by stating, “The great thing about Stuart is that, despite so many people with iconic, deceased family members, Stuart actually took the chance to not just continue his uncle’s message, but to take it to a whole new level rather than just letting it die out or become part of the history books.” And indeed, history plays an even deeper role in this story than Kent suggests. When he decided to start the foundation in 1999, it was during the festivities for the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award. He was accepting the award — the highest civilian honor given for societal contribution — on behalf of his uncle Harvey. And it was here that, as Milk recalls, a conversation with a fellow recipient led to the birth of what is now the HMF.

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That fellow recipient was none other than Desmond Tutu, and his message to Milk was clear. “He challenged me to do more,” Milk says, nonchalantly rehashing his conversation with the world-famous anti-apartheid figurehead and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Nonetheless, he got the point. Milk immediately linked up with Anne Kronenburg, a long time Milk family friend and fellow activist who had worked for Harvey Milk’s San Francisco campaign. There and then they decided to co-found the organization and the Harvey Milk Foundation (HMF) was officially started. Since then, Milk hasn’t looked back enduring a seemingly unending travel schedule and, admittedly putting himself in harm’s way to work not only to change the future, but to speak about it through the lens of both the past and present, with education being at the forefront of the foundation’s objectives. Overseas, he travels to countries where he “has to look over his shoulder,” advocating for unity amongst minorities of all types. In 2011, according to the HMF Website, he joined Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova to successfully boycott the Czech government’s banning of a national Czech PrideFest; in Hungary, Milk and supporters marched against thousands of Neo Nazi’s in Budapest to help the LGBT community to show their Pride despite violent protest; in the Middle East, Milk has held talks in Istanbul and other countries – through their consulates or in person – to counter the region’s brutality and “hate speech” directed at sex-

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Harvey Milk marches on

ual and ethnic minorities. And this barely as key to American progress in the fight for LGBT equality. scratches the surface. General Counsel for the HMF, Miriam “In the past years, 4 LGBT centers have opened and been named after Harvey: two in Richter agrees, and states, “ you can legislate Italy, one in Rotterdam and another in Barce- all you want, but education is the only way we lona, Spain,” he says proudly. A fifth is sched- will ever get where we need to be.” Both Richter and Milk point to California uled to open this month (May) in Rome, Italy. The breadth of his international work as a model of where they believe the counhas spanned five continents and continues try should be headed with regards to LGBT rights and education. It is here to grow in both popularity and that in 2009, a proposal known demand. Reciting facts off the as SB 527 was signed in to law by top of his head with ease, Milk then Governor Arnold Schwarspeaks of his international work zenegger, which declared May 22 in almost macabre terms, the “Harvey Milk Day.” purpose, of course, being to raise While state offices are not awareness that while the HMF closed for the holiday, it is on continues its work internationthis day every year that schools ally, much of the world remains are encouraged to place a parresistant to LGBT and minority ticular emphasis on the teachrecognition and rights. ing of LGBT history and “Being LGBT — gay in the man who pushed for particular — is still illegal “Being LGBT… is still —and succeeded — in in 77 countries, is punillegal in 77 countries, making LGBT people’s ishable by death in 23 nais punishable by death lack of presence in politions of which 14 actively in 23 nations of which tics a thing of the past. enforce the death penalIn addition to “Milk ty for what they consider 14 actively enforce the Day,” the foundation has deviant sexual behavior death penalty” also seen to it that The and gender orientation,” – Stuart Milk Harvey Milk Story — a he says. children’s book chroniMeanwhile, here in the states, while it is not illegal to be LGBT, Milk cling the life and times of Milk — become recognizes that despite strides being made, part of the day’s traditions, helping furnishthere is still a “long way to go.” He points spe- ing copies to students and educators alike. cifically to the importance of education to California, meanwhile, didn’t stop here. Signed into law last year, California’s SB reinforcing acceptance of sexual minorities

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48, takes it a step further, adding to “Milk Day” with language that specifically identifies and includes the need for, the “study of the role and contributions of both men and women…lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans…and members of other ethnic and cultural groups…with particular emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society.” With a proud smile, Milk calls it what he believes to be “the leading LGBT educational program.” With the growth of the foundation, Milk now works as a consultant for his original full time job and oversees the HMF, which, he says, “is like having two full time jobs in itself.” As for those who find themselves still asking about the HMF or Stuart Milk in particular, they can feel free to visit the foundation’s website listed bel Considering the abundance and scope of his unending life’s work, one thing seems somewhat certain: to call Milk a modern day “caped crusader” for the LGBT community may not be that much of a stretch. Indeed, when a city, state, country or continent shines its light on inequality and injustice, Milk is there, with the help of his foundation, to make sure everyone is heard — much like his uncle — even if it involves putting himself in harm’s way to make sure people of all minority groups have the opportunity to be recognized and treated as equals. Visit MilkFoundation.org for more information on the Harvey Milk Foundation.

Coffee and Comedy Served Up by Thinking Cap Theatre By J.W. Arnold

fter bringing audiences to tears with a critically-acclaimed production of Sarah Kane’s disturbing commentary on intimacy, Cleansed, Nicole Stodard and her Thinking Cap Theatre are doing an about face. The company opens its latest show, Love Burns, two one-act comedies by Cherie Vogelstein at Fort Lauderdale’s Empire Stage, with a preview on Thursday, May 10 and opening night, Friday, May 11. “Reactions were all over the map,” Stodard says of Cleansed. “Our audiences left crying and emotional, others were stunned, some just didn’t get it.” The company made a conscious decision to offer the comedies as a result: “You can do Cleansed show after show, but it’s very heavy on the soul,” she explains. Vogesang’s plays, Date with a Stranger and All About Al, both take place in a New York coffee shop. Stodard saw the opportunity to create an experience for audiences, trans-

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forming Empire Stage’s intimate space into a coffee shop. And in keeping with the company’s “Plays with a Bite” theme, during intermission audiences can purchase espressos and pastries right on stage, thanks to an arrangement with a local vendor. Audiences will get another treat, performances by Mark Della Ventura and David Michael Sirois, both accomplished local actors and playwrights known for their work with Alliance Theatre Lab in Miami-Dade. “With all of the theaters that are closing up lately, we felt it would be good to have some cross-pollination,” says Stodard. “(Mark and David) wanted to work outside of their company and we share a philosophy about what theater can be. We’re keeping it fresh.” In addition to Love Burns, Thinking Cap is also producing Radio Plays at Empire Stage, a series of radio scripts from the golden age of radio, including material from Fibber Magee & Molly, The Bickersons and Burns and Allen, performed by the Imagination Players

L to R, Mark Della Ventura, Ashley Price, & David Michael Sirois in Date With a Stranger by Cherie Vogelstein with voices and sound effects faithful to the original works. This show, which will run Saturday afternoons and Sunday evenings and alternating with Love Burns, was the brainchild of Thinking Cap company member Elayne Wilks, and is expected to be a hit with audiences who seek the nostalgia of an era before IMAX and giant flat screen televisions, when listeners had to visualize the action themselves. Popular local actress Kitt Marsh directs the four-person company, including Wilks, Berry and Fern Katz and Jerry Weinberg. So, after tackling the challenging works of Sarah Kane and then offering experiential comedy, where does Thinking Cap go next? Stodard has a plan. She expects to turn to “restoration comedy” and the works of Aphra Behn. Behn is not a household name, but rather the first woman to make a living as a playwright in 17th-century England. “Most people think of Virginia Woolf as the first, but Behn really was there first,”

Stodard says. “In her time period, that’s when actresses could take parts for the first time.” Behn’s work is certainly heavily female centered, but not feminist by contemporary standards, but Stodard says the exercise will help her young company continue to push boundaries while offering compelling stories. She says, “We don’t do risky theater just for the sake of risky theater.”

Love Burns by Cherie Vogelsang Thursdays – Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 7 p.m. through May 26. Tickets $25

Radio Plays Wednesdays at 2 and 7 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. Through May 26. Tickets $15 Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler St., Fort Lauderdale Cash only at the door For more information, go to ThinkingCapTheatre.com

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Theater Broward County *FGO’s Romeo et Juliette

Florida Grand Opera is proud to present an exciting production of a classic tale at the Broward Center on May 10 and 12. Directed by David Lefkowich. This play sets to drive the emotion behind the timeless tale of star-crossed lovers. Lefkowich consulted the libretto, pulling from it fire and water imagery that complements that mood of each scene. Visit BrowardCenter.org

*Brazilian Voices - Beyond Bossa

This show will be held at the Broward Center on May 11. This astonishing show is brought to life by a remarkably versatile group of 40 singers. Tuning in ideas across boundaries and decades, the show takes the audience on a journey through the Brazilian rhythms of Bossa Nova, Samba, and Pop with taiko drummers and flamenco dancers. Visit BrowardCenter.org

*USA Black Belt Champions “Champions Spectacular”

USA Black Belt Champions dynamic World Class Demo Team is proud to be performing at Parker Playhouse on May 12 at 1 p.m. Expect to be impressed with the energy packed display of Mixed and Extreme Martial Arts. This inspiring family style event is a celebration of dedication, perseverance and indomitable spirit. The positive energy and pride are absolutely contagious! Visit BrowardCenter.org

Steve Trash

If you’re ready for an amazing Friday night come to the parker playhouse at 10 p.m. Steve Trash performs World Class Green Illusions. He’s toured all over the planet. His shows are an amazing mix of rockin’ music, amazing green magic tricks, and funny eco-education that will make you laugh until your tummy hurts. Visit BrowardCenter.org

Palm Beach County *Straight No Chaser

Straight No Chaser will be at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall on May 11 at 8 p.m. The ten member a cappella group has become a YouTube sensation and has created a major buzz in the world. These former Indiana University grads manage to put a uniquely sophisticated, yet humorous spin on well-known hits such as “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You,” “Tainted Love,” and “I Heard It Through The Grapevine.” Visit Kravis.org

*Les Misérables- The New 25th Anniversary Production

Cameron Mackintosh presents a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, Les Miserables starts May 16 at Kravis. Les Miserables is an epic and uplifting story about the survival of the human spirit. The magnificent score includes “I Dreamed a Dream,” “On My Own,” “Do You Hear the People Sing?” and “One Day More.” Visit Kravis.org

*The Melody Within

The Melody Within is presented by Young Singers of the Palm Beaches and will be at Kravis on May 12 at 7 p.m. Palm Beach County’s Award winning choir presents an evening of laughs, beautiful music and patriotism. Visit Kravis.org

Gipsy Kings

This world famous musical group is made up of two groups of brothers: Nicolas and Andre Reyes, the sons of renowned flamenco artist Jose Reyes. On may 9 come to the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall at 8 p.m. for the sound of South American rhythm married to flamenco guitars. The Gipsy Kings have had a series of international hits, starting with the song “Bamboleo,” but at heart they remain gypsies, the proud descendants of an ancient people who seduced the world with music and dance. Visit Kravis.org

Miami-Dade

*Death and Harry Houdini

Death and Harry Houdini will be showing at the Carnival Studio Theater through May 20. Bold, visually stunning, and highly entertaining, Death and Harry Houdini delivers a roller coaster ride through the life of the great Harry Houdini, brought to the stage by the great Chicago company that presented last season’s acclaimed The Sparrow. House Company Member and award-winning magician Dennis Watkins will perform Houdini’s most renowned and dangerous escape—the dreaded Water Torture Cell—in this dark and tumultuous story guaranteed to keep audiences on the edge of their seats. Visit Arshtcenter.org

*The Lion King

Experience the phenomenon of Disney’s The Lion King. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle at the Ziff Ballet Opera House from May 15 to June 10. Times vary. Thrill to the pulsating rhythms of the African Pride Lands and an unforgettable score including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar-winning song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.” Let your imagination run wild at the Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation Newsweek calls “a landmark event in entertainment.” Visit Arshtcenter.org

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Key West

SunServe Youth Programs

The Miami Symphony Orchestra presents The 3 Great B’s at the Knight Concert Hall on May 11. The Miami Symphony Orchestra will close another great season under Music Director & Conductor Eduardo Marturet with a tribute to three of the greatest composers sharing not only the initial of their last name, but also country of birth, and a grandiose contribution to the symphonic literature: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Visit Arshtcenter.org

Red Barn: 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 305-2969911 or Email: info@redbarntheatre.com

Key West Pops: 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

Temple Beth El of Hollywood

Latin Night Bingo

*Meditation Classes

These meditation classes will be held at the pride center May 23 to June6 in room 206. Attachment is one of the most Insidious and pervasive delusions, lurking in our minds almost all the time. These classes will be held by western Buddhist teacher Tatiana Buonassisi. Visit MeditationInFortLauderdale.org

*Death & Dying: A Buddhist Perspective

We are alive, therefore we will die. This is the simplest, most obvious truth of our existence, yet very few of us have really come to terms with this fact. Understanding this helps us to live a happy and meaningful life, to prepare for death and to help others who are dying. Takes place May 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Drolma Buddhist Center. Cost is $35 includes vegetarian lunch. Visit MeditationInFortLauderdale.org or call 954-537-9191

*Spirituality for the Fabulous

Opening night: DJ, Drew, special guests: Joan Rivers, Goddess Lisa, Healing Arts Performance Project special delivery by Ranger Trea, plus “The WIG GAYngster Choir.” Stay after and enjoy complimentary hors d’ourves and complimentary limousine ride with guest impersonator, Joan Rivers. At The Manor Complex on May 16 at 7:30 p.m. Vsit Wigministries.org

Queer Youth Nights

LGBTQ & allied youth 13-21 are welcome any time after 6 p.m. at the SunServe building on Wilton Drive for a great place to meet new friends, play board games and a Queer Themed Movie at 7 p.m. Email Afrosch@sunServe.org

Florida Aids Walk & Music Fest

Florida AIDS Walk 2012 is a 5k walk that will take place Sunday, May 20, and will start and end at the beach. This year a food and music festival will take place on the beach after the walk. A whole new event is in store Visit TakeAction. aidshealth.org The free event will showcase the best of Fort Lauderdale Beach for 11 fun filled Saturday nights: June 2 through August 11 (7 p.m. – 11 p.m.). The entertainment lineup includes more than 20 high-energy entertainment acts i.e. Billy Bones, Taiko Drummers, Swahili, House of Flying Cards, Rafael & Ligia and the Bahamian Junkanoo Revue. Each Saturday night, entertainers will perform on the sidewalks along the west side of AIA on Fort Lauderdale Beach from Hall of Fame Drive to Castillo Street. Visit Wizard-Entertainment.com

LGBTQ Inclusive Youth Prom (ages 13-21) Saturday, June 2, from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. in Fort Lauderdale. A safe place to be yourself and meet new friends. Special guest MCs, DJS and performers. An LGBT phone tree is being put together to call our LGBTQ neighbors in Broward County who may be homebound or would like to touch base with someone every day. There is a three-hour class Saturday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call Andrew Forester at 954-764-5150. Friday night queer youth. A safe space to be yourself. Ages 13-21 between 6 to 10:30 p.m. Queer Themed Movie showing at 7 p.m. Gender Bender Youth Group for ages 13-21 on Mondays at 7-8:30 p.m. Youth Group for LGBTQ youth and allies 13-21 in Fort Lauderale, Plantation, Coral Springs, Southwest Ranches, Deerfield Beach, and Hollywood. Check website for days and times. Located at 1480 SW 9th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315. Visit www.SunServeYouth.com Temple Beth El of Hollywood invites you to attend an evening supporting youth and adult education and honoring two inspiring women. Enjoy the company of good friends, cocktails, dinning and dancing, featuring the musical stylings of The Debbie Tayler Band. On May 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Beth El In Hollywood. Email robin@aquafoundation.org

Community Calendar Broward County

Saturday Nite Alive

Multiple programs and groups for bi/gay Latino guys. Latinos Salud’s SOMOS program is for guys 18 to 30. All proceeds will benefit Latinos Salud in our efforts to educate on HIV Prevention and testing. Every Thursday night at 7 p.m. join the Core Group, and help plan alternative activities. Also offers Popular Opinion Leader group for guys ages 25 to 44 and a Life Coaching program for guys ages 18 to 44. Come by Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for free one-on-one life coaching with certified CRCS coaches. Located at 2330 Wilton Drive. Call 954-533-8681 or visit Latinossalud.org

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 530 p.m. and bingo starts at 730 p.m. 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.

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.

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

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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. 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 1981-2012 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 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

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

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

Gay Men’s HIV+ Long Time Survivors’ Group

Boardwalk Friday Fest

Gay Male Empowerment Group

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

Community-Wide Weight Loss Challenge

Life Coaching program

Tuesday Night Eatin Meeting

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

Living Healthy

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.

Eating Disorder Support group

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 p.m. Call 954-731-4321.

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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 954-566-2074 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.

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

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. 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 2nd and 4th 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

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

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

*Sushi Rolling Class

Come learn how to roll sushi in a fun environment. Prizes for the best sushi roller and of course “Most Honorable” mention for that person who is the most dedicated to the art of rolling sushi. There will be Japanese beer available and of course Teresa Korber behind the bar producing her alcoholic concoctions to make the evening that much more enjoyable. This fun workshop will be held May 9 at MARA from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Call Rodney Briguglio at 866-532-3842.

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

New Alternatives

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.

Sober Sisters AA

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

PBC Gender Support Group

All ages support group dedicated for transgender individuals. This meeting happens the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. These meeting will take place at The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Palm Beach County. Visit Compassglcc.com

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

Miami-Dade

*AIDS QUILT PANEL WORKSHOPS

Miami Beach Community Health Center’s “Making Memories” will assist those interested in creating an AIDS Quilt panel as a way to pay tribute to a life lost to AIDS. Workshops begin Saturday, May 26 (the workshops will be held the fourth Saturday of every month through October 2012) 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Workshops are free. Visit Miamibeachhealth.org or 305-538-8835 or 1-800-393-1290

Business Builders Lunch

MDGLCC presents its monthly networking program held on the 1st Thursday of each month at Anacapri Restaurant, 2530 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Coral Gables. Luncheon/networking from noon to 1:30 p.m. Cost: MDGLCC members ($30), Potential Members ($40, $10 applied to new MDGLCC membership). RSVP requested: 305-673-4440 or RSVP@gaybizmiami.com.

LGBT Lawyer’s Assn. Luncheon

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

MDGLCC/GALLA presents its monthly networking program tailored for attorneys, judges and legal professionals held on the middle Wednesday of each month. Morton’s Steakhouse at 1200 Brickell Avenue. Guest speaker (TBD). Luncheon/ networking from noon to 1:30 p.m. Cost: MDGLCC members ($35), Potential Members ($50, $10 applied to new MDGLCC membership). RSVP requested: 305-673-4440 or RSVP@ gaybizmiami.com.

Seniors vs. Crime

Sandpipers Networking

Good Orderly AA

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 p.m. 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

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

Sunday on the Waterfront

MDGLCC presents its monthly networking program held on the middle Wednesday of each month. This month’s location is West Avenue Cafe, 929 West Avenue #3, Miami Beach. A cocktail networking event and business card exchange with drawing for prizes 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Offering half price wine, beer and appetizers all night beginning with a complimentary wine tasting. Free admission. RSVP requested: 305-673-4440 or RSVP@gaybizmiami.com.

Upper Eastsiders Networking Event

MDGLCC presents its new networking program held monthly in the Upper East Side. This month’s location is News Lounge & Steel Gym @ 55th Street Station, 5556 NE 4th Ct., Miami. Cocktail networking event and business card exchange with drawing for prizes. Happy Hour cash bar and free hors d’oeuvres. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission. RSVP requested: 305-673-4440 or RSVP@gaybizmiami.com

LGBT Walking Tours of South Beach

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. Reservations are not required. 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.

Business Builders Luncheon

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

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Women’s Empowerment Luncheon

MDGLCC’s popular Women’s Empowerment Luncheon series continues at the Hyatt Regency Miami, 400 SE 2nd Avenue, Miami with special guest speaker Hedy Goldsmith, executive pastry chef at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink. Noon to 1:30 p.m. lunch. Cost: MDGLCC Members ($35), Potential Members ($45, $10 applied to new MDGLCC membership). A full sit-down luncheon with a Q&A to follow. RSVP required: 305-673-4440 or RSVP@gaybizmiami.com. Co-Sponsored by Aqua Foundation & NCLR

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

Fairchild Botanic Garden

In honor of National Public Gardens Day on Friday, May 11, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden will open its doors from 9:30 a.m. to 430 p.m. to all garden enthusiasts for free. This exclusive opportunity, just two days before Mother’s Day, will honor this national day of celebration which invites communities to explore the beauty of their local green spaces, while raising awareness of the important role public gardens play in promoting conservation, education and environmental preservation. Visit Fairchildgarden.org

Key West

Key West Pride

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

Lambda Dade Clubhouse

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

17th Annual Golf Tournament

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

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Key West Pride

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 305-296-4959 or Email: executiveoffice@keyslodging.org

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nightlife Broward County

The Manor

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

Matty’s on the Drive

321-Slammer

Atomic Boom

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

Bill’s Filling Station

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

Boardwalk

1721 N. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311. (954) 463-6969. A Cute Little Hangout in Fort Lauderdale. Pool-room/game room on one side and a bar/strip club on the other. Mondays $3 Well & Dom, after 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.

Corner Pub Bar

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.

Cubby Hole

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

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

Dudes Bar

3270 NE 33rd St Fort Lauderdale FL 954-568-7777. Sexy hot men starting to shake the booty daily from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Sundays enjoy karaoke with Peter Petrucci. Great drink specials every Monday with $1 well drinks from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

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 3-9 p.m. Indoor/Outdoor Dining. Dance the night away Thursday through Sunday. Live music Weds, Fri, Sat, Sun Visit themanorcomplex.com FOR MORE DETAILS. 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

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 8 p.m. Enjoy College Boy’s Choice 2 for 1

Monkey Business

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

Naked Grape Wine Bar

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

New Moon

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

PJ’s Corner Pocket

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

Georgie’s Alibi

Sidelines Sports Bar

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.

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 4 p.m. to 2am

Johnny’s

Smarty Pants

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.

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

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Torpedo

Johnny’s

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

Palm Beach County

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

The Cottage (Tea-Dance Sundays)

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

Fort Dix

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

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 5 p.m., Hot Male Dancers 6 p.m., Karaoke 11 p.m.

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.

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.

The Bar Lake Worth

2211 North Dixie Highway Lake Worth. (561) 370-3954 Thebarlakeworth.com. Men and women share this mostlylocals space as a calm and friendly watering hole. The bar often features live music which can be a nice break from thumping bass.

Tag Bar

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

Miami-Dade

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

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

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.

Club Aqua

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

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

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.

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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ARTS

Melissa Etheridge at Hard Rock

Hot Tickets Two of the hottest tickets in town are to upcoming performances at the Hard Rock Live at the Hard Rock Seminole Casino and Resort in Hollywood. On Wednesday, May 16, singer Melissa Etheridge takes the stage with the soulful tunes that have earned her a dedicated straight and gay following alike. Then, on May 17, funny lady Joan Rivers will make fun of herself and just about everybody else with a night of stand-up comedy. Tickets are $50-$70 for Melissa Etheridge and $35-$55 for Joan Rivers, plus applicable fees, at HardRockLiveHollywoodFl.com.

Also, On Stage Gable Stage opened its strong production of Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still last weekend at the Biltmore in Coral Gables. The producing artistic director again assembled a wonderful cast for this ensemble piece about the difficulties a photojournalist (Deborah Sherman) faces when she returns home, wounded by a roadside bomb during an assignment in Iraq. Sometimes a snapshot is not just a moment in time captured on a camera, as Sherman and co-stars Steve Garland, Betsey Graver and Gregg Weiner reveal in

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nuanced performances, as the friends and lovers examine their lives and relationships. The show runs Thursday to Sunday through June 2. Tickets are $35.50 – $50 at GableStage.org.

Chorus Sings with Pride Voices of Pride, the Gay Men’s Chorus of the Palm Beaches, has a busy month of performances ahead. They give their inaugural concert at the Delray Beach hotspot, the Arts Garage, on Friday, May 11, with Born this Way, a show that celebrates divas, drag, disco and plenty of show tunes. The guys promise audiences will share a smile, a laugh and even a tear as they sing the gamut from beautiful ballads to Lady Gaga. Tickets are $15-25 in advance at ArtsGarage.org or $20-30 at the door. Arts Garage is located at 180 NE 1st St. On Saturday, May 18 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m., the men of Voices of Pride will present a benefit concert, along with the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of the Palm Beaches choir, to raise funds for the MCC Food Pantry. Tickets are $25 at the door. The concert will be given at the church, 4857 Northlake Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens. For more information, call 561-775-5900 or go to MCCPalmBeach.org or VoicesofPride.org.

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Thursday, May 10 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.: Go nuts, BeachBear happy hour and kick off dinner at Coconuts, 429 Seabreeze Blvd. Fort Lauderdale. (Next to the Hotel). 9 p.m.: Cowboy Up. Come put your heels up and unwind on Scandal’s back patio. (Discounts given with BeachBear weekend bear tags) 3063 NE 6th Ave. Wilton Manors.

donation of $5 for SunServe. 1 a.m. – 3 a.m.: Friday night at Ramrod is an institution with the bears of Fort Lauderdale. 1508 NE 4th Ave., Fort Lauderdale. 1 a.m.: After party at Slammer, an adult gay male private club, (Membership required www.321slammer.com ) 321 West Sunrise Blvd. Fort Lauderdale.

Saturday, May 12

11 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Spirit of Fort Lauderdale Adventure Cruise. Noon – 6 p.m.: Club Fort Lauderdale hosts a pool party like no other. A private Friday through Sunday gay men’s club with an amazing out door 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.:Yoga and stretching pool area. Special open buffet to guests. on the beach with the Zoot trainers. (Membership Required: Visit TheClubs.com 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.: Breakfast at host hotel. 110 NW 5th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale) 440 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.: The Marriott BeachBear 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Get wet at Sebastian Cruze Party with DJ Jeffery Jacobs. Pool-side Beach. Jet skis, parasailing and tons of hot party at the Host Hotel. men on South Florida’s famous gay beach. 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.: Wilton Drive “Food Fat Tuesdays at the beach will be giving all Crawl.” Wilton Drive has so many resbears drink specials and discounts. taurants that we decided to include them all. Humpy’s, Tee Jay Thai, Courtyard, Alibi, Friday, May 11 Rodeo, Rosie’s and Wilton Bier Garden and 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.: Wilton Drive “Food Crawl.” many others will all be participating. Wilton Drive has so many restaurants that we 10 p.m.: The Meat Ball, 100% pure beef and decided to include them all. Humpy’s,Tee Jay loaded with testosterone. Chad Bush takes Thai, Courtyard, Alibi, Rodeo, Rosie’s,Wilton Ramrod by the balls as DJ Ted Eiel pounds Bier Garden and others will participate. out the beats. Suggested donation of $5 for 8 p.m. – 2 a.m.: GROWL, a Friday night SunServe. regular with the local bear community, Bill’s 10 p.m. – 2 a.m.: After Burn at Boom FeaFilling Station and SunServe invite you to join turing DJ Bryan Reyes. The beach is not the them. Suggested donation of $5 for SunServe. only place to break a sweat in Fort Lauder10 p.m. – 2 a.m.: REHYDRATE at Boom! dale. Suggested donation of $5 for SunServe. Dance your flip-flops off as DJ. John Lepage 1 a.m.: After party at Slammer, an adult spins the latest dance mixes. Suggested

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Monday, May 14

Sunday, May 13 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.: FUZZ pool party at Depot Cabana Bar and Grill. DJ Daddy-O and the Flaggers will be burning it up while the men can dance pool-side or go inside and grab some food. 2935 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale. Suggested donation of $5 for SunServe. 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.: The Scandals ChuckWagon. 3063 NE 6th Ave. Wilton Manors. 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.: Second Wilton Drive Food Crawl. (See Saturday) 6 p.m.: GO GO bear dance party at Boom with the DJ’s From Foundry. Go GO bears provided by Cubcuda Productions and Bear Nation. Suggested donation of $5 for SunServe. Midnight: After party at Slammer. (Member-

8 a.m. – 11 a.m.: Breakfast at host hotel. 440 Seabreeze Blvd. Fort Lauderdale. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Beach day at Sebastian Beach. 10 p.m.: Big Bear Beer Bash at Ramrod. This is a weekly party that is always kicking. This is also DJ Ted Eiels Birthday Party. 1508 NE 4th Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Midnight: After party at Slammer. (Membership required: www.321slammer.com) 321 West Sunrise Blvd. Fort Lauderdale. With your registration for BeachBear Weekend you will receive discounts on food and beverages all over Wilton Manors and Fort Lauderdale beach.You can pick up the Bear Tags starting May 8 at The Pride Factory.Visit BeachBearWeekend.com for more information.

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AFTER DARK

By Brian Swinford Wednesday May 9 ills Filling Station has it going on, with Bills’ awesome 2-4-1 from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. The bar is located on Wilton Drive and is of the most popular butch bars around. On Wednesdays it $10 all you can drink Miller Lite draft 9 p.m. to close. They are now featuring 75-cent well drinks only on Wednesdays from 10 p.m. till midnight.Visit BillsFillingStation.com

Thursday May 10 his Thursday catch POP Fever at club Score located in Miami Beach. This amazing party will be hosted by Danny Ferro. DJ Daisy D and VJ Jon will be spinning the hottest tracks. Also this Thursday get $3 Vodka drinks from 10 p.m. to midnight, $6 long island ice teas, and best of all no cover.Visit Scorebar.net

Sunday May 13 his Sunday get retro at The Alibi with the hottest VJ’s around. Also all alcoholic drinks are discounted one dollar until 9 p.m. If you need some good food before you get down and party try The Alibi’s brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit GeorgiesAlibi.com

Monday May 14 ohnny’s Miami is one of the hottest go–go clubs in Miami. This Monday come on down to Johnny’s Bar and watch 30 hot male dancers live starting at 6 p.m. With no cover and great drink specials there is no place better than Johhny’s Bar to just let it all hang out.Visit Johnnysbarfl.com

Friday May 11 ts Bubble Gum Fridays at the Manor Complex with DJ JPS in the main room, DJ Daisy D in the hip–hop room, and performances by Estephania St Lords, Sasha Lords, and TP Lords. The Manor Complex will have their $100 Vodka Bottle Special all Friday night.Visit TheManorComplex.com Saturday May 12 veryone is invited to this amazing birthday party for none other than our favorite Fabscout adult entertainment agent Howard at the Boardwalk. Come and celebrate with his porn star friends. Clear your Saturday night for one of the hottest parties around.Visit BoardWalkBarxxx.com

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Tuesday May 15 eep it real fun this Tuesday with DJ Daisy D at Club Twist with pop, rock, and funky dunk. Showtime is 1 a.m. Also this Tuesday at Club Twist enjoy $5 jumbo blue ice teas and flashback with Nathan in the video Bar.Visit Twistsobe.com

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The Perfect Family By J.W. Arnold

ileen Cleary leads a highly structured, faithful routine and the local Catholic Church is the cornerstone of her life. On a daily basis, she prepares and delivers meals to the homebound, attends mass and confesses even the tiniest slight like, “I used the Lord’s name in vain once yesterday.” Her world is one of moral certainty, black and white. But when she is nominated for the church’s highest award, Catholic Woman of the Year, Eileen is forced to acknowledge that her life has been anything but certain and her family hardly the picture of perfection she insists. Portrayed by Kathleen Turner, Eileen is no “Mommie Dearest,” but a real woman who must reconcile blind obedience to the teachings of her church with the realities of modern family life. Her husband, Frank (Michael McGrady), is a recovering alcoholic who, early in

their marriage, took to womanizing during his drunken binges. Daughter Shannon (Emily Deschanel) is a lesbian planning to have a baby with her partner. Son Frank Jr. (Jason Ritter) has left his wife and two sons to pursue a relationship with a local manicurist. For years, Eileen has simply chosen to ignore these issues, until her nomination requires a home visit from the bishop and letters of recommendation from her family members. When Shannon confronts her mother about her nuptials and pregnancy, Eileen finally acknowledges her knowing disapproval. It’s morally wrong, Eileen says because the Pope has said so.When Shannon demands to know what her mother thinks, Eileen responds, “I don’t have to think, I’m a Catholic!” Ironically, the prize Eileen covets is a prayer of absolution delivered to the winner by the visiting bishop of Dublin, which we learn is not so much about her family’s redemption, but Eileen’s own, revealed in a shocking confession late in the film. Richard Chamberlain delivers a refreshing performance as Monsignor Murphy, the parish priest who clearly admires Eileen’s devotion, but also senses the hidden turmoil she keeps bottled up. Writers Paula Goldberg and Claire Riley provide a script that is predictable at times, for instance, the drunken arrival of Frank Jr. just minutes before the bishop’s visit. But,

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Kathleen Turner in “The Perfect Family” they know their characters, weaving smart, sarcastic commentary on religion throughout, and leading Eileen to an eventual epiphany. Director Anne Renton avoids the urge to veer toward the flavor of silly comedy that has made television shows like Modern Family so popular, even though the sitcom family is not really so different from the Clearys. For those of us who grew up in religious families, especially in the Bible Belt, the

struggle Eileen faces at once seems familiar. When she finally reconciles her faith with family, they are all freed.

The Perfect Family Opening May 11 AMC Aventura 24 and AMC Sunset Place/ West Palm Beach – Mos’ Art Theater (Lake Park) Check local listings for show times.

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Fitness Guy By Peter Jackson, CPT

HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING: INTENSE CARDIO THAT’S NOT FOR EVERYONE Q: I have a friend who has lost massive amounts of fat doing High Intensity Interval Training. What exactly is this and will it work for me? I’m 36, 6’, 175, about 9% body fat. A: High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a form of cardiovascular exercise performed in a short period at an intense rate, followed by a less intense recovery period and repeated multiple times during the same session. Yes, it has its benefits which include accelerated fat loss and cardio conditioning, but it can be a grueling workout and isn’t for everybody. Given your stats (six feet tall and 175 lbs. with only 9% body fat), HIIT certainly isn’t the program I would prescribe for you if your goals are to build muscle. EXAMPLE: For an individual wanting to try HIIT on a treadmill, I would have him warm-up at a comfortable but brisk intensity for 5 minutes. Then I’d have him sprint at full intensity, no-holds-barred, for 45 seconds to a minute. For the next two minutes during the “recovery” phase, he would jog at a comfortable pace. We would then repeat this pattern of sprint and recovery about 6 to 10 times and finish it off with a cool-down. The total workout should take 15-20 minutes. The benefits of this type of training are numerous. The major one is improved oxygen uptake or EPOC (Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption). In very basic terms, this means you will be consuming a lot more oxygen for the next 24 hours, raising your metabolism and, in turn, burning more fat. The other big benefit to HIIT is that it works both the aerobic and the anaerobic system. Exercise physiologist Elizabeth Quinn explains it this way: “During the high intensity efforts, the anaerobic system uses the energy stored in the muscles (glycogen) for short bursts of activity. Anaerobic metabolism works without oxygen, but the by-product is lactic acid. As lactic acid builds, the athlete enters oxygen debt, and it is during the recovery phase that the heart and lungs work together to “pay back” this oxygen debt and break down the lactic acid. It is in this phase that the aerobic system is using oxygen to convert stored carbohydrates into energy. It’s thought that by performing high intensity intervals that produce lactic acid during practice, the body adapts and burns lactic acid more efficiently during exercise. This means athletes can exercise at a higher intensity for a longer period of time before fatigue or pain slows them down.” The next time you spend time on a treadmill, try a pre-

programmed interval training set and see for yourself if this type of training is for you.

TIP OF THE WEEK

THE POWER OF VITAMIN D Vitamin D was considered so vital to building strong bones that in the 1930s the U.S. government mandated that milk be fortified with it. This amazing vitamin, which works to increase the absorption of calcium from foods and supplements, has been found in more recent studies to play a vital role in defending the body against a host of illnesses including colds, heart disease, asthma, diabetes and cancer.

People over 50 tend to be at greatest risk for vitamin D deficiencies often resulting in osteoporosis. More recently, a high percentage of HIV+ individuals have been found to have vitamin D deficiencies. Experts recommend beginning a vitamin D supplement regimen by taking 1,000 IU per 25 pounds of body weight. Consult with your doctor or registered dietitian before any type of supplementation. Peter Jackson is nationally-syndicated fitness columnist and the owner of Push Fitness, a private, full-service personal training gym in Oakland Park which offers cutting-edge fitness programs for individuals, couples and small groups. Peter welcomes your questions at peter@PushFitnessFTL.com or visit him online at www.PushFitnessFTL.com and www.PozFitness.com.

EXERCISE OF THE WEEK EZ-BAR BICEPS CURL Barry Gamez demonstrates the EZ-Bar Biceps Curl . Photography by TobysPhotos.com.

➊ This

➋

is a basic arm exercise that targets

the biceps brachii but, surprisingly, many guys skip this exercise or perform it incorrectly.

1) Grab an EZ-Bar with an underhand (palms up) grip at shoulder width. Your feet should also be shoulder-width apart with your shoulders back. Allow the bar to hang in front of your waist. 2) Without

moving your upper arms , curl

the bar upward towards your chin.

3) Lower

the bar

SLOWLY

to the

starting position until your arms are completely straight.

ALERT: Many guys get into a swinging motion and/or curl and lower the bar too quickly. Your torso and upper arms should be still throughout the exercise .

The

major benefit to this exercise

occurs when you are lowering the weight, so perform that portion of the exercise slowly.

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