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August 29, 2012 • Volume 3 • Issue 35

NFL TACKLES BULLYING 49ers Make ‘It Gets Better’ Video

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Crist’s Closet Opening?

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Lesbians Party Harder?

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Op-ed: Gay Men’s Retreat

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Muscles and Calendars

did a lesbian lie about cross and slurs carved into her skin?

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Shel Dorf, Founder of San Diego Comic Con International

Comic Con Founder Outed Posthumously Shel Dorf, the man that made it okay for people to express their inner geeks, was gay, according to openly gay comic artist Eric Shanower. Dorf, the the founder of the San Diego Comic Con International, was posthumously outed by Shanower during this year’s event last July, comic booksrelated website Bleeding Cool reported.

Eric was very emotional about it as Shel had actually attacked him for being out early in his career, and Eric told the story of what happened and why it was so sad,” wrote Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool.“By posthumously revealing Shel was gay, he was showing how many GLBT folks have had a major effect on this industry.” Dorf died at age 76 in 2009 from diabetes-related complications.

Shanower is best known for his Oz novels and comics and the on-going retelling of the Trojan War as Age of Bronze. Set in 1970, the San Diego Comic Con is arguably the biggest one of its kind in the world.This year, over 130,000 people attended the 4-day conference, according to U-T San Diego.

Grindr-like App for Gays in Military Picture this: You’re in Afghanistan serving in the military and even though “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has been repealed, how do you

Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Candidate

The Blonds Blond Diamond Barbie Doll is a new collectors’ edition Barbie modeled after Phillipe Blond, a cross-dresser.

Correspondents. . . . . . . . . . D onald Cavanaugh Andrea Dulanto

find other gay servicemen at your base? A new smartphone app will make it easier for LGBT service members to hook up. \ The Out Military smartphone app (designed by the creators of gay military network OutMilitary.com) is the first military focused, location-based gay dating app.The app works exactly like Grindr, but it’s geared specifically toward gay service members, veterans and their admirers, looking to find each other.

Knowing who is gay on base or aboard ship can be nearly impossible, said John McKinnon, one of the creators of the app.

Now, the app gives them a powerful tool to find and connect with one another right on their smartphone, they can literally ‘see’ other gay service members on their base, ship, wherever.” The app is available for IPhone and Android.

Bathhouse Ready for GOP Convention

Romney Campaign Spent $500 at Chick-fil-A

What happens when you mesh together Ken and Barbie? You get Mattel’s first Drag Queen doll.

“The Blonds Blond Diamond Barbie Doll” is the name of the new collectors’ edition Barbie, which was molded after crossdresser Phillipe Blond of the New York City design duo “The Blonds,” according to Global Grind. The doll comes dressed in a fabulous faux fur coat, diamond encrusted mini dress, glitter pumps, and “a painted face that would turn RuPaul Barbie-pink with envy.” The Drag Queen Barbie is now available for purchase ($125) and ships in December.

One day after former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee called on conservatives to support Chick-fil-A’s idea of traditional family values by eating at the restaurant, Romney staffers spent nearly $500 at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A on July 23. The number was reported in a New York Times story detailing how the Republican presidential nominee had a growing cash advantage over President Obama’s war chest. The Romney Chick-fil-A tab was billed as a “meeting expense.”

Contributing Columnists. . . Wayne Besen

Brian McNaught Victoria Michaels

Fifty thousand raging conservatives are Leslie Robinson in Tampa for the Republican National Dana Rudolph Convention on Aug. 27, and one business David Webb in particular is looking to cash in on it: Health Columnist. . . . . . . . . Peter Jackson a gay owned and operated bath house.

Finance Columnist. . . . . . . . Ric Reily As Roll Call first reported, Ybor Resort Trans News Editor. . . . . . . . Victoria Michaels & Spa is offering free access for closeted Republicans to mix business and pleasure.

Calendar Editor. . . . . . . . . . Brian Swinford The bathhouse amenities include a 300-square foot Jacuzzi, “gang showers,” Editorial Cartoonists. . . . . . . Karl Hampe and an S&M dungeon-themed room Darryl Smith outfitted with leather rocking sex bench Staff Photographer. . . . . . . . Dani Justice and hand cuffs. The gay spa clarifies: “You Sales provide the slave.”

First Drag Queen Barbie Doll

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT

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Equality Park Garden Club is Back

By SFGN Staff

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ogether, we can make Wilton Manors look even better than it already does.

Starting Wednesday, Sept.

19, home gardeners can join up to monthly meetings to discuss and learn everything horticultural.

Local speakers will talk about topics like landscaping, bromeliads, orchids, herbs, vegetables, various fruit, medicinal and other tropical plants. Specifically for this fall, topics will include landscaping with bromeliads in the urban garden, butterfly gardening and decorating for the holidays using materials from the garden. Throughout the year, the group will attend garden tours and visits to South Florida’s various nurseries.

Chuck Nicholls, president of the Equality Park Garden Club, said that the club has come a long time since starting in April 2010.

“I’m excited because we started with maybe four interested people two years ago and are

Chuck Nicholls, President of Equality Park Garden Club

up to 50,” he said. “Speakers are asking us when they can come again. I’m so pleased.”

The meetings will take place on the third Wednesday of each month. Memberships come with a suggested donation of $20 to $25.

If you go When: Wednesday, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m.

Where: The Pride Center 2040 N. Dixie Highway Wilton Manors, FL 33305 How Much: Free

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CIRCUMCISION: NO BENEFIT & ANTI-CHOICE Dear SFGN, The America Academy of Pediatrics is planning to release their new circumcision statement on Monday. I assume SFGN will be writing about the new statement. Please consider the following (you are welcome to quote me): - The AAP is ignoring the significant and mounting evidence of lack of health benefits, risks, harms, and ethical concerns.

- Instead of objectively evaluating all evidence available, the AAP chose to use highly selective studies and data to defend and justify a deeply entrenched American cultural practice. They used highly controlled studies conducted on African adult males to claim circumcision reduces HIV, while ignoring the numerous studies showing circumcision does NOT reduce HIV or STDs. In Europe, where males are almost never circumcised, HIV is much lower than in America. Further, STDs and HIV risks have NOTHING to do with infants.

- The AAP task force minimizes the risks of the procedure, repeatedly stating a ridiculously low complication rate ignoring the numerous reports of botches and deaths that have made headlines since their last statement. It is tragic

GAY REPUBLICANS — NO LONGER AN OXIMORON Thanks for the tremendous and intellectually honest SFGN article authored by Steve Blanchard of Tampa’s celebrated GLBT weeklie, Watermark.

His insights into the growing number of Gay Republicans are long overdue for our nation’s unoriginal, hyper-leftist gay newspapers and editors.

In the last two national elections -- 2008 and 2010 -- one-out-of-three self-identified “Gay Voters” voted Republican, according to the New York Times exit polls.

In Florida, nearly 50 percent of 2010 Gay voters supported GOP Governor Rick Scott, and all the Republicans who won every statewide office (No Democrat occupies a statewide office in Florida).

Additionally, large numbers of “Out” Gays worked for and voted Republican to elect Marco Rubio to the US Senate; Allen West and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to the US House; Chip La Marca as the only GOP Broward County Commissioner; and a dozen more Republicans to high office in South Florida..

In fact, the highest proportion of Gay GOP voters nationally were in South Florida and Dallas, TX, according to a study done by Keen News Services, which is headed by Lisa Keen,

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the AAP chose to ignore the significant costs and complications involved in circumcision from increased MRSA risk, penile damage, and in rare cases death.

- The AAP fails to consider the important protective and erogenous functions of the foreskin.

- If circumcision offered significant health benefits, why has no other pediatric society in the world come out in favor of newborn circumcision? The AAP is now grossly out of line with most other nations in the worldseveral European nations are moving toward an outright ban of male circumcision because of the recognition of the rights of the child to bodily autonomy.

- Circumcision is an invasive procedure with inherent surgical risks, including penile damage and death. Unless the surgery offers significant benefits to the child, this surgery should be deferred until he can decide for himself. Any benefits to circumcision are minimal at best, and do not justify routine surgery at birth for males.

Please contact Intact America (www. intactamerica. org) for additional comments press@intactamerica.org.

Thank you for your consideration, Ken Humbard Wellington, Florida

the former Editor-in-Chief of the Washington Blade.

Despite deep and dense cultural ghetto denial on the part of the often anti-intellectual Gay Left, open Gay people of all color and circumstances have been voting Republican at a much higher rate than the intolerant and smirking Gay Democrats want to acknowledge.

Ronald Reagan and his successor George H. W. Bush garnered over 40% of the Gay vote in their landslides of 1980, ‘84, and ‘88....the self-righteous Gay intelligentsia were appalled and stunned, despite their loud and relentless Nazi-like propaganda that Reagan was responsible for AIDS..

And during the 1994 middle-class Gingrich Revolution which swept a resounding GOP majority into the US Senate, the US House, half of the State Legislatures and 32 GOP Governors, 42% of self-identified “Gay” voters voted Republican, according to the New York Times exit-polling analysis.

The modern GOP is confidently inclusive and supremely proud to have visible and talented Gay Republicans, activists and bloggers in our leadership ranks....unlike the Gay Democrats who expressly hate and trash political diversity in their Gay community.

Matthew Tsien Broward Republican Executive Committee

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PROFILE

Her True Self

By Andrea Dulanto

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n Sept. 5 at Womenfest Key West, and on Oct. 7 at the Fort Lauderdale International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (FLGLFF), LGBT film audiences and their allies will have the opportunity to view the award-winning documentary I Stand Corrected.

The film centers on the life of acclaimed jazz bassist Jennifer Leitham, a transgender woman who first established her musical career as John Leitham, and performed with Mel Tormé, Doc Severinsen, and many other jazz luminaries in the ’80s and ’90s.

She also recorded several well-regarded CDs such as The Southpaw. But throughout those years, her gender identification as a female was kept hidden from the public.

After Leitham’s sex reassignment surgery in the early 2000s, she came out as a woman.

She has received support from many musicians, particularly Doc Severinsen, who appears in I Stand Corrected. She has also had to deal with intolerance. As she noted in an April 2009 interview with JazzTimes: “There are a lot of people who are uncomfortable being in a room with me… I just wish it were possible for the jazz community to be as creative about social issues as it is about music.”

I Stand Corrected places the focus on Leitham’s own music.

Director and producer Andrea Meyerson affirmed this emphasis: “I am extremely lucky that the subject of my documentary is so talented and wrote all this extraordinary music to express what she was going through.”

In a July 2012 interview with The Advocate, Meyerson talked about how she was drawn to Leitham in 2006 — first at her appearance during L.A. Women’s Fest and later at a solo performance.

“When she shared with me the people she had previously played with—Woody Herman, Mel Tormé, Doc Severinsen, I just kept thinking her story was so intriguing and important enough to approach her about doing a documentary,” Meyerson said.

There had been other offers.

The Hollywood Reporter had written an article about Leitham, which prompted talk of a theatrical film.

One producer read a draft of Leitham’s memoir.

“Some pretty famous people showed interest but I was a bit taken aback at how the story was altered to the point that very little of it rang true,” said Leitham. “When [Meyerson] approached me, it seemed the best way to tell the authentic story. She was clear that my music and career would be the most important aspects.”

Meyerson and Leitham were also in sync on how they wanted to portray the transgender experience.

“I noticed all the documentaries being

A Film You Don’t Want to Miss

Jennifer Leitham, Transgender Jazz Bassist

done about Trans people were always about the actual transition. I didn’t want to do that,” Meyerson said. “I wanted people to understand that it’s no big deal and everyone deserves to be happy. I made a movie about an extraordinary musician that happens to be transgender.”

Leitham also elaborated on this perspective. “[I Stand Corrected] tells a positive story about the actions of a Trans person. It doesn’t dwell on the negative aspects of transition or the personal angst. I’ve had some challenges but I was and still am pretty good at something,” she said. “That’s what counts. If mainstream audiences see this film, I think it will go a long way at educating people who perceive the Trans experience as a negative thing.”

Throughout the past few months, the film has traveled the festival circuit, and has garnered accolades at Outfest, the American Documentary Film Festival, and Translations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival.

For Leitham, the Q&A at Translations was one of the most rewarding.

“It was so wonderful to field questions from people who knew so much about the transgender subject,” she recalled. “They didn’t need to hear Trans explanations, so they only asked questions about my music and career. It was really refreshing!”

Meyerson discussed had a very specific notion of what she wanted audiences to take from the film.

“Jennifer Leitham lived 48 years in the wrong body, hiding who she really was. She is so happy now living her life as her true self but she had to risk everything she worked so hard for just to obtain that happiness. I wanted the movie to showcase her talent and capture her beautiful spirit and I think it accomplishes that,” Meyerson said.

Director and producer Andrea Meyerson will appear at Womenfest Key West and the Fort Lauderdale International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (FLGLFF). Jennifer Leitham is scheduled to appear at FLGLFF, and will give a solo performance at a Jazz Brunch before the screening.

Tickets and more information can be found at www.tropiccinema.com, www. womenfest.com and www.flglff.com.

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The Glass Closet of Charlie Crist is About to Shatter

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ow many new rumors every month can be started about the alleged homosexuality and gay trysts of the former Florida governor, Charlie Crist?

Well, the newest ones are emerging again because Crist has abandoned those supporters who used to defend him in the Republican Party.

This week Crist endorsed President Obama over Mitt Romney, and that came on the heels of him backing Democratic U. S. Senator Bill Nelson for re-election.

Forever an opportunist who has moved from one state job to another, it’s beginning to look like a ploy to transition himself as a Democrat, enabling him to run for governor again, but this time on a new ticket.

Republican operatives are sticking it Crist big time. For one, Roger Stone has been relentless. The libertarian bad boy of Republican dirty tricks politics has cut Crist up brutally this week on Twitter.

“I Pray Charlie Crist runs for Governor.

Even Rick Scott can beat his ass,” he said.

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Norm Kent, Publisher And in another tweet wrote, “Fake wife. Fake tan. Fake Republican.”

It was followed by an unkinder post, “What’s next ? Official “Charlie Crist for Governor 2014 cockrings?” Then, mentioning the adult strip clubs available to Republican convention-goers, he noted Crist would be “more likely to be at...ah...other clubs.”

Crist was probably thinking of places like The Green Iguana, a gay bar that a young Charlie Crist regularly patronized as a young Republican staffer in the early 1990s.

Years later, as a journalist for New Times, Bob Norman went down a number of avenues outing Crist, right down to interviewing a former staffer who said they had sex together.

But like Teflon, nothing stuck to the silver haired chameleon, who eventually married.

Then came Kirby Dick’s 2008 documentary, Outrage, where the film all but insisted Crist was living in a glass closet. Even when I published the Express Gay News a decade ago, we tried to put our finger on Crist, but could not quite land the absolute truth.

Crist has fought the gay rumors right

up until today, and not just by marrying a wealthy socialite. It seems whenever these allegations come to light, on his own, Crist will just pick up the phone and call a radio talk show host, friendly to him, of course, and deny them.

The newest stories involve a sordid tale of Crist delivering a U.S. Senate seat to George LeMieux in order to cover up an attempted liaison with some big shot Republican leader now facing federal fraud charges. The recent revelations also claim that Crist paid paramours to leave the state rather than come out about these affairs. It’s juicy gossip stuff for sure, but is Crist yesterday’s news?

If this man is really gay and has covered it up with lies and payoffs, he is the fool bearing the baggage and carrying the freight. It is his life he is ruining, his own soul he is denying.

Back when he was a governor opposing gay adoption, or a U.S. Senatorial candidate fighting equal rights legislation for the LGBT community, all this mattered. Now though who really cares what he thinks? He’s just another ex-politician caught up in this week’s scandal with an old law partner he got richer with. Screw both of them. Who is going to support him on any ticket with pay offs and bribes swirling around him?

Crist has always called these stories “a bunch of delusional lies,” but both the gay and mainstream press is still writing about them. Alleged former partners like Jason Wetherington and Bruce Carlton Jordan have been resuscitated. Maybe regurgitated is more like it. These are guys who purportedly bragged about bedding Crist one day, and denied it the next.

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Charlie Crist, Former Florida Governor

Still, let’s open up the other door. What if he never was gay? What if we have been playing this gay vanity game where we just assume every tall, well-groomed, goodlooking man is a friend of Dorothy? And what if he had a couple of drunk induced late night affairs with guys? So what? Should we care anymore? I hope not.

Now that Crist is on the verge of switching political teams, a lot of players who ran protection for him may no longer do so.

Politics is brutal. Those who have been playing cover up for Crist for the past decade may be the ones coming out of the closet now.

If that’s the case, watch out Charlie, because you will have to make the decision of your life. You will have to own up to who you were and what you are, or endure an endless series of denials. Give Anderson Cooper a call, okay? It won’t hurt.

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he Carabinieri is the national military police of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations. During the process of Italian unification, it was appointed the “First Force” of the new national military organization. Although the Carabinieri assisted in the suppression of opposition during the rule of Benito Mussolini they were also responsible for his downfall and many units were disbanded by Nazi Germany which resulted in large numbers of Carabinieri joining the Italian resistance movement. Since 2001, it has been one of the four Italian Armed Forces. Carabinieri are often better trained than ordinary police, often much more helpful and nicer - in the unfortunate case you need assistance in Italy ignore the police and head straight to the nearest Carabinieri station. However, Carabinieri jokes are such an Italian tradition that I must stick one or two in this column:

- “Sergeant, we have no more place in the station archive. May we trash documents older than ten years?”

“Yes, do it, but make photocopies first.”

or -”Captain, somebody stole our

squad car.”

“Did you see the thief?”

“No, but we took the plate number.”

Now for something completely serious: In the last few weeks a disturbing new

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aspect of the Carabinieri has surfaced and hit the Italian media. A copy of the 585 pages Manual of the Carabinieri has a section called “sexual degeneration” which states that the most common “Sexual Degenerations” are: “homosexuality, exhibitionism, fetishism, sadism, masochism, incest, bestiality and necrophilia” They are not listed in alphabetical order, but homosexuality comes first.

The manual is used for those candidates preparing to join the force and pass the very selective process of admission or promotion.

The manual was approved December 2011 by Colonel Pasquale Santoro.

When it hit the Internet it went viral. Anna Paola Concia, an Italian politician and gay rights activist who was the first openly lesbian member of the Italian Lower House, called the manual “an appalling disgrace.” She is asking the Ministry of Defense for an investigation and an intervention from the Prime Minister. She wants to ban the next series of admission exams until the manual is amended. She is willing to go all the way to the European Court if necessary.

The sad part is what Italian gays call: State sanctioned homophobia. The very people

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an initiative led by the “Certain Rights” advocate group and aimed at expanding rights for gay couples. Italy’s constitution and civil code does not explicitly ban gay marriages. It is ironic because many of Italy’s greatest and most venerated artists Michelangelo Buonarroti, Leonardo Da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, and Caravaggio among them - were homosexuals commissioned to produce stunning masterpieces for the Church itself. It is part of the Italian DNA to be schizophrenic in every aspect of their lives. There is a saying that wonderfully describes their character: “Italians enjoy

A car used by the Carabinieri, the military police of Italy

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who are supposed to protect and defend all citizens are the first ones to perpetrate oppression and discrimination to the point of equating homosexuality to bestiality. And if the military police teaches its members that homosexuality is a perversion, when a gay person is attacked and brutally beaten or killed, it’s like giving them a license to ignore the crime because “those people” went looking for it.

It follows on the heels of Italy’s forward Antonio Cassano, who last June said he hoped there are no homosexual players on the national soccer squad, he then used

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a derogatory word to describe gays. He was later fined by the European Soccer Federation for his derogatory remarks.

It is also not surprising. Italy lags behind almost all the other Western European democracies on gay acceptance. Only in recent years has the subject been openly talked about, but the Catholic Church continues to exert a tremendous influence on everyday attitudes even though Italians are not as religious as Americans and Church services are sparsely attended. Another factor to consider is that Italy - and Mediterranean cultures in general are family-oriented societies where the male-macho ethic runs strong.

Under these conditions it’s more difficult for gays to come out; many opt instead to lead a double life. But homosexuality is not illegal.

Italy is also one of the few western European countries without legislation on same-sex couples.

The only attempt to rule on civil unions was a bill proposed by former Prime Minister Romano Prodi’s administration in 2007. It was never approved by Parliament amid opposition from Prodi’s own allies and the Catholic Church.

The latest legal battle stems from

creating chaos, as it provides them with a challenge to restore order.”

And now we have one more round of controversy surrounding gays in Italy. The good thing is that the subject is being brought out in the open and discussed.

Aurelio Mancuso president of Arcigay and founder of Equality Italia was fuming when interviewed by the press: “It’s a story that is almost impossible to believe, It sets our country back decades, it shows no respect for human beings and for the scores of gay Carabinieri who are members of the corps” Besides amending the manual, the Carabinieri force needs a strong diversity and sensitivity training program for both new and veteran officers and recruits. Minorities abuse, may it be verbal or written, should be immediately banished and punished by supervisors in charge of such training.

Sensitivity to the circumstances and feelings of others is the cornerstone of human relationships.

As Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsh, commentator and biblical linguist said: “Compassion and sensitivity to others flows from the awareness that all of us share the same history and fate, that our destinies are intertwined. Whatever happens to one of us affects the other. Understanding this reality brings a sense of joy and delight in the good fortune of our fellow travelers in life’s journey.”

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NATIONAL NEWS

Hate Crimes & Fabrications C

harlie Rogers, an out lesbian and former University of Nebraska basketball player, is being charged with making a false police report of a hate crime in a case that’s made national headlines. Still, Rogers pleaded not guilty.

SFGN spoke with Rogers’ lawyer to get her side of story. Here’s the whole picture: Only July 22, police were called to Rogers’ home after she crawled from her house naked, bleeding and screaming for help.

According to CNN, Rogers told police that three masked men broke into her home, and that one of them pinned her down while another sliced a cross into her chest, cut the front of her thighs and shins and carved derogatory words in her arms and abdomen.

Rogers then said they rolled her onto her stomach and cut her buttocks, the back of her thighs and the back of her right calf. She also said they tried to burn down her house.

Friends of Rogers also told ABC affiliate KLKN-TV that anti-gay slurs were also found spray painted throughout her basement.

On Tuesday, Aug. 21, Rogers, 33, pleaded not guilty to charges of making a false police report.

Four days before the alleged incident, police say Rogers posted on Facebook her motive for faking the attack: “So maybe I am too idealistic, but I believe way deep inside me that we can make things better for everyone. I will be a catalyst. I will do what it takes. I will. Watch me,” is what police say the July 18 post read.

The Lincoln Journal Star reported that an arrest warrant for Charlie Rogers was issued after investigators say they found no sign of a struggle in the living room where the Rogers claimed she was attacked. She has since been released on a personal recognizance bond after a brief court appearance. The warrant stated that “there was no apparent blood on the bedspread; even though Ms. Rogers reported she was rolled on to her stomach after she had been cut on her arms, abdomen, chest and front of her legs while being held down”.

SFGN spoke with Rogers’ attorney, Brett McArthur, who said that this turn of events has been very hard for her but that he has fielded “a lot of calls from people that really want to support and be there for Charlie. She really is a wonderful person.”

Almost immediately after her alleged attack, several hundred LGBT advocates, supporters and allies turned out for candlelight vigils for Rogers. Four Nebraska gay-rights groups that followed the case released a joint statement crediting police for conducting what they believe was a

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balanced and thorough investigation.

“It is important not to focus on the actions of any single individual,” the statement read.

“As residents of Lincoln we must continue to bring our community together to declare that violence and hate are not the values of our city.”

Rogers sat down for a rather emotional interview with KETV-TV to respond to those who said the attack was a hoax, saying that her “world had been changed forever” by the alleged attack.

“The idea that people think it’s a lie is so hurtful,” she said at the time. “For people to think this doesn’t happen here, it does. It did.”

When pressed for more information of the fallout from Rogers’ charges, McArthur told SFGN that he and Rogers had started to receive hate mail directed at them and gays in general. “I’m assuming most of it is from heterosexuals but I can’t rule out some gays being mad at the allegations,” he said.

Lincoln Police Chief Jim Peschong told the Associated Press that police found a

pile of clothes, white knit gloves and a red box cutter on the living room floor after the alleged attack. Rogers said the gloves didn’t belong to her. He also said that investigators have determined that a lot of the DNA found inside the glove was Rogers’ and that none of it came from a male. Investigators also discovered that Rogers deleted numerous text messages she had sent the evening of the alleged attack, and that she bought cotton gloves, a box cutter and zip ties from an Ace Hardware Store in Lincoln on July 17. All of the items were later found in her house, he said. When confronted about the evidence weeks later, Peschong said Rogers admitted to purchasing all the items except the gloves. She also sent a photo of a cross-shaped cut on her chest to a friend a few days before the reported attack, Peschong said.

Investigators say they also found no apparent sign of a struggle in the living room where Rogers said she was attacked, and no blood on the sheets where the cutting allegedly took place. An FBI forensic

pathologist concluded that Rogers either cut herself, or allowed someone else to do it. Peschong said the department spent thousands of dollars investigating the case, but stressed that the case will not undermine the department’s trust in people who report hate crimes.

“The FBI, the Bureau of Fire Prevention and the Lincoln Police Department have spent an exorbitant amount of time and personnel resources investigating this and … we aggressively investigated this. Every day since this incident has happened, there have been investigators working on trying to identify who these assailants were,” Peschong told the AP. Despite all the alleged evidence, Brett McArthur hopes that the public keeps an open mind and wants to remind people that “this is America, people are still innocent until proven guilty.”

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Former Lesbian Basketball Player Says She Didn’t Make Up Getting Cross and Curses Carved Into Her Skin

Charlie Rogers was allegedly attacked by three masked men who broke into her house and carved derogatory words into her body.

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MEDIA MATTERS

The Mexican Gay Marriage ‘Scandal’

By SFGN Staff

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exico Supreme Court ruled gay marriages in Mexico City are recognized throughout the country.” Great news, but it happened two years ago — yet the story made its way to the homepages of some major LGBT news sites (including SFGN) on Aug. 22.

Who exactly started spreading the old news isn’t clear. We found out about it while performing our daily routine of checking Twitter to see what stories were trending on the web. Users were tweeting about the Mexico story, and we jumped on it right away.

It wasn’t until a day later when a reader commented on the story that we found out the Mexican Supreme Court ruling was from 2010. Yes, we made a mistake, and we apologize for it.

The story we saw was by the Associated Press. We thought it was fresh; it turns out it was as rancid as rotten fish.

We were not the only ones to fall for it.

Queerty, one of the most popular LGBT news websites around, published a story on Aug. 22 under the headline “Gay Marriages Performed in Mexico City Legal Throughout

A screenshot from Queer Times’ newsletter shows the two-year-old story under ‘International News’ in Aug. 2012

We’re not sure if these other news outlets listed along with SFGN also messed up, or if they did and later deleted their mistakes (see below).

Coincidentally, on that same day the Gay Star News published a story titled “Mexico’s states debate gay marriage laws.”

The story expands on the same topic, adding as the latest news bit that “the northern state of Coahuila will consider modifying the state’s civil code in order to permit same sex couples to marry.”

Did they update the story at a later time

to cover up the mistake, or did they get the story right from the beginning? We can’t know for sure.

An Aug. 24 newsletter from Queer Times opened with — you guessed it — the Mexico story, listed as the first item under international news.

Mistakes like this happen, especially nowadays; technology makes our lives more dynamic, and makes the news more dynamic. Sometimes we need to slow down and think for a second.

Again, we apologize.

A Google search for Mexico gay marriage still brings up the link of the now delected story.

the Country.” The story has now been deleted, but there are still traces of the mistake: a Google search for Mexico+Gay+Marriage brings up the link of the now-deleted story.

A composite story written by Belky Perez Schwartz at Examiner.com on the same subject and published on Aug. 22 lists the following LGBT news outlets as original sources: Huff Post Gay Voices, South Florida Gay News, Associated Press, Gay Star News.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Do Lesbians Drink and Do More Drugs?

New Study suggests LBT women engage in riskier behavior than the general population

By Sergio Candido

Australia.

The study, from Australia’s Curtin University, is said to be the first of its kind, shedding light — and voice growing concern — on the health and well-being of what some believe to be an underserved part of the LGBT community.

The data for the report was gathered in Oct. 2010, when the university surveyed 900 lesbian, bisexual and queer women attending the city of Perth Pride Fair Day and several other community events, venues and groups during that year’s Pride month.

Respondents averaged 26 years of age, were mostly educated, and came from urban areas.

The 2-page self-complete questionnaire included items on demographics, tobacco, alcohol and drug use; sexual health, psychological well-being, antigay experiences, and sexual and domestic violence, among other things.

Now that the results have been analyzed, the numbers are quite disturbing, said Jude Comfort, one of the study’s researchers and a professor in the School of Public Health at Curtin University “The findings all help in building a picture of the community and provide direction to work with this community to improve their health,” Comfort said.

When it comes to tobacco, a third of the LBQ women (33 percent) said they are current smokers, with most of them being daily smokers consuming an average of 10 cigarettes a day. While only 16 percent of Australia’s general women population are smokers, according to the 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey, which includes every woman regardless of sexual orientation.

The study also found that lesbian and bisexual women use illegal drugs at higher rates than the general community.

In the six months prior to the survey, 49 percent of LBQ respondents said they had used any illicit drug including. At the top of the list were marijuana, which 36 percent of respondents acknowledging smoking, ecstasy (18 percent), and speed (16 percent).

“Again, these figures are higher than the broader community,” Comfort reiterated.

When it comes to legal drugs, alcohol is the preferred choice of Australian lesbians.

While 86 percent of the sample reported they drank alcohol, which is similar to the broader population, levels of risky drinking were higher.

Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council recommends that adults

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drink no more than two drinks on any single day. Half of all LBQ women in the sample exceeded this advice, having five or more drinks a day. This compares to 11 percent of women in the general population.

The report does not specify what reasons make lesbians drink or smoke in excess, however, causes could be linked to bullying and violence within a lesbian couple.

The survey also showed 35 percent of women had suffered some kind of anti-gay harassment in the past year.

“More than 20 percent had experienced domestic violence with a female partner, an issue that is rarely discussed in the community,” Comfort added.

Comfort concludes the lack of health promotion, prevention and intervention programs specifically addressing these and other health issues for lesbian and bisexual women are leading to an unhealthy LBQ population.

“While health promotion has made significant gains in some issues at the broader community level, it appears these messages have been less successful in achieving positive health behavior in this group of women,” she said.

Robin Schwartz agrees.

She’s the executive director at Aqua Foundation for Women, a South Florida organization working for the wellness and equality of lesbians through grants, scholarships, and community initiatives.

“There is no doubt that as a community we need to do a better job of getting the word out on the health needs of LBT women,” Schwartz said. “We need to have a campaign similar to the one that was had about HIV. We need to have frank, open conversations about LBT domestic violence, discrimination from health professionals, self-care and more.”

The research findings from the city of Perth by Curtin University are supported by similar work carried out in Sydney.

Comfort said the goal of the study is to spur change and create awareness about the health of lesbians and bisexuals.

“We hope that this study will provide important guidance to future public health programs targeting the lesbian and bisexual women’s population,” she said. They also provide direction for further research to better understand the preventative health needs of this group.”

Think the study does not reflect the lesbian community as a whole? Go to our online story at SFGN.com, read the full study and voice your opinion, here: http:// ow.ly/ddcE2

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arijuana, ecstasy, speed, cigarettes, alcohol — are just a few of lesbians’ favorite things, according to a new study out of

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Jude Comfort is one of the Australian researchers behind a recently released report shedding light on the health risks and necessities of lesbian and bisexual women.

Did you know?

HIV/STI/Hepatitis C screening:

The LGBT-focused study from Australia showed more than just risky behavior.

Illicit drugs:

Less than a third (30%) had been tested for HIV; one woman was HIV-positive.

36% reported ever having had a test for hepatitis C; of those tested, 3% were positive.

In the preceding six months, 49% had used one or more illicit drugs including cannabis (36%), ecstasy (18%) and speed (16%). Rates of drug use were much higher than in the general community.

Psychological health:

Tobacco:

10% reported high psychological distress (17% of 16-24 year olds); 50% had accessed psychological services in the preceding 5 years and 35% had received a mental health diagnosis.

Alcohol:

Experiences violence:

33% were tobacco smokers, a substantially higher proportion than women in the general community; smoking was most common in 16-24 year olds (43%).

86% reported drinking alcohol; 55% consumed more than the NHMRC guidelines recommend to reduce the lifetime risk of alcohol related disease or injury, while 28% drank at levels likely to put them at risk of alcohol-related injury on a single drinking occasion. Risky drinking was higher than in the general community.

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24% had ever experienced sexual coercion by a man, and 8% had ever experienced sexual coercion by a woman; 21% had ever experienced domestic violence with a female partner and 47% of these women had sought help; 35% of women had experienced some kind of anti-LGBTQ behaviour in the preceding year.

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Message from the Publisher

49ers Score Touchdown Norm Kent As pro football kicks off its 2012 NFL season, the San Francisco 49ers become the first pro team to kick off an ‘It Gets Better’ Video.

The last few years have taught us a lot about teen bullying in America. We all have to work to put an end to it at every level.

Fortunately, pro sports teams are partnering with us, from pro hockey to pro baseball. This fall, late in November, you

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will see SFGN partner with the Florida Panthers in a special night we have planned during a game at the Bank Atlantic Center.

The Panthers are an exciting, dynamic, young hockey team, and we are pleased to cultivate this relationship with them.

This past season we have also worked with the Florida Marlins, whose owners and PR teams reached out to your LGBT newspaper with advertisements and ticket

giveaways. Maybe the Marlins did not grab the brass ring in this, their first season at a new stadium, but they sure tried, investing ever so much in talented athletes and a spectacular ball yard for baseball.

The bottom line is that gay life embraces athletics and sports, from swimming to soccer to softball leagues. LGBT life embraces our community. We are a part of it, not apart from it. In fact, just as I played baseball for years, the other publisher in town, Bobby Blair of the Agenda, played tennis.

There are gay Olympians, and gay men and women who make their mark athletically in all sports.

Let’s thank the San Francisco 49ers for doing this video, and let’s encourage all sports and businesses to remember all those who are wrongly brutalized, unjustly bullied, and unfairly labeled as outcasts. It never should have happened in the first place, and we can’t as a community let it happen anymore.

Thank you, Norm Kent

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FRONT PAGE STORY

49ers ‘It Gets Better’

By Ryan Dixon

photos Coutesy of SF 49ers PR

S

ean Chapin set out to try to have others help make a change in something that he believes in.

More than 16,000 signatures later on Change.org, and Chapin has persuaded the five time Super Bowl Champion San Francisco 49ers to become the first team of the National Football League to release an It Gets Better video.

Sean’s petition now makes the 49ers the second professional sports team in San Francisco to make a video, following in the steps of the San Francisco Giants. The Giants were the first team in Major League Baseball to release the video, showing support for LGBT youth and condemning anti-gay bullying.

“Sean Chapin has proved once again that there’s a place for sports teams to challenge homophobia on and off the field,” said Eden James, Campaign Director for Change. org. “By winning this campaign, Sean will hopefully inspire countless other fans to urge their teams to support the It Gets Better Project, and create videos condemning anti-gay bullying and harassment.”

In the video, 49ers Safety Donte Whitner said that each day brings unique challenges to LGBT youth around the country, but that resources are available to help teens struggling with bullying or harassment.

“The San Francisco 49ers are proud to join ItGetsBetter.org, to let all LGBT teens know that it gets better,” Whitner said. “On behalf of the entire 49ers organization, we are on your side, and we promise: It gets better.”

Also participating in the video are defensive tackle Ricky Jean Francois, defensive tackle Isaac Sopoaga, and linebacker Ahmad Brooks.

The 49ers not only wanted to make a video, but recognized the need for one.

Donte Whitner, 49ers Safety

“When the idea of making a video for It Gets Better was brought to the team, we recognized it as a cause that relates to our own Foundation’s mission,” said Bob Lange, Public Relations Director for the 49ers.

“The 49ers Foundation focuses on aiding underserved Bay Area youth, to keep them safe, on track and in school. An anti-bullying campaign such as It Gets Better helps to accomplish those very same goals.”

Stephanie Laffin, a board member with It Gets Better, told SFGN that this video holds a special significance.

“Sports acts as a unificator, bringing people from different geographical and social backgrounds together. Many professional sports teams have been supportive of the It Gets Better Project. To have an NFL team come together in this way sends a great message to LGBT youth,” Laffin said. “The It Gets Better Project has become an international force for the LGBT rights movement, particularly among youth. We look forward to collaborating with other sports teams like the 49ers, and to providing resources for LGBT youth both in the U.S. and abroad.”

With the production of this video, Change. org hopes that countless other fans will be inspired to encourage their teams to support It Gets Better.

Bob Lange is satisfied with what their video says and how it might help any person in distress.

“We were happy to speak out against bullying as it affects people from all walks of life,” he said.

Issac Sopoaga, 49ers Defensive Tackle

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For more information, go to www.ItGetsBetter.org.

To see the video from the 49ers, go to http://bit.ly/Q9JRVK.

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Tony Adams

I Was An Easton Mountain Virgin

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too touchy/feely, you will be relieved to know that you can attend as many or as few of the sessions you like. You can decide without fear of recrimination to spend the week hiking or sleeping in a hammock, or floating in the pool, or getting frisky with your neighbors in the wood-burning sauna, or relaxing in the hot tub (for the most part, guys walk about clothed but there is plenty

rolls of new carpet and then you try to tell me that they don’t match because of the way the housekeeper vacuums. It’s because you installed them in opposite directions! A gay man would never have done that!” I mention this to let you know that the overall tenor of Easton Mountain is unbridled mirth, relaxed good humor, frequent laughter and honest camaraderie. There are also some inevitable tears and hugs when men tell their personal stories.

Easton Mountain is a magical place where even a jaded and world-weary writer of a certain age may be inspired and refreshed. Have a look. Choose a program. Book a trip. www.eastonmountain.com.

Photo by Tony Adams

mong the sixty participants at Easton Mountain’s 2012 weeklong annual “Gay Spirit Camp,” only five of us were firsttimers. Most guys return to Easton Mountain many times and for many of the different programs offered here throughout the year.

After just one day, I begin to understand the attraction.

offered by Ray Rigoglioso entitled “Beyond Pride: Stepping Into Our Full Powers As Gay Men – Radical Self Love.” This proved to be a fascinating exercise in constructing how we think about ourselves as gay men, how we own the good and bad sides of our personalities and how we build the self-love we need for healthy living. We made lists of stereotypes and discussed the truths and fallacies behind each of them. A funny moment occurred when one participant who shared that he is the president of his condo association talked about taking a tour of the property with a group of straight board members and telling them, “This place used to be much better looking when there were more gay men living here! You straight people don’t know from pretty. You install two

Easton Mountain, located in New York, holds workshops that help to integrate mind, body and spirit.

Easton Mountain is a community, retreat center and sanctuary created by gay men mostly for gay men (with some programs for women.) It is a lush 175-rolling-acre, wooded and rustic campus located near Albany, NY, founded and run by men who bring extensive professional experience as counselors, healers, teachers, writers, artists, musicians and creative spiritual thinkers of all varieties.

In workshops, programs and events, they provide opportunities to celebrate, heal, transform, and integrate body, mind and spirit.

Established 12 years ago, Easton has built a worldwide fellowship of people enriched by their experience here. There is the sense that men make regular pilgrimages to Easton to recapture their balance and their vision of healthy gay life and spirituality or to acquire new tools and insights to become excellent gay men.

I will confess to arriving with some fears that the week would be too New Agey for me and that the participants might be too quirky/wacky. Those fears soon evaporated as I met the intelligent, thoughtful, attractive (all sizes and ages), and inquisitive men who had signed up for the week, and the dozen experts who would be offering workshops and leading the groups through a variety of shared experiences, discussions and activities. If this sounds intimidating or

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of casual nudity in the wet areas), or making a necklace under the beading tree (During the initial tour, I thought I heard my guide say “I am now going to show you the beating tree!”), or creating a portrait in the art tent (Plenty of men here willing to model), or learning the art of massage (As I write this, a dozen naked men just passed through the room having completed a session in the art of sensual massage), or mastering Reiki or deep breathing, or joining the early morning yoga sessions. No one is keeping track of you. The week is yours to design as you wish. In the course of their greeting, Easton Mountain leaders John Stasio and Harry Faddis ask the attendees to promise to take good care of themselves, to be careful with their fellow attendees and to avoid the anxiety of trying to do everything.

As is always the case, making new friends is a big part of a week at Easton Mountain.

I was startled by the huge variety of life experiences of the attendees and of that of the largely volunteer and international staff.

The men were urban, rural, coastal, fly-over and everything in between. They seem to have some qualities in common: a desire to celebrate healthy gay masculinity and a strong desire for the exploration needed to chart the best and highest course through the life of a gay man.

Earlier today, I chose to attend a workshop

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Guest Column

and supported others in need. We have counseled the young and cared for our elderly. We are appreciated in our community, workplaces and families.

Yet, you refuse to accept our Ric Reily family.

For years we have fought to participate in society as equal rightful members. At each turn we are stopped and told that we are somehow inferior. We are less than farm animals, as demonstrated in a recent California election, and we continue to have basic human freedoms taken away as demonstrated by a recent election in Arkansas.

You want me to see your family in all its color and variety, yet you insist on seeing mine only as some distant one dimensional oddity. You want my family to somehow conform yet your very structure often shatters and divorces. You exclaim the sanctity of your family yet your children are abused, uneducated and themselves bigoted by your perceptions.

America, I don’t want your children, your churches, your schools or your social agenda. I want my family legally recognized for the human unit it is. You don’t have to like us, or even approve. Yet it is un-American for your family to disallow my family.

It is discrimination in its most blatant and lowest form.

Ric Reily is the author of two books, Money Is The Root Of All - Skip The Debt Habit, and Gregory’s Hero; his firm CFO On Call provides small business finance and operations consulting. Ric is married to John, his partner of 26 years, and lives in South Florida with their Havanese dog, Buckley.You can reach Ric at ricreily@gmail.com

Dustin Prop 8 Staged Reading Opens Up Old Wounds

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n September 14, 2012 the Lake Worth Playhouse is presenting a staged reading of “8”. This work by Dustin Lance Black recounts the closing arguments of the Proposition 8 trial in California. Because the defendants in the case persuaded SCOTUS to deny the public access to the proceedings through live TV Black presents us with the text of the trial which is public record and cannot be sequestered.

The staged reading and the recent appeal to SCOTUS by the defendants chafes the raw wounds and today I write with sadness. I am gay, and knew my orientation at an early age. To think that I would consciously choose to be ostracized, discriminated against and physically assaulted for a sexual orientation I could change, rather than fitting in and enjoying the benefits of being like others is a failure to understand human nature.

America, I have effectively been married for 26 years. My partner and I are educated professionals who have owned several homes, including at times a second home. We have saved, invested and planned for a life together, including retirement.

We have supported each other through times of trial, sickness and loss. We have reveled together in success, happiness and joy. We are, and have always been, monogamous and best friends. We have worked in our communities, donated to charities

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A&E

Sexy Singers: Florida Opera Makes the Cut

By J.W. Arnold demanding music, singers must engage in swordplay, physical assaults, and other challenging stage direction. Today, in order to get through a complete opera, especially in a lead role, singers must be as fit physically as they must be vocally.”

Moss’s picks include tattooed New Zealander Teddy Tahu Rhodes, who is also affectionately known as “the singing surfer,” and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the Russian “silver fox” of opera.

Three hunks who have graced the Arsht Center stage are Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni, 2011), Sebastien Gueze (Romeo et Juliette, 2012) and Michael Fabiano (Rigoletto, 2012), whose washboard abs were visible Sebastien Gueze in Romeó et Juliette (2012) from the furthest corners of

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have come to expect much of our opera singers. Vocal standards are higher than ever, and while delivering the most

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ou know the old saying, “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings.” This allusion to the overweight soprano in golden braids, breastplate and horned helmet— who incidentally only appears in the final minutes of Wagner’s Die Walkyrie—may have been the norm for generations past, but a trip to the opera today reveals that the stars of today are anything but fat.

Florida Grand Opera’s Justin Moss was recently featured in the Huffington Post with “Opera’s Sexiest Singers,” a selection of some of the hottest—and most beautiful—performers to hit the stage.

“The stereotype of the over nourished opera singer reflected the reality of what past generations of opera-goers had been accustomed to seeing on the stage.

Countless reasons for this phenomenon were offered up, but the most popular seemed to be that large girth is necessary for producing big sound,” Moss wrote.

He continues, “Current audiences

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the balcony.

Among the women to make the cut: Australian lyric soprano Danielle de Niese, 2005 BBC Singer of the World winner Nicole Cabell and Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu.

For the entire list, go to www.

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Seminole Paradise in Hollywood is going to be scorching hot on Thursday, August 30 when the annual South Florida Firefighters calendar is unveiled. For 20 years, the hunkiest firemen in the region have been selected to raise money for local charities.

The calendar hunks will be on hand to greet fans, pose for pictures and sign calendars at 8:30 p.m.

Proceeds from the sale of the $20 calendars benefit Here’s Help, a Safe Haven for Newborns and Friends Forever Rescue.

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PROFILE

Maryann McCarthy

Oriental Medicine Doctor

By Donald Cavanaugh

“I

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’ve been practicing acupuncture and Oriental medicine for 28 years,” says Maryann McCarthy, OMD, AP (Oriental Medicine Doctor and Acupuncture Physician). “I was one of six members of the

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first graduating class of the San Francisco College of Acupuncture in 1983, taking up healing arts just as HIV/AIDS was becoming the epidemic we would know it to be.”

McCarthy and her five fellow graduates had developed close relationships in school and seeing the growing need for help for people with AIDS they got together to develop an acupuncture and Oriental herbs protocol to use with AIDS patients to alleviate pain and extend life with quality.

“We saw lots of Kaposi’s sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP),” said McCarthy. “We couldn’t cure them but we could and did help them feel better.”

“And we’re still helping improve wellbeing for people taking the new drugs that are extending life but may have difficult side effects that we continue to learn about,” she added.

In addition to her work with HIV and AIDS in 1984, McCarthy became a clinical professor at the San Francisco College of Acupuncture where she helped devise the course on clean needle technique for the

national certification exam that was being developed for the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).

“Prior to that, licensing was a hitor-miss proposition,” said McCarthy.

“California was the first to establish a licensing procedure thanks to the efforts of then-governor Jerry Brown.

Licensing is important,” she went on, “so people can know who to trust and who to avoid. The same in western medicine.”

“I have always been attracted to women’s health issues,” said McCarthy. “I get a lot of women in my Oriental medicine practice, too.”

According to McCarthy, women are often easier to diagnose and treat because they are willing to share what they’re feeling while men often try to bottle things up.

“Oriental medicine encompasses the whole person,” she went on to say. “The emotional body is as important as the physical body. Ten people can come in with similar symptoms but require radically different treatments because of their underlying emotional states. It’s not a onesize-fits-all solution.”

Stress is another focus area for this form of healing. “People’s stress levels are extremely high and this can lead to symptoms all over the body. If we can lower stress, we can dramatically improve all sorts of symptoms,” she said.

In addition to acupuncture and Oriental

medicine, McCarthy is a licensed mental health therapist and uses therapeutic techniques to help understand her patients and their individual needs. Every new patient gets a 60 to 90 minute getting-toknow-you session before treatment is begun.

McCarthy also uses Zen practices, daily meditation and yoga to help her patients take greater control of their health and wellness.

She also encourages conscious eating and exercise.

“Although it’s not a requirement I encourage all of my patients to start a meditation practice,” said McCarthy. “It’s a wonderful way to stop our busy minds and focus on the present moment and it can have dramatic effects on our outlooks on life.”

After several years in California, McCarthy moved to Cape Cod where she had spent time earlier in her life. She practiced her holistic healing there for 20 years before moving to West Palm Beach in 2008/9 with her partner of 18 years. .

“I sold my practice on the Cape and have joined a group of holistic practitioners here in Florida. My wife and I were snow birds for a few years but decided to make the break about four years ago. We visit the Cape regularly and I still have some clients who make appointments while we’re there. There are often strong bonds between practitioners and patients.”

McCarthy’s office is located at 1900 South Olive in West Palm Beach. For more information, visit her website at http://www.acupuncturepb.com/.

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The

Fitness Guy

By Peter Jackson, CPT

WHAT IS THE BEST FORM OF CARDIO? Q: What is the best form of cardio?

A: Whichever form you enjoy the most.

Bear in mind that cardiovascular exercise is most beneficial for the purposes of good heart health and fat-burning. Engage in any activity that elevates and sustains your heart rate over a 20-minute period. If you feel any joint discomfort, try switching to low-impact cardio machines such as bikes and elliptical machines.

Q: I’m trying to burn fat. Is it better to do a long cardio workout, say, 60 minutes, at low intensity, or a short cardio workout at high intensity?

A: Slow/fast workouts – known as interval training – where you sprint for one minute and then walk for two are best for burning fat.

Simply put, a higher heart rate burns more calories in less time. For example, you can burn 100 calories in 20 minutes of low-intensity work compared to 160 calories in 10 minutes of high intensity.

Keep in mind that it takes approximately 20 minutes of cardiovascular exercise before the body even begins to burn fat cells. (You will also want to add to your fat loss strategy some form of strength training to increase your lean muscle mass and boost your metabolism.)

TIP: After warming up at low intensity on a treadmill, stationary bike, Stair Master, or stepper for two minutes, up the speed

to moderate intensity for 10 minutes, then do two minutes at lower intensity, then five minutes at high intensity, then close with five minutes of moderate intensity, and two minutes of low intensity as a cool down. Total cardio workout time: 26 minutes.

In addition to balanced nutrition and regular exercise (cardio and strength training), getting adequate sleep is critical for maintaining weight and preventing body fat from accumulating.

The fact is if you’re not consistently getting 7 or 8 hours of sleep a night, you’ll have a harder time burning fat. Getting regular sleep also boosts your recovery between workouts and, along with balanced nutrition, supplies the energy to train.

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.

TIP OF THE WEEK If you consistently exercise using the same sneaker over a four month period, you will ultimately decrease the tread at the bottom of the shoe. This may lead to joint pain between your ankles, hips and legs. Both the Asics and Saucony brands are highly recommended for running.

EXERCISE OF THE WEEK

One-Arm Dumbbell Row Place your right knee and right hand on a bench (as shown). Pick up a dumbbell using a neutral grip. Keeping your back flat and looking straight ahead, lift the dumbbell and pull your elbow up and back as far as it can go, almost parallel with your torso (Photo 2).

Pause and squeeze your shoulder blades together before returning the dumbbell to the starting position. Complete 12 reps then switch sides. That is one set. Execute 3 sets of 10 to 12 reps, increasing the weight with each set.

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2 Danny Jeffers demonstrates the One-Arm Dumbbell Row

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Courtesy of Gateway Theatre

A&E

Film Festival Celebrates Antiquity Gateway Theatre Presents Classics The Gateway Theatre in Fort Lauderdale is popularly known for it’s LGBT and Indie films.

By J.W. Arnold

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lassic films are a passion for Arthur Friedman, owner of the Gateway Theatre in Fort Lauderdale. Since purchasing the theater last year, he’s been committed to celebrating the vintage films that were popular in the Gateway’s heyday.

“Ever since I was a kid, I learned that the theatrical experience cannot be duplicated on television, video or any other new technology,” Friedman explains. “There’s something about being in a theatre with an audience watching a great movie that is magical and cannot be replicated. Having an emotional experience—laughing or crying, being thrilled or just simply enjoying— together with family, friends, neighbors and the rest of the audience ... is a feeling beyond words.”

Friedman grew up loving the movies and eventually went into the film industry, first

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as the owner of the legendary Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge, Mass., and later as a producer of movies himself.

He feels the industry has relied too much over the past 20 years on computergenerated special effects and big-ticket stars, rather than the core storytelling that made so many classic films great.

The Gateway Theatre has long been popular with local audiences, screening art house, LGBT and indie films, and Friedman thought it would be the perfect venue for a Classic Film Festival. Planning for the festival began in February and a portion of proceeds will benefit the Sun-Sentinel Children’s Fund.

Instead of a thematic festival featuring musicals or comedy, Friedman and his staff focused on 15 of his favorite classics, including: one of the most treasured films of all time, Gone with The Wind; Orson

Welles’ Citizen Kane; Billy Wilder’s Some Like it Hot; The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland; Roman Polanski’s Chinatown; Robert Wise’s West Side Story; Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest; George Steven’s Shane; Woody Allen’s Annie Hall; Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey; and the most popular Hollywood musical of all time, Singin’ in the Rain, directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly.

In addition to the classic film festival, Friedman has also begun restoring the glamour of the golden age of Hollywood to the retro movie theater. He’s installed a Wall of Fame at the entrance, as well as vintage movie posters and photographs.

“It really is a throwback,” he says of the theater, which has been renamed the Classic Gateway, and the festival will give audiences the rare opportunity to see the films in the setting they were intended.

If you go to the 1st Annual Classic Film Festival When:

Aug. 31-Sept. 27, showtimes vary.

Where:

Classic Gateway Theatre 1820 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale

How Much: Tickets $8-10, $6, all on Tuesdays For information and complete schedule, go to www.TheGatewayTheatre.com.

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SPOTLIGHT: The Arts

By Brian Swinford

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If so send me an email at Calendar@sfgn.com.

Theater Broward County Fusion of Flamenco and Kathak

Clarita Filgueiras -- Artistic Director, Choreographer and Dancer has been designated “The Keeper of Flamenco” in recognition of her commitment to presenting authentic, traditional Flamenco; creating new works; and developing young artists. Broward Center. Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20-50 dollars. Visit BrowardCenter.org

Twentieth Century Way Long before gay bars, the Internet and the invention of the ultimate modern convenience—Grindr—many gay men resorted to cruising local parks and public restrooms to fulfill their sexual desires. Tom Jacobson’s The Twentieth Century Way, takes a look at the developments that led to the new culture of cruising for sex. It details the true story of two out-of-work actors in Southern California who ended up hiring themselves out to local law enforcement agencies to entrap homosexuals soliciting sex in public places. At Island City Stage at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flager Dr. Fort Lauderdale. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 5 p.m. through September 9. Tickets $30 at 954-678-1496 or SmartTix.com

Palm Beach County IL Volo

Coming off their acclaimed PBS TV special, Il Volo Takes Flight - Live From the Detroit Opera House, this trio of teenage tenors from Italy have become an international sensation. These three amazing singers will be at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall at the Kravis Center on Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets start at $39.50. Visit Kravis.org

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson

One of the best-known and most popular progressive rock bands of all time, Jethro Tull released the groundbreaking album Thick As A Brick in 1972. Four decades later, Jethro Tull flautist and composer Ian Anderson is revisiting the musical genre, imagining the various characters young Gerald might have become in his journey to adulthood. This concert will be Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall at the Kravis Center. Visit Kravis.org

Jake Shimabukuro

Renowned for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques, this ukulele sensation’s concerts – featuring an array of genres including jazz, blues, funk, classical, bluegrass, folk, flamenco and rock – are a high-energy, jaw-dropping musical treat not to be missed. Jake Shimabukuro will be at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall at the Kravis Center on Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $15. Visit Kravis.org

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project, which details the aftermath of Matthew Shepard’s horrific murder in Laramie, Wyoming, is the second annual Youth Artists’ Chair production. The students will hold a question and answer session with the audience after the show. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children. One night only on Saturday, Sep. 8 at 8 p.m. at the Maltz Theatre in Jupiter. Visit or call 561-575-2223 for more information or to purchase tickets.

Miami-Dade Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages, an arena-rock love story told through the mind blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, Reo Speedwagon, Pat Benetar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, and Whitesnakeand. Don’t miss this awesomely good time about dreaming big, playing loud and partying on! Oct. 9-14 at the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center. Visit Arshtcenter.org

Idle Warship: Talib Kweli & Res

Talib Kweli’s buzzworthy duo act Idle Warship, with singer/ songwriter RES, will make its anticipated Florida debut at the Center’s Knight Concert Hall on Oct. 19. In 2009, the famed rapper joined longtime collaborator RES to form Idle Warship. The hip-hop/electro group released their first official album, Habits of the Heart, in November 2011. Visit Arshtcenter.org

Lenine

For his Arsht Center debut on Oct. 26, Lenine will perform hits from his highly-acclaimed career, including award-winning favorites “Ninguém Faz Idéia” and “Martelo Bigorna,” as well as new songs from his tenth album, Chão (Ground in English), produced by Bruno Giorgi, JR.Tostoi and LENINE himself.

Chão consists of ten songs marked by intriguing, unconventional sounds like a canary’s chirp, a kettle’s whistle, a child’s heartbeat, waterfalls and a hypnotic digital ping-pong noise courtesy of a Facebook chat. Visit Arshtcenter.org

Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project

From Aug. 4 to Nov. 4, the Arsht Center is convening community organizations, in partnership with the Anti-Defamation League, in a county-wide calendar of performances, activities, education programs and public forums. This program will be a three-month, county-wide human rights collaboration that will focus attention on the work that is being done in Miami-Dade County toward the protection of human rights against bigotry and hate. Visit ArshtCenter.org

Broadway in Miami 2012-13

This season Ziff Ballet Opera House on Oct. 9 to May 12 will hold the Broadway In Miami spectacle. Experience the return of the world’s greatest musical spectacle - Les Misérables - in its lavish new 25th anniversary production, along with the Miami premieres of Broadway’s biggest fun-filled hits - including the high-stepping Mary Poppins, the outlandishly colorful Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the awesomely cool Rock of Ages, and - the 2010 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical Memphis, a triumph of explosive dancing and powerhouse songs. Visit Arshtcenter.org

Community Calendar Broward County

New Times Pairings Vintage 2012

New Times Broward Palm Beach presents 5th Annual Pairings, a food and wine event held at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. This event joins together signature culinary creations from more than 40 of the area’s best restaurants expertly paired wines from local and international wineries. Sept.

13. General Admission $40 to $100, and the VIP event ranges from $80 to $100. Party starts at 6 p.m. Visit Newtimespairings. com

Queer Youth Friday Nights

LGBTQ and allied youth group for people13-21. This Is a drop in group anytime from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. This youth group will be SunServe building on 1480 SW 9th Ave on the second floor.

A Safe Space to be yourself! Queer Themed Movie showing at 7 p.m. on Friday nights. This group is a safe hangout to meet new friends, free Wi-Fi to bring your laptop or your iPad, plus board games that you can bring or play the ones that they provide at the group. Visit Sunserve.org/youth/index.htm

Associates & Inspiration: The CoBrA Movement and the Arts of Africa and New Guinea

This lively and thought-provoking installation juxtaposes paintings, sculptures and works on paper by artists of the CoBrA movement. Masks, totems, and carvings created by the South Pacific island of New Guinea and the continent of Africa are also on display. Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale through September 01. Visit Moaflnsu.org

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Olivia de la Garza will be performing at Arts Garage in Delray Beach on Sept. 1.

By J.W. Arnold

Miami Beach Church Window Shopping Premieres Teen for Art We all love window shopping but at several Ensemble locations in Miami Beach, art lovers can peer Arts at St.John’s,a ministry of St.John’s Methodist Church in Miami Beach, recently launched “Teens for Equality,” an artistic performance ensemble to provide a visible presence and platform for youth, ages 13 to 19, to express their individuality, personality, and talent.

The ongoing program launched last week with “Be Who You Are,” a program of song, dance and drama, as well as the spoken word, that touched on social issues including teen sex, bullying, sexual orientation and identity, environmental concerns and more.

The project is directed by Lloyd Reshard, interim executive director of Arts at St. John’s, along with Drama Coach Christina Alexander and Music Coach Hamilton Gutierrez.

Reshard hopes the first performance will sow the seeds to grow a larger performance troupe of teens.

He said, “The mission of Teens for Equality is to show that LGBTQ and Allied youth can stand up in the face of injustice through performance and visual art. The program also helps teens to have a positive impact in teen issues, human rights and equality in South Florida.”

The group is currently accepting new participants, and future performances are planned beginning in September. For more, contact Reshard at 786-309-1275 or ArtsAtStJohnsMB@Gmail.com. Video of the inaugural performance can be found on the Arts at St. John’s Facebook page.

beyond their reflections and also take in a little culture, thanks to Art Center/South Florida. Take a stroll up to the Walgreen’s drug store at 6700 Collins Ave. for an exhibit by Wendy Coad.Through Sept. 2, you can look past your reflection to see Coad’s fascinating renderings of the human figure.

She pays tribute to classicism’s humanistic values while drawing attention to the concerns of modern society. Following Coad’s exhibit, look for works from Russel Sharon through Sept. 16. For more information, go to www.ArtCenterSF.org.

Songs of Love and Lust at Arts Garage

In just a few months, the Arts Garage in Delray Beach has become one of the most popular performance venues in South Florida, especially for audiences seeking sizzling jazz and cabaret acts. South Florida vocalist Olivia de la Garza will bring her own sizzle to the Garage on Saturday, Sept. 1 with “Songs of Love and Lust.” Accompanied by strings and piano, de la Garza will present a diverse program, including her solo rendition of Five Hebrew Love Songs.Tickets are $1525 in advance at www.ArtsGarage.org or $20-25 at the door.

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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

Palm Beach County Lake Worth Bike Night

By Brian Swinford

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GLBX Business Advantage Referral Group

GLBX Business Advantage Referral Group will be held at the chamber offices on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 8 to 9 a.m. The leads group is looking for additional members. If you are interested joining, please contact Ken Stollar at Kenneth.Stolar@sci-us.com to see if your category is open and to attend as a guest. Visit Ftlchamber.com/index. php?src=gendocs&ref=GLBX_home&category=GLBX

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

Latinos Salud’s programs

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

Survivor Support

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.

Eating Disorder Support

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

Sunday Jazz Brunch

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

Young Adult GLBT

A social group open to all LGBT people ages 18-35. Meets Fridays at the Pride Center in Wilton Manors from 7:15-9 p.m.

Meeting starts with a discussion on current events followed by introductions and then a group activity. Visit PrideCenterFlorida. org/contact-us

Boardwalk Friday Fest

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

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

Meditation After Work

Toastmasters

Man2Man Discussion

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 954537-9191 or visit meditationinfortlauderdale.org

Buddhist Meditation Classes

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.

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 954214-2457

Living Healthy

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

Life Coaching

Latinos Salud’s Life Coaching program is for Latino gay/bi guys ages 18-44. Come by Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for free one-on-one life coaching with certified CRCS coaches.

Set your goals, and meet action steps to make them come true.

Stop in for more info at 2330 Wilton Drive or call 954-765-6239.

Visit Latinossalud.org

Sex & 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

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@comc​ast.net

Tuesday Night Eatin Meeting

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

Gay Male Empowerment

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

PFLAG

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. Call the Intake Coordinator at 954-764-5150 to learn which therapy groups have openings. Groups Include a Gay Men’s HIV+ Long Time Survivors’ Group, a Safe “T” support group for gender variant adults, an Intimate Partner Abuse group and others. 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.

Women4Women Support

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

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/

The Lake Worth bike night is fun, and it’s for a cause. Join loads of people in downtown Lake Worth every Thursday from 7 p.m.10 p.m.. The event is free and open to bikers and non-bikers. Visit Lakeworthbikenight.com

Alternative Life Style Show Featured guests contribute to the community. All are welcomed to call in. Many give aways and prizes including a contest for free buffets at Isle Capri Casino in Pompano. You can also listen by adding W4CYRADIO to SKYPE or call in at 561-623-9429.

Up coming spotlights on parties of interest and special events.

Living Buddhism

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

Miami-Dade

Fiona Apple at The Fillmore

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 email Carol at 561-716-9464 Pflag@pobox.com

The Fillmore in Miami Beach will have Fiona Apple performing Fiona Apple is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Apple garnered international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal, which was a critical and commercial success. She received a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single “Criminal” from that album in 1998. Sept. 30. Fillmore in Miami Beach. Visit Fillmoremb.com

New Alternatives

Ransom Mondays

PFLAG

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

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

Good Orderly AA

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

Need an excuse to keep partying well after the weekend is over? The Monday-night party at the recently renovated Collins Park lounge. This amazing party will take place at Mokai in Miami Beach. The party, hosted by Mark Lehmkuhl, sort of takes now-defunct Bella Rose’s Black Sunday murder mystery theme but gives it a Patty Hearst twist. Every week, some prominent nightlife fixture gets held for ransom, and the only way it gets returned is if you party your ass off. Only $20 to attend. Visit Mokaimiami.com

Rainbow Circle

Rainbow Circle is a peer-led LGBTQ support & discussion group.

Topics covered often include coming out, relationships, bullying, peer pressure, drugs & alcohol, depression and self-esteem.

You pick and develop discussion topics and are able to express your thoughts and feelings without fear in a safe and supportive environment. This group will take place every Monday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the University of Miami, Flipse Building #302. Visit Pridelines.org

Sex Talk

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.

Sex Talk: Peer Health Educators are young LGBTQ adults who learn how to talk to other young adults about sex, sexuality and HIV/STD prevention. You’ll conduct outreach events, record video messages, participate in a series of performances and organize special events with a purpose. This event takes place the second and fourth Thursday every month at Pridelines Headquarters located at 9526 NE 2nd Ave #104 In Miami Shores from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visit Pridelines.org

Yoga On The Waterfront

AIDS Quilt Panel Workshops

Seniors vs. Crime

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 561-404-2011. Visit OrchidWeb.org

Jazz on the Palm

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

Sunday on the Waterfront

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 are held the fourth Saturday of every month through October. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Workshops are free. Visit Miamibeachhealth.org or 305-538-8835 or 1-800-393-1290

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

nightlife Broward 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

321-Slammer

BrothasSpeak

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

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

Paths

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

Bathhouse. 321 W Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33311.

Slammer sex club the best place to cruise for the hottest gay men. Thursday’s is leather night, Friday and Saturday night live DJs. Monday & Tuesday -- $9 entry fee

Atomic Boom

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

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The Club Fort Lauderdale

Rosie’s Bar and Grill

Clubhouse II

Scandals Country Western Bar

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

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) 537-7076.

Voted the “Friendliest” Gay Bar in Fort Lauderdale. Monday’s $1.99 Drinks and $.50 wings open to close

Dudes Bar

3270 NE 33 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. rd

Georgie’s Alibi

2266 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 565-2526.

Fort Lauderdale’s best & longest happy hour. Wednesdays $2 Domestics & $1 Schnapps after 9 p.m.

Johnny’s

1116 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312, (954) 522-5931.

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.

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) 5147819. 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

205 East Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park, FL 33334, (954) 5654506 A neighborhood bar with a different theme every night, from drag shows and bingos, to bears and underwear.

Torpedo

2829 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312, (954) 587-2500.

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

Palm Beach County The Cottage (Tea-Dance Sundays)

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

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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.

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.

Club Aqua

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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 Sunday-Thursday. 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 mostly-locals space as a calm and friendly watering hole. The bar often features live music which can be a nice break from thumping bass.

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.

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.

Ramrod

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.

The Stable

New Moon

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

Twist

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 11 a.m.- 8 p.m.

Miami-Dade

PJ’s Corner Pocket

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

Key West

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 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

Swinging Richards

Smarty Pants

3038 North Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306, (954) 5611724. Great Local Hangout in Fort Lauderdale with Great Drink Specials. Saturday’s Free Breakfast to Order – 8 a.m.

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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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.

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 2 a.m.

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Sidelines Sports Bar

727 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach, Florida, 33139. (305) 561-5521.

Score is located in the heart of South Beach in the thriving and infamous promenade, Lincoln Road. Bigger Saturday’s sexy male dolls.

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

L SA

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 to 9 p.m. Indoor/Outdoor Dining. Dance the night away Thursday through Sunday. Live music Wed., Fri., Sat., Sun. Visit themanorcomplex.com

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

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The Manor

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.

Miami 62 NE 14 Street Downtown Miami Florida (305) 640-8749.

Open Wed. through Sun. The hottest men in the universe strip shows nightly from 6 p.m. sexy from wall to wall. Free entrance.

Free parking. Free VIP rooms. Featuring the Hottest Male Dancers and The Best VIP ROOMS and always $5 Drinks. Full Lineup at ed at www.facebook.com/johnnysMiami.

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.

Club Space

Club Sugar

2301 SW 32nd Ave, Miami, Florida, 33145, (305) 443-7657. All the sweetness you’ll need in one club. Every Thursday “drag wars” with TP Lords. $5 house drinks & $4 Domestic beers all night.

Discotekka

950 NE 2nd Ave, Downtown Miami, Florida 33132,(305) 350-9084.

One of the best night clubs In Miami. Every Saturday the hottest DJ’s from the top performers. Drink Special Every Saturday

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DINING Acapulco Lindo Restaurant 2361 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 561-5151 Authentic Mexican Cuisine Bailey’s Bistro 2037 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 533-3252 Bona Italian Restaurant 2468 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 565-7222 www.bonaitalianrestaurant.com Dairy Queen 1950 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 566-5735 www.dairyqueen.com Dunkin Donuts 2609 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 561-4171 www.dunkindonuts.com

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Galanga Thai Kitchen and Sushi bar 2389 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 202-0000 www.galangarestaurant.com Gaysha New World Sushi Bar 2223 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 530-0153 Gelato Station 2031 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 567-5930 www.gelatostation.com “They have reasonable prices and gladly mix flavors” insiderpages.com ...

“The top sellers: lemon, cherry, chocolate, cotton candy, vanilla chip” - sun-sentinel.com ... “Flavors rotate bringing new choices with each visit” - sunny.org. But gelato is not all you’ll find at Gelato Station! We also serve hot dogs, pretzels, daily specials, candy, coffee and more! See what Gelato Station has for you!

Humpys Pizza 2244 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 566-2722 www.humpyspizza.com NY style pizza baked with fresh quality ingredients and healthy options. We also offer a variety of appetizers, salads, flatbreads, sandwiches, pasta and jumbo cupcakes. Located in The Shoppes of Wilton Manors where there is always something happening so come enjoy a cold beer or a nice glass of wine on our outdoor patio. Hope to see you soon!

Java Boyz 2230 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 564-8828 JuiceBlendz 2248 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 358-0772 www.juiceblendz.com Le Patio Restaurant 2401 NE 11th Avenue, Wilton Manors, FL 33305

(954) 530-4641 www.lepatiowiltonmanors.com Menchie’s frozen yogurt 2607 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors, FL 33334 (754) 200-4962 www.menchies.com Nuts About Yogurt 2207 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 564-6887 www.nutsaboutyogurt.com Pinche Taqueria2045 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 990-6282 www.pinchetaqueria.com Pinche Taqueria was established in 1973 on a tiny street in Tijuana, Mexico. Since then locals have made Pinche one of the busiest taquerias in all of Mexico. It’s a place where friends meet and unwind over authentic tacos and fresh horchatas or a cold cerveza.

We now invite you to enjoy the same atmosphere in Wilton Manors.

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IMBIBING Alibi 2266 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 565-2526 www.georgiesalibi.com/wiltonmanors

Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 630-3556 Matty’s on the drive 2426 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 564-1799 www.mattysonthedrive.com

Bill’s Filling station 2209 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 567-5978 www.billsfillingstation.com

New Moon 2440 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 563-7660 www.newmoonbar.com

Boom 2232 Wilton Drive,

Sidelines Sports Bar 2031 Wilton Drive,

Pink Submarine 2041 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 566-2219 Wilton Manors’ finest sub shop featuring all Boar’s Head products. Serving the most unique sandwiches on the Drive. We all live in a pink submarine!! Come try them out for yourself and let us know what you think.

Rodeo Southern Restaurant & Bar 2033 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 537-9544 www.rodeofl.com Rodeo Restaurant and Bar offers a delectable selection of Southern cuisine. We are the closest thing to fine dining on the Drive -- Southern style. Rodeo is a dining favorite for lunch and dinner, including Southwestern, Tex-Mex, Barbeque, and Cajun/Creole dining. Our full bar serves an array of specialty cocktails, martinis, beers and wines, among other things (some coming from vineyards and micro-breweries from the South).

Rosie’s Bar & Grill 2449 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 563-0123 www.rosiesbarandgrill.com

Shawn & Nick’s Courtyard Café 2211 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 563-2499 www.wiltonmanorscourtyardcafe.com Welcome to Shawn & Nick’s Courtyard Cafe, your neighborhood place to eat seven days a week. Dine inside or on our outdoor patio, if you like the weather. Private parties and catering also available.

Siam Cuisine 2010 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 564-3411 www.siamcuisineflorida.com Siam Cuisine has been serving Thai and Sushi in Wilton Manors since 1980 with a great selection of fresh ingredients to make authentic dishes for dine-in and takeout. We offer a wide variety of fresh Thai Cuisine and Sushi served in a relaxed authentic Asian atmosphere.

Simply Delish 2287 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 565-8646 Sozo Sushi 2362 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305

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Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 563-8001 www.sidelinessports.com Sidelines Sports Bar provides a fun, friendly and “Cheers” like atmosphere in a smoke-free environment for gay men and women who enjoy all kinds of sports.

This authentic sports bar has 16 flat screen TVs, 3 pool tables, 3 dart boards,Wi-Fi access, Buzztime Trivia and Texas Hold ’Em Poker, and other video games. Sidelines Sports Bar is gay owned and gay operated bar and has rapidly become one of Fort Lauderdale’s favorite gay venues.

Naked Grape Wine Bar 2163 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 630-1916 www.sozosushibar.com

(954) 563-5631 www.nakedgrapewinebar.com The Best Cellar 1408 NE 26th St. Wilton Manors, FL (954) 630-8020 Sample some of the best wines at tastings held several times a week by host Richard Stetler.They are very casual and fun meetings, oftentimes with regular guests.

The Manor 2345 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 626-0082 www.themanorcomplex.com

Starbucks 1015 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 566-1304 Tap & Tapas @ The Manor 2345 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 626-0082 www.themanorcomplex.com Tee Jay Thai Sushi 2254 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 537-7774 www.tjthaisushi.com Tropics Restaurant & Piano Bar 2000 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 537-6000 www.tropicsftl.com Wilton’s Bier Garden 2245 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 530-8782 www.wiltonsbiergarden.com

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