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DECember 26, 2012 • Volume 3 • Issue 52

A Day in Gay South Florida

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What Does Obamacare mean to South Florida’s LGBT INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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March on Washington!

Q&A with Stacy Hyde, Broward House’s Newest Hot Shot

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SNL’s Kate McKinnon Tops Forbes’ 30 Under 30

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First openly lesbian SNL Actress named among top young influencers of 2012 Lesbian funny lady Kate McKinnon tops the list of Forbes’ 30 under 30, which highlights “young disruptors, innovators and entrepreneurs” who made a name for themselves this year.

The Saturday Night Live comedian, who has been dubbed “the next Tina Fey,” conquered fans with her

impersonations of Ellen DeGeneres and Ann Romney, among others.

“Over the past decade Saturday Night Live has gone from being a boy’s club to a launching pad for great female comedians. Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig all started as SNL players before making it big.

McKinnon is on target to join their ranks,” Forbes writes.

“She debuted on SNL in April and is already a massive

hit. Her impressions of Ann Romney, Penelope Cruz and Ellen DeGeneres have won her fans around the country. DeGeneres even praised McKinnon’s impersonation on her talk show.”

McKinnon told Forbes about the acknowledgement: “It’s very flattering. But my one goal when I started was not to actually vomit on TV or run away.”

Calling Someone ‘Pro-Gay’ is a Crime in Italy

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The court ruling sets a new precedent in the country regarding LGBTs

Calling someone pro-gay, usually a sign of progressiveness in the U.S., can be considered an insult and land you in court in Italy.

According to the Gay Star New, one of the Italian high courts ruled a lawyer who had been called “pro-homosexuals” by a

Catholic group could demand for compensation.

GSN writes: “The lawyer from Verona, in the northern region of Veneto, was ‘insulted’ by a Catholic association after having spoken at a local event promoting samesex couples’ rights. According to the Supreme Court, his ‘right to personal identity has been compromised.’ So, now, the association has to pay €5,000

($6,600) in compensation.”

The court ruled the lawyer also has to because “his political activity has been threatened by the association’s insults.”

Italian law also dictates that “outing” someone can also be considered a crime on a case by case bases. Also, while gay men are allowed to donate blood in the European country, gay marriage is still illegal.

Pundit Partly Blames Gays for Conn. Massacre

Tony Adams Jesse Monteagudo Donald Cavanaugh Andrea Dulanto

Contributing Columnists Wayne Besen Brian McNaught Leslie Robinson Dana Rudolph David Webb Michael Verdugo Ric Reily Victoria Michaels Calendar Editor Brian Swinford Editorial Cartoonists Karl Hampe Darryl Smith Staff Photographers J.R. Davis Pompano Bill Steven Shires

James Dobson says gay marriage caused the tragedy that killed 20 children Religious conser vatives have blamed gays for many things, like hurricanes Sandy and Isaac, but the murder of innocent children?

Evangelical Christian Radio host James Dobson says that

gay marriage, among other things, caused the tragedy at an elementary school in Connecticut, where 20 children were shot to death.

As first reported by Right Wing Watch, Dobson said on his radio show that God has “allowed judgment to fall upon us” because of the growing acceptance of things like abortion and gay marriage.

“I mean millions of people have decided that God doesn’t exist, or he’s irrelevant to me and we have

killed fifty-four million babies and the institution of marriage is right on the verge of a complete redefinition.

Believe me, that is going to have consequences too,” he said.

On Dec. 14, the day the shooting occurred, American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer said God could have protected the victims of this massacre but didn’t because “God is not going to go where he is not wanted.”

& • Three More Quickies to Wake You Up Firefighter Acquitted of Assault Against Transgender Girlfriend

A Manhattan jury acquitted a firefighter of assault charges by his ex-girlfriend, a trans model

•Todd ’Legitimate Rape’ Akin Pushes Anti-Gay Measure

Akin is looking to undermine the DADT repeal with a provision protecting religious beliefs

•Chef Guilty of Raping Lesbian in Ireland

An Irish chef was sentenced to 29 years in prison after posing as gay to rape a lesbian

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NATIONAL NEWS

Nate Silver Named Gay Person of the Year

By Sergio N. Candido

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He also talked about his sexuality. The 34-year-old, who came out to his parents after a trip to London to study economics, said he wasn’t “excessively” bullied during his high school years, and maintained a low profile by immersing himself in fantasy baseball leagues or the debate program.

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ate Silver. If the name doesn’t sound familiar chances are you’ve lived in a wood cabin on a Bolivian mountain for the past six months.

Silver is a writer and statistician who accurately predicted Barack Obama’s reelection using math -- when all the veteran political pundits were leaning on their instincts and experience to label the race “too close to call.”

He was so confident on his calculations that he bet MSNBC host Joe Scarborough $2,000 that Obama would win re-election. Call him cocky, but he was right. And in the process this gay geek from Michigan revolutionized the way elections are called in advance.

It is exactly for this that Out Magazine has named Silver “Person of the Year.” Silver spoke with the magazine about politics, his work ethic, and the future of his blog, FiveThirtyEight, hosted by The New York

While Silver supports gay marriage, Out writes that he “worries that growing acceptance of gays will dent our capacity to question broader injustice.”

“For me, I think the most important distinguishing characteristic is that I’m independent-minded,” he told Out Magazine. “I’m sure that being gay encouraged the independentmindedness, but that same independent-mindedness makes me a little bit skeptical of parts of gay culture, I suppose.”

He adds: “To my friends, I’m kind of sexually gay but ethnically straight,” and says his sexuality doesn’t play a bigger role on his life than other aspects.

“I don’t want to be Nate Silver, gay statistician, any more than I want to be known as a white, half-Jewish statistician who lives in New York.”

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will work with Foster to plan upcoming events in Miami to support GLAAD's work toward LGBT equality.

Besides being part of Bravo’s show, Patton runs her own public relations firm, The Patton Group. She’s also done charity work for the American Cancer Association in the past.

The GLAAD Miami leadership council is comprised of volunteer leaders who provide on-the-ground support and leadership for GLAAD in the Miami area.

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Wilton Manors Gay Republican Scott Herman Becomes a Democrat Scott Herman, who ran as an openly gay Republican to represent Wilton Manors on the state legislature as recent as last month, is now a Democrat.

“It's not something I take lightly,” he told The Miami Herald. “If you're involved in politics at all, as an elected or future candidate, you have to be either Republican or Democrat in these times.”

Herman, who had been a Republican for 23 years, said his party switch was motivated by the fact the Republican Party of Florida “ignored” his campaign, focusing its efforts on defeating gay Democrat Joe Saunders in Central Florida.

“After the treatment of RPOF, the way they treated all of us down here, ignoring us, we were not of value to the Republican Party,” Herman said.

Democrat Perry E. Thurston Jr. defeated Herman with 84 percent of the votes to win reelection for state House District 94 on Election Day District 94 includes Fort Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Wilton Manors and Plantation.

His next bid for office will likely be as a Democrat.

GLAAD Miami Launches with Help from Real Housewive Marysol Patton The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has announced the launching of a volunteer leadership council in Miami.

Transgender model Lauren Foster will be spearheading the South Florida effort, along with her friend and Real Housewives of Miami star Marysol Patton. Film producer and Miami native Sarah Arison will also participate.

“Allies like Marysol and Sarah are crucial to growing support and understanding for transgender people and the entire LGBT community,” GLAAD President Herndon Graddick said in a statement.

“With their help, we know we will be able to have a successful and impactful role in helping LGBT people in Miami and around the country feel supported and loved.”

As part of the initiative, Arison and Patton

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DOMA is a 1996 law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, thus depriving gay couples of the rights and privileges granted to heterosexual couples, like filing tax returns together and maintaining estate rights after widowing.

Leaders of 10 large LGBT organizations asked the Republican legislators to stop spending tax money on something most Americans approve of -- gay marriage -- given our current economic situation.

“Despite the enormous economic challenges our country is facing, the House of Representatives recently decided to increase government spending to defend this discriminatory law – a law that intentionally harms thousands of Americans who are legally married,” reads the letter.

“At the same time, voters in three states approved marriage equality and, in Minnesota, rejected writing a marriage ban into their state’s constitution. A strong majority of Americans support marriage for loving, committed same-sex couples – including an increasing number of conservatives. With more states allowing committed same-sex couples to obtain civil marriage licenses, DOMA imposes burdens on hard working, tax paying citizens.”

The Advocate indicates the spending cap to defend DOMA could be raise again after the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging to the federal law.

Michelle Obama is a Trans Woman in Magazine Cover LGBT Leaders to Boehner: Stop Spending Our Money on DOMA Some of the most influential LGBT organizations in the country wrote a letter to Republican House Speaker John Boehner urging him to stop spending tax money on lawyers to defend the Defense of Marriage Act. The letter was sent today (Dec. 18) to Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy. Among the 10 LGBT organizations that signed it are the Human Rights Campaign and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund.

Boehner stepped in to defend DOMA in court after the Obama administration said it would no longer defend it. According to Roll Call, House Republicans approved a $500,000 increase to the $1.5 million contract with Bancroft, the law firm hired to defend the statute. This is the second time the cap is raised; last year it went from $500,000 to $1.5 million.

Candy, a trans lifestyle magazine that’s featured a transsexual James Franco, Chloe Sevigny and Andrej Pejic on its cover, found inspiration on the U.S. First Lady for its latest edition.

The magazine features transgender model Connie Fleming as Michelle Obama.

According to publisher Luis Venegas, he was inspired by the idea that a black, transsexual woman could someday be the Commander in Chief.

“I especially love the cover story, which for the first time isn't a super-popular star, but a fabulous, beautiful black transwoman channeling a politician who looks pretty much like Michelle Obama,” Venegas told Dazed Digital.

“I remember back in early 2007 when the Democratic Party’s nominees were narrowed down between two ‘controversial’ stereotypes never before seen for presidency: a black man, Barack Obama; and a woman, Hillary Rodham Clinton. At that time, I thought, ‘when will the time come when these archaic walls break down and the White House will be occupied by, for example, a black,

transsexual woman?’”

The magazine has two covers. One featuring Fleming rocking pearls, a sleeveless dress, and resting her left hand on a Bible; in the other one she’s wearing a white dress and holding a U.S. flag.

Porn Makes People Pro-Gay, Christian Academic Asserts Mark Regnerus, a sociology professor who earlier this year came under fire for his negative study on gay parenting, is now saying that support for gay marriage is linked to porn consumption.

In his article, published on the website of the Christian organization Witherspoon Institute, Regnerus cites a Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy piece to support his argument that “contrary to what we might wish to think, young adult men’s support for redefining marriage may not be entirely the product of ideals about expansive freedoms, rights, liberties, and a noble commitment to fairness.”

As first reported by Pink News, the Harvard Journal article claims that “Marriage has its characteristic structure largely because of its orientation to procreation.”

Using this as premise, the Texas university professor concludes that pornography, which in his view “redirects sex away from any sense of it as a baby-making activity,” that makes people prone to supporting gay marriage.

Gay marriage support is, thus, “a by-product of regular exposure to diverse and graphic sex acts,” Regnerus said.

Back in June, Regnerus released a study that said that children born to gay parents would face more problems in adult life than those born to straight couples. The University of Texas stood by Regnerus’ research.

Study: Gay Men with Large Penises Less Likely to Wear a Condom A new study performed in New York City shows that gay and bisexual men with larger than average penises are less likely to use a condom during sex.

As first reported by Pink News, the survey was conducted by researchers at Hunter College’s Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training. The scientists polled about 500 men who have sex with other men at different community events in New York.

Some of the respondents said they had unprotected sex because they couldn't find a condom that fit them properly. Less than half of respondents said they were able to find condoms that fit their length and girth.

Researchers believe this poses a problem because most condoms readily available are of the one-size-fits-all variety. The same applies for free condoms given out at clinics and health centers.

“These findings indicate that the fit of a condom matters. A client at an HIV service agency might see a bowl filled with ‘standard’

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condoms and have to ask a provider if they have other sizes available. That extra step could make the difference between someone leaving with a condom—the right condom— or going home empty handed,” said Christian Grov, one the authors of the report and an associate professor of health sciences at the City University of New York.

Jeffrey Parsons, CHEST’s director, said the findings will help researchers better understand and meet the news of gay and bisexual men.

“This type of public health research is very important, no matter how politically volatile,” he said.

The full study will be published in the February 2013 issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior.

HIV Cases Among Young Gay Men Increase 22%, CDC Reports HIV infections among young gay and bisexual men have increased by 22 percent between 2008 and 2010, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

The increase of new infections among gay men is in the age group 13 to 24. Overall, HIV infections among gay men increased by 12 percent.

Joseph Prejean, chief of the Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch for the CDC, believes the increase is due in part to a growing perception that HIV is not a mortal disease, but has become “highly manageable.”

“We do realize that many men who have sex with men do probably underestimate their personal risk and believe that treatment advances minimize the health threat,” Prejean told Reuters.

While the number of new infections in the U.S. has remained at about 50,000 infections per year over the last decade, men who have sex with other men account for 66 percent of new infections. Gay black men account for more new infections than any other subgroup.

Park authorities told The Advocate that their dress code policy requires asking people with clothing or tattoos that could be considered offensive to change or cover up.

This isn’t the first time the KKK targets Parton.

“God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple. And if someone doesn't believe what I believe, tough shit,” Parton told The Guardian last year regarding a 2004 protest by the KKK at her park.

Parton has been rumored to have a lesbian relationship with her longtime friend Judy Ogle, but has denied the allegations.

“I'm not gay. If I was gay, I would have come out of the closet just a-flying,” she told the New York Daily News.

Transformers for Girls? Kid Petitions Hasbro to Make Dream a Reality Following the success of a girl who petitioned Hasbro to make gender-neutral toy ovens, another child is now trying to convince the company to make Transformers marketed toward girls.

“I love Transformers. Why are there no girl transformers? Love India Hernandez,” reads part of the petition written by 5-yearold India Hernandez and transcribed into Change.org by her mother, Dana.

“There are no girl transformers in the store.

Dolly Parton Received KKK Death Threats for ‘Gay Days’ at Her Theme Park Country legend Dolly Parton says she has received death threats from white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan over her “Gay Day” event at her theme park, Dollywood, the Gay Star News reports.

Parton and her family have owned the Disney-like park, located in Tennessee, since 1986. The first “Gay Day” at Dollywood was held in 2003. Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have attended the park on the gay-friendly day wearing red shirts -in a similar fashion as the “Gay Days” event in Orlando.

The park gained media attention from LGBT news outlets last year when a lesbian couple wearing T-shirts that read “Marriage is so Gay” were asked to reserve their shirts.

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I love Prime and Transformers! I want a girl to play with, too,” the kid from Maine continues.

The petition is addressed to Hasbro's President Brian Goldner. As of publication, it has accumulated 282 signatures; it needs 218 more to reach its goal of 500.

Many of the people who have signed the petition are women.

“Girls love bad-ass toys too!” wrote Jennifer Johnson, of Waterville, Maine, on the petition page.

Melissa Kealey-Bennett, a mother living in Belfast in the U.K., agreed.

“I also have a little girl who loves transformers and wishes there was also a lady transformer,” she commented.

On Dec. 18, Hasbro announced it would make gender-neutral Easy Bake ovens after 13-year-old McKenna Pope, of New Jersey, garnered over 40,000 signatures on her online petition at Change.org.

New Zealand Church Billboard: Was Jesus Gay? A billboard outside a progressive Anglican church in Auckland, New Zealand, has garnered international media attention for questioning the sexuality of Jesus Christ.

St. Matthew in the City's holiday billboard shows an image of baby Jesus with a rainbowcolored halo, and the affirmation: “It's Christmas. It's time for Jesus to come out.”

The church’s reverend, Glynn Cardy, told Auckland Now the sign is about “trying to lift the humanity of Jesus.”

“The fact is we don't know what his sexual orientation was,” Rev. Cardy said. “Would it make a difference if he was gay? Would that change the picture for you?”

According to Auckland Now, the church is known for its provocative posters. Last year, one of its posters showed the Virgin Mary holding a pregnancy test. The images have reportedly reached over 21 million people on Facebook, and brought 30,000 visits to St Matthew's website.

Another priest, Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, told Jon Stewart recently that while it’s impossible to know if Jesus Christ was gay, he believes Jesus approved of gay relationships.

"Here’s a guy who -- in a culture that virtually demanded marriage -- was a single guy, spent most of his time with twelve men, singled out three of them

for leadership and one of them is known in the Bible as ‘the one whom Jesus loved,’” Robinson told Stewart.

Colombian Couple Post Photo of Gay Nativity Scene on Facebook, Spark Outrage A Colombian couple is facing the ire of conservatives and the Catholic Church for posting a photo on Facebook that depicts the nativity scene with two father Josephs and baby Jesus, but no Virgin Mary.

According to the New York Daily News, Andrés Vásquez and Felipe Cárdenas, a gay couple living in the city of Cartagena, posted the image of their nativity plastic figures display without the Virgin to create awareness about the need to legalize gay marriage in the country.

“We did it because we believe in Colombia.

We have lived in different cities in the world and we prefer to return to our country,” Vásquez is quoted as saying. “We are beginning to build [a better country] through our new union.”

But the photo didn’t sit well with some, who called it “a lack of respect to God and all Christians.”

The city’s Catholic leaders added the display was a “sacrilege.”

“As much as I support gay rights, this is just stupid on so many levels. If you are a Catholic you have to accept Jesus' parents were Mary and Joseph,” one Facebook user is quoted by the NY Daily News as saying.

Colombia approved earlier this month the first in a series of steps toward legalizing same-sex marriage in the country.

‘Cowboy Church’ Claims to Cure Gays by Making Them Stroke Horses A church in Virginia says that equine assisted therapy, a practice that involves horseback riding and caressing the animal to provide emotional relief, can cure homosexuality.

Chief pastor Raymond Bell at the Cowboy Church says the method to cure gayness is 100 percent effective.

“It is not now, nor has it ever been, in question,” he told the Gay Star News, adding that he believes homosexuality is an “addiction” just like self-harm and alcoholism.

“The first common misconception is that homosexuality is genetic, or hereditary, or as some say ‘born this way.’ Homosexuality is actually a type of addiction. It is not ‘curable’ as a disease because it is a ‘choice driven’ by the person,” Bell said.

Such “ex-gay” conversion therapies have been banned in states like California, stopping psychiatrists and churches from performing it. Pennsylvania is also among the states looking to ban the practice, which has been condemned by the American Psychiatric Association.

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NATIONAL NEWS

The Affordable Care Act — Obamacare Health Exchanges, Coming Soon

By Sean McShee

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olds and sore backs may be a lesser problem for you come the new year.

Under the Affordable Care Act (See Table 1) workers without employer-provided health insurance can enroll in Health Exchanges beginning Oct. 1, 2013.

These Health Exchanges will make quality health insurance available to workers without health insurance, such as the selfemployed , temp and hospitality industry workers, and workers in many gay bars, restaurants, sex clubs, and bathhouses. Let us not forget the “masseurs”, erotic dancers, and porn stars.

Many partnered straight workers in these fields have access to health insurance through their legal spouses, but partnered LGBT workers do not. Consequently, Health Exchanges may be especially beneficial to our communities. The Health Exchanges will be fully functional by Jan. 1, 2014. We had better start learning about them.

Florida has until February to choose between the Federal Health Exchange and a Federal-State Partnership Health Exchange, but is more likely to choose a Federal Health

Exchange for both practical and political reasons. On a practical level, setting up a Health Exchange requires a great deal of work. On a political level, the GOP dominated state government would have less “ownership” of a Federal Health Exchange.

The Federal Health Exchange in Florida will offer all health plans that meet the minimum federal standards. These minimum standards, called Essential Health Benefits, include ten essential services (See Table 2).

Unfortunately dental, vision, abortion, and gender re-assignment/confirmation surgery are not required to be included. The Federal Health Exchange will be online and will function similarly to sites like Travelocity.

People will be able to enter search criteria for plans that cover domestic partners.

Subsidies to purchase a plan on the Health Exchange will be available to people with household incomes between 100 percent and 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, a standard measure of poverty (see Table 3). People may be surprised to see that an individual making $44,680 per year will be getting subsidies, particularly those with that income who consider themselves middle class. The amount of the subsidy is

Table 1

Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and eligibility for Health Exchange Subsidies Eligibility Begins*

Eligibility Ends*

100% of FPL

400% of FPL

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$11,170

$11,170

2

$15,130 $19,090

$15,130 $19,090

$23,050

$23,050

6

$27,010 $30,970

$27,010 $30,970

7

$34,930

$38,890

Persons in Household

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*refers to annual houehold income on income

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based on limiting personal health insurance expenses to a percent of income. Personal health insurance expenses would be limited to 2 percent of income at the 100 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, but go up to 9 percent of income at 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. The more money you make, the more you pay for health insurance. The subsidy will make up the difference. As the subsidies would be paid directly to the insurance company in advance, individuals will not have to "loan” money to the government.

If this seems complicated, it is.

But what about people making less than 100 percent of Federal Poverty Level?

Originally, people with household incomes up to 100 percent of Federal Poverty Level would all be eligible for an expanded Medicaid; people with incomes above that would be eligible for Health Exchanges. The Supreme Court has since ruled that states can decline to expand Medicaid. At present, Florida severely restricts eligibility for Medicaid, leaving large numbers of very poor people dependent on charity and expensive emergency room health care. It is not clear what Florida will do, but it may end up being

a key issue in the 2014 Governor’s race.

Within the LGBT communities, three groups have a great deal at stake in changes to health care: HIV positives, transgenders/ transsexuals, and health care providers.

HIV Positives Ryan White Care (RWC) provides coverage for HIV positives without adequate health insurance. Joey Wynn, Co-Chair for the statewide Florida HIV AIDS Advocacy Network (FHAAN), estimates that about two thirds of RWC clients would be eligible for Medicaid Expansion, and up to on third would move to the Health Exchange.

For people with incomes below the Federal Poverty Level, living in Florida and on Ryan White Care, things will remain pretty much the same in 2013.

When the Health Exchange opens, everyone in Ryan White with incomes above the Federal Poverty Level will have to move to the Health Exchange because Ryan White cannot legally pay for services that another insurer would. As dental care and some other services are not covered under the

Table 2

The Ten Essential Health Benefits That All Insurance Plans Must Cover To be Offered in Health Exchanges

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Ambulatory patient services

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Emergency services

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Hospitilization

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Mental health and substance use disorder

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Prescription drugs

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Maternity and newborn care services, including behavioral health treatment Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices

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Laboratory services

9 10

Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management Pediatric services, including oral and vision care

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Health Exchange, people in the Exchanges will still be covered by parts of Ryan White Care. Selection of plans will be complicated and people should talk to their case managers and providers. Likewise, case managers and people in the provider’s offices have to learn how to talk to their clients about the Exchanges.

They will have a lot of work to do. Managing paying for healthcare appears as complex and anxiety-provoking as managing health.

According to long time HIV survivor, Anthony Johnson, “I don’t have enough information. We’ve been given pieces of information, mostly from politicians, but we don’t have the whole picture. I don’t know how “Obama Care” will affect me and my health care, or how it will affect my community.”

Transsexuals As health exchanges offer multiple plans, some of these plans could offer better services to transsexual clients than others, but none are required to cover gender reassignment/confirmation surgery or removal of body hair.

According to Ellen Frank, a community activist, “transsexuality is the only birth defect that is discriminated against. Electrolysis is part of transition, an expensive part. Facial and body hair too. It’s quite expensive and very necessary. You can’t successfully be ac-

cepted as female if you have facial hair.“

Providers The Affordable Care Act changes how providers bill for services. Historically, some agencies have only billed one entity for services rendered. Now they will have to learn how to negotiate rates and bill multiple insurance agencies.

Similar to health care consumer Anthony Johnson, provider James Lopresti, the director at SunServe Institute, has complaints about the lack of useful knowledge.

“Most providers are in the dark about what to expect from Tallahassee, especially the Department of Health,” He said. “We will discover many wrinkles in the system. But we have to start changing our system. Few people are aware of how wasteful and poorly performing our system is at present, especially because of our refusal to see the impact in cost and human misery on our (mostly) profit based health care delivery system.”

Many details remain to be worked out and only so much can be covered in one article.

For more information, visit www.heatlhcare. gov, and www.healthreform.org

Table 3

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Elements and Beneficiaries Element of Plan

Description

Who Benefits

Medicare Prescription Coverage Gaps

Medicare Prescription benefits only covers part of drug costs. The recipient then has to pay for the rest (the “donut hole”), up to a yearly limit and then the Medicare Prescription Benefit kicks in again. ACA pays for the part that Medicare doesn’t. ACA eliminates charges for preventative services.

Enhanced Protections to Already Existing Plans

ACA eliminates discrimination based on pre-existing conditions; eliminates caps on annual and lifetime expenditures; ends higher premiums for women; provides preventive services with no copays or deductibles; permits parents to retain minors on their plan.

Health Exchanges

Exchange with multiple plans available outside the employer based network.

Each plan must provide ten essential services. Subsidies available for people with household incomes between 100% and 400% of Federal Poverty Level

Self-employed, low wage low-benefit workers, temp Workers, Many workers in hospitality, restaurant, “entertainment” industries; must have incomes greater than Federal Poverty Level.

Medicaid Expansion

Eliminates restrictive eligibility requirements and replaces them with income requirement.

People with annual incomes less than 100% of the FPL

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Seniors

People with current employer based health insurance

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Publisher’s Editorial

Make Every Day Count

By Norm Kent

“He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.” -Aeschylus

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he year comes to an end with a pall over America after the shootings in Newtown. Gay or straight, rich or poor, black or white, Republican or Democrat, what happened there shook the world here. But we move on, tempered by shock, struck by pain, knowing in our hearts this is not the world we want to be.

The reality is our universe is riddled with senseless tragedies, and each one takes a toll on our soul. Whether it is a sudden tsunami on a coastal village or terrorist plots like those we endured on 9/11, we learn that life is precious, but also precarious. The future may be ten years or ten minutes. So we do what we can, when we can, while we are here. We make life matter in the moments that we have.

For LGBT communities in America, these have been good moments, and this has been a good year. Once again, we have grown in stature and status from Maine to Mississippi. Our rights are being respected, our love is being acknowledged, and the legitimacy of our bonds is being legally protected. As a nation, we are condemning those who bully us, silencing those who hate us, and defeating those who oppose us.

The march to equality has a residual benefit beyond changing tax codes for same-sex couples. It is not just that we have elected a lesbian United States Senator, won the right to marry in several states, or get to serve in the military equally with our peers.

America is beginning to realize that it is normal to be gay. We are not queer anymore.

We are not outcasts; we are not second-class fairies to be humiliated as perverts or to be avoided as poison.

We are who we are, and who we are, needs

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no explaining. The words of a musical 20 years ago have become the chorus of our community today. We may have endured pain, but in front of us there is nothing but promise.

This past month, SFGN advertised a Dec.

13 holiday party for the gay and lesbian lawyer’s association. Do you realize that only 35 years ago being gay could deny you the right to be a lawyer in Florida? Today, courts are debating whether we can legally marry. Years ago, they were debating whether homosexuality is a mental illness.

When it comes to fighting for equality, you cannot be complacent. Even today, there are those who still want to ‘cure’ us with their ‘reparative therapies.’ The difference today is we can tell those people where to go; that we don’t need their cures and don’t want their therapies. There are always remnants of the past dragged into the future, always those speaking on the wrong side of history. Today though, there is no excuse to hide amongst the bigots.

We can tear them down, and so we must, openly, loudly, and proudly.

The challenge before us is to live up to the positions we hold. Let America see you can become a gay quarterback in the NFL or a lesbian astronaut in space. Don’t hide who you are, or deny who you can become.

Live your life honestly and openly, because in the end, it was your life to live. Don’t die wondering what if, live being what you can be. We create our own destinies tomorrow by each and every choice we make today.

You can still chart the future; you can only map the past. Whatever was, you can’t

undo. But whatever is to be is up to you.

Last year, SFGN did a joking piece about how many gay and lesbians were emerging from the closet. ‘Coming out’ is no longer newsworthy. ‘Staying in’ is. You may be the pollster that predicted the election, the news anchor that hosted the results, or the CEO of Apple who tweeted them on your iPhone. That does not matter. Who you do is not nearly as important as who you are.

What you do with your clothes off in bed at nighttime is not nearly as important as what you do in the daytime with your clothes on.

As you celebrate the holidays and welcome the New Year, may you be grateful for who you are and what our LGBT community is becoming. May you celebrate each day, and value every night. Our rainbow is part of the fabric and rubric of today’s America. May you embrace it enthusiastically, recalling with special fondness the friends and families we have loved and lost.

Thank you for supporting SFGN as we conclude our third year with this special issue, ‘A Day in the Life of Gay South Florida.’

It is a tribute to you and your faith in us that we have come so far. May we live up to your expectations, and fulfill our promise to be your credible and conscientious community newspaper.

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McNaught’s Notes

Hitchhiking Without Bumper Stickers

By Brian McNaught

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he two cars ahead of me waited side by side for the light to turn green.

One was black, and the other was white. The black jeep had a rainbow flag decal, and another that said "Life is Good." The white sedan had enormous American flag decals on each side of the car, two Christian fish on the back, a bumper sticker with a quote from the Old Testament, and another that warned, "Keep Your Hands Off My Health Care."

I wondered what it would be like to ride in each of the cars as a hitchhiker. Would the experiences be different? Allowing for the possibility that the bumper stickers weren't accurate reflections of the drivers' philosophies, perhaps because the car was borrowed, or the spouse of the driver put on the decals, I nevertheless imagine that I would relax more in the black car than in the white one.

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But what if I really needed a ride? If I saw the fish, Bible, and giant American flag decals, would I still jump in the car and take the lift? If so, what would we talk about?

Would I worry about being thrown out of the car if I affirmed my sexual orientation, my lack of enthusiasm for national boundaries, and my agnosticism?

I'm lucky enough to have my own car.

Ray and I put the Human Rights Campaign’s equality sign decal, and rainbow flag flourishes, on it. If those are insufficient clues, the license plate is "P-Town 2," which for anyone who has ever been to Provincetown, Massachusetts, is like a neon sign reading, "Yep, we're gay!"

At my age, and with my economic circumstances, I don't need to count on other people for much of anything. But if I was poor, had a disability, was very old, or otherwise needy, I wouldn't have as much

control over my life, and would have greater need to count on others for "a ride." If a poor, Hispanic, gay teenager is in trouble, he or she doesn't have as much freedom to pay attention to the bumper stickers on the back of the car that's giving him or her a ride. Imagine being 13-years-old, deaf, lesbian, and in a Southern, rural, fundamentalist Christian school. How comfortable do you feel affirming your identity?

A Christmas letter that arrived today from friends in California spoke of their intent to move into a gay retirement Lodge. They wrote, "We will have a golf course behind it, and a winery and vineyards across the road. The Lodge has plans for a great pool, nice community gardens, a fitness center, and a wine bar/wine cellar."

Now, that's an attractive car to hitch a ride in, especially for the end of your life’s journey. But most gay men and women won't be lucky enough to spend their final years in such comfort and safety. Most gay people can't afford to live at the Lodge, and those who can are not always otherwise able to do so because they are still married, in the priesthood, or living as the single uncle with family. If they think about it at all, they're hoping to die at home, and are terrified of being placed in a nursing home where they have to go back into, or stay in, the closet for fear that the Bible-thumping night nurse will withhold their pain meds.

What all of this means to me as I head into the New Year, and my sixty-fifth birthday month, is that I want to be more aware of the bumper stickers I display to others, not just on my car but in my words and deeds. I don't want anyone to be afraid to hitch a ride with me. I want them to see and hear that "Life is Good."

I also want to be more aware of the people on the side of the road in my life, not just the hitchhikers, but all of those without the wheels to experience the freedom of choice. In my lifetime, we LGBT people have

come a long, long way toward experiencing equality. It's important to celebrate our legal victories, and the progress we've made in feeling included, but life isn't just about being affirmed as LGBT. It's about everyone experiencing being valued. Not all of us can afford to live at the gay retirement Lodge, but we can all afford to worry about, and do something about, the LGBT kids riding in the scary cars, and our indigent seniors whose ride is nearly finished. If we don't worry and do something about it, each of us will wish we had.

Brian McNaught was named “the godfather of gay diversity training” by The New York Times. He works with corporate executives globally, is the author of six books, and is featured in seven educational DVDs. He and his spouse Ray Struble divide their year between Fort Lauderdale and Provincetown. Visit Brian-McNaught.com for more information.

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n November 17, 2012 we assigned our photographers to capture one day in the life of South Florida’s LGBT community. We also asked residents to submit photos as well.

Too often in the news we read about politicians or celebrities.

Rarely do we hear about the people that actually make up the LGBT community – from the waiters and hairdressers to the retirees and bankers.

That’s why in this issue we wanted to celebrate the lives everyday people. These photos are a reminder that the LGBT community is numerous and diverse, that we shop at the farmer’s market, ride bikes, get haircuts, work, dance, celebrate and play.

12:01am Chris Rhoades, Shirley Rose, Daizee Delux, Rodney Brigulio, Jon Elu and Charlene at Casa de Mara, Lake Worth. Fundraiser for Susan Rose, a cancer survivor!

The bartending crew at HG Roosters: Tim, Marcus and Dave at HG Roosters in WPB.

This issue is a reminder that all our community really wants is to be treated the same as our straight counterparts. And these photos show that we are the same. We do the same things. We live and enjoy the same lives. We are the same.

Additional photos are available online. Go to www.SFGN.com/daygay

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A Day in Gay South Florida Julie Seaver: “I don’t run, I don’t bike, and I don’t cook breakfast. Coffee and SFGN by the pool. Perfect!”

Julie Goforth, Jaime Bahamondes, Michael Duquette Fowler in the Keys during this year’s SMART Ride.

Their team raised $44,000.

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Steve Smith and Derric Nimmo, Head of Public Health Research with Oxitec, Abingdon, UK., at Key West’s Blue Heaven for breakfast.

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10:47am Ren Santos, 26, with cousins Gemma Diaz, 20, and Stalie Vazon, 21, get ready to make their way down Lincoln Road and boost the economy by sunset.

SMART Riders gather in the Keys after a long ride. This year’s event raised more than $860,000, which will dvided up among various charities including the Pride Center at Equality Park, AIDS Help, Comprehensive AIDS Program in Palm Beach County and Children’s Diagnostic Treatment Center.

9:30am It’s hot enough for Rod Vigal, 38 and Ron Calvarie, 42 to make it a beach day. Oh tourists, how we envy their warm blood.

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Cameron moves and cares for equipment for Atlantic Coast Kayak Cameron suggests we stay tuned as there has been a recent change of owners! There will be many more Wilton Manors sport and leisure aqua opportunities offered for our community. Already, services of Atlantic Coast Kayak are available from Orlando to Key west.

Check them out at Richardson Park on weekends and holidays!

12:15pm Owner of The Outlet and like businesses for the past 17 years on Wilton Drive – shows off and gears up for White Party. John is quick to say, his price point is the best on the Drive – always thinking of, and adapting to the needs of the community – for locals and tourists alike.

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Joe Shovels, with Atlantic Properties International, for 12 years. He assures that real estate is good right now - that the market is changing – and all will be well!

Joe also wants to remind the community that the office on Wilton Drive is open 7 days a week. Besides finding the best real estate opportunities in town…he and owner, Carl Marzola offers this space as a business café – open for any person to have lunch, or at any time, to come and work quietly. There is always coffee, water and Internet on site. And, the property is available for businesses to have receptions, or to use as meeting space.

It’s a simple matter of signing up and reserving a time! Check them out – this is a well-kept secret on The Drive!

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1:30pm Stone crabs at Farmer’s MarketCorey Went has been selling stone craps for 10 years – since he could drive. The crabs comes from the west coast near Everglades City. His family has been selling at least for 20 years.

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A Day in Gay South Florida Jim Short, who is known for his blue eyes, Steve Smith, and Patrick Shank, Key West Business Guild’s numbers cruncher wait by the AIDS Memorial for the arrival of the Smart Riders.

2:15pm The corner of NE 7th and Wilton Drive. A gay flag at every corner?

Don Pedeu from Bermuda, visiting with Joe Pallant of Pallant Insurance Having lunch at Courtyard Café, getting to know one another before they go on a Pied Piper Cruise. (piedpipertravel. com) The evergracious Joe invited this photographer to sit a spell and talk!

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3:18pm Justin Baily and Dallas Reeves with Shanel and Kalib. Justin and Dallas have been a couple for 8 years. The twins are 10 months old. For 2 years they worked for a private adoption with the help of attorney Elizabeth Schwartz. Schwartz has been instrumental in paving the way for gay adoption in Florida.

With Happy Hour about to begin, The Village Pub starts to draw foot traffic.

John had finished his Farmer’s Market purchase, felt the sun, and gave in to the urge to just stop and enjoy. Jake was in total agreement!

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And at Dairy Queen, another kind of happy hour begins. Let the calories begin!

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Judy Ireland of West Palm Beach and my girlfriend Deborah Quon of Fort Lauderdale. We were on our way to Apropos Kafe in Boca, around 5 p.m., and goofing around in the car, which is our usual MO.

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Nelson De Font Reux, 25, talks business with friend Santiago Bogado, 28, over a slice at Pizza Bar on Collins Ave.

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Victor Figueredo shows a photo he had just taken to a group of folks at Jason and Aydin’s Pre-Thanksgiving party. Boynton Beach.

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Isabella Billy Jan Victor Barbara Jackson having a family meal at beefcakes restaurant.

Jeremiah Cummings preaches at MCCPB’s “Awakening”service, at MCC of the Palm Beaches.

Zac Ocejo, Charlie Fredrickson and Chris Bemenderfer. at an early Thanksgiving celebration in Boynton Beach.

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Rick Wolfe: Havdalla ceremony at home in Davie

8:00pm Sacha Wittke, 31, Gerry Witke, 30, Frank Syensson, 45, Michael Lex, 32, and Billy Pappas, 27, begin plotting their night on the town.

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A Day in Gay South Florida Sarah-Helen Land and partner Rev. Lea Brown, after “Awakening” service at MCC of the Palm Beaches.

Dr. Lea Brown, Senior Pastor of MCC of the Palm Beaches, and Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins, Senior Pastor of Sunshine Cathedral in Ft. Lauderdale, at the 31st anniversary revival of MCCPB.

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Congressman Barney Frank showing off his award with partner James ready at Stonewall Stars Turning the Tide event.

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Scott Powers, Freddy Asencio and Michael Powers, at an early Thanksgiving celebration in West Palm Beach.

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After a long day, Matthew McWatters and Jeff Hurcomb of Palm Beach Gardens hug Meredith Ockman of West Palm Beach goodnight.

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John Trapp and Jenny Kiker at the Bourbon St. Bar in Key West.

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David and Charlie at the Garcia’s Pre-Thanksgiving party. Northwood aread, WPB.

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The Manors hotties, Ray, Rob, Chris & Ryan, ready to serve up the drinks!

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Joaquin and Xavier Garcia, hosts of huge pre-Thanksgiving party, Northwood area of WPB.

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A Day in Gay South Florida Preston and Melissa St. John acting up just before midnight drag show at HG Roosters, WPB.

11:30pm Erika Norell performs another amazing show at Noche Latino Saturdays.

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FEATURE

Q&A with new Broward House Interim CEO Stacy Hyde

By Regina Kaza

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hen Stacy Hyde was a kid, she wanted to be a photojournalist.

Then she wanted to work in prisons. And then be a teacher.

Instead she’s been the head of almost every department at Broward House, an AIDS/HIV service organization. And even though she says it wasn’t part of her plan, she is now the interim CEO there. Hyde knows the programs and departments inside and out. Her goal has been to guide people to help themselves through the diagnosis and she doesn’t let her ego get in the way.

What were you like as a kid?

We had a lot of good friends growing up [in Oakland Park]. I did Oakland Park Recreation and played softball and soccer. My father was really athletic; it's just something we did. We just grew up being very active. I wasn't the

star sports player I just played. We were never under pressure to win, just to do our best. It was about leaving it all on the field no matter what we did.

in photos. Then I was always interested in political science and criminal justice. I wanted to work in prisons, to work and help people. I just knew I wanted to help people.

Do you think that mindset sticks with you today?

What made you want to work with patients diagnosed with AIDS/HIV?

Yeah definitely, with both of my parents, we were taught to not step on anybody's toes.

So no matter what I do I'm going to give it my all. I think it’s made me define success differently. To me it’s about doing something good. If what I do has good intentions, it’s not winning it’s making a difference.

The idea that someone could be sick from a disease, I just couldn't understand it. I thought, ‘I need to make difference.’ You can't just be concerned and not do something about it. The fact that people didn't get the care they needed because of stigma and their background or how they got the disease, it was always hard for me to understand.

What was your dream job?

I changed my mind a few times. I wanted to be a traveling photojournalist, but even then it was always about capturing people

What's it like working people diagnosed with HIV? It's not any different working with anyone else. Anyone that needs healing can get help here and all of them just need to be heard and respected. We work with individuals who are HIV positive, but also the homeless and incarcerated. I'm motivated by their strengths. It's sad sometimes that we can’t get everyone what they need and it saddens me that there's still the stigma out there.

together?

I've learned to take care of myself so I can be strong for work. I've also learned that even the smallest thing you say can make a difference. I don't need to see the outcome.

I just need to plant the seeds and hope that people find the right path.

What do you think makes you a good CEO? My number one answer doesn't sound very CEOish. I care about Broward House and there's no one that has the passion that I do. I know it from the inside out.

Even the waitressing has helped me in this job. I think they all require the same skills.

I think that my work ethic in all of those jobs has been the same. I'm going to give it everything that I have. I'm going to support everyone around me. I think having all these experiences helped me make clear decisions.

I also know when to ask for help. It helps not having a huge ego.

What's the biggest challenge in working with AIDS/HIV patients?

They don't see the value they have. They don't see themselves worthy. You want to be able to help them see that. They come in at their lowest low, and to help them and support them, that's a challenge.

What has been your toughest experience working with a patient?

There’s a lot of hard ones but also a lot of good ones. There was this one time when someone needed services and had a very fragile history. She never came back and I tried to contact her and couldn't find her. I had the fortune of seeing her several years later. She said she had a moment it clicked for her. It's the people that get lost through the system and those are the hardest moments.

That sounds very emotionally draining. How do you keep it

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TRAVEL

OUT Destination: Memphis

By Joey Amato

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nown for Blues, BBQ and Elvis, Memphis is a city steeped in culture and tradition. There are many things to do and see in Memphis, but one of the largest tourist attractions by far is Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley. I was a bit surprised to see that the estate was located in the heart of an urban neighborhood instead of the sprawling countryside, but once you enter the music note adorned gates, you are quickly transported back in time.

Many of the rooms in Graceland still contain the same furnishings and décor as it did when Elvis and his family lived there. Over 600,000 visitors tour Graceland every year, making it one of the most visited homes in the country. The mansion sits on 13.8-acres and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006. The only portion of the mansion that is off limits to guests is the upstairs, as Elvis always wanted to keep that portion of his home private.

Hundreds of gold records and memorabilia can be found throughout the estate. Even the clothes worn by Elvis and Priscilla on their wedding day can be seen behind glass in another building constructed on the property. Visitors can also tour Elvis’s private plane collection. I’m not talking about model planes, these are the real deal. Finally, pay your respect to the King with a visit to the Presley family grave site in the meditation garden.

If all of the touring has made you hungry, head downtown to find some of the best BBQ east of the Mississippi. Hidden in an alley off of 2nd Street is Charles Vergo’s Rendezvous, a Memphis institution featured on Travel Channel’s “Man v. Food Nation.”

Even though host Adam Richmond suggested trying the ribs, my guest and I both opted for the succulent Pork Shoulder sandwich. At just $7.95, this delicious over-sized sandwich arrives overflowing with pork and accompanied by baked beans and a unique mustard and vinegar-based slaw. It’s the perfect way to begin a culinary journey of Memphis.

After lunch, walk over to the historic Pea-

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body Hotel and catch a glimpse of the worldrenowned Peabody Ducks, which have been featured on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Sesame Street, the Oprah Winfrey Show and in People magazine. Over the years, celebrities including Paula Deen, Joan Collins, Kevin Bacon, Emeril Lagasse, Patrick Swayze, and Peter Frampton have received

and multiple bar areas. However, they don’t serve alcohol but encourage patrons to bring their own.

Other options include Drew’s Place and Pumping Station, but club-goers should head to Spectrum. The 30,000 square-foot complex boasts two dance floors and is the hottest place in town to meet and mingle with

the coveted role of Honorary Duckmaster.

The Peabody is a member of the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, so you and your partner will feel welcome staying here.

Spend the early evening walking down Beale Street and listen to any one of dozens of live bands perform, or grab a cocktail at Wet Willie’s. Beale Street comes alive after dark, but if you’re looking to catch a great drag performance, head to Crossroads, one of Memphis’ premier gay bars. The establishment boasts a large stage, outdoor patio

the young and fabulous crowd.

Memphis is home to many music-related attractions in addition to Graceland. The Stax Museum of American Soul Music, located at the original site of Stax Records, pays tribute to all of the artists who recorded there. The museum features an amazing collection of more than 2,000 pieces of memorabilia from soul pioneers including Ike & Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, The Jackson Five, Al Green, Sam Cooke, James Brown and Ray Charles.

A few miles up the road is Sun Studio, a re-

cording studio opened by rock pioneer Sam Phillips in 1950. The building is known for recording what is being called the first rockand-roll single, Jackie Brenston and the Delta Cats’ “Rocket 88”. The studio also holds the nickname “The Birthplace of Rock & Roll.”

Music legends including Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis all recorded here at some point in their career.

For dinner, I recommend Local Gastropub on Main Street. Diners should choose to sit outside and watch as street cars and decorated horse-drawn carriages travel up and down the street, which is closed to thru-traffic, giving Local Gastropub a very European vibe. The food at Local is varied and plentiful. For starters, try the Smoked Duck Quesadilla with chipotle aioli or the Crispy Spanish Shrimp with sweet paprika mayo. For a lighter entrée, choose one of Local’s signature salads. The Seared Tuna Tostada contains ahi tuna cooked to perfection over a bed of mixed greens, marinated cucumbers, crisp wontons and toasted sesame seeds with a Thai dressing.

If you have more of an appetite, try the Fish & Chips, a hearty portion of North Atlantic cod deep fried in a Ghost River Golden Ale batter with lemon dill tartar sauce served with hand cut fries. Another great selection is the Shrimp & Grits, served with chaurice sausage broth, tomato jam and fried egg.

Memphis is a great weekend destination and an excellent city for those looking to learn more about music history. Remember, bring your appetite and don’t forget to pack your blue suede shoes!

For more information of Memphis, visit www.MemphisTravel.com OUT Destinations is part of OUTreach Public Relations, a company specializing in LGBT marketing. Founded by Joey Amato, OUTreach PR has quickly become one of the most sought after companies for firms looking to target the ever growing and affluent LGBT consumer. For more information, please visit www.outreachpublicrelations.com.

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THE FITNESS GUY

You know you want a six-pack

By Michael Verdugo & Frankie Watson

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f you want a six-pack or a defined abdomen you really need to work at it. Core muscles are often neglected during a workout simply because they take more focus to push through the almost instant burn you get when you start engaging them. Set a realistic but aggressive goal to keep up your drive and desire for a tight, lean core. How bad do you really want it? Make it a new years resolution.

The best core exercises utilize your own body weight to perform the workout. A common misconception is adding heavy weights to your side, oblique workout. This builds up the muscle and can sometimes create an unwanted shape to your core. The main goal is to lean out by using your own body weight, cardio and focusing on your diet and potentially adding light weights.

Everyone has core muscles, whether you can see them or not is a different story. That’s why focusing on diet and cardio workouts are key to shedding the layer of fat that sits on your stomach. Cardio exercise gets your heart rate up, burns calories and fat. Performing cardio exercise at different intervals and speeds throughout a weight training circuit increases your bodies need for energy and turns to fat cells to provide it. Leaving you with a nice, lean stomach after consistent training.

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Position your feet on the center of the ball and place your hands shoulder width apart. Maintain a straight back so that your entire body forms a straight line from head to toe. Tuck your knees to your chest as you roll the ball towards your core and then back to starting plank position. Continue to roll the ball back and forth, tucking your knees and keeping your core muscles tight. Complete three sets of twenty to twenty-five reps each.

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Sitting slightly forward on the fitness ball, plant your feet at a forty-five degree angle away from each other to maintain balance. You can either place your hands behind your head or cross them across your chest holding on to your shoulders, whichever is more natural. As you lean back keep your core tight and engaged; don’t rest on the ball. Bring your body back up and crunch your core. Complete three sets of twenty to twenty-five reps.

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Ball to feet Lie down on your back using a mat or comfortable floor service. Place the fitness ball in your hands and bring it over your head. Bring the ball and your legs to meet up in the middle of your body as you transfer the ball back and forth from your legs to your hands. Complete three sets of twenty to twenty-five reps.

The Fitness Ball:

A primary benefit of exercising with a fitness ball as opposed to exercising directly on a hard flat surface is that the body responds to the instability of the ball to remain balanced, engaging many more muscles. Those muscles become stronger over time to keep balance. Most frequently, the core body muscles — the abdominal muscles and back muscles — are the focus of exercise ball fitness programs.

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Disney’s Mary Poppins flies in to Miami’s Arsht Center on New Year’s Day through Jan. 6. This is a darker tale, truer to the original novel, but entertaining. Showtimes and tickets at ArshtCenter. org.

By now, any self-respecting homo has seen Wicked at least once. After all, it’s the story of Oz before Dorothy dropped in and purloined the fancy ruby slippers. Wicked returns to the Broward Center, Jan. 30 – Feb. 17, so if you haven’t seen it yet, get those tickets before every tween in Broward County snaps them up. Showtimes and tickets at BrowardCenter.org.

Classical musical lovers get a treat when master violinist Itzhak Perlman takes the Broward Center’s Au-Rene Theater stage on Jan. 7. The world’s reigning virtuoso will treat audiences to an exquisite recital. For tickets, go to BrowardCenter.org.

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ort Lauderdale’s Parker Playhouse is sort a workhouse of a performing venue. With about 1200 seats, it attracts the kinds of acts that don’t quite fit into the Broward Center’s Au-Rene or Amaturo Theaters. Plus, the place has plenty of mid-century ambiance that’s hard to replicate. Next week, the Parker Playhouse hosts a diverse range of performances. On Friday, Jan. 4 and Saturday, Jan. 5, the State Ballet Theatre of Russia presents the ultimate Shakespearean tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet, choreographed

by Michael Lavroksky, a 25-year veteran of the Bolshoi. The two-act ballet starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $31.50 – 61.50. On Sunday, Jan. 6, the violins will be exchanged with guitars, drums and the rockin’ sounds of doo-wop. Titled, An Evening with the Stars of Doo Wop, the extravaganza stars Kenny Vance and the Planotones, Terry Johnson’s Flamingos, Jimmy Clanton and The Mystics. The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $41.50 – 61.50 at ParkerPlayhouse.com.

Romeo and Juliet at Parker Playhouse, State Ballet Theatre of Russia.

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ward-winning Miami playwright and director Tarell Alvin McCraney comes home in January to direct his acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. McCraney’s 90-minute, high energy version of one of the most powerful tragedies of all time — created for the Royal Shakespeare Company — is sure to be one of the highlights of the 2013 theatre season.

Hamlet opens Jan. 12 and runs through Feb. 10 at GableStage at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.

Tickets are $45-50 at GableStage.org.

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hen Santa was making up his list of all the boys and girls who were naughty or nice, he surely wasn’t thinking about the Broadway fans in West Palm Beach. But, a labor dispute at the Kravis Center has turned into a big lump of coal for families heading to the performing arts center for performances of the Tony Awardwinning jukebox musical, Jersey Boys. The center has been embroiled in a 12-year dispute with the local theatrical stage employees union, but for the first time in years, the unionized Jersey Boys road crew refused to cross the picket line. Several

performances were cancelled last week, with each one costing the center approximately $100,000 in lost revenues. Despite judgments by the National Labor Relations Board in 2008 and a 2010 complaint from the union, a quick resolution isn’t likely and the iconic sounds of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons won’t be wafting through the rafters of the Kravis Center. Talk about a Christmas that won’t be forgotten any time soon.

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Come Sing With Us!

The original Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus will be having voice placement interviews and would love to have you come sing with us!

Saturday, January 5th, 2013 @ 1 pm Monday, January 7th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm Saint Mark’s Church • 1750 E. Oakland Park Blvd. • Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33306 For more information visit www.theftlgmc.org or call 954.832.0060

Funding for this organization is provided in part by the Broward County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council.

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The Gay Men's Chorus of South Florida, with Gordon Roberts as the Artistic Director, performs the Mighty Sounds of Joy on Thursday, December 13, at the Sunshine Cathedral in Fort Lauderdale.

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In 2009, the Lesbian and Gay Band Association (LGBA) became the first LGBT musical organization to participate in an inaugural parade. More than 150 musicians, representing a dozen LGBA member bands, converged on Washington, DC for a weekend of rehearsals in frigid temperatures before stepping off into the history books.

More than 2,800 organizations, including the LGBA, hurriedly applied to participate in the 2013 parade and last week, LGBA was notified it would be among 100 organizations selected to march.

Several members of the local South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble participated in the 2009 parade and plan to make the return trip in January.

repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, several states have endorsed marriage equality, and key civil rights cases are pending before the Supreme Court.

“In 2009, the thing I remember most was marching past all the military personnel and appreciating that the LGBA was marching ‘openly’ and that this would soon change for our family in the military. President Obama kept many of his campaign promises relating to the gay community and for that, I am grateful,” said DeRosa.

DeRosa and LGBA coordinators expect an even larger band for the 2013 inaugural parade, drawing participants from nearly every member band and all corners of the country.

While many will be making a return trip, DeRosa is most excited for those musicians who will be marching with the massed band for the first time.

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n the day following Barack Obama’s reelection, plans were already underway for the inaugural festivities in the nation’s capitol in January. One of the most beloved traditions is the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol building to the White House.

He explained, “I am excited to march with a The LGBA massed band marches through the streets of whole new group Washington, DC to prepare for the 2009 inaugural parade. of people in 2013.

That is really the great thing Fort Lauderdale resident Adam DeRosa, about any LGBA band event: no two are ever who also serves as president of LGBA, said of identical.

In fact, I will be marching with folks the news, “I was both excited and humbled. who were still in high school in 2009!”

Since LGBA participated in 2009, I thought our chances of being invited in 2013 were pretty slim. However, we submitted a very compelling application, including letters of support from over 30 politicians from across the country, including Reps. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Alcee Hastings.”

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The 57th Inaugural Parade will be broadcast nationally and internationally on Jan. 21, 2013 following the swearing in ceremony for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden. Check your local listings for stations and times. To learn more about the South Florida Pride Marching Band, go to PrideWindEnsemble.org, and for information about the LGBA, go to LGBA.org.

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Theater Broward County

*Romeo and Juliet - Ballet in Two Acts

“Romeo and Juliet,” choreographed and produced by Michael Lavrovsky. “Romeo and Juliet” is the ultimate Shakespearean tragic love story of the young lovers and the conflict between the Montague and Capulet families in the City of Verona. This play will be at the Parker Playhouse on Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Visit BrowardCenter.org

*Johnny Mathis

The world’s greatest romantic singer” and living legend Johnny Mathis will make his first stop of the near year in South Florida on Monday, Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for Performing Arts. His hits include “Chances Are;” “It’s not for me to say;” “Wonderful, Wonderful;” “Loving You;” and The Lion King’s rousing “They live in you.” Tickets range in price from $55 to $85 with Club Level seats for $125. Call 945-462-0222.

Agatha Christie’s The BBC Murders

Agatha Christie’s Classic Mystery Series The BBC Murders on Tuesday, Jan. 15 through Sunday, Feb. 3. Four Agatha Christie classics, Three Blind Mice, Yellow Iris, Butter in a Lordly Dish and Personal Call have been adapted for the stage by Judith Walcutt and David Ossman from lost BBC radio scripts.

Tickets are $26.50 to $66.50. Showtimes vary. Call Rachel at 954-776-1999 ext. 230

An Evening With The Stars Of Doo Wop

Sunday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. The Doo Wop extravaganza will include stars such as Kenny Vance and The Planotones (“Looking For An Echo,”) Terry Johnsons Flamingos (“Only Have Eyes For You,”) Jimmy Clanton (“Venus In Blue Jeans”) and The Mystics (“Hush a Bye”). Tickets range in price from $41.50 to $61.50. Call Rachel 954-776-1999 ext. 230

The longest running play in American theater history Shear Madness is cutting loose and heading to the Amaturo Theater through Sunday, Dec. 30. The Shear Madness hairstyling salon is scandalized by the wacky murder of its illustrious upstairs neighbor and if the shop doesn’t get to the bottom of things soon someone is going to die laughing. Showtimes are Tuesday to Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $39. Visit BrowardCenter. org

Sister Act

Sister Act through Sunday, Dec. 30 in the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center. Visit BrowardCenter.org

Palm Beach County *Camelot

Master Playwrights Series, the new series will kick off on with four concert performances of Camelot, the final Broadway musical from the legendary writing team of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe on Jan.11 at 8 p.m., Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. Be sure to catch this amazing musical at the DramaWorks Playhouse. Call 561- 233-9918

*Bob Lappin & The Palm Beach Pops

Broadway leading actress Christine Andreas joins the orchestra with a tribute to the great ladies of The American Songbook including Ethel Merman, Barbara Streisand, Judy Garland and more. At the FAU Carole & Barry Kaye Aud. on Jan. 5-6. Visit BrowardCenter.org

*Songs of John Lennon

Created and led by Rex Fowler of Aztec Two-Step and Tom Dean of Devonsquare, this unique and compelling 8-piece band honors the genius and artistry of John Lennon in a thoughtful tribute that often inspires a whole new appreciation of the man and his music. Included are exquisite renditions of Lennon’s Beatles songs, plus selections from his solo years. At the Kravis Center on Jan. 4 at 630 p.m. Visit Kravis.org

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The State Ballet Theatre of Russia presents Romeo and Juliet, the ultimate Shakespearean tragic love story, Friday, Jan. 4 and Saturday, Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. This two-act ballet is choreographed and produced by Michael Lavrovsky, principal dancer and choreographer of 25 years for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Tickets are from $31.50 to $61.50. Call Rachel at 954-776-1999 ext. 230 At the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Friday and Saturday, January 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table and features a bevy of beautiful showgirls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French people. Tickets start at $25, $39, $49, $59 and $65 with Club Level seats available for $109. Call 954-462-0222

Laffing Matterz

Laffing Matterz at the Broward Center continues in the Abdo New River Room Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. and selected Sundays throughout the season at 4:30 p.m. Taking on the latest scandal, social media, current events and everything in-between, Laffing Matterz at the Broward Center combines the best of dinner theater with the hilarity of topical satire. Admission is $59 and $65 and includes the show and a dinner with house salad, a choice of entrée and warm sourdough bread. Visit BrowardCenter.org

Itzhak Perlman

Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman returns to the Broward Center for an intimate new recital performance on Monday, Jan. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater. A master of baroque, classical, romantic and modern music, Perlman has also delighted audiences with everything from the brave old world of klezmer to the limitless frontiers of jazz and beyond. His performances are “everything one wants a violin sound to be,” wrote veteran critic Andrew Porter in The New Yorker. Tickets are $35, $55, $75 and $95.

Visit BrowardCenter.org

Shear Madness

A Holiday Circus Spectacular, an all-new powerful surge of circus entertainment. Come experience the magic of the season like never before with The Greatest Show On Earth as they harness the energy of the audience to power the performers. Celebrate as they light up the floor and transform energy and power into megawatts of thrills and excitement at this limited holiday performance. Dec 25. Visit Ringling.com Palm Beach Dramaworks, (201 Clematis Street/ West Palm Beach), announces new Musical Theatre Masters Series.

Modeled after PBD’s very popular Master Playwrights Series, the new series will kick off on Jan. 11-13. The series will be directed by Clive Cholerton, Musical director for Camelot is Caryl Fantel. All tickets are $35.00. Call 561-514-4042 or visit Palmbeachdramaworks.org

Miami-Dade

*Forbidden Broadway: 30th Anniversary Tour

From to Phantom to Wicked, this fall-down funny, satirical roast of over 30 Broadway hits has outrageous costumes, silly spoofs of songs you know by heart and madcap impressions.

New spoofs include Patti LuPone in Gypsy and Grease, “You’re the One That I Hate!” This Spoof musical will be at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center on Jan. 4 -5. Times Vary. For more information visit BrowardCenter.org

*Mary Poppin’s

Beginning Jan. 1 at 8 p.m. the world’s most famous nanny will arrive at the Ziff Ballet Opera House at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. This spectacular hit has astonished more than seven million people worldwide with its pure Broadway magic. Mary Poppins is one of the biggest stage musical successes in recent years to come out of London and New York. Visit Arshtcenter.org

*New World Symphony presents Jubilant Beethoven

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The 6th Annual I Care I Cure…I Run 5K

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New World Symphony presents Jubilant Beethoven at the Knight Concert Hall at the Arsht Center on Jan 5 at 8pm.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra music director Robert Spano returns to NWS with a flourish in Beethoven’s exuberant yet poignant Seventh Symphony. Power and virtuosity collide when Yefim Bronfman takes on Bartók’s demanding Second Piano Concerto. Visit Arshtcenter.org

An Affair of the Arts Performance and Gala

The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) will honor director and choreographer Debbie Allen, violinist Joshua Bell and actor and alumnus Adrian Grenier at An Affair of the Arts Performance and Gala on Saturday, Jan. 12, held in Downtown Miami at the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts and the Historic Alfred I. DuPont Building.

Contact Ellen Gray at 305-377-1140 X1208 or Email: egray@ youngarts.org

Broadway in Miami 2012-13

This season Ziff Ballet Opera House through 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

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Mack Planet’s Power Lunch will be held at the China Grill at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina. The Mack Power Lunch will be held on Jan. 8 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. At the beginning of every Power Lunch there is approximately 30 minutes to introduce yourself and chat with fellow attendees in a social setting. There may be a very brief presentation by an event sponsor to share insights and industry information. Then the rest of our time is enjoying lunch and breaking the ice to develop professional friendships with everyone around you.

Visit Mackplanet.com

*Water, Sports and Travel Festival

The first-ever Water, Sports & Travel Festival, presented by leading water sports organizations will be held at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center and several locations throughout Greater Fort Lauderdale from April 26-28, 2013. The Festival exhibition will feature four co-located shows including “The Board Show”, “The Dive Show”, “The Boating & Water Toys Show”, and “The Travel Show.” Visit Wstfest.com

Floral Designs for the Holidays

“Flower Designs for the Holidays”. Janice Hamlin, Master Flower Show Judge from the Manatee River Garden Club in Bradenton, Florida will inspire us by demonstrating the creation of flower designs for the holidays. Call 954-561-8475.

Visit FLGardenClub@gmail.com

LGBT Quit Smoking Groups - Free Nicotine Patches

Did you know that LGBT people are more likely to smoke than most any other population group in the United States? Being around other Smokers can make it more difficult for people in our communities to quit. But many of us are trying, and the Quit Smoking Now Program in Wilton Manors is here to show us how to quit and stay without smoking. Visit My.vcita.com/myquitcoach QuitsmokingWM. com or call 305-942-6378

The 6th Annual I Care I Cure…I Run 5K and Family Fun Day! is on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 a.m. at the BB&T Center (formerly BankAtlantic Center), 1 Panther Parkway, Sunrise, Florida.

Register online at: www.icareicure.org, Adults $25 and Children $20. The I Care I Cure Childhood Cancer Foundation supports the development of, and raises public awareness about, cutting-edge research for targeted therapies for childhood cancer. Contact Sue Trilling at 800-807-8013

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

Island City-Wide Yard Sale

GLBX Business Advantage Referral Group

Color Vibe 5K

Queer Youth Nights

Annual Island city-wide yard sale. The Yard Sales are held at Hagen Park, 2020 Wilton Drive, on the second Saturday of the month through April 2013 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The City Yard Sales spaces will be available to purchase. Takes place Jan. 12 and February 9. Last year, the yard sales hosted from 60 to 90 vendors, so register early while there is still space. More info call the Leisure Services Department at 954-390-2115 or 954-390-2130.

Color Vibe 5k run is coming to Fort Lauderdale on Jan. 5. At the Color Vibe 5k run, YOU are the color canvas, and when you’re finished with us you’ll be an exciting and vivid masterpiece.

So tag your friends and hook everybody up with the coolest 5k run to hit the streets. This is one amazing color blast you won’t want to miss! Event begins at 9 a.m. The Color Vibe Ft. Lauderdale 5k run will take place at the Central Broward Regional Park in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Visit TheColorVibe.com

The Four Noble Truths

We all have certain things that feel to us like true sources of happiness, but which in reality have caused us no end of suffering, time and time again. It is our mind of attachment that continues to deceive us, causing us to relate to these things in mistaken ways, and leading us straight into problems and misfortune. Learn how to break this cycle. $10/class or $30/ series includes vegetarian food after class, members free. Visit MeditationInFortLauderdale.org

Pozitive Attitudes Topic driven Peer lead support group for gay and bisexual men who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. Meets every Wednesday 7-9 p.m. at the Pride Center 204 N.Dixie Hwy Room 204. Refreshments, no charge, open meeting. PAHereandNow@aol.com www.PozitiveAttitudes.

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

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

Man2Man Discussion

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

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On Mondays from 6-6:30 p.m. there will be Guided meditation w/ western Buddhist teacher Gui Passow. Looking for a way to rest and re-charge before starting your evening? Come in for a free guided meditation to clear your mind at the end of the day.

This class is free at Drolma Buddhist Center. Call 954-537-9191 or visit meditationinfortlauderdale.org

Buddhist Meditation Classes

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.

2330 Wilton Drive. 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

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.

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/

Palm Beach County Lake Worth Bike Night

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 nonbikers. 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.

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

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/floridaevents

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

Paths

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

Yoga

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

Living Buddhism

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

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Sober Sisters AA

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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

Good Orderly AA

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

BrothasSpeak

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.

Boardwalk Friday Fest

Toastmasters

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

New Alternatives

PBC Gender Support

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

Jazz on the Palm

PFLAG

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

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 561-4042011. Visit OrchidWeb.org

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 These meetings now take place at Lambda North at 18 S. J Street, and geared toward recovering alcoholics. Every Tues. and Thurs. at 7 p.m. and on Sat. at 5:30 p.m. These meetings will help recovering alcoholics cope with the stress of everyday life without the use of alcohol. Email tcamie@aol.com

Seniors vs. Crime

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

Yoga On The Waterfront

Lake Pavilion at 101 S. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL / Yoga On The Waterfront in downtown West Palm Beach on Wednesday Evenings at 5:45 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.

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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

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.

Ramrod

The Bar Lake Worth

1508 NE 4th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, (954) 763-8219.

South Florida’s Leading Levi, Leather and Uniform Bar/Club.

Every night is Bear Night. Bear Happy. Hour Every Thursday.

Caged Hunks Sat Night

Rosie’s Bar and Grill On January 11, from 9AM-5PM drive a real NASCAR race car from some of NASCAR’s greatest stars at the Miami International Speedway! The fleet consists of actual race cars that have been driven by current NASCAR drivers including Jimmie Johnson, Dale Jr, Jeff Gordon and other NASCAR favorites. For more info: (877)-RACE-LAP (722-3527)

*Kart Racing Tour

On Feb. 8-10, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. enjoy The Florida Winter Tour which is one of the world’s largest, and longest running kart racing programs. In 2012 the FWT featured over 400 drivers from 28 countries and all six karting continents, and for the 5th consecutive year was the world’s largest official Rotax Max Challenge series and event. General admission viewing is free.

Pit passes are $10. Call 305-469-6188

*Taste of Miami

It’s time to dust off those bell bottoms and grab those platform shoes for the 4th Annual Taste of Miami event -- Saturday Night Feeder. Takes place Saturday, Jan. 12 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Hosted by the LGBT Visitors Center. Contact Karen Brown at 305-397-8914 or email her at Karen@gogaymiami.com

Ransom Mondays

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 selfesteem. 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

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

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

Key West nightlife Broward County 321-Slammer

Bathhouse. 321 W Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33311. Slammer sex club the best place to cruise for the hottest gay men. Thursday’s is leather night, Friday and Saturday night live DJs. Monday & Tuesday -- $9 entry fee

Atomic Boom

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

Bill’s Filling Station

2209 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 567-5978.

Large bar/ nightclub, amazing drink specials in Wilton Manors!

Wednesday’s after 9 p.m. $10 Miller Lite Beer Bust

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1721 N. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311.

(954) 463-6969. A Cute Little Hangout in Fort Lauderdale.

Pool-room/game room on one side and a bar/strip club on the other. Mondays $3 Well & Dom, after 9 p.m. $3 U-Call-It Shots

The Club Fort Lauderdale

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

Clubhouse II

Bathhouse. 2650 E. Oakland Park Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (954) 566-6750. A Private Club for Bi/Gay men.

“Bear and Friends” Thursday $5 Off a room 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Tuesday Leather Night - $5 off for those in full leather gear.

2449 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 567-1320.

Wilton Manor’s Best Burger in Town. Try the Fat Elvis. Happy Hour 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Scandals Country Western Bar

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

Sidelines Sports Bar

2031 Wilton Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305, (954) 563-8001.

Sidelines Sports Bar and Billiards is a unique, friendly, and accepting place to relax with a cold beer, great drinks and Martinis. Happy Hour M-F 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.

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.

Miami-Dade Club Space

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

Smarty Pants

Club Sugar

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.

The Stable

Discotekka

Cubby Hole

Torpedo

Corner Pub Bar

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

205 East Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park, FL 33334, (954) 565-4506 A neighborhood bar with a different theme every night, from drag shows and bingos, to bears and underwear.

823 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, (954) 728-9001.

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

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.

The Depot Cabana Bar and Grill

Village Pub & Piano Bar

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 33rd St Fort Lauderdale FL 954-568-7777. Sexy hot men starting to shake the booty daily from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

On Sundays enjoy karaoke with Peter Petrucci. Great drink specials every Monday with $1 well drinks from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

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.

The Manor

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

Matty’s on the Drive

2426 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 564-1799.

Matty’s is one of the few bars in Wilton Manors that’s just that –a bar. Wild Wednesday’s $.75 Drinks, 13 Drinks for less than $10. 5 p.m.

Mona’s

2283 Wilton Dr. Wilton Manors, FL 33305, 754-200-5244 Villagepubwm.com Looking for a relaxing place to spend the early afternoon? Or perhaps you want to come in and “work?” We have incredibly fast WiFi, complimentary outlets for you to power up your phone or laptop AND 2-4-1 Happy Hour Monday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Palm Beach County

The Cottage (Tea-Dance Sundays)

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

Fort Dix

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

H.G. Rooster

823 BELVEDERE ROAD, WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA 33405, (561)-832-9119. H.G. Roosters is West Palms oldest gay club.

Sunday’s Complimentary BBQ 5 p.m., Hot Male Dancers 6 p.m., Karaoke 11 p.m.

Mara (Thurs-Sat)

1132 North Dixie Highway, Lake Worth FL $3 Drinks. No Cover.

Open till 5 a.m. Ladies night on Thursdays and Karaoke on Fridays.

The Mad Hatter

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.

950 NE 2nd Ave, Downtown Miami, Florida 33132,(305) 3509084. One of the best night clubs In Miami. Every Saturday the hottest DJ’s from the top performers. Drink Special Every Saturday

Johnny’s

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

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

http://www.Facebook.com/JohnnysMiami Score

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

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

Swinging Richards

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

Twist

1057 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, Fl, 33139. (305) 538-9478.

Never a Cover…Always a Groove. Resident star DJ Mika spins tribal. Every Saturday TWIST is full of the hottest men in Miami. Muscle boy dancers taking it off in the Bungalow Bar.

Key West 801 Bar

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

The Bourbon St. Pub

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

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

2039 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305. (954) 563-5631.

A Casual, Hip, Fun Experience and if You Have a Taste for Deliciously Unique Wines, You Need to Make This Your Next Stop! Happy Hour All Night on Thursday

New Moon

2440 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, (954) 563-7660.

Your neighborhood lesbian bar in the heart of Fort Lauderdale and just minutes from Fort. Lauderdale Beach. Wednesday All the fun, half the price 2-4-1 All Day, All Night

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La Te Da

1125 Duval St. 305-296-6706 Fun Gay-Friendly atmosphere.

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

Club Aqua

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.

Pearl’s Patio Bar

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

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