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Adam Lambert to Receive GLAAD Award The singer will receive an award for contributing to the visibility of the community “American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert will receive an award for his representation of the LGBT community in the last year.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation will honor the singer with its Davidson/Valentini Award at the San Francisco ceremony on 11 May.

The accolade is named after GLAAD’s first executive director Craig Davidson and his partner, Michael Valentini. It is presented to media professionals who have made a “significant difference in promoting equality for the LGBT community.”

“Adam Lambert’s continued success as one of the world’s best-selling pop stars shows

LGBT people that they can be themselves and make it in a mainstream industry that many feel unfairly rejects them,” Wilson Cruz, actor and GLAAD spokesman, said in a statement.

Lambert, who remained closeted during his stint at American Idol, came out publicly shortly after in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 2008.

Activist Lt. Dan Choi Found Guilty, Fined $100

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The gay service member was convicted after a 2-year trial for a demonstration Former American infantry officer Dan Choi was found guilty of one count of criminal misdemeanor for failing to obey a lawful order while protesting the since repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a policy banning gays from serving openly in the military.

He was fined $100, The Washington Post reports. Choir originally faced up to six months

in jail or a $5,000 fine.

In 2011, gay Lt. Choi and 12 other protesters chained themselves to the White House fence to protest DADT. Since then, the 12 protesters have avoided jail time by pleading guilty to charges brought to the U.S. government, but Choi refused a plea deal.

Choi said the government is

going through all the trouble of putting him on trial to keep him out of the military.

“This trial is the only reason why I can’t re-enlist,” the Iraq War veteran, who chose to represent himself during the last court hearing on March 20, told The Huffington Post.

DADT was repealed by President Obama in 2011.

Putin: Ban Foreign Gay Couples From Adopting

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adoption laws. He has given them a July 1 deadline, according to website Gay Russia.

Russia started enforcing a ban on U.S. citizens from adoption orphans on January 1.

The ban comes as a result of the U.S. introducing visa and financial sanctions to Russia for its corruption and human

rights violations.

Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseev said that the ban will only harm the orphans.

“It will hardly have big consequences for foreign gays and lesbians but will harm Russian children who are kept in very miserable conditions,” he told GSN.

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Central Florida Gay Politician Arrested for DUI Police found Gainesville Mayor Craig Lowe asleep at the wheel of his wrecked 2005 Honda Civic.

Philly LGBT-Reform Bill Reintroduced with Trans Inclusion If passed, new buildings constructed by the city must include gender-neutral bathrooms.

Albania Named ‘Most Anti-Homosexuality’ Country in Europe The country was labeled Europe’s most hostile place for gays, according to a new survey.

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news world First Gay NFL Player Could Come Out Soon, Says Sports Columnist Sergio N. Candido

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Football player Wade Davis came out as gay, player is, adding the player isn’t afraid to but only after he retired. Now, as the LGBT reveal his sexuality because he feels being movement gains more momentum and ostracized by teammates but because of how prejudices continue to be shattered, the first homophobic fans might react to the news. active NFL player could “The player fears he will soon come out. suffer serious harm from According to CBS homophobic fans, and that sports columnist Mike is the only thing preventing Freeman, an NFL player is him from coming out,” considering coming out in Freeman said. the next few months.

Scott Fujita, along with “I’m told this player Minnesota Vikings punter feels the time is now for Chris Kluwe and Baltimore someone to take this step Ravens linebacker Brendon — despite homophobic Ayanbadejo are among a remarks from San handful of NFL player who Francisco 49ers defensive are actively speaking in Wade Davis Photo courtesy of Wade Davis’ Facebook favor of gay rights. back Chris Culliver and the controversy arising “Guys are more accepting recently at the Indianapolis Scouting than they used to be. Even those who raise combine, when prospects were asked personal objections to homosexuality, some questions about their sexuality,” Freeman of whom are good friends of mine, would still wrote, declining to cite his sources. be able to coexist and accept a gay teammate,” Freeman said he wasn’t told who this gay Fujita said.

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Correction: In the Wednesday, March 27 issue of SFGN, we incorrectly identified Clarence Saxby Chambliss on page 4 as Nicholas Gonzalez, a gay porn star also known Donny Wright. Chambliss was in the paper for a short piece about his stance opposing same-sex marriage.

+Pro-Wrestler Bully Ray Goes on Anti-Gay Tirade, Video Goes Viral and “frickin’ queer.” At the six-minute mark, Bully Ray and his Aces and Eights team members leave the ring after a fight with other wrestlers. Bully Ray confronts one fan before turning to another fan at 6:17 and says, “Sit down, faggot.”

He then goes on to say, “You invented fags you fag,” and “I’m punking you, you frickin’ queer.”

Following the episode, Bully Ray took to his Twitter feed on March 18 to

A video of a pro-wrestler caught on camera shouting an anti-gay slur to a fan has gone viral and it’s making its rounds around the blogosphere.

TNA Wrestling world heavyweight champion Bully Ray was caught using homophobic slurs on camera at an Impact Wrestling taping in Chicago on March 14, according to the Bleacher Report.

In the video, Bully Ray can be heard calling a person in the crowd a “faggot”

express his regret and to apologize. TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter chimed in as well saying Bully Ray’s comments are not welcomed by TNA Wrestling.

Bully Ray rose to fame with his previous work in World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling as Bubba Ray Dudley.

Whether or not Carter says Bully Ray’s comments will not be tolerated, this isn’t the first instance a professional wrestler

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the exact lawyers and firms participating in the challenge, are not ready to be released.

Restore Our Humanity spokesperson, Matt Spencer told GaySaltLake.com that their fight is with Utah.

“This is a Utah issue, period,” Spencer said.

“It’s so great to see what’s happening around the country and there is so much movement and energy behind this movement.”

Oklahoma Dentist Exposes 7,000 Patients to HIV, Hep C

The Tulsa Health Department in Oklahoma is warning 7,000 patients at a local dental clinic that they were potentially exposed and could have contracted HIV as well as hepatitis B or hepatitis C from poor sterilization practices, according to ABC News.

An investigation by the Oklahoma dental board, the state bureau of narcotics and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency into oral surgeon Dr. Wayne Scott Harrington’s practice in Tulsa started when a patient became infected with HIV and hepatitis C. The patient was said to have no known risk factor for either infection other than receiving dental care.

The Oklahoma Board of Dentistry conducted a surprise inspection of Harrington’s practice on March 18, allegedly finding numerous problems, including regular use of a rusty set of instruments on patients with known infections, and the practice of pouring bleach on wounds until they “turned white.”

Harrington and his staff told investigators that he treated a “high population of known infectious disease carrier patients,” according to a complaint filed by the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry.

The board also found during its inspection unlocked and unsupervised drug cabinets.

Harrington had not kept inventory logs of his drugs, some of which were controlled substances. ABC News reports one drug vial found expired in 1993.

Joseph Perz, an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told ABC News that it is “extremely rare” to see dental transmission of HIV and hepatitis B or C.

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was caught using gay slurs. WWE wrestler CM Punk was caught calling a fan a homo and WWE commentator Michael Cole called coworker Josh Matthews a faggot on Twitter.

Because of Michael Cole’s comments, the WWE and GLAAD formed a partnership to put an end to bullying based on a person’s sexual orientation.

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Utah Gay Couples Sue State for Right to Marry

Even though the U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments on the legality of same-sex marriages, three gay couples in Utah are suing the state in federal court, seeking the right to marry.

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preventing the state from enforcing its ban on same-sex marriage, according to Deseret News.

Derek Kitchen and Moudi Sbiety and Laurie Wood and Kody Partridge are challenging the law’s definition of marriage as between a man and a woman. Karen Archer and Kate Call are suing to have their marriage recognized. The pair was married in Iowa.

Besides their lawsuit, the couples are joined

by Restore Our Humanity in the fight against Amendment 3. According to GaySaltLake. com, the group’s efforts are still in the beginning phases and many details, such as

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Even with State Department travel restrictions and a checkered past of treating the gay community, Cuba is looking to attract LGBT travelers and bring them – and their money – to what was once a forbidden country to Americans.

From April 14 to 21, Insight Cuba, along with gay travel agency Coda International Tours, has put together a travel package to give LGBT people an exclusive seven-night trip to Havana and Cienfuegos full of one-of-a-kind art and cultural experiences.

Coda International Tours founder Jim Smith said gay travelers are “on the cutting edge” and the “first to establish trends.” “[Gays] are going to places before they’re flooded with the average tourists,” Smith said in a statement. “Cuba is a very warm and friendly destination and a big draw right now, especially for the gay market.”

Tom Popper, president of Insight Cuba, agrees with Smith saying he and his company have crafted a custom itinerary and is thrilled to offer this particular program for the LGBT market.

“In addition to our signature people-topeople activities fostering touching exchanges with locals, participants will also be able to experience the thriving gay community in Cuba as the country propels towards more democratic ideals,” said Popper.

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Mud & Ocean Miami Beach Pride ends in unique cruise Dylan Bouscher

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There’s only one city offering a gay pride cruise that leaves port the day after its weeklong LGBT pride festival, parade and mud run end: Miami Beach.

It starts at 6 p.m. on April 8, with a rainbow flag raising ceremony at Miami Beach City Hall, followed by a free reception honoring the founders of Miami Beach Gay Pride.

Then, at the same time the next night, the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is hosting a similar spotlight reception at the Shore Club, which is $5 for members and $15 for non-members.

Miami Beach mayor Matti Bower was announced to be the grand marshall on April 1. Other headliners (and head turners) include Adam Lambert, Crystal Waters and Lady Bunny.

The city’s evening events continue April 10 with a family-friendly outdoor screening of the Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy, The Princess Bride, which starts at the New World Symphony at 8 p.m.

These events are new to the city’s pride celebrations, according to Miami Beach Gay Pride Executive Director Ivan Camo.

“We added nighttime events for our partygoers during the festival itself,” Camo said. And he’s right, there is plenty for partygoers this year.

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The next three nights include Grammy award-winners, DJs, and other performers in clubs mostly, but there is also the first-ever LGBT community mud run at Oleta River State Park Saturday April 13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a post-race event that will include more DJs, beer, cocktails and a contest. It’s $85 to join the Out-Fit Challenge. Visit Outfitchallenge.com to register.

And for anyone who can’t wait until Sunday, April 14, to lead thousands in parading down Ocean Drive, Miami Beach is offering the first installment of two free outdoor dance events from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Lummus Park on Saturday with more beach, beer, and DJ Theresa.

It all culminates with the city’s fifth annual pride parade, which starts Sunday at Noon, near the Art Deco district of Ocean Drive. “We do Miami Beach Pride to unite the community,” Ivan Camo said.

Calling the community united would be an understatement; there are more than 60,000 people and 125 LGBT-vendors attending the parade this year. After it ends, prepare to wish bon voyage to anyone setting sail on the Norwegian Sky Gay Pride Cruise from April 15 to April 19.

For more information, visit Miamibeachgaypride.com

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news national Meningitis Outbreak Reminiscence of Early AIDS Epidemic New strain affecting gay men in NYC Christiana Lilly

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An unnamed disease is breaking out and spreading throughout gay men in New York City — it’s not a retelling of the early days of the AIDS/HIV epidemic 30 years ago, but one that is happening right now.

In two years there have been 22 cases of men infected with bacterial meningitis, spread throughout all five boroughs of the Big Apple. Seven led to death and 12 of the men were HIV-positive. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene expanded its recommendations in March for the meningitis vaccine to all men who have sex with men — especially those having sex with strangers through online sites or apps — regardless of their HIV status.

Florida Atlantic University Professor Fred Fejes, who specializes in sexuality in the media, said he can’t help but think of an article written in the New York Times when reading about the meningitis outbreak in the same publication 30 years later.

“It was the same thing that happened with the initial story about the AIDS epidemic. They didn’t know enough about it and they didn’t want to be alarmist and they didn’t want to start a crisis if there wasn’t anything,” he said.

The Times published “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals” in July 1981, an article that has become an important piece of the AIDS/HIV story. Back then the disease was called a “rare cancer” that left strange bruise-like marks on gay men in the city and in California. Forty-one men contracted the mystery illness and eight died.

Seeing the similarities and fearing a new outbreak, the Huffington Post blogger Michael Broder criticized the Times for not making its story on meningitis a more prominent piece of the day’s newspaper.

“Word of the new [vaccine] recommendations is not being spread nearly fast enough or far enough,” Broder wrote.

In a statement to SFGN, the Florida Department of Health said that bacterial meningitis is spread through saliva. This could mean sexual activity or simply sharing drinks or cigarettes. The disease causes inflammation of the spinal cord and brain, leading to severe headache, fever, stiff neck and more severe neurological symptoms.

The disease can take effect quickly, in fact, some men were found dead in their beds before they could even get to a doctor,

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according to the New York Times.

“Unfortunately, that’s a pretty common story,” said Dr. Thomas Clark, a medical epidemiologist at the CDC who specializes in meningitis. “It can be fatal before sunrise.”

Because the early symptoms of bacterial meningitis are so similar to the flu, many people tend to think they can sleep it off. Left untreated, it can lead to losing consciousness and then to death. Because of the dangers of the disease, local and state health organizations already keep surveillance on the spread of the disease and report it to the CDC. This helps keep the disease localized.

Clark said that it’s difficult for medical professionals to keep the community informed, but in a way to not cause panic. The best way to avoid meningitis is to receive the vaccination, which is already required for some age groups as well as recommended for those who might

A newspaper article in the New York Times from 1981 reporting on the first case of what we now call HIV/AIDS. Photo courtesy of New York Times

be in prolonged periods of risk.

Fejes fears that with South Florida being considered “the sixth borough of New York,” it wouldn’t be farfetched for the disease to travel. Plus, with many of those contracting the disease getting it from anonymous sex partners met online, it will be difficult to track the path of the disease. When AIDS/ HIV first hit the scene in the ‘80s, Fejes was living in Ann Arbor, Mich. And people were sure it was just a New York City problem.

However, Clark points out that those with meningitis will probably feel too sick to travel.

“Should travelers associated with the meningococcal disease outbreak develop symptoms of the disease while in Florida, it is important that [they seek] immediate medical attention to make sure [they receive] prompt diagnosis and treatment,” the Florida Department of Health told SFGN.

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Love Is In the Air Thousands march for marriage equality in San Francisco David-Elijah Nahmod davidwriter@msn.com

“My family rocks!” proclaimed Eddie Franks.

“I have love from two different women, and they both rock!”

The 11-year-old stood at the corner of Castro and Market Streets in San Francisco around 6 p.m. on Monday, March 25, with his Mom, Cindy. Along with thousands of others, the Franks were preparing to march from the Castro, the city’s self-described “gayborhood,” to City Hall.

It was the night before SCOTUS was set to hear oral arguments regarding the legality of Proposition 8, California’s voterapproved gay marriage ban, and DOMA, the Federal Defense of Marriage Act. Since Proposition 8 was passed in 2008, there has been a decided shift in public opinion regarding marriage equality, with a clear majority of Americans, led by President Barack Obama, now supporting the right of same-sex couples to wed.

The march held a particular significance for LGBT San Franciscans. In 2004, thenMayor Gavin Newsom made the controversial decision to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. Thousands of gay and lesbian couples were wed in a matter of days. Though California courts ruled that Mayor Newsom lacked the authority to issue the licenses, the floodgates were opened. The idea of marriage equality took root and began to spread like wildfire. In the weeks leading up to the Supreme Court hearings, President Obama, former President Bill Clinton, who signed DOMA into law, and more than 100 Republican lawmakers filed Friend of the Court briefs, urging the Supreme Court to rule in favor of marriage equality.

“Once again San Francisco is leading,” stated San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener. The openly gay Supervisor, who occupies the seat once held by the late Harvey Milk on the city’s Board of Supervisors, participated in the march.

“Tomorrow is the beginning of the end for Proposition 8 and DOMA,” he said.

The mood of the march was joyous, as couples marched hand in hand. Yosiat Ginbernard and Alex Marr, together for one and a half years, were looking forward to their wedding.

“I think this is an exciting time to be gay,” Ginbernard told SFGN. “We’re reaping the rewards of what past generations have fought for. Now we see the light at the end of the tunnel.” The two men kissed.

Marchers included a cross section of LGBT humanity, including older and younger, couples, singles, and families. As they

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continued down Market Street, onlookers cheered.

Speakers at City Hall included 12-year-old Daniel Martinez, who, along with his dad Brian, uploaded a You Tube video urging the court to support marriage equality. Martinez read his You Tube message in its entirety. He said that he and his sister were “lucky” to have been adopted by two men who loved them. “I know you have a tough decision to make,” he said. “My family is just as valuable as any other.”

The following day, March 26, a vigil was held between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the San Francisco Federal Building. It was inside this building that California Judge Vaughn Walker ruled Proposition 8 unconstitutional. LGBT clergy was strongly represented at the vigil.

Reverend Sadie Stone of First Palo Alto Methodist Church held up a sign which stated: “’Guys! I said I hated FIGS!’ — Jesus.”

There were a few speakers at the vigil, none more powerful than Rev. Roland Stringfellow. Stringfellow, who is African American, represented the Pacific School of Religion.

“People often assume that clergy and people of color are against marriage equality,” he said. “I represent over 250 congregations who welcome LGBT people and their families.

Let this be a time of reconciliation.”

For 49-year-old Michael McGann, who came out at age 13, attending the vigil held a special meaning.

“This is the last civil rights issue I will see in my lifetime,” he said. “I feel it’s important even though I’ve never been in a relationship.

But I might find a guy and fall in love, and I’d want to marry him.”

As the vigil concluded, couples kissed, and strangers embraced.

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Community Gathers in Hope and Prayer For Marriage Equality Christiana Lilly

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Looking over the parishioners, the Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins shows his wedding ring on his right, not his left hand. Until there is marriage equality, he and his partner in life and ministry will not move it.

“I really do believe in our lifetime, we’ll be able to put our band on our left hands,” he said.

Watkins, the senior pastor at Sunshine Cathedral, joined a nationwide movement on The Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins leads the congregation and supporters of the eve of the Supreme Court marriage equality in prayer, showing his wedding band to his partner the hearings on California’s Rev. Robert Griffin on his right hand.

Proposition 8 and the federal Photo courtesy of Christiana Lilly Defense of Marriage Act. Neither is in support of samebut look how we’re the same.” The booming sex marriages. Across the country, more voices from the Gay Men’s Chorus of South than 100 communities both secular and Florida seemed to shake the church to its religious gathered in vigils to show support core, sending guests to their feet in applause. for marriage equality in the Light the Way to “’I dreamed a dream,’” they sang.

Justice movement.

In a place where many LGBT people feel For Watkins, his church’s community call they’re not welcome, a house of worship, the to prayer was not only the eve of the Supreme Sunshine Cathedral dismisses ideas that the Court hearings, but also the day of Passover, Bible scorns those who love someone of the the beginning of the Christian Holy Week, same gender. as well as the anniversary of the Freedom “I don’t think that’s what scripture is March from Selma, Ala. to Washington D.C. ever intended for. That is a profane use of a The community came out in full force in sacred text and it’s been done over and over,” support, with people’s cars spilling out into Watkins said. “We see the message as being the roads for makeshift parking spots. inclusive and justice seeking and affirming The church is a part of the metropolitan of the sacred value of all people. Of course church movement that got its start in 1968, there are people who disagree with us, but founded by LGBT Christians and their that is our stand.” straight allies. The Sunshine Cathedral The Autonomous Playhouse puppeteers has about 600 people a week who come to performed a short skit with handmade worship, but more than 2,000 who come on puppets, satirizing King Henry VIII and his the campus for its other services. changing the church in order to divorce his “We’re bringing the community together wife for another woman. Over the heads of the to affirm same-gender loving relationships, guests, a video of former Sec. of State Hillary marriage equality, obviously in hope to do Clinton announcing her support for same-sex what we believe is the right things,” Watkins marriage played, with people nodding their told SFGN. “It’s just part of our roots and our heads in agreement to her words. identity. We are rooted both in the Christian The Rev. Dr. Lea Brown, senior pastor religion and the gay rights movement.” at MCC of the Palm Beaches, read a prayer During the call to prayer, religious she read on the eve of the Proposition 8 leaders from all over South Florida — and vote when she was living in San Francisco. even one from Naples — came in support Unfortunately, it passed, but she told the of marriage equality, reading prayers and crowd her unwavering determination. quotes of hope for a day that those sitting “May this be the last interfaith service to in the sanctuary, an arm lovingly wrapped which we gather to pray for [equality],” she around a shoulder, would one day be able said, with a response of applause and whoops. to marry their loved one.

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In-Depth: The DOMA and Prop 8 Week Lisa Keen, Keen News Service Now that legal activists and experts have had a chance to go back over the U.S. Supreme Court arguments in last week’s two big marriage equality cases, most are predicting victories but only incremental ones.

In the Proposition 8 case, it appears that most believe the court will find that Hollingsworth v. Perry was improperly appealed. If so, a lower court decision striking Proposition 8 will remain intact, and same-sex couples in California will be able to obtain marriage licenses within a few days.

In the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) case, U.S. v. Windsor, it appears most believe that, if the court reaches the merits, a 5 to 4 vote will strike the law down. But there is less confidence with Windsor about whether the court will get that far; many are unsure there will be 5 to 4 to say the case was properly before the court.

Much of the post-argument speculation is based on the general consensus that the court’s four more liberal justices – Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan – will vote for marriage equality and that its four more conservative justices – Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito — will vote against. Justice Anthony Kennedy is considered the less predictable vote and one that could go either way to form a majority decision in either or both cases.

In the Proposition 8 argument, Kennedy asked three questions concerning legal standing and five concerning constitutional issues.

On legal standing, he sent mixed signals.

He expressed discomfort with the idea that the governor or attorney general of California could seemingly “thwart the initiative process” by refusing to defend a voter-approved initiative all the way through the appellate process. He also rebuffed a statement by Chief Justice John Roberts – who said a state “can’t authorize anyone” to press an appeal. Kennedy said the Yes on 8 proponents were “different from saying any citizen.” Those two points seemed to support allowing Yes on 8 standing to appeal.

And yet, he acknowledged there is a “substantial question on standing.”

On the constitutional questions surrounding Proposition 8, Kennedy signaled five concerns. He underscored a question by Justice Ginsburg concerning whether Proposition 8 might be making a

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“gender-based classification,” adding that he sees it as a “difficult question” and one he has “been trying to wrestle with.” He challenged Cooper on whether Yes on 8 was “conceding” that allowing same-sex couples to marry posed “no harm or denigration to traditional opposite-sex marriage couples.”

He voiced his own concern about the “immediate legal injury” Proposition 8 pressed on the 40,000 children of samesex couples in California. (Cooper sought to deflect that concern by saying there was no data to indicate that marriage had any greater benefit for the children of same-sex parents than did domestic partnerships.)

But Kennedy also expressed his discomfort with the case dragging the court into “uncharted waters,” given the relative newness of families headed by same-sex couples. And he declared the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s narrow ruling to be “very odd.” That latter declaration seemed odd itself, given that many the Ninth Circuit decision was based largely on

a decision Kennedy wrote, in the 1996 Romer v. Evans decision.

Legal experts posting at scotus.com have identified at least seven potential outcomes in the Perry case, all of which would lead to samesex couples being able to obtain marriage licenses again in California. One potential ruling would require eight other states to allow same-sex couples to marry, and a long-shot possibility is that a ruling could require that bans in all states are unconstitutional. But with one exception (the Michigan attorney general), no one is predicting that the court will rule that Proposition 8 is a constitutionally valid measure.

University of California law dean Erwin Chermerinsky points out that there are two ways the Supreme Court could avoid ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 in Hollingsworth v. Perry.

First, the court could decide that the appeal was “improvidently granted” review by the Supreme Court. That would leave the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling

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intact and gay couples could begin marrying again in California within days.

Second, it could decide that the Yes on 8 coalition had no legal standing to appeal to the Ninth Circuit; that would leave the federal district court’s broader ruling in effect. Gay couples could begin marrying again in California within days.

DOMA and consequences

Even though most legal experts say they believe Kennedy will likely provide the needed fifth vote to overcome the procedural obstacles in the DOMA case, he voiced twice as many questions on those issues as he did during the Proposition 8 case.

During oral argument in Windsor on March 27, he raised six questions over matters pertaining to the legal standing of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) and the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in the matter.

Kennedy questioned whether BLAG, representing Republican House leadership on appeal, had standing. If just one chamber of Congress could assert standing, said Kennedy, then the other chamber (in this case, the Senate) could also assert standing “to take the other side of this case.”

Kennedy, like the more conservative justices on the court, said he found it “very troubling” that the president would continue to enforce a law that he considers unconstitutional. That appears to be a straw man argument, as it seems unlikely the court would concede its power of judicial review to the executive branch. But it follows in a line of questions about whether the U.S. government had any need to appeal the Second Circuit decision –that DOMA is unconstitutional. To have an appeal properly before the court, the appealing party must show it is injured by the decision and that there is adversity between the party and the decision. In other words, a party who wins a court decision below has no need to appeal it. And the Obama administration agrees that DOMA is unconstitutional.

Kennedy did, however, say it “seems” to him “there’s an injury here.” Justice Kagan identified the injury as a loss of the $363,000 plaintiff Edith Windsor paid to the government in estate taxes after her spouse died.

“If the Court dismisses Windsor on standing grounds, it is harder to know exactly what that will mean,” said Chermerinsky, in his March 28 essay at scotusblog.com.

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“Ms. Windsor will prevail and not have to pay the estate tax owed after her spouse’s death,” said Chermerinsky. “But this would not strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act. All other same-sex married couples seeking benefits under federal law would need to bring an action. President Obama, however, could cure this by changing his policy that the federal government will enforce, but not defend, DOMA. He could, and should, issue an executive order that DOMA is unconstitutional and the executive branch may not and will not enforce it.”

During oral argument on the DOMA case, Kennedy posed seven questions concerning the constitutionality of the law, five of them to BLAG attorney Paul Clement. Kennedy seemed to accept that the federal government might have occasional need to set a federal standard regarding marriage (for instance, to prevent couples from divorcing at the end of every tax year to reduce their tax bite). But he seemed uneasy with BLAG’s argument that “uniformity” was the overriding need for a definition of marriage that would exclude one group of married couples in more than 1,100 federal laws and regulations.

“When it has 1,100 laws, which in our society means that the federal government is intertwined with the citizens’ day-to-day life, you are at real risk of running in conflict with what has always been thought to be the essence of the state police power, which is to regulate marriage, divorce, and custody,” said Kennedy.

“It’s not really uniformity,” he added later, “because it regulates only one aspect of marriage.” And DOMA doesn’t, as Clement suggested, help the states, said Kennedy, because it contradicts states that have decided marriage for same-sex couples should be treated the same as marriage for male-female couples.

“We’re helping the states if they do what we want them to,” quipped Kennedy. And that, he said, is “not consistent with the historic commitment” of having states regulating marriage and the rights of children.

Kennedy shot down Clement’s claim that Congress, in passing DOMA, was “trying to promote democratic self-governance,” noting that DOMA “applies to states where the voters” have chosen marriage equality.

And that, said Kennedy, is “a DOMA problem.”

Kennedy resisted efforts to consider the DOMA problem asserted by Solicitor General Donald Verrilli and Windsor attorney Roberta Kaplan –that DOMA violates the equal protection clause of the constitution.

Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, who argued against sodomy laws in the Bowers v. Hardwick case in 1986, said, “I am cautiously optimistic that a majority of the justices will reach the merits in the Windsor case and will strike down Section 3 of DOMA, with the four more liberal justices relying principally on an equal protection analysis and with Justice Kennedy relying principally on federalism principles.”

So, if the court does reach the constitutional merits of DOMA, it appears a 5 to 4 majority will find DOMA unconstitutional but that only four of those five will say it also violates equal protection. That could mean Kennedy would be the likely author –for the third time since the 1996 Romer decision— to write a major pro-gay decision for the Supreme Court.

When might all the possible outcomes be known?

Even while predicting an outcome, nearly every Supreme Court watcher will acknowledge that outcomes are hard to predict when based on oral argument questions asked by the justices.

If the court finds a problem with legal standing or jurisdiction on either of these cases, it will likely issue that decision in the near future. Discussions of legal standing do not generally require a great deal of rumination.

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Bullying Is Not A Gay Right

This illustrative photo presents the damage that can be done by online agencies that may bully instead of help people who seek assistance.

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David-Elijah Nahmod davidwriter@msn.com

When I interviewed Kevin Patrick O’Neil in August 2010, I did what any decent journalist would do. I quoted my subject accurately and in context. In retrospect, red flags should have been raised before the interview was completed. Gay activist O’Neil spoke of himself in such glowing, heroicterms it was as though he were competing with Mother Theresa for sainthood.

A few months earlier, O’Neil launched a Facebook page that was then called Wipeout Homophobia on Facebook. The page’s original stated goal was to flag and delete anti-gay, racist, sexist and transphobic hate speech from various Facebook pages. The page’s title has since been shortened to Wipeout Homophobia.

It’s current stated mission is to eliminate homophobia from the face of the earth, and to prevent LGBT suicide.

Worthy goals indeed. But is O’Neil actually achieving these goals? He claims that he and

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his administrators have saved many lives.

My interview with O’Neil was posted at After Elton on August 16, 2010. Soon after its posting, I began to hear complaints, all from within the LGBT community, about the O’Neil’s conduct and that of his administrators. One of those complaints came from Maria, a former group administrator. Maria told me that she left the group because it was “crazy.” O’Neil instigated a vicious flame war on her personal Facebook page, she claims.

Stories like these continued to circulate and escalate. On August 23, 2011, a young man named Brian Hughes posted a request for help on Lady Gaga’s Facebook fan page. Hughes claimed that O’Neil and his administrators were cyber-bullying him, and that these attacks continued even after he had left their page. They followed him to other pages, Hughes said.

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people use their page as a reason to attack anyone who has a disagreement on an issue.

Kevin O’Neil attacked me viciously.”

While a Lady Gaga fan page may seem like an odd place to post a request for help, I understood why Hughes had done this. The attacks from O’Neil and his administrators had become so vicious, people were desperately grasping at straws, looking for any way they could think of to stop him.

At this point, I requested that my name be removed from the After Elton piece I had written. The story is now credited to Michael Jensen, who was then After Elton’s editor.

Looking at that story today, I see more disturbing comments about O’Neil.

“I was called stupid, a troll, a homophobe, and blocked,” posted EmuUpASumTree on October 11, 2011.

“I read loads of negative comments and intolerant speech from the owner of this page,” posted Lusoanglian on June 17, 2012.

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“If you have any sense, leave the group.”

I was then contacted by Julian Vigo, a lesbian writer and teacher who contributes to Huffington Post. Vigo shared her own story of being attacked, ridiculed and banned from O’Neil’s page. But nothing I heard prepared me for what I was told

by Rinna Hoffman, a young lesbian who survived a suicide attempt.

Shortly before contacting me, Hoffman had been blocked from Wipeout Homophobia on Facebook for doing nothing more than expressing her opinion at the page’s comments section. Hoffman felt that a poem titled The Golden One, posted on the page, romanticized the notion of suicide.

Hoffman emailed O’Neil to question why she was blocked. She forwarded their email exchange to me.

“I am gay,” Hoffman wrote to O’Neil.

“I am a teen suicide survivor.” She told O’Neil that his focus should be on keeping

teens alive, not on romanticizing their deaths. She included links from mental health practitioners in order to back up her statement.

O’Neil’s response to Hoffman, dated Jan. 22, 2012: “Your IP address has been logged and the next step is to report the harassment to the police and your Internet provider.

Please troll elsewhere. You are putting lives at risk.”

After the email exchange with Hoffman I felt it was time to write an article.

And then there’s Christopher Wells, a gay man who lives in Washington State.

O’Neil and his administrators flagged Wells’ Facebook group — a place where LGBT people could rant about whatever was bothering them — as a hate page.

“It made me feel very angry,” Wells told me in an email. “One gay group passing judgment on another without even looking at the message the group was putting out

there. From what I have seen, Mr. O’Neil goes after any homosexual group that can possibly detract from his.”

When I showed Hoffman’s emails to LGBT people, the reaction was swift.

Roger Wetzel of Texas explained why he left the Wipeout Homophobia page: “I have a problem with a group that condemns hate in others but accepts hate when it comes from LGBT people.”

“Seeing this kind of behavior from a leader can make someone feel even more alienated,” Bobby Collins, a young gay college student, stated in an email.

“Today’s teens have too few outlets to express their sexual identity, and too many self-righteous activists who take advantage of their cause,” said Carl Szulczyski, a 43-year-old father of two in Illinois. “How we treat others is often a reflection of what we think of ourselves. It seems these gay organizations are run by self-loathing, insecure people who can’t admit when they’re wrong.”

Szulczyski knows of what he speaks: in 2010, gay activists ridiculed his past as a homeless, bisexual-identified teen — he retains copies of the emails he received from them.

“I will not defend the indefensible,”

proclaimed Alfonso Chinea. The openly gay San Francisco resident informed me that on the very day his long-term partner died unexpectedly of a coronary, the now-defunct New Leaf Counseling Services, which was in place to serve the LGBT community, denied him emergency grief counseling. Chinea says he told New Leaf that he was suicidal, and that the clinic blew him off.

Scores of stories like these have crossed my desk since Hoffman first contacted me a year ago. The situations may differ, but the end result is always the same: LGBT people, kids and adults alike, say that when they expressed themselves or asked a gay organization for help, they were ignored, subjected to ridicule, told they were unworthy, bullied, or accused of antigay bigotry.

In his 2005 book “The Velvet Rage,” openly gay clinical psychologist Alan Downs, Ph.D., addresses the many self-destructive behaviors that he claims gay men routinely engage in.

“Rage is the experience of intense anger that results from his failing to achieve authentic validation,” Downs writes in the chapter “Out and Raging.”

It would appear, according to the book, that the vicious lashing out from O’Neil, and many others like him, is the result of growing up gay in a straight world.

It’s a world that often does not accept us and demands that we conform to the accepted norms of heterosexual culture.

At what point does it become acceptable for people like Rinna Hoffman and Christopher Wells to turn to O’Neil and his supporters and say: “We have rights and feelings, too.”

Perhaps it’s time we did a little soul searching, and faced the truth about what we’ve become. Because as we continue to “process our rage,” LGBT youth are killing themselves in record numbers. We are failing them miserably.

A few months ago, I was contacted by Steven Dunn, a young man in Portsmouth VA. Portsmouth is roughly 2,500 miles from where I live in California. Steven was born into a conservative, anti-gay Christian family. He’s since converted to Judaism and has come out as bisexual. Steven and I have yet to meet. I don’t know if we ever will. But through our regular telephone chats, I’ve given him the support he’s never before gotten. Others may tell him that he needs to “find the Lord,” but I tell him it’s OK to be who he is.

If you see an LGBT person in pain, ask them if they need a friend. Give them a hug.

Tell them you care. Listen to them. That’s how we’ll save lives. That’s how we’ll become a real community.

And remember that what goes around comes around. The love and support you give will be the love and support you get.

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Readers Sound Off on Dixon Diaries Dear Ryan,

Dear Ryan,

Thanks for your honest and revealing blog, “My HIV Diary.” In this week’s edition (Week 29, “Over It”) you admitted that you’d stopped taking your antiretroviral medications for a week. This reality — that guys living with HIV get burnt out, and take drug holidays — is not generally acknowledged. While I worry about the impact of this drug holiday on you personally, I’m glad that your column has shined a light on this issue.

For any of your readers who don’t know, the basic problem is this: In the hours since a last dose of your regimen, your body is progressively clearing out the medicines.

Each of the different drugs in a multi-drug regimen has a different time to clearance (this is usually true even if you take a single pill regimen containing all the medicines in one pill). After your liver filters the other medicines out of your body, the one that’s left is now basically trying to fight HIV by itself.

(This is called monotherapy. The early days when doctors prescribed just AZT showed us how ineffective any one drug is against HIV).

The virus can then beat up on the one drug left in the bloodstream, mutating against it so that when a person decides to start taking their pills again, the regimen won’t work as well, if at all. A few years ago, one large study found that some people who missed their

doses or dosing time too often burned through all available medications in just six years. While that’s the cost of missing pills, your blog points out that there’s a psychological cost of taking them.

Undertaking HIV treatment starts a lifelong commitment. You become married to your HIV pills. And until some future day that science makes a huge leap forward, at this time, you can’t get a divorce.

There’s a big push in the medical literature and at conferences now to get people living with HIV into early treatment (not just earlier than “too late,” but earlier than nation’s official recommendation). There’s also a simultaneous push for guys to take these medicines in advance, to keep them from catching HIV in the first place. If a lifelong commitment to HIV meds is hard to keep even amongst guys fighting against an aggressive virus, how committed will people feel if they’re doing something that’s “optional” or “early”?

There have been tremendous advances in HIV medicines these past six years. But the medicines can’t fight HIV unless they are taken. Your blog opens a discussion about why that’s not always as simple as it sounds.

Best regards, Stephen J. Fallon, Ph.D.

I happened to catch two of your recent episodes of “My HIV Diary” (Week 28 & 29) published in SFGN. I’m writing to you because I’m also HIV+ and I had a reaction of genuine concern when you wrote that you stopped taking your medications.

A person facing a health issue of any kind would be wise to research and educate themselves thoroughly on the subject of their condition. You should be a proactive participant in planning your own care, and you should be making fully informed decisions when you consent to treatment or decline it. It can be a big mistake to entirely surrender your healthcare to the control of others.

I can’t encapsulate into this letter the abundant scientific and medical reasons for you to continue taking your medication. So instead, I will share a true short story.

I was HIV-negative in the 1990s. Some friends were HIV+, and I lost a few of them to AIDS prior to the mid-1990s availability of Highly Active Anti Retroviral Therapy (‘HAART’ or ‘the cocktail’).

One HIV+ friend, who I will call “RJB”, looked great and seemed fine in the late 1990s, and I assumed he was on the medications.

But around that time, he confided in me that he was not taking any HIV medications. At the time, my HIV knowledge was a fraction of what I know now, yet I still knew enough to realize that he was making a dangerous choice. I asked him why he wasn’t taking meds. He said that he tried them, but they made him feel shitty. I asked him how long he stayed on them during the period that he

tried them. He said, “a few weeks, but I just didn’t like it”. I told him it can take months for the body to adjust to the side effects of strong medications and that he needed to tough it out longer than a few weeks. He refused. I warned him that he was making a serious mistake. I stayed on him about this for months, but he continued to refuse.

Several years later he abruptly broke out with lesions on his skin, and the Kaposi Sarcoma (HIV-related cancer) had already metastasized and spread to his lungs. It was then too late for HIV medications to protect him. “RJB” died soon after. This did not have to happen. There is no question whatsoever that he would be alive and well today if he took my advice when I offered it to him.

Today there are many more and better drugs in the arsenal of weapons against HIV. This means that there are combinations available that will work effectively with reduced side effects. There is also promising research into better alternative methods that may become available in the foreseeable future. The goal is always to protect and preserve your immune system.

In the meantime, to be diagnosed and treated A.S.A.P. makes a crucial difference in prognosis and outcome for all. Recent news further confirms this. Use the arsenal to “HIT HARD & HIT EARLY”.

So, I hope you will re-think your decision to stop taking your meds. We already have a severe shortage of cute and functioning guys in the HIV+ community, so we really can’t afford to lose the few we have remaining.

Hang in there and best of luck.

-B.

In response to Tony Adams’ article, “Papal White Smoke Poisonous for Gay Catholics” Good day, So sad, the article “Papal White Smoke Poisonous for Gay Catholics”. As a Catholic gay man I found this writing, insulting and disrespectful to me and my faith, but at best ‘typical and tacky’ of activist who seemingly HAVE to release their verbal venom. It only took hours before I was receiving calls and website articles screaming……“What a horrible choice for Pope”…..for GAYS! Since when have ‘gay issues’ become a priority to any church, faith, temple or belief. Gay men and women are being persecuted, beheaded and tortured and imprisoned in many parts of the world, how bout attacking those leaders, dictators and clergy ? The Catholic Church is always an easy target and seldom defends itself against these attacks. Do you REALLY think gay folks in Darfur, and other

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suffering countries are concerned about ‘gay marriage’ when they don’t have clean water to drink? Better half the Vatican be sold and given to those who really need basic substance and freedom to LIVE. Most of the article was anticipated and predictable, sounded angry and jaded from a ’use to be a practicing Catholic” (I’m only assuming here) but attacking one’s disability (whether the Pope’s or any other person‘s ) re: He has only one lung to spew” - now that was not respectful, kind, caring nor loving - hmm, all the those things that WE gay folk seek for ourselves.

Respectfully submitted, my opinion.

George T. Roman Hollywood, Florida

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Ryan Dixon (a.k.a former porn star Kameron Scott) has started taking HIV medication.

He’s keeping a diary of his experience.

Being in my mid-20’s isn’t easy, add HIV on top of that and we have one hell of a complicated life. I’m making the best out of the hand life has dealt me and the decisions I’ve made along the way. Writing helps free my mind. Hopefully these words will help you understand the plight of others like myself, and inspire you to live each and every day in the moment.

Week 30

(March 22 to March 28) Easter is a time of celebration and new life.

Christians all over the world celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus. I’ll be using the upcoming holiday as a time of renewal and reflection. It might be hard to believe that a former porn star would be the slightest bit religious, but I am. I remember getting up every Easter when I was younger to go on an aircraft carrier with my parents for sunrise service. After September 11, the services were moved to Fort Eustis.

After the move I started to resent the services. We were out in the cold and the wind instead of being protected by the ship’s interior. Plus, being an officer’s kid didn’t hurt either. Thinking about that during this time of the year is exactly what is happening with me and my medication. I’m starting to resent the fact that my life has changed

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I wrote last week that I had taken a “medicine holiday,” as it is often referred to as by healthy professionals. I do want you all to know that I have started retaking them, but only at the request of my doctor and boyfriend. I really didn’t think I’d be this burnt out from my meds this early on, but truth is I am. I figured after the study I would take a break for a while and see what options were out there for me, not just over 200 days into the study. I’ve never been a quitter in my life, and I certainly don’t want to start now.

I’m taking these medications now to appease the ones around me, but I still haven’t come to terms with what I really want to do. I know I should keep taking the medicine, but why? I need to find an answer deep within myself that answers that question, and not just for the obvious medical reasons. While my boyfriend noted that my energy level has come back up since I started taking the pills again, I still feel worn out – mentally not physically.

With this time of reflection and celebration of new life, I want to find the inspiration and new life to keep on taking my meds. I think I’m secretly hoping I find it.

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“When Ruth Berman told me she loved me, she validated my entire life as a woman and as a human being,” said Connie Kurtz, basking in 37 years of validation from the woman she loves.

“I wasn’t born a lesbian,” said Ruthie. “I was meant to be one. I wasn’t unsuccessful in a typical heterosexual relationship. I just wasn’t complete. I fell in love with Connie and that gave me the opportunity to be whole – once I dealt with it and came out.”

Thus began a March 2013 interview with Ruth Berman and Connie Kurtz, stars of the documentary Connie and Ruthie, Every Room in the House, gay activists urging visibility by coming out, ex-wives, mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers and most importantly, “just plain human beings.”

“I had no idea who I was as a child,” continued Connie. “All I knew were my straight family members. I always had a sense of being a lesbian but didn’t have enough information. I was happiest when I played ball or other sports but I followed convention and married a man.”

“After I fell in love with Connie I realized that I had missed my adolescence,” said Ruthie. “Being one of the ‘regular’ girls I didn’t have time or awareness to explore beyond society’s norms.”

The two women were friends and neighbors in Brooklyn for many years; both married to men; both raising children.

In 1970 Connie’s family moved to Israel and their friendship went on hold.

“Most of my family are very orthodox,” said Connie, sharing a photograph of men

of all ages in long black coats with huge fur hats. Women and children filled the spaces between the men. It was a photo that could have been taken in 19th Century Russia except the background is in color.

“Connie came back for a visit in 1974 and we fell in love,” said Ruthie. “Who knew such a thing could happen? But it did. I was swept away.”

“At first I worried that she’d go back to her husband but she didn’t,” said Connie. “I feel more like a woman with Ruthie than I ever did with my ex.”

They came out to their families and, as Ruthie pointed out, “…the expected happened. Some were OK with it; some weren’t. Some were happy for us; some weren’t. You know how families can be.”

“We make the effort to stay in touch as best we can,” said Connie. “It is what it is.”

“Coming out is the most important thing you can do,” said Ruthie. “We have to let people know that we’re here.”

“Coming out is so important,” Connie echoed. “Being in the closet can make you physically sick.”

“Did you know,” asked Ruthie. “Connie and I ran a counseling center for gays and lesbians? It was the only one of its kind for years. We also taught the only course in the country on how to counsel LGBT people. It was at the Long Island University C W Post Campus.”

The documentary, Connie and Ruthie Every Room in the House, was the idea of independent filmmaker Donna Goldmacher.

Debra Dixon, a renowned documentarian came on board to help create the video.

It took four years to make, and premiered at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival where it got the first of many awards that it has gleaned over the years.

“We’ve never made any money on it,” said Ruthie. “We take the film around the country to community centers, college campuses, etc. and lead discussion groups after it’s shown. We educate and that’s good, too.”

The couple married in July 2011 at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, a gay and gay supportive Synagogue in New York.

“Being married is another way to be out,” Ruthie added. “But what good is marriage in 29 states that don’t even recognize our basic civil rights to housing and employment?

There’s still a lot to be done.”

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When asked about their lives now, both women take a realistic look at their ages and hopes and concerns for the future.

“I’m 76 and she’s 78,” said Connie. “We’ve been together 37 years. I’m a little scared about who goes first. I’m scared to be left with the computer,” she chuckled.

“I’m doing my damnedest to stay well,” she went on. “I care about Ruthie more than ever before. We have history together and a future and I still want to have a good time. I don’t want to have regrets about something I didn’t say to her or do for her,” added Connie.

“I don’t want to be an invalid,” said Ruthie.

“Connie wants me hanging around but I don’t want someone taking care of me. For me to do it for her is OK but not for me.”

“But you know what?” asked Ruthie with a sly grin. “As long as she lets me pat her ass, it’s ok,”

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Curl your arms from your elbow, keeping them locked. The closer you position your feet to the wall, the more resistance you achieve.

TRX Tricep Extension Facing away from the wall, grab the handles on the suspension cables.

Extend your arms up over your head with your elbows close to your ears.

Lean forward bending your arms at your elbows keeping them locked. The closer you position your feet to the wall, the more resistance you achieve.

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Omar Sharif, Jr.

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Photo Courtesy of Omar Sharif, Jr.’s Facebook

For four seasons, television audiences booed and hissed at Marc St. James, the scheming editorial assistant on Ugly Betty. Camp and comedy aside, Michael Urie is a serious actor.

He has wowed audiences Off-Broadway in gay-themed plays The Temperamentals and Angels in America before making his Broadway debut as the devious Ned Frump in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opposite Nick Jonas.

The Julliard graduate proved he has the chops for serious theater, winning the 2002 John Houseman Award for classical theatre.

He’s equally at home with Shakespeare, Jacobean theater and commedia dell’arte.

As a student, his goal was simple: to land a leading role on a successful TV series filmed in New York City. While Betty was a dream, his latest opportunity turned bust.

Partners, was built around the premise of two best friends--one gay and one straight—and their boyfriend and girlfriend.

Unfortunately, the show was cancelled weeks into the season.

In 2009, Urie referred to himself as “a member of the LGBT community” on his website and in subsequent interviews acknowledged being in a relationship with a man, but he’s never been concerned about being pigeonholed professionally as a gay man.

“A casting director once told me you have to be typecast before you can be cast. I was pigeonholed the minute Ugly Betty was a hit….So, while it might prohibit me from playing Stanley Kowalski, I’m working and doing great parts,” he told Broadway.com.

His next role? Well, he’s had enough with parts set in the world of fashion: “Let’s just say I don’t need to play a character who works in fashion again for a long time! I’ve loved getting to know the world through these two roles (Betty and Temperamentals), but I’m a fish out of water. I’m never more stressed out than when I’m getting ready for an event—especially a fashion event,” he told Broadway.com.

It was less than a year ago that Omar Sharif, Jr. came out as an openly gay, half-Arab, half-Jewish man in the aftermath of the Egyptian revolution.

Well-known as the grandson of Golden Globe award winner, Omar Sharif, the 29-year-old wrote an open letter to the press published in The Advocate where he officially came out to the world despite his fear of the consequences.

“I write this article in fear. Fear for my country, fear for my family, and fear for myself,” he wrote. “And so I hesitantly confess: I am Egyptian, I am half Jewish, and I am gay.”

Sharif left Egypt in January 2011 during the revolution and moved to California. In March 2012, he voiced his disappointment in the Egyptian government for not promoting a more tolerant culture, and not supporting the rights of gays and lesbians even following the uprising.

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all through social media sites. He uses his Twitter account, @OmarSharifJr, to voice concerns and advocate for the rights of LGBT men and women everywhere.

“Homosexuality has been discovered in over 450 species; homophobia is found in only 1. Which one seems unnatural now? #LGBT#fact,” Sharif tweeted on Jan. 13.

Also as an actor, Sharif has held acting roles in five different languages on five different continents, according to his Facebook page. Most recently, he presented the award for best supporting actress in the 83rd annual Academy Awards in 2011.

Sharif will continue seeking acting roles and, in the meantime, continue promoting the rights of LGBT both here and in his home country, Egypt.

His Twitter bio reads, “I advocate for human & equal rights internationally. I don’t have all the answers, and -more importantlydon’t pretend to.”

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The menu at Naked Grape supports a “farm to fork” philosophy. Produce is sourced locally and organically whenever possible, making use of the freshest seasonal ingredients. Naked Grape’s motto is “Fresh food, not Fast Food,” as all menu items are made on-premise and made to order.

The changing array of cheeses is both artisan and farmstead. These are smaller production cheeses, many still made in small batches by hand. Whether domestic or international, the cheeses represent a wide variety of milks, styles, and flavor profiles. Our cheese plates come loaded with many accompaniments, most made right on-premise such as our popular mango chutney and our honey-truffle mustard.

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The majority of the wine selections at Naked Grape are from limited production or boutique wineries. Many are under 5,000 cases in production with some wines being under 200 cases. From light crisp whites to bold flavorful reds to bright sparkling wines, the changing options assure something for every palate from the novice wine drinker to the more experienced wine maven.

Every Tuesday and Wednesday evening gives you a 50% off the price on all on-premise bottles. Happy Hour pricing on our house varietals and sparklings is in effect from open until 7pm and all night on Thursdays.

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Spare us all the silly jokes about men hung like horses. Tonight, men who know how to handle real stallions will be at Polo Steaks & Seafood in Palm Beach’s swanky Colony Hotel to celebrate the upcoming 4th Annual International Gay Polo Tournament on April 13 in Wellington. “Polo Celebrates Polo” from 7 – 9 p.m. with drinks at happy hour prices, assorted hors d’oeuvres and lots of prizes from the merchants of Worth Avenue. The Colony Hotel is located at 155 Hammon Ave. in Palm Beach. For more information about the tournament, go to GayPolo.com.

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The Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus takes the stage at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale auditorium this weekend with a program of guilty pleasures. Under the direction of Dr. Gary Keating, the chorus will serve up delicious musical delights from Judy Garland, Broadway musicals Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Cabaret and much, much more. The dedicated men of the chorus never disappoint and there are also plenty of surprises in store. They perform tonight and tomorrow, April 6, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 general admission and $40 for preferred seating. For more information or tickets, go to TheFortLauderdaleGayMensChorus.org.

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The cast of The Addams Family will have audiences laughing all night long at the Broward Center.

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Miami’s McCauley Square Village has been sent back to the days of yore with the arrival of the Florida Renaissance Festival. Indulge in festive entertainment, satisfy your medieval palate with authentic food and drink, and enjoy games of skill and chance on Saturdays and Sundays through April 14. Don’t miss the jousting matches, sword fights, musical performances, magic shows and glass blowing demonstrations. And be sure to enjoy one of those gigantic turkey legs and a mug of ale. The festival opens at 10 a.m. and continues to 7 p.m. Tickets start at $20 for adults.

For information, go to Ren-Fest.com.

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Miami City Ballet presents the opening performance of Program IV: Broadway and Ballet this weekend at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. Ten dancers will showcase the music of Chopin, performed live on stage, in Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering, followed by Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, George Balanchine’s fantasy on the Richard Rodgers musical gangster fantasy. Tickets start at $20 for evening performances on Friday and Saturday and matinees on Saturday and Sunday. The program will be repeated at the Broward Center, April 26-28, and Miami’s Arsht Center, May 3-5. For more information, go to MiamiCityBallet.org.

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The South Florida Symphony Orchestra (SFSO) continues its 15th anniversary season tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Broward Center with “From Darkness Comes the Light,” a program featuring cellist Zuill Bailey. Bailey returns to the SFSO stage to perform the famed and intimate Cello Concerto of Edward Elgar. The concert will also include works by Johannes Brahms and Franz Schubert.

The same program will be repeated Friday, April 5 in Key West; Saturday, April 6 at the Aventura Cultural & Arts Center; and Tuesday, April 9 at Old School Square in Delray Beach. For more information, go to SouthFloridaSymphony.org.

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They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, They’re altogether ooky, The Addams Family. The hit Broadway adaptation of the cult ’60s TV series rolls in to the Broward Center tonight for a two week run, April 9-21.

Jump into the deliriously funny world of Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Grandma and Pugsley as they make sense of Wednesday’s surprise announcement: She’s getting married and her future in-laws are planning to show up for dinner!

It’s an evening of macabre madness for everyone, so come meet the family. Tickets start at $39.50.

For showtimes and to reserve tickets, go to BrowardCenter.org or call 954-462-0222.

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A Second Home

New LGBTQ Art Gallery & Lounge in South Florida

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South Florida artist Jade Masters would like her new art gallery and lounge to become a “second home” for the LGBTQ community.

The grand opening of the Jade Masters Art Gallery & Lounge is set for Saturday, April 13, 2013 from 6 p.m. to midnight in Oakland Park.

Music will be provided by: A Girl Named Chuck, America of Dark Star Revolt in a solo performance, Lukkas Wolf (who will also display his visual art), and DJ Rae Rae. Beer, wine and alcohol are courtesy of The Circus Bar and Grill.

Besides Lukkas Wolf, a few of the other visual artists include Tia Crystal, a spiritual medium and visionary artist; and eVol i, aka J.

0Vinazza, artist/writer/filmmaker.

In an email interview with SFGN, Masters shared artist statements from all three. Wolf views art as a way “to share…the daily lessons and the joyous successes as a Trans guy.”

Crystal will present her “Buddha Babe” figurines and described her work as a combination of “the scientific insights of New Age with Mankind’s ancient wisdom.”

Lastly, eVol I asserts how he “take[s] from the surreal and the abstract... [to] create a world out of a feeling.”

Masters will also display her work.

She identifies as an “eco-friendly mixed media artist.”

April 5th & 6th, 2013 8 pm

The Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art Auditorium Do you like Judy?

The Golden Girls?

Naughty jailbirds doing the tango?

If so, you’ll love the Original Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus’ Spring show: Guilty Pleasures. Join us April 5th & 6th, 2013 at 8pm for a fantastic night of the entertainment that will satisfy all your musical desires!

Tickets: $25 General Admission & $40 VIP

For updated information on our concerts, events or joining our chorus, Funding for this organization is provided in part by the Broward County please visit our website www.theftlgmc.org or call 954.832.0060.

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“I really do want to save the Earth, one painting at a time,” Masters told SFGN. “Coming up with new ways to use nonbiodegradable items in order to help our environment inspires me.”

She noted that the benefits of being an artist in South Florida are “all the talented people…”

But she also shared some drawbacks.

“I’m disheartened by the cost to show our work and the commissions most galleries take,” said Masters. “I charge a flat rate of $75 a month for the same amount of wall space as other galleries who charge between $300 and $3,000. They also charge 50 to 60 percent commissions. I only take 30 percent. I don’t think it is right to take so much from the artist. That’s why I chose a warehouse for my gallery to keep my overhead low. I want a win/ win for everyone.”

According to the biography on her website, Masters had an arduous path before becoming an artist. A survivor of childhood sexual abuse, she ran away from home at the age of fourteen. Eventually, she attended the PACE Center for Girls, a non-residential delinquency prevention program.

Masters noted that she first started painting “to release the build-up [of] pain from a breakup.” She had wanted “a healthy outlet instead of turning to drugs or cutting for a release.”

As the gallery’s grand opening approaches, she is excited that her artistic endeavors have “grown into a community of like minds and visions.”

Masters intends to feature established as well as emerging artists. But another goal is to encourage the LGBTQ community to develop a wider appreciation of the arts. With this goal in mind, Masters will open a co-op art studio at 3525 NW 10th Ave., two doors down from the gallery and lounge.

“We all started out with the same box of crayons,” Masters said. “But if we colored outside the lines or made the cow purple, we were told it was wrong. It’s OK to paint your cow purple. A paint brush and some paint are so much better than any pill on the market. Plus the only side effect is a beautiful piece of art.”

Masters particularly reaches out to LBT women.

“Being a lesbian artist, I felt there is not enough attention focused on the artistic lesbian or transgender community. When I Google ‘famous lesbian artist painters’ almost nothing comes up. I want to change this. I want to shine the spotlight on our amazing women,” Masters said.

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Jade Masters, Artist & Owner of Jade Masters Art Gallery & Lounge Photo courtesy of Jade Masters

anticipates a diverse schedule of events including Elise Oranges, Reiki Master; Tia Crystal with guided art meditations; Kerrie Mortimer teaching boxing and yogalaties. Art classes, drum circles, and raw cooking classes are also planned.

“For many of us, ‘art’ is our therapy. Our works are like reading the pages of our diaries,” said Masters. Her hope is that the Jade Masters Art Gallery & Lounge is known as “a safe place to express [ourselves] freely.”

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The Grand Opening of the Jade Masters Art Gallery & Lounge

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Saturday, April 13, 2013 6 p.m. to midnight

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Jade Masters Art Gallery & Lounge 3519 NW 10th Ave. Oakland Park, FL 33309

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Mormons, Oz, Ghost Exciting Season for Performing Arts Announced J.W. Arnold

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It’s that time of year. Get out those calendars and save the dates because major performing arts presenters and organizations are announcing their upcoming seasons.

Undoubtedly, the hottest ticket in South Florida will be The Book of Mormon, the irreverent Tony Award-winning musical from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The show anchors the upcoming season at the Broward Center’s Broadway Across America series.

A mix of familiar favorites and new productions will roll into Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center: Chicago (Oct. 9-20); The Book of Mormon (Nov. 26-Dec. 22); The Wizard of Oz (Jan. 7-19); Memphis (Feb. 25-March 9); Green Day’s Grammy Awardwinning musical, American Idiot (March 25-April 6); and the film adaptation, Ghost the Musical (April 29-May 11).

Broadway Across America’s Broadway in Miami series offers a mix of South Florida premieres in its 2013-14 season at the Arsht Center: Mamma Mia (Oct. 11-13), the perennial favorite featuring music by ABBA; We Will Rock You (Dec. 10-15), a Queen jukebox musical; holiday hit Elf (Dec. 31-Jan. 5); 2012 Tony winner Once (Feb. 4-9); 2011 Tony winner War Horse (March 4-9); Evita (May 27-June1); and Las Vegas attraction Blue Man Group (May 13-18).

John Richard, president of the Arsht Center, noted, “As we launch our eight consecutive season of our Broadway in Miami series, the Arsht Center is proud to announce we have reached an all-time record level of subscribers....”

In its sixth season, the Kravis on Broadway series at West Palm Beach’s Kravis Center will present six shows: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Starring the Rockettes (Nov. 29 – Dec. 8); The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Jan. 7-12); War Horse (Feb. 12-16); Sister Act (March 4-9); Evita (April 8-13); and Million Dollar Quartet (April 29 – May 4).

According to Lee Bell, Kravis’s senior director of programming, five of the productions will be making their debuts at the West Palm Beach center: “Only Evita is a returning audience favorite,” she said.

Two productions, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and Evita most recently battled it out last year on Broadway for Best Revival

of a Musical with Porgy and Bess taking the Tony award.

Dance fans will also have much to celebrate as Miami City Ballet announced the first season planned by new artistic director Lourdes Lopez. The season remains true to the legacy of George Balanchine — like founder Edward Villella, Lopez danced for Balanchine in New York — but also offers exciting new premieres.

Program I: First Ventures (Oct. 18-20 and 25-27, Nov. 15-17) – Ballo della Regina (Balanchine/Verdi), Serenade (Balanchine/ Tchaikovsky) and the company premiere of Polyphonia (Wheeldon/Ligeti). Program II: See the Music (Jan. 10-12 and 24-26, Jan. 31-Feb. 2) – Concerto Barocco (Balanchine/ Bach), Symphonic Dances (Ratmansky/

Rachmaninoff) and the company premiere of Jardi Tancat (Duato/del Mar Bonet).

Program III: Triple Threat (Feb. 14-16 and 21-23, Feb. 28-March 2) – Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (Balanchine/Tchaikovsky), West Side Story Suite (Robbins, Genarro/Bernstein, Sondheim) and the company premiere of Episodes (Balanchine/Webern). Program IV: Don Quixiote (April 11-13, 21-23 and 28-30).

“From (choreographers) Nacho Duato to George Balanchine, Lourdes’s debut season offers a mix of contemporary and classic works that reflect the spirit of Miami and the pulse of the dance world,” said Miami City Ballet’s Executive Director Dan Hagerty. “It’s an exciting season that offers so much to devoted ballet lovers and to new audiences alike.”

And, of course, the company presents George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, a holiday tradition, at the Arsht Center, Dec. 19-24; Kravis Center, Dec. 27-29; and Broward Center, Jan. 3-5.

Florida Grand Opera, like Miami City Ballet, offers a mix of new works and operatic stalwarts: Mourning Becomes Electra (Nov. 7, 9, 15, 17, 19, 23), composed by Fort Lauderdale resident Marvin David Levy; Verdi’s Nabucco (Jan. 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 and Feb. 6 & 8); Puccini’s favorite, Tosca (Mar. 29 & 30, April 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12); and Wagner’s classic love story, Tristan & Isolde (May 3, 4, 6, 10, 15, 17).

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Phyre Hawkins, Mark Evans and Christopher John O’Neill star in the first national tour of The Book of Mormon, one of the upcoming season’s hottest tickets.

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Broward County An Evening with Tift Merritt

April 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Amaturo Theater in the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 20 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Singer-songwriter Tift Merritt is known for her fusion of folk, soul, country and rock‘n roll. Tickets $25. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Body Awareness

Through April 7 on Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flager Drive in Fort Lauderdale. Annie Baker’s award-winning play brings together a lesbian couple, their internet trolling son, and a nude photographer. Tickets $30. Call 954-678-1496 or visit IslandCityStage.org

Follow the Leader

April 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Miramar Cultural Center | ArtsPark, 2400 Civic Center Place in Miramar.

Three 16-year-old high school presidents are young conservatives with dreams to one day have a spot in the Oval Office. Over the next three years, they find themselves shifting into a Democrat, Republican and Independent. Tickets $15. Call 954-602-4500 or visit MiramarCulturalCenter.org.

Howard Hewett

April 13 at 8 p.m. at the Miramar Cultural Center | ArtsPark, 2400 Civic Center Place in Miramar.

Michel’le Toussant opens for the former frontman of Shalamar, Howard Hewett, for a night of soul and RnB. Tickets $35, $40 and $45. Call 954-602-4500 or visit MiramarCulturalCenter.org.

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As the senior dancer with the revered Paul Taylor Dance Company, Michael Trusnovec finds himself in the spotlight of some of the most challenging works of the modern repertoire.

But ask the 33-year-old where his desire to dance comes from and he quickly cites childhood idols Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, along with the other song-and-dance men of the classic era of Hollywood musicals.

His first love was tap. He told the New York Times about his first encounter at age 6 when he followed a neighborhood girl from the local ice cream parlor his parents owned into the local dance studio down the street.

“I was peeking in the door, doing the steps in the hallway, and finally the teacher said, ‘Just come in here,’ ” Mr. Trusnovec recalled in the Times. “It was rare that they had a boy in class, so they were willing to make it easier financially for my parents, so I could take classes all the time.”

The Long Island native eventually won

a full scholarship to Southern Methodist University. He packed his bags and headed to Dallas where he developed a close friendship with fellow student Annmaria Mazzini. The two would spend hours and hours watching videos of works by Martha Graham and other contemporary choreographers.

When Mazzini won a spot in the junior Paul Taylor company, Taylor 2, Trusnovec followed his friend to Manhattan a year later, beating out hundreds of dancers for his own spot.

Trusnovec quickly attracted attention— his light, muscular frame was equally agile on the ground or in the air and his noiseless landings were called “catlike”— and soon he was dancing leading roles.

Today, he is one of the leading male contemporary dancers, earning him a spot on OUT magazine’s Out100 in 2012. He also supports the LGBT community as a regularly performer in Dancers Responding to AIDS fundraisers.

The Five Beethovens

April 14 at 2 p.m. and April 15 to 16 at 8:30 p.m. at Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 20 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Pianist Conrad Tao will play all five of Beethoven’s concertos. Tickets $25 to $75.

Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody

April 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. Based on the bestselling erotic novel, a naïve college student finds herself in a “relationship” with a young, sexy billionaire with an insatiable sexual appetite. Tickets $36.50 and $46.50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com.

Laffing Matterz

Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. and select Sundays at Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 20 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Actors tackle the latest fads and current events through dinner theatre. Tickets $59 and $65.

Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Palm Beach County The Last Romance

Through April 7 at the Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW Ninth St. in Delray Beach. Two seniors meet at dog park in New Jersey and unexpectedly fall in love. Tickets $30. Call 561-272-1281, ext. 4 or visit DelrayBeachPlayhouse.com.

Cabaret at the Plaza: Night and Day April 8 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Plaza Theatre, 262 S. Ocean Blvd. in Manalapan. Leah Sessa and Mike Westrich perform the music of Cole Porter. Tickets $30. Call 561-588-1820 or visit ThePlazaTheatre.net.

Betty’s Summer Vacation

April 11 to 13 and 18 to 20 at 8 p.m. at Stage West at Palm Beach State College, 4200 Congress Ave. in Lake Worth. Theatre students present Christopher Durang’s play. Tickets $5 to $12. Call 561-868-3309 or visit DuncanTheatre.org.

Brassy Brittania

April 20 at 7:30 at the Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach State College, 4200 Congress Ave. in Lake Worth.

South Florida’s professional British brass band performs. Tickets $10 to $25. Call 561-868-3309 or visit DuncanTheatre.org.

Exit the King

Through April 28 at Palm Beach Dramaworks,201 Clematis St. in West Palm Beach. Death looms for an incompetent 400-year-old king who refuses to accept his fate. Tickets $55 to $70. Call 561-514-4042. or visit PalmBeachDramaWorks.org.

Waist Watchers the Musical

Through May 12 at The Plaza Theatre, 262 S. Ocean Blvd. in Manalapan. Four ladies hit the gym and sing about their struggles with weight loss and men. Tickets $45. Call 561-588-1820 or visit ThePlazaTheatre.net.

Sylvia

May 17 to June 2 at Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW Ninth St. in Delray Beach. The world of a feuding couple from the point of view of their dog, Sylvia. Tickets $30. Call 561-272-1281, ext. 4 or visit DelrayBeachPlayhouse.com.

Miami-Dade Maestros in Concert

April 4 at 8 p.m. at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, 10950 SW 211th St. in Miami. A performance by Indian instrumentalists Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Zakir Hussain. Tickets $10 to $30. Call 786-573-5300 or visit SMDCAC.org.

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Cabaret Around the World: Fusion from Brazil to Cuba

April 5 and 6 at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, 10950 SW 211th St. in Miami. Musician Pedro Alfonso performs the music of Latin America, showcasing the variety of sound throughout the continent.Tickets $25 to $30. Call 786-573-5300 or visit SMDCAC.org.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Through April 7 at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. A part of the center’s Broadway series, three friends hop aboard a rickety old bus for a road trip through the Australian Outback. Tickets $26 to $99. Call 305949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

Step Afrika!

April 6 at 8 p.m. at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, 10950 SW 211th St. in Miami. Modern dance meets its traditional African roots with step dance, claps, chants and percussion. Tickets $10 to $15. Call 786-573-5300 or visit SMDCAC.org.

From Darkness Comes the Light April 6 at 8 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. Zuill Bailey returns to the stage to perform works by Elgar, Schubert and Brahms. Call 954-462-0222 or visit AventuraCenter.org.

An Appalachian Spring

April 7 at 4 p.m. at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, 10950 SW 211th St. in Miami. The Miami Symphony Ochestra presents clarinetist Nuno Antunes, bassoonist Adrian Morejon and conductor Daniel Andai. Tickets $21 to $66. Call 786-573-5300 or visit SMDCAC.org.

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Community Calendar

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Broward County Annual Flower Show

April 6 and 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, 3109 E. Sunrise Blvd. in For Lauderdale. The Fort Lauderdale Garden Club is selling native and exotic plants. Free. Visit FLGC.org.

Fifth Annual Spin-A-Thon

April 19 from noon to 5 p.m. at Esplanade Park, 400 SW Second St. in Fort Lauderdale. A spinning fundraising event for Kids in Distress and Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center. Registration $20 individuals and $300 for teams. Visit 2013spinathon.blacktie-athon.com.

LGBT Quit Smoking Groups

Multiple locations and dates. LGBT are more likely to smoke that their straight peers. Find constructive and supportive ways to kick the habit. Visit QuitSmokingWM.com to find a location and time near you.

Introduction to Modern Buddhism

Mondays 6 to 6:30 p.m. at the Drolma Kadampa Buddhist Center, 140 W. Prospect Road in Fort Lauderdale. Join a guided meditation and instruction with Western Buddhist teacher, Jay Radin. Free. Visit MeditationinFortLauderdale.com.

Pozitive Attitudes

Wednesdays 7 to 9 p.m. at the Pride Center in Equality Park, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. A support group for gay and bisexual men who are infected or impacted by HIV/AIDS. Visit PozitiveAttitudes.com

GLBX Business Advantage Referral Group

First and third Wednesdays from 8 t 9 a.m. at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, 512 NE Third Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Contact Ken Stollar at Kenneth.Stolar@sci-us.com.

SOMOS Core Group

Third Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Latinos Salud Clubhouse, 2330 Witon Drive in Wilton Manors. Free dinner for members to discuss community outreach for young, gay Latino men. Visit LatinosSalud.com

Man2Man Discussion

Mondays 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. A weekly informal discussion group among gay men of all backgrounds.

Contact Gerald Hirschtritt at 954-849-6738 or regh46@aol.com. Visit GLCCSF.org.

Dream Car Classic

Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown Hollywood, 330 N. Federal Highway in Hollywood.

Classic cars from before 1980, modern cars and customs will be on display for all car lovers to ogle.

Free. Call 954-214-2457.

OASIS HIV & AIDS Care Support Group Second Fridays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wellness Center South Florida, 2921 NE Sixth Ave. in Wilton

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Manors. A faith-based support group for those who have been infected & affected by HIV. Free. Call 954556-4517 or visit OasisHIVAIDS.com.

Life Coaching

Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Latinos Salud Clubhouse, 2300 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Get one-on-one life coaching from certified CRCS coaches. Free. Call 954-765-6239 or visit LatinosSalud.org.

Survivor Support

First and third Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the 211 Community Center, 250 NE 33rd St. in Oakland Park. Find support from counselors and peers who have lost loved ones to suicide. Call 954-384-0344 or visit FispOnline.org.

Eating Disorder Support

Fridays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at SunServe, 2123 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. A psycho-educational support group on the variety of eating disorders.

Free. Call 954-764-5150.

Sunday Jazz Brunch

First Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Esplanade Park, 400 SW Second St. in Fort Lauderdale. Relax on blankets and lawn chairs for a lazy Sunday with jazz music from local artists. Free. Call 954-828-5363 or visit FortLauderdale.gov.

Young Adult LGBT

Fridays from 7:15 to 9 p.m. at the Price Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. A social group and current events discussion session for young LGBT people 18 to 35. Visit PrideCenterFlorida.org.

Toastmasters

Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. Learn the art of public speaking with positive reinforcement and encouragement from your peers. Call Ted Verdone at 954-566-2074 or email tedverdone@comcast.nt.

Tuesday Night Eatin’ Meeting

Tuesdays 8 to 9 p.m. at the Alternative MC Clubhouse, 4322 NE Fifth Ave. in Oakland Park. Fun and fellowship with plenty of food to go around.

Visit AlternativeMC.com/events/florida-events.

Gay Male Empowerment

Thursdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. A group discussion of the various issues of being a gay man in South Florida. Free. Call 954-353-9155.

PFLAG

First and third Tuesdays at the SunServe/Sunshine Cathedral Campus, 1480 SW Ninth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Support for parents of LGBT youth. Free.

Visit Facebook.com/PFLAGFTL.

Personal Best: Overcoming Labels to Find the Real Me

Thursdays from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m at Fusion Wilton Manors, 2304 NW Seventh Ave. in Wilton Manors.

Overcome the label of HIV/AIDS with different discussion topics every week, such as body image, disclosure, self esteem and more. Call 954-630-1655 or visit S-Men.org.

Women4Women Support

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Wednesdays at 6 to 7:30 p.m. at SunServe, 2312 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. An open meeting and discussion group of all topics brought up by participants. Call 954-764-5150.

University Symphony Band

April 11 at 7 p.m. at FAU, 777 Glades Road. Students will be performing a variety of standard band pieces under the direction of Kyle Prescott. Tickets $10.

Call 561-297-3853 or visit FAU.edu/Music.

“Age of Angkor” Opening Reception

April 11 6 to 8 p.m. at the Griffin Gallery Ancient Art Center, 608 Banyan Trail #113 in Boca Raton. Explore the wonder of the Khmer Empire’s main city from the 9th to 12 century in Southeast Asia. Call 561-9940811 or visit GriffinGallery.net.

FAU Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Through April 6 at the FAU’s Ritter Gallery, 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton. See what the university’s art students have created. Visit FAU.edu/Galleries.

Coming Out Support Group

Third Fridays from 8 to 10 p.m. at the downtown West Palm Beach waterfront. Relax on the water to the sounds of jazz with the family. Free. Visit WPBGo.com.

Yoga with Deborah

Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Learn to control your breathing and find peace with this ancient exercise. Must bring your own mat. Class $6. Visit CompassGLCC.com.

Living Buddhism

Second Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Learn about this ancient way of life and how you can overcome life’s obstacles in a peaceful manner. Free. Visit CompassGLCC.com.

Miami-Dade County Spotlight Mega-Mixer

April 9 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Shore Club Hotel, 1901 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach. Network with area LGBT business owners all while benefiting Miami Beach Gay Pride. Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce members $5, others $15. Call 305-673-4400 or visit GoGayMiami.com.

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BrothasSpeak

Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. A discussion group dedicated to gay black men. Call 561-533-9699 or visit CompassGLCC.com.

Lambda North Recovery

Clubhouse hosting 12-step recovery meetings including AA and NA. Sober Sisters AA lesbian group meets Mondays at 7 p.m. Good Orderly AA meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Sat. at 5:30 p.m. Out of the Closet; Into Recovery NA group meets Monday and Fridays at 7 p.m. Lambda North is located at 18 S. J Street in Lake Worth. Email tcamie@aol.com. Visit LambdaNorth.net

PBC Gender Support

First and third Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. A support group for transgender individuals of all ages.

Call 561-533-9699 or visit CompassGLCC.com

Seniors vs. Crime

By appointment at the Mae Volen Senior Center, 1515 W. Palmetto Park Road. Seniors who have been victimized by businesses or service providers can get help. Call 561-736-3820 or 561-395-8920.

Yoga on the Waterfront

Wednesdays at 5:45 p.m. at Lake Pavilion, 101 S. Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. Take a day out of the week to center yourself on the yoga mat. $10 per class or residents $40 for eight weeks, nonresidents $50 for eight weeks. Call 561-804-4902.

Yoga Among the Orchids

Wednesdays at 9 a.m. at the American Orchid Society, 16700 AOS Lane in Delray Beach. Practice your yoga in the presence of beautiful, calming orchids. $20 a class. Call 561-404-2011 or visit OrchidWeb.org.

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Mondays 7 to 8 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. A men’s discussion group about relationships, coming out, safe sex and more.

Visit CompassGLCC.com.

Thursdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. a Compass GLCC of the Palm Beaches, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Get support as you explore your sexual identity and be your true self. Call Forrest at 561479-8313.

Third Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Temple Shaarei 9085 Hagen Ranch Road n Boynton Beach. A support group for friends and family of LGBT youth.

Call Carole 561-716-9464 or Joyce 561-292-3273.

They’re coming to Ft. Lauderdale

Through April 14 at Miami Cauley Square Historic Village, 22400 Old Dixie Highway in Miami. Go back in time to the days of knights and corset dresses at this annual event. Tickets $20 adults. Visit Ren-Fest. com.

Miami Beach Pride Flag Raising

April 8 at 6 p.m. at Miami Beach City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive in Miami Beach. Kick off the weeklong festivities of Pride Week with a rainbow flag raising ceremony followed by a reception honoring the founders of the festival. Visit MiamiBeachGayPride.com.

Miami Beach Pride Parade and Concert

April 14 at noon along Ocean Drive in the Miami Beach Art Deco District. Get pumped for one of the year’s best parades, celebrating gay pride. Followed by concert with headliner Adam Lambert. Visit MiamiBeachGayPride.com.

Rainbow Circle

Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. at the University of Miami Flipse Building #302, 5665 Ponce de Leon Drive in Coral Gables. An open discussion about coming out, relationships, peer pressure, bullying, depression and more. Free. Visit Pridelines.org.

Sex Talk

Second and fourth Thursdays at Pridelines, 9525 NE Second Ave. #401 n Miami Shores. Conduct outreach events, record video messages, participate in a series of performances, and organize special events with a purpose. Free. Visit Pridelines.org.

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Gay Key West Trolley Tours

Saturdays at 4 p.m. meeting at 628 Duval St. See the gay side of Key West on this trolley tour. Tickets $25.

Call 800-535-7797 or visit GayKeyWestFL.com.

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Broward County 321 Slammer

321 W. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale Check out this private men’s club, with Thursday leather night, Friday and Saturday with live DJs.

Atomic Boom

2426 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. For a chill night, hit up the bar with great prices. All 954-564-1799.

Bill’s Filling Station

Monkey Business

1721 N. Andrews Ave. in Wilton Manors. Share drinks over a game of pool or check out the bar and strip club. Call 954-463-6969.

502 Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. An eclectic bar with décor that will keep you entertained for hours.

Thursdays College Boys Night drinks 2-for-1. Call 954-525-6662.

2740 N. Andrews Ave. in Wilton Manors. A small bar among the shops for a place to kick back with a drink.

Happy Hour prices from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Call 954-5147819.

Naked Grape Wine Bar & Tapas

2039 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. A casual, hip bar to try out all sort of wines. Happy Hour all night on Thursdays. Call 954-563-5631.

The Club Fort Lauderdale

New Moon

Clubhouse II

PJ’s Corner Pocket

110 NW Fifth St. in Fort Lauderdale. Good clean fun wit half-priced rooms on Tuesday nights and halfpriced lockers on Thursdays. Call 954-525-3344.

2650 E. Oakland Park Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. A private club for gay and bisexual men. Leather nights on Tuesdays (dress accordingly $5 off) and “Bear and Friends” Thursdays with $5 off a room. Call 954-5666750.

Corner Pub Bar

1915 N. Andrews Ave. in Wilton Manors. Mondays are “underwear night” with 2-for-1 drink specials, Thursdays down a margarita for just $4. Call 94-5647335.

Cubby Hole

823 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. A unique neighborhood spot for men. Underwear Wednesdays get 2-for-1 drinks from 9 p.m. until close. Call 954728-9001.

The Depot Cabana Bar and Grill

2935 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Voted the friendliest gay bar in Fort Lauderdale. Mondays drinks are $1.99 and wings 50 cents. Call 954-537-7076.

Dudes Bar

3270 NE 33rd St. in Fort Lauderdale. Men dancing daily from 6 to 9 .m, karaoke on Sundays, Monday drink specials $1 well drinks. Call 954-568-7777.

Georgie’s Alibi

2266 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Best and longest happy hour; Wednesdays $2 domestics and$1 Schnapps after 9 p.m.

Johnny’s

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2345 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Indoor and outdoor dining followed by hitting the dance floor.

Live music Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Call 954-626-0082.

2232 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Known for having the best light display in Broward County, check out “porn bingo” on Mondays with Desiree Dubois.

Plus, $3 margaritas and $1 draft beers. Call 954-6303556.

2209 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Check out this huge bar and nightclub with drink specials to boot.

On Wednesdays after 9 p.m., indulge in a $10 Miller Light beer bust. Call 954-567-6969.

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2440 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. The area’s favorite lesbian bar with Wednesdays half-priced drinks. Call 954-563-7660.

924 N. Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. Wednesday brings $2 drinks with spades on Thursdays. Call 954533-0257.

Ramrod

1508 NE Fourth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The region’s leading Levi, leather and uniform bar and club. Every night if bear night and caged hunks on Saturdays. Call 954-763-8219.

Rosie’s Bar and Grill

2449 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Serving up the best burgers year after year! Call 954-567-1320.

Scandals

3073 NE Sixth Ave. in Wilton Manors. Gay and lesbian country western bar for a night of dancing to your favorite country tunes. Call 954-567-2432.

Sidelines Sports Bar

2031 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Relax with a cold beer for some friendly competition on the pool table.

Call 954-563-8001.

Smarty Pants

3038 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. A great hangout all day with drink specials. Free breakfast on Saturdays at 8 a.m. Call 954-561-1724.

The Stable

205 E. Oakland Park Blvd. in Oakland Park. Check out the varying themes every night from drag shows to bingo nights and bears and underwear. Call 954-5654506.

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Swinging Richards

2829 W. Broward Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Dance your butt off until the wee morning hours. Call 954-5872500.

2283 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. A place to relax over good food or to pull out the lap top to get some work done. Call 754-200-5244.

The Cottage

522 Lucerne Ave. in Lake Worth. Tea Dance Sundays with great service, food and drinks. Call 561-5860080.

62 NE 14th St. in Miami. The hottest men performing in a strip show every night from 6 p.m. Free. Call 305640-8749.

727 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. Located in the heart of South Beach on the famous Lincoln Road strip. Call 305-561-5521.

17450 Biscayne Blvd. in North Miami Beach. Fully nude men dancing to the best music in South Florida.

Call 954-357-5521.

Twist

Fort Dix

1057 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Awesome music, muscle boy dancers and never a cover. Call 305- 538-9478.

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Key West

6205 Georgia Ave. in West Palm Beach. A great place to mingle and relax with DJs on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Call 561-533-5355.

823 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach. The city’s oldest gay club, with hot male dancer, free BBQ and karaoke. Cal 561-832-9119.

Mara

1132 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Ladies nights on Thursdays, karaoke on Fridays. Call 561-827-6468.

The Mad Hatter

1532 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Cheap drinks, friendly bartenders and free pool from Sunday to Thursday. Call 561-547-8860.

The Bar Lake Worth

2211 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. A friendly watering hole with live bands. Call 561-370-3954.

801 Girls Cabaret

801 Duval St. in Key West. The island’s only daytime drag show. Call 305-923-9296 or visit 801Girls.com

The Bourbon St. Pub

724 Duval St. in Key West. Get a taste of New Orleans with the best video bar with live DJs every night. Call 305-296-1992.

Club Aqua

711 Duval St. in Key West. Dueling bartenders on Mondays as they sing, shake and stir their way to victory. Call 305-294-0555.

Miami-Dade County Club Space

34 NE 11th St. in Miami. Known for crazy all-nighters to electronic dance music and hip hop. Call 305-3501956.

Club Sugar

2301 SW 32nd Ave. in Miami. Drag Wars on Thursdays, $5 house drinks and $4 domestics. Call 305-443-7657.

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950 NE Second Ave. in Miami. Come on Saturday nights for some of the best DJs around. Call 305- 3509084.

Eros Lounge

8201 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. NYC house music on Thursdays. Call 305-754-3444.

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STEVEN JAY’S LOVING PET CARE! I care for your pet in my home. One client at a time if requested. Multiple pets and all pets welcome! I have a very clean home and low rates! Call Steven Jay , 954 -565-1996

IRRIGATION SYSTEM REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE 19 years experience, excellent work, referrals upon request. Call Roberto 954383-8980

Dog Walking: $10.00 starting at Pet Sitting: $40.00 In House Pet Sitting: $45.00 Training: $10.00 starting per visit Pet Taxi (FTL Area): $20.00 Dependable • Reliable Service Delivered with Love and Respect

954-297-5336

licensed massage Angler Landscape, Inc. Residential and Commercial Lawn and Landscape

www.greendogpetservices.com

Lic# 11000106488

RECESSION RELIEF $40 per 90 MIN - Out calls higher. Swedish, Deep Tissue, Specialty Back, Lower Body & Feet. Couples Discounts.

Seniors Welcome. Delray Beach. 16 years experience. MA18563 Dennis (561) 502-2628 BEST MASSAGE & BODYWORK IN SOUTH FLORIDA READ MY REVIEWS AT WWW.SCHEDULENOW.INFO KEITH ANGEL, LMT (954) 816-7260 MA62951 MM27048

(954) 448-6394

WILTON MANORS MASSAGE Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports. $59 Swedish Hour. call or Text Chris Tunkus 954-258-8779 1322 NE 4th Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL www.WiltonManorsMassage.com

Install Grass - Mulch - Rock - Hedges - Trees - Lighting Weekly and Monthly Service

www.AnglerLawn.com

psychic services

licensed massage

CHRISTIAN PSYCHIC READER AND ADVISOR

BY SHAWN Reunite you with loved ones or family. Will guide you for success. Tell past, present and destiny to come. For further information call Shawn at 954-549-8243

EXP. MATURE MALE WPB MASSEUR In-calls only, private studio setting by Belvedere/SR7 in quiet area. Highly skilled, intuitive theraputic bodywork by friendly LMT. Affordable rates but cash only. Early to late, 7 days. Call (561) 2548065 for appt. or walk-in OK. RELIEVE STRESS & TENSION WITH MAGICAL HANDS PRO MASSAGE (FL: MA51008

plumber BULTER PLUMBING, INC. Residential & Commercial, Licensed & Insured, Palm Beach 561-613-338, Broward 954 -9993315, Miami-Dade 786-999-2152 24/7 -365 days, info@butler-plumbing.com, www.bultler-plumbing. com“ Just tell your friends the BUTLER did it”

THE BRITISH POUND John Maroussas LMT Sports Massage, Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular, Trigger Point, Swedish, Salt or Sugar Scrubs.

Private Studio w/ Shower. Wilton Manors Location near Bill’s Lic#MA51123 954-999-2240

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rent/lease ft. lauderdale

VICTORIA PARK - LARGE 1BD/1BA Completely renovated. Torazo floors, new kitchen apps, Walk-in closet, new paint, A/C, shared W/D. Quite 5 unit bldg in safe area. $800/Mo. Call 954-763-3222

HUGE 2/2 POOL DUPLEX - POMPANO BEACH Updated, Lushly Landscaped, East of Fed Hwy 1 Mile to Beach, D/R, Sep. Laundry W/D, Fab Lrg Pool, New Central AC, Tile Floors, Small Dog or Cat ok. $1390, Available 2/1/13 Call Tim: 754235-2911 1BD APARTMENT UPSTAIRS 1142 NE 4th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale $700/Mo. Yearly Call 954-764-0212 or 954-581-2573

insurance services GAY FRIENDLY INSURANCE We represent 50 companies for all your auto, home, health, life and business needs. We offer affordable rates and free quotes. Available nights and weekends 24/7. dlanders@kirsteininsurance.com Diamond Landers 954-665-3375

rent/lease furnished PERFECT RELOCATION RENTALS 3 TO 6 MONTHSFrom 325/week & 1300/month.

Gay owned and operated hotel resort with beautiful studio, 1 & 2BRself catering turnkey, fully furnished & apartments with full kitchens.

Clothing optional pool! Central to Wilton Manors & Haulover nude beach in historic Dania Beach . Pets welcome. Includes ,utilities, parking , cable, wifi , internet/telephone . Call Joe & Jack at 954927-0900 or visit www.LibertySuites.com

rent/lease west palm beach PB COUNTY-LAKE PARK 2/1 CONDO 2nd Floor Corner - Next to Kelsey Park across from Intracoastal Great Locations. $750 per month - 1 year Lease • No Pets • No Smoking • 1st & Security Call 561-310-0615

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LARGE TOWNHOME WITH POOL, EAST FORT LAUDERDALE Beautiful 2BR/2BA townhome in quiet 5-plex.Large eat-in kitchen, central a/c, ceiling fans, Washer/dryer in unit, dishwasher, sparkling pool and more. All in tropical paradise within 5 minutes of the Atlantic Ocean & 1-95 & 8 minutes to Wilton Drive.

Master bedroom has walk-in closet and sliding glass doors to private balcony. Great neighbors and neighborhood. Small pet ok. $1,225/mo.

Check out photos & complete descriptions at www.YourPerfectApartment.com or call Rick at 954-253-1929 LAKERIDGE FURN. GARDEN STUDIO Central to beach/downtown/Wilton Drive.

Clean newly ren. 1 rm and bath. Lg. private fenced courtyard.private entry with parking,laundry onsite, water and electric included. $765/mo. 1st and security with lease. Avail March 1st call 941-548-7989

MIDDLE RIVER TERRACE 1/1 efficency $675/mo. Or $165/week, 6 mos or 1 year lease. Large 3BD house $1,250, carport, office, and all tile. Pay your first month’s rent with an approved application and you’re in. Water & electric included* Call for details. 954-527-9225

DUPLEX APT. CORAL RIDGE ISLES ( close to Holy Cross Hosp. and shopping ) Newly remodeled and landscaped 2B/2B ( each bedroom with adjoining bathroom) ideal for roommates. Spacious rooms with plenty of closet space, upgraded kitchen with micro, D/W. Your own laundry room with new W/D.Huge back yard and screenedin back porch. Small pet allowed $1250/ month call 561-362-6104 or 954-254-2499 2 ROOMS FOR RENT 1BD/1BA new carpet, kitchenette, $1,200/Mo. will reduce to $775 for experienced handyman. Also 1BD $700/Mo. will reduce to $400 for experienced handyman. No pets allowed. Preferably young and strong male.

Contact John 954-549-8243 for more info.

roommates WILTON STATION LUXURY CONDO Share 2/2 with loft, private bath, parking, pool, gym and Jacuzzi. Utilities included. Looking for mature professional, background check required. $875 a month ,call 516-655-3216 LAUDERLAKES ROOMATE WANTED Share a 2/2 on lake w/ hot tub, private bath, W/D , dishwasher ,central a/c and cable. $ 400/mo includes utilities & internet. Looking for a mature professional. 1st & security deposit. Background check req. Call Gary 954-803-0885 FREE RENT –LARGE 2BR APARTMENT Have your own BR with private bath and shower.

Needed, experienced strong mature male caretaker, capable of assisting wheelchair bound gay 55 year old male with spinal cord damage.

Smoker. Located State Rd between Oakland and Sunrise blvd . 15 minutes to Wilton Manors. Call Joe at 954-740-2155.

MALE ROOMMATE WANTED Male roommate wanted for 2/1/13. Beautiful WPB 2BD/2BA apt to share $650/Mo. Water, Elect, Waste Mgt included. Deposit + 1st. mo. Required.

Call 561-316-7236 LOOKING FOR MALE ROOMATEGay male with small dog looking for stable professional to share my newly renovated upscale 2/2 condo.

Located in Oakland Park, close to Wilton Manors.

Private room with bath , full use of common areas. Utilities included, free wifi and cable. Must pass condo criminal background check. First month + 1 month security deposit and 100 dollar application fee. Gay friendly gated community with heated pools and clubhouse with gym. $475 Call Mark 954-203-2345

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