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Ellen DeGeneres Makes ‘Finding Nemo’ Sequel The movie will center on ‘Dory,’ DeGeneres’ character, and is scheduled for 2015 Disney and Pixar are looking to follow up on the success of their 2003 animated film “Finding Nemo,” with a sequel that will focus on Nemo’s side kick Dory, played by Ellen DeGeneres.

The companies officially announced the release of the upcoming movie, named “Finding Dory,” on April 2.

“I’m not mad it took this

long. I know the people at Pixar were busy creating ‘Toy Story 16.’ But the time they took was worth it. The script is fantastic,” DeGeneres said in a statement.

“And it has everything I loved about the first one: It’s got a lot of heart, it’s really funny, and the best part is—it’s got a lot more Dory.”

The new film will include

many of the characters of the original, such as Marlin, the Tank Gang, and Nemo.

“Finding Dory” will hit theaters on Nov. 25, 2015. The first film was one of the most successful animated movies at Pixar, raking in $921.7 million in total worldwide gross and winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

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The former president will be honored for his support of gay rights in recent years Former President Bill Clinton, the same man who signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law, will be honored with the “Advocate for Change” Award from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

GLAAD said it will be awarding the politician with the accolade for supporting the passing of gay marriage in New

York State, his 2012 fight against North Carolina’s Amendment One, which proposed to ban gay marriage and civil unions in the state, and his recent letter in The Washington Post apologizing for DOMA. The 1996 federal law, which Clinton approved, defined marriage as the union between a man and a woman for legal

purposes. The law is currently being challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court.

“During his administration, Clinton became the first U.S. President to appoint out gay and lesbian people to all levels of government,” GLAAD said in a release.

The event will take place in Los Angeles on April 20.

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comprehensive regulations regarding the jailing of transgender sex partners, the Gay Star News reports.

STA filed the petition with over 2,500 signatures. The effort comes on the heels of a case where a 25-year-old transgender man was accused of failing to tell two teenage girls his gender history and real age.

While advocates are not challenging the underage sex charges, they believe Chris Wilson should not be charged for hiding his transition.

“We consider it essential that trans people’s right to privacy about their gender history be upheld in all areas of their lives,” part of the petition reads.

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Florida Statewide Domestic Partnership Bill Moves Forward The bill passed the Senate Committee on Children, Families and Elder Affairs by a 5 to 4 margin.

Ex-Head of LGBT Center Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Funds Former director of center in the Bronx faces two years for embezzling $338,000 from the group.

Study: Transgender Women 49 Times More Likely to Have HIV New research concluded that about one fifth of all transgender women in the world live with HIV.

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Activists ask government to stop jailing for non-disclosure of gender reassignment Transgender activists in Scotland have filed a petition with the country’s authorities to try to stop the jailing of people if they do not tell their partners they are trans.

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Religious students at a high school in Cobb County, Georgia, have come up with their own sign to battle the Human Right Campaign’s Facebook red equal sign — a blue cross.

As the Marietta Daily Journal reports, students at Walton High School has started changing their profile pictures to a blue Christian cross as a way to express their support for what they believe to be the biblical definition of marriage.

The initiative comes as a result of the HRC urging Facebook users to change their profile photos to red and pink equal signs to show their support for gay marriage in light of the Supreme Court cases on March 26 and 27.

According to Facebook data, about 2.7 million people charged their profile photos to red.

Jon Gillooly, a 17-year- student, told

the Marietta Daily Journal that the move by religious students has created a confrontation that’s polarizing the student body.

“They get a lot of angry comments and a lot of insults and a lot of bad messages,” she said about students sporting the blue crosses.

“It’s really awful. I’m for gay marriage, but I think it’s awful that people are so accepting because they’re for gay marriage, but then they go on people’s profiles and they just hate the people with the blue crosses.”

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In a unanimous vote, Florida’s House of Representatives passed Florida House Bill 15, called the Funeral Buffer Bill, which prohibits engaging in protest activities one hour before or after a service and prohibits protesting within 500 feet of a property line of a location of funeral or burial.

“The loss of a family member or friend is an extremely difficult time for loved ones,” state Senate Majority Leader Lizbeth Benacquisto said in a statement.

“Unfortunately, across the country we have seen these solemn times repeatedly interrupted, often at funerals for our fallen heroes who have courageously

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Rutgers Fires Mike Rice for Calling Players Faggot

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OutSports reported last Tuesday that the reason behind Mike Rice’s suspension last December was because of physical and verbal abuse towards his players, including calling them faggotts. Because of the public attention to Rice’s actions, Rutgers fired their head basketball coach, less than one day after the video of his acts surfaced on ESPN’s Outside The Lines.

served our country in the military.”

What Representative Benacquisto may be referring to are the heavily criticized protests of Westboro Baptist Church.

North Carolina and a St. Louis suburb have already passed similar laws.

WBC is most notorious for the picketing of service member’s funerals and their

In a statement released last Wednesday on the school’s athletic website, Athletic Director Tim Pernetti said the dismissal comes after he was incorrect in thinking a suspension and fine was the proper form of rehabilitation for Rice.

“Dismissal and corrective action were debated in December and I thought it was in the best interest of everyone to rehabilitate, but I was wrong,” Pernetti said. “Moving forward, I will work to regain the trust of the Rutgers community.”

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“God Hates Fags” mantra. The church even had planned to picket the upcoming NCAA Final Four tournament in Atlanta, Georgia.

The bill, which has yet to go before Florida Gov. Rick Scott, will penalize protestors with a first degree misdemeanor which can include up to one year in jail.

Ramogi Huma, president of college athlete advocacy group The National College Players Association, called for Rice’s immediate firing.

“The NCAA punishes kids for accepting grocery money but apparently the NCAA is fine with allowing a person to remain a college coach after kicking and shoving his players on video,” Huma said. “The fact that Mike Rice is still the Rutgers basketball coach is a telling indictment of a college athletic culture that excuses the mistreatment of college athletes.”

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STRIBILD does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. To control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related illnesses you must keep taking STRIBILD. Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to reduce the risk of passing HIV-1 to others.

Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with body fluids. Never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fluids on them.

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• Serious liver problems. The liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and fatty (steatosis). Symptoms of liver problems include your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice), dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored bowel movements (stools), loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, and/or stomach pain.

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• Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you also have HBV and stop taking STRIBILD, your hepatitis may suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking STRIBILD without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to monitor your health. STRIBILD is not approved for the treatment of HBV. Who should not take STRIBILD? Do not take STRIBILD if you: • Take a medicine that contains: alfuzosin, dihydroergotamine, ergotamine, methylergonovine, cisapride, lovastatin, simvastatin, pimozide, sildenafil when used for lung problems (Revatio®), triazolam, oral midazolam, rifampin or the herb St. John’s wort.

• For a list of brand names for these medicines, please see the Brief Summary on the following pages.

• Take any other medicines to treat HIV-1 infection, or the medicine adefovir (Hepsera®).

What are the other possible side effects of STRIBILD? Serious side effects of STRIBILD may also include: • New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider should do regular blood and urine tests to check your kidneys before and during treatment with STRIBILD. If you develop kidney problems, your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking STRIBILD. • Bone problems, including bone pain or bones getting soft or thin, which may lead to fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones.

• Changes in body fat can happen in people taking HIV-1 medicines.

• Changes in your immune system.

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What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking STRIBILD? • All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis virus infection.

• All the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. STRIBILD may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect how STRIBILD works. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist. Do not start any new medicines while taking STRIBILD without first talking with your healthcare provider.

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Do not breastfeed. HIV-1 can be passed to the baby in breast milk. Also, some medicines in STRIBILD can pass into breast milk, and it is not known if this can harm the baby.

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Patient Information STRIBILDTM (STRY-bild) (elvitegravir 150 mg/cobicistat 150 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg/ tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg) tablets Brief summary of full Prescribing Information. For more information, please see the full Prescribing Information, including Patient Information.

What is STRIBILD? • STRIBILD is a prescription medicine used to treat HIV-1 in adults who have never taken HIV-1 medicines before. STRIBILD is a complete regimen and should not be used with other HIV-1 medicines.

• STRIBILD does not cure HIV-1 or AIDS. You must stay on continuous HIV-1 therapy to control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related illnesses.

• Ask your healthcare provider about how to prevent passing HIV-1 to others. Do not share or reuse needles, injection equipment, or personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them. Do not have sex without protection. Always practice safer sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.

What is the most important information I should know about STRIBILD? STRIBILD can cause serious side effects, including: 1. Build-up of lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis can happen in some people who take STRIBILD or similar (nucleoside analogs) medicines. Lactic acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Lactic acidosis can be hard to identify early, because the symptoms could seem like symptoms of other health problems. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms which could be signs of lactic acidosis: • feel very weak or tired • have unusual (not normal) muscle pain • have trouble breathing • have stomach pain with nausea or vomiting • feel cold, especially in your arms and legs • feel dizzy or lightheaded • have a fast or irregular heartbeat 2. Severe liver problems. Severe liver problems can happen in people who take STRIBILD. In some cases, these liver problems can lead to death. Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver (steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms of liver problems: • your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice) • dark “tea-colored” urine • light-colored bowel movements (stools) • loss of appetite for several days or longer • nausea • stomach pain You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking STRIBILD for a long time.

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• Do not stop taking STRIBILD without first talking to your healthcare provider • If you stop taking STRIBILD, your healthcare provider will need to check your health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your HBV infection. Tell your healthcare provider about any new or unusual symptoms you may have after you stop taking STRIBILD Who should not take STRIBILD? Do not take STRIBILD if you also take a medicine that contains: • adefovir (Hepsera®) • alfuzosin hydrochloride (Uroxatral®) • cisapride (Propulsid®, Propulsid Quicksolv®) • ergot-containing medicines, including: dihydroergotamine mesylate (D.H.E. 45®, Migranal®), ergotamine tartrate (Cafergot®, Migergot®, Ergostat®, Medihaler Ergotamine®, Wigraine®, Wigrettes®), and methylergonovine maleate (Ergotrate®, Methergine®) • lovastatin (Advicor®, Altoprev®, Mevacor®) • oral midazolam • pimozide (Orap®) • rifampin (Rifadin®, Rifamate®, Rifater®, Rimactane®) • sildenafil (Revatio®), when used for treating lung problems • simvastatin (Simcor®, Vytorin®, Zocor®) • triazolam (Halcion®) • the herb St. John’s wort Do not take STRIBILD if you also take any other HIV-1 medicines, including: • Other medicines that contain tenofovir (Atripla®, Complera®, Viread®, Truvada®) • Other medicines that contain emtricitabine, lamivudine, or ritonavir (Combivir®, Emtriva®, Epivir® or Epivir-HBV®, Epzicom®, Kaletra®, Norvir®, Trizivir®) STRIBILD is not for use in people who are less than 18 years old.

What are the possible side effects of STRIBILD? STRIBILD may cause the following serious side effects: • See “What is the most important information I should know about STRIBILD?” • New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider should do blood and urine tests to check your kidneys before you start and while you are taking STRIBILD. Your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking STRIBILD if you develop new or worse kidney problems.

• Bone problems can happen in some people who take STRIBILD. Bone problems include bone pain, softening or thinning (which may lead to fractures). Your healthcare provider may need to do tests to check your bones.

• Changes in body fat can happen in people who take HIV-1 medicine. These changes may include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and around the middle of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs, arms and face may also happen. The exact cause and long-term health effects of these conditions are not known.

• Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen when you start taking HIV-1 medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you start having any new symptoms after starting your HIV-1 medicine.

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The most common side effects of STRIBILD include: • Nausea • Diarrhea Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.

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• Call your healthcare provider for medical advice about side effects.

You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

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• If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take STRIBILD. - You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby.

- Two of the medicines in STRIBILD can pass to your baby in your breast milk. It is not known if the other medicines in STRIBILD can pass into your breast milk.

- Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements: • STRIBILD may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect how STRIBILD works.

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International Gay Polo Tournament Returns to Wellington for Fourth Year Caity Kauffman

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The International Gay Polo Tournament festivities kick off in Wellington on Friday, April 12 and spectators can expect higher quality players than ever and lavish new social events.

Established in 2006, the Gay Polo League is an international organization and the only known gay polo league in the world.

This is the fourth year the tournament is headquartered in Wellington.

“I drive a great deal of satisfaction to see what [the GPL] has evolved into,” said GPL founder Chip McKenney. “We are players that compete as gay-identified polo players in non-gay specific tournaments... That’s a big sense of pride.”

The tournament has been gaining momentum, with a record six teams signing up for 2013’s contest. Teams are categorized in two brackets: one for top-level players, and one for developmental players.

Competitors will vie for the Senator Cup Trophy in the championship match, and the Founders Cup for the consolation match winner.

A new addition to the roster was once was the queen of the world polo scene. Veteran

polo player Caroline Anier will be flying in from Paris, France to compete.

“Chip has begged me to come for three years and could never make it because of my French polo season that starts in April,” Anier said. “I decided to do it this year because it seems like one of the most fun events in the year, and I want to support gay athletes - especially in polo.”

Anier was the highest-ranked female polo player in the world from 1999-2002, where she established her impressive career with a four-goal outdoor rating – the highest at the time for any female player.

The goal rating – known as polo handicap – ranks players from minus-2 to 10 to create more evenly matched games with players of various playing abilities. There are fewer than a dozen of the elite-ranked 10-goal players in the world. Players with a handicap of five and above are generally of the professional level.

The Gay Polo Tournament typically features participants in the 1 – 2 goal range, but this year, spectators will see a sprinkling of 7-goal, 6-goal and 4-goal players.

Caroline Anier competes in a recent polo tournament.

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History

By International Polo Club Palm Beach

Scholars believe polo originated in China or Persia as many as 2,000 years ago, and the game was originally used for training cavalry. The first recorded polo match was played between the Turkomans and the Persians (the Turkomans won), and the game was played from Constantinople to Japan in the Middle Ages. Then, thanks to the Persians and the Monguls of India, polo spread across the eastern world by the 16th century.

The modern age of polo began when the British discovered the game in Manipur on the border of India and Burma and founded the world’s first

The game aside, polo matches are as much about the sport as they are about the socializing.

“The social aspect of a polo event is a draw as much as the polo aspect, people go and have a wonderful time socializing while they engage in the sport,” McKenney said. “We have at tailgate competition that people plan for a year how they’re going to decorate.”

The Jewels and Jeans kickoff party at starts at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 12 at the International Polo Club Pavilion. The party will feature a DJ, buffet dinner, three-hour open bar, Chinese auction and live auction.

The tournament begins the next day with a noon tailgate and the first chukker slated for 1 p.m.

“It’s a very spectator-friendly game, you know right away who made a goal and made a foul,” McKenney said. “The crowd can feel the adrenaline as the horses go thundering by at 35 miles per hour.”

Socialites will revel in a new addition to the weekend’s festivities - the Elite tent. Decorated with a plush, upscale equestrian theme, the tent will house food, drinks and entertainment and be open to all of the tournament attendees throughout the matches.

For the ultra-exclusive polo goers that wish for tableside service of hors d’oeuvres and beverages, a limited number of VIP tables are available for purchase.

Spectators will also enjoy a performance

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polo club at Silchar. Many other clubs followed and today the Calcutta Club, which was founded in 1862, is the world’s oldest. British soldiers and tea planters in India quickly took up the sport, prompting its spread to the West, and today the oldest clubs outside of India include The Malta Polo Club, the All Ireland Polo Club in Dublin, England’s Monmouthshire Polo Club and the Meadowbrook Polo Club on Long Island in New York. From there, the sport headed south to Argentina and around the globe to Australia, making polo the international sport that it is today.

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‘Crooked T’

Medical professionals meet for transgender education Christiana Lilly

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When it comes to being LGBT, Judith Reichman calls the T a sort of “crooked T,” a member of the group that tends to be overlooked.

“We should be an all-inclusive community.

It’s like the ‘T’ is kind of hanging on to the LGB,” she said.

In South Florida, there’s been a move to change this attitude. Reichman, the transgender program manager for the Broward County Health Department, founded the Transgender Medical Symposium’ three years ago. Teaming up with the local chapter of the cancer support group Gilda’s Club, the club is hosting a

Transgender Professional’s Meet and Greet to follow the first day symposium.

“It encourages professionals working with transgender to encourage their clients to receive early screenings,” said Gilda’s Club Program Manager Sam Budyszewick. “[People don’t know] what doctors to go to, what doctors are sympathetic and familiar working with the transgender community.”

The meet and greet is April 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Duffy’s Bar and Grill in Fort Lauderdale. Professionals who attended the symposium, which lasts two days from April 12 to 13 at the Embassy Suites in Fort Lauderdale, are invited to attend the meet

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and greet, as well as anyone in the public interested in learning more about transgender health.

Tiffany Arieagus, a case manager at SunServe, drag legend in the South Florida community, and an 18-year cancer survivor, will be the guest speaker at the event.

For transgender individuals, being proactive in their health can require overcoming multiple hurdles both financially and emotionally. With the symposium and networking opportunity, health professionals of all fields can learn about how to better serve the transgender community.

Reichman has been working with HIV/AIDS Tiffany Arieagus for almost 30 years and Photo courtesy of J.R. Davis with the Broward County Health Department for year, multiple medical schools and nursing the last four. In her years working in the LGBT community, she has school programs are sending students to seen many transgender men and women attend. With the interest in the symposium deterred from going to the doctor because growing, as well as help from funders, the of doctors who are not understanding or transgender community has been getting more of the attention it deserves. educated in their special needs.

Gilda’s Club has always had special “Let’s take a female-to-male who still has gynecological problems, still needs cancer support groups and programs for certain things done. If you were sitting in LGBT patients and their loved ones, but a gynecologist’s office with tattoos and a only recently had been able to specifically beard, you would feel very uncomfortable. reach out to the transgender community. In If you were to go into an emergency room June, the chapter will be launching an LBT and somebody were to give you a checkup group, a monthly support and networking and find that the lower half of your body is group for patients, caregivers, partners and not the way your upper half looks, there are parents of lesbians, bisexuals and femaleproblems there. It’s being not only culturally to-male transgender.

“We want to include everybody and there sensitive but it’s being culturally educated,” are definitely barriers when it comes to the Reichman said.

The symposium is from April 12 to 13 at transgender community,” Budyszewick said.

To learn more about the Gilda’s Club Meet the Embassy Suites in Fort Lauderdale and has grown from a one-day, standing room and Greet on April 12, call 954-763-6776. For only event to a two-day affair filled with more information on the symposium visit speakers covering all sorts of topics. This FAETC.org.

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My HIV Diary HIV and STDs, Week 31

Photo courtesy of Wheeler Cowperthwaite

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 31

(March 29 – April 4) It’s day 218 and I’m feeling very good. I’ll have new numbers for you next week, but I suspect nothing has changed for the worse, even with my drug holiday. I had an amazing weekend with amazing friends. I really needed a distraction from everyday life to get me back on track. Sometimes all it takes is sun and someone else’s bar tab.

By the way, this weekend I also had a guy that I had hooked up with in the last couple of months contacted me to tell me he had gonorrhea. He was only telling me because we had hooked up with the same guy (yep, a threesome), and he had just told him. He was pretty much just covering his bases. While my test came back negative, it did get me thinking. How susceptible are HIVers to other types of sexually transmitted infections and diseases?

Those of us who are positive already have a compromised immune system, so obviously we’re more likely to catch something than a person with an uncompromised system. But those that are negative should beware, and STDs that cause irritation of the urethra, vagina, or rectum can increase the risk of

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HIV infection two- to five-fold, according to thebody.com. The way to combat that risk is, of course, STD screenings as part of your regular treatment for HIV. Let’s face it, we’re not always as careful or discrete as we should be – present company included. But sometimes, you can’t help what happens. It’s easier to catch syphilis than it is to get HIV. Before penicillin, syphilis was looked at the same way HIV is today. I’ve been treated for it three times in my life. The main symptom is a painless sore called a chancre, which shows up at the place where the bacteria entered into the body. That sore may go unnoticed and may potentially increase a person’s chances of HIV infection.

Same thing with herpes simplex viral infections. The virus is very common and transmitted in skin-to-skin contact, just like syphilis. HSV can lie dormant until a person’s immune system becomes occupied with something else, like HIV. The virus then travels up nerve endings, creating those painful ulcers that are most commonly associated with herpes.

Over time, most people’s immune systems develop the ability to keep HSV in check much of the time, but recurrent and/ or severe outbreaks can be a problem for those whose immune systems are compromised by HIV. Those of us in Florida and California are lucky. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has several free STD testing clinics located thru ought our states. You can find the closest one to you by going to freestdcheck.org. If you live anywhere else I suggest using the CDC’s testing resource.

Knowing where you stand with STDs is just as important as knowing your HIV status. Knowledge is power.

-Ryan Dixon

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opinion mcnaught’s notes Brian McNaught

brian@brian-mcnaught.com

A Boy in Tokyo Understands The 12-year-old boy in Tokyo asked, “Mommy, why do some Christian people believe that being gay is wrong, and it’s okay to discriminate against them?”

The only answer she could think of was, “Because they are stupid and ignorant, and enjoy condemning people who do not fit their narrow definition of ‘right.’” But, she knew that answer was as bigoted a response as that of some fundamentalist Christians to gay people, and she didn’t feel it was the best way for him to reply to his Christian cousin who questioned her son’s support of gay marriage.

Having heard me speak to her colleagues about LGBT workplace issues, the mom emailed me and asked for the best response to her son’s question. I complimented her mothering skills, and asked her to thank her son for being such a great ally.

I would have preferred to answer his

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question by saying, “Don’t ever allow religious people, or anyone else, to intimidate you as you find your life’s truths.”

Instead, the response I suggested she give to his question was, “The Christian people who believe that being gay is wrong interpret the Bible differently from many other religious people. In lots of places in the world, the majority of Christians are very supportive of gay people. Some people quote the Bible to support their fears and biases.”

She replied that she and her son were very glad to receive the response.

When we follow the Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality, do we imagine there are 12-year-old children in Tokyo following it too? There are actually millions of people around the world who are on this trek to what the young boy in Japan called “the human rights movement.”

When her son heard discriminatory remarks about marriage equality from his cousin, he exclaimed, “Mommy, in that moment, I realized that the human rights movement is NOT a thing of the past.”

Like many people who are LGBT or an ally, I feel giddy with excitement about having my primary relationship with my samesex partner finally affirmed so strongly by people from every spectrum of politics, religion, and geographic location. Most opponents of marriage equality, including Rush Limbaugh, conceded that no matter how the Supreme Court rules in the two cases before it, there is an “inevitability” about marriage equality.

My secret desire at this time of celebration is to have my life of struggle affirmed by people new to the movement. I want to talk about how hard it was for women and men like me to come out in the 1970s and earlier.

Mental hospitals were extracting pieces of gay people’s brains to make them straight at that time in my life. Homosexuals were thought of as sexual monsters. Now, we’re valued colleagues and friends whose rights to legally marry, and adopt children, are standards of civilized society.

But email messages like that from the mother in Japan remind me that this extraordinary moment in history is much bigger than me, and the United States.

This public affirmation of the humanity of lesbian and gay people is bigger than gay rights or marriage equality.

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future of 12-year-olds in every country.

This moment in history, echoed in legal and parliamentary chambers throughout the world, represents the ability of society to overcome its fears, as well as move forward without the security of the blessing of religious leaders or followers who think “it’s okay to discriminate.”

There is a new path to personal liberation and self-actualization which is being watched and celebrated throughout the world. Joseph Campbell called it a hero’s journey.

The little boy in Tokyo was confused by the opposition of some religious people to the human rights movement. That’s exactly how I felt when I was coming out. I wondered why so many Christians didn’t like gay people. I wondered why anyone wouldn’t like me. But, I didn’t let that stop me from living a full and happy life. Millions of others like me did the same over the past 40 years.

We didn’t wait for the approval of the pope or the president. We made the hero’s journey. And guess what? Our moms and dads, neighbors and friends, employers and fellow congregants let go of their fear because we let go of ours. They joined us on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.

They asked to represent us before the nine straight justices. And the majority of the

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straight justices realized that we were a part of the human rights movement, as Hillary Clinton declared at the United Nations.

If we can accomplish this extraordinary change in cultural attitudes and laws, anyone can, and everyone should. The mom in Tokyo, like moms and dads around the globe, want their children to feel safe and valued at all times. Now, the majority of them are aware that if their child is gay, transgender, or otherwise different, they needn’t be afraid or ashamed of them.

We did that, all of us together. We made many sacrifices, and endured shameful behavior from others, in order to participate fully in the human rights movement--our human rights movement. It’s not over, but we have proved for all future generations that it’s possible to live full, happy lives even when no one thinks that who you are is okay.

The mom in Tokyo knows that, as does her 12-year-old son. So do millions of others.

That’s a good reason for us all to feel giddy.

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

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Sex + Love = Potential for meaningful relationship Sex – Love = No emotional connection Dr. Jay Asher No emotional connection could be what you’re looking for. Perhaps your emotional connection is with friends and family. What brings some of us to a place of emotional isolation? Childhood? Everyone has had a difficult childhood. “The books” say that a mother who is emotionally unavailable will create a child that has learned that seeking affection is a source of frustration. That child will shut down, remain isolated.

My Doctoral dissertation, Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Suicide, taught me the importance of fathers in a child’s life. I interviewed young men and women in their early twenties who, as teenagers, made a serious attempt on their lives. The split between father and child was the main cause of hopelessness, not their sexuality.

Let’s say that child grows into a handsome man or beautiful woman. He or she gets lots of attention. There’s always someone

to wake up next to. BUT! The partners keep changing because the knockout man or woman cannot trust enough to respond to or offer affection. Affection is not a safe zone.

Promises, yes. Follow through, no.

Solutions: Journaling. Individual therapy.

Join a group. Find a book online that “talks to your particular needs.”

What about the men and women in our community who think sex is love? If I have sex every day, I am loved every day. If my partner withholds sex, it must mean I’m no longer loved. Solution: Go out there and find someone who will make me feel loved.

Go to a bar, feel attractive again when the handsomest/prettiest person wants to take you home. And now what? Tell your lover?

Lie to your life partner? Accept responsibility?

That’s a big one: taking responsibility.

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This is a support group.

We talk. We listen. We learn. Hopefully, we change.

“The books” say that a mother who is emotionally unavailable will create a child that has learned that seeking affection is a source of frustration. That child will shut down, remain isolated.

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opinion pu b l i s h e r ’s ed i t o r i a l Norm Kent

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The Good LGBT Lawyers Do I could do an editorial about lawyers that starts off with a joke about how lawyers are sharks, or 330 of them at the bottom of the ocean are a good start. Attorneys make good jokes, and some of them are.

The truth is the greater Fort Lauderdale legal community has been blessed with a wealth of talented attorneys who give much of themselves to help others. They are altruistically motivated, spiritually grounded, and community minded.

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It is preposterous that Lambda Legal can hold ceremonies year after year and not honor Dean Trantalis, who has been fighting for civil rights in Broward for 30 years, and every undertaking has been a pro bono effort for the equality of the LGBT community. Aside from his recent election to the Fort Lauderdale City Commission, Dean presently serves on the Board of Directors of Broward House.

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paper have sustained this newspaper from its outset. They are not doing it solely because of charity, but because they get bang for their buck.

The Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Network holding its second annual fundraiser on April 21 will be donating their proceeds to Gilda’s Club, a cancer support organization dear to my heart and ever so helpful to me when I endured a year of chemotherapy in 2000 while surviving non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

A second beneficiary of their beneficence will be SunServe Counseling, where local and respected attorneys, J. Coleman Prewitt and Gregory Kabel serve on their Board of Directors as President and Secretary, respectively.

A nationally recognized expert in consumer law and foreclosure defense, George Castrataro, who was once an attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Broward County, serves on the board of directors of Care Resources, a premiere HIV services organization.

Forget for a moment that Ken Keechl is a past mayor of Broward County. That you may know. Were you aware that he previously served on the Individual Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the Florida Bar, which focused on civil rights issues, including those facing minorities, the elderly, and the disabled? He also was a volunteer attorney for Broward Lawyers Care, representing pro bono clients who could not afford legal counsel.

Lea Krauss is not only the co-chair of the Gay & Lesbian Lawyers Network, but she has worked with the Pride Center at Equality Park and serves as a certified family mediator, and helped emerging law students deal with LGBT issues under a project entitled Lambda United.

Another member of the lawyer’s network includes Arthur Smith, one of the eldest and most esteemed LGBT attorneys in Broward County. Now of counsel to the law firm of George Castrataro, Smith has seeded and funded so many causes over four decades, from the Community Foundation of Broward to the Pride Center, he is worthy of a story in his own right.

If you run into Miriam Richter at a GLLN function, you know she is a ‘go to’ person for all matters related to intellectual property, from domain names to copyright issues. What you might not know is that Miriam Richter represents the Harvey Milk Foundation on all

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The Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Network holding its second annual fundraiser on April 21 will be donating their proceeds to Gilda’s Club, a cancer support organization dear to my heart and ever so helpful to me when I endured a year of chemotherapy in 2000 while surviving non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

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their education initiatives and protecting their rights on issues related to personality rights and trademarks. For two decades, Miriam has also been a leader in the field of primary and secondary education, establishing herself as a known authority on inclusiveness in both curriculum and classroom.

I am already at 650 words, and my editor in chief won’t let me go much further, because our paper is limited in real estate and tight in space. To my many friends in the lawyer’s network, please do not feel slighted if I left your name out. There are so many of you who have given so much to so many. Each week, I say the same thing again and again.

The purpose of SFGN is to illuminate the lives and good deeds of a community that has much reason to be proud of its works and deeds. Life is all about what we can do for each other.

Today, many of us in the local LGBT community are hoping our friend Cal Steinmetz gets better, so he can take the field again with the local softball league he donates so much of his time to. We are given an unwritten amount of time to fill our slate, and do what we can when we can, and where we can.

On April 21, a group of local lawyers will again do much to help people in need in its second annual fundraiser. You don’t need a degree though, to help people who are needy.

You just need to put out a helping hand and have a good heart. This column salutes one legal group, but it acknowledges all of you who rides bicycles for HIV, volunteer at SAGE, or work a booth for PrideFest.

We are all partners, and sooner or later, we all come together with a common purpose.

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GayTravel.com Crowns the Next Gay Travel Guru!

Sophie Needelman

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Traveling the world is the dream of a lifetime.

This dream is made even better when traveling is your job- and when, as a member of the LGBT community, you get to represent a segment of the population while exploring, demanding, and experience gay friendliness in the destinations you visit. GayTravel. com’s (www.gaytravel.com) Gay Travel Guru

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campaign made this dream a reality for one lucky winner, as well as for the incredible finalists along the way. For Guru winner Bryan Kosarek, this dream will continue to be reality as he leaves last month’s Guru finale at Aspen Gay Ski Week to begin his gay-traveling journey around the country.

Not only is being the Gay Travel Guru an absolute dream job, but also it is the ultimate way to serve the gay community as its representative in travel. With its Guru campaign, GayTravel.com brought to the attention of the LGBT community the importance in engaging in gay and gay friendly travel- as well as the importance of engaging in specific LGBT oriented travel while visiting any of the world’s incredible travel destinations. GayTravel.com provided all of the Guru finalists with the opportunity to expose themselves to the gay travel community which truly gave a voice to this progressive body of travelers.

The Guru campaign unfolded over the course of six months, where applicants submitted various forms of travel content and social media engagement to best advocate for their inner Gay Travel Guru.

Some of these contributions included photos, videos, blog articles, and more.

Finalist Jared reflects on his Guru experience: “The entire process, from start to finish, was an amazing experience. I learned a lot about about myself by venturing out of my comfort zone. Gaytravel.com expects a lot from the Gay Travel Guru, so you must be willing to push your boundaries to generate interesting content for viewers. I met a lot of amazing people on this journey and made memories that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. It was a lot of work but it was more than worth it!”

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to submit an application turned into the adventure of a lifetime as the finalist pool was flown to Aspen Gay Ski Week where an epic finale took place to crown Bryan Kosarek as the Gay Travel Guru. The incredible Guru finale was just icing on the cake of a legendary campaign by GayTravel.com in the attempt to bring the LGBT community together under the umbrella of the love of travel- as well as to grant one lucky winner the chance of a lifetime!

Joey Konecek, GayTravel.com’s Community Director who spearheaded the Gay Travel Guru campaign, reveals essential details about the campaign, the finalists, and the grand finale at last month’s Aspen Gay Ski Week: What were the main events held over the course of the Guru finale? (overview of events basically) “The finalists were really put to the test throughout our time in Denver and Aspen.

Aside from having only 1 day to create a video about the destination and hotel sponsors they were also asked to sell raffle tickets, do a modeling shoot, compete in the downhill costume contest and host parties. And if that wasn’t enough they were also being filmed throughout the week which meant doing confessionals and getting very little time to themselves. Aside from that each finalist was also doing a ton of social media and self promoting online and in person at Gay Ski Week.”

What about Aspen made it a great place to hold the Guru finale?

“Winter in Aspen is magic! The city is clean and beautiful and all around a great place to film.”

What other cities were involved in the Guru process? Why were they chosen and how did they contribute to the atmosphere of the entire Guru campaign?

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“Aside from our sponsor destinations like Thailand, Dallas, and Key West we would really like to thank Denver, in particular the Hotel Curtis, The Westin Denver Downtown, and the arts community for being such gracious hosts.”

How did Aspen Gay Ski Week set the stage for the finale?

“We really could not have asked for a better backdrop for the finale! Vegas was great last season, but Aspen was the perfect setting and being Gay Ski Week made it even better.

Pamela Herr who manages the events really rolled out the red carpet for our finalists and the gaytravel.com team. We also had amazing participation from her staff and the board of directors such as Todd Heimel, President.”

How did the finale contribute to the atmosphere at Aspen Gay Ski Week?

“The patrons and staff of Aspen Gay Ski could not have been more accommodating.

Having the cameras around made our finalists very popular among the crowds and trust me; they ate it up. Our team also had the opportunity to help in raising funds for amazing non profit organizations that Aspen Gay Ski Week supports.”

What were some highlights from the finale?

“The finale was extremely emotional for everyone involved. We were all a family in Aspen; the staff, the finalists, and the camera crew all became very close over the duration of the trip and it showed at the finale event. I personally cried my eyes out, it was six months of hard work for everyone followed by a week of exhausting events, tasks, and challenges, it was the end and I couldn’t hold it back. Some were happy and some were sad but for the most part they finalists really supported Bryan in his victory.”

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Allen Ginsberg / Poet and activist

Langston Hughes / Poet

6/3/1926 - 4/5/1997

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“The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That’s what poetry does.”

“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it fester like a sore— and then run?”

Allen Ginsberg was a revolutionary poet and committed activist. He was a leader of the Beat movement, which celebrated nonconformity and paved the way for many previously ignored poets. Ginsberg’s works captured his antiestablishment spirit and fostered social change.

He was born Irwin Allen Ginsberg. His father, Louis, was a successful poet. His mother suffered from paranoia and was in and out of mental hospitals. Three years after her death, Ginsberg wrote “Kaddish for Naomi Ginsberg” (1961), which is considered one of his finest works.

Ginsberg attended Columbia University, where he received a B.A. in 1948. The next year, he met Carl Solomon, whom he credited with “deepening his understanding of poetry and its power as a weapon of political dissent.” His most celebrated poem, “Howl!”

(1956), was dedicated to Solomon. Ginsberg was tried and acquitted of obscenity charges partially related to the poem’s homoerotic content. A judge found that the poem had “redeeming social importance,” making “Howl!” a reference case for free-speech advocates.

Ginsberg is credited with coining the term “flower power,” which encouraged protesters to engage in nonviolent rebellion. Once kicked out of Cuba for saying Che Guevara was “cute,” Ginsberg was dubbed a social bandit. His frank writing about homosexuality made an important contribution to gay rights.

In 1954, Ginsberg met the man who would become his life partner, Peter Orlovsky. Their 43-year relationship ended with Ginsberg’s death in 1997.

In 1987, he was named a distinguished professor at Brooklyn College. In 1993, the French minister of culture awarded Ginsberg the Order of Arts and Letters.

A celebrated poet and novelist, Langston Hughes is one of the most significant voices of the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri.

Hughes showed impressive literary aptitude. In eighth grade, he began writing poetry, short stories and plays and was elected “class poet.” His breakthrough poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” was published shortly after he graduated from high school.

In 1921, at the urging of his father, Hughes enrolled at Colombia University to study engineering. He left after two semesters due to racial discrimination.

He traveled to Africa and Europe on the crew of a shipping vessel before moving to Washington, D.C. While employed as a busboy, Hughes met poet Vachel Lindsay, who helped promote his work.

In 1926, Hughes’s first book of poetry, “The Weary Blues,” was published. Well received by literary critics, it earned him a reputation as the country’s leading black poet. A year later, his second book of poetry, “Fine Clothes to the Jews,” was published. Heavily influenced by blues and jazz, his work portrayed life in black America and addressed racism and oppression.

In 1929, Hughes graduated from Lincoln University.

He traveled to Haiti and to the Soviet Union, where he studied communist theory. In 1934, Hughes became head of the League for Negro Rights, the main African-American branch of the Communist Party.

A victim of McCarthyism, he was subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Permanent Sub-Committee on Investigations in 1953.

Like most artists of his time, Hughes was not open about his sexuality. Literary scholars point to “Montage of a Dream Deferred,” “Desire,” “Young Sailor” and “Tell Me” as gay-themed works.

Hughes died at age 65 from prostate cancer. His ashes are memorialized in Harlem at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

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See it For Yourself April 2013

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On April 4, the Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Network (GLLN) held its Continuing Legal Education Luncheon.

The legal education speaker that day was the Honorable Lisa Porter, Circuit Judge for Broward County discussing Professionalism.

For more on GLLN, go to glln.org.

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Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Network host 2nd annual fundraiser gala

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Now in its second year, the Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Network (GLLN) is throwing a fundraising gala that features VIP champagne reception, food stations, and a silent auction all on one Sunday afternoon.

On April 21, Ted Scouten from CBS Miami will be emceeing the gala. This year proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auction will be donated to Gilda’s Club and Sunserve Counseling. Lea Krauss, President of GLLN and a criminal law attorney in Fort Lauderdale, said new organizations are chosen every year to donate to. Gilda’s Club, a cancer support organization, and Sunserve Counseling, an LGBT healthcare nonprofit, were chosen this year by the GLLN’s sixperson board.

Before the gala, VIP ticket holders get a reception with champagne and caviar.

The main event starts at 4 p.m. with a live jazz band and a silent auction featuring giveaways for hotels, restaurants, and gift baskets. A law student who won the

GLLN essay contest will also be awarded a scholarship at the event.

Krauss said last year, the inaugural event sold an unexpected 200 tickets, which she hopes to meet again this year.

“We thought we’d get like 50 people last year, including the board and our significant others,” Krauss says. “We were floored when 200 tickets were sold, we just want to hit the same goal this year.”

She said the same goes for the fundraising goal, hoping to raise $6,000.

So far, the GLLN has nearly 100 members in the local chapter. While South Florida-based, the chapter focuses mostly in Broward County. Miami-Dade has its own similar organization, the Miami-Dade Gay &

Lesbian Lawyers Association (GALLA).

The GLLN offers LGBT-friendly attorneys and business affiliates and serves as a network where these lawyers can increase their network. To join or purchase tickets to the gala, visit www.glln.org.

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GLLN 2nd Annual Fundraiser Gala

When

April 21, 4-7 p.m.

(VIP reception begins at 3:15)

Where

Hugh’s Catering 4351 NE 12th Terrace, Oakland Park, FL 33334

How Much

Tickets: $40 before April 12, $60 after, VIP tickets $80 before April 12, $100 after

More Info.

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LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO “Delivering more bang for the buck than most other classical companies in America.”

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Combining a wicked sense of humor with a respect for true classical dance, the all male dance company dances a fine line between high art and high camp. With their studied postures, over the top gestures and powerhouse technique, don’t miss an evening of pure dance entertainment!

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For tickets and group discounts call 954.462.0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com All programs, artists, dates and times are subject to change.

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Starting Monday April 15th and every Monday thereafter, Mickey Havens presents “Boys Night Out”.

After months of performing at Michele’s, many of our gay patrons approached Mickey and suggested a men’s party night. So here we go!

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Founded in 1994 and led by artistic director Mauro Astolfi, Spellbound Dance Company, based in Rome, is Italy’s premier contemporary dance company. The company will be taking the stage of the Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse tonight through Saturday, April 13, presenting its unique vocabulary of expression, versatility and physicality. The company has won over audiences and critics alike all over the globe with its virtuosic and dynamic performances. Palm Beach County fans will be screaming “Viva Italia!” by the end of their show. Tickets start at $28 at Kravis.org.

FRI Music

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There’s lots of great music-making in Delray Beach tonight. The Delray Beach Chorale, under the direction of Eric Keiper, performs selections

by Bernstein and Sondheim tonight at the Duncan Theatre, 4200 Congress Ave. in Lake Worth, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be repeated Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church, 33 Gleason St. in Delray, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 at DelrayBeachChorale.org. Meanwhile, the critically acclaimed Delray String Quartet will be performing with pianist Tao Lin at St. Christopher’sby-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Key Biscayne, 95 Harbor Dr. tonight. A free will offering will be taken. For information, go to StChrisKB.org.

SAT Theater

Pianist Conrad Tao will tackle all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos in three concerts this weekend at the Broward Center.

Photo Courtesy of Symphony of the Americas

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Zoetic Stage comes off a strong showing at the 2013 Carbonell Awards with The Savannah Disputation, a heaven-sent comedy drenched in Southern charm, infused with a pinch of hellfire and a dollop of damnation. Oh, Lordy! Evan Smith comedy lands two daffy Catholic sisters into a verbal smackdown with an evangelical missionary in their own home. The production is directed by Stuart Meltzer and features Barbara Bradshaw, Laura Turnbull and Lindsey Forgey. Catch the production Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. in the Carnival Theatre at the Arsht Center. Tickets are $45 at ArshtCenter.org.

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4/14 MON Music

If you haven’t seen a show yet by Slow Burn Theatre at the West Boca High School Performing Arts Center, 12811 W. Glades Rd., you must see their production of Stephen Sondheim’s signature musical, Sweeney Todd, Fridays through Sundays, April 12 – 21. The musical tale of the demon barber of Fleet Street is intense and at once ironic, the kind of show that leaves an impression on audiences days after the performance. The critics have hailed this company’s spectacular earlier productions and Sweeney Todd should be no exception. Tickets are $35 and $20 for seniors at SlowBurnTheatre.org.

4/15 TUE Art

The Symphony of the Americas, Broward’s resident professional orchestra, features Conrad Tao, the only musician to be named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list of people changing the world, performing the complete piano concertos of Beethoven. Sound like a long night of music?

They break it up. On Sunday at 2 p.m. or Monday at 8:15 p.m. in the Broward Center’s Amaturo Theatre, enjoy Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Come back on Tuesday evening at 8:15 p.m. for No. 4 and 5. Tickets are $25 – 50 for the Sunday matinee and $25-75 for the evening concerts at BrowardCenter.org.

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Nothing gets us hotter than pre-Columbian fertility statues. Sorry to get your hopes up, you won’t find anything like that at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale. What you will find is a fascinating collection of artifacts from the Wari (Huari) who reined in the Andes Mountains of Peru over a millennium ago. Few relics remain, but specimens of textiles, ceramics, precious ornaments and small-scale sculptures will be on display at the museum, 1 Las Olas Blvd., through May 19. The museum is open daily, although hours vary. Admission is $14 for adults. For more information, go to MoAFL.org.

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Miami City Ballet Dazzles in Final Program J.W. Arnold

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Miami City Ballet closes its season with George Balanchine’s raucous gangster ballet, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.

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Miami City Ballet saved the best for last, dazzling the audience at West Palm Beach’s Kravis Center last weekend with both classical ballet and a little Broadway in the closing program of the 2012-13 season.

Program IV, planned last year before the departure of founding Artistic Director Edward Villella but executed by his successor Lourdes Lopez, began with Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering.

Set to a series of 14 mazurkas, waltzes, etudes and a nocturne by Polish Romantic pianist Frederic Chopin, Dances at a Gathering is not so much a programmatic work, but rather a series of joyous vignettes featuring five couples, perhaps at a spring festival.

Like Chopin’s music, Robbins’ choreography draws heavily on the distinctive folk dances of Eastern Europe, a nod to classic ballet without the bourgeois pretense.

Dressed in billowing peasant shirts and slowing dresses, the dancers effortlessly leaped and turned, matching the lilting arpeggiations on the piano, performed flawlessly—and practically non-stop for an hour just off stage by the company’s staff pianist, Francisco Renno.

Several male dancers shined in the virile male roles, including principals Renato Penteado and Reyneris Reyes and principal soloists Renan Cerdeiro and Kleber Rebello, as well as a breakout performance by Chase Swatosh from the corps de ballet. Once again, Jeanette Delgado was entrancing, along Tricia Albertson, Patricia Delgado, Callie Manning and Jennifer Lauren, all delicately entrusting themselves to their partners throughout the many lifts and turns.

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part of Rodgers’ and Hart’s 1936 Broadway hit, On Your Toes. Choreographer George Balanchine’s first Broadway collaboration, it was actually performed as a “play within a play.”

The tale of gangsters, strippers and the ilk found in seedy speakeasies was expanded by Balanchine into stand-alone ballet in 1968 and performed complete with a gangster in the audience, talking parts and tap dancing — all nods to its Broadway origins.

As the curtain rose, it was immediately apparent this was not ordinary ballet, the stage transformed in a raucous club thanks to set design by Jo Mielziner and scenic paintings

by Arnold Abramson and dancers clad in zoot suits and flapper dresses byIrene Sharaff.

Rodgers’ colorful score set the tone, accentuated by the orchestra/jazz band in the pit under the direction of Gary Sheldon as the story unfolded.

Kleber Rebello capably donned his tap shoes and fedora as modern day Gene Kelly, but it was Patricia Delgado — in heels — who stole the show. Gone was the prim and proper prima ballerina, transformed into a sultry ingénue who seduced her co-star and the audience alike with a breathtaking performance that drew applause throughout.

This is a program not to be missed, the perfect synthesis of a classical masterwork with a crowd-pleasing contemporary ballet, performed flawlessly by one of the country’s leading ballet companies, right here in South Florida.

Program IV: Broadway and Ballet will be repeated April 26-28 in Fort Lauderdale at the Broward Center and March 3-5 at Miami’s Arsht Center. For show times and tickets, go to MiamiCityBallet.org.

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All My Children Returns Eden Riegel (Bianca) chats with SFGN David-Elijah Nahmod davidwriter@msn.com

From its premiere in Jan. 1970 until its unexpected cancellation in September 2011, All My Children was a staple on ABC TV’s daytime line-up. The wildly popular soap opera was perhaps best known for introducing Susan Lucci to the world. As the much married, self-absorbed vixen Erica Kane, a role she played for AMC’s entire run, the stunningly beautiful, Emmy-winning actress became the first bona fide celebrity to emerge from the show’s sudsy genre.

All My Children was also noted for its writing. The serial blended elements of drawing room comedy with tales that touched upon topical social issues of the day.

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the Vietnam War — which it condemned wholeheartedly.

Created by long time soap scribe Agnes Nixon, whose sister soap One Life To Live dared to deal with racial issues, All My Children was perhaps the first daytime drama to present LGBT people in a positive light. As early as 1982, Saturday Night Fever veteran Donna Pescow was cast as Dr. Lynn Carson, a family therapist. Openly lesbian, Dr. Carson was forced to deal with a female client who was developing a crush on her.

During the 1990s, Chris Bruno joined AMC as schoolteacher Michael Delaney. In a groundbreaking storyline, Mr. Delaney comes out to his class. One of his students reacts to the news by also coming out.

Shortly before she retired in 2000, Agnes Nixon made one final, bold move. She outed Bianca, the teenaged daughter of Erica Kane, as a lesbian. As played by Eden Riegel, Bianca embraced her sexual identity. She had a number of girlfriends, including a 2006 fling with a pre-op, lesbian identified transgender named Zoe (Jeffrey Carlson), who was first seen as a man named Zarf.

Bianca became an icon to the lesbian community, and the series won several GLAAD media awards. When All My Children aired its final ABC episode, Bianca (then played by Christina Bennett Lind) was a happy mom in a new relationship with another mom.

But All My Children didn’t fade quietly into the sunset. Amid public accusations from Susan Lucci that network executive Brian Frons had intentionally sabotaged a show he personally disliked, fans mounted a massive, relentless campaign to get it back.

And now, the impossible has indeed happened. In early March, All My Children, along with sister show One Life to Live, resumed production. Both shows will now produce four half-hour episodes per week, with a recap episode on Fridays. They’ll be available online through Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes. To insure a smooth transition to their new medium, the now 85-year-old Agnes Nixon has come out of retirement, working as a consultant to both series.

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by phone from the AMC studios in Connecticut, Riegel described her return as a “guest story arc.”

“There’s trouble in paradise,” she said.

“Bianca is going through a rough time romantically.” But as the actress pointed out, that kind of drama is what makes the show a soap. “I can’t reveal too much because the producers want the launch to be spoilerfree.” She did reveal that Bianca’s daughter is now a teenager, and promised some motherdaughter drama.

Riegel described the show’s revival as “kinda surreal. Everyone was shocked when it was pulled off the air. You don’t expect people who are part of your life to disappear.

Bianca is an important part of my life.”

Riegel promises fans that the new AMC will return to the series’ roots.

“Towards the end we were competing with prime time TV. Stories were event-driven, there were explosions. But at its heart and in its history, All My Children is relationshipdriven, and the new regime is paying attention to the fans,” she said. “We’re only a couple of days into shooting, and everyone is very optimistic.”

“There’s an appeal that these shows have

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that’s not going away. There’s a comfort to the intimate relationship that fans have with the soaps. People still crave stories that we can take our time in telling and that are developed over a long period of time. These stories are about relationships. And we’re not holding back — we’re going for it!”

The actress revealed that her own sister is a lesbian in a long-term relationship.

“She doesn’t advise me at all,” Riegel said.

“She totally gave me permission to make the role my own. I grew up around people who are gay and in loving relationships, so this is an important story for me to tell.”

Riegel wasn’t able to say how long her current AMC run will last. At press time, she was taping episodes on the East Coast, while also preparing for a five week run in the play American Misfit at the Boston Court Theater in Pasadena CA. The post-Revolutionary War drama will run from April 4 through May 12. Bianca will remain a presence on All My Children, she said. “I’ll appear on All My Children as my schedule allows,” she said.

All My Children returns via Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes on Monday, April 29, 2013.

For updates on the show’s progress, or to chat with other fans, visit soapcentral.com

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Broward County Body Awareness

Through April 20 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.

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

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.

Chamber Ensemble Concert

April 11 at 8 p.m. at the Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach State College, 4200 Congress Ave. in Lake Worth. Featuring performances by student jazz guitar ensembles and a brass quintet.Tickets $5. Call 561-868-330 or visit DuncanTheatre.org.

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.

Miami-Dade County 4000 Miles

March 16 to April 14 at the Gable Stage at Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Ave. in Coral Gables. Leo, 21, moves in with his 91-year-old grandmother in the West Village after a depressing bike trip. Tickets $15 to $50. Visit GableStage.org.

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.

The Savannah Disputation

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Generation Next: Piano

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 Spellbound Dance Company

April 11 to 13 at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. An enthralling dance presentation by the Italian company that has taken the world by storm. Tickets $28. Visit Kravis.org.

Monterey Jazz Festival

April 11 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Celebrating the 55th anniversary of the festival, Grammywinning jazz musicians take the stage with both classical jazz pieces and original compositions.

Tickets $25 to $100. Visit Kravis.org.

April 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Two Catholic sisters find themselves with a door-to-door Evangelist in their home Tickets $45. Call 305-9496722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

April 12 at 8 p.m. at the Knight Concert Hall at Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. A part of the center’s jazz series, become entranced by the piano chops of Hiromi and Grammy-nominated Gerald Clayton.

Tickets $25 to $130. Visit ArshtCenter.org.

Alison Chase/Performance

April 13 at 8 p.m. at the Knight Concert Hall at Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Renowned choreographer’s latest work, “Red Weather.”Tickets $10 to $35. Visit ArshtCenter.org.

Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth

April 16 at 8 p.m. at the Knight Concert Hall at Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. The famed heavyweight boxer hits the stage in a comedic event directed by Spike Lee. Tickets $35 to $75. Visit ArshtCenter.org.

Esperanza Spalding

April 19 at 8:30 p.m. at the Knight Concert Hall at Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Since her debut in 2006, Spalding has made a name as a musician mixing jazz, neo-soul and world music. Tickets $35 to $95. Visit ArshtCenter.org.

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Broward County War vs Human Needs

April 14 at 1 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Lauderdale, 3970 NW 21st Ave. in Oakland Park. FAU Professor of Communications Mike Budd will discuss how technological advancements may hide bigger issues going on in the economy and politics. Call 954-484-6734.

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.

Exotic Plants Removal

April 20 from 9 a.m. to noon at Synder Park, 3299 SW Fourth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Join Earth Day efforts by helping remove exotic plants to make way for native Floridian flora. Visit and register at HandsOnBroward.org.

Dune Restoration

April 27 from 8 a.m. to noon on A1A between Northeast Ninth and Northeast 10th Streets in Fort Lauderdale. Join Earth Day efforts by helping plant sea oats to protect the shoreline and sea turtles during natural disasters. Call 954-828-4750 and register at FortLauderdale.gov/Renourish.

Women4Women Support

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.

Stonewall Museum 40th Anniversary

Come be part of a four-decade celebration as the Stonewall National Museum & Archives celebrates its 40th anniversary. It all goes down on Friday, April 12 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

To RSVP, email Media Manager Tim Moody at StonewallMediaServices@gmail.com or call (352)433-3177

Palm Beach County “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.

Occupy Earth Day Peace Jam

April 13 from noon to 9 p.m. at the Cultural Plaza 414 Lake Ave. in Lake Worth. Bring lawn chairs and earth friendly MTA materials. Call Andy Amoroso at 561586-1730 or email aamoroso@lakeworth.org.

Coming Out Support Group

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.

PFLAG

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.

Miami-Dade County URGE

April 13 at 10 p.m. at Rush Miami, 1439 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Celebrate pride the night before the parade with the hottest dance party, with Peter Rauhofer and DJ Abel. Tickets $35 to $40.Visit UrgeMiami.com.

High Heel Race

April 14 at 10 a.m. at Ocean Drive and Ninth Street in Miami Beach. Put on your heels for a Miami Pride style race. First four to cross the finish line at 12th Street will get cash prizes. Visit Azucarmiami.co or call Oscar Christian at 305-316-4971.

Florida Renaissance Festival

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 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.

Key West

Key West Authors’ Book Fair

April 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Key West Oldest House, 322 Duval St. in Key West. A day of book signings, readings and literary discussion with mimosas and pastries. Free. Call Sheri Lohr 305-2965762.

Hot Havana Nights

April 13 from 5:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden, 5210 College Road in Key West. Enjoy an authentic Cuban meal from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. to the sounds of Caribbean music. Then, a dance party with mojitos and light fare will follow. Tickets $30 for party, $90 for dinner.

Call 305-296-1504 or visit KWBGS.org.

Island Festival

April 13 and 14 at Founders Park, 87000 Overseas Highway in Islamorada. Two days filled with music, artists, gourmet food, classic cars and sun. Free. Visit IslamoradaChamber.com.

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By Christiana Lilly, Calendar@SFGN.com

Broward County Bill’s Filling Station

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.

Boardwalk

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.

Johnny’s

1116 W. Broward Blvd in Fort Lauderdale. Some of the hottest guys around with drink specials to make it even sweeter. Call 954-522-5931.

The Manor

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.

Rumors

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

New Moon

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

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.

Torpedo

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

Village Pub and Piano Bar

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.

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.

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.

Discotekka

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

Johnny’s

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

Score

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

Swinging Richards

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

Call 954-357-5521.

Twist

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

Palm Beach County Key West The Cottage

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

Fort Dix

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.

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.

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RNB ASSOCIATES Income Tax/ Accounting/ Book Keeping for Individuals ,Small Business or Corporate. Very reasonable rates, fast and efficient service. 35+ years experience to help you save money! Registered with the IRS. Email info or meet. Visa/MC accepted. Call (248) 8942600 (FL based) or email info@RNBassociates. com for faster response. Mention SFGN AD for a 5% discount.

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counseling/psychotherapy TERRY DAVIS, LCSW, LLC #SW1079 Supportive male therapist, specializes in LGBT issues, HIV/AIDS,addictions, etc. Affordable, sliding scale. Eves/weekend. TdavisLCSW.com* (954) 731-5505

home care COMPANION,HOME CARE,SENIOR SERVICES. Make life a little easier for you or your loved one. 53 yr old experienced caregiver available. Light Cleaning, cooking and laundry included. Also shopping, appointments, gardening and organizing. Im friendly, engaging and compassionate. Hourly or afternoon/evening/ late night shifts available. Bonded insured, college educated and references. Call for more info, Robert 954-707-0264.

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cleaning services WILTON MANORS- SWEET CLEANING SERVICE! Reliable and responsible home and office cleaning at sweet rates! 1BD $55, 2BD $65 and 3BD $75. 7 years in business. Call 212-4709933 or 201-673-6190 HEAVENLY HOUSE CLEANER Upscale service that’s out of this world. Trustworthy & reliable. 10 years exp, references, not an agency, pet friendly, call Nina 954-601-6141 CLEAN IT RIGHT The best cleaning for your buck. 1BD $50, 2BD $60, 3BD $70. Excellent rates & references. 10 years in business. Serving Broward, North Miami Dade & S. Palm Beach.

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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

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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

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rent/lease ft. lauderdale 1BD APARTMENT UPSTAIRS 1142 NE 4th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale $700/Mo. Yearly Call 954-764-0212 or 954-581-2573 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.

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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

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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.

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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 WILTON MANORS 3 BED POOL HOME Room for rent, gay professional male, must be dog friendly, $600/mo. Full access and utilities included. Call Gary 954-268-6547 gwhite5@ me.com FREE RENT –LARGE 2BR APARTMENT Have your own BR with private bath and shower.

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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.

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2/2 DUPLEX-WILTON MANORS Walk to Wilton Drive, central a/c, your own carport and laundry room, W/D. Large backyard and pet friendly. $1200 a month. Call 954-605-4666

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