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April 24, 2013 • Volume 4 • Issue 17 2520 N. Dixie Highway • Wilton Manors, FL 33305 Phone: 954-530-4970 Fax: 954-530-7943

Publisher • Norm Kent norm.kent@sfgn.com Chief Executive Officer • Pier Angelo Guidugli Associate publisher • Jason Parsley jason.parsley@sfgn.com

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Radio Station Could Ban Rapper Macklemore The station is asking listeners whether they should stop airing the pro-gay song A California radio station has gotten a written complaint for pushing gay rights onto its listeners by airing rapper Macklemore’s song, “Same Love.”

Station 98.7FM was sent a letter condemning homosexuality and branding the song “offensive” because its lyrics talk about marriage equality.

The song, which is part of

Macklemore’s latest album, The Heist, features lyrics like “the right wing conservatives think it’s a decision, and you can be cured with some treatment and religion.”

Radio host Darren Rose posted the letter on the station’s website on April 15 and asked listeners to weigh in on the issue; as of publication the letter has 115

comments. The station said it might consider banning the song.

“The imagery the song talks about is a raw subject a great multitude of people have a hard time dealing with when we know homosexuality is wrong, but have friends and loved ones who are indeed in same-sex relations,” part of the letter reads.

Immigration Bill Won’t Include Gay Provision

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Spouses of gay American citizens won’t be able to apply for visas under the bill A bipartisan Senate group that drafted an immigration overhaul bill that would affect millions of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. has left out a provision granting spouses of gay American citizens visas to live in the country.

The Washington Post reports that Senate Democrats could not come to an agreement with the

four Republicans conforming the bipartisan group.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the bill, named the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 was filed on April 17 at 2 a.m. After the bill goes through the committees, it could reach the full Senate floor in May. About 40,000 foreign partners

of gay American citizens won’t be able to benefit from the law.

President Obama had said he wanted to include same-sex international couples in the plan.

Currently, laws do not allow for foreign-born, same-sex partners of Americans to request a green card or permanent residency on the basis of their relationship because of DOMA.

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expelled were freshmen; the rest were sophomores and seniors, Radio XYZ reported on April 15.

Radio XYZ writes that students “had managed to form a society on campus and regularly meet to discuss how to convince more students to practise the act.”

Just days before, on April 12, over 34 girls had been dismissed from the Wesley Girls Senior

High School in Kumasi for engaging in “lesbianism,” the Ghana Herald repored Mac-Darling Cobbinah, director for the Center for Popular Education and Human Rights, Ghana told the Gay Star News that outing students in such way could be dangerous, and expelling them will be disastrous for their future.

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Three More Quickies to Wake You Up ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ Star Ian Ziering to Start Stripping at Chippendales The former 90s teen heartthrob signed a deal to be a celebrity guest stripping during June.

Rainbow House in Front of Westboro Baptist Church Attracts Convert Fred Phelps granddaughter is stayed at the house to help create anti-bullying programs.

Canadian Authorities Allegedly Rejected Organs Donated by Gay Man A mother started a petition to make it easier for gay men to donate after her son was rejected.

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: Gay and lesbian students were expelled for allegedly spreading homosexuality Two of the top Catholic schools in the African country of Ghana are making headlines after expelling a total of 53 gay students for allegedly spreading homosexuality.

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Lake County, Florida when she attempted to start a Gay-Straight Alliance with legal recourse at a federal level.

“Lots of kids, including me, were being bullied and treated badly just for who we are. When we tried to start a club to fight the anti-gay bullying, I’m glad that I had a lot of support from my family and friends and people all over the country to convince the school that this issue matters,” the bisexual teenager said.

“But not all kids have that support, so I’m glad this bill is being filed to make sure kids all over the country are protected.”

For her part, Ros-Lehtinen, whose son Rodrigo is a transgender man, said she hopes the bill will help put an end to bullying.

“Schools should be places where our kids can learn and thrive, and that are free from persecution and harassment,” she said. “LGBT students are often verbally harassed due to their sexual orientation.

It is important that we strive to make sure that LGBT students enjoy safety as all children do.”

Earlier this month, a federal court in Fort Myers, Florida ruled in favor of a female student who sued the Desoto County School District Board of Education and three school officials after they allegedly prevented her from organizing and participating in DOS last year.

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Just in time for National Day of Silence (today), Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Colorado Democrat Jared Polis have reintroduced a bill that would prohibit discrimination against sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools nationwide.

The legislators announced they introduced the bill, named the Student NonDiscrimination Act, on April 18, one day before National Day of Silence.

DOS is a national day of observance that’s taken place every year since 1996 to protest the bullying and harassment of LGBT teens.

The event was started by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network and takes place every April.

If passed, the bill would also forbid schools from discriminating against LGBT students or ignoring harassing behavior.

“Bullying is a leading cause of poor attendance and dropping out because kids don’t feel safe enough to go to school,” Rep. Polis said in a statement.

“My legislation puts LGBT students on an equal footing with their peers, so they can attend school and receive a quality education, free from fear.”

The politicians announced 118 cosponsors from both parties for the bill.

If passed, it will provide for students like Bayli Silberstein, who faced opposition from faculty and staff at Carver Middle School, in

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+Super Bowl Champion Brendan Ayanbadejo Tackles Gay Rights in Florida state did call he’d go put his best effort on whatever field he had to. Ayanbadejo was recently released by the Ravens after a career year.

“The fact is the Baltimore Ravens came out in support of me, encouraging me to use my platform,” Ayanbadejo told reporters. “I’ll continue to fight for marriage equality wherever I go. If the

Equality Florida,” Ayanbadejo said. “We made a big difference in Maryland and now people are closer to being treated the same as everyone else in the rest of the country.”

The football player went as far as saying his passion for equal rights is more important than his football career, but clarified that if a team from any other

Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker and 2013 Super Bowl Champion Brendan Ayanbadejo announced at a press conference on Tuesday April 23 in Fort Lauderdale that Ayanbadejo is joining forces with the Equality Florida to help bring marriage equality to the state.

“I’m here to call on all athletes, celebrities and politicians to join me and

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reinstatement of the “beloved” Hale who has been teaching P.E. for nearly 20 years.

“She was a teacher who cared for her students and treated each one with respect,” the petition reads. “The diocese, however, did not reciprocate that respect in its treatment of her. It’s unfair that someone who cared so much about her students and her job should lose them on the basis of something she cannot even control.”

Hale told the Dispatch she has been overwhelmed by the love and support from her students and friends.

“It’s amazing that they’ve come together and rallied around this situation,” she said. “I’m in awe of them.”

The Dispatch wrote that according to a contract between the Columbus diocese and the Central Ohio Association of Catholic Educators, teachers can be terminated for “immorality” or “serious unethical conduct.”

Popular Gay DJ Peter Rauhofer Diagnosed with Brain Tumor

Peter Rauhofer is best known for making headlines with his pulsating music at gay parties around the world, but on April 18 Rauhofer’s manager, Angelo Russo, announced on Rauhofer’s Facebook page that the Grammy Award-winning DJ has a “large brain tumor” that has “gone undiagnosed for quite some time.”

Russo wrote the tumor was discovered after Rauhofer was rushed to an emergency room after suffering a seizure. Russo went on to say the Rauhofer’s family is working with neurologists to determine the best course of action and treatment options.

Miami-based promoter and manager Ryan Work met Rauhofer in 2008 and since then has worked with him quite a bit. He said Rauhofer inspired him to get into the management and promotion business. When he heard the news of Rauhofer’s brain tumor, he told SFGN he was simply “devastated.”

“The man had such an impact in my life,” Work said. “He gave me the desire to be a promoter.”

Work said the drive Rauhofer, who has played many South Florida venues including the Manor in Wilton Manors, transmitted to him on and off the dance floor is what led Work to get closer to people in the industry, eventually leading the way for Work to promote his own events.

“I decided to set out and manage DJ’s,” Work said. “He directly and indirectly in a lot of ways really changed my life.”

Work calls Rauhofer’s illness a huge blow for all the people inside of music, but wishes his friend a fast and full recovery.

“Many of our most magical memories happened on his dance floor,” Work said.

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[Washington] Redskins call me, then there won’t be much work to do,” he said laughing. Same-sex marriage is legal in the nation’s capital.

Ayanbadejo is teaming up with Equality Florida for several fundraisers, the first taking place on May 27. The “Tackle Equality” dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. at kitchenetta restaurant in Fort Lauderdale.

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“There is only one and will always only be one Peter Rauhofer. We are all praying for you.”

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According to The Columbus Dispatch, Carla Hale says she was fired because an anonymous parent had written to Bishop Watterson High School saying they were “appalled that Hale had listed her female partner’s name in an obituary.”

Student and supporters of Hale have started a petition on Change.org asking for the

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The AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced the deaths of Rjay Spoon and an unidentified student from San Diego State University, both 30 years old. The men died in December of last year. AHF has started offering free vaccinations in California in response to the outbreak and deaths.

Rjay Spoon’s partner, Casey Hayden, told reporters at that news conference doctors were confused by Spoon’s symptoms.

“We went to the hospital and the first thing they said it was a drug overdose,” Hayden said. “Then they said it was extremely advanced HIV, which was not the case. He was negative.”

A similar outbreak in New York has left seven gay men dead.

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What is COMPLERA? COMPLERA is a prescription HIV medicine that is used as a complete regimen to treat HIV-1 in adults who have never taken HIV medicines before and who have an amount of HIV in their blood (this is called “viral load”) that is no more than 100,000 copies/mL. COMPLERA contains 3 medicines – rilpivirine, emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate. It is not known if COMPLERA is safe and effective in children under the age of 18 years. ®

COMPLERA® does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. To control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related illnesses you must keep taking COMPLERA. Avoid doing things that can spread 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, do not share personal items that may contain bodily fluids. Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to reduce the risk of passing HIV-1 to others.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION What is the most important information you should know about COMPLERA? COMPLERA® can cause serious side effects: • Build-up of an acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious medical emergency. Symptoms of lactic acidosis include feeling very weak or tired, unusual (not normal) muscle pain, trouble breathing, stomach pain with nausea or vomiting, feeling cold, especially in your arms and legs, feeling dizzy or lightheaded, and/or a fast or irregular heartbeat.

• 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.

• You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or serious liver problems if you are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking COMPLERA for a long time.

In some cases, these serious conditions have led to death. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any symptoms of these conditions.

• Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you also have HBV and stop taking COMPLERA, your hepatitis may suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking COMPLERA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to monitor your health. COMPLERA is not approved for the treatment of HBV.

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Who should not take COMPLERA? Do not take COMPLERA if you have ever taken other anti-HIV medicines.

COMPLERA may change the effect of other medicines and may cause serious side effects. Your healthcare provider may change your other medicines or change their doses.

Do not take COMPLERA if you also take these medicines: • anti-seizure medicines: carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Equetro, Tegretol, Tegretol-XR, Teril, Epitol); oxcarbazepine (Trileptal), phenobarbital (Luminal), phenytoin (Dilantin, Dilantin-125, Phenytek) • anti-tuberculosis medicines: rifabutin (Mycobutin), rifampin (Rifater, Rifamate, Rimactane, Rifadin) and rifapentine (Priftin) • proton pump inhibitors for stomach or intestinal problems: esomeprazole (Nexium, Vimovo), lansoprazole (Prevacid), dexlansoprazole (Dexilant), omeprazole (Prilosec), pantoprazole sodium (Protonix), rabeprazole (Aciphex) • more than 1 dose of the steroid medicine dexamethasone or dexamethasone sodium phosphate • St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) If you are taking COMPLERA you should not take other HIV medicines or other medicines containing tenofovir (Viread, Truvada, Stribild or Atripla); other medicines containing emtricitabine or lamivudine (Emtriva, Combivir, Epivir, Epivir-HBV, Epzicom, Trizivir, Atripla, Stribild or Truvada); rilpivirine (Edurant) or adefovir (Hepsera).

In addition, tell your healthcare provider if you are taking the following medications because they may interfere with how COMPLERA works and may cause side effects: • certain antacid medicines containing aluminum, magnesium hydroxide, or calcium carbonate (examples: Rolaids, TUMS). These medicines must be taken at least 2 hours before or 4 hours after COMPLERA. • medicines to block stomach acid including cimetidine (Tagamet), famotidine (Pepcid), nizatidine (Axid), or ranitidine HCL (Zantac). These medicines must be taken at least 12 hours before or 4 hours after COMPLERA. • any of these medicines: clarithromycin (Biaxin); erythromycin (E-Mycin, Eryc, Ery-Tab, PCE, Pediazole, Ilosone), fluconazole (Diflucan), itraconazole (Sporanox), ketoconazole (Nizoral) methadone (Dolophine); posaconazole (Noxifil), telithromycin (Ketek) or voriconazole (Vfend).

• medicines that are eliminated by the kidneys like acyclovir (Zovirax), cidofovir (Vistide), ganciclovir (Cytovene IV, Vitrasert), valacyclovir (Valtrex) and valganciclovir (Valcyte).

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COMPLERA.

A complete HIV treatment in only 1 pill a day.

COMPLERA is for adults who have never taken HIV-1 medicines before and have no more than 100,000 copies/mL of virus in their blood.

Ask your healthcare provider if it’s the one for you.

These are not all the medicines that may cause problems if you take COMPLERA. Tell your healthcare provider about all prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, or herbal supplements you are taking or plan to take.

The most common side effects reported with COMPLERA are trouble sleeping (insomnia), abnormal dreams, headache, dizziness, diarrhea, nausea, rash, tiredness, and depression. Some side effects also reported include vomiting, stomach pain or discomfort, skin discoloration (small spots or freckles) and pain.

Before taking COMPLERA, tell your healthcare provider if you: • Have liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection, or have abnormal liver tests • Have kidney problems • Have ever had a mental health problem • Have bone problems • Are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. It is not known if COMPLERA can harm your unborn child • Are breastfeeding: Women with HIV should not breastfeed because they can pass HIV through their milk to the baby. Also, COMPLERA may pass through breast milk and could cause harm to the baby

This is not a complete list of side effects. Tell your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you notice any side effects while taking COMPLERA, and call your healthcare provider for medical advice about side effects.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit http://www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Additional Information about taking COMPLERA:

• Always take COMPLERA exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it.

• Take COMPLERA with a meal. Taking COMPLERA with a meal is important to help

COMPLERA can cause additional serious side effects: • New or worsening kidney problems, including kidney failure. If you have had kidney problems, or take other medicines that may cause kidney problems, your healthcare provider may need to do regular blood tests.

• Depression or mood changes. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms: feeling sad or hopeless, feeling anxious or restless, have thoughts of hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself.

• Changes in liver enzymes: People who have had hepatitis B or C, or who have had changes in their liver function tests in the past may have an increased risk for liver problems while taking COMPLERA. Some people without prior liver disease may also be at risk. Your healthcare provider may need to check your liver enzymes before and during treatment with COMPLERA. • Bone problems can happen in some people who take COMPLERA. Bone problems include bone pain, softening or thinning (which may lead to fractures). Your healthcare provider may need to do additional tests to check your bones.

• Changes in body fat can happen in people taking HIV medicine.

• Changes in your immune system. 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 if you start having new symptoms after starting COMPLERA.

get the right amount of medicine in your body. (A protein drink does not replace a meal).

Stay under the care of your healthcare provider during treatment with COMPLERA and see your healthcare provider regularly.

Please see Brief Summary of full Prescribing Information with important warnings on the following pages.

Learn more at www.COMPLERA.com

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Brief Summary of full Prescribing Information

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COMPLERA (kom-PLEH-rah) (emtricitabine, rilpivirine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) tablets ®

Brief summary of full Prescribing Information. For more information, please see the full Prescribing Information including Patient Information.

What is COMPLERA? •

COMPLERA is a prescription HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) medicine that is used to treat HIV-1 in adults – who have never taken HIV medicines before, and – who have an amount of HIV in their blood (this is called ‘viral load’) that is no more than 100,000 copies/mL. Your healthcare provider will measure your viral load.

(HIV is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)).

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COMPLERA contains 3 medicines – rilpivirine, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate – combined in one tablet. It is a complete regimen to treat HIV-1 infection and should not be used with other HIV medicines.

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It is not known if COMPLERA is safe and effective in children under the age of 18 years old.

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

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Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions about how to prevent passing HIV to other people. Do not share or re-use needles or other injection equipment, and do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like toothbrushes and razor blades. Always practice safer sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal fluids or blood.

Who should not take COMPLERA? Do not take COMPLERA if: • your HIV infection has been previously treated with HIV medicines.

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you are taking any of the following medicines: – anti-seizure medicines: carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Equetro, Tegretol, Tegretol-XR, Teril, Epitol); oxcarbazepine (Trileptal); phenobarbital (Luminal); phenytoin (Dilantin, Dilantin-125, Phenytek) – anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) medicines: rifabutin (Mycobutin); rifampin (Rifater, Rifamate, Rimactane, Rifadin); rifapentine (Priftin) – proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medicine for certain stomach or intestinal problems: esomeprazole (Nexium, Vimovo); lansoprazole (Prevacid); dexlansoprazole (Dexilant); omeprazole (Prilosec, Zegerid); pantoprazole sodium (Protonix); rabeprazole (Aciphex) – more than 1 dose of the steroid medicine dexamethasone or dexamethasone sodium phosphate – St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)

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If you take COMPLERA, you should not take: – Other medicines that contain tenofovir (Atripla, Stribild, Truvada, Viread)

What is the most important information I should know about COMPLERA? COMPLERA can cause serious side effects, including: • Build-up of lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis can happen in some people who take COMPLERA 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

– Other medicines that contain emtricitabine or lamivudine (Combivir, Emtriva, Epivir or Epivir-HBV, Epzicom, Trizivir, Atripla, Truvada, Stribild) – rilpivirine (Edurant) – adefovir (Hepsera) What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?

– have unusual (not normal) muscle pain – have trouble breathing – have stomach pain with nausea (feeling sick to your stomach) or vomiting – feel cold, especially in your arms and legs

Before you take COMPLERA, tell your healthcare provider if you: • have or had liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection, kidney problems, mental health problem or bone problems •

– feel dizzy or lightheaded Severe liver problems. Severe liver problems can happen in people who take COMPLERA. 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:

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are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. You should not breastfeed if you have HIV because of the risk of passing HIV to your baby. Do not breastfeed if you are taking COMPLERA. At least two of the medicines contained in COMPLERA can be passed to your baby in your breast milk. We do not know whether this could harm your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby.

– loss of appetite for several days or longer

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

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are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if COMPLERA can harm your unborn child.

Pregnancy Registry. There is a pregnancy registry for women who take antiviral medicines during pregnancy. The purpose of this registry is to collect information about the health of you and your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about how you can take part in this registry.

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Worsening of Hepatitis B infection. If you have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and take COMPLERA, your HBV may get worse (flare-up) if you stop taking COMPLERA. A “flare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before. COMPLERA is not approved for the treatment of HBV, so you must discuss your HBV with your healthcare provider.

– Do not let your COMPLERA run out. Refill your prescription or talk to your healthcare provider before your COMPLERA is all gone.

– Do not stop taking COMPLERA without first talking to your healthcare provider.

– If you stop taking COMPLERA, your healthcare provider will need to check your health often and do blood tests regularly to check your HBV infection.

Tell your healthcare provider about any new or unusual symptoms you may have after you stop taking COMPLERA.

You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking COMPLERA for a long time.

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COMPLERA may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect how COMPLERA works, and may cause serious side effects. If you take certain medicines with COMPLERA, the amount of COMPLERA in your body may be too low and it may not work to help control your HIV infection.

The HIV virus in your body may become resistant to COMPLERA or other HIV medicines that are like it.

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Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take: • an antacid medicine that contains aluminum, magnesium hydroxide, or calcium carbonate. If you take an antacid during treatment with COMPLERA, take the antacid at least 2 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take COMPLERA. •

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a medicine to block the acid in your stomach, including cimetidine (Tagamet), famotidine (Pepcid), nizatidine (Axid), or ranitidine hydrochloride (Zantac). If you take one of these medicines during treatment with COMPLERA, take the acid blocker at least 12 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take COMPLERA. any of these medicines (if taken by mouth or injection): – clarithromycin (Biaxin) – erythromycin (E-Mycin, Eryc, Ery-Tab, PCE, Pediazole, Ilosone) – fluconazole (Diflucan)

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trouble sleeping (insomnia)

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Additional common side effects include: •

– itraconazole (Sporanox)

vomiting

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– ketoconazole (Nizoral)

stomach pain or discomfort

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– methadone (Dolophine)

skin discoloration (small spots or freckles)

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pain

– posaconazole (Noxafil)

Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.

– telithromycin (Ketek) – voriconazole (Vfend) •

The most common side effects of COMPLERA include:

medicines that are eliminated by the kidney, including acyclovir (Zovirax), cidofovir (Vistide), ganciclovir (Cytovene IV, Vitrasert), valacyclovir (Valtrex), and valganciclovir (Valcyte)

These are not all the possible side effects of COMPLERA. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist.

Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 (1-800-332-1088).

What are the possible side effects of COMPLERA?

How should I take COMPLERA?

COMPLERA can cause serious side effects, including: • See “What is the most important information I should know about COMPLERA?”

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Stay under the care of your healthcare provider during treatment with COMPLERA.

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Take COMPLERA exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it.

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Always take COMPLERA with a meal. Taking COMPLERA with a meal is important to help get the right amount of medicine in your body. A protein drink does not replace a meal.

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Do not change your dose or stop taking COMPLERA without first talking with your healthcare provider. See your healthcare provider regularly while taking COMPLERA.

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If you miss a dose of COMPLERA within 12 hours of the time you usually take it, take your dose of COMPLERA with a meal as soon as possible. Then, take your next dose of COMPLERA at the regularly scheduled time. If you miss a dose of COMPLERA by more than 12 hours of the time you usually take it, wait and then take the next dose of COMPLERA at the regularly scheduled time.

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Do not take more than your prescribed dose to make up for a missed dose.

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New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure, can happen in some people who take COMPLERA. Your healthcare provider should do blood tests to check your kidneys before starting treatment with COMPLERA. If you have had kidney problems in the past or need to take another medicine that can cause kidney problems, your healthcare provider may need to do blood tests to check your kidneys during your treatment with COMPLERA. Depression or mood changes. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms: – feeling sad or hopeless – feeling anxious or restless – have thoughts of hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself

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Change in liver enzymes. People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus infection or who have certain liver enzyme changes may have an increased risk of developing new or worsening liver problems during treatment with COMPLERA. Liver problems can also happen during treatment with COMPLERA in people without a history of liver disease. Your healthcare provider may need to do tests to check your liver enzymes before and during treatment with COMPLERA.

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

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Changes in body fat can happen in people taking HIV medicine. These changes may include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and around the main part of your body (trunk).

Loss of fat from the legs, arms and face may also happen. The cause and long term health effect of these conditions are not known.

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Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen when you start taking HIV 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 if you start having new symptoms after starting your HIV medicine.

This Brief Summary summarizes the most important information about COMPLERA. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can also ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about COMPLERA that is written for health professionals, or call 1-800-445-3235 or go to www.COMPLERA.com Issued: January 2013

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‘Til Death

The families of Kevin Powell and Steve Adams still waiting for answers

Christiana Lilly

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Marci Craig waited anxiously at the airport in Ohio to pick up her older brother Steve for Christmas, but he never got off the plane.

Wondering if there was a car accident, Craig and her sister called the police to find out if Steve and his partner, Kevin Powell, even got on the plane in the first place. They hadn’t.

No one answered any phone calls at home, and Craig gave the Wilton Manors police authority to break into the couple’s home, where the lights were on, but the shades were drawn, and the doors were locked.

In the wee hours of the morning of Dec. 26, 2010, police discovered the couple’s bodies in their home, dead from gunshot wounds and head trauma.

“We were just devastated,” Craig said. “By 8 a.m., we were on a flight to Fort Lauderdale and it felt like forever to get down there.”

More than two years later, an arrest has been made, their home was put up for sale, and their names have dropped off from the newspapers.

“It’s in the prosecutor’s hands now,” Vicki Thompson, Powell’s mother, told SFGN, not wanting to comment further on the case.

But the story of these two men who loved each other until the day their lives were taken began decades before.

Steve Adams, 52 at his death, was born in Michigan and grew up in Ohio as the oldest of four children. Craig said her brother was a good listener and known for putting himself before others – making nursing a perfect profession for him. When his partner of 29 years, Kevin Powell, had a kidney and pancreas transplant six months before his murder, Adams nursed him to health.

“He took care of people he didn’t even know,” Craig said. “That was just his nature as a nurse. When Kevin had his transplant, Steve was off work that whole time and stayed by his side.”

Powell was born when his mother was a teenager, and he was adopted by a minister and his wife in Wyoming. With an eye for design, he worked in interior design and creating storefront displays. At 18, he met Adams at a gay pride parade in Ohio – the two were together until their lives were taken from them almost 30 years later.

“I always thought they got along really well and they seemed always happy and that’s all I wanted, was for my brother to be happy and so we were happy for them,” Craig said.

Suffering from diabetes since his childhood, Powell became interested in his

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biological family to find out more about his disease. It was an endeavor since the adoption papers were closed, but while fidgeting with his old baby bracelet, the nametag slipped out and he discovered his mother’s maiden name on the back. He got in touch with his biological family, living in Claxton, Ga., and met them for lunch in Jacksonville, Fla. Shannon Kicklighter, his younger biological brother, remembers knowing it was him instantly because he looked just like his older brother, Anthony. He was also pleasantly surprised to find out his long-lost brother was gay, just like him.

“To have a birth brother not brought up together and to be gay, it was very symbolic for our family and thank God my mother and father brought us up to be very open,” Kicklighter said.

That Christmas, Powell and Adams invited the Kicklighters to their home in Ohio. From there, Kicklighter wound up living with them for five years. In his early 20s and just out of a bad relationship, he says he was able to bond with his brother and learn how to be in a healthy gay relationship.

“They were very good at communicating,” he said. “They were just really kindhearted, always getting involved with helping people.”

Kicklighter eventually moved to Florida and met his partner, Chris. Adams and Powell followed soon after. Shortly before the couple’s death, Powell posted a strange Facebook profile picture, where he appeared to have bruises on his face – something out of character for the normally well-groomed man. Kicklighter also noted he misspelled his sibling’s names on his page.

Then came Christmas Eve, the day police believe that the couple was killed. Craig and her sister waited for Adams at the airport the next day, not knowing he was never coming. Their bodies were found the morning of Dec. 26 and police noted that their vehicle was missing.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested Peter Avsenew, then 26, in Dundee County, Florida, for a violation of probation he had committed while in Monroe County. The next day, they executed a search warrant at his home for the Wilton Manors murder.

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Avsenew now sits in Broward County Jail on two counts of murder, two counts of robbery with a firearm, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, credit card fraud, and grand theft auto.

The trial date is now set for June of 2013, but the Adams, Powells and Kicklighters have grown accustomed to that date being postponed over and over again. State Attorney prosecutor Shari Tate told SFGN that it’s not abnormal for a case like this to take even three or four years.

But according to Robert Wills, one of the public defenders assigned to the case, it has taken so long because the defense asked for but has not received all the information they are entitled to. For example, they asked for the victims’ computer hard drives to be turned over to them in October of 2011, and just received the evidence two weeks ago. Wills said since the Shannon Kicklighter is the biological brother of Kevin Powell, and has moved victims met the defendant to Fort Lauderdale to be closer to the ongoing case. over the Internet, they Photo courtesy of Shannon Kicklighter want to see what other set, they want to be ready to go. He has photo acquaintances the victims may have known. Wills also noted that while albums of his siblings, including ones with it normally does not take this long for hard the big brother he never met until he was 23, drive to be turned over, the State just notified but one who would teach him lessons he’d use for the rest of his life. the defense of a new witness only last week.

For now, the families of the men – ones Several theories have surrounded the murder. One that it was a hook up gone they’d grown up with their whole lives and wrong and another that Avsenew moved in others who were reunited later – wait for with the couple to help out around the house. news from police and the legal system for Somehow a disagreement led to Avsenew something to happen. Craig and her family each have teddy bears made from one allegedly shooting the couple to death.

“My family brought up so many scenarios,” of Adams’ nursing scrubs, including the Kicklighter said. “It’s kind of one of those buttons and his embroidered name.

“There’s no closure. We want justice… things you’ll never actually know what was our faith is strong and we believe that God going on.”

Kicklighter and his partner, who were is guiding us through this storm,” Craig living in Georgia at the time of the murders, said. “[Avsenew] murdered my brother and moved back down to Fort Lauderdale in May he murdered Kevin. I just want justice to 2012 to be closer to the case. If a trial date is prevail.”

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After Boston, AIDS Walk Miami will have more police Christiana Lilly

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A Miami Beach Police vehicle from Pride Fest 2013.

Photo courtesy of Miami Beach Police Department

In light of the bombing at the Boston Marathon on April 15, there will be more safety measures in place at the AIDS Walk Miami.

Miami Beach Police told SFGN that there will be more police officers on duty as well as other safety precautions that can’t be released.

“We know there’s a lot of participants who are concerned,” Miami Beach Police Sgt. Bobby Hernandez said. “We want to provide a safer venue but we also want to make the participants feel safe with the increased police presence.”

The 3.1-mile walk, starting at the Miami Beach Convention Center, draws a few thousand people every year with the goal to raise funds for Care Resource, the largest HIV/AIDS nonprofit in South Florida.

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After the bombing, which at press time killed three and injured more than 170 people, the foundation asked to sit down with the police department to discuss security and safety at the event.

“We understand that fear cannot control the lives of major cities, so we just need to be prepared. We want to make sure all participants are safe,” Joe DePiro, public relations and marketing manager, said.

The Miami Corporate Run on April 25, which draws about 25,000 participants, will also have extra security.

DePiro requested that if an officer asks to search any participants that they please comply.

“After Monday’s events in Boston, we have to be careful and vigilant,” he added.

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Fans Fight Back After SFGN Publisher Norm Kent wrote an editorial piece “Adam Lambert’s GLAAD Award a Joke” where he blasted GLAAD for giving the pop singer an award LGBT advocacy, social media blew up with Lambert fans, known affectionately as Glamberts, attacked SFGN and Kent.

They were especially outraged at these passages from Kent: “Therefore, seeing him on the cover of our newspaper a few weeks ago made my partner and me puke.”

“Both of us went ballistic that Lambert was on our cover. Other than feature new makeup every day, what has this kid done to warrant a cover story?” “…and the story that takes down our website is Adam Lambert’s breakup with his boyfriend? This is unreal. How shallow have we become?”

“Give me a break. This award is presented to whoever can fill the seats and make money for GLAAD at its annual fundraising dinner.”

The editorial spawned a rebuttal defending Adam Lambert from Associate

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Glamberts blast SFGN publisher for editorial

Publisher Jason Parsley, and a statement from Editor in Chief Gideon Grudo.

Below are snippets from several emails we received in the days following Kent’s piece.

They can be found in their entirety at SFGN.com/GlambertsReact “I was very saddened to read the article regarding Adam Lambert and the GLADD awards. I live in a very conservative part of Texas were the radio stations would never “play music by that fag” even without radio play here, when I asked my 15 year old and his friends who are the “gay” celebrities, Adam and Ellen were at the top of the list. Like it or not he is the most mainstream recognized gay person in the public eye. “ – Michele San Miguel “Another example of the gay community eating its own, the stereotypical “bitter queen” syndrome.

Adam Lambert Photo courtesy of JR Davis When are you guys going to realize that the support from the straight community that you so ridicule is the avenue that is “How silly of you to write an editorial that going to bring EQUALITY to fruition? The disrespects someone who has lived their life gay community is not going to accomplish in the mainstream, out and proud, and has this alone, especially when we see bullshit become an example of “living your truth” to like this: celebrate the gay community at Gay so many people across the world. Had you Pride, and then tear it all down with a log- done your homework, I would like to believe winded, vitriolic, un-researched article to that you would not only have not puked at defame one of your own. And while you’re the sight of Adam Lambert on your cover, at it, take a swipe at GLAAD as well.” but would have been proud of the decision – Elizabeth McGuire that was made in your absence.”

– Andrea Davison “…to read this tasteless article unfairly slamming Adam Lambert made me realize “I have started to write to you several times, that just maybe the LGBT community but always stopped, wondering whether as a is still non-accepting of celebrities who white, middle-aged, heterosexual, Republican are successful in the music industry. It’s woman with a Christian upbringing I have extremely difficult for Gay men to make it in any “standing” to say anything to or about the the music industry but to have two business LGBT community, or whether I could even man who should be accepting of other Gay get my thoughts across without sounding men blast Adam openly in the media is offensive, or even whether I had anything of seriously disappointing. They should have any real value to say about the issue. In any done their homework before writing such a event, in Adam’s unassuming and thoughtful disgraceful article for the world to read.” – way, he has expressed quite clearly who he Sharon R. Sullivan, Las Vegas, NV is and what he stands for: equality, love and acceptance. These are words that get thrown “Wow, talk about VICIOUS! Hey, who around a lot, but for Adam Lambert fans, needs the “Moral Right” when you have one they are true qualities they try to live by. His of your own communities to BASH??? What fans love him, and when you love someone gives??? I suggest Norm do a little homework who is gay, it changes your perspective on an before he shoots his nasty mouth off. Adam issue that you might otherwise have thought has raised a LOT of money for charity. He had little to do with your life. That is why we has also received NUMEROUS awards for see parents who have gay children become what he has done to raise awareness.” advocates.”

– Dinah Menard – Rebecca

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Lies we tell ourselves

It was just another night, meeting some friends for a few drinks at a local club.

A guy looks at me. I look at him. I keep talking to my friends. Turns out that the guy and me share a common friend. So we start talking. We trade numbers. Days go by texting. We seem to have a lot in common. We decide to get together to watch a movie at my place. The movie starts. Our hands wander. I don’t remember what movie it was. You get my point.

Since I met him through a common friend, I have a sense of comfort. I convince myself that I don’t need to ask him about his status, nor do I need to wear protection. And I tell myself, “After all, he looks OK.” The story repeats itself four more What happens next isn’t talked about that often, but maybe it times. Up to this point you may be able has happened to you. — Jose Javier.

Photo courtesy of Enrico to relate to this situation.

What happens next isn’t talked After all those HIV testing posters I’ve about that often, but maybe it has seen, and HIV prevention messages printed happened to you.

We decided to get HIV tested before taking in magazines, I was kicking myself for things any further. His test result came back drifting into unprotected sex without even HIV-positive, mine HIV-negative… He was in talking about whether that was what each shock as much as I was; he did not hesitate of us had wanted. Maybe if we had talked in telling me his results. When I received the about it, we both would have realized that news, I felt as if it was my result that came even though we both assumed we were HIVback positive. Since I really liked this guy, I negative, past hook ups probably meant was worried for him. I wanted to support we should test first, before thinking about him, and didn’t know how. But I was also taking the condoms off. The agency I went scared personally. All I could picture was all to has an MPowerment group for young those sexual encounters, with no condoms Latino guys like me. They taught me how being used. The slip of paper I held in my to talk about safe sex to my sexual partners, hand, showing that I was HIV negative? how to negotiate the use of a condom if a guy Suddenly that seemed like a cruel joke, doesn’t want to wear one, or doesn’t want me setting me up for the next test result that to wear one, and even what to do if there is not a condom to be found. could come back positive.

My life has changed. Because of this I knew that an HIV test can’t detect antibodies if a person had become infected experience I decided to become a HIV in the week before. So I asked around, and counselor, too. Every day I am learning found my way to a local agency that works in new facts, and helping other guys to protect HIV prevention. The counselors explained themselves and others. I am not looking at to me that the “window period” before my life the same way. Not after this. I have you can rule out a recent infection is from to be more careful. Even though HIV is not 2 weeks to 3 months. I understood that if I a death sentence anymore, I see what my take another test three months from that friends living with HIV have to manage: moment, my results should approach 99.99 Doctor’s appointments, worries if their blood percent accuracy. However, I also knew for work numbers come in lower, fears of being a fact that if I got tested after three months rejected by partners who learn their status. I and it still showed negative I wouldn’t be know what I have to do to stay away from the 100 percent convinced. Fear was going to worry now. And I hope that you do, too.

Jose Javier works as an Mpowerment overrule logic. It was going to be a long three months, and I’d probably still have a nagging outreach worker and HIV test counselor at Latinos Salud. www.latinossalud.org fear for some time after that.

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My HIV Diary Changing Through Leather

Ryan and Dylan West at The Atlanta Eagle during Atlanta Leather Pride.

Photo courtesy of Brian Hughes

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 33

(April 11 to April 18) This past weekend I had an amazing time with some amazing people in Atlanta. Most of them were old friends or friends I had made on my first trip there, but this time around I feel like I met a person who put a whole bunch of things into perspective.

Depending on how many of my Facebook photos you’ve looked at, you may or may not know that I am an actively participating member of the leather community. Leather people are just one of the many sub groups that are found within the LGBT community, and they are honestly my favorite. One of the people I met this weekend was named Dylan.

Besides being a student and a young man out on his own, Dylan is the co-chair of

Team Friendly Atlanta. I was so amazed that someone my age was just as – if not more— passionate about HIV stigma and awareness as he is. I have to admit, I did flirt and when I disclosed my status to him, it was like it was nothing. His simple response of “I play safe” resounded within me, erasing any fears I had about what his perception of me would be.

My dating life is often a troubling one. Not only do I have to wonder if a person is going to accept my HIV status, but let’s face it, not many 25 year olds like getting tied up and flogged just for fun. I’ve found the leather community so welcoming and loving, and not just Dylan. He’s just a prime example of what a little bit of education and compassion can do. When I tell someone that I’m positive and all they’re concerned about is if I’m going to bottom for them or not is refreshing.

I went to Atlanta to have some fun with leather folk that I don’t often get to see.

What I go instead of a single tail whipping was an eye opening experience as to what it really takes to change the world. The perception of HIV isn’t going to change overnight, but when a community bands together like Dylan and Atlanta has, amazing things will happen.

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Meet the Seniors

SAGE unveils new data collection guide

Jesse Monteagudo

jessemonteagudo@comcast.net

Social service and health care providers often depend on client data to help them determine what type of services and treatment to provide its clients.

Unfortunately, all too-often the needs of LGBT seniors are left out of the groups’ research studies, service intake forms or client notes. This lack of data collection on the part of senior service programs deprive them of the information they need to properly understand and serve LGBT seniors. Nor can they expect elder gays to volunteer the data: If they want the information, they must collect it themselves.

On March 14, the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging of SAGE - Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders - published a data collection guide, “Inclusive Questions for Older Adults: A Practical Guide to Collecting Data on Sexual Orientation and

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Gender Identity,” to help providers collect the information they need to understand and serve LGBT older adults.

According to Hillary Meyer, Director of the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging, “We created this guide to meet the specific needs of aging providers who are grappling with how mainstream aging organizations can better collect data on sexual orientation and gender identity. And they want to do so in a way that is culturally competent and respectful. This guide gives them those tools.”

In her Introduction to the SAGE Guide, Meyer wrote, “this guide was created to help service providers ask questions about sexual orientation and gender identity in safe and respectful ways.”

Here we learn that “incorporating data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity into daily practice can be handled in

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a variety of ways.”

At the same time the SAGE Guide reminds us that “all providers will need to address confidentiality and privacy concerns when planning for data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity” and that “it is important to remember that sexual orientation and gender identity are two different aspects of an individual and should not be incorporated into one question.”

The authors of the SAGE Guide realize that “it is important to remember that incorporating sexual orientation and gender identity into data collection forms and processes will likely be new for both staff and clients. LGBT older adults will be more likely to selfidentify when they believe they are in a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment.”

It considers “an important principle of person-centered care” the fact “that the more providers know about their individual clients, the better service they will be able to provide.”

Because of this, “training all staff on how to identify and address the needs of LGBT older people is key to making an agency inclusive… Staff members can benefit from participating in training programs with trusted and credible trainers who will enhance their knowledge and skills about LGBT older adults and their intersecting identifies of race, ethnicity and culture.”

In collecting data, senior service organizations must keep in mind the unique needs of LGBT seniors: “LGBT older people are less likely than heterosexual, and/or nontransgender elders to access mainstream aging services and providers, senior centers, meal programs, and other services because they fear discrimination or harassment if their sexual orientations or gender identities become known. . . . By creating a welcoming, safe and LGBT-affirming space — which includes asking demographic questions

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SAGE’s publication of “Inclusive Questions for LGBT Older Adults: A Practical Guide to Collecting Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” has received a favorable response from senior service organizations.

According to Meyer, “upon announcing the availability of [the Guide], we received requests for over 1,000 hard copies from service providers across the country to the point where there is now a waiting list.

It has also been downloaded over 25,000 times since its release last month. Clearly providers are actively seeking this type of information.”

It’s currently available free of charge. To download the Guide online, or to request a free copy, visit lgbtagingcenter.org.

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What Might Have Been...

Trent ‘Junior’ Durkin (1915-1935) David-Elijah Nahmod davidwriter@msn.com

“For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad tales of the deaths of kings.”

-----William Shakespeare, Richard II It’s important to honor and remember those who came before us.

Trent “Junior” Durkin spent most of his brief life acting on stage and in Hollywood films. In 1928, when he was twelve years old, he was said to be Broadway’s youngest leading man. Less than a decade later, Durkin was killed in a horrifically violent car crash which haunted child star Jackie Coogan, the accident’s lone survivor and Durkin’s best friend, for the rest of his life.

Today, few people remember Durkin. One person who remembers him well is the now 94-year-old Diana Serra Cary. Once world famous as the child star Baby Peggy, Cary referred to Durkin’s funeral as “the saddest event I have ever been a part of in my life.”

In an interview with SFGN, Cary revealed a few surprising facts about Durkin. Shortly before he died, he was on the verge of major film stardom. In 1934, when she was 16 years old, Cary appeared with Durkin in the play “Growing Pains” at the legendary Pasadena Playhouse. The play became the basis for the Andy Hardy film series, which ultimately starred Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.

“If things had worked out differently for Trent, he would very likely have ended up as one of MGM’s biggest stars,” Cary recalled.

“Having starred as the lead in the original play, Trent would have had first crack at the part of Andy in the films which later made a huge popular star of Mickey Rooney.”

Viewing Durkin’s films today reveals a young actor of enormous depth and presence. In 1930, he portrayed Huckleberry Finn in the first sound film adaptation of Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer. The film, which has been posted in its entirety at YouTube, is a creaky old relic. Few actors took their craft seriously in those days. Most were more interested in being movie stars than in developing a character.

And so Durkin’s first appearance, around five minutes into the film, was something of a revelation. His screen presence was intense.

He delivered his lines with an impressive dramatic panache. Durkin actually became Huckleberry Finn.

That same year Durkin appeared as

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Henry, the teenaged son of a wealthy couple in the romantic drama Recaptured Love, which has also been posted at YouTube. The actor is barely recognizable from one film to the other. His voice and body language in Recaptured Love were so different from the work he did in Tom Sawyer, it was as though different actors had played the two roles.

Durkin was an actor who played characters. He researched his roles and immersed himself in them. He took his work very seriously. Unlike his contemporaries, he continued to pursue stage work. He felt it was important to keep one foot in the theater and the discipline in taught him.

In the daringly homoerotic Hell’s House (1932), one of the few Durkin films to get a DVD release, he played Jimmy Mason.

Recently orphaned, Jimmy gets caught up with the wrong crowd and ends up in reform school. There, he becomes fast friends with a sickly boy named Shorty (Junior Coghlan), who calls Jimmy “big boy.” When Shorty’s bad heart begins to give out, Jimmy takes his dying friend in his arms. They weep and nuzzle each other’s faces. After Shorty dies, a tearful Jimmy whispers his friend’s name.

“OK, big boy,” intones Shorty’s ghostly, off screen voice.

Hell’s House, ostensibly a social reform film meant to shine a light on abuses within the reform school system, becomes a love story between two teenaged boys.

Was Durkin’s emotionally charged performance in Hell’s House a reflection of his personal life? At the time of his death, he was sharing a home with 24-year-old Henry Willson. Years later, Willson gained fame as a semi-out Hollywood agent who discovered actors Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson, both of whom remained closeted for much of their careers. Hudson was tragically outed shortly before his death from AIDS in 1985 at age 59.

“It would not surprise me to know that Trent was gay,” said Diana Serra Cary.

“However, in the early thirties it would have been suicidal for such a promising young actor to come out of the closet. Especially without the protection of a strong producer, or already under contract to MGM, with studio head Louis B. Mayer seriously invested in his future success as a leading man.”

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Trent “Junior” Durkin Photo courtesy of Brian Keith O’Hara

man Robert Taylor, who was gay, was forced into an arranged marriage with movie star Barbara Stanwyck. Taylor’s public image was protected by his studio.

“If Trent was already aware that he was gay, as was my dear friend Roddy McDowall early on, I think he would have persevered as prudently as possible until our more tolerant generation finally brought the subject openly to the table as a denial of civil rights and demanded the end of such cruel quaint dodges as civil unions and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” Cary said.

While it appears they were indeed a couple, only Durkin and Willson knew for sure. But there’s no doubt of Durkin’s great acting ability. Had he lived, Cary agreed, Durkin could easily have played roles that were ultimately played by acting giants such as Marlon Brando.

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It wasn’t meant to be. On Saturday, May 4th, 1935, Durkin, Jackie Coogan and three other men were returning from a hunting trip near San Diego. The driver lost control of the vehicle, and Durkin was flung to his death into a deep canyon that was filled with large boulders. The day before, Chasing Yesterday, his final film, had opened in theaters. He had dropped the Junior moniker for the film, and was billed as Trent Durkin. It was to be the beginning of his segues into adult roles.

Durkin’s death was front-page news. The public was shocked by this unspeakable tragedy. Yet today, Trent “Junior” Durkin is a rarely mentioned footnote in Hollywood history.

We can only speculate as to how far his extraordinary talent might have taken him.

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Youth in Colors

lifestyle youth SunServe’s Rainbow Room gives youth a place to drop in

Dori Zinn

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When you walk into the Rainbow Room in Fort Lauderdale, don’t be caught off guard by the bright pink and purple walls.

Mandi Hawke, the director of Youth Services at the new youth drop in center in Fort Lauderdale, said it was the SunServe staff that designed, painted and installed the space.

The Rainbow Room opened on Feb. 12 as Broward County’s first and currently its only LGBTQA drop in center for youth 12 to 21 years old. While there are other spaces around the county that are considered “drop in” groups for youth, the Rainbow Room is the first SunServe exclusive space.

SunServe, a South Florida nonprofit LGBT

social service agency, provided the space for kids as a place for them to visit, primarily after school. SunServe hosts an array of education and outreach projects, along with counseling and support groups.

“On any given week, 20 to 50 youth attend the drop in center and Fort Lauderdale Youth Group,” Hawke told SFGN. The Fort Lauderdale Youth Group meets Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Rainbow Room. It’s regularly open weekdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Along with the youth staff offices, the space holds a computer center, a café, and a game room with Wii, PlayStation and Netflix. Snacks and drinks are readily available. Desks, couches and a large array of books are also on hand for young adults to enjoy.

When the Rainbow Room isn’t serving youth after school, it has regular events in the evening, including yoga classes, craft nights, hip-hop dance classes and more.

Adults 21 and over also have the option to book the space for a fee.

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Youth Group meets Thursdays from 7-9 p.m.

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1480 SW 9th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 Free sunserve.org

Need to finish some homework or work on a project? The Rainbow Room has computers, desks and staff on-hand to help out.

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Relax! Youth can kick back, relax, play video games or even read a book.

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

—The New Yorker

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.

“Trey McIntyre is a bright light, a brainy ballet choreographer whose best works fuse visceral physicality with a deep and true humanism.”

—Los Angeles Times

April 26 & 27 Underwritten by

For tickets and group discounts, call Broward Center’s Auto Nation Box Office at 954.462.0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Advanced and open master classes with TMP dancers will be offered FREE of charge to dance students on April 24 & 27. For information, call 954.468.2689.

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THUR Theater

4/25

Don’t miss this chance to catch Carbonell Award-winning playwright Michael McKeever’s newest work, The Savannah Disputation, a heaven-sent comedy drenched in southern charm, infused with a pinch of hellfire and a dollop of damnation. Zoetic Stage presents the story of two daffy Catholic sisters that find themselves in a verbal smack down with a door-to-door evangelist in their own home through Sunday in the Carnival Studio Theatre at Miami’s Arsht Center. Crackling with wit and brimming with emotion, what enfolds is an up-to-the-minute comedy about organized religion, faith and morals in the not-so-United States. Show times vary. Tickets are $45 at ArshtCenter.org.

FRI Dance

4/26

Miami City Ballet brings its stunning rendition of Richard Rodgers’ Broadway gangster tale, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, to the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale. The ballerinas will be exchanging their ballet slippers for heels and you’ll even see some fancy tapping in this raucous production. Gary Sheldon once again leads the Opus One orchestra in the jazz-influenced score.

Rounding out the program is Jerome Robbins’ profound ballet, Dances at a Gathering, a sublime suite set to piano mazurkas, waltzes and etudes by Frederic Chopin. The program will be repeated on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Tickets are $25-175 at BrowardCenter.org.

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Fleet Week Port Everglades 2013 will include events to honor the more than 1200 active duty military and reservists stationed in South Florida.

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South Florida native Richard Blanco was thrust into the global spotlight earlier this year as the first immigrant, Hispanic, openly gay and youngest person to be selected as a U.S. Presidential Inaugural poet. His poems have appeared in top literary journals and he is the recipient of two Florida Artist Fellowships and a Residency Fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He’ll be reading some of his favorite poems tonight at 6 p.m. at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, 1 Las Olas Blvd. The Sun-Sentinel’s Ben Crandell will conduct Q&A afterwards.

Tickets are $10 at MuseumStore@MOAFL.org.

Theater

4/28 MON

Twenty years after the development of antiretroviral therapies, the AIDS epidemic may seem less scary, but Paul Rudnick’s comedy, Jeffrey, is a snapshot of a time before meds made HIV a largely chronic condition. Clay Cartland stars in the title role at Miami Beach Stage Door Theatre at the Byron Carlyle Theatre, 500 71st St. in Miami Beach, in a new production. Yes, the story now seems dated, but the lessons about love and acceptance still hit home. Playing Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through May 5. Tickets are $38 at MiamiBeachStage.org.

Special Events

4/29 TUE

Ahoy, mates! Fleet Week Port Everglades may be fleet-less this year due to budget sequestration, but the weeklong celebration for our men and women in uniform will go on. Broward Navy Days, Inc., organizers of the event will honor the more than 1,200 sailors, Coast Guardsmen and reservists stationed locally in South Florida with a variety of recreational, vocational and community service activities. From a Miami Marlins game and Fort Lauderdale’s infamous Bus Loop to barbecues and ceremonies honoring veterans, there will be plenty to do. The public is invited to many of the activities. For a schedule, go to BrowardNavyDaysInc.org.

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4/30

Shen Yun Performing Arts brings to life 5,000 years of Chinese civilization through classical Chinese dance and music in an exhilarating show tonight at 7:30 p.m. at West Palm Beach’s Kravis Center. Capturing the spirit of a long lost culture, the show moves quickly through regions, dynasties, and legends. Ethnic and folk dances fill the stage with color and energy. Tremendous athleticism, battle drums and masterful vocalists combined in a grand production with nearly 100 artists, 400 costumes, and the only orchestra in the world featuring both classical Western and Chinese instruments. Tickets start at $50 at Kravis.org.

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Colton Ford

Not just a pretty voice

Gary M. Kramer garyk@att.net

Colton Ford may have spent ten months in the adult film industry, but he has been performing music for decades.

The singer and sometimes actor—“The Lair” and “Another Gay Movie”—has a new CD coming out entitled “The Way I Am.” It’s a strong mix of music with songs ranging in style from electronica and house to pop and jazz. (Fun Fact: Ford was once in a Jazz Quartet called “High Society”).

Meeting in a Starbucks in New York City,

Ford is impressive in person. A big, beefy guy who is sporting some gray, he is muscular and masculine but lisps for effect at various times during the interview. What Ford projects—other than some pretty serious sex appeal—is confidence and pride. Maybe that is why he called his CD “The Way I Am.” The CD is a reflection of who he is.

Given how arresting Ford’s body is his instrument—talking about his voice, of course—is not what folks might expect.

Colton Ford Photo courtesy of Aaron Cobbett

It breaks out high and croons before the bass line kicks in on the first track, “First in Line.” The album’s single, “Let Me Live Again,” is a catchy tune that lets Ford show his vocal range, and the title track, “Just the Way I Am,” features the singer performing in a deeper register. Two of the album’s best songs are “Alone,” which has a jazzy vibe to it, and “Realize (Our Love Is Hear to Stay),” an upbeat delight.

While the album was supposed to come out a year ago, that long road is nothing compared to the trials and tribulations the singer has endured in the music industry.

Back in the early 90s, Ford was looking for his big break. He was paired up with Frankie Knuckles at Virgin Records. However, midway through making the album, someone at Virgin wanted a diva, and Ford—who is no diva—was replaced. He recalled wistfully, “We were talking about a tour, and doing a duet for the album… I was living the fantasy of what I had dreamed about… Two days after I was replaced, I was temping at a bank.”

Other deals with Virgin plus one at another record company also fell through.

Such devastating setbacks only make Ford’s successes that much sweeter. He acknowledged, “Artists are survivors,

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otherwise you go mad,” and explained that finding happiness in the entertainment industry is hard, but gratifying. “When you’re artistically and creatively satisfied, and doing it in a way that is marketable, you can make an impact. That’s another balance that artists have to figure out.”

The singer not only survived, he thrived.

After his porn career, he met Michael Alago, who had been at Geffen and Electra records. “He saw me and believed in me and brought me into Outsider Music, and did the ‘Tug of War’ album.” Ford recalled.

“We had a Top 10 single on Billboard with ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered.’”

Next, Bill Coleman came in and eventually became Ford’s manager.

“He started pulling me in to background sessions with Nervo and Ultra Naté, and we hit it off,” the singer admitted. “We did a song, and then WAWA had done some remixes, so I got a track from them, and started writing with them, and Razor + Guido….”

Ford mentioned the names of these collaborators with justifiable pride. All of these musicians appear on “The Way I Am,” and contribute to the CD’s energetic groove.

It’s the perfect album to play on the way to the beach, in a nightclub, at home, or at the gym.

For Ford, that makes it all worthwhile.

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Festival Brings Poetry to Masses Weekend event features LGBT poets J.W. Arnold

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If the organizers of the O, Miami Poetry Festival have their way, every one of Miami-Dade’s 2.6 million residents will be delivered a poem this month.

Some will be flown on banners behind airplanes, others painted on the bodies of models, displayed on the sides of buses and buildings, and shouted from every corner of the county.

Launched in 2011 by the University of Wynwood with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, O, Miami is both a celebration of contemporary poetry and an experimental project to turn a metropolitan area into a canvas for the literary arts.

“Poetry is a living, breathing force that can light up the city. O, Miami is its platform. The written word leaves the printed page for a parade on South Beach, morphs into interpretive dance in Hialeah, and along the way helps art become part of people’s everyday lives,” Frank O’Hara Prize-winner Stacey Waite said Alberto Ibargüen, president of Photo courtesy of Hannah Gerrard Knight Foundation.

In its third year, organizers have landscape. He cited the rise of Art Basel, the continued to use the festival to tap into the Design District and development of Wynwood diversity of South Florida through a series on the visual and performing arts scene. Now, of readings, film screenings, flash mobs, he said, O, Miami is helping to make Miami a trivia contests and cultural events that have literary place, too, a “better place.” attracted thousands in the first three weeks.

The local LGBT community will be highlighted on Sunday, April 28 at 4 p.m. in a special reading at B Bar at The Betsy-South Beach, 1440 Ocean Dr. Frank O’Hara Prize-winner Stacey Waite LGBT + Poetry, O, Miami will join South Florida poets Julie Wade and What Poetry Festival Neil de la Flor for a reading at the festival’s host hotel.

“The event will be fun, for sure, and give the When Sunday, April 28, 4 p.m. audience three different LGBT perspectives because we, the LGBT community, are a Where The Betsy South Beach diverse community with unique experiences and these experiences inform our work, our 1440 Ocean Dr. writing,” explained de la Flor.

OMiami.org The poet also emphasized the benefits More of the festival on a rapidly changing Miami Info.

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Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Kicks Off in Miami Actor & director James Franco to accept award

The festival also offers many opportunities for fans to meet filmmakers and actors with a series of “Meet the Cast” parties, receptions and other events.

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Some highlights of the festival line-up include:

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G.B.F., Southeast Premiere

Friday, April 26, 8:30 p.m., Gusman Theatre

Director Darren Stein, actors Andrea Bowen, Michael Willet, Xosha Roquemore and producer Stephen Israel will attend.

The fight for supremacy between a school’s most popular girls takes an unexpected turn when Tanner (Michael J. Willett) becomes its first openly gay student. As they race to bag the big trend in fashion accessories, the Gay Best Friend, Tanner, must choose between skyrocketing popularity and the friends he is leaving behind. Darren Stein (Jawbreaker) returns with another comic send-up of high school clique culture, including memorable cameos by Megan Mullally and Natasha Lyonne.

Who’s Afraid Of Vagina Wolf, A Work In Progress

Saturday, April 27, 6 p.m., Olympia Theatre at Gusman Center

Award-winning actor and director James Franco will lend some Hollywood star power to the 2013 Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Photo courtesy of Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Miami’s beaches and nightclubs have long been a draw for celebrities, but this weekend, movie fans at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival will have their own encounter with one of Hollywood’s fastest rising stars.

Actor, writer and director James Franco will receive the HBO Latin America Ally Award at the festival, which runs April 26 through May 5 at venues in Miami and Miami Beach.

Franco has long been an LGBT ally, tackling gay film roles and promoting projects that raised awareness of the community. He starred alongside Sean Penn in Gus Van Sant’s critically-acclaimed film, Milk, and portrayed gay poet Allen Ginsburg in Howl.

“We are thrilled to host an actor of James Franco’s caliber at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival,” said Franc Castro, executive director of MGLFF. “His multi-faceted talents coupled with his contributions to LGBT film both in front of the camera and behind the scenes have helped shine the spotlight on LGBT cinema and a filmmaker’s right to free expression.”

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The award will be presented to Franco, Travis Mathews, David W. Ross and Heather Winters at the Olympia Theatre in the Gusman Center in downtown Miami on Saturday, April 27, immediately preceding the screening of Out in the Dark at 9:15 p.m.

Franco’s most recent project, Interior.

Leather Bar., co-directed with Mathews, premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and will receive its regional premiere at MGLFF. The film sought to recreate 40 minutes of S&M footage rumored to have been cut and destroyed from the controversial 1980 film, Cruising, in order to avoid an “X” rating. The film will be screened on Sunday, April 28 at 8:30 p.m. at the Colony Theater in Miami Beach.

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Director Anna Margarita Albelo will be attending with actress Guinevere Turner.

The day after her 40th birthday, Anna, a filmmaker who sacrificed her love life for her film career, realizes she has neither and decides to get them both by adapting an allfemale version of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?

Stud Life

Sunday, April 28, 8 p.m., Miami Beach Cinematheque

London’s urban scene is explored through the eyes of J.J., a hot British stud and her gay best friend, Seb. As J.J. falls for a provocative diva, her friendship with Seb is challenged. A story of friendship, love and betrayal, Stud Life balances it all against the backdrop of the gritty city.

I Do

Wednesday, May 1, 8 p.m., O Cinema, Miami Shores

Writer, producer and lead actor David W. Ross and producer Stephen Igrad will attend the screening.

Jack, a British photographer, is a surrogate father to his deceased brother’s daughter, Tara. He picks her up from school, helps with homework, and is there for the occasional emergency room visit.

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Jack is suddenly informed his work visa will not be renewed and, desperate to stay in the U.S., he marries his lesbian best friend, Ali. The ruse does not last, as they feel pressure from Immigration, as well as Jack’s increasingly serious relationship with Mano, a sexy Spaniard.

Geography Club

Thursday, May 2, 9:30 p.m., O Cinema, Miami Shores

Directed by South Florida native Gary Entin, this is a story about contemporary teenagers as they discover their sexual identities, dreams and values. Sixteen-yearold Russell is still going on dates with girls while having a secret relationship with football quarterback Kevin, who will do anything to prevent his teammates from finding out. Min and Terese tell everyone that they’re just really good friends, and then there’s Ike, who can’t figure out who he is or who he wants to be. Finding the truth, that is all too hard to hide, they decide to form the Geography Club, thinking nobody in their right mind would ever want to join. However, their secrets may soon be discovered and they could have to face difficult choices.

Continental, Southeast Premiere

Saturday, May 4, 2 p.m., O Cinema, Miami Shores

Malcolm Ingram’s lively new documentary Continental takes viewers back in time to the sexually charged New York of 1968, when the notorious ‘Continental Baths’ opened its doors. This groundbreaking den of debauchery — advertised as a place “for sophisticated men only” — came to transcend sexual identities and became a cultural beacon to the hip, beautiful and infamous. Not only the host to newly empowered gay men of all shapes and sizes, eager to take full advantage of their sexual freedoms at a lavish venue, the ‘Continental’ brought culture to the bathhouse’s stage week after week, becoming instrumental in the careers of ‘60s and ‘70s icons like Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, Patti LaBelle, and Peter Allen.

For a complete schedule, movie synopses and ticket information, go to MGLFF.com.

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By Christiana Lilly, Calendar@SFGN.com

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Broward County

* Girl Talk with Chonda Pierce

April 27 at 7 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. The “Queen of Clean” will lead a comical live talk show with sharp wit and Southern Charm. Tickets $22.80 and $28.10. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com.

* Renaissance

April 28 at 7 p.m. at Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. British progressive rock band will be performing albums in their entirety. Tickets $45 to $125. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

* La Traviata

May 2 to 5 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Verdi’s classic opera of the most wanted woman in Paris who finally finds the love of her life -- when her father demands the ultimate sacrifice. Tickets $60 to $200.

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

* War Horse

May 7 to 19 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. At the beginning of World War I, young Albert is forced to

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give up his horse Joey for the war cause. Albert then is forced into battle himself. Tickets $39.50 to $119.50.

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

* Called 2 Dance: Answering the Call May 18 at 8 p.m. at the Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Place in Miramar. Known for her role in “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” Renee Olstead will be showcasing her other talent as a jazz singer/songwriter. Tickets $35 to $45.Visit MiramarCulturalCenter.org or call 954-602-4500.

Palm Beach County * Imagine Dragons

May 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sunset Cove Amphitheatre, 12551 Glades Road in Boca Raton.

Bring out your lawn chairs for a night of music for the Night Visions tour of rock band Imagine Dragons. Tickets $49.85. Call 561) 488-8069 or visit PBCgov.com/parks/amphitheaters/sunsetcove.

* Celtic Woman

May 11 at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Beautiful, ethereal Irish music performed by the quartet that has turned into a worldwide sensation. Tickets $25 to $115. Visit Kravis.org.

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Priscilla Queen of the Desert April 23 to 28 at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. A group of friends take an unforgettable road trip through the Australian Outback. Tickets $25 to $69. Visit Kravis.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 561-5144042.or visit PalmBeachDramaWorks.org.

Shen Yun,

April 29 and 30 at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. A mixture of graceful, classical Chinese dance and breathtaking acrobatics. Tickets $50 to $200. Visit Kravis.org.

10 The Show

May 3 at 7:30 p.m. and May 4 at 8 p.m. at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First St. in Delray Beach.

Two nights of performances by the Gay Men’s Chorus of the Palm Beaches. Tickets $35 to $50. Call 561-450-6357 or visit VoicesOfPride.org.

Miami-Dade

*Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

May 3 to 5 at the Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Based on the musical “On Your Toes,” a tapdancing musical of gangster, strippers and attempted murder. Baseballer Mike Piazza will make a cameo on the May 3 performance. Tickets $20 to $175. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

* Memphis

May 7 to 12 at the Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The world of 1950s Tennessee comes to life

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* Road Through Heaven

May 17 to June 2 At the New Theatre, 1645 SW 107th Ave. in Miami. Taking place on a Caribbean island, guests will be privy to a love triangle mixed in with questions of life and death, the occult and selfrealization. Adult themes. Tickets $25 to $40. Visit New-Theatre.org or call 305-443-5909.

The Big Show

Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. at Just the Funny Theater, 3119 Coral Way in Miami. A collection of comedy mixing the likes

* Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

April 26 to May 5 at Miami’s independent movie theaters. The 15th annual festival presents 65 films from 15 different countries touching on the comedy and tragedy of the LGBT community, including US and international premieres. Visit MGLFF.com for full schedule and prices.

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Broward County * Painted Piano Launch

Train, Smashing Pumpkins, Offspring, Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar, Gavin DeGraw, Less Than Jake and more. Tickets $15 to $69. Visit SunFest.com

April 27 to 28 at FAT Village and Riverwalk Pavilion in Fort Lauderdale. Check out beautifully painted pianos by local artists at FAT Village’s Art Walk on April 27 from 7 to 11 p.m. and then again at the Riverwalk Pavilion’s Sunday Arts fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors will be able to vote for the final home in downtown Fort Lauderdale for the pieces of art.

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* Open Mic Night

Beach Clean Up

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.

April 27 from 8 a.m. to noon at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, 1100 Seabreeze Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale.

Join Earth Day efforts by helping clean up the beach.

Register at FortLauderdale.gov/Renourish.

* Poolside Yoga

April 28 at 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel, 1435 Brickell Ave. in Miami. New Yorkbased yoga instructor Bee Bosnak will be leading a vinyasa flow class. After, relax in the sun with a complimentary day-pass for the pool. Reservations required. Class $25. Contact Sandra Restrepo at 305381-3063 or sandra.restrepo@fourseasons.com

* Heart of a Chef Festival

April 28 from 3 to 7 p.m. at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road in Coral Gables.

Cook off begins at 6 p.m. An annual wine and food fundraiser for the prevention of childhood obesity with some of Miami’s best chefs. Tickets $30 to $40.

Visit HeartOfAChef.org.

* Wing Ding Golf Classic

May 3 11:30 to the last hole at the Pembroke Pines Golf & Racquet Club, 10500 Taft St. in Pembroke Pines. Radio DJ Footy hosts an 18-hole golf tournament to raise funds for Here’s Help, Inc., which reaches out to people 13 and older who are struggling with drug abuse. Registration and lunch at 11:30, shotgun start at 1 p.m. Tickets $225 per person or $900 for a foursome. Contact Sam Zoccoat 305-685-8201, ext. 226 or email at Szocco@ hereshelpinc.com.

* Salute to Leadership

May 18 from 6 to 11 p.m. at GPG Studios, 2780 NW 55th Court, Warehouse #4 in Fort Lauderdale.

Grammy legend Thelma Houston will be performing at the Studio 54-style fundraiser for the Broward Partnership for the Homeless. Tickets $250. Contact Berne Teeple at 954-832-7037 or bteeple@bphi.org.

Palm Beach County * FO!

Third Thursdays from 7 to 10 p.m. at ActivistArtistA Gallery, 422 W. Industrial Ave in Boynton Beach.

Free. Be moved by spoken word poets. New poets welcome. Call 786-521-1199

Coming Out Support Group

Miami-Dade County Multiplicity

Through May 26 at ArtCenter/ South Florida’s Richard Shack Gallery at 800 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. Local artists explore the multiple uses of different materials. Call 305-538-7887 or visit ArtCentersSF.org.

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.

Key West

Conch Republic Independence

Through April 29 in Key West. Nine days of celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Conch Republic seceding from the United States. From the raising of the colors, block parties, drag races to a music festival, it’s nonstop fun for Conchs. Visit ConchRepublic.com

Bed Race

April 27 at 2 p.m. on Duval Street from Fleming to Petronia. In its 30th year, this quirky race brings out bed racers to cruise down Duval Street. Sign up your team by April 22. Call 305-293-2800.

Taste of Key West

April 25 from 6 to 10 p.m. at ActivistArtistA Gallery at 422 W. Industrial Ave. in Boynton Beach. A oneday exhibition of contemporary artists’ creations with found objects. Call 786-521-1199.

April 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Truman Waterfront at the end of Southard Street. More than 50 of your favorite restaurants will be serving up their signature dishes, as well as wine sampling. Benefits AIDS Help.

Tickets $1 to $6. Call 305-296-6196.

* SunFest

Gay Key West Trolley Tours

May 1 to 5 at downtown West Palm Beach. The city’s waterfront is transformed into a music festival for five days of tunes from bands and musicians

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

The Mad Hatter

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.

The Bar Lake Worth

Bill’s Filling Station

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.

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

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

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Club Sugar

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

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. w

Rumors

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

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.

New Moon

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

Palm Beach County 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.

H.G. Rooster

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

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

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.

Eros Lounge

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

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.

Key West

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.

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

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