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Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards The actor is set to host the theater awards ceremony for the fourth time “How I Met Your Mother” star Neil Patrick Harris has been selected to host the 67th annual Tony Awards, which honor excellence in Broadway theater.

The event is set to take place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 9. Harris is no stranger to the ceremony — he has hosted the Tony Awards

three times.

“I’m very excited to be back hosting the Tony Awards at the legendary Radio City Music Hall.

It’ll be more impressive than ever — if my math is correct, it will be 267 times bigger than last year,” said Harris as quoted by Broadway World. “Oh, wait. No, that can’t... Hold on... Carry the

one... I’m awful at math. But rest assured, the show will rock!”

Besides hosting the Tonys, the actor has also hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards and in 2008 headed the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Harris came out as gay in an interview with People magazine in 2006.

Bipartisan Reintroduction of Gay Adoption Bill

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The bill would make it easier for gay couples to adopt or foster children nationwide.

Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and John Lewis (D-Ga.) are set to reintroduce on May 7 a bill that would legalize adoptions by gay couples nationwide and remove many of the current restrictions on adopting or fostering children.

The Every Child Deserves A Family Act would prohibit federally funded adoption and foster programs from

discriminating families based on sexual orientation and gender identity, or marital status.

According to the Family Equality Council, LGBT people face hurdles when looking to adopt or foster children in 39 states.

“Why ... should more than 400,000 children remain in foster care — 104,000 of whom are eligible for adoption — when

they could receive this support from loving, capable, and qualified lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents?”

PFLAG National Executive Director Jody M. Huckaby said in a statement.

The representatives hope the momentum of the gay rights movement will help them pass the bill.

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The gathering will be hosted by the Netherlands Embassy in Beijing, and will feature the premiere of 30-minute film Brothers, the first documentary about trans men in China, the Gay Star News reports.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion on transgender issues.

“Chinese society is currently

still largely unaware of the plight of transgendered people in China, who face stigma and discrimination on a daily basis,” Queer Comrades said in a statement.

The LGBT group is reaching out to media, educators and counselors “as they fulfill important firstline roles in the spreading of information and the providing of help regarding transgender issues.”

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Three More Quickies to Wake You Up Charlie Crist Changes Stance, Officially Supports Gay Marriage The former Republican governor says he now “most certainly” supports marriage in Florida.

Report: Gay Men Are Having Sex with Fewer Partners The average number of partners gay men have has decreased over the last 10 years.

Albania Passes Landmark LGBT Protection Laws The European country passed bills protecting the LGBT community against hate crimes.

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A Chinese group has prepared an event to increase awareness of trans community In light of International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, Chinese activists have launched a campaign to increase the visibility of the trans community in the country.

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Statewide Domestic Partnership Registry Abandoned Sergio N. Candido

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Nadine Smith, Equality Florida’s Director.

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While states like Delaware are making strides in the fight for equal rights, it looks like it’ll be a long time before Florida takes a step forward for the LGBT community.

Two bills that would have given LGBT Floridians extended rights regarding domestic partnerships and workplace protections never made past the committees for a chance to be voted in the House and Senate floors.

The Florida legislative session ended on May 3.

The “Families First” bill, which would have legalized domestic partnerships throughout the entire state, passed the Florida Senate Committee on Children, Families and Elder Affairs by a slim 5 to 4 margin, but it later died in the in the Judiciary committee, the Huffington Post reports.

As Equality Florida’s director Nadine Smith explained when the legislation passed the first hurdle, the bill would have united all municipalities under the same law, making it easier for gay couples to enjoy the same

benefits no matter where they are in the state.

“If you live on the border between a municipality that has these protections and one that doesn’t,” Smith said, “in that urgent moment when seconds matter, you have to consult a GPS to determine which hospital to race to, which place will respect you as a family and which will treat you as a legal stranger.”

The domestic partnership registry allows gay couples rights to hospital visitations in case the other one’s ill, funeral and burial arrangements, and child education decisions.

Many cities in Florida, including Miami, Tampa, Orlando and Orange County already allow for domestic partnerships, however, the union is recognized only in the county where it was performed.

State lawmakers also abandoned the Competitive Workforce Act, which would have updated Florida’s Civil Rights Act of 1992 to include workplace protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. soflagaynews //

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+Miami Beach Passes Tax Ordinance for Same-Sex Couples The Miami Beach City Commission unanimously passed a Tax Equity Ordinance on Thursday May 9 becoming the fourth city in Florida — behind West Palm Beach, Hallandale Beach and Bay Harbor Island — to pass any such legislation.

The ordinance will reimburse city employees who are in domestic

partnerships and are being taxed on the payments they make on their health insurance benefits.

C.J. Ortuno, executive director for SAVE Dade, hailed the passage as a step in the right direction to providing the LGBT community the equal rights it deserves.

“Following a long tradition of Miami

Beach’s support of LGBT equality, the Mayor and Commission have once again taken a bold step to ensure that all of their employees are treated equally and provided for,” Ortuno told SFGN. “Miami Beach is providing its people what the state and federal government has failed to.”

The ordinance, sponsored by

Amendment to Immigration + Bill Seeks to Include Gay BiNational Couples

Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy introduced legislation this week that would enable gays to sponsor their partners for legal residence in the U.S. under the new proposed immigration reform, according to Windy City Times.

Leahy, who is the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is the only Senator to file amendments with language that addresses same-sex couples. The first amendment seeks to give citizenship to “permanent partners” of U.S. citizens. The second would treat as a “spouse” a person who has entered a marriage with a citizen that is “valid in the State in which the marriage was entered into.”

As Politico reports, some Republicans, like Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, are against including gay bi-national couples. Rubio, born to Cuban immigrants, told Politico that adding any sort of language to allow foreign partners in samesex relationships would “virtually guarantee” the bill’s failure.

Congress is expected to vote on the overall bill sometime in June.

Gay Man Struggles +Florida to Get Out of Illegal Marriage

In a strange twist of events, a Florida gay man whose marriage was illegally performed by a court clerk in Iowa is being told that he is married and needs to file for divorce in order to be separated from his partner.

Joab Penney was married to his partner Joseph Parker by Grundy County deputy clerk Brigitte Van Nice in October of last year, according to the Associated Press. Van Nice forged the witness’ signatures, duped the couple out of $150 and falsely claimed she had officiated the couple’s Valentine’s Day wedding. Van Nice pleaded

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Commissioner Michael Gongora, will take effect immediately thanks to an amendment submitted by Commissioner Jerry Libbin. Without Libbin’s provision, the ordinance would have come into effect the next fiscal year.

The final ordinance goes up for second reading and final passage on June 8.

some of the most popular singers at that time.

His Grammy award came by the way of 2000’s Best Remixer of the Year.

Rauhofer had played at many South Florida venues, including the Manor Complex in Wilton Manors Close friend and promoter Ryan Work spoke with SFGN when Rauhofer was first diagnosed with cancer. A candle light vigil in Rauhofer’s honor was held on Friday, May 10 at the 12th Street beach in Miami Beach, Florida.

“A legend is lost but we will never forget what you left behind, how your dream was realized, and the way you and your music touched so many people’s lives- Those memories in which we will always cherish & hold dear.”

New Social Site in + Australia Launches for HIV Positive Men

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guilty to perjury and forgery charges.

Penney has come under fire after he made comments to the AP that led other publications to assume he was denouncing his homosexuality.

Read the full story at http://goo.gl/mFOzc.

Gay DJ Peter Rauhofer Loses +Battle with Brain Cancer

Grammy-winning DJ and producer Peter Rauhofer died on May 7 after battling brain cancer that was diagnosed in mid-April, according to a post by his manager Angelo soflagaynews //

Russo on Rauhofer’s Facebook page.

Rauhofer, 48, is survived by his mother, Helga. “[Helga] will transport Peter back home to his final resting place there, but to all that knew Peter, his heart will always be in New York City,” Russo wrote.

“It makes me sad, not only that I have lost a friend, but that the world has lost an amazing talent and that future generations will never get to understand the magic that Peter created night after night all over the world.”

A native of Vienna, Austria, Rauhofer rose to fame in the 1990s with his pulsating remixes of

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Positive Outlook, a program developed by Monash University’s Human Research Ethics Committee in Melbourne, is seeking HIV positive gay men in Australia to participate in an online study aimed at determining how developing intimate online relationships with other people who are also HIV positive can improve one’s health.

The program requires the subjects, who can used assumed names on the site, to commit 90 minutes a week for seven weeks completing modules, activities and group discussions, according to Gay Star News.

“I can see that there is a me before the program and a me after the program,” one participant is quoted as saying. “I carry the stories that I heard with me.”

There is no restriction on how long a person has been living with HIV in order to participate in the program.

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Former Sidelines Manager Charged with Cultivating Cannabis

Kildea goes from plaintiff to defendant Mark Possien

For the past two years, Martin Kildea, 51, has made the local news as the plaintiff in a lawsuit, claiming he has been unlawfully cut out of his share of ownership in Sidelines, the popular Wilton Manors sports bar.

On April 24, Fort Lauderdale police put him behind some bars, but not the kind he was accustomed to working at Sidelines. He

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was arrested for the unlawful cultivation of marijuana, and will potentially face increased consequences, as the arrest was made within a thousand feet of a church.

Responding to a call that he was involved in a disturbance at his residence on NW 47 Street, FLPD officers made contact with one of the parties involved in the dispute. He

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claimed that Kildea was growing pot in his garage, but when asked about the grow, officers claim Kildea became “very defensive,” and rushed back inside his residence.

Moments later, police allege, they heard a commotion in the backyard, and peeked through a crack in the fence, only to observe Kildea at his open side garage door, “removing cannabis plants from two black pots.” After allegedly dumping the soil next to his fence, Kildea, according to his arrest report, then retreated to the rear of his residence, returning “without the plants.” Officers also claim to have noticed an additional plant adjacent to the crack in the fence.

Kildea reportedly then returned to front of the house to talk to the police, and was read his rights and detained. The police report claims Kildea spoke Insert: Former Sidelines manager, Martin Kildea, charged with growing pot. freely, and “denied any Photos courtesy of Coleen Whitfield and BSO knowledge of what was previous cocaine arrests, and is already a seen” by the officers. He then gave the officers verbal consent to convicted felon, from 2007, the penalties he search the backyard. As they began to do so, faces will even be greater.

Ironically, one of the defenses Sidelines he purportedly bragged to Officers Benoit and Smith that “you are not going to find owner Lori Whitaker has asserted in the civil suit was Kildea’s prior adjudication of anything, I flushed it down the toilet.”

Kildea was then arrested, and police guilt for felonies. Because she became aware subsequently secured a search warrant. Inside that a convicted felon may not hold a liquor the home, detectives claim to have found license for 15 years, Whitaker has asserted cannabis seeds in two pill bottles. According that Kildea knew he was never offered a to their report, Kildea gave detectives a “full piece of the bar, and was nothing more than confession.” Police say they found another an employee who she terminated for cause.

15 plants, 9 pounds of cannabis and 5 bags As proof, Whitaker has tendered evidence of seeds and buds in a large green cooler that after he was fired, Kildea applied to the state for unemployment insurance and adjacent to Kildea’s backyard.

Because Kildea was accused of cultivating had listed himself only as a “manager.” The marijuana within a thousand feet of a two year old civil suit is pending and slowly church, he faces more serious sanctions and making its way through the courts.

Kildea was released from jail on a $6,000 penalties, including up to 15 years in prison and a fine of $10,000. Because he has two bond.

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Can Cities Get Gayer?

We found America’s top 10 cities that’ve been getting the most fabulous Chris Persaud Fort Lauderdale beat every big city at growing its gay and lesbian population between 2000 and 2010.

During that time span, the portion of households containing same-sex partners increased more in the South Florida city than in all other cities of similar or greater size.

Using Census data, SFGN figured out each city’s unmarried gay-couple-to-straightcouple ratio in 2000, subtracted it from their 2010 ratio, and ranked places by going from biggest increases to smallest. We included only towns with a 2010 population of at least 100,000 in order to control for city size.

Using Census data, SFGN calculated what percentage of each city’s households had unwed, same-sex partners in 2000 and 2010. This chart ranks the top 10 cities by the increase in those households. SFGN included only cities which had a 2010 population of at least 100,000. Fort Lauderdale topped the list with an increase of 11.2 same-sex-couple households per 1,000 households.

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Two themes came up again and again: Proximity to another big LGBT-friendly city, and a cheaper housing market than in the big LGBT-friendly city.

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The result?

The largest growth in same-sex-couple households per capita was in cities near traditional LGBT hotspots. The top two spots went to Fort Lauderdale and Portland, Ore., while Victorville, California, took 10th place.

Why did these towns attract so many gays

•ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI•

One anomaly in our rankings is St. Louis, where the total population decreased while the LGBT population had increased.

Between 2000 and 2010, the Gateway to the West shrunk from 147,076 occupied households to 142,057, while the number of households with unmarried same-sex couples increased from 1,297 to 1,927.

Why did this happen?

One theory comes from Staci Stift, president of Pride St. Louis, Inc., a local LGBT non-profit founded in 1979. Stift believes that political protections and backing from four-term mayor Francis Slay helped make St. Louis attractive to the LGBT community.

“He comes to the bars, he comes to the

functions,” she said. “He isn’t just someone who talks.”

And she has a point.

Last year, Slay pushed to get the city’s Firemen Retirement System to give benefits to widowed partners of gay firefighters. Prior to that, he helped get sexual orientation and gender identity added to the city’s nondiscrimination policy.

And, of course, there’s inexpensive housing.

“Housing is very affordable,” says Stift, who said she and her wife bought a two-bedroom, 1800-square-foot bungalow for $90,000.

Most of all, though, Stift likes what she calls the small-town feel of the city.

“Everybody knows everyone else, but it still has a metropolitan feel.”

•VICTORVILLE, CALIF.•

Unless you live in Victorville, you’ve probably never heard of Victorville. If you check a map though, you’ll get some idea of what makes the desert city of 115,903 so attractive to LGBT people.

According to Fernando Torres, Community Page editor for the Victorville Daily Press, the proximity of the city to big, gay-friendly cities helps draw LGBTs to the town. He said it takes him an hour and a half to drive to L.A. or Palm Springs, and two to three hours for Las Vegas.

Plus, Torres likes how much cleaner and clearer Victorville is than those bigger cities.

“I had friends who come to visit, and they fall in love with the high desert air. You can see the meteors at night. The air is very

Jill Nelson, executive director for the Portland Area Business Association

clear,” he told SFGN. “It’s not as polluted as it is in L.A. It’s not very congested.”

And, as with our other ranked cities, Victorville’s housing market is relatively cheap compared to its bigger LGBT-friendly cities.

According to 2011 Census data, median monthly housing costs for homeowners with a mortgage were $1,529 in Victorville, $1,680 in Las Vegas, $1,951 in Palm Springs, and $2,611 in L.A. Victorville’s LGBT scene isn’t that big, though. GayCities.com lists just one gay bar in the city (Ricky’s, which Torres describes as a “neighborhood bar”), and Torres said he’s seen no major pride marches since 1983, when he moved to the city. Not that the city is anti-gay – just indifferent.

“It’s not that common,” Torres said.

“People just don’t care about it here the way they do in other cities.”

Keith Blackburn, CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and owner of Rainbow Realty

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•FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA• A similar story of smaller city beating bigger cities exists in the Pacific Northwest, where Portland had the nation’s second-biggest per capita growth in unmarried gay and lesbian couple households, beating out nearby San Francisco and Seattle.

One big reason for Portland’s growth is similar to Fort Lauderdale’s.

“It’s an affordable place to live, especially when the San Francisco area is so expensive,” said Jill Nelson, executive director for the Portland Area Business Association, the city’s LGBTQA Chamber of Commerce.

How much cheaper is Portland? According to 2011 Census data, mortgage-paying homeowners’ median monthly costs were $1,682 in Portland, $2,244 in Seattle, and $3,043 in San Francisco.

But it’s more than economical living that has drawn gays and lesbians to the city, Nelson said.

“Portland is very accepting.

It’s a very easy city to be out in. There are rainbow flags on many bars around here,” she said. Nearly one in 50 households had same-sex couples in 2010, according to Census data. For comparison, the average for all big cities was 1 in 115.

As for what she loves about Portland, Nelson said in an email: “I love the variety — if you want to ski or snow shoe, the mountains are less then [sic] 2 hours away, as is the ocean, wineries, volcanoes, rain forests, as well as some of the best food, coffee and micro brew beers in the world.”

Keith Blackburn, CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and owner of Rainbow Realty, told SFGN his clients have opined that housing in Fort Lauderdale is more affordable than in Miami or Miami Beach.

“There’s more housing opportunity here,” he said.

Plus, the climate just gets people.

“The weather is much warmer than in the Northeast,” he said. “A lot of people in the Northeast will buy a second home here, and that’s how it starts.” And that’s how Blackburn said it started for him when he moved from Washington, D.C. to Florida in 2003.

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Besides the weather, the LGBT presence in Fort Lauderdale is larger than it is in the big cities south of it.

One in 31 households contain unmarried same-sex couples in the Fort Lauderdale area, compared with one in 99 for Miami and one in 52 for Miami Beach, according to 2010 Census data. And GayCities. com lists 15 gay bars in Fort Lauderdale, 10 in Miami, and just 8 in Miami Beach.

Along with that, Blackburn likes how easy-going it is here compared to where he came from.

“D.C. is more business,” he said. “South Florida is much more laid back.”

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GLLN Awards $1,200 Prize to First Year Law Student Jason Parsley

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The Gay & Lesbian Lawyers Network this year held a scholarship essay contest for aspiring law students with the theme: “How to Deal with Bullying, or How I have learned to survive as a Sexual Minority.” The winning student, Evan Silas Phoenix, won a $1,200 prize. Phoenix is a first year law student at the St. Thomas University School of Law. The runner up was Daniel Owen Blackman, a first year law student at the Florida International University College of Law. The contest was open to all students enrolled in any South Florida Law school. Essay submissions had to be 1,000 to 1,200 words.

“The concept of bullying is a huge one and it affects LGBT youth specifically. Writing the essay will allow students that have been impacted to share their experiences with a larger community and a sympathetic community,” said Neil D. Kolner, vice president of GLLN. SFGN sponsored the essay contest and The Florida Bar provided partial funding for the project.

The GLLN provides Continuing Legal Education luncheons and social events in Broward County open to lawyers, judges, law students and legal workers. Visit glln.org.

‘Beautiful people do not just happen’ Evan Silas Phoenix

Survival is a powerful instinct in all human beings, regardless of our differences.

Hardship and danger are inherent characteristics of survival and inherent to the experience of learning to live as a sexual minority. The inner turmoil that plagues the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community has become a significant topic of conversation due to the recent rash number of suicides among LGBT youth.

As a homosexual male, my experience ranged from denial and shame to acceptance and pride. The key to learning not only to accept myself but also to fully realize and appreciate my self worth was education. I learned my differences were an advantage, and I learned to welcome mistakes and setbacks.

Falling is a part of life. The key to surviving is learning to get back up because happy people are not happy because their lives are perfect, they are happy because they choose to be. Life is not easy or perfect, and I would not want it to be. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross said “[t]he most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.”

There is no quick fix to learning to survive as a sexual minority. As human beings, we are blessed with intricate, multi-dimensional personalities that require attention to each dimension to ensure our well-being and ultimately our survival. However, this complexity adds to the challenge of learning to survive by learning to love and accept ourselves.

As a homosexual Latino, my culture posed a prominent challenge. The tradition-oriented Latino community views homosexuality as highly contemptible because it is unknown and mistakenly viewed as a choice to deviate

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from traditional gender roles. This type of deleterious ignorance contributes toward hatred of the LGBT community, and even more detrimental is the self-hatred it breeds.

Even the most confident of LGBT individuals have had to overcome some self-deprecating emotions, which a lifetime of marginalization by relatives, peers, and societal institutions have inculcated in our minds.

For example, the UCLA Williams Institute reports most judges did not have the opportunity to take a sexual orientation law course while in law school, and a study conducted by the Stanford School of Medicine concluded the average medical student spends only five hours from almost a decade of education focusing on LGBT issues.

However, these are not facts or results to me; they are the reality I live in and which have contributed to a sense of being an “outsider” and inferior that I’ve had to overcome growing up. How are the institutions aimed at serving a community supposed to do so with minimal, if any, understanding of the LGBT community’s needs?

Education is the best tool the LGBT community has to advance diversity goals aimed at improving the quality of life for society because life is not compartmentalized. Life does not color in the lines. Life transcends all societal boundaries constructed to divide us.

Advancing the rights and quality of life for the LGBT community is beneficial not only for the LGBT community but also for society as a whole because a happy, healthy person embraces his or her unique qualities. Education provided me with a tool, empowering me, to transcend the societal and self imposed constraints that stunted my growth as a person and as a citizen of my community. Now, I am open about who I am, and I feel comfortable with answering soflagaynews //

In the photo the people are (from left to right): Lea P. Krauss, GLLN President; Daniel Owen Blackman, runner up; Neil D. Kolner, GLLN Vice President; Fla. Bar President Gwynne A. Young; Evan Silas Phoenix, winner; David Dilts, GLLN Director; Calvin Steinmetz, GLLN Treasurer; Jennifer Travieso, GLLN Secretary.

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all the questions most people have about what it means to be gay and about the LGBT community in general. This openness sometimes leads to awkward or painful emotions, but I share my experiences and insight with whoever takes the time to ask me because I understand the power of educating people. I have been told numerous times by people I have opened up to that they are sorry and they did not mean to be offensive, they just did not know any better.

It is not always easy to maintain this open nature, especially when I am faced with insulting, derogatory statements or questions. However, I understand most of the hurtful or insulting questions I hear stem from ignorance and not from an intent to hurt me. The realization that I have the opportunity to change the world for the better by educating one person at a time inspires a patience and willingness in me that allows me to seize that opportunity.

I want to serve the LGBT community as a legal advocate, working to develop institutional changes that inspire positive behavioral changes within the LGBT community and foster collaborative efforts.

An example is the recent legal development mandating the inclusion of LGBT history in public schools, which is aimed at boosting tolerance and LGBT youth’s self-esteem by providing positive role models.

I am a firm believer in the power of education. Educating the youth of our society about the positive impact LGBT individuals have had, and continue to have, on all of society will serve to achieve goals that foster diversity. Education is the key to increase knowledge and awareness of cultural competency; improve diversity in legal education and employment; and foster an inclusive environment in which individuals are motivated to succeed

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personally and professionally to make positive contributions to their community.

First, this preventive educational approach will provide role models for LGBT youth to prevent the self deprecating emotions I struggled with because all I had were negative associations with being gay, e.g., substance abuse, loneliness, promiscuity, and a high risk community for sexual transmitted infections.

This educational approach will provide LGBT youth and their heterosexual counterparts with the opportunity to see that professionals, leaders, and heroes come from all walks of life. This knowledge will inspire a sense of tolerance and more importantly a sense of acceptance of others and of one’s self.

In addition to the preventive educational approach, it is important to develop LGBT youth accessible mentoring services that are knowledgeable about challenges and hardships LGBT youth will face. Condoleezza Rice wisely stated that “... it’s good to have female or minority role models. But the important thing is to have mentors who care about you, and they come in all colors.”

The experiences that forged my identity have brought me to this pivotal point of happiness and acceptance: education empowered me to think critically and understand I am not an “outsider” or inferior.

I may have fallen along the way, but “failure is not the falling down, but the staying down,” which I will never do. Law school will further my personal and professional character by providing unique disciplinary expertise that will prove invaluable to my goals of supporting my family and inspiring others within and beyond the LGBT community—one person at a time—with the know-how, courage, and determination to transcend the constraints of their reality: to live more fulfilled and meaningful lives.

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Strong, Spirited, Sporty In mid-June, baseball and LGBT youth issues will be holding hands through the much-praised You Can Play project. But where did this organization come from? And where is it going?

Caity Kauffman

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There’s a palpable shift in Patrick Burke’s tone when he speaks of his younger brother Brendan. The articulate, confident New England law student and Philadelphia Flyers scout becomes slightly subdued.

Gentle, even.

But Burke, 30, is far from the business of gentle. He handpicks players for a National Hockey League team with a legacy of aggression — the Flyers were notoriously dubbed the Broad Street Bullies during their heyday in the early 1970s. He aspires to be the General Manager of an NHL team. His brusque and red-blooded father, Brian, was GM of three teams in his career.

Burke knows first-hand the resilience and grit it takes to manage a professional sports team.

Burke calls Brendan his best friend. But his best friend is gone. Twenty-one-year-old Brendan passed away in a car accident on February 5, 2010.

Just three months before his death,

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Brendan came out to the world as gay in an intensely public way.

At the time, his dad was GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs, one of the most historic franchises in the NHL. Toronto is relentlessly scrutinized by media and followed with diehard passion by its fan base. But instead of hiding from the swarm and speculation that would inevitably follow his father’s high profile, Brendan bravely faced the world with his secret.

He put his story into the hands of ESPN hockey personality John Buccigross in December 2009, who wrote a firstperson reflection of Brendan’s coming out to his family.

“Patrick approached me about it and I certainly [knew] the reach of ESPN would benefit Brendan’s message,” Buccigross remembered. “I knew it would be a big deal in Canada since Brian Burke was the GM of Toronto but the impact was a little bigger than I thought.”

Brendan’s coming out sent a jolt through the hyper-masculine hockey world, a sport where there are more gay slurs on the ice than natural front teeth. He’s often considered the first person with such close ties to the NHL to publicly identify as LGBT. It was the public and fearless coming out that doubled the shock when a car accident on a snowy highway in Indiana stole Brendan’s brilliant light. The world was just beginning to get to know his vibrancy, zeal and passion for LGBT issues.

About a year later, Patrick Burke was working closely with GForce Hockey, a hockey team and advocacy organization comprised of gay male players.

“I had talked to the cofounders and said, look, I wanna do more,” Burke said. “I didn’t know a damn thing about the charity world…

So I said to them, I have this idea… I have a motto, ‘If you can play, you can play’ and I think this thing has some legs.”

His motto proved to have more than legs.

It had wheels.

A year later, Burke officially announced the You Can Play Project. The organization “seeks to challenge the culture of locker rooms and spectator areas by focusing only on an athlete’s skills, work ethic and competitive spirit.” soflagaynews //

“After talking to different groups, seeing what was out there, three of us decided that the only way it was going to be done right was by doing it ourselves,” Burke said. “We didn’t want to give it to somebody else to half ass.”

That’s a Burke man, for you — never one to mince words.

YCP just celebrated its first birthday and has already made a lasting impression in professional sports. In addition to youth outreach, the organization has created a series of video campaigns to fight homophobia that include endorsements from prominent players around the league.

Most recently, the NHL and the NHL Player’s Association formally announced a partnership with YCP. The NHL became the first major American professional sports league to officially partner with an LGBT advocacy group on such a large scale.

“Brendan’s willingness to speak out spurred the conversation in the hockey world. It wasn’t being talked about, not being considered,” Burke says. “You Can Play would’ve never come into existence if he hadn’t done it first.”

While Burke speaks so highly of his younger brother’s spark that highlighted the need for LGBT inclusion in sports, Patrick takes little acclaim for what he is due.

Buccigross, who is now on the YCP advisory board, speaks highly of Burke, his trademark steeliness and fierce work ethic.

“How [Brendan’s] brother Patrick has picked up the mantle is touching and powerful. Patrick is much like his father. Very aggressive and straight forward,” Buccigross said. “He can’t get enough credit.”

You Can Play is soon making local impact in partnering with the Miami Marlins, and SFGN, on Friday, June 14 for LGBT and Allies Youth Night. Prior to the first pitch at 7:10 p.m. vs. the St. Louis Cardinals, there will be a social mixer with Marlins players and a panel to discuss LGBT issues in sports. Seven youth-centered organizations will benefit directly from the event: The Pride Center, National Voices for Equality Education & Enlightenment (NVEEE), Pride South Florida, Safe Schools, Sun Serve, and You Pride Band of South Florida.

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Excerpt from Brendan Burke’s coming out on ESPN.com: “Finally, you say it. Awkwardly. You basically stumble along trying not to make it a big deal before just blurting out, “And I love you guys and wanted to tell you that I’m gay.”

There is a brief silence.

Dad is surprised when you tell him that you are gay. He never suspected at all.

Your stepmom speaks first: “OK, Brendan, that’s OK.” And gives you a reassuring smile.

Then your dad says, “Of course, we still love you. This won’t change a thing.” …

If someone had told you before coming out that your dad, Brian Burke, would be attending a gay pride parade with you, you wouldn’t have believed it. You never suspected Dad would disown you or anything like that, but the way he has handled it and the way he talks about it now has, honestly, really moved you. He was a little awkward about it at first. Today, he doesn’t even think twice about it.

You want it known that he has been 100 percent supportive of you. It’s important to you that people know that even the president and GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who has a less than sunny public personality, has a gay son and is a firm supporter of gay rights.

Imagine that.”

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My HIV Diary The ugly truth

In the last four years I’ve gone from a healthy 180 pounds to 210 as of this morning, a 30-pound weight gain that can be chalked up to the virus, medication and mind games Photo courtesy of David D

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 36

(May 3 to May 9) My latest doctor visit went very well. I did miss a few doses of medicine in April because of my trips to Atlanta and leaving my meds behind. Even with that mishap I am still undetectable and my CD4 count is still over 900. I was feeling a little under the weather this week. My stomach was acting up and my head was killing me. What I want to touch on this week is really what pains me the most about being HIV positive – my self image.

I know I’ve talked about my body and my head several times before, but this time it’s different. I got back on Grindr after a threemonth hiatus and the flood of messages started right back up. I think I’m back on there because I’m a glutton for punishment.

I don’t find myself attractive anymore, and having random people on a sex app tell me that I am doesn’t really help me. Ironic isn’t it? I must love making myself feel like crap,

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right? I have to be a glutton for punishment.

Why else would I put myself through these motions that lead to so much self-hate?

In the last four years I’ve gone from a healthy 180 pounds to 210 as of this morning, a 30-pound weight gain that can be chalked up to the virus, medication and mind games. I do go work out. I try to eat right and take care of myself, but when I look at what is staring back at me in the mirror, I hate it and I feel like throwing in the towel. I feel fat and gross. I’ve always had image issues since having an acne riddled face back in middle school.

Being HIV positive is stigmatic enough without me beating myself up about the way I look. That’s the worst part in all of this, you know. I know what I’m doing and yet I continue to do it. I’ve tried for the last few years to talk to people about what I’m thinking and feeling inside, but I don’t think those professionals get me. Where’s a slightly overweight, HIV-positive therapist when you need one?

I enjoy it when people walk up to me, offer me a hug or handshake and say they’ve read what I write and that I’m so brave. I am by no means writing about this problem I have so that people walk up to me and give me sympathy. I don’t want to hear it. I’m just writing this today because I need some sort of outlet to express my frustration with myself where I’m more focused on the words I’m writing instead of crying. It’s a good thing you can’t stain a keyboard.

-Ryan Dixon

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opinion jesse’s journal Jesse Monteagudo

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Faith & Community I begin this article with a confession: I don’t like mega churches. Though I admire Fort Lauderdale’s Sunshine Cathedral and all that it does for the LGBT community, I prefer small, friendly congregations where it is possible to know everyone. (This is one reason I belong to Congregation Etz Chaim, a liberal congregation in Tamarac.) One such church is the Church of Our Savior, a Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) housed in a former Pizza Hut restaurant in Boynton Beach. Michael and I attended Sunday Worship services there several times (though neither one of is a Christian) at the invitation of Pastor Renwick J. Bell and Choir Director Vicky Keller. In each case, we were welcomed with open arms by the Church’s clergy, deacons, lay ministers, and members.

According to the Church Mission Statement, the Church of Our Savior, MCC is “an open and affirming Christian fellowship, [that welcomes] all people to experience God’s unconditional love. Our commitment is to provide Christian worship, fellowship, social awareness, and spiritual growth in a diverse community.”

The Church began in 1990 as a satellite extension of the Sunshine Cathedral, to accommodate worshipers from north Broward and south Palm Beach counties. Like other churches and temples, Church membership roller-coasted over the years, especially after it moved (1997) to its current, Pizza Hut location.

The Church of Our Savior also changed it pastors as the years went by, going from the Rev. Tyrone Sweeting (1996 2004) to the Rev. Dr. Ana Vargas (2004 2005), who served as interim pastor when Sweeting resigned.

In Sept. 2005, the congregation elected Renwick J. Bell to be its new Pastor. Bell’s involvement with the Church of Our Savior goes a long way, having served the Church as long-time member, organist, liturgist, composer, Minister of Celebration, board member, homilist and deacon for 13 years before his ordination and installation. In addition to his pastoral duties, Rev. Bell serves on the board of the South Florida Interfaith Worker Justice in Miami, is active in the Human Rights Campaign, the Progressive Clergy Coalition, the West Palm Beach team of Equality Florida, the Boynton Beach Clergy Association, is an active member of the GLBT and Friends Interfaith Clergy group in Broward County, and is coordinator of the PrideFest of the Palm

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Beaches Interfaith Services.

This busy Pastor “pledged to work together with the congregation and with other faith communities in South Florida to effect change in our community and to make the positive impact of our voices as the LGBT and Q people known in the political arena.”

Rev. Bell is assisted by ten deacons and a corps of lay ministers. On a personal level, Bell lives in Broward County with Steven, his partner of 27 years, and 3 Salukis.

According to Bell, “Church is God’s cocreating with humanity the activities which will result in social justice and liberation for all of God’s children.”

He described the congregation as “a motley crew of men, women, old and young, gay and straight, black and white. We currently have about four ordained clergy as regular congregants.”

About 40 to 50 Church members and friends attend the 10 a.m. Sunday Worship, often followed by a pot-luck lunch. Church of Our Savior Sunday Worship, like the Church itself, has to serve people who come from a variety of Christian backgrounds, from Catholic to Pentecostal. Bell himself described his services to be “as blended as we can be. MCC congregations traditionally are a mixture of many faith traditions and not everyone will feel familiar with their respective faith traditions all of the time. At Church of Our Savior we attempt to reach each and every person on their faith journey.

We appreciate the diversity of faith traditions represented by our congregants and we attempt to touch each of these very special traditions at some time during our worship.”

In addition to the Sunday Worship services, the Church of Our Savior hosts a dozen A.A. meetings and one N.A. meeting each week. “We are a church which is open each day of the week,” Bell said. “We need to be there for our diverse community. These groups use our sanctuary, which we call our sacred space, and they respect the space as if it was their own, because it is their own.

The groups we have hosted share in the responsibility of keeping our sanctuary safe and paid for.”

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Pastor Renwick J. Bell and Boynton Beach’s Church of Our Savior member Greg Photo courtesy of Jesse Monteagudo

format.” The Church also “participates in the mission of the Community Caring Center of Boynton Beach. All of our ‘Loaves and Fishes’ giving is donated to this community organization.”

Looking forward, Rev. Bell and his Church “hope to reach out to those in the community who have become disenfranchised by their churches, to be a safe place for those who need to express their spirituality in an unconventional way. MCC has a special outreach to the LGBT community, but we have become even more than that. Our outreach extends

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to the community as a whole. We offer a nonjudgmental atmosphere, where persons of faith and good will can explore their faith journey in a most unique and personal way.

We have Jews, Christians, those who are still exploring. We invite the questioning, the skeptical. Come and meet us in a safe space and continue to transform yourself into that person of faith and goodwill you wish to become.”

The Church of Our Savior is located at 2011 South Federal Highway in Boynton Beach. For more information call (561) 733 4000 or visit churchofoursaviormcc.org.

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opinion pets Ric Reily

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The Dog Days in Wilton Manors TripAdvisor says, Pet Friendly Wilton Manors. Maybe not so much.

Gays are many things to their dogs including dad, master, owner and human.

For some LGBT owners, dogs take the place of children. Our eleven-year-old Havanese, Buckley, has a bed, car seat, stroller, several outfits, and a few dozen toys strewn about the house and usually underfoot.

And duplicate most of that in the RV. A dog brings life, activity and even meaning to many homes. The pup is a major responsibility to its human and completely dependant on them for food, walks, hygiene, medical care and socializing. No matter your mood, frustration or even anger the dog lies quietly by caring, comforting and watchful. A non-dog person can not begin to understand.

There are any number of dog related businesses in Wilton Manors catering to dog owners; a shop for buying puppies, several

businesses that provide day care, overnight boarding, walking and grooming services, including mobile grooming. There are veterinarians, dog trainers and even a thrift store benefiting dogs. FidoFinder provides an online resource to connect humans who lost their dog to those who may have found them. Great Florida Bank hosted a Homemade Food For Pets Demo on May 8 at Wilton Station. Restaurants may even allow dogs in designated outdoor areas when licensed by the city.

I have yet to visit any non-food service business along Wilton Drive that is not welcoming to Buckley and many even have doggie treats available and a water bowl by the door.

Yet, the city prohibits dogs in all city parks with the exception of the ‘play area’ at Colohatchee. The ‘play area’ in Colohatchee Park is open on a limited basis and requires

Gays are many things to their dogs including dad, master, owner and human. For some LGBT owners, dogs take the place of children.

Photo courtesy of Mike Scholze

an Annual Dog Permit available from the city for $30 to $60. Dogs are even prohibited from accompanying their humans to the green market and monthly city-wide garage sales, because those events occur in a city park. A recent drive by of the green market at midmorning found few if any customers, while the side walks along Wilton Drive were alive with dogs walking their humans.

I had the personal experience of being chased out of the city wide garage sale some months ago before becoming aware of the prohibition; aggressively chased out, even followed and booted harder when I retraced my steps, being unaware there was a more direct route to an exit. In light of that I tend to support other outdoor venues of all sorts that are dog friendly.

Matt LaMariana, president of Boomarangs, a thrift shop benefiting pet rescue on Wilton Drive, said that recently he offered the city a half dozen pet clean up stations installed along Wilton Drive. Though there appeared

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to be active interest initially, he has not heard another word from the city about the clean up stations.

Wilton Manors City Manager, Joseph L. Gallegos told SFGN that “primary among the reasons that we do not permit dogs in City parks is liability”.

“Hygiene, additional maintenance and overall guest comfort are also at issue,” he said, offering “to discuss the issue with Leisure Services Director Patrick Cann to see if we cannot host events in the future which [as you say] could be more ‘dog friendly’.”

We live in a rapidly changing business and social environment. Competition for sales is growing with more businesses chasing fewer discretionary dollars. Dogs are a healthy outlet for many people who enjoy spending time and having activity with their pet. A city-wide environment more conducive, even welcoming, to dogs feeds both the need of businesses for customers and dog owners for venues.

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opinion guest column Erik Williams

Touched by Cancer

Letter to My Daughter On Being an Activist

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Dear Maryjane, Hi Pumpkin Pie, it’s Daddy. You’re 9-yearsold as I write this and I don’t know when you’ll be reading it, but I hope you still let me call you that. Right now you are too young to understand what I am doing or why it is important or why I am so passionate about it. All you know is I work and have to travel a lot.

I am working to reform marijuana laws. I have been working in the movement to do so since I was in college, as a Congressional intern. When I was there, I met a young man and his parents, who told me how he was kicked out of his college dorm room for having a single marijuana seed on his desk.

He ended up losing his Federal grant and a student loan because of it. He was forced to drop out of school. This young man’s life was ruined because of a seed from a plant.

I did not realize it at the time, but that tale would change my life.

I hope I have done a good job in instilling in you a sense of duty to stand up for people who cannot stand up for themselves, to fight injustice wherever you see it and to question authority. I hope I have also shown you how amazing you are, how strong, creative, kind, smart, beautiful and sweet you are. I hope you are using the latter to work for the former.

Standing up for what is right is important, and especially so when it is not easy or when it does not affect you directly. That is why I was proud the first political donation I ever made was to a gay rights group and why I fought for gay rights even though I am heterosexual. That is why I joined the League of Women Voters so long ago and am so passionate about women’s issues.

We are all only as strong as the weakest among us and the best way for all of humanity to be stronger, happier and better is to lift your brothers and sisters up with you whenever you can. I have mostly been legalizing medical marijuana because I see really sick people who need help right now.

Why am I telling you this? Because I believe I am standing up and fighting for what is right and I am helping people. It is not a theoretical ‘helps people,’ it is actual.

I’ve met thousands of people who have told and shown me exactly why I must continue: Patients, individuals and families who are struggling with much more than I am certain I could handle. Yes, it is very tough to be away from you and your brother, and I know the hours and travel are taking a brutal physical

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and mental toll on me, but I have a few little things to get me through.

The easiest trick is to accept thanks from people on your behalf. If someone shows their appreciation for the work I am doing or I win an award or I get a nice note, I know you deserve it more than me. When someone gives me an ‘attaboy’ for sitting through 16 hours of public testimony, I know you deserve it for giving up your daddy time for a day. When I am standing in an airport for the umpteenth time that week, dazed and wobbly on achy feet, I know there is a little girl who didn’t get a kiss good night or a hug from her dad that day.

The other way I get through my crazy days as a marijuana warrior is to imagine you growing up in a better world. I want you to laugh one day at the silliness of our quaint country long ago banning marijuana. I want you to be baffled people went to jail for growing a plant and putting it in their body. I want you to be thoroughly confused at the notion people were encouraged to put horrible chemicals in their bodies instead of marijuana.

Mostly though, I just want you to be proud of me. I don’t think it is possible for you to be as proud of me as I am you, but I promise to keep trying.

You have been so strong and I am sure if people could thank you for lending them your daddy for a little bit they would. In the meantime, I will appreciate you every day and fight as hard as I possibly can for what is right because you deserve a better world.

Love, Daddy Erik Williams is a political consultant, marijuana activist and medical marijuana professional. He is Executive Director of Connecticut NORML,

opinion community Anthony Timiraos

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Why do we need an LGBT Community Foundation?

A report released last year by Funders for How can they accomplish their mission?

LGBTQ Issues, a national non-profit association Community foundations provide the of LGBTQ funders, found that grantmaking resources for donors to establish an account by 383 U.S. based foundations represented and lock in a charitable deduction today by approximately $473 billion of which only one contributing to this account, also known as quarter of one percent or $123 million was a “Fund”, yet distribute the money, which designated for LGBTQ communities. grows tax free, to your favorite charity or According to a 2010 U.S. Census, Florida charities over time. They can start a Fund ranks third in the nation for population or add to it in later periods with a gift of growth, trailing only Texas and California. cash or they can contribute marketable Specific data on LGBT securities, real estate and population is often not other types of appreciated available or reliable, assets that would avoid but the same census capital gains tax. indicated that Florida Another option used by now has approximately many donors is designating 66,000 same-sex couple a gift to their Fund or a households, a 60 percent new Fund to be created as leap since the 2000 part of their estate plan. census.

A significant Community foundations increase in demand from have been recipients of the non-profit sector many estates and they are for services in the LGBT an excellent and reliable community assumes vehicle to provide support there is a significant rise in the donor’s name in the LGBT population in perpetuity.

Donors here in South Florida. have left bequests at Types of services that community foundations 383 U.S. based foundations represented are in high demand approximately $473 billion of which only one for their specific charities, quarter of one percent or $123 million was range from health community issues or simply designated for LGBTQ communities. issues, youth support, leave assets as unrestricted, Photo courtesy of Tax Credits education, senior care meaning the community to community group services. The needs of foundation decides the most pressing issue the LGBT community are not significantly in the community annually and grants from different from other communities but these their Fund are used to tackle that issue. services are not supported by over 99% of Unfortunately, a recent survey conducted foundations.

by Our Fund, South Florida’s LGBT What is a community foundation? A community foundation, found that 32% of tax-exempt organization organized to the respondents identifying as LGBT, had improve the lives of people in a specific not made any estate planning arrangements. geographic area with a primary mission This statistic is alarming considering that or providing financial resources to non- just over 60% of the respondents in this profit organizations working to deal with study were 50 years or older. community issues. Their purpose is to Defining a legacy that reflects your bring together these financial resources life’s work, values and commitments is from individuals, families, and businesses a step that community foundations can and support effective non-profits in their help you develop when you are preparing communities – building one great legacy your will and other estate documents. from many donors while playing a key role Not planning means letting someone else in identifying and working on community plan for you and in estate planning, that problems. These organizations have the means the government’s plan. For the capacity to assist donors in designing gift LGBT community, the government’s plan plans that achieve their philanthropic is likely very different from what we would passions, maximize their tax deductions want especially since laws related to LGBT and be part of a charitable network that relationships and adoptions vary from state increases their effectiveness and impact. to state and may not be consistent with

federal laws.

Whether you start a Fund in your lifetime and/or commit a portion or all of your estate as part of your gift planning process, you can help those facing a world of discrimination and isolation that so many of us may have witnessed or faced. It can provide the resources that many organizations lack to meet our community’s vital needs. Your

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It is time for all of us to take responsibility for the future of our communities. We are part of it and helped build it, now we have the opportunity to secure its future.

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Area Agency on Aging Reaches Out to Palm Beach LGBT Seniors Donald Cavanaugh

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On Thursday, May 9, the Palm Beach County Area Agency on Aging/Your Aging Resource Center (AAA/YARC) held a gathering of local LGBT residents to discuss the issues faced by LGBT people as they reach retirement and contemplate their future needs for medical attention and long and short term care.

Organized by Richard Hart, director of strategic initiatives at AAA/YARC, with help from Trish Ernst, communications director, about 30 people attended the program which was entitled “Improving the Lives of LGBT

Seniors – A Call To Action.” Snacks and beverages were served. The meeting started at 4:30 and ended shortly after 6.

Hart, an openly gay executive at AAA/ YARC, welcomed the group and introduced Ernst as an ally, to the community. She gave a formal presentation on the goals and functions of the AAA/YARC, explaining that the organization is federally funded and required to provide services to all seniors in their service area – including LGBT seniors.

“We need to find out what people need

Richard Hart, Director, Strategic Initiatives and Trish Ernst, Communications Director welcome guests to a call to action on LGBT aging in Palm Beach County Photo courtesy of Donald Cavanaugh

and then determine how best to meet those needs,” she said. “That’s why we’re so happy to have you all with us today.”

Jim Sugarman, the executive director of the West Palm Beach Library Foundation and an early member of the steering committee Hart had gathered to begin the process of creating a task force, led the group in an ice breaker helping everyone to get to know one another and share their hopes and expectations for their time together.

The short documentary, “Project Visibility,” was shown. Created under the auspices of the Boulder (CO) County Aging Services Division, the video features a number of aging LGBT people sharing their generally bad experiences and their equally negative fears about having to return to the closet in order to be safe.

Group discussion ensued including a sharing of concerns. Just about everyone present agreed that educating service providers is a critical need.

“People who provide services to gay seniors should have to pass a competency test,” said Connie Kurtz, whose partner of 37 years, Ruth Berman, was unable to attend.

“And there should be inspectors to make sure they know it — just like there are inspectors to make sure the places are clean.”

Rev. Taylor Stevens, a life coach and spiritual counselor, shared with the group

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that he recently had surgery and was accompanied to the hospital by his husband.

“I have to admit that I had some reservation about being too visible as a gay couple because in a few minutes the doctor, who was meeting my husband and would soon be wielding the scalpel, might have an unconscious homophobia that could result in an ‘accident,’ that could mean a significant injury.”

“I’m still ten years from retirement,” he added.

“So I can just imagine the fear of someone who is elderly and frail. It has to be awful.”

Hart explained that there are a number of programs being launched in LGBT communities around the nation although currently little seems to be happening in Palm Beach.

“We need your help so we can help you and everyone concerned with this issue,” he said. “So we’re inviting you to sign up to be part of a task force to begin the process of identifying the best next steps that can be taken by the community with the support of the agency.”

Hart said the AAA/YARC will host a monthly task force meeting at its facility in West Palm Beach starting in June with dates and times TBA. Readers who are interested in becoming task force members or learning more should contact Richard Hart at 561684-5885 x 237.

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The ladies of Lips, Fort Lauderdale’s drag dining destination at 1421 E. Oakland Park Blvd., pay tribute to the one and only, Cher, tonight with a special fundraiser to kick off Poverello’s 23rd annual Bowling to Fight Hunger. This exclusive dinner and show, beginning at 7 p.m., will take fans back in time with performances of Cher’s biggest hits from the 1960s to the present.

You’ll be singing along to Bang Bang, Walking in Memphis, Gypsy, Tramps and Thieves, Take Me Home, Half Breed, Dark Lady and more.

There is a $10 cover and $15 food minimum. For reservations, call 954-567-0987.

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The third annual Seminole Okalee Indian Village Pow-Wow will take place this weekend at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. This thrilling threeday event, May 16-18, will showcase the rich history of the Seminole tribe and other Native American tribes from all over the United States through exhibition dancing and competitions, wildlife and snake shows, a Native American crafts marketplace, traditional food and more.

Gates open at 10 a.m. on Thursday and 11 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Admission is $12 adults, $10 seniors and $8 children 5-12. For more information, go to SemTribe.com.

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You’ve never heard anything quite like this: ArtCenter/South Florida joins forces with Next@19th and The Betsy-South Beach to present a parade of accordionists marching from The Betsy-South Beach up Lincoln Road, culminating with a concert at ArtCenter’s Project 924 gallery. The concert will feature klezmer music plus a variety of styles and genres, including polka, Gypsy-Balkan, Latin and European music.

Performers will include local klezmer favorite Shlomo Geva and renowned “Latin Diva of the Accordion,” Maricarmen Vazquez. The parade will leave the hotel at 7 p.m. For more information, go to ArtCenterSF.org.

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Fundraiser

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R&B and disco legend Thelma Houston performs at The Disco Ball: 14th Annual Salute to Leadership to benefit Broward Partnership for the Homeless tonight at GPG Studios, 2780 NW 55th Court, Warehouse #4 in Fort Lauderdale.

GPG Studios will be transformed into a Studio 54-style disco, complete with glimmering lights and disco music for the event and will raise funds to help homeless families achieve independence with dignity. Houston will be singing her Grammywinning hit, Don’t Leave Me This Way and more.

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This weekend, Joseph Adler’s GableStage, 1200 Anastasia Ave. in Coral Gables, offers the Southeastern premiere of Mike Barlett’s 2010 Olivier Award-winning play, Cock: When John takes a break from his boyfriend, he accidentally discovers the woman of his dreams. The play with an “unprintable name” offers a playful, candid look at one man’s sexuality and the difficulties that arise when he realizes he has choice. Yeah, it’s an unlikely scenario, but Adler’s company always offers first rate productions.

Today at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Also, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. through June 16.

Tickets are $37.50 – 50 at GableStage.org.

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Book Signing

5/21

Teenage entrepreneur, philanthropist and award-winning author R.J. Tolson will visit the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 170 NW 5th Ave. in Delray Beach, for a special signing of his novel, Chaos Chronicles Book 1: Zephyr The West Wind. Tolson, 19, will sign his book and answer questions about his multi-faceted enterprises as part of the museum’s cultural and educational outreach programming. In addition to being named a Beverly Hills Book Awards Finalist for his novel, he also oversees several business enterprises and is president of Sages of Essence and Living Writers.

For more information, call 561-279-8883 or visit SpadyMuseum.org.

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manner and movement, breathing, galloping and charging across the stage, their handlers quickly seem to blend into the production.

That artistry is supported by incredible lighting design by Paule Constable and Karen Spahn and sound effects by John Owens and Christopher Shutt make the horrors of war seem immediate and real, jolting and blinding the packed Broward Center audience.

The scenes are set by hand drawn animated projections above the stage by Rae Smith, who also created The Tony Award-winning epic, War Horse, a tale of love and the simple set pieces and historically loyalty, gallops into the Broward Center through May 19. accurate costumes.

Photo courtesy of BrinkhoffMögenburg But, despite the technical excellence Puppetry is more than a gimmick on of nearly aspect of the production, Broadway: Julie Taymor’s stylized jungle it’s the cast of 34, under the direction of Bigan beasts brought a third dimension to Disney’s Shelibani, that ultimately lend the play heart. animated hit, The Lion King, while the furry Morf’s Albert is innocent and sincere and monsters of Avenue Q added diversity to Loughlin delivers a strong performance as a very adult neighborhood reminiscent of the honorable officer who gives Albert hope.

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Cerveris is unredeemable and Keene is the Now, amazing life-sized — and incredibly knowing foil, determined to best his brother. life-like — horse puppets take center stage in In addition to incidental music by Adrian War Horse, the epic Broadway hit playing at Sutton, John Milosich advances the story the Broward Center through May 19. with folk songs weaved throughout and sung Based on a children’s novel by Michael on stage with a sweet, clear Irish tenor.

Morpurgo and adapted for the National If you see one show this year, rush to Theatre of Great Britain by Nick Stafford, War the Broward Center for War Horse. It is a Horse is a moving story of love and loyalty masterful work of theater that will not be that captured both the West End’s Olivier and forgotten soon after the final curtain call.

Broadway’s Tony awards for best play.

(Can’t get a ticket? You’re in luck, the show At the center of the tale is a young boy living has been programmed as part of Broadway in rural Devon, Albert (Alex Morf), whose Across America’s 2013-14 season at the Arsht drunken father (Todd Cerveris) outbids his Center in Miami. See it there.) brother (Brian Keene) for a spirited pony at auction. The horse, part thoroughbred and part draft animal, immediately bonds with the boy.

When Britain enters World War I, the father sells the animal to the army for 100 pounds, ignoring the impassioned pleas of What War Horse Joey and his mother (Megan Loomis). As Joey and his new master, an honorable lieutenant (Jason Loughlin), ride into the horrors of When Through May 19 battle, Albert is devastated. At the young age of 16, Albert enlists and is shipped to France Where Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale to join the fighting, but perseveres in the hope of recovering his beloved Joey.

Tickets start at $39.50 The mechanical horses, crafted by South Cost Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company of More For show times and tickets, go to steel, leather and piano wire and operated BrowardCenter.org by two to three puppeteers, are so lifelike in Info.

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Tybee Island, an idyllic seaside resort community eight hours from Fort Lauderdale by car and a stone’s throw from Savannah, Georgia, via a land bridge, threw itself a fabulous gay party on May 3-5, celebrating its first ever LGBT Pride event, Tybee Gay Days. Despite strong wind and rain, the events drew a randy (literally, given that Randy Jones of the original Village People was the festival impresario) crowd of revelers from Savannah, Atlanta and nearby communities including Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Is Tybee Island gay? That is the wrong question. Tybee Island might be the perfect example of the post-post-Stonewall wellintegrated gay/straight community in which LGBT visibility, and a sense of fellowship overriding the bigotry of which southern states are usually suspected, and a commonly held economic purpose—welcoming visitors both gay and straight—meant a Pride event that everyone shared and enjoyed.

The weather provided a perfect example of how a community can demonstrate that its LGBT welcome mat is real. When the storm meant that Saturday’s HIV/AIDS benefit “White Party” would have to be relocated from Marlin Monroe’s, a popular beach bar and restaurant, local officials waived all the usual lengthy permit processes and obstacles that would have prohibited the

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Tybee YMCA from hosting a large event with alcohol in its gym. The change of venue was deftly managed by a great volunteer team including Marlin Monroe’s staff, Larry Hodges of gaysavannah.com and a host of local businesses. The result allowed Randy Jones with barely a sound check to delight the revelers with a medley of Village People hits ending with his iconic YMCA, delivered in an actual YMCA. The strength and numbers of the lesbian community on Tybee Island is noteworthy.

When asked why, most folks just shrugged, but one explained that a few entrepreneurial lesbians started businesses in Tybee early on. Their success makes Tybee Island a woman-friendly community in which lesbians and gay residents and visitors hold equal and harmonious footing.

What will your visit to Tybee Island be like? If the Friday night opening party, held at popular beach bar and restaurant, North Beach Grill, is any indication, expect to be welcomed into a friendly and very casual crowd. At that opener, the boys and girls got crazy, kickin’ it old school Pride-style, recalling the early 90s in Montreal when the gay Village was new and exciting, or Ptown before it got money or Fort Lauderdale before Mayor Naugle or NYC before it got sanitized. Traveling solo? You won’t be for long. soflagaynews //

Bring your bike to Tybee Island (or rent one there) where the air is outrageously sweet with thick and fragrant jasmine hedges around every corner. You’ll enjoy gawking at the quirky houses built upon tall concrete stilts that seem to expect frequent flooding. You can cover the island’s entirety including its attractions—an old fort and a lighthouse — and its long stretches of magnificent sandy beaches in a weekend, but a longer stay will allow you to sink into the totally relaxed atmosphere of an island where cars do more than just acquiesce to cyclists and walkers; they seem to relinquish road rights gladly. Tybee Island is a perfect destination for assembling friends for a group vacation under one roof.

Stacye Jarrell, owner of Oceanfront Cottage Rentals, one of the major sponsors of Tybee Gay Days, graciously hosted my visit at an elegant townhouse called “Ocean Queen” directly on the dunes and featuring multiple bedrooms, baths, decks with direct ocean views, and every amenity a group of 14 could hope for. (http://www.oceanfrontcottage. com/listings/ocean-queen) Stayce handles luxury properties of all sizes, and a quick comparison of listed prices with those of other popular gay seaside destinations confirmed my suspicions that Tybee Island rentals are among the more affordable. This is a destination for those who love a stroll

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on a quiet beach, but also appreciate the quick drive into historic Savannah for a fix of urban culture.

The Sunday tea dance at the Tybee Island Wedding Chapel drew young men from Savannah and Atlanta who dream of marriage and macarons. The chapel’s owner is ready to receive them should DOMA crumble and as soon as same-sex marriage becomes legal in Georgia; and Amy Shippy, co-owner of Savannah’s Maison de Macarons is ready to feed them. Shippy, whose partner in business is Laura Hale, joked lightly about their husbands who easily shrug off any erroneous impressions that their wives are a lesbian couple. Are there any straight-owned local businesses that shun gay customers?

No one mentioned any.

On Saturday at 6 p.m. just before the White Party was scheduled to begin, the sun broke through the clouds for only five minutes, throwing a fine rainbow over the ocean, an auspicious indication of many annual Gay Days to come for Tybee Island.

I am planning my return.

For more information: Gaysavannah.com Oceanfrontcottage.com Marlinmonroessurfsidegrill.com northbeachbarandgrill.net tybeeweddingchapel.com maisondemacarons.com

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Celebration of Life for

Rick Gibson

On April 24, local realtor, community activist, and dedicated volunteer Richard “Rick” Gibson, died. There will be a Celebration of Life in his honor on May 18 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at The Pride Center at Equality Park, 2040 N Dixie Hwy, in Wilton Manors. In lieu of flowers, consider making a taxdeductible donation to The Pride Center in his memory.

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Broward County * 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 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.

Renee Olstead

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.

Called 2 Dance: Answering the Call May 24 at 7 p.m. at the Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Place in Miramar. Dancers from the McIntyre Institute are joined by guest psalmist Giel. Tickets $36. Call 954-602-4500 or visit MiramarCulturalCenter.org.

Bellare

May 26 at 5 p.m. at the Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Place in Miramar. Nu Age

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Gymnastics Dance presents a mix of dance and gymnastics. Tickets $17 to $32. Call 954-602-4500 or visit MiramarCulturalCenter.org.

Israeli Dance Festival

May 26 at 7 p.m. at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Celebrate Festival Yachad with more than 500 Israeli dancers from around the world.

Tickets $10 to $50. Call 954-522-5334 or visit BrowardCenter.org. * Kurt Elling June 8 at 8 p.m. at the Miniaci Performing Arts Center, 3100 Ray Ferraro Jr. Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale.

Chicago jazz singer Kurt Elling will strut his mastering of “vocalese” and scatting.

Tickets $40. Visit SouthFloridaJazz.org.

Palm Beach County Sylvia

May 17 to June 2 at the Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 Lake Shore Drive in Delray Beach. Greg finds a sweet dog Sylvia and brings her home to his wife, who is not so thrilled to have her in the house. As Greg grows fonder of the pooch, the marriage starts to fall soflagaynews //

apart. Tickets $30. Call 561-272-1282, ext. 4 or visit DelrayBeachPlayhouse.com.

Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers

May 24 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Comedian Steve Martin shows of his other talent as a musician with his bluegrass band, The Steep Canyon Rangers, as well as a special performance with Edie Brickell. Tickets $35 to $105.

Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

Dancing at Lughnasa

May 24 to June 16 at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre, 201 Clematis St. in West Palm Beach. The audience will be taken back to rural Ireland in 1936 where a man tells the story of a summer spent at his aunt’s cottage. Tickets $10 to $55. Call 561-514-4042 or visit PalmBeachDramaworks.org.

Miami-Dade

Scandinavia Explored

May 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the South Miami-Dade Arts Center, 10950 SW 211 St. in Cutler Bay. Soprano Anna Hersey is accompanied by spring instruments to perform pieces by Grieg, Frumeri, Nystroem and more. Tickets $26 to $31. Call 786-573-5300 or visit SMDCAC.org.

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.

Peter London Global Dance

May 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne

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Blvd. in Miami. A multicultural performance by local dancers. Tickets $20 to $35. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

The Great American Songbook

May 24 and 25 at the South Miami-Dade Arts Center, 10950 SW 211 St. in Cutler Bay. Connie James sings American classics from George Gershwin, Cole Porter, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan and more. Tickets $25 to $30. Call 786573-5300 or visit SMDCAC.org.

* Angelique Kidjo

May 31 at 8:30 p.m. at the Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The world renowned singer is known for her impressive resume of collaborations, including Carlos Santana, Josh Groban, Alicia Keys and more. Tickets $35 to $65. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

* Baila Flamenco Festival

June 2 at 3 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. An annual tribute to the art of flamenco dancing, this year dancers from age 4 to professionals will be exploring the artists and masters who contributed to the art form over the years. Tickets: $20 to $34. Call 305-4668002 or visit AventuraCenter.org.

* Summer Shorts 2013

June 7 to July 30 at the Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Back for another round, almost two months’ worth of nightly shows featuring 90 minutes of theatrical shorts from local actors. Tickets $35 per show. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

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 of improvisation and sketches. Tickets $12. Call 305-693-8669 or visit JustTheFunny.com.

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Broward County 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.

* Veterans and Legends Roller Derby

May 25 at 6 p.m. at War Memorial Auditorium, 800 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. Cheer on the home team, the Gold Coast Derby Grrls! Tickets $10 to $20. Visit Ticketmaster.com and GoldCoastDerbyGrrls.com.

Colors of the Caribbean

June 15 from 4 to 11 p.m. at ArtsPark at Young Circle, Hollywood Boulevard and US-1 in Hollywood. Enjoy a night of Caribbean heritage with music, food, drink, arts and crafts, and children’s activities. Free.

Visit ColorsOfTheCaribbean.info.

* Gun & Knife Show

June 15 to 16 at War Memorial Auditorium, 800 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. A draw for gun collectors, hunters and enthusiasts to find hard-tofind items, accessories and more. Tickets $10. Visit SunCoastGunShows.com

Las Olas Sunday Market

Sundays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the YOLO plaza, 333 E. Las Olas Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale.

Browse through fresh produce, baked goods, flowers, plants, paella, jewelry and more. Visit DowntownFortLauderdaleCivicAssociation.org.

Palm Beach County PFLAG

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

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

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the week to center yourself on the yoga mat. $10 per class or residents $40 for eight weeks, nonresidents $50 for eight weeks. Call 561-804-4902.

Yoga Among the Orchids

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

Miami-Dade County *Networking Breakfast

June 6 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the LGBT Visitor Center, 1130 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. The MiamiDade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce hosts an event for business owners to learn about the networking and marketing opportunities by joining the chamber. Free. RSVP to rsvp@gaybizmiami.com or 305-673-4440 or GayBizMiami.com

*Preserve Planting

June 7 from 9 a.m. to noon at Rockdale Pineland Preserve, Southwest 144th Street and Southwest 92nd Avenue in Miami. Help beautify and preserve Rockdale Pineland by helping plant new greenery.

Register to eel@miamidade.gov.

*Eco-Action Day

June 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 9 a.m. to noon at Amelia Earhart Park, 401 E. 65th St. in Miami. Help keep the park beautiful by planting, cleaning trash, or removing invasive exotic plants. Call Alan Abolilo 305-685-8389.

*GALLA Luncheon

June 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at City Hall restaurant, 2004 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. A monthly networking opportunity for attorneys, judges and legal professionals. Limited to 20 people. Tickets $35 to $45. RSVP to rsvp@gaybizmiami.com or 305673-4440

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

Key West

Sober Sisters AA Lesbian Group

June 5 to 9 throughout Key West. Days of nonstop parties, parades and celebration of pride. Tickets $10 to $50 for various events. Visit KeyWestPride.org.

Mondays at 7 p.m. at Lambda North, 18 S. J St. in Lake Worth. A support group for recovering alcoholics. Visit LambdaNorther.net.

* Key West Pride

Seniors vs. Crime

Gay Key West Trolley Tours

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Hot Naked Sundays

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

Wednesdays at 5:45 p.m. at Lake Pavilion, 101 S. Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. Take a day out of

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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.

Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. at Island House, 1129 Fleming St. in Key West. A pre-tea pool party. Call 305-294-6284 or visit IslandHouseKeyWest.com.

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Broward County Angel’s Cafe

287 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Enjoy happy hour on Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. with $3 wines and beers, free snacks, raffles, and music by DJ Sol. Valet parking in rear. Call 954-900-5217.

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.

Alibi

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

Johnny’s

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

The Manor

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

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

Rumors

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

Sidelines Sports Bar

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

Call 954-563-8001 or visit SidelinesSports.com.

Naked Grape Wine Bar & Tapas

2163 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

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

The Mad Hatter

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

The Bar Lake Worth

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

Miami-Dade County Club Space

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

Club Sugar

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

Discotekka

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

Eros Lounge

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

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

* Point5 Cocktail Club

915 Duval St. in Key West. Happy Hour every day from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. with $5 premium cocktails and gourmet pizzas. Call 305-296-0669 or visit 915Duval. com.

The Bourbon St. Pub

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

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attorneys

AFFORDABLE DAILY ,WEEKLY & EXTENDED STAYS. CELEBRATING 15 YEARS, GAY OWNED AND OPERATED. 1998-2013 Seven year Pink Choice.com Award Winning Gay Hotel, offering spacious Self catering apartmentswith kitchens. Located just south of the Airport and Port Everglades in Dania Beach. Minutes to Nude and Gay beaches, Wilton manors , Fort Lauderdale attractions & night life. Includes WiFi, VOIP Telephone, BBQ ,parking and laundry.

Clothing Optional Heated Pools and Sun Decks.

(954)- 927-0090.Or visit www.LibertySuites.com

antiques/collectables

MOVIE POSTERS WANTED Private collector buying vintage movie posters, lobby cards, film stills, photography and other old entertainment memorabilia. Call for a free appraisal to find out what your stuff is worth! All calls confidential.

Ralph (800) 392-4050 email: sell@ralphdeluca.com

cleaning services HEAVENLY HOUSE CLEANER Upscale service that’s out of this world. Trustworthy & reliable. 10 years exp, references, not an agency, pet friendly, call Nina 954-601-6141 CLEAN IT RIGHT The best cleaning for your buck. 1BD $50, 2BD $60, 3BD $70. Excellent rates & references. 10 years in business. Serving Broward, North Miami Dade & S. Palm Beach.

Call Manny 954-560-4443

computers COMPLETE COMPUTER REPAIR FREE ESTIMATES - no extra charge for in-home.

FREE Computer tune-up with any service.

Replacement of laptop screen & key board.

Viruses, spyware, data recovery, lockouts & more. SAME DAY SERVICE - LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE Call Ernesto: 754-234-5598

employment

ENTRY LEVEL SALES EXECUTIVE Full time Sales, Client Services, Direct Marketing, Lead Generation, Telemarketing & Email Services.

Microsoft Word & Excel experience. Competitive Salary plus Commission, Medical/Dental, 401k & Profit Sharing . Email Resume: aleen@ lighthouselist.com

MEDICAL ASSISTANT –FULL TIME Natura Dermatology and Cosmetics is seeking a personable, and well educated medical Assistant.

Experience is preferred yet not required. Email resumes to bobby@NaturaDermatology.com

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

To place an ad call 954.530.4970 or visit SFGN.com/getlisted

EXPERIENCED GROOMER? Looking for a P/T experienced groomer with good scissoring skills to work on all breeds of dogs & cats. Only serious candidates apply. References will be verified. No drama!! 954-530-7216

air conditioning HONEST, RELIABLE AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING SERVICES Gay owned and operated company, Eiland Air, Inc. 24 hour service. Reasonable prices. Licensed & Insured #CAC1817222 Call Mike 786-247-6022

SIDELINES SPORTS BAR POSITIONS AVAILABLE Bartenders and bar backs. Now accepting applications and resumes. Mon-Fri from 3-6PM. No Phone calls please!

SALES POSITIONS Sales position open at high end antiques gallery in WPB. Knowledge of antiques, sales experience required. Reply: HillcrestAntiquesWPB@gmail.com JOB OPPURTUNITY Care Resource is now seeking for a Prevention Risk Reduction Counselor. Visit http://www.careresource.org/ career-opportunities/ for more info Contact: Aida Petrlak @ 305.576.1234 ext 272 Send Resume to apetrlak@careresource.org

home improvement THINGS YOU NEED TO ACCOMPLISH? Minds at ease, A+ handyman service. Prompt, Reliable & Honest. Call Keldon Keller 954-551-3127 krkeller@aol.com TOP NOTCH CONTRACTING Knows all and does all!! Many years experience and easy on the eyes! Remodeling, Trimming, Ground molding, Drywall, Painting, Landscaping, Roofing , Tile work, Electrical, Windows, Doors and more. Very reasonable rates and free estimates. Call Shawn 954-549-8243

pool services

painting services LEENYX HOME IMPROVEMENT Interior and Exterior Painting, Popcorn Removal, Baseboard/ Crown Molding Install. Residental and Commerical. No job is too small!! We service all of broward with great competitive prices!

Visa/Mastercard accepted. Call 954-696-6840 or email, tizpo11231@yahoo.com

plumber

BUTLER PLUMBING, INC.Residential & Commercial, Licensed & Insured, Palm Beach 561-613-338, Broward 954 -999-3315, MiamiDade 786-999-2152 24/7 -365 days,info@butlerplumbing.com, www.bultler-plumbing.com“ Just tell your friends the BUTLER did it”

HATE WINDOWS 8?We can bring back the look and feel of windows. Same day service. Call 954-986-1316 www.gaycomputerwiz.com PERSONAL COMPUTER TUTOR! Basic computer skills* Emailing pics /docs, scanning* Microsoft office programs*Excel, Word, Outlook and Powerpoint* Virus Removal* PC speed optimization* Secured Wireless home network setup* Wireless printer installation* PC purchasing consultant. Call (954) 980-0383 or email jamesjcarter22@gmail.com.

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

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

Angler Landscape, Inc. Residential and Commercial Lawn and Landscape

(954) 448-6394 Install Grass - Mulch - Rock - Hedges - Trees - Lighting Weekly and Monthly Service

www.AnglerLawn.com

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

licensed massage

property management

EXP. MATURE MALE WPB MASSEUR In-calls only, private studio setting by Belvedere/SR7 in quiet area. Highly skilled, intuitive theraputic bodywork by friendly LMT. Affordable rates but cash only. Early to late, 7 days. Call (561) 2548065 for appt. or walk-in OK. RELIEVE STRESS & TENSION WITH MAGICAL HANDS PRO MASSAGE (FL: MA51008) THE BRITISH POUND John Maroussas LMT Sports Massage, Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular, Trigger Point, Swedish, Salt or Sugar Scrubs.

Private Studio w/ Shower. Wilton Manors Location near Bill’s Lic#MA51123 954-999-2240 RECESSION RELIEF $40 per 90 MIN - Out calls higher. Swedish, Deep Tissue, Specialty Back, Lower Body & Feet. Couples Discounts.

Seniors Welcome. Delray Beach. 16 years experience. MA18563 Dennis (561) 502-2628 BEST MASSAGE & BODYWORK IN SOUTH FLORIDA READ MY REVIEWS AT WWW.SCHEDULENOW.INFO KEITH ANGEL, LMT (954) 816-7260 MA62951 MM27048 WILTON MANORS MASSAGE Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports. $59 Swedish Hour. call or Text Chris Tunkus 954-258-8779 1322 NE 4th Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL www.WiltonManorsMassage.com

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

AFFORDABLE AWESOME MASSAGE BY JIM Offering Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports and Lomi Lomi Massage for Men; in a very comfortable, relaxed and Private Massage Studio, Conveniently located with plenty of parking. Same Day appointments are welcome; please call Jim Libonati 954-600-5843,,Visit my website for details, rates, testimonials and more: www. massagebyjim.com Licensed and Certified MM22293 STAY TUNED FOR ALL NEW, LARGER, MORE ACCOMODATING STUDIO COMING TO WILTON MANORS May 1, 2013.

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

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

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real estate for sale

rent/lease ft. lauderdale

rent/lease furnished

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

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

Check out photos & complete descriptions at www.YourPerfectApartment.com or call Rick at 954-253-1929

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

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

Clothing optional pool! Central to Wilton Manors & Haulover nude beach in historic Dania Beach . Pets welcome. Includes ,utilities, parking , cable, wifi , internet/telephone . Call Joe & Jack at 954927-0090 or visit www.LibertySuites.com

LAKERIDGE FURN. GARDEN STUDIO Central to beach/downtown/Wilton Drive.Clean newly ren. 1 rm and bath. Lg. private fenced courtyard. private entry with parking,laundry onsite, water and electric included. $765/mo. 1st and security with lease. Avail March 1st call 941-548-7989 MIDDLE RIVER TERRACE 1/1 efficency $675/ mo. Or $165/week, 6 mos or 1 year lease. Large 3BD house $1,250, carport, office, and all tile.

Pay your first month’s rent with an approved application and you’re in. Water & electric included* Call for details. 954-527-9225

WILTON STATION LUXURY CONDO Share 2/2 with loft, private bath, parking, pool, gym and Jacuzzi. Utilities included. Looking for mature professional, background check required. $875 a month ,call 516-655-3216

HUGE 2/2 POOL DUPLEX - POMPANO BEACH Updated, Lushly Landscaped, East of Fed Hwy 1 Mile to Beach, D/R, Sep. Laundry W/D, Fab Lrg Pool, New Central AC, Tile Floors, Small Dog or Cat ok. $1390, Available 2/1/13 Call Tim: 754-235-2911 1BD APARTMENT UPSTAIRS 1142 NE 4th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale $700/Mo. Yearly Call 954-764-0212 or 954-581-2573 FULLY FURNISHED TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT Fully furnished 2bd/2.5 bath for rent near LA Fitness and US1, great location close to beach/ Wilton Manors. Full use of pool, free cable, well maintained community, small pets ok. Provide proof of employment, undergo full background check and have first, last and security, $1,600. 954-806-5725

real estate services

roommates

LAUDERLAKES ROOMATE WANTED Share a 2/2 on lake w/ hot tub, private bath, W/D , dishwasher ,central a/c and cable. $ 400/mo includes utilities & internet. Looking for a mature professional. 1st & security deposit. Background check req. Call Gary 954-803-0885 OAKLAND PARK, ROYAL PARK CONDOMINIUM Professional gay male wants gay roommate to share 2BR/2BA totally updated Condo w/ pool &gym In gated community. All utilities incl, internet and WiFi. You get BR with private BA and use of all common areas. 5 mins to Wilton Drive. Please be professional w/full time job and references. Nonsmoker and dog friendly a must. $ 535/month. 1st month and security required. Call 954-203-2345

salon

professional services

MALE ROOMMATE WANTED Male roommate wanted for 2/1/13. Beautiful WPB 2BD/2BA apt to share $650/Mo. Water, Elect, Waste Mgt included. Deposit + 1st. mo. Required. Call 561316-7236 LOOKING FOR MALE ROOMATE Gay male with small dog looking for stable professional to share my newly renovated upscale 2/2 condo.

Located in Oakland Park, close to Wilton Manors.

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

rent/lease hollywood hills

2 ROOMS FOR RENT 1BD/1BA new carpet, kitchenette, $1,200/Mo. will reduce to $775 for experienced handyman. Also 1BD $700/Mo. will reduce to $400 for experienced handyman. No pets allowed. Preferably young and strong male.

Contact John 954-549-8243 for more info.

rent/lease oakland park

AFFORDABLE-READY TO MOVE IN NEWLY REMODELED, Oakland Park, ready to move-in 1BD/1BA for $725.00, in newly renovated. Our largest unit. Walk in closet, renovated kitchen and bath, new appl., new tile floors, off-street parking.

Smoke free. No pets. $695.00. Call 754-366-7563

rent/lease west palm beach

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

real estate for sale MIAMI WATERFRONT LOCATION, KeystoneNew Stunning Renovation. Boca Style 3274 sq ft, 2 story, Open design Cherry wood kitchen.granite counter,stainless steel appliances. 10 ft ceilings, 4br/2ba +26 ft bonus room,dining room,den large lot and 40 ft long pool. Best Buy $895K, 305-4331775,631-433,0690 soflagaynews //

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