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‘Prison Break’ Star Comes Out to Protest Russia The actor revealed he’s gay after declining to attend a film festival in the country

Wentworth Miller, the star of the television show “Prison Break,” publicly announced he’s gay to protest Russia’s new anti-gay law.

The 41-year-old actor came out in a letter to the St. Petersburg International Film Festival, where he had been invited.

“Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who

has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes,” the actor wrote in his letter to the festival’s director, which was posted on GLAAD’s website. “However, as a gay man, I must decline.”

He went on to explain on his letter, dated Aug. 21:

“I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.”

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is facing filed by a former aide.

A total of 18 women have come forward to say they were sexually harassed by Filner, according to the Los Angeles Times.

For his part, Gloria is the city council president, a post he has held since 2008. The 35-yearold represents District 3, which includes the city’s popular gay neighborhood of Hillcrest,

where Gloria lives.

His first step as mayor, he said, is “a top-down review of all city departments” and “swift action on pending items that have languished on Mayor Filner’s desk for months.”

Gloria hasn’t said if he’ll run in the special election for mayor, which must be held within 90 days.

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to the 50,000 gay men that were convicted under Nazi law is the brainchild of Meretz Party municipal council member Eran Lev. “One of the first restrictions the Nazis imposed on the Jews was against going to public parks,” Lev told Haaretz. “This will be the first and only memorial site in Israel to mention the victims of the Nazis who were persecuted for anything

other than being Jewish.”

The monument will also bear the names of prominent Jewish gay men who were persecuted by the Nazi regime – including Magnus Hirschfeld, a sexologist and gay rights activist, and concentration camp survivor Gad Beck. It is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

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The memorial will include a giant pink concrete triangle at the center of a park

The city of Tel Aviv, in Israel, will build the country’s first monument dedicated to the homosexual victims of the German Nazi regime.

According to Haaretz, the design will feature a giant pink concrete triangle -- the symbol used by the Nazis to identify gay prisoners. It will be built in Meir Park.

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Gloria promised a ‘a top-down review of all city departments’ during his tenure

No matter whether he stays in office for 90 days or longer, Todd Gloria, San Diego’s second-ever openly gay mayor, has vowed to resurrect the city’s reputation after Bob Filner’s fiasco.

Mayor Filner was forced to resign on Aug. 24 as part of a mediation agreement met in a sexual harassment lawsuit he

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It may seem like a small change in the wake of legislation granting equal rights, but the fact remains that millions of children around the world will be brought up with a definition of marriage that is LGBT-inclusive.

According to Gay Star News, the Oxford Dictionary, the largest and most renowned dictionary of the English language, has changed its definition of marriage to include gay couples.

The addendum, first reported on Aug. 25, has been effective immediately on OED’s website and will be printed on every future edition.

The makers of OED added “the relation between persons married to each other’ to its definition ‘the condition of being a husband or wife,” and it also now has the note “the term is now sometimes used with reference to long-term relationships between partners of the same sex.”

“We continually monitor the words in our dictionaries, paying particular attention to those words whose usage is shifting, so yes, this will happen with

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+Cali Gay Mayor Launches Campaign to End Blood Ban When Campbell Mayor Evan Low was turned down at a local blood drive he had helped organize, the California politician lived firsthand what it meant being banned from donating blood.

“It’s unfathomable to me as Mayor that I can host a blood drive in my community, but I can’t donate blood myself,” Low said in a statement on Aug. 20. “It’s time

to end this blanket ban on gay male blood donations, and show the rest of the world that FDA policy should be based on science and not 30-year-old fears.”

Since then, Low has launched a campaign to get the FDA to stop discriminating against gay men based on an outdated 30-year-old law.

The mayor started an online petition to pressure the

government body, which has garnered over 20,000 signatures as of publication time.

The gay blood ban was enacted in 1983 during the early days of the AIDS crisis.

Earlier this year, Canada partially lifted its blood ban, allowing gay men who haven’t had sex with another man in the last five years.

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adding he “didn’t feel right as a gay man stepping foot into Russia.”

Also, a New Jersey fan of the event put out an online petition asking the organization to boycott Russia. The petition got over 28,000 signatures in a very short time.

For her part, MUO President Paula Shugart told The Advocate that while the event will take place the safety for staff, crew, and attendees, was the pageant organization’s “number one” priority.

Pinellas County, located in the Tampa Bay Area in Central Florida, has passed unprecedented protections for transgender people.

The county’s board of commissioners voted 6-1 on Aug. 20 to approved replacing the word “sex” in the county’s human rights law with the word “gender,” the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The new language extends transgender people’s legal protections in the county, giving them the right to protest if they are fired or denied housing because of discrimination. It also allows trans people to use bathrooms assigned to the gender with which they identify.

The law, however, does not apply to religious institutions, public schools or businesses with fewer than five employees.

The TBT writes that a majority of the people attending the meeting were actually against approving the legislation.

“I don’t want a man because his gender identity has become female being able to use the same restroom as I do,” Dorothy Bonds, a Palm Harbor resident, said during the meeting.

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Miss Universe Pageant Won’t Boycot Russia

Despite Andy Cohen dropping as co-host and 28,000 signatures asking to change the location of the event, the Miss Universe pageant will take place in Moscow, according to the organization.

The Donald Trump-owned company released a statement saying that while it is “deeply concerned by the laws recently enacted in Russia” as well as the “violence experienced by the LGBT community,” the

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show will take place Nov. 9 as scheduled.

The Miss Universe Organization believes taking the event to Russia will have a bigger impact than boycotting it.

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catalyst for social change,” part of the statement read.

Last week, Bravo host Andy Cohen said he wasn’t coming back as host for the beauty pageant because of Russia’s anti-gay laws. “[T]heir discriminatory policies make it unsafe for the gays who live there and gays coming to work or visit,” he told E! News.

“The law is that anyone under suspicion of homosexuality can be arrested,” he said,

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Germany is about to join the small list of countries who legally recognize intersex people.

According to The Local, a ruling from the Federal Constitutional Court will come into effect this November, which will allow intersex people to decide their own sex when they decide to do so.

“If the child cannot be identified as female or male, the personal gender is to be left blank and to be so entered into the births register,” the new law states.

While the law represents a milestone for intersex people, who are many times assigned a certain sex at birth and later in life realize they feel more comfortable with the opposite sex, it will have to be implemented to other types of identification besides birth certificates, Süddeutsche Zeitung writes.

Also, having nothing could create difficulties for intersexual people travelling to some countries, and German law defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman.

Justice Minister Sabine LeuthheusserSchnarrenberger said a “comprehensive reform” would be necessary.Australia passed similar legislation earlier this year.

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In 2010, $72.6 in global philanthropy reached contributors and grant makers to better the doorsteps of LGBT people, figuratively levy their donations, and might inspire new speaking. That’s out of a total $1.2 billion of entrants into the philanthropy field. worldwide philanthropy, as reported by a “Some may be surprised to learn that many Advancing Human Rights: The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking | © 2013 The Foundation Center new study from the Foundation Center. foundations who do not call themselves108 human The Foundation Center was established rights funders are nevertheless engaged in in 1956 and claims to “maintain the most supporting human rights work,” said Bradford comprehensive database on U.S. and, K. Smith, president of the Foundation Center, increasingly, global grantmakers and their in a statement. “Not only does this finding grants.” It partnered with The International help us understand the true scope of the Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) — a human rights funding community, it also global network of donors and grant makers opens up new possibilities for foundations — for the June study, “the first research that want to leverage their investment through report of its kind.” collaboration with others.”

So over $70 million went to the LGBT The six percent piece of the pie that went population, but how does that break down? to the LGBT population broke up into the Well, looking at the LGBT-focused segment following specific areas: Individual Integrity, Liberty, and Security, 61% of the report yields some interesting data, Social and Cultural Rights, 19% like the fact that the top contributor in 2010 Human Rights, 10% is the Arcus Foundation, which, on top of Other Rights, 10% dedicating itself to LGBT issues, its second Check SFGN next week for a feature on the and equal priority is “to conserve and protect the great apes.” Arcus gave $14.6 million. Top 10 foundations.

Second place goes to the Gill Foundation, which came out at an even $10 million. Sixth The Top 10 LGBT Funders place goes to the Ford Foundation, which in late July hired openly gay Darren Walker as 1. Arcus Foundation, $14.6 million its new president — it gave $4 million.

2. Gill Foundation, $10 million “The landscape of human rights funding 3. Vanguard Charitable is exceedingly complex, but initiatives like Endowment Program, $6.1 million this bring into sharp relief just how vibrant 4.Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, and diverse the field is,” said Michael $5.9 million Hirschhorn, executive director of IHRFG, 5.Open Society Foundations, $4.2 in a statement. “The lasting value of this million research — the thing that will take us beyond 6.Ford Foundation, $4 million ‘painting landscapes’ to propelling greater 7. Astraea Lesbian Foundation for engagement — comes when grant makers Justice, $3.6 million are moved to contribute data, provide 8. Proteus Fund, $3.4 million feedback, share findings with peers, and use 9. Tides Foundation, $2.1 million this information in support of their work.”

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GLAAD Says Movie Studios Aren’t Doing Enough for LGBT Equality New study finds LGB people in minor roles in movies, no trans people at all Jacob Long

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On Aug. 21, GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) released its first ever Study Responsibility Index (SRI), research that mapped the quality and quantity of LGBT characters in films that came from six major motion picture studios.

Those six major studios are: 20th Century Fox, Sony Columbia, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, and The Walt Disney Studios. You can see the full report at http://glaad.org/sri.

Important data? Damn right.

“For a very long time, our data reports were based around TV because we could easily do it, but we’ve worked with film since our inception. When we saw major achievements on TV, it was time to turn our focus over to film,” said Matt Kane GLAAD’s associate director of entertainment media.

“To be honest, we had an inkling that these studies wouldn’t be as inclusive as their television counterparts.”

Of the 101 releases from the major studios in 2012, 14 of them included characters identified as LGB. No T. And “the vast majority of these characters were no more than cameos or minor roles,” GLAAD’s report reads.

With television shows ramping up their duty on inclusive LGBT portrayal, Kane told SFGN that “TV itself may have become much more sophisticated, mature and experimental — raising the bar, per se.”

Added to the study is the inaugural Vito Russo Test, a set of criteria analyzing how LGBT characters are represented in a

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fictional work. Its criteria are simple: 1.The film contains a character that is identifiably lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender (LGBT).

2.That character must not be solely or predominantly defined by their sexual orientation or gender identity (i.e. the character is made up of the same sort of unique character traits commonly used to differentiate straight characters from one another).

3.The LGBT character must be tied into the plot in such a way that their removal would have a significant effect. Meaning they are not there to simply provide colorful commentary, paint urban authenticity, or (perhaps most commonly) set up a punchline; the character should matter.

Only six movies in 2012 (from the study) passed the Vito Russo Test.

“As a major influence in American culture and one of our nation’s largest media exports abroad, the lack of LGBT characters in bigbudget films needs to change,” said GLAAD’s spokesperson Wilson Cruz – also one of TV’s gay characters. “Until LGBT characters are depicted in these films in a substantial way with more regularity, there will remain the appearance of LGBT bias on the studios’ part.

Whether it’s an action hero or a supporting character, moviegoers should be able to see LGBT people as integral players in the stories told by leading Hollywood studios.”

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percent) featured gay male characters, while another 33 percent featured lesbian characters and 11 percent contained bisexual characters. Male characters represented 63 percent of LGBT images on screen, while female characters made up just 37 percent.

Of the 31 different characters counted (some of whom were onscreen for no more than a few seconds), 26 were white (83.9 percent), 4 were black/African American (12.9 percent) and 1 was Latino (3.2 percent). There were no Asian-Pacific Islander or recognizably multiracial LGBT characters counted.

The most common place to find LGBT characters in the major studios’ 2012 releases was in comedies, where nine of the 24 comedies released (37.5 percent) were inclusive. By comparison, 34 genre films (action, sci-fi, fantasy, etc.) made up the majority of the 2012 releases, though only three (8.8 percent) of those included any LGBT characters. Additionally, only one of 21 dramas (4.7 percent) and one of four documentaries (25 percent) were inclusive, while there were no LGBT characters in any animated or family-oriented films.

“Entertainment media consumers are seeing diversity depicted on the small screen and LGBT-inclusive TV shows have consistently been among the most popular shows with audiences and critics,” Cruz said. “By being more inclusive, the Big Six studios can attract an audience that expects to see a diverse cast of characters.”

While this study makes a strong case for

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studios to get up and get more inclusive, Kane said it may not happen as quickly as next year.

“This is a baseline for us to work with.

Film has a long life, in getting it from project stage to the screen, so there may not be a huge change by next year,” he said.

“But this will be a long-term discussion we have. Over time, we hope to see some progress on their ends.”

The next edition of the Studio Responsibility Index will be released in 2014.

Want to tell studios to be more responsible? GLAAD set up a letter for you.

Just go sign it at http://glaad.org/sri.

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Brian Neal and his life partner Bobby Blair are in New York City this week at the 2013 U.S. OPEN Tennis Championships to announce the launch of the Brian Neal Fitness and Health Foundation LGBT athletic mentoring program.

This program is designed to provide a safe and private ‘one on one’ mentoring program for all LGBT athletes worldwide. The plan, Blair stated, is for LGBT athletes “to have access to an infrastructure of support and guidance as they journey through the coming out process to living a true and honest life regarding their sexual orientation.”

A former professional tennis player, Blair’s own memoirs, “HIDING INSIDE THE BASELINE” will be released this year. The storyline traces Blair’s path first as a top gay ranked tennis player Bobby Blair to his recognition as a world-class Submitted Photo courtesy of Bobby Blair tennis coach in the 1980’s and 1990’s. and happiness than I had is something that The new athletic mentoring program has won the acclaim of numerous encourages us to work as hard as we can to world class tennis professionals, such as make a difference.”

Meanwhile, the Brian Neal Fitness & Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Health Foundation has surged recently, and former champion, Billie Jean King, coming back and offering an expanded who stated: “Bobby Blair is committed to providing a safe and confidential support series of health and wellness services which team for LGBT athletes around the globe and includes a Healthy eating workshop; Life by sharing his own experiences and showing mentoring courses with Howard Cohen; how important it is to live your truth, I know yoga classes with Robert Schein; and body he will make a major impact on the lives of alignment science classes by Paul Bunting.

Intense Fitness, Push Fitness, David those he reaches through his Foundation Levinson, and Michael Festa, along with and his new book.”

Brian Neal, are providing group workouts.

A press conference slated for Thursday, Providing his own boot camps and weight August 29 at the Roger Smith Hotel will feature some of the biggest names in the training classes on a weekly basis, Neal now tennis sports world. Those who will be says that “My life dream and passion is coming attending and speaking include famed true as I work daily to help people live a happy tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, ESPN and CNN and healthy life who have been challenged commentator LZ Granderson, French Open with life altering medical conditions. I am doubles champion Luke Jensen, and a former also excited as we launch our LGBT athletic top ten player in the world Carling Bassett- mentoring program this week to help young Seguso. The book will be authored by Barry people live their true life as they utilize sports as a foundation to create a happy and successful Buss, himself a former top pro.

“The support and encouragement I have life on and off the fields and courts.”

The Brian Neal Foundation also offers received from the tennis world is truly humbling,” Blair said. “Having the biggest complimentary gym memberships at STEEL names in my sport recognize my story as GYM for those recipients who qualify for a game changer for a better tomorrow for Foundation services. If you would like more our LGBT athletic youths and to embrace information on how the wellness programs, Brian and my desire to help other athletes and how you can become a member, review the so they can have an easier path to freedom guidelines at www.briannealfitness.org soflagaynews //

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‘Visa: It’s Everywhere You Want to Be’ Unless You’re LGBT Advocacy Organizations want the Olympic sponsor to do something about Russia’s anti-LGBT law Jacob Long

Two human rights groups are telling Visa officials to speak out against Russia’s highly controversial anti-gay law, as the company everyone knows is a major sponsor of the upcoming Olympics there.

The groups are Courage Campaign and Democracy for America, two advocacy organizations. And yes, before you ask, there’s a petition going around to make this a reality. If you sign the petition, you’ll be saying “I call on Visa, as an Olympic Sponsor, to speak out against the state-sanctioned violence and persecution of LGBT people in Russia. Visa shouldn’t profit off the Winter Games without ensuring the safety of LGBT athletes and fans alike.”

Shouldn’t it?

SFGN spoke to Eddie Kurtz, director of online programs over at the Courage Campaign.

“Visa has specifically marketed itself as LGBT-friendly [they have a rainbow card].

They’re telling the LGBT community they want its business. It’s on them to ensure everyone involved here is treated fairly,” Kurtz said. “Any money being spent with any other company is most likely being spent using Visa.”

There are many other sponsors, but Courage Campaign chose Visa. Kurtz said there are three distinct reasons for this choice.

“When we think of the Olympics, Visa is just one of the sponsors that just stands out. Courage Campaign, like Visa, is headquartered in California. It’s in our backyard. There’s a feeling there we can work this effectively,” Kurtz said. “And finally, everyone has a Visa card. So we knew that our members would be Visa customers, making them very powerful in telling Visa they’re unhappy.”

Visa had this to say to Buzzfeed, which broke the news: “As an Olympic TOP Partner, we believe in the spirit of the Games and its unique ability to unite the world in a way that is positive and inspirational. We are engaged with the IOC on this important topic and support its recent statement that sport is a human right and

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the Games should be open to all, spectators, officials, media, and athletes, regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation.”

IOC is the International Olympic Committee, and has the power to make some strong demands in regards to this issue.

“I think the IOC can tell Russia this game isn’t happening unless everyone is guaranteed protection. Visa can threaten to pull its sponsorship for the same ultimatum,” Kurtz said. “This is a giant honor for Russia to host the Olympics. It’s sort of a giant stamp of approval from the world community and right now, on a number of fronts, Russia is not behaving well.”

With IOC support or not, advocates think Visa should at least stand by its values of LGBT inclusion on this issue and that, if it doesn’t, it’s supporting the discrimination.

“This is an opportunity for Visa to prove that they are a real ally of the LGBT community, not a fair-weather friend merely willing to pay lip service to LGBT rights when it aids the bottom line,” said Jim Dean, chair of Democracy for America.

“As a major sponsor of the Olympics, until it vocally rejects the rulings, Visa’s silence can and should be seen as approval of the International Olympic Committee’s feckless support of Russia’s anti-LGBT laws.”

CourageCampaign.org is an online organizing network that empowers more than 750,000 grassroots and netroots activists to push for progressive change and full equality in California and across the country. As a leading multi-issue advocacy organization, Courage Campaign’s work is supported by thousands of small donations from our diverse community. Founded by Governor Howard Dean, Democracy for America is the people-powered Democratic Political Action Committee. With over one million members nationwide, the group is a grassroots powerhouse working to change the country and the Democratic Party from the bottom-up.

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Opens new Broward Wellness Center in Fort Lauderdale Jacob Long Monday, Aug. 26 was a good day for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and Broward County.

Starting Sept. 3, AHF’s newest Wellness Center will open for service in Fort Lauderdale. But on Monday, Aug. 26, congressman Alcee Hastings teamed up with AHF President Michael Weinstein to cut the ribbon on the new center, which will provide free testing, alongside other services.

Hastings spearheaded what came to be known as the Hastings Amendment, which brought $42 million to help access for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (the infamous ADAP). When it passed in 2011, more than 3,000 people were on a waiting list to receive ADAP’s services. So the congressman’s got a history with aiding the LGBT community.

And this recent product of a relationship between AHF and the Florida Department of Health is nothing too surprising.

Beginning Sept. 3, the Broward Wellness Center will provide free testing and treatment for HIV, syphilis, Chlamydia, and gonorrhea under the medical supervision of Physician’s Assistant Shane Woodall.

The center will be open from Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays, 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.

It’ll accept walk-ins.

Hours of operation are Mondays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome.

“AHF is so proud and pleased to partner with the Broward County Health Department in this pioneering private/public partnership to control sexually transmitted disease in the county,” said Michael Weinstein, President of AHF, in a statement. “We have an opportunity to show the entire country the best practice in promoting and maintaining sexual health.”

Earlier in 2013, the state gave AHF the responsibility and entrusted it with STD testing and treatment in April.

“Whether one is speaking of syphilis or HIV, sexual health is a key component to any public health system. South Florida is both an epicenter for syphilis and new HIV infections.

AHF is very proud to partner with the Department of Health to help improve public health in Broward County,” said Michael Kahane, Southern Bureau Chief for AHF. According to AHF, “one of the most pressing needs for Broward County is to control the spread of syphilis. Since 2000, the numbers of syphilis infections in Broward alone has increased by 400 percent, and

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Congressman Alcee Hastings at the AHF Wellness Center opening. In the background (from left to right) City Commisioner Dean Trantalis and AHF’s Michael Kahane and its president, Michael Weinstein

since 2005 the county’s syphilis incidence has been double that of Florida’s as a whole.

Nineteen million people are infected with STDs annually in America.”

Hastings serves as senior member of the House Rules Committee and is Co-Chairman of the Florida Delegation.

“Public misconception about STDs is widespread, in large part because many of them have no symptoms. The first step to preventing the spread of STDs and seeking treatment is testing. Knowing one’s status is vitally important to protecting one’s health.

Many STDs can be easily diagnosed and treated, but only if an individual gets tested and is aware of his or her status,” Hastings said. “All sexually active individuals can take responsibility for their health — and the health of their loved ones and community — by educating themselves about STDs.”

What You Need to Know About the New Broward Wellness Center Where is it?

Broward Wellness Center 700 SE 3rd Ave., Ste. 200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 When is it open?

Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays, 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.

(You can just walk in, but services don’t start until Sept. 3) More information?

Go to AHF’s website at aidshealth.org

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Vote Now for Miami’s Inaugural Pink Flamingo Awards Andrea Richard

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The LGBT Visitor Center in Miami is hosting its first ever Pink Flamingo Awards, which are currently underway. Locals and tourists alike are voting for their favorite Miami hotspots and people. The awards have already garnered an outpouring of support in just a short time.

Executive director of the Visitor Center, Karen Brown, has been planning the awards since January, but it was until three months ago, when the word got out via social media and email campaigns, that the idea took off. The response has been more than positive she said. “My favorite thing that has happened so far is watching the reaction on social media of the nominees getting so excited and honored for being nominated,� she said. “I get goosebumps when I read someone’s Tweet or Facebook post saying they were nominated for one of the Pink Flamingo Awards.�

The awards, modeled off the People’s Choice Awards, are comprised of ten categories from favorite drag queen, restaurants, hospitality partner of the year, favorite tourist attraction, to favorite fundraising event.

Finalists were selected by a crew who works closely with the center, and voters can cast their votes via www.gogaymiami. com through Sept. 5. Each nominee is either a locally-owned in Miami, or an event that only occurs in Miami so supporting local businesses and people are spotlighted. Â The unveiling of the winners will take place at a ceremony held on Tuesday, Sept. 17, from noon to 2 p.m., at the Palm Ballroom in the Miami Beach Convention Center. One event highlight will include a luncheon honoring past and present city leaders who supported the opening of the visitor center three years ago, including Miami Beach Mayor Matti Bower, the Miami Beach City Commission and former City Commissioners Saul Gross and Victor Diaz.

While the LGBT Visitor Center is a private nonprofit organization backed by grants, community support, and fundraising efforts, many people who see the name don’t realize the extensive programs it provides the community.

It’s not solely a spot for tourism information.

Community organizations host meetings there; there’s the Pink Flamingo Hospitality

The LGBT Visitor Center in Miami is hosting its first ever Pink Flamingo awards to spotlight favorite hotspots and people.

Photo courtesy of The LGBT Visitor Center

Diversity Training Program for teaching hoteliers how to handle LGBT clientele; offering visitors personalized advice and services and resources on homelessness, domestic violence help, LGBT youth issues, HIV/AIDS prevention and testing, and free condom distribution.

According to Brown, she feels a name change to ‘LGBT Visitor and Community Center’ would better encapsulate what the place is doing. And that the aim is to stay

abreast on LGBT entertainment trends and important issues related to the community. “What we care about is providing visitors with information and places that are LGBT friendly, welcoming and safe,� she said.

Visit www.gogaymiami.com or call 305397-8914 for more information. Tickets to the Pink Flamingo Awards luncheon cost $60 per person, which includes a gift bag, raffle ticket, and lunch.

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Tuesday’s Angels Puts the ‘Hope’ in Camp Hope Sends 33 HIV plus children to camp in Texas Andrea Richard

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Roasting marshmallows over a fire and singing camp songs can elicit fond memories for summer camp goers. But Camp Hope in Houston, Texas goes beyond traditional camp life by offering its program exclusively to children diagnosed positive with HIV/AIDS, creating a social experience that these children would not otherwise find.

Camp Hope, open to children ages seven to 15, brings in campers from various cities around the United States. This past summer, the Broward County-based nonprofit group Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center sent 33 kids to Camp Hope for a weeklong stay through its initiative “Kids to Camp” program.

Doctor Ana Puga, who cares for the On right Vice president and former President ot Tuesday’s children at the treatment center in Fort Angels, Chuck Nicholls Lauderdale, joined the 33 campers, Photo courtesy of Tuesday’s Angels ages seven to 15, on their adventure out relate to, many return to the camp and serve to Texas. Dr. Puga firsthand sees the liberating impact the camp experience has as volunteer camp counselors. But getting the on the kids when they finally can bond with kids there first off takes great financial support.

Tuesday’s Angels, a Fort Lauderdale-based other kids fighting similar health conditions.

“It changes everything for them. It means nonprofit which serves people living with the world to them,” Dr. Puga said, who has HIV/AIDS, is a big supporter of the Kids to worked the camp program for 17 years. Camp program. This past summer, Tuesday’s “When they get out to camp and see how Angels donated $10,000 in funds to cover they can be open without any stigma, like the airfare bill for the 33 campers, as well as in school, they can just be kids without sending 10 teenagers to Leadership Camp in Houston, Texas. worrying about their condition.”

For nearly 12 years, Tuesday’s Angels has Often times children living with HIV/ AIDS keep their diagnosis a secret with consistently provided financial support to school friends and even with their own this program.

“In this camp they have a good time,” family members according to Dr. Puga. Camp Hope gives these kids a chance to socialize said Chuck Nicholls, vice president and and discuss their deepest fears without former president of Tuesday’s Angels. “It judgment, which has spawned long term is important to teach this age group on friendships amongst campers, and greater properly taking their medication, and how important it is to interact with other people. concern for their own healthcare.

Since the camp is quite popular with It’s important to teach this group about safer limited space, Dr. Puga selects the kids sex, but most of all this is about the social each based on merit: Those who kept aspect that not only do the kids learn about medical appointments, diligently took their others, but most importantly they learn about themselves.” medication, and performed well in school.

Other support comes from the treatment The camp hosts a gamut of activities from center’s community partners and through horseback riding, fishing, to arts and crafts.

Teen talk nights are offered to older campers, donations to help cover camp costs including ages 13-15, in which the lectures cover clothing allowances.

“Without Tuesday’s Angels, we wouldn’t subjects such as sex education and how-to be able to send these kids to the camp,” said discuss their diagnosis with loved ones and Dr. Puga. future romantic partners.

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Holding Out for More Whistleblowers

Julian Assange Photo courtesy of New Media Days

On June 8, 1949, George Orwell published a novel describing a fictitious world gripped in the vise of constant war and a society held captive by the ever-watchful gaze of a shadowy totalitarian dictator known as “Big Brother.” The book has since found relevance again and again in our modern world. The main character, Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London, in the nation of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party’s seemingly omniscient leader. Sounds familiar? The first time I read “1984” I thought it was a science fiction masterpiece. Fast forward to the present nightmare.

The biggest break western democracies could hope for came compliments of Osama Bin Laden on 9/11, delivered on a bloody silver plate. The witch-hunts of the past resumed in earnest thanks to The Patriot Act and all the consequences and government agencies that followed. The once proud American people gave up their freedom and privacy without batting an eyelash.

Politicians and governments hate Democracy, even those who have risen to power through a democratic process. Since they are genetically incapable of being honest, they resent to be held accountable or questioned over their actions. Once they are in office they spend most of their time making sure the same people who voted them into power are kept in the dark and under close control, preferably through fear, lies and technology.

There is very little difference between today’s NSA and the KGB of old. The KGB infiltrated organizations, business and

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Edward Snowden Photo courtesy of CNN

Glenn Greenwald Photo courtesy of Glenn Greenwald

social groups, reporting anything that was considered anti-communist. The NSA and Homeland Security label anything that it doesn’t like, or wants to crush, as “terrorism” without distinction. It’s the password that allows them to smash open any door, the Constitution be damned, especially the Fourth Amendment. The rest is accomplished through all kinds of electronic surveillance and the gratuitous contribution of millions of Internet subscribers who blissfully, mindlessly and cheerfully post their lives and movements on social networks.

That’s why Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning and Glenn Greenwald are, in my book, heroes.

They are the avatars of our cyber society.

They have turned the tables, paying a very high personal price.

The latest disclosure, a few weeks ago, included an internal report, dated May 2012, that cited 2,776 violations over the previous year of rules meant to protect Americans ‘privacy.’ We have also learned that Google, Facebook, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America, Amazon, and many others, will bend over backwards to provide the government with their data banks of information plus refusing service to any entity or person labeled non grata by the hysterical “global powers” on the verge of losing the little façade, credibility and respect they may have left.

There is a high degree of pleasure in seeing governments squirm, scramble, scream, lie and run for cover over the half a million plus documents made public by WikiLeaks in the past, and now the top-secret documents leaked by Snowden, clearly showing the NSA overstepped its legal authority soflagaynews //

thousands of times since 2011. The reactions are predictable and full of senseless shrill sound bites for the benefit of the masses.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, said that informants should be executed.

WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden are a step forward in our need and craving for freedom of information. On the other hand the backlash, not surprisingly, is not far behind. It is already in the making a new wave of imperial laws aimed at labeling as “terrorists” the digital Robin Hoods.

It is interesting to see that both Snowden and Assange allied themselves with the “old media” newspapers, to push forward their agenda. It is fundamentally important that the credible publications now involved perform what they are supposed to be good at: verify, investigate and confirm the information released by Snowden or any other whistle blower. The new and the old tools of communications must come together to dissect, stimulate, analyze, expose and organize the debate more than ever before in our history. They must consolidate their position as watchdog for the public interest.

At the same time it is extremely disturbing to learn that Glenn Greenwald’s partner was taken into custody while in transit at London’s Heathrow under the “antiterrorism” provision, only to learn the next day that the action was meant to send a message to those involved in the reporting of government’s secret surveillance. More likely it sounds like vindictiveness of those in power against journalists doing their job in exposing the abuse of people’s rights.

As the drama unfolds over the fates of Julian Assange (still hiding in the Ecuadorian Embassy after more than a year), and Edward

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Bradley Manning Photo courtesy of United States Army

Snowden (for the time being a “guest” of Russia), Bradley Manning is headed for prison while those who presided over torture go free. The three of them have been rendered stateless, imprisoned, or powerless. These are the old, bad tools of dictatorial political aggression. In reality the government is not even afraid of them, it is afraid of us. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised and it should be.

We can only sit back and hope for more documents to be released applauding WikiLeaks for saying: “Leaking is inherently an anti-authoritarian act. It is inherently an anarchist act… We get information …vet it like a regular news organization…release it to the public, and then defend ourselves against the inevitable legal and political attacks.” Sadly, all of the leaks combined tell us one thing: “if we do not already live in a police state, we are hurtling fast in that direction.”

With all the talking of how much information the government has been able to collect about all of us there is a touch of underlying farce in the whole story as it keeps unfolding: NBC News reported last week that The National Security Agency still doesn’t know exactly what and how much Edward Snowden took from them. There you have it, our only hope: The endemic incompetence of any government and its ability to screw everything up.

Those who think Assange and Snowden are just hackers “threatening” our security should pay close attention to the words of Benjamin Franklin: “Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.”

Only the truth, no matter how unpleasant or inconvenient, will set us free.

opinion publisher’s editorial Norm Kent

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Dr. King and the March for Equality Alcee Hastings and AHF’s Weinstein carry the torch

The nation today and this past week has been celebrating perhaps the greatest speech ever given by an American. We are upon the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s address at the Washington Memorial.

I was only 13 at the time, and the world had not yet come into focus for me. I was a little kid more worried about how the New York Mets were playing than how freedom riders in Selma, Alabama, were making out. Some of my heroes were Negro Americans, but only if they could run like Jackie Robinson, catch like Roy Campanella, or pitch like Don Newcombe.

As I got a bit older, and began my undergraduate studies at Hofstra University, I came to understand the civil rights movement was everyone’s battle. I came to appreciate that by breaking racial barriers in baseball, the Brooklyn Dodgers and Branch Rickey were not only improving the game, but also making American history.

Americans may have feared the 1963 march on Washington might lead to violence. Some argued Negroes were asking for too much too soon. Dr. King, on the other hand, effectively pointed out that Negroes were denied equal rights too often for too long. He was right and white America was wrong. Today, we acknowledge that truth.

So it is and will be with gay rights. Only a few years ago, our own activists deplored the push for marriage equality as asking for too much too quickly. The truth is though that the suppression of equality has been unacceptable for too long. Our cause is just and our battle continues.

We may have won the right for gays to serve in the military or get married in some states, but until that happens in all 50, you have work to do. Until your tax exemption is the same as a heterosexual couple, you still have work to do. Unless your city is providing the same partnership benefits for the LGBT community as it is providing for married straight couples, you still have work to do. Equality has no deferral date.

You are living in a community where AIDS is still spreading too rapidly amongst our youngest citizens. It is a disease that has ravaged the gay community, and spread decades ago because our government did too little for too long. Why? The perceived victims were gay men. We were second-class citizens who did not matter. Those days are over.

This week, my dear friend, Congressman Alcee Hastings, cut the ribbon for a new AIDS Healthcare Foundation Center in the heart of Fort Lauderdale. An African American,

Congressman Hastings knows the toll that HIV has taken on minorities in this country.

He is aware that our government needs to do still more, and personally fought in the past few years for millions of dollars in ADAP funding. The battles go on.

Congressman Hastings is 77 years old, and he was a guest of AHF’s president, Michael Weinstein, who later that day would fly to Uganda, where both gays and HIV are a social anathema. Michael Weinstein will advocate for treatment and healing, hope and not hurt.

In their own way, 50 years after Dr. King’s speech, both men are still preaching his dream, waiting for the day when “every valley shall be exalted and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight.”

Few of you know this, but Alcee Hastings was one of the first public officials in the history of Broward County to advocate for the rights of gay men and women in the

early 1970’s, when the cause was too silent and too few voices were heard anywhere. He has always understood that discrimination comes in many colors, from denying binational couples marital rights to unjustly locking up too many minorities for victimless drug crimes.

Dr. King tried to teach us we all have one color. And he was right, because the rainbow belongs to every American. One day, maybe we will all be able to sit down at Dr. King’s “table of brotherhood,” Maybe one day this nation will stop oppressing its poor, its minorities, and its disenfranchised, and embark upon a day when we will transform ourselves into an “oasis of freedom and justice.”

For that day to come, Miami cops will have to stop tasing and killing teenage graffiti artists, and mayors will have to stop sexually assaulting their secretaries. The NSA will have to stop spying on our citizens, and the CIA will have to stop torturing prisoners at Guantanamo. Kids will have to stop shooting each other in our schoolyards,

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and schools will have to cultivate mental health programs.

A neighborhood watch won’t lead to a white kid shooting a black teenager but instead it will protect a young child from a sexual predator. Southern politicians won’t erect roadblocks to voting rights for minorities, and the United States Senate will recognize that out of millions of immigrants today, one could become a president tomorrow.

The bottom line is that even though 50 years have passed since Dr. King’s speech, we all still have much to dream about. There are causes always worth fighting for, from Syrian refugees living in desert encampments to 50,000 dogs abandoned on the outskirts of Detroit. There is more to do than worry about Miley Cyrus and the way she dressed at the Video Music Awards.

Find your passion and make it happen.

Make your life matter. It is the only one you got, and while the future may lie beyond your vision, it is not beyond your control.

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letter to the editor

The $2.3 Million Dollar Question

Residents question Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Dean Trantalis’ motives Commissioner Trantalis, as a homeowner in Middle River Terrace, I’m a bit baffled and somewhat confused as to what’s been transpiring in Fort Lauderdale’s District 2 of late. As most people are aware, there’s been some contention regarding the planned improvements for Dixie Hwy. Improvements which affect the corridor of Dixie Hwy that stretches from the bridge, South of Five Points in Wilton Manors, straight thru to 13th St. A stretch of road which runs practically through the center of Middle River Terrace’s residential community, the community I chose to buy my home in and build a future in. This plan has been plagued by many delays and roadblocks and we’re finding ourselves once again having to deal with another roadblock, which is delaying the implementation of this plan even more.

As you know there’s been a lot of finger pointing, name calling and over all childish behavior when it comes to these improvements so I’d just like to stick to the facts.

1.When improvements to the infrastructure of this portion of Dixie Hwy were first pursued by the MRTNA they requested a master plan with the following wish list of elements to be incorporated into the design : “Pedestrian Safety”, “Safe and Calming traffic devices”, “Shared Use Path” or “Bike Lanes” and some “Beautification of Dixie Hwy”, possibly using sustainable products or native plants / trees / bioswales.

The MRTNA then went forward for approval with a plan which included a shared use path.

2.The city of Fort Lauderdale did a survey and the Metropolitan Planning Organization ( MPO ) conducted a study of the roadway to see if this plan would fall into the guidelines of the “Complete Streets” program. However, before even reaching half way through the proposed section of roadway, and already finding 29 points of contention, the MPO determined that a “Shared Use Path” was not a plan which should be implemented in this instance. The plan was deemed dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists and the MPO will not support or fund the plan.

3.With that the MPO, the City Transportation and Mobility Dept and the Broward School Safety Department reviewed the current plan of record, referred to as “The Bike Lane Concept”, which received approval and support from all three agencies as well as two of the main cycling clubs from Fort Lauderdale. As you know this plan was developed using the guidelines from the “Complete Streets” program. A program you’re aware of which has been accepted

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and embraced by Broward County. Not only does the MPO approve and support this plan but they’ve already put aside $2.3 million for it’s implementation. As the rendering shows the plan will provide the residents of Middle River Terrace and those who use this corridor of Dixie Hwy with the following:

The $2.3 million of funding currently in place from the MPO will cover:

The remaining missing sidewalks along the West side of Dixie Hwy and new sidewalks along the East side of Dixie Hwy. Both of which will have handicap accessibility.

Well defined 4ft. wide bike lanes in both the North and South bound lanes, including having them painted Green.

Reduced Traffic lanes from 12ft to 10ft as per the guidelines of the “Complete Street” Program.

Drainage.

Bioswales.

Two NCIP grants will cover the following :

Two beautiful entrance monuments with river stones, landscaping, lighting and additional beautification.

Architect renderings.

Transportation and Mobility has funds in place for : Two crosswalks Technical drawings.

The remaining funding will be easily obtained thru additional grant monies once the plan of record is approved by the City Commission, those funds will cover :

Traffic calming ( Raised traffic tables at major intersections / One Traffic Circle ).

Additional pedestrian cross walks.

As I understand the process is meant to work is as follows. When changes such as these are requested by a community they’re required to come up with a Master Plan. Once the Master plan is created and approved by all interested parties ( MPO, Transportation and Mobility ), the plan then has to be brought forward by the commissioner of that district, in this case that would be you, to the City Commission for their approval before funding could be pursued to develop and execute the plan. soflagaynews //

Commissioner Trantalis, here’s where my confusion comes in. There are processes which we all must follow and I believe my community has done what is expected of them.

As I stated previously, the residents of MRTNA have complied with the requirement to have a Master Plan for the infrastructure updates created.

The community voted on and passed the plan, with a majority vote, back in Oct of 2012. Also, in the meeting held by the city at ArtServe, to educate the residents about the plan, there were 100 attendees of which more than 95% were in favor of the plan.

Not only has our community embraced this plan but we’ve also received overwhelming support from the MPO, Transportation and Mobility, as well as from the Broward School Safety Dept.

Have our district Commissioner bring the plan forward to the City Commission for a vote. This Commissioner Trantalis is not happening and we need to understand why.

As you’re aware the MPO is so supportive of this plan that they’ve already allocated funding to the tune of $2.3 million to have it executed and that’s even before it’s been approved by the City Commission. MRTNA has submitted multiple requests to you asking that you and the city move forward with putting this on the City Commissions agenda so it can be voted on and passed in hopes that we can move forward with it’s execution. Yet Commissioner Trantalis here my community sits, still waiting for this plan to be brought forward to be voted on by the City Commission.

It seems this time we’re up against a roadblock of your own making. Instead of moving forward with much needed improvements for my community you are now requiring that the plan be fully funded before having the City Commission vote on it. Your claim now seems to be that you do not want to move forward with the plan without having the traffic calming devices already funded because you feel it would be too dangerous otherwise, that goes against what all the experts have told us. Regardless of the fact that we already have $2.3 million in funding from the MPO for this plan.

Regardless of the fact that the MPO has stated numerous times that they are ready and willing to pursue other grants to complete the funding but will not be able to do so until the plan is approved by the City Commission.

So Commissioner Trantalis the much needed improvements for the MRT corridor of Dixie Hwy sits and waits as you bring

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other plans forward to the City Commission for funding approval, plans which do not have Master Plans in place, such as the revitalization of 13th St. AS important as it may be to revitalize the short 6 block span of 13th St for local businesses, our community is just as important if not more so than the business district because these are the people who live and work in our community.

These are the people who have to deal with unsafe conditions on a daily bases.

In closing, my questions to you are : Why would a commissioner hinder a community so by continually putting up roadblocks to a safe and fund-able plan and potentially having a community lose $2.3 million in funding already in place. Funding which will go a long way in helping to make much needed safety improvements so our residents can have a better quality of life as well as making it safer for those who drive, bike and walk through this corridor of Dixie Hwy? Why have you not put this plan on the City Commissions agenda and have it brought up for a vote?

What do we, as a community, need to do to get your full support in backing this plan and bringing it forward to the City Commission?

Seeking understanding, Concerned Resident and Home Owner of Middle River Terrace Domingo Cid

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letter to the editor

Chris Reiner Not a Monster I am a big fan of your paper and I understand the business of getting juicy articles especially in the gay community out there. An article was recently written about Christopher Reina [“Wilton Manors Man Pleads Guilty in Child Porn Case” SFGN Aug. 7] from Wilton Manors being arrested in distribution of child pornography. I know you posted the facts of the case but what is sad is that this is not a black and white case at all.

Christopher was one of the people that started Crystal Meth Anonymous in Fort Lauderdale. He was at the time in his addiction actively using and in a bad spot.

He met the wrong people online that were into that distasteful porn and yes he sent it to an undercover agent but that was the only person he sent it too. Chris is not into that stuff. He was lured into a group of guys online he found attractive ...older guys...that were into that and Chris did go along when under the influence to get their attention when he was under the influence of crystal meth.

What I think needs to be addressed

more in Wilton Manors is the growing population of crystal meth use in our community. It’s huge!

Such sites as Adam4Adam where you can do a recreational drug search or Manhunt or BarebackRT where almost everyone has key words in profile such as long sessions, to the poinT, play darTs, twisted play, making clouds just to name a few. I know first hand as a crystal meth addict in recovery.

I am currently in a treatment program at Broward House which has saved my life and it is just sad how the gay community is so drug filled with men young and old. I know the gay community has always been into “partying” but it is just sad how we turn a blind eye to the drug that is overtaking our community. I know all the drug spots in Wilton Manors and it is in almost every block.

Chris’ unfortunate incident is a direct result of his use. He has to pay for his actions but he is a great guy. He is not a child molester, he just made bad choices.

Mike McCloskey

Christopher Reina Photo courtesy of Broward Sheriff’s Office

The High Holidays Are Early This Year…

Join our LGBT voices, and our friends and families, that have been singing in the New Year since 1974

Congregation Etz Chaim High Holiday Service Schedule Rosh Hashanah: 8pm, Wednesday, Sept. 4 10am, Thursday, Sept. 5 Yom Kippur: 7pm, Friday, Sept. 13 10am, Saturday, Sept. 14; concluding service 6:30pm All services will be held at Temple Bat Yam, 5151 NE 14th Terrace, Ft. Lauderdale. EXCEPT Yom Kippur concluding service, held at 5700 NW 94th Ave, Tamarac.

Guest tickets are $100 for all services, or $50 for one service. Cost of tickets may be applied to your first year membership.

Join us for your Holiday meals: Rosh Hashanah lunch, served at 13 Even on Wilton Dr., and Yom Kippur Break Fast, at the conclusion of the holiday. Each meal is $25.

For ticket information, please call 954-564-9232 or visit us online at www.EtzChaimFlorida.org

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column tony’s talks Tony Adams

Gay Lenders Quit Kiva Over Partnership With Anti-Gay University

Strathmore University in Kenya is known for its ties to Opus Dei, an anti-gay, Roman Catholic organization

The IFE Group Photo courtesy of Kiva’s Facebook

Kiva is a non-profit founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco with a mission to alleviate poverty by facilitating microloans as small as $25. Visitors to Kiva.org can browse the stories and profiles of impoverished borrowers around the world and chose those they want to support. Kiva claims to have attracted 980,099 lenders who have loaned $466,594,475 in 72 countries with a repayment rate of 99.01 percent.

Kiva lenders often form teams based on mutual interests. One of Kiva’s strongest teams is its “GLBT team” founded in 2008.

It consists of 6,025 members who have lent $2,883,800 in 102,786 loans. Team members communicate with each other via a message board on Kiva’s website. Because it is dangerous for poor entrepreneurs to self-identify as gay in many of the countries where Kiva operates, the GLBT team tries to discern recipients who may be gay given what is available in their profile.

A few years ago, my husband gave me 100 Kiva dollars as a Christmas gift. I made my first loan to a young barber in Lebanon who has since repaid every cent of that loan used to expand his business. By joining the GLBT team, I have been proud to participate in other loans and I have encouraged friends to join Kiva.

Last week, I was surprised to learn via the team message board that Kiva had gotten into bed with Strathmore University in Kenya in order to offer tuition loans to its students. Strathmore is a private college run

by Opus Dei, the anti-gay, secretive and arch conservative Roman Catholic organization that came to light via Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code in which certain members are depicted as enjoying “mortification of the flesh” by

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self flagellation. Opus Dei priests, including those at Strathmore can be heard/read in articles and videos condemning condoms, homosexuality, women’s rights, abortion and a host of equal rights that identify Opus Dei as the enemy of Kiva’s GLBT team (and also of Kiva’s even larger and stronger “Atheists, Agnostics, Skeptics, Freethinkers, Secular Humanists and the Non-Religious” team consisting of 32,991 members who have lent $12,080,775 in 483,231 loans.)

I contacted Kiva’s media representative, Jason Riggs, for an explanation of why Kiva would form a partnership with Strathmore University/Opus Dei. I apprised him of the growing number of Kiva GLBT team members who had stopped making loans, left Kiva or were threatening to do so unless Kiva severs its ties to Strathmore. His written response was disappointing.

“Strathmore University is one of the leading private chartered universities in Kenya, and is a privately owned, not for profit institution. On the spectrum of religiosity among Kenya’s universities, Strathmore resides among the less religious[…]Opus Dei is distinct from the daily operations of Strathmore, and they are not involved in setting curriculum,” he wrote. “They do provide a chaplain for those students who want to speak to him, though no one is required to go[…]Cancelling Kiva’s partnership with Strathmore University would ensure that it becomes much more difficult for dozens of hard-working, dedicated students from impoverished backgrounds to attend university in Kenya.”

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Strathmore and railing against condoms, and letters from Opus Dei priests active at Strathmore to newspapers in Kenya saying that “sodomy is a sin” prove otherwise. The only chaplains allowed at Strathmore are Opus Dei priests. There is no gay or gaystraight student organization. Strathmore’s equal rights protections statement contains no mention of sexual orientation.

Students are encouraged to do volunteer work and internships, but volunteering or becoming an intern at GALCK, Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (galck.org) is not acceptable at Strathmore.

Members of Kiva’s GLBT team wrote to Kiva’s community coordinators protesting the partnership with Opus Dei. They received answers they characterize as patronizing and dismissive. In response to one member’s concerns, Laura Piper, Manager of Community Support, wrote, “We have found no evidence that this university is preaching or instilling any type of discriminatory or homophobic practices with their students.”

Ms. Piper seems to have no sense of the subtlety practiced by Opus Dei in its educational indoctrination. It is incredible that she continues her response with, “I know that some people feel as though Opus Dei’s stance on gay rights must be strongly promoted at the school, but we haven’t found any evidence of the sort.”

On the message board, many members tried to figure out who in Kiva’s leadership might be at the root of its alliance with Strathmore University/Opus Dei. The name most often mentioned by members is Kiva’s regional manager in Africa, Cher Jacques. My research disclosed that she has personally lent funds to students at Strathmore,

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and that she is a graduate of a Catholic preparatory school and has been involved in Catholic ministries described fondly by her in an alumni publication. Indications are that she personally advocated for and established the partnership with Strathmore University/Opus Dei. Ms. Jacques has not responded to my requests for information about her enthusiasm for the partnership.

For the moment, it seems that Kiva leaders found a willing partner in Opus Dei and were seduced by the vision of helping poor Kenyan youth receive an education even if that education is tainted with anti-gay and anti-women’s rights hatred. For the moment, Kiva is unwilling to admit and rectify its blunder. Kiva’s defense of its partnership with Strathmore University/Opus Dei seems to indicate their supposition that our protest will soon blow over and that we will resume making loans through its agency. Kiva may be naively unaware of the power of LGBT advocacy and activism that has of late brought down Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Prop 8 and DOMA, and has successfully trumped the efforts of anti-gay religious groups that would deny equality in many countries.

Unless Kiva is pleased to be associated and identified with Opus Dei, it should end its fledgling partnership with Strathmore University and seek to establish healthier partnerships with other Kenya organizations such as GALCK. I have encouraged my Kiva teammates to wait for a formal response to our many requests before reaching a decision to quit or remain with Kiva. Meanwhile, many members of the Kiva “GLBT” and “Atheist, Agnostic, etc” teams have stopped making loans until a satisfactory response is issued.

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Taking SAVE Dade ‘to the Next Level’ Say hello to Tony Lima, SAVE Dade’s new executive director Jacob Long SAVE Dade is going to expand its reach — and its vocabulary — says the Miami advocacy organization’s brand new leader, Tony Lima.

The 39-year-old, named in Brickell’s Magazine 2013 edition of ‘20 Professionals Under 40,’ comes to SAVE Dade after almost six years with the Miami Science Museum,

where he was its vice president of marketing and communications.

“SAVE Dade is thrilled to welcome Tony as our next executive director,” said board chairman Brian Adler. “He brings talent, enthusiasm and passion to his new role and will represent the LGBT community in Miami with distinction.”

Tony Lima, SAVE Dade’s new executive director.

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Lima’s served on SAVE Dade’s board of directors and run campaigns for CVS/ Pharmacy, Levi’s, The Children’s Trust, Staples, Royal Caribbean and Toyota.

Notably, he worked for the National truth [sic] Campaign, one of the most recognized smoking cessation programs out there.

“I’m ecstatic with these new challenges.

I think there’s a lot that’s relatable [with the Science Museum]. I feel very comfortable.

From a volunteer management standpoint, I’m used to this,” Lima told SFGN. “What I add to the position is I’m a seasoned marketing professional.”

One of Lima’s first objectives will be expanding SAVE Dade’s reach in a sort of manifest destiny ideal of growth. He wants to reach people through Spanish and Creole (which the tri-lingual Florida International University graduate can most likely accomplish).

“I want to take the SAVE Dade message to as many people as possible. Calling an LGBT organization limits it a little bit. But everything we’re talking about is basic

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human rights, from discrimination to marriage issues,” Lima said, who plans to hit areas like Hialeah, Miami Springs, Homestead, Doral, Kendall. “We haven’t been as strong as we could have been in the past. We do have a lot of Hispanic supporters, but they’re all the same archetype. It’s a matter of going in deeper to the community and finding people who aren’t necessarily represented right now.”

With this kind enthusiasm and confidence, past executive director CJ Ortuno’s commendations aren’t surprising.

Ortuno left his post to take a job in New York with City University of New York law school.

“Tony is a great choice. I could not be happier in having him take over the leadership of this wonderful organization,” Ortuno wrote in a comment to the announcement.

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When you walk in, don’t be surprised if you see manager Mickey Havens behind the piano or on the microphone. There’s live entertainment every night sans Sunday (they’re closed). When Mickey is done performing, he may stop by your table and inquire what you ordered.

If you haven’t gotten that far, he may suggest the handcrafted meatball ($10) or mussels ($12) – both are two of the most popular appetizers. Another is the fried calamari ($11) – lightly breaded and served with marinara. Don’t ignore the hot peppers; scoop one up with a bite of squid. The extra kick is worth it.

Indulge in the wine list, like the Primal Roots Red Blend from California or the Italian Corvo Moscato. Inquire about the craft beer selections, too. Don’t miss Happy Hour Monday-Friday, 5-8 p.m. for half-priced house wines and well cocktails.

If you’re on time, enjoy the Two For Special – buy one entrée off a select menu, get another entrée of equal or lesser value for free, Monday and Tuesday from 5-10 p.m. and WednesdaySaturday, 5-7 p.m. Choices include a tender prime rib served with fresh vegetables and mashed potatoes ($36), Grandma’s Lasagna ($28), and even the fresh catch ($30). While the fresh catch normally changes daily, one of the best ones in the rotation is the seafood shepherd’s pie – shrimp, lobster, scallops, spinach, roasted corn, red peppers, zucchini, and truffled mashed potatoes topped with two asparagus spears. If you haven’t experienced true happiness, you will once you eat this.

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While Michele’s specializes in excellent steaks and fresh seafood, don’t skip dessert. For your chocolate fix, order the cupcake brownie or get favorites like tiramisu or crème brulee. A guest favorite, the bread pudding, will make you forget every single bread pudding in the history of bread puddings. Made with Challah bread, almonds, chocolate chips and topped with raspberry syrup, you’ll forgive all other impostures and may be inclined to share the recipe with relatives this holiday season.

If you’re just stopping by for evening drinks, make sure it’s on Monday for Boys Night Out. With $6 Grey Goose martinis, Two For Specials, and giveaways for spa visits and other goodies, your disdain for Mondays will soon be delightful.

Michele’s also hosts private parties and any event imaginable. Inquire about commitment ceremonies or even divorce parties and don’t be afraid to craft a menu to your liking. Whether you’re dropping in for a dinner date or after work cocktails, Michele’s Dining Lounge has the food, drinks, and atmosphere for it all.

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The fiery passion of Spanish flamenco song erupts at Siempre Flamenco’s 8th Annual Flamenco Festival de Cante Flamenco this weekend in the Carnival Studio Theatre at Miami’s Arsht Center.

Featuring an exceptional lineup of guest artists from Spain, you’ll be swept away to the Gypsy caves of Andalucia with the stirring rhythms of Iberian music. Intimate, passionate and bewitching, the raw emotions that emanate from flamenco song unite with the intricate fury of dance in these special concerts. The festival opens tonight at 8 p.m. with performances on Saturday evening and 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. Tickets are $38 at ArshtCenter.org.

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We love Elton John. Over a career spanning five decades, the British singer and songwriter has gone from flamboyant showman to family man and LGBT/AIDS activist. Tonight, celebrate the music of Sir Elton with “Rocket Man,” a tribute concert at Lake Worth’s Bamboo Room, 25 S. J Street.

The show starts at 9 p.m., but with a catalog of hundreds of hits, the show will certainly go well into the wee hours of the night. Be sure to head over early and enjoy dinner in gayfriendly Lake Worth, too. Tickets are $13 and 18 at BambooRoomBlues.com.

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The passionate music of Spanish flamenco is showcased at the 8th Annual Flamenco Festival de Cante Flamenco this weekend at Miami’s Arsht Center. Talented musicians and dancers from Andalucia will perform the fiery folk melodies and dances in three performances.

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Quilters, collectors, artists and all who enjoy the beauty of quilts will enjoy A Quilting Evolution, the current exhibit at the Delray Center for the Arts at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. Presented in partnership with the Gold Coast Quilters Guild, the exhibition features more than 100 traditional and art quilts, embracing both the history of this practical art, as well as contemporary twists on the craft. Quilters will be on hand at the gallery from 1 to 4:30 p.m. giving demonstrations, also. For more information, go to DelrayCenterForTheArts.org. soflagaynews //

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Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Rd. in Delray, has been a center for Japanese arts and culture in South Florida since its opening in 1977. The museum is currently featuring the exhibition, Wood Be Kindred Spirits through Sept.

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After Tropical Heat, Comes Women’s Heat WomenFest is coming to Key West Jacob Long Right on the heels of Labor Day Weekend comes the southernmost-est LGBT festival this side of the Atlantic - we’re pretty sure.

From Sept. 3 to Sept. 8, the 27th annual WomenFest will provide everything from clothing-optional pool parties to womenonly water excursions. As always, the whole event comes to you from the Key West

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On the daily, you’ll be able to keep yourself more than busy. There’ll be scavneger hunts, eco tours, golfing, snorkeling, dolphin watching, and — of course — drag shows.

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Mention “Biz Guild” when reserving.

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Aqua’s Welcome Bash Dance Party When: 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.

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Gay Key West Visitor Center WOMENFEST HEADQUARTERS When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Key West Business Guild, 513 Truman Ave. About (from the site): “Your official Womenfest Headquarters and your first stop! Womenfest guides, t-shirts, Gay Key West maps, One Human Family stickers, sponsor info, and more! Stop in and check out the Questions? We have answers.

Recommendations? We’ve got ‘em. Welcome to Womenfest 2013 and Gay Key West!”

Womenfest Scavenger Hunt When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Key West Business Guild, 513 Truman Ave. About (from the site): “Qualified entries eligible for Daily and our Grand Prize Drawing! The scavenger hunt challenges you to find the answers to questions about our Womenfest Sponsors.”

Key West Eco Tours When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Key West Eco Tours, 5 Geiger Road

About (from the site): “Join us for a trip on our Java Cat to the Key West Wildlife Refuge or a private sunset sail. Ask about our AllIn-One Eco Tour. We offer wonderful ways to enjoy the beautiful waters of Key West.”

Venus Charters Snorkel & Dolphin Watch Trips When: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Where: Garrison Bight Marina, 711 Eisenhower Drive

About (from the site): “The only lesbian owned and operated charter boat in South Florida. Women-only and private charters

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available! See wild dolphins, enjoy a day of fishing, explore an uninhabited island.”

Girls Golfing @ Key West Golf Club When: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Where: Key West Golf Club, 6450 East College Drive

About (from the site): “Enjoy Key West’s masterfully-designed course: an 18-hole, 6,500-yard course to challenge all players of all abilities. Meet all the challenges, including the infamous Mangrove Hole (143 yards, par 3, played completely over a field of thickly intertwined tropical mangroves).

Call 305-294-5232.”

Aquanettes When: 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Where: Aqua Nightclub, 711 Duval St. About (from the site): “This is a must-see show while you are visiting Key West for Womenfest.

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TUESDAY, SEPT. 3

Womenfest Launch Party When: 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Where: Aqua Nightclub, 711 Duval St. About (from the site): “Welcome to Key West Womenfest 2013. The party begins with no cover and drink specials. Mix and mingle. Meet up with those friends you made at past Womenfests or make a new one or two.”

Aqua Idol When: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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About (from the site): “The party continues and goes all night long. Dance the night away with your Womenfest friends.”

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4

Barefoot Billy’s Island Jet Ski Tour When: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Where: Barefoot Billy’s, 1435 Simonton St.

Pearl’s All-Girl Karaoke When: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Where: Pearl’s Key West, 525 United St.

About (from the site): “Pearl’s Patio karaoke, hosted by Susie Comet, is your chance to show off. Sing to your heart’s content. Drink specials for that liquid courage.”

THURSDAY, SEPT. 5

About (from the site): “Jump on one of Barefoot Billy’s waverunners and cruise around the island on a 28-mile, two-hour guided jet ski tour. Look out for an array of Florida Keys’ wildlife as you speed your way through our Caribbean waters. Call 305900-3088 or go to http://bit.ly/SW8jIk.”

Barefoot Billy’s Island Jet Ski Tour When: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Where: Barefoot Billy’s, 1435 Simonton St.

Speed Meeting When: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Where: Pearl’s Key West, 525 United St.

Sunset Watersports ‘Do it ALL with Sister Funk!’

When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Sunset Watersports, 201 Williams St.

About (from the site): “Whether you’re looking for a new best friend, your next great love, or another name for Facebook, meet them at Pearl’s Patio Bar & Grill during this afternoon of ‘getting to know you’ fun and games with happy hour specials. The hysterical Christine O’Leary hosts and DJ Rae Rae spins the tunes. 2 p.m.”

The Artful Nude: Special Women Only Workshop When: 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Where: The Studios of Key West, 600 White St. About (from the site): “Join award winning fine art photographer Kate Levin at The Studios of Key West as she demystifies

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About (from the site): “All day watersports adventure. Trip includes: Snorkel, jet ski, parasailing, windsurfing, kayaking, waterskiing, rafts, paddle boards and much more! Free lunch buffet, free draft beer on return trip, full bar available. Get tickets at http://bit.ly/15gflvo.”

Comedy Show, Funny Dance Contest & Cornhole with Postal Wendy When: 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Where: Lighthouse Court, 902 Whitehead St. About (from the site): “Bring your suit &

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towel and laugh by the pool with Key West’s own stand-up comedy queen Postal Wendy Carlisle in her show ‘Don’t Call Me Sir!’ All free. Show at 3 p.m.”

Pearl’s Cocktail Party FunRaiser for Womankind When: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Where: Pearl’s Key West, 525 United St.

About (from the site): “Hosted by the hysterical Christine O’Leary. One of Key West’s premier bands, The Bubba System, will be featured performers, and DJ Rae Rae will keep the party hopping while you enjoy complimentary wine, beer, Pearl’s Punch, and hearty hors d’oeuvres. Benefits local healthcare provider Womankind.”

FRIDAY, SEPT. 6

Barefoot Billy’s Island Jet Ski Tour When: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Where: Barefoot Billy’s, 1435 Simonton St. See listing under Wednesday.

Fury’s All Women Ultimate Adventure When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Fury Water Adventures, 631 Greene St.

About (from the site): “Enjoy sailing, snorkeling, jet skiing, parasailing, kayaking, rock climbing wall, water slide and water toys! When making reservations, ask about our women-only Sunset Sail Special with Jennifer Cordey! Call 305-707-6077 or go to bit.ly/gCUp8.”

Paint a Rooster with Rick Worth When: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Where: The Studios of Key West, 600 White St.

About (from the site): “With his easy going manner and mad skills with a brush, Rick Worth is Key West’s most popular painting instructor, hands down. Special for Womenfest, Rick teaches you to paint our island’s favorite fowl – the rooster – walking you step by step through the creation of your own mini-masterpiece. $25 per session. Limit 30 per class. Call 305-2960458 or go to tskw.org.”

She Magazine’s Beach Blanket Butch & Babe Bash When: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Bourbon St. Pub, 724 Duval St.

About (from the site): “She Magazine’s 15th year. The girls are taking over the famous boy bar, Bourbon Street Pub’s Garden Bar. Walk through Bourbon Street Pub and enjoy a tropical oasis complete with tiki bar and hot tub! No Cover. Cash Bar.”

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Comedy Show, Funny Dance Contest & Cornhole with Postal Wendy When: 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Where: Lighthouse Court, 902 Whitehead St. See listing under Thursday.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 7

Barefoot Billy’s Island Jet Ski Tour When: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Where: Barefoot Billy’s, 1435 Simonton St. See listing under Wednesday.

Pearl’s Pink Happy Hour FunRaiser for FKSPCA When: 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Where: Pearl’s Key West, 525 United St.

About (from the site): “Hilarious stand-up comedian Christine O’Leary hosts with guest ‘celebrity’ bartenders. DJ Rae Rae spins the tunes. Drink Specials.”

Sunset Watersports Dinner Cruise & Tea Dance with Sister Funk When: 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Where: Sunset Watersports, 201 Williams St. About (from the site): “This is an all women cruise. Price includes tropical buffet dinner, well drinks, draft beer, wine & champagne.

Have dinner, then party, while you watch the beautiful sunset and enjoy live music on this two-and-a-half hour tropical sunset dinner cruise. Get tickets at bit.ly/15gflvo.”

Smokin’ Tuna Womenfest Concert When: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Where: Smokin’ Tuna Saloon, 4 Charles St. About (from the site): “Smokin’ Tuna Saloon proudly presents Jennifer Corday with drummer Amy Blaze for an outdoor concert. Free show.”

Suzanne Westenhoefer When: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Where: San Carlos Institute, 516 Duval St.

About (from the site): “Suzanne has had a groundbreaking career as the first openly gay comedian ever to appear on television.

She has appeared on Letterman, HBO, Bravo, Logo, & GSN. Enjoy an evening of laughs at Key West’s historic San Carlos Institute. General Admission: $35; Priority Seating: $50. 8 p.m.; show starts 8:30 p.m.

Visit http://bit.ly/181Llqb.”

Aqua Dance Party with Jennifer Corday When: 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Where: Aqua Nightclub, 711 Duval St.

About (from the site): “Dance the night away with the high energy live music of Jennifer Corday. Enjoy the outside patio with special Womenfest draft beer prices. The party will go till the wee hours of the morning.”

Paint a Rooster with Rick Worth When: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Where: The Studios of Key West, 600 White St. See listing under Friday.

Pearl’s Pool Party and Itsy Bitsy Bikini Contest When: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Pearl’s Key West, 525 United St.

About (from the site): “Perfect Equal, Cincinnati-based all-female band, rocks the house as the party’s featured performance.

Christine O’Leary hosts; DJ Rae Rae spins.

BBQ, live music, and fun! Bikini competition at 1:30 p.m. Wear your favorite bikini and compete for prizes.”

Gay Key West Trolley Tour When: 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Where: HTA Angela St. Depot, 700 Duval St.

About (from the site): “Take a tour of Gay Key West and see what our island has to offer: History, adventure, architecture, and a rich, gay culture.”

Fury’s All Women ‘Commotion on the Ocean’ Live Music Sunset Sail When: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Where: Fury Water Adventures, 631 Greene St.

About (from the site): “Leave your worries behind as you sail into the beautiful Key West sunset while you enjoy live music, featuring Jennifer Corday. Call 305-707-6077 or go to http://bit.ly/gCUp8.”

The Girly – Burly Burlesque Show @ Bourbon Street Pub When: 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Where: Bourbon St. Pub, 724 Duval St.

About (from the site): “Key West Burlesque presents ‘The Girly – Burly Burlesque Show.’

The Conch Republic’s queen of burlesque, Tatah DuJour, hosts a fun-filled evening of the southernmost city’s fabulous females.

The starlet-studded show will feature pole dancing, drag kings, vocals, and of course, classic striptease performances. Costs $2550. 9 p.m. show time. Visit keystix.com.”

Traffic Jam Dance Party @ Aqua When: 10:30 p.m. to 4 a.m.

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About (from the site): “A Womenfest tradition is back: The Saturday night event.

It’s a glow stick dance party. Glow sticks show your status! ‘Single to mingle,’ ‘taken (but maybe)’, or ‘want to play’

SUNDAY, SEPT. 8

Barefoot Billy’s Island Jet Ski Tour When: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Where: Barefoot Billy’s, 1435 Simonton St. See listing under Wednesday.

MCC Key West Church Service When: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Where: MCC Key West, 1215 Petronia St.

About (from the site): “Sheri Lohr’s sermon will be related to women’s issues in a modern Christian context.”

Unity of the Keys Church Service When: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Where: Unity of the Keys, 1101 Virginia St.

About (from the site): “Unity of the Keys Spiritual Center invites you to join them for their Sunday morning Womenfest service and be a part of their celebration of community.”

Pearl’s Pre-Tea Dance & Pool Party When: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Pearl’s Key West, 525 United St.

About (from the site): “DJs Rude Girl & Molly Blue keep the party going while Pearl’s Crew pours fabulous drinks at this special girls-only pre-tea dance and pool party!”

Ladies Hold’em or Fold’em Poker When: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Aqua Nightclub, 711 Duval St. About (from the site): “Aqua Nightclub presents a Texas Hold’em tournament for Womenfest. This intoxicating game will keep you on your toes and winning big.”

Leather, Lace & Toys Closing Party When: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Where: Alexander’s Guesthouse, 1118 Fleming St.

About (from the site): “Wrap up your funfilled week of Womenfest by checking out some of the sexiest local girls as they model beautiful lingerie from Silver Key Lingerie and some hot leather outfits. A toy demo poolside will heat up your evening! Enjoy two pools, a hot tub, and two sundecks.

Visit http://bit.ly/16KFt1V.”

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Swinging Richards Moves to Pompano SFGN Staff It was billed as a ‘soft’ opening, but the drinks were flowing and the customers were glowing when Swinging Richards opened its nightclub last Thursday at its new location in Pompano Beach at 1350 Southwest 2nd Street, right off North Andrews Avenue.

Many local bar owners popped in to say hello, including Jackson Padgett and Mark Negrete of the Alibi.

“A gorgeous club, a welcome addition,” said Padgett of Richards.

Added Sean David, the owner of Johnny’s, the local strip club on West Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, which celebrated its 33rd anniversary last week, “It’s a beautiful place, and should do very well. The more, the merrier. There is room for everybody in our community to grow. I wish them the best.”

The luxurious facility was once the home of elegant and upscale heterosexual establishments, and Richards has kept the new facility regal, spacious, and inviting.

Its new manager, Roman, who ran Cupid’s in West Palm Beach a decade ago, was

enthusiastic about the response on Thursday, but Friday and Saturday was even more overwhelming. A group of ten gay men came in for a bachelor party prior to a planned Sunday wedding at Ed Lugo’s Guest House.

The place was packed, its 20 foot long rectangular stage lined with dancers offering full nudity.

The club’s owner, CB Jones, says this is just the beginning, and hopes to offer fine dining along with stage shows to the clientele, “I think the upscale nature of the club will be attractive to consumers looking for a Las Vegas environmentOf class and prestige. We want to offer the community an upgrade, and we want to reach out to new friends.”

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community announcement SunServe Hires New Director of Clinical Services From SunServe, David Michaud, LCSW, is the new head of SunServe’s quickly expanding Clinical Services Program. He brings to SunServe many years of experience in providing behavioral health programs for the LGBTQ community. He previously served as director of The Pride Unit at Fort Lauderdale Hospital where he managed inpatient and intensive outpatient treatment programs for LGBTQ clients recovering from mental health and addiction challenges. He also provided care for the LGBTQ community at Chicago’s LGBT Center on Halstead, that city’s program that is similar in function to SunServe.

“We are excited to have David lead our clinical services team,” says SunServe Executive Director, Mark Ketcham.” He has a wealth of experience not only in providing immediate care, but also in program development. We look forward to the many ways he can help SunServe grow its programming to meet the increasingly complex behavioral health needs of our community.”

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group therapy to all, regardless of ability to pay, including psychiatric services.

The agency uses a sliding fee scale to accommodate low income clients and is also funded by Florida Medicaid as a Community Mental Health Center.

Additionally it is a training center for young clinicians from various graduate programs in social work, mental health and family therapy from throughout South Florida. Nearly 40 therapists are part of its community wide network of licensed specialists in LGBT care as well.

Additionally, SunServe is a state licensed Continuing Education Provider for all mental health and nursing disciplines and delivers frequent training programs on LGBT service issues to area agencies.

“SunServe is just where I belong,” says the new Director of Clinical Services. “I am so pleased to be a part of the team at an agency whose reputation for quality service and clinical education for the LGBT community is strong not only in Florida but across the country. I look forward to making my contribution to its growth in ways of delivering the best in quality care.”

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DateBook Theater

By Christiana Lilly, Calendar@SFGN.com

* Denotes new listing

Joe Satiriani Photo courtesy of Joe Satriani’s Facebook

Broward County Anvita

Aug. 31 to Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. at the Miniaci Performing Arts Center, 3100 Ray Ferrero, Jr. Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. The classic fairy tale Cinderella is retold through Indian classical dances. Tickets $20 to $40.

Call 954-262-5480 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

* Rancid with Tim Timebomb and The Interrupters

Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Revolution Live, 100 SW Third Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. An outdoor with the acclaimed ‘90s punk revival band.

Tickets $26 to $28.50. Call 954-449-1025 or visit JoinTheRevolution.net.

Joe Satriani

Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. The guitar great is joined by the Steve Morse Band on the “Unstoppable Momentum” tour. Tickets $52.50 to $325. Call 954462-0222.

Palm Beach County * Kenny Drew, Jr.

Sept. 6 from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First St. in Delray Beach. A performance by jazz and classical pianists, Kenny Drew, Jr. Tickets $25 to $190. Call 561450-6357 or visit ArtsGarage.org.

* Dutch with Plaid Blazer

Sept. 7 from 9 p.m. to Midnight at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First St. in Delray Beach. The New York hip hop artist is joined by Arts Garage’s very own house band, Plaid Blazer, for a night of eclectic music. Tickets $20 to $100.

Call 561-450-6357 or visit ArtsGarage.org.

Miami-Dade Blow Me

Through Sept. 1 at SandBox at the Miami Theatre Center, 9816 NE Second Ave. in Miami Shores.

Isabella Blow was a phenom in the fashion world, but suffering from bulimia, she succeeds in killing herself on the seventh try. The audience travels with her as she recants the story of her life. Call 305-751-9550.

* Circo Hermanos Vazquez

Sept. 6 to 15 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1200 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The show founded by the Vazquez brothers in 1969 presents a new generation of acrobats, dancer, clowns and other entertainers.

Tickets $15 to $50. Visit CircoVazquez.com.

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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PERFECT VACATION RENTALS! Spring & Summer specials from $69/night and $395/week.Award Winning Gay Hotel. Beautiful Studio, 1 & 2 BR Self Catering Apts. with Full Kitchen.Clothing optional heated pool, laundry, private parking. Central to Wilton Manors &HauloverBeach.Incl.Wi-Fi utilities, cable, tel. Gay Owned & Operated. Pets Welcome.

Celebrating 15 YearsCall Joe or Jack at (954) 927-0090 or visit www.LibertySuites.com *Four Week+ Relocation Discounts Offered* LOOKING FOR LODGIING NEAR SUNLIFE STADIUM? Completely furnished luxury 1/ BD/1BA Condo. Easy access to public transportation and major express ways.

Shopping and dining are in walking distance.

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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.

air conditioning HONEST, RELIABLE AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING SERVICES Gay owned and operated company, Eiland Air, Inc. 24 hour service. Reasonable prices.

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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

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GAY APARTMENT RESORT/HOTEL FULFILL YOUR RETIREMENT DREAM With this rare opportunity to enter the lucrative Fort Lauderdale Gay Accommodations Market.

Owners retiring and offering the award winning Liberty Apartment Suites in Dania Beach, with 11 beautifully furnished Apartments with full kitchens.

Established 15 successful years with high repeat and referral guests. Currently operated as selfcatering, limited service, extended stay hotel phenomenal potential for growth and expansion.

Turn-key business, All Inclusive. Offered at $895,000. Qualified Buyers Only - Brokers Protected - For info, contact: Joe Van Eron-(954) 383-5548 or Joe@LibertySuites.com

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cleaning services HOME AND COMMERCIAL CLEANING Residential and Commercial cleaning.

Experienced with references and provide free estimates. Call (305)-896-7494 or (214)-356-0684 CLEAN IT RIGHT The best cleaning for your buck. 1BD $50, 2BD $60, 3BD $70. Excellent rates & references. 10 years in business. Serving Broward, North Miami Dade & S. Palm Beach.

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ACCOUNT MANAGERS ,BOOK KEEPERS AND SALES REPRESENTATIVES Work your own flexible schedule! Pays $1500 to $2000 monthly plus benefits. Must be computer literate, have 2-3 hours access to the internet weekly . We are looking for efficient and dedicated people who are at least 21 years of age. contact us for more details .If you are interested and need more information send your resumes to ruthmace7@gmail.com

GENERAL MANAGER FOR MICHELE’S RESTAURANT Must have knowledge of both FOH and BOH, Food Costing , service standards, wine and alcohol laws.etc. Looking for someone with FULL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE. Please submit resume to lou@lmc123.com immediate opening.

BROWARD HOUSE Case Manager for MEGA program working with 18 – 30 year old MSM (men who have sex with men) at risk for substance abuse and HIV. Candidate with have a Bachelors degree and provide testing and case management services addressing health care, social supports, and other life areas.

Individual must also have the ability to facilitate groups specific to target population. Forward resumes to AThornberry@Browardhouse.org THE NEW SIDELINES SPORTS BAR IS HIRING for all bar/nightclub positions. Please send your resume to AL@SidelinesSports. com no later than midnight Monday, August 5th, 2013. Interviews will be scheduled the following week with all selected applicants.

Please no phone calls or walk-ins!!

THE PATIENT AND ANY OTHER PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT HAS THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PAY, CANCEL PAYMENT OR BE REIMBURSED FOR PAYMENT FOR ANY OTHER SERVICES, EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT WHICH IS PERFORMED AS A RESULT OF AND WITHIN 72 HOURS OF RESPONDING TO THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE FREE, DISCOUNTED OR REDUCED SERVICE, EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT.

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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

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 .

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HANDYMAN NEEDED!! Part time handyman needed to with building projects. Painting, Tile work, Electrical, Construction. Wages based on experience. Call 954-892-0494.

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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. // 8.28.2013 // SFGN.com //

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

business opportunities

HATE WINDOWS 8?We can bring back the look and feel of windows. Same day service. Call 954-986-1316 www.gaycomputerwiz.com

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counseling/psychotherapy

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

SALES POSITIONS Sales position open at high end antiques gallery in WPB. Knowledge of antiques, sales experience required.

Reply: HillcrestAntiquesWPB@gmail.com EXPERIENCED COOKS AND SERVERS To work breakfast , lunch and dinner. To apply in person at Angels Café , 2287 Wilton drive, Wilton Manors , FL 33305 or email resume to Angelscafewiltonmanors@aol.com

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garage sales GARAGE SALE!!! August 3rd, 8am to 2pm. The address is 2408 NE 11th Ave, Wilton Manors.

Garage behind the house and Funeral Home.

House goods , Exercise equipment and some really good stuff!!!!

seeking employment PERSONAL ASSISTANT & MALE COMPANION SEEKING a part-time job as a personal assistant & male companion in Broward County. Will take you to doctors appointments. Help you w/ your grocery shopping. Refill or pick up medications. Will drive you to do all your errands & assist w/ daily household chores. Great driving record, honest, professional, reliable, trustworthy, & always willing to help and assist. If you have any further questions please call 954-5481798 or email Ltn69@yahoo.com Thank you.

EXPERIENCED , LICENSED BARTENDER I am available for parties, weddings, private events and more. Available evenings and weekends. Call 410-299-6874 for more info.

fashion consulting

Call George Alvan

954.423.4124

For an Appointment 8110 West Broward Blvd Plantation, FL 33324

MEN’S WEARHOUSE handyman DEREK’S HANDYMAN SERVICE Cabinet shop for all your Custom Made Cabinetry, Countertops and Cabinet Re-facing. MUST SEE OUR WORK! JUST ASK OUR CLIENTS! ALL Electrical to code, any/all plumbing work, drywall finish work/repair, crown/baseboard pro-install, int./ ext. painting, demo work. Pressure washing, DÉCOR TILE Install, complete home up-dates. Also, PGT Windows (Wholesale) and Frameless Shower Enclosures. For large jobs, 4 man crew available. WE HANDLE IT ALL!!! Instant call back direct service response. No job is ever too small. Excellent references. Derek 954-825-5589 or email: DerekGallaway@att.net HUSBAND FOR RENT! Is he procrastinating home repairs? He says he will do it tomorrow??

After the football game?? We fit right in - In the house or the yard, small or big jobs: Tiles, Dry walls, paint, Plumbing, Roof leaks, broken furniture, Irrigation, Fences & more. It doesn’t cost to hassle us to see the work- so why wait? Neat, clean work for reasonable price Haim, 954-275-0952, Sidnalll@ yahoo.com

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

home care HEART TO HEART HOMEMAKER AND COMPANION If you or your loved one are elderly, or temporary or chronic disabled, we can help you with home chores (cooking, light-house cleaning, laundry) and bring companion for home or where you need to go. We will work with you to find the Plan that fits your needs. (954)2264660. Right in the heart of Wilton Manors.

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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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

human resources

Dependable • Reliable Service Delivered with Love and Respect

WE GOT YOU COVERED! Advocates for student needs. Specializing in helping foster student and others transition into responsible, independent Adults. We are here to help find resources and outlets for stable and healthy adult lives. Call 786793-8650 for more information.

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insurance GARUNTEED ISSUED LIFE INSURANCE HIV/ Aids accepted. NO health questions. NO medical exams. Simplified Issue Life. Leave tax free money for your partner. Free end of life planning.

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

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licensed massage

EXP. MATURE MALE WPB MASSEUR Incalls 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.

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Easy and relaxed home studio for your comfort and healing.Convenient and affordable, flexible hours, in and out calls. MA64031, Alan 954-279-9935 www.alantherapy4u.com

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

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AFFORDABLE-READY TO MOVE IN $695 to $795 Ready to move in 1BD/1BA. Large units, tile floors, walk in closet, newly renovated kitchen and bath, new appl., private paved patio with tropical landscaping, off street parking, Free laundry onsite. Smoke Free unit. No Smoking. No pets. Call 754-366-7563

rent/lease ft. lauderdale LARGE TOWNHOME WITH POOL, EAST FORT LAUDERDALE Beautiful 2BR/2BA townhome in quiet 5-plex.Large eat-in kitchen with center island, 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.$1,250 /mo. Check out photos & complete descriptions at www.YourPerfectApartment.com or call Rick at 954-253-1929

condo for sale MANOR GROVE CONDOS Two bedrooms with two baths ,condo for sale.1180 sq ft located in a nice and quiet community. Beautiful pool with clubhouse and friendly neighbors. $145k. Call Louisa for more information 561-654-8708

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PERFECT RELOCATION RENTALS!! From 325/ week & 1200/month. Gay Owned & Operated Apartment Hotel. Beautiful Studio, 1 & 2 BR Apts.

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

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LARGE 2BR/1 BA Beautiful wood floors, private yard, single family home with canvas covered parking, amazing bonus room, washer/ dryer. Quiet neighborhood walking distance to Wilton Drive/restaurants, clubs, etc. Background check/credit check required. Available NOW!!! $1,650month Please call Terri Wright with Sea Island Realty, Inc 954-401-4918

AFFORDABLE-READY TO MOVE IN NEWLY REMODELED, Wilton Manors, ready to move-in 1BD/1BA for $695.00, in newly renovated. Our largest unit. Walk in closet, renovated kitchen and bath, new appl., new tile floors, off-street parking.

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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 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 QOAKLAND PARK For rent, 2/1 single family home. Open carport, laundry room, driveway parking, across from H.S., Ne 6th ave. Avail Sept 1ST . $ 1600/mo F/L/S , For more info call 954848-1098 or 973-617-7255 email: mgchawla@ optonline.net

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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 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

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