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Fox Drops Broadcaster for Anti-Gay Remarks

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The network dropped a football commentator after anti-gay comments resurfaced

Fox Sports Southwest had announced Craig James for its fall lineup of football commentators; however, his contract was revoked after the company found out about James’ comments during his bid for the U.S. Senate in Texas, according to the Dallas Morning News.

During a GOP primary debate with Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert,

James criticized Leppert for attending a gay Pride parade.

“I think right now in this country, our moral fiber is sliding down a slope that is going to be hard to stop if we don’t stand up with leaders who don’t go ride in gay parades,” James reportedly said. “I can assure you I will never ride in a gay parade.”

A Fox Sports spokesman confirmed last week they wouldn’t hire James for his homophobic comments.

“We just asked ourselves how Craig’s statements would play in our human resources department,” a spokesperson said. “He couldn’t say those things here.”

California Passes Trans Birth Certificate Bill

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“Transgender people are entitled to have their official documents and their legal name reflect their true identity without a burdensome and expensive process that endangers their personal safety,” said Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins, who authored the bill, in a statement.

“I am hopeful that the governor

will support this simple bill that will greatly enhance the lives of transgender Californians.”

Currently, a trans person in California must seek a court order to obtain a name change.

The change must also be published in the news, which may endanger the individual and expose him or her harassment and discrimination.

UK Parliament to Take on LGBT Rights in Russia

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to drinking vodka, are not supported by them and only increase the likelihood of harm towards LGBT Russians,” said in the early day motion on Sept. 9.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the “homosexual propaganda” law earlier this year. The law prohibits the public display of homosexuality and bans people from teaching anything LGBT-related to minors.

Farron hopes to build crossparty support so the entire House of Commons is united against President Vladimir Putin.

Farron said he will call on the British government to work with the G20, Council of Europe, the International Olympic Committee, the sponsors for the Sochi Games, and LGBT rights activists already based in Russia.

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The Lib Dem party in the UK is taking steps to pressure Russia on its laws

As Gay Star News reports, Tim Farron, the president of the Liberal Democrats, has tabled a motion in order to draw attention to the “deplorable” legislation in Russia.

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news international Obama Meets With Russian Gay Rights Activists Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Before leaving for home after the Group of 20 summit, President Barack Obama sat down with Russian civil society activists on Friday evening to assure them that he would keep pressing Moscow to respect human rights, some of the activists said. But Obama also explained to them why this wasn’t always possible.

“He was telling us how difficult it is for him to raise these issues, especially in relations with Russia and China,” said Pavel Chikov, who heads Agors, a legal aid nongovernmental organization.

During the meeting that lasted an hour and a half, Obama spoke of his past as a community organizer and said he enjoys doing these events in each country he visits.

“I got elected as president by engaging people at a grassroots level,” he said.

Obama said the leaders gathered with him at the event all “contribute in one way or another to continue to strengthen Russian society and helping to make progress on behalf of all people.”

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Yana Yakovleva, head of business advocacy group Business Solidarity, described the meeting with Obama as “open and sincere.” Obama told them that the U.S. administration has to think carefully before poking the Russians, she said.

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(EDGE) - Gay porn star Rod Daily took to Twitter Tuesday to announce he is HIV-positive, making him the second adult-film performer in about a month to announce they are infected with the HIV virus, the Los Angeles Daily News reports.

“Drumroll please!! I’m 32 years old and I’m HIV positive. Acute HIV, which means I recently was infected. For that I am blessed,” Daily, whose real name is Joshua Rodgers, tweeted on Tuesday.

Daily’s girlfriend, porn actress Cameron Bay, said she

was HIV-positive last month, which forced the porn industry to temporarily shut down. The moratorium was lifted on Aug. 28 after the Free Speech Coalition, the porn industry’s trade group, said Bay’s partners had been tested and were HIV-negative.

“I’m blessed for the fact that I caught it so early that I can blast that shit with meds,” Daily added on Twitter. “With the tests I have done the doctors have figured out that I was infected within the last month. My antibodies just showed

up on a test this week which is scary because they didn’t a week ago.”

He told the Daily News that he knows he contracted HIV last month, adding, “I know I don’t have a crazy lifestyle.”

Daily has been making gay porn since 2010 and he’s worked for studios that require him to wear a condom.

Daily added that he has been dating Bay, 28, for more than a year but did not want “to draw any conclusions how he was infected,” the Daily News writes.

Support For +Worldwide Russia’s Anti-Gay Law Grows

To counter the massive LGBT activism after news broke that Russia would enforce its “homosexual propaganda” law, an army of organizations worldwide are lauding Russia.

Among those, there are six U.S. organizations, including World Congress of Families, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, Mission: America, GrasstopsUSA, Population Research Institute, and His Servants, a Christian organization.

The coalition is backing Russia because it thinks the law, which makes it illegal to demonstrate or to display any type of LGBTrelated information in front of minors, “protects innocence and moral formation of children by prohibiting propaganda of ‘non-traditional sexual relationships’ among them,” according to a statement.

Larry Jacobs, managing director of the World Congress of Families, maintains the law is protects the health of children.

“All the law does is to prohibit advocacy aimed at involving minors in a lifestyle that would imperil their physical and moral health,” Jacobs said in a press release.

“Even the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has shown that sexually transmitted diseases, drug use and suicide rates are significantly higher among what it discreetly calls a ‘sexual minority.’ CDC data also demonstrates that there is much greater health risks among teenagers who practice homosexuality than those who do not engage in homosexual behavior.”

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Federal Court: Ohio Must Recognize Gay Marriage

A federal judge in Ohio has ruled that outof-state gay marriage should be recognized, despite same-sex marriage being illegal.

As Reuters reports, U.S. District Judge Timothy Black issued on Sept. 3 a temporary restraining order allowing David Michener of Cincinnati to be listed as “spouse” on the death certificate of his husband, William Herbert Ives.

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Marriage Act as part of his decision in this case.

“The issue whether states can refuse to recognize out-of-state same sex marriages is now surely headed to the fore,” Black wrote.

The ruling follows a similar case in which Black also granted a similar order for James Obergefell, whose partner is terminally ill, last month.

Obergefell had also sued the state to challenge as unconstitutional a law defining marriage.

In 2004, Ohio voters decided under a ballot initiative that marriage should be defined as the union between a man and a woman.

Oral arguments in the case are schedule to be heard in December.

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The AIDS Healthcare Foundation claimed last week that San Diego Boy Productions has violated Florida’s “Sanitary Nuisance” statutes by shooting adult videos in the state without using condoms.

The AHF initially filed its complaint in California, but refiled in Florida in mid-August after Cal/OSHA determined that the sexual activities in the videos in question took place in Florida, under the name D&E Productions.

In a report filed on XBIZ.com, the president of AHF, Michael Weinstein stated, that “the company responsible for producing the video material in question for it — D&E Productions — was based in Florida, not California, and that as a result, Cal/OSHA had no jurisdiction.”

“With that admission, AHF then filed a new Health and Safety Complaint under Florida’s ‘Sanitary Nuisance’ statutes over the adult videos filmed in Florida without condoms,” Weinstein stated.

The organization said that the films “clearly demonstrate” the unprotected exchange of bodily fluids.

Despite there being no occupational safety and health division statewide in Florida like Cal/OSHA in California, AHF said, the state and Miami-Dade County do have “sanitary nuisance” laws on the books. It was based on those ordinances that the complaint was filed.

“The Florida complaint comes on the heels of the news that another adult film performer in California has tested positive for HIV — the second adult performer to do so in the past three weeks,” the AHF said.

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More Briefs Fashion designer and HIV advocate Mondo Guerra.

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drops 2014 gay marriage +Group initiative for Ariz.

(AP) – Organizers of an initiative campaign for a 2014 ballot measure to legalize gay marriage in Arizona are dropping that effort in favor of waiting until 2016.

The Equal Marriage Campaign says it had broad support but that key national advocacy groups withheld backing that was needed to make a 2014.

Those groups favor waiting until 2016 to put a gay marriage measure on Arizona’s ballot and Equal Marriage Arizona says it now also supports doing that.

The advocacy groups had said 2014 didn’t provide enough time to rally support for a state constitutional amendment and that the larger voter turnout in 2016, a presidential election year, would help.

Equal Marriage Arizona is telling its supporters they can return completed petitions to the campaign for destruction.

Clears Same-Sex Weddings For +Calif.

Prison Inmates

(AP) California prison officials have confirmed that inmates can get married to someone of the same sex under certain conditions.

Michael Steiner, director of the adult institutions division for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, issued a memo on Friday stating that the U.S. Supreme Court decision that made same-sex marriages legal again in the state in June also applies to prisoners.

But Stainer says gay or bisexual inmates will only be allowed to marry same-sex partners who are not incarcerated and only during prison ceremonies. He says marriages between two prisoners would raise too many security concerns.

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano said Monday that Steiner’s directive was prompted by an inquiry from his office.

In 2007, California became the first state to allow conjugal visits and overnight stays for inmates with same-sex domestic partners.

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Day with HIV” Will Create a +“A Photographic Tapestry of Life with HIV From Positively Aware Fashion designer and HIV advocate Mondo Guerra and others are joining forces with Positively Aware for the magazine’s annual A Day with HIV photo essay campaign.

For the fourth year, A Day with HIV will help fight the stigma of HIV and advance a community of caring through this collective photographic portrait.

On one day, Saturday, September 21, people everywhere, both HIV-positive and negative, will join in the fight against HIV. Positively Aware is asking people to take a digital photograph on that day to record a moment that will focus attention on the daily trials and triumphs of people living with HIV and those who care for them.

The stigma often associated with HIV and AIDS can prevent people from getting tested, starting treatment, or disclosing their status to loved ones and potential partners.

“I know from personal experience how powerful and life-changing it can be to make a public statement about HIV, and also how scary it is for some,” says Mondo. “I’m thrilled to be able to lend my support to ‘A Day with HIV’ this year.”

The images selected for the photo essay will be announced in October and published in the November/December issue.

Photos taken on September 21 need to be submitted by Wednesday, September 25 on the A Day with HIV website or emailed to photo@adaywithhiv.com. Follow A Day with HIV on its Facebook page, on Twitter @A_Day_With_HIV, or on Instagram to see updates and selected photographs from last year, and to share the campaign and its vision with friends and family.

To learn more about this year’s project, view last year’s pictures, and get tips on how to take a great photo on September 21, visit, www.ADayWithHIV.com.

news national Matt Damon’s Real Life Character from ‘Behind the Candelabra, Scott Thorson, ex-lover of Liberace, jailed Associated Press An ex-lover of Liberace who was the subject of a recent HBO film on the pianist’s life is back in jail in Reno after failing a drug test.

Nevada Parole and Probation officials say Scott Thorson was arrested Thursday on a parole violation charge after he failed the court-ordered test.

He remained in the Washoe County jail on Friday pending a Wednesday hearing in Washoe County District Court.

Thorson was sentenced to probation in July after earlier pleading guilty to unlawful possession and use of a credit card stolen from a man at a motel next to a Reno strip club.

The 54-year-old Thorson also was sentenced to the county’s outpatient drug court program.

He’s author of the book “Behind the Candelabra” used as the basis for the HBO film.

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Breakthrough

HIV Vaccine Successful in Human Trials

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A new vaccine developed by Canadian researchers to prevent HIV has passed the first phase of human testing.

According to the Ontario Business Report , the team, from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University, succeeded on the first phase of trials, even boosting the

production of antibodies in patients it was tested on.

Lead researcher Dr. Chil-Yong Kang said the vaccine is based on a geneticallymodified ‘dead’ version of the virus.

“We infect the cells with a genetically modified HIV-1,” team leader Dr. Chil-Yong Kang told Ontario Business Report. “The

infected cells produce lots of virus, which we collect, purify and inactivate so that the vaccine won’t cause AIDS in recipients, but will trigger immune responses.”

Sumagen, the South Korean biotech firm sponsoring the vaccine, said that if all goes well in trials, it could be commercially available in five years.

“We are now prepared to take the next steps towards Phase II and Phase III clinical trials,” CEO Jung-Gee Cho said in a press release. “We are opening the gate to pharmaceutical companies, government, and charity organization for collaboration to be one step closer to the first commercialized HIV vaccine.”

Dr. Chil-Yong Kang talks to public about a preventative vaccine for HIV/AIDS Jacob Long After announcing the successful HIV vaccination trials Dr. ChilYong Kang, held an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit.com, a forum by which the social site’s users

can ask the doctor any question and he can answer it (questions and answers can be voted on by the users to elevate their position on the forum page). The doctor went by the handle IamDrKang.

I am Dr. Chil-Yong Kang, a virology professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. My research in molecular virology includes the development of a second generation vaccine against hepatitis B and C viruses. Currently, I am working on a preventative vaccine to combat HIV/AIDS. Here are my latest findings.

The top-voted questions (and their answers): msakim: This is amazing news! In the press, it has been said that the team is getting ready for phase II and phase III clinical trials - how quickly do you predict the roll-out of phase II? iamdrkang: Hopefully within a year.

Dr. Chil-Yong Kang is a virology professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. His research in molecular virology includes the development of a second generation vaccine against hepatitis B and C viruses. Currently, he is working on a preventative vaccine to combat HIV/AIDS. Photo courtesy of Dr. Chil-Yong Kang

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synthesisman: Greetings Dr. Kang, Assuming that your vaccine is beautifully successful, and passes FDA health regulations and the such, would you be comfortable profiting from the sale and distribution of the vaccine?

Also, I am a M.Sc. student at Western...

AND I AM PROUD TODAY. iamdrkang: I am proud to be at Western too!

Proceeds will be given to the sponsoring

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Visit the forum directly at http://bit.ly/14xPmjW if you want to read it yourself. Below is the edited intro and some of the top questions and answers:

company and royalties will then go to Western.

Babaganush11: Dr Kang, what do you think will be the major disease plaguing the global population 50 years from now? Do you think malaria and hiv will still be as big a problem then? iamdrkang: I hope we know how to control AIDS and Malaria 50 years form now. It’s difficult to forsee what new emerging diseases will come in 50 years time. I hope TB can be prevented by effective vaccines by then.

Ringmaster234: Hi Dr Kang. How many years of your life would you say you’ve put into the vaccine? It’s very noble work you’re doing. iamdrkang: We started our basic science work of HIV two decades ago and it took us about 10 years to develop the vaccine. riner2012: Hi, i just wanted to thank you for this IAMA, my uncle has AIDS and his brother already died of it. I really hope you have success in your research! I really apreciate your work. iamdrkang: Thank you.

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Just ‘Talk to Me’ Trevor Project’s September project wants you and them to break your silence Jacob Long According to the Trevor Project’s Executive Director Abbe Land, three words can save a life.

That’s why the Trevor Project, a nonprofit that since 1998 has been focused on suicide prevention among LGBT youth, has teamed up with 20 national partners to raise awareness for its annual Talk to Me project. The idea for the campaign stems from research showing that “help-seeking behaviors and access to care can have a dramatic effect on suicide prevention).

Still confused?

The campaign wants you to talk about your issues, and sometimes more importantly invite your friends to talk about theirs.

“It’s important to talk because just telling one person about your deepest and darkest secret can make you see you’re not alone, among other things,” says Abbe Land, executive director and CEO of the Trevor Project. “Not talking isolates you and makes you feel there’s no hope.”

The third annual Talk To Me project comes just in time for the Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. This year, the campaign has more friends than ever, claiming 20 participating organizations, including: Active Minds, American Association of Suicidology, American School Counselors Association, Campus Pride, Children’s Mental Health Network, City Year, Family Equality Council, GSA Network (GayStraight Alliance Network), GLAAD, GLAD (Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders), GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network), HRC (Human Rights Campaign), Matthew Shepherd Foundation, National Association of School Psychologists, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network), SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education), Teach For America, and To Write Love on Her Arms.

“We’ve always had a lot of support, but this is the most to-date,” Land told SFGN. “Every organization wants to know it’s part of helping make sure people don’t take their own lives.”

Everyone seems to care.

The idea for Talk to Me came about when the Trevor Project recognized that young people my not fully appreciate the power of talking about suicide and using that word.

“We wanted to raise the awareness of

Abbe Land is the executive director and CEO of the Trevor Project.

Photo courtesy of the Trevor Project

talking and that you could just call us to talk,” Land said, pointing out that you can call the Trevor Project 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (Call Trevor Lifeline at 866-4887386, or chat with a trained counselor at TheTrevorProject.org) The campaign asks you to get involved in one of three ways (or all three, of course): •Pledge to be a person that anyone can talk to when they need support •Take Action by asking that members of Congress fund inclusive suicide prevention training and programs by re-authorizing the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act (H.R. 2734) •Train a Trevor Lifeguard by registering for a free Trevor Lifeguard Workshop, a best practice for training suicide prevention for grades 6th through 12th.

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Philly Launches New Gay Advertising Campaign In 2003 the City of Brotherly Love made history with its campaign reaching out to the LGBT community Christiana Lilly

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Philadelphia - it’s a city that’s lived up to its moniker, the City of Brotherly Love, and this November it’s celebrating a decade of gay travel advertising with a television spot with Miss Richfield 1981.

“Philly’s a city of firsts,” said Bruce Yelk, the director of public relations for the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation.

“We love being first at everything. It’s the first university, the first bank, first zoo,

first hospital -- there’s countless firsts in Philadelphia. I guess we want to be at the forefront of everything; it’s just in the DNA of Philadelphians to be that way.”

The city launched its first campaign, “Philadelphia: Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay” in 2003 with sassy images of Betsy Ross sewing the gay flag and Benjamin Franklin flying a rainbow kite. Then, the first television commercial

Miss Richfield 1981 poses in front of the Liberty Bell in a television spot for Philadelphia’s gay tourism/ Photo courtesy of GPTMC

by a U.S. destination for gay travelers hit the airwaves with a colonial man writing a letter to his beloved and meeting him at Independence Hall. The next wave of ads was “We Are People” of gay Philadelphians in their everyday lives at work and play.

With the anniversary of the first ads coming in November, the city has its newest television spot starring drag queen Miss Richfield. Dressed to the nines in a red, white and blue dress, she takes selfies all throughout historic Philadelphia, from “the Rocky steps” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the cracked Liberty Bell -- which she cheekily points out “somebody should fix that!” -- then hits up the city’s dining and nightlife before crashing at her hotel room.

“She’s always championed Philadelphia along the way, so it just seemed like the right fit,” Yelk said of the city’s partnership with Miss Richfield 1981. “We just wanted something fun, fresh and something that was going to show our historic stuff and attractions, and more contemporary side with the nightlife but hopefully give the viewer a little chuckle at the same time.”

Numerous retail brands regularly feature gay couples in their print and television ads these days -- think J.C. Penney, Kindle, Ray Ban and more -- but looking back at advertising dating back to even the Roaring ‘20s, it was definitely there.

According to Ad Week, gay commercial artist J.C. Leyendecker sprinkled homosexual tones throughout his illustrations for menswear. Is it a bunch of all-American men at the beach or hunky muscle boys for gay fodder?

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“It’s all in the eye of the beholder,” Professor Bruce H. Joffe told Ad Week. “A straight person who looked at these ads in Time or Life magazines would just turn the page and not think anything, but someone with a gay sensitivity would say, ‘Oh my God, look at that!’”

Joffe is a professor of communications at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va., and author of “A Hint of Homosexuality?: ‘Gay’ and Homoerotic Imagery in American Print Advertising.”

So while Philadelphia may be the first American city to gear advertising directly at gay travellers, it’s certainly not the first to advertise toward the LGBT community as a whole. However, in a time when gay advertising has never been so clear and “out of the closet,” the city has shown that it’s a place where LGBT travelers are welcome. It ranked number one on the Human Rights Coalition’s municipal equity index, and it consistently ranks high for gay friendly cities.

Also, in May, Philadelphia passed legislation requiring all new restrooms to include gender-neutral bathrooms to accommodate transgender people. Philadelphia, as well as the state of Pennsylvania, also grants domestic partnership benefits to state and city employees.

“We’re very progressive on city policies for the community, so we’re very proud of that.

[The gay advertising] is just an extension of that,” Yelk said. “Our research has shown that it’s a very good investment for us to invest in the gay market -- it’s sort of a no brainer as to why we’re doing it again.”

news national Smart Companies are Inclusive Companies Equality Florida says ‘Equality Means Business’ in newest push Jacob Long On Thursday, Sept. 12, Equality Florida will host Equality Means Business, a roundtable showcasing local business VIPs who’ll discuss how workplace diversity and protection have made them, well, richer.

“Openness to diversity is a driving factor in decisions about where people choose to live and where corporations choose to relocate or expand their operations,” said Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida. “Business leaders today are not only taking a closer look at their internal policies, they also are looking at the quality of life in the communities in which their increasingly diverse workforce must live.”

Simply put, the market is competitive.

Talent seeks value, and companies who protect diversity can offer that value. That’s according to Florida’s state rep. Joe Saunders, the director of Equality Means Business.

‘The purpose of Equality Means Business is to prove Florida’s national and international reputation as a state that’s inclusive of LGBT families,” Saunders told SFGN. “There are competing narratives in Florida: Some people say it’s a leading voice on LGBT rights.

In another vein, it’s populated by some of the leading voices in the private sectors that promote the economic benefit of inclusion.”

Florida-based AutoNation announced that they would afford full rights to legally married gay couples even in states that did not recognize the marriages.

The central premise if that “employees go to places where they feel safe. We’re in a moment in time where companies are competing aggressively for talented people.

Their success has everything to do with the companies’ willingness to celebrate diversity,” Saunders said.

According to the 2013 Corporate Equality Index, for the first time in history, a majority of Fortune 500 companies offer both sexual orientation and gender identity protections.

Saunders says it’s just logical business practice these days.

“What’s interesting about this program — while it seeks to help businesses move along, that’s secondary — what we really want to do is touch base with the people who are already leading the way on this,” he said. “There are major companies in Florida who’ve gone as far as they can to protect their diverse employees. We want to break that conversation open and make sure other companies know what happens when these leaders protect their employees.”

Speaking will be Nadine Smith, Joe Saunders, Dawn Ozanne (Florida Blue’s

Joe Saunders is a Florida house representative and the director of Equality Florida’s Equality Means BusinessPhoto courtesy of Equality Florida

director of relationship management office), Cathryn Oakley (author of the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index) and Pat Kimberly (Wells Fargo’s senior vice president).

“We must work harder to ensure that the business community realizes the importance of incorporating policies of inclusion, so that we can continue to attract the best and the brightest,” said Fort Lauderdale mayor Jack Seiler, who openly supports civil unions but hasn’t come out one way or the other about same-sex marriage, making his comment more than interesting.

For more information, go to equalitymeansbusiness.org.

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Equality Means Business Roundtable

When

Thursday, Sept. 12, 11:30 a.m.

Where

Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six 2301 SE 17th St. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

Cost

Free, and there’s lunch

More Info.

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“We Do, Too!” Marriage Equality Show Andrea Dulanto

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Photo courtesy of Katsu Nojiri

ArtsUnited welcomes everyone to the opening reception for the “We Do, Too!’’ Marriage Equality Show on Friday, September 13 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Pride Center in Wilton Manors. This photography exhibit runs until September 30 and features wedding portraits of LGBT couples from Florida. Couples have also included written statements discussing how they had to leave Florida to get married and what marriage means to them. Scheduled to perform at the reception is singer David Meulemans. ArtsUnited is a South Florida nonprofit that has supported gay and lesbian arts since 1999. The event is free and open to the public.

IF YOU G What

“We Do, Too!” Marriage Equality Show

When

Sept. 3 – Sept. 30, 2013

Where

The Pride Center at Equality Park, 2040 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors, FL 33305

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News from South Florida AIDS Network Sean McShee

AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) provides HIV drugs to eligible HIV positive people.

•The statewide ADADP advocacy group is seeking more consumer/patient representatives.

•There is no expectation of a return to ADAP wait lists as a result of drug company rebates.

•About 80 percent of Broward County ADAP patients/clients are managing their

viral loads with about 75 percent having an undetectable viral load.

Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) provides temporary housing assistance for eligible HIV positive people.

•Last year’s sequestration cut $1.2 million from the local HOPWA budget. HOPWA is expecting another $1 million cut next year.

The South Florida AIDS Network is a monthly meeting of HIV treatment service providers.

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Ryan White Care Act Re-authorization •On September 3, the Fort Lauderdale City Council was to vote on a resolution urging re-authorization of the Ryan White Care (RWC) Act with strategic changes, but Mayor Seller asked for more feedback from the community and rescheduled the vote for September 17 at 6 pm.

•The floor was opened for discussion of issues related to the re-authorization. This discussion functioned to obtain feedback about the reauthorization resolution and had no decision making or representative function.

•Four main themes emerged among others: oFear that drawing attention to the need for Ryan White Care renewal would attract the attention of deficit hawks. oThe resolution as written made no mention of Florida’s refusal to expand Medicaid. See related article “The Future of Ryan White Care “. oThe City of Fort Lauderdale administers HOPWA not Ryan White Care programs, yet the resolution makes no mention of HOPWA. oThe process of putting these resolutions forward failed to include significant community input.

A committee was set up to summarize the discussion for formal presentation.

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AIDS Insurance Continuation Project (AICP) pays insurance premiums and copays for eligible HIV positive people.

•Publix pharmacy has now joined the number of participating pharmacies Other The Department of Health will be issuing requests for proposals for HIV service delivery soon. These proposals will be due in early November.

Ryan White Care service providers and consumers will present and discuss how the Affordable Care Act will affect HIV treatment services at the African American Research Library on 2650 Sistrunk Blvd. on September 24 from 5 pm to 8 pm.

About SFAN South Florida AIDS Network is a monthly meeting of HIV treatment service providers in Broward.

The meetings are open to the public and people are encouraged to attend. Meetings occur on the first Friday of every month at 10 am except for March and October when the meetings occur at 6 pm on the first Thursday.

Next Meeting 10/3/13 at 10 am at the Holy Cross Healthplex, Dorothy Mangurian Comprehensive Women’s Center, 1000 NE 56th Street Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33334.

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The Future of Ryan White Care: A Community Discussion Sean McShee Foundation, more than half of all new HIV infections are occurring in the largely “red” South. He continued “The South is not getting its fair share under the current method” of allocating RWC funds.

Previously at each renewal, disagreements occurred over how to allocate the funds to different states. The two-tier system makes a fair allocation of resources between expanded Medicaid and non-expanded Medicaid states

very complex and difficult. While everyone can agree that it should be fair, people regularly disagree over what is fair.

Given the high rates of HIV infection among gay/bi and other men who have sex with men, the renewal of Ryan White Care may be the piece of legislation before Congress with the most impact on the LGBT community. And that requires that the community pay close attention to it.

Photo courtesy of Ted Eytan

On September 19, 2013 at 7 p.m. the Pride Center (2040 North Dixie Highway) will host a community discussion in the main room, “The Future of Ryan White Care: Where Do We Go From Here?” Robert Boo and Kristopher Fegenbush of the Price Center will moderate. Jason King of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and Joey Wynn, cochair of South Florida AIDS Network, will provide background and context.

According to Joey Wynn, this discussion will provide “an opportunity for both Ryan White Care providers and the community that deals with HIV infection to weigh in on the renewal.” While the act authorizing Ryan White Care, the largest federal program targeted to HIV care, expires on September 30, 2013, it lacks a “sunset clause” allowing the program to continue. Three political factors, however, make its renewal particularly “challenging.”

First, when Ryan White was renewed in 2009, only nine House members voted against it, but Ron Paul was among those nine. The growth of the Tea Party indicates the increasing strength of his brand of conservatism. Second, the bill is up for renewal amidst serous budget battles. Third, the Supreme Court ruling that states could opt out of the Medicaid Expansion of Health Care Reform has created a two-tiered system of HIV care in the US. The Ryan White Care Act will expire along with the entire federal budget on September 30, 2013. If, by the end of the month, Congress fails to either pass a budget or a continuing budget resolution, the federal government will have to begin to shut down.

Generally, congress has passed continuing resolutions while negotiating the details of an actual budget, but the failure to pass a continuing resolution in 1995-1996 led to the last government shutdown. At some point in October or November, Congress will vote to default on its debts or to raise the debt ceiling to pay its debts. The threat to default in 2011 led to the downgrading of the credit rating of the U.S. Originally, Health Care Reform would have had almost all Ryan White Care clients migrate to either an expanded Medicaid or the Health Exchanges. As the bulk of Ryan White Care payments are for medical services and HIV medications, this migration to an expanded Medicaid and the Exchanges would free up large amounts of money to fund services to help people stay in treatment and to improve adherences to medication schedules.

The Supreme Court, however, ruled that states could opt out of Medicaid expansion.

As of press time, 25 states, including Florida, have opted out of Medicaid expansion, creating a two-tiered system of HIV care. In the expanded Medicaid states, Ryan White Care will pay for insurance premiums, copays, and support services, but in the non-expanded Medicaid states, like Florida, Ryan White Care will continue to pay for HIV medical and pharmaceutical expenses. The division between expanded and non-expanded Medicaid states roughly matches the division between “blue” and “red” states.

HIV is also increasing in the “red” states.

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What is STRIBILD? STRIBILD is a prescription medicine used to treat HIV-1 in adults who have never taken HIV-1 medicines before. It combines 4 medicines into 1 pill to be taken once a day with food. STRIBILD is a complete single-tablet regimen and should not be used with other HIV-1 medicines.

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

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

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

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

• You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or serious liver problems if you are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking STRIBILD for a long time. In some cases, these serious conditions have led to death. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any symptoms of these conditions.

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

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

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

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

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

• Changes in your immune system.

Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any new symptoms after you start taking STRIBILD. The most common side effects of STRIBILD include nausea and diarrhea. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or don’t go away.

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

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

• If you take hormone-based birth control (pills, patches, rings, shots, etc).

• If you take antacids. Take antacids at least 2 hours before or after you take STRIBILD. • If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if STRIBILD can harm your unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you become pregnant while taking STRIBILD. • If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed.

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

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

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

STRIBILD is a prescription medicine used as a complete single-tablet regimen to treat HIV-1 in adults who have never taken HIV-1 medicines before. STRIBILD does not cure HIV-1 or AIDS.

I started my personal revolution Talk to your healthcare provider about starting treatment.

STRIBILD is a complete HIV-1 treatment in 1 pill, once a day.

Ask if it’s right for you.

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

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

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

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

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

3. Worsening of Hepatitis B infection. If you have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and take STRIBILD, your HBV may get worse (flare-up) if you stop taking STRIBILD. A “flare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before.

• Do not run out of STRIBILD. Refill your prescription or talk to your healthcare provider before your STRIBILD is all gone

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

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

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

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

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

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

• These are not all the possible side effects of STRIBILD. For more information, ask your healthcare provider.

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

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

What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking STRIBILD? Tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions, including: • If you have or had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis B infection • If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if STRIBILD can harm your unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you become pregnant while taking STRIBILD. – There is a pregnancy registry for women who take antiviral medicines during pregnancy. The purpose of this registry is to collect information about the health of you and your baby. Talk with your healthcare provider about how you can take part in this registry.

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

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

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

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

• Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you take any of the following medicines: - Hormone-based birth control (pills, patches, rings, shots, etc) - Antacid medicines that contains aluminum, magnesium hydroxide, or calcium carbonate. Take antacids at least 2 hours before or after you take STRIBILD - Medicines to treat depression, organ transplant rejection, or high blood pressure - amiodarone (Cordarone®, Pacerone®) - atorvastatin (Lipitor®, Caduet®) - bepridil hydrochloric (Vascor®, Bepadin®) - bosentan (Tracleer®) - buspirone - carbamazepine (Carbatrol®, Epitol®, Equetro®, Tegreto®) - clarithromycin (Biaxin®, Prevpac®) - clonazepam (Klonopin®) - clorazepate (Gen-xene®, Tranxene®) - colchicine (Colcrys®) - medicines that contain dexamethasone - diazepam (Valium®)

- digoxin (Lanoxin®) - disopyramide (Norpace®) - estazolam - ethosuximide (Zarontin®) - flecainide (Tambocor®) - flurazepam - fluticasone (Flovent®, Flonase®, Flovent® Diskus, Flovent® HFA, Veramyst®) - itraconazole (Sporanox®) - ketoconazole (Nizoral®) - lidocaine (Xylocaine®) - mexiletine - oxcarbazepine (Trileptal®) - perphenazine - phenobarbital (Luminal®) - phenytoin (Dilantin®, Phenytek®) - propafenone (Rythmol®) - quinidine (Neudexta®) - rifabutin (Mycobutin®) - rifapentine (Priftin®) - risperidone (Risperdal®, Risperdal Consta®) - salmeterol (Serevent®) or salmeterol when taken in combination with fluticasone (Advair Diskus®, Advair HFA®) - sildenafil (Viagra®), tadalafil (Cialis®) or vardenafil (Levitra®, Staxyn®), for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). If you get dizzy or faint (low blood pressure), have vision changes or have an erection that last longer than 4 hours, call your healthcare provider or get medical help right away.

- tadalafil (Adcirca®), for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension - telithromycin (Ketek®) - thioridazine - voriconazole (Vfend®) - warfarin (Coumadin®, Jantoven®) - zolpidem (Ambien®, Edlular®, Intermezzo®, Zolpimist®) Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. Do not start any new medicines while you are taking STRIBILD without first talking with your healthcare provider.

Keep STRIBILD and all medicines out of reach of children.

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

Issued: August 2012

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All News Can’t Be Good News Letters to the editor are your voices

Norm Kent

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Whether you are a politician or a publisher, there is a reality about letters to the editors.

They usually come not with praise and glory, but brimstone and fury.

People write to us about our articles in anger and frustration over positions they think were distorted or defamatory. When you publish a newspaper, it comes with the territory. All news is not good news.

One thing we do with our letters is give to the writers and critics free reign to express their views, popular or controversial. Look back and see the things they have said about me. I might as well be Bashar Assad Kent.

Letters to the editor represent the voice of the community, and in a community newspaper you suck it up, listen to, and absorb what they have to say.

We may not agree with these voices, but we will not shut them out. As you can see today, with the full page letter from Frank Marin, defending Sunshine Cathedral, all sides get a voice at SFGN. Gay news, straight facts on our news pages, but your opinion, everyone’s opinion- has a place in the op-eds and on letters pages.

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For a newspaper to be relevant to your lives, it must engage debate and discussion, critics and commentators. Our duty is not just to perpetuate the status quo, but question authority, and author questions.

In today’s paper SFGN shares with you a stunning letter to the editor from Chris Reina, featured in a high profile news story last month when he was arrested and jailed for child pornography charges.

Today, he is Inmate number 50095-004, writing to us from a federal prison. He sends a message to the LGBT community that resonates from his heart. Everyone should read this letter. There are so many lessons in it.

We don’t get many letters from federal prison.

First of all, Chris is not a bad person.

He may have been undone by some poor choices, but like so many other gay and straight men, he has learned you don’t use crystal meth. It uses you.

Second, nothing is more valuable than your freedom. Become an addict and you become a slave, whether it is to drugs or alcohol.

Third, beware of the Internet and the jaws that bite, the fingers that clutch. There are predators on there, and many of them wear badges, purposely trying to induce and entrap you into acting illegally and against your will. Don’t compromise your freedom by getting snared by their web.

Fourth, if you know Chris, and many of you do, from his work at the Pet Project to his partnerships in rehab, write a letter right away to the federal judge about to sentence him. Federal judges, while mandated by strict guidelines imposed by Congress, still have some discretion. And Chris needs a voice.

Fifth, and finally, the news story about Chris Reina getting jailed was not intended to be hurtful, anymore than a letter to the editor criticizing a politician for a controversial public stand.

When a community newspaper courageously engages controversy, and reports on its accurately, sometimes we uncover wounds and reveal pain, or expose corruption. Look at some of the letters attacking us last year when Gideon Grudo started writing about a Ponzi Scheme at Wilton Station. ‘Yellow journalism’ was

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all we heard, but the culprit is now in jail, wearing black and white prison stripes. The paper may yet win an award for the expose.’

Our hometown is Wilton Manors and greater Fort Lauderdale, and the residents who read this paper are legitimately concerned about whether it is safe to jog along North Dixie Highway where a speeding car last November ran over my own Golden Lab. We may not be able to cover 75 cities in 3 counties, but we can look out and ask questions in our own backyard.

Accordingly, when the city commission of Wilton Manors spends four years failing to fulfill an economic responsibility to revitalize Wilton Drive and help local businesses and residents with more accessible parking or street improvements, we don’t look the other way. We look for new commissioners with greater vision.

It does not matter if a politician is gay or straight, as long as the news is reported straight, and not covered up because the figure we are writing about happens to be gay.

Our job is to report news, good and bad, with all the warts and wounds our lives bring to it. Sometimes we are lucky enough to illuminate great achievements, but other days we have to share sad losses and bad acts. We did so when we reported that a porn actor killed a millionaire businessman, and we must do so if a local dude gets popped for child porn.

The story may unfold over time, so don’t judge anyone too soon. Let the facts play out, but let the story be told. That is what a good newspaper does. That is what we will continue to do, no matter where the chips fall.

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Inmate Writes Letter From Federal Prison Christopher Reina: “My story is a cautionary tale”

Dear SFGN, I want to thank SFGN for adding some balance to the story of my recent legal troubles by publishing Michael McCloskey’s piece in your August 28th edition. What I did was immoral and inexcusable. However, as Mike stated, it is far from a ‘did he or didn’t he’ situation. I admit that I allowed an undercover FBI agent to download some videos containing child pornography from a password protected shared folder of mine via a file sharing website.

While this may be hard for many people to fathom, I possessed such videos, along with other types of pornography, not because of any sexual attraction to children on my part, but because they served as a form of currency in the shadowy world that linked heavy drug use, sex, pornography, and the internet into which I had immersed myself over the past year or so. A world in which it was encouraged to explore taboo subjects such as pedophilia, incest, bestiality, rape, and other perversions. In my experience, crystal meth in particular can bring out a dark side in many gay men’s sexuality. My

severe addiction to crystal meth and other drugs fostered my aberrant behavior, and having those videos afforded me credibility in my online interactions with such men.

I am in no way trying to excuse what I did, but rather to explain how I could possibly end up doing what I did. But let me be clear; I have never inflicted harm on any child or minor in my life, nor would I ever do so. Still, I realize that there are many in society, who are more than glad to know that I am facing a prison sentence from five to twenty years.

In fact, the federal sentencing guidelines suggest that I be incarcerated for 12 to 17 years. On September 19th I will throw myself on the mercy of the court and pray that the judge will give me a lighter sentence based on the fact that I never touched a child and because, as a direct result of my addiction, my health is rather precarious.

For those who do not believe that drug addiction is not akin to a mental illness, I ask them what other word beside “insane” would they use to describe the fact that I, locked up within the confines of these concrete walls, behind bars and steel doors,

away from everything I hold dear, still romance the thought of getting high.

They are thoughts that I am powerless over, thoughts that even recovering addicts and alcoholics entertain.

Unfortunately, drug abuse and alcoholism have historically had a correlation to homosexuality, no doubt serving as a maladaptive counterweight to the stigma, hatred, and fear many gay men and women experience The Miami Dade County jail where Christopher Reina is being held. growing up and throughout Photo courtesy of Jaranda life. Crystal meth has been a scourge in our community prevent others from falling into similar fates, for well over two decades that I know of, and well then, I am all for it. I am truly sorry for I am sure that people are tired of hearing the pain I have caused to those who care about it, wishing it would just go away. about me, and for any hardship my actions Instead, I would hope that people in the gay may have caused others. community continue to discuss the subject and bring it out from the darkness where Sincerely, it thrives. My story is a cautionary tale; if Christopher Reina Inmate # 50095-004 discussion of it in your newspaper helps Federal Detention Center - Miami

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Sunshine Cathedral is a ‘Treasure’ Dear Editor, I don’t understand your motive in joining those who would tear down a community treasure like Sunshine Cathedral by publishing the so-called “letter to the editor” in your publication of 8/21/13. We have also seen negative ads on this topic published by someone the author of this “letter” supports in various publications recently, but can certainly understand the financial incentive behind those.

You have previously been criticized for your negative reporting on community members and organizations and your response has been that you do it with the pure journalistic goal of informing people.

I see no information in the op-ed that you published on 8/21/13 that furthers that journalistic goal.

The full page “letter” says that the writer is seeking spiritual advice on how to handle unchristian behavior and then he goes on to name names, criticize and behave in an unchristian manner toward those he is writing about. I didn’t know that providing spiritual advice was the job of journalists. Or is this person’s and your intent to get such advice from readers?

If so, let me offer some.

Whatever problems these individuals have with the Sunshine Cathedral it is an internal matter that apparently has been handled by the church. By their own admission they’ve gone to the highest authorities of the denomination about this and the denomination supports the local church. This should have ended there.

My partner and I have been members of Sunshine Cathedral for eight years.

We have been members long enough to experience the transition from the former pastor to the present. The former pastor, Grant Lynn Ford, brought in Durrell Watkins, the current pastor, and recommended him to the board and congregation as his replacement when he chose to retire. The congregation approved the recommendation and we have been very happy with that decision since.

Have things changed since Durrell Watkins, Robert Griffin and their team joined the leadership of Sunshine Cathedral?

Absolutely some things have changed. That is natural with a new leadership team. Have they changed for the better? Absolutely!

In a congregation made up of people from many different faiths (and no faith) backgrounds there will be differences in what people feel comfortable with in terms of liturgy and practice.

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I give those in charge credit for making services appealing to people of all religious backgrounds by borrowing from and honoring all religious traditions, from varying vestments (and sometimes no vestments), hymns, readings, prayers; by recognizing “saints”/ spiritual heroes from all traditions and secular society.

I don’t know about the veracity of the claim that the church has lost many members because of the new administration and their way of doing things. It certainly doesn’t seem that way. Come join us on any given Sunday and you’ll see that the pews are full and that there’s tremendous positive energy flowing from the services.

I don’t understand the references to “drag queen” in connection with church services.

The church is not just a worship center but a center for the arts, which is reflected in the official name. Along with many other excellent cultural and theatrical Sunshine Cathedral events during the year it presents Photo courtesy of Sunshine Cathedral’s Facebook and sponsors a drag show as a fundraiser to benefit community experience Christ’s presence in community, organizations twice a year. This has nothing to find strength to leave there and serve. to do with church services.

Sometimes the best way to heal is to The church collects food for local food sever a relationship, among people, with pantries, runs social service organizations organizations. Sunshine Cathedral, like all that assist youth, provide counseling, day churches and organizations, has a right care services for seniors and many other to determine its membership. Your local services that benefit our community. A retail establishment can legally refuse you most important role for the church is its service. There is nothing negative, no ill will active commitment of support for LGBT intended when we say that we hold no one people, partly by offering us a progressive, back, that it’s OK if you find that our church positive, practical message that affirms our no longer meets your needs. gayness within Christianity and inoculates We bless you and your need to move on us against the negativity thrown at us from and pray that in the many, many churches many mainstream Christian churches, representing so many traditions in our political and other institutions worldwide. community you will find a good home.

We have many straight allies, supporters Sunshine Cathedral doesn’t have many and members. The church promotes and requirements for membership. There is the supports social justice worldwide. reasonable expectation that the church be As the gentleman writes - church can supported, in all the meanings of that word; certainly be a place to go to feel closer to and that members commit to offering time, God and it’s OK to expect “that warm tingly talent and treasure. feeling” (although I’m at a loss for how to We recognize that beliefs are opinions justify that theologically or scripturally), but rehearsed over a lifetime and that such as we so often hear at Sunshine Cathedral opinions will change as we grow and learn.

– God expresses as us and in all of his Such change may lead us in another direction. creation; “there is not a spot where God is The Metropolitan Community Church, not”. Church is also a place to support one of which Sunshine Cathedral is a member, another in prayer, to learn, to manifest and is not a centralized church like Roman soflagaynews //

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Catholicism. Local congregations have a great deal of freedom in determining their identifying traditions and what they choose to emphasize in apostolate and teaching.

Some are more high church than others.

They usually adopt the character, identity, religious traditions of their pastors and congregations. Locally we have Sunshine Cathedral churches not just in Ft. Lauderdale but in Boynton Beach and Palm Beach. These are smaller churches, which may be a better fit for those looking for something different.

I ask those behind these efforts to please stop; no good can come of this.

You need to reflect on whether you are building up or tearing down the body of Christ. It is extremely unchristian to name people and call them hypocrite, liar and other names in public media. There could be legal consequences.

I ask this publication to offer some journalistic balance. If you’re truly interested in providing information then research and publish helpful and positive information about Sunshine Cathedral and the wonderful things it’s doing for our community.

Frank Marin, Wilton Manors 8/31/13

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My HIV Diary One year in

Each week Ryan Dixon shares his story of taking HIV medication.

Photo courtesy of Tania Cataldo

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

He’s keeping a diary of his experience.

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

Week 52

(Aug. 23 – Aug. 30) I’m hard pressed to found the words to fit the emotions that are running through my head right now. I’ve taken nearly 1,100 pills in the last 52 weeks, not counting the 10 days I skipped. It’s hard to believe my life has been turned upside down for better and for worse.

When I stopped taking my meds for those few days, I never thought I would make it to a full year on them. I was scared to death when I first started experiencing side effects the first few weeks on the medicine study.

I didn’t know if I was helping or harming myself. The thought of moving from pills to an injection in the future is both unsettling and exciting. I’ve already been a guinea pig

the last 52 weeks and I’m nervous to see what the next step in this necessary medical study is.

This diary has broadened my horizons this last year and I have no one to thank but my readers. Your words and occasional letters of encouragement have made this willing invasion of my privacy completely worth it.

I like to think I’ve touched or changed a life out there, but in reality, this was all for me.

I didn’t know how else to express what was going on in my heart and head other than writing things down. I decided to publish these thoughts because no one else out there had, nor does, paint an unobscured picture of what living with HIV is like.

Read all the opinion articles you want.

Read all the articles from guys who have a project they’re looking to promote. I write this diary now for those who have questions about their diagnosis and don’t know where else to turn to.

Fifty-two weeks. 365 days. These numbers are surreal, but the number that really matters is 27 -- the age I’ll be next year.

Another year I’ve been blessed thanks to medicine and the willpower I now poses to fight for my life.

GEORGE CASTRATARO, PA Arthur B. Smith, PA Of Counsel

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Meet The Top 10 Foundations Giving to LGBT Causes Jacob Long Some organizations have been throwing tens of millions of dollars at the LGBT community — least we can do is learn a little about them.

In 2010, $72.6 million in global philanthropy reached the doorsteps of LGBT people, figuratively speaking. That’s out of a total $1.2 billion of worldwide philanthropy, as reported by a new study from the Foundation Center. The Center was established in 1956 and claims to “maintain the most comprehensive database on U.S.

and, increasingly, global grant makers and their grants.” It partnered with The International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) — a global network of donors and grant makers — for the June study, “the first research report of its kind.”

So over $70 million went to the LGBT community, but how does that break down?

Well, looking at the LGBT-focused segment of the report yields some interesting data, like the fact that the top contributor in 2010

Gill Foundation, $10 million Been Around Since: 1994 Founded By: Tim Gill Tim Gill is the guy who changed the way magazines and newspaper design their pages when he designed Quark, the software that would evolve into the newsrooms and publishing houses of almost all publications around the country (and world).

Since its inception, the foundation has given more the $220 million to LGBT groups and toward LGBT issues (an estimated 80 percent goes straight to the hands of nonprofits).

Learn more at http://bit.ly/1bMIe8e.

is the Arcus Foundation, which, on top of dedicating itself to LGBT issues, its second and equal priority is “to conserve and protect the great apes.” Arcus gave $14.6 million.

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

“The landscape of human rights funding is exceedingly complex, but initiatives like this

Arcus Foundation, $14.6 million Been Around Since: 2000 Founded By: Jon Stryker Arcus focuses on LGBT issues and conserving and protecting the great apes.

It’s got offices from Kalamazoo, Mich. to Cambridge in the UK. You can see Annette Lanjouw, Arcus’s vice president of strategic initiatives and great ape programs, talk about the group’s focus, at http://bit. ly/1c17RQW. In 2012 alone, Arcus gave out over $18 million in grants toward its initiatives, more than $8 million of which went toward programs involving social justice.

Learn more at http://bit.ly/19tqM82.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, $6.1 million Been Around Since: 1997 Founded By: The Vanguard Group, Inc. This one’s a doozy. More than $4 billion in grants since its inception (and it’s still got just under $3 billion in its coffers). It’s a charitable arm of an investment firm and ranks in the top 25 foundations in the country — it also claims to give money in every state and “almost” every country.

They made claim to this list without even focusing on LGBT issues, their grants going to programs focused on anything from religion to environmental issues.

Learn more at http://bit.ly/19E9ZCN.

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bring into sharp relief just how vibrant and diverse the field is,” said Michael Hirschhorn, executive director of IHRFG, in a statement.

“The lasting value of this research — the thing that will take us beyond ‘painting landscapes’ to propelling greater engagement — comes when grant makers are moved to contribute data, provide feedback, share findings with peers, and use this information in support of their work.”

So without further adieu, meet your top ten 2010 funders...

From Ford to Vanguard these foundations have given tens of millions to advance LGBT rights American Jewish World Service– Donor Advised Fund, $1.9 million Been Around Since: 1985 Founded By: Larry Phillips and Larry Simon “Pursuing justice is a Jewish obligation,” according to president Ruth Messinger.

Interestingly, the groups high five people who support LGBT issues, like the unlikely rabbis who do.

From advocacy and educating to sending people to help in other countries, AJWS claims it’s given almost 90 percent of its grants to programs, and just above six percent to administration.

Learn more at http://bit.ly/1dmsevu.

Tides Foundation, $2.1 million Been Around Since: 1976 Founded By: Drummond Pike This one’s got some poetry behind its name. “Tides are a clean, efficient and sustainable source of energy. Tides connect us around the world. And tides are constantly changing the landscape around us. The “Tides” name comes from a Bay Area independent bookstore that once served as a meeting place for readers, writers and activists.”

From grant making to consulting to advocacy, Tides does much more than fund change, it is change.

Learn more at http://bit.ly/13zxaLJ.

Proteus Fund, $3.4 million Been Around Since: 1995 Founded By: Meg Gage The Protesus project, started in 2004, attempts to win over state by state by giving out $2 million annually to initiatives in “public education, research, polling, message development, alliance building, outreach and advocacy in support of marriage equality.”

With its Civil Marriage Collaborative, Proteus has given out around $1.62 million in 2013 alone (as of press time).

Learn more at http://bit.ly/1702KkG.

Ford Foundation, $4 million Been Around Since: 1936 Founded By: Edsel Ford (Henry Ford’s daughter) Headquartered in New York City, the Ford Foundation makes grants in all 50 states and, through 10 regional offices around the world, supports programs in more than 50 countries.

It is the second largest private foundation in the U.S. with an endowment of $10 billion. It’s also not entirely focused on LGBT issues, lending itself to dozens of different issues across the world.

Learn more at http://bit.ly/VEvVFL.

Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, $5.9 million Been Around Since: 1953 Founded By: Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Probably the oldest group on the list.

The California foundation’s given more than $440 million since it was founded.

While LGBT issues are a mainstay for the foundation, it shares priority with immigrant rights and education equity issues.

The foundation recognizes that marriage isn’t the only measure where equality is needed for LGBT people, and lists its other points of focus on the page linked below.

Learn more at http://bit.ly/JaIPQ9.

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, $3.6 million Been Around Since: 1977 Founded By: “A small group of multiracial, multi-class women” Claiming to be “the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe,” Astraea focuses on lesbianand trans-led initiative and programs, but readily advances rights across the board.

In 2012 alone, Astraea gave over $1.3 million to 113 groups and 16 individuals across the world.

Learn more at http://bit.ly/NIMcov.

Open Society Foundations, $4.2 million Been Around Since: 1979 Founded By: George Soros “Open society is based on the recognition that our understanding of the world is inherently imperfect,” George Soros said at some point, according to the Open Society Foundations website. “What is imperfect can be improved.” His first priority was setting up scholarships for black students abroad.

Out of more than $10 billion that OSF has plugged into issue advocacy, $626 million has gone toward health issues (including HIV) and $2.4 has gone toward human rights, including LGBT issues.

Learn more at http://osf.to/W283wQ.

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Winning a Battle

But still fighting the war

Anthony Timiraos, CEO/President Our Fund, Inc. atimiraos@our-fund.org

The Supreme Court decision in late June was a memorable event for the LGBT community in every state. Marriage equality has been our central focus for many years and millions of dollars have been spent towards this effort. We are finally seeing our well-deserved dividend payments from our investments and now the Internal Revenue Service is recognizing same-sex marriages for federal tax purposes.

These victories were achieved by attacking

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discrimination from many different angles, including the “education angle” which has not only helped the marriage equality initiative but has opened the door for many other important issues. So, let us not forget that winning marriage equality does not mean we have won the LGBT civil rights war.

We are still trailing in the race towards full equality and until we reach the finish line together with all our neighbors, friends and family, we will still need to

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invest in our community by supporting many of our local, statewide and national nonprofit organizations.

Surprisingly, some of the most important issues in our community get very little attention including a recent report disclosing that 9 out of 10 LGBT teens have reported being bullied at school because of their sexual Anthony Timiraos, CEO/President Our Fund, Inc. orientation – 25 percent Photo courtesy of Our Fund of them reported being physically assaulted. their sexual orientation although, various Most teens that experience bullying of any municipalities and counties have developed kind are reluctant to share their experience or non-discriminatory policies. A recent study report the incident to a teacher or trusted adult. by Our Fund found that 21 percent of the The same report noted that about one third of LGBT respondents faced discrimination school staffs did nothing to resolve the issue. during the past five years at their job or by At the opposite age spectrum, SAGE, the police/law enforcement because of sexual national organization providing advocacy orientation or gender identity. and services to LGBT elders, noted that LGBT The Department of Housing and Urban elders encounter abuse in long-term care Development found that same-sex couples settings. They are also less likely to report this were more likely to be discriminated in the abuse for fear of further discrimination. More housing market. Housing discrimination likely to be single and have no children, their against LGBT individuals is still legal in support networks might be smaller and thus many states. The federal Fair Housing Act less available when incidents of abuse occur. is silent on prohibiting discrimination based Hostility from residents and staff may cause on sexual orientation or gender identity. them to withdraw or be excluded from social Only about 20 states and Washington DC activities, thereby increasing social isolation. have enacted legislation protecting LGBT Important health issues within our citizens. You are not protected from housing transgender community receive little discrimination in the State of Florida. attention. Those that are fortunate to obtain These are only a few of the battles that health insurance may avoid medical care for remain to be fought. We must celebrate fear of being rejected by medical facilities our victories but we must also keep in mind and often, health services that they require that winning a battle does not mean we won are not covered by insurance. Recently, the war. Yes, it brings us one step closer a transgender person identifying as a but lets not forget the times when we have male developed ovarian cancer and when taken steps back. Please consider supporting he reached out for treatment, insurance non-profit organizations that either provide coverage was denied because the application needed services within the LGBT community was completed as a male. Awareness of health or continue to fight for our full equality. and insurance issues within the transgender Our Fund is a tax exempt non-profit community is critically important in our organization with a mission to promote a fight for full equality. culture of philanthropy by uniting donors with A significant number of employers, and organizations supporting the LGBT community. state and local governments have enacted Focused on expanding philanthropy in South policies and laws to eliminate discrimination Florida and working to develop stronger nonbased on sexual orientation, gender identity profit organizations, South Florida’s only LGBT and HIV status. It is still in existence in the community foundation has been established to workplace and is still the number one topic help build endowments that support donor’s of Lambda Legal’s Help Desk calls. Our own charitable interests including organizations state of Florida does not protect employees providing services throughout the LGBT from discrimination at work based on community.

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The day that Karl Shires celebrated one year with his partner David Levitt was the day the two boarded a plane to Belgium where Shires would be swimming for the gold.

He would end up being part of team South Florida, which brought home 47 medals.

An offshoot of the Gay Games, OUT Games had its third year series of events from July 31 to August 11. While it’s organized by the LGBT community, anyone can compete in its various games. Over 5,000 athletes showed up in Belgium from around 100 countries.

The games cross 32 disciplines, from swimming to soccer, and like any other large gathering the athletes find time for parties, expos, theatres and, of course, Antwerp Pride.

Shires, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, joined the Hammerheads Aquatic Swim Team in 2011 after a friend suggested it to him. Shires was no stranger to swimming, having been on the swim team of the Hammond, Indiana high school he’d attended. But the hobby fell to the wayside in college. Looking for a more exciting work out, Shires ended up back where he began — in the water.

Hammerhead Aquatics has been around since 2004, and in its short history won three world championships through International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics (first in France, second in Denmark, third in Hawaii). While it’s an LGBT swim team, anyone can join — the initial five members of the group in 2004 have turned into over 100 these days.

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competitively, and Shires is one of the ten or so who do.

“The year I started, some people swam in Iceland,” Shires told SFGN. “This year, when OUT Games came up, I figured it was a great opportunity.”

Swimmers have to pay their own way to the events.

“I didn’t really know what Belgium was all about, so I went a few days ahead. Beautiful cities, and very openly gay people, especially in Brussels,” Shires said. Two days later, he took a train to Antwerp. “I didn’t think I was going to get any medals, to be honest.”

But he did. Individually, he won a silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke and a bronze medal in the 100-meter breaststroke.

“I wasn’t the only that did well,” Shires said. “We all did exceptionally well.”

During the relays, a new team called South Florida was created. Nine of the swimmers from South Florida comprised it — Hammerheads and others (you don’t have to belong to a club to compete at the OUT Games). This team competed in several relays. One of them was a 50-meter medley (out of four swimmers, each swims differently), in which South Florida won a gold medal. Two other relays resulted in silver and bronze medals.

“The OUT Games is more than just swimming. There were people from all over the world [even someone from Russia],” Shires said. “It was great to meet people from other countries.”

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Resorts Capitalize on DOMA’s Defeat Hotel chains see the value in marketing to gay couples in light of newfound marriage equality Christiana Lilly

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In perhaps the greatest victory the gay community has experienced in quite some time, section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act was overturned by the Supreme Court on June 26.

Then, the celebrations at resorts and hotels began.

Shortly after the announcement, the W Hotel chain announced on Twitter that proceeds from drinks ordered at their Living Rooms bars that night would go to their partner, the Human Rights Campaign.

Also, the chain launched its HRC Pride 365 package, including a stay at the hotel, triple the amount of points accrued, a one-year membership to the HRC, and a $10 donation for every package purchased.

But the DOMA celebratory travel bug

wasn’t limited to just the United States.

At the Sandton Kura Hulanda Resorts (KuraHulanda.com) in Curacao, an island off the coast of Venezuela, the resort is offering its “Magical Romance” package in honor of DOMA’s defeat through December 2014. The five-night trip is the epitome of romance, with sparkling champagne upon arrival, breakfast in bed, al fresco dinner for two, a snorkel trip, and more. While the package is open for any couple wanting to rekindle their relationship, this one stands out in that guests have constant contact with the resort’s LGBT lifestyle concierge to provide tips on where to go and what to see.

“We’ve always been supporters of the gay community and the defeat of DOMA is another step in the right direction towards

A view of the Marriott in Cancun, Mexico, which is offering a special package for guests in honor of DOMA’s defeat.

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equality for LGBT couples,” Jody DeLeon, the director of sales and market in North America, wrote in an email. “We are offering the package as a special congratulations and also to further raise awareness of our island and property as a gay-friendly destination.”

This is not Sandton Kura Hulanda Resorts’ first time celebrating a legal win for the gay community. When New York City legalized gay marriage in 2011, the resort offered free honeymoon perks to LGBT couples with proof of a marriage license. Also, the resort is a proud member of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association, based in Fort Lauderdale.

On the island of Curacao, LGBT guests are a big part of tourism. Get Wet Weekend is an annual mecca and at the end of September, the country is hosting its first Pride Week.

Also, various Marriott resorts -- note, the company was founded by Mormons -- are offering special deals in light of DOMA’s defeat, including the Aruba Marriott Resort

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& Stellaris Casino, JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa / CasaMagna Marriott, and the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino.

These companies are not only an ally to the gay community, but also recognize the smarts in LGBT travel and it’s impact on tourism: in the United States alone, LGBT travelers contribute more than $70 billion annually, according to Community Marketing & Insights.

“When you aim to be the global leader in hospitality, you must earn that title every day,” Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson said in a press release. “So, at Marriott International, we try to see the world through the eyes of our associates and guests. In addition to building a workplace committed to removing barriers and promoting inclusion, Marriott wants everyone to feel welcome, including the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) will make this easier.”

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Goodbye Julie Harris (1925-2013) David-Elijah Nahmod davidwriter@msn.com

Last month actress Julie Harris passed away of congestive heart failure. She was 87 years old and had worked continuously in film, television and on stage since 1948.

She was nominated for an Academy Award for her very first film, The Member of the Wedding, in 1952. Though she didn’t win the coveted Oscar, she was awarded five Tony Awards (out of a record ten nominations) for her work on Broadway. Throughout her extraordinary career, Harris defined the term “working actor.”

She went wherever the work took her.

While some actors thumbed their noses at television, Harris was a regular performer on the tube: upon her mantle, alongside her Tonys, stood three Emmy Awards for her long running role on the prime time soap opera Knot’s Landing.

Harris took her work quite seriously. During the filming of The Haunting (1963), her co-stars noted that she kept her distance off camera.

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order to convey her character’s loneliness and isolation from the other characters in the film, as the screenwriter had intended.

The Haunting is among the best known and most beloved of Julie Harris’ films. Based on the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, The Haunting is a classic ghost story.

As the story begins, The Haunting appears to be a simple tale. Dr. Markway (Richard Johnson) is a scientist doing research on the authenticity of haunted houses, and the long deserted Hill House has quite a history. The doctor manages to convince a few people to join him on a live-in excursion to the spooky old manor.

“No one comes to Hill House during the night, in the dark,” says Mrs. Dudley, the creepy housekeeper (Rosalie Crutchley). “No one lives any nearer than town, and no one will come any nearer than that. In the night.

In the dark.” The mood is set for an old fashioned creepfest.

But The Haunting soon becomes so much more. Dr. Markway’s party includes Eleanor (Harris), a sexually and emotionally repressed spinster who’s never been loved. She’s joined by Theo (Claire Bloom), a happy-go-lucky hipster who makes no attempt at hiding her lesbianism, or her attraction to Eleanor. A confused and terrified Eleanor, unaccustomed to attention of any sort, soon finds herself in the middle of a strange and unexpected triangle: she’s being wooed by Theo, and by the restless spirit of Mr. Crane, the long dead gentleman who built Hill House.

The Haunting is an old-fashioned horror movie. It’s terror lies in what you can’t see.

The residents of Hill House can feel the spirits watching them. They can hear them breathing, just around the corner. The ghosts might touch your cheek in the dark.

Turn on the light, and there’s no one there...

Viewers today might not realize how daring and groundbreaking The Haunting was at the time of its release in 1963. Only a year earlier, Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine had starred in The Children’s Hour, an intense drama about a pair of schoolteachers wrongly accused of having a lesbian relationship. But when one of them suggests that there might be some truth to the accusation, we see the shame, fear and hate that prior generations were forced to live with.

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comfortable with her identity, and takes gleeful pleasure in openly flirting with Eleanor, which is a revelation for Harris’ character, who’s become resigned to her loveless life. At the time, LGBT people were largely invisible on the screen. When we were seen, we were presented either as tragic, suicidal figures, or as caricatures to be ridiculed. The Haunting might have been the first time a major Hollywood studio, in this case MGM, green-lighted a film with a gay character who was perfectly at ease with who she was. It was Harris’ heterosexual character who was filled with shame and suicidal thoughts.

Harris didn’t merely play Eleanor. With her training at the Yale School of Drama and her years of stage experience, she actually became every character she played. She immersed herself in the role, brilliantly conveying the anguish of a woman who had long ago realized that she would never be loved. When she suddenly finds herself the object of affection of Hill House, she embraces the attention, both from Theo and from Mr. Crane’s ghost. She’s so starved for companionship that she’s unable to refuse it when it’s finally offered to her, no matter where it comes from.

It’s a magnificent performance in a film that tugs at viewers heartstrings even as it terrifies them. The Haunting is so much more than just a horror movie.

Three years later, Harris was cast in another daring, for it’s time, film. Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) was based on a 1940s novel by Carson McCullers, who also authored Harris’ star making The Member of the Wedding. It’s hard to imagine how audiences must have reacted to this shocker of a tale at the time of it’s release. 1967 was the “Summer of Love.” The hippies had begun their counter-culture revolution. Yet in spite

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of all the talk of “free love” homosexuality remained a largely taboo subject.

Moviegoers must have been stunned when they realized that the loveless marriage between army Major Weldon Penderton and Leonora (Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor) was caused by the Major’s obvious sexual attraction to a private (Robert Forster) who likes to go horseback riding in the nude.

Leonora seeks solace in the arms of Lt. Col. Morris Langdon (Brian Keith), who’s tired of his own sex-free marriage to the sickly Alison (Harris). Alison gets support from her “manservant” Anacleto (Zorro David), an effeminate, obviously gay man from the Philippines. While The Haunting has but one gay character, Reflections in a Golden Eye had two--yet the Stonewall Riots were still a few years away.

The characters in this Southern Gothic melodrama are intense and passionate.

Their lives are miserable. Rage, both sexual and emotional, boils beneath the surface of their polite Southern exteriors. Though not a horror movie per se, Reflections in a Golden Eye is a chilling story of the horrors that can occur when people don’t follow their hearts and live authentic lives.

Few actors today possess the kind of dramatic intensity that was Julie Harris’ trademark--Meryl Streep comes to mind as one of our few current performers who could play the kind of roles that Harris excelled in. While she was not as famous as her contemporaries, it was impossible to turn away from Julie Harris when she was on the screen. Her mere presence was mesmerizing.

In that regard, Harris truly embodied what it meant to be a star.

Rest in peace.

The Haunting and Reflections in a Golden Eye are available on DVD.

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Today I am sharing a third generation fall favorite with you, carrot cake.

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Put butter cream cheese rum and vanilla into bowl. Mix at medium speed with mixer and slowly add powdered sugar until light and f luffy.

Ice first layer of cake and place other round on top and repeat until completed!

Hints: You can leave out raisins, nuts or rum (God forbid) if you don’t like them. If you are a fan of cream cheese icing double the recipe.

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The colors of the rainbow flag—symbol of the LGBT civil rights struggle—can be seen flying along Wilton Drive and Ocean Drive, hanging from homes and businesses from Key West to West Palm Beach and beyond.

Tonight, meet Gilbert Baker, the British artist who first sewed those stripes together for a cause. The artist and activist, a former army soldier stationed in San Francisco in 1972, will be appearing at Miami Beach Botanical Garden, 2000 Convention Center Dr., from 6 – 8 p.m. The event is free. For directions, go to MBGarden.org.

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If you liked The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode this summer at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler in Fort Lauderdale, you’ll love The Silence of the Clams, the latest parody from playwright and actor Jamie Morris. You’ll laugh the night away as butch FBI agent Clarice Startling (portrayed by the always hilarious Brooks Braselman) goes on the hunt for serial killer “Beaver Bob” with the help of the evil Dr. Hannibal Lichter. Join the fun Thursdays – Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. through Sept. 22. Tickets are $30 each. For tickets and more information, go to EmpireStage.com.

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Carine Roitfeld ran French Vogue for 10 years, building a reputation as one of fashion’s most influential movers. Her inner circle of friends includes Donatella Versace, Tom Ford, Karl Lagerfeld and Alexander Wang. Yet, few people outside the fashion world have heard of her…until now.

Mademoiselle C, a new documentary from Fabian Constant, gives a rare inside glimpse at the inner workings, not only of Roitfeld’s glamorous professional world, but also her personal life. Screening at the Regal South Beach 18 in Miami Beach. Check local listings for show times.

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Actress Sarah Jessica Parker, left, and designer Karl Lagerfeld are just a few of the celebrities appearing in Mademoiselle C, a new documentary chronicling the work of French fashion editor Carine Roitfeld, right. Check local listings for show times.

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Producer/Director Kim Ehly’s Kutumba Theater Project dishes up some “lesbian pulp fiction” with The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, a play by Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Chapman based on the books of Ann Bannon. The show follows the sex- and alcohol-fueled lives and loves of Laura, Beth and Beebo, young lesbians who navigate uncharted territories of desire in the pre-Stonewall Greenwich Village of the ‘50s and ‘60s. The play runs through Sept. 29. All performances are at the Galleria Studio Theatre (also known as Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre) in the Galleria Mall, Fort Lauderdale. General admission seats are $35 at BrownPaperTickets.com. soflagaynews //

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Mondays may be dark in most of South Florida’s theaters, but you can always catch a show at the Alibi in the Shoppes of Wilton Manors. Tonight, see Florida’s own Dame Edna in three musical performances at 8, 9 and 10 p.m. in the Manchester Room.

Michael L. Walters has been bringing audiences to tears for 13 years and performed thousands of times as “Australia’s own ‘gigastar’.” Even Barry Humphries, the creator of Dame Edna, has called his work “spectacular.” So, if you’re sick of the reruns on television, get out of the house and take in a real show.

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Arts United presents Faces of Continuum, a photographic exhibit featuring portraits by artists Jeff Larson and Sean Black at the LGBT Visitor Center, 1130 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Using large scale photography, Larson, a lecturer at Florida Atlantic University and the University of Miami, explores his idea of “the everyman,” while photojournalist and activist Black documents life and the human experience. The thought-provoking exhibit will be on display through October. The LGBT Visitor Center is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., and Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

For more information, go to ArtsUnited.org.

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The Beebo Brinker Chronicles: Lesbians in Lust and in Love Mary Damiano

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Niki Fridh and Blaze Powers in The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, now playing at Kutumba Theatre Project in Fort Lauderdale Photo courtesy of Kutumba Theatre

Steamy, sultry and sexy, Kutumba Theatre Project’s production of The Beebo Brinker Chronicles is a kitschy flashback to the closeted pre-Stonewall world of lesbians and gay men.

The play, by Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Chapman, is based on six lesbian novels

by Ann Bannon, published between 1957 and 1962. The novels deal with sexual identity and ostracism from society and was somewhat based on the author’s own life.

Bannon created one of the most enduring characters of lesbian lit, Beebo Brinker (played here by Niki Fridh) which became the archetypal butch.

The plot centers on Laura and Beth, (Blaze Powers and Sandi M. Stock) two sorority sisters who share the love that dare not speak its name. Laura sets out for New York hoping her lover will join her, but Beth opts instead for a conventional, safe marriage.

The story then splits into two time periods. Laura is in Greenwich Village a month later, lusting after her straight roommate Marcie (Christina Groom), pining for Beth and falling into Beebo Brinker’s bed and heart. Beth’s story resumes in California in 1960, where she’s miserable and frustrated doing the wife and mom act, missing Laura and wondering about the life she might have if she could only be honest.

Later, the two words collide when Beth leaves her husband and children and goes

to New York in search of Laura, whose life has taken a surprising turn.

Under Kim Ehly’s direction, The Beebo Brinker Chronicles sizzles with sex, excitement and film noir naughtiness. Tyler K. Smith’s scenic design uses only shades of gray, playing up both the 1950s’ B-movie era and the shadows that gay people were forced to inhabit. In contrast, the colorful costume design by Ehly and Melanie Garbo underlines the characters’ need to bust out of the constraints of their societal circumstance. The clever sound design, by Nicole Stodard and David Hart, is filled with ironic sound bites from songs of the era that underscore the emotion and provide a wink to the audience.

As Beebo, Fridh’s sexy swagger and seductive voice could make a straight girl wonder how the other half loves. Powers’ performance makes Laura’s journey from wide-eyed wonder to jaded wisdom believable. Groom plays several roles, and gets laughs in all of them.

With lots of pulp and plenty of juice, The Beebo Brinker Chronicles is delightfully satisfying, but still has the potency to whet other appetites.

The Beebo Brinker Chronicles runs through September 29 at the Galleria Studio Theatre, located inside the mall on Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. For tickets and more information, call 954-646-1000 or visit BrownPaperTickets.com.

The dark, ruggedly handsome Patrizio Buanne enthralls listeners with his smooth, graceful and defining voice. The international singing sensation returns to the Broward Center with his signature renditions of traditional Italian songs and romantic interpretations of American pop standards.

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

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Children’s Book Inspires Concert, Promotes Understanding J.W. Arnold

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Bullying of LGBT youth has made national headlines in recent years and Insignia, the chamber ensemble of the Miami Gay Men’s Chorus, is using music to promote understanding and acceptance.

On Sept. 22 at Coral Gables Congregational Church, the 16-member group will perform Oliver Button is a Sissy, a musical adaptation of Tomie dePaola’s groundbreaking 1979 children’s book. Featuring music by Alan Shorter, the work tells the story of Oliver, an unconventional boy who likes to do unconventional things.

“Oliver Button is a heartwarming tale that tells you it’s okay to follow your own path, no matter what others may say,” explained Anthony Cabrera, artistic director of the chorus.

Oliver is the little boy who likes to play dress up, sing songs and dance. When his parents try to convince him to take up more “appropriate” pastimes for a boy, he signs up for tap dancing lessons. Kids being kids, his classmates taunt him and even spray paint

graffiti on the wall, labeling him a “sissy.”

Determined, Oliver enters the school talent show and dances his heart out, only to be bested by a four-year-old baton twirler.

But, his classmates were there and finally come to recognize his special talent.

Many of the Insignia singers relate personally to the story, including Jeremy Mason, a three-year veteran of the group.

“I feel like Oliver Button,” said Mason, who portrays Oliver. “I was the kid who liked to sing and dance, and I was ostracized, just like Oliver was. It wasn’t until later that these talents were recognized as a strength.”

Mason, 30, grew up in a conservative neighborhood in Orlando, and now teaches in charter schools in Miami.

“There are so many ways for students to learn a lesson and telling a powerful story is just one of those ways. I hope students and families can connect with this story,” he said.

While the chorus has tackled thematic concerts for adult audiences—addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, crystal meth addiction

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Members of Insignia, chamber ensemble of the Miami Gay Men’s Chorus, rehearse the musical, Oliver Button is a Sissy, an adaptation of Tomie dePaola’s children’s book about an unconventional boy and acceptance.

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and marriage equality and inheritance rights—a program aimed at children and families presents unique challenges.

“Some of (Shorter’s score) is complex and challenges us musically, but it also has a beautiful simplicity that enhances the story,” said Cabrera, who is also a teacher.

“The biggest challenge is to deliver it to children between the ages of 5 and 11 who have very short attention spans.”

The chorus will get some help from the Rev. Dr. Laurinda Hafner, senior pastor at the church, who will serve as the narrator of the colorful musical story. Hafner has been an outspoken supporter of the LGBT community and a driving force behind the concert.

Following the performance, the audience will be invited to participate in craft projects and a discussion, “a way for parents to talk to their kids about bullying and how to best address the issue,” said Cabrera, who is raising a 5-year-old daughter with his partner.

This program is just the beginning of the organization’s five-year commitment to reach out to young audiences. Already, plans are underway to follow up the performance of Oliver Button each year with other works, including new commissions of other children’s books set to music.

The chorus is grateful for the enthusiastic support of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream and

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Starbucks, and is partnering with Safe Schools South Florida on the initiative.

“We asked ourselves how this program could make a better world for my kid, other LGBT parents and, most importantly, the LGBT kids who are out there in our community,” Cabrera said.

“We are dedicated to making a difference directly through music,” he concluded.

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Oliver Button is a Sissy

by Tomie dePaola and Alan Shorter, performed by Insignia, chamber ensemble of the Miami Gay Men’s Chorus

When

Sunday, Sept. 22, 4 p.m.

Where

Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 DeSoto Blvd., Coral Gables

Cost

$20 adults, children 12 and under free

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For tickets, go to MiamiGayChorus.org

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Broward County 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.

The Silence of the Clams

Sept. 12 to 22 at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. A comedic mystery of a butch FBI agent who has to save Nancy Pelosi’s daughter from “Beaver Bob” by interviewing Dr. Hannibal Lichter.

Tickets $30. Call 954-678-1496 or visit EmpireStage. com.

Depeche Mode

Sept. 15 at the BB&T Center, One Panther Parkway in Sunrise. The band that has stood the test of time comes to Broward for its “The Delta Machine” tour.

Tickets $39.50 to $89.50. Visit TheBBTCenter.com.

Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington

Sept. 17 at the BB&T Center, One Panther Parkway in Sunrise. Chester Bennington of Linkin Park steps in as the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots; Filter opens. Tickets $49.50. Visit TheBBTCenter.com.

* Russell Brand: Messiah Complex

Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs.

British comedian and actor Russell Brand embarks on his first-ever comedy tour. Tickets $47.70. Call 954-344-5999 or visit CoralSpringsCenterfortheArts. com.

Palm Beach County Leslie Blackshear Smith

Sept. 13 from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First St. in Delray Beach. New Orleans native Blackshear Smith gives a show filled with soul, funk and blues that has rocked the Lincoln Center to the Apollo Theatre. Tickets $25 to $190. Call 561-450-6357 or visit ArtsGarage.org.

* Double Trouble

Sept. 19 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First St. in Delray Beach. These twin singers have survived a life of abuse and homelessness to become soul phenoms in their own right. Tickets $20 to $165.

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

* Miranda Lambert

Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Cruzan Amphitheatre, 601 Sansburys Way in West Palm Beach. The country singer is joined by Dierks Bentley. Tickets $38.25 to $67. Visit LiveNation.com.

* Piano Faculty Concert

Sept. 22 at 3 p.m. at FAU’s University Theatre, 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton. The university’s acclaimed faculty will perform their favorite work in honor of benefactor Madelyn Savarick’s 90th birthday. Tickets $10. Visit FAUevents.com.

Miami-Dade

Circo Hermanos Vazquez

Through Sept. 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.

Kaskade

Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The GRAMMYnominated DJ will have the triple-A dancing all night. Tickets $38.85 to $101.80. Call 786-777-1000 or visit AAArena.com.

* Noches Tropicales

Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, 2901 W. Flagler St. in Miami. Dance to the music of Edwin Bonilla & His Latin Jazz All-Star Ensemble. Free.

* Il Volo

Sept. 21 at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The trio of Italian teen tenors has exploded onto the international music scene. Tickets $53.70 to $106.40. Call 786-777-1000 or visit AAArena.com.

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The Big Show

Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Cruzan Amphitheatre, 601 Sansburys Way in West Palm Beach. The band that brought you “Harder to Breathe” and “Daylight” are joined by Kelly Clarkson. Tickets $46 to $116.30. Visit LiveNation.com.

Sept. 14 at 8 to 10 p.m. at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First St. in Delray Beach. The Grammy-nominated artist brings a show melding R&B, rock, pop, bebob, Latin, New Age, the whole gamut! Tickets $25 to $190. Call 561-450-6357 or visit ArtsGarage.org.

Sept. 21 to Oct. 20 at the GableStage, 1200 Anastasia Avenue in Coral Gables. A surprisingly humorous look at human suffering and wounds that just won’t go away. Tickets $15 to $42.50. Call 305-445-1119 or visit GableStage.org.

Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. at Just the Funny Theater, 3119 Coral Way in Miami. A collection of comedy mixing the likes of improvisation and sketches. Tickets $12. Call 305-693-8669 or visit JustTheFunny.com.

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Broward County

* Initiative to End Mass Incarceration Sept. 22 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Lauderdale, 3970 NW 21st Ave. in Oakland Park.

The formerly incarcerated Desmond Meade, now president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, will lead the 11 a.m sermon. At 1 p.m., the Rev. Gail Tapscott will talk about race and incarceration. Also a town hall meeting at 1 p.m. with panelists. Free. Call Kevin O’Keefe at 305-626-0760 or the Rev. Tapscott at 954-288-4245

* Fashion 4 Life

Sept. 28 at 5 p.m. at the Weston Hills Country Club, 2600 Country Club Way in Weston. The gala will exhibit the fashions of Tanya Marie Design and Roberto Coin Jewelry to benefit the American Cancer Society. Tables available for purchase. Call Shari Campbell at 954-534-1534 or email Shari.Campbell@ hotmail.com.

* ArtBrazil

Through Sept. 24 at ArtServe, 1350 E. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Brazilian artists celebrate their culture and presence in South Florida with an exhibit of photography, paintings, jewelry, sculpture and more. Call 954-462-8190 or visit ArtServe.org.

PFLAG

Tuesdays in Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs and Southwest Ranches. A support group for parents of LGBT youth 13 to 21. Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com for dates and locations.

GayWrites

First and third Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Stonewall Library, 1300 E. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale.

Join other LGBT writers to work on your latest story, memoir or novel. Free. Email garri1@earthlink.net

SunServe Youth Group

Tuesdays and Thursdays in Fort Lauderdale, Southwest Ranches, Coral Springs and Hollywood. A support group and night of fun for LGBT youth 13 to 21. Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com for dates and times.

Gender Bender Youth Group

Mondays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at SunServe Campus, 1480 SW Ninth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. A group for LGBT youth 13 to 21 to discuss gender, gender expression, binary systems, friendship, family and whatever else comes up! Free. Visit SunServeYouth.com

Survivor Support

777 Glades Road in Boca Raton. Twenty-one artists interpret peace through the visual arts. Call 561-2972661 or visit FAU.edu/Galleries.

* Chinese Moon Festival

Sept. 21 from Noon to 5 p.m. at the Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach. Free with regular museum admission. Celebrate the Chinese festival of the moon with Chinese artwork, live music and activities for the whole family. Call 561-832-5196 or visit Norton.org.

* Biennial Faculty Art Exhibition Sept. 21 to Dec. 7 at the Schmidt Center Gallery and Sept. 21 to Nov. 9 at the FAU’s Ritter Art Gallery, 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton. More than 30 artists who teach at FAU will exhibit pieces of work. Call 561-2972661 or visit FAU.edu/Galleries.

* L-Dub Film Festival

Sept. 27 to 29 at the Lake Worth Playhouse Stonzek Theatre, 713 Lake Ave. in Lake Worth. A weekend of independent films and seminars for directors, writers and actors. Call 561-586-6410 or visit LakeWorthPlayhouse.org.

* Alternative Cuban Film Festival Sept. 27 to 29 at the Schmidt Center Gallery, 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton. Alternative films that speak to issues of Cuban culture, politics, society and economics. Most have subtitles. Visit FAU.edu/ CubanFilmFestival.

Miami-Dade County * Family Fun Day: Peruvian Arts Sept. 14 from 1 to 4 p.m. at HistoryMiami, 101 W. Flagler St. in Miami. Experience the music, dance and food of Afro-Peruvian culture. Free with museum admission. Call 305-375-1492 or visit HistoryMiami.org.

* CeeLo Green Book Signing

Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave. in Coral Gables. The multifaceted singer, songwriter, actor, entrepreneur and fashion icon will be signing copies of his book, “Everybody’s Brother.” Visit BooksandBooks.com

* Dine to Save Lives

Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. at Bolivar Restaurant, 661 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Tour eight Miami Beach restaurants to benefit No More Tears, a local domestic violence nonprofit. Tickets $100. Visit NMTProject.org/Donate.

First and third Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Broward Health Imperial Point Hospital cafeteria, 6401 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Find support from counselors and peers who have lost loved ones to suicide. Call the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention at 954-384-0344 or visit FISPOnline.org.

* Boom! The Q Affair

Palm Beach County

* Faces of Continuum

* Films4Peace

Sept. 20 to Dec. 7 at the Schmidt Center Gallery and Sept. 21 to Nov. 9 at the FAU’s Ritter Art Gallery,

Sept. 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. at SouzaImagery, 415 NW 26th St. in Wynwood. Enjoy a night out for a good cause with a performance by the Rainbow Circus, food trucks, and drinks from Bacardi and Evaton Wines. Tickets $35. Visit GLBTQAlliance.org.

Through Oct. 31 at the LGBT Visitor Center, 1130 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Enjoy the portrait photography by Jeff Larsen, known for his controversial exhibit “Men in Living Rooms.” Call 305-397-8914.

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Broward County Angel’s Cafe

2287 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Enjoy happy hour on Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. with $3 wines and beers, free snacks, raffles, and music by DJ Sol. 2-4-1 Sunday dinner special Valet parking in rear. Call 954-900-5217.

Alibi

Mona’s

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

Thursdays College Boys Night drinks 2-for-1. Call 954525-6662 or visit MonasBar.com.

The Manor

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

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

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

Dude’s Bar

Sidelines Sports Bar

3270 NE 33rd St. in Fort Lauderdale. Men dancing daily from 9:30 p.m., karaoke on Sundays, Monday drink specials $1 well drinks. Call 954-568-7777 or visit Facebook.com/Dudes.Bar.

Georgie’s Alibi

2266 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Best and longest happy hour; Wednesdays $2 domestics and $1 Schnapps after 9 p.m. Call 954-565-2526 or visit GeorgiesAlibi.com.

Johnny’s

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

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

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

Fort Dix

Eros Lounge

H.G. Rooster

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

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

Twist

Vita Ultra Lounge Saturdays

Key West

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

1225 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach. LGBT Saturdays with the best drag queens around. Call 561835-8482 or visit VitaUltraLounge.com.

Miami-Dade County Azucar

2301 SW 32nd Ave. in Miami. Jock night Wednesdays, drag Thursdays, girls night Fridays and more. Call 305443-7657 or visit AzucarMiami.com

Club Space

Palm Beach County

Discotekka

The Cottage

522 Lucerne Ave. in Lake Worth. Tea Dance Sundays with great service, food and drinks. Call 561-586-0080.

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The Mad Hatter

Naked Grape Wine Bar & Tapas

2163 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. A casual, hip bar to try out all sort of wines. Happy Hour all night on Thursdays. Call 954-563-5631.

8201 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Bingo Tuesdays and Born to be a Drag Fridays. Call 305-754-3444 or visit ErosLoungeMiami.com.

34 NE 11th St. in Miami. Come out for a night at the infamous nightclub known for crazy all-nighters to the best live electronic dance music. Call 305-3501956 or visit ClubSpace.com.

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

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

801 Girls Cabaret

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

Club Aqua

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

La Te Da

1125 Duval St. in Key West. Happy hour from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday for $4 premium well drinks. Plus, the original tea dance SUndays at 4 p.m.

Call 305-296-6706 or visit LaTeDa.com

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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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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

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

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

REIKI MASSAGE BY JONATHAN Relieves stress and all other negative energy. You will feel great! One visit will convince you. For more information or to schedule and appt. Call Jonathan 954-549-8243 soflagaynews //

piano for sale LOVELY FAMILY STEINWAY & SONS GRAND PIANO Walnut color with Piano bench incl. Lived with same family since 1960. It taught their two daughters and now has taught the grandson how to play. Its parents are 75 and 89 years old and are moving to a small apartment and cannot bring it with them.It needs a new home with an owner who will love it and enjoy its marvelous sound .

Last tuned in June 2013. Appraised at $20K , will sell for $ 12K. Email Bobbi55bhi@aol.com

painting services PAINTING - INTERIOR & EXTERIOR Residential & Commercial. Drywall & stucco repair. 20+ years experience in Broward. Lic & ins. CC#92-6690-PU-X. Great references. Call Bob for a free estimate 954-465-1041

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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

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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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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 2BA/ 2BA MIDDLE RIVER TERRACE Tile floors, marble and tile baths, stainless and granite kitchen. Open living/dining/kitchen floor plan.

Parking for 2 cars. Private Courtyards. Pet Friendly. $ 1350/MO F/S Call Camelot Property Management for showing instructions. 954-586-4880 LAKE RIDGE Beautiful 1 BD/1BA with a large yard, dishwasher and W/D. This apt is a must see! There is a $50 dollar application fee. First/last and security required $875 a month. Call 954-465-4420 for more info.

MIDDLE RIVER TERRACE Nice 1BD/1BA apartment, with pool and two balconies! This unit also has a dishwasher with a W/D. There is a $50 dollar application fee. Also first/ last and security deposit required. $950 a month.

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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 soflagaynews //

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