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‘Biggest Loser’ Trainer Comes Out as Gay On a recent episode of NBC’s weight-losing reality show, “The Biggest Loser,” trainer Bob Harper publicly came out in order to help a contestant, who was struggling with coming out to his family, the Huffington Post reports. Harper told a contestant named Bobby that he was gay, hoping to

encourage him to come out to his family, especially his father.

“I haven’t talked about my sexuality on this show ever,” Harper said on the show.

“And now, meeting Bobby, I really do believe this is the right time. I want to show Bobby that he doesn’t have to live in shame.”

Harper then shared his coming out story to Bobby and the viewers, saying, “When I came out, when I was 17 years old, it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn’t mean being weak.”

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Macklemore and Lewis join UN gay rights campaign U.S. hip hop artists Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have joined the U.N. Free and Equal Campaign to encourage greater respect for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky announced their support Tuesday.

Macklemore and Lewis are well-known for their song, “Same Love,” which celebrates same-sex relationships, and quickly became an anthem for LGBT equality.

The U.N. Free & Equal Campaign seeks to raise awareness about homophobic

and trans-gender-phobic violence and discrimination.

It was launched by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay in Cape Town, South Africa last July at an event featuring Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

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Mary Cheney Headlining Gay Marriage Fundraiser The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney is coming to Indianapolis to help raise money to fight a proposed amendment banning gay marriage.

Mary Cheney plans to headline a fundraiser for Freedom Indiana on Dec. 11.

Tickets range from $30 to

$5,000. Cheney is a married lesbian who supports same-sex marriage throughout the nation.

“No one should be denied the fundamental liberties we all deserve,” Cheney wrote in the fundraising appeal sent Tuesday. Cheney has recently been fighting publicly with her sister, a conservative

Republican running for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming.

Senate candidate Liz Cheney recently said earlier this month that she continues to believe marriage should be limited to being between one man and one woman.

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U.S. Ambassador James “Wally” Brewster brought one thing with him this week that’s a first for a male U.S. ambassador in the Caribbean nation: a husband.

After months of pressure from religious groups in the Dominican Republic who protested his appointment, Brewster arrived in Santo Domingo this week to begin his tenure as ambassador.

The Dominican Republic’s government quickly said it accepted Brewster’s selection.

But some have been less welcoming.

High-profile Catholic Church leaders have decried the new diplomatic appointment as a sign of a lack of respect from Obama.

“He has not considered the particularities of our people. The United States is trying to impose on us marriage between gays and lesbians as well as adoption by these couples,” said Father Luis Rosario, director of youth ministries for the church.

Local media reported that an evangelical church called for “black Monday” protests, asking people to show their opposition to Brewster by tying black ribbons on their cars,

according to local media reports. Others, including gay rights groups, have praised Brewster’s appointment.

An editorial in the Dominican Republic’s El Nacional newspaper this week discussed proposals Brewster outlined in the introductory video and urged readers to stop focusing so much on the new ambassador’s sexual orientation, even though it has “generated more attention than his diplomatic mission.”

His arrival in the Dominican Republic this week was front-page news in many of the country’s newspapers, which also prominently discussed the arrival of his spouse.

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News Briefs +Cardinal Dolan: Catholics ’Outmarketed’ on Gay Marriage New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan says the Roman Catholic Church has been “outmarketed” on the issue of gay marriage and has been “caricatured as being anti-gay.” Dolan discussed the church’s positions opposing same-sex marriage and abortion in an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator David Gregory that will air Sunday on NBC. Gregory noted that Illinois just became the latest U.S. state to legalize

gay marriage and asked, “Regardless of the church teachings, do you think this is evolving in such a way that it’s ultimately going to be legal everywhere?” Or, he asked, will there be “a backlash” against gay marriage? “I think I’d be a Pollyanna to say that there doesn’t seem to be kind of a stampede to do this,” Dolan said. “I regret that.”

Asked why the church is losing the argument on gay marriage, Dolan

responded, “Well, I think maybe we’ve been outmarketed sometimes. We’ve been caricatured as being anti-gay.” He said the church supports “traditional marriage and is not “anti-anybody,” adding, “When you have forces like Hollywood, when you have forces like politicians, when you have forces like some opinion-molders that are behind it, it’s a tough battle.”

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Lesbian Couple’s Wedding a First for Illinois

In a short ceremony inside their Chicago apartment, two beaming brides made Illinois history Wednesday as they became the first gay couple to wed under the state’s new law legalizing same-sex marriage.

The law approved last week doesn’t go into effect until June, but one of the women — Vernita Gray — is terminally ill with cancer, so she and her partner of five years, Patricia Ewert, were granted an expedited marriage license by a federal judge’s order.

The two made it official Wednesday in front of more than 20 friends at their high-rise home on the city’s North Side. A Cook County judge officiated, and a close friend who deemed himself the “flower girl” tossed red rose petals and the couple kissed several times.

They were pronounced wife and wife.

“So happy, so incredibly happy,” Ewert told The Associated Press after the wedding.

“We feel so blessed to have this honor bestowed upon us. I love my partner, my wife now, more every single day.”

When Illinois legalized gay marriage earlier this month, it was bittersweet for the couple, in their mid-60s. They feared that Gray might not live until the law would allow them to wed. They filed a lawsuit, and a federal judge allowed the two women, in their mid-60s, to get an expedited marriage license.

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’Preferred’ Pronouns Gain Traction at US Colleges

The weekly meetings of Mouthing Off!, a group for students at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, always start the

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same way. Members take turns going around the room saying their names and the personal pronouns they want others to use when referring to them -- she, he or something else.

It’s an exercise that might seem superfluous given that Mills, a small and leafy liberal arts school historically referred to as the Vassar of the West, only admits women as undergraduates. Yet increasingly, the “shes” and “hers” that dominate the introductions are keeping third-person company with “they,” “ze” and other neutral alternatives meant to convey a more generous notion of gender.

“Because I go to an all-women’s college, a lot of people are like, ’If you don’t identify as a woman, how did you get in?’” said sophomore Skylar Crownover, 19, who is president of Mouthing Off! and prefers soflagaynews //

to be mentioned as a singular they, but also answers to he. “I just tell them the application asks you to mark your sex and I did. It didn’t ask me for my gender.”

On high school and college campuses and in certain political and social media circles, the growing visibility of a small, but semantically committed cadre of young people who, like Crownover, selfidentify as “genderqueer” -- neither male nor female but an androgynous hybrid or rejection of both -- is challenging anew the limits of Western comprehension and the English language.

Though still in search of mainstream acceptance, students and staff members who describe themselves in terms such as agender, bigender, third gender or genderfluid are requesting -- and sometimes finding -- linguistic recognition.

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another divisive issue, Dolan said the Catholic Church has long championed comprehensive health care, but he said U.S. Catholic bishops cannot support the Affordable Care Act as long as it includes coverage for abortion. He said the bishops started “bristling” at the legislation pushed by President Barack Obama because “it’s excluding the undocumented immigrant and it’s excluding the unborn baby.”

Inviting students to state their preferred gender pronouns, known as PGPs for short, and encouraging classmates to use unfamiliar ones such as “ze,” “sie,” “e,” “ou” and “ve” has become an accepted backto-school practice for professors, dorm advisers, club sponsors, workshop leaders and health care providers at several schools.

The phenomenon gained notice in the San Francisco Bay area in early November after an 18-year-old student at a private high school in Berkeley suffered severe burns when a 16-year-old boy set fire to the student’s skirt while the two were riding a public bus. The parents of the injured student, Sascha Fleischman, said their son is biologically male but identifies as agender and favors they as a pronoun.

At the University of Vermont, students who elect to change their names and/or pronouns on class rosters now can choose from she, he and ze, as well as the option of being referred to by only their names.

Hampshire College in Massachusetts advertises its inclusiveness by listing the gender pronouns of its tour guides on the school’s web site. And intake forms at the University of California, Berkeley’s student health center include spaces for male, female or other.

At Mills, the changes have included tweaking some long-standing traditions.

New students are now called “first-years” instead of “freshwomen.” The student government also has edited the college’s historic chant -- “Strong women! Proud women! All women! Mills women!” to “Strong, Proud, All, Mills!”

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A federal appeals court has ordered immigration officials to review their decision not to grant asylum to a gay man who said he was attacked for his sexual orientation in 2002 and 2003 in his native Russia and feared he would be persecuted if forced to return there.

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Board of Immigration Appeals was wrong when it concluded that the man had failed to show that government officials in Russia were either unwilling or unable to control his attackers, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday.

The man was only identified as “John Doe” in the opinion.

“The government failed to present any evidence to rebut Doe’s undisputed testimony that he suffered serious assaults at the hands of individuals on account of his homosexuality or to show that the Russian government was able and willing to control non-governmental actors who attack homosexuals,” the court said.

It ordered the board to review the case and said federal officials had to show circumstances had changed in Russia to allay the man’s fears, or that he could be relocated to a safe area in the country.

A call and email to the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review was not immediately returned on Thursday. Government offices were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Someone who answered the phone at the Russian Embassy in Washington said

the embassy was also closed. Emails to the Russian Consulate in San Francisco were not immediately returned.h The ruling comes after Russian lawmakers passed a law this summer banning gay “propaganda,” prompting some activists to call for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. President Vladimir Putin has said the law won’t infringe on the rights of gays, and athletes and activists will not be punished if they raise rainbow flags or have rainbowcolored fingernails.

The man seeking asylum in the 9th Circuit case said he was beaten and kicked while walking in a park with his partner in September 2002, according to court records.

He had joined a club for gays that year at the age of 18 while he was in his first year of college in the city of Ulan-Ude, and said his five attackers included classmates.

When he filed a complaint naming his attackers, police said his injuries were not serious and asked why he had not defended himself, according to court records.

The second attack occurred in April 2003 when he was at a restaurant with his partner. He was knocked unconscious and suffered a concussion. In that case, he said law enforcement officials rejected the case, citing a Russian regulation.

He moved to the United States in November 2003 to attend an English language school.

Federal officials initiated removal proceedings against him two years later on the grounds that he violated the conditions of his stay when he stopped attending school. soflagaynews //

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Amnesty International says the office of a gay rights group in Haiti has been ransacked and two of its members beaten.

It said Wednesday that three men carrying handguns and machetes raided the office of the Haitian rights organization Kouraj last week. Amnesty says the intruders said the center shouldn’t be allowed to operate and aimed anti-gay remarks at the two activists who were tied and beaten.

The attackers also stole equipment, which included two laptops and files that contained sensitive information about the group’s members.

Haiti’s small gay and lesbian community has long remained largely underground because of a strong social stigma that sparks fears of physical violence and loss of employment.

Those negative sentiments spilled into the streets this summer when thousands joined in an anti-gay demonstration.

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Alex Lewy, a candidate for state House of Representatives, had an unusual headliner for a political fundraiser [last week]: Richard Blanco, the sometimes-South Floridian who delivered the poem at President Barack Obama’s inaugural in January.

Lewy, a Hallandale Beach commissioner who’s seeking the Democratic nomination for a state House seat in Southeast Broward and northwest Miami-Dade County, said Blanco used to live in the district. He and Blanco connected through a mutual friend.

“We share the same values and care about issues that affect South Florida,” Lewy said.

Plus, he was back in South Florida for the Miami International Book Fair.

Lewy said the 40 people who showed up weren’t the usual cast of characters for a political fundraiser. Some were arts supporters. Others were from the lesbian and gay community (Blanco was the first openly gay inaugural poet).

“It was an amazing experience. He actually read three poems,” Lewy said.

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The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council (PBCHRC) held its third and final fundraiser last month in honor of twenty five years of championing human rights and civil equality for LGBT residents of Palm Beach County.

The event, a cocktail party with a variety of hors d’oeuvres was held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Living Room at the Four Seasons Resort in Palm Beach.

“It will be a little while before we have a final number,” said PBCHRC founder and president, Rand Hoch when asked about how much the event raised. “But it’s surely well over $25,000. More than 260 people were registered at $125 each.”

Additionally, fifty organizations and individuals took congratulatory ads in the Twenty-fifth anniversary program book and the results of the silent auction had not been tallied by press deadline.

Two other silver anniversary fundraisers held in May and July respectively netted about $7,500 more for the organization, according to Hoch.

In May, the Ritz Carlton Palm Beach, subsequently rebranded as Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, hosted a reading by gay poet Richard Blanco who had read an original poem at the second Obama inaugural celebration.

The reading netted more than $5,000.

In July, the Arts Garage in Delray Beach dedicated a night’s performance of their production of Beyond the Rainbow:Garland at Carnegie Hall by William Randall Beard, to PBCHRC helping raise another $2,500 plus.

The gathering last month was diverse in makeup and limited in speeches. In fact the only speaker for the evening was Mayor Jeri Muoio who read the West Palm Beach Proclamation declaring November 19,

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2013 as Palm Beach County Human Rights Council Day. “We decided to just make it a fun night,” Hoch said. “Most of the people here know who we are and what we’ve done for the past 25 years, and if they don’t, the beautiful program book they’ll get when they leave will fill them in.”

Hoch applauded the creators of the program book, Eric Telchin, Bill Procter and Scott Velozo, noting that Velozo, a graphic designer, had created the new red, white and blue anniversary Logo.

“Victor and Ross [co-hosts Victor M. Figueredo and Ross W. W. Meltzer] have brought a lot of people we might not otherwise have attracted and everyone seems to be mingling and having a good time,” Hoch added.

People came from outside the county as well. David Jobin, the new executive director of Stonewall National Museum and Library in Fort Lauderdale when speaking to SFGN expressed his appreciation for all PBCHRC has done and said he would be discussing cooperation opportunities for the two agencies in the future. Other attendees had come from Miami-Dade and some from Vero Beach.

PBCHRC was founded 25 years ago when Hoch was a newly practicing attorney and was fired for being gay. Since that time, with a few years absence while serving as a governor appointed judge, Hoch has pushed and pulled, cajoled and scolded elected officials up and down the county helping them understand the need for human rights and civil protections. For details on all that PBCHRC has done, visit their website at www.pbchrc.org.

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Have Gay Republicans Taken over Broward Party?

One Tea Party leader sure thinks so Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel An email from Danita Kilcullen, co-founder of Tea Party Fort Lauderdale, has caused a new round of agita in the Broward Republican Party.

Kilcullen’s email, written earlier this month, was apparently a response to an email below, from Andy Eddy of the Broward Log Cabin Republicans, a largely gay group.

She said the Log Cabin Republicans are “a thug organization” which has “all but taken over” the Broward Republican Party.

Kilcullen also makes clear she does not like the proposed federal law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Her email was denounced Monday night

by Republican committeeman Jim Gleason.

Here it is:

“We must fight with all we have... We must put pressure on the House like has never been seen before. I’ll be damned if I will ever be forced to hire someone with orange hair, body/neck/face covered with tattoos, multiple piercings, or a man in a dress... or for that matter, a demonstrative effeminate male or purposeful butch-looking female.

The Log Cabins are the same lobbyist organization that has all but taken over BREC; and besides that, we have someone on the Board of BREC who is using her position to openly put pressure on some BREC members to stand for same-sex marriage.

This is the same group who, based on nothing other than his recent stand for gay marriage, supports Chris Christie and who publicly worked against Cuccinelli for his stand for traditional marriage. Keep in mind, this is a thug organization with only their own “special interests” in play. I wonder what they will do with democrat Charlie Crist now running for governor? I’m betting on them to vote for Charlie, along with some other mousey republicans. I will now be accused of ‘splitting’ BREC. I am not! I am in standing with the Republican Platform, which is what I stated the very night I was sworn-on to BREC. We must stop this in short!

Here’s the Eddy email, which was a press release from the national Log Cabin Republicans praising Senate passage of legislation to ban employment discrimination against gays and lesbians.

Log Cabin Republicans Praises Senate Passage of ENDA, Unveils GOP House Strategy Washington, D.C. — Today, the United

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States Senate passed the Employment NonDiscrimination Act (ENDA), legislation which provides employment protections for LGBT individuals in the workplace, with the votes of 10 Republicans. Log Cabin Republicans Executive Director Gregory T. Angelo issued the following statement: After languishing in legislative limbo for 17 years, ENDA has finally passed the United States Senate in a vote that would not have been possible had Republicans not provided the margin of victory on the critical cloture vote earlier in the week.

While many are already beginning to wave the white flag on passage of ENDA in the House, Log Cabin Republicans has an optimistic view having recently met with nearly 50 House Republicans making the case that no one should be fired simply because they’re gay. We are also encouraged by recent polling that finds a majority of Republicans in the U.S. are in favor of ENDA’s passage. The House GOP also just recently overwhelmingly passed legislation that, like ENDA, explicitly includes protections for LGBT individuals — the Violence Against Women Act. Undoubtedly, the Republican Party is going through a cultural shift as more Republican legislators consistently step up for LGBT Americans. LCR believes this momentum already existing in the Party will help propel this bill to the House floor.

Once there, we’re confident it will pass. We encourage GOP House leadership of the 113th Congress to allow a conscience vote on ENDA and make history once again.

The Broward County Log Cabin Republicans responded to Kilcullen’s accusations with this message:

LCR Not “Thugs:” Club Demands Tea Party Leader Kilcullen Apologize

A Fort Lauderdale Rino-Right activist continues the fallacious attacks on Log Cabin Republicans stating, “Keep in mind, this is a thug organization with only their own “special interests” in play.”

In her usual mean-spirited commentary this “betting” woman departs from the essence of the Broward County Human Right Ordinance and appears radically opposed to the views expressed in the “Biblical Golden Rule” while seemingly claiming to be a Christian in spirit and a member of the GOP. soflagaynews //

Many forget or try to forget that the Republican Party was founded by Abraham Lincoln our “Emancipation President.” From experience, the Republican Party was designed to be an inclusive political party and LCR Broward is far from being a “thug organization.” Friends and observers will obviously confirm that LCR is comprised of law abiding and hard working professional men and women who are property and business owners, veterans, tax paying Citizens of the United States, active volunteers in many charitable organizations, and not “thugs.”

Danita Kilcullen, who apparently speaks on behalf of the Tea Party of Danita Kilcullen Photo courtesy of Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Fort Lauderdale, seemingly espouses a mythically induced targeting credible Tea Party groups, Fast and party platform that she alleges protects Furious, etc.,etc. her from the stupor of being “forced to Many uphold President Ronald Reagan hire someone with orange hair, body/ as a mirror of party cohesion. He, as a neck/face covered with tattoos, multiple Conservative party visionary, espoused that piercings, or a man in a dress... or for that “one can agree to disagree” but, in the end, matter, a demonstrative effeminate male or party unification was expected. That’s not purposeful butch-looking female.” the positions advanced by some extremists According to Jack Majeske, LCR whose views are quite the opposite, as it’s Broward’s Past President, “Such deceptive either “my way or the highway.” That logic is presumptions and insightful attacks enable therefore demonstrative of intolerance and hate which often results in intimidation exclusion which produce divisiveness and and violence as we’ve seen in the examples defeat at the polls. of the brutal murder of Matthew Sheppard, The members and friends of the Broward the execution of Sailor Allen Schindler, Log Cabin Republican Club of Florida the beating of PFC Barry Winchell, teenage believe in inclusion. They join many in suicide, bullying, the pitiful treatment of mainstream America who support the others, etc. “ essence of the U.S. Constitutional belief LCR Broward’s President Mrs. Sandra that all men are created equal and have Steen, who was recently honored by the the right to live under the Constitutional City of Wilton Manors, The Broward County guarantee of “life, liberty, and the pursuit Commission, and the Historical Society of happiness” for all citizens of this great believes that, “Kilcullen’s rants are neither country. Such a belief seemingly appears fair nor balanced. They do not reflect the difficult for some on the extreme fringes of beliefs of rational and Fiscally-Conservativethe left and right to accept.

Tea-Party members who are concerned The Broward Log Cabin Republican about the status of our nation’s financial Club of Florida was founded in 1981 and is stability, its security against terrorism comprised of Conservative Egalitarians who and drug cartels, unemployment and are registered Republicans. LCR Broward is underemployment, the foreclosure mess, chartered by the board of directors of Log the national debt, individual rights, the Cabin Republicans and the Republican Party crashed ObamaCare vision, Benghazi, IRS of the State of Florida.

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The Office or the Heart

Study shows LGBT workers prone to deciding between family and work

Sasha Razumikhin

When a child is born to or adopted by an LGBT worker (or workers), one thing’s for sure: It’s damn hard to get time off.

So says a new study brief from the Movement Advancement Project, the Center for American Progress and by the Human Rights Campaign (in partnership with A Better Balance, Family Values at Work and the National Partnership for Women & Families). It’s called An Impossible Choice: LGBT Workers and Family Leave Laws.

“From time to time, workers may need extended leave due to the birth or adoption of a child, a serious illness or injury, or to provide care for a family member with a serious health condition,” the brief reads.

“The US is one of the few developed nations lacking mandatory paid parental, sick, or family leave for workers. Currently, federal law provides limited, unpaid job-protected leave for eligible employees.”

But time needs to be taken. And when LGBT workers and their families have to make a choice, what should they do? Staying at work means not being there for the kids (to heal and nurture, to love and to upbring).

Staying home means losing the job, looking for another, thousands of dollars down the drain.

“When taking leave due to medical or family needs, far too many LGBT workers risk losing their jobs and jeopardizing their financial security at a critical juncture in their lives,” said Jared Make, senior staff attorney at A Better Balance. “But the alternative—not taking time off during a personal illness, a child’s birth or adoption, or a family member’s serious illness—could mean getting sicker or not being there for loved ones who need them. No one should ever be put in that position.”

But people are very much put into that

position. There are about 5.4 million LGBT workers in the U.S. They’re racially and ethnically diverse and they live all over the country. And MAP’s previous research shows that 37 percent of LGBT people have had a child at some point.

“LGBT workers should have the same access to job-protected leave as their coworkers,” said Ineke Mushovic, executive director of MAP. “Federal and state leave laws should be expanded to give all workers, including LGBT workers, the opportunity to take paid leave to care for themselves or their loved ones. Asking LGBT workers to make an impossible choice between losing a job and taking care of themselves or their families is unfair and harmful to families.”

So what needs to be done? Here are some possible solutions straight from the brief:

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Advancement Project Photo courtesy of MAP States should allow same-sex couples to marry and ensure that the basis of sexual orientation and gender parentage laws allow LGBT parents to be identity/expression. legally recognized as parents. In addition,

the federal government should clarify Expand FMLA to cover more that the FMLA covers all legally married workers and make federal and same-sex couples, even if the couple lives state paid family and medical leave in a state that does not recognize their available for all working families. marriage.

Congress should amend the FMLA to allow more workers to qualify. Currently, the Provide equal access to individual FMLA does not cover workers in businesses and family medical leave. with fewer than 50 employees or any workers Congress should revise the Family Medical who have not worked for 1,250 hours in the Leave Act to broaden the definition of past year at the same job. Congress should covered caregivers to ensure that employees reduce the minimum number of employees can take leave to care for a domestic partner and the minimum number of months or same-sex partner. States also should worked to broaden eligibility. Congress pass family leave laws inclusive of sameshould also create a National Family and sex couples. In addition, federal and state Medical Leave Insurance Program that medical leave laws should be clarified to would allow workers to receive a portion of make certain that transgender workers can their pay while they take a limited amount of take needed individual medical leave. time away from work.

Ban public and private employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity/ expression.

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Create a right to paid sick days.

Congress should follow the lead of several cities and states by guaranteeing workers a right to paid sick days for their own routine illness or health care need or to care for a loved one.

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news feature publisher’s Norm Kent

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AIDS Celebrations Held Across the Country Local communities throughout the Gold Coast of South Florida held World AIDS Day ceremonies, braving bad weather and rains, but pressing on for the cause that is so important to so many.

In Wilton Manors, Broward House conducted its sixth annual candlelight vigil, culminated with prominent local speakers marking the occasion on the campus of the Pride Center at Equality Park.

In South Beach, where Care Resource gave out gifts to everyone who went for testing, a special sand sculpture of the AIDS Ribbon was built on the 12th street beach.

This year, World AIDS Day also coincided with the annual Care Resource White Party on Miami Beach. The popular fundraiser is a national gay party and celebration which garners money for support, care and meds for people infected with HIV. Meanwhile, far from the boys with muscles dancing the night away, a newer organization, Sistas Organizing to Survive (SOS), gave life to the harsh reality that Miami-Dade County not only leads the nation in the number of new HIV infections, most of them are African-American women.

They promoted rapid testing at the Joseph Caleb Center.

Elsewhere, the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami hosted a “Red Bucket Sunday” at St. Anthony Church in Ft. Lauderdale. They collected donations for its HIV Ministry, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary.

More events were set throughout the week. A World AIDS DAY Walk & 5k Run will be held December 7 at Griffin Park in North Miami. Yesterday, Broward County Health Care Services featured Duane Cramer, a

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renowned photographer and HIV activist, at Hagen Park in an event entitled, “Facing AIDS: Begins With Me”.

World AIDS Day was also celebrated in cities nationally.

At the White House in Washington, D.C., a two story red ribbon was displayed on the north portico façade, and President Obama committed $5 billion to the Global AIDS fund.

In San Francisco, hundreds gathered at Golden Gate Park to remember the friends whose names are engraved in the Circle of Friends monument in the park’s National AIDS Memorial Grove. In Key West, where more than 1,220 of its citizens have been lost to the virus, 15 more names were embedded into the granite memorial stones at the foot of the White Street Pier.

The city unveiled its $160,000 expansion, to include more names on the stones.

“People who say no one dies from HIV anymore should come here,” an unidentified city official explained, “we ran out of space to add names last year.”

Internationally, to mark the 25th observation of World AIDS Day, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization in the world, took the lead. It spearheaded free HIV testing and awareness events in 28 countries around the globe, including commemorations in 14 U.S. cities. Under the pervading theme of “Treatment = Life / No Retreat on AIDS,” AHF’s global activities aimed to help people to know their HIV status, stay informed on the latest treatment and advocacy around the disease, and responsibly protect themselves and others from HIV infection.

“We can’t slow down now. Through

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Marchers walk in the rain in Wilton Manors; More pictures on pages 36-37.

Photo courtesy of JR Davis

these testing and outreach events, we hope that hundreds of thousands of individuals take the opportunity to mark World AIDS Day by learning their status and learning

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more about how to prevent the spread of HIV and where to access treatment if they need it,” said Michael Weinstein, President of AHF.

opinion guest editorial Congressman Alcee Hastings

On the 25th Anniversary of World AIDS Day and young people are disproportionately impacted. Furthermore, only about one in three individuals living with HIV is receiving anti-retroviral treatment, and fewer still are able to adhere to their treatment and sustain undetectable viral loads.

Achieving the beginning of the end of AIDS will take a renewed commitment to expanding access to testing, treatment, and care, as well as to raising public awareness. On November 19, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives passed under suspension of the rules S. 1545, the PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act of 2013. PEPFAR, the ‘President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,’ is now in its tenth year of successfully saving millions of lives. In 2012, approximately 5.1 million people received treatment through this vitally important program, and more than 46.5 million people in total have received testing and counseling thanks to PEPFAR. In the 113th Congress, we still have a duty

The White House on World AIDS Day. Photo courtesy of DBKing

This week, SFGN is privileged to turn over its editorial page to Congressman Alcee Hastings, who addresses the 25th World AIDS Day celebrations.

Twenty-five years after observing the first World AIDS Day, we find ourselves at a turning point in the ongoing struggle against this devastating disease. On one hand, AIDS remains a significant public health challenge here at home and abroad. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 35.3 million people around the world are currently living with HIV, with an estimated 2.3 million people newly infected in 2012 alone.

However, thanks to scientific advancements and the tireless dedication of countless individuals, an AIDS-free

to continue to support robust funding for PEPFAR and the Global Fund, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program, Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative, and National AIDS Strategy, as well as HIV/AIDS research.

As we mark the 25th annual World AIDS Day, we have the knowledge and resources to make a world without AIDS a reality. Ultimately, bringing an end to AIDS will require greater leadership and coordination in order to increase support for the implementation of effective treatment and prevention programs.

Therefore, it is especially critical that we address sequestration, which is hampering HIV care in the United States at a time when the number of AIDS patients is increasing.

Congressman Hastings is a staunch advocate for the HIV/AIDS community and a member of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus.

generation is truly within our grasp. Between increasing access to treatment and reducing new HIV infections, it is suggested that we could achieve the beginning of the end of AIDS as early as 2015. In fact, 16 African countries have already surpassed the tipping point of their epidemics, with more new patients receiving treatment than the annual number of new HIV infections.

While the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States has remained relatively stable in recent years, the pace of new infections continues to be significantly high, particularly for certain groups. Men who have sex with men (MSM) bear the greatest burden of HIV infection, while African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos,

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column guest Ric Reilly

Gay Culture Goes Mainstream Recent discussions in Dallas surrounding the Pride Parade and an apparent tightening of nudity and lewdness laws simply reflect evolving gay culture. Those who seem most put out by the enforcement of existing laws miss the evolution. Those who are intent on sexual glorification as the sole expression of pride miss the point.

A half century ago gays met in unmarked bars, public parks and restrooms, and dark

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alleys. We worked, disguised as straight, married to keep up the image and raised children in often loveless marriages. When we were found out we were fired, arrested and demonized.

A half century of work and struggle has led us through fear, hate and discrimination.

The battle has cost lives beyond measure in a masterful menagerie of ways from dragging down desolate roads in the dark

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of night, to hogtying to a lonely fence on a windswept plain, to plain old outright shooting in the head in the supervisor’s office.

The battle has quashed happiness in sham marriages, employment termination and being ostracized from families, friends and churches.

The battle has stolen treasure in lower wages, glass ceilings and unequal taxing.

Throughout the past half century battles have been fought and lost.

The Anita Bryant fiasco in Florida stands as a seminal moment, a nadir in the newly found efforts to secure equality for gays. Harvey Milk gave his life to the cause of expanding equality beginning his efforts long before being the first openly gay publicly elected official in San Francisco; in his quiet camera shop as the Mayor of Castro Street.

Over the past two decades we have witnessed defeat piled upon defeat across the nation as state by Photo courtesy of JoelK75 state discrimination was enshrined into state constitutions pressed forward by a hateful minority onto otherwise by paying our prices. We moved an unwitting majority. north, first across Sunrise Boulevard and The past fifty years have yielded victories eventually to Wilton Manors. Straights are along with those defeats. Small cities, moving into Wilton Manors, truly a gay counties and even some states began to city including the mayor. Just as they did in open to gays and began to provide limited the Castro in San Francisco, where on my protections within the confines of over last visit there were more straight couples arching state and federal laws. Companies pushing perambulators than there were gay began adding protections in their polices couples holding hands. for gays and many even came to understand Straights are moving into our nightlife, the added value of gay employees in their appearing in gay bars dancing in that strange better educations, work ethic and skill sets. rhythm they have.

Social acceptance has allowed us to find This is all positive, a product of the long our rightful places in our families, churches battle for acceptance and rights. Wonderful and work. will be the day when a gay bar is no longer Notwithstanding the dwindling deeply necessary as place of refuge. Wonderful closeted self haters masquerading as will be the day when buying or renting a social moralists heterosexuals love gays. house anywhere no longer comes with the They envy our happiness, our sense of attendant side glances. Though the war is style, skills and ability to love even under not yet won, more and more the battles are. imposed discrimination. They covet our Along with our march to acceptance and neighborhoods and clubs and the music we equality comes the inevitable, and wholly listen to. They buy into our communities expected, integration of gays into the after we have taken run down slums and American culture. Within that integration gentrified them. They pay us to move on and we still maintain our identity, our culture do it again. Here in South Florida the cycle and intuitions. Those who focus on the way has run many times in many places. we were will miss out on the place we are.

Once upon a time Victoria Park was a The place we are is a much better place than gay enclave, until straights convinced us the place we were.

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Thank You From MDGLCC Jorge Richa

Marketing & Programming Director, Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

The Miami Beach LGBT Vistor Center Photo courtesy of Miami Beach LGBT Vistor Center

As the end of yet another year nears the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (MDGLCC) would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in our growth and achievements during 2013. As the voice of the LGBT businesses we celebrate with the rest of the nation the many advancement on LGBT rights that were accomplished this past year and look forward to a brighter 2014.

To our 500 plus company members representing over 145 different industries and categories, thank you for your support and believe in our work. We strive to be your connectors with the local LGBT consumers via our marketing tool and networking opportunities. To our community partners and sponsors, we thank you for your collaboration in making our work of significance to the community that we all live in. To our board, staff, committees, and volunteers thank you for your commitment and hard work. With your dedication, leadership and team work we look forward to accomplishing even more next year. And finally to our media partners, thank you for helping us extend our message outreach.

In particularly, to SFGN for graciously providing us this monthly space in its publication for us to keep the community informed and engaged at all times.

We are thankful for all that 2013 has allowed us to do and look forward to a better 2014. But before we start again with our work next year, let’s celebrate as a community one last time at the upcoming “4th Annual Holigay Celebration & Toy Drive.” Everyone is welcomed to join the celebration at the LGBT Visitor Center (1130 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach) on Thursday 12/12 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. for a fun evening of gathering and contributing to a great cause, take pictures with Santa, music, food and drinks. This event is possible with the support of GREY GOOSE Vodka, Centerplate, Block Pizza Deli, and DJ Vertigo. Admission is an unwrapped toy benefitting the MiamiBeach Police Department’s Toy Drive. RSVP at www.gogaymiami.com or 305-397-8914.

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column jesse’s journal Jesse Monteagudo

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Steve Grand: Not the First Gay Country Music Star Much has been written lately about Steve Grand, the 23-year old artist who the press described as “the first openly gay country singer.” Though Grand is cute, a good singer and the first artist in his genre to achieve mainstream recognition, he is hardly “the first openly gay country singer.”

That honor belongs to Patrick Haggerty, who along with others created the country group Lavender Country, and an album of the same name, forty years ago.

Haggerty was born in 1944 and raised on a dairy farm in Washington State. After college he joined the Peace Corps but was discharged in 1966 for being gay. He then moved to Seattle, where he became active in that city’s Gay Liberation Front. In 1972 he formed Lavender Country, a group consisting of Haggerty (singer and guitarist), Michael Cart (keyboardist), Eve Morris (singer and fiddler) and Robert Hammerstrom (guitarist).

The group’s self-titled album (1973) was funded and released by Gay Community Social Services of Seattle with assistance from local activist Faygele Ben-Miriam.

Lavender Country performed at Seattle’s first Pride event (1974) and at other LGBT events in Washington State before dissolving in 1976.

Listening to Lavender Country again, which I am doing while writing this article, reminds me of how much the LGBT community owes groundbreaking artists who, like Haggerty and his group, paved the way for many to follow. Out country singersongwriter Doug Stevens, who produced his first album Out in the Country in 1993, described the group Lavender Country as “a gay country band playing out, political and sexual liberation songs written in an old fashioned, Hank Williams-like style. . . . The songs are cleverly written and speak of the oppressive situations that gay people often found themselves in at the time. Some of the songs are funny, some are sexual and others are down right tragic.”

Cheeky songs like “Come Out Singin’,” “Cryin’ Those Cocksucking Tears” and “Back in the Closet Again” (a queer take on Gene Autry’s “Back in the Saddle Again”) told it like it was, with such honesty that most artists would not touch with a ten foot pole.

(A woman DJ in Seattle lost her FCC license when she dared to play “Cocksucking Tears”

on her radio show.) Haggerty wrote and sang all the songs in the album except “To a Woman,” a lesbian tune that was written and sung by Eve Morris.

As was the fate of too many LGBT works of art from the early 1970s, Lavender Country went out of print and was forgotten by most music lovers. When Stevens created his country group The Outband in 1992, he mistakenly thought that his was “the first gay country band ever to exist.” In 1999 Chris Dickinson, editor of the Journal of Country Music, revived interest in Lavender Country with her article “Country Undetectable: Gay Artists in Country Music.” Because of Dickinson’s article, the album Lavender Country was soon entered into the archives of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Gay Community Social Services of Seattle put out a new CD edition of Lavender Country and the band reunited in 2000 to perform at Seattle’s Broadway Performance Hall and Seattle Pride.

Haggerty himself returned to his country roots, performing across the country as a member of Stevens’s Outband. Meanwhile, a new crop of openly gay country singers emerged: artists like Stevens, Sid Spencer, Mark Weigle, Jeff Miller and David Alan Mors. They all combined the traditions of country and western music with a queer sensitivity, long before Steve Grand’s “AllAmerican Boy.”

Patrick Haggerty released the first gay country record in 1973.

Photo courtesy of Melina Mara

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When it comes to premium luxury SUVs that can push six figures without much trouble, one thing is for sure: neither is going to suck. Indeed, if you look at the scorecard, the trucks are more or less tied overall. But alas, you can only drive one at a time, and if it was my money, I’d go with the Land Rover Range Rover Sport. Why? While the Bimmer handles better, gets better fuel economy and boasts an elegant and spacious interior, its new exterior design is dowdier than before, and its hospital-like sterility sort of works against it. The Land Rover’s far more distinctive design and countless

personalization opportunities (including contrast-color roof treatments) impart a greater sense of occasion upon it. And while the Range Rover Sport is hardly sporty, it can certainly move, even with its base supercharged V-6. The fact that the Rover reigns supreme over pretty much anything in its class off-road, is more or less irrelevant to most customers, but for what it’s worth, it is amazeballs when the pavement goes away. All told, this decision comes down to emotion (and emotion is something I think everyone oughta feel when plunking down $60K—$100K for anything): the antiseptic

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Injection site reactions (pain, numbness, redness, swelling). Change (rotate) your injection site to help lower your risk for injection site reactions.

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Fluid retention Bone, joint or muscle pain Swelling of the extremities Carpal tunnel syndrome Breast enlargement Nausea Fatigue Increase in blood glucose Increase in triglycerides

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Concomitant Antiretroviral Therapy: In some experimental systems, somatropin has been shown to increase HIV replication in vitro.

Because of this possibility for acceleration of virus replication, it is recommended that you continue on your antiretroviral therapy for the duration of Serostim® treatment.

Impaired Glucose Tolerance/Diabetes: Cases of new onset impaired glucose tolerance (pre-diabetes), new onset type 2 diabetes mellitus and worsening of current diabetes mellitus have been reported in patients receiving Serostim® [somatropin (rDNA origin) for injection]. Some patients developed diabetic complications (ketoacidosis and diabetic coma). In some patients, these conditions improved when Serostim® was discontinued, while in others, the glucose intolerance persisted.

Intracranial Hypertension: Intracranial hypertension, a rise in the pressure inside the skull, associated visual changes, headache, nausea, and/or vomiting has been reported.

Fluid Retention/Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Water retention may occur in adults during Serostim® therapy. Increased swelling, particularly in the hands and feet, muscle or joint pain may occur during treatment with Serostim®. Often these reactions resolve with analgesic therapy, or after decreasing the number of doses.

Carpal tunnel syndrome may occur during treatment with Serostim®. If the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome do not resolve by decreasing the weekly number of doses of Serostim®, it is recommended that treatment be discontinued.

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Kaposi’s Sarcoma, Lymphoma and Other Malignancies: Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), lymphoma, and other malignancies are more common in HIV-positive individuals. There was no increase in the incidence of Kaposi’s sarcoma, lymphoma, or in the progression of cutaneous Kaposi’s sarcoma in clinical studies of Serostim®. Patients with internal KS lesions were excluded from the studies. Potential effects on other malignancies are unknown.

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Local and Systemic Reactions: Injection sites should be changed (rotated) to avoid tissue atrophy. Patients should be informed that local and systemic reactions are possible and that prompt medical attention should be sought if allergic reactions occur.

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Pancreatitis: Inflammation of the pancreas has been reported rarely in adults receiving growth hormone.

The most common side effects of Serostim® [somatropin (rDNA origin) for injection] include: •

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In clinical trials, the most common adverse reactions included swelling (particularly of the hands or feet), muscle pain, joint pain, numbness and pain in extremities.

Injection site reactions (pain, numbness, redness, swelling). Change (rotate) your injection site to help lower your risk for injection site reactions.

Fluid retention Bone, joint or muscle pain Swelling of the extremities Carpal tunnel syndrome Breast enlargement Nausea Fatigue Increase in blood glucose Increase in triglycerides

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.

To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact EMD Serono at 1-800-283-8088 EXT. 5563.

This information is not intended to replace discussions with your doctor. For additional information about Serostim® [somatropin (rDNA origin) for injection], please consult the Prescribing Information and talk to your doctor. You can also visit www.serostim.com. Serostim® is available by prescription only.

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“My Brother My Sister” by Molly Haskell c.2013, Viking $26.95 / $28.50 Canada 213 pages Mom always said you were two of a kind.

You and your favorite sibling: yin and yang, two halves of a whole. A lot of film was spent documenting your lives. A lot of memories are shared when you get together.

Once upon a time, you knew exactly what your sib was thinking – or did you? Read the new book “My Brother My Sister” by Molly Haskell, and you might wonder…

Growing up in Richmond, Virginia, in the post-WWII years, Molly Haskell, her brother Chevey, and their friends enjoyed the same clubs, schools, cotillions, and churches. She remembers a childhood of “privilege” and happiness.

Her brother remembers sneaking up to Haskell’s closet to try on her clothes.

Of course, that was unknown to Haskell until years later, when Chevey came to her in New York and told her that he’d decided

to act on something that had vexed him for decades: nervously, he explained that he had gender dysphoria. He’d been on hormones for months. Years ago, he’d thought of himself as “Ellen,” the woman he knew he was inside.

It was something that Haskell never saw coming.

Chevey had been married twice. His first wife knew of his feelings, as did his second wife, but the latter was struggling with acceptance. So, in fact, was Haskell, though she was also curious to know the particulars.

When did Chevey know? (At age seven).

How did he decide to do this? (The urge was so strong that he could do nothing else). Why did he wait 50-some years to transition?

(Many reasons, including family). He likened his gender to a “birth defect.” It was time to make things right.

As Chevey became Ellen, Haskell mourned the loss of her brother. When Ellen informed the rest of the family of her news, Haskell kept “waiting for the sky to fall” but nothing

happened. Yes, there were slips, gaffes, hurts, and a few surprising revelations, but the world didn’t end.

“Lucky for me,” says Haskell, “my newly minted sister is still the magnificent human being my brother was.”

There’s an awful lot of Poor-Me-ing in the beginning of “My Brother My Sister;” a lot of hand-wringing from author Molly Haskell, and too much fretting about how her brother’s transformation would affect her. While some readers might imagine how they’d feel in the same situation, it’s pretty tedious reading here. And angsty, almost.

Thankfully, the book gets better.

Once Haskell’s story gets around to acceptance, readers are treated to a more relaxing read, one of discovery (both on Haskell’s part, and that of her sister), devotion, and of delight. That’s the raison d’etre of this book. What you’ll find from there to the end is why you’d want to read this book in the first place.

Aside from a bumpy beginning and some surgery descriptions that are TMIoverload, I thought this was a good enough book. If you, too, are curious, or if your family is dealing with these same issues, “My Brother My Sister” may be one of a kind.

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Starting World AIDS Day, December 1, through December 12, please visit one of our restaurant partners and donate to provide 2,000 holiday meals to people living with HIV/AIDS.

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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

COMPLERA, EMTRIVA, GILEAD, the GILEAD Logo, GSI, HEPSERA, STRIBILD, the STRIBILD Logo, TRUVADA, and VIREAD are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc., or its related companies. ATRIPLA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. All other marks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. © 2013 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. QC15430 03/13

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In the early days of television, composers created shows exclusively for broadcast, including Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella and Gian Carlo Menotti’s Christmas operetta, Amahl and the Night Visitors. Tonight, NBC does a little reverse engineering with The Sound of Music Live!, a staged version of the beloved musical and film, starring Carrie Underwood, Stephen Moyer, Audra McDonald and Christian Borle. This imaginative production follows Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Broadway version and includes several songs omitted from the Julie Andrews film. Check local listings for show times and stations.

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Theater

12/6

Vixen has accused Santa of sexual harassment and all of the reindeer give their personal accounts of what they think happened. Yes, this is the premise of Jeff Goode’s outrageous holiday play, The Eight Reindeer Monologues. Make no mistake, we’re not talking Rudolph and Heat Mizer here, this production, courtesy of Kutumba Theatre Project and Director Kim Ehly, is for adults only. Tonight and Saturday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. at the Galleria Studio Theatre in the Galleria Mall, 2542B E. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets are $25 at BrownPaperTickets.com.

Country singer Carrie Underwood stars as Maria Von Trapp in NBC’s live broadcast Thursday of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s beloved musical, The Sound of Music.

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SAT Music

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Head down to Huizenga Plaza on Fort Lauderdale’s downtown waterfront for the first annual Lauderdale Live music festival, Friday, Dec. 6 through Sunday, Dec. 8. Three days of music will include performances by Huey Lewis & The News, Lyle Lovett, Indigo Girls, Lee DeWyze, The Wild Feathers and more. Single day passes start at $59 take in the entire weekend for $89. You can even purchase a pass to the Yacht Discovery Experience and enjoy the music, exclusive food and wines on board luxury yachts. For more information and tickets, go to LauderdaleLiveMusic.com.

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Bonnet House Museum and Gardens, 900 N. Birch Rd. in Fort Lauderdale, will be blooming this weekend during the 7th annual Orchid, Garden and Gourmet Food Festival, Saturday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to the unique collection of exotic orchids and plants sold by over 40 local vendors, the festival will feature gourmet food trucks, libations, orchid care lectures, cooking and gardening demonstrations, live music and a farmer’s market. Admission is $10 for members and $12 for non-members at BonnetHouse.org. Parking is free. soflagaynews //

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Filmmaker Mark Mori’s Bettie Page Reveals All, which opened this weekend, is an intimate look at the scandalous ‘50s pin-up model, one of the world’s most recognized sex symbols, all told in her own words for the first time. In Mori’s alluring documentary, the real Bettie Page emerges from the veil of myth and rumor via audio interviews taped a decade prior to her death in 2008. Ranked as one of the top 10 posthumous celebrity earners, Page’s legacy continues to flourish. Check local listings for theaters and show times.

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Cabaret

12/10

Thank Heaven for Lerner and Lowe is the title of Plaza Theatre’s newest winter cabaret production tonight at 2 p.m. The hummable tunes composed by this iconic songwriting duo for Gigi, Camelot, My Fair Lady and Paint Your Wagon will be performed at the Manalapan theater by Clay Cartland and Melissa Jacobson. You’ll be singing along to these classic songs of the musical theater. The program will be repeated on Monday, Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $30 at ThePlazaTheatre.org.

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For updated information on our concerts, events or joining our chorus, Funding for this organization is provided in part by the Broward County please visit our website www.theftlgmc.org or call 954.832.0060.

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Love Bytes

Fledgling new web series looks at our fluid sexualities

David-Elijah Nahmod

Long ago, fledgling actors, writers and filmmakers would move to Hollywood, New York, London, or a small handful of other cities and hope that someone would notice they had arrived. Few succeeded. For decades there was an ongoing joke in Los Angeles. If someone said “I’m an actor” the response would be “which restaurant do you wait tables at?”

Twenty-first century technology has changed all that. Today, people can live where they choose. They can write their own scripts, buy high definition cameras at local electronic shops, shoot their own films or series, edit them on home computers, and post them online. Where they can sell ads.

Websites like Kickstarter and Indie-Go Go have made fundraising simple: Just appeal to your fan base.

Thousands of web series of every imaginable genre are now in cyberspace, many building up huge audiences. The major television networks have taken notice, and have grudgingly admitted that they’re now

competing with web producers. Web content providers have in fact taken quite a bite out of the once mighty network’s viewership.

Australian Tonnette Stanford is one of the latest web producers to spring up seemingly out of nowhere. So far she’s produced two ten-minute episodes of her web series Love Bytes, a fresh and comical look at love and sex in the century’s second decade.

Love Bytes is a product of our new and ever changing era: The characters include a mix of gay men, lesbians, and straight people. Laughs ensue as they each try, sometimes successfully, sometimes not, to navigate the twenty-something dating pool.

It’s envelope pushing humor to be sure: The very first episode features a gay kiss which spreads the herpes virus. The scene is played for a laugh. There’s familiar humor as well. In one hilarious sequence, a man goes to meet an Internet hook-up at a gay bar, only to find that the gentleman in question lied about his appearance. And his weight.

Those first two Love Bytes installments are now on the web. As she writes new scripts, Stanford is actively fund raising and spreading the word so she can turn her baby into a regular series. She has the chops for it: The former film student holds graduate diplomas in film, TV and directing — she studied at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.

“My films have won numerous awards and have screened at over 180 festivals nationally and internationally, including Oscar recognized festivals,” Stanford told SFGN, speaking from down under. “The Vicious and the Delicious and Frontbum Dancin’ are distributed across North America by Frameline and have been released on DVD in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.”

Stanford has produced other works which are now being distributed in Canada and

by Canal in Europe. She explained what inspired her to create Love Bytes.

“My very good friend Michelle was determined to find love last year,” she said.

“She went on forty dates in twelve months and still ended up single. These dates were so outrageous, so bizarre, yet so relatable that I felt compelled to make a web series out of them. Her life stories are really a hilarious gift to the world.”

The auteur pointed out that her lead characters have differing genders and sexualities. “Jade is a lesbian, Michael

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is gay, and Stacey is trying to figure out where she fits on the sexuality sliding scale. The show is like the Neapolitan of sexuality and that’s something I wanted to explore. In this heteroflexible world everyone is different but ultimately looking for the same thing: love and sex.

It was also important to me to find actors who were actually gay.”

We wondered if she was worried about offending people with her envelope pushing humor.

“I do worry about going too far,” she said.

“But then I have watched a lot of queer material over the years and I know my audience well. Nothing seems to shock the gays and I love that. I can’t wait to show the audience what is going to happen in the rest of the season--you’ve seen nothing yet!”

Stanford hopes that the first two shows will leave viewers wanting more, and that they’ll offer support.

“We’re applying for funding to finish the season, however it’s very competitive,” she said. “That’s why it’s so important to build an audience with these first two pilot episodes. If we don’t get the funding we will likely be engaging in a crowd funding campaign, so please keep an eye out for that. In the meantime, don’t forget to subscribe, like and follow!”

The first two episodes of Love Bytes can be viewed here: www.LoveBytes-TheSeries.com

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Book of Mormon: The Must See Show of the Year J.W. Arnold

Phyre Hawkins, Mark Evans and Christopher John O’Neill star in The Book of Mormon, the Tony Award-winning musical from the creators of South Park and Avenue Q, now playing at the Broward Center. Photo courtesy of Joan Marcus

Thank God! Not for the Christmas season or even the rare convergence of Thanksgiving and Chanukah for the last time in 80,000 years. No, South Florida audiences are thanking their God, Goddess, Prophets or even the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster for the long anticipated arrival of The Book of Mormon at Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center.

The Tony Award-winning musical, an outrageous riff on the theology and culture of the Mormon Church from the creators of South Park and the composer of Avenue Q, is definitely the hottest ticket of the season.

Word has it, the ushers at the Broward Center were coached on how to appropriately handle offended patrons who might leave mid-performance. Considering the first scene features Jesus Christ and the prophets Mormon and Moroni speaking in the voice of Eric Cartman—courtesy of creator Trey Parker—the chances were good.

But from the start, the audience of mostly gays, Jews and obviously liberal-minded Christians, Muslims, Pagans, Agnostics, Atheists, etc. had little trouble laughing with the irreverent humor.

Like most South Park episodes and their marionette action movie, Team America: World Police, Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s musical is, at its heart, a tale of redemption.

The protagonists are two young Mormon missionaries, Elder Price (Mark Evans) and Elder Cunningham (Christopher John O’Neill) who have completed their training in Provo, Utah and are awaiting their assignment for a two-year long mission.

Price is handsome, confident and selfrighteous, raised to believe that if he prayed

enough, he would be sent to Orlando, Florida, and could someday become the prophet of the church. He is destined to do something great, he believes, until he is partnered with the hapless Cunningham and assigned to Uganda.

Cunningham is overweight, insecure and a compulsive liar who has never bothered to read the Book, but is tickled pink to finally have even a reluctant friend in Price and who, according to mission rule #72, cannot leave him alone except to go to the bathroom.

They no sooner land in Uganda, only to be robbed at gunpoint by the henchmen of the local warlord, General Butt-Fucking-Naked (an allusion to the real General Butt Naked) who is obsessed with female circumcision.

They finally arrive at the village only to discover the horrifying realities of life in Africa—famine, poverty and AIDS. The duo’s misadventures provide plenty of opportunities to take potshots at Mormon theology, especially as a despondent Price leaves and Cunningham musters the courage to proselytize the natives. He weaves an even more amazing tale of Jesus, Mormon and Moroni, Nephites and Lamanites, Ewoks and Hobbits, Darth Vader, Captain Kirk and the starship Enterprise, which the natives buy, hook, line and sinker.

Word of Cunningham’s miracle spreads to Utah and the mission leader decides to visit.

That’s when the shit—and other things— hit the fan. Ironically, it’s the natives who recognize the metaphor in Cunningham’s religious tales and profess the power of faith.

Robert Lopez, co-composer and lyricist (Avenue Q), writes traditional, tuneful

melodies that pay homage to his own Tony Award-winning show and also parodies its closest competition in 2004, Wicked, and the Broadway smash, Lion King. Some of the big, dazzling numbers include Spooky Mormon Hell Dream (scary funny), Joseph Smith, American Moses (a trashy tribute to The King and I’s House of Uncle Thomas) and Hasa Diga Eebowai (the translation can’t be printed here).

Co-director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw draws on the clichéd dances of the ‘50s and ‘60s to portray a Mormon culture rooted in an idealized past. Evans and O’Neill deliver heartwarming performances, backed up by a wholesome, energetic chorus of Mormon mission boys who sing and dance flawlessly throughout the demanding show.

And, Grey Henson (Elder McKinley) takes his own star turn as a closet queen who advises the elders how to fight off inappropriate impulses in Turn it Off. This holiday season, give the gift that

keeps on giving—I’m not talking STDs— and take a friend to see The Book of Mormon during the remaining three weeks of the run.

It’s funny, well performed and guaranteed to restore your faith in a way only the South Park guys can.

IF YOU G What

The Book of Mormon Broadway Across America

When

Through Dec. 22

Where

Au Rene Theatre, Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale

More Info.

Tickets start at $54.50 at BrowardCenter.org

December 15, 2013 • 7:30 pm — Special Sunday Evening Concert —

Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida PREMIERE MIAMI-DADE PERFORMANCE

Performing a Sensational Holiday Program You Won’t Want to Miss!

— 150-voice strong —

FREE PARKING AND SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM PONCE DE LEON GARAGE

Complimentary wine and soft drinks at intermission.

GENERAL $35 • SENIORS $30 • STUDENTS $10

305-271-7150

Gusman Concert Hall

• UM • 1314 Miller Dr. • Coral Gables

For tickets and information, go to www.sundaymusicals.org

This program is sponsored in part by Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mayor, the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners, Funding Arts Network, The Miami Salon Group, Citizens Interested in Arts and with the support of the City of Coral Gables, by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, Whole Foods Market, Coral Gables, and our many generous underwriters, supporters, advertisers and friends.

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South Florida Gay Choruses Celebrate Songs of the Season J.W. Arnold The holidays wouldn’t be complete without joyous music. Fortunately, South Florida boasts several fine gay men’s choruses that usher in the season with the festive sounds of Christmas and Hanukah. Here’s a look at what choruses in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties have planned for audiences this year:

Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus

Seasonal displays are up and, even though South Florida doesn’t get snow, the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus (FLGMC) aims to get the holidays in full swing. To kick off the organization’s 28th season, FLGMC is teaming up with the South Florida Pride Jazz ensemble for a swinging, big band style performance, Friday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale’s Horvitz Auditorium.

They will be joined by the Fort Lauderdale Women’s Chorus in a program that is guaranteed to evoke the popular standards of the ‘40s and ‘50s, under the baton of Artistic Director and Founder Dr. Gary Keating.

FLGMC presents “Holidays in Full Swing” Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Horvitz Auditorium, 1 E. Las Olas Blvd. Tickets are $25-40 at TheFtLGMC.org or by calling 954-832-0060.

Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida

One of the hottest tickets in town is to the 158-voice strong Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida’s (GMCSF) holiday concerts. In its first three seasons, the chorus regularly sold out the three annual performances, so this year the schedule has expanded to four concerts over two weekends, as well as a performance on the prestigious Gusman Concert Series at the University of Miami.

“We’re extremely proud of the fact that our mission statement is to open minds and change hearts through music. We’ve mainstreamed this chorus, even though it’s a gay men’s chorus, and are taking out music out into the community,” explained Gordon Roberts, artistic director.

Roberts has planned a diverse program, opening with classical selections including For Unto Us a Child is Born from Handel’s Messiah and a setting of the Gloria by Mark Hayes. The second half features lighter fare, including Boogie Woogie Hanukah, and a special appearance by a local dance company in I Want to Be a Rockette. Members of the chorus will even take the stage for a parody

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In addition to five performances in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida will record its holiday program for broadcast on public television this year.

Photo courtesy of Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida

of the famous Rockettes routine, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers.

Roberts is especially proud to announce the concert will also be recorded by WLRNTV for broadcast locally and by affiliate stations on public television.

GMCSF presents “Heaven and Nature Sing” on Dec. 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. at the Sunshine Cathedral, 1480 NW 9th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale and Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gusman Concert Hall on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables. For tickets and information, go to GayMensChorusofSouthFlorida.org. Check local listings for television broadcast dates.

Voices of Pride

Voices of Pride, the Gay Men’s Chorus of the Palm Beaches, is fielding the largest ensemble—28 singers—in its 11-year history. Boasting singers from North and South County, as well as West Palm Beach, the ensemble is also one of the most talented, said Artistic Director Tom Pilecki.

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to some hilarious holiday tunes. Nearly all of the numbers were arranged specifically for Voices of Pride.

In addition to a beautiful rendition of the German carol, Still, Still, Still, the chorus will offer a creative arrangement of John Lennon’s Imagine, combined with excerpts from Silent Night and Comfort Ye from Handel’s Messiah.

“We leave no stone unturned and poke fun at absolutely everything,” promised Pilecki, who has led the group since it was founded and will also be conducting The Forgotten Hanukah Carol and a ditty called, The Aluminum Christmas Tree.

Voices of Pride presents “Voices of the Season 2013” Dec. 18 at 8 p.m. at B.B. King’s Blues Club at CityPlace in West Palm Beach and Dec. 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 100 N. Palmway in Lake Worth. Tickets are $25 in advance at VoicesOfPride.org.

Miami Gay Men’s Chorus

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Boyland, the 2013 holiday production Dec. 20-22 at Miami Beach’s Colony Theatre, is certainly no exception.

“We have four ‘persons’ who misinterpret ‘bells’ for ‘belles’ and that is where things start to go awry,” warned Artistic Director Anthony Cabrera. “But, in the midst of all the craziness, there’s a lot of really beautiful holiday music. Almost all of the pieces reference ‘bells’.”

MGMC will be joined by the talented handbell choir from the Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ.

Cabrera noted that bells really are a signature sound of the Christmas season and audiences will be amazed by the virtuosity of this church ensemble.

The emotional highlight of the program will be Christmas Is, a ballad by Jim Brickman that emphasizes family, fun and experiences that can only be shared during the holiday season.

MGMC presents “Bells in Boyland,” Dec. 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 22 at 3 p.m. at the Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Rd. in Miami Beach. Tickets are $30-40 at MiamiGayChorus.org.

Naked As We Came

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Heartfelt family drama

David-Elijah Nahmod

On December 17, the new independent film Naked as We Came will be available on various digital platforms including Hulu, iTunes, Netflix and others. The film will make it’s DVD debut on January 7.

In this age of mega-blockbusters like Man of Steel and The Dark Knight, it’s an impressive feat that Naked as We Came got made. Shot on a shoestring budget, the film is set, almost in it’s entirety, in an isolated country house and it’s surrounding garden.

For most of the film, viewers are left alone with four characters. The dialogue heavy story moves slowly.

Writer/director Richard LeMay tells an intense tale about Laura and Elliot (Karmine Alers, Ryan Vigilant) who’ve come home to see their cancer ridden mother for what might be the last time. Much to their surprise, mom (Lue McWilliams) has asked Ted (Benjamin Weaver), a hunky houseboy, move in with her.

Elliot and Ted are instantly attracted to each other, and soon spend the night together, much to the disgust of Laura, but to mom’s delight.

“This may have been a poor choice on my part,” Elliot says the following morning.

The film is about mending fences. Years earlier, Lily, the mother, had an affair with a famous politician. “She lied about the baby”, we’re told, when Lily married her children’s long deceased father, whom she didn’t love.

It was an unhappy household, and Lily neglected her children. All of them have led unhappy lives.

During the final week of her life, Lily tries to mend fences with her children, in the hope that they will find the right path, before it’s too late for them as it is for her. It’s a time of soul searching, confrontations, and forgiveness. The attraction between Elliot and Ted, who has a few secrets of his own, doesn’t fade away easily.

The cast interacts beautifully as the drama takes many unexpected turns. There’s humor in scenes where Lily asks her children to share a joint with her. There’s tears as each character faces the truth about their lives.

Naked as We Came is proof that a film doesn’t need a cast of thousands or an avalanche of computer generated effects in

order to fascinate it’s audience. Sometimes good actors telling speaking well written

lines in a story that we can all relate to on a human level is all that’s needed.

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

COMPLERA® does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. To control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related illnesses you must keep taking COMPLERA. Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 to others: always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with body fluids; never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fluids on them, do not share personal items that may contain bodily fluids. Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to reduce the risk of passing HIV-1 to others.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Information about taking COMPLERA:

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

• Take COMPLERA with food. Taking COMPLERA with food is important to help get the

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

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

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

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right amount of medicine in your body. (A protein drink does not replace food. If your healthcare provider stops COMPLERA, make certain you understand how to take your new medicine and whether you need to take your new medicine with a meal.)

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

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a&e film

Hung Like a Hamster

Patrick Moote’s search for the perfect penis David-Elijah Nahmod Patrick Moote was told that his penis is too small. The emasculated young man, an actor/comedian in Los Angeles, asked his buddy, filmmaker Brian Spitz, to join him on his quest to find the best way to enlarge his dong. The result is Unhung Hero, a sweet, funny, often insightful film that the guys describe as a “cockumentary.”

“The ‘cockumentary’ moniker was all Patrick,” Spitz told SFGN. “It just rolled off the tip of his tongue. I came up with Unhung Hero.”

In Seattle, the young man bemoans his fate to his supportive parents.

Dad admits to not being all that well hung either.

We wondered how it felt to discuss one’s penis with parents.

“Patrick had to do it,” said Spitz. “He had to go there. We were apprehensive.

It was uncomfortable, but rewarding. No one was hurt, and Patrick’s mom shed tears at a screening. So did Patrick.”

Moote literally travels around the country and across the world on his voyage of discovery. In San Francisco, he lies on the ground with porn star/sex educator Annie Sprinkle, who teaches him how to make love to the Earth itself. Carol Queen, proprietor of Good Vibrations, the City by the Bay’s “pleasure shop” assures him that his penis is his friend. Queen warns Patrick against the use of contraptions like penis pumps, which could conceivably injure his penis and further shorten it.

In New York, Moote chats with Jonah, who’s considered above average in size: over twelve inches! Moote expects Jonah to be a virile, self-confident stud. But Jonah, we find out, is as insecure as the rest of us.

In Korea, “the small penis capital of the world,” he explores the possibility of surgery.

In Taiwan, he meets with a group of men who lift weights – with their penises. In Papal New Guinea, he considers undergoing a series of penile injections from a “witch doctor,” but decides against the risky procedure at the last moment.

Spitz says that for a film shot across several continents, the budget for Unhung Hero was surprisingly low.

“We spent a little chunk of money here, a little there,” he said. “People offered to help: in San Francisco we had four cameras running.”

It wasn’t always smooth sailing. Spitz and his crew were thrown out of an adult book

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store in Los Angeles, and were attacked inside a Korean bath house. They had to sneak the camera into Papal New Guinea.

“There was no crew in New Guinea,” Spitz said. “Just me, a camera guy and Patrick. It’s a pretty lawless place – we got robbed! It was hairy but awesome.”

Moote’s journey was set in motion when his ex-girlfriend says no to his marriage proposal in front of television cameras at a basketball game. His penis size is a “big” part of her rejection. The film opens with video of that humiliating experience, which got ten million You Tube hits – In four days.

Spitz reports that the young woman has seen Unhung Hero, and was OK with it.

“It was never our intent to demonize her,” Spitz said. “The film isn’t about her, it’s about Patrick’s head. She was apprehensive at first but was relieved that she was in it for only thirty seconds. She wasn’t hurt by it but asked that her face be blurred, so we did. We wanted to be fair and to respect her privacy.”

By the time his exploratory journey was over, Moote learned life’s most simple lesson: we must all live with who we are and with what nature gives us. Everyone is attractive to someone.

“I think they’re all beautiful,” Annie Sprinkle tells Moote, speaking about penises in general.

“I think all trees are beautiful. They’re all beautiful in their own way.”

community announcement

Gay Men’s Chorus of S. Fla. Invites Its Audiences… …to help provide bears for hospitalized kids

Members of the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida are inviting audiences at their December 13-14 and 21-21 holiday concert to join their drive to provide teddy bears to hospitalized children.

Photo courtesy of Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida

The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida is partnering once again with The Bears of South Florida to provide teddy bears for children who are patients at the Broward Center, a public health system that encompasses more than 30 South Florida healthcare facilities.

“Hospital stays can be pretty scary for children, and Broward Center volunteers give out our bears throughout the year to help make that time a little less unpleasant for them,” noted Kewan Smith, who coordinates the drive for the chorus. “Last year, which was the first time we held the drive, we were able to contribute more than 600 bears. This year, our goal is 1,000. We already have a strong start as chorus members have been bringing new bears to our rehearsals as well as placing and maintaining bear donation

boxes with local businesses for the past several weeks.”

The chorus is encouraging audiences at their December 13-14 and December 2021 holiday concert performances to help with the bear drive by bringing teddy bears with them to donate at the door. The bears should be new and around 12 to 18 inches in height.

“The need is so great that if someone were faced with a choice of buying one expensive bear or several inexpensive ones, he or she should go with the less expensive ones,” Smith said.

All performances of the concert, “Heaven and Nature Sing,” will be at 8 p.m. at the Sunshine Cathedral (MCC), 1480 SW 9th Street in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets are available on line at gmcsf.org.

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DateBook Theater

By Christiana Lilly, Calendar@SFGN.com

* Denotes new listing

Broward County The Santaland Diaries

Dec. 5 to 22 at the Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. David Sedaris’s hilarious memories of working as a Macy’s elf, showing the other side of Santaland. Tickets $30. Call Smarttix at 212-868-4444 or visit EmpireStage.com.

* Holidays in Full Swing

Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, One E. Las Olas Blvd in Fort Lauderdale.

Holiday songs as performed by the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus. Tickets $25 to $40. Call 954-8320060 or visit https://ftlgmc.thundertix.com.

Harlem on my Mind

Dec. 9 to 18 at the Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW Ninth St. in Delray Beach. A compilation of show tunes that represent the breakdown of racial barriers in performance art over the years. Tickets $30. Call 561-272-1281, ext. 4 or visit DelrayBeachPlayhouse. com.

Kate Clinton

Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The lesbian comedian will have you in stitches over her political humor. Tickets $35, benefitting the Stonewall National Museum & Archives. Call 954-763-8565.

Driving Miss Daisy

Dec. 13 to 14 and Dec. 20 to 21 at Sunshine Cathedral, 1480 SW Ninth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.

Enjoy traditional Christmas favorites from the classical era into the 21st century, as sung by the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida. Tickets $35. Visit GMCSF.org.

Through Dec. 15 at the Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW Ninth St. in Delray Beach. The elderly Miss Daisy wrecks yet another car, and her son hires a driver to take her around town. Set at the beginning of the civil rights movement, the Jewish woman and black driver form a bond they never thought possible. Tickets $30. Call 561-272-1281, ext. 4 or visit DelrayBeachPlayhouse.com.

The Book of Mormon

The Lion in Winter

Heaven and Nature Sing

Through Dec. 22 at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The acclaimed musical brought to you by the creators of “South Park.” Tickets $52.51 to $182.31. Visit BookofMormonTheMusical. com and Ticketmaster.com.

Palm Beach County Defending the Caveman

Dec. 6 and 7 at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. Men and women have differed since the dawn of time, and this comedy outlines it in ways that will have you rolling in the aisles. Tickets $40. Call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayArts.org

Radio City Christmas Spectacular

Through Dec. 8 at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The Christmas tradition straight out of the Big Apple ushers in the holidays with the iconic dancing troupe, The Rockettes.

Tickets $174 to $492. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

The Game’s Afoot

Through Dec. 8 at the Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave. in Lake Worth. A Broadway star in 1936 known for his role as Sherlock Holmes is forced to put his detective chops to use when there’s a murder at his castle during a weekend away with friends.

Tickets $26 to $35. Call 561-586-6410 or visit LakeWorthPlayhouse.org.

Fame

Dec. 6 to 15 at Arts Garage, 180 NE First St. in Delray Beach. At the beginning of the ‘80s, students at the High School for the Performing Arts in New York City finish up their studies in the arts, while also dealing with prejudice, sexuality, drugs, literacy, and more. Tickets $20 to $35. Call 561-450-6357 or visit ArtsGarage.org.

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Dec. 6, 2013 to Jan. 5, 2014 at The Donn & Ann Brown Theatre, 201 Clematis St. in West Palm Beach. Travel back to 1183 in King Henry II’s castle as he celebrates Christmas with his three sons and estranged wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, in a night that goes comedically very wrong. Tickets $60. Call 561-514-4042 or visit PalmBeachDramaworks.org.

Free Friday Concerts

Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. Enjoy live music from the comfort of your picnic blanket or lawn chair every week, for free! Call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayArts.org.

Miami-Dade County Jesus Adrian Romero

Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The Mexican Christian singer takes the stage with his powerful lyrics.

Tickets $28.75 to $58.75. Call 305-949-6722 or visit AAArena.com.

My First, My Fist, My Bleeding Seeded Spirit

Through Dec. 8 at Artistic Vibes, 12986 SW 89th Ave. in Miami. Three daughters battle with one another as they deal with the mysterious death of their mother in the New Mexico desert. Location has been moved from the Roxy due to technical issues.

Tickets $15 to $30. Call 305-443-5909 or visit NewTheatre.org.

My Name is Asher Lev

Through Dec. 22 at the Biltmore’s GableStage, 1200 Anastasia Ave. in Coral Gables. Based on the novel

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Kate Clinton

Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The lesbian comedian will have you in stitches over her political humor. Tickets $35, benefitting the Stonewall National Museum & Archives. Call 954-763-8565. himself in art. Tickets $52 to $55. Call 305-445-1119 or visit GableStage.org.

The Red Thread

Through Dec. 22 at the Miami Theater Center,

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9806 NE Second Ave. in Miami Shores. Inspired by Chinese folktales, a young woman is on a mission to rescue her fathers’ masterpiece. Tickets $25. Call 305-751-9550.

The Big Show

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

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Gender Bender Youth Group

Dec. 7 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Markham Park, 16001 W. State Road 84 in Sunrise. Bikers take off from Mardi Gras Casino to the mark on a ride to benefit Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. Live music starts at 11 a.m. with a performance by Bret Michaels. Tickets $10 and an unwrapped toy. Call 954-343-8782 or visit ToysInTheSunRun.com.

Survivor Support

* Toys in the Sun Run

* Everyday Green Expo

Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Quiet Waters Park, 401 S. Powerline Road in Deerfield Beach. Be green with exhibitors, demonstrations, raffles, recycling drop off, trash-to-treasure demos, Florida plant demos, and food trucks. Park entry is $1.50. Call 954-357-5100.

* Life After Liberation

Dec. 11 from 11 a.m. to Noon at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, One E. Las Olas Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale.

Discuss three short films on Holocaust survivors and their life after World War II, followed by a viewing of the “Roman Vishniac Rediscovered” exhibition. Tickets $10 for nonmembers, free for members. RSVP to 954262-0227 or email moareservations@moafl.org.

* Here, There, Everywhere…

Global Trekking

Dec. 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. at The Pride Center, 2040 N. DIxie Highway in Wilton Manors. An exhibition of Harvey Chasser’s photography from the last year. Purchases will go to The Pride Center. Visit PrideCenterFlorida.org.

* Hot Topics

Dec. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, 1650 Harrison St. in Hollywood. A reception followed by a lecture on the work of political illustrator, Lyle Ashton Harris. Tickets $5 to $10. Visit ArtandCultureCenter.org/hot-topics-2013.

* Retro Rodeo

Dec. 14 and 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds Area, 4271 Davie Road in Davie. Perfect for holiday shopping, two days filled with vintage goods such as records, costume jewelry, ‘50s Christmas decor, antique toys, clothing, housewares, and more. Tickets $3 for one day or $5 for a two-day pass. Call Chris at 954-785-7475.

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

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 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.

Palm Beach County * Job Fair 2013

Dec. 4 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Shuffleboard Courts, 1121 Lucerne Ave. in Lake Worth. Bring your resume, as companies from all sorts of fields are looking to hire both part-time and full-time employees! Call 561-5731418 or visit LakeWorthCRA.org.

* Art & Wine at the Eco

Dec. 7 from 2 to 7 p.m. at the EcoCentre -- The Living Building, 1005 Lake Ave. in Lake Worth. Enjoy music, art and design inspired by the holidays with wine and small bites. Tickets $10 benefitting Lake Worth children’s charities and Mango Groves Neighborhood Association. Visit ArtAtTheEco.com.

* Lake Worth Candy Lane Parade

Dec. 14 from Noon to 8:30 p.m. at the Lake Worth Cultural Plaza, 414 Lake Worth Ave. in Lake Worth.

Santa’s Workshop from Noon to 5 p.m., Candy Lane Parade at 6 p.m. in downtown Lake Worth, and holiday tree lighting at 7:30 p.m. in the cultural plaza. Visit LakeWorth.org.

Miami-Dade County * Black Male Revisited

Dec. 13 to 22 at the Miami Theater Center, 9806 NE Second Ave. in Miami Shores. Performance and visual artist Jaamil Olawale Kosoko examines our views of the black male body. Tickets $15 to $20. Call 305-751-9550 or visit MTCMiami.org.

Eclectic

Through the end of December at the LGBT Visitor Center, 1130 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Artwork

by LGBT artists who won the ArtsUnited’s categories.

Call 305-397-8914.

Santa’s Enchanted Forest

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

Through Jan. 5, 2014 at Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th St. in Miami. A yearly tradition in South Florida, featuring more than 1,000 rides, games, food and entertainment.

Tickets $28.97 for day, $49.53 for season. Call 305-5599689 or visit SantasEnchantedForest.com.

SunServe Youth Group

Winter Wonder Island

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

Through Jan. 5, 2014 at Jungle Island, 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail in Miami. Just because it doesn’t snow doesn’t mean winter hasn’t come. The zoo is transformed with holiday-themed lighting, activities, laser light shows, holiday movies, photos with Santa Claus, and snow!

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Broward County 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.

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. Two-for-one Sunday dinner special. Valet parking in rear. Call 954-900-5217.

The Club Fort Lauderdale

110 NW Fifth St. in Fort Lauderdale. A gym oasis with a pool, steam room, hot tub and half-priced rooms on Tuesday nights and half-priced lockers on Thursdays. Call 954-525-3344 or visit TheClubs.com.

Johnny’s

1116 W. Broward Blvd in Fort Lauderdale. Sixty hot dancers with drink specials to make it even sweeter.

Call 954-522-5931 or visit JohnnysBarFLcom

The Manor

2345 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Dance club Friday and Saturday nights.Call 954-626-0082 or

visit TheManorComplex.com. Call 954-626-0082 or visit TheManorComplex.com.

Naked Grape Wine Bar & Tapas 2163 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. A casual, hip bar to try out all sort of wines. Happy Hour all night on Thursdays. Call 954-563-5631 or visit NakedGrapeWineBar.com.

Rumors Bar & Grill

2426 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Come check out Rumors Bar & Grill. Call 954.565.8851 or visit rumorsbarwm.com

Sidelines Sports & Video Bar

2031 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Relax with a cold beer for some friendly competition on the pool table. Call 954-563-8001 or visit SidelinesSports.com.

Swinging Richards

1350 SW 2nd St, Pompano Beach, FL 33069. Fully nude male dancers for the best shows in the South.

Call 954-357-5521 or visit SwingingRichards.com.

Village Pub Wilton Manors

2283 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Never miss out on a happy hour, as the pub is serving up two-forone drinks Mondays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays, hit the dance floor with world class VJs. Call 754-200-5244.

Palm Beach County

Eros Lounge

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

Score

The Cottage Fort Dix

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

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.

727 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. Located in the heart of South Beach with hot male dancers, Pop Fever Thursdays and Filthy Gorgeous parties Fridays.

Call 305-561-5521 or visit ScoreBar.net.

H.G. Roosters

Twist South Beach

Vita Ultra Lounge Saturdays

Key West

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.

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 305-443-7657 or visit AzucarMiami.com

Club Space

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.

Discotekka

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

Hot ’n horny hookups.

1057 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Multiple rooms to give you the music you want, muscle boy dancers, and never a cover. Call 305- 538-9478 or visit TwistSoBe.com.

801 Girls Cabaret

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

Bottlecap Groove Lounge

1128 Simonton St. in Key West. Thursday pool tournaments and dance parties Friday and Saturday nights. Tips during Happy Hour on Fridays will benefit a different nonprofit every week. Call 305296-2807 or visit BottlecapKeyWest.com.

The Bourbon St. Pub

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

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.

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

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

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PERSONAL COMPUTER TUTOR! Basic computer skills* Emailing pics /docs, scanning* Microsoft office programs*Excel, Word, Outlook and Powerpoint* Virus Removal* PC speed optimization* Secured Wireless home network setup* Wireless printer installation* PC purchasing consultant. Call (954) 980-0383 or email jamesjcarter22@gmail.com.

counseling/psychotherapy

LICENSED CHRISTIAN COUNSELOR Dr. Saul Thermidor, FACCT # LCCP 0365011212 Licensed Christian Psychologist provides Christian counseling on LGBT, anger, violence & personal issues. I speak , English, French and Creole. Call 305-407-9397 day, evening & weekend!

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

substance abuse and HIV. Candidate with have a Bachelors degree and provide testing and case management services addressing health care, social supports, and other life areas.

Individual must also have the ability to facilitate groups specific to target population. Forward resumes to AThornberry@Browardhouse.org FINANCIAL OFFICER Responsible for maintaining financial, acctng, admin. and personnel services in order to meet legal requirements and support organizational operations. Email denise@lgbtcenters.org for more information!

CLEAN IT RIGHT The best cleaning for your buck. 1BD $50, 2BD $60, 3BD $70. Excellent rates & references. 10 years in business. Serving Broward, North Miami Dade & S. Palm Beach.

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employment

PERSONAL ASSISTANT NEEDED Personal Assistant needed to organize and help. Basic computer skills needed good with organization. We are ready to pay $530 per week interested person for more info contact: gghudson010@hotmail.com SWINGING RICHARDS NOW HIRINGQuality Male Dancers & Waiters. Full nudity/upscale club environment with great income potential.

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

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

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Competitive Salary plus Commission, Medical/Dental, 401k & Profit Sharing .

Email Resume: aleen@lighthouselist.com ACCOUNT MANAGERS ,BOOK KEEPERS AND SALES REPRESENTATIVES Work your own flexible schedule! Pays $1500 to $2000 monthly plus benefits. Must be computer literate, have 2-3 hours access to the internet weekly . We are looking for efficient and dedicated people who are at least 21 years of age. contact us for more details .If you are interested and need more information send your resumes to ruthmace7@gmail.com HANDYMAN NEEDED!! Part time handyman needed to with building projects. Painting, Tile work, Electrical, Construction. Wages based on experience. Call 954-892-0494

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handyman DEREK’S HANDYMAN SERVICE Cabinet shop for all your Custom Made Cabinetry, Countertops and Cabinet Re-facing. MUST SEE OUR WORK! JUST ASK OUR CLIENTS! ALL Electrical to code, any/all plumbing work, drywall finish work/repair, crown/baseboard pro-install, int./ ext. painting, demo work. Pressure washing, DÉCOR TILE Install, complete home up-dates. Also, PGT Windows (Wholesale) and Frameless Shower Enclosures. For large jobs, 4 man crew available. WE HANDLE IT ALL!!! Instant call back direct service response. No job is ever too small. Excellent references. Derek 954-825-5598 or email: DerekGallaway@att.net HUSBAND FOR RENT! Is he procrastinating home repairs? He says he will do it tomorrow?? After the football game?? We fit right in - In the house or the yard, small or big jobs: Tiles, Dry walls, paint, Plumbing, Roof leaks, broken furniture, Irrigation, Fences & more. It doesn’t cost to hassle us to see the work- so why wait? Neat, clean work for reasonable price Haim, 954-275-0952, Sidnalll@yahoo.com

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home care HEART TO HEART HOMEMAKER AND COMPANION If you or your loved one are elderly, or temporary or chronic disabled, we can help you with home chores (cooking, lighthouse cleaning, laundry) and bring companion for home or where you need to go. We will work with you to find the Plan that fits your needs. (954)226-4660. Right in the heart of Wilton Manors.

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

piano lessons WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO? Learn from an experienced teacher.

All levels and ages welcome. Learn to play classical, popular, jazz, or show tunes. Visit www.edwinchad.com or call (954)826-9555 for more information..

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

home improvement THINGS YOU NEED TO ACCOMPLISH? Minds at ease, A+ handyman service. Prompt, Reliable & Honest. Call Keldon Keller 954-551-3127 krkeller@aol.com

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TOP NOTCH CONTRACTING Knows all and does all!! Many years experience and easy on the eyes! Remodeling, Trimming, Ground molding, Drywall, Painting, Landscaping, Roofing , Tile work, Electrical, Windows, Doors and more. Very reasonable rates and free estimates. Call Shawn 954-549-8243

STEVEN JAY’S LOVING WAYS PET CARE! I care for your pet in my home. One client at a time if requested. Multiple pets and all pets welcome! I have a very clean home and low rates! Call Steven Jay , 954 -565-1996 BEAUTIFUL PEKINGESE! Special Pekes, for Special people!! Please call for more information. 954-566-5069

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

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Dog Walking: $10.00 starting at Pet Sitting: $40.00 In House Pet Sitting: $45.00 Training: $10.00 starting per visit Pet Taxi (FTL Area): $20.00

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

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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 WILTON MANORS MASSAGE Swedish, to play. Its parents are 75 and 89 years old and Deep Tissue, Sports. $59 Swedish Hour. call or are moving to a small apartment and cannot bring it with them.It needs a new home with an owner Text Chris Tunkus 954-258-8779 1322 NE 4th Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL www.WiltonManors- who will love it and enjoy its marvelous sound .

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rent/lease wilton manors

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

rent/lease ft. lauderdale

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 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 1BR/1BA Condo Oakland Park Near Wilton Manors. Pet Friendly. Recently remodeled bathroom. Wood and tile floors. Dixie Hwy. $775/ mo call 305.304.8405

real estate for sale DAYTONA BEACH Gay rental complex for sale 2br home + 5 detached rental units beach side.

Owner financing real estate, trade or cash down. $420k DaytonaGayComplex.com

FIXER UPPERS! Bargains, lowest prices. These home needs work. Call or go online for a free list with pictures. Free recorded msg.1-800-6795965 1D#1048 Mathew L. Eicholz, P.A. Weichert Realtors,3045 N. Fed Hwy, Ft. Laud 33306

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PALM AIRE Affordable and ready to move in.

Beautiful 1 bedroom King Apt. 1.5 bath, new flooring and freshly painted walls. Can be furnished or unfurnished. A great place to live!!

Call Myron 201-214-3992.

NEWLY RENOVATED 2BR APARTMENT Very private location, all stainless appliances ,tile throughout, minutes from beach, small dogs and cats ok, includes gas, water and electric $1300/ mo , first and security, for more info call Sean 954-621-7009

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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

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

spiritual METAPHYSICAL CHAPEL Metaphysical Chapel of South Florida offers Sunday Divine Services, Healing, Psychic fairs & more. 1480 SW 9th Ave, FtLaud. www.MetaphysicalChapel.com

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2BR/2BA MIDDLE RIVER TERRACE Charming 2 Bedroom 2 Bath with Gated Private Back Yard, Front Yard, Tile Floors, Vaulted Ceilings, Washer and Dryer, 2 Private Off Street Parking Spaces and Pet Friendly.

Walking distance to Wilton Drive. Centrally located and convenient to downtown, beach/ shopping. $1200/mo., move in/$2800, By appt only , call Mark, at 954-614-6603 WHY RENT WHEN YOU CAN OWN FOR UNDER $1300/MO Free information recording at 1-800-679-5945, ID# 1051 or go online, www.SoFloProp.com TWO STORY VILLA – OAKLAND PARK Use as 2/2 or 3/2, Kitchen, Living Room, TV room, Balcony, Sundeck, over 1500 sq ft, W/D included and pets are ok. 4001 NE 14th Ave $1,800/mo Call 954-485-9440 HOUSE FOR RENT! Beautiful 2200sf, house, Open concept. New kitchen/Laundry/Tile/Central air/heat. Fenced yard, patio, Mango and Avocado trees. By appt. 954-629-2884

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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

PERFECT RELOCATION RENTALS!! 4 WEEK + SPECIAL FROM $325 A WEEK!!!. Gay Owned & Operated Apartment Hotel. Beautiful Studio, 1 & 2 BR Apts.With Full Kitchens.Turn-key, fully furnished & equipped, clothing optional pool, laundry, parking. Central to Wilton Manors & Haulover Beach. Incl. Wi-Fi, utilities, cable, tel.

Pets Welcome. Call Joe or Jack at(954) 9270090 or visit www.LibertySuites.com soflagaynews //

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