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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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favorites and that he’ll be fulfilling a long-time dream with the performance. “He completely recited the lyrics by heart in the middle of the House,” Pingree told the Boston Globe. Frank tied the knot last year, becoming the first sitting congressman to enter into a samesex marriage. He retired after 16 terms in office.
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Catholics Send Anti-Gay Postcards to Parliament Catholics are mounting a final stand against a gay marriage bill proponents are confident will get approved by England’s parliament. British Archbishop Peter Smith said he has distributed one million anti-gay postcards for churchgoers to mail to parliament as
part of last resource effort to gain momentum against the bill. “Marriage has an identity distinct from any other relationship, no matter how much love or commitment may be involved,” Smith told the Gay Star News. “Marriage is and always has been the union of one man and one woman, for love and mutual support, open to procreation.” The bill could go up for vote this week. The drafters of the bill already had to compromise in the wording
of the legislation, which if approved, would make gay marriage legal in the country, but it would exclude clergy in the Church of England from having to carry out the ceremonies. Still, the preacher argues there is a “fundamental problem” with the bill because it could “radically alter the meaning of marriage for everyone and therefore undermine the common good.”
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and a woman, thus depriving gay couples of the rights and privileges granted to heterosexual couples, like filing tax returns together and maintaining estate rights after widowing. Among past backers are Republican Reps.Ileana RosLehtinen (R-FL). Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) are spearheading the reintroduction of the bill.
Marriage Act, a bill that repeals the Defense of Marriage Act and recognizes all marriages for legal purposes, according to the HRC. Originally introduced in 2011 in the Senate by Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Respect for Marriage Act was killed in the House. The HRC states the bill now counts with bipartisan support and could be reintroduced in Congress as early as next month. DOMA is a 1996 law that defines marriage as a union between a man
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The gay Mass. congressman leaves politics to pursue his passion for theater appear on the Feb. 2 performance of the musical, he had to get into character for the role, playing someone with very different political views. Frank, a Democrat, portrayed a conservative senator in the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning 1959 musical. Fiorello! is based on the life of former New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree said that the musical is one of Frank’s
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Barney Frank Debuts in New York Musical Retired Congressman Barney Frank has kick-started his postpolitical life with what seems to be his other passion — theater. The openly gay politician starred in the production of the musical “Fiorello!” which opened on Jan. 30, according to the New York Daily News. While he was only scheduled to
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Coming Out is Healthy
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eople who are openly gay are in better physical and mental health than those who are still in the closet and straight people, according to a new study. A study from Canada’s Université de Montréal and McGill University measured 20 biological indicators of mental and physical health in 87 men and women, some who were straight, some out of the closet and some still in the closet. “Lesbians, gay men and bisexuals who were out to family and friends had lower levels of psychiatric symptoms and lower morning cortisol levels than those who were still in the closet,” the study’s main author Robert-Paul Juster told Montreal Gazette. Juster said he was surprised the study also
indicated that openly gay people showed healthier levels than straight people because minorities usually suffer from poorer health. He believes coming out of the close could build psychological strength for gays, thus making them less prone to having high stress levels. “Coming out is no longer a matter of popular debate but a matter of public health,” Juster said. Juster also warned that “coming out might only be beneficial for health when there are tolerant social policies that facilitate the disclosure process.” The research has been published in Psychosomatic Medicine, a journal of biobehavioral medicine.
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Top Romney Adviser Now Supports Gay Marriage
After standing behind GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney throughout the 2012 campaign trail advocating against gay marriage, David Kochel, Romney’s leading adviser in Iowa, has come out in support of equality. “Support for the freedom to marry is emerging as a mainstream position in the Republican Party. If we are to be the party of principles and values, isn’t our first obligation to the principle of freedom, and the value of individual liberty?” Kochel, was quoted by the Huffington Post as saying during an event hosted by Iowa Republicans for Freedom. Unlike other Republicans like Newt Gingrich, who have evolved on gay marriage, Kochel said he has personally believed in same-sex marriage for quite some time. Kochel recalled a conversation during his son’s high school government class while he was still working for Romney: “‘Well, for me personally,’ I said, ‘I think that rights need to be extended to all people regardless of orientation.’ And several of the students started nodding their heads, and began to question why so many in my party don’t have this position,” he told HuffPost. Last December, Gingrich said he believes the Republican Party needs to come to grips and accept a distinction between a “marriage in a church from a legal document issued by the state.”
Facebook Founders Split on Politics
Chris Hughes, Facebook’s openly gay co-founder and the current publisher of The New Republic, sounded off on Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that he will be hosting a fundraiser for Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
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“I, for one, have a lot of questions about Chris Christie, particularly because less than a year ago he vetoed a marriage equality bill in the New Jersey state legislature. Which for me personally, I got married to my husband last June, [it] was just really personally frustrating,” Hughes told ABC. Facebook’s front man Zuckerberg will be holding a $3,800 per person fundraiser for Christie’s reelection campaign on Feb. 13 at his California home. Sarah Feinberg, a Facebook spokesperson, said the social media czar’s decision to back Christie is due in part to the governor’s “leadership on education reform and other issues.” Hugues continued: “I mean, there are tens of thousands of couples in New Jersey that can’t share their love and be recognized under the law because of that decision. I’m not a single issue voter, and I think most people aren’t either, but for me personally, it would raise serious concerns about supporting someone like him.” The current magazine owner is no stranger to politics himself. According to The Advocate, Hughes played a “pivotal” role in Obama’s first campaign for president. In 2007, he left Facebook to work on the former Chicago senator’s online media campaign.
‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Returns to Tennessee
Tennessee’s “Don’t Say Gay” nicknamed bill could come back—with a vengeance. Conservative legislators in the state are considering resurrecting a bill that would ban teachers and students from discussing “any sexuality except heterosexuality in grades K-8.” The bill, named the “Classroom Protection Act,” could soon be reintroduced by one of its sponsors, Sen. Stacey Campfield, if “alternative lifestyles” were being promoted in the state school system, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. This new version of the bill would come accompanied by new provision which, according to the Huffington Post, could be interpreted as forcing teachers to “out” students to their parents if the teachers believes the student to be gay. The bill states that: “Parents or legal guardians of such students shall be notified as soon as practicable of the circumstances requiring intervention.” No date has been announced yet for the bill to be discussed at the committee levels or on the Tennessee House.
U.N. Asks Russia to Kill Anti-Gay ‘Propaganda’ Bill
A group of United Nations experts on human rights have sent a notification to the Russian government asking them to kill a bill that would make it illegal to display “homosexual propaganda.” The U.N. issued a statement on Feb. 1 calling upon the country’s lower house of parliament, known as the State Duma, to reconsider scrapping the bill on the basis of human rights infringement. “Any restriction on freedom of opinion and expression should be based on reasonable and objective criteria, which is not fulfilled by the draft bill approved during the first reading by the Duma,” Frank La Rue, a UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, said in a statement. “The law could potentially be interpreted very broadly and thereby violate not only the right to freedom of expression but also the prohibition of discrimination.” If approved, the bill could also have a negative impact on health issues, according to U.N. special rapporteur on the right to health Anand Grover. “Banning ‘propaganda of homosexuality’ may not only penalize those who promote sexual and reproductive health among LGBT people, but will also undermine the right of children to access health-related information in order to safeguard their physical and mental health,” he said. The bill is still being debated in the Russian Duma. If parliament approves it, it would make gay pride parades a prosecutable offense, and even something like waving a rainbow flag a crime, the Gay Star News reports. The dissemination of information on LGBT-related topics to minors would also be illegal.
Another Gay Teen Suicide Due to Bullying
A 15-year-old gay Oregon teen was taken off of life support after hanging himself, possibly because of the bullying he endured, family and friends say. Jadin Bell, a high school sophomore, climbed on a playground structure at a local elementary school in the town of La Grande and attempted to take his own life, Komo News reports. Close family friend Bud Hill told the news station that Bell had suffered of intense inperson and cyberbullying due to his sexuality. “If someone was down and out he would walk into a room and say a couple quick words and everybody would just forget about
their problems and smile. He just had a gift,” Hill said. “He was different, and they tend to pick on the different ones.” More than 200 people attended a candlelight vigil for Bell on Jan. 25, according to the La Grande Observer. Family and friends remembered him as an outgoing member of the cheerleading team, his passion. “He is amazingly sensitive,” said friend Jody Bullock in an interview before Bell was disconnected. “If he saw a wounded butterfly [as a child] he wanted to heal it ... He is an amazing young man who is smart and very social; he has a persona and a presence that you want to be a part of.” Bell’s mother, Lola Lathrop, talked about the importance bullying may have played on her son’s decision to kill himself. “The next time you are thinking of being unkind to someone, think to yourself, if that person was a member of your family, would you want them treated like that?” she told the Observer. “Don’t treat them like that.”
Outrage Erupts Over Owner Sending ‘Gay’ Dog to be Euthanized
A dog whose owner sent it to an animal shelter because he thought it was gay got a second chance at life on the same day he was scheduled to be euthanized. A Tennessee man sent his dog, named Elton, a male pitbull/American bulldog mix, for euthanization on Jan. 29 after he saw the dog humping another male dog, according to Examiner. However, the Atlantic writes that the shelter, Jackson Rabies Control, set up a Facebook post to explain the dog’s situation: The story of the gay dog went viral. The Facebook post received over 4, 730 Shares, 1,600 Comments, and 660 Likes. The social media attention -- and subsequent media attention -- was enough to get the dog a new home. ABC News reports that a woman named Stephanie Fryns, affiliated with the animal rescue group Woof Connections and already owns four dogs, decided to adopt Elton. The dog was scheduled to be euthanized on Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. “[Elton] was pretty friendly so far,” she told ABC News. “He’s pretty scared of everything, which is understandable. But he loved the car ride.” While the New York Times story states that some animal can be gay, dogs mounting each other is also a way for the animals to express dominance, Psychology Today explains.
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Gay money in the 2012 election
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and $750,000 to Women Vote (which spent $3.1. million on Baldwin). San Francisco gay philanthropist James Hormel did not give any money directly to the Baldwin campaign, but gave the Victory Fund $125,000 and the Victory Fund gave $10,000 to Baldwin. Hormel also gave $100,000 to the House Majority PAC, which helped Democratic candidates, including $1.4 million against Sean Maloney’s Republican opponent in New York and $672,500 against bisexual Kyrsten Sinema’s Republican opponent in Arizona. Michigan gay philanthropist Jon Stryker chipped in $2,500 directly to Sinema’s successful campaign, but he, too, contributed $250,000 to the House Majority PAC which directed $672,500 in television advertising against Sinema’s opponent. Sinema, who became the first openly bisexual person to win a seat in Congress, took in $55,528 through the Victory Fund for her campaign and $9,984 from HRC PACs. These were the largest amounts given by each of the groups to openly LGBT candidates in 2012. The Victory Fund gave
or “bundled” a total of $114,136 to six out of seven openly LGBT candidates to the U.S. House in the 2012 elections; and HRC’s two PACs gave $36,623 in direct contributions to five out of seven gay House candidates. Richard Tisei, the only openly gay Republican candidate running for Congress, received no support from the Human Rights Campaign PACs and $18,618 through the Victory Fund. Tisei’s effort to unseat incumbent Democrat John Tierney of Massachusetts fell short. But Log Cabin Republicans’ PAC and GOProud apparently had no money to spend during the past election, according to FEC records. U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), with assets exceeding $65 million, is the sixth richest member of Congress and recorded no contributions from the Victory Fund or HRC for his successful re-election bid. Still, despite the fact that LGBT political funding groups have less money to throw into campaigns than most groups, they make their mark. The Center for Responsive Politics lists HRC at the top of 50 “single issue” PACs, in terms of money to candidates during the 2012 election cycle. The Victory Fund places seventh on that list, Log Cabin Republicans’ PAC places 14th, the L PAC places 39th. The L PAC, a lesbian-run super PAC which organized just last April, raised $774,989 during 2012 but contributed only $10,500, according to its latest report to the FEC. Contributions included $5,000 to U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) reelection, $5,000 to Elizabeth Warren’s successful bid for the Senate, and $500 to Sinema’s win in the House. And according to the latest data, released by the FEC January 15, the HRC PAC contributed $775,378 to all federal candidates—gay and straight — and campaign committees in 2012 and $267,855 in 2011, for a total of $1,043,233 in the 2011-12 election cycle. Photo Courtesy of US congress
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here has been much said and gave to the effort. For instance, Miami gay written about right-wing political philanthropist and Victory Fund board operative Karl Rove’s spectacular member Joe Falk gave Baldwin $2,500. Dallas failure to buy a Republican attorney Vanessa Benavides gave $4,000, conservative victory in the 2012 elections. and Texas philanthropist Paul Boskin gave The two Crossroads political action $7,000. committees run by Rove spent more than And many gave both to Baldwin and $200 million on television advertising to pro-Democratic PACs that supported attacking Democratic candidates in an Baldwin. According to FEC records, gay effort to hoist Republicans into office. That Colorado philanthropist Tim Gill gave included $6 million against lesbian Senate $5,000 to Baldwin’s campaign directly, and candidate Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin another $250,000 to Fair Share Action. Fair and another $1 million for her Republican Share Action spent $125,000 on Baldwin’s opponent Tommy Thompson. It also victory. included $263,000 against openly gay Illinois lesbian activist Laura Ricketts Congressional candidate Sean Maloney in gave $2,500 directly to the Baldwin New York. campaign, plus gave $242,500 to the L PAC, But both Baldwin and Maloney won, and $200,000 to the Women Vote PAC. despite the millions of right-wing dollars The lesbian-organized L PAC did not give that poured into campaigns seeking a to the Baldwin effort, but the Women Vote Republican win. That’s because they, PAC pitched more than $3 million into the like five other openly gay and bisexual Baldwin effort. Congressional candidates, benefitted from Chicago gay political activist Fred a strong outpouring of funding from many Eychaner gave $2,500 to Baldwin’s campaign various Democratic PACs and super PACS. but also gave $4.3 million to the Majority For instance, Tammy Baldwin’s successful PAC (which spend $4.9 million on Baldwin) campaign for the U.S. Senate spent $15 million, and outside groups spent another $20 million to get her elected. Of that $35 million total, according to Federal Elections Commission reports, the Human Rights Campaign PAC and super PAC spent only $2,826 and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund chipped in $10,000. The biggest contributors to Baldwin’s successful bid were the Democratic Senatorial Committee, which spent $5.8 million on Baldwin’s win, the proDemocratic “Majority PAC” that spent $4.9 million, and the EMILY’s List super PAC “Women Vote” that spent $3.1 million. But the $12,826 spent by HRC and the Victory Fund did not represent all the “gay money” in Baldwin’s success. Many individual LGBT people all over the country Congressman Sean Maloney, Democrat representing New York’s
U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Tammy Baldwin; first openly gay person elected to the U.S. Senate
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
The Black community continues to be disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS By Denise Royal
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ebruary 7 is National Black HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day. It is a day to remember African Americans living with HIV/AIDS and those who lost their lives to the virus. The initiative is also targeted to Black people at risk of getting HIV/AIDS. You may be thinking, do Black people really need their own day set aside for HIV Awareness? Statistics overwhelmingly say yes. Based on the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control, African American men and women represent 14 percent of the total U.S. population, but account for a disproportionate 44 percent of all persons with HIV in the U.S. In Florida, the numbers are even more staggering. According to Florida’s Department of Health, among adults, one in every 40 Black men and one in every 60 Black women were living with HIV disease in 2011; compared to one in every 195 white men and one in every 1,085 white women. In the MSM (Men who have sex with men) category Black people accounted for 27 percent of those living with the disease in Florida and 19 percent in Broward County. Broward County leads the nation in new HIV infections. In 2011, HIV cases among black men in Broward County were 2 times higher than in white men and the case rate
among black women was 10 times higher than in white women. Why? Experts say there are specific issues in the Black community that hinder discussions about HIV/AIDS. “Some of the greatest concerns are, arguably, the sense of complacency/apathy among the population as a whole about HIV/AIDS. Stigma and fear of HIV/AIDS in the minority population is still a significant issue, as is the general lack of HIV/AIDS knowledge among youth,” says Henry Ross, Outreach Specialist with Minority Development and Empowerment. There are four specific focal points to National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: education, testing, involvement, and treatment. When it comes to education, the main focus is to get Black people informed about the basics of HIV/AIDS in their local communities. Testing is at the core of this initiative, as it is hoped that the Black community will mark the day by getting an HIV test. Lastly, for those living with HIV or newly tested positive for the virus, the goal is getting them connected to treatment. “We wish to address barriers that prevent people from learning their HIV status or seeking treatment (e.g. fear, denial, stigma, and shame). We also intend to highlight the success of treatments and programs that
drastically improve health and reduce the risk of HIV transmission among those who have HIV/AIDS,” Ross says. Miguel Gomez, Director of AIDS.gov says February 7 is a chance to deal with these disparities. “National Black HIV/AIDS Day gives us an opportunity to bring special attention to the risks that African Americans face, and to educate individuals and communities about the Federal government’s ongoing work to respond effectively to the epidemic,” he told SFGN. There are events scheduled throughout South Florida on February 7. The Broward County Health Department will spearhead a community engagement forum at AfricanAmerican Research Library & Cultural Center at 2650 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale from 10 a.m. to noon. MDE will partner with Holy Cross HIV Mobile Unit at the following location: El Mariachi (2 p.m. to 7 p.m.) 203 SW 2nd Court, Pompano Beach, FL 33060. Care Resource is providing free rapid HIV tests from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in both MiamiDade and Broward counties (see side bar for testing locations around South Florida.) Visit www.nationalblackaidsday.org/ Events.php.
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2 In Florida, the numbers are even more staggering. According to Florida’s Department of Health, among adults, one in every 40 Black men and one in every 60 Black women were living with HIV disease in 2011; compared to one in every 195 white men and one in every 1,085 white women. In the MSM (Men who have sex with men) category Black people accounted for 27 percent of those living with the disease in Florida and 19 percent in Broward County.
While February 7 marks the annual Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day there are a lot of other HIV/AIDS awareness days throughout the year.
3/10 Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
3/20 Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
5/18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
5/19 Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day
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Broward County continues to lead the nation in new HIV infections. In 2011, HIV cases among black men in Broward County were 2 times higher than in white men and the case rate among black women was 10 times higher than in white women.
10/15 Latino AIDS Awareness Day
12/1 World AIDS Day
9/18 HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
9/27 Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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Planned Parenthood-Lake Center 4889 Lake Worth Rd. #109
Family AIDS Coalition, Inc. 300 East 1st Avenue, Suite 112
South Beach AIDS Project, Inc. 306 Lincoln Road
Community Access Center 8910 Miramar Parkway Suite 208
Lantana
Homestead
Stanley C. Myers Health Center 710 Alton Road
Oakland Park
Palm Beach County Health Department 1250 Southwinds Drive
Sembrando Flores 815 N. Homestead Blvd. #616
Miami Gardens
North Miami Beach
More Than Conquerors Outreach Ministries Church 18350 N.W. 2nd Ave. Suite 616
Thelma Gibson Health Initiative, Inc. 3634 Grand Avenue
Cutler Bay Community Health of South Florida, Inc. 10300 S.W. 216th Street
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Men’s Wellness Clinic 100 N.W. 170th Street, Suite 208 Miami Beach Community Health Center North 11645 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 103-104 North Miami Beach Medical Center 13899 Biscayne Blvd. #132
Miami Adolescent Counseling & Testing Site 1601 NW 12th Ave. 1st Floor-Mail Center University of Miami AIDS Healthcare Foundation Men’s Wellness Clinic/Out of the Closet Thrift Store 1510 Alton Road
Miami Beach
Miami Shores Pridelines Youth Services 9526 N.E. 2nd Ave. #104
AIDS Healthcare Foundation -- Out of the Closet Thrift Store 2097 Wilton Drive
Minority AIDS Initiative Network, Inc. 1216 Pioneer Road
\ Latinos Salud
Palm Springs
The Pride Center at Equality Park 2040 N. Dixie Highway
Broward County Health Department 780 S.W. 24th Street
Belafonte Tacolcy Center, Inc. 6161 N.W. 9th Avenue
Broward County Health Department 900 N.W. 31st. Avenue
Camillus Health Concern 336 N.W. 5th Street
Broward House, Inc. 1726 SE 18th Court
Camillus Health Concern 1603 N.W. 7th Avenue
Calvary Chapel Church, Inc. 2401 W. Cypress Creek Road, #1111
Care Resource 3510 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 300
Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Inc. 1401 South Federal Highway
Center for Haitian Studies 8260 N.E. 2nd Avenue
Compassionate Hearts-Serving Hands, Inc. 2300 N.W. 22 Street
Empower U Inc. 8309 N.W. 22nd Avenue
Covenant House Florida733 Breakers Avenue
Jessie Trice Community Family Health Center, Inc. 5361 N.W. 22nd Avenue
Drug Abuse Treatment Association (DATA) 1720 E Tiffany Drive #102
Fort Lauderdale
Broward County Health Department 2421 S.W. 6th Avenue
Minority Development & Empowerment, Inc. 5225 N.W. 33rd Avenue, Bldg. 5 Mount Olive Development Corporation 401 N.W. 9th. Avenue RCP Movement (Merit Pharmacy) 2464 North SR 7
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Health
Wilton Manors
Broward County Broward Co. Health Department Eastside Health Center 2421 S.W. 6th Avenue
Worth
Mangonia Park
2330 Wilton Drive
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Out of the Closet 2900 Biscayne Blvd.
Helen B. Bentley Family Health Center, Inc. 3090 S.W. 37th Avenue
Care Resource 871 W. Oakland Park Blvd.
Compass 201 N Dixie Hwy
Minority Development & Empowerment, Inc. 3175 S. Congress Avenue Suite 207
Project Link of South Florida, Inc. 2927 N.E. 6th Avenue
Pahokee Florida Community Health Centers 170 S. Barfield Hwy. Suite 101
Palm Beach
Palm Beach County Health Department 1839 E. Main Street
Belle Glade
Riviera Beach
Comprehensive AIDS Program (Belle Glade) 1500-A N.W. Avenue L
Heart Health & Healing Ministries 1330 W. 1st. Street
Minority Development & Empowerment, Inc. 136 South Main Street
Saint James Missionary Baptist Church 1524 West 35th Street
Palm Beach County Health Department 38754 SR 80
West Palm Beach
Boca Raton
Community Health Center 2823 N. Australian Avenue
Jesus People Proclaim International Ministries 3200 North Federal Highway Planned Parenthood-Boca Center 8177 Glades Road Bay 25
Raton
Boyton Beach Genesis Community Health, Inc. 564 E. Woolbright Road
Delray Beach Comprehensive AIDS Program 220 Congress Park Dr. Suite 100
Health
Comprehensive AIDS Program 2330 S. Congress Ave Families First of Palm Beach County 3333 Forest Hill Blvd., 2nd Floor Palm Beach County Health Department 1150 45th Street Partnership for a Drug-Free Community of South Florida 3361 Belvedere Rd. Suite C Planned Parenthood-West Palm Beach Health Center 931 Village Blvd. Suite 904
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LOCAL NEWS
Our Fund Beats the Odds
Confident in your smile?
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LGBT group’s matching gift program surpasses expectations
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954-565-7666 1946 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 www.IslandCitySmiles.com Always Plenty of Free Parking • Located Conveniently on Wilton Drive
Anthony Timiraos, CEO/ President of Our Fund
By Andrea Dulanto
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he group shares with LGBT Organizations through Two Hearts Campaign South Florida has a lot of love to give its LGBT organizations. This past weekend, Our Fund’s matching gift program, the Two Hearts Campaign, received over $72,000 contributions in less than 72 hours to benefit local LGBT organizations in South Florida. Our Fund matched up to $50,000 of these gifts, which brings the total amount of support to $122,000. Nineteen local LGBT organizations will benefit from the campaign, including Women in Network (WIN), ArtsUnited, Stonewall National Museum and Archives, The Pet Project and Island City Stage. Since 2011, Our Fund, a South Florida LGBT community foundation, has provided ways for donors to support organizations that assist LGBT individuals. The Two Hearts Campaign is being funded by Our Fund’s First 100 Funders Fund, which “is a still growing list of supporters (currently 60) who pledge their support by committing a minimum annual contribution of $1,500 for three years,” said Anthony Timiraos, CEO/ President of Our Fund. The campaign was set to take place from Feb. 1 to Feb. 14 or until Our Fund reached its maximum of $50,000 in matching gifts. By Sunday, Feb. 3, Our Fund had announced on its Facebook page that the max had been reached.
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Timiraos the success of the campaign was unprecendeted. “It was a great opportunity for many organizations to have a reason to reach out to new donors or existing donors to make an increased gift,” he said. “Donors felt that their gift was twice as significant because of the match.” ArtsUnited President Peter Meyerhoefer also agreed that Our Fund’s matching gift program “allowed for donors to feel even better about their contribution.” Meyerhoefer added that “Our Fund, in a short time, has been able to create a great reputation as an organization that really works to help and support the community.” Denise Spivak, President of WIN, shared that this was their organization’s first time participating in an Our Fund campaign. “We’re thrilled with the results!” She thanked those who contributed to WIN for their “support and willingness to help us continue to do the work that we do.” When considering the needs of organizations such as ArtsUnited, Meyerhoefer noted that “the arts still need the private sector to step up and lead the way.” Timiraos concluded: “There is a tremendous need in the LGBT community in South Florida. We are hopeful that [the Two Hearts Campaign] will encourage more people to get involved in their community and contribute with their time or money.” For more information, go to www.our-fund.org.
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STATE NEWS
Photo Courtesy of Orlando Perez
‘Maybery’ TV Icon Marries in Seattle
Jim Nabors
By Associated Press
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ONOLULU — Jim Nabors, the actor best known for playing Gomer Pyle on TV in the 1960s, has married his longtime male
partner. Hawaii News Now reports Nabors, 82, and Stan Cadwallader, 64, traveled from their Honolulu home to Seattle to be married Jan. 15. Gay marriage became legal in Washington state last month. The couple met in 1975 when Cadwallader was a Honolulu firefighter. “I’m 82 and he’s in his 60s and so we’ve been together for 38 years and I’m not ashamed of people knowing, it’s just that it was such a personal thing, I didn’t tell anybody,” Nabors said. “I’m very happy that I’ve had a partner of 38 years and I feel very blessed. And, what can I tell you, I’m just very happy.” Nabors said he’s been open about his homosexuality to co-workers and friends but never acknowledged it to the media before. He doesn’t plan to get involved in the issue politically. “I’m not a debater. And everybody has their own opinion about this and actually I’m not an activist, so I’ve never gotten involved in any of this,” Nabors told Hawaii News Now. Nabors became an instant success when he joined “The Andy Griffith Show” in spring 1963. The character of Gomer Pyle – the unworldly, lovable gas pumper who would exclaim “Gollllll-ly!” – proved so popular that in 1964 CBS starred him in “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.”
In the spinoff, which lasted five seasons, Gomer left his hometown of Mayberry to become a Marine recruit. His innocence confounded his sergeant, the irascible Frank Sutton. The couple met in 1975 when Cadwallader was a Honolulu firefighter. “I’m 82 and he’s in his 60s and so we’ve been together for 38 years and I’m not ashamed of people knowing, it’s just that it was such a personal thing, I didn’t tell anybody,” Nabors said. “I’m very happy that I’ve had a partner of 38 years and I feel very blessed. And, what can I tell you, I’m just very happy.” Nabors said he’s been open about his homosexuality to co-workers and friends but never acknowledged it to the media before. He doesn’t plan to get involved in the issue politically. “I’m not a debater. And everybody has their own opinion about this and actually I’m not an activist, so I’ve never gotten involved in any of this,” Nabors told Hawaii News Now. Nabors became an instant success when he joined “The Andy Griffith Show” in spring 1963. The character of Gomer Pyle – the unworldly, lovable gas pumper who would exclaim “Gollllll-ly!” – proved so popular that in 1964 CBS starred him in “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” In the spinoff, which lasted five seasons, Gomer left his hometown of Mayberry to become a Marine recruit. His innocence confounded his sergeant, the irascible Frank Sutton.
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LOCAL NEWS
Guilty! Ponzi Schemer, Jim Ellis, Changes Plea Gay Con Artist Admits to Fraud; faces prison By Gideon Grudo im Ellis’ days of expensive lunches at Capital Grille are over. The accused Ponzi schemer admitted to his fraud last week, as he pled guilty in United States District Court in Miami. Exposed as a crook and a con man who orchestrated a Ponzi Scheme, which defrauded many local Wilton Manors residents out of millions, indicted businessman James “Jim” Ellis withdrew his previously entered plea of not guilty, and entered a guilty plea before a United States District Court Judge, the Honorable Judge Kathleen Williams. Ellis pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, which could result in five years imprisonment, followed up by three years probation. He is also subject to a quarter of a million dollars in fines. His sentencing date is set for April 11, 2013. It is expected that the U.S. Attorney’s office may ask for reduced penalties, based
on Ellis’ early admission of guilt and future cooperation in the trial against codefendant George Elia, now set for early March. Ellis is hardly out of the woods yet. Not insignificantly, the plea agreement leaves open whether the prosecutors can enhance the penalties due to both the “sophistication” level of the crime and the amount of monies wrongfully procured under the scheme. The final decision will be up to the court. The scheme exposed early on by SFGN’s 2012 Jim Ellis (Right) and George Elia (Left) aren’t so friendly anymore. Ellis investigation revealed that has agreed to testify against George Elia on the Ponzi scheme they were both running in Wilton Station and the area. Ellis was a front and decoy for Elia, enticing Wilton Station residents with promises of riches and fortune in exchange for their investments. Courting prospective targets at local gay bars and in lavish parties at the condo complex, Ellis repeatedly proffered to others that he himself had invested his own money and inheritance as part of the lure. In fact, prosecutors charging Ellis revealed he had no inheritances, and was simply acting fraudulently as a front for Elia.
According to court documents, here’s the breakdown of what Ellis admitted to: 1.Jim Ellis conspired with George Elia to defraud investors. 2.Around 2006, Ellis gave Elia $24,000. Soon, Elia would be paying Ellis back from the invested amount, and from principal investments made by people Ellis helped recruit into the scheme. 3.While Ellis promised investors he had invested $100,000 with Elia and was made to trust the “daytrader,” banks accounts confirm this transaction never occurred. 4.Ellis told investors he’d received returns on his investment as high as 60 percent. Bank records confirm this never happened. 5.Ellis’ involvement in Elia’s company front ranged from cashing checks on the latter’s behalf to signing documents which would put him in charge in case Elia passed. 6.Ellis could sign off himself on the expensive lunches at Capital Grille that he and Elia took potential investors to.
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7.Ellis received investments to Elia’s company front and deposited them himself. 8.Bank records show Ellis has received about $2.6 million from Elia, which he admitted broke down to about $23,000 a month. 9.Elia paid Ellis’ mortgages. One of the victims who’s been very vocal about the whole ordeal in the last year, and who’s been heading a civil lawsuit with more than a dozen other victims, is Rick Khun. He hopes the trial against Elia results in full restitution to all the victims. The government has been seizing whatever assets of his that they could. In fact, court records reveal one $95,000 forfeiture was filed this week. “The guilty plea speak volumes in itself,” Khun said. “I’m gratified that justice is being done.” The most interesting legal development of the case unfolded on Jan. 29 in a unique motion filed by the U.S. attorney. Expecting that Elia’s attorneys will seek to peremptorily exclude gay jurors, since so many of his victims were members of the LGBT community, they filed a motion to restrict the defense’s right to do so. “Simply put,” U.S. prosecutor H. Ron Davison wrote in his legal argument, “sexual orientation should be treated like race, gender and ethnicity for purposes of voir dire,” the process of picking jurors. As far as the government is concerned, he argued, “George Elia was an equal opportunity con man,” targeting his victims, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. His motion is designed to request the judge deny a possible defense strategy to peremptorily strike gay jurors. His memorandum concluded: “No potential juror should be presumed unqualified for the important task of serving on a jury based on his or her sexual orientation, and the Court should prevent discrimination on the basis of perceived orientation during the jury selection process.” For Jim Ellis, though, there won’t be any jurors to persuade or parties at local bars to host prospective investors anymore. He is only facing time in a federal penitentiary, though typically sentencing does not occur until some time after the change of plea date, often not until the co-operating party has testified against his co-conspirator.
February 6, 2013 • SouthFloridaGayNews.com
The “A” Should Start the Acronym our liberation deserve to feel vindicated and affirmed by the President’s inaugural speech. We have labored long and hard to bring our community to this place of social acceptance. But we couldn’t have done it by ourselves. For every step we took forward, there were straight people with us, fighting for us, without our recognition or our thanks. When we accurately write our history, it will contain the names of Barry Goldwater, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Shepard, Ted Kennedy, Sol Gordon, Bella Abzug, Gloria Steinem, Sr. Jeannine Gramick, Bishops Walter Sullivan and Thomas Gumbleton, Sally Jesse Raphael, Ann Landers, Hillary Clinton, Coretta Scott King, John Lewis, Gavin Newsom, Dennis Kucinich, Brad Pitt, and Chris Kluwe, among many others. In fact, there are so many other well-known, straight allies whose inclusion in our history is essential, that even naming a few here feels unfair. When I polled Facebook friends about who they considered our most significant straight allies, most people focused on the present time and named Barack Obama. This was even before his inaugural address. Lady Gaga and Madonna were also mentioned frequently. The list they created includes the names of Sister Margaret Photo courtesey of david shankbone
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he letter “A” in the acronym LGBTQIA stands for “ally.” Instead of being at the end of the ever-growing alphabet soup name of our community, the “A” should be at the beginning. There would be no success in our long, hard struggle for equality without the active support and sacrifices of our heterosexual allies. When our most influential ally, President Barack Obama, publicly equated our movement with that of blacks and women, he did so as the result of millions of straight Americans standing with us long before Stonewall. From recently-deceased “Dear Abby” (Pauline Phillips) and Jeanne Manford (founder of P-FLAG), to the school librarians and the ER nurses who have insisted over the years on our being recognized and treated fairly, we witnessed our Victory Day at the inauguration in huge part because of our straight supporters, many of whom were out as allies long before many of us were out as gay or transgender. People my age fondly recall watching popular TV host Phil Donahue interview a gay person in 1968, a year before Stonewall. Sexual educators, like Mary Calderone, and those working for Planned Parenthood, were publicly scourged in the 1970s and 1980s for teaching and writing that homosexual orientation is normal. Although no straight person was physically crucified for their progay stand, as was young Matthew Shepard, they have been pushed and spit upon by people like Fred Phelps and his family for standing between them and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and intersex people. They have been voted out of their jobs as ministers by congregations. They have been passed over for promotions, castigated by their principals, punished by their advertisers, and ostracized by their family, friends, and neighbors because of their open support. We gay and transgender men and women who have devoted our lives to
By Brian McNaught
Comedian Whoopi Goldberg
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Farley, RSM, a moral theologian, who has written and spoken publicly since the early 1980’s that sexual ethics is/should be “orientation blind”; Mary Ellen and Casey Lopata, founders of Fortunate Families, a “Catholic PFLAG” organization; Dr. Evelyn Hooker; Vice President Joe Biden; the ACLU LGBT Project; Emma Goldman, one of the only Americans to support Oscar Wilde during his trial; Alfred Kinsey and the Kinsey Institute; 2012 voters in Minnesota, Washington, Maryland, and Maine; Mildred Deloris Loving; Eleanor Roosevelt; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; George Shibley, the lawyer who won the Dale Jennings trial; Mary Lee Tatum; the Rev. Jimmy Creech; The Rev. Bill Stayton; U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop; Billy Crystal, as “Jodie Dallas” in Soap; Gov. Jerry Brown; Susan Sarandon; Angelina Jolie; Martin Sheen; Nelson Mandela; Desmond Tutu; Garth Brooks; Tom Hanks; Sean Penn; Rev. Al Sharpton; The Huffington Post; Beacon Press; Routledge Press; University of Chicago Press; MSNBC; MTV; HBO; Showtime; Oprah Winfrey; Marlo Thomas; Henry Waxman; Diane Feinstein; George Moscone; Bill Lucy; Jesse Jackson; United Church of Christ; Unitarian Universalist Association; Reform Judaism; Progressive Muslims; and Progressive Hindus. Others who are significant to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are Debbie Wasserman-Schultz; the National Organization for Women; Jackson Katz & Mentors in Violence Prevention; Cyndi Lauper; Ryan White’s family; Mary Griffith, mother of Bobby Griffith; Sylvia Guerrero, mother of Gwen Araujo; Bishop Bob DeWitt: Bishop Paul Moore: Bishop John Spong; Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo; Deb Dagit (Merck); Ana Duarte McCarthy (Citi); Ricki Lake; Debra Haffner;
John Irving; Margaret Meade; Chuck Olsen; Lawrence Tribe; Willie Brown; Julian Bond; Richard Gere; the Rev. James Siefkes; Pennsylvania Gov. Milton Shapp; Judith Light; Charlize Theron; Sally Field; Ben Cohen; Carol Costello (CNN); Starbucks; Intel; Pink (Alicia Beth Moore); Bette Midler; Pat Nidorf, founder of Dignity; Admiral Mike Mullen; Louise Hay; Hunter College; Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Keith Olbermann; and Whoopi Goldberg. Many of the respondents included “My mom,” “My family,” “My friends,” and “My company.” I have my own personal list of family members and friends whose names I’ve included in previous books or columns. I have thanked them before but I never stop feeling grateful to them for the support they gave me when I needed it most. If you are reading this, and saying to yourself, “How could they (or he) forget to mention…?” your frustration makes my point. We can’t ever list everyone who has helped us survive and overcome the horror of growing up terrified of telling our secret for fear of what would happen to us. We can’t properly thank all of the individuals who helped us eliminate the psychological designations of disease, overturn sodomy laws, guarantee that we’d be treated with equity in the workplace, fought to allow us to serve openly in the military, wrote books and ordered them for the school library so that no child felt like an ugly duckling, carried food into the hospital rooms of gay men with AIDS when other nurses wouldn’t, married us in defiance of their congregation’s position, voted for us, hired us, marched with us, engaged in civil disobedience with us, named us as guardians of their children, and helped ensure we could have our own children, among many other successes. Let’s never, ever forget that the extraordinary progress that lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, and intersex people have experienced in the past 60 years wouldn’t have happened without our “A”s. I, for one, believe the “A” belongs at the beginning of the acronym so that no one feels for a moment that our allies are afterthoughts. The “A” in ALGBTQI has never been silent. Brian McNaught was named “the godfather of gay diversity training” by The New York Times. He works with corporate executives globally, is the author of six books, and is featured in seven educational DVDs. He and his spouse Ray Struble divide their year between Fort Lauderdale and Provincetown. Visit Brian-McNaught.com for more information. Business magnate, politician and philanthropist Michael Bloomberg Photo courtesey of david shankbone
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COVER STORY
Passion at Palms: Men’s Only Debate Rages On-line By Sergio N. Candido
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embers of the South Florida gay community are divided over whether it was the right move for the Royal Palms, a private men’s only guesthouse in Fort Lauderdale, to allow women to attend its Sunday parties. Between in-story commentary and its social media
outlets, SFGN has received more than 45 comments since the story was published online on Monday, Jan. 28. Some argue that allowing women in the resort destroys one of the few places where gay men can be among themselves, free of outside judgment. On the flip side, others think that not allowing women would be
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“Gay men only is like saying white’s only.... Unless the resort is members only.... It has to be a membership club/ resort or it’s segregation... And yes I know if a woman is around us gay guys can’t do our drugs and have sex ( or try to have sex ) around the pool... And our stand and model that we love to do- Not with an old girl around- oh my what will we do..... GROW A PAIR GUYS.. A men’s only club/resort sounds hot to me BUT it need’s to be MEMBERS ONLY...” - Daniel
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“You ALL are your own worst enemies. Whining and complaint about the very discrimination you feed to others. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!” - Raised Right
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“I am ashamed of the closed minded assholes in our community who make disgraceful comments about women. If they think it is right to judge, well then those with nasty things to say about others are who should be turned away at the door by hosts who should be in tuned with those who are truly ruining it for us all, private or public event. We should move past, male, female, trans, straight etc and just be open. Life is a hell of a lot more fun. May I add that if you are ashamed of your sexual exploits in front of others who may be the opposite sex but are fully aware of what goes on, then you may need to examine your boundaries. Most guys I know have no interest in being forced to see whatever you think will get you attention beyond the pulled back curtain or open door of your room.” - Astonished “I think some people are missing the point. They’re not letting the women STAY at the resort, it’s only attending the Sunday-Funday Parties, and are getting
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hypocritical on the part of a community that has been stigmatized for many years. We’ve compiled some of the pro and against comments below. Didn’t read the story? Check it out here: http:// ow.ly/hlgvD and join the conversation.
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all riled up. For one read the article right, (though this explains your lack of grammar and punctuation in most of these “antiwoman” voters), shows your stupidity is more than just ignorance. And the hypocrisy behind this; the same guys asking to exclude women out of here, are probably dramatically commenting on some Facebook thread about inequality, and yet can not lead by example in their own community.” – Anthony
“I wonder if Ms Bishop is as outraged at the commonplace straight bar policy of “women never par cover charge”? This effectively makes women part of the entertainment package for drooling dudes. Would she and fellow females facebook challenge the inequity of this policy? When it comes to functions of any/all sorts at gay resorts, allow boys be boys and live it that.” - PG
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You guys are crazy. we want to stop all the discrimination against us but then you throw the discrimination right back out there by saying you don’t want women there. guess what I’m betting that 95% of women don’t want to be there! the few that do come to Sunday parties are fag hags that love gay men and just want to have a good time! stop being hypocrites and maybe we can break this vicious cycle! – Ryan
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“I’m a queer trans guy recently relocated from another part of the country. This story and the comments on it tell me more than I really wanted to know about the state of gay male misogyny in South Florida. I know that sex-segregated clubs exist for reasons. Still, I wish more non-trans people realized how many of your friends and community members you’re alienating when you defend queer spaces that behave as if there are only 2 genders.” – New to South Florida
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“I think in many ways we are beyond the men only thing. Women should always be allowed. Especially when we are considering the gender identity spectrum.” – Stephen Stephan
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“WOW !! Amazing. I was never allowed in before to visit my out of town friends. I DON’T CARE what happens in the pool. Thank you Royal Palm.” – Dawn Scott
“im sorry but a mens resort is a mens resort. blacks have schools for blacks and we dont say anything, lesbians have there lesbian bars, we dont say anything but a all men resort or event is just that. they are like rest rooms men are not allowed in womens restrooms and women not allowed in mens restrooms. its an event for men only. its rdiculas if you ask me. its gay on gay issues that are being created just because. if its all men resort being a woman why would you go. discrimination my ass. if women want there own resort for woman only then make one. they have ladies night at bars where women drink free but men have to pay, they have there own gyms its just stupid. mens should have there own place where they dont have to be oogled by women.” - jaclyn st james
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“I personally don’t like going to an event and have women around. It is a private mens resort and should stay that way.” - John There’s so many places Gays can’t go... Why can’t there be places Straights can’t go?” - Jason Counter “I guess the girls will want to get into the Clubhouse 2 or the other bath house on Broward now as well. Mr Bishop there are some times when guys just want to hang with guys, as I’m sure girls just want to hang with girls, so thanks for ruining the party for
the MAJORITY of guys that attend. The Royal Palms should have been more careful with their planning and hold the open event on Saturday and the PRIVATE event on Sunday. My suggestion for other PRIVATE men’s resorts is to not have any OPEN events at all, so this does not happen to your business as well. Guys from all over the world pay huge amounts of money to come here and stay at resorts advertised as PRIVATE MENS RESORTS, I would be pissed as hell if i spent five grand on a resort stay and the place is filled with girls, good way to lose your business PDQ. Mr. Bishop there are far more serious problems facing our community then you being able to get drunk with your lesbians friends. If you want to hang with them go to Rosie’s or New Moon.” - JW It’s always been men so let it stay that way. Let the women start there own resort and leave us alone. END OF STORY!!!Let the lezbo’s do there own thing away from us like they always have done.Why do people always want to go where they are NOT WELCOMED!” – Robert “What’s with the hate people? My $250 (or whatever) a night is worth more than a $5 admission to a party. Sure, the resort has every right to make stupid business decisions, but as with almost all gay men, I go to gay MEN’s resorts to be with gay MEN, (Women resorts don’t exist here for a reason, they can’t sustain their own...) I’ll spend my money at Coconut Cove, Schubert, or any other place I know that’s not going to have parties with women. Simple economics, nothing to do with women-hating. I’m on vacation, I’m doing what I want, not what some random woman and her troublemaking gay friend who writes to newspapers wants.” – Economics
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his weekend over a hundred men will be participating in the South Florida Tennis Club’s Clay Court Classis Tennis Tournament. A portion of the proceeds raised will benefit Gilda’s Club South Florida, a free, non-profit organization that supports anyone touched by cancer — men, women and children of all ages and their families and friends. The pairing of these two organizations is a great match, considering Florida has the second highest rate of melanoma (skin cancer) cases in the nation, according to the Florida Society of Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery (FSDDS), and as all cancers — it does not discriminate based on sexual orientation. Sexual orientation does have its role, however. Gay and bisexual men are more than 10% more likely to smoke, which according to American Cancer Society (ACS) is responsible for nearly 87% of all lung cancers diagnoses. Gay and bisexual men are also 17% more likely to develop anal cancer and 10 times more likely to be affected by testicular cancer. Most recently, a study published in the medical journal Cancer, found that gay men had nearly twice the odds of being diagnosed with cancer as heterosexual males. Fortunately, Broward County has made
strides in the fight against cancer, especially skin cancer, ranking below the state average. Yet the Centers for Disease Control reports that 152 of the 2,140 deaths related to skin cancer occurred in Broward. “Half of all Americans will experience skin cancer at least once before the age of 65,” the FSDDF reports. Skin cancer can be divided into two categories, non-melanoma and melanoma. Non-melanoma is considered the less aggressive of the two, accounting for over 90% of all skin cancer cases. Those most at risk are white men over 50 years old. Added risk factors can include exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Genetics can play its role, as well. Of course, prevention and early detection are always recommended: avoiding the sun, using sunscreen daily and wearing protective clothing if you are going to be exposed to the sun for a long period of time, and scheduling regular checkups with your doctor. Research conducted by the Institute of Medicine indicates that people affected by a cancer diagnosis have a better quality of life when psychosocial support is available as a compliment to their medical treatment. Gilda’s Club South Florida can provide the support and education needed, free of charge.
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The SFGN Editorial
Gay Rights For us Emerge As Human Rights for All
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ast week was yet another significant one in the realm of emerging gay rights in American society. First of all, there was a pronouncement from the Boy Scouts of America that they were rethinking their policy of excluding openly gay scouts from their membership. That is no small victory, as the Supreme Court of the United States protected a decade ago their decision to do so. Second, on Sunday evening, in an interview with CBS News, just before the Super Bowl, the most watched television event in history, the President of the United States of America reasserted his commitment to equal rights for gays and lesbians by encouraging the Boy Scouts to follow through and change their past practices. Third, playing on the Super Bowl champions, Brendon Ayanbadejo, featured last week in SFGN, went on CNN to talk about the rights of gays and lesbians to freely marry without legal restriction. Let’s not underplay the timing and sequence of events. Ayanbadejo has become a national and straight spokesperson for same sex marriage. He was interviewed Monday on CNN by daytime talk host Don Lemon, an openly gay man. What we saw was two top tiered professionals calmly and intellectually exploring equal rights for all without a religious freak intervening and saying how we are all going to burn in hell. Fourth, proving they do more than hold Muscle Beach parties on South Beach, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force sponsored its 25th Annual National Conference on LGBT Equality on ‘Creating Change’ in Atlanta, Georgia. Thousands of activists from around the world appeared, and President Obama made a guest video appearance supporting their efforts, because in venues from Russia to Nigeria the struggle is far from over. Fifth, the New York Times ran a front page Sunday feature on six openly gay Congressmen now populating the House of Representatives. Candidates are making a name for themselves based on their past performance and stellar reputations, not because they have been diddling pages or patronizing gay escorts. The world is changing and we with it. Having the word gay next to your name is no
By Norm Kent longer a sin to be ashamed of, but a sign of progressive equality. Sixth, when you ask why that matters consider the lives of both Ed Koch and Jim Nabors. Last week, at the age of 88, the former New York City Mayor of Ed Koch, and a part time West Broward resident since his retirement, passed away. Koch lived in an era of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ as it applied to public office holders. He was an enigma who gave us an enema. On one hand, he co-sponsored the first gay and lesbian rights legislation ever introduced into Congress. On the other hand, when Koch, who never married was forced to respond to gay rumors, he found a beard in consumer affairs advocate Bess Myerson. He lived in a closet he would not break down. Sadly, he compounded his flaws in the 1980’s by remaining silent about AIDS, failing to deal with it responsibly as a public health crisis. Koch was probably afraid to speak out more fiercely for fear that it might spur discussion back to himself about his past homosexual relationships, which he desperately tried to conceal. Koch was a passionate leader and a unique icon, buried with honors for his service to the city he loved. As we memorialize him though, never forget- the thousands who died of AIDS and the voice he could have been for so many of them. But it was not his time to speak out. That is both sad, and too bad, because he could have made a difference for so many others. It has never been a secret that Jim Nabors, a remarkable baritone, a talented actor, and hilarious comedian, was gay. But last week, in front of a judge, at a Seattle hotel, the man we loved as ‘Gomer Pyle’ married his partner of nearly four decades, Stan Cadwallader. Nabors was able to do so because progressive laws in Washington now allow him to put the stamp of marriage legitimacy upon that 38 year long relationship.
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Publicity photo from the television program The Andy Griffith Show. Pictured Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle).
Nabors is now 82, and he was therefore 34 years old in 1964 when Hollywood gave this young (gay) man his own show, Gomer Pyle, USMC. But America was all black and white back then, and there were no colors on the rainbow to paint the screen- no coming out at the Golden Globes. So Nabors lived in the closet, not a secret to anyone, but not a public spectacle to any. In the county where he was born, Talladega County, Alabama there is a stretch of highway named the ‘Jim Nabors Highway.’ It is not the most liberal of places, and it is a far way from the Hawaii that Nabors now lives in. But maybe some young gay kid growing up bullied in a repressive community can find solace and hope in knowing that no matter where you come from, you can be
gay, you can be healthy, and you can grow up and become a happy and successful person. In the world Ed Koch and Jim Nabors lived in, there were few support groups, and no ‘It Gets Better’ campaigns. There were no ‘You Can Play’ Projects for young athletes. There was no Human Rights Campaign, no national task forces, no PFLAGS, no Brendon Ayanbadejos or Don Lemons to help us see our way. From the dark shadows cast over us for decades, we got here anyway. From Jodie Foster to Anderson Cooper, we have found the light, and the light has found us. We can all be proud. We are a community now and forevermore. Join it, be part of it, and grow with us.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
photo Courtesy of U.S. Navy
Let Us Give Blood
In the U.S., any man who has had sex with another man since 1977 is banned for life from donating blood. The federal policy was enacted in the 1985, when the risk of AIDS from transfusion was first recognized.
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outh Florida is at the epicenter of severe tropical weather each year. Sometimes we can get a no-named tropical wave make landfall and other times we can get hit by Hurricane Andrew (1992), Charlie (2004), Katrina (2005), Rita (2005), Wilma (2005), etc. These damaging storms leave property damage and critical injuries that need to be attended to immediately. The best way any community could help out the relief efforts is to volunteer time, money and blood. As a gay male, it is easy to donate time or money, however, the last one is an issue all on its own. Donating blood is one of the easiest and greatest gift we could give. However, we are all too familiar that a sexually active gay male has been denied the right to donate blood based on stereotypes, discrimination, and fear. In the early 1980s the start of the HIV and AIDS epidemic scared the US FDA and by 1983 they placed a lifetime ban on gay blood donors if they have had sexual intercourse with another male since 1977 (even once). At the time of this policy’s creation, given the information and technology of that day, the ban did make sense. However, 30 years later, science has come a long way. However, 30 years later, gay men are still being stereotyped as promiscuous group that are all infected with HIV. Even though, millions of people don’t fit that stereotype. A few studies have suggested if we were to place a one year deferment from the last
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promiscuous sexual encounter between two men, there would be 136k+ men who can and will be willing to donate blood, and still not taint the blood pool. That would be enough blood to fill 2.65 family sized pools. That amount of blood could mean life or death of a huge population of South Floridians that get struck and injured during a devastating hurricane landfall. Thus, I have started a petition, asking the US FDA to remove the lifetime ban and place a one year deferral or less on gay blood donors, similar to seven other countries have done, like Argentina, Australia, Hungary, Japan, Sweden, the UK and recently with Mexico. These seven countries have felt that their understanding of HIV and their methods of detection of the virus has come such a long way that dropping their lifetime ban seem like the reasonable thing to do. Since I have started this petition, it has given me the strength to start a non-profit organization called “All R equal, Inc.”, which will work on promoting a positive atmosphere for everyone, not just the LGBT community. We all now have a chance to work together to combat these stereotypes, discrimination, and fears. Help me, tell the US FDA (chn.ge/ Kyplf0) it is time to look at the current state of HIV research and allow reason to lead you into allowing gay men the right to donate blood. Because donating blood is not just a gay rights issue, but a human rights issue. Help me turn one day into day one!
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ChamberChat Monthly Column From The MDGLCC
SOMA Directory & Unique Programming
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he Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (MDGLCC) is one of the largest and most active business chambers of its
kind in South Florida. Since its inception over 12 years ago, we have taken pride in successfully promoting and supporting opportunities for the LGBT and allied
community through its role as a grassroots business and professional association. Over two years ago we created the S.O.M.A. (Support Our Members Always) concept in order to reinforce the importance of supporting businesses and individuals which support the community year in and year out. Becoming a member of the MDGLCC demonstrates a commitment to supporting diversity and a desire to benefit from the resources of the South Florida LGBT and Allied community. It is for this reason that we publish every year our annual S.O.M.A Directory & Resource Guide. This is the “go-to” resource for use by the community when deciding on “Where to Shop, Stay & Play in South Florida”! To get your free copy of the 2013 guide please visit us 1130 Washington Avenue in Miami Beach or access all of its content listed at www.gaybizmiami.com. Networking and educational opportunities are a few of the things that the MDGLCC helps coordinate for its members and welcomes the community at large to participate in. Below is a snap shop of some upcoming opportunities for the month of February that you might want to consider exploring and attending. “1st Big Networking Luncheon of 2013” sponsored by American Airlines - February 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Jungle Island Treetop Ballroom 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail, Miami. $50 (members) / $65 (nonmembers). Guest speaker will be Art Torno (VP Mexico, Caribbean, Latin America with American Airlines). Opportunity to also participate of the Business Expo (10:30am – 2:00pm) before and after the lunch (only 20 tables available @ $45 each). Includes seated style lunch and free raffle of Cirque du Soleil “Totem” tickets. Limited to 200 persons. “Maximizing your Membership Benefits” Networking Breakfast – February 7 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Chamber’s office in 1130 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach. Learn how to maximize the use of all the Marketing tools and Programs available to you as part of your membership in the MDGLCC. Learn about the upcoming new MDGLCC’s website and your access to new features as well as bounce ideas and ask questions to Chamber staff and Membership Committee on how to engage the LGBT consumer with your products and / or
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services. Free Admission. GALLA (Gay & Lesbian Lawyer’s Assn.) Luncheon - February 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at City Hall, The Restaurant, 2004 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. This is monthly networking program tailored for attorneys, judges and legal professionals or those who want to market to them held on the middle Wednesday of each month. Cost: MDGLCC members ($35), Potential Members ($45, $10 applied to new MDGLCC membership). Includes seated style lunch limited to 20 persons. Workshop on ‘Social Media” by Dale Carnegie Training - February 27 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Soyka Restaurant (5556 NE 4th Court, Miami). Workshop on Social Media entitled “How to Build Your Personal Brand to Attract New Business”. During this workshop, participants will learn how to attract more business opportunities, strengthen relationships, and continue to win business in this Digital Age. $30 (MDGLCC members), $45 (others). Limited to 75 people. Light refreshments provided. Pre-payment required. If you have any inquiries on the above events or are interested in joining the MDGLCC feel free to reach us at info@ gaybizmiami.com, 305-673-4440 or www. gaybizmiami.com.
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FEATURE
For the Love of Dogs Wilton Manors woman rescues animals for a living photo Courtesy of Amy Roman
By Dori Zinn
100+ Abandoned Dogs of Everglades Florida has saved more than 500 dogs since the organization began in 2011 by founder Amy Roman
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efore September 2011, Amy Roman was a manicurist. When she started doing pet rescuing in South Florida about 10 years ago, she became more involved in saving abandoned animals. But it wasn’t until she started her grassroots organization, 100+ Abandoned Dogs of Everglades, FL, that she became engulfed in rescuing pets in Broward and Miami-Dade. “This is my life,” Roman said of her rescuing. “I do this 24/7. We go out on rescues and bring dogs to Imperial Point.” That’s the VCA Imperial Point Animal Hospital, where Medical Director Dr. Bob Buzzetti has been for more than 36 years. Roman and her crew have been coming in for over a year, and her notion of ‘24/7’ isn’t an understatement. “She is here every day, seven days a week,”
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Buzzetti says. “What Amy does is really take care of these animals.” Roman, 44, resides in Wilton Manors with her partner, Carol Daniello. Roman said it’s Daniello who takes care of the home while she has made her pet rescue organization her life’s work. “My girlfriend pays the rent. I have three dogs and five cats and my house is immaculate,” Roman said. Daniello, 41, is a home healthcare physical therapist. When she isn’t working, she is with Roman on rescues. The couple has been together a year. This is Roman’s first relationship with a woman. “I was married for seven years,” Roman says. “I’ve been searching and dating men and never found ‘it.’ I was never involved in the gay community.” It was when she started to spend time with
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people in her rescue that were involved in the community that she met Daniello. “Her and I just clicked,” she said. “For the first time in my life, I’m home. I feel alive.” Rescuing comes first, she said, but her relationship allows her “to be free.” Not just with her sexuality, but with her love for saving animals. The organization’s, 100+ Abandoned Dogs has grown to more than 19,000 Facebook fans since it’s creation. But despite the overwhelming support, the $150 adoption fee doesn’t even begin to cover the $15,000 cost to rescue and treat each animal. Buzzetti said that while they don’t charge full price on what they would normally for treating dogs and cats, they do work for “severely below cost.” “We don’t make money off of them, but we do get new clients from working with them,” Buzzetti says. After rescues, animals are taken to VCA Imperial Point to get spayed, neutered and vaccinated. They also stay until adopted. “[Roman] doesn’t just hand the pets out to just anyone,” Buzzetti said. “She really interviews them to make sure they go to a good home.” Out of the hundreds they’ve treated and gotten adopted, he said that only one has come back. The news coverage of Roman’s efforts
haven’t gone unnoticed. On the group’s Facebook page, she lists the growing number of media outlets where the group has been featured. Every few weeks, the group heads out to the Everglades or Homestead or other places where they get tips of abandoned pets. The group, usually 20 to 30 volunteers, starts out as more, but Roman said many either don’t make it that far or can’t “hang on.” Buzzetti has been on a rescue with her. “We don’t get very many cats, but I went on a rescue and brought back a cat,” he said. “Down in Homestead, in a farm area, and we were out there for eight hours.” He also says that there are people dedicated to bringing in abandoned pets. On his trip, they brought a truckload of food to a woman who was housing strays. “No other organization does this rescue,” Buzzetti says. “A couple weeks ago we had 27 dogs come in.” Of those 27, seven are still remaining at the hospital waiting to be adopted. On Feb. 23, the rescuers will head out again with 90 registered volunteers. To volunteer for future rescues, find out how you can help, or for more information, visit the group on Facebook: / ABANDONEDDOGSEVERGLADES or email Amy Roman at 100plusabandoneddogs@ gmail.com.
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Special Advertising Section
By Norm Kent
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et’s face it. If you are a single gay guy, the most important decision you make every day is where you are going to eat out. For me, it is also one of my most pleasant, yet terrifying decisions. I know that if I want Baked Clams Oreganata, I am going to find my way to Marco’s Café Vico on North Federal Highway. But if I need some quick Chinese for lunch by the newspaper office, I am heading to Chop Stix for their awesome Egg Drop Soup. And if it is a hickory-smoked hamburger, probably I am on my way to J Mark’s, though the Champ burger at the Alibi cannot be denied. We all love food, from the mouth watering Shrimp Dejonge at the Old Florida Seafood House on Northeast 26th Street in Wilton Manors, to the Mongolian Beef at Cristina Wan’s on North Federal in Fort Lauderdale. And who here can deny your palate a Humpy’s style four-cheese all white slice of pizza pie, quenching your thirst with their Birch Beer? So what does a publisher with a palate fetish do? He starts a food section in his gay newspaper, called outEATS, so you too can learn to experience the sausage, peppers and onion hoagie at Luigi’s Coal Fired Pizza on East Las Olas, or the remarkable ‘Butch’s Omelette’ at the Floridian, open 24 hours and just across the street from there. Come on, this is a town I have been eating
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out in for 37 years, from the escargot at Le Dome, to the freshly carved meats at the Brazilian Steak House, Chima. This is a town where you have to eat out, to experience everything from the Pad Thai at Siam Cuisine to the Chicago style hot dogs at Barry’s Hot Dog Heaven on East Sunrise by Andrews. You read outEATS and you will be guaranteed to find everything from the best cheesesteaks in town to the most sumptuous plate of lasagna, a continuing and ongoing battle between Il Mulino, Carabba’s in Pompano, and the world-famous award winning one at Café Vico. This column will give your life purpose and pasta, great eats and great meats, like the Au Jus at J. Alexander’s. So tune in and turn out, your waist that is, as I tell you the best breads and breasts all over town, from the Bimini Bread at Ernie’s to the tender barbeque chicken at Tom Jenkins. outEATS is your new must read section here at SFGN. Sure you can buy those pesto style skirt steaks at the Fresh Market, and they are terrific, but have you ever tasted one at The Sage? Become wise and satisfied with our notes on these pages. So here you have it, the debut of SFGN’s outEATS’ a place for the LGBT community to find everything from the spectacular swordfish at Café Seville to the smooth and succulent seductions of the yellow snapper entrees offered at the Tuscan Grill.
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By David-Elijah Nahmod
eon Acord felt something was missing in television involving a specific niche of gay men. “There has never been a show with gay men my age,” Acord told SFGN. “So I thought, let’s write a show about people who talk the way people I know talk, who still have sex and are flawed.’’ The result was Old Dogs New Tricks, a web sitcom about middle-aged, gay men navigating the often harsh dating scene in
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West Hollywood, CA. Acord, who has an extensive resume of stage credits, wanted to show viewers that gay men “of a certain age” could be as vibrant, and as sexy, as their more youthful counterparts. As a working actor, he was also looking to create roles that he and his friends could play. Old Dogs follows the comedic exploits of Nathan Adler, a 50-year-old agent who’s not yet over the hill. Like many gay men, Adler and his sweet if somewhat awkward friends
pursue the often elusive Mr. Right. But what about a potential “generation “I created these four characters in one gap” on the set between Shelton and his night,” Acord said. “Once I started writing it older co-stars? was like channeling. I put these characters in “Everyone on set was a total pro,” a room and they told me what to say. I have Shelton replied. “I never got babied. And if never enjoyed writing so much.” a conversation comes up that I have no idea The show’s first season was well received about, I just laugh and take off my shirt.” by viewers, and was particularly embraced by Shelton gave high marks to his director the older crowd, many of whom were thirsty and co-star. to see gay male portrayals that they could “I hope I’m not ruining his super-bitch relate to. The cast included Thom Bierdz, reputation, but Leon is one of the humblest the openly gay actor/ artist well known for his portrayal of Philip Chancellor on the popular daytime drama The Young and the Restless. Philip came out in a muchpublicized storyline a few years back, and was promptly relegated to back burner status. On a show that featured an unusually high bed-hopping count, Philip remained strangely celibate. This wasn’t the case for Bobby, Bierdz’s Old Dogs character. In the season premiere of this groovy gay series, Muscles offers a few solutions SFGN asked Bierdz for his dilemma with Bobby (special guest star Thom Bierdz from The Young and if he thought his Y & the Restless), while Nathan’s meeting with a new client (Ryland Shelton) takes a surprising twist R fan base would be surprised to see him playing such and overtly sexual role. and most adaptable people that I’ve ever “Yes,” the actor replied in an email. “And worked with,” he said. “I come to him with me too! This dialogue is racy!” questions, problems, worries, all of it. And Acord promised that season two of Old he says ‘okay, lets talk about a fix.’” Dogs New Tricks will be funnier, and sexier Season two promises to be a star-studded than the freshman year. affair. In addition to the returning Thom “All four of us get substantial sack time in Bierdz, there will be appearances by General the second season. Season one was about Hospital heartthrob Ian Buchanan, openly finding out how much we could get away gay character actor Michael Kearns, and a with. Season two is about pushing those big gay wedding in which one of the grooms borders even further. Even though I wrote will be portrayed by Olympic Gold Medalist it, I find myself blushing when watching the Greg Louganis. edits,” he said. “There’s a double standard, I “I’m getting goose bumps,” said Acord. think, about what you can show in a straight “Within two years it’s gone from an idea in sex scene versus a gay one. I’m out to shatter my head to something that forty people are that double standard.” working on and thousands are watching.” Among the storylines to be featured in Season One of Old Dogs New Tricks season two will be Nathan’s emergence as a can be viewed in its entirety at the show’s gay “cougar”. website. To watch the show, go to www. Twenty-something actor Ryland Shelton olddogsnewtrickstheseries.com plays Nathan’s “boy toy.” Both actors assured Season two episodes are currently being SFGN that these scenes would be steamy. uploaded. “Buckle your seatbelts,” Shelton said.
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FEATURE
SFGN Celebrates Black History Month
From LGBThistorymonth.com
Barbra Jordan Congresswoman
Billy Strayhorn
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“My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.”
“If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.”
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epresentative Barbara Jordan (D-Texas) was the first African-American woman elected to Congress from a southern state. She was known as an outstanding orator and Constitutional scholar. Barbara Jordan came to national prominence during the Watergate Scandal in 1974 when, as a freshman member of the House Judiciary Committee, she made an eloquent speech on the Constitution which was nationally televised in prime time. Her speech set the stage for President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Journalist Molly Ivins said of Jordan, “It seemed to me that the words ‘first and only’ came before Barbara Jordan[‘s name] so often that they seemed like a permanent title: the first and only black woman to serve in the Texas State Senate, the first black woman elected to Congress, the first black elected to Congress [since] Reconstruction, the first black woman to serve on corporate boards. She broke so many barriers.” The daughter of a Baptist minister, Barbara Jordan grew up during the days of segregation in Houston’s Fifth Ward. She earned degrees from Texas Southern University and Boston University Law School and was admitted to both the Massachusetts and Texas bars before becoming active in politics during the 1960 presidential campaign. In 1976, Jordan delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, a speech many historians consider the best political keynote speech in modern history. Jordan began to suffer the physical effects of multiple sclerosis in the 1970’s. In 1979, she retired from politics to become a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. She addressed the Democratic National Convention in 1992. In 1994, President Bill Clinton awarded Jordan the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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illy Strayhorn was a celebrated composer and arranger. Best known for his collaborations with bandleader Duke Ellington, Strayhorn had an important influence on the American jazz movement. The youngest of five children, Strayhorn spent his early years in Hillsborough, North Carolina. In 1924, his mother moved the family to Pittsburgh. At the Pittsburgh Musical Institute, he took piano lessons and studied classical music. Strayhorn’s musical focus shifted when he was introduced to jazz, a genre dominated by innovative and successful black musicians. In 1937, he began to compose in the jazz style and formed his first jazz group. The following year, he was introduced to Duke Ellington, who took him on as a protégé. Strayhorn worked with Ellington for the next 25 years as a composer, arranger and pianist. He composed the band’s best-known theme song, “Take the A Train.” Although Strayhorn and Ellington collaborated on numerous pieces, Strayhorn remained fairly anonymous and was rarely credited or compensated for his work. In 1946, he received the Esquire Award for Outstanding Arranger. Ellington and Strayhorn were equally credited on “Drum is a Woman” (1957). In 1965, Strayhorn played his only solo concert to a sold-out theater at the New School in New York City. Some of his best-known compositions are “Chelsea Bridge,” “Day Dream,” “Johnny Come Lately,” “Clementine” and the Ellington Band’s “Lotus Blossom.” Strayhorn was openly gay. There is speculation that his sexual orientation motivated his decision to avoid the spotlight. He was actively involved in the African-American civil rights movement. For the musical revue “My People” he arranged “King Fought the Battle of ‘Bam,’” dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. At 53, Strayhorn died from cancer.
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ye Allums is the first openly transgender athlete to play NCAA Division I college basketball. Allums was a star shooting guard on the George Washington University (GWU) women’s basketball team. Born Kyler Kelcian Allums in Daytona Beach, Florida, he was the oldest of four children. Nicknamed Kay-Kay, Allums was a self-described tomboy, who identifed as male from childhood. “I’ve always felt most comfortable dressing like a boy, but my mom would take all of my clothes and force me to wear girl clothes,” he says. Allums would put boys’ clothes in his backpack and change before going to school, then change back before he got home. He says it was the only way he could go to school. Allums received a basketball scholarship to GWU. In his freshman year, he played in 11 games for the Colonials and missed the final 20 due to injury. As a sophomore, he started 20 of 26 games. That same year, Allums began to distance himself from Kay-Kay and opened up to some of his teammates. “I do not like being called a girl. I’m a guy in a girl’s body,” he said. Thereafter, he told his head coach Mike Bozeman. Allums says his teammates, coach and family have all been supportive. Allums was advised not to begin taking male hormones or undergo gender reassignment surgery while remaining on the women’s team. If he did, he would risk losing his scholarship and ending his college basketball career. Allums says he’s undecided about when he will continue his transition. After suffering a total of eight concussions and not starting any games his junior year, Allums announced he would not be returning to the Colonials for his senior season. In 2011, Allums began telling his story at speaking engagements and other forums. As for his future, Allums says, “I’ll just be trying to make some kind of difference in the world and look forward to my life.”
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FEATURE
Ending AIDS, Part 2
amfAR/AVAC Action Agenda to End AIDS
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nly 28 percent of all people infected with HIV in the U.S. have an undetectable viral load, which is the current goal of HIV treatment. Medical breakthroughs in research labs do not automatically result in improved health. Bringing major new medical breakthroughs to people in need requires both a realistic agenda and a political will. In July 2012, two well respected organizations, amfAR and AVAC, presented their An Action Agenda to End AIDS to the International AIDS Conference. This agenda has five major parts: 1) Developing the Ability to Deliver Major Medical Breakthroughs, 2) Mobilizing Enough Resources, 3) Accountability, 4) Building the Evidence Base to End AIDS, and 5) Using Resources for Maximum Impact. These organizations have issued their first report on progress towards meeting the short-term goals of that agenda (See Table “amfAR/AVAC Monitoring Report 11/2012”). Developing the Ability to Deliver Major Medical Breakthroughs (microbicides, treatment as prevention, PrEP, voluntary male circumcision, and prevention of mother to child transmission) forms the key to all the other parts of this Agenda. In order to control the epidemic, these breakthroughs must become available across the globe. The availability of these breakthroughs will take different forms in countries that differ in number of skilled health workers, the level of development, and the social groups most affected by HIV. Mobilizing Enough Resources involves ensuring adequate funding to bring new medical breakthroughs to people in need and enough skilled health workers to deliver that medical care. In the U.S., this may mean increasing funding for testing and treatment. In Africa, this may mean increasing funding to set up mobile clinics to make up for a shortage
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of skilled health workers, hospitals and labs. Medical breakthroughs that fail to get to people in need are useless. Accountability refers to setting long term and short goals and regularly reporting on progress towards them. In a democratic society, the average citizen has to be able to find these reports and to understand them. For example, the U.S. should regularly report the number and percent of positive people in care and those with an undetectable viral load. At present only 61 percent of positive people are in care and, of those, only 28 percent have undetectable viral loads. Building the Evidence Base to End AIDS involves steadily improving treatment and services as well as how they are delivered. The Thai vaccine trial had better results than all previous vaccine trials. Unfortunately, its results did not reach an acceptable threshold to be developed. It has, however, sparked renewed interest in vaccine development. Using Resources for Maximum Impact involves getting the biggest bang for the buck. This can take the form of ensuring that governments and non-governmental organizations direct appropriate resources to key populations. For example, In Africa, GBMSM (gay, bi and other men who have sex with men) tend to have higher rates of infection than exclusively heterosexual Africans, but African GBMSM get minimal resources. It can also take the form of improved efficiency in the production of generic Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) that lowers the cost of ART. With a lower cost, the same amount of funding can bring more people into treatment. These strategies could lead to control of the global epidemic. And even if they don’t lead to control of the global epidemic, you can learn a lot more about what will work from a failed strategy that you can from a failed non-strategy. To read part 1 of this report visit SFGN.com/ EndingAIDSPart1
amfAR/AVAC Monitoring Report 11/201 How far did the global HIV community go in achieving these goals thus far? Developing the Ability to Deliver Major Medical Breakthroughs
Mobilizing Enough Resources
Accountability
Building the Evidence Base to End AIDS
Using Resources for Maximum Impact
About 57 percent of all pregnant, HIV-positive women received Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) to prevent transmission from mother to child.
Donor governments provided $7.6 billion in 2011, an increase of $700 million over 2010.
ART reached 8 million more people in 2011, increasing coverage by 20 percent.
UNITAD reported that 60 percent of its funding in 2011 came from levies on airline tickets. AIDS Accountability International provides transparent monitoring on pledges in regard to HIV/AIDS. Reports currently exist on workplace policies, HIV and women, HIV and GBMSM/Transsexuals.
South Africa set a goal of 500,000 male circumcisions in the next year.
In 2012, in a San Francisco clinic, initiation of ART treatment for all HIV positive people resulted in a six fold increase in viral load suppression within six months of entry into the clinic.
Evidence found that early initiation of ART results in substantially lowered HIV related treatment costs by maximizing new infections prevented.
The FDA approved a Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) regimen. WHO issued PrEP guidance for developing countries.
PEPFAR costs for ART have fallen by 67 percent since 2004.
In the priority countries of Africa, about 2 million men had been circumcised by 2011, roughly 10 percent of the goal.
For the first time, domestic contributions by low- and middle income countries accounted for a majority of HIV activities worldwide in 2011. Over 180 countries submitted reports to the UNAIDS on their progress in meeting 2011 target goals.
In 2012, researchers found that a microbicidal ring inserted in the vagina of monkeys protected them against Simian AIDS, an AIDS-like condition that affect monkeys.
In September 2012, The Economist (a militantly free market journal) opposed efforts to push trade policies that threaten the use of generic ART in low income countries.
Sources: AIDS Accountability International - aidsaccountablithy.org , Quarterly report - www. avac.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/47321 , Action Agenda to End AIDS - www.avac.org/ht/a/ GetDocumentAction/i/44984 February 6, 2013 • SouthFloridaGayNews.com
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THE FITNESS GUY
The Benefits of Yoga By Michael Verdugo & Frankie Watson
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f clearing your mind, improving your posture, balance and flexibility sound good to you; then you definitely need to give yoga a try. A yoga workout contains a series of poses or postures focusing on inhaling and exhaling. Proper yoga practice asks that you inhale through your nose and exhale through your month; expanding your diaphragm muscle and then completely emptying your lungs. This deep breath improves circulation, your ability to stretch further into the poses and rids your body of toxins. There are many different methods and schools of yoga. Instructor Nick Mitchell takes an athletic approach to the traditional yoga practice. He enjoys the benefits from fundamental yoga practice but challenges himself and others to add weight to improve core strength. He incorporates free weights into many of his postures to not only improve core strength but increase your flexibility and balance. For those that feel more comfortable with a rack of dumbbells nearby, Nick’s “Iron Yoga” class is definitely your speed. The fact that you can find your center, clear your mind and work out your core all at the same time, speaks volumes about how dynamic and engaging Nick’s class is. Stretching is too often overlooked by many fitness enthusiasts but stretching is extremely important for muscle recovery and helps prevent potential injuries. In order for your muscles to recover properly and to ensure that you receive the most from your workout you have to stretch. The stretching aspect of yoga is very beneficial for the addicted Bodyteker or gym goer. Bodytek now offers a “Stretch, Strength, & Stability” class taught by Derick Pierson which is another great way to improve your flexibility, strength and balance. Bodytek: Never The Same Workout Bodytek is a new and revolutionary total body workout program which is scientifically designed to improve your fitness level through interval cardio and strength training. At Bodytek we provide our clients with group personal training. Group personal training will make achieving your fitness goals more enjoyable and motivating than you ever thought possible. Visit bodytekfitness.com or our two Locations: Wilton Manors (Recently Expanded) and Davie.Classes offered: Total Body, Abs Core & Cardio, Spinning, Yoga and Pilates
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Double Life
New Book Details Life for Gay Power Couple in Hollywood
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illions of viewers tuned in graphics, and I just didn’t dream I might sexuality was an open secret in Hollywood, to the Golden Globe awards win,” Sunshine recalled even if they were married. earlier this year and witnessed When his name was announced, “there “There was a list of actors that the studios a rambling coming out speech was no Alan,” Sunshine said. “He was in watched out for: Cary Grant, Randolph from actress Jodie Foster that set the nation Palm Springs and we didn’t get to share Scott, Rock Hudson,” he said. “In those days, abuzz. Two Palm Beach men, both major that moment. I was so angry and hurt and they married to cover it up.” names in the industry, know firsthand what confused.” For a time, the couple lived across the a big deal Foster’s public admission turned Practically finishing Sunshine’s sentence, street from Hudson. They didn’t know him out to be. Shayne added, “I vowed it will never well, but he did have male “friends,” as was Alan Shayne and Norman Sunshine met happen again. Later, when I was nominated the term at the time, who lived with him, more than 50 years ago in New York and for an Emmy for The Bourne Identity (a too. When their house burned, Hudson shared both a romance and careers that television spin-off of the motion picture), insisted the couple stay in his home. would take them from the lights of Broadway which I produced, fortunately, I didn’t win. And while more and more celebrities have to the glitz of Hollywood. Everything is changing, they all kiss and come out publicly, there are still many more They recently told their story in a book, thank their lovers.” in the closet. Double Life, A Love Story from Broadway to Shayne insists the couple managed to live “Rumors still swirl,” Sunshine admitted, Hollywood that will be featured in a special relatively openly: “but we respect the entertainers who still Lunch and Learn program at the Kravis “We never hid the fact, we just didn’t choose to keep their lives private.” Center in West Palm Beach on Monday, Feb. throw it in their faces,” he said. “When Norman and I started, I was an 11. For some gay actors and executives, their actor, and if people knew you were gay, you Shayne climbed the ranks to would never get sent out (to become president of Warner audition) for a part unless it was Bros. Television, while his a character role. Even today, partner Sunshine was an you don’t see many ‘romantic internationally acclaimed leading men’ coming out,” artist, illustrator and sculptor. Shayne said. “If somebody like They lived together openly, Hugh Jackman came out, it but followed the strict code might hurt their career.” that guided life for gay couples The book also includes in the entertainment industry. anecdotes about the couple’s Ironically, Sunshine wrote encounters with Marlon an op-ed for the New York Brando, Katharine Hepburn, Times in 2011 that was called Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Before the Emmys were Gay, Robert Redford and more, which first described his own before coming to a surprising experience at a major awards and romantic event in the show at the podium. couple’s life. At Shayne’s insistence, Despite the public’s Sunshine created graphics for fascination with celebrity one of his shows, a Valentine’s lives, the couple had a difficult Day special, Addie and the time getting major publishing King of Hearts. Shayne secretly houses to consider their submitted it for an Emmy and manuscript. it won! But who would he take “One publisher told us gays to the awards ceremony? don’t read books,” Sunshine Warner Bros. had been said with a laugh. hesitant to appoint Shayne “Major publishing houses because of his orientation really don’t know how to and friends advised them not market a story like ours and to attend together. They were thought it would be a losing already used to attending proposition,” Shayne added, business functions separately, again finishing Sunshine’s often with a female friend or thought. associate on their arms. But they did find a publisher “I was up against one of and the response has been Alan’s other shows, Wonder overwhelming for the couple, Woman, which had wonderful who have received hundreds The Cover of Double Life, A Love Story from Browadway to Hollywood.
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and hundreds of letters from readers. Many have gay or lesbian family members or relate to aspects of the couple’s love story and long relationship. “We never prosthelytize or push gay rights. We’ve never been standard bearers, but that’s why the book works,” said Shayne. But the couple also acknowledges that the book has made them role models—not only for long, loving relationships, but also surviving in a competitive industry. “We wanted to show young people that there is a chance for happiness and a good life. In our day, there was no material out there. We started with nothing, living in a walk-up in Second Ave. in New York, and here we are looking out over the Intracoastal (waterway),” said Sunshine. At the Lunch and Learn session at the Kravis Center, a video will be shown that captures many of the high points of the couple’s careers and Lee Wolf will interview them about some of the stories in their book. Copies will also be available for sale.
If You Go What: Lunch and Learn: Authors Alan Shayne & Norman Sunshine on Double Life: A Love Story from Broadway to Hollywood, Interviewed by Lee Wolf When: Monday, February 11, 11:30 am Where: Kravis Center, West Palm Beach How Much: $75, RSVP requested by Thursday, Feb. 7 For More Info: www.Kravis.org
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t’s not too late to catch The Whole Caboodle, a collection of short plays by award-winning gay playwright Michael McKeever, Thursday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. through Feb. 24 at the Studio Theatre at Mizner Park, 201 Plaza Real in Boca Raton. Tickets are $35 and $40 at ParadeProductions.org. Philadelphia Orchestra’s music director,Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conducts the orchestra
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Celebrity wedding planner David Tutera will be sharing tips at Macy’s at Dadeland Mall
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If you’ve never experienced the electricity of a show at the Royal Room, this is the perfect opportunity to enjoy wonderful food and music.
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he Colony Hotel’s Royal Room is one of the favorite places for the royalty of the cabaret circuit to perform. Tonight, Tony Award-winning actress and singer Christine Ebersole (Grey Gardens) opens for a five-night run at the ritzy Palm Beach hotel. She’ll be joined by jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein for a program of all the favorite standards from the American Songbook. If you’ve never experienced the electricity of a show at the Royal Room, this is the perfect opportunity to enjoy wonderful food and music. Tickets are $60-150. Call 561-659-8100 for reservations.
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ondays are a great day to check out the local museums. Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, 1 E. Las Olas, is featuring foto fort lauderdale, a collection of high quality photographic exhibitions by leading artists. Photos by Diane Arbus, Elliott Erwitt and Vic Muniz, all on loan from private local collectors are currently on display. While you’re there, browse the books and enjoy a light lunch on the patio courtesy of Books & Books. The museum is open daily, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. with extended hours on Thursdays until 7 p.m., and Sundays from 12 – 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults. For more information, go to MOAFL.org.
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hen it comes to small theaters, few of them in South Florida can match the quality of Slow Burn Theatre in West Boca. Show after show brings audiences dazzling performances featuring the best of the best local talent the region has to offer. The company is known for producing lesser-known shows and their latest, Side Show, is no exception, having only a threemonth run on Broadway in 1997. The show follows real life conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton from their start in a Side Show, to their big break and beyond. The show touches on their successes, their losses, their loves and most importantly their desire to fit in. Side Show will tug on the heart of every LGBT person, who grew up feeling different or like a “freak,” who hoped and prayed to be “normal.” That’s why it’s a must see show for the local gay community. I was transfixed from the moment the show opened up with “Come Look At The Freaks.” Sometimes more is better. Rather than compete with one another, the two leading ladies, playing Daisy and Violet, Kaela Antolino and Courtney Poston perfectly complemented each other, and were in sync the entire show. But it was their rendition of “Who Will Love Me As I Am?” and “I Will Never Leave You” that truly moved me, and much of the audience. Both performances were spellbinding. Antolino and Poston effortlessly commanded the stage throughout the show, giving us their all. Their passion, their believability, all of it came together neatly.
The ladies in the show weren’t the only ones, though, that gave outstanding performances. The three leading men Terry (Matthew Korinko), Buddy (Rick Pena), and Jake (Jerel Brown) were also notable, especially in their respective big numbers. Besides the talent, the story itself, was moving and touching and unlike many shows of today, it did not end as I expected, leaving me stunned but satisfied by the finale. “I’m not a fan of musicals but this one blew me away, especially the unforeseen ending,” commented my colleague Gideon Grudo. “I’m a fan of endings like this. They both got what they wanted, just not in the way they wanted it.”
If You Go What: Side Show Where: Slow Burn Theatre at West Boca High, 12811 West Glades Rd. Boca Raton When: Through Feb. 10 How Much: $20-$35 For more information: SlowBurnTheatre.org
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Journey to the Grammys
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Janis”), Ella Fitzgerald and Stella Adler. She also discloses an abusive relationship with her husband; but shares the joy of her samesex marriage in Canada to her partner of twenty-four years, Patricia Snyder. In an email interview with SFGN, Ian discussed the Grammys, same-sex marriage, and what she loves about touring.
What was your reaction when you first heard the news about the Grammy nomination? Photo by Peter Cunningham
inger-songwriter Janis Ian takes listeners on an emotional journey as she narrates the audio version of her 2008 autobiography Society’s Child. Her voice — spoken as well as in song — reverberates with the pathos and exuberance of her experience. It is clear why this work is nominated for Best Spoken Word Album at the 2013 Grammys. Best known for “At Seventeen,” a 1976 Grammy award-winning song that speaks
Stunned…Pat and I were watching the preGrammy show. Pat found it online first, and said, “Congratulations, honey,” but I didn’t believe it until we checked two other sites.
I would never have dreamed, in my lifetime, that we’d be able to get married anywhere. To live in the South and speak openly about my relationship, to hold hands in the street, is astonishing. And yet, I try to keep in mind that in many other countries, women are still circumcised, girls are sold into marriage or slavery when they’re prepubescent, and gay people are stoned to death. Still, the more progress we make, the more hopeful I am.
What do you enjoy the most about touring?
I love the audiences, I love playing and singing, I love meeting people after the shows and saying hi. The 55th Grammys air Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 8 PM on CBS. Janis Ian is scheduled to perform in South Florida on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at the River of Grass Café in Davie. Tickets are $40 at www.riverofgrass.org.
Has your response to this kind of recognition changed over the years?
It’s a lot more exciting now! I don’t have a major label behind me, or even a minor label. Audible.com was new to the process so there wasn’t any politicking on their end. It was all very organic.
In the book Society’s Child, you discuss how the music business has and hasn’t changed. Can you talk more about some ways you would like it to change? Are there ways in which the music business has improved?
It’s gone from a business to an industry with billions at stake. There are Singer-Songwriter Janis Ian, Grammy 2013 Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album tens of thousands more artists, producers, studios, to teenage insecurities, Ian’s path to musical writers than there were when I was coming fame started in 1965 when she wrote the song up and much less filtering. That’s good and “Society’s Child” at the age of fourteen. The bad. It’s improved because it’s much more audio book recounts how some audiences accessible to everyone, worldwide. You objected to the interracial relationship in don’t have to hunt down a neighbor or friend “Society’s Child.” Despite having to confront who has an album of African music. You can racist audience members, Ian found the just find it online. But in some ways it’s a lot courage to keep getting onstage, connecting harder for the cream to rise to the top. with fans that supported her. Throughout the book, Ian plays music, Can you discuss your thoughts on shares stories about mentors as diverse as how the issue of same-sex marriage Janis Joplin (who called herself “the other is developing in the U.S.?
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Michael Feinstein returns to South Florida this weekend with a program of music by George Gershwin.
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Saturday, Feb. 9 for a performance at the Kravis Center, this time performing the works of Gershwin and his lyricist brother, Ira. Feinstein has a special connection to the music of the Gershwins: As a young man in 1977, Feinstein was introduced to Ira, who hired him to catalog an extensive collection of phonograph records. Feinstein’s assignments grew, leading to a
six-year stint researching, cataloging and preserving unpublished sheet music and rare recordings. Not only did this work secure the legacy of the Gershwin brothers, it set in motion a whirlwind career for the young musician. “The years between 20 and 26 are important in anyone’s life, but I had the great advantage of being in (Ira Gershwin’s) world and learning about life and music,” Feinstein recalled. “It was a very heady experience.” Thirty years later, he compiled his experiences in a memoir, The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs with an accompanying CD that serve as the inspiration for his latest tour. “I haven’t done a full Gershwin show in many years,” explained Feinstein, who described the performance with a 17-piece big band as a “whole lot of wonderful.” In addition to the music, he’ll be sharing stories from his time in the Gershwin home. “One of the things I’ve discovered is that people are fascinated by the stories, especially the funny ones,” he said. Years from now, Feinstein’s legacy will include his steadfast efforts to preserve the Great American Songbook. In addition to producing several performance series for PBS, Feinstein became the artistic director of The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana, outside Indianapolis, in 2009. The $170-million-center is home to three theaters and the Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative, a national effort to promote the classic songs to a new generation. “It’s all part of an effort to keep the Songbook alive for thousands and thousands of kids who are interested in music,” said Feinstein. “Really, the songs survive because they are chameleon-like. They can be interpreted and well performed.” Feinstein proved exactly that two years
ago when he teamed up with Cheyenne Jackson for a series of performances that included some of the most popular love songs of stage and screen, sung by two openly gay men, and resulted in a critically acclaimed album, The Power of Us. “Working with any artist creates a synergy or specific point of view that is organic. With Cheyenne, we set out to produce a recording that expresses who we are. There was no intention to create a show that was gay,” he said, “but we both decided to do songs that reflect our beliefs and how we’d like to see the world.” For example, We Kiss in a Shadow from The King and I, has a very different meaning today. When it was written more than 60 years ago, it spoke about forbidden love between people of different races. “By virtue of two out men performing them, it is a statement,” he added.
If You Go What: Michael Feinstein Where: Kravis Center, West Palm Beach When: Saturday, Feb. 9, 8 p.m. How Much: $25 and up For more information: www.Kravis.org
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What Would it Be Like? Playwright Explores Relationships in Era of Proposition 8 By J.W. Arnold He’s a real gentleman and I am such a fan of his work. It’s nice to know The Timekeepers will finally be presented down here in South Florida at Island City Stage under the direction of Michael Leeds. I can’t wait to see it!” Photo Courtesy of Dan Clancy
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he eyes of the LGBT community will be on the nation’s capital this spring as the Supreme Court finally determines the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the controversial ballot measure that reversed a short lived period of marriage equality in California. A new work by gay playwright Dan Clancy examines relationships within the rocky context of the protracted legal fight over the measure. Entitled, Proposition 8, the play looks at gay relationships and the effect marriage equality might bring to a gay couple. Clancy’s play will be presented on Monday, Feb. 11 in a staged reading at Lynn University in Boca Raton. The performance will be directed by well-known gay director Stuart Meltzer of Zoetic Stage as part of Jan McArt’s Florida New Play Readings series at the Wold Performing Arts Center. “As a playwright, the reading gives me the valuable opportunity to really hear the dialogue,” Clancy explained, “and because we have several days of rehearsals with experienced actors and a director, I can see what works, what doesn’t and make changes.” In New York City, readings of new plays are barely rehearsed, let alone staged, making participation in the Lynn University series a rare opportunity for any playwright, he emphasized. Clancy, who now splits his time between Fire Island and South Florida with his husband,, got his start writing plays years ago while teaching drama at a New York City area middle school. Because so few ageappropriate plays were available at the time, he would write his own and then cast his students. “The kids were at such a challenging stage, both emotionally and physically,” explained Clancy, “and there just wasn’t anything out there.” After leaving teaching, he turned his efforts to more adult topics. His 2006 play, The Timekeepers, was a big hit, telling the moving story of two prisoners in a German concentration camp: A Jewish artisan and a gay hustler. The play has been performed Off Broadway and around the world to critical acclaim and will be produced in Fort Lauderdale next season. Tony Finstrom, a local gay playwright who has had his latest play read as part of the Lynn series, said of Clancy, “Dan has been a pleasure to work with through this process.
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If You Go What: Proposition 8 by Dan Clancy Jan McArt’s Florida New Play Readings Where: Wold Performing Arts Center, Lynn University, Boca Raton
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When: Monday, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m. How Much: Tickets $10 For more information: Go to Events.Lynn.edu
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Wicked Returns Another amazing cast
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icked is one of those shows that everyone must see at least once. The story follows Elphaba, the wicked witch of the west, and Glinda, the good witch of the north, starting out just before Dorothy Gale of Kansas arrives and ending at the same time the Wizard of Oz ends. Jenna De Waal and Christine Dwyer were both fantastic in their roles as Glinda and Elphaba. This being my second time seeing the show, I knew its parts, scenes and songs fairly well, but the second time around was so much sweeter. I picked up on bits and pieces that escaped me the first time, making the songs that much more meaningful from “Dancing Through Life” and “Defying Gravity” to “Popular” and “No Good Deed.” It was Defying Gravity though that stood out above the rest. Dwyer, as Elphaba, sang her heart out and gave the audience everything she had. “It sheds a whole new light, and adds a particularly clever twist on the original story of the Wizard of Oz,” said Jeff Wolmetz of Delray Beach. “I love the show. It was absolutely amazing. This is my fifth time seeing it. To me all of the Elphaba’s have
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always looked and sounded alike. In this show Glinda was fantastic, but didn’t seem as ditzy as some of the other Ginda’s I’ve seen play the role.”
If You Go What: Wicked When: Through Feb. 17 Where: Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Ave Fort Lauderdale How Much: $44.50-$169.50 For More Info: www.BrowardCenter.org
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Maltz Theatre Raises Doubt: A Parable By Donald Cavanaugh
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udiences should not doubt that they be will be affected by the doubt harbored by the cynical Sister Aloysius Beauvier when she learns that gregarious and well-liked Fr. Brendan Flynn has held a one-on-one “counseling session” with the school’s first black student, Donald Muller. “The audience has to pay attention so they don’t miss connections and threads of the story which may still leave them wondering when the play ends,” said J. Barry Lewis, award winning director at West Palm Beach Dramaworks who is directing Doubt: A Parable at the Maltz. “Were the nun’s suspicions justified? Did the priest do anything or not?” The action takes place in 1964 at St. Nicholas High School, a fictional Catholic school in the Bronx. Sister Aloysius, school principal, runs a tight ship and has little patience for those who fall under her suspicion – of any foible or failing.
“Society was looking at absolutes and discovering that many of them weren’t so absolute after all,” Lewis said. “It’s one of the things I like about the play. It’s not just entertainment although it is well constructed with a spare narrative.” A naïve and inexperienced young nun, Sister James plays counterpoint to Sister Aloysius’s bitter cynicism and seems willing to give Father Brendan the ‘benefit of the doubt,’ slightly dulling the sharpness of the older nun’s position. Although the action takes place almost 40 years ago, the nun’s suspicion will resonate with the recent headlines about priests sexually abusing children in their care. No doubt audience members will experience doubt as well, but not just the nun’s doubt of the priest. Rather the nun’s own rigid doubt may cause audiences to question the validity of her suspicions. Aloysius meets with Donald Muller’s mother to see what she may learn. Mrs. Muller’s resignation to the possibility of the priest molesting her son as a relief from paternal beatings for ‘being that way’ obviously shocks and saddens her. Push comes to shove between the two antagonists and Aloysius confronts Flynn in front of young James. Threats are made from both sides until Aloysius plays what appears to be a winning card telling Flynn she called his previous assignment and learned of many earlier accusations. Soon after that, Flynn is promoted to another parish and school as a pastor. Later Aloysius tells James that she never made the call. A star-studded cast of local award winners and many-time nominees is under Lewis’ direction. “I am so pleased to be returning for the fifth time to the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, and to Jim Ballard and Maureen Anderman in Doubt - A Parable at be working with such the
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an extraordinary company on such a timely and gripping story of change,” Lewis said. Maureen Anderman is Sister Aloysius faced off against Jim Ballard as Fr. Brendan Flynn. Julie Kleiner is Sister James and Karen Stephens plays Mrs. Muller. Doubt: A Parable, was written by John Patrick Shanley in 2004. It opened offBroadway at the Manhattan Theatre on November 23, 2004 and moved to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in March 2005 where it played 525 performances and 24 previews. It won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for best play. A film adaptation was released in 2008 starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis. All four received Academy Award nominations for their roles at the 81st Academy Awards. Coincidentally Andrews Arts Living Studio in Fort Lauderdale is also producing Doubt: A Parable, which runs from Feb. 8 – Feb. 23. Visit www.andrewslivingarts.com for tickets and more information.
If You Go What: Doubt: A Parable When: Feb. 5 – Feb. 17 Where: Maltz Theatre in Jupiter How Much: $46 and up For More Info: JupiterTheatre.org 561-575-2223
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Just Imagine
Just Imagine stars Tim Piper as John Lennon in a play that transports the audience to a world where Lennon lives again. Now playing this Sunday, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Amaturo Theater. The Los Angeles theatrical hit features many of the best-loved hits by the famous Beatle. Tickets are $45 and $35. Visit BrowardCenter.org
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Theater Broward County *The Rover
Aphra Behn’s seventeenth century sex comedy is adapted and directed by Nicole Stodard. The Rover is playing between Feb. 8 and March 3 at the Thinking Cap Theatre. Tickets are $35 for adults, $30 for seniors and military service members, and $20 for students who are 25 and under with valid I.D. Visit Thinkingcaptheatre.com
Michael Kaeshammer
Gold Coast Jazz Society presents a performance from Canadian pianist Michael Kaeshammer in Going to the Mardi Gras on Friday, Feb. 8 at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are $40. Visit ParkerPlayhouse.com
New Shanghai Circus
New Shanghai Circus will be presented as a Smart Stage Matinee on Friday, Feb.15 at 10 a.m. The Circus features acrobats, jugglers and contortionists who defy gravity. Tickets are $6 for individual seats, $5.50 for groups of 10 or more and $3 for lap seats for infants 12 months and under. Visit ParkerPlayhouse.com
The Ultimate Elvis Show
The Broward Center presents Blue Suede Shoes - Love Me Tender: The Ultimate Elvis Show featuring Scot Bruce and Mike Albert Sunday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. Bruce pays tribute to a young Elvis, and joins Albert, who is acclaimed around the globe as “the world’s finest Elvis impressionist” for his performances with the Big “E” Band. Tickets are $27.50 and $37.50 Visit ParkerPlayhouse.com
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Alan Parsons Live Project
Alan Parsons Live Project on Monday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. as part of Parson’s Greatest Hits Tour 2013. The British rock pioneer began his musical career as a sound engineer working with The Beatles, Al Stewart, Cockney Rebel and Pilo, but solidified his reputation through his work on Pink Floyd’s iconic album Dark Side of the Moon. Tickets are $45.50 and $65.50. Visit ParkerPlayhouse.com
Songwriter’s Showcase
Chrystal Hartigan presents Songwriter’s Showcase on Monday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. in the Abdo New River Room. Return to the days of 1960s Greenwich Village coffeehouses as musicians from around the world perform while an open mic segment lets hopefuls try out material in front of a welcoming audience. Admission is $10 at the door and a cash bar is available. Visit BrowardCenter.org
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Stephanie Powers stars in the national tour of Matthew Lombardo’s madcap comedy Looped from Tuesday, Feb. 26 – Sunday, March 3. Ticket prices are $28, $46.50 and $66.50. Visit ParkerPlayhouse.com
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change comes to the Amaturo Theater Wednesday, Feb. 13 through Saturday, Feb.16. This Broadway musical hit features a collection of scenes and songs scaling the full spectrum of male/female relationships, including lampoons of first dates, pre-marital jitters, post-marital complaints, divorces and all the trials and tribulations of dealing with the opposite sex. Tickets are $35. Visit BrowardCenter.org
Wicked
Tony Bennett
Looped
Wicked now through Sunday, Feb. 17 in the Au-Rene Theater. Before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in Oz. How they grow into the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for “the most complete - and completely satisfying - new musical in a long time” (USA Today). Tickets range from $34.50 to $154.50, club level seats are $139.50. Visit BrowardCenter.org
No Bullies Allowed!
Presented as Smart Stage Matinees, No Bullies Allowed! comes to the Amaturo Theater on Friday, February 1 at 10 and 11:30 a.m. The story takes place at Enchanted Elementary where a famous Big Bad fairytale creature bullies others. Tickets are $6 for individual seats, $5.50 for groups of 10 or more and $3 lap seats are available for infants 12 months and under. Visit BrowardCenter.org
Barbershop Harmony Salutes Disney
The Sunrise, Fla. chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society presents songs from such movies as The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Dumbo, Beauty and the Beast and more, performed in the all-American style of a cappella singing this Saturday, Feb. 2 at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $15. Visit BrowardCenter.org
Bennett returns to South Florida with a concert in the AuRene Theater on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. His hits include the Grammy-winning “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” as well as “I Wanna Be Around,” and “The Good Life”. Tickets are $51, $76, $101, $126 and $151, with Club Level seats available for $161. Visit BrowardCenter.org
Melanie
Singer-songwriter Melanie will perform in the Amaturo Theater on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. With a talent that combines amazing vocal equipment, disarming humor and a vibrant engagement with life, she has created hits including “Beautiful People,” Brand New Key,” “Ruby Tuesday,” “What Have They Done To My Song Ma” and “Lay Down (Candles In The Rain).” Tickets are $25 and $35. Visit BrowardCenter.org
Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad
This musical drama and tribute to the great American is being presented as a part of the Smart Stage Matinee Series on Friday, Feb. 22 at 10 and 11:30 a.m. in the Amaturo Theater. Tickets are $6 for individuals, $5.50 for groups of 10 or more and $3 lap seats for infants 12 months and under. Visit BrowardCenter.org
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The Magic Flute
See Mozart’s operatic masterpiece on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater. The prince Tamino must rescue the daughter of a queen from the hands of Sarastro. As his quest nears its end, Tamino begins to realize who the real villain is. Tickets range from $21 to $200. Visit BrowardCenter.org
Russian National Orchestra
The Russian National Orchestra performs Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater. Vasily Petrenko leads the Orchestra in a program featuring Barry Douglas on piano and including: Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio Espagnol Op.34;” Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1 No. 2 in B-flat minor, and Op.23” Tickets are $35, $50, $65, $80 and $95, with Club Level seats available for $125. Visit BrowardCenter.org
Eating Alabama
The Southern Circuit Independent Film Series continues with Eating Alabama on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Following the screening, the film’s director and producer Andrew Grace will engage in the audience in a discussion about the film and his other work as a filmmaker. Tickets are $15 with subscription packages available. Visit Miramarculturalcenter. org
Tosca
The Miramar Cultural Center and Teatro Lirica D’Europa presents Puccini’s Tosca on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Opera Series. This opera is a drama of love, deathdefying loyalty and deceit. Sponsored by Novus Realty, LLC, the performance features a live orchestra and is sung in Italian with projected English subtitles. Tickets are $40 and $45, for more information call 954-602-4500.
Laffing Matterz
Laffing Matterz continues at the Broward Center Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. and selected Sundays throughout the season at 4:30 p.m. Taking on the latest scandal, social media, current events and everything in-between, Laffing Matterz combines dinner theater with topical satire. Admission is $59 and $65 and includes the show, dinner with house salad and warm sourdough bread. Visit BrowardCenter.org
Palm Beach County *Chapter Two
Through Feb.10. Chapter Two. Plaza Theatre, 262 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan. Recent widower George Schneider starts again but after a series of bad match ups he falls further into a depression until he meets Jennie Malone who’s a real keeper. Follow their bumpy journey to Dreamland for these not-so-young lovers. The plot is loosely based on Neil Simon’s marriage to Marsha Mason. Call 561-588-1820 or visit ThePlazaTheatre.net
*Ehel Waters
Through Feb. 10. Ethel Waters: His Eye Is On The Sparrow. Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW 9th, Delray Beach. This musical biography tells the story of one of America’s greatest entertainers, Ethel Waters. Call 561-272-1281 Ext. 4 or visit DelrayBeachPlayHouse.com
*Gloucester Blue
Through Feb. 13. The Theatre at Arts Garage,180 NE First Street, Delray Beach. Noted playwright Israel Horovitz’s dark comedy of sex, murder, and mayhem. As two painters apply the specific “blue” selected by the lady of the house, old connections are revealed and mounting sexual tensions explode when her husband returns home and uncovers the numerous scandals that have erupted. Call 561-450-6357 or visit ArtsGarage.org
*Tribute to Judy Garland
Feb. 25. Plaza Theatre, 262 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan. Starring Melissa Jacobson at 7:30 p.m., featuring a songbook of numbers like “The Trolley Song,” “Get Happy,” “You Made Me Love You” and “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” Call 561-588-1820 or visit ThePlazaTheatre.net
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Miami-Dade Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class
The City of Aventura presents Cabaret Class from Thursday, Feb. 7 through Sunday, Feb. 10. Christine Mild stars as a “onenun” tour-de-force. Performances are: Thursday, February 7 at 8 p.m.; Friday, February 8 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, February 9 at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, February 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $36.50. Visit AventuraCenter.org
Ellis Island: Gateway to a Dream
The high-spirited musical journey Ellis Island: Gateway to a Dream will be presented Monday, Feb. 11 at 10 and 11:30 a.m. It follows a group of immigrants whose experiences are typical of the thousands who came to America in the early 1900’s. Tickets are $10 for individual seats and $3 for lap seats for infants 12 months and under. Visit AventuraCenter.org
The Well Digger’s Daughter
The Aventura Foreign Film Series screens The Well Digger’s Daughter on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. In pre-World War II France, a father is torn between his honor and his saintly daughter when she gets in trouble with the son of a shopkeeper. This film is shown in French with English subtitles and there is a discussion afterward. Tickets are $10. Visit AventuraCenter.org
Canciones de Broadway
The City of Aventura presents Canciones de Broadway with Carla Bordonada on Friday, Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. Now, Puerto Rican born cabaret star Carla Bordonada performs “Somewhere,” “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”, “Impossible Dream” and more. Tickets are $34.50. Visit AventuraCenter.org
Stories of a Seared Childhood
The City of Aventura’s First Person Singular: Adventures in Solo Storytelling Series continues with Where There’s Smoke, There’s Dinner: Stories of a Seared Childhood Featuring Regi Carpenter on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. St. Lawrence River rat and award-winning storyteller Carpenter gleans stories from four generations of her eccentric family in Clayton, N.Y. that are equally heartbreaking and side-splitting. Tickets are $25. Visit AventuraCenter.org
Jazz Around the World
Zameru Investment presents Jazz Around the World on Friday, February 22 at 8:30 p.m. This journey through jazz culture features artists such as Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald. It incorporates jazz of various eras and countries, and adaptations of other genres. Tickets are $35 with $50 V.I.P. tickets, which include a post-show champagne toast with the company. Visit AventuraCenter.org
Hal Linden
The City of Aventura presents a performance by Tony Awardwinner Hal Linden on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Linden presents an entertaining combination of songs, ranging from classic pop to jazz standards, Broadway and feature film tunes, standards from the American and theatrical musings highlighting memorable moments from his life and career. Tickets are $36.50 and $41.50. Visit AventuraCenter.org
Story Pirates
Local students are the playwrights of the hilarious and interactive performance by Story Pirates on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 11 a.m. as the final show in the Family Theater Series. Every show is unique as teaching artists and performers also take suggestions from the audience to create stories on the spot. Tickets are $15. Visit Miramarculturalcenter.org
Harlem Gospel Choir
Made up of the finest singers and musicians from various churches in Harlem, N.Y., the Harlem Gospel Choir will perform on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. as part of the Signature Series. The choir performs songs of inspiration that touch the depths of the soul and raises spirits to angelic heights. Tickets are $35, $40 and $45 with subscription packages available. Visit Miramarculturalcenter.org
Broadway in Miami 2012-13
Ziff Ballet Opera House will hold the Broadway In Miami spectacle through May 12. Experience the return of Les Misérables - in its lavish new 25th anniversary production, along with the Miami premieres of Broadway’s biggest funfilled hits - including the high-stepping Mary Poppins, the outlandishly colorful Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the Rock of Ages -- a 2010 Tony Award winner. Visit Arshtcenter.org
Feb. 15 to Feb. 24. Studio One Theatre, FAU Boca Raton. Regular tickets $20. A 1973 play, which made its way to Broadway and written by Peter Shaffer, tells the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man convicted of blinding six horses. Call 1-800-564-9539 or visit FAUevents. com
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6th Annual I Care I Cure 5K Run
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Floral Designs for the Holidays
Water, Sports and Travel Festival
Free Nicotine Patches Did you know that LGBT people are more likely to smoke than most any other population group in the United States? Being around other Smokers can make it more difficult for people in our communities to quit. But many of us are trying, and the Quit Smoking Now Program in Wilton Manors is here to show us how to quit and stay without smoking. Visit My.vcita.com/MyQuitCoach QuitsmokingWM. com or call 305-942-6378
The first-ever Water, Sports & Travel Festival, presented by leading water sports organizations will be held at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center and several locations throughout Greater Fort Lauderdale from April 26-28. The Festival exhibition will feature four co-located shows including “The Board Show”, “The Dive Show”, “The Boating & Water Toys Show”, and “The Travel Show.” Visit Wstfest.com
“Flower Designs for the Holidays”. Janice Hamlin, Master Flower Show Judge from the Manatee River Garden Club in Bradenton, Florida will inspire us by demonstrating the creation of flower designs for the holidays. Call 954-561-8475. Visit FLGardenClub@gmail.com
LGBT Quit Smoking Groups
The 6th Annual I Care I Cure…I Run 5K and Family Fun Day! is on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 a.m. at the BB&T Center (formerly BankAtlantic Center), 1 Panther Parkway, Sunrise, Florida. Register online at: www.icareicure.org, Adults $25 and Children $20. The I Care I Cure Childhood Cancer Foundation supports the development of, and raises public awareness about, cutting-edge research for targeted therapies for childhood cancer. Contact Sue Trilling at 800-807-8013
Island City-Wide Yard Sale
Annual Island city-wide yard sale. The Yard Sales are held at Hagen Park, 2020 Wilton Drive, on the second Saturday of the month through April 2013 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The City Yard Sales spaces will be available to purchase. February 9. Last year, the yard sales hosted from 60 to 90 vendors, so register early while there is still space. More info call the Leisure Services Department at 954-390-2115 or 954-390-2130.
The Four Noble Truths
We all have certain things that feel to us like true sources of happiness, but which in reality have caused us no end of suffering, time and time again. It is our mind of attachment that continues to deceive us, causing us to relate to these things in mistaken ways, and leading us straight into problems and misfortune. Learn how to break this cycle. $10/class or $30/ series includes vegetarian food after class, members free. Visit MeditationInFortLauderdale.org
Pozitive Attitudes
Topic driven Peer lead support group for gay and bisexual men who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. Meets every Wednesday 7-9 p.m. at the Pride Center 204 N.Dixie Hwy Room 204. Refreshments, no charge, open meeting. PAHereandNow@aol.com www.PozitiveAttitudes.com
Queer Youth Fridays
LGBTQ and allied youth group for people13-21. This Is a drop in group anytime from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. This youth group will be SunServe building on 1480 SW 9th Ave on the second floor. A Safe Space to be yourself! Queer Themed Movie showing at 7 p.m. on Friday nights. This group is a safe hangout to meet new friends, free Wi-Fi to bring your laptop or your iPad, plus board games that you can bring or play the ones that they provide at the group. Visit Sunserve.org/youth/index.htm
GLBX Business Advantage Referral Group
Every Sunday of the month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pre-1980s classic cars, modern classics and custom cars from 1981-2012 will be showcased. $10 car registration from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Show Car Entrance: 20th Avenue & Tyler Street). People’s Choice Award - 2 Classes; Top Ten Vehicles Award. Call 954214-2457
Living Healthy
Fusion in Wilton Manors will be having a free workshop on healthy choices, and healthy living on Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This workshop provides interactive learning, practice and mastery techniques for a healthier and more active life, and positive changes for quality of life. Call 954-630-1655
Life Coaching
Latinos Salud’s Life Coaching program is for Latino gay/bi guys ages 18-44. Come by Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for free one-on-one life coaching with certified CRCS coaches. Set your goals, and meet action steps to make them come true. 2330 Wilton Drive. Call 954-765-6239. Visit Latinossalud. org
Sex & Love Anonymous
S.L.A.A. believes that sex and love addiction is a progressive illness which cannot be cured but which, like many illnesses, can be arrested. It may take several forms -- including, but not limited to, a compulsive need for sex, extreme dependency on one or many people, or a chronic pre-occupation with romance, intrigue, or fantasy. Meets at The Pride Center at Equality Park in Bldg A, Room 200 Fridays 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visit Slaafws.org
Survivor Support
A Survivor Support Group is being held on the first and third Wednesday of each month at the 211 Community Center, 250 NE 33rd Street, in Oakland Park. The Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention (FISP) is sponsoring this free support group and is open to all family members and friends of those who have died by suicide. Call 954-384-0344 to register. Meets from 7-8:30 p.m. Visit Fisponline.org.
Eating Disorder Support
Meets Friday evenings from 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. At Sun Serve’s Wilton Manors location at 2123 Wilton Drive, second floor. A “drop-in” psycho-educational support group. Free. No registration required. Donations welcome. Call 954-764-5150
GLBX Business Advantage Referral Group will be held at the chamber offices on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 8 to 9 a.m. The leads group is looking for additional members. If you are interested joining, please contact Ken Stollar at Kenneth.Stolar@sci-us.com to see if your category is open and to attend as a guest. Visit Ftlchamber.com/index. php?src=gendocs&ref=GLBX_home&category=GLBX
Sunday Jazz Brunch
Queer Youth Nights
Young Adult GLBT
LGBTQ & allied youth 13-21 are welcome any time after 6 p.m. at the SunServe building on Wilton Drive for a great place to meet new friends, play board games and a Queer Themed Movie at 7 p.m. Email Afrosch@sunServe.org
Multiple programs/groups for bi/gay Latino guys. Latinos Salud’s SOMOS for guys 18 to 30. Proceeds benefit Latinos Salud with HIV Prevention and testing. Join Core Group every Thursday night at 7 p.m., to help plan activities. Also offers Popular Opinion Leader group for guys ages 25 to 44 and a Life Coaching program for guys ages 18 to 44. On Monday-Friday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. free one-on-one life coaching with certified CRCS coaches. 2330 Wilton Drive. Call 954-533-8681 or visit Latinossalud.org
Man2Man Discussion
Man2Man Discussion Group meets at the Pride Center on Mondays from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Any subject may be discussed. Members regularly reassemble afterwards for ‘repast’ at The Courtyard, PeterPan Diner. Visit Glccsf.org
Meditation After Work
On Mondays from 6-6:30 p.m. there will be Guided meditation w/ western Buddhist teacher Gui Passow. Looking for a way to rest and re-charge before starting your evening? Come in for a free guided meditation to clear your mind at the end of the day. This class is free at Drolma Buddhist Center. Call 954-537-9191 or visit meditationinfortlauderdale.org
Buddhist Meditation Classes
First Sunday of every month. An ideal way to relax and enjoy Fort Lauderdale’s scenic Riverwalk. Live, outdoor concert series bringing the area’s best local jazz artists. Listen to the soulful sounds on four different stages. Well-behaved, leashed pets welcome. Plenty of room for chairs, blankets and picnic baskets. A social group open to all LGBT people ages 18-35. Meets Fridays at the Pride Center in Wilton Manors from 7:15-9 p.m. Meeting starts with a discussion on current events followed by introductions and then a group activity. Visit PrideCenterFlorida.org/contact-us
Boardwalk Friday Fest
Latinos Salud’s programs
All the happiness there is in the world arises from wishing others to be happy. By abandoning self-centered thoughts and replacing them with the belief that others are important, we will overcome our suffering and find true happiness inside our own hearts. $10/class or $30/series includes vegetarian food after class. Call The Drolma Buddhist Center at 954-537-9191.
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Dream Car Classic
Come out to Hollywood Beach Theatre East of A1A at Johnson St and the ocean. Admission: Free every Friday of every month. Live jazz, blues, pop and everything in between along Hollywood’s signature 2.5 mile boardwalk. Charming oceanfront cafes and restaurants serve up delicious innovative cuisine while you enjoy the best array of live music and tropical ocean breezes. Visit Hollywoodfl.org or call 954924-2980
Toastmasters
Most Toastmasters meetings are comprised of about 20 people who meet weekly for an hour or so. Participants practice and learn skills by filling a meeting role, ranging from giving a prepared speech or an impromptu one to serving as timer, evaluator or grammarian. Toastmasters meet at the GLCC/ Pride Center Monday at 7:15 p.m. Call Ted Verdone at 954-5662074 or email: Tedverdone@comcast.net
Tuesday Night Eatin Meeting
Tuesday Night Eatin’ Meeting will be held at The Alternative MC Clubhouse at 4322 NE 5th Ave in Oakland Park. Fun, food, and fellowship. There will be hamburgers, hotdogs, all the fixins, cold drinks, desserts, and snacks. Meeting begins at 8 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. Visit Alternativemc.com/events/ florida-events
Gay Male Empowerment
Topic discussions include issues and concerns about being a gay man in South Florida. Meets Thursdays at the Pride Center from 7 - 8:30 p.m. Call 954-353-9155
PFLAG
Meets on the 2nd and 4th Tues. of the month at the Sunshine Cathedral at 1480 SW 9th Avenue to support the parents of LGBTQ youth in Broward. No charge. Visit Community.pflag. org/pflagfortlauderdale
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SunServe Therapy Groups
Provided for the LGBT community at SunServe on a regular basis. Call the Intake Coordinator at 954-764-5150 to learn which therapy groups have openings. Groups Include a Gay Men’s HIV+ Long Time Survivors’ Group, a Safe “T” support group for gender variant adults, an Intimate Partner Abuse group and others. Visit SunServe.org
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Seniors vs. Crime
Seniors vs. Crime is a free service that provides help to seniors who have been victimized by businesses or service providers and need assistance. This event will take place at Mae Volen Senior Center at 1515 W. Palmetto Park Road. By appointment only so call 561-736-3820 or 561-395-8920.
Yoga On The Waterfront
Gay men’s group discussion. Different subject every week. Dr. David Fawcett, a gay therapist, who has been in private practice in Fort Lauderdale for the last ten years, leads the event. No charge. Starts at 7 p.m. Call 954-630-1655.
Lake Pavilion at 101 S. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL / Yoga On The Waterfront in downtown West Palm Beach on Wednesday Evenings at 5:45 p.m. Residents $40 per 8 week session, Non-Residents $50 per 8 week session, Drop-ins $10 per class. To register, please call 561-804-4902.
Women4Women Support
YOGA Among the Orchids
A safe and loving place to explore all the concerns and topics raised by group members. This open drop-in meeting is held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the New Sun Serve Building at 2312 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Call 954-7645150
Man2Man Discussion
Man-2-Man talk is an informal discussion group of gay men, with all age ranges and backgrounds welcomed. Bldg A, Room 206. Visit Glccsf.org/calendar/
Palm Beach County “We Got Love!”
Extend your Valentine celebration with 25 men who have been in, through, and over love, way too many times! Classic love songs, beautiful melodies, and just a touch of sarcasm! Post-concert reception featuring wine and sweet treats (and some savory treats, too!) This concert will be performed by the best chorus group around, The Gay Men’s Chorus of the Palm Beaches. This event will be on Feb. 17 from 4 p.m to 5:30 p.m. at the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Lake Worth. Call 561582-6609 or email SAEpiscopal@aol.com
Coming Out Support Group
Coming Out Support Group for all ages, men and women. Meets every Thursday evening at Compass, GLCC of the Palm Beaches , 201 N. Dixie Highway, Lake Worth, Florida from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Call Forrest @561-479-8313
South Florida Fair
The South Florida Fair is back and better than 18-Feb 3 at the West Palm Beach fair grounds. Bring the whole family out for rides, animals, and some good old fashioned funnel cakes. Tickets are $15 at the gate and kid get in free that are under 5. Visit Southfloridafair.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.main
Lake Worth Bike Night
The Lake Worth bike night is fun, and it’s for a cause. Join loads of people in downtown Lake Worth every Thursday from 7 p.m.-10 p.m.. The event is free and open to bikers and nonbikers. Visit Lakeworthbikenight.com
Alternative Life Style Show Featured guests contribute to the community. All are welcomed to call in. Many give aways and prizes including a contest for free buffets at Isle Capri Casino in Pompano. You can also listen by adding W4CYRADIO to SKYPE or call in at 561-623-9429. Up coming spotlights on parties of interest and special events.
PFLAG
PFLAG is a monthly support, coming out and rap groups for families of & for Gay, Lesbian, Bi, and Transgender people. Meeting in Palm Beach County is at 6:30 on the third Wednesday of the month. Call or email Carol at 561-716-9464 Pflag@pobox.com
New Alternatives
Social group with regular outings and social mixers for LGBTQ ages 18 to 30. This meeting will take place at The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Palm Beach County. Email matthew@compassglcc.com or Visit Compassglcc.com.
Sober Sisters AA
Support group is dedicated for lesbians who are recovering from alcoholism. Meeting happens every Monday at 7 p.m. at Lambda North Clubhouse. Visit LambdaNorth.net
It’s time for Yoga Among the Orchids at the American Orchid Society, 16700 AOS Lane, Delray Beach. Relax and replenish the flower inside with an hour of breathing exercises, toning, and yoga poses under a canopy of lush orchids. Classes are Wed. at 9 a.m. Cost is $20 and RSVP is suggested. Call 561-4042011. Visit OrchidWeb.org
Jazz on the Palm
Jazz on the Palm - Downtown West Palm Beach Waterfront - Gather with friends and family to enjoy the diverse vibrant sounds of jazz under the stars every 3rd Friday of month at the new Downtown West Palm Beach waterfront concert series. Free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs. From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Visit Wpbgo. com/2010/06/jazz-on-the-palm
BrothasSpeak
This group is a black gay men’s discussion group that is held at the Compass in West Palm Beach. Every Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. this group will be directed toward issues for and about black men. Visit Compassglcc.com
Paths
Paths is a social/discussion group held at Compass in Lake Worth. This men’s group takes place every Monday from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Paths men’s group will be discussing relationships, coming out, safer sex issues and more. Visit Compassglcc.com
Yoga
Yoga with Deborah will change your life. Bring a mat and get ready to stretch the stress away every Tuesday at The GLCC in Palm Beach from 6 to 7 p.m. This yoga experience will uplift and transform your life. $6 Entry Fee. You must bring your own mat. Visit Compassglcc.com
Living Buddhism
On the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. Compass in Lake Worth will be holding a discussion group for overcoming obstacles and obtaining happiness. This group is great for getting internal enlightenment. Release your inner stress, and become free. Visit Compassglcc.com
Miami-Dade New Worship Service
Biscayne Unitarian will begin worship service on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 4 p.m., at the Pelican Harbor Marina Conference Center, 1275 NE 79th St, Miami. A social hour with refreshments will follow the service. Rev. Dr. Kenneth Claus, minister of All Souls Miami UU of South Miami, will lead this family-friendly service. Visit www.uua.org. Call: David Traupman, davidtraupman@ comcast.net, 305-758-3067
15th annual Grantees on Parade
Citizens Interested in Arts (CIA) presents the 15th annual Grantees on Parade on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 1:30 p.m. The event is emceed by Broadway star David McBride with television, recording and cabaret artist Judy Scott as a featured guest. CIA Grants Committee members Dr. Dorothy Koreman, CIA Founder Gloria Muroff, Florence Werner and President Emeritus Lenore Toby-Simmons will award grants to 30 South Florida artistic organizations. Tickets are $50 and $75 with VIP seats available for $100. All tickets include admission to the pre-show brunch at 11:30 a.m. Visit AventuraCenter.org
All ages support group dedicated for transgender individuals. This meeting happens the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. These meeting will take place at The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Palm Beach County. Visit Compassglcc.com
Good Orderly AA
4th Annual Pride Cruise
These meetings now take place at Lambda North at 18 S. J Street, and geared toward recovering alcoholics. Every Tues. and Thurs. at 7 p.m. and on Sat. at 5:30 p.m. These meetings will help recovering alcoholics cope with the stress of everyday life without the use of alcohol. Email tcamie@aol. com
Held in the vibrant downtown area of South Miami on Sunset Drive between U.S. 1 and Red Road, the show offers a weekend of exhibition by 148 exhibitors of fine arts and crafts. Free admission for patrons and ample garage and street parking are available in this exciting area filled with historic buildings, trendy restaurants and unique shops. Come and support your local arts community on Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. and Sunday, Feb. 24, 6 p.m. Visit SouthMiamiArtsFest.org
Kart Racing Tour
On Feb. 8-10, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. enjoy The Florida Winter Tour which is one of the world’s largest, and longest running kart racing programs. In 2012 the FWT featured over 400 drivers from 28 countries and all six karting continents, and for the 5th consecutive year was the world’s largest official Rotax Max Challenge series and event. General admission viewing is free. Pit passes are $10. Call 305-469-6188
Ransom Mondays
Need an excuse to keep partying well after the weekend is over? The Monday-night party at the recently renovated Collins Park lounge. This amazing party will take place at Mokai in Miami Beach. The party, hosted by Mark Lehmkuhl, sort of takes now-defunct Bella Rose’s Black Sunday murder mystery theme but gives it a Patty Hearst twist. Every week, some prominent nightlife fixture gets held for ransom, and the only way it gets returned is if you party your ass off. Only $20 to attend. Visit Mokaimiami.com
Rainbow Circle
Rainbow Circle is a peer-led LGBTQ support & discussion group. Topics covered often include coming out, relationships, bullying, peer pressure, drugs & alcohol, depression and selfesteem. You pick and develop discussion topics and are able to express your thoughts and feelings without fear in a safe and supportive environment. This group will take place every Monday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the University of Miami, Flipse Building #302. Visit Pridelines.org
Sex Talk
Sex Talk: Peer Health Educators are young LGBTQ adults who learn how to talk to other young adults about sex, sexuality and HIV/STD prevention. You’ll conduct outreach events, record video messages, participate in a series of performances and organize special events with a purpose. This event takes place the second and fourth Thursday every month at Pridelines Headquarters located at 9526 NE 2nd Ave #104 In Miami Shores from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visit Pridelines.org
Lambda Dade Clubhouse
A meeting place for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender communities and friends in recovery. Hosts Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Al-Anon, Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA), Debtors Anonymous (DA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), and Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA), meetings. 305 5739608. 212 NE 24th Street. Miami. Visit Lambdadadeclubhouse. org
Key West The 48th Annual Old Island Days Art Festival
The Old Island Days Art Festival is a two-day juried outdoor fine art festival. That will take place on Feb. 23-24. The show, which is in its 48th year, is sponsored by the Key West Art Center, and was originally held to raise money for the renovation of the building at 301 Front Street. This show will be filled all sorts of beautiful art from a lot of locals in Key West. Visit KeyWestArtCenter.com/festival.html
nightlife Broward County 321-Slammer
Bathhouse. 321 W Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33311. Slammer sex club the best place to cruise for the hottest gay men. Thursday’s is leather night, Friday and Saturday night live DJs. Monday & Tuesday -- $9 entry fee
Atomic Boom
2232 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, 954-630-3556 Best Sound & Light Show in Broward County. Mondays “porn bingo” with Desiree Dubois. $3 Margaritas, $1 Draft
Bill’s Filling Station
2209 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, 954-567-5978. Large bar/ nightclub, amazing drink specials in Wilton Manors! Wednesday’s after 9 p.m. $10 Miller Lite Beer Bust
Boardwalk
1721 N. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311. 954-463-6969. A Cute Little Hangout in Fort Lauderdale. Pool-room/game room on one side and a bar/strip club on the other. Mondays $3 Well & Dom, after 9 p.m. $3 U-Call-It Shots
The Club Fort Lauderdale
Bathhouse. 110 NW 5th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL, 954-525-3344 Good. Clean. Fun. 1/2 price rooms...Tuesday Nights and 1/2 price Lockers. Thursdays Nights. Always busy.
Clubhouse II
Bathhouse. 2650 E. Oakland Park Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 954-566-6750. A Private Club for Bi/Gay men. “Bear and Friends” Thursday $5 Off a room 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday Leather Night - $5 off for those in full leather gear.
Corner Pub Bar
1915 N. Andrews Ave, Wilton Manors, FL 33311, 954-564-7335. Redefining what a bar should be. Thursday’s margarita madness $4, Monday’s “Underwear Night. 2 for 1” until 9:30 p.m.
Cubby Hole
823 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, 954-728-9001. The Cubby Hole is one of Fort Lauderdale’s most unique and popular Neighborhood bar for men. Underwear Wednesday’s. “Boxers n’ Briefs” get 2 for 1 drinks 9 p.m. to close
The Depot Cabana Bar and Grill
2935 N. Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, 954-537-7076. Voted the “Friendliest” Gay Bar in Fort Lauderdale. Monday’s $1.99 Drinks and $.50 wings open to close
Dudes Bar
3270 NE 33rd St Fort Lauderdale FL 954-568-7777. Sexy hot men starting to shake the booty daily from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Sundays enjoy karaoke with Peter Petrucci. Great drink specials every Monday with $1 well drinks from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Georgie’s Alibi
2266 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, 954-565-2526. Fort Lauderdale’s best & longest happy hour. Wednesdays $2 Domestics & $1 Schnapps after 9 p.m.
Johnny’s
1116 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312, 954-522-5931. Monday Dragon with TP Lords, Daisy D. and DJ Rob Sky Some of the hottest guys around with great happy hour drink specials. Bring all your friends to this sexy Bar.
Winter Party Festival 2013
If “Dancing With the Stars” isn’t exactly your gig, volunteer your groove thing to be a go-go boy – or go-go girl – as visual entertainment for one of the signature dance events at this year’s 20th Edition Winter Party Festival, March 6 – 11, 2013. Dancers at Winter Party Festival are among the hundreds of volunteers who help make the six-day event a success. While there is no monetary compensation, free tickets to events are provided to those who volunteer their time. Costumes will be provided. Visit Winterparty.com.
PBC Gender Support
South Miami Rotary Art Festival
From Ocean Drive to the ocean waves, Miami Beach Gay Pride 2013 is setting sail once again with Source Events for the “Miami Beach Pride Cruise” immediately following all the Miami Beach Gay Pride festivities. The Pride Cruise takes place from Monday, April 15 to Friday, April 19. Visit SourceEvents.com
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Have an event you want to list? If so send me an email at Calendar@sfgn.com. The Manor
2345 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 954-626 0082 - Come Dine, Dance, Drink, Mingle and of course Relax. 2 for 1 happy hour Tues-Friday 3 to 9 p.m. Indoor/Outdoor Dining. Dance the night away Thursday through Sunday. Live music Wed., Fri., Sat., Sun. Visit themanorcomplex.com
Matty’s on the Drive
2426 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 954-564-1799. Matty’s is one of the few bars in Wilton Manors that’s just that –a bar. Wild Wednesday’s $.75 Drinks, 13 Drinks for less than $10. 5 p.m.
Mona’s
502 E. Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, 954-5256662. The eclectic décor and a friendly staff makes. Mona’s a great place to have fun in Fort Lauderdale. Thursday’s College Boy’s Night 8 p.m. Enjoy College Boy’s Choice 2 for 1
Monkey Business
2740 North Andrews Ave, Wilton Manors, FL 33311. 954-5147819. The Monkey Business Bar is a Small Outdoor Bar Among The Shops Just off Marina Blvd. No Frills But Comfortable and a Great Place to Stop and Meet Good People. Happy Hour 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Naked Grape Wine Bar
2039 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305. 954-563-5631. A Casual, Hip, Fun Experience and if You Have a Taste for Deliciously Unique Wines, You Need to Make This Your Next Stop! Happy Hour All Night on Thursday
New Moon
2440 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, 954-563-7660. Your neighborhood lesbian bar in the heart of Fort Lauderdale and just minutes from Fort. Lauderdale Beach. Wednesday All the fun, half the price 2-4-1 All Day, All Night
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Palm Beach County The Cottage (Tea-Dance Sundays)
522 Lucerne Ave, Lake Worth, Fl, 33414. 561-586-0080 Great Service, Great Food, Full Stocked Bar, Great Professional Tea-Dance every Sunday
Fort Dix
6205 Georgia Ave, West Palm Beach, Florida 33405 Directions, 561-533-5355. Mostly local crowd looking to mingle and relax. Place rocks with a Fabulous DJ on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sunday T-Dance.
H.G. Rooster
823 BELVEDERE ROAD, WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA 33405, 561-832-9119. H.G. Roosters is West Palms oldest gay club. Sunday’s Complimentary BBQ 5 p.m., Hot Male Dancers 6 p.m., Karaoke 11 p.m.
Mara (Thurs-Sat)
1132 North Dixie Highway, Lake Worth FL $3 Drinks. No Cover. Open till 5 a.m. Ladies night on Thursdays and Karaoke on Fridays.
The Mad Hatter
1532 North Dixie Hwy ,Lake Worth, FL 33460. 561-547-8860. Cheap drinks, friendly bartenders, and free pool SundayThursday. Stop by and relax at this no-attitude haunt.
The Bar Lake Worth
2211 North Dixie Highway Lake Worth. 561-370-3954 Thebarlakeworth.com. Men and women share this mostlylocals space as a calm and friendly watering hole. The bar often features live music which can be a nice break from thumping bass.
Tag Bar
PJ’s Corner Pocket
25 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33483 954-801-3247. Delray Beach’s only gay bar. Mon - Sun: 4 p.m. - 2 a.m. Awesome Drink Specials.
Ramrod
Miami-Dade
924 North Flagler Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, 954-533-0257. One of The Most Diverse Bars in Fort Lauderdale. $2 Drinks Every Wednesday, Spades Every Thursday 1508 NE 4th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, 954-763-8219. South Florida’s Leading Levi, Leather and Uniform Bar/Club. Every night is Bear Night. Bear Happy. Hour Every Thursday. Caged Hunks Sat Night
Rosie’s Bar and Grill
2449 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, 954-567-1320. Wilton Manor’s Best Burger in Town. Try the Fat Elvis. Happy Hour 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Scandals Country Western Bar
Oakland Park, FL 3334, 954-567-2432. Scandals Gay and Lesbian Country Western. Dance Bar in Wilton Manors. Tuesdays Pool League, and Free Dance Lessons
Sidelines Sports Bar
2031 Wilton Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305, 954-563-8001. Sidelines Sports Bar and Billiards is a unique, friendly, and accepting place to relax with a cold beer, great drinks and Martinis. Happy Hour M-F 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Smarty Pants
3038 North Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306, 954-5611724. Great Local Hangout in Fort Lauderdale with Great Drink Specials. Saturday’s Free Breakfast to Order – 8 a.m.
The Stable
205 East Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park, FL 33334, 954-5654506 A neighborhood bar with a different theme every night, from drag shows and bingos, to bears and underwear.
Torpedo
2829 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312, 954587-2500. Your Dance Destination Till Dawn. Open Late for You To Devour The Night. Open 7 nights a week till 4 a.m.
Village Pub & Piano Bar
2283 Wilton Dr. Wilton Manors, FL 33305, 754-200-5244 Villagepubwm.com Looking for a relaxing place to spend the early afternoon? Or perhaps you want to come in and “work?” We have incredibly fast WiFi, complimentary outlets for you to power up your phone or laptop AND 2-4-1 Happy Hour Monday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Club Sugar
2301 SW 32nd Ave, Miami, Florida, 33145, 305-443-7657. All the sweetness you’ll need in one club. Every Thursday “drag wars” with TP Lords. $5 house drinks & $4 Domestic beers all night.
Discotekka
950 NE 2nd Ave, Downtown Miami, Florida 33132,305-3509084. One of the best night clubs In Miami. Every Saturday the hottest DJ’s from the top performers. Drink Special Every Saturday
Eros Lounge
8201 Biscayne Blvd. Miami 305-754-3444 Open 6 days a week Happy Hour 5:00pm - 9:00pm Free parking, and on Thursdays. Back to Paradise. A night of Soulful NYC House music. DJ David Solero
Johnny’s
Miami 62 NE 14 Street Downtown Miami Florida 305-640-8749. Open Wed. through Sun. The hottest men in the universe strip shows nightly from 6 p.m. sexy from wall to wall. Free entrance. Free parking. Free VIP rooms. Featuring the Hottest Male Dancers and The Best VIP ROOMS and always $5 Drinks. Full Lineup at ed at http://www.Facebook.com/JohnnysMiami
Score
727 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach, Florida, 33139. 305-561-5521. Score is located in the heart of South Beach in the thriving and infamous promenade, Lincoln Road. Bigger Saturday’s sexy male dolls.
Swinging Richards
17450 Biscayne Blvd, N Miami Beach, Fl 33160 954-357-2532 Tuesdays-Saturdays from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Come and enjoy fully nude guys dancing to the best music in South Florida.
Twist
1057 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, Fl, 33139. 305-538-9478. Never a Cover…Always a Groove. Resident star DJ Mika spins tribal. Every Saturday TWIST is full of the hottest men in Miami. Muscle boy dancers taking it off in the Bungalow Bar.
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CHRISTIAN PSYCHIC READER AND ADVISOR BY SHAWN Reunite you with loved ones or family. Will guide you for success. Tell past, present and destiny to come. For further information call Shawn at 954-549-8243
VICTORIA PARK - LARGE 1BD/1BA Completely renovated. Torazo floors, new kitchen apps, Walk-in closet, new paint, A/C, shared W/D. Quite 5 unit bldg in safe area. $800/Mo. Call 954-763-3222 ---------------------------------------------------------------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: 754235-2911 --------------------------------------------------------1BD APARTMENT UPSTAIRS 1142 NE 4th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale $700/Mo. Yearly Call 954-764-0212 or 954-581-2573 ----------------------------------------------------------DUPLEX APT. CORAL RIDGE ISLES ( close to Holy Cross Hosp. and shopping ) Newly remodeled and landscaped 2B/2B ( each bedroom with adjoining bathroom) ideal for roommates. Spacious rooms with plenty of closet space, upgraded kitchen with micro, D/W. Your own laundry room with new W/D.Huge back yard and screened-in back porch. Small pet allowed $1250/month call 561-362-6104 or 954-2542499 --------------------------------------------------------------$700 DOWNTOWN / SAILBOAT BEND Quiet, small complex. 1BD/1BA. Large walk-in closet, brand new carpet. Living room, dining area, kitchen, FREE hot water, NEW A/C, LOW electric bills, assigned parking, “””MOVE-IN SPECIAL””” $700/MO. Call 954-566-6251 --------------------------------------------------------------2 ROOMS FOR RENT 1BD/1BA new carpet, kitchenette, $1,200/Mo. will reduce to $775 for experienced handyman. Also 1BD $700/Mo. will reduce to $400 for experienced handyman. No pets allowed. Preferably young and strong male. Contact John 954-549-8243 for more info.
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RENT/LEASE • WILTON MANORS 1414 NE 5TH TER. LARGE 2BD/1BA Open gourmet kitchen w/ smooth top stove, D/W, crisp white cabinets, tile floors, central AC, private patio, onsite laundry, pets OK. $1,180/Mo. F/S. Owner/Licensee. Call 954-448-9811
RENT/LEASE • WEST PALM BEACH RENT/LEASE • FORT LAUDERDALE MIDCENTURY STUNNER WON’T LAST! Newly restored 3 bed/1 bath. New Floors, Stainless Appliances, Granite, New bath, Fresh Paints Garage, 2 Screened Patios, W/D . Landscaped. Walk to shops, Bars, Resturants. Just Reduced $1390 Youtube.com/watch?v=GMcdMZmhfRo ----------------------------------------------------------------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 Walk to Wilton Drive, large 2BD/2BA, extra large kitchen w/ dishwasher, central a/c, LR, DR, tile floors, parking, dog friendly. $1,200/mo. + Security. Call 954-815-2550 ---------------------------------------------------------------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
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 FREE RENT Free LG furnished room in a 2/2 avail early Feb for a mature caretaker LPN or CAN for a gay 55 y/o whotook a bad fall and hurt his spinal cord beyond repair. Apt is located in Oakland Park ,15 mins to everything. No salary , must have a car. Call Joe at 954-740-2155 for details --------------------------------------------------------------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 561-316-7236
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is reinventing the idea of a local, neighborhood pharmacy by offering customers highly specialized services and a way to give back. AHF Pharmacy is open to everyone. Revenues generated from AHF Pharmacy contribute to caring for AHF patients as well as supporting its prevention and testing programs worldwide. Additionally, AHF pharmacists offer HIV/AIDS clients complete medication/supplement analysis to make sure their medications, supplements and vitamins are working correctly and not causing a potential drug interaction. AHF Pharmacy specializes in HIV medications and offer automated 24-hour prescription refills, e-prescribing, and free, discreet home delivery or easy pick-up. An Opportunity to Help Others 96¢ of every dollar earned by our pharmacies directly fund AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s HIV/AIDS programs and services domestically and abroad. By filling your prescriptions through an AHF Pharmacy, you’re helping others living with HIV.
2097 Wilton Drive | Wilton Manors, FL 33305 (954) 318-6997 www.ahfpharmacy.org
SPIRITUALITY MIAMI –DADE NEW THOUGHT Spirituality group has counseling , coaching to help you get past what challenges you the most. Success in any area is possible. Call us and discuss your goals . Many of our activities are low or no cost. Inspirational gatherings every Sunday 11am, group work / classes in Broward- Dade. 1:1 counseling (phone or in person.) email us with your requests info@miamicsl.org or ask to receive our E- letter (bi weekly) packed full information to change your life. www.Miamicsl. org text or message or contact us at (305) 993 9018
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