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Guam Recognizes Gay Marriage

Guam, an island in the Northern Pacific Ocean, is accepting marriage applications from same-sex couples. The island is a U.S. territory and because of its location in relation to Hawaii, Japan and The Philippines, a valuable strategic asset to allied overseas interests. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Frances M. TydingcoGatewood struck down the territory’s ban on same-sex marriage, telling a packed court room that it violated gay couple’s constitutional rights to equal protection under the law. Guam

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Gay Man Launches Campaign For Leon County Commission

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Ryan Terrell, a Broward County native, is campaigning for the Leon County Commission.

Terrell spoke to SFGN last week via telephone and verified his intentions to seek the District 2 commission seat which includes half of Florida State University and western sections of Leon County. Terrell attended high school in Weston and organized Broward County’s Gay-Straight Alliance during that time span.

Presently the Southeast Director of the Young Democrats of America, Terrell said he is an “environmentalist” who is seeking to improve the quality of life in his district.

“The misconception is Mwe all these E M Bhave ER government jobs (in Leon County),” Terrell said. “Government jobs in Florida are not stable.”

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Organizations Put Hookup Apps On Notice

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A partnership between the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and a patient engagement platform is going after “hookup apps” in an effort to combat sexually transmitted diseases.

Healthvana, a company designed to increase care and the circle of engagement among patients and providers, joined AHF last week to issue a statement about the underground world of cyber applications. In some U.S. states, these applications are being blamed for the rise of STDs and HIV. Noting a dramatic increase in STD cases in Rhode Island and Utah, officials at Healthvana said the common theme in half of those cases was mobile phone apps. By joining with AHF, Healthvana is seeking to reverse the hookup app methodology by delivering good news.

“Today, the status quo of notifying patients of their STD test results is ‘we’ll call you if something is wrong, otherwise you’re fine.’ This anxiety-provoking and antiquated system will be replaced by technology that empowers patients with test results in real-time so they can make better

health decisions,” said Ramin Bastani, chief executive officer of Healthvana, in a press release.

Almost 10,000 AHF patients have received their test results through Healthvana during the last two months. The platform, Bastani says, is the first in the U.S. to use digital means to deliver test results.

“We are excited about our collaboration with Healthvana and are already seeing stunning results in folks accessing their STD results and accessing treatment more quickly as a result,” said Whitney Engeran-Cordova, a senior director of the Public Health Division at AHF.

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Miami Dade Considers Decriminalizing

Small Quantities of Pot

(UnitedForCare) If passed by both the commission and by Mayor Carlos Gimenez, the new ordinance would let officers issue a civil citation to someone carrying less than 20 grams of marijuana, about two-thirds of an ounce, reports The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/1Mb0SrK) At present, misdemeanor marijuana possession is punishable by a maximum one-year jail sentence. While police have the option not to arrest someone for minor marijuana possession, the charge still requires an appearance in criminal court. However, with a civil violation, the case would not enter the criminal system.

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PR Arts Reporter to Give Key Note Address

(ArtServe) The Broward Cultural Division and ArtServe, invites editors, artists, gallery owners, journalists, arts writers, media professionals and creative entrepreneurs to an evening with NPR's Neda Ulaby, on June 24, 2015 at 7 p.m. at ArtServe, 1350 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale.

Ms. Ulaby's key note address; "Arts Journalism in a Fractured Cultureverse," is presented in conjunction with the closing forum for "RETROSPECTIVE," Celebrating 7 Years of DBA, an all-media exhibition highlighting select works from graduates of the Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute. The gallery reception for "RETROSPECTIVE" starts at 6:00 p.m.

Ulaby has earned multiple fellowships at the Getty Arts Journalism Program at USC Annenberg as well as a fellowship at the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism to study youth culture. In addition, Ulaby's weekly podcast of NPR's best arts stories, Culturetopia, won a Gracie award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation.

The Closing Forum and exhibition are free and open to the public, seating is limited for Ulaby's talk; see Broward Arts Journalism Alliance Program page, RSVP with Eventbrite (http://bit.ly/ArtsJourn1).

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(Metro Weekly) If a landmark lawsuit being heard this week in New Jersey is successful, it may set in motion a chain of events that would essentially upend the modern conversion therapy industry.

The case of Michael Ferguson, et al., v. JONAH is the first of

by County Commissioner Sally Heyman and supported by Miami Dade police. “We helped draft and support this effort as a discretionary option for misdemeanor marijuana,” said Juan Perez, deputy director of the Miami-Dade Police Department. “This gives the option to go with a citation for those individuals that may have no record, or only a minor criminal history, [and] stay out of the criminal justice system.”

Heyman’s proposal goes before the commission’s Metropolitan Services Committee Wednesday afternoon. If it passes, the full 13-member commission would take it up later in the summer.

its kind. It seeks to attack the practice of conversion therapy using existing consumer fraud laws, while also solidifying in case law that being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender is not a disorder that can be cured. Specifically, the plaintiffs, which include four former clients who underwent conversion therapy and two of their mothers, claim that Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality (JONAH) engaged in "deceptive practices" prohibited under New Jersey's consumer fraud law when they "represented to Plaintiffs that their services were effective in changing a person's sexual orientation from gay to straight."

According to the complaint, which was brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on behalf of the six plaintiffs, JONAH's clients were made to engage in various forms of conversion therapy that have been endorsed by leading figures in the conversion therapy movement.

Specifically, the plaintiffs claim that the organization misrepresented itself by promising to be able to change the young clients from gay to straight, in exchange for treatments and group therapy sessions, including weekend retreats, which carried a price tag in excess of $10,000 a year. They also claim that, as a result, JONAH caused its former clients to suffer "depression and emotional harm" when undergoing the treatments and being unable to successfully change their sexual orientation.

Capital Pride Honors Holder

(Metro Weekly) "This is indeed, I think, a very hopeful time," former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said at the Capital Pride Heroes Gala on June 3. "But we should not kid ourselves. Much work really remains to be done.

The fight is larger than the one solely for marriage equality.

Discrimination against the LGBT community is still very real.

It is still the basis for wrong-headed policies and dangerous attitudes. And so the fight for true LGBT equality must go on.... The struggle must continue."

Holder was presented by Capital Pride with the 2015 Paving the Way Award for his courage and leadership in helping to advance LGBT rights as the Obama administration's top law enforcement official. It was Holder who refused to defend the congressionally-approved Defense of Marriage Act - better known as DOMA - on the basis that he believed the federal law to be unconstitutional. Holder also instituted guidelines

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outlining how the federal government would treat and recognize same-sex couples with respect to federal spousal benefits and legal rights after DOMA was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2013.

Wednesday night's well-[attended] gala, held at the stately Carnegie Auditorium on K Street NW, served as the kickoff to this year's Capital Pride celebration.

"If only one person or one group is denied the full measure of our Constitution, all of us are diminished," Holder told the crowd. "All those who are committed to making real the promise of our democracy must engage on all of these fronts, on all of these fronts. And all lives, all lives matter.”

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raduation Robes Gender-Neutral in Maryland School District

(AP) Out of respect for transgender students, three high schools in Maryland's Montgomery County have begun using a single color for graduation robes to make them gender neutral.

The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/1MhQ4rZ) reports Damascus, Sherwood and Walter Johnson High are no longer using separate colors for males and females.

At least five other schools in the Washington, D.C., suburb have decided to make the change next year.

Principals say letters from students played a role in the decision.

There is no district policy about cap and gown colors in Montgomery County. Some schools have long had a single color for all graduates, but the dual-color scheme has been popular at others.

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Lindsey Graham Wants Caitlyn Jenner's Vote (AP) Republican presidential contender Lindsey Graham says his party has room for transgender people like Caitlyn Jenner.

The South Carolina senator calls himself a "traditional marriage kind of guy." But he says he "can only imagine the torment that Bruce Jenner went through" before becoming a transgender woman. He hopes that, now, she's "found peace."

The underdog Republican candidate is campaigning on the need to counter

threats from terrorists and Islamic State militants. He shares the opposition to same-sex marriage expressed by his rivals but says the Supreme Court is settling that question.

Graham says if Jenner wants to be a Republican, she's welcome. And he says if she wants a safe country and a strong economy, she should vote for him.

He spoke Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."

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Jenner Invited to Headline Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade Caitlyn

(EDGE) The City of Tel Aviv has invited Caitlyn Jenner to headline the upcoming Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade set for June 12.

Conchita Wurst, winner of the 2014 Eurovision, is also expected to take part in the largest gay pride event in the history of Asia and the Middle East, with 180,000 expected participants.

Jenner has drawn international headlines while becoming the de facto face of the transgender movement for her recently revealed transition to womanhood on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine.

"When I saw your interview with Diane Sawyer, I was amazed by your bravery and determinations to live your life as you choose," Yaniv WAizman, who holds the gay community portfolio on the Tel Aviv city council, said in an invitation to Jenner to lead the parade. "The fact that you provided us an opportunity to smile and revealed the personal and complex process you went through, the difficulties that stood in your way, made you a source of inspiration for us in Tel Aviv."

This year's parade will be taking place under the theme "Tel Aviv Loves all Genders" promoting awareness of and equality for the transgender community. Conchita Wurst approved her participants in the parade, which organizers expect to be the largest ever, with around 180,000 people participating.

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illie Jean King: Caitlyn Jenner Helps Transgender Tolerance

(AP) Billie Jean King believes Caitlyn Jenner has given people clarity about transgender issues beyond the progress already seen four decades after they shared the international spotlight as athletes.

"The interview with then-Bruce Jenner, and now Caitlyn Jenner, really helped people to be clear in understanding, especially about gender vs. sexuality," the 71-year-old former tennis star said in an interview with The Associated Press. "Everybody's always getting very confused with that.

Then they finally realized they have nothing to do with each other."

King won the last of her 12 Grand Slam singles titles in 1975, a year before Bruce Jenner earned the unofficial title of "world's greatest athlete" by winning gold in the decathlon at the Montreal Olympics.

Jenner, 65, publicly transitioned from Bruce in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer in April to Caitlyn on the cover of Vanity Fair this week.

"I am so happy he's finally going to be comfortable in his own skin; finally Caitlyn will be," King said. "It's been a long journey for Caitlyn, and I'm really happy for her."

King occasionally traveled in the same circles with Jenner, given they were two of the most recognizable athletes in the 1970s.

"He was amazing when he won the decathlon, so I would run into him every so often," King said. "We actually did a commercial together, but I don't think they ever showed it."

King was 29 when she defeated former professional tennis player Bobby Riggs, 55, in the famed "Battle of the Sexes" match in 1973, putting gender issues in the spotlight.

She later helped pros accept a transgender player in their ranks after she started the Women's Tennis Association in 1973.

Renee Richards, who was denied the opportunity to play as a woman in the 1976 U.S. Open, was born Richard Raskind, a former captain of the Yale tennis team who had sex reassignment surgery.

The New York Supreme Court ruled in Richards' favor, allowing Richards to join the women's pro tour in 1977.

King said she called the players together after meeting with Richards for four hours and receiving confirmation

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from doctors that she was a woman.

"I said 'We're going to have her on the tour, so get used to it.' Some were unhappy, some were trying to figure it out.

But it worked out fantastic," King said. "The players ended up loving Renee."

King played doubles with Richards, who reached the U.S. Open women's doubles finals in 1977 with Betty Ann Stuart.

Richards, who was also a renowned ophthalmologist, later coached Martina Navratilova and "really improved her backhand," King said.

Jenner introduced Caitlyn via Twitter and soon after was named the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for the upcoming ESPY Awards on July 15. King, who was outed as a lesbian in 1981, won the award for individual contributions that "transcend sports" in 1999.

"Caitlyn's in for a whirlwind. She already has been, but it's going to be crazy," King said. "I think it's really appropriate that Caitlyn's won the Arthur Ashe Courage Award."

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(AP) Brittney Griner filed for an annulment with Glory Johnson-Griner on Friday, a day after Johnson-Griner announced she's pregnant and a month after the two WNBA players married.

"I can confirm that today I filed for an annulment,” Griner said in a statement. “In the week prior to the wedding, I attempted to postpone the wedding several times until I completed counseling, but I still went through with it. I now realize that was a mistake."

Johnson's agent, D.J. Fisher, said in a statement that Johnson-Griner was unaware of the filing and was "extremely hurt and blindsided" by Griner's actions.

"She loves Brittney and made a huge sacrifice to carry a child, put her career on

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hold, invest in their relationship and their future," Fisher said.

Griner, the 6-foot-8 Phoenix Mercury star, married Johnson-Griner on May 9, three weeks after they were arrested on domestic violence charges for a fight at their home in suburban Phoenix. Both players were suspended seven games after their arrests and Griner agreed to undergo 26 weeks of domestic violence counseling as part of a plea agreement.

Both players apologized and said they worked out their differences, saying they were happy about the marriage. JohnsonGriner, a two-time All-Star with the Tulsa Shock, announced on Instagram on Thursday that she was pregnant and would miss the WNBA season.

(EDGE) In honor of Pride Month, a few of Andrew Christian's underwear models, who also happen to be gay porn stars, shared their coming out stories in a new video.

In the clip underwear maker Andrew Christian, along with models Topher DiMaggio, Ryan Rose, Diego Sans, Jacob Ford and Matt O'Reilly, talk about their lives pre and post coming out as gay men. They discuss their journey of selfacceptance and accepting others in the 5-minute-and-30-second clip. (http://bit. ly/1AY4kWy) "For this year, we decided to share our own stories of how we came to have so much Pride," the video's description reads.

"The road may not always be easy but it is

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always worthwhile to come out, be free, and find the love in the world. Hopefully by sharing our stories we are able to further inspire others and continue to help, as the song says, change the world."

In the clip, Diego Sans explains everyone "has a different experience" when coming out. Model and porn star Ryan Rose said he had friends and authority figures, like coaches, cut him out of their lives.

For others, it was a little easier.

"I've always been a little shit head, and kind of done what I want," Topher DiMaggio said. "The good thing is I've had the freedom to come out the way I want to come out...I had a choice whether I wanted to stay in the closet or be who I was, and I decided to do what I wanted.”

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(AP) San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee says he won't fund a request from the district attorney's office to fund a task force eyeing 3,000 arrests handled by officers accused of sending racist and anti-gay text messages.

Authorities say the arrests could have been influenced and resulted in wrongful convictions as the result of bias by 14 San Francisco police officers being investigated for the text messages.

Six officers are facing possible termination.

Two have retired. Six others are facing some kind of discipline.

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BGC LGBTQ Youth Empowerment Conference Registration Open

(EDGE) The Hispanic Black Gay Coalition (HBGC) announced that registration is now open for its 5th Annual LGBTQ Youth Empowerment Conference. The conference will take place on Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20 at Roxbury Community College in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

The event has become the largest conference gathering of LGBTQ youth of color in New England and has also grown in its diversity of participants and programming. This year's conference theme is "Building a Mo(ve)ment of Active Solidarity," with the conference hash tag being #OurTimeNow to emphasize that now is the moment for LGBTQ youth of color to take the lead on social, economic and political issues impacting communities in Boston and beyond.

The conference will feature over 30

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(http://bit.ly/1eTrxPx ) Friday that in his proposed budget announced Monday, Lee declined a request by District Attorney George Gascón for $383,315 to expand the task force.

The request exceeded the amount of funds available, said Francis Tsang, a spokeswoman for the mayor.

The newspaper also said the task force is looking into hundreds of other cases that may have been affected by reports that a police crime lab technician and her supervisor violated testing standards on DNA analysis, as well as allegations that sheriff's deputies forced County Jail inmates to fight each other.

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workshops for participants to engage in, ranging from discussions around being an LGBTQ student of color, the undocuqueer/ undocumented movement in the larger LGBTQ community, the performing arts as a tool for social change, transgender* identities and rights and more. In addition to workshops, conference participants will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in action-oriented discussions through caucuses, network with likeminded people, meet new friends and celebrate life, resistance and solidarity at the dance after-party on Saturday night.

The 2015 LGBTQ Youth Empowerment Conference is FREE and open to all LGBTQ youth of color, those who support them and allies. To register, visit: hbgc-ourtimenow.org.

etflix Lends Star Power to Brazil Gay Pride Parade

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(AP) Netflix has let out some of the prisoners in its signature series "Orange is the New Black" to party and dance in Brazil at one of the world's largest gay pride parades.

Three actresses who play lesbian inmates in the show and at least two other actors of the new series "Sense8" celebrated the LGBT community on Sunday atop a giant red-carpeted Netflix

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float surrounded by exuberant fans in Sao Paulo.

Actress Samira Wiley wore a hat sideways with the words "I love girls," while she waved to the crowds alongside Natasha Lyonne and Uzo Aduba, other stars in the show.

Organizers say the parade is mostly a day of celebration but also serves as a reminder of the discrimination LGBT people still face.

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Presents Exhibit 'Living in Limbo' Stonewall

Have you ever wondered what a contemporary lesbian relationship looks like in Birmingham, Alabama? Look no further.

Images from Carolyn Sherer’s “Living in Limbo: Lesbian Families in the Deep South” are on display at the Stonewall National Museum & Archives in Wilton Manors, 2157 Wilton Drive. The exhibit, on display through June 28, honors the complexities of lesbian family life in the South, providing an intimate view of a population that has largely been invisible and underrepresented in public art.

Museum hours are from 2 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.

For more information, visit www.stonewall-museum.org.

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Police Reportedly Injured in Kiev Gay March Clash Five

(Edge Media) Opponents of a gay rights march held in Ukraine's capital have thrown smoke bombs and tear gas and the Interfax news agency cites police as saying five officers were injured in the clash.

Other reports said four of the estimated 300 marchers also were injured.

The march took place Saturday morning along the Dnipro River in Kiev. Helmeted riot police formed a cordon to keep marchers and opponents at a distance from each other. The opponents threw smoke bombs and some tried to break through the cordon. Some demonstrators were attacked after the march dispersed.

As in other parts of the former Soviet Union, animosity to the LGBT community persists. The tensions are aggravated by opponents' claims that Ukraine's political turn toward the West will promote gay marriage.

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of Suicidal Bi Teen: 'Worst Pain You Can Ever Imagine' Father

As reported by The Advocate, Adam Kizer was a bisexual teenager who came out six months ago to a supportive family and friends.

He died last weekend after being taken off life support following a suicide attempt. The teenager’s father, William Kizer, told The Press Democrat “it’s the worst pain you can ever imagine.”

“I don’t think the boy went a whole week without somebody messing with him” Kizer told The Press Democrat. School officials told the local media they did not know about the bullying, but William Kizer says they were aware of the bullying his son endured.

Kizer is proud of his son for being an organ donor. He tells The Advocate that Adam’s organs helped save three lives.

For more info visit StopBullying.gov, SuicidePreventionLifeline. org or call 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

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publishes guide to restroom access for trans workers OSHA

(Press release) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers.

The publication provides guidance to employers on best practices regarding restroom access for transgender workers. The guide was developed at the request of the National Center for Transgender Equality, an OSHA Alliance partner that works collaboratively with the agency to develop products and materials to protect the safety and health of transgender workers.

"The core principle is that all employees, including transgender employees, should have access to restrooms that correspond to their gender identity," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels. "OSHA's goal is to assure that employers provide a safe and healthful working environment for all employees." soflagaynews //

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news election 2016 White House Watch:

Jim Webb

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Jim Webb is a decorated U.S. soldier, former senator from Virginia (20072013) and the subject of this week’s SFGN White House Watch. James Henry “Jim” Webb, Jr. is currently exploring a U.S. Presidential campaign. In November of 2014, he announced intentions to seek the Democratic Party’s nomination.

“This country needs leadership,” said Webb in an interview with C-SPAN. The 69-year-old Webb comes from a military family. His father served in the U.S. Air Force and his son is a U.S. Marine with tours of service in Ramadi, Iraq as a rifleman. Webb, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan, said being President requires one to manage the most complex byzantine bureaucracy in the world and communicate with a sense of purpose.

Webb is an author of 10 books, an Emmy Award winner and currently penning a screenplay. He defeated George Allen, a Republican, in the U.S. Senate campaign

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in Virginia by recruiting more than 14,000 volunteers.

In his recent interview on C-SPAN, Webb said he warned five months before the invasion of Iraq that the move by then President George W. Bush would be a “strategic blunder” that would only “empower Iran.” The consequence of this U.S. led invasion, Webb said, is “divisive sectarian violence we have seen.”

On LGBT issues, Webb has largely been silent. His “Born Fighting” political action committee focuses on national security, foreign policy, economic fairness and social justice issues. He has six children and his current wife, Hong Le Webb, was “scooped up out of the ocean by the U.S. Navy,” Webb said.

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Photos: Cindy Brown, selected as person of the year, and Mayor Philip Levine.

If you enjoy wearing blue and making connections with likeminded people, “The Sapphire Gala,” hosted by the Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (MDGLCC) is perfect for you.

The 14th Annual Gala and Awards celebration will be held Saturday, June 13, at the new 1 Hotel and Homes South Beach at 2341 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach. The MDGLCC will be honoring corporate and individual supporters of the Miami-Dade LGBT community.

“Our members and the community at large look forward to networking, socializing, and mingling with each other in a very comfortable and welcoming environment,” said Jorge Richa, the chamber’s marketing director. “This is the first time an LGBT event of this magnitude will be held at this new hotel, and our guests look forward to seeing this gorgeous venue.”

The event, presented by Wells Fargo, will start at 6 p.m. and include a reception and silent auction followed by dinner, the awards presentation and the Jackson Memorial Miracle After-Party Dance.

Following a tradition set last year of choosing a color from the rainbow flag for the gala’s theme, this year is represented in a “sapphire” theme representing wisdom, truth, faithfulness and mental strength, Richa said.

He said the chamber encourages people to wear “a splash of sapphire to this year’s event to complement all the other sapphire décor elements that will be incorporated throughout the event.”

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seating, the dinner, an open bar, a gift bag, complimentary parking and participation in the grand raffle.

Richa said he believes that the use of technology will enhance guests’ experiences at the gala, especially the use of the app BidPal to allow guests to check the status of their silent auction bids.

“With this flexibility, they can continue to enjoy their conversations, drinks and food while having information on their silent auction bids at their fingertips,” Richa said.

“They will also be able to bid on items even before they arrive at the event.”

Guests will also have the chance to win a vacation to the Caribbean island of Curacao when they post selfies of themselves with a secret hashtag to social media sites.

Cindy Brown, who was selected for the Gala’s ‘2015 Business Person of the Year Award,’ said she’s excited for the event.

“I’ve watched it grow from a handful of business owners to one of the largest gay chambers in the country so certainly to be recognized by an organization of that magnitude is humbling,” she said. “[I’m most looking forward to] being able to celebrate the chamber and the other award recipients along with me. It’s always a good party.”

Richa said that he anticipates this event will allow people to have fun and meet other LGBT-friendly workers.

“This event is structured in a way that encourages people to interact with each other and make connections,” he said. “The evening has a perfect great flow and a combination of business (award presentation), fun (silent auction, vacation drawing and cruise raffle) and entertainment (after party)."

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Pride Goes South Key West Celebrates

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At the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys, one human family is coming together to celebrate pride. Rainbows are sure to be displayed throughout Key West this week as the city formally pays tribute to the diversity of its people.

From drag pageants to bartender battles to crosswalk dedications, Key West figures to be the center of the action for Pride activities. A formal dedication of Florida’s first permanent rainbow colored crosswalks is scheduled for Saturday, June 13.

“Key West is very happy to be putting in the first thermoplastic rainbow colored crosswalks in the state of Florida,” said Key West Mayor Craig Cate, in a news release. “It means so much to Key West to show our diversity, and it also goes perfectly with our ‘One Human Family’ Motto.”

The crosswalks meet at the intersection of Duval and Petronia Streets in what is often referred to as “Old Town.” On Saturday, Duval Street will be closed to traffic so that the Bourbon Street Pub can present its bartender battle, said Steve Smith, a sales manager and tourism

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promoter for the Florida Keys.

Fourteen bartenders, from around the globe, are arriving in Key West to compete in the Stoli Key West Cocktail Classic.

Bartenders competing in the cocktail classic must have won in their previous city by creating their own drink.

Participants are coming from Los Angeles, Dallas, San Diego, Boston, etc. Their concoctions are to be judged by celebrities such as comedian Bruce Vilanch and actor Jai Rodriguez, while models offer samples to the crowd.

Key West is home to roughly 25,000 permanent residents with approximately 8,000 to 10,000 tourists expected for Pride week. The fun begins Wednesday evening, June 10, as the Island House opens its doors to all for a kickoff celebration (5 to 9 p.m.). The Island House is typically a clothing optional all male resort.

Elsewhere, drag queens will compete for the Miss Key West title on Thursday evening at 801 Bourbon Bar, lesbians go after the Ms. Key West title on Wednesday night and the men gather at Bourbon Street Pub for the Mr. Key West contest on Friday night.

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Why The Abercrombie & Fitch Case Matters to LGBT Folks It’s rare to find LGBT activists agreeing with evangelicals Lisa Keen

Keen News Service

It is a rare occasion when LGBT legal activists find themselves on the same side of a case as the conservative Christian Legal Society and the National Association of Evangelicals. It is also rare to find LGBT legal activists on the same side as conservative Justice Antonin Scalia and his fondness for hewing to the original explicit language of a law.

But so it was with EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch June 1, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an employer cannot escape federal law’s requirement to accommodate a job applicant’s religious practices by claiming the applicant never told the employer about his or her religious practices.

The case did not involve an LGBT person, but it did involve a scenario with which LGBT job applicants are familiar: where an employer quietly presumes something about the applicant based on the applicant’s appearance and then denies the applicant a job based on that suspicion.

In this case, the employer made a presumption based on a piece of attire. The case involved a woman who applied for a job at a national clothing chain store. Because the young woman, Samantha Elauf, is Muslim, she wore to the interview a black hijab, a headscarf that many Muslim women wear in response to the Qu’ran’s directive that women cloak their sexuality in public.

During her job interview with Abercrombie and Fitch for a sales rep position, Elauf did not speak about her religion, and her interviewer did not ask about it. But after the interview, the interviewer asked an Abercrombie district manager whether the woman’s headscarf would violate the company’s “look policy” against sales reps wearing caps and the color black.

The interviewer said she told her supervisors that Elauf was Muslim, but the district manager said he had no knowledge that Elauf wore the scarf for religious reasons. The district manager instructed the interviewer to reject Elauf for the job. And a friend of Elauf’s who worked at the store told her she was rejected for the position because of her hijab.

Elauf sought help from the the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which filed suit against Abercrombie, saying it had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In relevant part, the Act says, “It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire …any individual…because of such individual’s

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…religion….” It also prohibits employers from classifying applicants because of their religion in order to disadvantage them.

Title VII also prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, and national origin, but not based on sexual orientation or gender identity. However, in a 1989 decision, Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, the Supreme Court said Title VII covered discrimination based on “sex stereotyping.” And the EEOC has been accepting complaints of discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity as potential Title VII claims.

Abercrombie argued that its rejection of Elauf couldn’t be in violation of Title VII because it never had “actual knowledge” that Elauf wore her black headscarf for religious reasons. The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals agreed. The National Center for Lesbian Rights joined a brief filed by the American Jewish Committee that criticized the 10th Circuit opinion as a sort of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” approach “for any employer who wants to engage in intentional hiring discrimination based on religion.”

“Rewarding such willful or pretended ignorance (or worse) is the antithesis of how Title VII is meant to work,” said the brief.

The case did not involve an LGBT person, but it did involve a scenario with which LGBT job applicants are familiar: where an employer quietly presumes something about the applicant based on the applicant’s appearance and then denies the applicant a job based on that suspicion.

In an online essay, Gregory Nevins, employment fairness program specialist for Lambda Legal, explained why his group filed a brief on Elauf’s behalf. First, he said, Lambda was concerned the Supreme Court might issue “an overly broad ruling, extolling the primacy of workers’ religious rights, because many employees have cried religious discrimination when disciplined for actions harassing and even menacing to their coworkers, including LGBT workers.”

But Lambda’s brief also argued that Title VII simply does not include any language that gives an employer a pass on accommodating an employee’s religious practices by claiming the employee never told the employer about his or her religion. soflagaynews //

In a case that potentially impacts LGBT workers, the U.S. Supreme Court found retail clothier Abercrombie & Fitch in violation Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for intentionally discriminating against hiring an employee based on their religion.

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Lambda said it has seen a “disturbing tendency” by the lower courts to dismiss certain Title VII claims –including many by LGBT workers— by creating new “rules and prerequisites” that are not in the language of Title VII. In the 10th Circuit’s case, the new rule was that an employee or applicant had to inform the employer of their religious practices and work out some potential accommodation in advance.

But in an 8 to 1 decision (with only Justice Clarence Thomas dissenting), the Supreme Court said Abercrombie violated Title VII when it failed to hire Elauf because it suspected she was Muslim and that she would likely seek accommodation at work for her religious beliefs.

The decision, authored by Scalia, said, “An employer may not make an applicant’s religious practice, confirmed or otherwise, a factor in employment decisions.”

“An employer who has actual knowledge of the need for an accommodation does not violate Title VII by refusing to hire an applicant if avoiding that accommodation is not his motive,” wrote Scalia. “Conversely, an employer who acts with the motive of avoiding accommodation may violate Title VII even if he has no more than an unsubstantiated suspicion that accommodation would be needed.”

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And the 10th Circuit’s approach of requiring an employer have “actual knowledge” of an employee or applicant’s religious practices, said Scalia, is simply not in the text of Title VII that Congress enacted.

“I’m very happy about the decision,” said Lambda’s national legal director Jon Davidson.

Lambda’s brief, noted Davidson, “made the point emphasized by Justice Scalia that courts should not add language to Title VII that Congress did not enact in order to achieve what courts may think is a desirable result.”

Meanwhile, LGBT groups are awaiting other Supreme Court decisions this month, including: Obergefell v. Hodges, an appeal challenging a Sixth Circuit decision that upheld state bans on same-sex couples marrying; and King v. Burwell, an appeal challenging a Fourth Circuit decision upholding the federal government’s tax subsidies to people with low incomes in all 50 states to buy health coverage. Lambda, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, and other LGBT groups filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold the lower court decision. It noted that the subsidies have a “significant impact” on fighting HIV and that limiting those subsidies would have a “devastating public health” impact on people of color.

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Graham Pulls Accounts From Wells Fargo Over Lesbian Ad John McDonald The son of famed American Christian evangelist Billy Graham is withdrawing his family’s fortune from Wells Fargo Bank because the corporation features same-sex couples in its advertising.

Franklin Graham, chief executive officer of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, announced he is moving bank accounts for two of his ministries and calling on Christians to boycott corporations that feature same-sex relationships in their advertising.

“This is one way, we as Christians can speak out – we have the power of choice,” Graham posted on Facebook. “Let’s just stop doing business with those who promote sin and stand against Almighty God’s laws and His standards. Maybe if enough of us do this, it will get their attention.”

Graham, reportedly, does not agree with a Wells Fargo television and online ad featuring a lesbian couple learning sign language with their adopted daughter. In the ad, the lesbians tell the little girl, “Hello, beautiful. We’re going to be your new mommies.”

This was apparently the straw that broke the

back for Graham, who is now in the process of pulling the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association account and another, Samaritan’s Purse, from San Francisco based bank. It’s unclear just how much the two accounts are worth.

Wells Fargo issued a statement reaffirming its commitment to diversity and the LGBT community.

“At Wells Fargo, serving every customer is core to our vision and vales,” said spokeswoman Christina Kolbjornsen. “Diversity and inclusion are foundational to who we are as a company.

Our advertising content reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.”

Graham’s father Billy Graham, 96, rose to prominence by serving as a spiritual advisor to U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon.

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Below is his response to one of his Facebook friends: Pembroke Pines City Commissioner and former Broward House Executive Director Angelo Castillo presumably mocked Caitlyn Jenner on Facebook last week in order to elicit an “adult discussion.”

Here’s what he had to say: “I have an announcement to make.

After considerable thought, I’ve decided to remain a guy. Now, I know this defies all conventional wisdom, trends and styles. Yet I’ve considered my decisions carefully and just feel it will be better for all concerned. In the days ahead, I ask for your help and support. Staying a guy is not an easy choice to make but in reaching this difficult decision I hope you will all understand that I really think this is the best choice I can make for me. (satire added, no extra charge) Discuss.”

And “discuss” is exactly what Castillo’s Facebook friends did, much to the commissioner’s chagrin. When they started to complain his responses got angry and dismissive at one point telling everyone to go “fuck themselves” if they didn’t like it.

“But nobody — as in nobody — tells me how to think, write or speak. You can like, or dislike, agree or disagree, sympathize or alienate, chuckle or cry, cringe or embrace, all or none, all that and more however you wish. But in this country, I have a right to say what I wish in the manner that I choose for the purposes I select and in the way I think is right. Anybody that doesn’t like me doing that they can go fuck themselves.

Is that clear enough?”

This wasn’t Castillo’s first post about Jenner either. Earlier he posted a photo of the Vanity Fair cover featuring Jenner saying “Well, I’ll say this. She’s better looking than Rudy Giuliani.”

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“If you find it inappropriate, if it offends you, defriend me. I don’t do this series for your approval or disapproval.

I do it to generate adult discussion among those who are supposed to possess a curious inclination toward public policy. I couldn’t give a rats ass what impression it has on you. It’s about much more than you or me. It’s about people thinking about how they react to such things as a man deciding to courageously to align his emotional gender with his physique, and the odd reactions that evokes in some — as if his decisions (hers actually) was somehow about them. I will employ humor, I will employ seriousness, I may share my views, I may invent views — I may choose to use other means to generate that discussion and if you’re truly offended, hey, we’ll still be friends — take off. Get lost, Nobody’s forcing you to be here. There will be no problem by me.”

SFGN reached out to Broward House, where Castillo served as executive director for many years, for a comment.

“Broward House is defined by the demonstrated commitment of our staff to the care and prevention of HIV and providing individuals services with dignity,” said Stacy Hyde, current president and CEO. “Our goal is to honor what makes each of us in our community similar and what make us unique, simply to be authentic.”

CEO of Equality Florida Nadine Smith was more direct.

“I'm disappointed that so many are using male pronouns for Caitlyn Jenner. More disappointed at the snarky post. I've got a great sense of humor but the best comics will tell you always punch up at the privileged. Punching someone being held down, that's not humor that's just meanness. Be better than this post,” she said.

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N G SF to ou Y nk a Th ys sa EO C ss a p Com Jason, For those of us playing in the news business for nearly two decades, we appreciate the opportunity you have provided our kids.

For our youth however, the enormity of this specific contribution cannot be underestimated. At Compass we promise to give a voice to youth and young adults they’ve often felt robbed of throughout their lives. Seeing their thoughts and sentiments in print not only inspires us but empowers the kids who are brave enough to come to Compass to participate in our programs.

They learn to speak for themselves, and then for one another, and then for others. It’s an evolution so logical and so foolproof it is no wonder organizations across the nation want to replicate what we are doing in Palm Beach County.

All of us at Compass recognize that what is happening here is a group effort. Between Compass, PBCHRC, the School District, the Children’s Services Council and the United Way - and yes, the voice the SFGN provides us locally and throughout the nation - we can be proud that we are doing the best and most,

even in the most challenging of times, to solidify a bright future for all generations of our community.

So long story short - thank you.

Sincerely, Tony Plakas, President/CEO of Compass

I’m gay.

I am the future of the LGBT community.

And I read about that future every day on my smart phone.

Because that’s where I want it to be.

The person depicted here is a model. Their image is being used for illustrative purposes only.

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Gay Moroccan Seeking Asylum Arguments John McDonald

Mehdi, who grew up in Morocco, came to the U.S. in 2009; now seeking asylum, claiming his Muslim family does not accept him anymore. He has set up a GoFundMe account to raise money for his case.

His father did not understand him. He tried to change him and eventually he beat him.

Mehdi does not want to face this anymore and that’s why he’s in Fort Myers seeking a new life. A life free of fear and hostilities; and with the promise of all America has to offer.

“I want to feel free and without always having to look over my shoulder,” he said.

Mehdi grew up in Morocco, the North African nation on the Mediterranean Sea. His Muslim family does not want to accept him anymore. If he were to return, they could, undoubtedly, hurt him.

Why? Because Mehdi is gay.

“I was not as masculine as my father thought I should be,” Mehdi said. “For this reason, he would often compare me to my brother and hit me with a bare hand as well as a belt because he felt that I was an embarrassment to the family.”

Mehdi endured the pain and punishment, suppressing his attractions for men to please his family, while looking to the West for hope.

He came to America in 2009 on a cultural exchange program, working for Walt Disney World in Orlando. Mehdi kept his family ties with an uncle in Miami while working

largely with fellow Muslims for Disney. And yet he still could not be true to himself.

Eventually, Mehdi’s secret was discovered by his uncle, who verbally abused him.

Depression followed and bouts with anxiety led to Mehdi seeking treatment. In March of this year, he decided to apply for asylum in the U.S. “I know that if I am forced to return to Morocco, that my family, as well as Muslim Moroccan society at large, will cause me bodily harm at minimum, jail, but ultimately, I believe that my family will have me murdered before any of that occurs.”

To stay here in South Florida, Mehdi needs help. Asylum can be a lengthy and arduous process. To raise money he’s set up a GoFundMe.com account, which includes his story.

He has a goal of $4,000 to be used in certification of financial management program at Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. Finance, Mehdi says, is his passion.

“I want to prove that I am here to be a productive member of society,” Mehdi said.

“I can use my time during the asylum process to study and improve my education.”

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Miley Cyrus Goes to Bat For LGBT, Homeless

The Happy Hippie Foundation will focus on at-risk youth Christiana Lilly

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Miley Cyrus has launched the Happy Hippie Foundation, a nonprofit organization working with homeless teens, LGBT youth and other at-risk populations.

Miley Cyrus is no stranger to causing a stir, but at last year’s Video Music Awards, she did it for a cause.

When Jimmy Fallon announced that she won video of the year for “Wrecking Ball,” rather than getting on stage, she sat on the edge while a young man with shoulder-length blond hair went up. He told the crowd that his name is Jesse, and he is one 1.6 million runaways and homeless youth in the U.S. Cyrus cried while he told his story, his hands shaking as he read from note cards, Fallon helping him hold the microphone, and implored the audience to give to help.

Little did anyone know that was a precursor to a movement. Recently, the songstress announced that she has launched the Happy Hippie Foundation (HappyHippies.org), a nonprofit working with homeless teens, LGBT youth, and other at-risk populations.

“Every life is valuable and we should make sure those who question their value feel protected,” Cyrus wrote in an op-ed on her website. “Change is what we need and what young people are counting on!

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makes life unbearable for human beings with feelings and emotions — like love, maybe the greatest one of them.”

On the site, a list of LGBT organizations are listed as resources, including Covenant House, GLAAD, National Center for Transgender Equality, The Trevor Project, and the True Colors Fund.

A representative from Happy Hippie Foundation declined an interview with South Florida Gay News, saying, “Due to timing and other commitments, we respectfully decline this opportunity.”

Cyrus is no stranger to LGBT causes — she posed for NOH8’s photo campaign in 2011, and the following year, showed her support for same-sex marriage by getting an equal sign tattooed on her finger. In a piece she wrote for Glamour magazine, she wrote how she can’t bring herself to shop at Urban Outfitters after discovering the CEO allegedly donated to Rick Santorum. When Disney Channel’s television show “Good Luck Charlie” introduced a lesbian couple into the cast, she tweeted her approval with multiple heart emojis and exclamation marks.

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We can say NO. Or we can say, with a full heart, YES.

Johanna Siguroardottir (born 1942), in 2010,while in office as Iceland's prime minister, she married her partner in what was believed to be the first same-sex wedding of a ruling government leader in Europe. In 2002, she had joined in a civil union with Jonina Leosdottir (born 1954), an author and playwright.

Xavier Bettel (born 1973), the Prime Minister of Luxembourg married his Belgian partner Gauthier Destenay a year after the tiny, staunchly Roman Catholic nation's parliament approved a law allowing samesex marriage. The official ceremony was held at Luxembourg City Hall on Friday May 15 , 2015. Bettel, a 42-year-old lawyer, heads the free-market DP liberals, who entered a coalition government with the Socialists and the Greens to end 34 years of Christian Democrat reign in Luxembourg. On July 1, this nation of 520,000 will take over the presidency of the 28-nation European Union, giving Bettel major international exposure.

James Hormel (born 1933) is an American philanthropist and noted LGBT activist. He is the former United States Ambassador to Luxembourg; appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1999. He was the first openly LGBT person to serve as a U.S. Ambassador. In 1994, President Bill Clinton considered Hormel for the ambassadorship 24

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to Fiji, but did not put the nomination forward due to protests from Fiji officials.

In October 1997 Clinton nominated Hormel to be ambassador to Luxembourg, which had removed laws prohibiting consensual same-sex acts between adults in the 1800s.

This appointment was the first nomination or appointment of an openly LGBT person from the U.S. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved his nomination with only Republican and conservative Senators Jesse Helms and John Ashcroft opposed.

Three other Republicans, James Inhofe, Tim Hutchinson, and Bob Smith, with the urging of religious and social conservatives campaigned vigorously against Hormel's nomination. Trent Lott, the Republican Majority Leader, worked to block the vote and publicly called homosexuality a sin and compared it to alcoholism and kleptomania.

Christian-based conservative groups like the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) and the Family Research Council publicly accused Hormel of being pro-pornography and antiCatholic and the Senators presented those charges to derail the nomination. They asserted that Hormel would be rejected in the largely Catholic Luxembourg. To support the pornography allegation, a list of materials in the Hormel collection at the San Francisco Public Library was compiled by the TVC; it was later pointed out that the same works were also in the Library of Congress. Concerns about Hormel's reception in Luxembourg were "blunted” when officials of the country, which has laws against discrimination based on sexual orientation, indicated that he would be welcome.

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The first leather bar in San Francisco was Why Not in 1961. It was followed by Tool Box on the corner of Harrison and Fourth Street in the South of Market district. It featured a mural by Chuck Arnett.

The June 26, 1964, issue of LIFE magazine featured a fourteen-page article on “Homosexuality in America.” The opening photograph, almost a twopage spread, showed men in leather at Tool Box. No doubt, the picture of leathermen was selected because it fulfilled the magazine’s premise that “the ‘gay world’...is actually a sad and often sordid world.” Homosexuals were outsiders, different from the rest of America. And men in leather were more than outsiders. They were outlaws.

Indeed, homosexual acts were criminal offenses subject to years in prison. Many homosexuals hid their preferences, but not the two main groups of outsiders: men in drag and men in leather. Even though men dressed as women were the antithesis of macho leathermen who shunned any hint of effeminacy, they shared a common outlook. Unlike the closeted men in suits and ties who attempted to fit unnoticed into society, the outlaws shouted their defiance and celebrated their diversity.

1947In Los Angeles, Lisa Ben (a pseudonym and an 1970 June 28 About 15,000 people march in New 1983 June 27 The CDC reports 1,641 AIDS cases 2003 June 26 In Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme anagram for “lesbian”) types and distributes about a dozen York City’s Christopher Street Liberation Day commemoratCourt declares sodomy laws unconstitutional. copies of the first lesbian newsletter, Vice Versa. “America’s Gayest Magazine” includes book and movie reviews, poetry and essays. The publication lasts for nine issues.

1950A number of black and white men and women in

ing the Stonewall Riots. Parades also occur in Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco.

1972 About 2,500 homosexuals march in Philadelphia’s first Gay Pride parade.

Los Angeles form Knights of the Clock, a support group for interracial gay, lesbian and heterosexual couples.

June 14 The United States Senate authorizes an investigation of homosexuals “and other moral perverts” working in the government.

1975 Leather/S&M-focused Drummer magazine pub-

Nationality Act bars potential U.S. immigrants “afflicted with psychopathic personality,” a phrase interpreted to include homosexuals.

overwhelmingly to repeal a gay-rights ordinance.

June 8 Florida Governor Reubin Askew signs a law prohibiting gay men and lesbians from adopting children.

June 16 In Texas, 6,000 gays, lesbians and supporters march through downtown Houston as gay-rights opponent Anita Bryant arrives to entertain at a banquet.

lishes its first issue.

June 19 American Medical Association recommends repeal of all state laws against consensual adult same-sex acts.

1952 June 27 The McCarran-Walter Immigration and 1977 June 7 Dade County, Florida, residents vote 1962 June 25 In MANual Enterprises v. Day, the U.S.

and 644 deaths; an estimated 70% are gay men.

1984 June 3 Harvey Fierstein wins his third Tony 2005 June 4 Activist Jean O’Leary (1948) dies.

Award for best book of a musical for La Cage Aux Folles.

2009 June 1 The Nevada legislature overrides Jim Gibbons’s veto making domestic partnership 1986 June 30 In Bowers v. Hardwick, the U.S. Su- Governor effective October 1. preme Court rules the Constitution gives states the right to regulate and proscribe same-sex relations.

June 3 New Hampshire legalizes civil marriage for samesex couples effective January 1, 2010.

1987June 15 The New York Times finally lets writers 2010 June 27 Iceland legalizes same-sex marriage. use “gay” as a synonym for “homosexual.”

Among the first to wed: Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardót1989 June 2 At the American Booksellers Associa- tir and Jónína Leósdóttir. tion convention in Washington, D.C., Lambda Book Report 1June 24 New York State legalizes same-sex presents the first Lambda Literary Awards to Dorothy Alli- 201 son, Paul Monette, Michael Nava, Karen Thompson and Edmund White.

June 12 Fearing loss of National Endowment for the Arts funding, the Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art cancels an exhibit of Robert Mapplethorpe photographs that includes kinky images.

June 25 U.S. Postal Service issues a “Lesbian and Gay Pride” postmark commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

marriage.

June 18 The daytime soap One Life to Live airs the first openly gay teen character, portrayed by Ryan Phillippe.

legalize same-sex marriage.

2013 June 3 Bradley Taylor and Dylan Meehan are

Supreme Court rules photographs of nude or semi-nude men designed to appeal to homosexuals are not obscene and may be sent through the mail.

1978 The U.S. Patent Office refuses to trademark the

“Homosexuality in America” with photographs taken at the San Francisco leather bar Tool Box. June 29 Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr. Sloane premieres in London.

June 16 Singer k. d. lang comes out in a cover 1979 Randy Rohl of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, be- 1992 2014 June 1 Illinois becomes the sixteenth state to story in The Advocate.

1964 In its June 26 issue, Life magazine publishes 1968 June 17 The Queen, a documentary of a drag competition, premieres in New York.

1969 June 22 Death of Judy Garland (born June 10,

1922), not a lesbian but married to a few gay men.

June 28 Police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village; patrons—and some of the crowd gathered outside—fight back.

Visit Stonewall National Museum & Archives Gallery at 2157 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors to learn more about our gay heritage and those who paved the way—through activism, sacrifice and courage—to give us a better and freer life.

magazine title Gaysweek, calling the name “immoral.”

June 25 The first rainbow flag, designed with eight stripes

by Gilbert Baker, unfurls at San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day Parade, which draws 350,000 participants. comes the first American high school student to take a same-sex partner to a prom.

1980 June 11 At its convention, the Democratic Party 1994 June 18-25 Gay Games IV in New York City. proposes to protect “all groups from discrimination” and to oppose the ban on homosexual immigrants.

June 20 The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence debut at the Gay Freedom Day Parade in San Francisco.

1981 June 5 The CDC (Centers for Disease Control)

receives the first known reports—from gay communities in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco—of what would be later labeled AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).

June 27 Deborah Batts becomes the first openly lesbian or gay federal judge in the United States.

June 6 The U.S. Supreme Court orders a lower court to consider whether failure to protect a male-to-female transgender prisoner in an all-male institution from rape violates the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.

1995June 13 The Broward County Commission passes a gay rights bill covering employment, housing and public accommodation.

designated the “cutest couple” in the Carmel, New York, High School yearbook.

June 6 Student Mitch Anderson comes out in a speech at his Temple,Texas, high school graduation.

June 21 The British Museum introduces a guide focusing on elements of homosexuality in its collection.

June 28 California (again!) legalizes same-sex marriage.

SOME GAY-RELATED MOVIES RELEASED IN JUNE 1962 Advise & Consent 1976 Ode to Billy Joe 1984 Another Country 1985 Before Stonewall 1994 Go Fish 1996 Skin & Bone 1999 Edge of Seventeen 2000 Big Eden 2001 Y Tu Mamá También 2008 Chris & Don: A Love Story 2011 Beginners ©2015 CHARLES L. ROSS + STONEWALL NATIONAL MUSEUM & ARCHIVES

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When I lived “up north” it seemed that there was a bakery on every other block (which may account for why the folks up there tend to be a bit beefier than here in SoFla). A few months ago Wilton Manors got its very own neighborhood bakery when Out of the Oven opened.

Out of the Oven’s owners, JT Threlkeld, a pastry chef and his partner Chris Messina moved to the area a few years ago and also missed having the neighborhood bakery experience, so they opened one. They combined JT’s skills and Chris’ families’ Italian recipes. Stopping into their shop is the next best thing to having an Italian grandmother.

The products they put out, whether loaves of fragrant bread, pastries or savory items are all made fresh daily. I was amazed at how reasonable the prices are. Most single serve pastries and savories are priced between $2.95 and $5. In fact, you can have a very filling lunch with one of their savory items, a soft drink and a dessert and still walk out with change from a $10 bill.

Try the pizza roll. It’s nothing like those awful frozen concoctions; this one is made of cheese, sauce and a filling (spinach, sausage or

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nsane Cookies are so “insanely” rich and chewy that it’s hard to believe that they didn’t just pop out of your oven. Made from premium ingredients such as pure vanilla extract, chocolate from 100 percent cocoa powder, and heavenly, sweet-cream butter, the large cookies are soft-textured with layers of flavors that will make your taste-buds erupt in delight. I like my cookies a little crisper and found that if I stored them in the fridge for an hour or so, they were just right.

There are dozens of flavors, some classic, such as chocolate chip (with or without pecans), sugar, oatmeal raisin and the like, but the exotic combinations are the ones with “Wow!” factor. Consider sending a platter of the “Dirty Pig” to the Ramrod. The combination of chocolate brownie dough topped with bacon & brown sugar should be a hit.

Among some of the other exotic flavors I’ve enjoyed are; “Feeling Blue,” a tart lemon dough studded with white chocolate chips and dried blueberries and “The Exhibitionist” combines a classic butter cookie dough with white chocolate chips, dried cranberries and pistachio nuts.

“Identity Crisis” blends chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and mini Reese's cups with peanut butter dough; the “Over Sleeper” recreates French toast with maple syrup with bacon bits while the “Wallflower” melds cinnamon oatmeal dough with raisins & walnuts.

Right now, they are available by mail order, or for local residents, at pick up sites in Oakland Park (Funky Buddha Brewery), Pembroke

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whatever strikes their fancy that day) and is rolled pinwheel style.

Served piping hot and bigger than your fist, it makes for a satisfying lunch. Individual quiches, rich and creamy, are available in a variety of flavor combination as are homemade soups. The clam “chowdah” is rich and creamy and chock full of tasty, tender bits of clam. For something lighter try one of the flatbreads. Nearly a foot of paper thin, yet sturdy crust supports combinations such as chicken and spinach, bbq chicken or the aromatic and tasty roasted garlic. Your breath will stink, but go ahead and enjoy and just buy a roll of Mentos for later.

For dessert try one of the homemade whoopee pies, a fudgy brownie, cookie or a jelly-filled doughnut, which are baked, not fried. J.T.’s pineapple upside-down cake is better than my mom’s and the individual chocolate lava cake will satisfy even the most addicted chocoholic.

Fresh loaves of challah are baked every Friday and are as perfectly prepared as all of the other loaves of bread, whether a French baguette, olive bread or a power bar. Don’t even get me started on the addictive pretzel rolls and giant pretzels! I won’t be buying any baked goods from Publix, now that I can get infinitely better fare for the same price at Out of the Oven.

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Pines (Burger & Beer Joint) and Cooper City (De La Flor Gardens). If you prefer to look at the selection, before you order, head over to the Yellow Green Farmer’s Market in Hollywood on Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. If you’ve got to have a fix and can’t wait, the cookies are also available at Serendip-A-Tea in Kendall, Papalani Gelato in Boynton Beach and at the Whole Foods Market in Davie on Tuesdays from 10-3.

If ordering online it is possible to create your own unique cookie by choosing one of 16 dough bases (picking regular or gluten free flour) from the classics (butter, brownie, peanut butter dough) to the inventive (red velvet, root beer, strawberry), then add up to three of nearly 30 add-ins from chocolate chips, nuts or dried fruit to potato chips, bacon or pretzels) for $25 a dozen ($4 more for gluten free). They’ll even turn them into sandwich cookies with a choice of fillings for the same amount for five cookies.

The company will also deliver locally for $10. Each separate flavor is carefully delivered in its own bag. If you are sending the cookies as a gift, the company packs them on a nest of crinkle cut paper inside chocolate-colored boxes which are wrapped in beautiful satin ribbon and attaches a card with your personal note. For parties many local customers or decoratively arranged cookies on domed platters. The lead time for an order is 24 hours whether for local pick-up or delivery or out of town shipping.

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If you’ve been on a gay cruise, then you already know about Amy Armstrong and Freddy Allen. Amy is a bawdy broad who belts it out of the room, while Freddy tinkles the ivories. The Chicago-based musical duo are celebrating 20 years together and bringing their sassy anniversary show to The Cabaret South Beach, 233 12th St. in Miami Beach, for two performances, tonight and Friday, June 12 at 8 p.m. There is a two-drink minimum. Tickets are $20 at TheCabaretSouthBeach.com.

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ArtsUnited, the region’s LGBT visual arts cooperative, hosts the opening reception for its annual Pride month exhibition, “United & Proud,” tonight at 6 p.m. at the Pride Center Art Gallery, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. The juried exhibition, open through June 26, features all types of mediums from pen and ink and pastels to mixed media and sculpture, representing the diversity of styles within the LGBT art community. Admission is free. For information, go to ArtsUnitedFlorida.com.

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For more than 20 years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. First on Comedy Central’s “Politically Incorrect,” and, for the last 12 years on HBO’s “Real Time,” Maher’s combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 34 Emmy nominations. Don’t miss an opportunity to see the brilliant comedian and commentator live tonight at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. Tickets start at $35 at Kravis.org.

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“Feed Me, Seymour!” Yes, Audrey II, the terrifying extraterrestrial plant with a taste for human blood and a desire to conquer the planet, is back. Slow Burn Theatre Co. presents the musical comedy, “Little Shop of Horrors,” as its final production at West Boca Raton High School, 12500 W. Glades Road, before making the move to the Broward Center next fall. Join the fun Thursday – Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through June 28. Tickets are $25 – 40 at SlowBurnTheatre.com. soflagaynews //

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Okay, you can admit it, you like cheesy science fiction and suspense flicks. Well, this weekend, one of the most anticipated summer blockbusters hits the cinemaplex, “Jurassic World.” Like so many sequels, we’re really not anticipating anything new—dinosaurs cloned from ancient DNA terrorize unsuspecting visitors at a theme park—but this film does feature hunky Chris Pratt. That’s reason enough to brave the crowds over the weekend. Check local listings for theaters and show times.

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Get an early start on the weekend Pride celebrations in Wilton Manors tonight. At Georgie’s Alibi/Monkey Bar in the Shoppes of Wilton Manors, soulful songstress Lenora Jaye entertains at 8, 9 and 10 p.m. in the Manchester Room. Or, gather with other LGBT sports fans tonight at 9 p.m. at Sidelines Sports Bar, 2031-A Wilton Drive for Game 3 of the NBA championships between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. For info, go to AlibiWiltonManors. com and SideLinesSports.com.

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Any fan of the syndicated, estrogencharged talk show, “The View,” knows Mario Cantone. And they know he has more than a few opinions on just about every subject.

While Cantone has served as a regular contributor and guest co-host—and every straight woman in middle America’s gay best friend—for more than 17 years, he doesn’t harbor any aspirations to become a member of the cast.

“I don’t think I’ll ever be permanent,” he explained over the phone from his home in New York City. “ABC’s news department is running the show and they happen to like me…but they’re going to pick woman. That’s what they want and that’s what it should be.”

Cantone, a Boston native, has worked with nearly every member of the fluid cast and appreciates the opportunity to work in his adopted hometown. He admits he is “probably more political” on the show than when he takes the stage.

The 55-year-old actor and comedian is bringing his “newish” one-man show to Fort Lauderdale’s Parker Playhouse. He and his band promise several entertaining musical numbers, including a new opening.

“I love working with music,” he enthusiastically confessed. “There (are) a lot of people who have never seen me perform live. It’s very different from anything I do on television. It’s very musical, with a lot of stand-up and pop culture and musical impressions. Bruce, Liza, Judy and I will all be there.”

Speaking of television, unlike many actors who created iconic roles on television and regretted the experience, Cantone still appreciates his breakout role as Charlotte’s gay wedding planner, Anthony Marentino, on “Sex and the City.”

“It’s tough because you risk becoming pigeonholed, but you can’t bite the hand that feeds you,” he added, hoping another movie sequel will be filmed. “I hope they rectify that last one.”

Unlike other actors and comedians, he only draws a line when it comes to reality shows, when it comes to working.

“I’d do the biggest piece of shit,” Cantone said, “as long as it’s scripted.”

Cantone also has a theater project in the works with former “Sex and the City” cast mate Cynthia Nixon directing. The play will recognize the accomplished but little known Canadian female impersonator Craig Russell, who died in 1990.

His biggest concern is the degree of control stars lose when they turn their lives over to producers and editors in reality shows.

Plus, his husband would simply put his foot down if a camera followed the longtime couple around 24-hours a day.

“If you don’t have control, they can make you look like an asshole,” he said adamantly.

“Kathy Griffin did hers and stayed above it.

Joan and Melissa Rivers did, too.”

In the meantime, he’s happy to continue singing and dancing and telling jokes—as long as they’re scripted.

Actor and comedian Mario Cantone appears at the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE 8th St. in Fort Lauderdale, on Saturday, June 13 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $35.40 - $88.50 at ParkerPlayhouse.com.

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Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight June 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. at Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main St. in Miami Lakes. In the middle of sex, someone yells out a racial slur, leading to a conference call between three couples: a gay psychologist and his older lover, a couple constantly fighting, and a vixen and her hitman boyfriend.

Tickets $10. Call 305-558-3737 or visit MainStreetPlayers.com.

Mario Cantone: On the Way to Broadway

June 13 at 8 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale.

The “Sex and the City” and “Laugh Whore” star brings the laughs to the stage in this one-man show. Tickets $28 to $98. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com.

Bill Maher

June 13 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The television host mixes raunchy humor and politics for a noholds-barred show. Tickets $35 and up.

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

broward county * Flo’Pocalyse: RiseOfThePoet

June 12 at at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. QUICKThePoet hosts this evening of spoken word poets from around the country. Tickets $25.50 -$45.50.

954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

* Candlebox & Saliva w/Jason K & Signal Fire

June 13 at 8:30 p.m. at Revolution Live, 100 Nugent Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. A night of rock music benefitting the Peanut Butter & Jelly Project, a nonprofit working to end homelessness. Tickets $35 to $50. Call 954449-1025 or visit JoinTheRevolution.net.

* Caribbean Jazz Matazz 2015

June 14 at Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Jazz, reggae, and calypso music featuring Myrna Hague, A.J. Brown, and Eugene Grey. Tickets $40 to $60. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

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Through June 28 at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. Mitchell doesn’t believe in gay marriage, but his partner Daniel dreams of walking down the aisle. When something catastrophic happens to them, they learn the consequences of not being legally married in this society. Tickets $30. 954-519-253 or IslandCityStage.org.

palm beach county * Joyce Moreno

June 13 at 8 p.m. at ArtsGarage, 180 NE First St. in Delray Beach. A pioneer of the first-person feminine voice, Moreno is a four-time Latin Grammy nominated artist and has written more than 400 recorded songs. Tickets $25 to $45. Call 561-450-6357 or visit ArtsGarage.org.

* Lana Del Rey

June 16 at Coral Sky Amphitheatre (formerly Cruzan), 601-7 Sansburys Way in West Palm Beach. Del Rey’s haunting voice has taken tracks “Young and Beautiful,” “Summertime Sadness” and other songs to soar on the Billboard. Tickets $40 and up. Call 561-7958883 or visit CruzanAmphitheatre.net.

* Into the Woods

June 18 to 28 at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. A musical melding together multiple fairy tales where your favorite characters will cross paths in the woods. Tickets $20 to $25. Call 561-2437922 or visit DelrayArts.org

miami-dade county Jenny in Love: Tribute to the Stars

June 11 at 8 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. Jenny Love is joined on stage with violinist Pedro Alfonso to perform hits by Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Peggy Lee, Shirley Bassey & Bette, and more.

Tickets $45 to $50. Call 305-466-8002 or visit AventuraCenter.org.

* Amy & Freddy

June 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. at The Cabaret South Beach, 233 12th St. in Miami Beach.

The Chicago duo perform a cabaret with comedy and music. Tickets $20. www. tickets.reactionshows.com. Facebook.com/ TheCarbaretSouthBeach.

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June 13 at 8 p.m. at the Arsht Center, in Miami.

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June 16 at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. The indie rock band released their latest album, “Lost in the Dream” in 2014. Tickets $27.50.

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nimated conversation filled the car leaving the airport; new acquaintances have a great deal to say in a short time. The ride took them on congested arteries that probably made sense to the locals but tore away any semblance of orientation to the newcomer.

Mile after mile strip malls filled with subsistence businesses were broken only by traffic signals. Turning left into a side street brought a distinct comfort with its quiet. The quiet only served to set loose a queasy stomach in anticipation of what was today’s final destination.

Rounding the corner into the cul-de-sac his eye roamed first up one side of the street then back down the other. Finally the end of a long day of travel was coming to a close as he rode along to his new home. A new home sans everything and everyone he has ever known, exchanged for the hope and dream of a new life.

Inside the place appeared in complete disarray. Uncounted dogs barked incessantly. The living room contained two beds, a TV and the debris of two young men living out of suitcases. Food packages, soda containers, and dishes covered most surfaces of the kitchen.

A family room opening onto a pool area was the most welcoming of the rooms. Two couches filled a corner with a broad square table in front of them. A big old projection television stood near one wall visible from any seat on the couch. Tom Moran with Orlando Models rattled off the house rules.

"Pick a place to sleep, one that is not already claimed.

There may be a bureau for your things, or just leave them in your suitcase. No alcohol is permitted, none, ever. You bring it here you are out. No drugs are permitted, none, ever. You bring any here you are out. We don't shoot in the house and you don't bring customers here.

We grocery shop once in a while and share the cooking and cleaning. I buy the food. You can contribute.

Laundry gets done when someone needs it, the load usually contains something of everyone’s; you’ll find it dumped on the couch to take what’s yours.

We live quietly. The neighbors are aware of who we are and what we do and many are unhappy or overly sensitive to that. Most of the other boys don't have a car either so there is a good deal of walking. When you walk through the neighborhood be quiet, especially at night and especially if you have been drinking. Always be respectful to any neighbors you meet; we need all the good will we can get.”

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Depending on the shooting schedule the first scene might be a week or ten days away. Time in between is hanging out with the other boys, getting oriented and setting up an escort profile.

Several years ago several law enforcement agencies raided the house after keeping it under surveillance for some time. They didn't know what they were looking for so they focused on child pornography and drugs. Finding none of either, or anything else that interested them, they have limited their harassment since.

Sometimes they even give the porn actors a ride at night.

Tom led the way through the rest of the house showing off his bedroom and two others. His was off limits with a solid door and secure lock. The other two each contained one queen size bed along with miscellaneous furniture. Two boys shared each bed.

With his job done, Tom retired to his room leaving the new boy to the others. They proceeded to orient him to the real rhythms of living in a model house. The de facto leader of the band of young men living in a suburban Florida house acting in gay porn movies took the new arrival aside, led him to his room and performed the real orientation. Each new arrival finds a certain comforting commonality there.

Tom and the reigning senior porn actor who has held on for several years in an environment where most last a few months share commonalities. They are with the passing of years partners, non sexual partners even best friends no matter their differences.

Information is held close, their location a difficult detail to be entrusted with; a certain suspicion holds their eyes askance, their trust in reserve, their reticence to openly communicate readily apparent. Like they have something to hide, though what they do is openly available to anyone with a computer and Internet access.

The model house is a conundrum of noise and confusion delivering a certain sense of comfort to the new transplant as no matter the state of the place it serves as a refuge from a past life now left behind.

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ife grinds away slowly in religious Eastern Oregon homes; especially when a kid has the big secret. When Mom listens intently to Rush Limbaugh all the while silently nodding affirmatively, the kid knows this is not an announcement that will go over well.

A sister outed Justin to his parents after her confessional priest demanded she do so. Dad kept it simple “get out, and stay out until you are no longer queer.”

Justin, whose porn name is Zakk Matthews, originally hails from Oregon and lived for a time in Eastern Washington mostly as a first trial run away from home and family and an anonymous place to explore his newly found sexual orientation.

Portland lured the now 25-year-old for college and he worked as a chef before moving to Boise in hopes of reconnecting with family. Thankfully gays are not limited to families of blood.

Justin's family remained as bitter at his homosexuality as the day they slammed the door of the family home on him and the Catholic Church excommunicated him.

Justin first had sex, and that with a woman, while in college.

He was a late bloomer. A pair of male twins provided the first gay sexual experience, severing his interest in women and propelling Justin faster along the road to understanding himself.

Like most gay men Justin is in search of his life partner.

Though there is a certain disconnect between escorting and coming home to dinner.

Severance from family is often the most traumatic result of coming out. The first Christmas after his expulsion Justin returned to the family home gifts in hand only to be met at the door, relieved of his burden and directed to the back yard where he could see his father.

An elder brother, married with kids allows visits as long as “you don't look gay.” In all his blood family only his grandparents have embraced him.

Being alone, broke on the street is by no means a uniquely gay condition though far too many gay youth do their penance

there. In Boise he encountered an accepting community, found a cause in Add The Words Idaho and employment in his chosen profession. Life in Boise was comfortable in those three years though he did not find contentment or fulfillment.

Tom Moran, owner and manager of Orlando Models, made contact with him. Over the course of a year they chatted periodically via social media sites. Tom was ready for Justin much faster than Justin was ready to upturn his life.

Most life changing decisions are helped along by external forces. Unemployment, lease renewal approaching and a little cash in hand helped Justin to commit to his decision to leave all he knew for a world he could only imagine.

Committing and acting in the same week leaves little time for reconsideration so the decision to become a porn actor, model and escort brought only mild apprehension, a certain excitement and a terrible case of butterflies in the stomach.

There was no question about the decision and he would do the same again.

Those butterflies took him all the way to the airport where he spent his last twenty-five dollars checking one of his two bags that now contained his entire life. The flight took him from Boise to Phoenix and then a great leap across America to Orlando, where Tom met him at the curb and they drove to the model house. In that car trip those butterflies yielded to freeing excitement tinged only mildly by lingering apprehension.

That lingering apprehension was centered on the last stop, the house; fully committed now he could only wait for the last corner to be turned to get his first sight of his new home.

Disappointment was the first impression. Though it looked OK from the street the house inside was a wreck and disorganized. That first night Justin slept in the living room, and then he moved into a room with another boy. Now they share a bed.

Life in the model house can be crowded, noisy, and disorganized. And, at the very same time provide an environment conducive to merging the mutual commonalities of disparate though similarly focused young gay men.

Series continues next week with part four and five.

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The Sapphire Gala

June 13 at 6 p.m. at 1 Hotel & Homes, 2377 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach. An evening honoring individuals and businesses that support the LGBT community in Miami. Tickets $200 and up. Visit GayBizGala.com.

What Now? Easy Steps for Estate, Insurance and Gift Planning

June 16 at 6 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. A continuing educational series on marriage equality, Andrew Jimenez, a lawyer, and Christopher Dunham, an insurance expert, will talk about estate, insurance, and gift planning. Free. RSVP to RSVP@pridecenter.org.

Japan’s Robot Kingdom

June 16 to Sept. 13 at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road in Delray Beach. A look at Japanese robotics from the last 50 years and its impact on pop culture and technology. Tickets $15 museum admission. Call 561-495-0233 or visit Morikami.org.

broward county * United and Proud Opening Reception

June 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. Art

by Arts United members will be on display.

Donation $5 at the door, includes one drink.

Contact Emilio Aponte-Sierra at 954-8305103 or visit PrideCenterFlorida.org.

* Archaeology and the New River

June 15 at 11 a.m. at Stranahan House, 335 S. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale.

Dr. Michele Williams of the Florida Public Archaeology Network leads this month’s Stranahan Stories series with a history of the New River. Free. Call 954-524-4736 or visit StranahanHouse.org.

* Art of Food & Wine Series: California Dreamin’

June 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at NSU Art Museum, One E. Las Olas Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Mark Doohan leads a tasting and pairing class with

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wines from Napa and Sonoma Valley. Tickets $40 general, $25 members. RSVP to 954262-0204 or MOAreservations@moafl.org.

* Stonewall Street Festival and Parade

June 20 from 1 to 11 p.m. along Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. The whole community is invited to descend on Wilton Drive for its annual celebration commemorating the Stonewall Riots in 1969. Food trucks, drink booths, and other vendors will line the streets and the parade starts at 6 p.m. Free.

Visit WMEG.org.

* Star Light, Star Bright

Saturdays in June from dusk to midnight at Markham Park’s Fox Observatory, 16001 W. State Road 84 in Sunrise. Join the South Florida Amateur Astronomers Association to see the night sky in a whole new way. Park entry is $1.50. Visit SFAAA.com.

PFLAG

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

GayWrites

Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the Stonewall Library, 1300 E. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Come join us and write your memoir, poem, blog, novel or short story.

Free. Email garri1@earthlink.net.

SunServe Youth Group

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

Survivor Support

* The Morikami Menagerie: Creatures in Japanese Art

June 16 to Sept. 13 at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road in Delray Beach. Japanese folklore’s fantasy creatures -- dragons, lion-dogs and dragon-deer -- in art. Tickets $15 museum admission. Call 561-495-0233 or visit Morikami.org.

Eww! What’s Eating You?

Through Sept. 27 at the South Florida Science Center, 4801 Dreher Trail North in West Palm Beach. Explore the creepy crawlies of our planet that live off humans -- parasites! -- like tapeworms, fleas, lice, mosquitoes, and tick. Tickets $11 to 15. Call 561-832-1988 or visit SFScienceCenter.org.

Out of the Closet NA Group

Mondays at 7 p.m. at Lambda North, 18 S. J St. in Lake Worth. A support and discussion group for LGBT recovering addicts. Visit LambdaNorth.net.

miami-dade county * Balancing Act: The History of High Heels

June 11 at 7 p.m. at Books & Books, 9700 Collins Ave. in Bal Harbour. An iconic part of fashion, a look at its 130-year history as men’s wear to women’s shoes. Free. RSVP to info@fashionprojectbhs.com or 786-2452200. Visit FashionProjectBHS.com.

1st/3rd Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., Broward Health Imperial Point Hospital cafeteria, 6401 N. Federal Highway. Support from counselors and peers who have lost loved ones to suicide.

Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention. 954384-0344 or FISPOnline.org.

Zumba Fitness

The Sapphire Gala

Toastmasters

Sober Sisters

Arsht Center Farmers Market

Mondays 7-9 p.m. Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors. Learn the art of public speaking with positive reinforcement and encouragement from your peers. Call Ted Verdone at 954-566-2074 or email tedverdone@comcast.net.

palm beach county * Sushi & Stroll Summer Walks

Second Fridays through Sept. 11 at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road in Delray Beach. An annual summer series, explore the gardens and museum for sushi, sake, and taiko drumming. Tickets $15 museum admission.

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Mondays at 6 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Certified Zumba instructor for an infusion of exercise and dance moves. $5 donation. Call 561-3241626 or visit CompassGLCC.com.

Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Lambda North, 18 S. J St. in Lake Worth. A support and discussion group for female recovering alcoholics. Visit LambdaNorth.net.

Out of the Closet, Into the Light

Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at MCC of the Palm Beaches, 4857 Northlake Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens. AA for the LGBT community. Free. Call 561-775-5900 or visit MCCPalmBeach.org.

Voices of Pride

Mondays at 7 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Join the Gay Men’s Chorus as they practice every week. Free. Call 561-533-9699 or visit CompassGLCC.com.

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June 13 at 6 p.m. at 1 Hotel & Homes, 2377 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach. An evening honoring individuals and businesses that support the LGBT community in Miami.

Tickets $200 and up. Visit GayBizGala.com.

Mondays from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza for the Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Purchase fresh food from local farmers, including fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared foods, as well as chefs, live music, and cooking demonstrations. Free. Visit ArshtCenter.org/ en/Visit/Dining.

Rainbow Circle

Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. at the University of Miami Flipse Building #302, 5665 Ponce de Leon Drive in Coral Gables. An open discussion about coming out, relationships, peer pressure, bullying, depression and more. Free. Visit Pridelines.org.

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Photo: Levi Michaels, Twitter.

Levi Michaels Living It Up In South America Hunter Houston

So this week we discovered Levi Michaels. Yes, we are late to the party.

Michaels is quite the accomplished actor and media talent. He has a YouTube channel that has been written about in the Huffington Post, Queerty and various other gay porn blogs. Porn Pulse is hoping to be next.

Michaels (aka Rustin Charles) is currently filming in South America, tweeting on June 8 that he was “day drunk” on the continent. The website Str8UpGayPorn. com reports Michaels, an exclusive actor for CockyBoys.com, is using “fan donations” to intoxicate himself on foreign soil.

Michaels uploaded a video to his YouTube account from Bogota, Colombia last week in which the bearded strawberry blond actor said things were going well after recovering from a messy night before which featured heavy drinking of Long Island Ice Teas and Vino.

Meanwhile, Buzzfeed has created an interesting series in which porn stars watch

their scenes with everyday Joes. In a video titled, “Men Watch Porn With Porn Stars,” actors Conner Habib, Allie Haze, Danny Wylde and Paris Kennedy watch some of their scenes with the Buzzfeed staff. For his part, Wylde confirms he is uncut.

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