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Putin's Party Debuts 'Hetero Pride' Flag

(EDGE) Russia's got a new flag just for straights. In response to U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage, which sparked the White House to lite up in rainbow colors, Russian President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has unveiled their very own "heterosexual pride" flag. Russia's new straight pride flag shows a man and a woman holding hands with three

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children. Under the image is the hashtag "#RealFamily" in Russian. The flag looks unsurprisingly familiar to the flag for La Manif Pour Tous -- France's anti-gay political party. A Russian parody news agency noted this and jokingly accused the Russian party of stealing it. They also mocked that one of the changes United Russia made to the image was to make the mother's waist larger than her French equivalent.

National Gay Chamber Slams Donald Trump

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The Swinging Richards Nightclub in Pompano Beach has closed down. Previously, the nightclub catered to gay clientele and women were allowed to enter with a male escort. The dancers inside the club perform nude. While a rainbow flag still flies from atop the building at 1350 SW 2nd Street in Pompano Beach, a sign states the business is going

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national (NGLCC) The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) stands with our long time organizational partner the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) and applauds NBCUniversal and Macy’s for cutting ties with presidential hopeful Donald Trump over controversial comments he recently made about Mexican immigrants. As a businessman, Mr. Trump should understand the value of diversity and see it as an engine of economic growth. While well-intentioned Americans can certainly have differing opinions over immigration,

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The South Florida Men's Health and Wellness Conference 2015 comes to Fort Lauderdale this weekend with an emphasis on reaching out to those who are MSM (men who have sex with men). This group of men are classified by the Centers for Disease Control as MSM because of their reluctance to self-identify as gay or bisexual, say social workers. "We do not judge," said Fernando De Hoyos, a linkage and navigation specialist for the community based organization Latinos Salud. De Hoyos said men classified as MSM ran the gamut between those who only occasionally have sex with men, while preferring to present a heterosexual existence to those who engage in prostitution and "survival sex" and the often forgotten prison population. Including MSM in the conference was a goal of several participating groups in an effort to reach individuals who may not frequent public

spaces where health officials operate. "We want to reach the entire male community," said Christopher Bates, an HIV prevention specialist for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. At the conference, attendees will receive information and linkage to resources ranging from mental health, physical health, sexual health and gateway to health. Several physicians, doctors, activists and PhDs are scheduled to speak.

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Ted Cruz Hopes SCOTUS Marriage Ruling Will Start a 'Raging Inferno' (EDGE) To celebrate Independence Day last week, 2016 presidential GOP hopeful Ted Cruz (R-TX) went on an anti-gay rant at the Rock Springs Church in Milner, Ga., where he condemned the Supreme Court's landmark ruling last month, legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states. According to Right Wing Watch, Cruz said he hopes the high court's decision will spark a backlash and that it starts a "raging inferno." "It is my hope that that marriage decision

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After a municipal court judge in Toledo refused to perform a same-sex wedding this week, the presiding judge says she will now perform all marriages in her courtroom. Toledo Municipal Judge Michelle Wagner says she doesn't want to see a same-sex couple go before a judge who is not interested in conducting the ceremony. She said it is her privilege to perform those weddings. Her decision came after her colleague, Municipal Judge C. Allen McConnell, said he didn't marry a same-sex couple earlier this week because of his religious beliefs. Another judge was brought in to perform the wedding the same day. The court typically uses a weekly rotation of judges to perform marriages and handle other unscheduled matters. McConnell was on duty Monday when he refused to perform the wedding.

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serves as a spark to start a fire that becomes a raging inferno and an awakening that sweeps this country as the body of Christ rise up to defend the values that have built America into this great nation that we are," he said, according to the conservative website Red Kudzu. Cruz also said a number of Republican politicians responded to the gay marriage ruling by "publicly issuing critical statements and privately going in the backroom popping champagne and celebrating."

"Community-based organizations have been vital to our nation's HIV prevention efforts since the earliest days of the epidemic," said Jonathan Mermin, M.D., director of CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention. "The organizations we're funding have a strong foothold in the hardest-hit communities. They have the credibility and experience needed to deliver the most effective HIV prevention strategies to those who need them most." CBOs will use the new funding to deliver high-impact HIV prevention strategies, including: • Providing HIV testing to those at high risk to increase the proportion of people who are aware of their HIV status • Engaging HIV-positive people in ongoing care and treatment, helping them adhere to antiretroviral therapy, and ensuring they receive prevention and support services • Ensuring high-risk, HIV-negative individuals have access to prevention and support services such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), highimpact behavioral interventions, and screening for sexually transmitted infections • Distributing condoms to HIV-positive and high-risk, HIV-negative individuals.

County after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages in all 50 states. Davis is one of several local officials across the country who have refused to comply with the court's decision, citing religious objections. The American Civil Liberties Union has already sued Rowan County Clerk of Court Kim Davis for refusing to issue marriage licenses. A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments in that case Monday. Gov. Steve Beshear is expected to issue a statement soon.

(AP) A Kentucky clerk of court said the state's governor told him he should either issue marriage licenses to samesex couples or resign from office. But Casey Davis said he would go to jail before he resigned and vowed he would not issue any marriage licenses in Casey

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(CDC) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it has awarded $216 million over five years to 90 community-based organizations (CBOs) nationwide to deliver effective HIV prevention strategies to those at greatest risk, including people of color, men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender individuals, and people who inject drugs. soflagaynews //

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(AP) At least two Missouri judges are opting to not marry any couples following the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing marriage between same-sex couples. Associate circuit judges Larry Winfrey and Steve Jackson of the southern Missouri county of Laclede (luh-KLEED') say they won't be marrying anyone. Codes guiding judicial conduct in the state prohibit judges from discriminating in whom they marry. That means if judges don't want to marry same-sex couples, they can't marry opposite-sex couples, either. Winfrey and Jackson say they don't want to be caught up in the "dissention" the Supreme Court decision created.

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iden Celebrates Same-Sex Marriage, Says More to be Done

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(AP) As he praised a recent Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday said more still needs to be done to protect LGBT Americans. Biden spoke at an event in Manhattan hosted by Freedom to Marry, a New Yorkbased organization. He praised the Supreme Court's recent ruling that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the U.S., and said federal officials will continue to fight for the rights of the LGBT community. "I really do think it is an incredible job you all have done," Biden told the crowd. "This has been a heroic battle." He said members of the LGBT community had their "love constrained by social stigma and discriminatory laws." "In my view, the court's decision was

inevitable," he said. "So many remained silent for fear of being ostracized. You set them free." He told several hundred other elected officials, community leaders, advocates and celebrities that more needs to be done to inform Americans that LGBT people can be fired from their jobs in 32 states because of their sexual orientation. "There are still 32 states where marriage is recognized in the morning and you can be fired in the afternoon," he said. "I don't believe people in those states know you can be fired for being gay." He said he believes people in those states would protest if they realized that is the law. "We have to raise the issue up," he said. "Once people realize, this will end as well."

IDS Policy Experts Pleased By House and Senate Funding Bills

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(AIDS INSTITUTE) Last week, House and Senate Appropriation Committees passed FY16 funding bills that maintain, for the most part, funding for specific domestic HIV and hepatitis programs while they drastically cut many other programs that are critical to preventing and treating HIV and hepatitis. Policy experts were pleased with the funding. "The AIDS Institute thanks the leadership of the Appropriation Committees for maintaining their support of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment, research and housing programs," commented Carl Schmid, Deputy Executive Director of The AIDS Institute. "This is particularly noteworthy given that the overall spending caps are billions of dollars below current spending levels and some programs have been dramatically cut or zeroed out. While we are pleased with Congress' ongoing bipartisan commitment to people with HIV/AIDS, we are deeply disappointed with the Senate's cut of $61 million to the

Minority AIDS Initiative in the Secretary's Office and at SAMHSA, together with a $25 million cut to the Ryan White HIV/ AIDS Program. Additionally, both bills cut funding to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and several other programs that prevent HIV, particularly among women." Under the Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Appropriation bills, the House maintains $2.3 billion in funding for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, including $900 million for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). The Senate reduces Ryan White Program funding by $25 million by zeroing out the Special Projects of National Significance, which have been critical in developing innovative systems to improve care and treatment. The Ryan White Program provides health care, medications, and coverage completion services to approximately 536,000 low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals living with HIV. soflagaynews //

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Same-Sex Marriage Back In Court In Kentucky (AP) A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments about a county clerk who is refusing to issue marriage licenses after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling legalizing samesex marriage. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is one of a handful of local officials across the country who have refused to comply with the court's order. Davis and others say it violates their religious beliefs. The stance has prompted

a debate about whether religious liberty extends to those officials, who are charged with carrying out state government functions. The American Civil Liberties Union sued Davis on behalf of two gay couples and two straight couples who were denied licenses. U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning, son of former Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, is scheduled to hear arguments at noon Monday.

County commissioners are scheduled to vote on her resignation Monday. Hale said he expected it would be accepted. District Attorney Michael Jimerson said Lewis-Kugle asked about her options and he told her "the Supreme Court is the law of the land." He said she had a choice of issuing the license or resigning in protest. Lewis-Kugle has no published telephone number and couldn't be reached to comment on her resignation.

regon Creates First of Its Kind LGBT Veterans Liaison Position

ame-Sex Marriage Ruling Raises Issues for Kansas, Missouri

(AP) Kansas and Missouri legislators face debates next year over religious objections proposals and expanding their state's anti-discrimination laws to protect gays and lesbians. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the nation raised both issues in both states. The high court ruling immediately led social conservatives to warn that the religious liberties of gay marriage opponents at risk. Among those expressing concern was Republican Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas. Supporters of the ruling suggested just as quickly while gays and lesbians can marry, they aren't protected by law from losing their jobs or housing over their sexual orientation. They included Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri. Both states had banned gay marriage. Neither's antidiscrimination laws cover bias based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

((Human Rights Campaign) The Oregon legislature created the position of LGBT Veterans Coordinator within the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs. The new position will assist LGBTQ veterans and with applications for status of discharge upgrades that happened under 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'. Senator Sara Gelser, who sponsored SB 946, celebrated its passage. “When our friends and neighbors step up to serve in the military, they give their all for our nation,” said Gelser. “In return, we must be sure to meet the needs of each of our veterans. Unfortunately, decades upon decades of misinformed policies deprived gay, lesbian and bisexual veterans of their dignity and the services and benefits they earned in service to our nation, including in combat.” There are an estimated 15,000 LGBT veterans in Oregon. The coordinator will be available to serve each of them, regardless of their discharge status. The bill passed the Senate on a 25-4 vote, and the House on a 38-21 vote. The bill now heads to Governor Kate Brown and becomes effective on the date of her signature.

Clerk in East Texas Resigns School Board Defends County Over Gay Marriage Ruling Virginia Anti-Trans Bathroom Policy (AP) An East Texas county clerk has resigned rather than comply with the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the right of same-sex couples to marry. Rusk County Clerk Joyce Lewis-Kugle submitted her resignation letter Thursday. County Judge Joel Hale, Rusk County's top administrator, said Lewis-Kugle wrote that she could not in good conscience issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

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(AP) A Virginia school board says its policy prohibiting a transgender student from using the boys' restrooms is not discriminatory and was not enacted to stigmatize or embarrass the teenager. The Gloucester County School Board defended its policy this week in court papers arguing that a lawsuit filed by 16-year-old Gavin Grimm should be dismissed. A hearing

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is set for July 20 in U.S. District Court in Newport News on Grimm's motion for a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the policy. In the lawsuit, he claims he used the boys' restrooms at Gloucester High School without incident until the board, responding to complaints from parents, adopted a policy in December stating that "students with gender identity issues" will be provided an alternate, private facility. But the school board argued in Tuesday's brief that the only federal case similar to Grimm's supports the board's position. In that case, a judge ruled that the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown did not discriminate against a transgender student who was barred from men's facilities. "The School Board has a responsibility to its students to ensure their privacy while engaging in personal bathroom functions," the board's attorney wrote. "This is particularly true in an environment where children are still developing, both emotionally and physically." The board says it has established three single-stall, unisex restrooms that any student can use. "Under this policy, Plaintiff is treated the same as his fellow students," the brief says. The U.S. Justice Department has taken Grimm's side in the dispute. The department filed a statement of interest last week stating that transgender students must be allowed to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity.

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(AP) Same-sex married couples can start applying for Social Security and veterans benefits for spouses in all 50 states, but there are still issues to resolve as the federal government works to implement the Supreme Court ruling allowing gay couples to marry nationwide. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Thursday the federal government is making marriage benefits available to same-sex couples in every state. The vast majority of federal marriage benefits were already available to same-sex couples, following a 2013 Supreme Court ruling that struck down the federal ban on gay marriage. However, some Social Security and veterans benefits for spouses were still denied to these couples if they lived in states that did not recognize their marriages. "I am proud to announce that the critical programs for veterans and elderly and disabled Americans, which previously could

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not give effect to the marriages of couples living in states that did not recognize those marriages, will now provide federal recognition for all marriages nationwide," Lynch said in a statement. "The agencies are currently working towards providing guidance to implement this change in law." But there are still unresolved questions about how the federal government will implement the ruling, said Vickie Henry, a senior staff attorney for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, a legal advocacy group. For example, Social Security had been denying spousal benefits to same-sex married couples if - at the time they applied for benefits - they were living in a state that did not recognize their marriage. Also, they were denied survivor's benefits if their samesex spouse died while living in a state that did not recognize their marriage.

(AP) American Samoa stands as the only U.S. territory to hold out against the recent Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage. But as the Pacific island's attorney general reviews the decision, legal observers and gay rights advocates are saying it should go into effect immediately. "It should be unquestioned," said Rose Cuison Villazor, a professor at University of California, Davis' law school and an expert on territorial law. "The Supreme Court's decision was pretty strong." American Samoa Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale, however, hasn't been ready to take that step. "We're still reviewing the decision to determine its applicability to American Samoa, and I have no specific comments at this time," he said. Asked if same sex marriage is legal in the territory, Ale said, "I don't know. We're

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reviewing the law." U.S. territories have some self-governance rights. The right to marry, however, isn't a question of self-governance, said Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, staff attorney for national gay rights group Lambda Legal. "This is a question of individual right, individual liberty." Other U.S. territories have voluntarily complied with the Supreme Court decision. In Puerto Rico, Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed an executive order soon after the ruling. U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp has said he would issue a similar executive order. In Guam, there is no effort to ignore or challenge the ruling, said territorial legislative Vice Speaker Benjamin F. Cruz, who is gay. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is also supporting the decision. As of Thursday, no one has applied for a same sex marriage license in American Samoa, according to the island's Office of Vital Statistics.

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'Lesbian' is Pornhub's Biggest Search

(SFGN) Adult entertainment website PornHub lists “lesbian” as its most popular search term, with “teen” in second place and “step mom” in third according to stats posted by millennial geared media site Mic. (http://bit. ly/1gxjBnG ) However of those polled only 21-24 percent were female. By comparison a lesbian sex survey of more than 8,000 women conducted by LGBT and feminist focused Auto Straddle, (http://bit.ly/1RuooqK ) found that of 87 percent of women who watched porn, the majority fell into two categories, “the kind made by queer women for queer women (e.g., Crash Pad Series, Queer Porn TV, Juicy Pink Box) and the kind made by straight people for straight people (e.g., pretty much everything else). We found the former was far more popular than the latter — and, furthermore, many queer women prefer watching straight porn or gay male porn over lesbian porn made by/for straight people.”

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No Trial Date for Gay-Bash Suspects

(PGN) Pre-trial negotiations continue for the trio accused of physically and verbally attacking a gay couple in Center City this past fall. Attorneys for Kathryn Knott, Kevin Harrigan and Philip Williams were in court Thursday for the scheduled pre-trial bring back, an opportunity for defense attorneys and prosecutors to review evidence before a trial date is set or a plea agreement is reached. Another pre-trial bring back was scheduled for 9 a.m. Aug. 13 in Room 905 of the Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert St. The defendants were not in court Thursday. The three face aggravated assault, simple assault and conspiracy charges in connection with the Sept. 11 beating of Zachary Hess and Andrew Haught. The couple was walking near 16th and Chancellor when the three suspects allegedly taunted them about their sexual orientation and then physically assaulted them. Pennsylvania lacks an LGBT-inclusive hate-crimes law but the incident prompted Philadelphia City Council to enact such a measure. Knott, Harrigan and Williams couldn't be charged under the law because it was adopted after the incident took place.

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Trans Women Who Inspired 'Tangerine'

(AP) Boasting two unknown, transgender leads and shot on an iPhone 5S, "Tangerine" became an unlikely breakout at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, sparking a modest bidding war between various distributors. Magnolia Pictures won out and the film hits theaters on Friday. It would have never happened had [director Sean] Baker not met trans women and aspiring performers Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez at the Los Angeles LGBT Center a few years prior. It was their lives and their deep knowledge of the neighborhood that inspired and informed the film. The plot, loosely, follows fresh-out-of-jail Sin-Dee (Rodriguez) on the hunt for her cheating boyfriend/pimp and his mistress, while best friend Alexandra (Taylor) works the street and readies for a performance that evening. "This is an extremely vulnerable group of people. They are the most marginalized. They are trans women of color who are also sex workers. You can't be more alienated and isolated by society than they are," said Baker.

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(SFGN) A study performed by sociologists at Rice University surveyed more than 10,000 LGBT identified individuals and more than 405,000 heterosexuals and found that 19.5 percent of bisexual men and 18.5 percent of bi women rated their health as “poor or fair,” compared to gay men at 11.9 percent, lesbians at 10.6 percent, straight men and 14.5 percent, and straight women at 15.6 percent. Bisexual men and women were more likely to smoke (23.8 percent and 21.9 percent, respectively), compared with 14.9 percent of gay men, 16.6 percent of lesbian women, 11.1 percent of heterosexual men and 8.3 percent of heterosexual women. The study’s lead author Bridget Gorman said “Our study illustrates the importance of examining health status among specific sexual minority groups, and not among ‘sexual minorities’ in the aggregate, since the health profile of bisexual adults differs substantially from that of gay and lesbian adults,” according to a report from Rice’s public affairs office. (http://bit.ly/1G6QTPp)

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songwriter and music producer DJ Suspence, Miami’s resident Club Boi DJ Gavin T., and adult film star Castro Supreme are all scheduled to partake in the events of the weekend. “It’s not a money making thing. We get together and plan. We have a very diverse audience and I want people to know that this event is open to everyone,” Smith said. Friday and Saturday night are the big nights usually attracting a 35 and up crowd. One of the main attractions of the weekend is the signature Bruthaz SpeakUP event. “People are on a different journey and so much gets bottled up,” Smith said. “Speak Up provides a platform to get everything out. Every year is different and this year is an evening cocktail discussion with actor Darryl Stephens. The idea to provide a platform for the audience who shares a lot of the same issues and struggles. The Official Miami Beach Bruthaz Welcome Party kicks off Thursday July 16 at 10 p.m. at the Cabaret South Beach located at 233 12th Street, Miami Beach. “I think my goal is to have a place where gay and straight can come together and connect and build camaraderie that helps to make this sexual journey a lot easier and smoother,” Smith said. “Having something like [Miami Beach Bruthaz] pulls the community together and impacts lives.” Individual tickets and weekend packages are still available for all Miami Beach Bruthaz events.

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SFGN freelance writer, Sean McShee, is conducting an online survey to learn about beliefs about how often gay and bi HIV negative men should take the HIV test. The survey results will appear in SFGN by late September. At present, not much is known about our beliefs about the optimal frequency of testing for HIV infection. Your participation in this survey can help to start this conversation. This survey takes around ten minutes to complete. You can stop at any time and skip any question that you do not want to answer. The survey does not ask for details about behavior or anti-body status. It only asks about beliefs regarding HIV testing frequency and some demographic questions. The survey does not ask any identifying questions. Both English and Spanish versions (Thanks

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Kate Hunt Has Baby

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Kingston born at 7:21am 7 lbs 2 ounces 19.5 inches long.

The mother of Kaitlyn “Kate” Hunt, the former high school senior arrested for underage sex with her freshman classmate, announced on Facebook the birth of Hunt’s son Kingston, who was born on July 1. In November it was announced on Facebook that Hunt is now engaged to 27-year-old Latasha Thomas. In 2013, when Hunt was 18, her life was turned upside after being arrested for having a sexual relationship with her then 14-year-old girlfriend. Hunt met her former girlfriend during basketball tryouts at Sebastian River High School in Sebastian. When the younger girl’s parents found out about the relationship they alerted the police, who arrested Hunt and charged her with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child. If she had been convicted she would have also been added to the state’s sex offender registry for life. After prosecutors refused to lessen the charges Hunt’s family took to social media to plead their case. The story went viral. A campaign called “Free Kate” was launched and a Change.org petition collected over 325,000 signatures.

Hunt’s family believed that the younger girl’s parents alerted the police because it was a lesbian relationship. The parents denied that charge. Hunt served a three-month sentence for charges that included battery, interference with child custody, and contributing to the dependency of a child.

Her story will be featured on the MTV series “One Bad Choice.” It’s reportedly set to air August 20.

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Mature gay men from all corners of the country and overseas are gathering this weekend in Orlando for the 14th annual A Celebration of Friends Weekend. Tom Pence, aka Tomcat, is the founder and president of A Celebration of Friends. The organization, Pence tells SFGN, is designed for “mature men and their admirers.” “So often in today’s gay world the focus seems to be on the young and beautiful,” Pence said. “This does not truly reflect our community as a whole.” A Celebration of Friends, Pence said is “dedicated to providing warm, safe, comfortable and engaging gatherings that strive to promote self-worth, dignity, kindness and friendships within the senior population.” Pence said he is expecting between 600 to 800 attendees for the five-day event (July 16-20). The Doubletree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld (10100 International Drive) returns as the ACOF Weekend host hotel. The hotel, Pence said, is glad to see his group return. “The Hilton family of hotels have always treated us with great respect,” said Pence, a former United States Marine, who launched the ACOF Weekend in 2002 in New Orleans. Headlining this year’s event is television legend Ed Asner. A former president of the Screen Actors Guild, Asner has won more Emmy Awards for performing than any other male actor. He won five for his work on the show, “Lou Grant.” “This is really, really huge for us,” Pence said. “We took a survey of our membership

and the results came back overwhelmingly in favor of Ed. I was shocked we got him. I thought he was untouchable.” Asner, 85, is scheduled to participate in a special question and answer segment Saturday evening. Pence said the star will discuss his career as an activist in several causes. In addition to Asner’s appearance, ACOF Weekend includes film screenings, dance contests, health care information sessions, church services and pool parties. Rapid HIV testing is also available throughout the weekend.

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Uber Controversy

Gay drivers, riders and readers react to decision to leave Broward County Jason Parsley

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The Broward County Commissioners probably had no For now the regulations will be here to stay – at least until idea their restrictions against ridesharing services like Uber the commission comes back from recess in September. would spark a grassroots backlash against them. In response Public safety was a common theme of the commission an online petition was started, garnering more than 75,000 on why they were placing these restrictions on Uber and signatures, and Uber announced they were suspending their other ridesharing companies. Uber though called the new operations in the county on July 31. regulations “onerous,” and is pulling out of the county. And that’s when all hell broke loose — to say the least. Meanwhile many Uber supporters, including riders and SFGN reached out to several gay drivers and riders to get drivers, cite these reasons for using Uber: safety, cleanliness, their opinions of the restrictions set forth by the commission convenient, and inexpensive. and Uber’s decision to pull out of the “Broward County officials implemented county. one of the most onerous regulatory “I am upset with Uber for caving in frameworks for ridesharing in the nation,” “I am upset with to Broward County. They should stand Uber said in a written statement. “We Uber for caving in to up and fight this nonsense,” said Kevin have no choice but to suspend operations Broward County.” Harris, a frequent Uber user. “I am on July 31. We hope the Board of County disappointed with them.” Commissioners will revisit the issue when - Kevin Harris All nine of the commissioners voted they return from break and work with us frequent customer for the new transportation network to bring Uber back to Broward." company law, which legalizes Uber’s Since Uber pulled out another business model, but also forces ridesharing service, Lyft, announced they drivers to obtain county chauffeur will suspend operations in Broward on July “No one is [kicking] registrations. The commission also put 31 as well. Uber out. We simply other restrictions in place including “[The commission] is throwing every want an even level II background checks, additional roadblock they can think of to keep Uber playing ﬁeld.” fines, and gave the county attorney the from operating in this county,” Harris said. authorization to go after TNCs by any As for the safety concerns, Harris legal means necessary (see graph). shrugs them off. They were not the reason - Lori lyons Oakland Park resident and Uber why Harris decided to switch to Uber in marketing Director of driver Bob Darrow has already gotten the first place. Instead it was several bad Yellow Cab his chauffeur license, but said it was a experiences with taxis that prompted him pain in the ass to do so. to stop using taxis. “The bureaucracy is incredible. It took me two months “I have pre ordered a taxi the day before and they still show to get it,” Darrow said. “I was at the office for 4 hours. I can’t up an hour late,” he said. “Every single time I have ordered imagine what will happen when 2,000 people descend upon Uber they are at my pick up location within 5-7 minutes. They the county offices.” are never late.”

TNC Law Background checks/ car inspections Higher ﬁnes Legal action

Even more enticing though is the price — usually an Uber ride is less expensive than a traditional cab. However, argues Lori Lyons, a member of the community, who is the marketing director for Yellow Cab, “This is not a gay and lesbian issue. It is a public safety issue. No one is trying to kick Uber out of Broward County. They were approved on April 28. If they leave, it’s on them. We are simply asking that they abide by the rules. We want an even playing field. People need to know that regulation is necessary and proper to protect the public.” Daniel Sohn, an openly gay candidate for Dania Beach mayor, also agrees with the commission’s decision to regulate Uber, and other TNCs. “As a candidate who believes in safety I side with the county commission on their decision,” he said. Ever since the county’s decision Sohn has been hearing from angry constituents upset with the county, but he’s urging them to instead express their frustration directly to Uber. “Uber is a billion dollar company, they just don’t want to accept the regulations,” he said. “If Uber hears from all of their users ‘you’re the reason why I can’t get to work,’ that might persuade them to make the right decision.” For Sohn the right decision would be for Uber to accept the county’s regulations in order to keep their drivers and customers safe. But even Sohn has changed his mind after learning more information. Initially he felt the level II background checks were appropriate. Now he says a level I background would be sufficient. Another openly gay politician, Scott Herman, however disagrees with the commission. “Broward County Commissioners should not be out to help create a monopoly with taxi services,” he said. “They should be pro jobs, pro community, pro less bureaucracy, pro less red tape and pro business. I believe the county commission was

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Requires all drivers-for-hire, including for Uber or traditional cabs, to undergo Level II national criminal background checks by FBI, and submit ﬁngerprints. Also requires vehicles to be inspected by a third-party, county-approved mechanic, and setts higher standards for vehicles.

Increasing fines for violators of new motor carrier/driver-for-hire laws. Old fines were as follows $250 for first offense and $500 for second. New fines are $750 for third offense, $1,000 for fourth.

Authorizes county attorney to use legal means to ensure transportation network companies are following the laws.

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The Facts About Transportation Network Companies in Broward County's press release

On May 4, 2015, Broward County Commissioners approved a regulation that allows transportation network companies (TNCs), such as Uber and Lyft, to legally operate in Broward County. It consists of three basic rules: provide safe drivers, safe vehicles and the same insurance that state law already requires. The new regulation is less stringent than those Uber operates under now in New York City and Houston and it meets all TNC demands

for non-interference in fares and the number of vehicles allowed. The action followed months of research, discussion and debate, with public comment from TNC ofﬁcials, their employees and representatives, and other drivers for hire. In conjunction with the regulation, as an added convenience, Broward County expedited the TNC/driver permitting process, providing for online regulation and printable temporary chauffeur licenses.

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wrong. They failed the community with too much red tape.” While riders will certainly be inconvenienced, drivers will lose their livelihood. For Darrow and Fort Lauderdale resident Sean Samson, Uber is the perfect way to supplement their income. Samson is a full time preschool teacher during the school year and since summer started he’s been working full time for Uber. “I’m disappointed in our local government for not embracing innovation,” Samson said. “This is the perfect job for someone who wants a rewarding career that doesn’t pay very much. I can make $100 an hour during special events.” With the suspension looming Samson has no idea how he’ll extra money going forward. “I’m currently job searching,” he said. Darrow is a full time real estate agent. “It’s really an outstanding part time job. I have the ability to just turn on the app to work whenever it’s convenient,” he said. “I can work as much or as little as I want. I have the ultimate flexibility.” But if Uber accepts these new regulations this part time job will no longer be worth it. “Seventy percent of drivers are part time — working 10 to 30 hours a week,” Darrow said. “Requiring them to have commercial insurance, which can be $1,000 a month is crazy.” Another part timer Uber driver, K.C. Guy, has a slightly different view. “Sometimes private businesses can fulfill roles better than our government. Florida’s current weekly unemployment is $275,” he said. “Even out of season you can make double that as a full-time Uber driver. Between more gainful employments, Uber helped me to pay my bills on time. It’s unfortunate that the Broward County Commissioners are voting away what could be viewed as a social safety

net for the residents of Broward County.” Even though County Commissioners are claiming safety concerns are the primary reasons for their strict regulations, Uber supporters are flipping the script on them, by claiming safety as a reason to support the ridesharing industry. As a driver Guy loves picking up drivers who were too drunk to drive on their own. It gave him a sense of pride. “As an Uber driver, I loved hearing, ‘I am too drunk to drive so I called Uber.’ Hearing that made me feel proud of the work I was doing,” Guy said. “If Uber is pushed out of Broward County, could one in ten future drunk driving fatalities in Broward County be attributed to the vote of the Broward County Commissioners?” According to Uber the company has seen a reduction in DUI arrests in the cities where they operate. Some news organizations have also noted this. However the Washington Post points out: “Any number of other things may have changed in the city over the last few years affecting DUI arrests. It's possible police have changed how they conduct DUI stops and arrests, or that public pressure on them to crack down on DUIs has ebbed with time. Other changes in public transit service may have impacted alternative routes that barhoppers take home.” Samson also shares Guy’s concerns. “I fear DUIs will go back up,” he said. There are many riders who would never use a traditional taxi service and Darrow believes ridesharing companies are bringing new customers to the marketplace. Many of those folks, he said, aren’t going to automatically switch to taxis if Uber is not available. “They would ordinarily drive,” he said. “Uber has pulled people into the marketplace.” Drew Zyla, a Palm Beach County driver, said the Broward suspension wouldn’t affect his

• Broward County welcomes TNCs to our community. The County Commission's proactive adoption of TNC regulations has created an environment in which TNCs can operate legally and safely. • The County Commission's primary concern is with public safety.

The TNC requirements rely on independent regulation, instead of self-regulation. The County's TNC regulation complies with Federal Trade Commission guidance. It contains fair and reasonable requirements focused on passenger and driver safety and security.

• Requirements of the ordinance do not force TNCs to either provide

substandard service or leave the market, just as more stringent regulations required by other jurisdictions have not forced Uber to abandon popular markets such as New York City or Houston.

• Broward County remains open to continued conversations about appropriate regulations that help TNCs ﬂourish, but also protect public safety.

job since he’ll still be able to drive through the county and/or drop off riders within Broward. But that could change soon as well. In March of this year the Palm Beach County Commission narrowly passed, with a 4-3 vote, to an agreement that allows Uber to continue operating through September 31 while staff works out how to best regulate the ridesharing service. Zyla hopes the backlash against the Broward commission will serve as a warning to Palm Beach County to think twice before attempting to overregulate the service. “It’s such a great service for people. I don’t understand why anyone is against it,” he said. The Broward County Commission is out of session right now so a possible reconsideration of the new laws won’t take place until at least September. But for now the commissions seem confident in their decision. Since the controversy erupted they have mostly expressed shock at the backlash and have

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defended their positions. In fact, Leonard Valpondo of the Environmental Licensing Division of Broward County has posted an online You Tube video, intended to prevent the misrepresentation of facts related to this discussion. He stated: “Broward County has not banned Uber. We are one of the few counties which has instituted regulations to insure transportation network companies can flourish in our county. We passed ordinances to meet their demands and accommodate their needs, even more generous than other locations. We even allowed Uber drivers to use cutting edge technologies to download chauffeur’s registrations from their home." The county also sent out a press release “The Facts About Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) in Broward” clarifying the new regulations and emphasizing the county’s commitment to public safety (see sidebar).

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Gay Envy

Jesse Monteagudo

“Elevating the Dialogue”

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One of the most memorable incidents of H. L. Mencken once wrote that puritanism is “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, homophobic insanity involved Jim Naugle, who may be happy.” The idea that bigots hate those was Mayor of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida who might be having a good time comes to from 1991 to 2009. (I have a lot of Jim Naugle mind whenever the likes of Peter LaBarbera of stories on file, but one will suffice.) Though Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, La-Di-Da’s LGBT community was as dynamic then as it is now, it did not stop Hizzoner from Matt Barber of the Liberty Counsel, Bryan expressing his deeply-held bigotry. Just before Fischer of the American Family Association or Naugle left office his City proposed to place a Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council make a stupid or hateful comment about the robotic toilet at the “gay beach” on the corner sfltimes.com of A1A and Sebastian Street. A toilet that LGBT community or our allies. Some attribute these men’s enduring automatically opens its door after a certain time appealed to the Mayor, though not for homophobia to their own suppressed efficiency’s sake. The way that Naugle saw it, a homosexuality. (This is especially true of Mr. robotic toilet would put a stop to gay tearoom LaBarbera.) This is no more than conjecture; and sex, which he presumed happened all the time. I have no reason to doubt the heterosexuality of LaBarbera, Barber, Fischer or Perkins (among Gay men, Naugle proclaimed, are “engaging in others). However, like other puritans, these sex, anonymous sex, illegal sex” in toilets. “We’re trying to provide a family environment religious crackpots seem obsessed with the where people can take their children who need to idea that lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and trans people are getting more than we deserve, in spite use the bathroom without having to worry about of their determined belief that LGBT people are a couple of men in there engaged in a sex act,” he added, noting that he received “numerous calls “unhappy.” Though there are many reasons why one of complaints from concerned citizens.” Mayor Naugle was a pain in our collective might be homo- bi- or transphobic, envy of butts; and I am glad that he finally retired from a LGBT people is certainly one of them. According job that he held for too long. For all his faults, the to Gregory M. Herek of the University of California at Davis, “heterosexual men may envy current Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler would gay men because the latter are not constrained never make stupid comments like that. On the other hand, LaBarbera and Barber and Fischer by the masculine ideal. Heterosexuals may also envy the sexual freedom presumably enjoyed by and Perkins are still around; and their regular lesbians and gay men. In either case, the envy comments make even the craziest Naugle remarks seem almost sane. To these men, being is presumably translated unconsciously into gay is all about sex, sex, SEX! hostility.” Though they never say it, it wouldn’t surprise In layperson’s terms, many straight men hate Companion Animal Medicine andmore Surgery me if they think that LGBT doctors, lawyers or gay or bisexual men because we score Office andthey House Calls often than do. But ratherby thanAppointment admit that Realtors spend their working days screwing they wish they could be like us, they condemn their clients (in the literal sense of the word); or that LGBT-friendly synagogues and churches us as sex-driven, promiscuous libertines: sex fiends who copulate anywhere and anytime, and exist primarily as pickup joints. Alas, our lives 3225 N. Andrews Ave are not always as exciting as our critics think without consideration for our own health or the morals ofLauderdale, humanity. Fort FL 33309 they are. But they are certainly more interesting and fulfilling than theirs. Now I don’t presume to speculate about Offering I have been openly gay for all of my adult life the sex lives of leading homophobes. But and, while I’ve had my ups and downs, they had whatever their personal lives might be, these nothing to do with my sexual orientation. In religious crackpots are obviously obsessed fact, I think being gay enriched my life; opening with queer people’s sex lives. In their fantasies, gay or bisexual male teachers are out to seduce it to new varieties and opportunities that I would never have experienced if I was heterosexual. In innocent boys and trans women are really straight men in drag who use their “transition” fact, if I was straight, my life would probably be as boring as our enemies’ are. No wonder they as an excuse to sneak into women’s bathrooms keep attacking us. and locker rooms.

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Rachel Does Not Equal Caitlyn The comparison hurts the trans movement

Christiana Lilly Every week there seems to be a social media battle, and a recent one brought up two of the hottest topics we’ve got going at the moment: gender and race. Bruce Jenner came out as a woman in an interview with Diane Sawyer, then introduced herself as Caitlyn on the cover of Vanity Fair. Shortly after, Rachel Dolezal “came out” as a white woman — or should we say — was outed. Dolezal was the NAACP chapter president in Spokane, Wash. and a faculty member at Eastern Washington University teaching Africana Studies, claiming to be at least partially black for almost a decade and doing speaking engagements on the experience of the black woman in America. On Facebook and Twitter, people compared Dolezal’s “coming out” to that of Jenner’s just weeks before saying if someone can “choose” to be a woman, why can’t they “choose” to be black?

For LGBT activists, the very idea that the two are the same is shut down starting with the word “choose” — transgender people don’t wake up one day and decide to be another gender. In fact, the National Center for Transgender Equality didn’t even accept an interview request with SFGN, saying they’ve said their piece on the comparison. “Simply put: there isn't one,” they wrote in an email. Osamudia James, professor of law at the University of Miami, studies racial identity and equal protection together with her studies in law. She also came to the same conclusion. “I don’t think they’re the same,” the professor said of race and gender. “They’re both social constructs, but as someone on Twitter said, they’re constructed of different things.” James explains that both race and gender are social constructs — or dictated by society. While some people believe that race is a biological factor, it’s not – there is no black gene, no Asian gene.

Furthermore, with the “one-drop rule,” one is labeled a minority even if they are part white, as if their white blood has been “tainted,” — something society decided. For example, President Barack Obama is just as black as he is white, but he is considered to be a black man. Then there are also social ideas of “talking black” and “acting white.” Gender gets even more complicated, because it is a social construct with a mix of biological factors. Even though the genitalia between a baby’s legs tells us a newborn is male or female, that baby’s brain could have an entirely different feeling. That’s where things set race and gender apart, James said, that one can “feel” male or female. “Your brain wiring tells you that you’re female. That may or may not match with how your chromosomes express themselves through genitalia,” she said. “We do know that very young children understand themselves to be one gender or the other.” Gender and sex gets even more complicated with the wide array on the gender spectrum, with cis-gender (non-transgender) men and women, transgender people, and gender fluid individuals, or those who do not identify with being either female or male (and this is breaking it down very broadly). Kat Blaque, a black transgender woman, made a video breaking down the difference between Dolezal and Jenner’s experiences. “Rachel’s story and Caitlyn’s story are not at all the same,” she explained. “Race and gender are absolutely social constructs, the difference is gender is not a biological trait passed from parent to child whereas race is. Evolution was regional and there’s a reason why my skin is dark…. gender is not passed from parent to child.” Blaque added a note in her video that it’s not so much race that is the biological trait, but

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one’s skin color, which is based on melanin levels carried down from one’s ancestors. With Dolezal’s story, the hashtag #TransracialLivesMatter started trending, playing off of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag following multiple cases of black men being killed by white police officers during arrest. The word is being used incorrectly — many media outlets have also wrongly described Dolezal as being transracial. Actually, the word refers to those who are adopted into a family that is not the same race as them, for example, an Asian child adopted into a white family would be considered a transracial person. “I cannot manipulate what race is for my own pleasure,” wrote Lisa Marie Rollins, a transracial adoptee, for “Lost Daughters” blog. “The crucial difference here is that I had and continue [to] have no choice in my blackness.” In light of Dolezal being outed as a white woman she resigned from the NAACP and is no longer listed as a faculty member at Eastern Washington University. Oddly enough, comedian Dave Chappelle may have said it best, “There is not one thing that woman accomplished that she couldn’t have done as a white woman.” James noted that while her life as a professor and black activist may have been different, being a white women, “it would have been more honest work and it would have been work that’s needed.” Much like the importance of straight allies in the fight for LGBT rights. “People draw these comparisons between Rachel and Caitlyn because they believe that trans people, at the end of the day, are deceptive,” Blaque said. “Who I am at the end of the day is the most truthful incarnation of myself. Transitioning took honesty.”

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With A Little Help From Our Friends Pier Angelo

It has been a long and winding road to June 26, 2015. From the Stonewall Drag Queens who fought the police in June 1969 to Harvey Milk, Margareth Cammermeyer, Cleve Jones, Evan Wolfson, Troy Perry, Larry Kramer, Norm Kent, Frank Kameny, Dan Choi, a lot of people, a lot of activists, a lot of unsung heroes fought for years to get us to this point. They risked their comfort and security to press for equal rights for all people. To make us fully vested participants in the American dream. It has been a steady struggle. For decades, anti-gay organizations and their supporters have portrayed the LGBT community as child molesters, diseased, sexually aggressive miscreants whose aim is to bring about the end of democracy or civilization before being sent to the lower rings of Dante's Inferno for our supposed sins. Through preposterous lies, distortions and overstatements, anti-gay pastors, right wing politicians and pseudo celebrities made it difficult for laws to be passed to protect our interests, health and families.

They created, and repeated ad nauseam, the false mantra that we are a dangerous public health hazard, that our lives are filled with pain, misery, sadness, loneliness and early death. And they did this “in God’s name.” They are without defense. Luckily their efforts backfired. In the long run they made people stop and think about what they were saying and in particular how these selfproclaimed moral people could mix God and Hate in the same sentences with such ease. They were exposed for what they really are: mean and divisive fascist demagogues. For years we stood against their hate, condemnation, virulence, judgment, and abuse – most of it coming from the nonaffirming, behavior-focused Christian churches, but finally, we are almost...here. At this historical junction I want to personally thank some of our "frenemies" who helped us out with their bombastic words and bigotry; they turned out to be our best allies, albeit unintentionally. To them goes my undying gratitude.

First and foremost, Anita Bryant, the Queen of Mean. In June 1977 Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and publicist for the Florida Citrus Association, led a battle in Dade County against an anti-discrimination ordinance including sexual orientation. Her "Save Our Children" campaign earned a lot of attention with such rhetoric as "God puts homosexuals in the same category as murderers" and "The will of the American people is to return this country to pro-family, Bible morality." But her vitriol galvanized the gay community nationwide to move out of the bars and bathhouses and into the streets. It was a turning point for gay men and lesbians who years later would trace their own coming out or activism to the Anita Bryant victory. She did do damage, prompting the repeal of antidiscrimination ordinances in Miami and elsewhere. But her movement was remarkably short-lived. "Anita Bryant is the best thing ever to happen to American homosexuals," wrote The Nation at the time. Thanks Anita, you are the reason I became an activist. The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of the small Westboro Baptist Church drew international condemnation for outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, including the deaths of AIDS victims and U.S. soldiers, on America's tolerance for gay people. Throughout his life, Phelps tested the boundaries of free speech, violating accepted societal standards for decency in his unapologetic assault on gays and lesbians. In the process, he helped the cause of gay rights by serving as a provocative symbol of intolerance forcing people to confront their own views and rousing a protective instinct in parents and friends of gays and lesbians. Thank you Sir, God Bless YOU! After the attacks of 9/11 Jerry Falwell, appearing as a guest on Pat Robertson's

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daily 700 Club program, expressed his sorrow and outrage over the attacks but he then elaborated on who, in addition to the terrorists, was responsible for them. "The pagans, the abortionists, the feminists, the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" He had already descended into the absurd on February 1999, when he stated that the purple Teletubby named Tinky Winky was intended as a gay role model. "He is purple – the gay pride color; and his antenna is shaped like a triangle – the gay-pride symbol." Jerry, I wish you were still here today to see 21st-century America: multiracial, multi-ethnic, global in outlook and moving beyond centuries of racial, sexual, marital and religious tradition. Pat Robertson on June 10, 1998, said that Orlando should beware of hurricanes, since it, and Disney World, allow Gay Days to be held there "I would warn Orlando that you're right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don't think I'd be waving those flags in God's face if I were you,'' Robertson said on his TV show, The 700 Club. In the months following the statement, Orlando was spared, but hurricanes Charley and Frances made landfall in Texas, dumping heavy rains, killing more than 14 people, and both hitting the town of Corpus Christi. So much for the "God Hates Fags" theory. Apparently even the Almighty has a sense of humor.

Memo to all of them: If you want to tout your own morality, you better come up with something more substantive than your misguided beliefs. Don't use religion to abdicate your responsibility to be thinking and caring human beings. And face it: a vast number of religious people find your self-righteous sanctimonious claptrap repugnant. God is not for the privileged majority, and God knows we have committed no sin.

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Trans Murders Rise But So Does Awareness Transwomen of color face higher rates of violence than other populations Nicole Wiesenthal

In May, London Chanel’s roommate stabbed her multiple use social media and other resources to advocate for trans times, killing her during a fight in an abandoned North lives being reported. Philadelphia home. Ahmed points to the death of Chanel as an example. Chanel’s case became the eighth reported murder of a trans “When the report came out, the reporter had misgendered woman of color this year, and her death supports a trend of London and called her a man,” he said. “Immediately we saw increasing media coverage of transgender murders. In the community members, folks who knew and loved London past trans murders were often ignored or the victims were Chanel, commenting on that article.” misgendered. That was even more true for trans women He said as a result, the reporter went back, checked the of color, one of the most vulnerable segments of the LGBT facts, changed the story and used Chanel’s preferred gender population. identity pronouns and name. But now more and more trans people are appearing An important tool in creating that change to the story, he on television shows and in the news. This summer there said, and in changing the visibility and awareness of trans are at least three trans-centric reality shows including E! people is social media and the media in general. network’s “I am Cait,” following Caitlyn Jenner’s transition; “Folks in the trans community are really using social media ABC’s “Becoming Us,” following Ben Lehwald as his father to increase awareness around trans issues,” he said. “Media transitions; and TLC’s “I am Jazz,” following 14-year-old recognition of trans folks like Laverne Cox and Caitlyn Jenner transgender girl Jazz Jennings. This summer’s edition of Big go a long way for increasing visibility and representation of Brother also features its first transgender cast member Audrey trans folks.” Middleton. The National Center for Transgender Advocate groups say that one positive Equality created the Stop Trans Murders thing coming out of the rising number campaign to raise awareness and According to the of reported murders is that it’s raising pull attention towards the severity of NCAVP 80 percent of awareness of transgender issues. trans murders, pegging the hashtag anti-LGBT homicides “Finally trans deaths are being #StopTransMurders. in 2014 were reported as trans deaths in the media,” “We see the national spotlight needs people of color said Osman Ahmed, the National to be shown on the horrific violence to and when looking Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs black men and women and trans women research and education coordinator. of color being killed as if they were not at those numbers “Finally trans women and trans men even human,” said Kylar Broadus, the closer it shows 55 are being reported in the media as trans. transgender civil rights director at the of homicide victims They’re not being misgendered.” National LGBTQ Task Force. were transgender According to the NCAVP 80 percent The campaign also focuses on other women, and 50 of anti-LGBT homicides in 2014 were problems transgender people face like people of color and when looking at job discrimination, harassment and percent of those those numbers closer it shows 55 of unemployment. were transgender homicide victims were transgender “Until those problems are fixed, trans women of color. women, and 50 percent of those were people of color, particularly transgender transgender women of color. women of color, can continue to be prey The Anti-Violence Programs released a report in March on the streets,” he said. detailing the various LGBT homicides so far in 2015 and urged Broadus said it’s our job as a community to stop that. the media to “respectfully and accurately identify victims of Ahmed said movements involving the hashtags violence with names and pronouns in line with their current #TransLivesMatter and #BlackTransLivesMatter are other gender identity.” ways of employing social media for real social issues. Ahmed said the reported deaths statistics though show a “This is the first step in getting to the solution of the issue,” positive trend. They’re a result of LGBT organizations and he said. “It’s a wonderful way to raise awareness about a real trans communities all over the county encouraging allies to epidemic in the trans community which is the regular fatal

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violence in the trans community.” Jay Brown, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s director of research and public education, said social media is a helpful tool in increasing coverage, but the root of the problem can only be solved with the help of public and private agencies. “Social media coverage of these deaths helps boost visibility of the problem as many times these crimes go un- or underreported,” he said. The HRC, in partnership with the Trans People of Color Collective, released an issue brief earlier this year, A National Crisis: Anti-Transgender Violence to highlight the critical issues facing the transgender community currently, which include poverty, unemployment, housing discrimination and barriers to healthcare. “The report also issued several calls-to-action directed at both public and private agencies,” Brown said. Ahmed agreed, stating that visibility only goes so far. “The real issues like low income … won’t go away by increasing visibility,” he said. “Real change will come from policies that will speak to the issues that are affecting trans communities such as lack of access to appropriate health care, housing and shelter.” Ahmed and Broadus also suggest that one of the best ways to help the trans community is to speak up and get help for transgender people who might be in a harmful situation. “We need to be very aware of [the less harmful aggressions] because they build up and can eventually lead to murder,” Broadus said. “[Being transgender] impacts lives in so many ways from extreme poverty to suicide to health risks. If we impact transgender lives everybody’s quality of life is improved."

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the Greenwich Village bar where in June of 1969 resistance to a police raid sparked the modern gay rights movement, was made a city landmark. It is the first time a site has been named primarily for its significance to LGBT history.

Craig Rodwell (1940 –1993) was an American gay rights activist known for founding the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop on November 24, 1967, the first bookstore devoted to gay and lesbian authors and as the prime mover for the creation of the New York City pride demonstration. Rodwell is considered by some to be quite possibly the leading gay rights activist in the early homophile movement of the 1960s. Peter Tatchell (1952) is an Australian-born British political campaigner best known for his work with LGBT social movements. Tatchell was selected as Labour Party Parliamentary candidate for Bermondsey in 1981. In the 1990s he campaigned for LGBT rights through the direct action group OutRage!, which he co-founded. He has worked on various campaigns, such as Stop Murder Music against music lyrics allegedly inciting violence against LGBT people and writes and broadcasts on various human rights and social justice issues. He attempted a citizen's arrest of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in 1999 and again in 2001.

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A trans perspective on the end of The Bilerico Project Rebecca Juro

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“You need to check it out, Becky,” Marti Abernathey told me, “You’d be perfect for it.” “Yeah ok, I’ll take a look.” I responded, utterly non-committal. I had good reason to not take Marti’s offer seriously. It was 2007 and I possessed a thoroughly jaded perspective on any media labelled “LGBT.” It was the era of thenWashington Blade Editor-In-Chief Chris Crain’s “Trans-Jack” ENDA editorials, a time when most of the media which labelled itself Queer or LGBT was in reality almost entirely focused on topics and issues of interest to gays and lesbians. With just a few notable exceptions, columnists such as Gwen Smith writing for the Bay Area Reporter and my own column in the Rehoboth Beach Gayzette, trans people and issues usually only rarely appeared in LGBT media, usually as human interest features or as objects of mockery and derision. With the exception of that which we created for our own community, trans-relevant journalism and journalists didn’t really exist yet. As an Internet radio talk show host and blogger, I was one of a very small group of well-known and regularly published trans mediamakers, which included not only Marti and myself, but also Gwen Smith, Nancy Nangeroni, Ethan St Pierre, Autumn Sandeen, and a handful of others. Out of all of us, only Gwen and I had scored paying gigs as columnists. The rest of us put their stuff out there as they could, where they could. After a few weeks of Marti’s badgering, I finally took a look at this Indiana-based blog I’d never heard of before — The Bilerico Project. Owned by Bil Browning, the site’s publisher and his partner (now husband) Jerame Davis, the site’s tech guru, I had wellfounded preconceived notions about what any LGBT blog site run by two gay men was likely to be like. There wasn’t much transrelevant content there then, but what was there was quite good. I was impressed, and I decided I wanted to be part of it. I got in touch with Bil and made my interest known, providing a long list of my previous writing. By the end of the week, I was on the Bilerico Project contributor roster, only the third-ever trans writer, behind Gwen and

Marti, to get a such a slot in LGBT media. A year later, Marti and I were the first trans Contributing Editors for The Bilerico Project and tasked with a special assignment from Bil and Jerame, to find and nominate quality trans bloggers for slots as contributors. We hadn’t gone to them and demanded more trans writers for the site, they’d come to us and asked us to help them find some. One of our first successful nominations was also the one I’m personally most proud of, Monica Roberts. It was a major coup for us to be able to bring Monica aboard, not only because she’s a great writer but also because she also represented a segment of the trans community, which had been generally overlooked and ignored at the time, people of color. Over time Bilerico’s roster of trans voices grew as we added names like Mercedes Allen, Tobi Hill-Meyer, Jillian Weiss, Donna Rose, and Toni D’Orsay. Our trans readership grew as well and became some of the most vocal and active commenters at the site. And there were the debates, the interviews, the social interaction between the contributors and staff of The Bilerico Project and our readers. They were loud, uncensored, passionate, critical, well-informed, and most of all, good Queer fun. The Bilerico Project opened its doors to a wide variety of LGBT voices during its run, but perhaps its greatest impact was in the opportunity for community exposure it offered to emerging trans writers who were not being offered the kind of opportunities in LGBT community media we are today. It’s arguable that every trans blogger and journalist publishing at a major site in the U.S. today owes Bil and Jerame a debt. After 11 years, The Bilerico Project has ended, and an LGBT media outlet, which has played a key role in the advent of transrelevant media is no more. For many trans writers like myself, The Bilerico Project lifted us out of relative obscurity and recast us as important and valued community voices. It literally changed our lives and the lives of those who honored us with their readership in real and lasting ways. As legacies go, that’s a pretty great one.

Rebecca Juro is a nationally-published freelance journalist and radio talk show host who is the Media Correspondent for The Advocate website. Her work has appeared in the Huffington Post, the Washington Blade, Gay City News, the Albany Times Union, and The Advocate magazine, among others. Rebecca lives in central New Jersey and shares her life with a somewhat antisocial cat. Email: rjuroshow@gmail.com Twitter: @beckyjuro

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“IT’S PERFECT!” Once upon a time, those words were music to your ears – but then you grew up. You learned then that a made bed didn’t make the man, good enough generally was and, as in the new book “Bobby Wonderful” by Bob Morris, sometimes it’s better to ignore perfection and focus on a life – or lives – well-lived. As Bob Morris watches his husband, Ira, struggle with his mother’s ageing issues, Morris understands the emotions Ira’s going through. Caring for an elderly parent “has become the new normal” Morris says, and he should know: he helped tend to his own parents at the ends of their lives. As his mother lay dying first, Morris remembered how, when he was a child, she encouraged him to see beauty in the world around him. She loved music and was “a good mother” whose messy, painful death brought out the worst in Morris and his brother. Oh, how they fought, though her passing also showed Morris how much he truly loved and admired his older sibling. At the funeral, Morris only wanted to talk about his mother but “nobody seems to know how.” Not long afterward, on a “sunny summer Monday,” Morris’ father tried to commit suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills. Though he’d seemed to heal well from his wife’s illness and death – at age eightysomething, he’d plunged back into the dating scene – his “quiet despair about his failing heart,” previously unnoticed, shook the Morris brothers to their cores. Things became worse, and as their father began to desperately “hound” Morris for pills to end his life, Morris looked for ways to enhance his father’s days but time was running out and they both knew it.

During his last hospitalization, the elder Morris told his sons that he wanted off life support. It was a wish they let him have. “Caring for your parents is an opportunity,” says Morris. But “We have no parents now, nobody to love us in the way they did... And we also have no worries now, no concerns for a suffering so close that it often felt like our own.” Some 65 million of us, says author Bob Morris, are caregivers; most are caregivers for someone over age fifty. That could be why this memoir will strike a chord for many Baby Boomers but, aside from commonbond feelings that children of ageing parents will find familiar, “Bobby Wonderful” is also a love letter wrapped inside a very beautiful, moving story. Morris’s cherished memories of his parents’ good times seem to buffer the pain of loss, and that he shares those vivid personal recollections is a delight. Still, readers get real peeks of irritation here, exasperation, even anger sometimes, which totally fit in this memoir. I would have, in fact, been disappointed without them. My best advice is to grab tissues before you start this book. You’ll have abundant reason to use them, especially if you’re caring for your own parents. If that’s the case, for you, “Bobby Wonderful” lives up to its title.

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f you hear the words “vegan restaurant” and imagine a big plate of alfalfa sprouts you’re not exactly wrong, but most vegan restaurants offer far more than that, and many have meals that would satisfy all but the most carnivorous. Some use meat alternatives such as soy, wheat gluten or nuts to create meat and dairy substitutes that are delicious. Other dishes don’t even try to replace the meat and make

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However, that’s the only negative I can offer. The black bean burger was among the best I’ve ever had and the hand cut fries were perfectly prepared. Priced at $15, it is no more expensive than comparable places (and it comes on a gluten-free bun!). The Thai red curry ($16) was equally successful. It featured crunchy bok choy, red peppers, broccoli, onion and ponzu marinated grilled tofu. It had just the right amount of heat and the sauce was so good I wanted to lick my plate. This dish usually comes with jasmine rice, but I subbed quinoa. With a vegan meal you can splurge on dessert without feeling guilty. The options are just as enticing as the rest of the menu; carrot cake, key lime cheesecake, ice cream sundae or chocolate cake with Kahlua buttercream and chocolate ganache. While you may see the words, butter or cream, these dishes are still vegan; using dairy and egg alternatives. While Sublime may be the best known vegan restaurant in the area, it certainly isn’t the only one. Here are some more casual spots to check out.

fresh guacamole and salsa served atop crisp chips made from compressed seeds, nuts and grains. The sushi roll is as yummy as it is beautiful. Other menu highlights include a Philly cheese-steak sandwich, burgers, tacos and burritos.

ublime is internationally renowned for owner Nanci Alexander’s vegan cuisine. Her goal is to show that plant-based food can indeed be sublime, and she succeeds admirably. You won’t feel as if you’re sitting on the floor in some hippie commune. Sublime is chic and elegant, with a gorgeous dining room (check out the waterfall wall!), gourmet creations and friendly and efficient service. If you need another reason to give Sublime a try, all of the restaurant's profits go to organizations that promote animal welfare and a vegan lifestyle. We began our meal with the cashew cheese plate. I challenge you to compare this to the richest goat’s milk product. It is presented with a smear of olive tapenade and a small bowl of kim chee vegetables. The only negative I can offer is that it comes with only three small pieces of cracker (they call it crostini), not nearly enough for the amount of cheese offered. I asked for more and was told there would be an additional charge. That is ridiculous, given the $11 tab for this dish. ecipes here are based on “raw” foods. This technique requires dishes to be prepared while conserving the food’s natural state of nutrition, theoretically allowing for optimal nutrient assimilation. Super Nachos include refried bean paté, a pepperjack style “cheese,”

wners Elena Pezzo and Charlie Grippo started serving up vegan fare in their food truck Zenergy, before teaming up with health-conscious restaurateur, Blaise McMackin to open Green Bar & Kitchen. The menu features items including whole grains, nuts, seeds and veggies and includes sandwiches, wraps, salads, soups, fruits, and cold-pressed juices and smoothies. All dishes, including bakery items are vegan and gluten-free. For those who prefer raw foods, the tacos offer up seasoned walnut “meat,” veggies and cheddar “cheese” in a lettuce cup. Buffalo tempeh is a healthy take on wings. There is an additional location at 3429 Galt Ocean Drive

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the vegetables the star of the dish. Either approach can produce quite satisfying meals. While my favorite vegan restaurant, Native Foods, hasn’t opened a South Florida branch yet (you’ll have to go to California, Chicago or D.C.), there are enough options from high end dining to fast food to satisfy vegan, vegetarians, or anyone wanting to eat a little healthier, even a “meat-aholic” like me. Give vegan a chance; you’d be surprised at how tasty the meals can be.

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“Let it Go” and sing-along with Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Sven and all the characters of the Disney hit, “Frozen.” The beloved animated film—already a classic—will be screened at Mizner Park in Boca Raton as part of the city’s summer Movies Under the Stars series. The stunning soundtrack, featuring awardwinning performances by Idina Menzel, will be presented in karaoke format, so don’t be afraid to belt out those tuneful melodies. For more information, go to MyBoca.us.

Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw are reunited in “Love Letters,” A.R. Gurney’s romantic play coming to the Broward Center for a special limited engagement beginning Tuesday, July 21.

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SAGE of South Florida presents the worldrenowned classical pianist Dr. David Goldberger in concert today at 2 p.m. in the Main Hall of the Pride Center at Equality Park, 2040 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors. SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders) is a national advocacy organization for LGBT seniors and dedicated to fostering understanding and relationships across all generations. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, go to SAGEWebsite.org. soflagaynews //

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Miami is the place to be tonight for music lovers. Rapper, singer, songwriter and cultural icon Nicki Minaj takes the stage tonight at 7 p.m. at Bayfront Park Amphitheater, 301 Biscayne Blvd. Lawn seating and reserved seating start at $35 at Ticketmaster.com. Meanwhile, the handsome, gay British singer/songwriter Sam Smith — did we mention talented, too? — will be performing at 8 p.m. down the street at the American Airlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. Tickets are $32 – 116 at Ticketmaster.com.

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Actors Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw (“Love Story”) are reunited in an exclusive Florida engagement at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale in “Love Letters,” A.R. Gurney’s enduring romance about first loves and second chances. Watch the sparks fly between these longtime friends in this new production from Gregory Mosher, fresh from the Broadway. Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., through Sunday, July 26. Tickets start at $35 at BrowardCenter.org.

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Brooks Braselman, left, and David Gordon star in “Reﬂection of Evil: Die Sister Twin, Die” at Empire Stage. Stacey Bean and actor Brooks Braselman first met in New York 20 years ago. Since then, Braselman, who frequently performs in drag, has become a muse for the Arkansas based playwright. Their latest collaboration, “Reflections of Evil: Die Sister Twin, Die,” which premiered last weekend at Empire Stage, is another masterpiece of campy satire. The play is a riff on the 1946 film, “A Stolen Life,” in which Bette Davis plays twins, one good, the other evil. In Bean’s work, Braselman plays both Ann and Bettie Wallace, young coeds home for the summer break. Ann is studious and virginal and Bettie, well, is not. Their widowed mother, Mrs. Wallace (Janet Weakley), hurriedly prepares the New England house after some hilarious banter with the family’s black maid, Hydrangea (Erin Pittleman), who is very obviously not black. “But every white family has a black maid,” Mrs. Wallace insists as Hydrangea rolls her eyes. The twins, thanks to convenient entrances and exits, reveal they are both competing for their new love, mechanic Phillip (David Gordon), who they met while filling up the car on the edge of town. When the girls get desperate, a sailing trip provides the opportunity for one to steal the other’s man—with a couple silly plot twists.

Braselman is familiar to Fort Lauderdale audiences from his gender bending roles in “Mommie Queerest,” “Silver Balls” and “The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode,” but he is perhaps at his best in this role, thanks to the playwright’s intimate understanding of his acting gifts and idiosyncrasies. Kudos go to Braselman for lumbering on after an accident several weeks ago that left him wearing big therapeutic plastic boots. Big black culottes hid the boots and clever accessories facilitated his quick costume changes. Weakley is equally hilarious as the naïve mother and Pittleman gets some of the best one-liners in the script. Gordon, even though he’s cast as a mechanic, is at times suave and debonair like so many ‘40s and ‘50s actors, the straight man in the cast with that proper WASP-y accent. Michael McClain contributed a handsome set in the intimate Empire Stage space with lots of doors for the quick entrances and exits that characterize farce. Bean and Preston Bircher’s audio design pulls heavily from the great composers of the silver screen including David Raksin (“Laura”) and Bernard Herrmann, who penned the famous themes for Alfred Hitchcock’s films. “Reflection of Evil” is silly summer fun that will entertain both gay and straight audiences.

“Reflection of Evil: Die Sister Twin, Die” is playing at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flager Drive in Fort Lauderdale, through Aug. 2. Tickets are $30 at EmpireStage.com.

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Beauty by The Organic Face Hair by FHI heat, Produced by Erik Rosete & Parker Whitaker Productions. A unique show out of Los Angeles is making its debut at Miami Swim Week this year, bringing together the arts, fashion, and charity. Art Hearts Fashion will be a runway show filled with big-name brands as well as donations going to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. “It was always like my second home and it’s always been a dream of mine to do something in Miami,” said Erik Rosete, the founder of the show. The fashion show is taking place on July 16 in Miami Beach and will feature looks from Mister Triple X, Just Bones Boardwear, CARIO-CA SUNGA Co., Koko Blaq, and Amato by Furne One. The brands will showcase a variety of looks, from edgy swimwear to all-American boardshorts. After the show, Lacoste is hosting an after-party at the W South Beach. Rosete, based in Los Angeles, started Art Hearts Fashion when he took a number of fashion lines under his wing to rebrand them to gain their full potential in the fashion world. Working in Los Angeles and New York, he noticed that some markets wanted purely department store looks, where others were all about fashion being an art form. So, he created an underground event where fashion photographers, designers, and performance artists could come together in one place and strut their stuff. It did so well, the show went to the prestigious New York Fashion Week’s grand finale show. “We always tell a story through our shows,” he said. “The focal point is not going to be the establishment, it’s going to be the artistic, cool brands.”

Now, Rosete is looking to complete the fashion trifecta by bringing the show to Miami. “We wanted to find a place where I could be all about the swimwear design,” he said. “I love hot boys and hot girls and I’m really excited to put a lot of them down the runway.” Art Hearts Fashion has always been involved with charities, and Rosete has previously worked with the Women’s Cancer Research Foundation and Hurricane Sandy relief. A little over a year ago, Rosete teamed up with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and it has been the show’s charitable partner ever since. They’ve donated $100,000 in monetary and in-kind donations to the charity, including awareness campaigns, store appearances, and clothing donations. “[AIDS] is always a taboo topic, especially in the fashion world,” Rosete explained. “It’s affected a lot of people and it’s important for people to stand out and say, ‘It’s OK to raise awareness about it, it’s OK to take part in something that’s associated with it.’” As if a form of poetic justice, Art Hearts Fashion and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation have the same abbreviation. Another charitable aspect of the Miami show is that a child interested in fashion will be working backstage to be a part of the inner workings of the show, thanks to the "Make a Wish Foundation." People can be a part of the fun by texting “Fight AIDS” to 41444 to donate any amount they’d like. If you include a note about Miami Swim Week in the message, you’re eligible to receive a pass to the show.

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Shakespeare by the Sea XXV -- “Hamlet” July 16 to 19 at 8 p.m. at Seabreeze Amphitheater in Carlin Park, 400 S. SR A1A in Jupiter. Enjoy the Shakespearean classic under the stars. Free. Visit Facebook.com/ seabreezeamphitheater.

Sam Smith

July 20 at 8 p.m. at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The English singer-songwriter has captured the hearts of music lovers everywhere. Tickets $32 to $116. Call 786-777-1000 or visit AAArena.com.

Love Letters

July 21 to 26 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Starting with the first love letter from Andrew to Melissa, their love story continues through time, marriages, and hardship. Tickets$30 to $70. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

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July 18 at 7:30 p.m. at BB&T Center, One Panther Parkway in Sunrise. The South Florida native returns to the BB&T Center with Prince Royce. Tickets $25.25 to $75.25. Call or visit TheBBTCenter.com.

* Women and Rockers: Battling For a Cure

July 19 at noon at Revolution Live, 100 SW Third Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The two stages will be filled with bands performing a benefit concert to fight breast cancer. Tickets $10. Call 954-449-1025 or visit JoinTheRevolution.net.

* The Vamps

July 22 at 6 p.m. at Revolution Live, 100 SW Third Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. One of the biggest bands in the UK, the British imports perform from their debut album. Tickets $25 in advance, $27 the day of the show. Call 954449-1025 or visit JoinTheRevolution.net.

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Through Aug. 2 at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. Twins Ann and Bettie are both after a local man in town, but when one of them dies on a sailing trip, the surviving twin won’t admit which one she is. Tickets $30. Call 954-678-1496 or visit EmpireStage.com.

Starlight Musicals

Fridays through Aug. 7 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Holiday Park, East Sunrise Boulevard and Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Get out the picnic blankets and lawn chairs and enjoy music from live bands under the stars. Free. Visit Facebook.com/PlayFortLauderdale.

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July 16 at 6:45 p.m. at Coral Sky Amphitheatre (formerly Cruzan), 601-607 Sansbury Way in West Palm Beach. The rapper turned rocker turned country crooner, Kid Rock, shares the stage with Foreigner. Tickets $34 and up. Call 561-795-8883 or visit CruzanAmphitheatre. net.

* Night of Passion

July 19 at 7 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Gyorgy Lakatos and Franco Corso bring together their skills on the gypsy guitar and singing for an unforgettable night. Tickets $50. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

A Little Night Music

Through July 19 at Palm Beach Dramaworks, 201 Clematis St. in West Palm Beach. The lives of multiple couples are told in this musical based on the book by Hugh Wheeler. Tickets $34. Call 561-514-4042, ext. 2 or visit PalmBeachDramaworks.org.

* Radio Theatre: The Birds

July 22 at ArtsGarage, 180 NE First St. in Delray Beach. Storytelling in the style of old radio programs -- this month, “The Birds” is about a country town in England that is overrun by killer birds. Tickets $20 to $50. Call 561-450-6357 or visit ArtsGarage.org.

The Royal Family

Through July 25 at FAU’s Studio One Theater, 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton. A comedic look at one of America’s royal families, the Barrymores. Tickets $20. Call 800-564-9539 or visit FAUEvents.com.

* Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival

July 17 to 19 throughout Palm Beach County. The third week of the festival, the concerts focus on the works of Franz Josef Haydn, Gabriel Pierné, Vincent D’Indy, Carlos Chávez and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Tickets $25. Visit PBCMF.org for specific times and locations for each concert. soflagaynews //

Free Friday Concerts happen every Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Delray Center for the Arts. Enjoy live music from the comfort of your picnic table or lawn chair. * “Shift of Fortune” Concert Play Reading

July 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW Ninth St. in Delray Beach. It’s been two years since a woman lost her husband, and she’s no closer to getting into a new relationship. Her two friends try to help her meet new people, with no luck. Free. Call 561-272-1281, ext. 4 or visit DelrayBeachPlayhouse.com

The Who’s Tommy

Through July 26 at the Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave. in Lake Worth. Based on the 1969 album by The Who, the story of a deaf, dumb, and blind boy as he overcomes adversity. Tickets $29 to $35. Call 561-5866410 or visit LakeWorthPlayhouse.org.

Free Friday Concerts

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

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July 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The country songstress stops in Miami in support of her “Rock This Country” tour with Gavin DeGraw. Tickets $43 to $133. Call 786-7771000 or visit AAArena.com.

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* Simulacro de Idilio

July 17 to 19 at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. A middle school teachers appears to be perfectly moral, but when he faces difficulties at work and with his family, things don’t seem the same. Play is in Spanish. Tickets $29. Call or visit ArshtCenter.org.

* Reefer Madness

July 24 to Aug. 9 at the Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main St. in Miami Lakes. Contains adult subject matter. Based on the propaganda films urging people not to do drugs, a young couple’s lives fall apart when they sell marijuana. Tickets $25 general, $20 seniors, $18 students. Call 305-558-3737 or visit MainStreetPlayers.com.

Lookingglass Alice

Through Aug. 16 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. A modern take on the classic tale, Alice’s journey through Wonderland is woven with circus-like whimsy. Tickets $55 and up. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

PAMM Outdoor Music Series

Third Thursdays at the Perez Art Museum Miami, 101 W. Flagler St. in Miami. Come out for live music from DJs and musicians by the bay. Drink specials available. Free with museum admission. Call 305-375-3000 or visit PAMM.org.

The Big Show

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

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Art Hearts Fashion

July 16 at 8 p.m. at the Funkshion Main Tent, Collins Avenue between 21st and 22nd Streets in Miami Beach. A fashion show with Lacoste, Koco Blaq, Amato by Furne One, and more designers benefiting the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Email RSVP@artheartsfashion.com.

South Florida Men’s Health and Wellness Conference July 18 and 19 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel Fort Lauderdale, 1825 Griffin Road in Dania Beach. A two-day conference focusing on men’s mental, sexual, physical, and gateway to health. Free. Visit All-Men.Healthcare.

The Morikami Menagerie: Creatures in Japanese Art

Through 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 561495-0233 or visit Morikami.org.

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Wayne White: Art is Supposed to Hypnotize You or Something Through Aug. 23 at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, 1650 Harrison St. in Hollywood. The eclectic artist comes to Florida for the Broward 100, with a display of his oversized puppets, word paintings, and other whimsical pieces of art. Tickets $8. Call 954-921-3274 or visit ArtAndCultureCenter. org.

* From Within and Without

Through Oct. 4 at the NSU Art Museum, One E. Las Olas Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. A display of Haitian photography from the 19th century to now. Admission $12. Call 954-525-5500 or visit NSUArtMuseum.org.

Pablo Picasso: Painted Ceramics and Works on Paper, 1931 to 1971

Through Nov. 1 at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, One E. Las Olas Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. The eccentric artist is mainly known for his paintings, but he also made art into rugs, sculptures, drawings, ceramics, and other media. Call 954-525-5500 or visit NSUArtMuseum.org.

Gender Bender Youth Group

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

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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.

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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

Through July 16 at Cinema Paradiso, 503 SE Sixth St. in Fort Lauderdale. A part of Broward 100, a series of movies that were filmed in Broward County, including “Marley & Me,” “Rock of Ages,” “There’s Something About Mary,” “Caddy Shack,” and more. Free. Call 954-525-3456 or visit Broward100. org.

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

Through July 19 at the Stonewall Museum -Wilton Manors Gallery, 2157 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Hosted by Broward 100, an exhibit of portraits of same-sex couples who were married at Wilton Manors City Hall on Valentine’s Day 2015. RSVP to david@ stonewall-museum.org.

The Elephant Art Show

Through Aug. 8 at the 1310 Gallery, Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts, 1310 SW Second Court in Fort Lauderdale. An exhibit looking at the “elephant in the room” with artists from around South Florida. Free. Visit NikiArtStudio.com/Whats-Your-Elephant.

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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.

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Fridays through July 31 at 8 p.m. at the Delray Center for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. Head to the outdoor pavilion for food trucks, a cash bar, and music from live bands. Donations accepted. Call 561-2780746 or visit DelrayCenterfortheArts.org. soflagaynews //

* Reimagined

Through Sept. 6 at the Cornell Museum of Art, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. A collection of art from 15 internationally acclaimed artist using unique materials to create works. Suggestion donation of $5. Call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayCenterForTheArts.org.

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. Call 561-495-0233 or visit Morikami.org.

Japan’s Robot Kingdom

Through 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.

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 ticks. Tickets $11 to 15. Call 561-832-1988 or visit SFScienceCenter.org.

Compass Entourage

Fridays from 5 to 7 p.m. at Compass GLCC, 201 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth. Free. Gay and bisexual men ages 18 to 29 are invited to socialize and meet new people with different planned activities, such as movie nights, volleyball games, discussion groups, nights out, and more. Free. Call 561533-9699 or visit CompassGLCC.com.

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miami-dade county * Funkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach

July 15 to 20 throughout Miami Beach. One of the most anticipated shows of the year, collection of swim and resortwear goes down the runway in exquisite shows and fairs. Visit Funkshion.com.

* Spotlight Mega-Mixer

July 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Bacardi Headquarters, 2701 Le Jeune Road in Coral Gables. Join the The Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (MDGLCC) for its monthly mixer more than 200 chamber members. Free bites and sips, and music by DJ Maximus 3000. Free for members, $15 nonmembers. RSVP to 305673-4440, rsvp@gaybizmiami.com, or visit GayBizMiami.com.

Arsht Center Farmers Market 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.

HIV Support Group

Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at South Beach AIDS Project, 1234 Washington Ave. Ste. 200 in Miami Beach. A support group for those who are HIV positive. Free. Call 305-5354733, ext. 301 or email support@sobeaids. org.

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Guilty. On six counts. What was described as the trial of the century in gay porn came to a predictable and, quite frankly, boring conclusion last week when a federal jury found porn star Jarec Wentworth (aka Teofil Brank) guilty on six counts of extorting Palm Beach telecommunications magnet Donald Burns. Wentworth, 25, faces a maximum of 53 years in prison when he is sentenced in September in Los Angeles. The jury found Wentworth guilty of extorting $500,000 and a luxury car from Burns, who made his fortune in the MagicJack franchise. This sordid trial saw several well-known public figures connected to the principals due to Burns' political activity. Some of the models/ escorts involved were linked to politicians and entertainment executives. The bombshell in the trial came when a Sean Cody Studio model "Taylor" (aka Justin Matthews, Justin Griggs) admitted to having a relationship with Hollywood mogul David Geffen of DreamWorks fame. Matthews/ Griggs also admitted to escorting for Burns. In

testimony, Matthews/Griggs admitted Burns flew him and other escorts to Palm Beach and Nantucket, Mass. for group sex parties. Wentworth has been in F.B.I. custody since March when he was arrested in a sting at the Los Angeles Starbucks.

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