Local Heroes to be Honored at Festival

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Volume 4, Number 24
Hold Your Breath!
Supreme Court’s Ruling on Sodomy Laws Due Today; Understanding the Immensity of the Decision
Analysis by Norm Kent
Publisher
The Texas Penal Code section
21.06, is the “Homosexual
Conduct Statute,” which
criminalizes sexual acts
between homosexuals, even if
the acts are consensual. Texas
is one of only four states to
have such a law that
specifically targets
homosexuals.
It has been 16 years since the
Supreme Court upheld sodomy
laws in a famous Georgia case,
but changes in the court and
developments in equal protection law
could play a pivotal role in overturning
these invasive laws tomorrow.
The nation’s highest court will revisit
the issue of whether states can continue to
prosecute homosexual men for having
consensual sex in their homes. For LGBT
Americans, this case is one of the most
important, if not the most important, ever to
reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
The case the High Court agreed to
hear last fall is Lawrence v. Texas. In 1998,
Houston police broke into John
Lawrence’s apartment shortly before
midnight, while seeking an armed intruder.
Instead, they saw Lawrence having
sex with Tyron Garner and jailed both men
for violating the Texas Homosexual
See SODOMY on Page 14
Gay Journalists
Group to Host
Debate on Outing
Forum to be Held June 19
at ‘Sun-Sentinel’ Building
Is it the media’s role to let people know
a newsmaker or celebrity is believed to be
gay? Is it a matter of public interest or an
invasion of privacy? Those questions will
be debated at a panel discussion called
“Public Figures,
Private Lives:
Should
the
Media
Out
Newsmakers?”
Presented
by the South
Florida Chapter
of the National
Lesbian and Gay
Journalists
WSVN’s Charles
Perez will be on the
Association
panel on June 19.
(NLGA), the
event will take
place Thursday, June 19, at the Sun-Sentinel
auditorium, located at 200 E. Las Olas Blvd.
in Fort Lauderdale.
The issue has been in the news recently,
with U.S. Rep. Mark Foley holding a press
conference to announce he wouldn’t reveal
See NLGJA on Page 7
Michael Stark, left, and Michael Leshner kiss after their marriage in Superior Court in Toronto on Tuesday, June 10, 2003. The
couple have been together for 22 years and were finally allowed to marry following a court ruling Tuesday morning.
(AP Photo/Frank Gunn)
Local Heroes to be Honored at Festival
Traditional Gay Pride Day Set for June 22 in Wilton Manors
From Staff Reports
The local community will
honor its heroes and celebrate gay
pride at the third annual Stonewall
Street Festival and Parade on
Sunday, June 22, along Wilton
Drive in Wilton Manors.
The parade steps off at 11am
from Fort Lauderdale High School
and ends up at Five Points.
Following the parade at about
noon, Pride of Greater Fort
Lauderdale (PGFTL) will honor the
recipients of the 2003 community
and humanitarian awards at the
festival. Sergeant Rick Wiley of the
Wilton Manors Police Department
will receive the 2003 Karl Clark
Community Involvement Award,
and Father Bill Collins of Poverello
Food Bank will be presented with
the 2003 Dana Manchester
Humanitarian Award. The awards
will presented on the main stage of
the festival.
Sergeant Wiley has served the
city of Wilton Manors since 1977
and has worked as a liaison
between the police department and
Father Bill Collins of Poverello Food Bank will be
presented with the 2003 Dana Manchester
Humanitarian Award.
the gay community. He has also
worked throughout the years to
maintain positive relations between
these two groups in other cities.
Father Collins has been active in
the gay community for years as well,
working since the beginnings of the
HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Florida
to keep those without means of
support fed and clothed. He founded
and continues to operate Poverello
and the Poverello Food Bank.
The main entertainment will be
provided by BBS (Black Bean Soup),
a group composed of former members
of UB40, known for its soft reggae
music. Mile High Band, an
internationally known jazz and Latin
group, will also perform. Comedian
Michael Martini, who has performed
on MTV and Comedy Central, will do
a stand-up routine and also co-emcee.
The other emcees will be Greg Phelps
from the Alibi and MarkyG, host of the
gay radio show Issues Over the
Rainbow.
The festival will have 100 booths
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Local Democrats Demand Bush
Release Federal Money
Governor Accused of Hoarding Funds to Use for
Political Gain in Election Year
Compass’ Executive Director Receives Victory
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The Kiss That Rocked the World
Same-Sex Smooch Sets Tone for Broadway’s
Tony Awards
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Evaluating Your Risk Factors and
Overcoming the Fear
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United and Proud Sheds Light on a Dark Subject
Gay and Lesbian Art Show Spotlights Discrimination
By Mary Damiano
More than 300 people packed Gallery
Six at the Broward County main library
Wednesday, June 4, for the opening night
reception of United and Proud, the third
annual art exhibit featuring gay and lesbian
artists.
United and Proud was presented by the
Broward County Library and ArtsUnited, an
organization dedicated to showcasing gay
and lesbian artists. About 50 artists were
represented with photography, sculpture,
painting and multi-media works, including
photographers Dennis Dean and frequent
Express contributors Steve Shires and J.W.
Calcaterra, known as Pompano Bill.
As the crowd munched on food donated
by Publix, they were serenaded by Lambda
Chorale, who gave guests a sneak preview
of their June 28 Regards to Broadway
concert.
But there was a serious message at
United and Proud as well. Discrimination was
the thread running through the show, and
each artist exhibited not only their artwork,
but their own statement about
discrimination. “There’s a lot of energy here
tonight,” said Nate Klarfeld, board member
of ArtsUnited. “What’s powerful is having
the theme of discrimination. It not only
brought more people out but made them look
at the art.” Klarfeld said that once people
began reading each artist’s statement about
discrimination, it made them eager to read
each one. “It was literary and visual, using
all the senses.”
The exhibit was also interactive, and
featured a large board on which guests
could express their own feelings about
discrimination. The board has
mimioActive technology, so whatever
was written on the board went
immediately into a computer and printed
out on paper. The pages were then posted
on the back of the board and will be kept
in a book a part of the exhibit. Klarfeld
manned the board all evening. “It’s like
writing therapy,” he said. “Some people
write down one word, and others do these
long paragraphs that they’ve thought out.
People have a need to express
themselves.”
Tony Beall, a former executive director
of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center,
was there opening night with his neon
sculpture Rainbow Passage. He was
impressed by the turnout. “As a new
artist and someone who wants to get their
artwork to the community, ArtsUnited is a
great organization to be a part of,” he said.
Beall’s piece, a gate with rainbow
neon, has special meaning for him.
“Because it’s United and Proud, I thought
it was relevant to do something in the rainbow
colors to show that I’m proud being a gay
artist. I chose the gate that the neon is on as
my way of opening the rainbow door and
letting people come in and understand.”
Another artist, Zuska, the executive
director of the Broward Art Guild, presented
her artist statement through a photograph of
her wrapped in the American flag and gagged
with the stars and stripes. “As an artist, I
Tony Beall, a former executive director of the
Gay and Lesbian Community Center, was at
the opening night of United and Proud with
his neon sculpture, Rainbow Passage.
Photo by Steven Shires
believe it’s my responsibility to educate and
inform the community,” Zuska said. “They
don’t have to like it, but I want them to try to
understand it. Art is so vital to everyone’s
life.”
R.L. Sternberg’s work stood out because
it was the only piece of literature in United
and Proud, a framed essay called Nature of
the Beast, about the absurdity of
discrimination, primarily the discrimination
against the gay community.
“When you walk through the show,
there’s a feeling, there’s an ambiance
here,” Sternberg said. “Chris Yoculan is a
master at putting together a show.”
Yoculan, vice president of ArtsUnited
and curator of United and Proud, also had
a piece in the show, a self-portrait made
up entirely of pills. While Yoculan
expressed his pride in the way United and
Proud has grown, his curator’s statement
spotlighted the things that still need to
be improved, namely gay rights and
equality.
“The Supreme Court…may actually
make consensual gay sex in private a
federal crime once again,” Yoculan stated.
“State lawmakers are trying to sneak
through bills to eliminate local gay rights
ordinances. Seemingly, everything that we
marched for, fought for and were often
arrested for is slowly dissolving behind
the parade.” In his statement, Yoculan also
encouraged people to continue the
dialogue of discrimination, with family,
friends and especially legislators.
“I think the show has a real strength
to it,” Yoculan told The Express. “But now
more than ever, people need to get out there
and scream and march, instead of standing
behind a table and passing out rainbow
stickers.”
United and Proud will be on exhibit
through June 30 on the sixth floor of
the Broward County Main Library, 100
S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale.
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Miami Event to Include Stories, Songs and Dinner
Pride Seder to Highlight History of Gay and Lesbian Jews
By Michael W. Sasser
Miami-Dade Correspondent
Miami attorney Elizabeth Schwartz
remembers the stages her family underwent
after her coming out.
“They really came full circle,” Schwartz
says. “Initially I think they were concerned
mostly over the issue of grandchildren. Now,
they brag as much about my being a lesbian as
they do my being an attorney.”
Although Schwartz pointed out that her
parents are politically active, she could not
discount the family being Jewish as another
factor in their acceptance of her orientation.
“We are definitely a community that
understands that oppression is deadly,” she
says. “Also, our values are so much about
family that it is hard to imagine parents just
tossing their children away.
“If we assume that it is true [that Jewish
people are typically more tolerant of
homosexuality], I would say it is probably
because of our politics generally,” Schwartz
adds. “We are a community that knows that
none of us are free until all of us are free.”
While there are many throughout the
Jewish community who are uncomfortable with
the idea of homosexuality and gay and lesbian
participation in services and communal life, it
is impossible not to recognize the advances
made by gay and lesbian religious leaders
within the Jewish faith.
Lesbian and gay rabbis will be the focus of a
Pride Seder at Temple Israel of Greater Miami, to
be held on Wednesday, June 18, at 6pm
A Pride Seder tells the story of gay and
lesbian Jews. The evening is filled with stories
and song, and also includes dinner. “The Pride
Seder is a wonderful event, when we gather
together to learn of the history of lesbian and
gay Jews, told in an order reminiscent of the
Passover seder,” says Schwartz, who will lead
the seder.
The theme of this year’s Pride Seder at
Temple Israel is the advancements made by
gay and lesbian rabbis within the American
Jewish community. “Only 13 years ago were
the first openly gay students admitted to
rabbinical school,” Schwartz says. “And this
year, for the first time, a rabbinical school has
admitted a transgender student.”
Schwartz was referring to the recent
acceptance by The Hebrew Union College –
Jewish Institute of Religion of a male rabbinical
student who used to be a woman.
Reuben Zellman, 24, asserts that while he
considers himself “transgender and queer,” he
is not attempting to spark religious or political
controversy, according to a March 11 Jewish
Telegraphic Agency (JTA) article.
“As far as I know, I am the first person to
do this, but that’s not why I am doing it,”
Zellman is quoted as saying in the JTA article.
“I realize it has political ramifications, and I
think those are positive, but I’m becoming a
rabbinical student because that’s what I want
to do with my life.”
The Hebrew Union College—Jewish
Institute of Religion is part of the Reform
Jewish movement, which is generally
recognized as the more liberal of the major
schools of Judaism. Long associated with
social activism, the Reform movement, in 1990,
became the first to ordain gays. Some 30 years
File Photo
Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell
earlier, the movement had pioneered the
ordination of women.
Traditional Jewish philosophy upholds
that gender is innate and unchangeable.
Furthermore Jewish law forbids self-mutilation,
which—since even tattoos are forbidden—
might certainly include surgical sex change.
Still, the very same JTA article quotes Rabbi
Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, executive vice president of
the Orthodox Union, as saying that the
transsexual/transgendered pose a “fascinating”
and ongoing debate in Orthodoxy. Orthodox Jews
are considered the most observant among the
main schools of Judaism.
Opportunities are increasing, and the
landscape is changing for gays and lesbians
in the rabbinate. That is part of the message
being delivered at Temple Israel’s Pride Seder
by Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, co-editor of Lesbian
Rabbis: The First Generation, a
groundbreaking anthology. Elwell is the guest
speaker at the event in Miami, director of the
Pennsylvania Council of the nation’s Reform
synagogues and editor of the Reform
movement’s new Passover haggadah.
“We have seen enormous change—
phenomenal—beyond anything we could have
imagined 20 years ago,” Elwell says. “Reform
Judaism has always been responsive to what is
going on in society when what is going on is
about civil rights and justice. It turns out God is a
little more diverse than many people thought.”
Elwell could not venture a guess as to
how many gay and lesbian rabbis there are in
the United States. However, she said that when
she began research for her book, she had no
problem quickly identifying 40 or 50 lesbian
rabbis. “Internationally I don’t think that 100
gay and lesbian rabbis is an unreasonable
number,” she said. “We have come a long way.”
Elwell says that some progress has been
made on the gender identity issue even among
the Orthodox. “I think the film Trembling
Before God helped move the issue into the
Orthodox community,” she says.
Interestingly, Judaism historically has
very clear gender roles, Elwell says. “We’ve
been bursting through those for many years.”
That may well be because of another
tradition within Judaism. “Jews have a
tradition of interpreting scripture and never
just reading it,” Elwell says. “There is always
context, opinions and commentary in our texts.”
It is that flexibility—such as interpreting
the Book of Leviticus’ seeming condemnation
of homosexuality—that has enabled Judaism
to evolve to better reflect modern society.
“There is an increasing understanding
that rabbis in the year 2000 look much different
that the rabbis in the year 200,” Elwell says.
Many gay Jewish South Floridians are
not surprised at the advances being made by
gay and lesbian rabbis—because they feel it
is reflective of a generally more accepting
Jewish community.
“It’s different being gay and Jewish than I
imagine it would be being gay and, say, Catholic,”
says Miami’s Steven Green. “I don’t think that
reflects on any religion per se, so much as it reflects
the culture that grew up around it. As Jews, we
tend to be tolerant of these kinds of things. Maybe
it is because we have faced so many other
challenges in history.”
Ray, who asked not to be further identified,
says that he is out of the closet when it comes
to his Jewish family, but not widely to others.
“It was hard at first, but, thankfully, they came
around pretty fast and are very supportive,”
he says. “Sometimes they ask me about my
personal life and the people in it, and I am like
‘Stop!’ Sometimes I think they might have
become too comfortable with my being gay.”
Schwartz says that one of the most
exciting things about this year’s Pride Seder is
the diversity of the people who will attend.
“There will be people who are gay and straight,
Jewish and not Jewish. It’s going to be a lot of
fun,” she says.
The Pride Seder is open to all. The cost
per person is $25. Advanced reservations and
payment are required. Checks should be sent
to Pride Seder, Temple Israel, 137 NE 19th St.,
Miami, FL 33132. Special dietary requests
(including glatt kosher and vegetarian) will be
honored. The Pride Seder is sponsored by
Ru’ach: The Gay and Lesbian Havurah at
Temple Israel. Ru’ach, founded three years ago,
is a fellowship of lesbian and gay Jews.
For more information, send e-mail to ruach@templeisrael.net or call the
temple, 305.573.5900.
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Medically Needy Program to Fund Itself?
Senate Bill Would Cap Co-Pays and Create Trust Fund for Programs
By Phil LaPadula
Managing Editor
over $300 each would pay $150
per month, which is money they
do not have,” he said. “There is
currently no limit…The sicker the
person is, the more medications
they take, thus the more they must
pay.”
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Robert
Wexler (D-Florida) and Florida
state Rep. Stacy J. Ritter have
both sent letters to Gov. Jeb. Bush
urging him to use his line item
veto powers to eliminate the 2.5
percent Medicaid drug co-pay. In
their letters, both lawmakers
noted that the drug co-pay is not
needed to fund the program
because Congress recently
approved a $10 billion increase
for the Medicaid program, which
will bring $403 million in additional
funding to Florida.
“I am also troubled that the
The Florida legislature
has passed a budget, but the
battle to save 1.9 million
Medicaid recipients from deep
cuts in their benefits continues.
Sen. Mandy Dawson (D)
has filed a bill in the Florida
Senate that would eliminate the
2.5 percent per drug copayments imposed by the
legislature and replace it with
a $15 per month flat fee,
regardless of the number of
medications a patient uses.
The money from the monthly
fees would be deposited into
a trust fund that would be used
to pay for Medicaid programs,
including the Medically
Needy program. Dawson is
Sen. Mandy Dawson (D) has filed a bill in the Florida Senate that
hoping to move the bill during
would eliminate the 2.5 percent per drug co-payments imposed
the upcoming special session
by the legislature.
of the state legislature, which
begins June 16.
medications. For one year, that would be
According to the local group Medicaid
NLGJA from front page
$180. So, 1.9 million people multiplied by $180
Advocates.com, the Dawson bill would
equals $342 million per year. The Medically
eliminate a “tax on the ill” and solve funding
Needy Program costs $350 million a year to his sexual orientation.
problems for the Medically Needy program.
Fred Fejes, a media studies professor at
run. If this money is properly saved and used,
“The math is fairly simple,” said Bill
then it will only cost the state $8 million to Florida Atlantic University, will moderate.
Rettinger, a local transplant patient and
The scheduled panelists are: Earl Maucker,
operate the program.”
founding member of Medicaid
Rettinger contrasted the proposal with senior vice president and editor, SunAdvocates.com, which has been circulating
the plan passed by the legislature, which he Sentinel; Steve Rothaus, columnist, The
the proposal on the Internet. “Each person
said requires the sickest patients to pay the Miami Herald; Charles Perez, weekend
on Medicaid pays $15 per month for
most. “A person with 20 medications costing anchor for Channel 7 and a former national
Medicaid co-payments were instituted
precisely as Congress was considering a $10
billion increase for the Medicaid program,”
Wexler wrote in his letter to Bush. “Congress
has since approved and the President has
signed into law the Medicaid increase. It is
my understanding that Florida is to receive
$403 million in additional Medicaid funding
over the next two years. In light of the
additional Medicaid funding, I would
respectfully request that you veto the
Medicaid co-payment and readdress this
issue during your next scheduled special
session. Recipients of the Medically Needy
program, who are among the state’s most
vulnerable population, deserve a
reconsideration of this critical health issue.”
Rettinger said that the Dawson bill
would save the state money while selffunding the Medicaid program. “Let’s see if
Bush and Byrd do not accept this when it
would mean that the state would only have
to allocate $8 million to get $694 in federal
funds,” he said.
syndicated talk show host; Bob Norman,
columnist for New Times who has written
columns about Foley; Mary Damiano, arts
and entertainment editor for The Express
and associate editor for She magazine; and
Norm Kent, publisher of The Express.
The event, which is co-sponsored by
the Sun-Sentinel, is free and open to the
public. Free parking is available behind the
Sun-Sentinel building. There is a charge for
the garage.
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Call for Abstracts
Now through July 31—The Third Annual
Southeast Regional Gay Men’s Health
Summit invites you to share experience,
discoveries and research with participants.
An abstract is a description of information
you plan to share with participants in a
workshop. Workshops are 75 minutes in
length and may be organized in panel,
debate, discussion or skill building formats.
Over 40 workshops will be chosen that offer
the most innovative, current and useful
information to participants within the
summit’s areas of focus.
Don’t forget that abstracts must be
received by mail or e-mail by July 31, to be
considered for acceptance. No faxed
abstracts will be considered.
You will be notified in writing by Aug. 31
if your abstract has been accepted for
presentation.
Basic A/V equipment (slide projectors,
writing boards, easels, overhead projectors)
and room furniture will be provided upon
request. Costs for any additional A/V or
furniture needs are the responsibility of the
presenter.
More information on the summit and
call for abstracts may be accessed at
www.GayMensSummit.com.
Note: the summit invites abstracts from
all those interested in fostering better
spiritual, mental and physical health among
gay/bisexual men (i.e., men and women,
regardless of sexual orientation, are invited
to the submit).
For more information, contact Chris
Parsons, Finance and Logistics Chair, at
404.870.7722.
Ride on Florida’s Waters
Through Sept. 30—Stay at least two nights
in one of 28 participating hotels and receive
a $50 voucher redeemable at a choice of
six water attractions in Greater Fort
Lauderdale. With the validated voucher
guests ride free on one of the following: Fort
Lauderdale’s Water Taxi; Florida Everglades
swamp buggy tour at Billie Swamp Safari or
the airboat tours of Sawgrass Recreation
Park; Intracoastal and river cruise on the
Jungle Queen Riverboat Sightseeing
Cruise; Glass Bottom boat excursion to the
coastal reefs or “Try Scuba” with South
Florida Diving Headquarters.
Visit www.Sunny.org for more details,
or call 800.22.SUNNY.
Shot in the Heart
Month of June—Photographer John Garner
explores his subjects with the true freedom
of many different visual styles, letting the
subjects themselves dictate which voice
should be heard. He calls this parapathetic
Beat of the Future
method his “anti-stylism.”
Shot In the Heart: The Anti-Stylism of
Through June 21—The Gay Men’s Chorus
of South Florida is embarking on a Photographer J. Garner will appear at the
fundraising project—a drawing for a seven- RaZoo Gallery, 3038 N. Federal Hwy.,
day Caribbean, Alaska, Bermuda or Hawaii Monday through Saturday 11am-6pm and
cruise for two, courtesy of Norwegian Cruise Sundays from 1-6pm. For more information
call 954.663.3888.
Line.
Tickets for the cruise drawing are $5
each, and only 600 tickets will be issued. Jazzin’ it Up
The winning ticket will be drawn at the Gay June 18 and 25—The Hallandale Beach
Men’s Chorus of South Florida “Beat of the Branch, 300 S. Federal Highway,
Future” concert on Saturday, June 21, at the Hallandale, will hold a duo of jazz programs,
Amaturo Theatre in the Broward Center for featuring master poet Richard Williams and
the Performing Arts. The winner does not pianist, song stylist and songwriter Melody
have to be present at the time of the drawing. Cole.
The first program, Poetry and Jazz: An
The winning ticket holder will be notified by
Interlude, will be held from 1-2pm on June
phone and certified mail.
For
more
information,
call 18. Performed by Richard Williams, a New
954.832.0060. Tickets are also available York native who has lived in South Florida
through GayLauderdale.com.
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for 15 years, the event will include poetry
and jazz pieces that were influenced by the
great works of entertainers like Billie Holiday,
Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie.
Jazz Colors of the Caribbean will be
held from 1-2 pm on June 25 with Melody
Cole. The program will feature musical
excerpts encompassing her multicultural
experiences
that
include
reggae
rhythms. During her
career, Melody has
performed for The
S m i t h s o n i a n
Institution and Atlanta
Jazz Festival. She also
has two CDs, “Melody
plays Bud ‘n Monk”
and “Simply Sacred.”
The Friends of the
Hallandale Library
sponsor this event.
For
more
information,
call
954.457.1750.
United and Proud!
Month of June— Broward County Library
and ArtsUnited, Inc. present United and
Proud! An Exhibition in Celebration of Gay
and Lesbian Pride Month from June 1-30 in
Gallery Six at the Broward County Main
Library, 100 S. Andrews Ave., Fort
Lauderdale.
The
artists
featured in the exhibit
include Jose Arce,
Tony Beall, J.W.
Calcaterra (Pompano
Bill), Robert Cauvel,
Dennis Dean, Steed
Jay Edwards, Abby
Frank, Mario Garcia,
James Goodson,
Jerome Guzy, Don
Hanover,
Steve
Shires,
Joel
Shapses, Sanjay
Sood, Chris Yoculan,
Vilma Zeno and
Zuska.
For
more
954.357.7464.
information
call
Help Beautify Wilton Manors
June 18—Help celebrate the Grand Opening
of Wilton Manors Main Street, Inc. The offices
are located at 2205 Wilton Drive. Hear some
plans for Wilton Drive, meet Executive
Director Hal Miksch, President Diane Cline
and Mayor Jim Stork.
For more information, contact Hal
Miksch by emailing mikschh@bellsouth.net
or calling 954.568.0504.
Evening at The Parrot
Main Street Café
June 18— The Oakland Park/Wilton Manors
Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly
networking event at The Parrot Main Street
Café, 3148 NE 12th Ave. in Oakland Park,
from 6-8pm.
This event is open to all interested
business individuals for $15. For more
information, contact Mike Levy at
954.568.7755.
Pride Seder at Temple Israel
June 18—Temple Israel will hold its annual
Pride Seder at 6pm. This year’s Seder will
focus on lesbian and gay rabbis, with guest
speaker Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, co-editor of
Lesbian Rabbis: The First Generation,
author of The Open Door and UAHC
regional director.
Advance reservations are required.
Please send your check for $25 per person
to Temple Israel, 137 NE 19th St., Miami, FL
33132. With your check, please indicate any
dietary restrictions, including vegetarian and
glatt kosher. For more information, contact
ruach@templeisrael.net.
Be Miss Hamburger Mary
June 20—Hamburger Mary’s is kicking off
Stonewall weekend with a search for Miss
Hamburger Mary 2003. Do you have what it
takes to be the new Miss Hamburger Mary?
The competition begins at 9pm and will be
hosted by none other than Tiffany Aeriagas.
Any person who thinks they are campy
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FESTIVAL from front page
enough to walk a mile, or at least 10 feet, in
Mary’s pumps can call for details or enter by
stopping by Hamburger Mary’s, 2449 Wilton
Drive, Wilton Manors. For more information,
call 954.567.1320.
Four Couples & 28 Questions
June 20—South Florida’s newest game
show, Know Thy Neighbor will première at
the GLCCSF, 1717 N. Andrews Ave. Four
couples (two straight, one gay, one lesbian)
were randomly drawn from a contestant call
that went out two weeks ago. They will
compete for hundreds of dollars in cash and
prizes by answering questions about other
couples. Questions are categorized into: In
The Past, In The Mind, In The Wallet and In
The Bedroom.
There will be door prizes, total value
also in hundreds of dollars. Each attendant
will receive a raffle ticket. They each have an
equal chance of being selected to answer a
question about another audience member!
Tickets are $10 per person or $15 for
couples. For tickets e-mail GLASFFtl@aol.com
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or call 954.525.7703. Seating is limited.
Queer Mic
June 21—The Lavender Writes Series at
Borders Books and Music in Coral Springs,
An Open Mic for Lesbian and Gay Writers
will begin at 1pm. Emceed by the fabulous
Mary Damiano. Writers of fiction, poetry and
other genres, published and unpublished,
are welcome to read. Pre-register at
LWrites@mindspring.com. The event is
free. Borders is located at 700 University
Drive on the northwest corner of University
and Atlantic, Coral Springs. For more
information, call 954.340.3307.
Writing Contest Winners Announced
By Mary Damiano
The winners of the second annual
Pride, Prose and Poetry Contest,
sponsored by The Express and Lavender
Writes, were chosen last week by a panel
of judges. Bruce R. Fairman of Pompano
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this year, compared with 117 last year. “We
got a late start this year,” said Tony Ramos,
festival co-chair. “But we have more out-oftown businesses this year.” He said the event
will include two businesses from West Palm
Beach, two from Tampa and about five or six
from Miami.
Changes for this year’s event include
moving the stage area to the intersection of
Wilton Drive and 6th Avenue. Last year, the
stage was located in front of the entrance to
the Shoppes of Wilton Manors. In addition,
the tents will run down the center of the street
this year instead of along the sides as they
did last year.
The festival will also include an antique
car and motorcycle show, featuring vintage
autos from the Flamingo Auto Group South
(a branch of the Lambda Car Club) and bikes
from the Stonewall Knights motorcycle group.
Organizers are promoting the event as a
traditional June pride street festival that
welcomes everyone free of charge. “There’s
no door charge. People don’t want to pay to
be gay,” Ramos said.
Proceeds that don’t go to seed money
and to cover expenses will be donated to
two local charities, AIDS Project Florida and
Edward W. Smith Jr. Family Nutrition Center,
Ramos said.
Beach won first place for his nonfiction
piece, Ghost of Honor; Richard Mayora of
Fort Lauderdale won second place for his
story, Puppy Love; and F. David Fisher of
Wilton Manors won third place for his
story, Ten-Year Itch.
The winning entries will be published
in the June 23 issue of The Express, which
will be available at the Stonewall Street
Festival in Wilton Manors on June 22. The
authors of the winning works will also be
featured at a reading on Wednesday, June
25, 7pm at the Pride Factory, 845 N. Federal
Hwy. in Fort Lauderdale.
Local Democrats Demand Bush Release Federal Money
Governor Accused of Hoarding Funds to Use for Political Gain in Election Year
to let money intended to stimulate our state
economy sit on the sidelines while forcing
public education and other critical services to
endure budget cuts. Why would the governor
want to force these devastating cuts on the
people of Florida when Congress has provided
us with nearly a billion ways to avoid them?
Clearly this conservative lacks compassion.”
Sen. Steven A. Geller echoed those
sentiments. “It’s time Florida’s tax dollars went
back to Florida’s taxpayers,” Geller said. “It’s
time Florida’s leadership stopped propping up
big corporations, a handful of special interests
and political campaigns with Florida’s tax
dollars, and started returning that money to
Florida’s needs: education, healthcare and
quality jobs.”
The group listed several programs that could
be helped by the stimulus money, including
Florida KidCare, a program that provides
healthcare to uninsured children. The program
has been under a freeze on new enrollments.
Summer Smorgasbord
A group of Democratic state legislators demanded that Gov. Jeb Bush release nearly $1
billion in federal stimulus money at the “Billion Points of Light” news conference on
June 12. From Left to right: Rep. Roger Wishner, Rep. Eleanor Sobel, Rep. Tim Ryan, Sen.
Photo by Carole Fawcett
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Rep. Nan Rich.
By Phil LaPadula
Managing Editor
As Democratic Party activists see it, the
state’s Republican legislative leaders are acting
like the bum dressed in rags begging on a street
corner—while $1 billion is tucked away under
his mattress at home.
The Florida legislature recently passed a
budget that includes deep cuts in Medicaid,
the Medically Needy Program, the arts and
numerous other social services. Meanwhile,
the state is about to receive an extra $1 billion
from a recently passed federal economic
stimulus program. About 50 percent of that
money was earmarked to increase the federal
share of the state’s Medicaid budget. But
instead of using the money to restore some of
the painful cuts in social services, Gov. Jeb
Bush has decided to put the windfall in a
“reserve” for use in 2004, when his brother,
George W. Bush, is up for election. This has
Florida Democratic leaders crying foul,
suggesting that Bush wants to save the money
for 2004 so he won’t have to raise taxes in an
election year.
A group of Democratic state lawmakers
held a “Billion Points of Light” press
conference on Thursday, June 12, at Broward
Community College to demand that Bush
release the funds to pay for social services
hard hit by the budget cuts.
“We have seen this governor take a record
surplus and turn it into a record deficit by giving
away more than $6 billion in tax cuts for the
wealthy and big corporations,” said Sen.
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. “Now, he wants
Restaurants to Offer ‘Taste of the Community’ at GLCCSF
Here’s your chance to sample the
cuisine of all the local gay-friendly
restaurants. The Gay and Lesbian
Community Center of South Florida
(GLCCSF) invites the public to attend A
Taste of the Community at the center on
Saturday, June 21, from 6:30pm to 11pm.
The center is located at 1717 N. Andrews
Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.
This annual event, sponsored by the
GLCCSF, has in the past attracted over 300
members of our local community. Some of
Fort Lauderdale’s and Wilton Manors’
most popular restaurants, including
Stork’s, Galanga, The Chocolate Forest,
Chardees, Costello’s, NY Pizza Department,
India House, Boardwalk, AnywayZ, Peter
Pan and Georgie’s Alibi will offer their
choicest dishes, in a setting of fun and
comfort. Each participant will have its own
area in which to showcase menus.
All proceeds will benefit the
GLCCSF. A Taste of the Community
provides an excellent opportunity to
raise funds for the GLCC to support and
operate the programs for the gay
community. Last year’s event raised over
$10,000.
Prices are as follows: $30 at the door
for Founders, members and renewals;
$35 at the door for others; $25 in
advance up to 5pm on Friday, June 20,
by credit card/check or cash.
To pay in advance online, visit the
website, www.glccftl.org, and click on
Taste of the Community, then follow
instructions.
Or
e-mail
events@glccsf.org.
For additional event information,
call the GLCCSF at 954.463.9005.
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Gay Senior Center Expected to Open by Early Fall
Pioneering Facility Clears Major Hurdles, Receives International Attention
orientations. “Probably the
first group will be gay and
It’s been a long journey
lesbian seniors,” Ford
from idea to reality for the
explained. “The second
Noble A. McArtor Senior Day
group will be family
Care Center. But now that the
members of gay and lesbian
major hurdles have been
couples, such as a parent.
cleared, the ground-breaking
Finally, the third group will
facility geared to gay seniors
be
people
in
the
and their family members is
neighborhood who like the
expected to open its doors in
location. All of the
the Sunshine Cathedral’s
participants won’t be gay
John C. Graves Building by
or lesbian, but because of
late summer or early fall.
the center’s location, if
The center has already
people are uncomfortable
made waves around the world,
with the gay issue they
with feature stories on the
probably won’t want to put
facility appearing in the The
their elderly there.
Express, Los Angeles Times,
“We have straight
The Canadian National Post
people come to our church,
as well as newspapers in
too. We love them, even
Moscow and Japan.
though
they’re
“It has caused quite an
handicapped,”
Ford
international stir,” said Rev.
quipped.
Grant Lynn Ford, senior
The facility will
pastor of the Sunshine
accommodate about 30
Cathedral, a Metropolitan
seniors. The staff will
Rev. Grant Lynn Ford, senior pastor of the Sunshine Cathedral, a
Community Church. “It’s the
include a project director, a
Metropolitan Community Church, says that although the center will
cater to the gay community, the facility will welcome seniors of all
novelty of a senior day-care
nurse, an activities director,
sexual orientations
center located where it can
senior aides and probably
reach out to the gay and
volunteers from the church.
lesbian community.”
handicapped restrooms. Now the only things The charity group Meals on Wheels will
It took the cathedral two years to get left to do are to build the restrooms and meet provide hot food, and the church will provide
the zoning approval for the project. The some other licensing requirements.
activities. “If a band is playing here, we’ll
city’s ordinance had to be changed to allow
While the center will cater to the gay have them play for them,” Ford said. “I may
houses of worship to have day-care centers. community, Ford emphasized that the facility even play the piano myself.”
Then permits had to be acquired to build will welcome seniors of all sexual
The center will be operated by
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Managing Editor
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SunServe, the cathedral’s social services
agency. Sunserve officials have already
hired a project director for the senior center,
and interviews have begun to develop a list
of prospective clients.
The center, which is funded mostly with
federal money, will be open to all seniors
regardless of their financial status. “We don’t
say that the service is free,” Ford explained.
“People are permitted and encouraged to
pay something. But no one is turned away
because of lack of ability to pay.”
In other MCC news, Ford announced
that Sunserve has received a $100,000
matching challenge grant from Ronald M.
Ansin, a Jewish man with an interest in social
services. The matching grant, which will be
$50,000 a year for two years, will allow
SunServe to hire an executive director.
Although it is affiliated with the Sunshine
Cathedral, Sunserve is a separate
corporation, similar to Catholic Charities,
Ford explained.
The Sunshine Cathedral will host a Pride
Interfaith service on Wednesday, June 18,
at 7pm. This year’s theme is “Our Colors of
Pride.” Ten to 15 faith organizations and six
local speakers are expected to participate.
Music will be provided by the Church
of Our Savior MCC Choir, directed by Vicky
Keller. Pride South Florida will host a social
gathering after the service.
For more information about the center,
visit the Sunshine Cathedral website at
www.sunshinecathedral.org or call
954.462.2004.
Mr. Plakas Goes to Harvard
Compass’ Executive Director Receives Victory Foundation Fellowship
Tony Plakas, executive director of
Compass, says he is encouraged by the
progress of the human rights movement
in Palm Beach County
Chip Alfred
Palm Beach Correspondent
When Tony Plakas learned he had been
selected to attend a special summer program
at Harvard, he could hardly control his
excitement. Plakas, the executive director of
Compass, Palm Beach County’s LGBT
Community Center, is one of only six gay
and lesbian leaders in the nation to receive a
Victory Foundation fellowship to attend
Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
for an intensive three-week program called
“Senior Executives in State and Local
Government.”
The Victory Foundation, a national
education and public interest organization
based in Washington, D.C., prepares lesbian
and gay leaders to enter civic life and
influence public policy.
Plakas said that when he came to
Compass, he was inexperienced. “I’ve been
looking for opportunities to increase my
experience and do the best job I can,” he
said. A former HIV prevention educator at
Compass, he accepted the position of
executive director in January 2000 at the ripe
old age of 26.
Plakas will be joined at Harvard by state
and local government executives at the
highest level from all across the country.
He hopes to learn how he can work with
local politicians to effect positive change.
“I want to know how to navigate the system
so we can push through some of the policies
to help people in our community feel better
about who they are,” he said.
Plakas said he is encouraged by the
progress of the human rights movement
in Palm Beach County. He pointed to Lake
Worth Mayor Rodney Romano’s support
of Pridefest when he raised the rainbow
flag over City Hall. “It’s showing that it
isn’t political suicide to be supportive of
diversity issues,” Plakas said.
Is a political future in the cards for
Plakas? He said no. His goal in attending
this program is to help take Compass to
the next level, increase its presence and
have a greater impact on the community
as a whole. He realizes he’s fortunate to
be chosen for this once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity.
“The Victory Foundation recognizes
that leaders need special tools, especially
if they’re LGBT leaders, to help them refine
their leadership and management skills,”
he said.
For more information about the Victory
Foundation and its programs, go to
www.VictoryFund.org.
If you have a
Palm Beach County
news story,
e-mail your information,
press releases or photos
to Chip Alfred at
CAlfred@
ExpressGayNews.com
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to go into the bedrooms of consenting adults
But Ken Connor, president of the Family expressing hope the Supreme Court would
in the middle of the night and arrest them,” Research Council (FRC), a national side with the plaintiffs.
Conduct Law, a statute that bans sex said Ruth Harlow of the Lambda Legal conservative group, said in an online
In 1996, today’s Supreme Court did
between consenting adults of the same Defense and Education Fund, representing statement, “If the court rules against Texas, strike down an anti-gay amendment to
sex—but not of the opposite sex.
the Texas claimants.
they will have started down a path to redefine Colorado’s Constitution on equal protection
Lawrence and Garner pleaded no
Writing in its amicus, or friend of the marriage out of existence. The court should principles. That bodes well for our side
contest to the misdemeanor charge and
today.
were each fined $200. The state courts
A d d i t i o n a l l y,
upheld the conviction. The defendants
since Bowers v.
appealed, arguing their arrest was illegal,
Hardwick, the number
and constituted a denial of their right as
of state sodomy laws
citizens to privacy.
has declined from 28 to
The argument advanced by their
13, in large part
attorneys is that intimate associations of
because
of
the
There are now at least 17 cities planning protests or celebrations in response to the upcoming
adults occupy a private realm of family
persistent court efforts
Supreme Court decision on Texas’s sodomy law.
life, beyond the scope of state sanction
of Lambda Legal and
and control.
We would like you to join us outside the offices of The Express at 1595 Northeast 26th
the American Civil
Additionally, the gay men are arguing
Liberties Union, as
Street, in Wilton Manors, on Monday afternoon at 5:30 p.m., at which time a number of
that the homosexual conduct law violates
well
as
state
community leaders will be asked to respond to the decision of the United States Supreme
the equal protection clause of the 14th
organizations fighting
Court on whether to uphold the constitutionality of sodomy laws in America.
Amendment to the U.S. constitution
to overturn these laws.
For more information, read the story online at www.ExpressGayNews.com .
because it bears no rational relationship to
If Lambda Legal
a legitimate state interest.
achieves a victory on
Along the way, various appellate
the privacy claims, that
courts agreed, and overturned the statute court brief, the Log Cabin Republicans demonstrate judicial humility and decline to would strike down all the nation’s remaining
as violating constitutional equal protection joined the issue: “At stake is whether the deconstruct in radical and revolutionary sodomy laws—those in Alabama, Florida,
guarantees. Ultimately, however, the highest fundamental right to privacy traditionally ways the bedrock social institution of Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
court of appeals for the state of Texas en afforded in American family life really does marriage.”
Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and
banc (meaning that all of the justices on the protect its most intimate of associations…
In 1986, the Supreme Court upheld four same-sex-only laws in Texas, Oklahoma,
court heard the case) upheld the statute, homosexual conduct.” The Texas state court sodomy laws 5-4 in Bowers v. Hardwick, but Kansas and Missouri.
reinstating the ban on homosexual sodomy. said, no, it does not. The Supreme Court is the legal landscape has changed since then.
“Paramount to the protection of
That is how the case wound its way to the being asked to say, yes, it does.
Only three justices of that ruling remain on choosing and maintaining human
nation’s highest court in Washington, D.C.
Stated local ACLU counsel, Barry Butin, the High Court bench today, “so the decision relationships is sexual intimacy,” wrote
Apparently, in the next 48 hours, the “These laws are used to deny gay workers is somewhat unpredictable,” commented attorney M. Elaine Johnston, of White &
Supreme Court of the United States of jobs, refuse lesbian mothers custody, oppose Dean Trantalis, a Dolphin Democratic leader, Case, in her brief to the High Court.
America will publish its definitive ruling. At nondiscrimination laws and block hate-crime and prominent local gay attorney elected to “Americans are entitled to be free from the
issue is no less than whether the sodomy legislation. These have a tangible impact on the Fort Lauderdale City Commission earlier reach of criminal law predicated solely on
statutes in America are legal and may be the lives of individuals and on the entire this year.
the consensual and private interactions of
maintained by states, or must be overturned community. Until these laws are overturned,
“These laws are offensive to the dignity citizens in the privacy of their own homes.”
by courts and repealed by state legislatures. a basic step on the path to freedom remains of gays and the community of Americans
We will see if the Supreme Court of the
“The state should not have the power blocked.”
we want to partner with,” Trantalis added, United States agrees.
SODOMY from Front Page
Celebration or Condemnation?
—Either Way, Join Us at ‘The Express’—
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Compass to Host Stonewall Student Guilty in Georgia’s
Ball June 21 in Palm Beach First Hate-Crime Trial
Activist Donna Red Wing will be Guest at Premier Event
From Staff Reports
Compass, Inc, Palm Beach County’s gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
community services center, will celebrate the
second annual Stonewall Ball on June 21 at
the Harriet Himmel Gilman Theater at
CityPlace.
This year’s honored guest is Donna Red
Wing, nationally known gay activist and
former national field director of both the
Human Rights Campaign and the Gay &
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The
theme of this year’s event is “We the People”
and will feature a VIP reception, hosted by
the Palm Beach County Human Rights
Council starting at 7pm, with general
admission at 8pm. Local, state and national
allies will gather along with 700 guests to
celebrate 30 years of national history and
this past year’s local successes, which have
secured both employment and school antiharassment protections for LGBT youth and
adults in Palm Beach County.
Donna Red Wing is known for
her work as the executive director of
the Lesbian Community Project in
Portland, the largest lesbian
organization in the Pacific Northwest.
During that time, she helped lead the
fight against Measure 9, an anti-gay
ballot measure that would have
amended Oregon’s constitution to
declare homosexuality “abnormal and
perverse” behavior. As a result of her
efforts, the Advocate magazine named
Red Wing its 1992 Woman of the Year
and. That same year, she was named
“the most dangerous woman in
Oregon” by the radical right.
With over 15 employees and an
$800,000 annual budget, Compass is the
largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender
community center in the Southeast region of
the United States.
Tickets for the black-tie optional
Stonewall Ball are $100 for the VIP
reception ($175 for a couple) or $50 for
general admission ($80 for a couple) and
may be purchased at Compass.
Reduced rates are offered for groups
of 10 or more. For more information, call
Compass at 561.533.9699.
By Samira Jafari
Associated Press Writer
A jury found a former Morehouse
College student guilty June 11 of the baseball
bat beating of a student who he felt was
making sexual advances in the shower.
Aaron Price, 19, was found guilty of
aggravated battery and aggravated assault
after the jury deliberated more than two
hours. He could be sentenced to up to 20
years for each count.
Defense and prosecution attorneys
were still giving arguments during the
afternoon of June 11 over whether Price
committed a hate crime, which could
add an additional five years to his
sentence. It was the first trial for
Georgia’s new hate crime law.
Price hit student Gregory Love in a
dormitory bathroom last November after
Love looked at him.
Love, who said he is not gay, has said
he only looked at Price because he didn’t
have his glasses on and mistook Price for
his roommate.
Price claimed he was acting in selfdefense.
The beating evoked strong emotions at
the historically black college, where some
gay students said homophobia is rampant.
The attack also prompted administrators to
set up discussion sessions promoting
diversity and acceptance of people of
different sexual orientations.
New York Senate Approves Safe Schools Bill
By Doug Windsor
365Gay.com Newscenter
Two days after the New York State
Assembly approved a safe schools measure
that bans bullying, discrimination and
violence in the state’s public schools, the
state Senate has approved a similar bill.
Known as the Schools As Safe Harbors
Act, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the
bill by a vote of 54-4.
The Assembly bill that passed 136-8 on
June 9, was backed by a coalition of over 165
groups Empire State Pride Agenda and Gay,
Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
“We are pleased that both chambers of
the legislature agree that schools must be
safe places for all students to learn,” said
GLSEN Executive Director Kevin Jennings.
“While there are important differences
between the two versions that must be
resolved, we are hopeful that 2003 may finally
be the year that lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender students get to go to school safe
from violence and harassment.”
Leaders of both Houses must now reach
agreement on a final version in the few days
that remain in the session.
“I know the hurt and fear of being
intimidated in school,” said Pride Agenda
Executive Director Alan Van Capelle. “I know
what it’s like to be called a faggot. I know
what it does to a child’s self-esteem. We will
not support anything that does not provide
protections for everyone.”
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The Kiss That Rocked the World
Same-Sex Smooch Sets Tone for Broadway’s Tony Awards
By Mary Damiano
It’s official: Broadway has gone from the
Great White Way to the Great Gay Way.
During the 57th annual Tony Awards,
presented by the American Theatre Wing and
telecast on CBS Sunday, June 8, more than 8
million viewers saw Marc Shaiman declare his
love to his creative and life partner, Scott
Wittman, when the couple accepted their award
for Best Score for Hairspray, the big winner of
the night.
“We’re not allowed to get married, but I
want to declare I love you and I’d like to live
with you the rest of my life,” said Shaiman,
who then grabbed Wittman and planted a
lengthy smooch on his lips.
The kiss set the tone for the rest of the
show, in which just about anything gay was a
winner. Gravelly voiced Harvey Fierstein won
Best Actor in a Musical for his drag role of
Edna Turnblad, one of eight Tony Awards that
Hairspray garnered. “Boy, I’m glad this wasn’t
a beauty contest,” Fierstein said as he
accepted his award. He then addressed conominee Antonio Banderas: “You should
know that the next time you come to America,
you have to dress like an American—in a
dress.”
Take Me Out, about a baseball player who
declares his sexual orientation at the height of
his career, won the award for Best Play, and
out star Denis O’Hare won for Best Featured
Actor in a Play. O’Hare thanked his boyfriend,
who accompanied him to the awards, in his
acceptance speech.
Brendan Lemon, editor of Out magazine,
told New York’s Newsday that the real
significance of the Shaiman-Wittman kiss was
that America saw a gay couple that had been
together for more than two decades. ”That’s
a very powerful thing, because it goes against
stereotypes,” he said.
But Peter Sprigg, a spokesman for the
Family Research Council, a traditional
family advocacy organization
categorized the kiss as something
most Americans don’t want to see
on TV. A CBS spokesman said the
network had received a “small to
moderate” amount of negative
feedback about Shaiman and
Wittman’s kiss, “about 10
phone calls and 68 e-mails.”
The Shaiman-Wittman kiss
became a focal point for the rest
of the Tony telecast. When
Michele Pawk accepted her
award for her performance in
AP Photo
Hollywood
Arms,
she
commented, “Men kissing each Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman kiss after winning the
other on stage. Drag queens. Tony for best score for “Hairspray,” which features
Harvey Fierstein in drag playing a woman.
Children. It’s a perfect world.”
Jerusalem Pride Canceled After Terror Attack
Organizers Concerned Crowd Would be Hamas Target
Renewed terrorist violence in Israel led
organizers of Jerusalem’s Pride celebrations
to postpone the event, which was scheduled
to begin this past weekend.
Wednesday, June 11, a suicide bomber
killed 16 people and injured more than 100 in
Jerusalem. Hamas’ militant wing Izzedine al
Qassam claimed responsibility for the attack.
The bombing was one of the worst in
Jerusalem since October 2000 and was felt
strongly in the Open House, the city’s gay
center.
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File Photo
Following
the
bombing, organizers of the
annual Jerusalem Pride
Parade met and said they
were concerned that the
large crowds that attend
the parade would become
a Hamas target.
“We cannot joyfully
parade in the heart of
Jerusalem while funerals
are
taking
place—
including those of neighbors and friends,”
Hagai Elad, executive director of the
Jerusalem Open House told Gay Middle
East.
“Postponing the parade by a week is
the only course of action we can take now,
an expression of human sensitivity toward
the city we live in.”
The parade will now be held Friday, June
20. In a bitter irony, the theme of this year’s
parade is ‘Love Without Borders.’
—365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Popular Stud Says ‘Nay’ to Mares
War Emblem: A True Story About the Horse Who Won’t Do It
By Norm Kent
claim against the colt who won’t, uh, cover the
mares. But the Racing Insider reports they
War Emblem, the stunning stallion that may have a tough go. It seems that libido
captured the heart and soul of America’s racing problems are not usually written into
community in 2002 when he won the Kentucky insurance policies for horses.
Derby and the Preakness may be gay.
According to one local racing insurance
The homosexual hoofing of the
horse is costing his new owners, a
Japanese investment group,
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
stud fees.
The Daily Racing Form has
reported that Bob Baffert’s powerful
colt has been presented with over
200 mares since “the breeding shed
was open,” but the gallant galloper
has repeatedly been claiming a
headache, covering less than five
mares.
A notoriously aggressive colt
during his racing career for the late
War Emblem and trainer Bob Baffert
File Photo
Prince Ahmed Salman, War Emblem
apparently has little interest in the
mares. His difficulty, trainers say, clearly stems source, policies for colts would cover
from a lack of libido.
“infertility, not homosexuality.”
The wire-to-wire Derby winner was on his
The Insider interviewed Steve Johnson,
way to winning the Triple Crown last year, but a prominent horse farm owner, who indicated
stumbled coming out of the gate at the Belmont, libido problems are not unheard of in young
the last of the three major races on the horse stallions, “but it is unusual for such issues
party circuit. The slip did not impair the colt’s to linger.”
sale value, as he was marketed after the race
At press time, it is unknown to The
for more than $17 million to a Japanese group. Express if War Emblem will be asked to cure
But now they are hopping mad.
his homosexuality at the newly opened ranch
Representatives of the Japanese are so for human ex-gays in Orlando. Earlier this
downtrodden over the mustang’s pronounced year, The Express reported that more and
chastity that they are making an insurance more gay animals are coming out of the
Publisher
closet. The Zurich Zoo also features a
walking tour of Congressman Mark Foley’s
office in Washington, D.C.
Johnson noted there are many techniques
racing enthusiasts have to stimulate and excite
young colts, including stabling the horse
within view of arriving mares or the breeding
shed, where he can see mares in heat and
watch other stallions at work.
Mike Peters, the internationally
acclaimed night club owner of the newly
reopened gentleman’s club Solid Gold, at
the corner of Oakland Park Boulevard and
Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale, has
reportedly invited War Emblem to come this
week to a show of his many fashionable
females.
The Racing Insider says War Emblem
is not the first stallion to be standoffish. The
1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew,
apparently also played hard to get. But the
horse farm’s management eventually got him
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Expressitorials
Editorial Cartoon
JOEL PETT
Letters to the editor
John and John Column Is Boring, Lacks Relevance
I was very happy to see in the past
few issues of The Express there weren’t
any articles from the writers John and
John [John Templeton column].
I’m sorry to see in this issue they are
back. I’m not very sure why these articles
are in a newspaper that deals with issues
in South Florida or the gay community
nationwide. Their very boring stories
about their lives are not only a waste but
written for someone who reads Reader’s
Digest. There are so many things that affect
my life in South Florida that I think would
be more useful.
Have you ever thought about asking
your readers if any of them read or even
care about these articles? I think you would
be very surprised how many people don’t
even know who they are or even care.
Steve Travis
Fort Lauderdale
Witness to Harassment at John U. Lloyd Park
A Day for Gay History
This is the week that was, and the one
that will be.
Mark it down in gay history.
Two gay men, life partners, engage in a
long, wet kiss as they celebrate sharing a
Tony Award on Broadway for their role in
Hairspray, a magical musical that we
sometimes forget, stands up boldly to unjust
discrimination against blacks.
A gay man wins another Tony for
playing a straight woman. Harvey Fierstein
reaffirms his presence as a gay American
hero, author, advocate and individual.
U.S. Supreme Court
Another Tony goes to Take Me Out, a
drama about a gay baseball player coming
out of the closet to his pro team. How about
that?
A gay congressman, Mark Foley,
foolishly trying to hide his homosexual
identity is routinely embarrassed in the
mainstream press, but only for his stupidity
trying to stay in the closet when the whole
wide world already knows he’s out. Kind of
like the Richard Chamberlain of politics.
The front page of The New York Times
is graced by the selection of a new bishop
for the Episcopal Church, and he is an openly
gay man, who is recognized for his
compassion, charity and long-time service
to his faith.
The largest gay newspaper in Florida,
your Express, signs a long-term advertising
contract with the Florida Marlins, a
professional baseball team. Jim Rome talks
about it on ESPN, the national sports radio
show.
In Toronto, the city’s highest court
declares that gay marriages are legal, and
hours later men are taking their vows,
marrying legally. South Floridians learn about
the story from a gay radio talk show host,
Neil Rogers, routinely rated number one in
his field, who came out on the air a quarter of
a century ago.
A lesbian softball player at the
University of Florida reveals that despite the
fact she was the team captain, the coach threw
her off the team because she was gay. The
university then announces it will institute an
anti-discrimination policy at the school.
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Coincidental? We think not.
Over 20 gay men locally stand up and
condemn state park rangers at John Lloyd
State Park Beach for trying to target them for
arrest and harassment, even though they are
doing nothing wrong. A possible lawsuit
against the state agency is being considered.
The Log Cabin Republicans ask for and
get a meeting with the President’s aides,
asking that their policy of inclusion not be
forgotten as religious fundamentalists call
upon the White House to stop catering to
the homosexual lobby—one that we
understand is well decorated.
We don’t often quote the Bible, but
“The truth will set you free” comes to
mind. So does our Shakespearean
inspired masthead motto, inaugurated
with the inception of this paper, on Jan.
24, 2000: “To thine ownself be true, and
it stands to reason, as the night follows
the day, that thou canst then be false to
no other man.”
Proud we are of this paper that has
reported the courage of soldiers who
owned up to their sexuality and gave
up a commission, and youths who
challenged their parents, sometimes to
be thrown out of the home. But they have
found warmth and support with the SLDN,
GLCC, GLSEN and other organizations that
reach out to the pain they unnecessarily felt.
Let the Supreme Court decide what they
might, for us or against us. We will still be
here. We will still be queer. We do not need
their approval to validate our existence, but
it is a legal message that needs to be sent
nevertheless. Intimate human associations
of consenting adults should be legally
sanctioned and beyond the realm of
governmental reach. We are entitled to the
same rights and privileges of straight citizens.
Justices in black robes will be able to
shine a bright light of judicial acceptance
upon our lives tomorrow. Root for your
Supreme Court to issue its supreme
command, guaranteeing our right to privacy,
ensuring our equal protection among our
fellow citizens as partners in a free land.
Join us as we celebrate outside The
Express on Monday evening at 5:30pm. We
look forward to celebration, not
condemnation. Either way, we remain
winners, affirming our dignity or reaffirming
our commitment to the cause and battle that
goes beyond our lives.
We know whatever they do in
Washington will not affect what you do in
bed tonight with your partner, or how you
are going to live your life tomorrow. But it’s
good to win one now and then. Let’s see if
the High Court is with the times, or against
it—looking with an eye toward the
democratic future, or destined to chain itself
to the discriminatory past.
CYMK
Thank you for writing about the
discrimination going on at John U. Lloyd. I
was there about two months ago and had
the same problem. I was sitting alone on
the beach and was not there more than 20
minutes when I watched officer D. Jones
come up the beach on his dune buggy.
He stopped at every gay man and was
saying something to them. As he spoke to
each one, I saw them start to pack up and
follow him on the dune buggy until he got
to the next gay man. When he got to me, I
realized what was happening.
He said I was breaking the law by
sitting near the plantings and that he was
going to write all of us a ticket. We were all
instructed to walk to our cars to get our
IDs so he could write us tickets. I told him
I had been coming to that beach for over
seven years and didn’t understand why I
couldn’t sit where I had always sat. I then
asked him where I could sit, where I would
not be breaking the law. He pointed to an
area about 10 feet from where I was sitting.
At that point, we were four or five gay
men standing in front of him, and I think he
realized how much work it would be for
him to follow all of us back to our cars
and write tickets for each one of us. He
then said we could stay on the beach if
we moved away from the plantings.
I truly realized this was
discrimination when I saw a family—four
adults and three children—clearly
sitting among the plantings having a
picnic. They had two or three blankets
spread out and were playing and eating.
They were not more then 50 yards from
where I was sitting when officer D. Jones
approached me.
John U. Lloyd has always been a
special place for me, and I have been
going there for years. I have not been
back since for fear of being harassed.
This is not right. I would be more then
happy to get involved in stopping the
harassment there and would be willing
to be a witness, etc. Thank you again
for writing about this problem.
Clinton Winter
Fort Lauderdale
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Expressions
Bridging the Mom-Daughter Shopping Rift
Common Life
A Lesbian Wardrobe Can Strain the ‘Bonding Experience’
I’ve never liked shopping—which is
strange, as I come from a family of shoppers.
My mother and grandmother would drag me
out on sunny Saturday afternoons to
Abraham & Strauss, the New York
department store where my grandmother
worked. “Try this on,” they’d say together,
handing me another wool sweater that was
too itchy around the collar and too tight in
the shoulders.
To show my disdain, I’d grimace as I
wriggled in and wriggled out and then would
toss the sweater on the floor, where it sat
mournfully among rumpled (though welltailored) skirts and creased (if shining) white
blouses with rounded Peter Pan collars.
The women in my family invariably pick
The Best Thing. They have an eye for cut
and color; they know which pair of pants are
well-made enough that they will be in style
next year and maybe next decade—and which
pairs are part of a tend that will expire next
week.
My younger sister has the touch, too.
When I inherit her year-end cast-offs, they
are still several seasons away from coming
into style in the Midwest.
But shopping to me always brings to
mind those cramped dressing rooms of my
childhood, with their flickering lighting,
skuzzy linoleum floors and strong smell of
dust and perfume. I would rather buy a shirt
online and send it back than try something
on in a store.
Even now, I dread going shopping with
my mother, even though it happens less than
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once a year. Not because she picks out
awful things, but because she picks out
beautiful ones. The best shirt, the most
stylish jeans, the coat with the most
flattering cut.
The trouble is, our tastes don’t align.
I want to look like a lesbian. She wants me
to look like the wealthy straight girl I grew
up as.
Of course, part of my problem is that
I don’t know what “looking like a lesbian”
means, especially when it comes to
clothes. I know I don’t mean dressing
butch, though sometimes I try to. I don’t
mean wearing feminine ruffles, though I’m
partial to pink. I guess that it’s just that I
want to wear stylish clothes that emphasize
my femininity and are comfortable to wear.
So, a pair of pink Doc Martins, if such a thing
existed, would be okay. Try telling that to the
women in my family, who equate
“comfortable” with “frumpy” and sigh if I
wear a pair of shoes with rubber soles or
without (horrors!) some lift to the heel. “Your
feet will just get used to it,” my mom said
once, easing hers from a pair of sharp-nosed
pumps into a cool bath of water. “Mine hardly
mind being squashed at all.”
The undertone has always been: Do you
really want to be known as a woman who
wears comfortable shoes? Do you really want
people to pick you out of a crowd as a
lesbian?
I do, of course, and that’s the problem.
We really are what we wear—or rather, we
wear what we are.
by Jennifer Vanasco
The trouble is, our tastes don’t align. I want to
look like a lesbian. She wants me to look like
the wealthy straight girl I grew up as.
Our clothes express our identity, or at
least the identity we want to present to the
world. Our mothers want us to be like them,
which means that they want us to wear
clothes they like. They want our expressions
of femaleness to be like theirs. Thus, the
sporty woman who only wears T-shirts is
appalled when her daughter wears nothing
but ruffles. The woman who thinks that a girl
should show off her assets is stunned when
her daughter picks her clothes from the men’s
section of the Gap.
I have a closet full of mother-daughter
clothing horror stories from friends. My
girlfriend’s mother, for example, expresses her
love for her boyish offspring by sending gold
lame blouses and flowery Bermuda shorts.
Another friend desperately wanted to wear
frilly dresses as a girl, only to be given tailored
kilts.
When we don’t like the clothes they
buy or choose for us, our mothers feel
rejected.
It
is
yet
another
acknowledgement that we have chosen a
different path, that we might not be the
people they had dreamed we’d be before
our births. They are confused about what
this rebellious choice of clothing means.
On the other hand, when our mothers
send to us or choose for us clothes we’d
never wear, many daughters feel as if our
mothers are ignoring our own individual
identities. The message seems to be that
it doesn’t matter if we’re lesbians as long
as we continue to wear clothes that make
us fit into our mother’s conceptions of
the world.
Of course, there are other kinds of
mother-daughter shopping relationships.
There are the mothers and daughters who
truly bond when they go shopping—not
only do they share a sense of style, but mom
buys, so it can’t go wrong.
Perhaps some day my mom and I will
have that kind of maternal shopping bond.
Certainly, there’s hope. For my last birthday,
my mom sent me a pair of roomy pink flannel
pajamas with little barking dogs running
around them. I don’t wear pajamas, but pink
is good and flannel is good partial to dogs.
As long as she stays away from tight wool
sweaters—or stilettos—we’ll do just fine.
Jennifer Vanasco is an awardwinning columnist based in Chicago.
She can be reached via E-mail at
JVanasco@ExpressGayNews.com.
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Advice
QuestionMark?
Coping with the Fear of AIDS
Breakup with Partner Leads to Frightening Revelation
Dear Mark,
I’m sorry you had such
I split up two years ago
an experience. While I
with my boyfriend. I am
didn’t understand the
living with fears since then.
part about you having
When I split up with him, he
another boyfriend who
told me he was HIV positive.
had another male friend
About six months ago, I
who was HIV positive
called him and he apologized
but not gay, what I think
for what he had done. He
you were saying is that
told me it was all lies and he
you feared they may
wanted to hurt me as I hurt
have had sex. That
him by splitting up with him.
implied that your fear
In the meanwhile, I had
was that you may have
another boyfriend. I am not
subsequently gotten it
with him anymore. He told
from
your
last
me he was fine (HIV
boyfriend.
negative), but someone told
What it really
me that his male friend was
sounds like is you are
HIV positive. I know they
having some issues
Your best bet is to get educated
are not having sex, but I about the virus. Find out how around your fear about
can’t stop worrying that he you can catch it. Find out what contracting the HIV
may be HIV positive as well. you can and cannot do sexually. virus. Let me start by
I didn’t show any
saying that your fears
symptoms at all since then.
are logical and normal.
I am just having an allergic reactions to spring Many gay men experience what has been
hay fever.
come to be known as “AIDS-phobia” or the
I am just feeling worried, and a bit scared fear of catching AIDS. It has been so
to get tested.
pervasive in our culture that it makes sense
What do you thing?
that many gay men either grow to have an
irrational fear of catching it or begin to practice
unsafe behavior because they think it’s only
Hey There My Friend,
a matter of time before they catch it
It is later the same day and I’m just anyway. Both of these assumptions are false,
getting to your e-mail. People say some of course.
hurtful things when they are breaking up.
Your best bet is to get educated about
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the virus. Find out how you can catch it.
Find out what you can and cannot do
sexually. This part is very important. I would
suggest you get in and get yourself tested.
Even if you haven’t had any risky behavior,
it is good for sexually active gay men to get
tested at least every two years. Because on
the slim chance that you have been infected,
you have the option of seeking treatment.
And there are many treatments available to
people living with this virus. It’s still scary,
but it’s not the death sentence it was a
decade ago. Much progress has been made,
and people can lead long and enjoyable lives
even if they are HIV positive.
Most importantly, talk with any
prospective sexual partners about HIV and
practicing safer sex. It is really the best way
to get everything out in the open so you can
avoid another similar situation. Best of luck
to you.
If you have any questions, please don’t
hesitate to ask. Be well.
Mark
Dear Mark,
I moved here a year ago, and now I have
relationship with a great guy, but since my
parents haven’t accepted the fact that I’m
gay, I’m seeing him without their permission.
That’s not the problem. You see, I just turned
17, and he’s 22. I’m afraid that if they find out
about him, they could sue him or something,
because he is older than me. So here are my
questions:
By Mark Rutherford LCSW
1) Can they take any legal procedures
against him?
2) If they can, when will I be old enough
so that they can’t do anything against him?
When I’m 18 or 21?
I would really appreciate it if you could
answer these questions for me.
Thanks and congratulations for your first
anniversary.
Hey Andres,
A couple of things. Yes, you have reason
to be concerned. Parents in the state of
Florida can take legal action against someone
who is having sex with a minor. I consulted
with an attorney who stated it can be a sticky
legal situation.
It isn’t a given your parents will be able
to fully prosecute him even if they really want
to. They have to prove something called
“emancipation.” Basically, this means they
have to prove you are completely dependent
upon them for survival. If you can prove
otherwise, they have less of a case. Of course,
this is very subjective and your chances
depend upon the kind of judge you get,
etc. When you are 18, you are free and clear
from any parental input. If I can help further,
please let me know.
Take Care, Mark
Mark Rutherford is a licensed
psychotherapist in private practice in
South Florida. He can be reached at
561.835.6821 or by e-mail at
MDRutherford@aol.com.
Health & Fitness
New York Fails to Provide AIDS Care
Health Editor
Court of Appeals Upholds Ruling Against the City
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld
a 2000 ruling that New York City has been
failing to meet its legal obligation to provide
AIDS care and services to residents, The
New York Times reports.
The ruling affirms a lower-court ruling
appealed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s (R)
administration that
found that clients of
the city’s Division of
AIDS Services and
Income Support must
receive “meaningful
access” to public
benefits and services
as dictated in the
federal Americans
with Disabilities Act.
In September 2000, federal District Judge
Sterling Johnson ruled that DASIS routinely
subjected the 27,000 people who use its
services to chronically and systematically
late benefits, sometimes terminating benefits
without notice.
Johnson, in December 2001, ordered
DASIS to improve its rendering of services—
including housing subsidies, Medicaid,
emergency housing allotments and other
benefits—for people with HIV/AIDS.
The city has been working to comply
with the original ruling, and although the
process is not yet complete, advocates say
that services have improved, according to
the AP/Long Island Newsday.
State Sanctioned Heroin
The Seattle Times on Monday profiled
Vancouver, British Columbia’s plans to take
the “widely adopted idea of needle exchange
even further” and offer heroin to “hundreds
of chronic addicts” at “state-of-the-art,
federally sanctioned” injection facilities.
Almost one-third of the 16,000 people living
in
the
city’s
downtown Eastside
neighborhood are
injection drug users,
and the city has one
of the highest HIV
prevalence rates in
North America,
according to the
Times.
In addition, an
“astonishingly high” 15 percent of the city’s
injection drug users are HIV-positive,
compared with 1 percent in Pierce County,
Washington, home to the first needleexchange program in the United States, the
Times reports.
The country’s medical system pays a
high cost to treat drug overdose and HIV
infection—$368,000 annually for emergency
drug overdose calls and $100,000 annually for
each new HIV case—which made voters lean
toward “a more liberal approach” to solving
the problem of drug use and HIV/AIDS.
A group of current and former drug users
are pressuring Vancouver Mayor Larry
Campbell to follow through on a promise to
By Michael James
open a drug injection site, but the group is
frustrated that he has been “slower than
expected” in opening the site. Anne Livingston,
project coordinator for the Vancouver Area
Network of Drug Users, which runs an injection
site, said, “This will go down in history as a
time when we saw thousands and thousands
of people die” from HIV/AIDS and drug
overdoses.
AIDS ‘Not Serious Sickness’
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni,
who was in Washington, D.C. last week meeting
with government and business leaders—
including President Bush—to discuss AIDS,
trade and terrorism, said in an interview with
the Washington Times that “AIDS is not a
serious sickness… because it’s not very
contagious” and that people can easily avoid
acquiring the virus.
Museveni said that other countries should
follow Uganda’s model for fighting the disease.
He added, “I would like to recommend to
countries of the world: to know that [HIV/
AIDS] is avoidable. It’s not like influenza, which
... (can be transmitted by) following somebody
in the bus. It is actually benign, so it can be
avoided. That is the thing I’d like to say to
other countries in the world.” The complete
interview is available online.
HAART Improves Prognosis
for Lymphoma Patients
Since doctors began treating patients
with highly active antiretroviral therapy, they
have seen an improvement in the prognosis
for patients with AIDS-related lymphoma
(ARL), according to a study published in
the June 15 issue of the journal Blood. The
study suggests that HAART causes the
AIDS-related lymphoma to shift to a type of
cancer that responds well to chemotherapy.
National Cancer Institute researchers
analyzed lymphoma samples from 39 ARL
patients who were being treated with a doseadjusted, five-drug chemotherapy regimen.
The researchers found high levels of
proteins that suggested the cancers were
“particularly well-suited to respond” to the
chemotherapy. Twenty-nine patients
achieved complete response to the
chemotherapy and five achieved partial
response.
Dr. Wyndham Wilson, head of the
Lymphoma Clinical Research Section of
NCI’s Experimental Transplantation and
Immunology Branch, said, “Our findings
suggest that the improved immune function
associated with HAART has led to a shift in
which cells are most likely to give rise to
lymphoma. The type of AIDS-related
lymphoma most common today responds
much more readily to treatment than
lymphoma from the pre-HAART era.”
Michael James is the senior/health
editor for The Express and the director
of public and media relations for AIDS
Project Florida. He can be reach via
e-mail at MJames@APFL.org.
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Health & Fitness
Man to Man
To Test or Not to Test
Evaluating Your Risk Factors and Overcoming the Fear
National HIV Testing Day, June 27, will
prompt some guys to go for their first test,
others to get tested yet again and others to
put it all off once more. Should you get
tested? That depends on which group you
belong to.
Discounting Risk
You use condoms most of the time you
have sex, but you can’t remember everything
you did during that weekend when you were
partying. Or you always used condoms with
your “tricks,” but not with the boyfriend who
told you that he was HIV negative (you never
Wor ried W ell
saw his test
Since the day you received
results). Or you
your first International Male
figured condoms
catalog or taped Queer as Folk
aren’t
perfect
for posterity, you’ve gotten
anyway,
and
yourself tested every six
besides it’s been a
months. You keep condoms in
lot of fun hooking
the nightstand, kitchen drawers
up with hot guys
and bathroom medicine cabinet.
you meet at the
You’ve used them properly
clubs, on line or at
every time you’ve had casual
the bathhouse.
sex. You’ve never used
You can tell just by
intravenous drugs. Right now,
looking at some
you’re either single and still
guys in town that
Don’t let survivor’s guilt,
using condoms, or you’re in a
they’re
HIV
religious guilt, misleading
headlines or the habit of testing
monogamous relationship with
positive.
hang a gray cloud over your head
a partner who has also tested
You
don’t
for another day.
HIV negative.
look like that, and
You haven’t found any strange neither have any of the guys you’ve had sex
underwear or smelled any foreign cologne at with. You feel pretty healthy, even if you did
home that might suggest your partner has have that horrible flu one time. Suggestion:
extracurricular flings. And you haven’t had Go get tested. You’ve taken some risks, and
any inexplicable flu-like symptoms since your rationalizing them away won’t change that.
last test. Suggesion: nix your bi-annual testing Though some guys do show physical signs
tradition. You’re HIV negative. Don’t let of long-term HIV infection, simply looking in
survivor’s guilt, religious guilt, misleading the mirror can’t tell you if you’re HIV free. In
headlines or the habit of testing hang a gray the United States, up to 275,000 people are
cloud over your head for another day.
HIV positive but don’t know it.
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By Stephen Fallon, Ph.D
When Will I Know for Sure? predictive value of symptoms only works in
Many people send me e-mails saying they
tested negative once, and they wonder if they
can stop worrying. Standard “ELISA” HIV
tests work by detecting your own body’s
immune response (called “antibodies”) against
HIV. If the test doesn’t find antibodies, it usually
means you haven’t been exposed to HIV. But
it could mean that you’ve been exposed so
recently that your body hasn’t recognized the
viral invader yet. We call this time of
uncertainty the “window period.”
The introduction of the ELISA III test in
1995 shortened the window period by 20.3
days, which is why the old six-week/sixmonth waiting time is usually not necessary
anymore. Generally, a test conducted three
to four weeks after taking a risk gives you
good idea of your status. But you should
follow up with a repeat test at three months
to approach 100 percent accuracy. And
whatever the test result, if you have
symptoms of infection, then you might be
one of those very rare people who will still
need a six-month test.
Here’s another thing to consider during
the window period. Between 52 percent and
90 percent of HIV-infected people develop
flu-like symptoms, usually two to six weeks
after their exposure. If it’s been over a month
since your risk and you haven’t had any
symptoms, there’s a pretty good chance
you’re HIV negative. On the other hand, if
you have felt ill, you might have just been
making yourself sick with worry. The
one direction.
Newer technology offers less intrusive
HIV tests (oral swabs are available instead
of blood draws) or speedier tests (rapid tests,
approved for limited use last year, can return
results in half an hour). Whichever test you
use, if your result comes back HIV negative,
use this good news to step back from the
temptations that lead you to slip up
sometimes.
Do You Even Want to
Know?
Lots of guys tell me that they’d rather
not know if they are HIV infected because
the stress would make them sick. While an
HIV diagnosis is obviously alarming, most
people seem to recover from the shock and
focus on what they can do to stay healthy. If
you’re HIV positive, monitor your blood work
and consider effective HIV treatment. New
treatments have slowed HIV’s progress in
dragging a person’s immune system down
to AIDS level, and have doubled life
expectancy after an AIDS diagnosis.
Stephen Fallon is the president of
Skills4, Inc., a Florida-based consulting
firm. He speaks on gay lifestyle and
health issues, and provides technical
assistance to community organizations,
health departments and schools. His
website is at www.Skills4.org and he
can be reached via e-mail at
SFallon@ExpressGayNews.com.
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Expressions
Commercial Closet
Tylenol Targets Gay Sleeper Market
Company to Sponsor New York City’s Pride Parade
folks know that we understand
their lives and that a busy, active
lifestyle can produce things that
won’t let them sleep. The details of
the (man’s) day are meant to be
loose—it could be muscle pain from
a workout, tension headache from
work or a night out with friends.
The message is you can wake up
fresh and do it all over again.”
Waking the slumbering over-thecounter drug category for the first time,
McNeil Consumer & Specialty
Pharmaceuticals introduces Tylenol PM to
the gay market this month.
While a household brand like Tylenol
needs little “introduction” to anyone, it is
the first-ever nonprescription drug to be
aimed at gays. Ads for Tylenol PM—a pain
reliever with sleep aid—will break in OUT
and The Advocate, along with a supporting
sponsorship of New York City’s Pride parade.
Starting with GaySpecific Ad Sign of
Confidence
First Ever Nonprescription Drug Targeting Gays
Nonprescription drugs, supported by
multimillion dollar ad budgets, most often
seek mass audiences rather than select
groups such as the gay community. For
years, drug companies have sought gay
audiences only for HIV-related medications
and a few other prescription needs, such as
Propecia hair replacement and Androgel
testosterone therapies.
“We’re making a shift to niche
advertising from mass efforts,” says Bill
Donovan, marketing manager for Tylenol PM.
“We’re going more local with events and
newspapers. Everything else is just going
through the motions.”
Donovan is seeking to educate gay
consumers and grow the brand, which had
$180 million in 2002 sales. “Ninety-five
percent of sleepless nights go untreated,”
he says. “Our biggest competition (for
treatment) is TV!” The brand was supported
by $30 million in advertising last year,
according to TNS Media Intelligence/CMR.
After hiring a consultant who pulled
together existing research and gay focus
groups late last year, Donvan says, “A lot of
things started to add up, and we realized they
Emblem from page 17
to breed, thereby enabling its owners to earn
millions of dollars in stud fees. That fact
might give hope to the Yoshida family that
now owns the celibate War Emblem.
The farm has suffered the loss of two
stallions last year, including the renowned
Sunday Silence. When they acquired War
Emblem, son of the famed Our Emblem, in 2002,
for their Hokkaido-based farm, they
commented, “We need a good horse to replace
the ones we lost. This is a very good horse.”
Had they only known their stallion would be
spending evenings at the Copa!
“Sexual behavior is a learned thing,”
Johnson said. “A lot of times it just takes
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Starting off with tailored ads
is a sign of confidence, since
companies more often initially take
a cautious approach into gay
marketing by using existing
mainstream ads for gay
publications. “We weren’t going to
just slap a mainstream media ad into
a gay magazine and say, ‘See, we
target the gay market,’” Joseph
are fertile ground for treating sleeplessness.”
The Tylenol PM ad shows a smiling, 30something, mixed-race man in a white tank
top sitting in bed accompanied by the text,
“For a great morning after.” It carries the
tagline: “Not playing is not an option.” The
ad includes the Keith Haring-designed logo
of Heritage of Pride, the New York City Pride
organizer, as part of its sponsorship.
The ad looks very similar to the
mainstream effort, picturing a black woman
and a list of stressful things from her day.
“We didn’t want to look too
stereotypical or contrite,” explains Jim
Joseph, president of CP Partners, of
Princeton, New Jersey, which created the gay
campaign. (Saatchi & Saatchi is the lead
agency for Tylenol PM.) “We wanted to let
patience and time.”
This year’s near Triple Crown winner,
Funny Cide, won’t have any sexual
dysfunction problems. A gelding from
Sackatoga Farms in New York State, Funny
Cide is a eunuch horse; he has no testicles.
The horse didn’t have the balls to win the
Belmont, but it all shows that sexual diversity
is alive and well in the thoroughbred world.
Perhaps the telling audition for War
Emblem’s Japanese investors should have
been that 2002 Belmont when the studly
stallion went limp after it broke from the
starting gate, and gimped home 30 lengths off
the pace, finishing eighth. The horse could
not get it up then, and even now in Japan is
still not getting it up today.
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says.
While other marketers are lured by the
possible size of gay incomes, education
levels or vaunted loyalty, those details were
less important to Donovan. “It’s really about
the insight that they may suffer more.” He
found that research showed the gay market
has “some great characteristics for a sleep
aid,” such as a higher propensity to travel
(crossing time zones and unfamiliar hotels
as contributing factors) and fewer children
in the household. “Parents index low for
treatment,” he notes.
Significantly, existing Tylenol PM users
are more female (60 percent), but gay market
research data focuses on men, Donovan
says, so the campaign presently targets gay
men primarily in their 30s.
By Michael Wilke
Joseph sees the situation as both a
challenge and an opportunity. “Looking at
the numbers, there’s a huge opportunity to
get the male users up. It became a perfect
initiative—this is uncharted territory, not
everyone is screaming at these folks,” he
says, noting the lack of other OTC remedies.
The campaign will include surveys at the
NYC Pride parade and online at
Advocate.com to collect more consumer
information, including on gay women.
Joseph, who is openly gay, spent five
years internally as a product manager in the
skin care division Johnson & Johnson, which
oversees McNeil. His marketing promotion
agency handles a number of J&J over-thecounter brands, including Mylanta, Motrin
and Pepcid AC. Both he and Donovan say if
the introduction goes well, there’s a good
chance more J&J brands such as Simply
Sleep—and, inevitably, other OTC
products—will cross over too.
The arrival of Tylenol is an evolution for
J&J, which has slowly entered the gay market
with KY Liquid lubricant and Neutrogena.
The company introduced KY Plus in 1996,
and last year debuted Neutrogena for Men
in gay media simultaneously with mainstream
publications.
Donovan promises a continued
presence in gay media and bigger budget
next year. “Part of ‘loyalty’ is just speaking
to folks directly,” he says. “I expect to blow
this out even more” in 2004.
Michael Wilke’s work has appeared
in The New York Times, Advertising
Age, Brandweek, The Advocate and
elsewhere. His column and over 750
gay-themed ads worldwide, spanning 30
years,
can
be
found
at
CommercialCloset.org.
Varnell’s Voice
The Declining Role of Gay Bars
Establishments Need to Be More Creative to Lure Patrons
Gay bars have long been the
paradigmatic locus of gay presence and
visibility. Before there were gay bowling
leagues and bridge clubs, before there were
gay religious and political groups, before
there were gay pride parades, before there
were gay enclaves, there were gay bars.
For decades, even centuries, the
historians assure us, gay bars and taverns
served as places of refuge, places for gays
to meet, relax, chat with friends, find a date
or just have the comfort of being among
people like themselves. People who know
of no other gay institutions know there are
gay bars.
So it is interesting that in the last decade
or so, despite greater social acceptance of
gays and the increasing numbers of gays
coming out and living their lives openly, the
number of gay bars in many large cities with
established gay communities seems to have
leveled off and is slowly declining. Just as
significant, weeknight patronage has fallen
off, and bars that were jammed on weekends
are now merely full.
In the short term, the current economic
sluggishness is one factor. So are the dotcom business contraction, the post-Sept. 11
falloff in the travel business and the decline
in donations to arts organizations, all of
which disproportionately impact the gay
community.
But fully a decade ago one bar manager
commented to me, “People are drinking less.”
That might be true enough, but it merely
restates in consumption terms the fact of a
Stonewall Inn in 1969
decline in bar business. There are several
possible reasons.
One clear reason is AIDS. It would be
hard to say what proportion of urban enclave
gay men died of AIDS, but many, perhaps
most, of those who died were socially and
sexually active in the gay community and, as
such, many were regular patrons of gay bars.
Most of us can still fill a page or more of wellknown community members who died and
no doubt many others less well-known were
also regular patrons of the bars.
By Paul Varnell
A second reason is the rapid spread of
Internet access in the past decade. If gay
bars were the primary place to socialize with
the hope of finding a date or trick, they now
have serious competition from online
personals, Internet chat rooms and AOL
instant messaging that make it possible to
find a partner—or at least have the titillation
of looking for one, without leaving home.
A third reason is that for a long time
bars were places of physical and
psychological safety when the rest of
society felt oppressive. Bars were the one
space where gays could feel comfortable.
But with the lessening of oppression and
increasing social acceptance, many gays no
longer need the bars as much. Now, if they
go, it is for amusement, not relief.
Fourth, gays now have far more ways
to meet and socialize with one another than
patronizing bars. Sports leagues and
recreation groups, political clubs, church
groups, gay employee organizations, even
AIDS support groups—all are ways for gays
to get to know one another and enjoy some
sort of conviviality without standing around
in a bar. Nor should anyone overlook the rise
of alternate venues such as gymnasiums and
coffee shops with heavily gay patronage.
Fifth is the “gay diaspora.” More and
more gay men seem to be moving from the
gay enclave to other parts of the city and
suburbs, doing so in greater numbers than
new gays are moving into the enclave. That
means that, for them, the clusters of bars that
serve the enclave are suddenly less
convenient to visit, so they are less inclined
to take the trouble.
Finally, I suspect that bar manager was
right: Gays are drinking less. Partly, it is
economics: As alcohol and coat check prices
rise, less affluent gays make each drink last
longer. Partly too, we who are older and more
reluctant to put much alcohol into our
systems. And fewer of us of all ages need
alcohol to relax; we are relaxed already.
Frankly, too, the widespread use of drugs
means that some men are already chemically
saturated and will nurse one bottle of water
all night.
What then of the future? No doubt there
will always be gay bars. After all there are
singles bars for heterosexuals, so why not
analogous bars for gays. But gay bars are no
longer the necessity they were, so they will
have to figure new ways to lure patrons rather
than assuming we will turn up just because
we are gay.
Special events? Special nights for
affinity groups? Pleasant doormen? Better
bathroom facilities? Better smoke removal?
Some actual price competition? If they want
our business, they will have to prove it.
With a keen sense of loss, this column
notes the recent death of psychologist C. A.
Tripp, author of The Homosexual Matrix, the
best book ever written about homosexuality.
Through his writings, he now joins, in Yvor
Winters’ words, “the dead, alive and busy.”
Paul Varnell can be reached at
PVarnell@ExpressGayNews.com.
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By Charlene Lichtenstein
For the week of 6/16/03
Venus moves into Gemini and “squares” wilde, unpredictable Uranus. Our best
laid plans could turn out to be wet dreams. Buck up compadres; this too shall
pass. Don’t forget to change the sheets.
ARIES (MARCH 21 - APRIL 20)
Rambunctious gay Rams enjoy a few bolts out of the blue when retro Uranus
squares charming Venus. If you find yourself in a philosophical conversation
with imaginary elves, count your blessings. They don’t kiss and tell. Trolls
on the other hand....
TAURUS (APRIL 21 - MAY 21)
Generous queer Bulls may enjoy showering their pals with lots and lots of
cash, but don’t expect any payback. Wastefulness is not one of your better
attributes; you work too hard and long to toss it away. It’s always better to be
well endowed, I say.
GEMINI (MAY 22 - JUNE 21)
Try though you may, the upper crust is decidedly unimpressed with your stale
schtick. If your first impressions are off the mark with the power brokers, I
suggest that you give it a rest until next week. You’ll wow the pants off of
them then.
CANCER (JUNE 22 - JULY 23)
Even perceptive proud Crabs get static on the psychic line when retro
Uranus squares Venus. Hold your cards close to the vest for the time being. It
makes no sense to broadcast your best kept secrets when the crowd is more
interested in you-know-who.
LEO (JULY 24 - AUGUST 23)
Gay Lions may be faced with a trade off between friends and lovers when
volatile Uranus squares flirty Venus. If you can’t please everybody, I suggest
that you at least try to please yourself... several times.
VIRGO (AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23)
Are you attending a corporate meeting or your partner’s cousin’s
graduation? Retro Uranus square Venus blurs the line between what is
expected of you in career and relationships. Save decisions until next week,
queer Virgin; this week you are bound to screw up.
LIBRA (SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 23)
Rainbow Libras have wanderlust but also have the moral conscience to
realize that there will still be loads of work to be done when they return. It’s
difficult to think globally when your ass is in the trenches. Haul it home and
do the deed, pardner.
SCORPIO (OCTOBER 24 - NOVEMBER 22)
Retro Uranus squares Venus as delicious opportunities call out to you like a
mesmerizing refrain. But will gay Scorps waste their riches? Choose wisely;
behind door #1 is a bathtub of champagne. Behind door #2 is Rick Santorum
in a peekaboo teddy.
SAGITTARIUS (NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22)
I smell turmoil brewing between partners and family. Wise gay Archers
know when to do nothing while warring factions snap at each other. Why
stick your tail out when nobody will notice? Your tail is too lovely to
squoosh.
CAPRICORN (DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20)
Pink Caps have strong opinions but must you say it now? at work? If you
don’t have anything nice to say, button the lip and quietly mull it over
instead. Things are still evolving. Wait until next week when you can blast
‘em between the eyes.
AQUARIUS (JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19)
Cheap and tawdry fun is more expensive than expected. Aqueerians will
wince when the bill for those jolly times comes due. Do you really want to
save for a rainy day ? Take a skinny dip while the water is warm.
PISCES (FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20)
Guppies believe they can behave one way around friends and another around
relatives. You shouldn’t act at all unless you act up. Why not take a leading
role in being your true lavender you around friends, family and, dare I suggest,
around everyone.
© 2003 MADAM LICHTENSTEIN, LLC., All Rights Reserved.For Entertainment Purposes Only. Check out her
site www.AccessNewAge.com/Stargayzer for egreetings, horoscopes and Pride jewelry. Her book “HerScopes; A
Guide To Astrology For Lesbians” from Simon & Schuster is available at bookstores and major booksites.
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Appt. 954.525.2582
OAKLAND & 95
Seeking M/F, to share a
townhouse. Pool,
laundry, Non-Smkr, Drug
Free prefer'd. Rfernce/
Sec $475
including954.564.7594 or
954.557.2579
OAKLAND PARK LAKE
EMERALD APT.
Roommate wanted for large
2/2 apt. located on a
beautiful lake with tennis
courts, pools, jacuzzies, and
a jog path. Priv. bath.
$450/mo.. Call Jeanne
954.485.6238
HOUSE WITH POOL
Fully furnished 2 bedrm, 2
bth, in gay North Andrews
Gardens. Each $695/ mo. 612 mo. Call Gary
954.772.3424
OAKLAND PARK ROOM
Luxury home w/ pool &
Jacuzzi , NS, prvt.
garden,$450/mo incl. util.
Young Prof / student
preferred. 954.564.3744
EAST FT LAUD STUDIO
1 &2 beds must see. lowest
prices Wilton Manors 2/1 , 2/
2 starting at $795 mo large
apts. for info call
954.462.4234
SURFSIDE/ BAY HARBOR
AREA
2 BLKS. From beach, fully
furnished util, incl. priv. entr.
parking $500 dn F/L/S. $30
for screening
305.866.6941or
305.450.6215
CHOCOLATE SHOP FOR
SALE
HOT HOT LOCATION!!
Right on Wilton Drive, Turn
key operation, Gourmet
chocolate shop and dessert
cafe. Great profit potential
Established catering base!!!!
Large client base, lots of
parking, full training included
$30,000 Call Karen at
954.444.0798
WILTON MANORS CAFE
Established 40 year
business. Steady built in
Clientele.Reduced for quick
sale. Bring an offer! Bob at
ReMax 954.396.5990
STORE FRONT
Next to Anywayz Bar, 1743
& 1757 Andrews Ave
Extention (Across from
GLCC & Right behind
Boardwalk) 1023 or 2460
SQ.FT.- Low Rates! call
Rob, Realty Brokerage
Services. 954.752.0802
JR ACCOUNTANT
CPA Firm in Wilton Manors
is looking for a Jr.
Accountant. A minimum
Asso. Degree with major or
equivilant work experince.
Duties include data entry
from client check stubs,
prepare monthly payroll tax
deposit amounts. Quarterly
payroll tax forms and
reports, sales tax returns,
and monthly bank
reconciliations for the client
in a non smoking office. Call
for interview 954.630.3138
ANIMAL LOVER
ACCOUNT SALES REP
Are you experienced in
outside and phone sales
that can talk and sell?
Want to be your own
boss, work from home
and make money with a
fun and rewarding job
while helping animals?.
We are looking for highly
motivated dependable
sales reps to contact pet
friendly businesses to
become yearly
advertising members in
the 2004 “Best Friends”
Business Directory
Publication. Make $110
for each $360 Directory
Membership Sale.
Weekly Draw,
Commission & Bonuses
& Training provided to
qualified individuals.
Must have phone/fax &
transportation. 954.
202.9991 - send résumé
to ilovepets@msn.com
COMMUNITY HEALTH
CARE CenterOne, Inc
d/b/a AIDS Project
Florida, is theoldest and
largerst community
based non-profit
organization located in
Broward county serving
people living with HIV/
AIDS and is presently
Seeking an experienced
Case Manager to provide
intensive support
services for HIV/AIDS
clients, their families and
support systems.The
successful candidate
must have a BA/BS in the
human services field and
one (1) year Case
Management experience.
Excellent organizational,
verbal and written
communication skills,
and Bi-lingual (Spanish/
English)is a plus. Ability
to use a computer and
team leadership skills are
essential. Preferred
candidates should have a
basic understanding of
AIDS/HIV.
Responsibilities include
advocating for clients to
obtain a full-range
ofneeded services,
conducting assessments
and reassessments,
developing individualized
service plans for clients,
establishing and
maintainingpositive
linkages with other
community-providers,
preparing and
participating in case
conferences and
providing crisis
intervention asneeded.
Must be a team player to
ensure that all activities
are coordinatedwith other
case management team
members.Fax resume to
954.568.8403
COMMISSION TO
START
Looking to hire people for
a non profit child support
org. Duties will include
selling ads and
sponsorships, Call
954.938.3535
PALM BEACH CO
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Provide indivdual,
couples amd group
psychotherapy in West
Palm Beach.
Specialization working
with the gay community
and HIV related issues.
Accept most insurance. If
interested please call
Atrthur Strauss, LCSW at
561.721.0842 or
561.309.7502
PROFESSIONAL DOG
WALKING SERVICE
Dogs need to be
excercised to be healthy
and happy. Excellent
references with 7 year
history of dog happiness.
Seeking customers in the
area of Victoria Park and
Las Olas. Stephane
954.832.0556
AFFORDABLE
INTERIOR DESIGN
Philiadelphia Design
School Graduate. I will
Design, Fabricate, and
Install for one low hourly
Rate. Paint, Wall Paper,
Woodwork, Custom
Window Treatments
Etc.......954.629.5829
willdoanythng@aol.com
MAGIC HANDS
Clients' Quote! pleasure
& healing given by 35
yr old tall lean hairy
chested man. Exp'd &
intuitive. Nationally
Cerified Alan
954.609.0781
MUSCULAR WORKOUT
BODY
Needs workout partner
at The Firm Fitness on
US1/ E. Sunrise Blvd.
Must have current
membership at The Firm
already. Bring your
energy and be prepared
to grow with me and
yourself. You don't have
to be the bodybuilder
type, just someone who
has the drive to build a
better body and the
desire to have more
energy and a positive
outlook on life through
working out. Best
workout times are at
0700 or inthe evening
after 530pm. If this
interest you drop me a
line.Email:
snapdragonflyboi@yahoo.com
or call me on my
cell:954.817.2969
serious inquiries wanted
and need only apply. All
workout levels
welcomed.
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Classified Ads
Strange excerpts from
classified sections of city
newspapers.
Illiterate? Write today for
free help.
Auto Repair Service.
Free pick-up and
delivery. Try us once,
you'll never go anywhere
again.
Our experienced Mom
will care for your child.
Fenced yard, meals, and
smacks included.
Dog for sale: eats
anything and is fond of
children.
Man wanted to work in
dynamite factory. Must
be willing to travel.
Stock up and save. Limit:
one.
Semi-Annual after
Christmas Sale
3 year old teacher
needed for pre-school.
Experience preferred.
Mixing bowl set designed
to please a cook with
round bottom for efficient
beating.
Girl wanted to assist
magician in cutting off
head illusion. Blue Cross
and salary.
Dinner Special -- Turkey
$2.35; Chicken or Beef
$2.25; Children $2.00
1990 ISUZU PICK-Up
5 spd, CD. runs perfect
newbattery $1300 obo
good worktruck
954.610.5999 Great
transportation and truck
for yard work.
MR. RIGHT OR MR.
RIGHT NOW
Whether you’re looking
for Mr. Right or Mr.
Right Now, we’ve got
your number. Fort
Lauderdale
954.454.6600 and
Miami 305.654.7777 or
visit us online at
thenumber.com.
For sale: antique desk
suitable for lady with
thick legs and large
drawers.
Now is your chance to
have your ears pierced
and get an extra pair to
take home, too.
We do not tear your
clothing with machinery.
We do it carefully by
hand.
DEEP TISSUE DEEP
ISSUE
Swedish massage to
Deep Tissue, $75, Hot
Rock Massage $100,
Raindrop Therapy $125 4
Hand Massage $150,
Egyptain Emotional
$250, and Body Scrub
$250 Michael
(MA#23836) @
954.655.8655 or
Johnathon 954.537.2817
email:
deeptissueissue@aol.com
For sale. Three canaries
of undermined sex.
Great Dames for sale.
SUMMER IS HERE
Jump in the pool with
us. Sharing our
playground with you!
n2mansex.com
Have several very old
dresses from
grandmother in beautiful
condition.
HOT DAD FOR HIRE
Local Hunk will sooth
away your stress and
tension. 6', 205lbs-49"c,
32"w, 18"a. Blonde buzz
cut, blue eyes,
smooth.http://
dadforhire1475.20m.com
(954)646-8004,
rcky45@aol.com
PRO. BODYWORK
Strong & friendly; deep
tissue swedish & more
with table. 7 yr NYC
exp. Quality Hands Jack
954.557.1441
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ACCOMMODATIONS
ATTORNEYS--IMMIGRATION LAW
CHURCHES/SYNAGOGUES
Inn Leather
610 SE 19th St.
Fort Lauderdale........................954.467.1444
Liberty Apartment & Garden Suites
1501 SW 2nd Ave
Dania Beach ..............................954.927.0090
Orton Terrace
606 Orton Ave
Fort Lauderdale....................... 954.566.5068
Venice Beach Guest Quarters
552 N. Birch Rd.
Fort Lauderdale........................954.564.9601
Fernando J. Gutiérrez, EdD, Esq.
Member CA Bar, Am. Imm. Lwyers. Assn.
80 SW 8th St. #2000 Miami......305.423.7063
Shari L. Moidel, Esq.
3471 N Federal Highway Suite #300
en-vision.com/ShariMoidel
Fort Lauderdale ………........… 954 566.1610
Sunshine Cathedral, MCC
1480 SW 9th Ave.
Fort Lauderdale ....................... 954.462.2004
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR
COMPUTER SERVICES
ACCOUNTANTS/BOOKKEEPERS
Michael Kaplan QuickBooks Pro Advisor
Accountancy & Financial Software Consulting/
Training, Non-profit, Service, Entertainment & Start
Up Companies - Quick Books Pro Certified Advisor
Boca/ Ft. Lauderdale..........................561.715.3598
Bottom line Accounting & Tax Services, Inc.
Incorporations, Individual &
Business Acct & Tax Svc
West Palm Beach.....................561.627.7778
Nelson Sabbagh, CPA
Accounting & tax services
Miami .......................................305.632.0865
Thomas Marshall Madison, Jr. CPA, P.A.
2701 E. Oakland Park Blvd. Ste. C
Fort Lauderdale..........................954.561.8959
AIR CONDITIONING
ACA Air Conditioning
4700 West Prospect Road, Ste. 109
Fort Lauderdale …….........…..….954.492.5510
Expert Air Advice, INC.
Cooling is what we do best!
Fort Lauderdale.........................954.764.1990
Air Conditioning Excellence, INC
www.acexcellence.com
Trane, Ruud, Lennox, Amana & Solarium Pool Heaters
Fort Lauderdale...........................954.964.9700
APARTMENTS FOR RENT
Palmetto States Properties, Inc.
Studios – 2-Bedrooms; $600-1500
Fort Lauderdale........................954.525.0210
ARTS & CULTURE
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
1650 Harrison Street
Hollywood................................ 954.921.3274
Studio Gallery 425
David Mulvenna proprietor
Hollywood...................................954.924.8574
ATTORNEYS
THE HIRING OF A LAWYER IS AN IMPORTANT DECISION
THAT SHOULD NOT BE BASED SOLELY UPON
ADVERTISEMENT, BEFORE YOU DECIDE, ASK THE
ATTORNEY TO SEND YOU FREE WRITTEN INFORMATION
ABOUT HIS OR HER QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE.
Bruce J. Kirsch Esquire
3800 S. Ocean Drive, Ste. 218
Hollywood.................................954.456.0220
David L. Jacovitz, Esq.
South Trust Building - 1 East Broward Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale........................954.630.8847
Dean Trantalis
2255 Wilton Drive
Fort Lauderdale………………..954.566.2226
Elizabeth F. Schwartz, P.A.
407 Lincoln Rd. Ste 4D
Miami Beach………………….305.674.9222
Jeffery Seth Selzer, PA
2550 NE 15 Ave.
Wilton Manors………………..954.567.4444
Jerome & Fischer, PA
4331 N. Federal Hwy. Ste 403
Fort Lauderdale........................954.489.1011
Law Offices of Robin L. Bodiford, PA
2550 N. Federal Hwy, Suite 20
Fort Lauderdale........................954.630.2707
Margaret Broenniman, Esq.
Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
mb_esq@bellsouth.net
Fort Lauderdale........................954.288.4064
Randy Strauss
Wilton Manors.……………….954.566.5297
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For Brakes and More
160 E. Prospect Road
Fort Lauderdale...................…. 954.563.7254
Ford of Pompano
Collision Center.......................954.818.9720
Parts Dept.................................954.781.9800
Service Dep..............................954.868.5833
Personal Automotive Service
5095 NE 12th Ave
Fort Lauderdale……......………954.772.7780
Rosen’s Prestige Automotive
600 W Broward Blvd. (1-mile E of I-95)
Fort Lauderdale.……............…954.467.2234
AUTO SALES
ATCO Autos
Fort Lauderdale……….............954.462.7514
Braman BMW - Jay Estis
2901 Okeechobee Blvd.
West Palm Beach.....................561.436.1261
BOAT CHARTERS
Airboat Tours
Fort Lauderdale.……................954.389.0202
Florida Gay Cruise
Fort Lauderdale .......................954.524.1234
Miami........................................305.933.GAY9
BOOKS/VIDEO/AUDIO
LAMBDA Passages Bookstore
Dade..........................................305.754.6900
BONDSMAN
Brandy Bail Bonds
Fort Lauderdale………….........954.463.4333
CARPET CLEANING
House Carpet Cleaning
Tim House, Owner
Fort Lauderdale........................954.360.0069
CEMETERIES
Lauderdale Memorial Ceneteries
www.browardcemeteries.com
Fort Lauderdale.…............…..954.745.2140
CHIROPRACTORS
Cabieses Chiropractic Centers
1776 N Pine Island Rd Plantation.
456 W 51st Place Hialea..........954.559.1999
Dr. Michael Cohen, D.C
2631 E. Oakland Pk. Blvd., Ste. 104
Fort Lauderdale........................954.537.5558
Gimbel Chiropractic Center
Dr. Bruce Gimblel/Dr. Denise Gimbel
1907 North Andrews Ave.
Wilton Manors..........................954.567.1924
Monaissa Chiropractic & Wellness Center
11200 Pines Blvd. Ste 101
Pembroke Pines.......................954.880.0101
Peele Chiropractic
Dr. Kathy Ragone/Dr.Beth Cooper
3296 NW 9th Ave.
Oakland Park …….................... 954.566.7222
CHURCHES/SYNAGOGUES
Church of the Holy Spiritsong
Deerfield Beach 33442 ............ 954.418.8372
Congregation ETZ Chaim
3970 NW 21st Ave.
Fort Lauderdale ....................... 954.564.9232
Holy Angels Nat'l Catholic Church
2330 Wilton Drive
www.nationalcatholic.faithweb.com
Sun. 11 am, Wkdys incl. Sat. 5:30 pm
Wilton Manors..954.565.4642 or 954.731.8173
House of Divine MercyNew Catholic Communities
2749 Northeast 10th Ave.
Wilton Manors........................... 954.561.4545
COMPUTER SERVICES
Affordable in Home Training /
Trouble Shooting
Broward/ Dade / West Palm.....954.925.1801
Compudoc Makes Housecalls
compudoc4u.com
Fort Lauderdale......954.584.6053 or 881.7013
K-Laser Information Technologies, Inc
1256 5th St.West Palm Beach....800.785.9399
StartComputing.cjb.net
CONSIGNMENT SHOP
Retro Chic Consignment
263-B Commercial Blvd
Lauderdale by the Sea .............954.491.2875
CONTRACTORS- GENERAL
Joe Gallo Construction, Inc.
840 NW 7th Ave.
Fort Lauderdale ……...….....… 954.766.9850
CREDIT COUNSELING
Financial Asset Management Corp.
Sean R. Cherry, Certified Rinancial Planner(R)
Fee-only financial planning
West Palm Beach ................... 800.435.2463
DENTISTS
21 ST Century Dental
Don Nadel, D.D.S, M.P.H
3038 N Federal Highway Build H
Fort Lauderdale........................954.568.9788
Andrews Dental
2654 N. Andrews Ave.
Wilton Manors……..........…..…954.567.3311
Bal Harbour Dental Center
2026 NE 19th St.
Fort Lauderdale.…..........…….954.566.5428
Oakland Park Dental
Howard R. Cunningham, D.D.S.
2020 E Oakland Park Blvd
Fort Lauderdale.……..........…..954.566.9812
FURNITURE & ANTIQUES
Bar & Stool Emporium
2201 N. Dixie Hwy.
Fort Lauderdale…….................954.566.7966
Cargo
2301 NE 26th St.
Fort Lauderdale........................954.568.5944
GRANITE & MARBLE
Best with Granite
Kitchen & bathroom counter tops
Oakland Park...........................954.733.5541
GRAPHIC DESIGNS
Printing Xcetera
145 SE 11th Street
Deerfield Beach…….………..….954.420.0084
HAIR SALONS
Hair Industry
2000 Harrison St.
Hollywood, Fl………..................954.920.8220
Heclynn’s Barber, Beauty & Nail Studio
3801 N Andrews Ave
Oakland Park.......................….954.566.9776
Styling & Profiling Hair Emporium
Hollywood.…....954.923.1818 • 954.791.8159
HEALTH/FITNESS/BEAUTY
The LaserWorks
2480 E. Commercial Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale........................954.202.5870
William Borawski
hlth-nutr-trnr@aol.com
Fort Lauderdale............800.211.1202 x12955
INSURANCE
Allstate Insurance/Karl Grace
2171 Wilton Drive
Wilton Manors……….....……..954.537.5321
Correct Coverage Insurance
Jim Rakvica
Fort Lauderdale……...............954.565.1731
Singer & Associates,
Life & Health Insurance
Life, Health, Annuities, LTC, Disability Income
West Palm Beach.....................561.624.6325
DERMATOLOGY
INTERIOR DESIGN SERVICE
Peter Babinski, M.D., PH.D.
Fort Lauderdale........................954.463.5406
Affordable Interiors
Window Treatment Specialist
12 Years Exp..in FL..........willdoanythng@aol.com
Ft. Lauderdale.....................................954.629.5829
ELECTRICIANS
The Electrician
1536 NW 5th Ave Ft Lauderdale
Broward, Palm Beach, Dade.....954.522.3357
A1 Electric Service
Scott Conley, Master Electrician
Pager.......................................954.875.9873
Fort Lauderdale.......................954.764.8090
EVENT PLANNERS
EVENTors, INC.
Event & Meeting Planning for Any Occasion
Fort Lauderdale…..................877.9.EVENT.5
FENCE SERVICES
A-Hinze Fence Contractors
Marty Hinze, Owner
721 NE 12th ST
Fort Lauderdale........................954.763.7658
FINANCIALSERVICES
A.G. Edwards Matt Gill, Investment Advisor
matt.gill@agedwards.com
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.....................954.761.1060
Edward Jones Investments
Darcy J. Beeman
Fort Lauderdale........................954.566.4252
Morgan Stanley
Stephanie Small - Financial Advisor
Fort Lauderdale.........................954.267.5672
Smith Barney - David Starkey, Sr. VP.
350 E LasOlas Blvd, Suite 1200
Fort Lauderdale........................954.762.3012
LANDSCAPING
Blue Zebra Landscaping
1017 SW 15th Ter
Fort Lauderdale........................954.764.1149
Exotic Landscaping Design
PO Box 4580
Fort Lauderdale........................954.567.4133
R.H. Ireland & Sons
3080 S. Oakland Forest Dr.
Fort Lauderdale ……............... 954.240.9701
Tropical Theatre
1139 NE 17th Way
Fort Lauderdale.........................954.524.1112
LEGAL EXPENSE PLANS
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
Cynthia Lyle…….............…... 954.916.2031
Curtis McCoy ..................…… 954.723.7745
LIGHTING
Luminosity Studio & Gallery
Tony Beall
981 NE 45th Street
Oakland Park.........................954.202.NEON
LIMOUSINE & CAR SERVICES
Chauffeur Service/Custom Transportation
Broward, Dade, West Palm .....954.336.7849
Sterling Services
Broward & Dade Counties........888.239.9200
FLORIST
MASSAGE THERAPY
Boat Blossums Wholesale Florist
3001 Griffin Rd.
Fort Lauderdale........................954.961.9141
Brian L. Wright MS, LMT, CR
Shiatsu, Reflexology, Deep Tissue
Lic.# MA33341..........................561.582.1177
MASSAGE THERAPY(cont)
PHARMACIES
Terry DiVincenzo, LMT
Swedish & Therapeutic Massage
Lic.# MA 022936 ….............…..954.491.8180
Tom Clephane, LMT
Lic.# MA0019978......................954.579.5044
Commcare Pharmacy
2817 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Ste# 303
Fort Lauderdale........................954.568.6212
ProScript Pharmacy Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale........................954.797.5041
StatScript Pharmacy
2605 N. Dixie Hwy.
Wilton Manors….......................954.568.3789
MORTGAGES
Alliance Mortgage Funding, Inc.
Brian "Tyler" Leonard
2200 NE 26th St Fort Laud.......954.568.0108
Countrywide Home Loans
Rod Pans - Home Loan Consultant
Serving East Ft. Lauderdale......954.332.2357
Mortgage Bankers
Carole Fawcett
Fort Lauderdale........................954.972.3990
Pride Mortgage Incorporated
2455 E. Sunrise Blvd., Suite 804
pridemortgage.com
Fort Lauderdale........................954.565.9665
Scott Brill/GMAC Mortgage
500 W Cypress Creek Rd Suite 190
Fort Lauderdale........................ 954.771.4420
Summit Mortgage/John Iarussi
Fort Lauderdale ....................... 954.567.2939
Transcontinental Lending Group
Mario Petri
Fort Lauderdale........................954.240.8090
MOVING/STORAGE
Always Moving (licensed/insured)
Know what your paying before you move.
Flat Rate
Dade..........................................305.650.9080
NationStorage, Inc.
812 NW 1st Street
Fort Lauderdale……..........……954.525.4767
PHOTOGRAPHY
Andy Armano
Fort Lauderdale........................954.854.5679
Dennis Dean
Fort Lauderdale…...….......….. 954.463.8299
Noel de Christian
Fort Lauderdale........................954.485.6659
Miami................…..............….. 305.553.2099
Shires Photography
Fort Lauderdale........................954.523.4527
PICTURE FRAMING
Budget Framer
263 E. Commercial Blvd.
Lauderdale by the Sea……......954.267.9202
PICTURE FRAMING
Smith’s Picture Framing and Art Gallery
719 E. Broward Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale............................954.462.4391
PLUMBING
Akro Plumbing
Miami........................................305.378.2504
POOL SERVICES
Skimmer's Pools Service and Repair
P.O. Box 70021 Oakland Park, FL 33307
Broward County...........................954.938.0208
MUSEUMS
P.I. & DETECTIVE AGENCIES
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
1650 Harrison Street
Hollywood….........…...........…....954.921.3274
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
1 E Las Olas Blvd
Fort Lauderdale…..............…...954.525.5500
Intracoastal Detective Agency
1511 E Commercial Blvd
Fort Lauderdale…....….............954.564.5455
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
Copyco
1700S Powerline Rd. Suite H-I
Deerfield Beach...................… 954.881.7013
OPTICIANS
Downtown Opticians
800 Broward Blvd
Fort Lauderdale……............… 954.764.6962
Dr. Jeffrey C. Hilton, O.D.
Broward.....................................954.524.9400
South Beach.............................305.534.0539
PAINTING/WALLCOVERING
Broward Boy’s Painters/ Jerry
Fort Lauderdale....................... 954.720.9605
Do. It. Rite Wallcover + Painting
Fort Lauderdale……….............954.786.0287
Professional Interior Painting Bill Mears
Wilton Manors..........................954.309.4089
Professional Speedy Painting Gus Flores
Painting & general repair work around the house
Fort Lauderdale........................954.540.9316
PEST CONTROL
Harper Bros. Termite & Pest Control
2122 SW 60th Terr.
Miramar ………....................… 954.983.4149
Hugh Turner Pest Control, INC.
840 NW 33rd Street
Oakland Park...........................954.564.0037
PETS
Brenda’s Birds Inc.
324 NE 3rd Ave.
Delray Beach…........................ 561.278.5394
PET GROOMING
Rover the Rainbow
929 North Federal Hwy., (Sears Town)
Fort Lauderdale........................954.525.6988
Yuppy Puppy & Co. Show & Pet Grooming
Catering to those who want the Very Best!
Coral Springs...........................954.753.7647
PSYCHOTHERAPY &
COUNSELING
M. Ross Seligson, Ph. D., PA (PY2686)
Lic. Psychologist. Indiv. & Couples
Psychotherapy.
915 Middle River Drive Suite 401
Fort Lauderdale 33304.................954.563.2800
Arthur Strauss, LCSW; FL Lic. #SW0003111
6000 S Dixie Highway, Suite B
West Palm Beach, 33045.................561.721.0841
Anita MacGregor, M.S., IMT.....954.254.2972
Asher Center - Couple Counseling
Dr. Jay Asher ...........................954.565.1901
Dr. Carmine Pecoraro, Psy.D. & Assocs.
Counseling, Evaluations & Psychological Testing
Fort Lauderdale........................954.463.2723
Cora Wujceak, LCSW
1909 N. Andrews Ave.
Wilton Manors………...............954.567.1008
Diana Promuto, LCSW, ACSW
218 Commercial Blvd., Ste. 208M
Lauderdale by the Sea..............954.771.5040
Eric Schoenfeld, PHD Psychologist
224 Datura St. Suite 402
Downtown West PalmBeach.....561.804.9595
John Marszalek, PhD, LMHC
1212 E Broward Blvd. Suite 204
Fort Lauderdale ....................... 954.829.9480
Joseph Munafo, MD
Board Certified Psychiatrist
1940 Harrison St.
Hollywood.................................954.648.0232
Lisa C. Niebling Ph.D., LMHC, CST
11388 Okeechobee Blvd.
Royal Palm Beach....................561.798.2310
Mari Alschuler, LCSW, RPT
Hypnosis, Career Counseling, Journaling
Dade & Broward .......................954.243.5288
Mark Rutherford, LCSW
West Palm Beach.....................561.835.6821
Robin Traiger, LCSW
2624 NW 6th Avenue
Wilton Manors..........................954.565.8650
Michael G. Mele, LCSW, P.A.
Fort Lauderdale.…......................954.564.8997
REAL ESTATE (cont)
PSYCHOTHERAPY &
COUNSELING (cont)
Orlando J. Gonzalez L.M.H.C., P.A.
407 Lincoln Road Suite 2F
Miami Beach.............................305.531.1400
Patrick Mulhall, L.C.S.W., C.ST, C.HT, PA
3475 Sheridan Street Suite 312
Hollywood………............……..…954.894.8024
Psychological Alliance, Pl
Carole A. Wartenberg, Ph D
Laura Hohnecker Ph D
8358 W Oakland Park Blvd #304
Sunrise........... ………...............954.742.7449
Susan A. Smith, L.C.S.W.
6250 N. Andrews Ave Suite 108
Fort Lauderdale …………........... 954.730.4902
The Women’s Institute for
Incorporation Therapy
Hollywood Pavillion 1201 N 37th Ave
Hollywood ............…...............… 954.962.1355
REAL ESTATE
Bob Benson/Infante & Associates
bensonrb@bellsouth.net
Fort Lauderdale.........................954.261.9956
Choiceone Realty/GMAC Real Estate
Guy Smith
Fort Lauderdale.........................954.629.3700
Coldwell Banker/Andy Weiser
2495 E. Commercial Blvd
Fort Lauderdale…….................954.566.1015
Coldwell Banker
Paul Nolan
Fort Lauderdale........................954.258.4654
Coldwell Banker/Tim Singer
Realtor & Associates
Fort Lauderdale........................954.463.1373
Darrin Spardello Community Real Estate
darrinsells@yahoo.com
Palm Beach/WPB/Lake Worth...561.262.4780
Howard Elfman/Distinctive Homes Realty
1512 E Broward Blvd., Suite 201
Fort Lauderdale…………..…....954.764.4552
John Castelli & Jason Johnson/
Re/Max Partners 1507 E Las Olas Blvd
Fort Lauderdale ......954.377.5051
Keyes/Todd Paulk
1520 E. Sunrise Blvd
Fort Lauderdale........................954.523.0796
Keyes Company/ Al Kuntz
10101 S. Dixie Highway
Miami........................................305.596.3991
Kim Garvy, Broker/Remax Consultants
1625 SE 17th Street Causeway
Fort Lauderdale……...…….…...954.767.1166
Russotto Realty Inc.
Craig White
2242 Wilton Drive ....................954.296.4236
Re/Max Partners/Dan O’Flaherty
2810 E OaklandBlvd
Fort Lauderdale..……........…...954.396.5965
Terry Bush/Re/Max Partners
Fort Lauderdale……............….954.661.4550
RETIREMENT
Treemont on the Park
3881 NE 3rd Ave., Oakland Park
Fort Lauderdale …................…954.563.0276
SCREEN PRINTING
Fastsigns
1747 N. Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale........................954.566.8500
TAILOR
Cassini Tailor Shop
934 NE 20th Ave
Fort Lauderdale........................954.764.5245
TITLE COMPANIES
All County Title Company
4875 N Federal Hwy 10th Floor
Fort Lauderdale.…................…954.629.5525
TRANSLATORS
Rio Bravo Translations, John Chellino
Miami….....................….......… 305.576.0031
TRAVEL
Island Mountain Travel
2852 E. Oakland Pk. Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale........................800.622.4262
VETERINARIANS
Capital Plaza Animal Hospital
2372 N. Federal Hwy.
Fort Lauderdale........................954.537.3505
Dr. Vincent Guerrero, DVM
“House Call Veterinarian”
Fort Lauderdale…………..........954.581.5334
WEB DESIGN & HOSTING
TForce Communications, Inc.
Design & Hosting, Training and Support
tforceonline.com
South Florida............................954.564.0782
WEDDINGS
Rev. Geri Posner, Interfaith Minister
Hollywood……….......................800.850.0358
Members of the Orlando Gay Men’s Chorus at the Magic Kingdom
Vivian, Diana and Myra at House of Blues
Diane Ward at She Rock
Blake and Kirstin at House of Blues
Stephanie of Halcyon at She Rock
Natalie and Allison at House of Blues
Jo and Sandy from Knoxville, Tennessee
at House of Blues
D.J. Pride mixes it up at House of Blues
Michelle and Shanon from Louisville,
Kentucky at House of Blues
Robin and Kelly from Memphis,
Tennessee
at House of Blues
Lisset and Melissa at She Rock
Betty Ford racing team, Don, Scott, Kristin, Diane and Narialana at Magic Kingdom
Dancer at House of Blues
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Dave and Luis on the way to Gay Days
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Another day at the office, Melissa Fojtik
Halcyon at She Rock
David Patrick Lydon Project Coordinator
and Manuel Rodriguez Outreach
Specialist of APFL's PALS project
Gerald Hilschtritt, Marshall Silk and Paul Harris at ArtsUnited
Naomi Parker and Susan Coles at
United and Proud
Judge Robert Lee, Dr. Peter Babinski and Chuck Mack at United and Proud
Shawn McGuire, Andre, Dejania and artist mom, Xiomara
at United and Proud
Case Manager of Broward House Gary
Hensley and Lars Putman at PALS project
Phil Commins, and Rick Sherman at
United and Proud
Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida Rehearsing at Sunshine Cathedral
Photo by Pompano Bill
Chris Yoculan and his art at United and Proud
Merlin Robinson, Mark Bishop
Lambda Chorale performs at United and Proud
Veda, Jack Hittle, Steven Sylvester, Kevin
Bette, and H at United and Proud
Nelson Vergel at United and Proud
Photo by Pompano Bill
Carole Fawcett at Pride Factory
cocktail party
CYMK
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