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One small pill contains rilpivirine, emtricitabine, and New Odefsey® tenofovir alafenamide (TAF). is now available Ask your healthcare provider if ODEFSEY is right for you.

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One small pill contains rilpivirine, emtricitabine, and New Odefsey® tenofovir alafenamide (TAF). is now available Ask your healthcare provider if ODEFSEY is right for you.

To learn more visit ODEFSEY.com

Please see Brief Summary of Patient Information with important warnings on the following pages.

ODEC0005_OdefseyJrnlAd-B_Spread_10x10-75_SFlaGayNews.indd 1-2 3/30/16 11:13 AM 5.11.2016 • 3 Brief Summary of Patient Information What is ODEFSEY? Pregnancy registry: there is a pregnancy registry for women who take HIV-1 • Depression or mood changes. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have about ODEFSEY medicines during pregnancy. The purpose of this registry is to collect information about any of the following symptoms: that is used to treat HIV-1 ODEFSEY is a prescription medicine the health of you and your baby. Talk with your healthcare provider about how you can – feel sad or hopeless ODEFSEY (oh-DEF-see) in people 12 years of age and older: take part in this registry. (emtricitabine, rilpivirine and tenofovir alafenamide) tablets – feel anxious or restless • who have not received HIV-1 medicines in the past and have an amount of HIV-1 in • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take ODEFSEY. Important: Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that their blood (“viral load”) that is no more than 100,000 copies/mL, – have thoughts of hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself or – You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 should not be taken with ODEFSEY. • People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus infection • to replace their current HIV-1 medicines in people who have been on the same HIV-1 to your baby. Change in liver enzymes. There may be new information about ODEFSEY. This information is only a summary medicines for at least 6 months, have a viral load that is less than 50 copies/mL, and or who have certain liver enzyme changes may have an increased risk of developing – At least one of the medicines in ODEFSEY can pass to your baby in your breast milk. and does not take the place of talking with your healthcare provider about your medical have never failed past HIV-1 treatment. new or worsening liver problems during treatment with ODEFSEY. Liver problems condition or treatment. It is not known if the other medicines in ODEFSEY can pass into your breast milk. can also happen during treatment with ODEFSEY in people without a history of liver It is not known if ODEFSEY is safe and effective in children under 12 years of age or who – Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby. disease. Your healthcare provider may need to do tests to check your liver enzymes What is the most important information weigh less than 77 lb (35 kg). Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription before and during treatment with ODEFSEY. I should know about ODEFSEY? When used to treat HIV-1 infection, ODEFSEY may help: and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. • Changes in body fat can happen in people who take HIV-1 medicine. These • Reduce the amount of HIV-1 in your blood. This is called “viral load”. changes may include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo ODEFSEY can cause serious side effects, including: Some medicines may interact with ODEFSEY. Keep a list of your medicines and show • Increase the number of CD4+ (T) cells in your blood that help fi ght off other infections. it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. hump”), breast, and around the middle of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs, • Build-up of lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis may happen arms and face may also happen. The exact cause and long-term health effects of Reducing the amount of HIV-1 and increasing the CD4+ (T) cells in your blood may help • You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that in some people who take ODEFSEY or similar medicines. Lactic acidosis is a serious these conditions are not known. medical emergency that can lead to death. Lactic acidosis can be hard to identify improve your immune system. This may reduce your risk of death or getting infections interact with ODEFSEY. that can happen when your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections). • (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen early, because the symptoms could seem like symptoms of other health problems. • Do not start a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare Changes in your immune system when you start taking HIV-1 medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following ODEFSEY does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. You must keep taking HIV-1 provider can tell you if it is safe to take ODEFSEY with other medicines. begin to fi ght infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your symptoms which could be signs of lactic acidosis: medicines to control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related illnesses. How should I take ODEFSEY? healthcare provider right away if you start having any new symptoms after starting – feel very weak or tired Ask your healthcare provider about how to prevent passing your HIV-1 medicine. – have unusual (not normal) muscle pain HIV-1 to others. Do not share or re-use needles, injection equipment, or personal items that can have blood or body fl uids on them. Do not have sex without protection. Always • Take ODEFSEY exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it. ODEFSEY is • New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare – have trouble breathing practice safer sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual taken by itself (not with other HIV-1 medicines) to treat HIV-1 infection. provider should do blood and urine tests to check your kidneys before you start and – have stomach pain with nausea or vomiting contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. • Take ODEFSEY 1 time each day with a meal. while you are taking ODEFSEY. Your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking – feel cold, especially in your arms and legs • Do not change your dose or stop taking ODEFSEY without fi rst talking with your ODEFSEY if you develop new or worse kidney problems. Who should not take ODEFSEY? • – feel dizzy or lightheaded healthcare provider. Stay under a healthcare provider’s care when taking ODEFSEY. Bone problems can happen in some people who take ODEFSEY. Bone problems • Do not miss a dose of ODEFSEY. may include bone pain, softening or thinning (which may lead to fractures). Your – have a fast or irregular heartbeat Do not take ODEFSEY if you also take a medicine that contains: healthcare provider may need to do tests to check your bones. • Severe liver problems. Severe liver problems may happen in people who take ODEFSEY. • carbamazepine (Carbatrol®, Epitol®, Equetro®, Tegretol®, Tegretol-XR®, Teril®) • If you take too much ODEFSEY, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away. The most common side effects of rilpivirine, one of the medicines in ODEFSEY, are In some cases, these liver problems can lead to death. Your liver may become large and • dexamethasone (Ozurdex®, Maxidex®, Decadron®, BaycadronTM) depression, trouble sleeping (insomnia), and headache. you may develop fat in your liver. Call your healthcare provider right away if you • When your ODEFSEY supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider • dexlansoprazole (Dexilant®) two of get any of the following symptoms of liver problems: or pharmacy. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may The most common side effect of emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide, • esomeprazole (Nexium®, Vimovo®) the medicines in ODEFSEY, is nausea. – your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice) increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. The virus may develop • lansoprazole (Prevacid®) resistance to ODEFSEY and become harder to treat. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that – dark “tea-colored” urine ® ® does not go away. • omeprazole (Prilosec , Zegerid ) What are the possible side effects of ODEFSEY? – light-colored bowel movements (stools) • These are not all the possible side effects of ODEFSEY. For more information, ask • oxcarbazepine (Trileptal®) – loss of appetite your healthcare provider or pharmacist. • pantoprazole sodium (Protonix®) ODEFSEY may cause serious side effects, including: – nausea • Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to • phenobarbital (Luminal®) • See “What is the most important information I should know about ODEFSEY?” – pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. ® ® ® • Skin rash is a common side effect of • phenytoin (Dilantin , Dilantin-125 , Phenytek ) Severe skin rash and allergic reactions. This Brief Summary summarizes the most important information about ODEFSEY. If • You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you ODEFSEY. Rash can be serious. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get a • rabeprazole (Aciphex®) you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking ODEFSEY or a similar rash. In some cases, rash and allergic reaction may need to be treated in a hospital. medicine for a long time. • rifampin (Rifadin®, Rifamate®, Rifater®, Rimactane®) healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about ODEFSEY that is written for If you get a rash with any of the following symptoms, stop taking ODEFSEY and health professionals. • Worsening of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. ODEFSEY is not approved to treat • rifapentine (Priftin®) call your healthcare provider right away: For more information, call or go to HBV. If you have HBV and take ODEFSEY, your HBV may get worse (fl are-up) if you stop • the herb St. John’s wort or a product that contains St. John’s wort – fever 1-800-445-3235 www.ODEFSEY.com. taking ODEFSEY. A “fl are-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse – skin blisters Keep ODEFSEY and all medicines out of reach of children. way than before. What should I tell my healthcare provider Issued: March 2016 – mouth sores – Do not run out of ODEFSEY. Refi ll your prescription or talk to your healthcare before taking ODEFSEY? provider before your ODEFSEY is all gone. – redness or swelling of the eyes (conjunctivitis) – Do not stop taking ODEFSEY without fi rst talking to your healthcare provider. Before taking ODEFSEY, tell your healthcare provider if you: – swelling of the face, lips, mouth or throat • have liver problems including hepatitis B or C virus infection – If you stop taking ODEFSEY, your healthcare provider will need to check your – trouble breathing or swallowing health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your HBV • have kidney and bone problems – pain on the right side of the stomach (abdominal) area infection. Tell your healthcare provider about any new or unusual symptoms you • have had depression or suicidal thoughts – dark “tea-colored” urine may have after you stop taking ODEFSEY. • have any other medical conditions ODEFSEY, the ODEFSEY Logo, GILEAD, the GILEAD Logo, and GSI are trademarks • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if ODEFSEY can harm your of Gilead Sciences, Inc., or its related companies. All other trademarks referenced herein unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you become pregnant while taking ODEFSEY. are the property of their respective owners. © 2016 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. ODEC0005 03/16

4ODEC0005_OdefseyJrnlAd-B_Spread_10x10-75_SFlaGayNews.indd • 5.11.2016 3-4 3/30/16 11:13 AM Brief Summary of Patient Information What is ODEFSEY? Pregnancy registry: there is a pregnancy registry for women who take HIV-1 • Depression or mood changes. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have about ODEFSEY medicines during pregnancy. The purpose of this registry is to collect information about any of the following symptoms: that is used to treat HIV-1 ODEFSEY is a prescription medicine the health of you and your baby. Talk with your healthcare provider about how you can – feel sad or hopeless ODEFSEY (oh-DEF-see) in people 12 years of age and older: take part in this registry. (emtricitabine, rilpivirine and tenofovir alafenamide) tablets – feel anxious or restless • who have not received HIV-1 medicines in the past and have an amount of HIV-1 in • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take ODEFSEY. Important: Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that their blood (“viral load”) that is no more than 100,000 copies/mL, – have thoughts of hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself or – You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 should not be taken with ODEFSEY. • People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus infection • to replace their current HIV-1 medicines in people who have been on the same HIV-1 to your baby. Change in liver enzymes. There may be new information about ODEFSEY. This information is only a summary medicines for at least 6 months, have a viral load that is less than 50 copies/mL, and or who have certain liver enzyme changes may have an increased risk of developing – At least one of the medicines in ODEFSEY can pass to your baby in your breast milk. and does not take the place of talking with your healthcare provider about your medical have never failed past HIV-1 treatment. new or worsening liver problems during treatment with ODEFSEY. Liver problems condition or treatment. It is not known if the other medicines in ODEFSEY can pass into your breast milk. can also happen during treatment with ODEFSEY in people without a history of liver It is not known if ODEFSEY is safe and effective in children under 12 years of age or who – Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby. disease. Your healthcare provider may need to do tests to check your liver enzymes What is the most important information weigh less than 77 lb (35 kg). Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription before and during treatment with ODEFSEY. I should know about ODEFSEY? When used to treat HIV-1 infection, ODEFSEY may help: and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. • Changes in body fat can happen in people who take HIV-1 medicine. These • Reduce the amount of HIV-1 in your blood. This is called “viral load”. changes may include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo ODEFSEY can cause serious side effects, including: Some medicines may interact with ODEFSEY. Keep a list of your medicines and show • Increase the number of CD4+ (T) cells in your blood that help fi ght off other infections. it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. hump”), breast, and around the middle of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs, • Build-up of lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis may happen arms and face may also happen. The exact cause and long-term health effects of Reducing the amount of HIV-1 and increasing the CD4+ (T) cells in your blood may help • You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that in some people who take ODEFSEY or similar medicines. Lactic acidosis is a serious these conditions are not known. medical emergency that can lead to death. Lactic acidosis can be hard to identify improve your immune system. This may reduce your risk of death or getting infections interact with ODEFSEY. that can happen when your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections). • (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen early, because the symptoms could seem like symptoms of other health problems. • Do not start a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare Changes in your immune system when you start taking HIV-1 medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following ODEFSEY does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. You must keep taking HIV-1 provider can tell you if it is safe to take ODEFSEY with other medicines. begin to fi ght infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your symptoms which could be signs of lactic acidosis: medicines to control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related illnesses. How should I take ODEFSEY? healthcare provider right away if you start having any new symptoms after starting – feel very weak or tired Ask your healthcare provider about how to prevent passing your HIV-1 medicine. – have unusual (not normal) muscle pain HIV-1 to others. Do not share or re-use needles, injection equipment, or personal items that can have blood or body fl uids on them. Do not have sex without protection. Always • Take ODEFSEY exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it. ODEFSEY is • New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare – have trouble breathing practice safer sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual taken by itself (not with other HIV-1 medicines) to treat HIV-1 infection. provider should do blood and urine tests to check your kidneys before you start and – have stomach pain with nausea or vomiting contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. • Take ODEFSEY 1 time each day with a meal. while you are taking ODEFSEY. Your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking – feel cold, especially in your arms and legs • Do not change your dose or stop taking ODEFSEY without fi rst talking with your ODEFSEY if you develop new or worse kidney problems. Who should not take ODEFSEY? • – feel dizzy or lightheaded healthcare provider. Stay under a healthcare provider’s care when taking ODEFSEY. Bone problems can happen in some people who take ODEFSEY. Bone problems • Do not miss a dose of ODEFSEY. may include bone pain, softening or thinning (which may lead to fractures). Your – have a fast or irregular heartbeat Do not take ODEFSEY if you also take a medicine that contains: healthcare provider may need to do tests to check your bones. • Severe liver problems. Severe liver problems may happen in people who take ODEFSEY. • carbamazepine (Carbatrol®, Epitol®, Equetro®, Tegretol®, Tegretol-XR®, Teril®) • If you take too much ODEFSEY, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away. The most common side effects of rilpivirine, one of the medicines in ODEFSEY, are In some cases, these liver problems can lead to death. Your liver may become large and • dexamethasone (Ozurdex®, Maxidex®, Decadron®, BaycadronTM) depression, trouble sleeping (insomnia), and headache. you may develop fat in your liver. Call your healthcare provider right away if you • When your ODEFSEY supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider • dexlansoprazole (Dexilant®) two of get any of the following symptoms of liver problems: or pharmacy. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may The most common side effect of emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide, • esomeprazole (Nexium®, Vimovo®) the medicines in ODEFSEY, is nausea. – your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice) increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. The virus may develop • lansoprazole (Prevacid®) resistance to ODEFSEY and become harder to treat. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that – dark “tea-colored” urine ® ® does not go away. • omeprazole (Prilosec , Zegerid ) What are the possible side effects of ODEFSEY? – light-colored bowel movements (stools) • These are not all the possible side effects of ODEFSEY. For more information, ask • oxcarbazepine (Trileptal®) – loss of appetite your healthcare provider or pharmacist. • pantoprazole sodium (Protonix®) ODEFSEY may cause serious side effects, including: – nausea • Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to • phenobarbital (Luminal®) • See “What is the most important information I should know about ODEFSEY?” – pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. ® ® ® • Skin rash is a common side effect of • phenytoin (Dilantin , Dilantin-125 , Phenytek ) Severe skin rash and allergic reactions. This Brief Summary summarizes the most important information about ODEFSEY. If • You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you ODEFSEY. Rash can be serious. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get a • rabeprazole (Aciphex®) you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking ODEFSEY or a similar rash. In some cases, rash and allergic reaction may need to be treated in a hospital. medicine for a long time. • rifampin (Rifadin®, Rifamate®, Rifater®, Rimactane®) healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about ODEFSEY that is written for If you get a rash with any of the following symptoms, stop taking ODEFSEY and health professionals. • Worsening of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. ODEFSEY is not approved to treat • rifapentine (Priftin®) call your healthcare provider right away: For more information, call or go to HBV. If you have HBV and take ODEFSEY, your HBV may get worse (fl are-up) if you stop • the herb St. John’s wort or a product that contains St. John’s wort – fever 1-800-445-3235 www.ODEFSEY.com. taking ODEFSEY. A “fl are-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse – skin blisters Keep ODEFSEY and all medicines out of reach of children. way than before. What should I tell my healthcare provider Issued: March 2016 – mouth sores – Do not run out of ODEFSEY. Refi ll your prescription or talk to your healthcare before taking ODEFSEY? provider before your ODEFSEY is all gone. – redness or swelling of the eyes (conjunctivitis) – Do not stop taking ODEFSEY without fi rst talking to your healthcare provider. Before taking ODEFSEY, tell your healthcare provider if you: – swelling of the face, lips, mouth or throat • have liver problems including hepatitis B or C virus infection – If you stop taking ODEFSEY, your healthcare provider will need to check your – trouble breathing or swallowing health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your HBV • have kidney and bone problems – pain on the right side of the stomach (abdominal) area infection. Tell your healthcare provider about any new or unusual symptoms you • have had depression or suicidal thoughts – dark “tea-colored” urine may have after you stop taking ODEFSEY. • have any other medical conditions ODEFSEY, the ODEFSEY Logo, GILEAD, the GILEAD Logo, and GSI are trademarks • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if ODEFSEY can harm your of Gilead Sciences, Inc., or its related companies. All other trademarks referenced herein unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you become pregnant while taking ODEFSEY. are the property of their respective owners. © 2016 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. ODEC0005 03/16

ODEC0005_OdefseyJrnlAd-B_Spread_10x10-75_SFlaGayNews.indd 3-4 5.11.20163/30/16 11:13 • AM 5 SouthFloridaGayNews.com Comments from SFGN’s online outlets MAY 11, 2016 • VOLUME 7 • ISSUE 18 THE OPENING LINE Compiled by John McDonald 2520 N. DIXIE HIGHWAY • WILTON MANORS, FL 33305 PHONE: 954-530-4970 FAX: 954-530-7943

Photos: Facebook. P UBLISHER • NORM KENT [email protected] REDEMPTION AND DEVELOPERS SEEK TO TRANSFORM SPIRITUAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER • PIER ANGELO GUIDUGLI ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER / EXECUTIVE EDITOR • REHABILITATION: THE STORY JASON PARSLEY OF NICK BERRY LIVING CENTER INTO UP SCALE APARTMENTS [email protected] David Steven Katz – Editorial I did not know the back story, ART DIRECTOR • BRENDON LIES [email protected] now I will even more spend DESIGNER • CHARLES PRATT my money and time with Raymond Carrier – EDITORIAL ASSISTANT • JILLIAN MELERO their companies, knowing the [email protected] back story makes a big diff erence, it puts 26th street is already populated with INTERNET ASSISTANT • BRITTANY FERRENDI a meaningful face on the organization. I [email protected] always say spend you money with people lower priced rentals with duplexes and ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR • JW ARNOLD you like and trust. [email protected] small apartment buildings. This project NEWS EDITOR • JOHN MCDONALD fi nally represents something more [email protected] MIAMI-DADE REPORTER • ANTHONY BEVEN FOOD/TRAVEL EDITOR • RICK KARLIN Phil Lauderdale – upscale and fi tting for Wilton Manors. Well written. GAZETTE NEWS EDITOR • MICHAEL D'OLIVEIRA Amazing story. SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER • J.R. DAVIS [email protected] Noah Kitty – Kevin Burke – Senior Features Correspondents if its four stories high it will block Anything is better than the extinct JESSE MONTEAGUDO • TONY ADAMS – Heidi Shoshana out the sun from the rest of the behemoth lying on 26th street. Make Correspondents Proud of you Nick for sharing neighborhood. a decision. DORI ZINN • ANDREA RICHARD • DONALD CAVANAUGH your story! I know you have CHRISTIANA LILLY • DENISE ROYAL • SEAN MCSHEE struggled with this coming out ALEX ADAMS • GARY KRAMER • DAVID-ELIJAH NAHMOD for sometime and I am glad Contributing Columnists you have made peace with it. Xoxo to you BRIAN MCNAUGHT • DANA RUDOLPH • WAYNE BESEN and Joe. RIC REILY • STEVE SILER • BIL BROWNING TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER SFGN INTRODUCES MAKEUP Associate Photographers POMPANO BILL • STEVEN SHIRES COLUMNIST FOR MEN Sales & Marketing DIRECTOR OF SALES & MARKETING • MIKE TROTTIER [email protected] SALES MANAGER • JUSTIN WYSE Robert Bruce Burczyk – [email protected] Make-up on a man? He best be in a Casket. ADVERTISING SALES ASSOCIATE • EDWIN NEIMANN [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES ASSOCIATE • CINDY CURTIS [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES ASSOCIATE • JIM ALBRIGHT [email protected] SALES ASSISTANT • DEVON WOODS Jeffrey Alman – [email protected] DISTRIBUTION SERVICES • BRIAN SWINFORD CORRECTION One word. Gold shadow. Last week when SFGN ran the feature Just sayin. NATIONAL ADVERTISING on the anniversary of the COPA raid, we RIVENDELL MEDIA 212-242-6863 included a stock photo of a bartender, [email protected] Lori Tanner, who had previously ACCOUNTING SERVICES BY CG BOOKKEEPING worked at the Copa. However, it should be mentioned that Ms. TannerMEMBER did not PRINTING BY SUN COAST PRESS work at the Copa at the time of the raid, – Vincent Zeteliano Cover: and was in no way implicated, involved, NO! or connected thereto with the law Jamie Simmons, a non-HIV patient, during her enforcement operation. treatment with Vanden Bosch. Photo: Anthony Beven. In Memoriam MEMBER DENNIS JOZEFOWICZ INTERNET DIRECTOR 2010 - 2016 South Florida Gay News is published weekly. The opinions expressed in columns, stories, and letters to the editor do not represent the opinions of SFGN WINNER of SFGN, or the Publisher. You should not presume the sexual orientation of individuals based on their names or pictorial representations. Furthermore the word “gay” in SFGN should be interpreted to be & FLORIDA PRESS CLUB Awards inclusive of the entire LGBT community. All of the material/columns that MEMBER 3 appears in print and online, including articles used in conjunction with the AP, is protected under federal copyright and intellectual property laws, And runner-up for and is jealously guarded by the newspaper. Nothing published may be reprinted in whole or part without getting written consent from the Publisher, at his law offi ce, at [email protected]. SFGN, as a private NLGJA Journalist of the Year corporation, reserves the right to enforce its own standards regarding the Associated Press suitability of advertising copy, illustrations and photographs. Copyright © 2016 South Florida Gay News.com, Inc.

6 • 5.11.2016 MEMBER news highlight CAMPBELL FOUNDATION’S PHILADELPHIA TEAM RECEIVES GRANT John McDonald

he Campbell Foundation, a Fort Lauderdale based nonprofi t HIV/AIDS organization, Tawarded a $75,000 grant to fund a team of researchers in Philadelphia. In a news release, the Campbell Foundation announced Dr. Irwin Chaiken and his team of researchers at Drexel University College of Medicine would use the grant to develop an eff ective delivery system targeting hidden reservoirs of the HIV virus. That “delivery system” is called killer peptides. The goal, scientists note, is to suppress HIV infection and its progression with specially The Chaiken Research Group, reportedly, designed molecules. Those molecules target uses a combination of chemical and biological protein on the surface of the virus to stop it from approaches to investigate the fundamental nature Sale entering cells and starting the infection cycle. of protein interactions in solution, viruses and Ends Soon “The development of a long-acting formulation cells, and their roles in disease pathogenesis. of HIV-1 inactivators that can selectively target “Achieving full viral suppression of HIV has and kill infectious viruses, viruses activated proven diffi cult, even in an age of eff ective drug Hurry! from latent reservoirs, and activated latently regimens,” said Campbell Foundation Executive infected cells (the “kill” component of “kick and Director Ken Rapkin, in a news release. “This kill” approach to attacking latent reservoirs), research team will look into blocking HIV-1 entry could suppress virus infection, progression and inhibit HIV replication in the latent reservoirs and spread,” said Dr. Chaiken, in a news that harbor the virus. The goal of developing release. “Long-acting treatments may also a long-acting antiretroviral would be key to lead to ‘treatment as prevention’ pre-exposure the overall health of those with HIV, as well as prophylaxis (PrEP) strategies.” reducing the possibility of transmission.”

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(EDGE) An AIDS nonprofi t that’s been trying to move a against its plans “in retaliation against AHF for engaging in pharmacy in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood is again its aforementioned protected First Amendment activities.” suing the city and gay Supervisor Scott Wiener, claiming In a phone interview Monday, Wiener said AHF’s claim discrimination. about the AIDS foundation is “completely untrue. My The Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation action had nothing to do with favoring or disfavoring fi led its latest complaint April 28 in San Francisco Superior anyone, and everything to do with closing a loophole so Court. In court documents, the nonprofi t accuses Wiener AHF and others could not game the formula retail rules.” of opposing its plans because AHF has been an outspoken He was referring to how, at least at one point, the critic of PrEP, which Wiener takes and which is supported nonprofi t had planned to call the space Castro Pharmacy by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. instead of AHF Pharmacy. By doing so, he said, AHF was “For at least the last two years, AHF has continuously, “pretending not to be formula retail.” very loudly, and very forcefully argued against the The commission “failed to proceed in the manner adoption of PrEP as a widely used method of attempting required by law, its decision is not supported by its to prevent HIV infection,” the nonprofi t, which expresses fi ndings, and its fi ndings are not supported by substantial safety concerns about the prevention method, says in its evidence,” AHF says. complaint. AHF is seeking $500,000 in damages from the city, plus The nonprofi t claims Wiener and others enacted controls other costs.

The Court of the Judiciary will decide whether Moore is guilty of riz. High Schooler Exposes Himself labama Chief Justice Faces Ouster violating judicial ethics. If found guilty, he could face removal from in Yearbook, Gets Playgirl Offer After Gay Marriage Fightt offi ce. A(EDGE) An Arizona high school student who was recently A(AP) Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore - ousted from offi ce Moore issued a statement Friday night saying he doesn’t arrested after exposing himself in a yearbook photo received more than a decade ago over a Ten Commandments display - now believe the commission has authority over administrative an offer to pose nude for Playgirl.com. faces removal from the bench over his eff ort to block gay marriage orders and state court injunction. Moore, as he did in a press Hunter Osborn, a football player at Red Mountain High from coming to that state after the U.S. Supreme Court eff ectively conference last week about the complaints, referenced a recent School in Mesa, Ariz., was facing 69 charges for indecent legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. protest outside his offi ce by gay and transgender people. exposure and one count of furnishing harmful items to The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission on Friday fi led ethics “There is nothing in writing that you will fi nd that I told minors, after showing off his junk in a team photo that was charged against Moore, saying that the state chief justice abused anybody to disobey a federal court order. That’s not what I said,” published in the school’s yearbook, which was sent to 3,400 the power of his offi ce and displayed disrespect for the judiciary. Moore said last week. Asked if judges should be issuing licenses students, many of whom are underage, according to CBS The charges largely stem from a Jan. 6 administrative order to gay couples, Moore said it remained for “probate judge to affiliate KPHO. Instinct magazine reports all the charges have Moore sent to probate judges telling them an Alabama order and decide.” been dropped, however. law banning same-sex marriages remained in eff ect. His order came The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office released a six months after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. statement regarding the charges. Hodges eff ectively legalized gay marriage. orth Carolina Governor Leads “An assessment of the available evidence for the felony “By issuing his unilateral order of January 6, 2016, Chief Justice Lawsuit Over LGBT Rights charge of Furnishing Harmful Items to Minors, ARS 13- Moore fl agrantly disregarded a fundamental constitutional right N(AP) North Carolina fi led a lawsuit Monday against the federal 3506.A., leads us to conclude that the evidence does not guaranteed in all states as declared by the United States Court in government in a fi ght for a state law that limits protections for establish a violation of the statute,” said Maricopa County Obergefell,” the Judicial Inquiry Commission wrote in the charges. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Attorney Bill Montgomery. “MCAO has furthered review of Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration fi led the lawsuit seeking to remaining misdemeanor charges submitted by the Mesa Chief Justice keep in place the law the U.S. Justice Department said last week Police Department for possible submittal to the Mesa City Roy Moore violated the civil rights of transgender people. Prosecutor’s Office.” The Justice Department had set a deadline of Monday for Local police also announced the incident exposure counts McCrory to report whether he would refuse to enforce the last were nixed as no one involved wanted to press charges, that took eff ect in March. according to AzCentral.com. McCrory’s defi ance could risk funding for the state’s Osborn could have more to celebrate if he accepts Playgirl’s university system and lead to a protracted legal battle. offer. A spokesperson for the X-rated publication spoke with McCrory and other state offi cials have been under pressure blog Naughty Gossip about the student athlete and his prank since the U.S. Justice Department warned last week that the gone wrong. law passed in March violates civil rights protections against “We’re trying to reach this kid to get him in Playgirl. We sex discrimination on the job and in education for lesbian, gay, want to support him as this was a hilarious prank, and people bisexual and transgender people. are too tightly wound. Playgirl.com would like to have him In letters, federal civil rights enforcement attorneys focused pose naked and pay his legal bills,” they said. particularly on provisions requiring transgender people to use It’s unclear if Osborn has accepted the offer. public restrooms that correspond to their biological sex.

8 • 5.11.2016 News Briefs Continued Duck Dynasty’ Patriarch Sends Anti-Trans Email Over Bathroom Laws ‘ (EDGE) Surprise, surprise: “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson, who made headlines a few years ago after using homophobic language in a GQ interview, is back at lashing out against the LGBT community. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the reality star teamed up with the controversial group Citizens United to raise money and sent out an email to conservatives over the weekend, blasting trans rights. “This is Phil Robertson from Duck Commander and I’ve got a radical idea,” he wrote in an email, according to THR. “Men should use the men’s bathroom and women should use the women’s bathroom. Just because a man may ‘feel’ like a woman doesn’t mean he should be able to share a bathroom with my daughter, or yours. That used to be called common sense. Now it’s called bigoted.” Photo: Facebook. He adds: “The Judeo-Christian values that led America to greatness are under full assault by the mob mentality of political correctness, between the reality star and Citizens United. and we’re slowly losing our soul.” “As Americans, we ought to be able to Robertson’s email also includes a link speak freely about our faith in God and live to StandTallWithPhil.org, which asks for by our values without fear of coercion,” the donations for “Speak Freely,” a joint effort website reads.

een Girl Reportedly Takes Life Over TStruggles With Sexuality (EDGE) A teenage girl from Scotland reportedly took her own life Friday, after struggling with her sexuality, the British newspaper the Mirror reports. Chloe Orr, 15, was found dead in her garden shed in Dumfries, Scotland and left behind a letter detailing her inner turmoil. The teen’s mother, Kelly Moorhead, 35, said Orr, who was openly gay, was having trouble accepting her sexuality. “When Chloe came out, we all accepted her...but Chloe couldn’t,” Moorhead told the Mirror. “She really struggled with being a lesbian.” not cope, despite the support from friends The newspaper reports Orr was joking and family. with her mother hours before she took her Orr’s relatives said they were shocked by life. According to the Daily Record, the teen’s her death and did not know of her struggles family started to worry about her when they with her sexuality. The teen leaves behind a couldn’t reach her Friday evening. They tried twin sister Samantha as well as a 12-year-old calling her cell phone several times but Orr brother and a seven-year-old sister. didn’t answer. Around 10 p.m. her family A friend of Orr’s told the Sun, the teen discovered her body in her garden shed after “appeared to be happy, but a smile can often hearing her phone ring. cover a lot of pain. She was beautiful, really “I kept calling but there was no answer. We intelligent and fun.” heard the phone ringing inside the shed and Police said they took Orr to the hospital we found her,” Moorhead told the Mirror. Friday night. She was pronounced dead Orr reportedly left behind a suicide note shorty after. Authorities do not suspect and a lock of her hair for her mother. In the suspicious circumstances in Orr’s death, the letter, the teen wrote she was sorry but could Mirror notes.

5.11.2016 • 9 news national New Studies Look at PrEP for Lindsey Bahr Associated Press Trans People

(EDGE) The California HIV/AIDS Research clinics highly experienced in delivering transgender Program has announced that it has funded three care and integrate PrEP provision into transgender new demonstration projects - including two in the services. Through the San Francisco DPH’s Bay Area - to learn more about PrEP for transgender Transgender Advisory Group, we will work closely women and men. with the transgender community in developing and “These studies will provide critical information implementing all phases of this project.” on the implementation of PrEP among transgender The team will develop a trans-specifi c social people in California, and will help guide state and marketing campaign and online education to national eff orts to address the epidemic in this increase knowledge about PrEP, as well as a often neglected population at high risk for HIV,” sexual risk assessment tool, peer navigators, and said CHRP director Dr. George Lemp. adherence reminders delivered via text messaging. The international iPrEx study, which enrolled “The transgender community’s HIV risk is 49 about 2,500 men and transgender women times greater than the general population, but so who have sex with men, found that once-daily often transgender people are an afterthought in Truvada reduced the risk of HIV infection by 44 HIV prevention,” co-investigator Dr. Tri Do of the percent overall, rising to 92 percent for those with API Wellness Center told the B.A.R. “We hope to measurable blood drug levels. In an open-label show that PrEP delivery is most successful when extension of iPrEx, no one who took Truvada at medical care and HIV prevention are provided in least four times a week became infected. the context of safe, trusted community spaces like One team, which will receive $2.9 million over API Wellness Center and its Trans: Thrive program.” four years, is a collaboration between UCSF, the Finally, the third team - with a $3.75 million Gladstone Institutes, the Gender Health Center in budget - is a collaboration between the UC San Sacramento, and La Clinica de la Raza in Oakland. Diego School of Medicine, the Los Angeles LGBT This team will develop a demonstration project Center, Family Health Centers of San Diego, the for trans women of color dubbed TRIUMPH University of Southern California, and Harbor- (Trans Research-Informed Communities United UCLA Medical Center. in Mobilization for the Prevention of HIV). The These researchers will evaluate whether program involves community-led eff orts to a trans-focused case management approach increase knowledge and acceptability of PrEP, using to contextualize PrEP within the needs of the advocates from within trans communities and whole person can improve engagement with and trans-specifi c educational materials. To improve adherence to PrEP. drug adherence, the project will feature peer-led All three teams will look at potential drug health workshops and one-on-one counseling interactions between PrEP and gender-affi rming sessions. hormone therapy. The UCSF project will include The other Bay Area team - with a four-year a pharmacokinetic drug interaction study, while budget of $2.6 million - includes the San Francisco the UCSD team will evaluate whether protective Department of Public Health, Tom Waddell Urban PrEP drug levels are reached in trans women on Health Center, Castro Mission Health Center, and hormonal therapy and if PrEP is associated with any Asian Pacifi c Islander Wellness Center, along with changes in hormone levels. the Tri-City Health Center in Fremont. “Our overarching goal is to really determine the This team will use a patient-centered “medical best practices for engaging trans women with PrEP home” approach to develop a comprehensive PrEP and getting trans people to say ‘PrEP is for me if I’m education, access, and support package for trans at risk for HIV,’” said Deutsch, who is a co-principal women and men. investigator for the UCSF project. “We not only “To date, PrEP has largely been framed as an need to get 165 trans people to take PrEP at sites HIV prevention tool for gay men,” lead project in Oakland and Sacramento, but also get them to investigator Dr. Albert Liu from the DPH told the tell two friends - the way the gay community has B.A.R. “Our project will partner with four Bay Area promoted PrEP.”

10 • 5.11.2016 News Briefs Continued nti-LGBT Missouri ‘Religious Objections’ Proposal Suffers Setback A(EDGE) A San Francisco woman has been accused of threatening to kill two drag performers outside a gay South of Market nightclub while wielding a knife and yelling anti-gay and anti- trans slurs. Pearly Martin, 29, pleaded not guilty April 27 to two felony counts of making criminal threats, and misdemeanor charges of exhibiting a deadly weapon and vandalism of less than $400. Each of the felony counts carries an allegation of a hate crime based on the victims’ gender and an allegation of use of a deadly weapon. Rakesh Modi, a co-owner of Club OMG, at 43 Sixth Street, said in a Facebook exchange that he heard Martin make comments like “I have a real pussy and you don’t,” and “I will kill you faggots” to “some drag queens who were outside leaving the club.” Bar staff called police. Court records say the incident occurred Monday, April 25. At Martin’s arraignment last Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court, Assistant District Attorney Brenna Kantrovitz said Martin had been “brandishing a knife,” and in the squad car, she Martin, who didn’t comment as she appeared had screamed “multiple curse words” and “kicked in court Wednesday in an orange sweatshirt and out a window.” pants, is in custody at San Francisco County Jail Martin had also told people that her boyfriend #2 on $300,000 bail, according to the sheriff ’s had a gun and would kill them, Kantrovitz said. department. She initially agreed to an interview Deputy Public Defender Chesa Boudin said request made through a deputy Friday, but the allegations involved “simply verbal threats,” minutes later changed her mind and declined to and there hadn’t been any physical violence. No speak to a reporter. weapon had been found on Martin, he said. Her next court date is May 10.

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For adults with HIV-1, Undetectable viral load is a goal, and WITH THE STRENGTH OF ATRIPLA has the power to help get you there. In a clinical trial: • ATRIPLA has been proven to LOWER VIRAL LOAD to undetectable* in approximately 8 out of 10 adult patients new to therapy through 48 weeks compared with approximately 7 out of 10 adult patients in the comparator group† • ATRIPLA has been proven to LOWER VIRAL LOAD to undetectable* through 3 years in approximately 7 out of 10 adult patients new to therapy compared with approximately 6 out of 10 adult patients in the comparator group†

SELECTED IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION n Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA have developed build up of lactic acid in the blood, which can be a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Actual ATRIPLA patients. n Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA have developed serious liver problems, ‡ ATRIPLA has been chosen by more than 500,000 people with HIV and their doctors. with liver enlargement and fat in the liver, which can lead to death. § In the US, ATRIPLA is the #1 prescribed one-pill, once-daily HIV treatment. n If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and you stop taking ATRIPLA, your hepatitis TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR VISIT ATRIPLA.COM TO FIND OUT MORE. may suddenly get worse. ATRIPLA is not approved for the treatment of HBV. What is ATRIPLA? Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following signs or IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION (continued) What important information should I know about taking other medicines ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) is a symptoms of liver problems: Women should not become pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks with ATRIPLA? prescription medication used alone as a complete regimen, or with other – skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice) after stopping ATRIPLA. Serious birth defects have been seen in children ATRIPLA may change the effect of other medicines, including the ones for anti-HIV-1 medicines, to treat HIV-1 infection in adults and children at least 12 – urine turns dark of women treated during pregnancy with efavirenz, one of the medicines in HIV-1, and may cause serious side effects. Your healthcare provider may years old who weigh at least 40 kg (88 lbs). – bowel movements (stools) turn light in color ATRIPLA. Women must use a reliable form of barrier contraception, such as change your other medicines or change their doses. a condom or diaphragm, even if they also use other methods of birth control, ATRIPLA does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS and you may continue to – don’t feel like eating food for several days or longer MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH ATRIPLA while on ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after stopping ATRIPLA. Women should experience illnesses associated with HIV-1 infection, including opportunistic – feel sick to your stomach (nausea) n ATRIPLA should not be taken with: not rely only on hormone-based birth control, such as pills, injections, or ® infections. – have lower stomach area (abdominal) pain Combivir (lamivudine/zidovudine), implants, because ATRIPLA may make these contraceptives ineffective. ® See your healthcare provider regularly while taking ATRIPLA. n COMPLERA (emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or liver problems if you n Are breastfeeding: Women with HIV should not breastfeed because they ® are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking nucleoside EMTRIVA (emtricitabine), IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION can pass HIV and some of the medicines in ATRIPLA through their milk to Epivir® or Epivir-HBV® (lamivudine), What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA? analog-containing medicines, like ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/ the baby. It is not known if ATRIPLA could harm your baby. ® tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), for a long time. Epzicom (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine), ATRIPLA can cause serious side effects: n Have kidney problems or are undergoing kidney dialysis treatment. STRIBILD® (elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir DF), n If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and you stop taking ® n Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA (which contains n Have bone problems. Trizivir (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), ATRIPLA, you may get a “flare-up” of your hepatitis. A “flare-up” is when TRUVADA® (emtricitabine/tenofovir DF), or VIREAD® (tenofovir DF), because nucleoside analogs) have developed lactic acidosis (build up of an acid in the disease suddenly returns in a worse way than before. Patients with n Have liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection. Your the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a serious medical emergency that can they contain the same or similar active ingredients as ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA HBV who stop taking ATRIPLA need close medical follow-up for several healthcare provider may want to do tests to check your liver while you take ® lead to death. ATRIPLA or may switch you to another medicine. should not be used with SUSTIVA (efavirenz) unless recommended by your months to check for hepatitis that could be getting worse. ATRIPLA is not healthcare provider. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following signs or approved for the treatment of HBV, so you need to discuss your HBV therapy n Have ever had mental illness or are using drugs or alcohol n ® symptoms of lactic acidosis: with your healthcare provider. n Vfend (voriconazole) should not be taken with ATRIPLA since it may lose its Have ever had seizures or are taking medicine for seizures. Seizures have effect or may increase the chance of having side effects from ATRIPLA. – feel very weak or tired Who should not take ATRIPLA? occurred in patients taking efavirenz, a component of ATRIPLA, generally n ATRIPLA should not be used with HEPSERA® (adefovir dipivoxil). – have unusual (not normal) muscle pain You and your healthcare provider should decide if ATRIPLA is right for you. Do in those with a history of seizures. If you have ever had seizures, or take – have trouble breathing not take ATRIPLA if you are allergic to ATRIPLA or any of its ingredients. medicine for seizures, your healthcare provider may want to switch you to Please see Important Safety Information continued – have stomach pain with nausea and vomiting What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking ATRIPLA? another medicine or monitor you. on the following pages.

– feel cold, especially in your arms and legs Tell your healthcare provider if you: – feel dizzy or lightheaded n Are pregnant or planning to become pregnant: *Undetectable was defined as a viral load of fewer than 400 copies/mL. – have a fast or irregular heartbeat † In this study, 511 adult patients new to therapy received either the meds in ATRIPLA n Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA have developed each taken once daily or Combivir® (lamivudine/zidovudine) twice daily + SUSTIVA® (efavirenz) once daily. serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity), with liver enlargement You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to ‡Symphony Health Solutions, PatientSource APLD and Source® PHAST Prescription Monthly, counts are (hepatomegaly) and fat in the liver (steatosis). In some cases, these liver the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088. cumulative and equivalized. January 2007–February 2015. problems can lead to death. §Symphony Health Solutions, Source® PHAST Prescription Monthly, equivalized counts, July 2006–May 2015.

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For adults with HIV-1, Undetectable viral load is a goal, and WITH THE STRENGTH OF ATRIPLA has the power to help get you there. In a clinical trial: • ATRIPLA has been proven to LOWER VIRAL LOAD to undetectable* in approximately 8 out of 10 adult patients new to therapy through 48 weeks compared with approximately 7 out of 10 adult patients in the comparator group† • ATRIPLA has been proven to LOWER VIRAL LOAD to undetectable* through 3 years in approximately 7 out of 10 adult patients new to therapy compared with approximately 6 out of 10 adult patients in the comparator group†

SELECTED IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION n Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA have developed build up of lactic acid in the blood, which can be a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. n Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA have developed serious liver problems, with liver enlargement and fat in the liver, which can lead to death. n If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and you stop taking ATRIPLA, your hepatitis may suddenly get worse. ATRIPLA is not approved for the treatment of HBV.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION (continued) What important information should I know about taking other medicines Women should not become pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks with ATRIPLA? after stopping ATRIPLA. Serious birth defects have been seen in children ATRIPLA may change the effect of other medicines, including the ones for of women treated during pregnancy with efavirenz, one of the medicines in HIV-1, and may cause serious side effects. Your healthcare provider may ATRIPLA. Women must use a reliable form of barrier contraception, such as change your other medicines or change their doses. a condom or diaphragm, even if they also use other methods of birth control, MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH ATRIPLA while on ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after stopping ATRIPLA. Women should n ATRIPLA should not be taken with: not rely only on hormone-based birth control, such as pills, injections, or Combivir® (lamivudine/zidovudine), implants, because ATRIPLA may make these contraceptives ineffective. COMPLERA® (emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), n Are breastfeeding: Women with HIV should not breastfeed because they EMTRIVA® (emtricitabine), can pass HIV and some of the medicines in ATRIPLA through their milk to Epivir® or Epivir-HBV® (lamivudine), the baby. It is not known if ATRIPLA could harm your baby. Epzicom® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine), n Have kidney problems or are undergoing kidney dialysis treatment. STRIBILD® (elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir DF), n Have bone problems. Trizivir® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), ® ® n Have liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection. Your TRUVADA (emtricitabine/tenofovir DF), or VIREAD (tenofovir DF), because they contain the same or similar active ingredients as ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA healthcare provider may want to do tests to check your liver while you take ® ATRIPLA or may switch you to another medicine. should not be used with SUSTIVA (efavirenz) unless recommended by your healthcare provider. n Have ever had mental illness or are using drugs or alcohol n ® n Vfend (voriconazole) should not be taken with ATRIPLA since it may lose its Have ever had seizures or are taking medicine for seizures. Seizures have effect or may increase the chance of having side effects from ATRIPLA. occurred in patients taking efavirenz, a component of ATRIPLA, generally n ® in those with a history of seizures. If you have ever had seizures, or take ATRIPLA should not be used with HEPSERA (adefovir dipivoxil). medicine for seizures, your healthcare provider may want to switch you to Please see Important Safety Information continued another medicine or monitor you. on the following pages.

*Undetectable was defined as a viral load of fewer than 400 copies/mL. † In this study, 511 adult patients new to therapy received either the meds in ATRIPLA each taken once daily or Combivir® (lamivudine/zidovudine) twice daily + SUSTIVA® (efavirenz) once daily. ‡Symphony Health Solutions, PatientSource APLD and Source® PHAST Prescription Monthly, counts are cumulative and equivalized. January 2007–February 2015. §Symphony Health Solutions, Source® PHAST Prescription Monthly, equivalized counts, July 2006–May 2015.

5.11.2016 • 13 172004380_v2.indd 2 4/8/16 3:29 PM PatientPatient InformationInformation ATRIPLAATRIPLA®® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir(efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxildisoproxil fumarate)fumarate) ATRIPLAATRIPLA®® (uh(uh TRIPTRIP luh)luh) TabletsTablets IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION (continued) ATRIPLAATRIPLA helpshelps blockblock HIV-1HIV-1 reversereverse transcriptase,transcriptase, aa viralviral chemicalchemical inin youryour bodybody (enzyme)(enzyme) thatthat isis These are not all the medicines that may cause problems if you take ATRIPLA. ALERT:ALERT: FindFind outout aboutabout medicinesmedicines thatthat shouldshould NOTNOT bebe takentaken withwith neededneeded forfor HIV-1HIV-1 toto multiply.multiply. ATRIPLA ATRIPLA lowerslowers thethe amountamount ofof HIV-1HIV-1 inin thethe bloodblood (viral(viral load).load). 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TogetherTogether withwith youryour healthcarehealthcare provider,provider, youyou needneed toto decidedecide whetherwhether ATRIPLA ATRIPLA isis rightright forfor you.you. n Other serious liver problems. Some patients have experienced serious liver What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA? problems, including liver failure resulting in transplantation or death. Most of What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA? DoDo notnot taketake ATRIPLA ATRIPLA ifif youyou areare allergicallergic toto ATRIPLA ATRIPLA oror anyany ofof itsits ingredients.ingredients. The The activeactive ingredientsingredients ofof these serious side effects occurred in patients with a chronic liver disease such ■■ SomeSome peoplepeople whowho havehave takentaken medicinemedicine likelike ATRIPLAATRIPLA (which(which containscontains nucleosidenucleoside analogs)analogs) ATRIPLAATRIPLA areare efavirenz,efavirenz, emtricitabine,emtricitabine, andand tenofovirtenofovir DF.DF. SeeSee thethe endend ofof thisthis leafletleaflet forfor aa completecomplete list list as hepatitis infection, but there have also been a few reports in patients without any existing liver disease. havehave developeddeveloped aa seriousserious conditioncondition calledcalled lacticlactic acidosisacidosis (build(build upup ofof anan acidacid inin thethe blood).blood). ofof ingredients.ingredients. LacticLactic acidosisacidosis cancan bebe aa medicalmedical emergencyemergency andand maymay needneed toto bebe treatedtreated inin thethe hospital.hospital. CallCall youryour n Changes in bone mineral density (thinning bones). Lab tests show changes WhatWhat shouldshould II telltell mymy healthcarehealthcare providerprovider beforebefore takingtaking ATRIPLA? ATRIPLA? in the bones of patients treated with tenofovir DF, a component of ATRIPLA. healthcarehealthcare provider provider right right away away if if you you get get the the following following signs signs or or symptoms symptoms of of lactic lactic acidosis: acidosis: Some HIV patients treated with tenofovir DF developed thinning of the bones ■■ YouYou feel feel very very weak weak or or tired. tired. TellTell youryour healthcarehealthcare providerprovider ifif you:you: (osteopenia), which could lead to fractures. Also, bone pain and softening of the bone (which may lead to fractures) may occur as a consequence of kidney ■■ YouYou have have unusual unusual (not (not normal) normal) muscle muscle pain. pain. ■■ AreAre pregnantpregnant oror planningplanning toto becomebecome pregnantpregnant (see(see “What“What shouldshould II avoidavoid whilewhile takingtaking problems. If you have had bone problems in the past, your healthcare provider ATRIPLA?”).ATRIPLA?”). may want to do tests to check your bones or may prescribe medicines to help ■■ YouYou have have trouble trouble breathing. breathing. your bones. ■■ AreAre breastfeeding breastfeeding (see (see “What “What should should I I avoid avoid while while taking taking ATRIPLA?”). ATRIPLA?”). ■■ YouYou have have stomach stomach pain pain with with nausea nausea and and vomiting. vomiting. Common side effects: ■■ HaveHave kidney kidney problems problems or or are are undergoing undergoing kidney kidney dialysis dialysis treatment. treatment. n ■■ YouYou feel feel cold, cold, especially especially in in your your arms arms and and legs. legs. Patients may have dizziness, headache, trouble sleeping, drowsiness, trouble ■■ HaveHave bone bone problems. problems. concentrating, and/or unusual dreams during treatment with ATRIPLA ■ YouYou feel feel dizzy dizzy or or lightheaded. lightheaded. (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). These side effects may ■ ■■ HaveHave liverliver problems,problems, includingincluding hepatitishepatitis BB virusvirus infection.infection. YourYour healthcarehealthcare providerprovider maymay wantwant be reduced if you take ATRIPLA at bedtime on an empty stomach; they tend to ■■ YouYou have have a a fast fast or or irregular irregular heartbeat. heartbeat. toto do do tests tests to to check check your your liver liver while while you you take take ATRIPLA ATRIPLA or or may may switch switch you you to to another another medicine. medicine. go away after taking ATRIPLA for a few weeks. Tell your healthcare provider right away if any of these side effects continue or if they bother you. These ■■ SomeSome peoplepeople whowho havehave takentaken medicinesmedicines likelike ATRIPLAATRIPLA havehave developeddeveloped seriousserious ■■ HaveHave ever ever had had mental mental illness illness or or are are using using drugs drugs or or alcohol. alcohol. symptoms may be more severe if ATRIPLA is used with alcohol and/or mood- liverliver problemsproblems calledcalled hepatotoxicity,hepatotoxicity, withwith liverliver enlargementenlargement (hepatomegaly)(hepatomegaly) andand fatfat inin thethe ■■ HaveHave ever ever had had seizures seizures or or are are taking taking medicine medicine for for seizures. seizures. altering (street) drugs. liverliver (steatosis).(steatosis). CallCall youryour healthcarehealthcare providerprovider rightright awayaway ifif youyou getget thethe followingfollowing signssigns oror n If you are dizzy, have trouble concentrating, and/or are drowsy, avoid activities symptomssymptoms of of liver liver problems: problems: WhatWhat importantimportant informationinformation shouldshould II knowknow aboutabout takingtaking otherother medicinesmedicines withwith ATRIPLA? ATRIPLA? that may be dangerous, such as driving or operating machinery. ATRIPLA may change the effect of other medicines, including the ones for HIV-1, and may n Rash is a common side effect with ATRIPLA that usually goes away without ■■ YourYour skin skin or or the the white white part part of of your your eyes eyes turns turns yellow yellow (jaundice). (jaundice). ATRIPLA may change the effect of other medicines, including the ones for HIV-1, and may causecause seriousserious sideside effects.effects. YourYour healthcarehealthcare providerprovider maymay changechange youryour otherother medicinesmedicines oror changechange any change in treatment. Rash may be serious in a small number of patients. ■■ YourYour urine urine turns turns dark. dark. Rash occurs more commonly in children and may be a serious problem. If a theirtheir doses.doses. OtherOther medicines,medicines, includingincluding herbalherbal products,products, maymay affectaffect ATRIPLA.ATRIPLA. ForFor thisthis reason,reason, itit isis rash develops, call your healthcare provider right away. ■■ YourYour bowel bowel movements movements (stools) (stools) turn turn light light in in color. color. veryvery importantimportant toto letlet allall youryour healthcarehealthcare providersproviders andand pharmacistspharmacists knowknow whatwhat medications,medications, herbalherbal n Other common side effects include: tiredness, upset stomach, vomiting, gas, supplements,supplements, oror vitaminsvitamins youyou areare taking.taking. and diarrhea. ■■ YouYou don’t don’t feel feel like like eating eating food food for for several several days days or or longer. longer. Other possible side effects: ■■ YouYou feel feel sick sick to to your your stomach stomach (nausea). (nausea). MEDICINESMEDICINES YOU YOU SHOULDSHOULD NOTNOT TAKETAKE WITHWITH ATRIPLA ATRIPLA n Changes in body fat have been seen in some people taking anti-HIV-1 ■■ ATRIPLAATRIPLA alsoalso shouldshould notnot bebe usedused withwith CombivirCombivir (lamivudine/zidovudine),(lamivudine/zidovudine), COMPLERACOMPLERA®®,, medicines. Increase of fat in the upper back and neck, breasts, and around the ■■ YouYou have have lower lower stomach stomach area area (abdominal) (abdominal) pain. pain. EMTRIVA,EMTRIVA, Epivir,Epivir, Epivir-HBVEpivir-HBV (lamivudine),(lamivudine), EpzicomEpzicom (abacavir(abacavir sulfate/lamivudine),sulfate/lamivudine), STRIBILDSTRIBILD®®,, trunk may happen. Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. ■■ YouYou maymay bebe moremore likelylikely toto getget lacticlactic acidosisacidosis oror liverliver problemsproblems ifif youyou areare female,female, TrizivirTrizivir (abacavir (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), TRUVADA, TRUVADA, or or VIREAD. VIREAD. ATRIPLA ATRIPLA also also should should not not The cause and long-term health effects of these changes in body fat are veryvery overweightoverweight (obese),(obese), oror havehave beenbeen takingtaking nucleosidenucleoside analog-containinganalog-containing medicines,medicines, likelike not known. bebe used used with with SUSTIVA SUSTIVA unless unless recommended recommended by by your your healthcare healthcare provider. provider. n ATRIPLA,ATRIPLA, for for a a long long time. time. Skin discoloration (small spots or freckles) may also happen. ■■ VfendVfend (voriconazole) (voriconazole) should should not not be be taken taken with with ATRIPLA ATRIPLA since since it it may may lose lose its its effect effect or or may may increase increase n ■ IfIf youyou alsoalso havehave hepatitishepatitis BB virusvirus (HBV)(HBV) infectioninfection andand youyou stopstop takingtaking ATRIPLA,ATRIPLA, youyou maymay In some patients with advanced HIV infection (AIDS), signs and symptoms of ■ thethe chance chance of of having having side side effects effects from from ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA. inflammation from previous infections may occur soon after anti-HIV treatment getget a a “flare-up” “flare-up” ofof youryour hepatitis.hepatitis. AA “flare-up”“flare-up” isis whenwhen thethe diseasedisease suddenlysuddenly returns returns is started. If you notice any symptoms of infection, contact your healthcare inin aa worseworse wayway thanthan before.before. PatientsPatients withwith HBVHBV whowho stopstop takingtaking ATRIPLAATRIPLA needneed closeclose medicalmedical ■■ ATRIPLAATRIPLA should should not not be be used used with with HEPSERA HEPSERA®® (adefovir (adefovir dipivoxil). dipivoxil). provider right away. follow-upfollow-up forfor severalseveral months,months, includingincluding medicalmedical examsexams andand bloodblood teststests toto checkcheck forfor hepatitishepatitis thatthat It is also important to tell your healthcare provider if you are taking any of the following: n It is also important to tell your healthcare provider if you are taking any of the following: Additional side effects are inflammation of the pancreas, allergic reaction couldcould bebe gettinggetting worse.worse. ATRIPLAATRIPLA isis notnot approvedapproved forfor thethe treatmenttreatment ofof HBV,HBV, soso youyou mustmust discussdiscuss (including swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat), shortness of breath, ■■ Fortovase,Fortovase, Invirase Invirase (saquinavir), (saquinavir), Biaxin Biaxin (clarithromycin), (clarithromycin), Noxafil Noxafil (posaconazole),(posaconazole), youryour HBV HBV therapy therapy with with your your healthcare healthcare provider. provider. pain, stomach pain, weakness, and indigestion. SporanoxSporanox (itraconazole), (itraconazole), Victrelis Victrelis (boceprevir), (boceprevir), or or Olysio Olysio (simeprevir); (simeprevir); these these medicines medicines may may need need This is not a complete list of side effects. Tell your healthcare provider or WhatWhat isis ATRIPLA? ATRIPLA? toto be be replaced replaced with with another another medicine medicine when when taken taken with with ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA. pharmacist if you notice any side effects while taking ATRIPLA. ®® ®® ■ CalciumCalcium channelchannel blockersblockers suchsuch asas CardizemCardizem oror TiazacTiazac (diltiazem),(diltiazem), CoveraCovera HSHS oror You should take ATRIPLA once daily on an empty stomach. Taking ATRIPLA at ATRIPLAATRIPLA containscontains 33 medicines,medicines, SUSTIVASUSTIVA (efavirenz),(efavirenz), EMTRIVAEMTRIVA (emtricitabine)(emtricitabine) andand ■ bedtime may make some side effects less bothersome. VIREADVIREAD®® (tenofovir(tenofovir disoproxildisoproxil fumaratefumarate alsoalso calledcalled tenofovirtenofovir DF)DF) combinedcombined inin oneone pill.pill. EMTRIVAEMTRIVA IsoptinIsoptin (verapamil)(verapamil) andand others;others; CrixivanCrixivan (indinavir),(indinavir), SelzentrySelzentry (maraviroc);(maraviroc); thethe immunosuppressantimmunosuppressant medicinesmedicines cyclosporinecyclosporine (Gengraf,(Gengraf, Neoral,Neoral, Sandimmune,Sandimmune, andand others),others), Please see the following Patient Information for more information about these andand VIREADVIREAD areare HIV-1HIV-1 (human(human immunodeficiencyimmunodeficiency virus)virus) nucleosidenucleoside analoganalog reversereverse transcriptasetranscriptase warnings, including signs and symptoms, and other Important inhibitorsinhibitors (NRTIs)(NRTIs) andand SUSTIVASUSTIVA isis anan HIV-1HIV-1 non-nucleosidenon-nucleoside analoganalog reversereverse transcriptasetranscriptase inhibitorinhibitor PrografPrograf (tacrolimus),(tacrolimus), oror RapamuneRapamune (sirolimus);(sirolimus); Methadone;Methadone; MycobutinMycobutin (rifabutin);(rifabutin); Rifampin;Rifampin; Safety Information. (NNRTI).(NNRTI). VIREAD VIREAD and and EMTRIVA EMTRIVA are are the the components components of of TRUVADA TRUVADA®®.. ATRIPLA ATRIPLA can can be be used used cholesterol-loweringcholesterol-lowering medicinesmedicines suchsuch asas LipitorLipitor (atorvastatin),(atorvastatin), PravacholPravachol (pravastatin(pravastatin sodium),sodium), alonealone asas aa completecomplete regimen,regimen, oror inin combinationcombination withwith otherother anti-HIV-1anti-HIV-1 medicinesmedicines toto treattreat peoplepeople andand ZocorZocor (simvastatin);(simvastatin); oror thethe anti-depressantanti-depressant medicationsmedications bupropionbupropion (Wellbutrin,(Wellbutrin, withwith HIV-1HIV-1 infection.infection. ATRIPLAATRIPLA isis forfor adultsadults andand childrenchildren 1212 yearsyears ofof ageage andand olderolder whowho weighweigh atat WellbutrinWellbutrin SR,SR, WellbutrinWellbutrin XL,XL, andand Zyban)Zyban) oror ZoloftZoloft (sertraline);(sertraline); dosedose changeschanges maymay bebe neededneeded ATRIPLA is a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. leastleast 40 40 kg kg (at (at least least 88 88 lbs). lbs). ATRIPLAATRIPLA is is not not recommended recommended for for children children younger younger than than 12 12 years years whenwhen these these drugs drugs are are taken taken with with ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ofof age.age. ATRIPLA ATRIPLA hashas notnot beenbeen studiedstudied inin adultsadults overover 6565 yearsyears ofof age.age. ©2016 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. ■■ Videx,Videx, Videx Videx EC EC (didanosine); (didanosine); tenofovir tenofovir DF DF (a (a component component of of ATRIPLA) ATRIPLA) may may increase increase the the amount amount of of 697US1601747-04-01 04/16 HIVHIV infection infection destroys destroys CD4+ CD4+ T T cells, cells, which which are are important important to to the the immune immune system. system. The The immune immune system system didanosinedidanosine inin youryour blood,blood, whichwhich couldcould resultresult inin moremore sideside effects.effects. YouYou maymay needneed toto bebe monitoredmonitored helpshelps fightfight infection. infection. AfterAfter aa large large numbernumber ofof TT cellscells areare destroyed,destroyed, acquiredacquired immune immune deficiencydeficiency moremore carefullycarefully ifif youyou areare takingtaking ATRIPLAATRIPLA andand didanosinedidanosine together.together. Also,Also, thethe dosedose ofof didanosinedidanosine syndromesyndrome (AIDS)(AIDS) develops.develops. maymay need need to to be be changed. changed.

14 • 172004380_v2.indd 5.11.2016 3 4/8/16 3:29 PM PatientPatient InformationInformation ATRIPLAATRIPLA®® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir(efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxildisoproxil fumarate)fumarate) ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) ATRIPLAATRIPLA®® (uh(uh TRIPTRIP luh)luh) TabletsTablets ATRIPLAATRIPLA helpshelps blockblock HIV-1HIV-1 reversereverse transcriptase,transcriptase, aa viralviral chemicalchemical inin youryour bodybody (enzyme)(enzyme) thatthat isis ■ Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate), Prezista (darunavir) with Norvir (ritonavir), ■ Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 to others. ALERT:ALERT: FindFind outout aboutabout medicinesmedicines thatthat shouldshould NOTNOT bebe takentaken withwith neededneeded forfor HIV-1HIV-1 toto multiply.multiply. ATRIPLA ATRIPLA lowerslowers thethe amountamount ofof HIV-1HIV-1 inin thethe bloodblood (viral(viral load).load). ATRIPLA ATRIPLA Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir), or Harvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir); these medicines may increase ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). ■ Do not share needles or other injection equipment. ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). maymay alsoalso helphelp toto increaseincrease thethe numbernumber ofof TT cellscells (CD4+(CD4+ cells),cells), allowingallowing youryour immuneimmune systemsystem toto the amount of tenofovir DF (a component of ATRIPLA) in your blood, which could result in PleasePlease alsoalso readread thethe sectionsection “MEDICINES“MEDICINES YOU YOU SHOULDSHOULD NOTNOT TAKETAKE WITHWITH ATRIPLA.” ATRIPLA.” improve.improve. LoweringLowering thethe amountamount ofof HIV-1HIV-1 inin thethe bloodblood lowerslowers thethe chancechance ofof deathdeath oror infectionsinfections thatthat more side effects. Reyataz is not recommended with ATRIPLA. You may need to be monitored ■ Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like happenhappen whenwhen youryour immuneimmune systemsystem isis weakweak (opportunistic(opportunistic infections).infections). more carefully if you are taking ATRIPLA, Prezista, and Norvir together, or if you are taking toothbrushes and razor blades. GenericGeneric name:name: efavirenz,efavirenz, emtricitabineemtricitabine andand tenofovirtenofovir disoproxildisoproxil fumaratefumarate (eh(eh FAHFAH vihvih renz,renz, emem tritri SITSIT ATRIPLA and Kaletra together. The dose of Kaletra should be increased when taken with efavirenz. ■ Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safe sex by using a uhuh beanbean andand tete NOE’NOE’ fofo veerveer dyedye soesoe PROXPROX ilil FYOUFYOU marmar ate)ate) DoesDoes ATRIPLA ATRIPLA curecure HIV-1HIV-1 oror AIDS? AIDS? ■ Medicine for seizures [for example, Dilantin (phenytoin), Tegretol (carbamazepine), or latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal ReadRead thethe PatientPatient InformationInformation thatthat comescomes withwith ATRIPLAATRIPLA beforebefore youyou startstart takingtaking itit andand eacheach timetime youyou ATRIPLAATRIPLA doesdoes notnot curecure HIV-1HIV-1 infectioninfection oror AIDSAIDS andand youyou maymay continuecontinue toto experienceexperience illnessesillnesses phenobarbital]; your healthcare provider may want to switch you to another medicine or check drug secretions, or blood. get a refill since there may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking get a refill since there may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking associatedassociated withwith HIV-1HIV-1 infection,infection, includingincluding opportunisticopportunistic infections.infections. YouYou shouldshould remainremain underunder thethe carecare levels in your blood from time to time. What are the possible side effects of ATRIPLA? toto youryour healthcarehealthcare providerprovider aboutabout youryour medicalmedical conditioncondition oror treatment.treatment. YouYou shouldshould staystay underunder aa ofof aa doctordoctor whenwhen usingusing ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA. healthcarehealthcare provider’sprovider’s carecare whenwhen takingtaking ATRIPLA.ATRIPLA. DoDo notnot changechange oror stopstop youryour medicinemedicine withoutwithout These are not all the medicines that may cause problems if you take ATRIPLA. Be sure to tell ATRIPLA may cause the following serious side effects: firstfirst talkingtalking withwith youryour healthcarehealthcare provider.provider. TalkTalk toto youryour healthcarehealthcare providerprovider oror pharmacistpharmacist ifif youyou WhoWho shouldshould notnot taketake ATRIPLA? ATRIPLA? your healthcare provider about all medicines that you take. ■ Lactic acidosis (buildup of an acid in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a medical emergency have any questions about ATRIPLA. have any questions about ATRIPLA. TogetherTogether withwith youryour healthcarehealthcare provider,provider, youyou needneed toto decidedecide whetherwhether ATRIPLA ATRIPLA isis rightright forfor you.you. Keep a complete list of all the prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any herbal and may need to be treated in the hospital. Call your healthcare provider right away if remedies that you are taking, how much you take, and how often you take them. Make a new list you get signs of lactic acidosis. (See “What is the most important information I should know WhatWhat isis thethe mostmost importantimportant informationinformation II shouldshould knowknow aboutabout ATRIPLA? ATRIPLA? Do not take ATRIPLA if you are allergic to ATRIPLA or any of its ingredients. The active ingredients of Do not take ATRIPLA if you are allergic to ATRIPLA or any of its ingredients. The active ingredients of when medicines or herbal remedies are added or stopped, or if the dose changes. Give copies of this about ATRIPLA?”) ■■ SomeSome peoplepeople whowho havehave takentaken medicinemedicine likelike ATRIPLAATRIPLA (which(which containscontains nucleosidenucleoside analogs)analogs) ATRIPLAATRIPLA areare efavirenz,efavirenz, emtricitabine,emtricitabine, andand tenofovirtenofovir DF.DF. SeeSee thethe endend ofof thisthis leafletleaflet forfor aa completecomplete list list list to all of your healthcare providers and pharmacists every time you visit your healthcare provider havehave developeddeveloped aa seriousserious conditioncondition calledcalled lacticlactic acidosisacidosis (build(build upup ofof anan acidacid inin thethe blood).blood). ofof ingredients.ingredients. or fill a prescription. This will give your healthcare provider a complete picture of the medicines you ■ Serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity), with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat in the LacticLactic acidosisacidosis cancan bebe aa medicalmedical emergencyemergency andand maymay needneed toto bebe treatedtreated inin thethe hospital.hospital. CallCall youryour use. Then he or she can decide the best approach for your situation. liver (steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any signs of liver problems. (See What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking ATRIPLA? healthcarehealthcare provider provider right right away away if if you you get get the the following following signs signs or or symptoms symptoms of of lactic lactic acidosis: acidosis: What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking ATRIPLA? “What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA?”) How should I take ATRIPLA? ■ “Flare-ups” of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, in which the disease suddenly returns ■■ YouYou feel feel very very weak weak or or tired. tired. TellTell youryour healthcarehealthcare providerprovider ifif you:you: ■ Take the exact amount of ATRIPLA your healthcare provider prescribes. Never change the dose on in a worse way than before, can occur if you have HBV and you stop taking ATRIPLA. Your ■ AreAre pregnantpregnant oror planningplanning toto becomebecome pregnantpregnant (see(see “What“What shouldshould II avoidavoid whilewhile takingtaking ■■ YouYou have have unusual unusual (not (not normal) normal) muscle muscle pain. pain. ■ your own. Do not stop this medicine unless your healthcare provider tells you to stop. healthcare provider will monitor your condition for several months after stopping ATRIPLA if ATRIPLA?”).ATRIPLA?”). you have both HIV-1 and HBV infection and may recommend treatment for your HBV. ATRIPLA ■■ YouYou have have trouble trouble breathing. breathing. You should take ATRIPLA on an empty stomach. ■■ AreAre breastfeeding breastfeeding (see (see “What “What should should I I avoid avoid while while taking taking ATRIPLA?”). ATRIPLA?”). ■ is not approved for the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection. If you have advanced ■■ YouYou have have stomach stomach pain pain with with nausea nausea and and vomiting. vomiting. liver disease and stop treatment with ATRIPLA, the “flare-up” of hepatitis B may cause your ■■ HaveHave kidney kidney problems problems or or are are undergoing undergoing kidney kidney dialysis dialysis treatment. treatment. ■ Swallow ATRIPLA with water. ■■ YouYou feel feel cold, cold, especially especially in in your your arms arms and and legs. legs. liver function to decline. ■■ HaveHave bone bone problems. problems. ■ Taking ATRIPLA at bedtime may make some side effects less bothersome. ■ Serious psychiatric problems. A small number of patients may experience severe depression, ■■ YouYou feel feel dizzy dizzy or or lightheaded. lightheaded. ■■ HaveHave liverliver problems,problems, includingincluding hepatitishepatitis BB virusvirus infection.infection. YourYour healthcarehealthcare providerprovider maymay wantwant ■ Do not miss a dose of ATRIPLA. If you forget to take ATRIPLA, take the missed dose right strange thoughts, or angry behavior while taking ATRIPLA. Some patients have thoughts of suicide ■■ YouYou have have a a fast fast or or irregular irregular heartbeat. heartbeat. toto do do tests tests to to check check your your liver liver while while you you take take ATRIPLA ATRIPLA or or may may switch switch you you to to another another medicine. medicine. away, unless it is almost time for your next dose. Do not double the next dose. Carry on with and a few have actually committed suicide. These problems may occur more often in patients who your regular dosing schedule. If you need help in planning the best times to take your medicine, ■■ SomeSome peoplepeople whowho havehave takentaken medicinesmedicines likelike ATRIPLAATRIPLA havehave developeddeveloped seriousserious ■■ HaveHave ever ever had had mental mental illness illness or or are are using using drugs drugs or or alcohol. alcohol. have had mental illness. Contact your healthcare provider right away if you think you are having ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. these psychiatric symptoms, so your healthcare provider can decide if you should continue to liverliver problemsproblems calledcalled hepatotoxicity,hepatotoxicity, withwith liverliver enlargementenlargement (hepatomegaly)(hepatomegaly) andand fatfat inin thethe ■■ HaveHave ever ever had had seizures seizures or or are are taking taking medicine medicine for for seizures. seizures. liverliver (steatosis).(steatosis). CallCall youryour healthcarehealthcare providerprovider rightright awayaway ifif youyou getget thethe followingfollowing signssigns oror ■ If you believe you took more than the prescribed amount of ATRIPLA, contact your local poison take ATRIPLA. symptomssymptoms of of liver liver problems: problems: WhatWhat importantimportant informationinformation shouldshould II knowknow aboutabout takingtaking otherother medicinesmedicines withwith ATRIPLA? ATRIPLA? control center or emergency room right away. ■ Kidney problems (including decline or failure of kidney function). If you have had kidney problems in the past or take other medicines that can cause kidney problems, your healthcare provider ■■ YourYour skin skin or or the the white white part part of of your your eyes eyes turns turns yellow yellow (jaundice). (jaundice). ATRIPLAATRIPLA maymay changechange thethe effecteffect ofof otherother medicines,medicines, includingincluding thethe onesones forfor HIV-1,HIV-1, andand maymay ■ Tell your healthcare provider if you start any new medicine or change how you take old ones. Your causecause seriousserious sideside effects.effects. YourYour healthcarehealthcare providerprovider maymay changechange youryour otherother medicinesmedicines oror changechange doses may need adjustment. should do regular blood tests to check your kidneys. Symptoms that may be related to kidney ■ YourYour urine urine turns turns dark. dark. ■ theirtheir doses.doses. OtherOther medicines,medicines, includingincluding herbalherbal products,products, maymay affectaffect ATRIPLA.ATRIPLA. ForFor thisthis reason,reason, itit isis problems include a high volume of urine, thirst, muscle pain, and muscle weakness. ■ When your ATRIPLA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or pharmacy. ■■ YourYour bowel bowel movements movements (stools) (stools) turn turn light light in in color. color. veryvery importantimportant toto letlet allall youryour healthcarehealthcare providersproviders andand pharmacistspharmacists knowknow whatwhat medications,medications, herbalherbal ■ Other serious liver problems. Some patients have experienced serious liver problems including This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase if the medicine liver failure resulting in transplantation or death. Most of these serious side effects occurred in ■ You don’t feel like eating food for several days or longer. supplements,supplements, oror vitaminsvitamins youyou areare taking.taking. ■ You don’t feel like eating food for several days or longer. is stopped for even a short time. The virus may develop resistance to ATRIPLA and become patients with a chronic liver disease such as hepatitis infection, but there have also been a few harder to treat. ■■ YouYou feel feel sick sick to to your your stomach stomach (nausea). (nausea). MEDICINESMEDICINES YOU YOU SHOULDSHOULD NOTNOT TAKETAKE WITHWITH ATRIPLA ATRIPLA reports in patients without any existing liver disease. ®® Your healthcare provider may want to do blood tests to check for certain side effects while you ■■ YouYou have have lower lower stomach stomach area area (abdominal) (abdominal) pain. pain. ■■ ATRIPLAATRIPLA alsoalso shouldshould notnot bebe usedused withwith CombivirCombivir (lamivudine/zidovudine),(lamivudine/zidovudine), COMPLERACOMPLERA ,, ■ ■ Changes in bone mineral density (thinning bones). Laboratory tests show changes in the EMTRIVA,EMTRIVA, Epivir,Epivir, Epivir-HBVEpivir-HBV (lamivudine),(lamivudine), EpzicomEpzicom (abacavir(abacavir sulfate/lamivudine),sulfate/lamivudine), STRIBILDSTRIBILD®®,, take ATRIPLA. bones of patients treated with tenofovir DF, a component of ATRIPLA. Some HIV patients treated ■■ YouYou maymay bebe moremore likelylikely toto getget lacticlactic acidosisacidosis oror liverliver problemsproblems ifif youyou areare female,female, TrizivirTrizivir (abacavir (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), TRUVADA, TRUVADA, or or VIREAD. VIREAD. ATRIPLA ATRIPLA also also should should not not with tenofovir DF developed thinning of the bones (osteopenia) which could lead to fractures. veryvery overweightoverweight (obese),(obese), oror havehave beenbeen takingtaking nucleosidenucleoside analog-containinganalog-containing medicines,medicines, likelike What should I avoid while taking ATRIPLA? bebe used used with with SUSTIVA SUSTIVA unless unless recommended recommended by by your your healthcare healthcare provider. provider. If you have had bone problems in the past, your healthcare provider may need to do tests to ATRIPLA,ATRIPLA, for for a a long long time. time. ■ Women should not become pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after check your bone mineral density or may prescribe medicines to help your bone mineral density. ■■ VfendVfend (voriconazole) (voriconazole) should should not not be be taken taken with with ATRIPLA ATRIPLA since since it it may may lose lose its its effect effect or or may may increase increase ■ IfIf youyou alsoalso havehave hepatitishepatitis BB virusvirus (HBV)(HBV) infectioninfection andand youyou stopstop takingtaking ATRIPLA,ATRIPLA, youyou maymay stopping it. Serious birth defects have been seen in the babies of animals and women treated Additionally, bone pain and softening of the bone (which may contribute to fractures) may occur as ■ thethe chance chance of of having having side side effects effects from from ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA. getget a a “flare-up” “flare-up” ofof youryour hepatitis.hepatitis. AA “flare-up”“flare-up” isis whenwhen thethe diseasedisease suddenlysuddenly returns returns with efavirenz (a component of ATRIPLA) during pregnancy. It is not known whether efavirenz a consequence of kidney problems. ■■ ATRIPLAATRIPLA should should not not be be used used with with HEPSERA HEPSERA®® (adefovir (adefovir dipivoxil). dipivoxil). caused these defects. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are pregnant. inin aa worseworse wayway thanthan before.before. PatientsPatients withwith HBVHBV whowho stopstop takingtaking ATRIPLAATRIPLA needneed closeclose medicalmedical Common side effects: follow-upfollow-up forfor severalseveral months,months, includingincluding medicalmedical examsexams andand bloodblood teststests toto checkcheck forfor hepatitishepatitis thatthat ItIt isis alsoalso importantimportant toto telltell youryour healthcarehealthcare providerprovider ifif youyou areare takingtaking anyany ofof thethe following:following: Also talk with your healthcare provider if you want to become pregnant. couldcould bebe gettinggetting worse.worse. ATRIPLAATRIPLA isis notnot approvedapproved forfor thethe treatmenttreatment ofof HBV,HBV, soso youyou mustmust discussdiscuss Patients may have dizziness, headache, trouble sleeping, drowsiness, trouble concentrating, and/ ■■ Fortovase,Fortovase, Invirase Invirase (saquinavir), (saquinavir), Biaxin Biaxin (clarithromycin), (clarithromycin), Noxafil Noxafil (posaconazole),(posaconazole), ■ Women should not rely only on hormone-based birth control, such as pills, injections, or implants, youryour HBV HBV therapy therapy with with your your healthcare healthcare provider. provider. or unusual dreams during treatment with ATRIPLA. These side effects may be reduced if you take SporanoxSporanox (itraconazole), (itraconazole), Victrelis Victrelis (boceprevir), (boceprevir), or or Olysio Olysio (simeprevir); (simeprevir); these these medicines medicines may may need need because ATRIPLA may make these contraceptives ineffective. Women must use a reliable form ATRIPLA at bedtime on an empty stomach. They also tend to go away after you have taken the WhatWhat isis ATRIPLA? ATRIPLA? toto be be replaced replaced with with another another medicine medicine when when taken taken with with ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA. of barrier contraception, such as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also use other methods of birth control. Efavirenz, a component of ATRIPLA, may remain in your blood for a time after therapy medicine for a few weeks. If you have these common side effects, such as dizziness, it does not ® ® Calcium channel blockers such as Cardizem or Tiazac (diltiazem), Covera HS or ATRIPLAATRIPLA containscontains 33 medicines,medicines, SUSTIVASUSTIVA® (efavirenz),(efavirenz), EMTRIVAEMTRIVA® (emtricitabine)(emtricitabine) andand ■■ Calcium channel blockers such as Cardizem or Tiazac (diltiazem), Covera HS or is stopped. Therefore, you should continue to use contraceptive measures for 12 weeks after you mean that you will also have serious psychiatric problems, such as severe depression, strange VIREADVIREAD®® (tenofovir(tenofovir disoproxildisoproxil fumaratefumarate alsoalso calledcalled tenofovirtenofovir DF)DF) combinedcombined inin oneone pill.pill. EMTRIVAEMTRIVA IsoptinIsoptin (verapamil)(verapamil) andand others;others; CrixivanCrixivan (indinavir),(indinavir), SelzentrySelzentry (maraviroc);(maraviroc); thethe stop taking ATRIPLA. thoughts, or angry behavior. Tell your healthcare provider right away if any of these side effects andand VIREADVIREAD areare HIV-1HIV-1 (human(human immunodeficiencyimmunodeficiency virus)virus) nucleosidenucleoside analoganalog reversereverse transcriptasetranscriptase immunosuppressantimmunosuppressant medicinesmedicines cyclosporinecyclosporine (Gengraf,(Gengraf, Neoral,Neoral, Sandimmune,Sandimmune, andand others),others), continue or if they bother you. It is possible that these symptoms may be more severe if ATRIPLA is inhibitorsinhibitors (NRTIs)(NRTIs) andand SUSTIVASUSTIVA isis anan HIV-1HIV-1 non-nucleosidenon-nucleoside analoganalog reversereverse transcriptasetranscriptase inhibitorinhibitor PrografPrograf (tacrolimus),(tacrolimus), oror RapamuneRapamune (sirolimus);(sirolimus); Methadone;Methadone; MycobutinMycobutin (rifabutin);(rifabutin); Rifampin;Rifampin; ■ Do not breastfeed if you are taking ATRIPLA. Some of the medicines in ATRIPLA can be passed used with alcohol or mood altering (street) drugs. (NNRTI). VIREAD and EMTRIVA are the components of TRUVADA®®. ATRIPLA can be used cholesterol-loweringcholesterol-lowering medicinesmedicines suchsuch asas LipitorLipitor (atorvastatin),(atorvastatin), PravacholPravachol (pravastatin(pravastatin sodium),sodium), to your baby in your breast milk. We do not know whether it could harm your baby. Also, mothers (NNRTI). VIREAD and EMTRIVA are the components of TRUVADA . ATRIPLA can be used If you are dizzy, have trouble concentrating, or are drowsy, avoid activities that may be dangerous, alone as a complete regimen, or in combination with other anti-HIV-1 medicines to treat people andand ZocorZocor (simvastatin);(simvastatin); oror thethe anti-depressantanti-depressant medicationsmedications bupropionbupropion (Wellbutrin,(Wellbutrin, with HIV-1 should not breastfeed because HIV-1 can be passed to the baby in the breast milk. Talk alone as a complete regimen, or in combination with other anti-HIV-1 medicines to treat people such as driving or operating machinery. withwith HIV-1HIV-1 infection.infection. ATRIPLAATRIPLA isis forfor adultsadults andand childrenchildren 1212 yearsyears ofof ageage andand olderolder whowho weighweigh atat WellbutrinWellbutrin SR,SR, WellbutrinWellbutrin XL,XL, andand Zyban)Zyban) oror ZoloftZoloft (sertraline);(sertraline); dosedose changeschanges maymay bebe neededneeded with your healthcare provider if you are breastfeeding. You should stop breastfeeding or may need leastleast 40 40 kg kg (at (at least least 88 88 lbs). lbs). ATRIPLAATRIPLA is is not not recommended recommended for for children children younger younger than than 12 12 years years whenwhen these these drugs drugs are are taken taken with with ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA. to use a different medicine. Rash may be common. Rashes usually go away without any change in treatment. In a small number ofof age.age. ATRIPLA ATRIPLA hashas notnot beenbeen studiedstudied inin adultsadults overover 6565 yearsyears ofof age.age. of patients, rash may be serious. If you develop a rash, call your healthcare provider right away. ■■ Videx,Videx, Videx Videx EC EC (didanosine); (didanosine); tenofovir tenofovir DF DF (a (a component component of of ATRIPLA) ATRIPLA) may may increase increase the the amount amount of of ■ Taking ATRIPLA with alcohol or other medicines causing similar side effects as ATRIPLA, such as Rash may be a serious problem in some children. Tell your child’s healthcare provider right away HIV infection destroys CD4+ T cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune system didanosinedidanosine inin youryour blood,blood, whichwhich couldcould resultresult inin moremore sideside effects.effects. YouYou maymay needneed toto bebe monitoredmonitored drowsiness, may increase those side effects. HIV infection destroys CD4+ T cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune system if you notice rash or any other side effects while your child is taking ATRIPLA. helpshelps fightfight infection. infection. AfterAfter aa large large numbernumber ofof TT cellscells areare destroyed,destroyed, acquiredacquired immune immune deficiencydeficiency moremore carefullycarefully ifif youyou areare takingtaking ATRIPLAATRIPLA andand didanosinedidanosine together.together. Also,Also, thethe dosedose ofof didanosinedidanosine ■ Do not take any other medicines, including prescription and nonprescription medicines and herbal syndromesyndrome (AIDS)(AIDS) develops.develops. maymay need need to to be be changed. changed. products, without checking with your healthcare provider. Other common side effects include tiredness, upset stomach, vomiting, gas, and diarrhea.

172004380_v2.indd 4 5.11.20164/8/16 3:29 • 15PM ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)

■ Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate), Prezista (darunavir) with Norvir (ritonavir), ■ Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 to others. Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir), or Harvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir); these medicines may increase Other possible side effects with ATRIPLA: ■ Do not share needles or other injection equipment. the amount of tenofovir DF (a component of ATRIPLA) in your blood, which could result in ■ Changes in body fat. Changes in body fat develop in some patients taking anti HIV-1 more side effects. Reyataz is not recommended with ATRIPLA. You may need to be monitored ■ Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like medicine. These changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck more carefully if you are taking ATRIPLA, Prezista, and Norvir together, or if you are taking toothbrushes and razor blades. (“buffalo hump”), in the breasts, and around the trunk. Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may ATRIPLA and Kaletra together. The dose of Kaletra should be increased when taken with efavirenz. ■ Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safe sex by using a also happen. The cause and long-term health effects of these fat changes are not known. ■ Medicine for seizures [for example, Dilantin (phenytoin), Tegretol (carbamazepine), or latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal ■ Skin discoloration (small spots or freckles) may also happen with ATRIPLA. phenobarbital]; your healthcare provider may want to switch you to another medicine or check drug secretions, or blood. ■ In some patients with advanced HIV infection (AIDS), signs and symptoms of inflammation from levels in your blood from time to time. What are the possible side effects of ATRIPLA? previous infections may occur soon after anti-HIV treatment is started. It is believed that these symptoms are due to an improvement in the body’s immune response, enabling the body to fight These are not all the medicines that may cause problems if you take ATRIPLA. Be sure to tell ATRIPLA may cause the following serious side effects: your healthcare provider about all medicines that you take. infections that may have been present with no obvious symptoms. If you notice any symptoms of ■ Lactic acidosis (buildup of an acid in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a medical emergency infection, please inform your doctor immediately. Keep a complete list of all the prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any herbal and may need to be treated in the hospital. Call your healthcare provider right away if ■ Additional side effects are inflammation of the pancreas, allergic reaction (including swelling of the remedies that you are taking, how much you take, and how often you take them. Make a new list you get signs of lactic acidosis. (See “What is the most important information I should know face, lips, tongue, or throat), shortness of breath, pain, stomach pain, weakness and indigestion. when medicines or herbal remedies are added or stopped, or if the dose changes. Give copies of this about ATRIPLA?”) list to all of your healthcare providers and pharmacists every time you visit your healthcare provider Tell your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you notice any side effects while taking ATRIPLA. ■ Serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity), with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat in the or fill a prescription. This will give your healthcare provider a complete picture of the medicines you Contact your healthcare provider before stopping ATRIPLA because of side effects or for any use. Then he or she can decide the best approach for your situation. liver (steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any signs of liver problems. (See “What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA?”) other reason. How should I take ATRIPLA? ■ “Flare-ups” of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, in which the disease suddenly returns This is not a complete list of side effects possible with ATRIPLA. Ask your healthcare provider or ■ Take the exact amount of ATRIPLA your healthcare provider prescribes. Never change the dose on in a worse way than before, can occur if you have HBV and you stop taking ATRIPLA. Your pharmacist for a more complete list of side effects of ATRIPLA and all the medicines you will take. your own. Do not stop this medicine unless your healthcare provider tells you to stop. healthcare provider will monitor your condition for several months after stopping ATRIPLA if you have both HIV-1 and HBV infection and may recommend treatment for your HBV. ATRIPLA How do I store ATRIPLA? ■ You should take ATRIPLA on an empty stomach. is not approved for the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection. If you have advanced ■ Keep ATRIPLA and all other medicines out of reach of children. ■ Swallow ATRIPLA with water. liver disease and stop treatment with ATRIPLA, the “flare-up” of hepatitis B may cause your liver function to decline. ■ Store ATRIPLA at room temperature 77°F (25°C). ■ Taking ATRIPLA at bedtime may make some side effects less bothersome. ■ Serious psychiatric problems. A small number of patients may experience severe depression, ■ Keep ATRIPLA in its original container and keep the container tightly closed. Do not miss a dose of ATRIPLA. If you forget to take ATRIPLA, take the missed dose right ■ strange thoughts, or angry behavior while taking ATRIPLA. Some patients have thoughts of suicide ■ Do not keep medicine that is out of date or that you no longer need. If you throw any medicines away, unless it is almost time for your next dose. Do not double the next dose. Carry on with and a few have actually committed suicide. These problems may occur more often in patients who away make sure that children will not find them. your regular dosing schedule. If you need help in planning the best times to take your medicine, have had mental illness. Contact your healthcare provider right away if you think you are having ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. these psychiatric symptoms, so your healthcare provider can decide if you should continue to General information about ATRIPLA: ■ If you believe you took more than the prescribed amount of ATRIPLA, contact your local poison take ATRIPLA. Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in patient information control center or emergency room right away. ■ Kidney problems (including decline or failure of kidney function). If you have had kidney problems leaflets. Do not use ATRIPLA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give ATRIPLA to in the past or take other medicines that can cause kidney problems, your healthcare provider other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them. ■ Tell your healthcare provider if you start any new medicine or change how you take old ones. Your should do regular blood tests to check your kidneys. Symptoms that may be related to kidney doses may need adjustment. This leaflet summarizes the most important information about ATRIPLA. If you would like more problems include a high volume of urine, thirst, muscle pain, and muscle weakness. ■ When your ATRIPLA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or pharmacy. information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist ■ Other serious liver problems. Some patients have experienced serious liver problems including for information about ATRIPLA that is written for health professionals. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase if the medicine liver failure resulting in transplantation or death. Most of these serious side effects occurred in is stopped for even a short time. The virus may develop resistance to ATRIPLA and become patients with a chronic liver disease such as hepatitis infection, but there have also been a few Do not use ATRIPLA if the seal over bottle opening is broken or missing. harder to treat. reports in patients without any existing liver disease. What are the ingredients of ATRIPLA? ■ Your healthcare provider may want to do blood tests to check for certain side effects while you ■ Changes in bone mineral density (thinning bones). Laboratory tests show changes in the take ATRIPLA. bones of patients treated with tenofovir DF, a component of ATRIPLA. Some HIV patients treated Active Ingredients: efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate What should I avoid while taking ATRIPLA? with tenofovir DF developed thinning of the bones (osteopenia) which could lead to fractures. Inactive Ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, If you have had bone problems in the past, your healthcare provider may need to do tests to magnesium stearate, sodium lauryl sulfate. The film coating contains black iron oxide, polyethylene ■ Women should not become pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after check your bone mineral density or may prescribe medicines to help your bone mineral density. glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, red iron oxide, talc, and titanium dioxide. stopping it. Serious birth defects have been seen in the babies of animals and women treated Additionally, bone pain and softening of the bone (which may contribute to fractures) may occur as with efavirenz (a component of ATRIPLA) during pregnancy. It is not known whether efavirenz a consequence of kidney problems. Revised: February 2016 caused these defects. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are pregnant. Also talk with your healthcare provider if you want to become pregnant. Common side effects: ATRIPLA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. COMPLERA, EMTRIVA, HARVONI, HEPSERA, SOVALDI, STRIBILD, TRUVADA, and VIREAD are trademarks of Women should not rely only on hormone-based birth control, such as pills, injections, or implants, Patients may have dizziness, headache, trouble sleeping, drowsiness, trouble concentrating, and/ ■ Gilead Sciences, Inc., or its related companies. SUSTIVA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb because ATRIPLA may make these contraceptives ineffective. Women must use a reliable form or unusual dreams during treatment with ATRIPLA. These side effects may be reduced if you take Pharma Company. Reyataz and Videx are trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. of barrier contraception, such as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also use other methods of ATRIPLA at bedtime on an empty stomach. They also tend to go away after you have taken the medicine for a few weeks. If you have these common side effects, such as dizziness, it does not Pravachol is a trademark of ER Squibb & Sons, LLC. Other brands listed are the trademarks of their birth control. Efavirenz, a component of ATRIPLA, may remain in your blood for a time after therapy respective owners. is stopped. Therefore, you should continue to use contraceptive measures for 12 weeks after you mean that you will also have serious psychiatric problems, such as severe depression, strange stop taking ATRIPLA. thoughts, or angry behavior. Tell your healthcare provider right away if any of these side effects continue or if they bother you. It is possible that these symptoms may be more severe if ATRIPLA is 21-937-GS-016 ■ Do not breastfeed if you are taking ATRIPLA. Some of the medicines in ATRIPLA can be passed used with alcohol or mood altering (street) drugs. to your baby in your breast milk. We do not know whether it could harm your baby. Also, mothers ATRC0106 697US1601052-11-01 with HIV-1 should not breastfeed because HIV-1 can be passed to the baby in the breast milk. Talk If you are dizzy, have trouble concentrating, or are drowsy, avoid activities that may be dangerous, with your healthcare provider if you are breastfeeding. You should stop breastfeeding or may need such as driving or operating machinery. to use a different medicine. Rash may be common. Rashes usually go away without any change in treatment. In a small number ■ Taking ATRIPLA with alcohol or other medicines causing similar side effects as ATRIPLA, such as of patients, rash may be serious. If you develop a rash, call your healthcare provider right away. drowsiness, may increase those side effects. Rash may be a serious problem in some children. Tell your child’s healthcare provider right away if you notice rash or any other side effects while your child is taking ATRIPLA. ■ Do not take any other medicines, including prescription and nonprescription medicines and herbal products, without checking with your healthcare provider. Other common side effects include tiredness, upset stomach, vomiting, gas, and diarrhea.

16 • 172004380_v2.indd 5.11.2016 5 4/8/16 3:29 PM 5.11.2016 • 17 lgbtqia bites Compiled by Jillian Melero L Lesbian B Bisexual GIRL SAYS SHE WAS THROWN OUT OF HER ANALYZING JAMES FRANCO’S PROM FOR WEARING A SUIT SEXUALITY (AP) A Pennsylvania high school student said she was barred from attending her prom because she wore a suit rather than a dress. Aniya Wolf said she’s a lesbian who has worn a shirt and pants for all three years she has attended Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, according to WHTM-TV (http:// bit.ly/1T5K6lV ). She and her mother, Carolyn Wolf, said the family got a last-minute email saying girls had to wear dresses to attend Credit: Bridget Laudien. Friday’s prom. Carolyn Wolf said she didn’t think the (SFGN) Taking on gay and straight talking to Gay James. dress code barred her daughter from wearing roles alike, many fans wonder which In the interview, Straight James asked a suit and the last-minute message was unfair side James Franco pitches for – or if he’s Gay James: “Are you fucking gay or because they had bought a new suit. interested in both. what?,” to which Gay James responded Aniya said she decided to go to the prom The 36 year-old actor involves himself “Well, I like to think that I’m gay in my anyway but was thrown out. with many roles across the spectrum as art and straight in my life. Although, The school released a statement Saturday sexuality – including his role in 2015’s “I I’m also gay in my life up to the point of saying the dress code was sent to parents Am Michael” alongside co-star Zachary intercourse, and then you could say I’m three months ago specifying girls must wear Aniya Wolf (right). Facebook. Quinto, about a gay activist who rejects straight. So I guess it depends on how formal dresses, and those who didn’t follow it his sexuality and embraces religion. you defi ne gay.” would not be admitted. A reminder was sent They are tremendous young men and “Yeah, I’m a little gay, and there’s a gay So whether Franco identifi es himself to all students on March 6, the school said. women,” the school said. “We simply ask James,” he told Vulture in an interview. as gay, straight or somewhere in between, “Bishop McDevitt will continue to practice that they follow the rules that we have put In an issue of FourTwoNine, Franco one thing is for sure – he’s keeping people acceptance and love for all of our students. into place.” interviewed himself as Straight James guessing.

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5.11.2016 • 19 community announcement

SFGN INTERN LAUNCHES QUEER MAGAZINE Nicole Wiesenthal

n October 2015, I decided to apply for this mantra when looking over the previous the position of editor-in-chief of a new magazines in Gainesville. Iqueer arts magazine on the University Finally, on April 14, we released the of Florida campus, SPILL. A few weeks later, magazine, charging $15 per copy because I found out I had been chosen to lead the we didn’t have any funds and we wanted magazine which had no funds, no official everyone to have access to it for the status and consisted at that time of me and cheapest price. We didn’t make any profit, Carolyna Guillen, who had come up with and even spent more money on the release the idea to create the magazine despite no party, but in the end, it felt right. prior experience in the area. At the release party, we learned the I hired a team of ten, and we began to plan stories of the writers behind the work, like out the magazine. The only thing we had the man who was once suicidal, the person when we started out was the name SPILL, who had a crush on their roommate who coming from “Spill the tea,” a popular still had no idea of it and the individual saying in the queer community on campus. who found his confidence in photographing In the first few months, we lost three drag queens at nightclubs. staff members, and Carolyna had to put her These are intimate works meant to schooling on hold, leaving me completely in be shared, and regardless of sexual charge of birthing the magazine. We bought orientation, I feel like everyone can relate ourselves a domain name, SpillArtsMag. to the common theme. com, with money we all donated, and I We have allowed people to tell their found myself constantly wanting to give stories and done so in a way that does up, feeling like we were trying to do the not put them to shame. For me, that is impossible. enough. If you are interested in viewing or What kept me going was the staff, which purchasing a copy, submitting your own seemed hopeful about completing the work or learning more about the magazine, magazine and the people who had been visit us on SpillArtsMag.com. submitting. Content broaches topics not limited to Before us, there had been two other queer child abuse, the transgender bathroom magazines started in Gainesville, both of controversy, genderful fashion and life at which didn’t make it past their third issue. the Parliament House. I also urge you to “Quality over quantity,” I emphasized again check out submissions that didn’t make it and again at meetings, and I came back to into the magazine. I hope you enjoy.

20 • 5.11.2016 politics out on the trail ACTIVISTS DOUBT KEECHL’S CHANCES John McDonald Photo Credit: John McDonald. outh Florida LGBT politicians are beginning to assemble “I’d rather lose with Doug,” said Percy Johnson, past the necessary parts for their respective campaigns. president of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Democratic Club. “If S Ken Keechl, a former Broward County Mayor, hosted Moraitis can barely beat a college kid that looks bad. Those a fundraiser recently at a Fort Lauderdale coffee shop. Keechl, old Republicans would not be happy about that.” who has lost his last three campaigns for elected office in Meanwhile, in Orlando, Carlos Guillermo Smith qualified Broward County, is challenging incumbent Florida Rep. by petition to run for the Florida House of Representatives George Moraitis (R-Fort Lauderdale) for the district 93 seat. in district 49. Guillermo Smith, an out gay Latino man, also But first, Keechl, an attorney, must defeat Doug Oberman, received the endorsement of St. Petersburg Mayor Rick a 22-year-old Florida Atlantic University student in the Kriseman. Democratic primary Aug. 30. “While serving in the Florida House, I witnessed first-hand “He (Keechl) can win if he gets out of his ivory tower and how Carlos can get things done. He knows his district and knocks on doors,” said Michael Albetta, a longtime Broward he understands the issues facing our state. Carlos is a real political operative. progressive leader for all of Florida,” said Kriseman, in a news Others are not so sure. release.

5.11.2016 • 21 news local

HIV is not a Crime Event Sean McShee Starts May 17

IV is not a Crime II, A National HIV Training time for people to meet by state and form state Academy, will take place from May 17 to 20, work groups. Each state work group would identify H2016. It will occur in Huntsville, Ala. at the allies and develop a strategic plan tailored to that University of Alabama. This Academy plans to state. In addition, the people in this group would provide the skills to change HIV Criminalization identify the relevant actions that they will take laws. upon their return from The Academy. The Sero The all-inclusive registration package costs Project plans to assist these state work groups $395. It covers registration, three nights lodging, throughout the year. and nine meals. Each registrant will have a private The Academy will focus on HIV criminalization room in a suite of rooms within a dorm. As of laws in the South, because the epidemic is April 12, 2016, 158 people have either registered concentrated in this region. The South also has a or received scholarships. The Academy expects concentration of HIV specifi c laws. The former between 250 and 300 participants, but has Confederate states have an average of 1.9 HIV capacity for 400. The Sero Project and other HIV specifi c laws per state. The rest of the US has an organizations are organizing this event. average of 1.3 HIV specifi c laws. At four HIV specifi c The Sero Project and other advocates have had laws each, Florida and Nevada are tied for the state some successes in changing these laws. As states with the third highest number of HIV specifi c laws. have enacted almost all of the HIV criminalization According to Haught, The Academy will focus laws, Tami Haught of The Sero Project argues on “understanding and defending the rights of sex that “these laws are going to have to be changed workers, immigrants,” and other over-criminalized state by state.” In 2014, Iowa modernized its HIV populations. Haught reported that The Academy criminalization laws. would focus on “how race, sexuality, and gender In 2015, Tennessee reformed its “Aggravated identity impacts criminalization.” Workshops at Prostitution” Bill. Convicted sex workers with the Academy will include leadership development HIV can now have their names removed from the and communication. The academy has prioritized sex off ender list. In Florida, state Senator Renee empowering people living with HIV/AIDS and Garcia, R-Miami, has introduced a bill that would their allies. Haught feels that if people talk about modernize Florida’s HIV criminalization laws. how these laws aff ect their lives, it can “make a At the Federal level, Senators Chris Coons, diff erence in the movement and in the campaign.” D-Del., Ed Markey, D-Mass., Tammy Baldwin, Haught had a message for Florida with its D-Wis., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have high rates of new HIV cases. She welcomed and cosponsored US Senate Bill S 2336, a bill to urged people from Florida to attend The Training modernize HIV laws. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., has Academy. At the Academy, participants can obtain introduced a companion bill in the House, HR the resources needed to change Florida’s HIV 1586. specifi c laws. She hopes to see a large delegation Advocates need to increase their skills to from Florida. increase these successes. Haught said that To register for the conference, please visit The HIV Academy plans to increase the HIVisNotACrime.com numbers and skills of advocates. She would like The Academy may live-stream its plenaries. For people to “start campaigns in every state with an updates on this and other information, please visit HIV specifi c law.” The Academy has scheduled HIVisNotACrime.com

To fi nd out more information on HIV criminalization, please visit the Sero Project at SeroProject.com.

22 • 5.11.2016 TRANSforming the Workplace

TD BANK AND THE GFLGLCC PRESENT: TRANSFORMING THE WORKPLACE - TRANSGENDER ISSUES AND ANSWERS

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RICHARD GRAY, MANAGING DIRECTOR LGBTQ MARKET FOR THE GRE ATER FORT LAUDERDALE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU - CVB

GINA L. DUNCAN, TRANSGENDER INCLUSION DIRECTOR FOR EQUALITY FLORIDA

CHRIS COURTEMANCHE, LGBT COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CIA - CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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5.11.2016 • 23 news national

Loretta Lynch Photo: CNN NC’S “BATHROOM BILL” BLOWS UP Lisa Keen Keen News Service

he controversy over North Carolina’s Lynch said the bathroom law is a “pretext for May 4 letter to McCrory, saying the law violates Title IX of the federal Education Amendments anti-LGBT “bathroom law” escalated discrimination and harassment” that “inflict[s] Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act and the Act prohibits discrimination based on gender Tdramatically this week, dominating further indignity on a population that has federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). It identity. McCrory said then that he would much of the national media’s attention. The already suffered.” notes that Title VII prohibits an employer from “respect” the 4th Circuit panel decision as U.S. Department of Justice threw down the “This is not the first time that we have discriminating based on sex and that the U.S. it applies to federally funded educational gauntlet Friday, threatening to cut off federal seen discriminatory responses to historic Supreme Court, in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins facilities. funds to the state if North Carolina enforces moments of progress for our nation,” said in 1989, ruled that discrimination based on sex North Carolina’s HB 2 has been the subject the law and, on Monday, Governor Patrick Lynch, referring to Jim Crow laws that sought includes any “sex-based consideration.” of many news reports during the past month, McCrory picked up that gauntlet and promised to enforce racial segregation. The DOJ gave North Carolina until 5 p.m. EDT including the 2016 presidential campaign. a major effort to defend the law. “State-sanctioned discrimination never Monday, May 9, to confirm whether it intends Only one candidate –Republican presidential The Republican governor filed a lawsuit looks good and never works in hind sight,” to enforce House Bill 2. After first asking for hopeful Ted Cruz—spoke in favor of the law. in federal court Monday morning, seeking a she said. “…It was not so very long ago that an extension of the deadline, McCrory instead He tried to use the issue to drum up support declaration that the law is not discriminatory. states, including North Carolina, had other announced Monday morning that the state for his campaign in Indiana’s primary last And at a press conference Monday afternoon, signs above restrooms, water fountains, and would sue for relief. week. But Cruz came in a distant second in that U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on public accommodations, keeping people The lawsuit, McCrory v. U.S., says DOJ’s claim primary and subsequently dropped out of the responded with strong words, indicating that out based on a distinction without a difference. against the state law is “a baseless and blatant race. the DOJ and the Obama administration would We’ve moved beyond those dark days….” overreach” by DOJ. It notes that the governor In her remarks Monday afternoon, Attorney do “everything we can to protect [transgender McCrory signed House Bill 2, also known as issued an executive order on April 12 to expand General Lynch spoke director to transgender people] going forward.” House Bill 2 or HB 2, on March 23, setting off “discrimination protections to state employees people, promising that the DOJ and the entire Lynch likened the North Carolina law to an onslaught of protest and media scrutiny, on the basis of sexual orientation and gender Obama administration “see you …stand with Jim Crow laws that, for decades following prompting a number of corporations and identity, among others.” And it asks the court you and we will do everything we can to protect the Civil War, tried to segregate blacks from celebrities to cancel activities in the state. to declare that HB2 does not violate federal law. you going forward.” whites. She also compared it to laws that While most of the widespread national media In various interviews and press statements Lambda Legal and the ACLU, which have attempted to ban same-sex couples from attention has focused on the bill’s requirement since last Friday, McCrory has claimed that filed their own federal lawsuit against the obtaining marriage licenses. that people use public restrooms based on the North Carolina has “not taken away any rights North Carolina law, applauded the DOJ’s Lynch said the DOJ would file a federal civil gender indicated by their birth certificate, the that currently existed in any city” in the state. actions Monday. Jon Davidson, legal director rights lawsuit against McCrory, North Carolina, law also prohibits any local jurisdiction in the He said opponents of the law have “distorted for Lambda Legal, issued a statement and other North Carolina entities, seeking to state from enforcing non-discrimination laws the truth” and are “smearing our state in an Monday afternoon saying, “We are fighting have the state law declared in violation of federal to punish any discrimination beyond that inaccurate way.” this case with everything we have. We have law. She said DOJ would also retain the option of based on race, religion, color, national origin, He characterized HB 2 a “basic, common the law on our side, we have the facts on our curtailing federal funding to the state. age, biological sex, or handicap. The latter sense bill” that protects the privacy rights of side, and we have the federal government on The state received more than $4 billion from provision is aimed at undoing local ordinances individuals. our side.” the federal government in 2015 for educational that prohibit discrimination based on sexual McCrory’s lawsuit and public statements this The Williams Institute estimates that programs and $1 billion for highway and orientation and gender identity. week stood in stark contrast to his reaction last more than 336,000 LGBT people live in transportation needs. DOJ official Vanita Gupta, the principal month to a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals North Carolina. Noting that she is a native of North Carolina, deputy assistant attorney general at DOJ, sent a ruling. That ruling, in Grimm v. Gloucester, said

24 • 5.11.2016 5.11.2016 • 25 news national

TRANSforming the Workplace Denise Royal Transgender issues in corporate America

ake part in an informative obstacles on every level. That RICHARD GRAY, MANAGING DIRECTOR LGBTQ MARKET FOR THE GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE and educational conversation includes obstacles from society in CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU. Tabout transgender issues as general to jobs, travel, family and In 1995 Richard Gray developed the Greater Fort Lauderdale’s highly successful LGBTQ marketing initiative. An inductee they pertain to the workplace and more. in the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Associations Hall of Fame, a Fort Lauderdale hometown hero and a recipient of tourism in our area. TD Bank and the The panel discussion will be the gay plus Award for Achievement from MTV/Logo, Gray is passionate about all aspects of travel. Gray is also the Vice Chairman of the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association. GFLGCC present: TRANSforming interactive, so attendees will be able the Workplace -- Transgender Issues to ask questions and gain insight from GINA L. DUNCAN, TRANSGENDER INCLUSION DIRECTOR FOR EQUALITY FLORIDA. and Answers. It takes place on May TD Bank on a corporate perspective Gina Duncan has served on the Orlando Human Rights Campaign Steering Committee as Co-Chair of the Diversity 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Place with policies and background. Committee. She chaired the Transgender Day of Remembrance and Transgender Career and Wellness Fair events. Duncan 17th Street Convention Center, 1851 “Atticus Rank of SunServe will was elected President of the Metropolitan Business Association (MBA), the LGBT Chamber of Commerce in Orlando. SE 10TH Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. off er statistical information on She was the fi rst transgender person to serve as President of a major chamber of commerce in the country. She was the The presentation and panel practical matters and information President of MBA and the Come Out With Pride event, which annually draws over 100,000 people to the Orlando area. Partnership Registry in both the City of Orlando and Orange County. discussion features perspectives for employers and also speak from In 2014, Duncan became Equality Florida’s Transgender Inclusion Director embarking on a career in corporate transgender from corporate, federal and tourism a transgender man’s perspective,” inclusion training and consulting. Duncan has trained major corporations across the U.S. and was a guest speaker at professionals with a focus on policy, Blackburn said. the Global Summit on Human Rights in Milan, Italy. Duncan is now recognized as a national and international speaker legal, legislative and practical matters Gina Duncan of Equality Florida on transgender inclusion in the work place. Duncan chairs Equality Florida’s Transgender Inclusion Initiative, TransAction for employers. will off er legislative updates, talk Florida, which is comprised of an 18 member advisory board from all over the state of Florida. TransAction advocates for Anti-transgender laws have about corporate training and also transgender rights and protections through public policy, advocacy and education efforts statewide. recently passed in Mississippi and speak from a transgender woman’s CHRIS COURTEMANCHE, LGBT COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM MANAGER FOR North Carolina, highlighting the perspective. Richard Gray of the THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA.) need to educate people. Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB will Chris Courtemanche has been with the CIA for 21 years. Courtemanche is now the agency’s LGBT Community Outreach “There is a lack of education discuss the recent transgender study Program Manager in the Diversity and Inclusion Offi ce. His role as the LGBT Community Outreach Program Manager for the and understanding,” says Keith on tourism, mention the upcoming CIA is to dispel myths and misconceptions about the Agency with the ultimate goal of making the CIA an employer of choice Blackburn, President/CEO of the Southern Comfort Conference and for the LGBT community and creating a stronger relationship between the CIA and the LGBT community. Greater Fort Lauderdale Gay and give practical information for hotel ATTICUS RANCK, DIRECTOR OF TRANSGENDER SERVICES FOR SUNSERVE. Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. “I and hospitality businesses. Finally, Atticus Ranck holds a Master’s degree in Gender and Sexuality Studies from Florida Atlantic University. In his current position, have worked with Richard Gray and Chris Courtemanche of the CIA will he is an educator, advocate, and case manager helping transgender adults as they navigate a world that has no place for them. our CVB in supporting last year’s share the agency’s policy and discuss Ranck has trained local organizations such as BARC and Fort Lauderdale Hospital on Transgender Cultural Competency and Southern Comfort Transgender the high profi le story about “Jenny” has presented on transgender-related issues across the country. For his work, Transgender Services has been named “Best Place Conference. I have learned that as explained in a recent Advocate for Trans Folks 2015” by SFGN and Ranck has been named one of SFGN’s OUT50. the transgender community faces article. ROXANNE JAMES, DIVERSITY RELATIONSHIP MANAGER WITH THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AT TD BANK. The complimentary event begins with a brief networking com- Roxanne James provides support and serves as a subject matter expert to TD's LGBTA, Women in Leadership and ponent – with beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres served. Seating is Veterans Subcommittees across the U.S. footprint. In the past year, she had led several Diversity initiatives to increase limited, so please RSVP on GoGayFortLauderdale.com/events employee awareness and bolster TD Bank's commitment to be a diverse and inclusive workplace. Her most recent project has been TD's LGBTA "I'm Coming Out" podcast where senior leaders are interviewed about their workplace "Coming Out" or email Keith Blackburn at Keith@gfl glcc.org. experience and why it is important to bring your authentic self to work each and every day.

26 • 5.11.2016 5.11.2016 • 27 “HIV, you won't stand between me and a long, healthy life.” Eddie - Miami, FL Living with HIV since 1987.

Encouraged by the love of my HIV-negative partner, I started HIV treatment 27 years ago. I’ve seen first hand the dramatic advancement of HIV care. When I first started treatment, I had to take 30 pills a day. Now, I just take 3 pills a day with few side effects. Initially, I started treatment to protect my partner from getting HIV. Now, I know that being healthy, taking my medication, exercising, and eating well are the reasons I have a full and productive life today.

28 • 5.11.2016 “HIV, you won't stand between me and a long, healthy life.” Eddie - Miami, FL Living with HIV since 1987.

HIV TREATMENT WORKS

Encouraged by the love of my HIV-negative partner, I started HIV treatment 27 years ago. I’ve seen first hand the dramatic Get in care. Stay in care. Live well. advancement of HIV care. When I first started treatment, I had to take 30 pills a day. Now, I just take 3 pills a day with few side effects. Initially, I started treatment to protect my partner from getting HIV. Now, I know that being healthy, taking my medication, exercising, and eating well are the reasons I have a full and productive life today. cdc.gov/HIVTreatmentWorks

5.11.2016 • 29 CONVICTIONS Publisher's Editorial

THE ‘SCULPTRA’ TREATMENT Norm Kent [email protected] Refl ections on the Way It Was in Days that Were

nce, when HIV was a death sentence, less discrimination against HIV patients. ourselves. HIV drastically changes your to hear of medicines turning that around. it was as scary to live with it as it was Support groups have fought back and not health and life style. I remember my bout with cancer 15 years Oto die from it. allowed illness to defi ne their lives. Often Given the realities HIV patients still face, ago. I recall wasting away to 135 pounds. I There was nothing anyone could do. The standing alone, without government it’s encouraging, is it not, to run a feature remember saying to myself, “so this is what disease ravaged your body, and your face support, our gay community has met the front page like we have done this week? One my body would be like if I lived to 85 years would wither away. From spontaneous challenge and persevered. of the HIV drugs once used to fi ght facial old…you just waste away.” I did not exactly ugly blotches, Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions, Today, pharmaceutical ads populate our lipoatrophy can now be used cosmetically want to be seen in public. Years ago, many externally embarrassing newspaper with protocols and to enhance the body. That’s not bad; it’s men with HIV felt the same way. They just you, to wrenching internal treatment regimens. Local American ingenuity at it best. disappeared off the face of the map. nausea, it was living hell. agencies such as Poverello The FDA has approved the use of Sculptra, Anything that helps you alleviate the Years ago, being diagnosed Wrong and run food banks, and the Pride and it was a Miami-Dade County clinic that personal suff ering and physical pain with HIV meant more than injustice was Center support groups. became a primary research center. It’s now associated with a debilitating disease is having a fi nite time left on Care Resource sponsors a being used as a cosmetic and anti-aging worth cheering about. That this reality still Earth. It meant the time everywhere, white party and amongst its tool, but isn’t that something? can impact gay men in the year 2016 makes you had left was physically not just in national and international No less an AIDS advocate than Mark the product and the story worthy of your challenging and personally the absence eff orts, the AIDS Healthcare King, the author of ‘My Beautiful Disease,’ attention. Let’s hope it helps restore lives diffi cult. You had to fi ght to Foundation sponsors AIDS is a proponent. “It’s hard to describe how as well. keep your spirit and your of treatment, walks and treatment facilities self-conscious and even debilitating it can Now if we can also turn our attention to soul, warding off dementia but the worldwide. be to walk around with the physical eff ects passing the medical marijuana amendment and deterioration. It was not emptiness of One of the more modern of wasting,” says King. on the Florida ballot this November, I will pretty, and to make things treatments to fi ght HIV is the ‘Sculptra’, the medical abstracts say, is a be a really happy man. I am looking forward worse, we lived in a world care. use of various steroids to build polylactic acid used as a synthetic dermal to Hemp Soaps and a THC cream for my where communities treated the body up. The illness that fi ller that is injected into your face, causing face. I want to go into J Marks one evening people with AIDS as lepers. once collapsed the body has an increase in your body’s own production and enjoy a sativa-based grilled salmon Ryan White was kicked out of his school. been met with medication that now makes of collagen. It fi lls in your face, making with some herbally-sprinkled tea. A Broward County librarian with HIV was you look stronger rather than weaker. you feel and look better. I used to rub ice Take care, and join me this Friday night booted from his job. Wrong and injustice In fact, a quiet, under the breath running cream on my thighs, but this sounds more at the Hard Rock in Hollywood as we honor was everywhere, not just in the absence of joke in gay gyms are that the strongest and eff ective. the Harvey Milk Foundation with the treatment, but the emptiness of care. most well defi ned guys are probably HIV While not typically life threatening, facial Second Annual Diversity Honors Dinner. Things have changed as science and positive, prescribed steroidal medicines wasting was and can still be one of the most It will be special. After all, you are, too. Be medicine have made advances. There is to fi ght the virus. Still, there is no kidding stigmatizing complications of HIV. It’s great there, or be square.

30 • 5.11.2016 5.11.2016 • 31 CONVICTIONS Guest

ATTORNEY GENERAL COMES OUT SWINGING FOR TRANS COMMUNITY Loretta Lynch Loretta Lynch's remarks to the public

oday, we are fi ling a federal civil rights lawsuit gay and lesbian Americans might one day be aff orded the Instead of turning away from our neighbors, our friends, against the state of North Carolina, Governor Pat right to marry. That right, of course, is now recognized our colleagues, let us instead learn from our history and TMcCrory, the North Carolina Department of Public as a guarantee embedded in our Constitution, and in the avoid repeating the mistakes of our past. Let us refl ect Safety and the University of North Carolina. We are wake of that historic triumph, we have seen bill after bill in on the obvious but often neglected lesson that state- seeking a court order declaring House Bill 2’s restroom state after state taking aim at the LGBT community. Some sanctioned discrimination never looks good in hindsight. restriction impermissibly discriminatory, as well as a of these responses refl ect a recognizably human fear of It was not so very long ago that states, including North statewide bar on its enforcement. While the lawsuit the unknown, and a discomfort with the uncertainty of Carolina, had signs above restrooms, water fountains and currently seeks declaratory relief, I want to note that we change. But this is not a time to act out of fear. This is on public accommodations keeping people out based upon retain the option of curtailing federal funding to the North a time to summon our national virtues of inclusivity, a distinction without a diff erence. We have moved beyond Carolina Department of Public Safety and the University diversity, compassion and open-mindedness. What we those dark days, but not without pain and suff ering and of North Carolina as this case proceeds. must not do – what we must never do – is turn on our an ongoing fi ght to keep moving forward. Let us write This action is about a great deal more than just neighbors, our family members, our fellow Americans, a diff erent story this time. Let us not act out of fear and bathrooms. This is about the dignity and respect we for something they cannot control, and deny what makes misunderstanding, but out of the values of inclusion, accord our fellow citizens and the laws that we, as a people them human. This is why none of us can stand by when diversity and regard for all that make our country great. and as a country, have enacted to protect them – indeed, a state enters the business of legislating identity and Let me also speak directly to the transgender community to protect all of us. And it’s about the founding ideals insists that a person pretend to be something they are itself. Some of you have lived freely for decades. Others of that have led this country – haltingly but inexorably – in not, or invents a problem that doesn’t exist as a pretext for you are still wondering how you can possibly live the lives the direction of fairness, inclusion and equality for all discrimination and harassment. you were born to lead. But no matter how isolated or scared Americans. Let me speak now to the people of the great state, the you may feel today, the Department of Justice and the This is not the fi rst time that we have seen beautiful state, my state of North Carolina. You’ve been entire Obama Administration wants you to know that we discriminatory responses to historic moments of told that this law protects vulnerable populations from see you; we stand with you; and we will do everything we progress for our nation. We saw it in the Jim Crow laws harm – but that just is not the case. Instead, what this can to protect you going forward. Please know that history that followed the Emancipation Proclamation. We saw law does is infl ict further indignity on a population that is on your side. This country was founded on a promise of it in fi erce and widespread resistance to Brown v. Board has already suff ered far more than its fair share. This law equal rights for all, and we have always managed to move of Education. And we saw it in the proliferation of state provides no benefi t to society – all it does is harm innocent closer to that promise, little by little, one day at a time. It bans on same-sex unions intended to stifl e any hope that Americans. may not be easy – but we’ll get there together.

32 • 5.11.2016 5.11.2016 • 33 feature health Photos: Anthony Beven.

Harrision Farias, a non- HIV patient, receiving his first Sculptra treatment. WITH HIV ‘FACIAL WASTE’ LESS COMMON, TREATMENT HAS BROADER APPEAL The history of Sculptra and how its helping new patients today Anthony Martinez Beven

n the 1980s one of the most in the U.S. were HIV plus in 2004, although researchers of Sculptra. Miami-based Drs. noticeable scarlet letters that about one third were undiagnosed. Some 50 Joseph Piperato, Tory Sullivan and Richard gay male survivors of HIV had percent developed lipoatrophy. An estimated Feinstein are also trained in this injectable 150,000-350,000 patients benefited from cosmetic treatment, he said. Newer HIV toI bear was volume loss in their Sculptra as a cosmetic treatment. Former Fort Lauderdale resident Mark faces. The afflicted looked visibly Dr. Albert Canas, a South Florida native King, who is gay and suffered from facial medicines sick and gaunt. and current medical practitioner in Miami volume loss as a result of HIV, used Sculptra Beach, was selected as the only research site from 2008-2012. He was injected by Dr. are less likely Many within the gay community were in Miami-Dade County for a special study Gerald Pierone in Vero Beach. “given lack of meaningful treatment options” connected with the FDA approval of Sculptra. “I am really grateful that this solution to cause the for even their primary health-care needs let Canas initially agreed to be interviewed for exists… It’s hard to describe how self- alone supplemental, cosmetic treatment this story but was unresponsive to phone conscious and even debilitating it can be condition needs, according to the U.S. Health Resources calls and email. to walk around with the physical effects and Services Administration (HRSA). Dr. Steven Santiago, chief medical officer of wasting,” said King, who now lives in than HIV In 2004, Sculptra was approved for HIV for Care Resource, a nonprofit and health Baltimore. “I would recommend Sculptra for plus patients. “The filler, called Sculptra, center for uninsured and under-insured HIV plus patients… because of the patient medicines is the first such treatment approved for a LGBT patients in Miami-Dade and Broward assistance available.” condition known as lipoatrophy… the FDA counties, said over the years, he has referred Newer HIV medicines are less likely to developed in expedited review of the product because of about 400 HIV plus patients to Canas. cause the condition than HIV medicines its importance to people with HIV/AIDS,” Santiago said Canas was trained by Dr. developed in the past. Many people with HIV the past. the FDA said at the time. Peter Engelhart, an HIV specialist who now never develop lipoatrophy, according to It is estimated that about 1 million people died in the 1990s and was one of the first the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

34 • 5.11.2016 feature health

Broader Appeal & Use for Sculptra

Sculptra is now being used more broadly “Today’s patients are as a cosmetic anti-aging treatment to address facial volume loss for gays and looking for long lasting straights alike. Dr. Neda Vanden Bosch, primary cosmetic and natural results physician of Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches, has several lesbian and gay non- delivered with minimal HIV patients, in addition to hundreds of heterosexual patients, whom she treats for to no downtime.” facial volume loss with Sculptra. “Today’s patients are looking for long lasting and natural results delivered with - Dr. Neda Vanden Bosch minimal to no downtime,” Vanden Bosch Primary Cosmetic Physician of Medical said. “In clinical trials, over 85 percent of Specialists of the Palm Beaches patients were satisfied with their results 25 months after treatment.” Fort Lauderdale resident Harrision Farias, who is gay, recently had his first Sculptra weeek waiting period between each session treatment. “I’m 39, getting close to 40. I feel with two vials per session at $750 per viable, like my body has changed a little bit. If I can or $1,500 per session. However, the maker of do something to keep in good condition and Sculptra, Galderma, is offering $625 in instant prevent aging then I will do it,” Farias said. rebates on a series of three sessions before Sept. Boynton Beach resident Jamie Simmons, 30. who is a lesbian, also had her first Sculptra Simmons said she would recommend treatment with Vanden Bosch recently to Sculptra to others. There are temporary side restore lost volume in her face and “return effects associated with Sculptra, including the appearance of younger, fuller skin with possible nodules (rare), swelling and bruising, less wrinkles.” according to www.docshop.com. “From what I’ve read about Sculptra, and There are other products similar to Sculptra, from what Dr. V explained, it provides a such as Juvederm, Restylane or Radiesse, but very long lasting volumnization, because it Vanden Bosch said when those products are induces my own collagen production. It can used they don’t provide as much of a natural also last a few years,” said Simmons, who look as Sculptra does. said once her treatment plan is completed, “Other fillers are implanted material that Jamie Simmons, a non-HIV she expects a “natural, fuller, uplifted look.” last 4-9 months, on average, depending on the patient, during her treatment person and product used,” Vanden Bosch said. Sculptra typically requires 2-3 injection with Vanden Bosch. sessions, Vanden Bosch said. There is 6-8 Mark King said this of Sculptra, “I would use my money more wisely on Bellafill, a semi- permanent filler. This filler was not available when I began being treated; and once it was approved, I began using it. After 2-3 sessions, I don’t believe I will ever have to be treated again.” Vanden Bosch acknowledged the more permanent effects of Bellafill (5-7 years), but she but warns of small, plastic beads, used in the cosmetic treatment. She said bacteria can form around the beads. “The body will often try to encapsulate the involved area with scar tissue, resulting in an inflammatory lump that is often palpable below the skin surface,” Vanden Bosch said, adding results will eventually fade and become “lumpy” as the aging process continues around the filler. In addition to Vanden Bosch, Drs. Albert Canas, of Miami, and dermatologist Shino Bay Aguilera, who is based in Fort Lauderdale, also perform cosmetic facial filler injections for interested patients.

Anthony Martinez Beven covers Miami-Dade County for SFGN. He can be reached at [email protected].

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GBT baseball fans in West-Central of LGBT kids or anyone in our society,” Florida have a chance to show their said B.J. Upton in the video, first released Lsupport next month for the Tampa in 2011. Upton has since been traded Bay Rays. to the Atlanta Braves, but the message A night geared towards the LGBT continues. community is being organized. Equality “Tampa Bay has a great commitment Florida, the State’s largest civil rights to workforce diversity,” Bean said in organization dedicated to securing full a telephone call from his New York equality and justice for LGBT people, is office. “The team is a visible part of the putting together a “Pride Night” June 17 community and serving in many ways as the Rays host the visiting San Francisco every day in the Tampa Bay area.” Giants at Tropicana Field. Bean, a former outfielder, said he is not “The Rays have one of the most holding his breath on if a current Major progressive front offices in all of League Baseball player comes out of the baseball,” said Brian Longstreth, a closet. St. Petersburg realtor and Equality “That’s a huge personal decision,” Bean Florida supporter. “The organization is said. “It’s a unique situation. Every person completely committed to diversity. They has their own way of coming out.” see we do have fans and are involved in For professional athletes, Bean said, the community. It’s a good fit.” it is important to consider counseling to Longstreth said the Rays have welcomed determine “if they want to bring that level LGBT groups for the last 10 years and the of media attention into their lives.” annual pride night typically attracts 200 Heading into Sunday’s game against the to 500 people who directly participate. Los Angeles Angels, Tampa Bay owned a Likewise, the Rays routinely take part in 14-14 record, good for third place in the Pride festivities in the Tampa Bay area. American League East standings. Ticket Billy Bean, Major League Baseball’s first price for Equality Florida’s Pride Night ever Ambassador for Inclusion, praised are $99. Longstreth said the seats are field Tampa Bay’s ownership for being a leader level by the Rays’ bullpen. Once those in establishing a welcoming workplace. sellout, $30 seats are available at a higher The Rays, Bean said, were one of the first viewing section. Tropicana Field, Major ball clubs to produce an anti-bullying League Baseball’s smallest stadium, has video for the Trevor Project. been home to the Rays since its inception. “There’s no place for bullying or hatred

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THE HIGH COST OF RETIREMENT SAVINGS Ric Reily

This multi-part series, Retiring Gay, primarily considers the fi nancial steps to successful retirement. However, preparing emotionally for retirement is equally important to a happy, fulfi lling and successful retirement. Planning for retirement is your opportunity to reconsider day-to-day living. Insurance, investments, spending, savings, socializing, residence and many other considerations change. Reaching retirement with a well- executed plan makes your transition to a post work life easier and more fulfi lling.

mployer sponsored retirement plans, like years you will have about $125,000 less. That’s a big your 401K, have an administrator who is number. NormKent.com Eusually a company employee overseeing the This charge to participant’s savings through plan for participants. The fi nancial company that reduction of returns is systemic and no plan actually holds the assets and makes investments is manager is going to readily alert anyone, though the the manager. amounts are all disclosed in the plan documents. The sponsor, your employer, pays a fee for each According to the ICI 2013 Fact Book employer participant and management fees, either a fi xed sponsored retirement plans hold about $5 trillion, annual amount or a percentage of the total assets which yields about $25 billion in returns stripped as of the plan. This is important to understand; either fees by plan managers from participants each year. the employer is paying a one time annual fee, or Finding the discrepancy in our plan sent me the manager is reducing the return to everyone in to the plan managers’ representatives for an the plan to pay the fee, or both. Over your 40-year explanation. All of sudden they turned from my career you can lose tens of thousands of dollars in best buds into marble mouthed idiots. They spoke fees or even upwards of double that depending on over and around the point and could not, or would the structure of your plan. not, say how it all worked. Though it took months While serving as tacit administrator of an of research I found out that the plan used mirror employer-sponsored plan at a past employer I funds. began to question rates of return that just didn’t A mirror fund is a vehicle that is essentially seem right. The plan manager representatives were a copy of an existing name brand mutual fund. of no help, either they really didn’t know or they Rather than investing directly into the actual fund, didn’t want me to know how returns and fees were your retirement money is invested in another calculated. Either, in my mind, is a dereliction of account that is then used by the plan manager to duty. buy into the actual mutual fund. The benefi t of Hence I ran my own test. On the fi rst day of this concept is that there are no entry or exit fees a calendar quarter I made an investment in my and plans with many participants making many personal mutual fund account in the exact fund trades can be sold the idea that overall costs will be I held in my retirement account. At the end of lower. A mirror fund is generally not as profi table the quarter I had a signifi cantly better return in as it originally seems because the management fee the personal account than I did in the retirement can be substantially higher than the mutual fund it account. refl ects. Mirror funds can easily be a false economy. The largest fee charged, and the real reason Employer sponsored retirement plans can be that big banks and insurance companies are in the diffi cult to grasp. Weighing the benefi ts of tax retirement fund management business, is a portion deferral and employer matches against excessive of the yield of each participant’s investment. This fees and limited access to your money can be a is the number I ferreted out in my test and it was a tough call. Like any investment decision, approach big number, about one half of one percent. Doesn’t your employer sponsored retirement plan with seen big? If you save $10,000 each year for forty knowledge and understanding.

Missed a week? Don’t worry. Catch up at SFGN.com/RetiringGay to follow the series online. Ric Reily is the author of two books, Money Is The Root Of All - Skip The Debt Habit, and Gregory’s Hero. You can reach him at [email protected]

38 • 5.11.2016 lifestyle books

GAY & LESBIAN HISTORY FOR KIDS by Jerome Pohlen

Terry Schlichenmeyer

Every day, you try to catch a little news. $17.95 / $21.95 Canada It might be online, maybe in a newspaper, magazine, or on TV, but you’re 180 pages a smart kid and you like to stay informed. c.2016, Chicago Review Press Lately, you’ve been hearing a lot about gay rights and gay marriage, and you want to know more. Read “Gay & Lesbian History many gay and lesbian personnel received for Kids” by Jerome Pohlen, and your “blue discharges,” and were denied questions might be answered. veteran’s benefits. Once again, LGBT Knowing someone who’s gay, lesbian, individuals needed to closet themselves or transgender is nothing new; in fact, and their lifestyles. Not doing so could history indicates that our earliest ancestors mean arrest or worse. acknowledged and were “comfortable And then, finally, things started to turn with” LGBT people. Homosexuality appears around. Activism in the 1960s and ‘70s in mythology, royalty, battlefi elds, art helped the LGBT community to gain rights (Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were and support on other issues, unfair laws said to be gay), and in some religions. In were changed, and many people helped North America, many beloved nineteenth- make “things get better.” century authors, poets, and songwriters I struggled with “Gay & Lesbian History were gay or lesbian, and Native American for Kids,” but not for the reasons you might culture embraced people who were of “two- think. My biggest issue comes with its spirits.” Transgender individuals fought in potential audience, vis-à-vis the content: the Civil War or were pioneers or settlers. mainly, that it contains either a lot of very We know that LGBT individuals existed advanced information for kids who are elsewhere and at other times, too, because young enough to be excited about the “21 laws were made against them. Activities” here; or a lot of silly, juvenile That was especially true through the “activities” for kids who are old enough to early 1900s. Though we entered “the handle very advanced information. Then, Progressive Era” in the beginning of the too, the presence of said activities may be century, it was anything but progressive moot, since they mostly had little to do for people who were gay. When the country with LGBT history. was stricken by The Great Depression in Conversely, and to the positive, I the 1930s, things got even worse for the appreciated the pre-twentieth-century LGBT community and many people had to info that author Jerome Pohlen offers; hide their lives from general society. it was interesting, but is it enough to In some ways, things got better during save this book? I don’t know: the target World War II. The government needed audience here is 9-and-up, which I think is military personnel and LGBT individuals, way too young. Fresh-eyed 12-to-15-year- like everyone else, needed jobs— so olds may appreciate what’s inside “Gay & they signed up in droves to fight for their Lesbian History for Kids,” but hand it to country. Very few were denied a chance a reader over 16, and the news probably to serve but sadly, after the war was over, wouldn’t be good.

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ou always run a risk when you take The hibachi station offers a wider variety over a long-time favorite dining of options, but to tell the truth I never Yestablishment. Sure, you’ve got loyal utilize it – the sushi is more tempting. customers, but there’s usually a reason There is also a wider variety of seafood, why the place was for sale. Most often the including abundant quantities of perfectly owners just want out and hadn’t invested cooked crab legs (at dinner), oysters, much in the upkeep of the old favorite. cooked shrimp and two kinds of ceviche. The Old Florida Seafood House is a The cooked bar also offers all the Asian perfect example – of what not to do. classics, Chinese, Japanese and even some When the new owner came in, he Thai options. The choices range from renovated the place (which it desperately pepper beef, grilled fish, gyoza, shrimp needed), but he also hiked up the prices, tempura, all offered by the previous got rid of the old wait staff and had management. The NaBu team has also incompetent people running the kitchen. added chicken curry, Japanese eggplant and Less than a year later, it was out of business. sautéed long-beans. Soup options include The folks that bought miso, hot and sour and the former Kyojin appear won ton among others. In to be doing a better job The hibachi addition to the spinach with transitioning the place into sesame seeds marinated in a its new identity, NaBu. The station offers soy-mirin blend, also known signs the signs facing the a wider as gomae, salad options street identify the place as include seaweed, cucumber NaBu, but the sign over the variety of and Caesar salads. entrance still says Kyojin. For those into desserts It’s only when you get to options, but (me!), Asian restaurants are the front door that the new to tell the usually a disappointment. sign is visible. They’ve Almond and fortune cookies given the interior a sorely truth I never in Chinese restaurants and needed facelift. The buffet red bean paste based treats area has been freshened up utilize it – the in Japanese. NaBu offers a with serving dishes that look sushi is more bit wider variety, although less like steam table pans most are of the prepackaged and more like classic white tempting. variety and offer a variety china. The dining areas have of treats more familiar to been refreshed as well with western palates; cheesecake, new partitions and table pecan pie, assorted pastries tops. (that all manage to taste the same) and The food has been kicked up a notch. an ice cream case featuring five western There’s a wider variety of sushi (although flavors, as well as green tea. they’ve eliminated the convenient color- While the sushi doesn’t rival that of the coded label Kyojin used which indicated finest restaurants specializing in that fare, whether the sushi was raw, cooked or it is darn close, and for the price (lunch vegetarian) sashimi and nigiri. The rolls is $11.95, dinner is $18.95weekdays and are refreshed often, at least on the two $20.95 weekends) and variety, it can’t be times we’ve visited. beat.

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J.W. Arnold [email protected] THU 5/12 CONCERT Head to the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Dr. in— you guessed it, Coral Springs—tonight for “The Music of ABBA: Arrival from Sweden” at 8 p.m. This 10-piece band will take you back to the ‘70s as they recreate the music, costumes and dance moves of the original Swedish stars that defined pop music during the disco era. Tickets start at $37.10 at CoralSpringsCenterForTheArts. com. FRI 5/13 COMMUNITY The Pride Center and the Harvey Milk Foundation invite you to join them at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood tonight for the Diversity Honors. The event, hosted by WSVN anchor Omar Lewis and featuring singer Levi Kreis, recognizes seven distinguished leaders in our community. Tickets are $175, including reception, seated dinner and “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical,” the true story of legendary songwriter, features entertainment, at DiversityHonors. many of King’s most popular songs. com. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus. SAT 5/14 SUN 5/15 MON 5/16 TUE 5/17 CONCERT DANCE TELEVISION THEATER Lady Bunny joins the Gay Men’s Vladimir Issaev’s Arts Ballet Theater “Hello Goodbye” from producer “Beautiful – The Carole King Chorus of South Florida tonight at of South Florida concludes its season Ellen DeGeneres is a different Musical” continues its run at the 8 p.m. for “The Wizard of Odds: tonight at 8 p.m. at the Broward kind of reality television. The show, Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale Witches & Bitches.” This sing-a-long Center’s Amaturo Theater with a hosted by Curt Menefee and airing through Sunday, May 22. This concert will feature opportunities program of classics. Enjoy iconic pas on Travel Channel on Mondays at uplifting show tells the inspiring true for the audience to join in on de deux created by Issaev and guest 11 p.m., shares the stories of loved story of the legendary songwriter’s selections from “The Wizard of Oz,” choreographers, performed by the ones who are departing from rise to stardom. The score features “Wicked” and “The Wiz.” You won’t company’s talented international airports all across the country, but King’s biggest hits, including “I Feel want to miss this unique experience dancers. The program will also be in an unexpected twist, also reunites the Earth Move,” “One Fine Day,” at the Sunshine Cathedral in Fort presented in Aventura on Saturday, those travelers—for good and for “A Natural Woman,” “You’ve Got Lauderdale. Tickets are $25 and $45 May 14. Tickets start at $30 at bad. Check local listings for channels a Friend” and more. Tickets start at at GMCSF.org. BrowardCenter.org. and show times. $30 at BrowardCenter.org.

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Actor and recording artist Levi Kreis will be the featured entertainer at the Diversity Honors festivities at Seminole Hard Rock on Friday. PHOTO EXHIBIT EXPLORES GAY Submitted Photo MASCULINITY J.W. Arnold GEEK OUT TO OUTCON MIAMI ctor and recording artist Levi Kreis was He got his fi rst break in 2004 when his How OUTCon Miami is combining packing his bags for his regional debut producer suggested him for a challenge on “The Ain Miami Beach last July when he was Apprentice.” The competitors would develop notifi ed that The Cabaret South Beach had a marketing plan for him and his music. But, queerdom with geekdom been suddenly evicted by its landlord. there was a downside. He was forced to sign a Nearly a year later, the Tony Award-winner six-month confi dentiality agreement until the Lynnette Cantos will have another opportunity to dazzle South episode aired, even if that seven minutes could Florida audiences, this time as the featured potentially change his life. entertainer at the Diversity Honors at the “I had $200 and was living in Hoboken, New UTCon, Florida’s fi rst LGBT targeted kun,” which he goes by on Facebook, Instagram Seminole Hard Rock Casino and Resort on Jersey. I spent it recording 10 of my songs that fandom convention, is a one-day event and YouTube respectively. Friday, May 13. And this time, there’s absolutely would eventually become my debut album. Ohappening on Saturday, May 14 at the A majority of Stryker’s cosplay portfolio is no chance his performance will be canceled. A friend put together a website and we just Miami Airport Convention Center. from an anime called “One Piece,” a popular SFGN spoke with Kreis last year, when the waited for the episode to air,” he said. “I just The convention was founded by Jonathan anime and manga in Japan about a group of talented actor and singer equated his showbiz hoped enough people would see the episode. Stryker who saw the need for an LGBT geek pirates in search of the ultimate treasure of the success to lightning striking twice: Well, a thousand orders came through, (and) convention in South Florida, knowing there titular name. “Nobody sees the 15 years of work that takes the next night, another thousand, and then were several emerging geek-oriented queer “There are themes about LGBT in [One place before the lightning strikes,” he insisted, another thousand.” conventions in bigger cities like FlameCon in Piece], the main character is super accepting noting the same is true for many artists who Other big breaks came when he was cast New York City and GaymerX in San Francisco. of everybody, one of their friends is gay, there seem to burst onto the entertainment scene. in the touring company of “Rent” and later, “I’m a huge anime geek. I love everything is a whole gay island full of drag queens, and “It’s been a process to celebrate.” as Jerry Lee Lewis in the Broadway smash, anime, love comic books a lot too, anything all kinds of human species,” Stryker said. “It’s Kreis grew up in a small town near Oak “Million Dollar Quartet.” Kreis would leave geeky I was into,” Stryker said. “I feel the LGBT so inspirational to me, it has literally changed Ridge, Tennessee. He was “the little boy who Radio City Music Hall with a Tony Award in his geek community wasn’t represented in the way my life.” would pound out tunes on the piano as soon as hand. that other states are doing it. Someone needed OUTCon is also aiming to help the he heard them” and began composing his own Not long afterwards, one of his songs would to start it down here, and that really inspired community, as portions of the convention songs by the age of 12. be included in the soundtrack for the season me to want to have representation for LGBT profi t will go to Miami-Dade County Animal He knew he was gay at an early age, but two fi nale of the CW Network series, “The down here.” Services shelter. yearned to be a Christian musical artist and Vampire Diaries,” introducing his music to A Miami native, Stryker has attended “I’ve always had a deep passion for animal fi t in with his peers, a period he called “his yet another new audience. His music was also numerous conventions since 2005 and rescue, shelters and helping animals,” Stryker biggest torture.” Kreis even secretly underwent featured on the AMC series, “Sons of Anarchy.” developed a growing passion for his geeky said. “So I wanted to do something where I conversion therapy and had “hands laid on me “It’s a testament to what happens when pursuits. His main interests are primarily could attach [it to] that and donate to charity.” more times than I can count.” Eventually, he we let go of others’ expectations,” he said with anime conventions, based on gatherings OUTCon will have convention staples such accepted “the breath of God is in each of us to adamantly, “a process to celebrate.” in which fans discuss and embrace Japanese as video game tournaments, local vendors be who we are.” Honesty is a theme Kreis “sticks to” in animation and pop culture. and a costume contest. However, it will also Kreis eventually left Tennessee and headed everything he does. Like so many entertainers, “I just really loved the environment. The include unique panels like “Your Voices to L.A., where he landed a lead role in an indie he struggled with addiction and has been sober people are super friendly, they love the same and Experiences Matter” on the subject of fi lm as Matthew McConaughey’s brother. for six years, but he embraces the freedom and thing that you love, just share the fandoms bullying and discrimination, a “Lip Sync for He was then cast in a musical that had been self-love recovery has off ered. and all the crazy things you love with other your Life-uh” contest inspired by “RuPaul’s greenlighted for Broadway when the 9/11 Like the Diversity Honors award recipients people,” Stryker said regarding his enthusiasm Drag Race,” and night shows like “Drag Show terrorist attacks occurred. at the ceremony, presented by the Pride Center of attending anime and comic conventions. Extravaganza!” and a performance from “Nobody wanted to touch it,” Kreis recalled, and Harvey Milk Foundation, Kreis faced his By becoming involved in cosplay—the Internet sensation Ms. Prada. “and major record labels didn’t know what to challenges head on and the results speak—or Japanese-coined term combining “costume” do with me as an openly gay man.” rather, sing—for themselves. and “play”—Stryker began to make his own OUTCon Miami takes place Saturday, May 14 costumes by scratch, posing in character and at Miami Airport Convention Center, 711 NW 72nd Levi Kreis will appear at the Diversity Honors on Friday, May 13 at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino uploading them online. Through social media, Ave, Miami, FL 33126. Doors open at 11 a.m. and and Resort in Hollywood. Tickets are $175 at DiversityHonors.com. he has gained notoriety in the cosplay scene admission is $10 at the door. Visit OUTCon Miami’s under the names “J Stryker” and “Stryker- Facebook page for more details.

46 • 5.11.2016 paid content oces of Pre The Gay Men’s Chorus of the Palm Beaches Presents Live in Living Color

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VOP appears "Live In Living Color" this May as they launch into their spring season with their fabulous main concerts at St. Andrews Church, Lake Worth, where they are Artists in Residence. But hold onto your church hats, ladies! Yes, VOP raises church roofs too with their sassy takes on pop and show tunes as well as their classy rendi- tions of standards from the American Songbook. Be prepared to spend time in church like you never have before with sets, lights, cos- tumes (a singing deck of cards?) and lots of laughs. This "ain't no church choir musicale" s we move towards the month For most of us, the cosmetics and of June with all the Pride events beauty of our smile is the first thing we Aand parades that mark the think of. But don’t forget to keep them positive stance against discrimination healthy too. This would mean brushing and violence toward the lesbian, gay, twice a day, flossing daily and regular I’m 26 and bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) checkups with your dentist. Believe it community, we can all think of the many or not, but as we age, gum disease is the transitioning. things we are proud of. All of us will be number 1 cause of tooth loss, and not able to make up a list of everything we are tooth decay. I have a lot going on proud of. As a dentist, one of the things How many of you have heard your - I don’t need to be that make me happy is if a patient is dentist tell you about the chips or fracture proud of their smile. lines or wear on your teeth? This is often mocked, misgendered, We all have a different perspective of from grinding and clenching and is made or marginalized, and I what that may entail. For some, it may be especially worse by the poor positioning don’t have time to hunt a healthy, clean and cavity free smile. For of the teeth. This can be fixed with braces others it may be a sparkling, white and or Invisalign. If this is not an option, then out news that matters dazzling smile. Either way, your smile is at least protect them with a night guard. to me. integral to your health and happiness. Lastly, the million dollar question is The way we talk or eat, and the way we “how do I get that million dollar smile?”. That’s why I read EDGE feel about ourselves are all affected by the Well, if everything else we discussed state of our smile. above is in great shape, you might want to on my Android tablet. As a dentist, I look at a person’s smile whiten them, or place veneers. There are I’m being true to my from 4 major areas: so many new advances in this field that future - and that’s 1. The health of the gums and bone - this the options are endless. is the foundation that holds the teeth in Just remember, there is a beautiful where it will be. place. You may have the most beautiful smile behind those chipped, stained, teeth but if the foundation is poor, the crooked teeth that is waiting to get out. teeth will fall out. Speak to your dentist to help you unlock 2. Cavity free and infection free teeth a smile you can be proud of. 3. The bite and position of the teeth - many times, the way we bite can cause a great deal of damage and fractures of the teeth Dr Charmaine Johnson 4. Cosmetics and the beauty of our smile Premier Smile Center 954-566-7479 The person depicted here is a model. Their image is being used for illustrative purposes only.

5.11.2016 • 47 Datebook MAY 11 TO MAY 17 Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The Molly,” “Sweet Charity,” and “The Age in miami-dade county Which We Live.” Free. Visit Facebook.com/ last performance of the season with Lola Theater Astanova on the piano. Tickets $44 to $122. SeniorsActingUp. Christiana Lilly Them Beaux Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org. [email protected] Through May 13 at the Miami Theater Center, Beautiful: The Carole King 9806 NE Second Ave. in Miami Shores. A Musical reinterpretation of “The Beaux,” a play set in Stage Kiss Through May 22 at the Broward Center for the Deep South with con men, hijinks, love, Through May 15 at Main Street Players, 6766 the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in and deception. Tickets $25. Call 305-751-9550 Main St. in Miami Lakes. Former lovers, She Top Picks Fort Lauderdale. The story of Carole King, or visit MTCMiami.org. and He head back into show business after a from her start as a girl with a dream in two-decade hiatus and, unbeknownst to them, Brooklyn. Tickets $30 to $115. Call 954- are cast in the leading roles. Tickets $25. Call RuPaul’s Drag Race: * Spring Gala 305-558-3737 or visit MainStreetPlayers.com. Battle of the Seasons 462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org. May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural May 11 at 8 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. Ballet 707 NE 8th St. in Fort Lauderdale. The Master Vladimir Issaev ends the season with PAMM Outdoor Music Series Friday Night Sound Waves Third Thursdays at the Perez Art Museum 12 stars of the past seasons battle it impressive classical pieces. Tickets $30. Call Music Series Miami, 101 W. Flagler St. in Miami. Come out, including Pearl, Adore Delano, 305-466-8002 or visit AventuraCenter.org. Fridays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The out for live music from DJs and musicians Alaska, Courtney Act, Ginger Minj, Hub, Las Olas Boulevard and A1A in Fort by the bay. Drink specials available. Free Miss Fame, and others. Tickets $36.50 Lauderdale. Enjoy live, outdoor music Don Pasquale with museum admission. Call 305-375- to $301. Call 954-462-0222 or visit Through May 14 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, spanning genres and tributes every Friday 3000 or visit PAMM.org. ParkerPlayhouse.com. evening through November. Free. Visit 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Don Pasquale FridayNightSoundWaves.com fears that his nephew Ernesto will steal his fortune, so he seeks to fi nd a woman to marry, The Big Show Florence + The Machine Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. at Just the May 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the which only causes his problems to get worse. palm beach county Funny Theater, 3119 Coral Way in Miami. AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Tickets $25 to $229. 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aren Mason has starred on Broadway, Off -Broadway, television and “…has few Kpeers when it comes to ripping the roof off with her amazing voice that knows no bounds!” according to TheatreScene.net. The recording star and twelve-time MAC Award winner (including Female Vocalist of the Year for six consecutive years) comes to Lynn University’s Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall on May 18 as the fi nal show of this season’s “Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Cabaret at Lincoln Center Comes to Live at Lynn” series. Mason is not just a cabaret star, she’s Broadway’s go-to gal when a show needs a show- stopping performer with great pipes. She most recently garnered rave reviews starring as the Queen of Hearts in “Wonderland,” and originated the role of Tanya on Broadway in “Mamma Mia!” (for which she was awarded a 2002 Drama Desk nomination as Best Actress). Her other leading roles include Norma Desmond in “Sunset Boulevard” in the Broadway and in Los Angeles productions, Velma von Tussel in “Hairspray” on Broadway and as Mazeppa in the original production of “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway.” She has also had featured roles in the Broadway productions of “Torch Song Trilogy” and “Play She’d contracted a virus that aff ected her vocal Me A Country Song” and won the Outer Critics cords. She didn’t know if she’d ever sing again. Six Circle Award for her performance in “And The months later, after much medical treatment, her World Goes ‘Round.” voice returned in 1985. She and Brian resumed Mason is a true gypsy, having toured and performing and working on a musical featuring appeared in starring roles in shows such as; “A Brian’s original music. It wasn’t long, however, Christmas Story,” “White Christmas,” “Side By before another virus, HIV, altered Karen’s life Side By Sondheim,” “Company” (at the Coconut forever. Brian Lasser died of complications of Grove Playhouse) and, of course, “Gypsy.” As a AIDS in 1992. Mason was devastated, “I really concert artist, Karen has headlined Carnegie Hall, thought I would never make music again.” The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Feinstein’s Mason has been a longtime ally of the LGBT at The Regency, Rainbow & Stars, the Algonquin, community, Lasser’s death only cemented and The Ballroom. her commitment to her friends and fans. She Her most infl uential job was when she was has appeared at a number of benefi ts and hired as a singing hostess at a Chicago restaurant fundraisers to help fi ght AIDS and support in 1976. (“I was too clumsy to be a waitress”, the LGBT community. Her highly acclaimed she joked). That is where she met musician, recordings include her newest single, “It’s composer and music arranger Brian Lasser, who About Time,” written by her husband Paul would become her mentor, business partner Rolnick and Shelly Markham, which has and best friend for 16 years. They formed a fast become a same-sex wedding staple. partnership and performed in Chicago’s cabaret She has also recorded a number of albums scene for 3 years, becoming favorites of the gay “Right Here/ Right Now” (2009 Mac Award- community and eventually conquering the entire winner) and “When the Sun Comes Out,” “The city. Sweetest of Nights,” “Christmas! Christmas! No matter how big a fi sh you are, Chicago Christmas!,” “Not So Simply Broadway” and is a small pond, and in 1979 Mason and Lasser “Better Days,” recorded live at the West Bank Cafe packed up and moved to New York City, hoping to featuring songs by Lasser (including the 1998 conquer Broadway and New York’s cabaret world. Emmy Award-winning song Hold Me). They managed to do so rather quickly, landing Karen has also been featured on the soundtrack gigs at The Duplex (1979), The Algonquin (1981), of the original cast CDs of “Wonderland,” “And and opening Don’t Tell Mama (1983) with Karen The World Goes Round” and “Jeff rey” as well as being cast in her fi rst New York Broadway show, the studio cast recordings of “Wonderful Town” “Play Me A Country Song” in 1982. and “Lost in Boston II.” It seemed nothing could stop the dynamic duo, and then Karen woke up on the morning of Tickets for the concert at Lynn University September 4, 1984, sounding like Minnie Mouse. on Wednesday, May 18 are $40 and can be purchased at Lynn.tix.com.

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