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• From top: In addition to our new advisory Choupette and Karl board, we are also proud to announce Lagerfeld (portrayed by photographer Carina that starting with the February/March Mask) at Wicked Manors; 2017 issue we will be partnering behind the scenes with the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian at The Dish shoot Chamber of Commerce. “CLARITY will continue intact as a member-driven publication with news and advertising by and about our nearly 600 member businesses,” says Steve Adkins, president and CEO of the Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. “The magazine will be presented in its entirety within the pages of Palette. Our members will provide content for the articles that you have come to respect and enjoy.” In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this issue. It’s fun, festive and full of helpful ideas. We had a fantastic time hitting Wicked Manors (as you can see above), and so did all the other crazy, quirky, creative people who appear in our social pages. Something else we’re buzzing about: GETTING Moonlight. If you haven’t seen it already, you should. CLARITY Our interview of Tarrell McCraney, the playwright whose work was the basis for the movie, offers some great insight on the fi lm. e fi nally made taking him at his word for the many If you’re looking for a week-long it. Though 2016 divisive things he has said. Others, vacation somewhere new and fresh, certainly tried are taking a wait-and-see approach, take a short plane ride to San Juan, Wits best, we have stuck in a holding pattern, witholding Puerto Rico to explore the Santurce seen it through judgment until he is in offi ce. neighborhood. You’ll be glad you did. — even if a little banged up, bruised Though most of us are still While you’re out, don’t forget to and apprehensive for the future. stunned, this doesn’t change our tweets us @palettelgbt or drop me a After what felt like an daily reality, and many of us have a line at [email protected]. We interminable campaign season that lot to look forward to in the coming look forward to hearing from you. got downright weird at times, the year. We are particularly excited Be sure to follow us on Instagram November elections had one last to announce that we have a new Follow Us: and Facebook as well. surprise. Like most, we were caught advisory board (see page 10). A off guard by Donald Trump’s win number of committed members of Stay Gold, and are now left wondering what the community signed up to support this means going forward. our ongoing mission to properly @palettelgbt While the incoming president refl ect the local LGBTQ presence cannot take back hard-earned rights — both in its place and infl uence like the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t on our region. We have aimed to @palettelgbt Tell or the momentous decision that challenge ourselves since we started brought marriage equality, a number this project, and this new effort is in Ethan Duran PaletteLGBT of organizations are mobilizing, keeping with that spirit. Creative Director From top: hristina Mendenhall; Carina Mask 006 contents• palette•dec|jan 1617

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026 • lgbtq health & aging 040 • this season’s gifts An increasing number of lgbtq folks are No matter who you have jotted down on hitting the crossroads between health and your nice — or naughty — list, there are aging, and that affects us all. plenty of playful, beautiful and fanciful gifts to suit the occasion. 032 • richard quint on the cover: The young wanderer literally reaches the 048 • bright, gay santurce Richard Quint end of the road and the pot of gold on the From provocative murals and delightful photographed by other side of his rainbow. dishes to a sizzling nightlife that Andrew Printer redeﬁ nes the term after hours, San Juan, in Key West. 036 • a ray of moonlight Puerto Rico’s Santurce neighborhood is Playwright and Miami-native Tarrell a red hot destination that is just a short McCraney discusses the movie Moonlight. ﬂ ight away. Courtesy of La Concha Resort The New Concept of Italian Living

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012 020 064 DEPARTMENTS 012 • in tune 020 • the dish 058 • serious business Celebrate the end of 2016 by looking Three chefs + Three dishes = One ﬁ ne If you missed last year’s inaugural back at the books and music that made it way to impress guests at your next Gay8 Festival, José Cardona and a great year. dinner party. Damian Pardo answer a few questions about what you can expect this 014 • statement pieces 024 • after hours time around. Put a little sparkle in your wardrobe this Instead of squinting in the dim lighting holiday season with metallic looks that of a night club, open your eyes to the 060 • the scene shimmer and shine. brilliant splendor of a dark sky. Were you there? Find out who was at this year’s Star Wars Night at Marlin’s 016 • chez moi 054 • scoreboard Park, Fantasy Fest in Key West, Local interior designer, Oskar Torres, While running has long been a form Wicked Manors and Broward House’s curates this issue’s selection of products of excercise for some and a hobby for Studio 54 Party. meant to help you create a relaxing others, it has become a decidedly more ambience to take on the season. social activity in recent years. 064 • out & about Mark your calendar! Art shows, 018 • get cultured 056 • health check concerts and other activities will Renowned artist Jose Alvarez D.O.P.A. Meal delivery is a great way to keep us outdoors this holiday season. gets back to basics with his exhibition of stick to a regimen. Here is a review sketches entitled Krome. of the options. © Pamela Littky; Christine Mendenhall; Kyle Eriksen From left:

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ANDREW PRINTER LAWRENCE FERBER Originally from England, Andrew is an Born and raised in New York, travel and artist, writer and photographer. arts journalist Lawrence Ferber has Andrew’s arts coverage has written for National Geographic Traveler, been recognized with three Press BARBARA POLLAK-LEWIS CondeNastTraveler.com, Islands Magazine, Club awards. His video-work has been Barbara is an illustrator, painter, animator Fodors.com, The New York Post, Passport broadcast internationally, and his and published author who lives and works Magazine, Time Out New York and many Steve Rothaus photography is included in several in San Francisco with her small family and other publications and websites. He covers LGBT national and private collections. their multiple pets. With over 20 years co-wrote the 2010 gay romantic comedy issues in South He currently lives in Key West. experience in the ﬁeld, she has illustrated BearCity, and his hobby photo project, Florida and is keywestphotoworks.com articles and book covers, designed cards, I Am A Tourist — IG: @iamatouristblog also the Miami posters, computer games and apps for the and facebook.com/iamatouristblog — Herald’s assistant kids and teens markets and worked on chronicles tourists across the globe. community news advertising campaigns and products. In @iliketogetthatthere editor. Don’t her free time, she enjoys painting, making forget to check soup and collecting cookbooks and other out Steve Rothaus’ artifacts from the 1950s and 1960s. Gay South Florida freckleshop.com News in the Miami Herald and at miamiherald.com — and follow his Twitter account, @SteveRothaus — for the latest information about our community.

JULIE BALTER SHAYNE BENOWITZ Shayne is the Hotels and Travel editor Julie is a writer, yogi and calculated for Miami.com and a frequent contributor risk-taker. Her career has included to the Miami Herald. She’s also the Miami everything from her 10+ years as a destination expert and a hotel critic for Screen Actors’ Guild Florida Branch London’s Daily Telegraph. Her work executive to her current role for LGBT- has appeared in the Chicago Tribune based marketing campaigns, such as GREGG SHAPIRO and Charlotte Observer, as well as Kiss for Equality. She’s a former yoga Entertainment journalist Gregg Shapiro is Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida instructor at Prana Yoga in Miami, the the author of Lincoln Avenue (Squares and and Aventura magazines. blog creator of Yogi After Forty and a Rebels Press, 2014), GREGG SHAPIRO: contributing writer for Elephant Journal. 77 (Souvenir Spoon Press, 2012), yogiafterforty.com Protection (Gival Press, 2008) and the forthcoming short story collection, How to Whistle (Lethe Press, 2016). Shapiro lives in Fort Lauderdale with his husband Rick and their dog k.d. Steve Rothaus: Carl Juste; Lawerence Ferber: Benjamin Zhang 012 in tune• YEAR IN REVIEW

Here’s a look at the best LGBTQ books and music of 2016.

by GREGG SHAPIRO here’s no denying that 2016 was an exceptional year for Tqueer writers and musicians. The year delivered veritable feast for the takes readers back to New York With his book, Colucci invites eyes and ears. New voices — Ocean during the early days of the AIDS readers on a guide tour of the Vuong and Garth Greenwell — and crisis and provides a view from deep “wicker wonderland.” established writers — Jacqueline within the trenches, while shining a Soon to be a movie with a Woodson, Paul Lisicky and Julie • From top: Car Seat light on what has become possible. screenplay by Chris Weitz, Love Marie Wade — thrilled readers Headrest; the best Night Sky With Exit Wounds Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers queer reads of 2016 with their storytelling. Musically, (Copper Canyon Press, 2016), the Who Fought the Landmark Case 2016 found queer favorites such as full-length debut collection by for Marriage Equality (William Tegan and Sara, Rufus Wainwright lauded poet Ocean Vuong, deserves Morrow, 2016) by Pulitzer Prize- and Bob Mould continuing to all the praise it has received — winning investigative reporter Debbie hone their craft, while relative including a Whiting Award. It is now Cenziper and Jim Obergefell, is newcomers including Car Seat on its second printing, a remarkable called the “defi nitive account…of the Headrest, Brandy Clark and Anohni feat for a book of poetry. dramatic and previously unreported surpassed expectations. A portrait of loss, focused on the events” leading up to Obergefell v death of friend and writer Denise Hodges, the milestone case regarding Great Reads Gess and the end of his relationship the legalization of same-sex marriage. What Belongs To You (Farrar, with his partner the writer Mark Probably the only other fi rst lady Straus, Giroux, 2016), the debut Doty, Paul Lisicky’s The Narrow who could have been the fi rst female novel by writer Garth Greenwell, Door (Graywolf, 2016) is an intimate president, “duty-bound” Eleanor is a dazzling achievement. The and emotionally charged memoir. Roosevelt’s relationship with “feisty author tells the story of an American Jim Colucci’s irreverent campaign reporter” Lorena Hickock teacher living in Bulgaria who gets Golden Girls Forever (Harper is given close scrutiny in Eleanor involved with a young hustler. Design, 2016), subtitled An and Hick: The Love Affair That Spanning 40 years, from the Unauthorized Look Behind the Shaped a First Lady (Penguin early 1980s to the early 2020s, writer Lanai, pays homage to one of Press, 2016) by Susan Quinn. Tim Murphy’s epic third novel Miami’s favorite foursomes — Prolifi c South Florida-based Christodora (Grove Atlantic, 2016) Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Sophia. lesbian writer Julie Marie Wade had Car Seat Headrest: © Anna Webber palette•dec|jan 1617

a banner year with the publication label debut), Big Day in a Small (Deutsche Grammophon), his of two books — the poetic essays Town (Warner Brothers), not only musical homage to the Bard’s 400th collection Catechism: A Love firmly establishes her as the reigning anniversary, in which he seamlessly Story (Noctuary, 2016) and the queen of story songs (“Broke,” combines an opera fixation with experimental six-poem collection SIX “Daughter,” “Three Kids No Husband” his pop passion by featuring guest (Red Hen Press, 2016). and “Homecoming Queen”), but as an vocalists Anna Prohaska, sister National Book Award-winning artist who is equally comfortable with Martha Wainwright, Florence Welch, African-American lesbian memoirist a tear-jerking ballad (“You Can Come Carrie Fisher, William Shatner and and young-adult novelist Jacqueline Over”) as she is with a full-on dance Helena Bonham Carter. Then, his Woodson’s adult novel Another track (“Girl Next Door”). eponymous 1998 debut album and Brooklyn (Amistad, 2016) reminds Car Seat Headrest, aka 2001’s Poses were reissued as double us that the story of August, her musician Will Toledo, comes LPs on 180-gram vinyl by Geffen/UMe. family and close friends Sylvia, Gigi across like the lovechild of Beck Combining the best (and most and Angela, are a memory, one as and Jonathan Richman on his rocking) elements of his previous unforgettable as this book. exhilarating second album, Teens bands — Husker Du and Sugar — • From top: 2016’s of Denial (Matador). Rocking Bob Mould has found a groove and Hot Tracks musical highlights; Anohni out like he means business on he’s sticking with it on Patch The Times are changing in Nashville and “Destroyed By Hippie Powers,” “Fill Sky (Merge), from gentle opener Brandy Clark, an award-winning in the Blank,” “Drunk Drivers/Killer “Voice In My Head” to the walls country singer-songwriter, is living Whales,” “Unforgiving Girl (She’s of sound on “The End of Things,” proof. Her second album (and major- Not An)” and “Connect the Dots “You Say You,” “Daddy’s Favorite,” (The Saga of Frank Sinatra),” Car “Black Confetti,” “Pray For Rain” and Seat Headrest takes listeners on a “Losing Time.” new kind of joyride. With Your Dying Wish Come Queer twin duo Tegan and Sara’s True (jimandralis.bandcamp.com/ electro-powered Love You To Death releases), Jim Andralis, of gay (Rhino/WB) is ‘80s nostalgia by way of post-punk sensations The Isotoners the 21st century, particularly on tracks fame, released one of the best solo like “Stop Desire,” the dramatic “White debut discs of the year. The track Knuckles,” break-up ballad “100X,” the “For a Minute or Two,” alone, is retro strut of “U-Turn” and the dreamy enough to justify that statement. “Hang On to the Night.” case/lang/veirs is only 1/3 Anohni, formerly the queer, but that’s enough to earn this androgynous Antony Hegarty of hipster trio’s self-titled debut (Anti-) Antony and the Johnsons, has a spot on this list. The firepower of made her transition complete with singer-songwriters Neko Case, k.d. her inspiring solo debut album lang and Laura Veirs has resulted Hopelessness (Secretly Canadian). in one of the most satisfying The music is primarily focused on collaborations in recent memory. electronics and experimentation, Stellar tunes include the splendid especially on “4 Degrees,” album opener “Atomic Numbers,” “Drone Bomb Me,” “Watch Me,” the girl-group pop of “Delirium,” “Execution” and “Obama.” the glorious harmonies of “I Want Rufus Wainwright fans got a to Be Here,” the enchanting “Best special treat in 2016. First, the “gay Kept Secret,” the propulsive “Down messiah” released Take All My I-5,” and the delicious “Honey

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circles and crown with the short rib marmalade. The advanced home cook with a siphon gun handy can give Brasel’s cherry habanero foam a whirl. Otherwise, garnish the plate with endive and orange segments. “The tostini is perfect for absorbing the liquid jus of the scallop,” says Brasel. “The citrus and bitter greens cut through the rich fat and sweet and sour ﬂ avors of the scallop and marmalade to cleanse the palate.”

Main Feature Veal meatballs with pancetta, shallots, northern white beans and escarole by Chef Toby Joseph of Wild Sea at the Riverside Hotel Chef Toby Joseph grew up in Boston in a large Italian family that was always cooking hearty bean JUICY MORSELS soups and meatball soups. Never a fan of red sauce, Joseph created this veal meatball dish as an alternative, OF ADVICE with broth and olive oil. “There’s no tradition to the dish, so you can really make it with anything,” Whether for a holiday party, family reunion Joseph explains. Prepared in a Dutch oven, or friendly gathering, it’s always good to it can be made four to fi ve days know how to whip a show-stopping dish. in advance, and reheated by simmering on the stovetop. “You can’t overcook the dish,” he says. by SHAYNE BENOWITZ The meatballs are made with e tapped three enjoys playing with surf and turf ground veal, pancetta and panko top South combinations. “I love the idea of a breadcrumbs, and then sautéed in Florida chefs to mixed grill,” he says. • Top, from left: a pan until they’re seared on the help us create Brasel applies this concept to Chef Toby Joseph, outside. Joseph prefers shaping W Chef Eileen Andrade and a three-course a one-bite appetizer that’s full of them into an oblong, quenelle Chef Sean Brasel. menu that’s sure to impress if you’re fl avor. Using a super hot cast iron Bottom: Chef Toby shape. “It’s a conversation piece,” entertaining at home. Best of all, you skillet, he sears scallops in butter Joseph’s veal meatballs. he says. won’t fi nd these dishes on the menus and duck fat. “Getting a hard sear is at their restaurants, so you’ll truly be key. It really brings out the delicate, creating a one-of-a-kind meal. sweet fl avor of the fi sh,” he says. This is an excellent dish for For Starters entertaining at home since, aside Seared sea scallops with short from the scallops, it can be prepared rib marmalade and cherry juice ahead of time. The short rib habanero foam by Chef Sean marmalade — made with cranberry Brasel of Meat Market juice, cherries, red wine vinegar and As chef and owner of Meat Market veal stock — can be stored in the — an upscale, contemporary refrigerator weeks in advance. steakhouse with locations in When it comes to plating, place South Beach, Palm Beach and San the seared scallops atop toasted

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The broth is prepared on the • Clockwise from top: stovetop with pancetta, escarole Chef Eileen Andrade’s cinnamon sugar buñuelos; and great northern white beans Jason Cottor’s before the meatballs are added and Merry Ginger Punch; the Dutch oven is placed in the oven Chef Sean Brasel’s at 300 degrees to slow cook over seared sea scallops two hours. “I love the earthy flavors,” says Joseph. “You can really smell the aroma in the kitchen.” The dish leaves plenty of room for improvisation. He explains that it’s already light, but you can substitute the veal for ground turkey or chicken for a lower calorie alternative. It can be served with the broth on its own or poured over spaghetti or penne. Joseph prefers my grandma,” she says. “It’s an “That’s the fun part,” she says, topping it with a dollop of fresh interactive family recipe.” explaining that you can make them ricotta and a generous dusting of The traditional Latin American any shape you like. parmesan cheese. dessert — common in many Cuban While typically prepared with households — gets an updated, a sugar syrup, Andrade adds Sweet Endings playful twist with Andrade’s recipe. a boozy touch, playing up the Cinnamon sugar buñuelos with Made of yucca and Spanish boniato anise flavor with a sazerac syrup sazerac syrup and whipped lemon (sweet potato) and deep fried in made of Redemption Rye and cream by Chef Eileen Andrade of canola oil, Andrade prepares hers Pernod Absinthe. The addition of Finka Table & Tap with anise and dusts them with homemade whipped lemon cream For Chef Eileen Andrade, owner cinnamon and sugar. merengue adds a bright, fresh of Finka Table & Tap, buñuelos Instead of the figure-eight note that balances the dish. Since are a nostalgic holiday dessert that shape used in the traditional Cuban buñuelos can be served hot or cold, brings back childhood memories. preparation, Andrade tests her they’re perfect for preparing ahead “I grew up making them with creativity bending hers into pretzels. of time when entertaining at home.•

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What party is complete without a cocktail? When it comes to hosting, Jason Cotter, director of food and beverage at Fort Lauderdale’s Riverside Hotel, prefers a festive punch spiked with vodka. You can recreate his Merry Ginger Punch at home using two parts vodka (he prefers Tito’s), two parts ginger beer, one part Cointreau and one part simple syrup. Garnish your punch bowl with freshly sliced orange and

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a group, the LGBTQ community has overcome a tumultuous history marked by stigma and discrimination. It’s been a little over 40 years since the American ASPsychiatric Association (APA) took homosexuality off its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSMMD), and the social environment has changed dramatically since that decision. It’s difﬁ cult for many in younger generations to fathom, but not too long ago it was common practice to institutionalize, force conversion therapy upon and even chemically and/or electrically sterilize people for homosexual behavior. Further back, Nazi Germany systematically tried to exterminate gays and lesbians, along with Jews; Cuba’s Public Ostentation laws supported draconian measures to “deal with” homosexuals in the community; and even in places where the laws don’t speciﬁ cally sanction the mistreatment of LGBTQ people, just the suspicion of

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“WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY TO TELL THEM TO BE VISIBLE. IF WE’RE GOING TO GET QUALITY CARE, IT IS BECAUSE WE NEED IT.”

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being gay, lesbian or transgender could lead to dangerous, retire, it is estimated that this number will more than double possibly deadly consequences. by 2030. As of now, we can only make estimates about what Against this backdrop, it is completely understandable part of that population identiﬁes as LGBTQ; there simply are that many LGBTQ seniors are not comfortable letting no federal health surveys that include questions regarding their health care providers know about what they’ve come sexual orientation or gender identity. to consider their personal information. However, sexual This growing population needs accessibility to competent orientation and gender identity are important to disclose and understanding health care providers, especially to physicians and health care professionals, sometimes considering that when compared to its heterosexual even life saving. It is crucial that doctors are also trained to counterpart, the LGBTQ community has lower rates of provide culturally sensitive and appropriate services. health insurance coverage; higher risk of cancer due to delayed testing, among a number of other factors; higher GROWING IN NUMBERS risk for depression and suicide; greater risk of drug and Jim Lopresti, senior clinical supervisor and the director alcohol abuse and dependence; a higher percentage of of education at SunServe says it’s imperative for patients mental health disorders; and a generally greater tendency to become visible if they want health care organizations to toward engaging in high-risk behaviors. provide quality care. He is also aware that unfortunately in the LGBTQ community, the exact opposite happens. It takes LIVING BEYOND HIV a certain vulnerability, a letting down your guard to become Christopher Matthews, the senior services specialist at The visible. “We need to become vulnerable and visible,” he Pride Center in Wilton Manors, recently held an event called says. “On our end, we have the responsibility to the LGBT “Maturing with HIV,” during which a panel of doctors and community to tell them to be visible. If we’re going to get social workers discussed the speciﬁc medical concerns and quality care, it is because we need it.” psychosocial issues with which people living with HIV are There are more than 39 million people in the United most commonly confronted. States that are 65 years or older, approximately 1.5 million of “Premature aging happens even if you keep [HIV] in these people identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. check,” says Dr. Marah Lee of Lifeway Medical. “Diabetes, As the baby boomer generation gets older and more people hypertension, neuropathy, kidney disease, dementia, heart 030

disease, different cancers and osteoporosis can all happen ARIANNA LINT, FOUNDER AND CEO OF ARIANNA CENTER 10 to 20 years before their HIV-negative counterparts.” Once considered a death sentence, HIV has become a manageable disease, thanks in large part to medical premature aging, disease and a weakened immune advances made in the early 1990s. Highly active anti- system,” says Dr. Lee. retroviral therapy (HAART) helped those who are HIV Researchers at NIA have estimated that approximately positive add another 30 to 50 years to their life expectancy. 50 percent of those who are HIV positive have HIV- That success is a testament to the dedication of Associated Neurocognitive Disorder. Whether that countless medical professionals, but it also brought about a involves the loss of fi ne motor skills, language, information new set of obstacles. While it’s true that this group of people processing, memory or attention defi cit, the result is the is now living longer, until very recently there was no such same: diminished quality of life and increased risk of thing as a long-term study on the HIV positive population. depression, which causes its own set of problems. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the Centers for A study at the University of Pittsburgh utilizes Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have both publicly comprehensive brain imaging techniques, such as MRI, stated that the increasing number of Americans who are to compare the brain activity of HIV-positive men who HIV positive and aging is a public health concern. are on HAART treatment with that of HIV-negative men. “HIV infection causes a chronic infl ammation Degeneration of small blood vessels in the brain might be throughout your entire body. This is what causes one of the causes for the cognitive impairment. The tests palette•dec|jan 1617

“WE FACE DIFFERENT BARRIERS WITH HEALTH. EVERYONE IN THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IS VERY UNIQUE. I AM TALKING NOT JUST ABOUT MY COMMUNITY, BUT MYSELF. PERSONALLY, I AM 43. MY ID SHOWS THAT I AM FEMALE; MY INSURANCE DOESN’T COVER PROSTATE EXAMS, NOR DOES IT COVER ANY MALE MEDICATIONS.” — Arianna Lint, CEO/Founder of Arianna Center and Translatin@ Coalition Florida Chapter

seem to point to structural changes that may take place in ADDITIONAL FACTORS the brain within the first few months of infection. “The LGBT community started to come together more Access to this kind of information and specialized care and more for gay rights, then Stonewall and then AIDS are especially important in Florida, which according to Care happened,” says Matthews. “A large swath of men and Resource has the third highest rate of new HIV infections in women died. A whole part of our community is gone.” the United States. An often-neglected aspect of care for the aging relates to social and emotional care. For the aging LGBTQ community AN AGE TRANSITION — who came of age before widespread social acceptance The 2011 national study titled “Injustice at Every Turn: A and marriage equality — the social network is fragmented, Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey,” especially since this particular generation lost many friends carried out by the National Center for Transgender Equality and partners to the AIDS crisis. and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, surveyed “How do we take care of each other?” asks Matthews. 6,400 participants to examine the social effects that are “How do we bring together the older and maturing LGBT specific to the transgender population. community in talking with the Gen-X and Gen-Y. We all have “The persons who are the most [at] risk are the ‘T’,” says needs. How do we connect?” Lopresti. “Most trans men have not had hysterectomies or Intergenerational programs aimed at increasing phalloplasty. That person still needs pap smears. They are understanding and improving quality of life already at risk for several types of cancer, including cervical cancer. exist. In Deventer, Holland, the Humanitas nursing home But this trans man isn’t about ready to let that be known.” offers students the opportunity to live rent-free in a Arianna Lint, founder and CEO of the Arianna Center small apartment within the home in exchange for at least is all too aware of the difficulties of being an aging 30 hours a month of being “good neighbors.”As part of transgender person and echoes those concerns. a effort to encourage social interaction and stave off “We face different barriers with health. Everyone in the isolation and loneliness, students are invited to participate transgender community is very unique,” she says. “I am in different activities such as celebrating birthdays, talking not just about my community, but myself.” watching sporting events and just being there to strike up If the medical industry is just now coming to terms with conversation. Many have found that they too are benefiting an increased need — some might say demand — for more from the interaction. personalized service, nowhere is this more necessary than “How do we really begin to respect and honor the with the transgender community. The complex medical generations before us?” asks Matthews. “We don’t have histories of transgender individuals are compounded by very extended families as much. We connect via phones and narrow social readings of gender-related health concerns. texting, but we need to be present” “Personally, I am 43. My ID shows that I am female; Community centers, like the Pride Center at Equality [but] my insurance doesn’t cover prostate exams, nor Park, Pridelines and the Jewish Center for Senior Living does it cover any male medications,” says Lint. “Not many offer opportunities for all members of the community to agencies or doctors understand or know how to deal with become engaged by acknowledging and embracing the a 40-something Peruvian or Latina transgender woman various stages of life. Aging is an inevitability and we can walking into their office to get a prostate exam.” learn how to age gracefully from our predecessors.• richard quinttext/photos by andrew printer an immense joy

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ey West. It’s the tan torsos lounging by the pool. He “Everything I am today is because southernmost city skateboards everywhere, weaving left of her.” He unpacks this a little, tells in the continental and right, often while scrutinizing a dog- me that she comfortably described United States. It’s eared book. Look closely and the text their surroundings as “redneck.” She closer to Cuba than is likely to be something surprising for understood they were dark-skinned it is to the nearest a sunny place like Key West: Friedrich children living in a racist society, and Wal-Mart and It’s Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, she was clearly going to guide them the end of the road the Book of Job, Martin Heidegger’s through it. for all sorts of works on language or the lectures of Quint recounts a pivotal moment eccentric characters Gilles Deleuze. in her childhood. At age 12, his and inveterate Key West is chock full of grandmother — who had been happily wanderers. It isn’t too much of a characters like this: retired people, living alongside suburban Chicago’s stretchK to say that Richard Quint is immigrants, millionaires, gay men, African-American community — one of them. literary women. There’s something questioned an elder of the church as to Quint, 31, has lived here for about this small dot of land at Mile why all the fi gures in Christianity were around seven years. Like many in the Marker 0 that suits some people white. The elder replied that the blacks service industry he works several perfectly. Quint clearly fi ts. were in the cages on Noah’s Ark with jobs. He helps manage a popular café, “I was born in Manhattan but the rest of the beasts. choreographs music and lighting twice grew up on a horse farm in northwest Upon hearing this she abandoned a week at the 801 Cabaret and, most Indiana,” he reveals. her religion. Quint went on to take a conspicuously, is the effervescent host He speaks in a noticeably formal similar stance against Christianity, too of the naked pool parties at Island manner. I tell him that his delivery — a position he says has softened over House Gay Men’s Resort. reminds me of William Buckley. the years. Quint is just one of thousands of Thankfully Quint isn’t appalled. “Ultimately, and essentially,” Quint locals who cater to the vacationing “I speak this way because I read concludes, “my grandmother taught public, part of the wallpaper of out loud,” he explains. “Words are me one thing that has been of supreme waitresses and bartenders and hotel extremely important to me, so I say importance: The act of questioning is a clerks toiling away against a backdrop them. Over time I’ve come to speak in kind of power.” of turquoise water and poinciana a certain way all the time, I suppose.” Quint, who is thoroughly in his trees. Every one of them surely I learn that Quint’s African- element asking questions and probing has an interesting story, but Quint American mother died in a car crash assumptions, could discuss the subject distinguishes himself from the crowd. when he was four. That’s when he and for hours and would, if it weren’t for Where others worry and moan about his two siblings went to live with his a boss who gently reminds him that the humidity or the traffi c he seems to father’s family in Indiana, where his he has a tray of Jello shots to serve. always be happy. He is of mixed race, so paternal grandmother raised them. He promptly leaps out of the pool and his warm brown complexion often sets “My grandmother is the strides to the bar, fi t, handsome, leaner him apart from the pink and orange- cornerstone of my life,” he says. by the month (no meat and now no palette•dec|jan 1617

dairy) and absolutely comfortable moving We agree that students of through the world without clothing. philosophy don’t really need a diploma, Quint’s grandmother is also responsible but Quint wants to teach inner for introducing him to Key West. city children, the incarcerated and “She would drive us down from homeless. For that he needs school. Lake Hill Downs — our horse farm in Despite the slippery boundaries northwest Indiana — to another family ever-present in a party town, Quint farm in Ocala, Florida,” he explains. “She maintains a remarkably disciplined has an adventurous spirit and was usually work ethic. He insists on writing, compelled to take the road all the way to mostly poetic verse but also essays, for the end.” His first visit was when he was several hours each day. “ just 7 or 8, he says, but it wasn’t until New “I must make time for everything,” my Year’s Eve when he was 13 that the town he explains. “Human interaction is made an impression on him. “The town’s vital, but I can’t devote myself entirely grandmother gay energy struck me,” he says. “We were to social activities.” taught me one on Duval, and I saw and understood my I’ve grown to know Quint over attraction to men’s bodies.” the past three years, watching him thing that has The experience remained tucked away at work and sharing numerous long in a memory bank until Quint was in his conversations. He treats everyone with been of supreme 20s. In between, he went to the University the same bright, openness. I rarely see importance: of Indianapolis, graduating cum laude with him angry or down. a degree in philosophy. We are in a bar for a final meeting, the act of After graduating he wanted to travel. a gaudy place with a burlesque vibe. questioning is a First he went to Hawaii and then spent time Peppered across the room are a “vagabonding” — his word, not mine — handful of afternoon drinkers. Outside, kind of power.” through the West, jumping trains, invoking the street is hot and bright. I ask Jack Karouac’s quintessential road trip. His Quint about his seemingly constant, road brought him to Key West in 2010. undisturbed happiness. His face “I enjoy the intimacy [in Key West],” he becomes neutral. “I’ve come to live says. “I like the close-knit sense of family, in a place of immense joy,” he says. the community. I love it. But I don’t think I What’s surprising is that he doesn’t will be here forever.” struggle to find the answer. It’s right Quint’s grandmother is 79, and her there. He adds, “All my other feelings devoted grandson is confident he will and emotions are simply nudging the return to his family soon. The long delayed supremacy of joy into place.” decision to attend graduate school looms There are 25,000 stories in Key closer, too. West. This is just one of them.• © Aaron Davidson / Getty Images

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no exaggeration to say you introduce us, per se, but they did put the Please say something about the haven’t seen anything like Moonlight script in Barry’s hands. beautifully intimate scene on the Moonlight (A24). Written beach between Chiron and Kevin. It’s and directed by Miami- What was it like working with Barry? Again, it’s one of the scenes where native Barry Jenkins, Moonlight is I think one of the things that was Barry really preserved the nature of based on a short play by Miami-native important to Barry right away was to it from the original and left it there, TARELL MCCRANEY. Presented in preserve the voice of the piece. I think allowing the actors to take it to where three separate chapters, it tells the the piece is so speciﬁcally about queer it really needed to go. What I love heartrending story of Chiron — as a identity. He respected that and wanted about this process is that everyone child, teen and adult — growing up in to keep that there. In that sense, there came to the table wanting to be as Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood. Alex was never any conversation about true and authentic to the moment as Hibbert, Ashton Sanders and Trevante diminishing or amplifying it in any possible. I think it paid off in that way... Rhodes portray the three ages of Chiron stereotypical way. We just wanted it to Remember, we have to hold that in exceptionally well, and the supporting exist. Also, it’s a funny story, because I our heart for another decade. That is a cast — which includes Mahershala Ali, think most people want to characterize deﬁning moment of his [Chiron’s] life, Janelle Monae, Naomie Harris and André it as a story about a man living on the and it is extraordinarily beautiful. Holland — are equally outstanding. That sound you hear? That’s well- deserved Oscar buzz. I spoke with Tarell McCraney about the movie.

Congratulations! What does the favorable response the movie has I THINK THE PIECE IS SO SPECIFICALLY received mean to you? ABOUT QUEER IDENTITY. HE RESPECTED Thank you, first of all. I don’t think any of us expected the response we’re THAT AND WANTED TO KEEP THAT THERE. getting...a lot of this has been a passion project. I wrote the original script as something that was more of a personal exploration. I think [director] Barry [Jenkins] got involved because he could personally see himself there and wanted down-low, which is actually not what Moonlight features breathtaking to tell a story about Liberty City. We the piece is about. It’s about a guy who performances. What was it like kind of didn’t think past just doing that. only wants to be with one person. It’s working with the cast? kind of a true love story...He’s [Chiron] I can’t say enough about this cast. I love What was the process of adapting never with anyone else, and I think it’s them like family. And I know they get your short play, In Moonlight Black different when you say that someone is tired of me. I send them random texts, Boys Look Blue, into the movie like? living a lie and you say they are going and I hit them up on Instagram, “Guys! The original piece that was sent to Barry and doing other things. But he wasn’t. Thanks so much!” Alex Hibbert and Jaden was a script that I had been playing with That’s the powerful thing. Piner, who are from Miami and in school since about 2003. The version he got right now, they’re not with us because was one that I was trying to figure out Most of Moonlight is set in Miami. they’re in class. They’re extraordinary whether I could turn into a limited series Why was that important? and I love them so much because they or something. We were both working I think the significance of the setting is remind me so much of me growing up in with a group called The Borscht Film that it’s a Miami that we rarely get to see. this neighborhood, in this community. Festival here in Miami. They’re based What we usually see is the powdered Mahershala is so generous with his time in Wynwood — mostly underground beaches and jiggly things in bikinis — and gave himself to this role. Naomie, and indie films and shorts. I sent them both male and female. I think one of the who didn’t have a lot of time on-set, but Moonlight because I graduated from important things about it is that we show she worked so hard to get it done. André New World School of the Arts with a that there is immense beauty to the city, as is one of my closest friends, so it’s a little few of the people. It was a little longer well as immense poverty and other urban disingenuous to say I love André. I mean, than they could use; so they put it away. issues that major cities have. In that way, I I do love André, and I think he’s one of Then they were working with Barry on think Miami can connect with other cities the best actors of our generation, but a short called Chlorophyll...They didn’t in a way that it normally doesn’t. don’t tell him I said that.• © Marilyn Barbone / Alamy Stock Photo GIFTS GALORE

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Most of these LGBTQ bars are within I’ve hit the bars too early. San Juan’s Santurce neighborhood, a Like, way too early. vibrant, edgy, walkable district that’s It’s a hot Thursday evening in San home to a creative, entrepreneurial Juan, approaching midnight, and popular hipster population. Their boutiques, LGBTQnightclub Circo is barely getting restaurants and bars, along with street started. A millennial lesbian in clingy, art that rivals and sometimes bests velvety bellbottoms belts out a karaoke what you ﬁ nd in Wynwood, make for a version of Celine Dion’s “Because You dynamic setting. Loved Me” on a small stage while a The Puerto Rico Queer Filmfest takes handful of friends look on, supportively, place right here in November; openly gay nursing cocktails. Hoping for a glimpse Puerto Rican pop star, Fofe Abreau, calls of San Juan’s outrageously talented drag Santurce home; and Fall 2016 saw the queens in action – two standouts, Rochelle opening of über-hipster food park Lote Mon Cheri and Queen Bee Ho’, appeared 23, with vendors including El Baoricua — in the excellent 2014 documentary, Mala transgender chef Paxx Moll’s inventive, Mala — I saunter across the street to Asian-Rican fusion bao spot. Scandalo. A slick space where RuPaul’s I’m staying about a 15-minute walk Drag Race contestants April Carrión, from Circo in Santurce’s beachfront sub- Kandy Ho, and Nina Flowers have ruled, I district, Condado. This tourist-friendly ﬁ nd myself the sole patron. enclave of boutique hotels, sprawling “Come back around two… or three,” resorts, hip restaurants and upscale a local advises. Wow. Boricuas party shops is where San Juan Gay Pride 2017 and perform late! Alas, I have morning — Puerto Rico’s 27th annual LGBTTIQ commitments, so a more extensive San Pride march — will kick off. While gay Juan club crawl will need to wait for the tourists and locals congregate and sun

work restaurants there beeline for Santurce when they want to be fed right. One of Calle Loíza’s anchors, Chef Mario Ormaza’s Café Tresbé is a converted, yellow shipping container that’s been decked out with outdoor patio seating. It specializes in deliciously made, locally sourced seafood staples like ceviche, squid empanadillas and the especially popular ﬁsh tacos. Spoon Food Tours, founded by Brooklyn expat Paulina Salach, offers a Santurce and Miramar route that includes stops on Calle Loíza. Opened in summer 2016, the sister venue next door, Café con Cé, is a small Parque del Indo will set the scene for the craft coffee and design item shop that’s annual festival. hard to miss, thanks to its mural of a I’m happy to discover that gay bar levitating woman. The coffee is lovely, with Oasis is just around the corner from my beans and bottled Campeón cold brew hotel, the San Juan Marriott Resort & sourced from the excellent local roasters Stellaris Casino. The adjoining ice cream at Hacienda San Pedro, which has its own shop, Gelato & Co., is a bonus treat. cafe that is also worth a visit. Located a few doors over from that 3DJH(O7URSLH]RE\'DYLG=D\DV The Morning After eatery, designer Anthony Quintana’s &ORFNZLVHIURPWRS The next morning, from my balcony, I take shop houses his sexy line of men’s $UWRQ&DOOH&HUUD in an astonishing view of ocean-blue sky hybrid swimwear-underwear — which 6DQ-XDQ*D\3ULGH and, well, ocean. The white sand beach and boasts UVA protection to boot — and KRQRULQJWKH3XHUWR5LFDQVZKR crystalline waters are already peppered the Museo de Arte De Puerto Rico, GLHGDWWKH3XOVHQLJKWFOXE VKRRWLQJGHVLJQVDW&DIªFRQ&ª with swimmers and sunbathers. I make home a comprehensive survey of the (O%DRULFXDKLPVHOI3D[[0ROO my way toward Calle Loíza, a strip that’s commonwealth’s artists and output. incredibly popular with local foodies. Old If you have a sweet tooth, Double Cake, San Juan may be a charming sightseeing a block down, makes some of the city’s

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specialty quesitos (cheese twists) and festivities end. Several restaurants and traditional cupcakes to their original fusion bars — like the steampunk-ish, hipster creation: the iced, donut-like ponas. These watering hole, Psycho Deli — and small are only available on Wednesdays, and but excellent weekend crafts market, fl avors change weekly. Mercadillo de la Cerra, also make this street a requisite stroll. Meet The Muse Santurce’s creativity has certainly Besides the aforementioned Museo de infl uenced its culinary scene, which Arte De Puerto Rico, there’s a wealth is downright exciting at the moment. of multimedia contemporary work and Many of its movers and shakers are gay, provocative exhibitions, including queer- although I’m asked not to name names in themed. MAC — aka Museo de Arte print unless I get each chef’s individual Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico — is a permission fi rst. A stubbornly pervasive former school that hosts several fl oors’ culture of machismo means that many worth of exhibition space. Some of the prefer to keep their sexuality private. work is disturbing. A whole room is Architect turned farmer-restaurateur devoted to dangling hangman nooses; Tara Rodríguez Besosa is an exception. there’s an oversized portrait of a legless The proudly out, charismatic lesbian baby with cut-outs where the arms go, espouses an organic, farm-to-table ethos a macabre tourist attraction. Taking and runs the vegetarian café-grocery El pictures is forbidden, and staff members Departamento de la Comida, which moved will stalk you — with irksome intensity from Santurce to nearby Santa Teresita to — to ensure you don’t violate the policy. be closer to its producers. Fortunately, there’s no such El Baoricua’s Moll once worked for restriction on Santurce’s plentiful, eye- Besosa, as well as with Puerto Rican popping street art, which is especially plentiful along Calle Cerra, between Avenida Juan Ponce de Leon and Calle Las Palmas. During October’s annual Santurce International Urban Arts Festival entire buildings and lots are transformed into stunning installations, many of which remain long after the palette•dec|jan 1617

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gross proceeds of our awards & reception will go to the RJT Foundation — an organization founded by the mothers of the victims of gun violence in Miami Gardens. I think we are doing a good job of linking communities in Miami by joining hands in Little Havana with the African- Q American community against Damian Pardo andA Joe Cardona gun violence, particularly since African-American communities are • Gay8 Festival Organizers disproportionately affected. Also, as part of an anti-gun violence theme, we will be debuting a fter learning a be the most segregated. Damian tribute to the Pulse Nightclub “boatload” about and I wanted to bridge some of victims in the Tower Theater. It how to plan and run those spaces that exist between will be installed by The Stonewall Aa successful festival the different communities, and we National Museum and Archives. from the ground up, thought what better way to do it Damian Pardo and Joe Cardona — than to bring people together and Q: List a few things that should not the team behind the Gay8 Festival share good music, art and food in be missed at Gay8 Festival 2017. — is gearing up to make it happen the heart of Miami — Little Havana? Joe: You definitely don’t want once again. to miss our music stage and Q: What can attendees expect at this our DJs. We have some of the Q: Describe the Gay8 festival. year’s event? best music offering of any Damian: The Gay8 Festival is a Damian: This year’s attendees can festival. Our food venues are great uniﬁ er for all communities. It’s expect some of the same magic terrific as well. We also have free a music, food and culture festival that we had last year plus some historical walking tours and some that welcomes all. It is hosted by more offerings such as the best of the best LGBT themed films the LGBTQ community, but is not Miami sandwich competition, screening at the Tower Theater restricted to any group. We all have celebrated lecturers at the all day (courtesy of Miami- fun sharing a good time. Tower Theater, more culture, a Dade College and the Miami Wedding pavilion. We’ve worked International Film Festival). Q: How did you come up with the idea really hard at adding more fun, Damian: I would say don’t miss for the festival? insightful, enjoyable things to our comparsa, which is like Joe: The issue of connectivity was do. An important addition this a carnival-style parade down Calle always an underlying motivator if year is that we will be partnering Ocho, led by “Martyring” Alexis not promulgator for the idea. What with two additional organizations Fernandez, who happens to be I mean by connectivity is: Miami is on an anti-gun violence theme. on our board of directors. It was • Gay8 Festival organizers, perhaps the most diverse city in the First, we will be making a direct Damian Pardo and magical last year and promises to U.S. however it may very well also contribution: 10 percent of the Joe Cardona be spectacular this year.• Carina Mask gaybizmiami.com 060 the scene•

STAR WARS NIGHT AT MARLINS PARK Back by popular demand, the Marlins hosted the 3rd Annual Star Wars Day at Marlins Park, inviting all rebels, Sith lords, Jedi masters and Wookies to come and play. Participants got special Star Wars section seating for the game against the Detroit Tigers and a Star Wars-themed Marlins item to mark the occasion.

Clockwise from top left: Stormtroppers unite • Tina Harris, Laura Gibson and Emily Baron • Alfred L. Smith, Chad Benitez and Alessandra Santos • Marisol Martinez, Yoanna Martinez and Juan Carlos Martinez • Allie Thompson and David Higa • Melissa Hernandez and Joseph Guerra

BROWARD HOUSE’S STUDIO 54 PARTY Held at Hunter’s Nightclub in Wilton Manors, Broward House’s second annual disco extravaganza treated the lively crowd to prizes for best dancer and best dressed. All proceeds from the event went to The SMART Ride 2016, which raises funds to support a number of HIV/AIDS programs.

Clockwise from top left: Mark Hunters and Bruce Howe • Lester Ramirez Maglio, Stacy Hyde, Stephanie Miller and Ralph Ramirez Maglio • Vandy and Secrek • Frances Herrera, Lance Colby Hatch and

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KEY WEST HEADDRESS BALL Presented by the Key West Business Guild, the 34th Annual Headdress Ball was held at the Truman Waterfront. Wild, wacky, clever and inventive head creations were sported by contestants from all around the county and beyond, who competed for the $3,000 ﬁrst place prize.

Clockwise from top left: Emcee for the evening, Tom Luna • Winner of Headdress Contest, Virginia Wark • Faith Michaels, Maya Montana and Inga • Brian Hilla, Kathy Jones, Jody Rae Campbell and Dan Barris • Kai Schrade and Andy Celli • Amanda Stifﬂer, Linda Adams, Revonne Carter and Shannon O’Toole • Ashley Hoyt

WICKED MANORS The largest local Halloween Street Festival — Wicked Manors — had a theme that was particularly chilling this year: Political Nightmare. Well over 15,000 costumed participants attended the block party, whose dragtastic emcee, Miss Misty Eyez, hosted ﬁve costume contests.

Clockwise from top left: A League of Their Own • Christopher Boase and Robbie Ciccia • Abigail Pandiscio and Tracy Bailey • Denise D’Angelo, Michael D’angelo and Luca Pontes • Jason Harbie and

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BARKTOBERFEST The Funky Buddha Brewery in partnership with The Barefoot Children of Fort Lauderdale, hosted the 15th annual Barktoberfest pet rescue beneﬁ t to support local animal rescue groups. There was live entertainment by Vinyl Answer Classic Rock, pet adoptions, activities, a doggie costume contest, rafﬂ es and a silent auction. Carina Mask Clockwise from top left: Jane Cranny with Zoe and Jane Penovich with Bunker • Gerry Alvarado, Adryan Perez and Zuesy • Erin Green and Maggie • Peanut as Lobster Puppy • Julio Lopez, Tiffany Lopez and Brooklyn • Caley Evans with Bobbie, Danielle Sawyer with Ellie and Jared Carson with Bear • Marissa Kelly and Otto

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