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looking into the incident and would respond at City Commission, losing to Sylvia Moffett. A Carly Cass. a later time with an official statement. year later, Jackson, was accused of a hit and run Cass, a board member of the Palm Beach inside a West Palm Beach parking garage, but County Human Rights Council, said she those charges, which included a driving with was discussing LGBT issues with friends a suspended license citation, were eventually when Jackson “injected himself into the dropped, reports the Palm Beach Post. conversation.” “He (Jackson) just doesn’t seem to have any “He started by calling us all Socialists and boundaries,” Hoch said. then he got angrier and slurs were said,” Jackson, 25, claims to be the chairman of Cass told SFGN in a telephone call Monday the board for the Black Republican Caucus of afternoon. South Florida. Cass, however, says the issue is k.

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hat was intended to be a friendly and eventually stated, “You want to be a man, gathering of local activists turned I’ll beat you like a man.” Winto an ugly encounter with threats The joint social event was sponsored by the of violence last week. Palm Beach County YoungDemocrats and Palm Inside the Bru’s Room Sports Grill in Beach County Young Republicans. Boynton Beach, Carly Cass, a lesbian, says she SFGN contacted the offices of the Palm Beach was accosted and nearly assaulted by Sean County Republican Party seeking confirmation P. Jackson, a Palm Beach County Republican of Jackson’s affiliation with the party. Ryan Party operative. Jackson, Cass said, grew angry Hnatiuk, a GOP spokesman, said he was

9.2.2015 • 3 community announcement

David Jobin.

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huck Loring, Board Chair of Our Fund, with a bright future and a strong Board of announced today that their Board Directors” commented Mr. Jobin. Cof Directors has named David Jobin, “David stood out among the national pool the current Executive Director of Stonewall of candidates because of the impressive National Museum & Archives, as Our Fund’s record of success he achieved at Stonewall next CEO/President. A national search was and prior non-profit organizations he ran,” launched in the Spring of 2015 when Our says Our Fund’s Board Chair Chuck Loring, Fund’s founding President & CEO Anthony adding, “the entire search committee was Timiraos informed the Board in agreement that having of Directors of his wish to someone with David’s retire at the end of his five During Mr. reputation in the community year commitment. would be an asset for us During Mr. Jobin’s tenure Jobin’s tenure as as we transition to new as Executive Director of Executive Director leadership.” Stonewall the organization Gary Bitner, Board Chair of experienced substantial of Stonewall Stonewall National Museum growth in its fundraising and the organization & Archives commented public profilend a opened the experienced on the hire, “David’s Stonewall Gallery in Wilton contribution to Stonewall Manors. Prior to joining substantial cannot be overstated, and Stonewall he served as the growth in its he will be missed. To his Executive Director of the fundraising and credit,David has helped to esteemed Gay Men’s Chorus strengthen Stonewall to the NOW IN BROWARD, TOO! of Washington, DC – at the public proﬁle. point that we can effectively 2404 Wilton Drive time the largest gay men’s manage this situation so Wilton Manors, FL chorus in the country with it results in a very positive over 250 singers. “The opportunity to step outcome for our organization.” into the position of President & CEO of The timing of the transition is being 954.440.7795 Our Fund is fulfilling for me because, asa coordinated between the two organizations. mybocasmile.com resident of South Florida and as the leader Stonewall National Museum & Archives will of an organization that benefits greatly organize a national search to replace Mr. 7301-A W. Palmetto Park Rd. from Our Fund’s support, I strongly believe Jobin. It is expected that a successor will be Suite 303C Boca Raton, FL 33433 in the mission and work of Our Fund. Tony identified andn i place by December 2015, at 561.347.8266 (current CEO/President of Our Fund) is which time David will begin his new duties leaving the organization on firm footing with Our Fund.

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9.2.2015 • 5 Compiled by Jillian Melero nepal’ssexualMinoritiesparadeto demandRights

(AP) Hundreds of LGBT people paraded through category “others” for those who do not want to be Nepal’s capital Sunday to demand that rights for identified as male or female. sexual minorities be included in the country’s These people who identify themselves as new constitution that is being finalized. “third gender” have also been issued citizenship The colorful rally in downtown Kathmandu - an certificates by the Nepalese government. But the annual affair - drew about 500 participants. community is saying only a few have been issued “Our main demand is that the rights of the and it is still difficult to get them from government sexual minorities should be guaranteed in the offices. new constitution,” said Pinky Gurung of the Blue The parade has been held annually for the Diamond Society, a gay rights group in Nepal. past few years on Gaijatra, a Hindu festival to They are also demanding same-sex marriage be remember the dead. guaranteed in the new constitution, permitting The much-delayed constitution draft is gay and lesbian couples the right to adopt, buy being finalized by members of the Constituent joint property, open joint bank accounts and Assembly, but political parties are still unable to Photo: Facebook. inherit from one another. agree on the number and border of the proposed Nepal this year issued passports under the federal states.

shley Madison Looked to Hook That was at the time when Grindr, which was founded in NC Passes Resolution A 2009 by Joel Simkhai with $5,000, was looking for a buyer, D Up with Grindr according to Bloomberg Business. At first, Forbes reports Celebrating Marriage Equality (EDGE) Forbes reported that the adultery-enabling site, in its analysis of leaked emails, Biderman was reluctant (DNC) The Democratic National Committee passed a Ashley Madison, looked to buy the gay-hook-up site Grindr to buying Grindr, but made inquiries into the company’s resolution celebrating marriage equality at its Summer earlier this year. If it had, imagine the fracas the hacker data financial status. Apparently they were impressed. Meeting in Minneapolis. This is in stark contrast to the dump would have had on the gay male community? For its part, Grindr estimated its revenue for 2015 would resolution passed at the Republican National Committee’s “Amongst the masses of emails dumped by The Impact rise to $38.1 million with EBITDA of $16.5 million. It also Summer Meeting supporting a so-called “First Amendment Team, a group of hackers who have made a mockery of claimed to have 324,000 paying subscribers this year. Defense Act” that would discriminate against LGBT people Ashley Madison’s digital [defenses] this month, are a handful Read the Forbes story to find out the further machinations and single mothers. of conversations showing it was considering a purchase of between the companies. In the end, though, “it appears According to a report in the Washington Blade (http://bit. Grindr, a dating application for gay, bisexual and bi-curious Biderman and his cohorts considered the acquisition too ly/1hrVB5B ) “The DNC committee approved the resolution men, which many see as a quick and easy tool for initiating costly. In light of recent events, it’s unlikely they will be two days after four Republican presidential candidates — coitus,” Forbes reported on Thursday. making any deals in the near future whatsoever,” Forbes Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), While the relationship between Avid Life Media, which concluded. former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum and neurosurgeon Ben owns Ashley Madison, and Grindr stretches back three Carson — signed a National Organization for Marriage years, it was earlier this year when Ashley Madison founder pledge that, among other things, indicates their support of Noel Biderman and “major Avid Life Media shareholders os Angeles will Host 2016 efforts to overturn the Obergefell ruling.” considered making an offer for a significant stake in the LNGLCC Conference company.” (NGLCC) During the closing session of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce 2015 conference, the NGLCC announced Los Angeles as the host city for their 2016 International Business & Leadership Conference. The event will take place August 23-26 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. American Airlines will be a presenting sponsor for their fourth year, and will be joined next year by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Southern California Edison to present the LGBT business development. The 2016 conference is expects more than 1000 LGBT and allied entrepreneurs, business owners, corporate representatives, and LGBT chamber leaders from across the country and around the globe. We must continue to push for economic opportunities to help our community to thrive. We look forward to bringing together over 1,000 attendees to our 2016 conference and

keeping the momentum of success moving forward,” said Photo: Facebook. NGLCC co-founder and President Justin Nelson.

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9.2.2015 • 7 Compiled by Jillian Melero Meetkimdavis The Kentucky County Clerk Who Refuses to Accept Same-Sex Marriage scoTus:kentuckyclerkMustissue same-sexMarriageLicenses

(CNN) -- The Supreme Court on Monday night denied an PDATE: Clerk Ignores Supreme Court; emergency application from a Kentucky clerk who has been UStill Won’t Issue Licenses refusing to issue marriage licenses because of her religious objections to same-sex marriage. (AP) An attorney says the Kentucky clerk who won’t issue The clerk, Kim Davis, sought to put a lower court ruling on marriage licenses and all her deputy clerks have been called hold pending appeal, and in a one-page order the Supreme for a federal court hearing Thursday morning. Court refused. Rowan County Attorney Cecil Watkins says the federal Davis is now faced with a lower court order that her office court alerted him that a hearing is scheduled for 11 a.m. begin issuing licenses effective Monday. Thursday in Ashland. ht:Facebook. Photo: The order marks the first time the issue of same-sex Watkins says clerk Kim Davis is summonsed to attend, marriage has come back to the justices since they issued an along with all the deputy clerks who work in her office. opinion last June clearing the way for same-sex couples to Davis stopped issuing licenses in the days after the U.S. marry nationwide. SupremeCourtlegalizedgaymarriage.Afederaljudgeordered Davis, of the Rowan County Clerk’s office, has refused to her to issue them, and an appeals court upheld that decision. issue any marriage licenses since the decision -- Obergefell Still, she turned away couples. v. Hodges -- came down. She is an Apostolic Christian who The Supreme Court declined to intervene on Monday, says that she has a sincere religious objection to same-sex leaving Davis no legal grounds to refuse. But her office turned marriage. Other clerks in the state have expressed concern, away several couples Tuesday morning. Davis invoked “God’s but Davis is the only one turning away eligible couples. authority” in doing so. A fellow Kentucky clerk, Casey Davis, has protested Attorneys for the two gay couples who originally sued in alongside Kim Davis and insisted Tuesday on CNN’s “New the case have asked U.S. District Judge David Bunning to hold Day” that “we’ve not tried to prevent,” same-sex marriages, Davis in contempt. They want Davis punished only with fees, and“we’veonlytriedtoexerciseourFirstAmendmentrights.” not jail time.

lerk Closes Office Ahead of Gay unknowingly issued a license to a couple with the same sex on CRights Protest their birth certificates. inothernews In February, prior to the United States Supreme Court’s (AP) The Rowan County clerk at the center of a conflict over decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that made same-sex marriage same-sex marriage and religious conscience closed her office GBT Christian Conference legal in all fifty states, Camryn Colen, a transgender man, and LExplores “What’s Next?” on Saturday ahead of a rally protesting her refusal to issue his wife Lexie were wed by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. (GCN) Evangelical conservatives and progressive Christians marriage licenses. According to the Courier Journal, Davis issued the marriage will meet at the Gay Christian Network (GCN) Conference, next The protest comes a day after Kim Davis asked the U.S. license to Colen without checking his birth certificate, which January in Houston, TX. Experts and laypeople from various Supreme Court to grant her “asylum for her conscience.” lists him as female. theological, social, and racial backgrounds will gather to ask the Davis stopped issuing all marriage licenses after the Supreme “She saw just a straight couple in love, and she should see question, “What’s next for LGBT people and the Church?” Court’s June ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. Four couples everybody like that,” Camryn told the Courier-Journal. “She “Christians continue to be strongly divided on LGBT issues, have sued, saying Davis must fulfill her duties as an elected shouldn’t just see straight couples like that.” but there are LGBT people in every denomination, including official regardless of her personal belief that gay marriage is “Everyone should be looked at the way we were’” Camryn those with the most anti-LGBT reputations,” said GCN executive sinful. told reporters, adding “We haven’t had any negativity - yet.” To directorJustinLee.“TheGCNConferenceisauniqueopportunity The county clerk’s office regularly opens for a half day on which Lexie interjected, “But we know it’s going to happen.” for families, church leaders, and individuals on all sides of this the last Saturday of the month. A note on the door of the The Colens gave their story to approximately 100 debate to listen to and get to know one another. This is where we office did not explain the closure, but asked those who were demonstrators Saturday at a rally to support lesbian and gay learn to love each other in spite of our disagreements and work inconvenienced to put their names on a list. couples who have been turned away by Davis and her office together for a better world for everyone. In our polarized climate, Morehead resident Sarah Lindsey had come to renew her car in defiance of the governor’s order and repeated rulings from there’s nothing else like it.” tags and said she was “really annoyed.” several courts. More than 15,000 Christians are expected to attend the four “She’s supposed to have a service,” Lindsey said of Davis. “I “They do a good job portraying themselves as a victim and day conference. Organizers say that through workshops and pay taxes, a lot of them.” they are not the victim - Kim Davis is,” said evangelist Randy keynote presentations, attendees are as likely to discuss ways “I can’t just decide to close my office. I would get fired.” Smith who argued that the couples are “trying to compel our to biblically strengthen their same-sex marriages as they are to county clerks to violate their deeply sincere belief that gay learn about ways to live out celibacy, tackle homophobia in their avis Unknowingly Married Trans marriage is sin.” DMan and His Wife church, provide support to their LGBT children, or live a fulfilling faith life as a transgender Christian. Singer/song-writer and out (EDGE) Kim Davis, the Kentucky County Clerk who is now lesbian, Mary Lambert is also scheduled to perform. taking her case to the United States Supreme Court to protect For more information visit gcnconf.com and follow @ her sincerely held religious right to discriminate, has, in fact GCNconf.

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9.2.2015 • 9 newsbriefs Continued D Legislator Wants Inspections of ormons Keep Ties with Boy Scouts STrans HS Athletes Genitals Mdespite Gay Leaders (EDGE) ThinkProgress reported that South Dakota legislator (AP) The Mormon Church - the nation’s largest Roger Hunt has proposed legislation “that could require sponsor of Boy Scout units - is keeping its longtime examination of a transgender athlete’s genitals before competing affiliation with the organization despite its decision to in high school sports. Hunt has stated that he believes gender allow gay troop leaders. begins at conception and that only birth certificates and visual Church leaders decided to stay with the Boy Scouts inspections should be used to determine a student’s gender after getting assurances they can appoint troop leaders identity.” according to their own religious and moral values, The “This is South Dakota,” Hunt told the Rapid City Journal. “We Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a haven’t adopted the East Coast culture. We haven’t adopted the news release Wednesday. West Coast culture. We maintain our own culture.” Thechurch“willappointScoutleadersandvolunteers A controversy arose over how to determine a student’s gender. who uphold and exemplify church doctrine, values, and Last year the South Dakota High School Activities Association standards,” Mormon leaders said in the statement. board of directors enacted policy that allow students to The decision comes as something of a surprise. decide which gender they want to call themselves. This would Mormon leaders had said they were deeply troubled determine which gender group they would compete with. after the Boy Scouts announced on July 28 that it would But Hunt and other legislators have taken issue with that lift its ban on gay adult leaders, while allowing church- policy. sponsored Scout units to continue excluding gay adults. “The proposal from Rep. Roger Hunt, R-Brandon,” reported the The church said it will continue evaluating and is Rapid City Journal, “would rely on official birth certificates and open to alternatives to the Boy Scouts. With more than visual inspections for determining gender rather than allowing half of the religion’s 15 million members living outside people to decide and declare their gender on their own.” the United States, there has long been speculation “He said gender is determined at conception and the the Salt Lake City-based religion will create its own transgender debate is riding the gay marriage wave.” scouting-type program. “The current policy,’ ThinkProgress noted, “requires that The Boy Scouts of America said it appreciates the parents notify the school of their child’s gender identity and the decision, noting that the organization is successful school collects information from the family, such as parents, because of affiliations with groups like the Mormon friends and teachers, that the student’s gender identity is Church. different than what is listed on their birth certificate or school “The BSA affirms, and will defend, the right of all registration records and receives written verification from a religious chartered organizations to select their Scout health care professional who can attest to the child’s consistent leaders in accordance with their religious beliefs,” the gender identification and expression.” Boy Scouts said in a statement.

10 • 9.2.2015 local politics out on the trail

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nother Equality Florida soldier is carried Hillsborough County in the 2012 making the transition from political general election. Aoperative to political candidate. When the Florida legislature adjourned This time it’s Mike Reedy, a gay man, who three days early from its 2015 session, Reedy is campaigning for the Florida blasted the Republican House of Representatives leadership and demanded in District 63. The district Harrison return his encompasses northern Reedy, a paycheck. Hillsborough County, Democrat, is “If you decide to stop including parts of Tampa doing your job, you get and the University of South challenging fired,” Reedy said in a news Florida. For Reedy, born incumbent release. “When the going got and raised in Hillsborough tough (Harrison) quit. In the County, it is a perfect fit. Republican private sector, if you decide The first in his family to to stop doing your job, you attend college, Reedy says representative get fired. We can’t fire you he is campaigning for the Shawn until November 2016, but we working class. can demand you repay us for “I understand the struggle Harrison, who deciding to not do your job.” of the working and middle took the seat SFGN spoke with Reedy class because I live it,” he last weekend in Tampa at the said. in 2014. Florida Democratic Party’s While working for Equality LGBTA Caucus Summer Florida, the state’s largest Gala. Reedy, 24, attended the civil rights organization, Reedy served as a event with his partner of three year years, business outreach manager. Doug Parton. When asked if he thought he “Economic growth is not just about would be attacked for running as an openly growth, but smart growth, growth that gay candidate, Reedy said he hoped not, but needs to put people first by investing in added, “We’re ready for it, if it happens.” Florida’s future,” Reedy said. “That’s the type Reedy joins Orange County Democrat of leadership our kids and families need and and fellow Equality Florida advisor Carlos that’s the type of leadership I will provide.” Guillermo Smith in the lavender race for Reedy, a Democrat, is challenging the Florida House of Representatives. incumbent Republican representative Smith, a gay Latino man, is campaigning for Shawn Harrison, who took the seat in 2014. House seat 49. Presently, David Richardson The district is considered by most analysts (D-Miami Beach) is the legislature’s lone as a swing seat. President Barack Obama openly gay representative.

9.2.2015 • 11 politics white house watch

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hite House hopeful Bernie Packard executive Carly Fiorina is in Sanders distanced himself from third place with 10 percent. That means Wbillionaire Donald Trump on 56 percent of Iowa voters are supporting a Monday rejecting comparisons between the candidate that has never held public office two anti-establishment campaigns. continuing the anti-establishment trend in “We are not engaged here in demagoguery. the Republican primary. Before the above We’re not engaged here in racist attacks, mentioned candidates jumped in the race it outrageous attacks against Mexicans,” was widely believed that senator Ted Cruz the independent-turned-democrat told would be this year’s anti-establishment MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell. “What we are candidate. Adding his 9 percent to the tally trying to do is talk about the reality facing above brings the anti-establishment vote up the American people.” to 65 percent. He also rejected the The other candidates idea that he can’t win the include Wisconsin Gov. White House with his far On the Walker at 7 percent; former left proposals. The self- Republican side Florida Gov. Jeb Bush proclaimed socialist said at 5 percent; Ohio Gov. that many of his ideas Wisconsin Gov. John Kasich and Florida already work in countries Scott Walker Sen. Marco Rubio at 4 like Norway, Denmark and percent; Kentucky Sen. Sweden. called the Rand Paul at 3 percent; On the Republican side proposal of a former Pennsylvania Sen. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Rick Santorum and Walker called the proposal northern wall former Arkansas Gov. Mike of a northern wall separating separating Huckabee at 2 percent. Canada from the U.S. a Canada from Meanwhile in the 2020 legitimate idea. Later his race for the White House a campaign clarified that the U.S. a surprise celebrity has already he wasn’t actually calling legitimate idea. announced his candidacy — for a wall, just saying it’s a Kanye West. legitimate issue. “I don’t know what I stand Canada’s defense minister to lose after this, it don’t Jason Kenney shot back saying his nation matter though, because it ain’t about me, would “vigorously oppose any thickening of it’s about new ideas, bro, new ideas,” West the border.” told the audience at the MTV Video Music White House hopeful retired Awards, during his acceptance speech for a neurosurgeon Ben Carson is now tied Lifetime Achievement Award. “People with with Trump at 23 percent for first place in ideas, people who believe in truth. And yes, the latest Iowa poll. Carson has steadily as you probably could have guessed by this moved up in the polls since his debate moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for performance last month. Former Hewlett- president.”

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(SFGN) The Guardian Reports (http://bit. the Pope’s response in a Facebook post: (AP) Sam Stanley became the first to come out as gay. ‘It is going to be an issue ly/1hkRGaR ) an Italian author’s children’s Fact one: I received a letter that was professional English rugby union player until more people and athletes come out, book, examining different types of families written on behalf of Pope Francis. to come out, it was reported today in an until it is not an issue at all. It might take was banned by the mayor of Venice, but Fact two: the Vatican has confirmed to interview in the Sunday Times. years but hopefully, lots of people will find blessed by the Pope. me that my letter had been read,” she wrote. The Guardian reported (http://bit. the courage,’ added Stanley.” In Francesca Pardi’s book Piccolo Uovo Fact three: I was told that the gift of the ly/1JHeGYa) that the 23-year old England Earlier this year Stanley wrote [Cyd (Little Egg,) “the egg encounters a pair of books and the letter were a delicate gesture Sevens player “revealed he contemplated Zeigler, the co-founder of Outsports:] “It’s gay penguins, lesbian rabbits successfully and [that] they appreciated the sentiments. suicide because he was scared telling the awesome to see so many athletes being true bringing up a family, as well as other family Fact four: it was expressed that we truth would ruin his rugby career.” to themselves now. The thing for me was models, including a single parent hippo, a continue our activities in the service of the “I was standing on a bridge about four or never that I wasn’t ready it was more how to mixed race dog couple, and kangaroos that younger generation and dissemination of five years ago, overlooking a motorway in do it. I was going to put it on Twitter but my have adopted polar bear cubs. human and Christian values. Essex,” Stanley told the Times. “However, other half convinced me not to. I’m happy The book, however, was met with Fact ﬁve: it is a private expression of looking back, the idea that I would jump was with how it’s all gone.” disapproval by Venice’s new mayor, Luigi respect for us and for our business. ridiculous but it was as if I was thinking that Watch Sam Stanley get naked and [sing] Brugnaro, who in June banned Piccolo Uovo Fact six: Meri and I have received the I could get rid of the pain in one go. You are James Bay’s ‘We are on Fire:’ (http://bit. and about 50 other titles from schools. The apostolic blessing. These are the facts. The so worried about what people will think and ly/1LDL4yP). decision led more than 250 Italian authors rest are interpretations. I thought I couldn’t be a macho rugby player to demand their own books be removed the way I was, and there was nothing else I from the city’s shelves, a move one writer wanted to do with my life.” described as a “protest against an appalling “Stanley’s decision to come out comes gesture of censorship and ignorance,’ ” says nearly six years after the former Wales the Guardian story. captain Gareth Thomas revealed he is gay,” But according to a report in the Daily Beast states the Guardian story. “Two years before (http://bit.ly/1PHeA7z ) Pardi responded by that, the referee Nigel Owens did likewise. sending a few of her books to Pope Francis, Earlier this month Keegan Hirst became Photo: Twitter. to receive his blessing. Later, Pardi detailed the first British rugby league professional GREAT PRICES, LOCATION AND FINISHES

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14 • 9.2.2015 news bites continued bisexual Transgender bi and pRoud, six young bRiTs TaLk sexuaLiTy ncTe Launches suRvey of TRansgendeR aMeRicans (NCTE) The National Center for data, which will translate into significant (SFGN) Following a YouGov survey that a man. All of a sudden they were quite cold Transgender Equality opened the 2015 knowledge about the trans community. revealed more than half of the UK’s youth and it was almost like I wasn’t in the club U.S. Trans Survey (USTS), the follow-up to “Thisisasurveyforalltrans,genderqueer, do not consider themselves “100 percent anymore because I wasn’t lesbian or gay. the National Transgender Discrimination and non-binary people. It is for us, about us, heterosexual,” the Independent (http:// Survey, in [an] attempt to gather a more and by us,” continued Keisling. “Just like ind.pn/1KXTBK8 ) hears from six openly Liam [surname witheld] comprehensive understanding of the the first survey, the 2015 U.S. Trans Survey bisexual individuals about the myths and Student in Canterbury, Kent: experiences of transgender people in the will help expand our understanding of trans misconceptions on sexual fluidity. I’ve had people say that I’m straight and United States. experiences in the U.S., and inform life- looking for attention – it’s mostly gay people TheUSTSwillassesstransgenderpeople’s saving laws and policies that meet the needs Alexandra McNee, 20 who say that – and that I’m gay and scared experiences including in employment, of our communities. It will help us develop Student, from Liverpool: of coming out, which is mostly from straight housing, healthcare, HIV/AIDS, disabilities, the information we need to understand My sexuality doesn’t define me but it is people in my experience. It makes it hard to immigration, sex work, and police the realities of our lives. Because this is certainly a part of who I am and I strongly feel I belong anywhere. interactions. Participants will have at least the community’s study, the results will think it should be talked about more in one month to complete the survey. Results be available to community members, schools. There are people much younger Maria Haartveit, 26 are projected to be released in Spring of organizations, and researchers for years to than me trying to figure out what they are Unemployed, from London: 2016. come.” and what they want and it needs to be said What interests me is that not a lot of “We’re at a critical moment for trans Learn more about the 2015 U.S. Trans aloud that all variations of sexuality are OK. people use “bisexuality” as a term, they use people in America, but there is basic, Survey here: http://www.ustranssurvey.org labels like “fluid” or “queer.” fundamental knowledge that we do not And check out SFGN’s report on page 16. Nikki Maltman, 27 I think bisexuality as a label carries a have,” said executive director of the Accounts manager, from lot of distrust because of stereotypes that National Center for Transgender Equality, Bournemouth: come with it; there is this idea of it not being Mara Keisling. “While we’re aware that trans I did receive a bit of hostility when I real. I think people are saying they don’t people face extraordinary challenges, we split up with my ex-girlfriend. Some of the want a label because they may not feel ‘bi- cannot discern how frequent or widespread people who had been friendly with us and sexual enough’ and because of the negative they are without up-to-date data. The accepted me being with a woman couldn’t stereotypes. survey will provide us with robust, fresh understand it when I started going out with

9.2.2015 • 15 news national

TRans foLks encouRaged To Take u.s. TRans suRvey

Alex Adams New data on the trans experience desperately needed

new survey aimed at garnering Lint expects the results to be a huge discrimination or reported having to hide the trans community, which allows for a more accurate account of the increase in numbers since the survey was who they truly were in order to avoid being one person to provide services to the trans Atransgender experience will be last put out in 2008 discriminated against. community. available through Sept. 21. There are over 700,000 people in the Other findings included that over 20 That one person is Lint. The survey, which is being organized U.S. alone that identify as percent cited being She alone provides mental health, case by the National Center of Transgender transgender. Lint believes that turned away by a medical management, medical and other services to Equality, aims at quantifying the the surveys that have been provider and that trans over 220 transgender individuals in South experiences of the trans community so done in the past are outdated people are four times Florida. that it may help advocates, policy makers and no longer give an accurate There are more likely to live on less “With the results of the survey, more and and the public with future trans-related picture of the discrimination than $10,000 a year. more funding will come in and allow for endeavors. the trans community faces. over 700,000 According to Lint, more people like me to help the many more “This survey is important because it helps In an Advocate.com article, people in resources and help are trans people out there,” Lint said. us be heard,” said Arianna Lint, director of the Founding Executive limited due to the lack of Lint said the most important thing the transgender services at SunServe in Wilton Director for the National the U.S. government support and trans community can do to help their cause Manors. Center for Transgender awareness. is get involved and take the survey. Lint, who identifies as trans, says that the Equality, Mara Keisling, wrote alone that “We don’t have many “Many [trans people] think they do not survey is key to gaining more government that the numbers gathered opportunities and grants have a voice. But, they’re wrong. This survey support for trans-related issues and policies. by the previous surveys are identify as to get more economic is their voice,” Lint said. “They can change “We need more legislation and more “getting stale.” things,” Lint said. everything and they can make a difference.” inclusion,” Lint said. “We are like 30 to 40 “We need to redo it, and we transgender. “Some agencies in Fort If you identify as transgender, trans, years behind in regulations for transgender hope folks will help us with Lauderdale have grants genderqueer or nonbinary and are at least [individuals], especially in education and their time as generously as to help the transgender 18 years of age or older you are eligible to health care”. they did last time” she wrote. community, but they don’t take the survey. Advocates are hoping to use the results According to Keisling, surveys like use it to help them and that’s a part of my “Imagine what we can change if we had of the survey as a reference point to give this have found that over 90 percent of frustration”. updated data?” Lint said. “The possibilities urgency and weight to the trans movement. trans people reported having faced job SunServe was given one grant to help are waiting for us.” Visit USTransSurvey.org to take the survey or to find a location where you can.

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Jason Parsley Calls for decriminalization of sex work mounts

“There are so many other important investigations that federal resources should be focused fter the federal government raided Transgender Law Center, Gay and Lesbian on right now instead of sex workers. Take the appalling murders of trans women of color — and shutdown the popular worldwide Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), Lambda now at epidemic proportions across our nation. Sex work is a fact of life — it has been, it is Amale escort website Rentboy. Legal, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and it will be as long as human beings are around. Criminalization puts the livelihoods, health com several LGBT and human rights and the National Center for Transgender and lives of sex workers in jeopardy. It’s time for our federal justice system to get its priorities organizations have blasted the authorities. Equality supporting a resolution by straight and it’s time once and for all to decriminalize sex work.” Coincidentally just days before the Amnesty International that calls for the raid a joint statement was released by the decriminalization of sex work. — Russell Roybal, deputy executive director, national LgbTQ Task force

“The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) joins human rights advocates in opposing raids against Rentboy.com… Arrests come only two days after Amnesty International’s call to decriminalize sex work and two years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down PEPFAR’s here’s what they had to say: regressive “anti-prostitution pledge” in a 6-2 majority vote. MSMGF views the actions and the ‘homeland security mindset’ of the U.S. Justice Department as an affront to human rights. MSMGFstronglyendorsesthedecriminalizationofconsensualadultsexwork.Criminalization “NCLR strongly opposes criminal prosecution of sex work by adults. Experience and of sex work intentionally undermines sex workers’ fundamental right to bodily autonomy, to evidence have shown that criminalization serves only to make those who are vulnerable to work, to health, and to be free from blackmail, harassment, and violence.” harms associated with sex work even more vulnerable. The criminal charges against Rentboy. com by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice are misguided — The global forum on MsM & hiv and a terrible waste of resources. We are especially concerned about the negative impact on LGBT individuals who have been driven to sex work after being rejected by their families and experiencing other types of discrimination.NCLR strongly recommends that the federal “It is hard to see the harm done by Rentboy.com, but it’s easy to see the harm done by the government adopt a strategy aimed at providing essential supports – education, jobs, housing raid on society at large. The criminalization of voluntary, consensual sexual relations among – to LGBT youth and adults who have been marginalized by these serious harms.” adults is incompatible with the rights to personal autonomy and privacy – internationally recognized human rights that everyone, including individuals engaged in sex work, is entitled — national center for Lesbian Rights to. Criminalization creates barriers for those engaged in sex work to exercise basic rights and to seek access to justice, health care, and other available services.”

“Make no mistake, law enforcement officials are attacking those involved in the escort — human Rights watch industry for exercising their constitutional rights to free association, free expression, and free assembly. Based on recent actions, it is clear that the Department of Justice and many lawmakers believe that escorts should NOT have the freedom to exercise these fundamental “This bust comes at a time when human rights advocates globally are uniting around a rights. As noted, the charges against the individuals arrested include charges of prostitution. call to decriminalize sex work and at a time when the United States has the largest prison It is [our] position that consensual prostitution should be decriminalized. The impact of population in the world, with people of color, particularly Black people, representing a vastly government actions in the ongoing War on Sex, including attacks on sites like Rentboy.com, disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated. Laws criminalizing sexual exchange impede is the systematic elimination of constitutionally protected civil liberties and the infringement sex workers’ ability to negotiate condom use and other boundaries, and force many to work in of human rights.” hidden or remote places where they are more vulnerable to violence.” — woodhull sexual freedom alliance — Transgender Law center

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SFGN Staff SFGN Editor takes home Second Place for Journalist of the Year

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22 • 9.2.2015 9.2.2015 • 23 column transforming gender

The oTheR side Rebecca Juro [email protected] My journey with gender assignment surgery

here are many aspects of gender can be described with one word: Pain. testosterone as well as almost no estrogen I again. It’s about being able to shop for clothes assignment surgery, which no one talks Unending pain and discomfort, which could was what can best be described as a neuter that accentuate my body instead of hiding it. Tabout. Almost inevitably, what little you only be tamped down with strong narcotics. being. I had little emotional self-control. I It’s about truly feeling right in my own body for hear in the media is post-ops gushing about Everything hurt…getting up, sitting down, cried, I raged, I fell apart at even the slightest the very first time in my life. how much better their lives are now. Sure, walking, sitting, standing, everything. provocation. I felt like I had regressed to the Finally, it’s about something I have no other there’s a lot to be happy about once the process I literally lived on Percocet those weeks, emotional state of the young child I once was way to describe except in a way that risks is over. Thing is, it is a process and not a short in a constant narcotic fog that allowed me to and there was nothing I could do to keep it in unintentionally offending trans people who one. No one dances out of the rest and sleep. I carried an check. haven’t gone through this process: It’s about operating room. inflatable rubber donut with When the five days had passed and I was feeling like a real woman instead of a performer To be sure, this isn’t an easy me wherever I went because able to take an injection of estrogen, I slowly of the female gender. Physically, emotionally, topictowriteabout.Manypost- I wasn’t it was the only way I could sit began to stabilize emotionally, but this too was and psychologically, I’m now fully the woman op trans people feel it’s not a allowed any in most seats unless they were a process that took place over time. When a I’ve always believed myself to be, albeit perhaps topic for public consumption very well upholstered. friend arrived later that day to take me home somewhat heavier than I’d prefer. and resent being asked about estrogen until It’s about more than just to continue my recuperation, I was sobbing It wasn’t until I’d gotten rid of the it. Trans celebrities such as the physical aspects, though. uncontrollably.It was only once removed from testosterone factory between my legs and the Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, and ﬁve days Estrogen thins the blood and the hotel where I had been staying and on my counterbalance to the estrogen in my system Carmen Carrera have refused afterward, and so my surgeon ordered me way home that I finally began to decompress a that had always been present was gone that I to answer questions about to not take any for a month little and even look forward to the future. began to not only look like a woman but also their own surgeries put to in addition to before my surgery. In a Doesn’t sound like much fun, does it? truly feel like one. them by interviewers, arguing previous column I described It wasn’t and it still isn’t as I continue to GRS is a process that includes great pain, that this isn’t a topic they the physical how I became borderline heal. Just telling you about the bad parts inconvenience, and a complete disruption of feel comfortable addressing pain I was a suicidal when my emotional isn’t the whole story though. It’s also about one’s life in so many ways, but it also includes publicly. control faded just days after standing naked in front of a full length mirror great joy and personal satisfaction. For me, it’s It’s a very personal decision. complete mess the due date for an estrogen for the first time and crying with joy. It’s about all worth it, all of it. These ladies have made a emotionally. injection had passed. This looking at the silicon breast forms I’d worn I love who I am now. There is no greater choice to avoid such questions, time, I was better prepared to for 18 years and knowing I’ll never need them happiness. although Mock did discuss handle the emotional impact some aspects of her own GRS of estrogen deprivation before in her memoir “Redefining Realness.” I’ve my surgery. After surgery, however, was a very Rebecca Juro is a nationally-published freelance journalist and radio talk made a different choice. I believe it’s time this different story. show host who is the Media Correspondent for The Advocate website. Her process was demystified, at least a little, and I wasn’t allowed any estrogen until five days work has appeared in the Huﬃngton Post, the Washington Blade, Gay City so I’ve decided to discuss my own experience afterward, and in addition to the physical pain News, the Albany Times Union, and The Advocate magazine, among others. with GRS publicly. I was a complete mess emotionally. During Rebecca lives in central New Jersey and shares her life with a somewhat For me, the first two weeks after surgery that time, producing only tiny amounts of antisocial cat. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @beckyjuro

24 • 9.2.2015 9.2.2015 • 25 column letters to the editor LetterstotheEditor Photo: Dennis Jozefowicz. ReadeRs Thank and bLasT sfgn pubLisheR oveR his ‘open LeTTeR To The owneRs of TRopics’

SFGN Staff

not very nice norm! Tropics no Longer what it used to be

don’t see the owners comments No one is perfect, and your holier that tho seldom agree with Norm Kent, BUT I is the cheapest to make and most profitable! the way you do. The owners were arrogance is unwarranted. I have to question can’t agree more on his “Open Letter To The final demise of Tropics is when they Isimply pointing out mistakes in your maybe you were smoking to much pot before IThe Owners Of Tropics!” fired The Best Bartender of 14 years Robert newspapers reporting. You should be you wrote that opinion?? I’ve been through 3 owners in the last 15 Heﬄer because, “we didn’t like him!” Well thankful that they pointed out your mistakes Norman there is a psychological condition years since I’ve been going to Tropics. I have you don’t have to like him…even though and YOU SHOULD LEARN FROM THEM! call projection. It is when a person blames to say the current owners have run this once every one of your customers do and did love Attacking members of the community is not others for their own short comings. It is a thriving establishment into the ground. Robert! professional Norm! You sound like a silly defense mechanism in people with certain Even during “off season,” prior to the Your biggest entertainment draw which child in the schoolyard. personality disorders. You may want to seek current owners, Tropics was crowded. The used to pack the house 75 plus is now down Your newspaper made a mistake this week some professional help or cut back on the weekly specials we all looked forward to… to a pathetic 20 or so that were there last on page 18. The same blurb for the rentboy pot. TODAY specials consist of spaghetti and Saturday…. piece was inserted in the bike ride piece. I Time to grow up! meatballs for $20!! Yes, Norm Kent, you hit a home run, a am a regular reader and you paper regularly Let me say we have a great Italian place touchdown with the current owners of makes mistakes. Usually typo’s but still there - JaMes down the street from Tropics called BONO… Tropics. are flaws. I get the same so called special for $9.95! I mentioned this to Alex Meyer my price - andRew R. bReTT objections his response… “look at my food Wilton Manors Thank you norm kent cost!” Anyone with half a brain knows pasta

odfrey Thompson and Alex W Meyer Shame, shame on Godfrey and Alex for are serving the senior gay community trying to gain recognition and publicity from Gby raising their menu prices and this terrible tragedy. And thank you again, drink prices and lowering the quality of the Norm Kent for identifying ‘the tragedy that LeT youR voice be heaRd food. They stopped serving lunch. They this community will endure’ with them as stopped the 2 for 1 specials. They made the proprietors of Tropics. Submit your own letter to their bartenders wear ties...in casual tropical South Florida! I did not know Greg Futchi but - ken MeRRifieLd [email protected] my partner and I went to the demonstration Fort Lauderdale and memorial service if front of town hall. Former patron of Tropics

26 • 9.2.2015 column more letters to the editor Thank you For Smart Ride Article

ason, and I know the participants love seeing I hope you got my message I left the information around town talking about the Jother day thank you for the article on ride and getting them more excited. the Smart Ride. It was great and informative, instructional and everything. - GleN weiNziMeR LABOR DAY I appreciate the time you put into the Founder article and the placement on two pages in The SMART Ride SFGN. It means a great deal to me personally

SFGN Mixes Up Pull Quotes; Reader Takes Notice

ason.... putting the quote from the rent boy sting in I NEVER write to the local “rags.” the SmartRide article on page 18. JHowever, I just cannot believe the Pay SOME ONE TO PROOF READ before no one at SFGN proofs or even looks at the you go to print. product before printed!. What a glaring mistake and downright pathetic misprint in - ANoNyMoUS

Give Floridians a Second Chance

weekly coffee & chat group. There were about 137 people there. They only got 13 Hello! signatures. the response from most people was ABSOLUTELY NOT! www.mh2g.com I saw and read the letter to the editor in I am just aghast by this. I cant believe your 8-19-2015 issue regarding the campaign we have such a ‘cold-hearted’ community, for a constitutional amendment to give ex- especially the way the nation is coming felons in Florida the right to vote. together and giving us rights. Interest FREE Financing Available! * I jumped on this like no tomorrow, I have to believe that the community is and sent out emails to all my friends and uninformed about this matter. They really colleagues, made phone calls, and even sent do not know what it means or the dramatic letters with an enclosed petition to my U.S. positive consequences this could have for Representatives. out community. Surprisingly I have been getting a Thank you very much for your time! MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT • DORAL lukewarm response. 855-286-4246 Some friends of mine did a presentation Sincerely, today at the Pride Center. I think it was their - The RevieweR st

9.2.2015 • 27 DON’T MISS THE 2015 HONOREES! Go to sfgn.com/2015out50 and read ’ OUT 50 by Steven Shires. o ot Ph

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28 • 9.2.2015 Volume 2 • Issue 17 GazetteWilton Manors September 2, 2015 Twice-Monthly Neighborhood Outlook

Page 1 Page 2 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Rental Fee Christmas Chlorinated Real Estate Murder Mystery Raise Is Here Water Geek Dinner

CommunityBusiness Northeast 16 Avenue Slated for Improvements By Michael d’Oliveira

Short of the cost of the submitted bids, city staff “A couple areas have sidewalks but they’re not will ask commissioners to increase funding for planned continuous,” said Assistant City Manager Leigh Ann improvements on Northeast 16 Avenue between Henderson. Northeast 26 Street and the Middle River. If the commission approves the additional funding, The project includes installing bike lanes, widening city staff will bring the bids back at a future meeting to the road, installing speed bumps, adding a sidewalk choose which firm will be given the contract. on the western portion of the street, re-grading the Ifapproved,Hendersonestimatestheimprovements swales and adding more safety signage and pavement will take about 90 days to complete once construction markings. The goal, according to a press release by the starts.WMG city, is “to reduce vehicular speeds along this roadway, and to enhance pedestrian safety in the area.” Rental Fees May Be Raised Business By Michael d’Oliveira

The cost for landlords to rent to tenants may go up Commissioners Tom Green and Justin Flippen said soon. the increase should be no more than $5. Commissioners are considering an increase to the “They’re going to pass it on [to their tenants],” Vice $20 fee the city charges per tenant. The raise could be Mayor Scott Newton said. as low as $5 and as high as $80. At a recent commission Resident Tim Ross said a $5 increase would be OK meeting, Robert Moore, director of Community but a larger one might make his landlord “cut back in Services, said other cities charge between $50 and $100. other areas and raise rent on new people.” “I like the idea of raising the rental fee,” Mayor Gary But, he said, a $5 increase isn’t something he’s Resnick said. worried about. WMG •••••••••••••••••• www.WMGAZETTE.com ••••••••••••••••••

1 • September 2, 2015 9.2.2015 • 29 Opinion OMG, Christmas GaWiltozn Maenorstte

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LastsaLt week’sw ’kees regularr raluge cityytic commissionc simmo nois meetinggniteem wasw sa cancelledc cna delle ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER / EXECUTIVE EDITOR • due to our commissioners having previously voted to utilize the JASON PARSLEY [email protected] second commission date in August as a summer break. Now it’s the beginning of September, Labor Day weekend is approaching, and I Editorial am talking Christmas. ART DIRECTOR • BRENDON LIES [email protected] That’s right friends, once September begins, Christmas is just ONLINE PRODUCER • DENNIS JOZEFOWICZ around the corner. Most of you cannot bear such a thought and [email protected] will curse me for stating the unavoidable truth. We have entered EDITORIAL ASSISTANT • JILLIAN MELERO the last quarter of 2015, another year racing toward the finish line, [email protected] the Christmas Holiday season, New Year’s Eve, right into 2016, a NEWS EDITOR • MICHAEL D’OLIVEIRA whole new year. Correspondents Summer has ended, kids are back in school, Halloween CHRISTIANA LILLY • DENISE ROYAL • decorations are making their way onto store shelves, and we will NATALYA JONES • JOHN MCDONALD • JAMES OAKSUN quickly be consuming pumpkin spice coffee, lattes, muffins, teas, breads, ice cream, and many more items turned into seasonal Staff Photographers favorites by the magic of pumpkin spice marketing. J.R. DAVIS • POMPANO BILL • STEVEN SHIRES For me, I stick to my usual dark roast coffee and wait until the Sales & Marketing madness reaches a saturation point and things get back to normal. DIRECTOR OF SALES &MARKETING • MIKE TROTTIER But enough about pumpkin spice, and back to Christmas. Before perhaps a fully-staffed Police Department? Will residents feel safe [email protected] those plastic Jack O’ Lanterns at Lowe’s have a chance to gather enough to begin utilizing Colahatchee Park once again? Time is SALES MANAGER • JUSTIN WYSE dust, Christmas decorations will push them out of the way and running out to see these very important goals for 2015 happen [email protected] take over the Gardening Section, and another year will have gone before they get pushed off to another year. ADVERTISING SALES ASSOCIATE • EDWIN NEIMANN [email protected] by. What makes matters worse is that the Fall season is packed with ADVERTISING SALES ASSOCIATE • CINDY CURTIS So where am I going with this? For me, the beginning of so many activities and holidays that make it go by even faster than [email protected] September is a wake-up call, a time to pause and realize that earlier parts of the year. In the blink of an eye, September will be ADVERTISING SALES ASSOCIATE • JIM ALBRIGHT another year will soon be ending, a time to check my list of items December, and we will be singing Auld Lang Syne before we know [email protected] I set out to accomplish sometime this year, items seemly planned it. Here in Wilton Manors, we have a very busy Fall season. ACCOUNTING SERVICES BY CG BOOKKEEPING just a few months ago at the beginning of the year. I realize that it’s On Saturday,September 16, our Library will host a mini-musical time to get cracking, because if I do not get those items done soon, at the new Mickel Park, with songs, comedy and puppetry for all South Florida Gay News is published weekly. The opinions they will not get done any time this year. ages. On Thursday, September 24, Friends of the Wilton Manors expressed in columns, stories, and letters to the editor do not As we take stock and realize that the year is quickly coming Library will host a fundraiser murder mystery dinner theater. represent the opinions of SFGN, or the Publisher. You should not presume the sexual orientation of individuals based on their to an end, we hope that our city government and community October brings the annual Spooktacular hosted by Leisure names or pictorial representations. Furthermore the word “gay” organizations are doing the same. Will we see the beginning of Services for our city’s children, followed by the Halloween event in SFGN should be interpreted to be inclusive of the entire LGBT community. All of the material/columns that appears in print that new crosswalk on Wilton Drive? Will the Andrews Avenue along Wilton Drive, Wicked Manors, sponsored by the Pride and online, including articles used in conjunction with the AP, is protected under federal copyright and intellectual property laws, Redevelopment Initiative be moved ahead with the final release Center. November brings the Tenth Annual Taste of the Island, and is jealously guarded by the newspaper. Nothing published may of the Zoning Study? Will we see the first meeting of the newly- on Monday, November 2nd. Then it’s quickly on to Thanksgiving, be reprinted in whole or part without getting written consent from the Publisher, at his law ofﬁce, at [email protected]. SFGN, selected Business Improvement District Board? Will the city Black Friday, my birthday, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanza, New as a private corporation, reserves the right to enforce its own budget for the coming fiscal year be passed with a higher millage Years’ Eve – like I said earlier, the end of another year. But on the standards regarding the suitability of advertising copy, illustrations and photographs. rate? Will our city finally take some action on unregulated vacation bright side, it’s the beginning of a whole new year, a better year, home rentals now that the City of Fort Lauderdale has led the way? another year to plan and accomplish plenty. Associated Press Will our city government finally have an IT Manager in place? Or Why? ‘Cause life is just better here. WMG

Announcement Copyright © 2014 South Florida Gay News.com, Inc. Water Chlorination Continues The City of Fort Lauderdale will continue its water chlorination until Sept. 15. This impacts the water service of residents in Wilton Manors and Oakland Park. Fire hydrant flushingill w be taking place in conjunction with the water chlorination to ensure that the chlorine is distributed throughout the water system. For more information, call 954- 390-2190. WMG •••••••••••••••••• www.WMGAZETTE.com ••••••••••••••••••

30 • 9.2.2015 2 • September 2, 2015 When You Can’t Afford A Real Estate Geek House in WilMa... By James Oaksun

As you may recall from past columns, the median sales River neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale. Geographically, price of a single family home in Wilton Manors (arms that’s south of the river from WilMa, and bounded by length transactions only) is now in the $360,000 range. Powerline Road, Sunrise and NE 4th Avenue. That’s well beyond the affordability of the typical person Restoration activities are evident as you drive through (or even couple). this neighborhood of about 2,000 homes. Generally the However, there are other nearby options. Last time I area east of Andrews and north of 15th Street has the wrote about the North Andrews Gardens neighborhood strongest price points; homes north of 13th Street have of Oakland Park. Another alternative is the South Middle also seen brisk price improvements. Much like North Andrews Gardens, South South Middle River runs half of pricing in the Island City, Middle River has seen a great deal of “fix n flip” despite being maybe seven minutes drive from the heart activity. The neighborhood was hit hard in the real of Wilton Drive. estate bust of 2006-2011. Homes that sold at the Price increases in South Middle River have not been as peak for $300,000 could be bought as bank-owned dramatic as in North Andrews Gardens, but appreciation for under $100,000 – sometimes much under. over the last three years has run about 20 percent The graph here shows what has happened since annually. Not too shabby. Perhaps understandably, 2010. As recently as early 2014 you could still get inventories of available homes in both neighborhoods the occasional home in South Middle River for are the tightest of any of the neighborhoods I follow. under $100,000. And just like you see on popular Shop accordingly. WMG reality TV shows like “Flipping Vegas,” such homes could be gutted, rebuilt to more contemporary James Oaksun, Broward's Real Estate GeekSM, is standards, and then sold in the 180-200k range. a Realtor with the Wilton Manors oﬃce of RE/MAX Or occasionally even higher, especially if a pool Preferred. In addition to having degrees from Dartmouth was installed. and Cornell, he is a graduate of the Realtors Institute As with North Andrews Gardens, pricing in (GRI).

3 • September 2, 2015 9.2.2015 • 31 Community Announcing the Friends of Library Donations Marriage Save Taxpayers Money By Michael d'Oliveira of ... A murder mystery dinner will help the Wilton Manors Library solve the problem of You! where to find funding for computers, DVDs, CDs and other items. On Thursday, Sept, 24 at 7 p.m., the director. “Without them, either the city Friends of the Wilton Manors Library will would have to pay for these items or the host Murder on the High Seas at Galuppi’s library users would have to do without.” Restaurant, 1103 N. Federal Highway in Produced by Standing Room Only Leteveryoneknowaboutyournuptuals Pompano Beach. Productions, the murder mystery dinner “We fund all the children’s programs, buy enlists the audience and includes by placing an announcement in all the computers, underwrite the contract professional actors, props, raﬄe prizes and for the eBooks, DVDs, audio books and award certificates at the end of the night. South Florida Gay News. large print books,” said Paul Kuta, first vice “I like to call it a ‘fun-raiser,’” said president of Friends of the Library. “We Ellen Ferrelli, Friends of the Library board put aside each year $2,000 for computer member. “You have to guess who killed replacement. The city hasn’t ever bought a whom.” computer in the public library.” The cost of tickets is $45 per person. Besides fundraisers, which include the Tickets are available at the Library, 500 NE silent auction at the Taste of the Island 26 St., or About Town Lock & Safe, 2404 N. event in November, the money is generated Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors. Call 954- through memberships, books sale events 566-8957 or email and donations. [email protected]. Pirate “They do quite a lot . . . quite a bit for costumes are encouraged but not required. the community,” said Rick Sterling, library Space is limited. WMG

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Norm Kent Agency Should Guard our Borders, Not your Bedrooms [email protected]

ith the dust having settled on the alleged consensual adult hookup site. This First, it is to prevent terrorism and enhance threats,” “mass casualty attacks,” and “prevent raid at the Rent Boy headquarters, agency was created to fight terrorism after national security. Second, to secure and entry of terrorists, diseases, and invasive Wsome fundamental issues have 3,000 of our citizens were the victims of a manage our national borders. Third, enforcing species.” Dare I say that investigating alleged emerged which warrant discussion in the heinous massacre. our immigration laws. Fourth, safeguarding consensual male prostitution was never mainstream media and the Do you think there would cyberspace from hackers. Fifth, ensuring a mentioned in a summary of their high priority LGBT community. have been Congressional resilient response to national disasters. That’s targets? First and foremost, the All over the authorization to fund this their charge, purpose and duty. The seven defendants are charged with Department of Homeland billion-dollar agency if George In more detail, Homeland Security conspiring to violate the federal Travel Act. Security, who engineered globe, from W. Bush said he wanted to use published its quadrennial report in 2014 First passed in 1961, the Travel Act makes it a this law enforcement action it to spy on alleged hookers? outlining their strategic priorities. Do you federal crime to use the mail or interstate or and deployed its valuable passenger Since 9/11, life on Earth has not want to know what they say they must do? The international travel or communications for the resources to effectuate it, trains in Madrid gotten much safer. All over the priorities enumerated in the report declares purposes of engaging in certain illegal acts or has transparently violated its globe, from passenger trains that the agency will interdict “urgent biological for distributing the proceeds of certain illegal duties and core mission. to beach resorts in Madrid to beach resorts in Second, the next civil rights in Indonesia, Indonesia, people are being issue in America may be the slaughtered by random acts of fight for the legal rights of people are being terror. adult sex workers who want Whether it’s ISIS or Al the ability to have dominion slaughtered by Qaeda, or one of its disciples and control over their own random acts of attacking a military base in bodies. Nationally and locally, Texas, we are all exposed to There are ﬁve homeland laws governing prostitution terror. risksinanevermoredangerous need to be revisited. world. Forgive me if I don’t join security missions. First, it is to Third, given that there is a in and echo the remarkably prevent terrorism and enhance wealth of transparently obvious hookup sites misguided thoughts of a government official, for consensual adults so much bigger than Glenn Sorge, in declaring Rent Boy the kind national security. Second, to Rent Boy, with so many more issues, such as of “global criminal enterprise” I want our U.S. secure and manage our national Craig’s List, was this raid homophobic in origin attorneys to target. and purpose? However, my personal views are consistent borders. Third, enforcing our with the law and facts. You see, the core immigration laws. Fourth, Duties of Homeland mission and purpose of Homeland Security Security is defined by statute and regulations. Its safeguarding cyberspace from strategic priorities are outlined in regulations hackers. Fifth, ensuring a As a New Yorker and American who saw and its own quadrennial review. None outline friends and colleagues die in the World Trade supervision of the world’s oldest profession as resilient response to national Center on 9-11, I am livid with rage over the a law enforcement goal. disasters. That’s their charge, use of Homeland Security assets to target an There are five homeland security missions. purpose and duty.

34 • 9.2.2015 column publisher`s editorial acts. It was designed to target businesses and government. As Amnesty International noted bribery not boys and their butts. in its global report this month, “Sex workers Unfortunately, the list of illegal acts covered are one of the most marginalized groups in the If two people decide amongst themselves to barter by the law includes crimes like gambling, world who in most instances face constant risk prostitution, drug trafficking, extortion, of discrimination, violence and abuse.” or pay for sex, with a car or cash, why should that bribery, and arson. While this is not a complete The report recommends that Amnesty be illegal anyway? If that constitutes prostitution, list, the law provides Homeland Security and International develop a policy that supports the U.S. Attorney’s office a statutory and lawful the full decriminalization of all aspects of then it’s time, isn’t it, to put an end to the laws making basis to conduct this investigation. It doesn’t consensual sex work. The policy will also call provide an answer as to why they did it or on states to ensure that sex workers enjoy full prostitution illegal? You worry about the sanctity of whether they should have. and equal legal protection from exploitation, your bedroom, and Homeland Security gets to work on Rentboy.com allegedly violated New trafficking and violence. York’s laws against prostitution, but the U.S. Research and reports on sex workers the security of our borders. Attorney’s Office is arguing that Rentboy.com internationally have shown they can be facilitated and promoted prostitution crimes exposed to physical and sexual violence, across state and international borders. It wasn’t arbitrary arrest and detention, extortion and of New York’s prostitution laws. Perhaps it’s The complaint goes into much more detail to the government’s first use of this law either. harassment, human trafficking, forced HIV because Homeland Security can’t protect our try to prove every escort is selling themselves Last year, the U.S. shut down MyRedBook.com. testing and medical interventions. They can borders, or secure them, or properly enforce for sex. What if Homeland Security broadens also be excluded from social services, including our immigrations laws that they’ve now turned The United States of Surveillance walked its investigation? Dozens of websites like health care and housing. It’s time to protect to this low hanging fruit as a way to proclaim out of the RentBoy offices in New York City RentMen.com, Men4RentNow.com, and them, not persecute them. they’re doing their job. with dozens of cartons and a host of email HourBoy.com facilitate similar advertisements The persons using the Internet to engage servers. Investigators employed by those law for escorts. Those businesses should today be rent boy contractors are employing sex workers The Raid Targets the enforcement agencies will now methodically in panic mode. So you have this singular law professionally, not exploiting them personally. LGBT Community collect and systematically gather identifiable enforcement operation, suspect though it is, Customers buy time and companionship. There data including your personal communications. chilling a score of similarly situated business is no certainty that the shared experience will The ‘legitimate’ and ‘mainstream’ LGBT They will be stored and housed, saved for their enterprises. But also let’s make something clear result in a sexual encounter. Ultimately, what organizations like the HRC are unlikely to random review. If you feel uncomfortable, escorting in a legitimate and legal business in the parties do after they meet should be a jump into this fight. They are too busy trying unfortunately, you should be. the U.S. matter for them to decide. to be accepted by the establishment to stand The cartons the Homeland Security Agency If the Department of Homeland Security is It’s morally presumptuous for the up strenuously against it. Rent boys represent a collected won’t be discarded. They will be successful in abusing the intent of the federal government to suggest otherwise- and it’s fringe element they don’t want to be associated reviewed and catalogued, gathered in a data Travel Act with this prosecution, it will only going to be extraordinarily difficult to prove with. base so that law enforcement will know a lot extend the power of the federal government to up as a matter of law that all of the 10,000 rent Nevertheless, don’t ever forget that the more about your lifestyle then you want them reach beyond its limits and further invade your boys on their website sold themselves solely for LGBT civil rights movement did not start with to know. It’s up to us to make sure that does not privacy as a U.S. citizen. sex. It’s going to be equally difficult to prove up corporate Vice Presidents stepping out of the happen. that the proprietors and employees of Rentboy closet in the workplace. It began with drag In closing, you should be outraged that Sex Workers Have Rights had any idea what their contractors were doing queens taking to the street in Greenwich Village the rights the gay community has spent years every single time they met one of their clients. and AIDS activists marching on Washington. fighting for are now being compromised bya In separate statements, the Transgender Law If two people decide amongst themselves While we have put an end to sodomy laws misguided criminal prosecution of a gay escort Center, the National LGBTQ Task Force, the to barter or pay for sex, with a car or cash, and advanced the cause of gay rights nationally, site that has been operating in the sunlight for Harm Reduction Coalition, the Global Forum why should that be illegal anyway? If that personal acceptance of your sexual identity still 18 years. Using their powers and the existing on MSM & HIV, and the Woodhull Sexual constitutes prostitution, then it’s time, isn’t it, remains a challenge for millions of Americans. laws, our government has shut it down and will Freedom Alliance condemned the raid (see to put an end to the laws making prostitution Escorting services provide a vehicle and likely put its operators in jail for a year or two. page 18). illegal? You worry about the sanctity of your conduit for human beings to explore their The Department of Justice was so proud of Whether it is a pizza, a penis or some pot, bedroom, and Homeland Security gets to own identities privately and individually. It’s their Herculean effort three rows of special adults should have the free choice to have work on the security of our borders. Perhaps healthy, not harmful. Those decisions should agents showed up at the courthouse for the dominion and control over their own bodies. the attorneys for the defendants will use be protected, not prosecuted. Perhaps this raid defendants’ first hearing. Then I thought of It is behavior you should control, not your this case to challenge the constitutionality may the impetus to start a class action on behalf the journalist beheaded by ISIS in Syria, and of those whose rights have been compromised. I said to myself, “my god, this is their idea of The government’s decision to target the safeguarding homeland security?” largest gay escort service in the world is What if the investigation turns out you used clearly a message to every other similar one so the services of these young men? Are you next? operating. It says none of you are beyond our And what of these young men? Aside from means or outside our striking distance. It’s also the obvious and immediate loss of income a threat to every young gay man and client that streams, will our government not charge some ever contracted with RentBoy. The criminal or many of them down the road? Will there complaint enumerated only a few, but an out of be constructive tax audits of their tax returns, control prosecutor can target many more. subpoenas to find out who their clients are, You only have to read the criminal complaint forfeitures and asset seizures of their property? to understand how badly the government Should we automatically presume an invasive wants to go after the fetishes of the LGBT law enforcement agency will look the other community. With detail and specificity, the way? government points to individual boys who have Frankly, we should all be very frightened. openly advertised their services. Their position The government has spied on us for a long time is these young men promoted and engaged in many ways. The only thing that has changed in acts of male prostitution by advertising is the way they do it. But every way they do it physical attributes, sexual positions and pet compromises your freedom and the integrity of fetishes, such as water sports and spanking. law enforcement in America.

Norm Kent, the publisher of South Florida Gay News, is a constitutional rights and criminal defense attorney in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

9.2.2015 • 35 column chamber chat

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36 • 9.2.2015 column seeing in the dark editorial cartoon Photo: Anthony Tusler/Facebook paTienT no MoRe A disability rights historical exhibit in Berkeley, CA Belo Cipriani

The disabled are generally not perceived by San Francisco State University students as assertive. In fact, we are often depicted and are fully accessible. as vulnerable and more delicate members While some people in the San Francisco of society. But in 1977, a group of disabled Bay Area may have heard of the Section 504 individuals broke all stereotypes and took Sit-In, what many of them may not know is over a federal building in San Francisco. The that the LGBT community had a role in this Section 504 Sit-In, as it’s now referred to, civil rights movement. helped pave the way for the Americans with “The focus of the exhibit is queer history, Disabilities Act, which was passed in 1990. as well as disability history,” Beitiks shared. To honor and celebrate this often “A large number of the leaders were queer overlooked piece of American history, the people.Agaymen’sgroupcalledtheButterfly Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability Brigade lent their walkie-talkies to the at San Francisco State University has put protesters so they could get their messages together an exhibit called “Patient No More,” out of the building. And one 504 protester which can be viewed at the Ed Roberts remembered that inside the building, the Campus in Berkeley, CA. queer women threw the best parties.” Your Smile Should “Knowing that the 25th anniversary of “There’s a shared experience of stigma the Americans with Disabilities Act was and discrimination. LGBT people and Leave a Great approaching in 2015,” said Emily Beitiks, disabled people alike aren’t necessarily born Associate Director at the Paul K. Longmore into a family like themselves, so finding Impression! Center, “an exhibit to celebrate disability and a community is essential to allowing for the disability rights movement seemed like a celebration of difference and pride. The a way to forward our mission of promoting issue of bathrooms provides one specific New Patients empowering stories of what people with example of overlap: people with disabilities disabilities bring to the table.” and transgender/genderqueer people have $79 The exhibit, which received a Cal united in their shared agreement that Humanities Stories Grant and support the built environment can be oppressive Comprehensive Exam, from the East Bay Community Foundation, to certain body types and their needs,” features an amazing collection of photos continued Beitiks. Digital X-‐Rays & Cleaning* that beautifully capture every facet of this The exhibit will be available from July part of disability history. 2015 to December 2015 at the Ed Roberts *In the absense of gum disease. Not applicable to insurance benefits. “We were extremely fortunate that in Campus in Berkeley, CA. In 2016, the exhibit 1977, two photographers understood the will go on tour. importance of documenting this important For those of you who don’t live in the San moment in history: Anthony Tusler Francisco Bay Area, the entire collection can General & Cosmetic Dentistry and HolLynn D’Lil,” said Beitiks. “Their be found online at PatientNoMore.org. The photographs are beautiful, and together website is fully accessible and showcases they help show the range of experiences that the exact exhibit that can be found at the Ed Dr. David K. Warner, DDS, FAGD made up the sit-in -- from the boredom to the Roberts Campus in Berkeley, CA. Fellow, Academy of General Dentistry extreme frustration, from the exhaustion to Cathrine Kudlick, who is openly bisexual the overwhelming satisfaction, to the pride and directs the Paul K. Longmore Institute when they left the building victorious.” on Disability, also invites everyone to visit 954-565-7666 The exhibit also features video interviews the institute’s website at LongMoreInstitute. of people at the sit in, which were produced sfsu.edu. 1946 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305

Belo Cipriani is a freelance journalist, the award-winning author of www.IslandCitySmiles.com Blind: A Memoir and Midday Dreams, and a spokesperson for Guide Dogs for the Blind. He was voted “Best Disability Advocate” in the Always Plenty of Free Parking • Located Conveniently on Wilton Drive Bay Area in 2015 by SF Weekly. Learn more at BeloCipriani.com. New, State of the Art Facilities • Most Insurances Accepted

9.2.2015 • 37 column speak out speak SFGN Staff uT

SFGN’s “Speak OUT” is a weekly feature giving a regular voice to South Florida LGBT leaders. What are your thoughts on the Rentboy.com raid? And should the decriminalization of sex work be a part of the LGBT rights movement?

It is disappointing that the Federal Government is redoubling their “efforts to prosecute American’s engaged in the “oldest profession.” Sex Work is often an occupation of last resort for the most marginalized in our society and the fact that they are going after Rentboy.com, which provides these services for the LGBT community, shows that even with our recent advances around Gay Marriage, those members of our Community who are the most vulnerable are now even more vulnerable." — Lee Rubin, Blogger and Community Organizer

I think the sex work should be decriminalized. Without the benefit “of legalization, people fall victim to the violence and other criminal activities, lack healthcare and other kinds of protections, and endanger themselves and their clients.." — Meredith L Ockman, community activist and a director of NOW

It is impossible to know the government’s real motives in “closing down the site. A general concern is that the government intervened more aggressively because of the male-to-male aspects of the site, suggesting prosecutorial bias against men who have sex with men. Intervening against this institutional bias is critically important in the LGBT fight for equality. The broader issue of decriminalizing sex work goes beyond the existing framework of LGBT rights and this albeit important social issue would represent a new and equally controversial aspect in the fight for LGBT equality." —George Castrataro, noted attorney and LGBT activist

Male hustling is like smoking pot. The state wastes time and money “by involving itself when there are no victims.” — Brian McNaught, noted columnist, author and LGBT activist

Visit SFGN.com/SpeakOut to see more of this week’s responses. speak Send an Email to [email protected] if you know of a LGBT uT community leader that should be or wants to be a part of this list.

38 • 9.2.2015 lifestyle cars

The all-new 2016 Fiat 500X provides plenty of opportunities for owners to customize the compact crossover.

2016 Fiat 500X Base Price: $20,900

Photos: Chrystler. Power: 1.4–2.4-liter four- cylinder (160-180-hp, 175–184 lb-ft of torque) Transmission: 6-speed manual or 9-speed automatic Fuel Economy, city/hwy mpg DRIVEN (EPA est): 21–25/30–34 2016 2016 fiaT 500x Steve Siler Less Runt, More Grunt: the Butchest Fiat Yet

ver had a scrawny, limp-wristed friend lumbar support. There’s decent room for four go away for the summer and come back adults and a modicum of luggage, though the Etotally ripped? I feel like that’s just what sloping rear window reduces cargo space a bit, happened over at the Fiat store, where the new so bear that in mind when teasing those wigs, 500X just hit the showroom girls. My tester also came with floor, and is looking, um, kinda the full-length moonroof that I hot. consider a must when you live Seriously, forget everything in the sun-belt. Sun, after all, is you thought about the Seriously, much of the reason we all live diminutive 500 microcar. Ditto forget where we do, right? the plump 500L, if you even Having driven all of the knew that one exists in the everything 500X’competitors(listedinthe first apl ce. The 500X is more specs), I have low expectations of a crossover than compact you thought for the performance. But car, though technically it’s the 500X Trekking, which both, with garage-friendly about the comes standard with the more dimensions but the just-above- powerful of the two available the-fray seating position that diminutive engines, surprises with spry everybody loves in crossovers. acceleration, as well as precise OR YOU COULD BUY: It also comes in some amazing 500 steering and snappy handling colors, my favorite of which is responses. The steering and Kia Soul metallic “Bronzo Magnetico,” microcar. powertrain characteristics can Jeep Renegade which is available in gloss or a be changed via dial between Nissan Juke slick factory matte finish. the seats, and I found the The interior is Fiat’s best, sport setting to be the most hands-down. It incorporates handy touch- satisfactory, though it comes at the expense of screen controls in an ergonomically correct some fuel efficiency. arrangement, decorated by sassy body color The 500X is already on sale, with prices Renowned automotive journalist Steve Siler pioneered automotive panels here and there. My tester, a loaded starting around 21 grand, though my tester writing for the GLBT community in 1998 and currently contributes Trekking all-wheel-drive model, features rang a tally well above $30K, which seems like auto news and reviews to Car and Driver Magazine, Yahoo Autos, cushy brown textured leather chairs that a lot for a Fiat. Then again, the way I see it, cars The New York Daily News, Autoblog, Details, and many more. You can fondly recalls my uncle’s mushy leather with this much character are well worth the follow his adventures on Twitter/Instagram: @silerroad. recliner, only with proper bolstering and good cost.

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9.2.2015 • 41 music bata’s beats

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ho is DJ Citizen Jane? I recently had songwriter. There was always music playing in I love large parties! I’m a people person and audiences and I am so grateful that I have the pleasure to talk with and find out my home at all hours of the day. I carry it in I feed off of seeing a large crowd dancing tomy been. It comes down to I play for the people, I Wsome of what makes this talented, my veins. music. read the crowds, I know what I have to deliver down to earth disc jockey/musician/artist tick. for each event to make them happy. I put all After many years of hard work in the LGBT You like to play all different genres of What made you want to be a DJ? my love for music into it for my crowd — it’s community the Miami native’s determination music? always for them. My love for music and just being able to see has paid off and she has now gone global My gratification is seeing the joy of them I love playing just about everything. To me people forgetting about their problems while and will headline some of the largest and having a great time on the dance floor. it’s all about those on the dance floor. I play for dancing to my beats is so rewarding. If I can do respected parties around the country and the the people not for myself. that and make them smile and dance their ass world. There will be plenty of opportunity at a Who are some of your musical heroes? off I have succeeded. variety of events to hear her live considering What is your favorite? her impressive and growing Where do you buy your music? Madonna - She has evolved through all the resume. Citizen Jane is the girl I love playing House Music! different eras of music since coming out onthe I purchase music from iTunes and remix on fire — an artist on the rise. scene, she is innovative, always reinventing the songs. I also download music from various How has the scene herself. I love that she takes risks. Peter sights. When did you begin to There was changed since you started? Rauhofer is my biggest DJ influence. DJ? always The scene has changed a I think your DJ name is really great. I see it What are some upcoming gigs you are I began in the late 90’s. lot. It has evolved in the sense as you are trying to imply that you are a DJ going to be a part of? music playing that people are more open and of the people for the people when it comes You started with Vinyl? accepting therefore there are to music. In a way it goes back to what you I will be headlining Austin, Texas Pride, a lot more choices of where to were saying about how you play music for Calgary Pride, Gay Days (Exclusively for the I started spinning with in my home go to as opposed to just going the crowd instead of yourself. boys), Key West, Womenfest, Fort Lauderdale Vinyl before the whole digital at all hours to the gay bars and clubs. Also Pride (Main Stage), then Atlanta Pride for my invasion. I still have my My DJ name actually is my childhood there are a lot more circuit and second year at Piedmont Park Main Stage just turntables and do it at home nickname given to me by my grade school best of the day. I pride events. to name a few. for fun. friend that stuck throughout my whole life. It carry it in my Is there a difference with came about because the boys would take our Do you have a favorite? Do you prefer digital to the music you play when toys away on the playground at school and I vinyl as a DJ? veins. DJing for a mostly all girl was the one who would go and get them back My favorite one I must say was Headlining for the girls. One day my best friend said “you Atlanta Pride last year on the Main Stage at It’s two totally different party as opposed to a gay are our superhero your name now is Citizen Piedmont Park. It was the first time Atlanta things. I can work with both circuit event or club? Jane.” Pride had a DJ Headline the Pride Festival on equally and have fun with either one because at Every party is always different. All girl To elaborate on being a DJ of the people it the Main Stage in their 44 Years of being a Pride the end of the day it’s not about the equipment parties are mostly into open format music. Boy is great that you ask that question because I Festival where attendance is over 200,000. I but about the music. party’s are mostly into House Music and Gay actually have been told that before on several had the honor of being the first DJ ever. The Where did your love for music come Circuit Events are a mixture of House Music & occasions that “I am a DJ of the People.” I other is spinning in Madison Square Garden from? some remixed top 40 dance songs. When I play am one of the few DJ’s who actually can play (the most famous arena in the world) during at straight nightclubs / venues I play a mixture across the board easily and have the crowd this past NYC Pride weekend, seeing my name My love for music comes from growing up in of open format and EDM. going on the dance floor for the girls, boys up on the screen and spinning in that arena a musical home. Everyone from my Dad’s side and mainstream no matter in what part of the is beyond thrilling that words can not even of the family and my brother are musicians. Do you prefer a large party or a smaller country or internationally that I am playing. describe the feeling. Aside from DJing I am a musician, singer and intimate setting? Not many DJ’s are accepted by such different

42 • 9.2.2015 9.2.2015 • 43 lifestyle history

A participant in the Gay Pride event in support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) rights reacts as others ﬂee after Turkish police use a water cannon to disperse them in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 28, 2015. Emrah Gurel. / o t o h PP A

Pier Angelo hoMo hisToRy 101 History was never as straight as we are told. Recording our history means reporting the truth.

Turkey, which shares borders with atheists dance together to the same beat. member states, organized through the rugby union player Gareth Thomas came several conflict zones has recently absorbed You will meet Mahamoud Hassino, a Commonwealth Secretariat, and non- out in 2009, 35, saying he wanted to lift the millions of people, among them sexual Syrian journalist and activist who left his governmental organizations. 42 out of 53 lid on “ years of despair.” On the same day minorities, who have officially become native country for Turkey and from exile he member states outlaw and victimize LGBT as Hirst announcement, David Denson, outcasts from their own communities. LGBT started Syria’s first and only LGBT magazine people. Culture, religion, a Milwaukee Brewers minor refugees, escaping the wrath and destruction Called MAWALEH (“ Nuts” in Arabic). history are the roots of this leaguer became the first of ISIS, from this volatile and conservative Hassino recently received asylum in extreme intolerance. The openly gay baseball player region have made Istanbul a sanctuary of Germany and he will resettle there. British made homosexuality Despite on a team affiliated with U.S. sort. illegal across the empire and ﬁnding Major League Baseball. Despite finding something of an oasis the prohibitions remain in in Istanbul, the situation in Turkey is far place today. something Mahamoud hassino, a Syrian from idyllic. Being LGBT there means facing august 2015: The journalist and activist who left his native of an oasis homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia firstopenlygayblackmanhas country for Turkey and from exile he started Rugby: Keegan from Turks. Minutes before it was due to in Istanbul, been confirmed as a federal Syria’s first and only LGBT magazine called Hirst, 27, captain of the begin this year Istanbul Pride was cancelled judge by the U.S. Senate for MAWALEH (“Nuts” in Arabic). Hassino Batley Bulldogs from West the situation under orders from the city’s government. the bench in South Florida. recently received asylum in Germany and he Yorkshire became the first It sparked riots with the police who fired in Turkey The vote was unanimous to will resettle there. British openly gay rugby teargas,plasticpelletsandmanyparticipants confirm Darrin P. Gayles, professional player. He is far from were savagely beaten with batons. who is currently a Miami- revealed his sexuality this idyllic. Dade County Judge. Obama The commonwealth of nations August 2015 in an interview chose Gayles after a previous or the Commonwealth (formerly the with the Sunday Mirror. In a Tek yon is Istambul’s best known openly gay black nominee, British Commonwealth of Nations), sport that is as tough rugby gay club. There you will find gay exiles from fellow Miami-Dade County is an intergovernmental organization there is always a presupposition That if one every sect and ethnicity in the Middle East. Judge William Thomas was blocked by of 53 member states that were mostly is gay he would not be playing in the game. It is the meeting point for gay Syrians and Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. territories of the former British Empire. Hirst’s announcement follows the lead gay Arabs in general. Elsewhere they might Senators also confirmed an openly gay The Commonwealth operates by of the Australian rugby league player Ian be enemies; here Arab Christians, Sunnis, black woman, Staci Michelle Yandle, to a intergovernmental consensus of the Roberts, Who came out in 1995. The Welsh federal judgeship in Illinois.

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y mother was a lousy cook. adds Swiss to the mélange served on toasted sourdough When we were sick we never got a nice cup of bread brushed with melted garlic butter. Mchicken soup. We got Campbell’s cream of tomato The “Wall Street Grindr” stuffs cheese, waffle fries, bacon, cheese-a-RaMa soup and a grilled cheese sandwich; the only things mom crispy onions, garlic butter and a fried egg between toasted knew how to make, other than reservations. So forgive me if sourdough bread. New York Grilled Cheese presents “Cheese- I’m a little biased towards a restaurant that offers dozens of The “Manhattan” features toasted country bread O-Rama 3” on Sept. 9 to benefit SMART Ride variations on my one childhood comfort food. enveloping gooey cheese and house-made mac and cheese. at its flagship location, 2207 N. Wilton Dr., from This ain’t my mama’s grilled cheese we’re talking about The “Brooklyn Porkster” takes the classic cheese combo 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Hosted by New York Grilled either. New YorkGrilled Cheese dishes up gourmet variations and adds pulled pork with bbq sauce, crispy onions, & on the classic and they all come with delicious tomato bisque crunchy dill pickles on toasted sourdough bread. Cheese “Den Mother” Daisy Deadpetals, the that is as far removed from Campbell’s as you can get and still The “Soho” deviates from the usual cheese combo, event features a silent auction, 20 percent back call yourself soup. combining sweet brie, crispy onions, crunchy bacon and from each check donated to the charity, as well as All sandwiches are cooked on a giant waffle iron. Not berry marmalade on toasted oatmeal wheat bread. $1 for everyone who checks in on Facebook. only does this serve to keep the bread from getting soggy, it For those who like a bit of heat, “Harlem Jalapeno” adds provides lots of nooks and crannies into which the cheese crispy jalapeno poppers, crispy onions, and sweet chili SMART Ride takes place Nov. 13-14. For more can melt and caramelize. The best part is that every sandwich aioli to the classic cheeses on toasted country loaf. The one information on the ride, go to TheSmartRide.org. is a combo, served with a tangy tomato bisque redolent of sandwich that extends beyond New York City’s borders is, of herbs and citrus. The 4 oz. cup is just the right amount if you course, a salute to Buffalo’s famous wings. The Blue Buffalo like to dip your sandwich, and a great chaser for those of us combines blue, jack, American and cheddar with buffalo spicy or unusual, check out the jalapeno poppers and bacon who prefer to enjoy them separately. chicken on toasted country loaf. lollipops. If the dipping portion of the soup isn’t enough, you Sandwiches have a New York theme and most have a base Man (and woman) do not live on sandwiches alone, can order a larger portion of the creamy tomato basil bisque. of American and cheddar cheeses; the “Broadway Classic” so some sides are in order. Waffle fries are the mainstay, Beer, wine and soft drinks are available. either regular or sweet potato, When the father-son team who own New York Grilled New York and they come with an array Cheese first enedop in this spot, they planned on serving Grilled Cheese. of dipping sauces; sweet chili frozen yogurt, but quickly saw the market was oversaturated. aioli, house-made Buffalo, Rather than call it quits they embraced dairy in another form sweet mustard aioli, bbq and and Wilton Manors is the better for it. marshmallow (surprisingly New York Grilled Cheese isn’t perfect, the décor is overly good with the sweet potato lit and sterile (it still feels like a frozen yogurt shop) and the fries). awkward layout forces you to choose between two dining Other sides include a “Hot rooms, neither offering much in the way of comfortable Pork Sundae” - fries topped seating. Service ranges from spectacular to ditzy and, on with shredded pork, gravy and one occasion, “Why did you bother to come to work today?” grated cheeses and, of course, rudeness. “Disco Fries” (aka poutine); There are rumors that a second location is opening in Boca fries, cheese curds and gravy. and that there are plans to franchise. Stop in now while you For those with a taste for the can still say, “I used to go there when…”

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For a night at the theater, check out Thinking Cap Theatre’s production of Dave Hanson’s comedy, “Waiting for Waiting for Godot,” a play about two understudies waiting to “go on” in a production of “Waiting for Godot,” Samuel Beckett’s classic about two men waiting for a third who never shows. Catch the play Thursday - Saturday at The Vanguard Sanctuary for the Arts, 1501 S. Andrews Ave. in Fort Lauderdale, through Sept. 13. Tickets are $35 at ThinkingCapTheatre.com. FRI 9/4 SPORTS You may not be a sports fan, but celebrate your inner geek in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood tonight as Darth Vader and his storm troopers take over Marlins Park. Yes, it’s Star Wars Night and Billy, the Marlins’ mascot, is going to channel the Force to victory while raising funds for Stand Up to Cancer. Everyone receives a t-shirt and there’s a special pre-party with DJs starting at 5:30 p.m. A spectacular fireworks May the “Fourth” be with you! Darth Vader throws out the first pitch at Star Wars display follows the game. Tickets start at $25 Night at Marlins Park on Friday, Sept. 4. at Miami.Marlins.MLB.com. Photo Credit: Major League Baseball. SAT 9/5 SUN 9/6 MON 9/7 TUE 9/8 FILM ART HOLIDAY TELEVISION Coral Gables Art Cinema, 260 Aragon Ave. Arts Garage, 180 NE 1st Street in Delray South Florida dodged a bullet when The cast of “Below Deck” was in town in Coral Gables, offers a special screening Beach, is one of the region’s coolest visual Hurricane Erica lost steam last weekend. last week for the third season premiere of John Cameron Mitchell’s rollicking rock and performing arts spaces, tucked away Hopefully the rains will go away for the party to benefit the Marine Industry Cares musical, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” in the first floor of a parking garage. long Labor Day weekend so we can fire up Foundation. See for yourselves what makes tonight at 11:30 p.m. A recent Broadway Stop by this weekend and check out the barbecues around the pool or join the silver fox Captain Lee the “stud of the sea” revival with Neil Patrick Harris, Taye Diggs “Shifting Gears,” by acclaimed artist and tourists on Sebastian Beach. Regardless, the on Bravo’s yacht-based reality show tonight and Darren Criss each donning that freaky car enthusiast Rene von Richthofen. Using best place to celebrate your labors—and as the crew pursues love and lust in the wig was a huge hit, but nothing compares toy cars and found objects, he creates the end of the summer tourist season—is Bahamas. Stewards Kate and Amy promise to the original performance of Mitchell in amazing works of automotive ingenuity down on Wilton Drive. Grab brunch at one the sauciest season yet and the boys are the role of the transgender singer with a while bringing out the inner child in all of us. of the many trendy restaurants or a drink at definitely some of the hottest on television. botched sex change. Tickets are $5 with free Admission is free. For more information, go a popular bar. You’ve earned a long holiday Don’t miss it. Check local listings for channels popcorn. Tickets at GablesCinema.com. to ArtsGarage.org. weekend. and show times.

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“Best of Enemies,” a documentary opening in South Florida this weekend, chronicles the 1968 televised convention debates between conservative William F. Buckley, Jr., left, and Gore Vidal.

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Viewers flipping channels on television Vidal was a particularly daring—if weeks later when Democrats met to choose final episode of “Firing Line” more than 30 during the presidential election cycle are not perfectly suited choice—a gay bon a leader in the vacuum left by RFK’s death. years later, Buckley was left speechless when likely to catch colorful, outspoken pundits vivant who had recently authored “Myra Like modern days, the convention featured the episode was recalled, while Vidal would discussing civil rights, income equality Breckenridge,” a scathing satirical novel celebrities including actor Paul Newman watch recordings of the debates with his and culture wars—except we’re not talking about the evils of big business and featuring and playwright Arthur Miller. biographer a la Norma Desmond in “Sunset about 2015, but 47 years ago. a transsexual protagonist. Mayor Richard Daley had the city locked Boulevard.” A documentary opening this week in The only point the two could agree, down as violence flared, leading to one of As the final credits roll, the many pundits South Florida proves that old adage in besides their antipathy for each other, the most powerful moments in the film: and experts noted the lasting effects of politics, the more things change, the more was that the country was splitting at the Aretha Franklin flubbing the words to the the debates on modern political news they stay the same. seams. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther National Anthem amid scenes of riot police coverage. In 1968, television was still a “Best of Enemies” offers a fascinating King, Jr. had been assassinated and cities beating back protesters. “public square” where Americans gathered analysis of the events and lasting effects of 10 were burning. The country was mired in an In the studio, tension also built, leading to watch the events of the day. No network live debates between conservative William F. increasingly unpopular war in Vietnam. The to Buckley’s infamous meltdown. After again aired gavel-to-gavel coverage of a Buckley, Jr. and liberal Gore Vidal, broadcast sexual revolution was marching forward and Vidal accused him of being a “crypto Nazi,” nominating convention, turning to their on ABC during the 1968 Republican and women were demanding lives outside of the Buckley lashed out, calling Vidal a “queer” own commentators. And the advent of cable Democratic presidential conventions. home. and threatening physical violence. and the Internet allows us to group into like- The move was gutsy for the network, TheRepublicanschoseMiamiBeachasthe Again, in a brilliant choice from minded communities of concern, tuning out which was stuck in third place or even location to anoint their candidate, Richard filmmakers Morgan Neville and Robert opposing viewpoints. “fourth, but there were only three networks,” Nixon, the first time their convention had Gordon, the speechless expressions of the The issues remain the same, but will never as a retired executive pointed out on camera, been held below the Mason Dixon Line. many experts featured in the film, punctuate be argued by “public intellectuals” in the later joking, “The way to end to the Vietnam As delegates politicked amid palm trees the gravity of the vicious (for the time) ad same way again. War would be to put it on ABC and it would and sandy beaches, Vidal launched the hominem attack, launched in front of 10 be over in 13 weeks.” first attack, a familiar line in 2015. “Can million viewers. Equally bold was the casting of two a political party based almost entirely on Afterwards, Buckley admitted his pulse “Best of Enemies” opens Sept. “public intellectuals.” Buckley was editor of greed nominate a candidate that a majority was racing, while Vidal quipped, “I guess we 4 at Coral Gables Art Cinema, the “National Review,” considered the father could vote?” gave them their money’s worth.” 260 Aragon Ave. The ﬁlm opens of the modern conservative movement, and He accused Republicans of attacking the The episode was one from which both Sept. 11 at Stonzek Theater at Vidal, a frustrated politician, celebrated poor and then shedding crocodile tears men would be scarred. Buckley attempted Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake author and screenwriter, and coincidentally, for their situation. Buckley blustered back, to justify his anger in a 12,000 word essay Ave. For more information, go to in-law of former first lady Jackie Kennedy sending ratings through the roof. in “Esquire” magazine, answered by Vidal’s BestOfEnemiesFilm.com. Onassis. The verbal sparring continued in Chicago own piece. Lawsuits would follow. In his

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