local name global coverage January 13, 2016 vol. 7 // issue 2 south florida gay news

I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring. a star is lost

throughout his career Gender Bender David Bowie Opened the minds of americans - Pages 14, 15

SOUTHFLORIDAGAYNEWS SOFLAGAYNEWS SFGN.COM SouthFloridaGayNews.com Comments from SFGN’s online outlets JANUARY 13, 2016 • VOLUME 7 • ISSUE 2 THE OPENING LINE Compiled by John McDonald 2520 N. DIXIE HIGHWAY • WILTON MANORS, FL 33305 PHONE: 954-530-4970 FAX: 954-530-7943

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01.13.2016 • 3 news local Submitted photo. BALLZ IS NOT A STRIP CLUB The new sports bar features football John McDonald

new bar on Wilton Drive is battling it, making it fresh and modern for people who SCANDALS OWNER FIGHTS misconceptions as to its theme. enjoy sports to come and have a good time.” A Ballz Bar opened for business just David though has owned other gay male after New Year’s with more than 1,300 people strip clubs in the past including Le Boy in Fort JUDGMENT IN COURT attending the celebration. The bar, occupying Lauderdale, which may have led some to assume Jason Parsley the same space once known as Sidelines, fancies Ballz would also be a strip club. itself a “sports bar with a kick.” Making nightlife memorable is David’s “The core of the business is a sports bar,” said expertise. He arrived in South Florida from Israel id the owner of Scandals, Ken Kelley, in the bar, violently threw him to the ground owner Sean David in an interview with SFGN as a 22-year-old photographer and through know that his bar was being sued for causing a concussion. Due to his injuries from the bar’s outside patio area adorned by two decades has built a successful career in bar Dtens of thousands of dollars? According Dinsmore was out of work for over three palm trees, metal lockers and colorful murals of management. to what he told SFGN last week, yes he did. months. athletes. “You must have passion and love what you But that’s not the same story he and his lawyer Lawyers for both sides went back and David said because the opening festivities do,” David said. “The satisfaction comes from have been telling in court. forth until early last year, when Kelley’s law featured shirtless bartenders, muscled men in seeing people enjoying themselves and having a “At the time of the incident in 2011, The firm asked to withdraw, claiming they had wrestling trunks and dainty cheerleaders, it good time.” Stable, which ceased operations August 1, “irreconcilable differences” with the Scandal’s left some with the impression Ballz intends to David said Ballz plans to host live bands and 2015, contacted local authorities and Broward owner. The court ordered Kelley to find new operate as a strip club. Not so said David. special events to coincide with championship County Sheriff’s deputies responded. After counsel. “We wanted to create excitement with the sporting games and is already reaching out their investigation, they determined the When Kelley failed to comply with the grand opening like celebrations should be,” to local leagues. Teams or leagues seeking allegations by Dinsmore were not warranted judicial directive, Judge Rodriguez-Powell David said. “We’re taking a space, upgrading sponsorships should contact David. and no further action was taken on their part,” entered a default judgment against Scandals Kelley wrote in an email to SFGN. “Dinsmore on the merits of the claim. A jury was then WHAT: Ballz Bar WHERE: 2031 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors proceeded with a lawsuit against The Stable. called to determine damages. It reached its Along with Broward County Sherriff’s deputies, verdict on Nov. 5. HOURS: Open seven days a week at 2p.m. (4 p.m. Mondays) I determined the incident was a non-issue and Kelley was then subpoenaed in for post trial There is no door charge. MORE INFO: 954-368-5094 or www.ballzbar.com elected to not defend the case. End of story.” depositions filed by the plaintiff in December Come to find out that isn’t the end of the to try to collect on the judgment. story by a long shot. Now he’s in court desperately trying to While Kelley insisted this is a “non-issue,” overturn the verdict. it turns out, according to documents filed last His lawyers argued in a ten-page month, it’s a big issue. memorandum that he had no knowledge that In December a jury awarded $39,787 to his pleadings on the case were being struck. Jeffrey Dinsmore, a patron at the now closed They also argued the plaintiff’s lawyer failed Stable Bar in Oakland Park, which was owned to notify them about a required mediation by Scandals. conference, and that “it was the defendant’s Because Kelley did not defend against the intention to attend a mediation conference lawsuit the plaintiff, Dinsmore, automatically in an attempt to resolve the case,” and the won. plaintiff “did not contact by any means of Now Kelley is telling the court he had no communication Kenneth Kelley, to discuss any knowledge of the lawsuit and wasn’t properly of the issues raised.” notified, a story that is decidedly different But that’s not what Kelley told SFGN. As than the one he told SFGN. mentioned above he wrote, “I determined the In the case, Dinsmore had alleged he was incident was a non-issue and elected to not injured in 2011, when Ray Alley, a bouncer defend the case.”

EDITOR’S NOTE: In last week’s edition, SFGN inadvertently published a picture of a Scandals bartender, instead of Ken Kelley. We apologize for the error.

See updated news story on page 22.

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Luigi Ferrer Reverend Grant Ford. Photo: Facebook. FLORIDA YOUTH PRIDE COALITION’S ANNUAL GALA ON JAN. 23 Denise Royal Event will honor 9 folks who make a difference

lorida Youth Pride Coalition holds its annual Icon on about my son but I am so honored and humbled. This is John William Calcaterra is better known around South Awards Gala on Saturday Jan. 23. This year’s theme is why I am assisting the youth organization because I know Florida as Pompano Bill. He is best known for as a popular FCelebrate Unity and the event will honor nine people what he went through. If I can help just one person, I am photographer who’s taken pictures at countless events who make a difference in the community, including youth happy and fulfilled.” around South Florida. His photos have been published in and adults. This year’s Spiritual Leadership Award goes to the magazines such as SFGN, Scoop, Outlook, 411, Buzz and They come from diverse backgrounds and in their Reverend Grant Ford. Thirty years ago, Ford became pastor Hotspots. own way each has contributed greatly to of Florida’s MCC Fort Lauderdale, which later Community advocate Miss Vicky Keller is another of this improving the world around them. became Sunshine Cathedral and went on to year’s honorees. As a straight ally in the gay community, “We have an amazing group on honorees become the MCC’s largest congregation. Keller’s accomplishments are plentiful. Over the past three this year,” says William Falce, of the Florida “If I can He ultimately served as dean of the cathedral decades her work includes serving on the board of Pride Youth Pride Coalition. “Both the adult until 2008. During which time Sunshine South Florida, but being one of the founders of the county’s group and the younger group have made a help just Cathedral helped to serve the community first AIDS agency, Center One. real impact in our state.” with its many religious, educational and A member of SAGE since 1993, Keller has also served Georgia Foster will receive this year’s Ally one person, social programs, as well as through its as the Regional Director of the International Association Award. Webster’s Dictionary defines foster I am derivative organizations, Light University and of Lesbian and Gay Pride, founded Womynsong: Lesbian as to care for or cherish. When it comes to SunServe. When he left Sunshine Cathedral, Chorus. Last year, Keller learned how much she is revered by caring for people with HIV/AIDS, Georgia happy and Grant moved to Jacksonville where he became the community when her financial struggles came to light lives up to her surname. lead pastor of the Odyssey Church. Prior to – and a GoFundMe page was created and raised more than In 1990 she co-founded a nonprofit fulfilled.” becoming such an influential figure in South $9,000 to help. organization that provided housing for Florida, Ford help organize fundraisers in Other 2015 Icon Honorees include Lindsy (Sitca) people with HIV. Foster began her nonprofit - Georgia Chicago to help fight the Anita Bryant-back Campbell, Jasmine Chandler, Mariah Rivera, and Elijah work following the death of her HIV positive Foster gay referendum in Miami-Dade County. Alexis-Range. son Gerry. Proving you can triumph over “Broward County will always have a special The Annual Icon Awards Gala takes place Saturday, Jan. 23 tragedy, Foster named it “Think Life” to place in my heart,” Reverend Ford said. “Being from 7 p.m. ¬– 11 p.m. at Signature Grand, 6900 West State inspire those with HIV/AIDS to think about honored by a new generation is very special to Road 84, Davie. The Afterhours party is from 11 p.m. – 3 a.m. living, not dying. The group also opened a childcare center me. It makes everything worthwhile.” at Stonewall National Museum, 2157 Wilton Drive, Wilton in Broward County for the families of those who are HIV Luigi Ferrer is another honoree. He is a bisexual HIV/ Manors. positive. In addition, she began a transportation program AIDS activist who currently works as Program Director that included 2 passenger vehicles and 4 passenger buses. and Director of HIV Services at Pridelines Youth Services; Tickets can be purchased online at “Being honored with this year’s Ally Award is one of the Vice President of BiNet USA, a national bisexual advocacy FloridaYouthPride.org or by calling 954-842- most awesome things that has happened to me having organization; a member of the National Bisexual Leadership 1008. For more information visit Facebook.com/ raised a son who was an intelligent, religious young man Roundtable; and Board member of the Unitarian Universalist who was gay…” Georgia Foster told SFGN. “I could go on and Congregation of Miami. FloridaYouthPrideCoalition.

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Ohio Secretary of State Sued over Delay on Drug Pricing Initiative (AHF) A lawsuit was fi led in the Supreme Court of Ohio proposed [initiative] language to Ohio’s General [Assembly] (Case # 2016-20) late Wednesday afternoon against Ohio for its review and possible legislative action. Secretary of State John Husted over, Husted’s, “... failure to The proposed initiative language should have been fulfi ll his clear statutory obligation to certify and transmit transmitted to the General Assembly Monday, January a proposed initiative. 4th, the opening day of the 2016 legislative session, for its The lawsuit came about in response to Secretary Husted’s consideration. However, in a move that served as catalyst unprecedented actions—or lack thereof—regarding The for this lawsuit, Secretary Husted failed to transmit Ohio Drug Price Relief Act , a citizen driven ballot initiative the initiative to the Assembly and instead returned the that will revise Ohio law to require state programs pay signature petitions to local election offi cials in all 88 the same or less for prescription medications as the U.S. counties, issuing a directive instructing them to, “... re- Department of Veterans Aff airs. V.A. pricing is generally certify their fi ndings to the Secretary of State’s Offi ce no believed to be 20% to 24% lower than for almost any other later than January 29, 2016.” government program. Secretary of State Husted’s actions came after a formal Backers of the initiative, who intend to have it appear complaint about the initiative’s signature gathering on Ohio’s November 2016 presidential election ballot, and certifi cation process was fi led December 30th by submitted 116,015 voter signatures, far more than the attorneys representing the Pharmaceutical Research and 91,677 needed to qualify the initiative. As of late last week, Manufactuers of America (PhRMA), the drug industry’s local election offi cials Ohio’s 88 counties had certifi ed their powerful and deep-pocketed trade group. Since 1999, respective signatures, and backers were eagerly awaiting Bricker & Eckler LLC, PhRMA’s law fi rm, has regularly the formality of the Secretary’s offi cial certifi cation contributed to Secretary Husted’s various political of signatures and his subsequent transmission of the campaigns.

x-Sen. George Mitchell to Lead ew Army Website Will Assist LGBT roup Urges Gay Marriage NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade Discharged Vets Supporters to Attend Meetings E(EDGE) A former U.S. Senate majority leader who helped N(AVERUSA) The US Army has created a website to establish G(AP) Members of the Tennessee Equality Project are broker peace negotiations in Northern Ireland has been picked online assistance in applying for discharge upgrades. An urging those who support gay marriage to attend upcoming to lead New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. upgrade of a discharge classifi cation for a veteran could mean county commission meetings in East Tennessee. George Mitchell tells the New York Times on Monday (http:// access to benefi ts that were previously denied by the veteran’s Equality Project Director Chris Sanders told the Johnson nyti.ms/1RhRrNm ) he agreed to serve as grand marshal after other than honorable status, including disability compensation, City Press (bit.ly/1O7inMe) that the organization is trying to being assured gay and lesbian groups’ issues “had been fully separation pay, and education benefi ts under the GI Bill. resolved.” The Army Review Boards Agency (ARBA) “reviews discharges organize groups to present dissenting opinions at meetings Last year the parade ended its controversial ban on of former soldiers, except those given by reason of a sentence in Carter County and Unicoi County. Offi cials in both places permitting such groups and a gay delegation from parade of a General Court Martial or over 15 years since discharge. are expected to consider resolutions later this month that sponsor NBCUniversal participated. The purpose of the review is to determine if the discharge was call for state lawmakers to recognize marriage as being A second group, The Lavender & Green Alliance, will granted in a proper manner, i.e. in accordance with regulatory between only one man and one woman. participate this year on March 17. procedures in eff ect at the time, and that it was equitable, i.e. Some other counties in East Tennessee have passed Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH’-zee-oh) didn’t march last giving consideration to current policy, mitigating facts, and the similar measures since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled over year, saying including one group wasn’t open enough. total record.” the summer that states had to recognize same-sex marriages. Mitchell, an 82-year-old Democrat, led negotiations in According to the New York Times, “a 2011 Obama Northern Ireland from 1995 to 2001 that eventually lead to the administration policy generally grants an honorable discharge Good Friday Agreement. to any veteran who was kicked out for homosexuality unless there were ‘aggravating’ factors, such as misconduct. Records George Mitchell from the Department of Defense show 80 percent of the nearly 500 requests submitted since 2011 received an upgrade.” In 2014, Stars and Stripes quoted AVER spokesman Denny Meyer, saying “LGBT veterans who served and sacrifi ced in silence during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, as well as those who served before and during ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ in the Gulf War, Iraq, and Afghanistan, deserve to see their service recognized and honored at long last.” You can visit the Army Discharge Review Board at: http://arba. army.pentagon.mil/adrb-overview.cfm

6 • 01.13.2016 01.13.2016 • 7 Compiled by Jillian Melero Continued

Mormon Leader: Policy against Gay Marriage was Word from God

(AP) A high-ranking Mormon leader says the marriage a sin worthy of expulsion and forbid church policy against same-sex marriage was a children of such couples from becoming members revelation from God. of the church. Those children can become Apostle Russell M. Nelson, head of the religion’s Mormons once they are 18 if they renounce same- governing body and next in line for the Mormon sex marriage. presidency, said in a worldwide speech Sunday Nelson, a 91-year-old apostle, described how that Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church leaders arrived at the decisions during a President Thomas S. Monson received instructions live-streamed speech from the campus of church- regarding same-sex couples directly from God. owned Brigham Young University-Hawaii. Nelson said that led the church to consider gay

ambda Legal Mourns the Passing of LFormer NY Chief Judge Judith Kaye (LAMBDALegal) Judith Kaye, the fi rst family and loved ones. We have lost a great woman to sit on and to serve as chief judge trailblazer, but we will honor her memory by of the New York Court of Appeals, passed continuing to work for equality.” away last Thursday. Kaye served as the chief judge for the state’s highest court from 1983 Judith Kaye. to 2008; during her tenure she was a strong and wise voice on LGBT issues. Susan Sommer, Lambda Legal’s Director of Constitutional Litigation, issued the following statement: “We mourn the loss of Chief Judge Kaye, a powerful jurist who recognized the need of LGBT New Yorkers and many others for equality and dignity under the law. She was a prescient voice for where New York -- and the nation -- should have been on such issues as marriage equality and the rights of same-sex parents and their children, taking positions in cases like Hernandez v. Roblesthat presaged the U.S. Supreme Court’s later rulings in constitutional landmarks. We honor her as a jurist and champion of human rights, and express our deepest condolences on her loss. “We are saddened at the passing of this judicial icon. During her over 25 years on the bench, she set a high standard for justice. Our thoughts and condolences are with her

8 • 01.13.2016 News Briefs Continued eno Jeweler’s Commercial Features ill Aims to Replace Indiana’s Religious Same-Sex Couple Objections Law R (AP) A Reno commercial depicting two women B(AP) Indiana lawmakers will consider a proposal that would throw getting engaged has been playing on local TV stations out the state’s contentious religious objections law and replace it and in movie theaters and drawing little backlash, with a statute its sponsor says aims to protect six fundamental rights. according to the jeweler who sought the advertisement. It is unclear how much support the bill might garner as legislators “If anything, it was a risk on me being a small business face a debate over a push to extend LGBT civil rights protections in Nevada,” BVW owner Britten Wolf said. “I love our following last spring’s uproar over whether the religious objections state but you don’t know how that’s going to hit people law would permit discrimination against gays and lesbians. here. Being a small business, it takes a few people here Photo: Reno Jewelers. Under the new bill, state government and courts would give “the and there and you could have some adverse eff ects.” greatest deference” on six issues: the state constitutional rights to Still, Wolf was afraid his company might get worship, religion, exercise of religion, speech, assembly and bear blacklisted from industry events. So far, a small number arms. of complaints have been from women who saw the ad Bill sponsor Sen. Michael Young, a Republican from Indianapolis, on TV, he told the Reno Gazette-Journal (http://on.rgj. said the religious objections law became too convoluted and should com/1OaeGmQ ). The ad mostly airs during commercial be replaced by recognizing the importance of multiple rights. breaks during broadcasts of Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show. “We want those protected at the highest standard,” Young said. “It The commercial shows a same-sex couple riding protects our freedom.” through Reno in a Mercedes-Benz. Then one woman Advocates of civil rights protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and proposes to another on the Crystal Peak Toll Bridge transgender people maintain that Young’s bill is aimed at derailing overlooking the Truckee River. their push. Jeromy Manke, president of a Reno group advocating Peter Hanscom, of the business-backed pro-LGBT group Indiana for LGBT awareness in northern Nevada, said ads like Competes, said the proposal isn’t a solution for concerns that the that can help encourage acceptance. Legislature was legally permitting discrimination. The company is part of a growing trend of companies, “Let’s not address this by creating, potentially, another problem,” including Target and IKEA, recognizing the purchasing Hanscom told WISH-TV. power of the gay and lesbian community. Indiana University law professor Robert Katz, who testifi ed A National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce against adoption of the religious objections law last year, questioned report released in June 2015 estimates the combined why the bill would enshrine only six of 37 sections of the state buying power of the LGBT population to be worth Constitution’s Bill of Rights - including several religious rights - and more than $880 billion. According to the Pew Research leave out others, such as the right to equal privileges and immunities. Center, 35 percent of Americans opposed same-sex “It would eff ectively amend the Indiana Bill of Rights to create a marriage in 2001. Today, 55 percent support it. two-tiered system of rights,” Katz told The Indianapolis Star.

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01.13.2016 • 9 Compiled by Jillian Melero Continued Trans Activist Michaela Mendelsohn Joins Board of Trevor Project

(EDGE) After competing in the Ms. Development. She brings with her the Senior California Pageant and serving as a experience gained as a businesswoman with consultant to Jenji Kohan in the development over 40 years of entrepreneurial leadership of Laverne Cox’s character on “Orange is the experience, currently serving as the CEO New Black,” most people would be content of Pollo West Corp, one of the largest to rest on their laurels. But not Michaeala franchisees for El Pollo Loco restaurant in Mendelsohn. This beauty dove right in to the Western Region of the United States. the important work of keeping our LGBT Mendelsohn also part of their Southern youth safe, becoming the fi rst transgender Initiative, studying ways to introduce The board member of The Trevor Project. Trevor Project’s services in the South, And it wasn’t just for show; this Southern where the cultural and religious divide is a Californian parent of three grown children major barrier. Mendelsohn also works with (plus a two-year-old son with her partner the California Trans Workplace Project, Carmel) recently accepted a position with forming a coalition with several other Trevor, and is on three standing committees organizations, to promote transgender there: Finance, Programming and Board employment opportunities.

The Bears of South Florida also collected Teddy Bears, in ears of South Florida give back to collaboration with the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida, igh Court Rejects Appeal over the Community for distribution to kids in the hospital thru the Broward Same-Sex Parental Rights B(BOSFL) At the recent Bears of South Florida annual H(AP) The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a County Pediatric Auxiliary. holiday dinner held in the Pride Center, over 100 BOSFL woman who claims Florida’s previous ban on same-sex Throughout the year, BOSFL holds fundraising events members and guests gathered to celebrate the holiday season marriage deprived her of the same parenting rights as and donates the net proceeds to benefi t local LGBT and ally and donate to other local LGBT nonprofi t organizations. married couples. organizations. This year the Bears of South Florida donated to four local The justices on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that For more information, visit BOSFL.Org or contact Harvey groups, including, Island City Stage, the Pride Center at said Peggy Willis had no parental rights to a child conceived Shapiro, Director at 740.504.4050 Equality Park, the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida and the by her former partner. Food Pantry of Broward Country. Willis and Anne Marie Mobley were in an 11-year labama County Resumes Issuing relationship, but never married. They agreed to raise a child Gay-Marriage Licenses together, and Mobley gave birth after being inseminated AOffi cials in Alabama’s Mobile County say marriage license with donor semen purchased over the Internet. operations have resumed despite an order from state The relationship ended when the child turned one. A Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore saying judges have a Florida state court threw out Willis’ claim to parental rights. “ministerial duty” not to issue licenses to gay couples. Willis said the ruling violated her constitutional rights After Moore issued the order Wednesday, several probate because the Supreme Court last year overturned state bans Submitted photo. judges suspended license operations for all couples and on same-sex marriage. sought guidance. Mobile County Probate Court Chief Clerk Joe McEarchern Jr. said the county’s marriage license window reopened Friday morning “based on further review of what the law is.” Madison and Lawrence counties had also suspended marriage license operations, but resumed Thursday after getting advice from legal counsel. Moore has denied that he is defying the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last June eff ectively legalizing gay marriage nationwide. He said he’s simply trying to address confusion over confl icting orders between state and federal courts.

10 • 01.13.2016 Local Briefs Continued averhill Protects LGBT Town HEmployees

(PBCHRC) Following up on an LGBT- community,” said Vice Mayor Lawrence inclusive resolution supporting freedom Gordon. “The policy changes let our from discrimination adopted last year by employees know that Haverhill has taken to

the Haverhill Town Council, the Town has ensure that all Town employees are treatedPhoto: Facebook. updated its Equal Employment Opportunity equally. and Anti-Harassment Policies to include “There are neither federal nor state laws “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or which prohibit discrimination against LGBT expression”. employees and job applicants,” said retired The 2015 resolution and this year’s policy judge Rand Hoch, President and Founder changes were requested by the Palm Beach of the Palm Beach County Human Rights County Human Rights Council, a local Council. “Nor is there any likelihood that nonprofi t organization which is dedicated such laws will be enacted this year.” to ending discrimination based on sexual “Until the U.S. Congress or the Florida orientation, gender identity and gender Legislature take action, local LGBT advocacy expression. The organization is responsible organizations such as Palm Beach County for the enactment of more than 100 gay rights Human Rights Council must continue to work laws and policies in Palm Beach County. with county and municipal leaders to protect Haverhill, one of Palm Beach [County’s] our community from discrimination,” said smallest municipalities, has less than 2,000 Charlie Fredrickson, a 30 year town resident residents. who urged the Town Council to make the “Haverhill is a great town with a diverse policy changes. rawbridge Repairs to Shut Down DAndrews Ave.

(HBMD) The Highway and Bridge COMMUTERS NOTES: Maintenance Division (HBMD) will be • S. Andrews Avenue will be closed to performing minor repairs on the S. Andrews vehicular traffi c between SW 5th Street and Avenue Drawbridge over the New River, E Las Olas Boulevard during the working south of E Las Olas Boulevard in Fort hours of 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Lauderdale. Work is scheduled to begin Thursday Sunday, January 17, 2016 and will conclude • Traffi c will be detoured onto the SE 3rd on or before Thursday, January 21, 2016, Avenue via E Las Olas Boulevard and SE 7th barring any unforeseen conditions or Street weather delays. • SW 4th/7th Avenue and US-1 should be The purpose of this project is to perform considered as alternates to avoid delays minor repairs to the bridge. Construction For more information, contact Project activities include repairs to the deck grating Manager Harry Diaz at 954-577-4631 or 954- and the resistance barrier. 931-9067 or by email at hadiaz@broward. The aff ected area includes S. Andrews org. You may also call the Highway and Avenue, in both directions, between E Las Bridge Maintenance Division at 954-357- Olas Boulevard and SW 5th Street. 6040.

A larger map of the work area can be found at http://www.broward.org/Streets/Pages/Default.aspx

01.13.2016 • 11 lgbtqia bites Compiled by Jillian Melero L Lesbian LESBIAN PIONEER JEANNE CORDOVA DEAD AT 67

(EDGE) Lesbian feminist activist Jeanne -- and loving it -- has been the focal point, Cordova died at 4:30 a.m. on Monday, of my life. It has been a wild joyous ride. I January 11 in her Los Angeles home. feel more than adequately thanked by the According to Frontiers, her spouse, Lynn many awards I have received from all the Ballen and friend Jenny Pizer, Doreena queer communities, and through all the Wong and Dina Evans from Arizona were descriptions and quotes in history books with her when she passed. that have documented my role as an “She was home with loved ones, and her organizer, publisher, speaker, and author. close friend Dina Evans, who some people Thanks to all of you who have given me a might remember here at Dina Bachelor place in our history.” Evans, was on the phone with her. She is a Cordova was a founder of the West spiritual teacher and therapist and helped Coast LGBTQ movement, and [a] Lammy Jeanne during the dying process friend,” Award-winning author of her memoir, said Jenny Pizer. “When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Last September, Cordova sent an open Love and Revolution.” She organized letter to the community telling them four key lesbian conferences in the ‘70s, that she was dying of metastasized brain and was a delegate to the fi rst National cancer in her cerebellum. She bequeathed Women’s Conference, helped [found] the $2M to the Astraea Lesbian Foundation Gay and Lesbian Caucus of the Democratic for Justice, and sent her thanks to those Party, and published the Community who loved and moved her. Yellow Pages in the ‘80s and ‘90s. More In the letter, Cordova wrote, “Being an recently, she organized and chaired the organizer and journalist in the lesbian, gay, West Coast Butch Voices Los Angeles 2010 feminist, and women of color communities Conference.

12 • 01.13.2016 lgbtqia bites continued Bisexual B Transgender T ‘HUNGER GAMES’ STAR USES COMING OUT AS NEW ENGLAND SPORTS TEAMS SUPPORT BISEXUAL TO PROMOTE #BLACKGIRLMAGIC TRANSGENDER PROTECTIONS IN MA (CNN) You might remember actress it’s awkward and it’s uncomfortable,” (FreedomMassachusetts) New England’s legislature broke for recess in November Amandla Stenberg from her ill-fated Stenberg said, gazing into the camera professional sports teams announced their to keep our momentum toward our goal role in the fi rst “Hunger Games” fi lm as “Then I realized because of Solange support for legislation currently before strong,” said Mason Dunn, Co-Chair of the Jennifer Lawrence’s endearing sidekick, and (director) Ava DuVernay and the state legislature that would provide Freedom Massachusetts Coalition. “Today’s Rue. Willow (Smith) and all the black girls explicit protections from discrimination announcement shows that the calls to pass The 17-year is stepping out of the watching this right now, that there’s in public places for transgender people in this legislation have not gone quiet and that franchise’s shadow and using her star absolutely nothing to change. We Massachusetts. The New England Patriots, the time for action is now.” power to inspire other black women to cannot be suppressed. We are meant New England Revolution, Boston Celtics, Currently, there is no explicit prohibition embrace their identity. to express our joy and our love and our Boston Bruins, and TD Garden join the Boston on discrimination against transgender people Stenberg came out as bisexual in tears and be big and bold and defi nitely Red Sox which announced its support of the in public places in the Commonwealth. This a Thursday Snapchat video for Teen not easy to swallow.” Vogue. Stenberg is the subject of the Her revelation comes at a moment bill in November. In all, nearly 200 businesses includes parks, medical offi ces, restaurants magazine’s February cover story, when messages of black female and organizations across Massachusetts now and retail establishments. Equal treatment written by entertainer Solange Knowles empowerment are permeating pop stand in support of the legislation. in employment, housing, K-12 education about her budding career in social culture. Essence magazine this week “The ever expanding support of these major and credit has been law since 2012. Fourteen justice activism. A sneak peek on Teen released three covers for the February business and cultural institutions signals how Mayors and town leaders from across the Vogue’s website is titled “How Our issue celebrating #BlackGirlMagic, the mainstream and widely accepted the need Commonwealth – including Boston Mayor February Cover Star Amandla Stenberg term used on social media to celebrate for this critical legislation has become,”said Martin J. Walsh and Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll Learned to Love Her Blackness.” black women’s achievements. The Kasey Suff redini, Co-Chair of the Freedom - have called on the legislation to be passed. “It’s a really, really hard thing to diff erent covers feature “Chi-raq” Massachusetts Coalition. “Nearly 200 local State Representatives Byron Rushing and be silenced, and it’s deeply bruising actress Teyonah Parris, Yara Shahidi of businesses now agree, there is no place in Denise Provost and Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz to fi ght against your identity and to the ABC sitcom “black-ish” and social our great Commonwealth for discrimination, are lead sponsors of the bill (House Bill 1577/ mold yourself into shapes that you justice activist Johnetta “Netta” Elzie and our legislature must act now to make that Senate Bill 735). Photo: GoFundMe. just shouldn’t be in. As someone who as part of the magazine’s focus on aspiration a reality.” For more information, visit www. identifi es as a black bisexual woman, emerging stars “shaping our future.” “We have worked hard since the freedommassachusetts.org. I’ve been through it and it hurts and

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DAVID BOWIE, MASTER OF REINVENTION, IS DEAD AT 69 Saeed Ahmed, Todd Leopold, Joe Sutton CNN

avid Bowie, whose incomparable sound and chameleon- space-alien alter ego “Ziggy Stardust,” to his dapper departure until “Fame” in 1975, he’d already been making a mark with like ability to reinvent himself made him a pop music as the soul-influenced Thin White Duke, Bowie married music heavily played singles, including “Space Oddity,” “Changes,” Dfixture for more than four decades, has died. He was 69. and fashion in a way few artists have been able to master. “Suffragette City,” “Rebel Rebel” and his first Top 40 hit, 1975’s Bowie died Sunday after an 18-month battle with cancer, his He was theatrical, he was flamboyant, he was without parallel “Young Americans.” publicist Steve Martin told CNN. in his showmanship. After that, he was almost as present on the singles charts “David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family His albums, especially after his 1972 breakthrough “Ziggy as the album charts, with hits such as “Golden Years,” “Under after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer. While many of Stardust and the Spiders from Mars,” were treated as events. Pressure” (with Queen), “Let’s Dance” (another No. 1), “Blue you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family’s His songs, including “Changes,” “Fame,” “Heroes” and “Modern Jean” and “Never Let Me Down.” privacy during their time of grief,” said a statement posted on Love,” were anthemic hits, played constantly on the radio and “David Bowie was one of my most important inspirations, so his official social media accounts. inspiring generations of musicians. fearless, so creative, he gave us magic for a lifetime,” tweeted Neither his publicist nor the statement With a voice that soared from a baritone to rapper Kanye West, as news of Bowie’s death made the rounds. elaborated on what kind of cancer the singer a falsetto, he spoke of carrying on against the Changing looks was fighting. With a voice odds. Of the terror in knowing what the world is He was born David Jones, to a waitress and a nightclub owner Bowie’s death has been the regular subject about. Of turning and facing the strange. in South London on January 8, 1947. of Internet hoaxes for the last several years. So that soared His songs were a salve for the alienated and Though he began his musical life with his birth name, riding the news came as a shock to fans and industry the misfits of the world. the mod wave of the mid-1960s, he changed to “Bowie” to avoid insiders when it was confirmed. from a Bowie had just released his latest album, confusion with Davy Jones, the lead singer of the Monkees, who “Very sorry and sad to say it’s true. I’ll be “Blackstar,” on Friday, his 69th birthday. It shot was enjoying serious pop success at the time. offline for a while. Love to all,” his son, “Moon” baritone to to No. 1 on the iTunes chart in the UK and No. That reinvention was the first of many. And his timing was film director Duncan Jones, tweeted. 2 in the United States, underscoring his appeal often impeccable. Duncan Jones’ mother, Bowie’s first wife, a falsetto, even after decades in the music business. He released his song about a doomed astronaut, “Space Angela, was sequestered on the UK “Celebrity Like his past releases, the work -- generally Oddity,” just days before the 1969 moon landing. Big Brother.” Producers posted Monday that she he spoke of praised by music critics -- defied genres. The Four years later he killed off his most famous creation, had been informed of his death off-camera and influential music publication NME called the other-worldly “Ziggy Stardust,” just at the point where it had chosen to stay on the show. carrying on it an amalgamation of “warped showtunes, threatened to overwhelm him. Bowie’s wife of 24 years, fashion model Iman, skronking industrial rock, soulful balladeering, He then transformed into the Thin White Duke, a cocksure had not released a statement as of Monday against the airy folk-pop, even hip-hop.” but coked-out mad aristrocrat. While Ziggy was all arena rock, morning. On Friday she retweeted several Indelible mark the Duke was chilled soul. While Ziggy gave him “Space Oddity,” birthday wishes to her husband. odds. That in a nutshell was Bowie: There wasn’t a the Duke gave him yet another timeless classic, “Fame,” a song British Prime Minister David Cameron musical style he didn’t dabble in -- and indelibly co-written with John Lennon, one of his many admirers. expressed his sorrow to the press. leave his mark upon. With Bowie, it was difficult to separate art from reality. “Genius is an overused word but I think musically, creatively, Since his breakthrough with 1972’s “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy And as the drug-taking took its toll, he holed up in Berlin and artistically, David Bowie was a genius,” he said. “He was a Stardust and the Spiders from Mars,” Bowie’s reach was eclectic: recorded the groundbreaking “Berlin” trilogy: “Low,” “ ‘Heroes’ master of reinvention and one of the things that’s so incredible glam rock, prog rock, pop rock, electronic rock. “ and “Lodger.” (The quotation marks around “ ‘Heroes’ “ were a is almost all his reinventions were incredible successes and And the results? Electric. To the tune of more than 130 million deliberate ironic touch.) worked brilliantly and so we mourn the loss of a great talent.” records sold. Musically, he kept one foot in the avant garde. On the From a mop-topped unknown named David Jones, to his Though he didn’t have his first No. 1 single in the United States song “Heroes,” he half-sings, half-screams, with some of the

14 • 01.13.2016 news national atmosphere provided by white noise. who’d been deformed by a medical condition, Others paid attention. Composer Philip Glass in Broadway’s “The Elephant Man.” used “Low” and “ ‘Heroes’ “ as the subjects of Bowie continued acting through most of symphonies in the 1990s. his life, often drawn to unusual characters. “David Bowie was a true innovator, a true He played a vampire in 1983’s “The Hunger,” creative. May he rest in peace,” tweeted uber- the Goblin King in 1986’s “Labyrinth,” Pontius producer Pharrell Williams. Pilate in 1988’s “The Last Temptation of Christ” Despite the edginess, Bowie’s work still and Andy Warhol (about whom Bowie had resonated with the mainstream. “Heroes,” in once written a song) in 1996’s “Basquiat.” fact, later became a theme for many. The 2012 He wasn’t above a little comedy, however. He British Olympic team entered the stadium to had cameos in TV shows such as “SpongeBob the tune. SquarePants” and “Extras” and played himself He even sang a Christmas song, “The Little in 2001’s “Zoolander.” Drummer Boy,” with the most mainstream of His androgynous look sometimes led to American crooners, Bing Crosby, on a 1977 TV questions of his sexuality that, like his music, special. There were no theatrics, no frills, just defied classification. Bowie’s pure voice meshing with one of the He told Playboy magazine in the 1970s that he oldest of the Old Guard. was bisexual. He told Rolling Stone in the 1980s The ‘80s and beyond he had always been a “closet heterosexual.” Check out SFGN.com/BestOf2015 The 1980s were a great time to be Bowie. In 1992, Bowie married his second wife, Starting with his collaboration with Queen model Iman. They have a daughter, Alexandria, to see this year’s winners. on “Under Pressure,” he brilliantly reinvented together. himself to take full advantage of the video Bowie had some health problems in the early music era. 2000s, including an emergency angioplasty in The 1983 “Let’s Dance” album, produced 2004. by Chic’s Nile Rodgers, became his most He also ceased touring after the “A Reality” commercially successful album, its sound tour in 2003-04 and, until 2013’s “The Next and his look influencing a new generation of Day,” he hadn’t put out an album in 10 years. musicians. The videos for the album’s singles, But recent months had seen signs of a Bowie including the title cut and “China Girl,” were re-emergence. Aside from “The Next Day,” ubiquitous on the music video channel MTV. he co-wrote the current stage play “Lazarus,” Bowie, by then pushing 40, was as based on “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” and relevant as the era’s power chord-slamming recorded and released “Blackstar.” 20-somethings or synthesizer-playing Euro As usual, he gave it his all. pop stars -- musicians for whom he’d paved the “He’d just go from zero to 60 once we walked way. out of the control room and into the studio,” Through it all, his Midas touch made classics drummer Mark Guiliana told Rolling Stone of other people’s songs. He produced Lou about the “Blackstar” sessions. “And his vocal Reed’s “Transformer,” with its hit “Walk on performances were always just stunning, the Wild Side,” and Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life,” amazing.” among others. He was always busy, always on to the next “David’s friendship was the light of my life. thing. I never met such a brilliant person. He was the Twenty years ago, interviewed by Mick best there is,” Iggy Pop tweeted. Brown of the UK Telegraph, he coolly assessed Bowie’s output thinned in the 1990s and the his past, but -- typically Bowie -- looked to the 2000s, but he was no less envelope-pushing. future. He experimented with heavy metal, with At the time, he was reveling in the paintings industrial rock, and with drum and bass. of Damien Hirst and had plans for another Visual artist project with producer Brian Eno. And there was Bowie’s theatricality wasn’t limited to no sense in waiting, he said. performing on stage. In 1976 he played the lead “I don’t like wasting time,” Bowie told the in Nicholas Roeg’s film “The Man Who Fell to paper. Earth” as -- perhaps appropriately -- an alien. Bowie is survived by two children, Duncan Four years later, he portrayed Joseph Merrick, and Alexandria, and his wife, Iman.

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GAY ACTOR WILL STAR IN NEW ABC SITCOM ABOUT CATHOLICS Associated Press

producer for ABC’s new sitcom “The taking his first regular TV role, said his own Real O’Neals” wanted a gay actor for mother asked him several times whether A the role of a teenager who comes he was gay before he told her he was at age out to his shocked Catholic family but was 14. He had no acceptance issues personally, prevented by a law designed to protect gays and said he noticed an age divide when he and lesbians from asking those auditioning talks to people about his character: many of about their sexual orientation. his young friends don’t understand why it’s “It was very important to me and I was in an issue. He’s happy to talk about to anyone a panic,” said Todd Holland, an executive who wants to listen. producer for the series that debuts March 2 “It was important to me that they have before settling into a regular Tuesday time someone who is gay and is out and is willing slot a week later. to be a spokesman for it,” he said. Holland got his wish. Noah Galvin, the Those involved in the show take pains 21-year-old actor selected to play the Kenny to note that it’s about a lot more than a gay character, is not only gay but eager to be character. The family is also involved in a an advocate for gay rights and defender of divorce and their religious faith is more than a show that took political heat even before a punch line. ABC decided to pick up the pilot to make a Viewers “are going to see it as a really series. beautifully-made show, a show very much The story is loosely based on the like all the shows that we do that is full of upbringing of Dan Savage, author of the family and faith and joy and humor,” said “Savage Love” sex advice column. His very Paul Lee, ABC Entertainment president. involvement infuriated conservative groups, Like in Savage’s real life, the family who regard Savage as an anti-religious bigot. patriarch is a Chicago policeman. While They launched an unsuccessful campaign Savage’s story was a launching pad, “once last spring to convince ABC executives not to we hired our writers, we pulled in their lives pick up the show. and just started exploring our own family “As a gay man, this is a landmark role on miseries,” said David Windsor, another network television,” Holland said. “It should executive producer. Savage is listed as an not be played by a straight man pretending executive producer. He’s kept in the loop to be gay.” about how the stories are going but doesn’t The law that forbade Holland from take an active role in the creative process, asking actors about their sexual orientation Holland said. is in place to prevent casting agents from Windsor said he looks forward to a day discriminating against gays and lesbians. when a family member coming out isn’t Holland said he had a sense that Galvin much of an issue at all. was gay, and also overheard him talking “At the end of the day, you are going to to someone about coming out to his own realize that (the show) is about this family family. that just loves each other,” he said. “And faith Galvin, a New York theater kid who’s is an important part of their lives.”

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18 • 01.13.2016 politics white house watch Photo: Wes Little/ CNN. Photo: Wes

TRUMP ATTACKS NH PAPER; SANDERS SURGES IN IOWA John McDonald

on’t look now but Bernie Sanders is Washington Post titled “Bernie Sanders isn’t surging in Iowa. Barack Obama and 2016 isn’t 2008.” D The U.S. Senator from Vermont, who Pfeiffer goes on to note that Sanders proudly wears the socialist label on his sleeve, has “negligible support and limited name has pulled even with former Secretary of identification among black and Latino voters” State Hillary Clinton in the latest poll of likely and “faces real challenges Obama did not in Democratic caucus goers in Iowa. expanding the base of his support.” Sanders and Clinton are tied, each with 45 Sanders and Clinton will debate Sunday, Jan. percent support, in a combined survey of three 17, which is the last time before the ballots are respected polling firms, according to the news cast in February. It will air on NBC. organization Real Clear Politics. Additionally, Meanwhile, on the Republican side, real in a poll conducted by the Wall estate tycoon Donald J. Trump Street Journal, NBC News and and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Marist College, Clinton holds a “The of Texas are neck-and-neck slim three point lead (48 to 45) in Iowa polling with each in Iowa, site of the nation’s first Democratic pulling 27 percent according caucus on Feb. 1. contests in to Real Clear Politics. In New “The Democratic contests Iowa and New Hampshire, Trump is lapping in Iowa and New Hampshire the field with more than 30 could still go either way,” Lee Hampshire percent support compared to Miringoff, Director of Marist could still go 13 percent for his nearest rival, College Institute for Public either way.” U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Opinion told the Wall Street Florida. Journal. In New Hampshire, Trump From Iowa, the campaign - Lee Miringoff has spent more time targeting Director of Marist College shifts to New Hampshire for Institute for Public Opinion the state’s newspaper of a primary on Feb. 8 where record, The Union Leader, Sanders holds a slim lead in which is endorsing New Jersey his neighboring state. Sanders’ sudden rise in Governor Chris Christie. the polls has some analysts recalling the 2008 “If their highly unethical behavior, including campaign when a U.S. Senator from Illinois begging me for ads, isn’t questionable enough, made a rapid rise in the polls and eventually they have endorsed a candidate who can’t knocked off Clinton in Iowa. That Senator, of win,” Trump tweeted on Monday. course, is current U.S. President Barack Obama. The Republicans will debate again in South But not so fast with the comparisons, okay. Carolina on Thursday, Jan. 14, with Trump, “The most liberal voters tend to tune in Cruz, Rubio, Christie, retired neurosurgeon sooner and engage more actively, giving Ben Carson, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush an initial boost to progressive candidates,” and Ohio Governor John Kasich participating writes Dan Pfeiffer, a CNN analyst and former on the main stage. The debate airs on the Fox White House senior advisor, in a piece in the Business Network.

01.13.2016 • 19 news local news national

CASTELLI WINS REALTOR OF VACCINE ESSENTIAL TO SFGN Staff YEAR AWARD ENDING HIV/AIDS EDGE Pictured above, right, John Castelli, Lauderdale Association of Realtors, after with his partner, Stephen Harris on serving a year as their president. Saturday night, Jan. 9 at the W on the A businessman and entrepreneur, the dding a vaccine to the comprehensive characteristics. Higher effi cacy, longer- Fort Lauderdale Beach. Castelli was given former night club owner, was once, from HIV/AIDS response is essential to lasting protection, fewer doses, lower the surprise recognition of being named 1978-94, the owner of the world famous Aconclusively ending the epidemic, vaccine costs and a more eff ective rollout according to modeling research published will increase both health impact and cost- Realtor of the Year by the Greater Fort Copa, in Dania Beach and Key West. Monday. eff ectiveness. The data also illustrate how a “These new analyses underscore the vaccine could signifi cantly reduce treatment powerful potential of an AIDS vaccine to help costs and potentially total HIV/AIDS save and improve the lives of millions in a response costs over time. cost-eff ective manner,” said Mark Feinberg, “Adding a vaccine to a comprehensive President and CEO of the HIV/AIDS response will International AIDS Vaccine hasten the end of the global Initiative (IAVI), which “Adding a epidemic and ensure that it conducted the study in won’t rebound,” said AVAC partnership with AVAC and vaccine to a Executive Director Mitchell Avenir Health. “It is clear comprehensive Warren. “A safe, eff ective that we must continue to and aff ordable AIDS vaccine expedite development of HIV/AIDS response is an essential complement an eff ective HIV vaccine will hasten the to the existing treatment alongside the critical end of the global and prevention options, and eff orts to accelerate this study highlights why and sustain broad and epidemic and accelerated investments equitable access to eff ective ensure that it are needed for both antiretroviral therapy and implementation of what we new approaches for pre- won’t rebound.” have and the development of exposure prophylaxis.” what we still need.” Focusing on the low- and - Mitchell Warren The new study builds on middle-income countries AVAC Executive Director the UNAIDS Investment (LMICs) that are home to Framework Enhanced, which the vast majority of the articulates how accelerated world’s people living with HIV/AIDS, the scale-up of existing HIV/AIDS interventions study published in PLOS ONE shows that and the addition of new prevention options adding a vaccine could dramatically reduce could signifi cantly change the trajectory new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths of the global epidemic. The new study even if other treatment and prevention tools adds extensive analysis on the impact of are extensively scaled up. key characteristics of a vaccine (effi cacy, For example, the analysis shows that a duration of protection, number of doses) 70-percent-effi cacious AIDS vaccine with and of vaccination programs (how many strong uptake could reduce new annual people would be covered with how many HIV infections in LMICs by 44 percent in visits, cost per regimen, etc.). its fi rst 10 years and by 65 percent in 25 The study was funded by the United States years, ultimately averting tens of millions of Agency for International Development infections and saving millions of lives. (USAID), which administers the U.S. foreign The study also demonstrates that an assistance program providing economic and AIDS vaccine would be impactful and cost- humanitarian assistance in more than 120 eff ective across a wide range of product countries worldwide.

20 • 01.13.2016 01.13.2016 • 21 CONVICTIONS Where Voices Get Heard

THE ‘SCANDAL’ AT SCANDAL’S Norm Kent [email protected] See updated news story on page 4.

ast month a Broward County jury delivered Kelley pointed out to us, but that does not mean It makes us neither a terrible paper or tabloid on another page in this issue, Mr. Kelley has chosen a damage award to a bar patron who claimed he wasn’t civilly negligent, or that the bar was not journalists. It keeps you honest and us real. It wasn’t to conceal the truth from SFGN. Lhe was accosted by a bouncer in a nightclub. legally responsible for his actions. Ask O.J. Simpson. a major story until you made it one. While he did not defend the case, he is now The verdict was reported in the county’s legal Finally, we asked Mr. Kelley if he still employs Publishing those facts in the South Florida nevertheless desperately trying to overturn the newspaper, the Daily Business Review. the bouncer in his present bar. We thought you had Gay News or the Daily Business Review is simply verdict, ironically telling the court he was not The piece of this story that caught our eye was a right to know if the person is still working at a fulfi lling our obligation to report the news. That’s properly noticed about the court’s proceedings. that the victim was a gay man who was apparently popular bar you may patronize. America; that’s a free press. That’s who we are, and It will be very interesting to see how he reconciles struck by a gay bartender in a local gay club, now Here was Mr. Kelley’s unseemly and crude reply what we do. the inconsistencies between what he is telling the defunct, the Wilton Manors bar once known as The to our reporter: “The only comment I have to say to Finally, as you can see in our updated news story court and what he told our reporters. Stable. He sued the parent corporation, Scandals you, Norm Kent, and SFGN is that your insistence to Bar & Lounge, and was awarded $39,787. publish a story that has absolutely no relevance and It was not a major story. We tend not to cover bar is in no way shape or form newsworthy is tabloid fi ghts. If we covered all the bar fi ghts from Key West journalism at its worst. I will not dignify this eff ort to Editorial Cartoon By Mike Luckovich to North Palm Beach, we would become the South cause me and my business harm with any additional Florida Gay Legal News. communication with you or any other person at But this story was diff erent. This was not an SFGN regarding this.” unsubstantiated accusation. This was not someone Mr. Kelley, my duty as the publisher of SFGN is to calling us up screaming on Monday that a bouncer the community’s interests, not yours. Reporting the beat him on Sunday. This is a case where a gay man facts and the truth faithfully is what we do, even if was hurt, his lawyer sued, the case went to trial, and it exposes warts and wounds in our own bedroom. a judgment was awarded. Telling unpleasant stories or unpopular news does But when we called the owner of Scandals, Ken not mean we have it ‘in’ for any bar, seek to target Kelley, for a comment, he launched two accusatory any owner, or want to cause their establishment tirades at SFGN, as if we were doing something harm. wrong, stating, “SFGN must be desperate for news.” In this particular case, Jeff rey Dinsmore, 39, said Nonsense. All we were trying to do was report some a bouncer pushed him so hard that he was knocked simple facts about what happened. down, and it caused him to hit his head on the fl oor, But Kelley would have none of it. He wrote to us suff ering a concussion. As reported in our story, that he determined the incident was a non-issue… Dinsmore claimed he later missed three months end of story.” We respectfully disagree. While the of work with post-concussion syndrome. He sued incident happened four years ago, the jury verdict Scandal’s for failure to properly interview, train, was last month. So it is timely and newsworthy, supervise, and manage its employees. whether you like it or not. It certainly was for the The Stable could have defended the lawsuit. They Daily Review – and they have been around for about chose not to. We asked why; that’s called journalism. one hundred years longer than us. You had nothing to hide. You have nothing to be This was a real case where a bouncer was accused ashamed of. Sometimes, bad things happen. They of attacking a gay male patron in a gay nightclub in may or may not be your fault. Regardless, we are this our hometown. Broward Sheriff ’s deputies may community’s newspaper, not your personal fl uff er. have cleared him of criminal wrongdoing, as Mr. Two separate newspapers reported the results.

22 • 01.13.2016 CONVICTIONS A PTSD DIARY Photo: Ben Salter IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND "Frankly My Dear, They Don't Give A Damn" David-Elijah Nahmod

ince the last edition of this column, I’ve editor of an LGBT publication. None of these By their own admission, gay activists are been hurt. The lengths they’ll go to in order to been asked if I think LGBT advocacy incidents are hearsay. behaving this way because they’re gay, which achieve this are often shocking. They go after Sgroups like HRC, GLAAD and The Trevor I’ve personally contacted the press liaisons they claim justifi es everything they do. people’s relationships, they go after peoples Project are lying to the public about their goals and executive directors of numerous LGBT Every week I hear from more and more livelihoods, they try to destroy people’s lives. and accomplishments. advocacy groups and bully/suicide prevention LGBT people outside of activism’s sphere who They do these things to other LGBT people in Yes. I absolutely believe that organizations to show them tell me of the abuse they’ve been subjected to the name of “gay rights.” they are. For several years now actual threats that were from the community’s largely self-appointed Hurt people hurt people, but nothing I’ve been trying to get those emailed to a young lesbian “leadership.” A few of them were quoted in justifi es the outrageous and blatant disregard organizations to take a stand suicide attempt survivor by a “The Buck Doesn’t Stop Anywhere Anymore,” for civility, truth and decency that has hijacked against the almost continuous By their own 47 year old gay man. the last edition of this column. Now there’s and poisoned the LGBT equality movement. bullying and slandering of admission, gay I interviewed a transgender another who’s come forward. Nothing justifi es lies, hate and abuse, no LGBT people which is being church pastor who needed to Frank is an openly gay artist here in San matter if the perpetrator is a member of the Tea perpetrated not by anti-LGBT activists are put their church under police Francisco. In an infl ammatory blog posting Party or a gay activist. hate groups but by gay activists behaving this surveillance after receiving which publishes his actual home address, We need to talk about our behavior. We need and bloggers. threats of violence from within Frank was said to have anal warts, to be to talk about mental health. We all have PTSD In various installments way because the LGBT sphere--that story mentally ill, and to have died from AIDS--I’m and it’s killing us. of this column and in other they’re included a screen grab of the not publishing Frank’s full name out of respect If you are under age 18 and subjected to publications I’ve written about threat in question. for his privacy. Frank still lives at the address online libel or cyber bullying, you can fi le a middle aged gay bloggers who gay, which The Trevor Project, San in the posting. Frank has repeatedly fl agged complaint against your attacker--and against participate in the bullying of they claim Francisco Suicide Prevention said posting but Google refuses to delete it-- the platform your attacker uses for their suicidal LGBT kids. I’ve verifi ed and The American Foundation apparently posting someone’s home address abuse towards you--with the Child Protective and documented instances justifi es of Suicide Prevention have without their permission isn’t a violation of Services offi ce in your area. If you are over in which LGBT people were everything all assured me they will do community standards. 18 but are living with any physical or mental hospitalized in a suicidal state nothing about this, as have Is this how sane, rational people behave? disability covered by The Americans With or needed police intervention they do. social media platforms like We need to face the truth about what the Disabilities Act, you can file a complaint as a direct result of threats and Wordpress and Facebook. equality movement has become. Today’s at ADA.gov, which is the Disability Rights attacks from within the LGBT gay activists don’t want equality, they want Section of the US Department of Justice. sphere. On the rare occasions that I’ve gotten revenge. They want to hurt people, as they’ve Perpetrators of this conduct include an responses from gay activists regarding this openly gay convicted sex off ender, along issue, I was subjected to snarky references with individuals who have strong ties to about mental illness, accusations of anti- David-Elijah Nahmod is an American/Israeli half-breed who has lived in New York organizations like Southern Poverty Law gay bigotry, and no less than seven separate City and Tel Aviv. Currently in San Francisco, his eclectic writing career includes Center, GLAAD and HRC, a therapist at Queer instances in which gay activists contacted my LGBT publications, SF Weekly & monster magazines. A survivor of childhood gay Life Space (an LGBT counseling and therapy editors and attempted to get me fi red from conversion therapy, he lives with PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. clinic in San Francisco) and at least one these publications.

01.13.2016 • 23 CONVICTIONS The Mind Riot Photo: msabbath, Flickr.

THE QUESTION OF IMMUNITY Jae Kanella Queer Villains in Fiction

he antagonist is just as important In the past, if the villain’s same-sex The historical portrayal of transgender exist - without censoring the entire LGBTQ as the hero. In the context of our attraction wasn’t stated outright, then people until recent decades has been community and how we as people interact Tcommunity however, is it something they were “coded” as being gay, bisexual, even more questionable. Many horrible with the world as a whole. to be retired? or sexually ambiguous. Many interpretations in the past have caused By pushing a standard of untouchable For decades, we had were given stereotypically public confusion and derision towards goodness in LGBTQ characters, we are to live with the tired old when we eff eminate traits, as a way of the understanding of our people - robbing our characters of the very thing narrative: the Sissy Villain. coding the antagonist as queer. by stereotyping us as deranged or that makes us human: Flaws. Without According to TV Trope’s erased the These days, we know that pathological. fl aws, the people portrayed in our media website, the defi nition lines of femininity isn’t something to In our modern time and era, there is would be fl at. LGBTQ characters would be of a Sissy Villain is: “An morality as an be ashamed about, nor is it great harm in portraying us as depraved, diminished even more because of the same antagonist whose heart is antagonist, we something that can be used horrible people without a single strand of thing we tried throwing out: stereotypes. as twisted as his wrist is to visually signify someone’s goodness. (Or alternatively, being shown In this case, it would be a stereotype of limp. Due to social stigmas also erased gender or sexuality - but in as tragic fi gures who ultimately die at the morality itself. against male femininity the norms of the past, this was how they end of our narration.) It’s problematic - but This works whether we’re the hero or and ‘unmanliness.’ there’s conventional dehumanized us. By making I disagree with retiring it entirely. the antagonist, because the grayness of a strong tendency in fi ction us ashamed of something that Instead, I say we throw away the varied human morality doesn’t come in to assign eff eminate traits gender and shouldn’t be. stereotypes and give rise to better black or white. to villains: fl amboyant sexuality. Our community has antagonists. By doing this, we allow We aren’t perfect - we aren’t always mannerisms, delicate appeared in popular fi lms or complex, three-dimensional characters to heroes. And that’s OK. voices, light builds, media as only one stereotype prissiness, femininely pretty looks, - the villain, mostly because that was grandiloquent speeches, giggling, love the only way mainstream society could Jae Kanella is 18-years-old, a South Florida native, cat parent, and avid for poetry and opera, impeccable fashion stomach seeing us - when we erased the reader. Jae’s pronoun preference is they, their, them. They enjoy writing sense (not always in men’s clothing), lines of morality as an antagonist, we also stories, articles, and making music. Puns and the band Queen gives fondness for Persian cats, etc. Evil, it erased the norms of conventional gender them life. seems, is swishier than a silk skirt.” and sexuality.

24 • 01.13.2016 column off the wall column letter to the editor Letters to the Editor

‘AHF IS A SHAM’ Reader responds to publisher’s editorial “AHF - Stir- IN THE YEAR OF ring the National Conscience on HIV/AIDS” HF is a sham. Their PrEP denialism It’s a hard time for print — but it’s a harder is costing people’s lives to remain at time in South Florida for new HIV infections. Pier Angelo THE MONKEY Arisk. SFGN takes ad money from AHF With the backing of the CDC the WHO and and puts up editorials like this and writes numerous State and local communities stories backing up the misinformation throughout the country the word is getting n what could be a watershed moment and early 2000s with the removal spread by AHF on PrEP? I wish there were out about PrEP. SFGN might want to get on of global proportions a court has of “hooliganism” from the criminal more integrity in you publications standards the right side of history in this debate. AHF Iagreed to hear China’s fi rst same- law, a de facto decriminalization of than this. Many of us do not support AHF is standing it’s ground to infl ate and support sex marriage case. Homosexuality is not homosexuality. In April 20, 2001, the wasting money in their battle on PrEP. the ego of their President Mr. Weinstein — illegal in China but same-sex couples have Chinese Classifi cation of Mental Disorders PrEP works. to the detriment of millions of people across no legal protection. The country itself is formally removed homosexuality from AHF has been called out for running the globe who could be protected from HIV becoming more tolerant of homosexuality, its list of mental illnesses. Even the fi rst misinformation in their ads in SFGN by PrEP. Where are the articles about the which until 2001 was listed as a mental government-backed gay bar opened in repeatedly. Their stance is simply not work being done to spread the word about disorder and considered “spiritual southwestern Yunnan. backed up by scientifi c fact. PrEP is THE the single greatest advancement in HIV pollution.” The Chinese Government explained that issue AHF should be focusing on — where prevention in out lifetime? The case will be heard within six months. the reason behind the bar is to promote is the outrage? Everywhere but in your Sadly not here. Today, an emerging gay community is AIDS Awareness. The bar is meant to be pages. There are many people in the busting Chinese stereotypes. There are an educational hot spot for folks to help community who now refuse to patronize gay support groups and web sites helping address rising HIV rates in China’s Yunnan Out of the Closet or use AHF pharmacies. Oliver Kamm people explore their sexuality and meet province. The city of Dali where the bar is Quite frankly this op-ed stinks of cronyism. potential partners. located is on the top ten lists of Chinese Gay venues are popping up in most cities with the largest number of HIV cities. In 2010 Shanghai held its fi rst cases. The media fl ocked to the small city Gay Pride Week. There is no religious on opening night. condemnation and anti-gay violence is A couple of years ago a gay dating SFGN IS GARBAGE SAYS rare. A Mr. Gay China pageant was even app called Blued was launched, users planned in Beijing. It did not happen. The can post daily messages and photos, BAR OWNER police shut down the contest hours before profi les include age, height, preferred it was to open, but signifi cantly, even if sexual positions and blood type (which is ff ective immediately, remove not realistically, they simply said that the associated with compatibility in China). Scandals Saloon from your nightclub hosting the event had failed to Most users opt for pseudonyms. Like Edistribution list. I cannot control follow proper permitting procedures, and most apps it has a geolocation feature what you print in your tabloid but I can EDITOR’S NOTE: no exceptions would be made. that calculates the distance between two control what publications I permit to be Please see related But what did not happen was as users. Once the closet doors start bursting displayed at Scandals. I have a whole lot stories on pages important as what happened. No one open the gay community in China will more respect for our customers than to 4 and 22. got arrested, humiliated, or hauled off in be the largest in the world. Activists said subject them to your garbage. The only handcuff s. The police cited the bar for not that the court’s acceptance of the same- place garbage belongs is in the garbage. having a license or permits. Change will sex marriage case is encouraging because be slow but it is in motion and gaining signals some offi cial willingness to address LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD momentum. discrimination against LGBT people. From In China, gay rights have been the standpoint of improving visibility and Submit your own letter to progressing for a decade now. A notable awareness this case is no doubt already a Ken Kelley, Owner [email protected] change occurred during the late 1990s victory. Scandals Saloon, Wilton Manors

01.13.2016 • 25 lifestyle history Photo: Warren K. Leffler. Photo: Warren HOMO HISTORY 101 History was never as straight as we are told. Recording our history means reporting the truth.

Pier Angelo

FAG (short for faggot): It’s mainly PEDE: French slang for homosexual. used as an o ensive term for homosexuals. It is Comes from the word Pederaste, and is consid- considered a hateful slur. Because fag is such an ered derogatory. Other French terms are Pedale, o ensive word, the other meanings are uncom- Tapette, Tarlouse. mon, but fagging has also meant working hard and getting tired, as in fagging out. A fag — es- PEDAL: From pederast in Polish . Slang pecially in England — is also a cigarette, and in of faggot. Derogative intention. Also Pedzio. British boys’ schools, fags are servants for older boys. PIDOR: a rude and o ensive term mean- ing gay or homosexual. Short for pederast in FAIRY: Usually disparaging for a male Russian. homosexual. OKAMA: Japanese slang for gay man, SISSY: Pejorative term for a boy or man particularly in reference to very e eminate gays. who violates or does not meet the standard male e word can also mean “drag queen.” It comes gender role. from the slang for anus. It is not always consid- ered insulting, and drag performers will some- BENT: A term used within the U.K. as a times-even use it in reference to themselves. slang for homosexuals. It also means predisposi- tion, abnormal or unorthodox behavior. Of late VIADO: Faggot, gay, homosexual man, the term has been reclaimed and many groups derogatory in Brazil, also BICHA. and publications proudly use the term “Bent” as a source of gay pride. MARICON: Derogatory term in Spanish; crude word for a gay man, used by straight men FINOCCHIO: Literally fennel, the vege- and women to insult gay men or to question the table. Italian derogatory term for gay. Used by masculinity of straight men. Comparable to fag- straight men and women to insult gay men or to got. Also a crude word for transvestites, compa- question the masculinity of straight men. Com- rable to tranny but more rude. parable to faggot also a crude word for trans- vestites, comparable to tranny but more rude. ANUSRIDDER: Means “knight of the Other derogatory terms are: Frocio, Checca, male rectum” in Dutch. Used to insult homo- Culatone, Ricchione. sexuals. Interchangeable with Anaalridder, de- pending on the region. FIKUS: Literally cus, the plant. Swedish derogatory slang, equivalent to faggot . TONGXINGLIAN: Chinese word for ho- mosexuality. Considered o ensive as being too PANELEIRO: Portuguese word for gay, clinical and having pathological connotations. derived from the word meaning “One who sells pots and pans.” PANDULA is another common CHI CHI MAN: Jamaica and the Carib- slang for a homosexual in Portugual. bean, slur for gay man.

ABARTIGE: Deviants, abnormal; Tunte: JOBBY JABBER: Scottish slur, with fairy, queer; Schwuchtel: queen; Warmer Brud- ‘jobby’ referring to excrement. er (lit. “warm brother”): homosexual, gay man. Some Germans, Austrians, and Swiss, partic- POOF: e poor man’s term for homo- ularly members of right-wing neo-Nazi, or sexual. Variations include: pooer, pouf, poove, other hate groups, express their dislike of gays pooah, poo , pu in U.K, Australia, New Zea- with derogatory German slang terms like those land. above.

26 • 01.13.2016 community announcement THE CAMPBELL FOUNDATION PROMOTES KEN RAPKIN TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Campbell Foundation

he Campbell Foundation, a Fort Lauderdale-based organization Tdedicated to funding HIV/AIDS research, is pleased to announce the promotion of Ken Photo: Facebook Rapkin to Executive Director. Mr. Rapkin has served as the foundation’s Program Offi cer since its inception in 1995. “Ken has made signifi cant contributions to The Campbell Foundation, demonstrating his commitment to our mission as well as his personal desire to fi nd a cure for HIV/AIDS,” direct interaction with researchers, our Peer said Campbell Foundation Trustee Bill Venuti. Review Board and Board of Directors (as well “Through his continued leadership and vision, as our End-of-Year community partners), has The Campbell Foundation is well-positioned been among the most rewarding experiences to achieve its goals and continue to fund of my life. At a time when many people think ground-breaking cure research in years to AIDS is over, our mission of funding is as come.” important as educating the public about the Prior to joining the foundation, Mr. Rapkin ongoing need to fi nd a cure and eradicate HIV was offi ce manager for Campbell Laboratories and AIDS once and for all.” in Deerfi eld Beach, Fla., where he worked Mr. Rapkin was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and directly with the company and foundation’s moved to Fort Lauderdale at the age of 13 founder, the late Richard Campbell Zahn. where he has lived ever since. He served in the “It’s been a privilege to be a part of U.S. Navy for seven years and then returned to Richard’s original vision of funding novel and Florida where he earned a bachelor’s degree groundbreaking research into HIV and AIDS in criminal justice from Florida Atlantic since we started in 1995,” said Mr. Rapkin. “The University in Boca Raton.

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01.13.2016 • 27 community announcement

JANUARY IS DECLARED AS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH Ken Lawson

ear Friends, County Sheriff’s Department has a number minors at licensed establishments. DBPR’s to ensure that Florida’s licensees, employed January is declared as Human of vendors who attend their quarterly Farm Labor Program also ensures, through minors and farm workers are protected Trafficking Awareness Month meetings, including DBPR, the Department a system of compliance and enforcement, from the dangers of human trafficking. in D Florida. At DBPR, we are dedicated of Health, the Department of Children that Florida farm workers are protected from For support, Florida farm workers are to ensuring employees and Families and local harmful work situations and exploitation. encouraged to disclose any information of licensed businesses, retail vendors. To ensure This is accomplished through routine or file complaints by calling the Florida employed minors and our inspectors can easily inspections and investigations as well as Farm Workers Helpline at 1-800-533-3572. farm workers are all Some of the identify the common signs partnerships with other organizations Consumers are also encouraged to report protected and educated common signs of human trafficking and including the Florida Department of Law signs of human trafficking by calling 1-800- in the workplace. I want of human report it to the appropriate Enforcement, U.S. Department of Labor, 342-0820. to remind consumers how authorities, our regional Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation (MBI) Unfortunately, human trafficking is important it is to be aware traffi cking offices attend several and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). something that still takes place in 2016. of the common signs of at places outreach events focusing on Some of the common signs of human I highly encourage Florida’s employers human trafficking and of business the detection, prevention trafficking at places of business include and citizens to become aware of the how we can all improve and reporting of suspected indications of employees living within common signs of human trafficking and the safety of employees in include human trafficking situations the place of business, several immigrant aid in the protection of the victims of these work environments. indications in multiple industries. workers being on site and a lack of worker unfortunate situations. DBPR will continue The best way for DBPR DBPR’s Child Labor identification for employees. Farm labor to be proactive in making referrals to the to help combat human of employees Program was established to investigators also commonly discuss the appropriate agencies to further protect the trafficking in the state of living within specifically protect young working environment with farm workers safety of Florida’s hardworking residents. Florida is by educating our the place of workers from employment to ensure healthy working conditions inspectors who work in situations that may are being met. In the event that DBPR the field. DBPR inspectors business. interfere with their safety, inspectors suspect human trafficking statewide attend many wellbeing or educational is taking place at an establishment, the Ken Lawson human trafficking opportunities. To accomplish situation is reported immediately to the Secretary for the Department of Business and Professional Regulation awareness trainings, either hosted by this goal, DBPR inspectors use their skills appropriate law enforcement authority. State of Florida local law enforcement agencies or human to recognize signs of child labor violations Safety is a top priority for Florida Tallahassee, Florida trafficking experts. For example, the Lee or concerning working relationships for workers and consumers. At DBPR, we strive

28 • 01.13.2016 01.13.2016 • 29 lifestyle food

Rick Karlin NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS his is the time of year when we all make promises to ourselves. Promises we sometimes Resolutions for Managers keep (I haven’t had a cigarette for 22 years!), some we don’t (I’ve gained and lost the same T20 pounds so often that my fat has déjà vu!) Since so many of us are making resolutions, I will honor reservations. I think that those who work in the food service industry should do so as well. I’m not talking If a table is not ready within a reasonable length of time, I will offer a free drink to about the basic tenets; I have a few suggestions, starting with the fi rst person you meet. the guests. I will never refuse to seat guests if the majority of the party is present. I will make certain all tables in the dining room are level and steady. Resolutions for Restaurant Host and Hostesses I will never refuse to substitute one vegetable for another. I will make certain that the bathrooms are clean and stocked. I will make certain that the water in the bathroom is hot enough to kill germs, yet not I will greet everyone who enters the restaurant warmly and promptly. scald customers. I will pay attention to customers instead of my friends, my nails or my friend’s nails. I will make single diners feel as welcome as those with a group. Your last experience before the leaving the restaurant is often the parking valet, I I will not lie about the expected wait time. sometime end up swearing at them, especially when I get in the car and fi nd they’ve After I lead guests to a table, I will remove any additional place settings. pulled the seat so far forward that I’m singing soprano. After you are seated, the waiters and busboys take over. These resolutions apply to all servers, whether the lead waiter, back waiter or busboy. Resolutions for Valets Resolutions for Servers I will not smoke while working. Even if I don’t smoke in the car, residual smoke leaves an odor. I will let the customers’ asses touch the chair before I bombard them with a request I will not adjust the mirrors. for drink orders. I will not change the station or volume on the radio/music. I will include the prices of dishes when I recite the day’s specials. If I must adjust the seat I will either try to put it back to its original setting or warn the I will let guests know if we’re out of something as soon as I hand them the menu. driver. I will listen. If I damage someone’s car, I will admit it. I will listen (it bears repeating.) I will know which guest has ordered each dish before delivering the food to the table. I can almost see you, my dear reader, out there nodding your head in agreement. Not I will not touch the rim of any glass; I will hold wine glasses by their stems. so fast, you are not exempt from needing to make some dining resolutions of your I will not put my thumb on the inner portion of a plate or bowl. own. Having worked on both sides of the menu, so to speak, I am aware of some of the I will not reach across one guest to serve another. thoughtless behavior restaurant customers exhibit. I’ve even been guilty of the third one I will bring everyone their food at the same time, unless a guest has requested from time to time. otherwise. I will check back in on a table within 3-5 minutes of delivering each course; not Resolutions for Diners before, not after. I will bring clean silverware for each course. I will show up a few minutes before the time of my reservation, not a half hour before I will not ask a guest if s/he is fi nished when others are still eating that course. or after. I will not take an empty plate from one guest while others are still eating the same I will cancel my reservation if I’m not going to show up. course. If I’m not ready when a waiter comes by to take our order, I will ask for a few more I will never remove a plate full of food without asking what was wrong with the dish. minutes and then I will stop my conversation and consult the menu. I will not have a personal conversation with another server within earshot of I will listen when the server lists the specials, soups or salad dressing options so the s/ customers. he does not need to repeat it. I will not reek from perfume or cigarettes. If our table wants separate checks, we will ask before we order. I will never stack the plates on the table. I will be reasonable when asking for substituting accompaniments to a dish; a vegetable I will not bring a check until someone asks for it. instead of a starch is appropriate a steak instead of fries is not. I will give the check to the person who asked for it. I will understand that sauces are made in advance and that they can’t just “leave it out.” I will thank all customers. I won’t say I’m allergic to something when I’m not. Then of course, there are the “house rules” or restaurant guidelines, the responsibilities I will alert the server of any severe allergies when I place my order. for those come from the general manger (or, if a corporate restaurant, even higher up the I will be polite; the person is my server, not a servant or slave. management chain.) The decisions on this level aff ect the dining experience as much as I will never snap my fi ngers for a server. the interaction with your server. I will tip on the entire meal, not just the price of the entrée.

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J.W. Arnold [email protected] THU 1/14 CONCERT Best known for her roles as Glinda in Broadway’s “Wicked” and the plucky press secretary Annabeth on TV’s “The West Wing,” the multi-talented Kristin Chenoweth is “Coming Home” to the Broward Center tonight for one performance. She’ll be singing her favorite songs from her latest album. She also appears in West Palm Beach at the Kravis Center on Jan. 16. Tickets at BrowardCenter.org and Kravis.org. FRI 1/15 THEATER Island City Stage presents the world premiere of Michael Leeds’ new comedy thriller, “Who Killed Joan Crawford?,” tonight through Feb. 14 at Abyss Stage, 2304 N. Dixie Highway, in Wilton Manors. What can happen at a costume party where the guests are dressed like iconic Joan Crawford movie characters? “STAR TREK: The Ultimate Voyage” presents unforgettable footage from the iconic Murder! They aren’t pretty, but the science fiction films and TV series, accompanied live by symphony orchestra, next play is pretty funny. Tickets are $35 at IslandCityStage.org. week in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. Photo Credit: CineConcerts. SAT 1/16 SUN 1/17 MON 1/18 TUE 1/19 FOOD CONCERT COMEDY THEATER Head to Esplanade Park in downtown “STAR TREK: The Ultimate Voyage” Enjoy a hilarious evening of comedy, Come celebrate the life of Will Rogers, Fort Lauderdale today from 11 a.m. goes where no concert has gone personal anecdotes, show biz stories the beloved American entertainer to 5 p.m. for Riverwalk’s 5th Annual before, bringing five decades of and that deadpan delivery and who never met a man he didn’t like. Stone Crab & Seafood Festival. In “Star Trek” to South Florida. The show demeanor that have made Bob The Carbonell Award-winning Maltz addition to scrumptious seafood, features a live symphony orchestra Newhart one of the most celebrated Jupiter Theatre, 1001 E. Indiantown enjoy drinks, live entertainment, prizes performance as iconic film and TV comedians in entertainment history Road, in Jupiter, presents “The Will and more. You won’t want to miss footage from the science fiction with a career spanning more than Rogers Follies,” a dynamic, crowd- the ever popular hermit crab races, classic is beamed up in high definition five decades. The television legend pleasing musical review about the either. Tasting size dishes start at $5 to a supersized screen. Tonight at the will be appearing tonight at 8 famed comedian’s life and featuring each and tickets to the craft beer Kravis Center and Jan. 19 at the p.m. at the Broward Center in Fort a cast of 23 performers, tonight garden are $20 in advance. Tickets Broward Center. Tickets at Kravis.org Lauderdale. Tickets are $53 – 98 at through Jan. 31. Tickets start at $55 at GoRiverwalk.com. and BrowardCenter.org. BrowardCenter.org. at JupiterTheatre.org.

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Miami City Ballet performs Twyla Tharp’s signature ballet, “In the Upper Room.” Photo Credit: Submitted photo. MIAMI CITY BALLET OFFERS DIVERSE PROGRAM, EXPERTLY DANCED J.W. Arnold

n its 2016 opener, Miami City Ballet offered Arja and a bare-chested, svelte Chase Swatosh a profound survey of the evolution of took the stage, introducing cat-like, modern Imodern classical music and dance. motions that accentuate the musical accents in Program II, performed last weekend at a literal manner. Miami’s Arsht Center and coming to the In the third and fourth movements, the Broward and Kravis Centers over successive dancers then switched partners, tempting the weekends, features three distinct ballets: other with the order of traditional choreography George Balanchine’s “La Source,” set to music and the spontaneous joy of contemporary by Leo Delibes; followed by Peter Martins’ dance. Surprisingly, there is no “resolution” “Barber Violin Concerto; and Twyla Tharp’s “In to the curious juxtapositions with the curtain the Upper Room,” with original musical score falling to thunderous applause from the small, by Philip Glass. but enthusiastic matinee audience. “La Source” is in all ways the epitome Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez selected of classical ballet, one of the famed Twyla Tharp’s “In the Upper Room” to close choreographer’s “pink ballets,” and set to the the program. While not technically the oldest elegant music of French romantic composer (1986) ballet on the program, it was set to the Delibes. minimalist composer’s 1986 suite, an experiment A series of short orchestral movements in calculated, undulating sound as various composed in 1866 and 1876, “La Source” opened musical phrases are repeated incessantly with the Sunday matinee with Tricia Albertson only minor changes. The audience immediately and Renato Penteado performing a subdued realized the creative process had taken great pas de deux followed by spritely solos from leaps since Barber’s concerto. the dancers. Penteado was a dashing cavalier Tharp’s choreography draws classical ballet, Everyone has a story to tell. For Wynonna Judd, her throughout, showcasing both his talents and ballroom, jazz and even hip hop influences, stories have always been told through music with one his partner, Albertson. The ballet is classic ebbing and flowing with the slow crescendos Balanchine highlighted by his signature and decrescendos in the score, danced to a of the most influential and important voices of our architectural formations as the corps joins recording of the impossibly difficult work. generation. You’ll hear tales from an iconic artist who soloist Leanna Rinaldi in later movements. Sometimes the ballet continues during the has met extraordinary people and been blessed with Peter Martins’ 1988 “Barber Violin Concerto” pauses between musical movements. offered audiences a juxtaposition of the The performance was at times fierce and amazing opportunities throughout her unparalleled traditional and the avant-garde. Composed in relentless like Glass’s score, a visual cacophony 32-year career. Come experience incomparable artistry 1941, Samuel Barber’s “Concerto for Violin and at times as the entire company entered and as she and her band take you on a musical journey Orchestra, Op. 14”—performed flawlessly by exited, marching, skipping, leaping and turning. Mei Mei Luo and the Opus One Orchestra— Dancers entered the smoky Ziff stage from starting at the beginning with her mom as The Judds expanded the harmonic and rhythmic bounds both wings and upstage in ensembles of twos, to her illustrious solo career to unprecedented new of a 300-year-old musical form. threes and more. All began dressed in black music from Wynonna & The Big Noise. Simone Messmer and Rainer Krenstetter and white striped shirts and pants originally opened with the more conventional first conceived by costume designer Norma Kamali. movement, a traditional pas de deux and With successive movements, groups of dancers dressed in classical attire, tights and shoes. first entered in red toe shoes and eventually In the second movement, as Barber begins red tank tops, pants and dresses made their pushing the musical bounds, barefoot Nathalia appearances.

TICKETS at ParkerPlayhouse.com Miami City Ballet repeats Program II with works by Balanchine, Martins and Tharp at the Broward Ticketmaster | 954.462.0222 • Group Sales | 954.660.6307 Center in Fort Lauderdale, Jan. 16 – 17, and at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Jan. 29 – 31. Follow us: BrowardCenter For show times and tickets, go to MiamiCityBallet.org.

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Pride at Maltz

Will Rogers Follies n conjunction with “The Will Rogers Donald Cavanaugh Follies: A Life in Revue” the Maltz IJupiter Theater will hold its Seventh Annual Gay Pride Night” on Saturday, he Will Rogers Follies: A life in Rogers, American philosopher and showman The production features a cast of 23, a Jan. 30. Tickets for the event may be Review,” will take the stage at the who is famously credited with saying ‘I never nine-piece orchestra, some 300 costumes, purchased for $39.00 by calling 561- TMaltz Jupiter Theatre from Jan. 12, met a man I didn’t like. and 22 musical numbers. The musical will 575-2223. The password is COWBOY. to Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. under the direction of Rogers was born on a cattle ranch in showcase the scenic design of Carbonell Regular seating starts at $55. Carbonell Award winner Matt Martino joined Oologah, Oklahoma in 1897, starting his show nominee Paul Tate dePoo, lighting design Pride Night guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres in the conservatory at 7 p.m. by fellow Carbonell winners choreographer business career as “The Cherokee Kid” in by Carbonell nominee Paul Black, costume They will adjourn to the theatre a little Shea Sullivan and Broadway Texas Jack’s American Circus design by Carbonell nominee Gail Baldoni, before the 8 p.m. curtain. After the show, performer Matt Loehr. and Wild West Show. From music direction by Carbonell winner Helen they will join the cast for a post-show Maltz regulars will there he moved on to master Gregory, and sound design by multiple dessert meet-and-greet featuring ice remember the award winning every communications/ Carbonell nominee Marty Metz. cream provided by Pride Night supporter trio in the Carbonell-winning “There entertainment venue from Mark Martino was born and raised in Kilwins of Jupiter.’’ musicals,“Crazy for You” and radio to television to stage Indianapolis, Indiana. He went to college In addition to Kilwin’s of Jupiter, Pride “The Music Man.” are show including starring in the at William and Mary where he studied Night is sponsored by Morgan Stanley “I cannot think of three renowned Ziegfeld Follies. theater. His career has progressed through and supported by South Florida Gay artists that I’m more excited He died in an airplane crash various stages of acting, producing and now News, Get Out! South Florida on WBZT, girls and and Compass Communiy Center. to have collaborate for the in 1935. He was 38 years old. directing. He loves his work and his favorite “As a business leader in our Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s strapping “I’m sure this musical is out-of-town theater is the Maltz. community, we feel it’s extremely production of ‘The Will something that many readers “It’s a totally professional organization important to welcome everyone to the Rogers Follies: A Life in of South Florida Gay News with the feeling of family,” he said. “You can Maltz Jupiter Theatre,” said Andrew Revue’ than Mark Martino, handsome would love to see,” Martino tell people care about their mission. It’s just Kato, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s Shea Sullivan and Matt said. “There are incredible a great place to work.” producing artistic director and chief Loehr,” said Andrew Kato, cowboys” dance numbers with glamour Martino and his husband, Jose Fidellino executive. “When we started our annual the Theatre’s producing and glitz; some with tap and were married in 2008 in California and make Pride Night initiative seven years ago, artistic director and chief some with cowboy ropes. their home in New York City. we wanted to take that invitation to the executive. “They are all -Mark Martino Sets and costumes are eye- Theatre one step further by creating an annual event. Pride events in the incredibly talented artists opening.” northern Palm Beach County area are individually, and are “I can’t imagine not liking The Maltz-Jupiter Theatre is located at 1001 rare, so we created an exciting yearly absolutely unstoppable when the show,” he continued. East Indiantown Road in Jupiter. Information event that mixes socializing with a show. they join forces. Our audiences are in for an “There are show girls and strapping and tickets are available online (www. Theater is the sort of place that should extraordinary treat!” handsome cowboys. It’s the perfect marriage jupitertheatre.org) or by phone at 561-575-2223 always be welcoming everyone, and we “The Will Rogers Follies” depicts, in song of spectacle and joy, and it’s a relief to escape love welcoming members of our LGBT and dance, the bigger than life, life of Will from all the negative news for a while.” community each year for Pride Night.”

36 • 01.13.2016 MASTERWORKS SERIES II

Thursday, January 21, 7:30pm Tennessee Williams Theatre, Key West Saturday, January 23, 7:30pm Parker Playhouse, Broward Sunday, January 24, 4:00pm Kaye Auditorium, FAU, Boca Raton Monday, January 25, 7:30pm Arsht Center, Miami

PROGRAM W. A. Mozart Symphony No. 36 In C Major (Linz) Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor The Master Chorale of South Florida joins the South Florida Symphony for a performance of Beethoven’s most beloved and most played masterpiece.

The Master Chorale Of South Florida

Eileen Strempel Jeffery Hartman Janna Baty Neil Nelson Soprano Tenor Mezzo-Soprano Bass Baritone Tickets: SouthFloridaSymphony.org | 954-522-8445 Concert Sponsors: Reception Sponsors:

Funding for this project is provided in part by the Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Broward County Board of County Commissioners as Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture

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The Ringling Bros. and CHANGE IS COMING SOON FOR Barnum & Bailey Circus announced Monday it FAMED CIRCUS would retire its famed J. W. Arnold elephants this spring.

After a month-long holiday vacation in lights went down for “Circus Xtreme.” Sarasota, Feld Entertainment’s Ringling Bros. Changes have been coming to the circus for and Barnum & Bailey Circus traditionally makes decades. Ringling Bros. long ago abandoned the choreographed pack of two-humped camels, around the arena with their trunks. And I’m glad its fi rst stop of the year in Miami. traveling big top, preferring to perform in urban trotting around the ring with beautiful Asian we got to see them one last time. On Monday, the company, which also produces arenas with air conditioning and sophisticated riders performing handstands and tricks on So how will the circus survive without Disney on Ice and other family arena spectacles, light and sound systems. The circus band ditched their backs, and the ferocious white tigers who elephants? In keeping with the show theme, announced its 40 touring elephants would be their spirited marches in favor of pop-infused seemed more like giant pussycats under the “Circus Xtreme,” producers have turned to retired to a Florida sanctuary. This would be our music. The sequin-bedazzled ringmaster—we command of trainer Tabavara Maluenda. extreme sports: daring BMX riders jumping and last chance to see the giant pachyderms perform counted four costume changes—now sings Finally, the elephants arrived! Perhaps in fl ipping around the arena on steel ramps and in the ring and so my partner, his parents and as he rides around the rings on a motorized response to the animal rights activists who champion trampoline artists bouncing on an I made our way to Miami’s American Airlines platform. follow the circus train from city to city—yes, off of a large scaff olding, all accentuated with Arena for “The Greatest Show on Earth.” The infl uence of Cirque-style productions the circus still travels by train—the elephant dazzling lighting and pyrotechnics. We don’t catch the show every year. The has also been growing over the years with act focused on messages of education and Oh, and I can’t forget the trained poodles. tickets themselves aren’t expensive, but when aerialists fl ying through the air on bungee cords conservation, justifying their lives in captivity They’re defi nitely not exotic like elephants, you add in the processing and “convenience” a la “Believe” from one of Cher’s many farewell and participation in the spectacle. but they brought the loudest applause for their fees, parking, and then the $8 snow cones, tours. Later they would fl oat in the air with I’m not sure if they aren’t better off living antics. $14 cotton candy, $12 ice cream and $5 bottles billowing mermaid tails. within the circus. We hear about poachers The elephants may be relegated to history of soda, well, a trip to the circus becomes an The Mongolian acrobats, a staple of Cirque du everyday and their natural habitat continues to soon, but the circus will go on from town to expensive proposition. We aren’t even seduced Soleil, make an appearance, too. disappear as Asia industrializes. I do know they town, bringing smiles to “ladies, gentlemen, by the $18 - $24 stuff ed animals and fl ashing Several traditional circus acts have survived, seemed to respond to the audience as they sat children of all ages” for many years to come. wands or tempted to get our faces painted for including the Danguir Troupe, walking the and rolled over and knocked giant beach balls $8 or a computer-generated photograph for $15. tightrope 35 feet above the arena fl oor; Gemma Quite frankly, I don’t know how a family with Kirby, the human cannonball; and, of course, The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus presents “Circus Xtreme” at the American Airlines children aff ords a trip to the circus. the clowns. Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami, through Monday, Jan. 18. Tickets start at $10 at Ticketmaster.com. But there we were, seated in the arena as the The animal acts included a tightly

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01.13.2016 • 39 a&e interview RENÉE FLEMING TO SING IN MIAMI Will join Cleveland Orchestra Miami for anniversary concert Edwin Neimann

en years ago, during the inaugural season Listen to the tenor aria “Nessun Dorma” or of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the the soprano aria “O Mio Babbino Caro.” As far Renée Fleming TPerforming Arts of Miami-Dade County, as operas, go see “La Boheme” or “Carmen.” The Cleveland Orchestra began a residency program at the Arsht Center’s Knight Concert What do you consider your career highlight? Hall. Performing the National Anthem at the 2014 Each year since, through a series of Superbowl, singing for the Queen’s Jubilee in subscription concerts, education programs, 2012, and performing at the Beijing Olympics and community engagement activities, more and the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies are some than 20,000 children, students, and adults of the bigger events that I’ve been thrilled to be experience one of the world’s great orchestras a part of. As far a career highlights, I’ve done 54 (The New York Times hailed The Cleveland opera roles and it would be impossible to select Orchestra as “… the best orchestra in America”). which one or ones were highlights. To celebrate the 10th Anniversary season of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami, superstar What non-classical musician would you soprano Renée Fleming will join the orchestra most want to collaborate with that you have for their gala concert on Saturday, Jan. 23. not yet already collaborated with? Although she has appeared with the Cleveland That’s a tough question, I really can’t say. I Orchestra in Ohio, this will be Renée’s debut love collaborating with artists outside of my with the Cleveland Orchestra Miami. genre and I’ve been fortunate to do so on many She will join the orchestra for selections occasions. I have a project coming up with a from Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur,” Puccini’s major non-classical artist but I can’t say who “La Boheme,” Verdi’s “Otello,” as well as Tosti’s yet (so stay tuned). song “Aprile.” In addition, The Cleveland Orchestra will perform works by Mozart, Ravel, What classical musician would you most and Verdi, and will be conducted by Music want to collaborate with that you have not yet Director Franz Welser-Möst. already collaborated with? SFGN spoke with Renée Fleming recently At this point I think I’ve done it all, so I don’t about the upcoming concert, some of her have any names to add to that list. career highlights, and what endeavors she might undertake in the future: If you had not pursued a career as a singer, what other fi eld do you think you would have What would you like our readers to know gone into? about the pieces you are performing (details Probably business. I’m very creative and I not in the program notes)? love consulting. Well the “Willow Song” and “Ave Maria” from Verdi’s “Otello” I’ve been singing for a What advice do you have for people who are long time. The “Ave Maria” I sang for my debut pursuing their dreams (in any fi eld)? with Placido Domingo. I was so nervous they Work hard, be resilient, never give up on practically had to carry me off the stage at the your dreams, and always be prepared for any end. And the song “Aprile” by Tosti was written opportunities that come your way. The level for soprano, but lately many tenors have been of competition in every fi eld is higher than it’s performing it, so I’m taking it back! ever been so you really must stand out.

If you met someone who is NOT a fan Where do you see yourself in 15 years? of opera, and they were willing to listen to Retired and enjoying martinis on the beach, one piece or go see one opera to give it a or somewhere [laughing]. No I really can’t say. chance, what piece and what opera would you Leontyne Price was still performing into her recommend? late 60s so maybe I will too.

In addition to the 10th Anniversary Gala concert with Renée Fleming on Jan. 23, The Cleveland Orchestra Miami welcomes pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, who will perform the Schumann Piano Concerto, on concerts Jan. 21 and 22 that will also include the Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, and the Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 (“Winter Daydreams”). For tickets, visit ClevelandOrchestraMiami.com, or call the box offi ce at 305-949-6722.

40 • 01.13.2016 a&e film

An Undersea Tribute to Life

THE GIRL KING The Queen Christina Film Garbo Wanted to Make David-Elijah Nahmod e Neptune Reef is a unique and a ordable destination ika Kaurismaki’s new fi lm “The Girl clothing and engages in sword fi ghts. She King” might surprise viewers who doesn’t care what her advisers think. She’s to establish a lasting legacy, while creating life a er life. Mare familiar with “Queen Christina,” incapable of being anyone other than who her the 1933 historical drama starring Hollywood heart tells her she must be. Now being o ered by legend Greta Garbo. “Garbo was disappointed back then,” Malin The highly romanticized Garbo fi lm Buska, the new fi lm’s star, told SFGN. “She Ask about Package Pricing specials that include cremation. presents the young 17th century queen as a wanted to make the story of this extravagant Call 954-731-4321 for more info. www.browardburial.com heterosexual in love with a Spanish envoy, who fi gure--MGM turned it into a heterosexual love was played by John Gilbert, Garbo’s real-life story.” partner. Completely ignored in 1933 was the Swedish native Buska added that though fact that the Queen was a lesbian. “The Girl there’s been a cultural shift in society since King,” newly out on DVD, tells the rest of the Garbo’s time, there can still be many obstacles Queen’s story. to overcome. “The story is about love,” the “The Girl King” is a sumptuous visual feast actress said. “Gender and sexuality don’t that transports viewers back to the days of matter. It’s weird that such a thing can still be so Christina’s reign. Kaurismaki’s camera glides diffi cult. It’s important to portray the character eff ortlessly through castle halls, across wintry as a free spirit who went her own way--I really landscapes, and into the soul of the lead wanted to tell the truth about her.” character. Both Buska and her director watched the The fi lm paints an accurate portrait of Garbo version. Christina’s love for art and literature, and of her “I saw it a couple of times,” said Kaurismaki. determination to lead her people to peace after “I didn’t watch it again recently--I did not want the devastating “Thirty Years War” between my fi lm to be a remake. I wanted to make a Catholics and Protestants. Some of these diff erent fi lm. She had a revolutionary life. It themes were touched upon in the Garbo fi lm, shouldn’t only be about the love story--that’s and Garbo, one of the most mesmerizing stars important, but it should be about her whole of Hollywood’s Golden Age, gave a wonderful life.” performance in her version of the story. The auteur feels that people today can But the love story between the Queen and see Christina as a role model. “Young people her Spanish lover was fabricated for “Queen will see her as such,” he said. “Look what’s Christina.” happening in the world today.” In “The Girl King,” the Queen (Malin Buska) “Kids today should read about her,” said turns down a marriage proposal fairly early Buska. “She was into arts, science, and in the fi lm. Christina’s eyes gaze lovingly gardening. She would study all day long--she upon Countess Ebba Sparre (Sarah Gadon), was interested in the world. She wanted to the fi ancé to one of her noblemen. That love educate people. She’s a feminist icon--we are is reciprocated, and the story of these two still fi ghting for what she fought for. She was women becomes the heart of “The Girl King.” before her time and is still before our time. It The fi lm lets viewers know how ahead of was fantastic to take her inside of me and to be her time the youthful queen was. A feminist her. And to do this part after Greta Garbo.” by any defi nition of the word, Christina walks “I think we made the fi lm that Garbo wanted to the beat of her own drum--she wears men’s to make,” added Kaurismaki.

“The Girl King” is now available via lesbian owned Wolfe Video.

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Call 954-678-1496 or visit EmpireStage. com. * Jim Witter’s Still Rock n’ Roll to Me * Miami City Ballet: Program Two Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Top Picks Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 17 at 2 p.m. at the the #UnhappyHour Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. Witter Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fridays and Saturdays from Jan. 8 to 24 at the performs music by Elton John and Billy Joel from Who Killed Joan Crawford? Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The ballet company Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral the ‘80s. Tickets $40 to $45. Call 305-466-8002 Jan. 14 to Feb. 14 at Island City Stage, 2304 performs La Source, Barber Violin Concerto, and Springs Drive in Coral Springs. Claire and Charlie or visit AventuraCenter.org. N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. Five In the Upper Room. Tickets $20 to $189. 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