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March 14, 2018 • Volume 9 • Issue 11 Woman Sues Tampa Bay Restaurant, Drag Queen for 2520 N. Dixie Highway • Wilton Manors, FL 33305 Phone: 954-530-4970 Fax: 954-530-7943 $1.5 Million Claiming Injury by Performer’s Breasts Publisher • Norm Kent [email protected] Ryan Lynch Chief Executive Officer • Pier Angelo Guidugli Associate Publisher / Executive Editor • Jason Parsley Denver woman is suing a drag suffered from “excruciating pain” as a [email protected] performer and a restaurant in result of the incident and later had to Editorial ATampa Bay after she claimed go to the hospital. She also claims it Art Director • Brendon Lies she was injured by the performer’s took several months for the restaurant [email protected] breasts. to get back with insurance info, which Digital Content Director • Brittany Ferrendi [email protected] Neldin Molina has filed a lawsuit she said was not enough to cover her Designer • Char Pratt in Hillsborough County Court injuries. Copyeditor • Kerri Covington against chain restaurant Hamburger Hamburger Mary’s, which has Arts/Entertainment Editor • JW Arnold Mary’s and Amanda D’Rhod after advertised itself as an LGBT ally, [email protected] Social Media Manager • Tucker Berardi a performance which she said led regularly puts on drag shows and [email protected] to permanent injuries, according to are also a sponsor for season nine Food/Travel Editor • Rick Karlin Pink News. Molina is looking for $1.5 of RuPauls Drag Race, according to Gazette News Editor • Michael d'Oliveira HIV Editor • Sean McShee million in damages. PinkNews. Senior Photographer • J.R. Davis In the lawsuit, Molina claims that “It’s not a good thing for anyone to [email protected] she had her face slammed into the go up to someone and perform that Senior Features Correspondents performer’s breasts several times. way,” Molina said about D’Hod to the Jesse Monteagudo • Tony Adams She said she had turned her back to Tampa Bay Times. “There are a lot Correspondents the performance to ignore it before of people who have medical issues. Dori Zinn • Donald Cavanaugh • Christiana Lilly D’Rhod interacted with her. I wasn’t aware that this was going to • Denise Royal • Sean McShee • David-Elijah Molina claims in the suit she later happen.” Nahmod Photo via Instagram / @miss_heart_of_florida_2014. Contributing Columnists Brian McNaught • Dana Rudolph • Ric Reily • Terri Schlichenmeyer NEWS national Associate Photographers Carina Mask • Pompano Bill • Steven Shires Sales & Marketing For ad placement in SFGN, Gays for Trump Founder Running for Office in North Carolina contact 954-530-4970 Sales Manager • Justin Wyse [email protected] Ryan Lynch Advertising Sales Associate • Edwin Neimann [email protected] Distribution Services • Rocky Bowell founder of the “Gays for Trump” group as lesbian, gay and bisexual people. Dilan Hebert movement is trying to get a seat He said he prefers “lesbian, gay, bisexual and Ain the North Carolina House of Allies,” over LGBT. National Advertising Representatives. “They have their own agenda,” he said Rivendell Media 212-242-6863 Peter Boykin, who founded the group and to Triad City Beat. “We can support it, but [email protected] also has a radio show “MAGAOne,” will run we can’t let them interfere with what we for the District 58 seat for the state house, have accomplished. Truly I don’t consider Accounting Services by CG Bookkeeping Printing by Sun Coast Press according to PinkNews. Boykin’s platforms on transgender to be gay.” his website include “MAGA for everyone” and Boykin also supports Trump’sMEMBER position the support of religious freedom. that transgender people do not belong in the “Let me make this plain and simple I’m military. a gay man that voted for Trump,” Boykin’s “It was more of an economic thing to make SFGN Winner of website said. “Why? I don’t want to die at the sure the military didn’t pay for the transgender & 5 Florida Press Club Awards hands of radical Islamic terrorists.” surgeries, which are elective,” he said. Peter Boykin, founder of Gays for Trump, is running for And runner-up for Boykin, who was born in Florida, said that The election Boykin will beMEMBER participating in the North Carolina House of Representatives. (Washington NLGJA Journalist of the Year transgender people do not belong in the same will happen on Nov. 8. Blade photo by Wyatt Reid Westlund).
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3.14.2018 • 3 NEWS national March is Bisexual Health Awareness Month Social media campaign seeks to affirm bi identity, health and progress
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very March for the past five years, the Boston, Massachusetts-based Bisexual Resource Center has organized a national campaign: “Bisexual Health Awareness Month.” E BHAM uses the power of social media to tell stories of the challenges associated with bisexuality, and to promote services and resources for those who identify as such. SFGN talked with Laura DelloStritto, BHAM program lead, about the campaign and about the challenges that exist for bisexuals in today’s world.
How has the campaign evolved since and validating their identity. For starters, 2014? believe that bisexuals exist and speak up when they are being excluded by others, BHAM was founded in 2014 by former which can unfortunately even happen in Bisexual Resource Center (BRC) board LGBTQ+ spaces. Follow and engage with member Julia Canfield, in order to raise our campaign @BRC_Central on Twitter awareness of health disparities specifically for more research, resources, and action affecting the bisexual community and steps related to #BiHealthMonth. highlight action steps to reduce them. Past themes How is bisexuality defined? have been “Bi The Way, “We can all Does one or two sexual Our Health Matters, encounters with the opposite Too,” “Mental Health,” play a role sex qualify? “Bi+ Youth,” and “Social in improving Health.” To celebrate A person can be considered the campaign’s fifth the health of behaviorally bisexual, year, “BHAM’s 5-year Bi- bisexual people particularly in certain research ography” will highlight studies, if they have sexual recent progress for the by supporting encounters with people of Logo credit: Kate Estrop. Photo of Laura DelloStritto courtesy of BRC. bi+ community and ideas different genders. However, to shape our future. and validating our focus at the BRC is on certain people in their lives who hope they either cause harm by perpetuating negative Each year, the number of people who actively self- their identity.” may end up in a straight relationship, it can stereotypes of bisexual people or they can partnering organizations identify as being attracted to also be a challenge for bisexual people to be a force for positive change by shattering and level of engagement - Laura DelloStritto more than one gender. We come out. Bisexuals may fear that people such stereotypes and identifying bisexual with the campaign on BHAM program lead use “bi” and “bi+” as inclusive will judge them negatively based on people as bisexual — not as straight allies, social media continues to terms for those who are non- stereotypes or assume they must not be gay, or lesbian. I’m hoping that we’ll see a increase. monosexual/non-monoromantic and can truly bisexual, but instead actually gay or trend toward the latter in the coming years. include those who identify as bisexual, lesbian or straight, as if bisexuality does What are some of the most common pansexual, omnisexual, fluid, queer, two- not exist. What’s your background? misconceptions about bisexuality? spirit, and asexual, among other free Fear of judgment from others makes it identifiers — including those who do not difficult to even consider the possibility of I studied biology in college and then There are dozens of negative stereotypes wish to use a label. identifying outside of the norm, whatever pursued a masters in public health with about bisexuals that are not worth that norm may be, which may contribute a dual concentration in social/behavioral perpetuating by repeating, that contribute Do some identify as bisexual because to why some people come out as bisexual, science and maternal/child health. I now to worse health outcomes for people who it’s more acceptable than being gay or gay, lesbian, and/or transgender later in work as a project manager in the health care identify as bisexual. The twofold aim of lesbian? life. We all need to do what we can to stop field. I have been involved in the LGBTQ+ BHAM is one: to remind bisexual people to Society puts unnecessary pressure on perpetuating these norms so that they community in Boston since coming out as celebrate their identity in a society where all of us to follow certain norms that may don’t continue to confine us. bisexual in 2011, and I’m passionate about it is too often invalidated or defamed, and be completely arbitrary — think about empowering LGBTQ+ people to improve two: to encourage people who are not pointlessly gendered products, like branded Does pop culture contribute to many of their health outcomes. I joined the BRC bisexual to do what they can to improve shampoo for men, as if men should not use the misconceptions? board in 2016 and have since coordinated the health of their bisexual friends, family, shampoo that is not specifically labeled for our annual BHAM campaign each March. partners, and community members. them. Popular culture and mass media can We can all play a role in improving the While for some gay or lesbian people health of bisexual people by supporting falsely coming out as bisexual might please More is at BiHealthMonth.org.
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“Reprise,” the latest dance performance by the Pioneer Winter Collective, includes a diverse cast of performers, including Frank Campisano, Hector Machado, Niurca Márquez, Lize-Lotte Pitlo, June Romero, Katrina Weaver and Pioneer Winter. Photo courtesy of Pioneer Winter Collective.
‘Reprise’ Next Dance Performance by Pioneer Winter Collective Latest work, premiering March 22-23, contains challenging themes and nudity
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ioneer Winter Collective — Florida’s Katrina Weaver. Following the performance, only dance company to focus on audience members are invited to meet the PLGBTQ and other marginalized artists. Winter says this latest work features communities — premieres its latest dance “some of the most powerful artists with performance, “Reprise,” at 8:30 p.m. whom I’ve had the opportunity to work March 22-23 at the Miami-Dade County with.” Auditorium, 2901 W. Flagler St. “‘Reprise’ uses contemporary dance “Reprise” will contain challenging themes and physical theater to explore queerness, and nudity. Director and choreographer memory and marginalization and how our Pioneer Winter says the performance looks lives intersect,” Winter said. “As Florida’s at the intersectionality of being “queered” only dance company focused on the LGBTQ and also questions the “nature of allyship.” community and social justice, I feel the “How are we allies to one another, to other content of ‘Reprise’ is incredibly timely.” marginalized groups? The LGBTQIA2-plus Through its mainstage choreographic community often tries for radical inclusivity, explorations, as well as projects like the queer but we still have issues with supporting all youth program, LEAP, and the professional members,” Winter said. artist program, Grass Stains, Pioneer Winter Winter adds radical inclusion “creates Collective promotes dance as an anchor the need to have difficult discussions that for social change and deep community sometimes cause us to dismantle tradition.” engagement by providing a platform for risk- “If people aren’t willing to dismantle taking and progressive performances. systems that exclude, then what makes Winter says his dance company an ally? Our treatment of people of trans “democratizes performance through the experience, our treatment of people of unexpected.” color, our inclusion of non-binary folks, “[We] champion unexpected bodies, people living with disabilities, etc.,” Winter telling unexpected stories and personal said. “I acknowledge my privilege and use histories, in unexpected and hidden places,” the Collective, as a group of allied bodies, Winter said. “[We] are believers in the beauty to use dance and performance as a non- of vulnerability and humanness.” threatening way to explore topics that we Ticket sale proceeds and any additional sometimes prefer not to discuss.” donations made during the “Reprise” The ensemble includes a diverse cast of performances will go toward future Pioneer South Florida performers, including Winter, Winter Collective programming, including Frank Campisano, Hector Machado, Niurca its queer youth LEAP Summit, which will be Márquez, Lize-Lotte Pitlo, June Romero and held in April.
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3.14.2018 • 9 NEWS miami-dade Olympic Medalist Gus Kenworthy Named Grand Marshal of Miami Beach Pride
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lympic silver medalist Gus Kenworthy is joining NBC6 anchor and host ORoxanne Vargas for Grand Marshal duties at this year’s Miami Beach Gay Pride, which celebrates its 10th anniversary from April 2-8. The two marshals will lead the parade Judas Elliot (left) and Dolores T. Van Cartier. down Ocean Drive beginning at noon Sunday, April 8, following a week of events Gus Kentworthy. Photo via Instagram. that include the sixth annual Miss Miami Beach Gay Pride Pageant on Monday, April 2. States in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Next Mr. and Miss Pride South Mark Fernandes, chairman of the Pride Russia, bringing home the silver medal in board of directors, said Kenworthy and slopestyle. Since then he has earned seven Florida to be crowned March 19 Vargas were chosen as this year’s Grand World titles and five X Games medals and is Pageant is seventh under the ownership of “RuPaul’s Marshals because they are “two preeminent known for being the first Olympic free skier public figures who well represent and to ever perform a double cork 1080 and right Drag Race” alum Latrice Royale support the LGBTQ community.” side 1440 in a halfpipe, a double flip on a hip “Gus for being a role model as an out and jump and a flip off a rail. In 2015, Kenworthy Jose Cassola proud sportsman who excels at his craft came out as a gay man in an ESPN Magazine [email protected] and Roxy for being a prominent ally for the cover story. His on-camera good luck kiss community and equal rights,” Fernandes from his boyfriend at the 2018 Winter t’s time to crown the next Mr. and Miss As the reigning queen and the prior year’s said. Olympics in PyeongChang recently went Pride South Florida. runner-up, Van-Cartier knows a thing or two Kenworthy first represented the United viral around the world. I The Mr. and Miss South Florida Pride about what judges are looking for and what Pageant, going on the third year for male it takes to win the crown. entertainers and the 15th year for female “The judges are looking for prideful impersonators, is owned and operated by consistency. In the presentation for ‘Show Fort Lauderdale resident and “RuPaul’s Drag Your Pride,’ everything you wear and say Race” season 4 finalist Latrice Royale. The has to mesh together and make sense,” Van- event takes places at 8 p.m. Monday, March Cartier said. “A talent can go from a solo 19 at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, production to 10-15 dancers. It just depends 3385 NE 188th St., in Aventura. on the individual and the individuality and The competition will award the winners of course, the budget, so everyone is judged a cash prize, a custom crown and a contract equally.” with LRI Talent & Management. Cash prizes In an interview with Broadway World’s will also be awarded to the winner of each Trevor Durham, Royale said she’s excited to category, including Creative Presentation continue the legacy of one of her first major (with a “Show Your Pride” theme), Swimsuit, pageants. Talent, Evening Wear and Question & Answer. “It means so much to me...To be able Contestants will be judged by a nationally- to bring [the pageant] back and create a recognized panel of qualified judges. Reigning platform for these artists who are now Mr. and Miss Pride South Florida 2017 Judas trying to further their careers, it gives me an Elliot and Delores T. Van-Cartier will be opportunity to give back,” Royale said. “To present to relinquish their crowns to the next put focus, energy and, honestly, finances, winners. behind people who are trying to grow their Scheduled performers include pageant careers, it makes me feel good.” AccountingAccounting andand TaxTax owner Latrice Royale, Wendy Mccown- This year’s Mr. and Miss Pride South ServicesServices Williams, Tayanna Love, Missy Meyakie Le Florida is the seventh under Royale’s Paige, Elishaly D’Witshes and Jeffrey Kelly ownership. She said she is trying to rally up Abess. Special guests include Miss Florida the community to come out and support the F.F.I. 2017 Kalah Mendoza, former Miss local queens, adding the pageant “doesn’t Timothy S. Hart, CPA Florida F.F.I. at Large TP Lords, Mr. Florida have to have that TV brand on it to make it Managing Partner M.E. 2017 Antonio Edwards and Tommie a worthy event.” Ross. Nikki Adams and Sasha Sommers will “It’s for the community. It’s for the people. 2929 East Commercial Boulevard, Penthouse D | Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308 be the hostesses and emcees. Also scheduled It’s for all ages,” Royale said. “It’s a night 954-202-9770 | 954-202-9777 Fax to appear is Diva, who is returning for of really extravagant entertainment and [email protected] | www.R3Accounting.com her 25th anniversary as Miss Pride South glamour and humor and just a really good Florida. time.” For more information, contestant packets or to purchase tickets, visit PrideSouthFL.com.
10 • 3.14.2018 3.14.2018 • 11 LGBTQIA bites By Ryan Lynch Lesbian L B Bisexual Tennis Player Alison Van Uytvanck Bisexual Scene Left Out of DVD Release Comes Out as Lesbian of Thor: Ragnarok
Alison Van Uytvanck in 2014. From The Fearless Defenders #1 Cullen Bunn, Will Sliney/The Fearless Defenders. Alison Van Uytvanck announced her lesbian or gay, it is not a disease,” she said. sexuality publically on a TV show in her “We are very open about our relationship Marvel had a scene depicting bisexuality scene’s vital exposition.” native Belgium. and my parents are proud about it. That’s from the extended cut of Thor: Ragnarok Another shot featured Valkyrie The professional tennis player is important because the support made us left on the cutting room floor. mourning a fellow female warrior. currently dating fellow pro Greet Minnen, feel good.” The film included bisexual superhero According to Thompson, the scene helps according to OutSports. The appearance Uytvanck has been ranked as high as Valkyrie, played by Tessa Thompson, who signal her character’s sexuality despite on Belgian TV was Uytvanck’s first time no. 44 in the Women’s Tennis Association has a female love interest come out of her not saying it explicitly. ever addressing her relationship, which rankings and currently sits at no. 50, room, according to PinkNews. Thompson “There’s a great shot of me falling back has popped up over the past several according to OutSports. Greet has been said in an interview with Rolling Stone from one of my sisters who’s just been months in Instagram posts. ranked as high as no. 323 in the rankings. she had pushed for the scene, but it was slain,” she said. “In my mind, that was my “Nobody has to justify why they are removed “because it distracted from the lover.”
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A new study of transgender and while working. nonbinary teachers found many are “I was horribly harassed by a coworker facing some form of harassment at work. and very little was done about it,” NPR asked 79 teachers in the U.S. nonbinary educator Lauren Heckathorne and Canada about their experiences, of said. “The focus was on making [the which 56 percent said they experienced harasser] more comfortable.” some type of harassment. That includes Forty percent of those teachers find the 20 percent facing some form of verbal kids they teach more supportive of their harassment and 17 percent being asked gender identity than the adults they work to change how they present themselves with.
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3.14.2018 • 13 NEWS miami-dade Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School GSA Members Honored by Equality Florida Organization’s Miami gala also recognized SAVE and the Huizenga Family Foundation
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quality Florida held its 2018 Miami “It is for us the combination of the gala Saturday, March 10, at the Eden oppression we face in the LGBT-plus ERoc Hotel in Miami Beach, honoring community along with being students who members and groups in South Florida are told to listen rather than to speak, the who are making a difference in the LGBT unsatisfyingly short period of times which community and beyond. Among the we are allowed to be our true selves and a honorees were students, staff and faculty million other reasons that has contributed to of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, us jamming our feet in the door of the media whom received the Voice for Equality Award and refusing to stand back in this time of for their activism on gun control in the senseless tragedy,” Gonzalez said. “Now that aftermath of a mass shooting Feb. 14 that left we know that we have the power to call ‘BS,’ 17 dead at the school. nothing can stand in our way of using it.” Diane Wolk-Rogers and Mario Caicedo, Nadine Smith, executive director of sponsors of the gay-straight alliance at Equality Florida, said the organization Stoneman Douglas, accepted the award wanted to recognize the “efforts in the on behalf of the club and members of the community that are creating a better Florida Never Again movement, who for us all” and that includes the are planning the March for students from the Stoneman Our Lives in Washington, D.C. “Their Douglas GSA. March 24. “Somebody asked me do “Their determination and determination I think these students from Equality Florida Deputy Director Stratton Pollitzer, presents the students from Marjory Stoneman their resiliency is absolutely an Marjory Stoneman Douglas Douglas High School with the Voice for Equality Award. Photo credit: Carina Mask. inspiration to all of us,” Wolk- and their are our future leaders and I Rogers said. said no, I don’t think they are. received the Service and Leadership Award marriage equality to Florida. Student and GSA president resiliency is I think they are our leaders for its sponsorship of Equality Florida’s Safe SAVE identified tens of thousands of pro- Emma Gonzalez spoke at the right now,” Smith said. “[They] and Healthy Schools project. The foundation equality voters and was instrumental in LGBT gala, starting her speech by absolutely an have been among the most recently made a three-year commitment to candidate David Richardson’s history-making asking attendees to observe prominent leaders to step help grow the program, which aims to protect run for the Florida House. More recently, a moment of silence for the inspiration to forward demanding sensible and support LGBTQ students. the organization launched a project to ban victims of Stoneman Douglas all of us.” gun reform in the wake of “From our very earliest days, making conversion therapy that is gaining support and Pulse Orlando. this terrible tragedy, and schools safe for our LGBTQ young people statewide. “Just over three weeks ago, - Diane Wolk-Rogers we wanted to honor them was a core program at Equality Florida,” “This is SAVE’s 25th year in South Florida we experienced a tragedy that sponsor and their advisors for their said Stratton Pollitzer, deputy director of the fighting for not only the rights of the LGBTQ has been described as many heroism.” 21-year-old organization. “Our vision is not community but for the rights of all of us that things but for right now I’m going to go with Smith gave an update on equality in the simply to help a single student or a single are marginalized,” Lima said. “LGBTQ means unnecessary,” Gonzalez said. “We lost 14 state of Florida, noting more than 60 percent school but to shift forever the culture in our women, immigrants, people of color, people classmates, three faculty members, and there of the population live in places where sexual schools in support of LGBTQ young people... of faith, young people, basically everyone. We are plenty of individuals who are injured orientation and gender identity protections Today, every single high school in Miami- are the entire community and we will not stop and are still in the hospital...It’s important to exist at the local level. Dade and Broward has a GSA, and many of until equality is a reality for us all, not only in remember these individuals when we fight “I’m hopeful right now, in part, because the middle schools have resources, as well. the state of Florida but in our neighboring for gun safety and gun control, as well as all I know our victories have not been built on This is the environment we hope to create states and country as a whole.” other individuals affected by gun violence in something thin and flimsy,” Smith said. “It’s where our young people have the support As the executive director of SAVE for the America.” been built on us standing in those difficult and encouragement that they can rise up and last five years, Lima says it’s been his “very Gonzalez said she and her fellow GSA places, being the first to run for office, become incredible leaders.” great fortune to help bring this organization members were grateful and humbled to be being the ones who speak up not just in the Tony Lima, executive director of SAVE, to a place where we are that much closer to honored by Equality Florida. She said many progressive areas in our community but in accepted the Community Partner for Equality enjoying full equality.” of the members of her GSA this year have the rural places like where I grew up, where Award on behalf of SAVE, which for 25 years “It is such an incredible time for us all,” “for the first time found a place where they it’s tough.” has done its part to protect LGBTQ people Lima said. “It’s important for us to continue can be themselves freely and can experiment Other groups whom were honored from harassment and discrimination. The to work together. It’s important for us to with names and labels while learning about Saturday included SAVE, which received organization has led efforts to pass and continue to have partnerships, and it’s a culture that is widely ignored in text books the Community Partner for Equality Award, defend dozens of local ordinances and were important that we continue fighting the and curriculum.” and the Huizenga Family Foundation, which plaintiffs in the federal case that brought fight.”
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n the past month since the Parkland positions, policies, and practices. He even Massacre, several very vocal students at supported medical marijuana before other IMarjory Stoneman Douglas High School politicians realized so did 75 percent of their have risen to national prominence. constituents. Like Emma Gonzalez, who happened to be I salute Ted today because of the things the President of the Douglas High School Gay he said and did yesterday, long before the Straight Alliance, you have seen them featured massacre in Parkland. Given chance and locally and nationally on television, boldly opportunity, he was a voice to end gun speaking about the need to end gun violence violence in Congress year after year. in America. As a matter of fact, two years ago, he The person I write about today though is gave a speech decrying the weak laws her congressman, Ted Deutch, a firm, fit and controlling handgun sales and distribution progressive voice; a man who has also risen in Florida, publicly declaring that because in stature and prominence this past month, to of Congressional inaction and ineptitude, the national stage and the epicenter of the gun “Florida’s most shameful and shocking export control debate in America. is gun violence.” That was a month – one Within the halls of Congress, where Deutch month – before the Pulse nightclub shooting. has served for eight years, he had already won Deutch was ahead of his time when he stood the respect and admiration of his colleagues for on the floor of Congress on May 29, 2016 and his professionalism, decency, stated, “Mr. Speaker, my and class. In the wake of the home state of Florida has shootings in Parkland, that “... We have some of the worst gun laws polite but polemical charge has in the country, and Florida’s won liberal acclaim. let down those legislature has done nothing The clear majority of his to stop it.” His words went constituents are Jewish retirees families and unheeded and 30 days later living in condominiums like we’ve let down 39 young men and women Century Village in Boca. perished in Orlando. You would think that while the people of this It was not Deutch’s advancing an agenda that first time down that road. protected Israel and the elderly, country by failing Mass shootings haunted his name and game plan would to do anything to him. Two years before, he her “on issues affecting the LGBT community, And it’s usually about the time that the parents not be controversial. He did gave an interview with the then the American community would be are dropping off their kids,” he added. “And I not have to worry about too move gun safety Sun-Sentinel giving what more inclusive than it is today. So, I absolutely can’t help thinking about what happened at many opponents, and most legislation.” you would reasonably admire a lot of Republicans, but it’s the 10 to Sandy Hook in Connecticut, and the thought of his constituents share his anticipate was the standard 15 percent of the House that prevents the that we still haven’t even been able to have beliefs. - Ted Deutch litany of liberal answers, thoughtful, the majority really of Republicans a vote on a piece of meaningful gun safety congressman But his voice has a new expressing support for who are thoughtful from being able to work to legislation that’s supported by Democrats, measure today. same-sex marriage, which get things done.” Republicans, and even NRA members.” Before serving in Congress, he was a Florida our community would win two years later in However, as I just stated, even though SFGN Ahead of his time, but stopped by a state senator, where as a member of the the Supreme Court. is the voice of LGBT South Florida, I am not Republican congress bent on being supplicant National Young Leadership Cabinet of United Deutch also reaffirmed his commitment to here to talk about that today either. to the NRA and gun lobbyists, Congressman Jewish Communities, Deutsch organized Israel, Obamacare, Social Security, and as a As the 2014 interview wrapped up, the Deutch concluded: “Of all the things that are over 2,500 people to march on Capitol Hill in member of the House Judiciary Committee, his congressman turned to the reporter and happening here, my frustration about the Washington, D.C., with the intent of pressuring support for protecting women’s reproductive offered his own, unsolicited opinion about the power of special interests blocking our ability Congress on a slate of issues affecting children rights from judicial interference. issue that had caused him more angst in office to do meaningful things for the American and the elderly. He was always an advocate for But I am not here today to talk about that than any other, after—at that time—only four people can really be summed up in that issue an honorable cause, but those issues are not either. years on his job. and the fact that we have let down those what I am writing about today. Congressman Deutch was even asked what Here are those words: families and we’ve let down the people of this While I am usually the critic who can find conservatives he admired in the House, and he “There is one issue that so frustrates me. country by failing to do anything to move gun a little bad in the best of things, on issue complimented Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen, Every morning I walk past an elementary safety legislation.” after issue, I have always admired Deutch’s stating that if house members listened more to school in my neighborhood in Washington. Spoken four years before Parkland and two
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You see, as we debate whether kids should get Editorial Cartoon assault rifles, or bump stocks should be outlawed, By Andy Marlette we have almost conceded that reforming the second amendment entirely is not an option. It should be.
years before Pulse, those words were still not not even winning that battle. heard in Tallahassee or the Oval Office last There was a time when the debate was week. Both portals of power think that an different. Hell, at the start of my legal AR-15 should rightfully be in the hands of an career in Fort Lauderdale I sued then mayor 18-year-old; you know the ones whose driver’s Virginia Young for brandishing a hand gun license they suspend if they are caught with a in a campaign poster, saying it violated a .01 breath alcohol level while driving a car. new “anti-pornography” ordinance in the The congressman was up front on this issue city, because people dying from handgun in the state capitol even before that. It was violence was a lot more obscene than people January 31, 2013 that he stood before television reading “dirty” books. The book stores Fort cameras at a press conference in Tallahassee Lauderdale closed in four years, but the gun and spoke these words: “We must have laws shows have gone on for forty. which better restrict high powered weapons I pretty much had forgotten about that and legislation that compels universal episode 40 years ago, but then last week background checks. There has been a lot of the students of Stoneman Douglas went to talk in this country about what we can do,” Tallahassee to fight for new gun legislation, Deutch said. “This is something that has to be and what did they encounter? A group of acted upon.” legislators debating an anti-pornography bill, I don’t know where we measure up today, that’s what. Deja’ Vu. And the biggest show in but back in 2013 Florida ranked 49th in the town last weekend was Stormy Daniels at the nation amongst all states for mental health Booby Trap. Some things never change. funding. I am guessing our lot has not So how far have we regressed if we have improved under Governor Rick Scott. not progressed in all these years? Ted Deutch, As a congressperson representing South with his constituency, should not be debating Florida, Deutch has spoken out about gun massacres and gun violence with Jake violence before the headlines brought the Tapper on national television. He should be national media to his district in Parkland, to schmoozing with bagels and lox on a Sunday the students whose courage is changing the morning at the Delray Beach Democratic national debate. Now it is up to us to support club. Although as a vegan, I am not sure he him. does nova lox any more. We have seen all too often how unchecked Anyway, we sat next to each other at a and uncensored the gun lobby has had its political event two months ago; a Dolphin way. Nothing better reflects their continuing Democratic awards ceremony honoring long success than the playing field on which the time LGBT pioneers. We laughed. We joked. dialogue is today framed. We smiled. We had not yet lived through You see, as we debate whether kids should Parkland, an episode that will now forever get assault rifles, or bump stocks should be etch its way into the soul of America’s outlawed, we have almost conceded that tragedies. reforming the second amendment entirely is Out of that adversity, a group of young not an option. It should be. That is why our students under Deutch’s aegis are becoming forefathers called them amendments. They their own pioneers, the next generation foresaw a Bill of Rights that might alter the of leaders. With their passion and their constitution on one hand, but still preserved protests, they have won the hearts and souls our fundamental freedoms on the other. of America’s conscience. Unfortunately, we are no longer fighting By their side, Ted Deutch has become an about the thousands of handguns and daily eloquent spokesman, a good man doing his shootings that are slaughtering our nation. job well, a principled voice for our children, We are just saying we will be happy if we can courageously and conscientiously advocating take AK 47’s and AR-15’s off the playing field. bipartisanship and fraternity. It’s something Amazingly, we are no longer fighting about this country desperately needs. We sure are eliminating guns; we are just fighting over the not going to get it from the madman in the size of the ones we are going to hang up over Oval Office. We are lucky to get it from the our fireplace. And thanks to the NRA, we are gentleman representing South Florida.
3.14.2018 • 17 lifestyle tony’s talks VATICAN VICE Italian Male Escort Outs 40 Gay Priests in Italy; Tony Adams 1,200 Page Dossier Implicates ‘Active Homosexuals’
Photo courtesy of Francesco Mangiacapra. n Naples, Italy, handsome young they preach,” Mangiacapra said. Francesco Mangiacapra is a self-identified “This kind of ‘schizophrenic’ morality I“marchettaro,” a male prostitute servicing is typical of the hierarchy. The paradox gay men. The Cardinal Archbishop of Naples of my relationship with the clergy is that is 74 year-old Crescenzio Sepe, who was made there is a role reversal in which I am a a Cardinal by Pope Saint John Paul II, and sinner denouncing the priests who are the had a terrific Vatican career before his star supposedly moral leaders but are committing crashed when he was farmed out to Naples by sin. Those priests throw stones from their Pope Benedict XVI under a cloud of financial glass houses and the bishops make sure that corruption all those stone-throwers are never exposed! Recently, Mangiacapra sent Sepe a personal In my book, and now with this dossier, I 1,200 page dossier exposing 40 Italian priests demonstrate that there is a real lobby of gay as his clients, Sepe did not bother to consult priests, a freemasonry, an underground.” with Saint Gennaro. Instead, he forwarded the Mangiacapra continued that “because they dossier to Pope Francis, who may have it on know each other, help each other and support his nightstand, on top of “The DaVinci Code.” each other together with their wide circle of Mangiacapra and Sepe are two typical sympathetic friends, I do not pass judgment players in the everyday drama that is Naples, on priests because they are gay. I like to think a city guided by its patron Saint Gennaro that the priests who have sex with me are whose blood has, for the last six centuries, not souls to be saved but only hearts and lives that are unnatural. I throw light on the it is not easy money. I know a little about this liquefied on his feast day, Sept. 19, to indicate minds to be liberated from their hypocrisy. situation and force the hierarchy to view it also from my own experience more recently in good things, or, remained dust to indicate his Basically, my sex work is a ministry similar to with honesty.” Naples, where I am a tour guide for gay men disapproval of something. that of priests, but more scrupulous.” Is Mangiacapra, despite his sour experience (HEtravel.com/tony) Cardinal Sepe is charged with announcing What did Cardinal Sepe do when he of hypocritical priests, still a practicing “If it was easy,” Mangiacapra said, “everyone what the saint’s blood is doing. received the scandalous dossier? Roman Catholic? would do it.” Meanwhile, it’s the latest sex Having spent a considerable amount of “Cardinal Sepe responded that the priests “I have always considered myself to be a scandal to cause convulsions in the Italian time in Vatican City in the 70s where I had I denounced were not part of his territorial rational atheist. It took me several years to church and the Vatican, and it has made waves sex in the papal household, I contacted jurisdiction. This a laughable response, as if request and obtain the removal of my name in the international press all month. Mangiacapra who was more than happy to do the real problem were one of legal jurisdiction from the baptismal records of the Catholic When I left the active ministry, the first an interview about the dossier. We are both rather than widespread immorality. I turned Church.” thing my angry bishop did was to discontinue sufficiently bilingual to get into trouble on to Cardinal Sepe because he personifies After all, the Catholic Church uses those my health insurance and try to coerce me to either side of the Atlantic, but Mangiacapra for me the whole institutional Church. I records to proclaim the size of its worldwide pay back my student loans. He re-assumed gave me permission to brush u suffer because he viewed my complaint in membership that is, in reality, much smaller. that obligation only when I threatened to He also asked me to shout out his book terms of jurisdiction rather than morality,” It is close to impossible to force the Church contact the local newspaper about it. He published on Amazon in 2017 in Italian, “Il Mangiacapra said. to remove your name from that registry. Just did not care about the fact that I had no Numero Uno. Confessioni di un Marchettaro.” “As always, the hierarchy responds only try it. Contact the church in which you were money and no income. Having been trained Now that you know what a marchettaro is, no when bad headlines force them to react. baptized and brace yourself for some serious to respond to the sexual overtures of older translation needed for a title like that. But how will they respond? Sadly, the most frustration. priests, I took the logical route in my new I asked Mangiacapra the obvious question: that will probably happen will be a shuffling Mangiacapra feels that his renouncing of circumstances. why give Cardinal Sepe a dossier exposing of guilty priests, as if they were pawns on a baptism is a “symbolic gesture that clarifies While interested in marketing himself and 40 gay and sexually active priest-clients? chessboard. That will be the extent of their the difference between spiritual and secular his book, Mangiacapra’s moral posture is His response morally transcends what you disciplinary punishment. In this game, the authority.” He would very much like to see convincing and seems to be authentic. I believe might expect from a prostitute talking about hierarchy creates the rules and then hides the Catholic Church evolve to embrace a that the names of the 40 priests in his dossier hypocritical priests. the players who break those rules, with the world that is vastly different for what it was constitute just the tip of the iceberg of those “I released this dossier because I wanted Church losing all credibility,” he added. hundreds of years ago. Despite the modern leading double lives. While I do not expect to expose the ‘bad apples,’ not to throw mud When I asked Mangiacapra what he hoped marketing practiced by Pope Francis, he is that Mangiacapra’s revelations will change the at the Catholic Church but to help her get to achieve by releasing his dossier, he said, “I not optimistic about serious change. hearts and minds of the hierarchy, I think his rid of the rot that contaminates the healthy am not under the illusion that my revelations I asked Mangiacapra, who is trained as a juicy dossier will help Catholics in the pews part. The behavior of these priests is, in many will end the nonsensical ecclesiastical system lawyer, if he plans to continue pursuing that see their priests for the not-so-celibate men cases, the fruit of bad leadership in which in which the manhood of priests is mutilated career. He responded, “Probably not. I would they really are. priests are allowed to do the opposite of what and distorted because they are forced into rather sell my body for a fair price than sell my According to the Associated Press, heart and mind for peanuts.” Mangiacapra came forward with his list Having been on both sides of this bed – first because he wanted to expose the priests’ His response morally transcends what you as a Catholic priest for five years, and then, alleged hypocrisy. That he does most might expect from a prostitute talking very briefly, as a Manhattan hustler – I find assuredly. It will make for a continuing saga myself empathizing with Mangiacapra who for us to cover as Mangiacapra’s whistleblower about hypocritical priests. also says that while prostitution is fast money, story unfolds on the worldwide stage.
18 • 3.14.2018 3.14.2018 • 19 lifestyle homo history Greg Dranda Bartender, Model
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reg Dranda was a small-town guy South Florida and would relocate to the area. with a big heart whose life was cut too Having had some experience in banking, Gshort. He was a regular fixture on the Greg found a North Miami apartment at cover of David Magazine in the 1970s and Summer Winds and got a job at a local bank. early 80s. It was around this time that he came to I came across Greg as I was thumbing terms with his sexuality publicly and began through a collection of old magazines to explore the local gay circuit scene. where I kept noticing his handsome face Keith’s Cruise Room in Hallandale, Tops and perfectly sculpted body on several of and Teejay’s in Hollywood would be among the covers. I was sure there was more to him the places you’d find Greg on a Saturday than just a photo so I started digging. night. Sometimes he could even be found in Greg was once a bartender at The Copa Miami Beach’s Pin-Up Lounge or up at West and Backstreets in Fort Lauderdale. Palm Beach’s Turf Bar’s. Originally from the small-town of After a stint learning to bartend he found Zanesville, Ohio, Greg always himself working “the Pitts” had an interest in fashion, at The Copa. It was at this acting, and performing. time Greg began entering, After his 1965 high school The local and winning Mr. David, graduation he served two Mr. Fort Lauderdale, and years in the army. When he newspaper Mr. Florida contests. He returned he appeared in a few described him even gained some more local television commercials. national notoriety in 1979 His first big break came when as a “dark, when he became Blueboy he was asked to be in the Magazine’s man of the showcase role in a film titled smoldering sex year. His body became “The Killing of Jack Riley.” symbol” with such a famous sex symbol Greg, with his vicious smile in Fort Lauderdale’s disco and serious look, played the a big career era that when “Alive! killer. The local newspaper Magazine” photographed described him as a “dark, ahead of him. him (without showing who smoldering sex symbol” with he was) for a story about a big career ahead of him. giving the perfect massage, Acting, though, it turned out would not be readers immediately wrote in stating “they’d Greg’s thing. Instead he turned to modeling recognize those pecks anywhere.” model trains in all directions everywhere. to appear in all corners of the gay world in and was able to land some big gigs. Around Greg never participated in what he called “When you looked at Greg you would see South Florida it wasn’t long before Greg 1971 he left his Ohio small town life for a “tacky take it off” style contests, but did do the masculine muscular handsome hunk of a himself realized he too had the virus. modeling contract in Atlanta. In the couple a handful of artful nude photo spreads for man, but when you would go inside his home Knowing that he probably didn’t have many of years he spent there he would appear as several magazines, including “Alive!” you would see a sensitive, caring, mothering years left he traveled home to Ohio and back the focal point in everything from national He always said his success was due to his type of a man,” Allen said. to Atlanta to put his affairs in order. commercials to magazine ads for major intelligence, poise, smile, and incredible Allen told me when Backstreets opened in Greg Dranda died due to AIDS clothing lines. ability to resist telling his age. He was 1981 in Fort Lauderdale, Greg left the Copa complications on December 11, 1986. He was He even appeared in a Coca-Cola calendar once quoted saying “As long as you have a and finished out his career there and moved 39 years old. ad. It took two weeks of him waking up in good body and people want to pay you to to the Victoria Park area with his partner, His name is commemorated as a patch in the early morning to capture the perfect mist photograph it, you should let them. You Steven, the only partner Allen had known the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He will forever be scene. He hated it. won’t look that good forever.” Greg to ever have. remembered as what David Magazine called His “boy next door” look took him from In all seriousness, he felt his appreciation In 1984, Steven died of AIDS and Greg him, “A perfect example of what today’s city to city, and contract to contract, but and sensitivity to others was really key, sank into depression. With AIDS beginning groovy guy should be.” after a couple years he returned home to more so than his good-looking body. And it Ohio. In 1973 he traveled to Florida and was is that legacy that lives on today. I spoke to photographed by Mark III Studios in North Keith Allen of Fort Lauderdale who knew Miami for a spread in the then Jacksonville Greg quite well. He told me Greg was a big Graham, a West Palm Beach native, is a local librarian with an based David Magazine. model train collector. When you went inside interest in LGBTQ history in South Florida. He welcomes emails During his short stay he fell in love with his North Miami apartment there would be and story ideas. Contact him at [email protected].
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J.W. Arnold [email protected] Come Share The Love THU 3/15 dance Get out your boots because the South Florida Mustangs, the world’s first LGBTQ square dance club, is offering beginner classes on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. Get in touch with your inner cowboy or cowgirl while meeting new friends at Island City Park Preserve, 823 N.E. 28th St. in Wilton Manors. No partner necessary. Cost is $5 per person at the door. For more information, go to SouthFloridaMustangs.org. FRI 3/16 concert Dr. Gary Keating leads the Original Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus in a musical salute to Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim tonight at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m. at x All Saints Episcopal Church, 333 film Tarpon Dr. in Fort Lauderdale. Lisa Thursday 3/15 Vroman (“Phantom of the Opera”) The OUTshine Film Festival hosts a free screening of “Love, Simon,” the first mainstream film to feature an LGBTQ character and classical mezzo soprano Martha as the lead role. “Love, Simon” is a sweet coming-of-age tale that is relatable to anyone who’s ever felt like a misfit and Bartz join the chorus in a program of that they don’t belong. Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Langford, and Nick Robinson star. Tonight at 7 p.m. at the composer’s biggest hits. Tickets O Cinema Wynwood, 90 N.W. 29th St. in Miami. Tickets required; reserve at OutShineFilm.com. start at $25 at TheFTLGMC.org. Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox. SAT 3/17 SUN 3/18 MON 3/19 TUE 3/20 comedy event nightlife film She’s back! Miss Richfield 1984 Get down and give back with Flo Latrice Royale’s 2018 Mr. and Miss Florida Atlantic University and returns to South Florida with her Rida at the 2018 Florida AIDS Walk Pride South Florida competition moves Pride Fort Lauderdale present a new show, “Born Again,” this time and Music Festival. Thousands will to the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, special screening of “Forbidden: harnessing “old time” religion to walk to raise money for local HIV/ 3385 N.E. 188th St. in Aventura, Undocumented and Queer in Rural heal our divided world. With all-new AIDS organizations and return to Fort tonight at 8 p.m. The region’s most America” tonight in the Abdo New songs, videos and unique audience Lauderdale Beach for entertainment talented LGBTQ female impersonators River Room at the Broward Center activities, Miss Richfield unites by the popular rapper, DJs and bands. and male entertainers will compete, in Fort Lauderdale. The documentary people of all faiths in 2018. Atheists It’s not too late to sign up to walk or along with performances by the tells the story of Moises Serrano, an are especially welcome! Tonight at 8 support your friends and neighbors reigning 2017 Mr. and Miss Pride undocumented immigrant and gay p.m. at the Sunshine Cathedral, 1480 with your contributions. For more South Florida, Judas Elliot and Delores man living in rural North Carolina. The S.W. 9th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. information, go to FloridaAIDSWalk. T. VanCartier. Tickets start at $10 at screening is free. More information at Tickets $30 at OutlandishFL.com. DonorDrive.org AventuraACC.org. PrideFortLauderdale.org.
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Kyaunnee Richardson • May 6 Two local gay men’s choruses have special programs planned Experience the operatic sounds of this award-winning for South Florida audiences over the coming weeks: solo vocalist. he Original Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida, Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Gary under the direction of Harold Dioquino, TKeating, will present a musical salute will perform “Two Boys Kissing,” composer Sunrise Civic Center Theater | 954-747-4646 to legendary Broadway composer Stephen Joshua Shank’s musical adaptation of the Sondheim at All Saints Episcopal Church on Lambda Literary Award-winning novel by Friday, March 16 and Sunday, March 18. David Levithan. Joining the 25 singers are special guests The chorus will perform the dramatic work Lisa Vroman and Martha Bartz. Vroman has featuring six narrators, small ensembles, full portrayed Christine Daae in Andrew Lloyd chorus and instruments on Friday, March Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” more 23 and Saturday, March 24 at the Sunshine than any other actress, while Bartz is a classical Cathedral. mezzo soprano soloist who has appeared with “Two Boys Kissing” presents the story of orchestras and choruses around the world. Harry and Craig, two seventeen-year-olds Both also have long friendships with who are about to enter a 32-hour kissing Keating. He hired Vroman as an apprentice marathon in order to set a new Guinness singer with the Miami Opera in 1984, one of World Record. While the two increasingly her first professional gigs. Keating and Bartz dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are were both students at the University of Miami locking lips, they become a focal point in and remained in touch over more than 30 the lives of other teens and family members years. Both responded enthusiastically to his dealing with the universal questions of love invitation to sing in Fort Lauderdale. and acceptance. Together they will explore Sondheim’s “When I first heard (“Two Boys Kissing”), works from his lyrics to “West Side Story” and I thought it was a powerful and beautiful “Gypsy” to his compositions from “A Little work, but as we prepare for the concerts, I’ve Night Music” and “A Funny Thing Happened also realized just how challenging it is. It’s a on the Way to the Forum.” very distinct work, very learned, everything “We started with a list of 122 songs,” he that (Shank) has created was for a reason. said. “We had to whittle that down to those Joshua Shank is brilliant in taking the story special songs that simply had to be a part of from the book and making it into a musical the program.” in this style.” Among the highlights of the program is a The composer will participate in special powerful arrangement of “Send in the Clowns” 20-minute concert talks with Dioquino and sung by the chorus. chorus production manager James Smith “We’re having to work our butts off,” he and moderated by Our Fund’s David Jobin at said, promising an entertaining evening. each performance. The Original Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus performs The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida performs Joshua “Our Time with Sondheim,” featuring Lisa Vroman and Shank’s “Two Boys Kissing” on Friday, March 23 and Martha Bartz, on Friday, March 16 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Saturday, March 24 at 8 p.m. at the Sunshine Cathedral, March 18 at 4 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, 333 1480 S.W. 9th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets start at $35 Tarpon Dr. in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets at TheFTLGMC.org. at GayMensChorusOfSouthFlorida.org.
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y musical tastes run all over the It’s difficult to squeeze in these gigs place,” said Erich Bergen, who given his hectic filming schedule. “Mwill be performing in concert “I don’t know if there is a way to balance at Lynn University next week. “I listen to it out fully, that’s the weird thing on a TV everything from Frank Sinatra to Helen show,” Bergen said. “When you’re a lead, Reddy to Jay-Z.” you know that each weekday—no matter As an only child growing up in New York what—you’re going to be working some City, he turned to albums and music videos crazy hours. You set up your life to live with for companionship. That’s where he first that. When you’re not the lead, as I am, it’s became fascinated with Michael Jackson different each week depending how much and “all things MTV.” I’m in the episode.” But, he quickly qualified his statement: Fortunately, Bergen has a challenging “I don’t turn myself into a playlist, but role as the personal assistant to Tea Leoni’s everything that I sing still goes through Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord. my filter, which is basically the Great Last season, Blake revealed that he was American Songbook, plus a few years.” bisexual. The 32-year-old actor may be best known “When I first took on the role, I was for his role as Blake Moran on the hit CBS under the impression that Blake was gay. series “Madam Secretary,” but he’s equally Blake plays his entire life very close to the comfortable on the stage. He toured with vest and even before the bisexual outing, “Jersey Boys” as keyboardist and composer he just didn’t discuss his personal life at Bob Gaudio and was later cast in the role work,” Bergen said. for Clint Eastwood’s big screen adaptation. He noted that Hollywood more He’ll be singing selections from “Jersey commonly portrays women as bisexual. Boys,” backed up by a seven-piece band “We never see that on television with led by “American Idol” music supervisor men…we don’t think about bisexuality Michael Orland, as well as songs by Peter in women as a threat or as anything Allen, Elton John, Billy Joel, Barry Manilow substantial—at least men don’t—which is and others who inspired his career. its own bag of issues. There was something “I have a great show planned with stories interesting to me about being about to do and songs from my career, all with fabulous this,” he elaborated. arrangements,” Bergen said. “I’ve been In the meantime, he’s content to be doing concerts for the longest time and I in the cast of the critically-acclaimed have yet to make it down to Florida, which show and keeping his eyes open for the is odd considering how many friends and next opportunity to squeeze in more family I have there.” performances on stage.
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Almost as lovely as the Oscar nominated “Call Me By Your visiting his Canadian relatives. He meets Alex (writer/ Kino Lorber offers Anna Muylaert’s “Don’t Call Name,” James Fanizza’s romantic drama “Sebastian,” shot director Fanizza) for what’s meant to be nothing more than Me Son,” an intense drama from Brazil. The film in Toronto, comes to DVD courtesy of lesbian owned Wolfe coffee. is about Pierre, a bisexual 17-year-old whose life is Video. The film poses the question: what do you do when The attraction between them is instantaneous and thrown upside down when he learns that both he your soulmate turns out to be your cousin’s boyfriend? irresistible—it’s love at first sight. The pair is forced to and his sister were stolen out of a maternity ward Sebastian (Alex House), who lives in Buenos Aires, is confront two realities: Alex is dating Sebastian’s cousin, by the woman they think is their mother. While who he has no feelings for, and Sebastian is due to return Mom sits in jail, Pierre is returned to his biological to Buenos Aires in a week. parents, who insist on calling him Felipe, the name The film follows their week-long relationship as the they had chosen for him. They don’t pay attention bond between them grows stronger and deeper. When to his insistence at wanting to be called Pierre and Alex’s boyfriend catches them together, all hell breaks out. ignore his obvious resentment at being torn from Alex and Sebastian briefly break up but get back together a the only family he has ever known—this is the film’s day or so later—they are simply unable to resist each other. main storyline. When the time comes for Sebastian to return to Kino Lorber’s box cover suggests that the film has Argentina they have to decide what to do. Will they split up more Queer content then it actually does. Pierre/ for good, or will they find a way to stay together? Felipe’s bisexuality is made clear—he’s seen having House and Fanizza have amazing chemistry together. sex with a girl and kissing another boy. These are The screen literally sizzles when they kiss, and even throw-away scenes which have nothing to do with when they do nothing more than look at each other. the film’s plot. Towards the end of the film Pierre/ Fanizza’s mature script does not villainize them for hurting Felipe begins to cross dress in front of his parents. Sebastian’s cousin—they in fact meant no harm. Alex was He appears to not be a drag queen nor trans—he’s planning on breaking up with him anyway—several scenes doing this to piss his biological family off as he early in the film make it clear that it was always a one-sided doesn’t consider them family and doesn’t want to be relationship. with them. Brian McCook (aka Katya Zamolodchikova from Drag Though not quite a Queer themed film, “Don’t Race) is on hand as Alex’s best friend—the casting of Call Me Son” is still a well done if dark drama. Naomi McCook is the film’s one flaw. McCook’s character Xenia Nero gives a wonderfully layered performance as the is never properly developed and is little more than a angry young man who just wants his family back. decorative role. We see Xenia performing drag in the local Dani Nefussi is particularly good in the dual roles of gay bar. Other than that, Xenia urges Alex to follow his both mothers. If you want to see a film that will offer heart. It’s a thankless part which anyone could have played. a look at a young bi kid’s struggle with sexuality, But overall “Sebastian” is a sweet romance. Anyone then look elsewhere. But if a drama about family who’s ever felt the exhilarating joy and pain of love can loyalty sounds interesting to you, then “Don’t Call relate to what Sebastian and Alex are feeling. We give the Me Son” will definitely be of interest to you. film three out of four kisses.
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3.14.2018 • 39 NEWS state Florida AIDS Walk to Raise Funds and Awareness for 13th Year Rapper and Miami native Flo Rida to headline the music festival
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eople who wish to improve HIV/AIDS reached a level of crisis, and we owe it awareness and raise money to support to ourselves and our community to fight Pthose affected by the disease can join the spread of the disease with testing and the fight and take part in the 13th annual education, while caring for those who are Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival at 9 living with it.” a.m. March 18 on Fort Lauderdale Beach. An estimated 1.1 million people in the The 5K walk starts at South Beach Park U.S. are living with HIV, and AHF reports at (the southern part of Fort Lauderdale least 15 percent of them don’t even know it. Beach), heads north along A1A, then returns Canady says while much progress has been back to the park at 300 S. Fort Lauderdale made, Florida is still disproportionately Beach Blvd. Participants can enjoy food affected and the rate of new HIV diagnoses trucks, tents in the sand and a concert by is back on the rise. rapper Flo Rida and other entertainers. “We have to normalize the conversation Online registration closes at 9 p.m. March around HIV/AIDS and remove the stigma 17. and shame associated with it,” Canady said. Imara Canady, regional director “Many people are not revealing their status of communications and community as a result. Access to healthcare is also an engagement at the AIDS Healthcare issue. More healthcare providers need to Foundation’s southern bureau, said AHF, make HIV testing part of the regimen.” Flo Rida. which coordinates the Florida AIDS Walk This year’s big headliner at the music Photo via Facebook. every year, continues to receive “great festival portion of the walk is rapper Flo support and interest from the community Rida, a native Miamian who grew up in and our partners.” The organization Carol City. The singer inked a deal with with. He’s a tremendous talent who is For the fifth year in a row, Ferbeyre matches dollar for dollar every amount that Atlantic Records in 2006, founded his very connected to our message and able to will be the opening act at the Florida is raised. In recent years, attendance has own management company in 2009 and engage the audience like no one I’ve seen in AIDS Walk and Music Festival. The local ranged from 2,000 to 3,000 people. launched his own record label in 2011. Even recent memory. Attendees are in for a great DJ is no stranger to playing large music “But equally as important as attendance with all his musical success, Flo Rida still time.” festivals. He has performed at Winter or the ability to raise funds is to create finds time to give back to the community Also on the entertainment Music Conference, Gay8, a greater awareness and education with his nonprofit foundation, Big Dreams roster is Miami/Fort Miami Beach Gay Pride, component around the HIV/AIDS for Kids, which helps inspire future leaders. Lauderdale DJ and remixer “We have to White Party, Winter Party epidemic,” said Canady, who is also the “We’re very excited about having Flo Rida Alex Ferbeyre, drummer normalize the Festival, Art Basel, Gay Days chair of the Black Leadership AIDS Crisis again,” Canady said. “He has participated David “Jody” Hill of the Deep Orlando, NYC Gay Pride, Gay Coalition. “HIV/AIDS in South Florida has in the past and is just amazing to work Fried Funk Band and the Hip conversation Days Fort Lauderdale, Pride Hop Kidz dance crews. With around HIV/ Fort Lauderdale and the their mission statement “No Stonewall Street Festival. Florida AIDS Walk in 2017. AIDS and remove Photo courtesy of AHF. Drugs, No Violence, Just Ferbeyre says he is Dance,” the Hip Hop Kidz the stigma and “extremely grateful and dance program offers more shame associated humbled to be part of” the than $30,000 in scholarships Florida AIDS Walk and each year to underserved and with it.” Music Festival every year underprivileged children - Imara Canady and to have the opportunity and teenagers. The company regional director, AHF to give back to AHF. helps young dancers achieve “They help so many their dreams by giving them friends and family and our free dance lessons, clothing and shoes. community at large,” Ferbeyre said. “The Hip Hop Kidz dancers have appeared in Flo energy of the AIDS walk is very tangible, Rida’s videos “Going Down For Real” and and I love the goosebumps I get from all the “Once In A Lifetime.” smiling faces.”
For more information on AHF or the Florida AIDS Walk, visit FloridaAIDSWalk.org.