Women’s Alliance Seeks to Put ‘L’ Back in GLC Group to Address Range of Needs from Social Events to Healthcare Story on HIV Radio Show on Air Women’s Alliance at GLCC Column Page on Page 3 Positive Perspective on WFFL Group Addresses Women’s Needs 18 Dade Cultural Alliance Plans for Future June 2, 2003 www.ExpressGayNews.com Volume 4, Number 22 See Story on Page 11 Local Team Goes to Bat Marlins First Major League Team to Advertise Long-Term with a Gay Newspaper, ‘Express’ By Michael James estate to sports and leisure.” Kent week. Senior Editor applauded the Marlins for “stepping up The team has also given Kent extra The Florida Marlins made history to the plate and going to bat for the gay tickets to disburse as promotional giveaways this week when they became the first community.” on his popular morning drive radio talk show, major American professional sports Kent added, “It is now time for us to aired daily on WFFL, 1400-AM. The show franchise to enter into a long-term support their team.” In the midst of a 13- celebrates its first anniversary this week, and advertising contract with a major gay game home stand, the Marlins this week is broadcast each morning live from the newspaper. begin interleague play. The Fish host the Floridian Restaurant at 1410 East Las Olas The Express, the largest gay Oakland Athletics, featuring Cy Young Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. weekly newspaper in the State of Award Winner Barry Zito, and then the In addition, The Express has agreed to Florida, and the Marlins have entered world champion Anaheim Angels. partner with the state’s two largest AIDS into a season-long promotion. The Michael Wilke, founder of service agencies, Care Resource and AIDS promotional deal will culminate in an CommercialCloset.org, said, “This is Project Florida, to run an AIDS Awareness AIDS Awareness Night on Aug. 11, another step toward the parity of night on Aug. 11. The Marlins play the which will benefit AIDS Project interests between the gay market and Dodgers that evening, and representatives Florida and Care Resource. sports teams, and is contrary to the from each agency will distribute AIDS Sean Flynn, vice president of stereotypes that gay men aren’t education literature. homas Jefferson marketing for the Florida Marlins, interested in sports.” The Commercial Kent also announced the game will likely announced that the team’s initiative Closet website follows market trends in feature one of the local gay choruses singing is one more effort to “adopt a policy advertising directed at the gay and the national anthem, and a surprise guest to of inclusion for all South Florida lesbian market. throw out the first ball. Stated Paul Hyman, sports fans.” The team, in an effort to boost stated, “This is something I really wanted to As part of the advertising package, the the Broward County director for Care attendance this year, has engaged in a see. It is important to show the gay Marlins will receive a quarter-page ad each Resource, “We are proud to partner with the popular $2.5 million marketing campaign. community as active participants in all week in The Express, from now until the end Marlins and The Express to help bring AIDS Norm Kent, publisher of The Express, aspects of our society, from finance and real of the season. The ads began running last awareness to our community.” ACLU Demands End Accusations Against Cops Corroborated to School’s Anti-Gay Censorship Policy Harassment Witnessed at Park; Local Attorney Representing Three Men By Phil LaPadula Principal Silences Students Who Managing Editor Took Part in ‘Day of Silence’ Two more people have come forward to From Staff Reports say they witnessed harassment of gay men After a high school principal forcibly at John Lloyd State Park in Dania Beach. In removed stickers from students’ clothing addition, The Express has learned that a during a silent protest to raise awareness of local attorney is representing three other gay anti-gay violence, the American Civil Liberties men who say they were arrested and Union demanded today that Luther Burbank unjustly charged by another officer. Two of High School stop censoring teens who took the men were arrested at Hollywood Beach part in the protest. The ACLU also insisted and one at John Lloyd State Park. that the school promise not to punish students “I have been witness to this harassment,” who take part in such actions in the future. said John Cahill of Fort Lauderdale in a letter “We’re appalled at this school’s actions to the The Express. “I have seen Officer Jones against a group of peaceful, law-abiding take people back to their cars for ID. Gay students,” said Ken Choe, staff attorney for people are being singled out and straight the ACLU’s Lesbian and Gay Rights Project. people are looked over.” “The school violated the Amnesty International “There is only one sign posed, which Club’s right to free expression by telling it that says, ‘Keep Off the Plantings,’” Cahill noted. it could not sponsor Day of Silence. It then did “This leads someone to think they are new John Llyod State Park in Dania Beach has been the site of several incidents that a the same thing to individual students who were plantings, not existing growth. local attorney is saying is gay harassment. File photo peacefully taking part in it. Then the school “I am all for protecting the environment, and ended up having to pay a $170 fine, even on their door—just keep that in the back of violated the federal Equal but when you cannot sit on a bench, which though he says he had no idea he was doing your mind, Mr. Reilly…” Access Act when it abolished the club is nowhere near the sea grass, or go to the anything wrong. Bergholm declined The Express’s just because some of its members had acted bathroom, for fear of being labeled a pervert, Reilly said he spoke with Lt. Karen request for an interview last week, saying independently to organize the protest. Mr. or take a walk along one of the many paths, Bergholm of the Department of she had been instructed by her supervisor Rodriguez told these students that they were this has gone too far. Officer Jones’s Environmental Protection, Division of Law not to speak to the press. Lucia Ross, public being disruptive, but it’s obvious who was supervisor has no clue what is going on at Enforcement. “I explained to her that I was information officer for the state parks, has really causing problems at school that day.” the park.”(Complete test of Cahill’s letter is on the beach and saw and heard what was not returned phone calls from The Express. The school shut down the Amnesty on page 18.) going on, and she said to me, ‘Well, he was Meanwhile, Russell Cormican, an International Club because some of its Albert G. Reilly said he witnessed the on the plantings.’ My next response to her attorney with Kent and Cormican, is members had led the protest. The students arrest of Kevin Hiza, one of several gay men was, ‘There are no signs, no warnings, representing three other gay men who were were participating in National Day of Silence, who have received citations for sitting on a nothing in the park brochure. Her response arrested by an Officer S. Lopez and accused an annual nationwide student action in which part of the beach that park officials say is was, ‘Mr. Reilly, you know murder is against of committing lewd acts. All three men restricted, even though there are no signs the law, right. Well you don’t go and murder See ACLU on page 3 demarcating it. Hiza had to appear in court your neighbor even though there is no sign See PARK on page 3 www.ExpressGayNews.com • June 2, 2003 1 CYMK June 2, 2003 Volume 4, Number 22 Issue 131 Inside THE EXPRESS Publisher Norm Kent [email protected] Broward News Page 4 Senior Editor / Health Editor J. 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