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SERVING WILTON MANORS AND OAKLAND PARK BEGINS IN CENTER JULY 20, 2023 VOL. 1 • ISSUE 8 VISIT US ONLINE AT OUTSFL.COM OUTSFL @OUT SFL @OUTSFL PAGE 10 PULSE SURVIVOR AND LGBTQ ACTIVIST BRANDON WOLF RELEASES MEMOIR 'A PLACE FOR US'

2 • 7.20.2023 Cover: Photo via brandonwolf.us July 20, 2023 • Volume 1 • Issue 8 2520 N. Dixie Highway • Wilton Manors, FL 33305 OutSFL newspaper is published on a weekly schedule. You should not presume the sexual orientation or gender identity of any featured individuals solely based on their names, appearance, or inclusion within this publication. Any opinions shared within stories, columns, graphics, or letters to the editor should not be assumed to represent the opinions of OutSFL, its Publisher, or its co-founder. Any stories or content, either in print or online, and also including any articles that are featured in conjunction with any media partners, are protected under federal copyright and intellectual property laws, and this ownership is carefully and jealously guarded by this media group. Nothing that is published may be reprinted, either in whole or in part, without first receiving written consent from the Publisher, Jason Parsley. OutSFL is owned by Jason Parsley and Justin Wyse, and is represented legally by Russell Cormican. As a private corporation, OutSFL reserves the right to enforce its own standards regarding the suitability of advertising copy, illustrations, and photographs. Copyright © 2023 J&J Media Group. PUBLISHER Jason Parsley [email protected] CEO Justin Wyse [email protected] EDITORIAL ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR Kimberly Swan SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR Christiana Lilly ART DIRECTOR Julie Palmer GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Kyle Willis • Craig Tuggle GRAPHIC DESIGN CONSULTANT Brendon Lies ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR J.W. Arnold [email protected] FOOD/TRAVEL EDITOR Rick Karlin COMMUNITY EDITOR John Hayden [email protected] PHOTOGRAPHERS J.R. Davis • Carina Mask COLUMNISTS Brian McNaught • Jesse Monteagudo • Sabrina Haake SPECIAL TO OUTSFL Steve Rothaus CORRESPONDENTS John McDonald • Sean Conklin • Deon Jefferson David-Elijah Nahmod • Aurora Dominguez Denise Royal • Mary Rasura • Christian Walden Terri Schlichenmeyer • Gregg Shapiro Kennedy McKinney • Michael Anguille Sean McShee • Robert Dominic PUBLISHING CONSULTANT Pier Angelo SALES & MARKETING For ad placement, call 954-530-4970 SALES MANAGERS Edwin Neimann [email protected] Silvio Carvana [email protected] Cory Livengood [email protected] DISTRIBUTION SERVICES Richie Wilson & Johnathan Rey NATIONAL ADVERTISING Rivendell Media 212-242-6863 FORT LAUDERDALE MAYOR TALKS FUTURE & LGBTQ COMMUNITY F rom water and sewage to pickleball and Pride, as the city of Fort Lauderdale goes, so goes the rest of Broward County. Mayor Dean Trantalis has had a challenging term in office, seeing the city through floods, protests, and a development and tourism surge. Trantalis, who has said he plans on running for re-election, sat down with OutSFL to talk about tackling challenges and his vision for the area’s future. Trantalis, who is a gay man who’s lived in South Florida since the 1980s, has been a vocal opponent of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ legislative attacks on Florida’s LGBTQ community. From the constitutionality of the laws to the impracticality of enforcement, he believes the governor and his Republican fascist enablers have bitten off more than they can chew. “Being the only gay mayor of the city, I want to be a leader by being the face of the community as well as a spokesperson of the community. When those issues come up, I’m here to support equality and the importance of not accepting the discriminatory practices being perpetrated by Tallahassee.” He was among the first to call for Pride event organizers to ignore the law designating drag entertainment as “adult,” calling it unenforceable. A prescient take, given that the law has been put on hold by a federal judge. If anything, he believes the focus on Florida’s civil rights is bringing the LGBTQ community closer together. “I’ve never seen this community more NEWS HIGHLIGHT CAN’T WAIT FOR PRINT? FOLLOW US ONLINE. OUTSFL.COM outsfl.com/donate SUPPORT OUR JOURNALISM Photo via Mayor Dean Trantalis, Facebook. connected in all the years that I’ve been here. Since the 1980s when we were fighting against each other. Those were the growing pains, trying to figure out who we were. We know who we are now. We have an identity.” Fort Lauderdale, like much of South Florida, has a love-hate relationship with water. As the “Venice of America,” people love it when they’re going for a boat ride or spending a day at the beach. When it’s overflowing into the streets and homes, people hate it. The city is working on improving its water and sewage facilities, which will also be used by surrounding municipalities, including Wilton Manors. The massive, so-called “thousand-year flood” in April proves there is much work to do. “What we discovered is we’re still not a resilient city. The irony is that we were already engaged in installing storm water systems in the neighborhoods that were most impacted. We got caught in the middle of the project. We need to become more resilient and focus on how we can resist the impact of storms.” He credits the city commission for joining him to finally undertake improvements that, Trantalis says, should have been started years ago. He also believes the flood is a sign of climate change. John Hayden

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4 • 7.20.2023 OUT AND ABOUT PHOTO OF THE WEEK Business partners Luise Morera and Billy Kemp of Score Nightclub that recently celebrated it's 25-year anniversary, attending Michael Gongora's campain event at Queen on South Beach. Photo by JR Davis LGBTQUOTEABLE QUOTE OF THE WEEK “If you’re gay, God bless you. If you’re trans, God bless you. And if you have a problem with them, fuck you.” - NBA LEGEND CHARLES BARKLEY SAID IN RESPONSE TO THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING BUD LIGHT HIRING A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER, WHO IS TRANSGENDER. Photo by Gallery 2 Images, via Wikimedia Commons.

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8 • 7.20.2023 OUT NATION By Mary Rasura VOTERS WILL HAVE CHANCE TO OVERTURN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW CALIFORNIA California voters can vote in 2024 on whether to remove a 2008 gay marriage ban that hasn’t been enforced since a 2013 Supreme Court ruling allowing the state to legalize same-sex marriage, according to the Associated Press, The California Senate passed a proposed constitutional amendment on July 13 to repeal Proposition 8 which puts it in the hands of voters next year. “What we are doing today is joyous,” said Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat representing San Francisco. “What the voters, I believe, will do next year is joyous. This is about recognizing the fundamental humanity of all 40 million Californians.” Photo via Senator Scott Wiener, Twitter. JUDGE: TRANS RESIDENTS MUST STOP CHANGING SEX ON IDS KANSAS A ccording to the Associated Press, a judge ruled on July 10 that Kansas cannot allow trans residents to change their sex on their driver’s licenses. This ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach against Gov. Laura Kelly to enforce a Kansas law that took effect on July 1 that requires state identification to match a person’s birth sex. The order comes from District Judge Teresa Watson and will be effective for up to two weeks. “Licenses are used by law enforcement to identify criminal suspects, crime victims, wanted persons, missing persons and others,” Watson wrote. “Compliance with state legal requirements for identifying license holders is a public safety concern.” Teresa Watson via shawneecourt.org. BUSINESS OWNER: TRANS PEOPLE NOT WELCOME HERE MICHIGAN A ccording to The Kansas City Star, a hair salon owner in Michigan has stated that she will not provide service to members of the LGBT community who use pronouns she doesn’t approve of. “If a human identifies as anything other than a man/woman, please seek services at a local pet groomer,” said a Facebook post from Christine Geiger, the owner of Studio 8 Hair Lab in Traverse City. “You are not welcome at this salon. Period.” Greiger continued her sentiment in a July 9 post in a Facebook group for Traverse City locals. “This stance was taken to ensure that clients have the best experience, and I am admitting that since I am not willing to play the pronoun game or cater to requests outside what I perceive as normal,” Geiger said. 9&10 News received a statement from Polestar, Traverse City’s LGBT organization. “Hate has shown time and time again to be a losing business strategy, and we must not allow this blight to take root in our town,” the organization said. Christine Geiger. Photo via Robert Mojica Honig, Facebook. QUEER STORIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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10 • 7.20.2023 PULSE SURVIVOR, ACTIVIST BRANDON WOLF RELEASES MEMOIR ‘A PLACE FOR US’ I t was in late June that Brandon Wolf saw a photo that left him breathless — a photo of a massive billboard next to Penn Station in New York City, neon yellow with the words “Read with Pride.” Above it, the cover of his book, “A Place For Us,” just days away from release, and in the background, the Empire State Building soaring into the clouds.  “I’m sitting at home working and then I get an email from the publisher of my first work outside of Penn Station,” he told OutSFL. “I did not know that was going to be part of our marketing plan. Wolf, the press secretary for Equality Florida, a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting, and an advocate for LGBTQ rights and gun safety, can now add author to his list of accolades. On July 1, his memoir hit bookshelves after being on limited release to Amazon Prime members during Pride Month.  “Being a queer person of color in this country, and certainly in both the time I was young and now, can feel like no one would ever read your story. It can feel like no one may ever be able to relate to you,” he said. In the first week, the book was an Amazon bestseller and today has more than 700 reviews. He’s had book signings in Washington, D.C. and Richmond, appeared on The ReidOut with Joy Reid on MSNBC, and is finalizing details on his Orlando book launch party. He also successfully auditioned to be the narrator for the audio book. But the story behind the story begins three years ago, when he moved to finally put pen to paper. “There were so many points over the last seven years where I thought about what it might look like to write a book, and it never quite felt like the right time,” Wolf explains. “But in the summer of 2020, obviously we were in the middle of a deadly pandemic, there was a lot of unrest across the country, people were scared, and then of course the murder of George Floyd, really brought a lot of things that we had been grappling with as a country to the surface.” It was then that Wolf knew he had a FEATURE Christiana Lilly YOU CAN PURCHASE “A PLACE FOR US” AT BRANDONWOLF.US/A-PLACE-FOR-US story to tell — not just about surviving the shooting at Pulse nightclub that took the lives of 49 people, but also growing up as a queer Black man and his work on the frontlines of advocating for LGBTQ people in Florida. He spent the summer of 2020 working on his proposal and agreed to a contract with Amazon that winter. Next, he had 12 months to put together his story, tackling themes such as racism, homophobia, forgiveness, and  community. He turned in his manuscript in January 2022, right when Don’t Say Gay was ramping up. However, he decided he didn’t want to devote too much of the book to policy, but instead to “community, relationships and chosen family.” In December 2022 he had the first copy of the book in his hands, his “love note to other queer Black people in the country.” “It was the cover looking back at me, and it was a really emotional moment to see all of that work in physical form,” he remembers. “The cover is real, it has texture to it. I took a bunch of pictures of it and I sent pictures to my family.” His family is the focus of his favorite chapter, “Forgiveness.” Here, Wolf writes about his relationship with his father, a rocky one that many LGBTQ people can relate to. “Forgiveness is not absolving them of the harm they’ve done; it’s an olive branch, it’s an act of unconditional love,” he explains. “I hope that people are resonating with my dad’s journey, which kind of runs parallel to mine.”  Then there’s his chosen family, namely two friends turned brothers who were shot and killed at Pulse nightclub, Drew Leinonen and Juan Guerrero. Wolf feared that as time passed, their names would be relegated to forgotten words on a wall. He dedicates a whole chapter to their friendship, titled “Drew.” Throughout all the themes, Wolf hopes the main takeaway with readers is that they belong and there is a place for them to thrive. “There were moments where as a kid I felt like I might be the only person like me on the earth,” he said. “I hope it is a message to other young people that there really is space for them in the world.” “FORGIVENESS IS NOT ABSOLVING THEM OF THE HARM THEY’VE DONE; IT’S AN OLIVE BRANCH, IT’S AN ACT OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.” - BRANDON WOLF AUTHOR OF “A PLACE FOR US.” Photo by Chris Wallace. Photo courtesy of Brandon Wolf.

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7.20.2023 • 13 Photo by JR Davis. GAY CONSERVATIVE LEAVES GAYS AGAINST GROOMERS OVER HOMOPHOBIC AD A s conservative politicos gathered in Palm Beach County, the backlash over a controversial video promoted by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign carried on. Deemed homophobic by the Log Cabin Republicans, the video attacked former President Donald Trump for being too cozy with the LGBTQ community. For David Leatherwood, it was personal. Leatherwood, a gay conservative activist, said the video was an insult to years of hard work cultivating space for gays and lesbians within the Republican Party. Ultimately, after heavy criticism, the video disappeared from Twitter. DeSantis refused to condemn it, telling reporters the topic was “totally fair game.” Leatherwood saw it differently, and when the head of Gays Against Groomers (GAG) came to DeSantis’ defense, that was enough. He resigned from the board of directors of GAG, NEWS COLUMN John McDonald THE DESANTIS WATCH a group known for its adamant opposition to gender-affirming care for minors and all-ages drag shows. Despite the split, Leatherwood said he is still friends with GAG founder and president, Jaimee Michell. “We’re really good friends, and I’m not going to cancel her as my friend just because she has different political opinions,” Leatherwood said. “However, I do think it reached a certain point where everything kind of exploded and as a leader of a nonprofit organization where you are so explicitly political it has a risk of tainting the mission.” STONEWALL MUSEUM CELEBRATES QUEER WOMEN IN THE ARTS F or millennia, music and poetry have played crucial roles in preserving history and bonding communities. Today, messages go around the world in the blink of an eye, but storytelling through song continues to be an integral way of informing and celebrating each other. Queer women in the arts will be showcased July 28 at Stonewall National Museum. Organizers are hosting “I’ve Got the Music In Me,” a night of music, poetry, dance and more featuring women. “Music has been an important way for lesbians to bond,” Stonewall Executive Director Robert Kesten said. “Going back to the early 1970s and the festivals in Michigan, and the important women artists from Holly Near, Melissa Etheridge, to the dozens of others who have climbed the charts and enhanced our lives.” The event will also have refreshments, a live auction, and artwork from various Host, Natalie Tyler. Photo via Comedian Natalie Tyler, Facebook. female artists. The night will be hosted by comedienne and local radio personality Natalie Tyler. Stonewall has lots of events throughout the year, but adding Tyler to the mix promises to bring an extra level of excitement to the evening. Also different from many Stonewall events, this will be in the main auditorium in the ArtServe building at 1350 E. Sunrise Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. It’s the same building as Stonewall but a bigger room that’s more suited to events like “I’ve Got the Music In Me.” NEWS LOCAL John Hayden THE EVENT IS FREE AND BEGINS AT 6:30 P.M. FOR MORE DETAILS, VISIT STONEWALL-MUSEUM.ORG.

14 • 7.20.2023 F L Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to have created his own cancel culture: conventions and large meetings are canceling plans to meet in Florida. Church of God and Saints of Christ, Scottish Rite Masons, and an association of farmworkers would seem to have little in common, but there’s one thing they all agree on, which is that “current Florida politics” has them staying clear of the Sunshine State. Since the Sun-Sentinel first reported on some convention cancellations, even more have backed out. Stacy Ritter, CEO of Visit Lauderdale, Broward County’s tourism arm, told OutSFL that two additional groups backed out and four more informed her office that they were taking Florida destinations off the table. And those are just the ones Visit Lauderdale knows about. “There are more of those we just don’t know about which means we can’t even quantify what we are losing as we don’t know what we cannot even bid for,” Ritter said. According to data provided by Visit Lauderdale, it is Florida’s politics, not South Florida’s environment and facilities, that is causing the cancellations. Beauty and the Beach (BATB), an annual fundraiser for the aParent Miracles Foundation, has hosted its event in Florida multiple times but backed out after Republican attacks on DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) programs. They said, “This had a chilling effect on our efforts to host BATB 2023 in Florida as the attendees wanted to support the NAACP’s travel advisory by not spending travel dollars in Florida. We were also of the impression that one of our major sponsors would not support BATB 2023 if it were held in Florida.” In their cancellation, the American Specialty Toy Retailers Association (ASTRA), placed blame solely on DeSantis policies. “There was a Board Meeting during the week and it was definitively decided that due to the unfriendly political environment in Florida as it relates to many ASTRA members, Fort Lauderdale has been taken off the table to host their largest annual event.” Many praise South Florida and Visit Lauderdale for their welcoming attitude and professional capabilities, but that isn’t enough to wallpaper over racist, sexist, and anti-LGBTQ policies. They have led to travel advisories being issued by groups including Equality Florida, the NAACP, and HRC. Ritter notes that empty rooms and restaurants means fewer jobs. “These kinds of things hurt small businesses the most. The very businesses which rely on visitors and are minority and women owned and/or LGBTQ owned.” Plus, she adds, the jobs lost hurt the efforts to lift the entire community. “Jeopardizing jobs for the very people who share the values of diversity and inclusion and who are being marginalized and dehumanized. We encourage people to spend their time and money here and support those very people who support them.” DESANTIS POLICIES HAVE CONFERENCES LEAVING FLORIDA “THESE KINDS OF THINGS HURT SMALL BUSINESSES THE MOST. THE VERY BUSINESSES WHICH RELY ON VISITORS AND ARE MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED AND/OR LGBTQ OWNED.” - STACY RITTER CEO OF VISIT LAUDERDALE Photo by Lance Asper via Unsplash. NEWS LOCAL John Hayden SFAN SHARES HIV REPORTS T he South Florida AIDS Network (SFAN), a planning body for Ryan White Care Part B (RWC B) in Broward, meets monthly to exchange data and services for those living with HIV. RWC B funds health insurance payments, the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), and non-medical HIV services. The HIV Planning Council acts as the planning body for Ryan White Care Part A (RWC A) in Broward. RWC A funds medical payments among other services. Cecilia Gonzalez reported on ADAP. She gave data on June’s rate of viral suppression among RWC B clients. The National Institute of Health has reported that once a client has achieved viral suppression, they can no longer sexually transmit HIV. After six months of treatment, 93% (4,512 individuals) of Broward ADAP clients had achieved viral suppression. That figure exceeds the Florida Department of Health’s goal of 92% viral suppression for ADAP clients. Wismy Cius reported on RWC A. The Community Partnerships Division (CPD) is seeking input from key community providers. CPD is interested in hearing from those providers not currently contracted with CPD. If interested, please contact Linda Krepel at [email protected]. On August 29, many people in the HIV communities will be observing National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. RWC A helps to organize local observances. Two events will occur. One, on August 26, will be open to the public. The other, August 30, will be for clergy and faith-based leaders. Interested clergy or faith-based leaders should contact Wismy Cius at wcius@ broward.org. RWC A will announce the time and place for both events later. Joey Wynn reported on the Fast Track Cities project. On June 27, Fort Lauderdale hosted a conference on this program. Cities become Fast Track Cities when they officially sign the Paris Declaration on Fast-Track Cities. At the local conference, Mayor Dean Trantalis (D) signed the Paris Declaration. When a city signs that Declaration, that city commits itself to achieving its 95- 95-95 targets. The first 95 refers to 95% of people living with HIV knowing their correct HIV status. The second 95 refers to 95% of those who know their correct status receiving anti-retroviral therapy. The third 95 refers to 95% of those in treatment achieving a suppressed viral load. As of July 7, 288 cities in 93 countries have signed on to the Fast Track Cities program. The Fast Track Cities website describes the program as “a global partnership between cities and municipalities around the world and four core partners – the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and the City of Paris.” For more information on Fast Track Cities, please visit bit.ly/3PVZ2ph. To read the Paris Declaration, please visit bit. ly/3JXkSEX. Next SFAN Meeting: August 4, at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Healthplex, 1000 NE 56th St., Fort Lauderdale. Photo via South Florida AIDS Network, Facebook. NEWS ANALYSIS Sean McShee

7.20.2023 • 15 HOTEL COMING SOON SERVING WILTON MANORS AND OAKLAND PARK JULY 20, 2023 VOLUME 1 • ISSUE 2 FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/WMGAZETTE WILTON MANORS The lack of a hotel in the city of Wilton Manors has been a point of discussion for years. Now the city is getting a look at what could be. On July 12, the new owners of the lot where the Kelis funeral home sits on Dixie Highway, just south of Five Points, unveiled their plans for a hotel. Plans for the Wilton Hotel & Pool Club were on display during CANA’s (Central Area Neighborhood Association) regular meeting at Hagen Park. A standing room only crowd heard from the developer, who laid out plans for a 123-room hotel (100 standard rooms and 23 suites). “The goal was not to be so small as to compete with Air B&Bs and places of that sort, and not too big,” Mark Ellert, the head of the development company, said. He says the goal is to create a place that sets itself apart while being an accessible part of the community. “I didn’t want any of these ‘dumb it down’ limited service/select service hotels.” Current plans call for an amenities deck with a five-star pool as the centerpiece. Ellert says he wants something resembling the romantic vibe of the Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach. COMMUNITY PARTNER “The importance to me is to help the hotel reflect the community’s character,” Ellert said. “The gay community is a huge WWW.WMGAZETTE.COM By John Hayden Rendering courtesy Wilton Hotel & Pool Club. community in South Florida and is totally underserved [in lodging/accommodations] by all stretches of the imagination.” Having been a developer in Key West in the 1970s and ‘80s, he’s seen how the LGBTQ community has been displaced as an area evolves. Many employees commute in from Stock Island or further. Ellert doesn’t want that for this hotel. He believes part of the hotel’s style is hiring staff from the area. The hotel will also advance the area’s art scene. “The Wilton Walls is an important part. This community is all about the arts. I figured what better way than to take the iconic Five Points intersection and turn it into a real signature gateway for the city.” He has been working with local artist Claudia Castillo, who’s advising him on how to integrate the hotel into the city’s art culture. Local artist, Maxence Doytier, said he’s excited about an expanding art scene. “I love that this development project has a strong public art program.” There are still many hurdles before a grand opening or even a groundbreaking. But Ellert has a vision and seems determined to make it a reality. “I want it to be the social heartbeat of the community. I want people to see it in a magazine and say, ‘This is our hotel.’” BUT IS IT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?

16 • 7.20.2023 Nationwide, inflation is cooling off. But Florida continues to have an inflation rate about twice the national average and local governments, including Wilton Manors, are not immune. During a special budget meeting on July 11, city commissioners were given an overview of expenses facing the city. Many cost increases are the same faced by average households. Health benefits for city employees are expected to jump 22%, garbage and recycling fees could go up 25%, and increases in operating expenditures are driven by an increase in property and general liability insurances at 41.8%. The number of city employees is staying about the same, and they are scheduled to get a 6% pay increase (excluding police, who are negotiating a new contract). The increase is larger than most years due to recent inflation. As of April, unemployment in the city is 2.3% while inflation is 10.5%. These are just a few of the “headline” numbers from a very detailed, $52M budget proposal. You can find the entire proposed budget at wiltonmanors.gov. High-profile projects that could reshape the look and vibe of the city remain in limbo. Wilton Manors residents and leaders want something, but they don’t want just anything. Every proposal that comes to the city goes through scrutiny by at least the Planning and Zoning Board and the city commission. Just getting approval to break ground can take a year or more. Here is a look at some of the major developments that are at some stage of consideration. • City commissioners approved some key changes to lots on 24th Street east of the railroad tracks. The amendments are a big step in bringing the mixed-use project to life, but there are still hoops to be jumped through. • Developers of the parking garage and mixed-use apartment complex proposed for Shoppes of Wilton Manors/Alibi Plaza have pulled it from the agenda at multiple P&Z meetings. No further discussion is scheduled for now, though it could be added to the regular August meeting, or they could call a special meeting. • The proposed development on 26th Street where Holy Mackerel sits is dead for now. An unexpected issue with the title is to blame. If that issue is resolved, the lot could still be updated. • The vacant lot on another corner of 26th Street and 15th Avenue could be rezoned to be part of the TOC, which the code currently has, ending on the Holy Mackerel side of the intersection. 2520 N. Dixie Highway • Wilton Manors, FL 33305 May 18, 2023 • Volume 10 • Issue 10 Publisher/Editor Jason Parsley CEO Justin Wyse Assistant to the Editor Kimberly Swan Graphic Designers Julie Palmer Kyle Willis Craig Tuggle Graphic Design Consultant Brendon Lies Oakland Park Editor Christiana Lilly Wilton Manors Editor John Hayden Correspondents John McDonald Staff Photographers J.R. Davis • Carina Mask Sales & Marketing For ad placement in The Gazette, contact 954-530-4970 WWW.WMGAZETTE.COM HAVE YOU JOINED THE GAZETTE’S FACEBOOK GROUP? Come join the discussion. The Gazette welcomes feedback. Email [email protected] with comments, suggestions, etc. Facebook.com/groups/WMGazette WILTON MANORS BUDGET BALLOONING TO $52M NO MAJOR ‘SHOVEL READY’ PROJECTS IN WILTON MANORS WILTON MANORS 2 • JULY 20, 2023 • WWW.WMGAZETTE.COM By John Hayden By John Hayden THE NEWSLETTER YOU NEED. outsfl.com/newsletter THE ISLANDER A WILTON MANORS NEWSLETTER Photo via Pixabay. Photo via Unsplash. Commissioners, finance director Pennie Zuercher, and her staff are still examining all revenue streams and proposed spending. Additional meetings are scheduled for July 26 and August 22, both at 6:30 p.m. in the Commission Chambers in City Hall. City staff will review the recommended budget with the Financial Advisory Board (FAB) on July 19 at 6 p.m. in the Commission Chambers at City Hall.

WWW.WMGAZETTE.COM • JULY 20, 2023 7.20.2023 • • 173 DISNEY DELIGHTS HIT WILTON DRIVE WILTON MANORS From a regal line of princesses to foodieoriented rats to Goofy (whatever he is), Disney has long been a cultural touchstone for the LGBTQ community. For a century, the House of Mouse has given us underdogs to root for and a blueprint for standing up to villains. And through it all, it’s provided the soundtrack to people’s lives. Disney’s music will be celebrated along Wilton Drive on July 28 at 7 p.m., for a new event called “One Magical Drive.” WMBA (Wilton Manors Business Association) is hosting the event on NE 7th Ave., between Shoppes of Wilton Manors/Alibi Plaza and the Italian American Civic League building. The Little Mermen, an NYC based choral group of Disney diehards, will lead the celebration of music. Their repertoire spans from the 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to 2021’s Encanto. Singing along, By John Hayden while not mandatory, is highly encouraged. WMBA is a strong community partner, but usually works behind the scenes helping local businesses network and be all they can be. WMBA President Gary Van Horn said this is an opportunity to serve the community directly. “We want to have a family friendly event that the entire community can enjoy. The Little Mermen are a great group and there will be songs for members of every Disney generation to enjoy.” Photo via thelittlemermen.com. BROWARD COUNTY’S 15-YEAR TRANSIT INITIATIVE EXPLAINED WILTON MANORS The word “rush” in the term “rush hour” becomes more ironic with each passing year. Anyone who’s lived in South Florida for a decade or longer can tell you that roads are more congested and traffic is moving slower each year. Broward County is preparing a 15-year plan to upgrade mass transit through major corridors. Wilton Manors city commissioners were briefed on plans during their meeting on June 27. The plan is estimated to cost $4.4 billion, which will be funded by the transportation surtax passed in 2018, as well as federal and state money. It calls for 100 miles of high frequency bus service, 76 miles of bus rapid transit (BRT), 23.3 miles of light rapid transit (LRT), and 11.5 of commuter rail south. The crown jewel of the plan is creating a 3.5-mile LRT corridor connecting the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL), Port Everglades, and the Broward County Convention Center. The projected cost is $1.25 billion with a completion date of 2028. Plans for Wilton Manors and Oakland Park include 15 miles of BRT with 16 stops along Oakland Park Boulevard by 2028, nicknamed “sea grass to sawgrass.” Another BRT is along Powerline Road from Broward Blvd. to Sample Rd. with ten stops. High frequency service is also planned along U.S. 1/Federal Highway and Dixie Highway. WILTON TOWER LIEN Commissioners were asked to reduce fines against Wilton Tower. The property racked up $64,094 in fines, administrative and court costs. They were cited for deteriorated fence and walls, landscape maintenance, a ground surface hazard, not complying with dumpster enclosure requirements, hard junk, and parking area maintenance. Fines were assessed at $250 per day for 253 days, the time it took to be deemed in compliance. A special magistrate’s hearing reduced that number by about 50%, and the owners came asking for further relief. Owners say they addressed each issue as they could and that’s why it took so long. They asked for the remaining fines to be wiped out. A skeptical commission questioned the timeline. There was little appetite to give further relief, and they even considered partially reversing the special magistrate and raising the amount owed. Ultimately, they decided to affirm the total settled on by the special magistrate.  MONEY MATTERS The commission also appointed a new member to the Financial Advisory Board to fill the remaining term of William Hayden. The commission voted 4-0 (Mayor Scott Newton was not in attendance and did not vote), to appoint Daniel Rahm over Stephen Hunsicker and John Meridith. In his application, he cited more than 25 years of experience in global finance and planning. By John Hayden Photo via Unsplash. For more information on One Magical Drive, visit WMBA’s Facebook page.

184 • • JULY 20, 2023 7.20.2023 • WWW.WMGAZETTE.COM OPEN DOOR POLICY AT HAMBURGER MARY’S WILTON MANORS If you pass by Hamburger Mary’s on Wilton Drive in the evening, you may catch a glimpse of their drag performers entertaining the crowd. That’s because the chain is standing up to Gov. Ron DeSantis and opening its doors for the world to see. For some time this year, those doors were shut due to a law passed by the conservatives in Tallahassee, labeling drag as “adult entertainment.” The Hamburger Mary’s in Orlando challenged the law and a federal judge put it on hold while it wends its way through the courts. “It’s been so refreshing to be able to open the doors,” Christina Donohue, general manager of the Wilton Manors location, told OutSFL. “We were keeping them open for a little bit but then had to close them for the drag shows.” Being able to open the doors was once a perk of the location; now it’s a form of protest. DeSantis and his enablers want to put drag – and arguably the entire LGBTQ community, back in the closet, out of sight, and erased. Hamburger Mary’s challenging the law court is their way of standing up for the community and telling DeSantis the community will not be silenced any time or anywhere. “When the law was overturned, we were like ‘this is amazing,’” Donohue said. “We have our adult shows, and we keep those 18+. We also have our kid-friendly shows which are for [people] under age 16. We have guidelines that we follow just in case.” As anyone paying attention knows, laws like “Don’t Say Gay,” banning books, restricting trans health, and attacking drag are all solutions in search of a problem. Donohue says they were always aware of young people in the audience. “Even before all of this happened, my queens catered to the audience. If they saw young children, they did the show the way they needed to because there were young kids in the audience. They always read the room very well.” Hamburger Mary’s has multiple shows throughout the week, including a kidfriendly drag show every Saturday at 1:30 p.m., with doors opening at 1 p.m. Photo via Hamburger Mary’s Fort Lauderdale / Wilton Manors, Facebook. By John Hayden OUT THERE. CALL US AT 954.514.7095 YOUR AD COULD BE HERE. DON’T WAIT, GET YOUR BUSINESS

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20 • 7.20.2023 THE LOST GENERATION – GREATEST HITS Greatest Hits — the new concept LP from Wilton Manors based artist — is not a frivolous pop record. It is a dark comedy covering heavy life issues, forged over the last few years during a great societal shift around the globe and in the USA. It covers the emergence of COVID and living through quarantine “I Want To Live” where Bata plays with the idea of not wanting to be here physically and mentally at times. Much of this record is about wanting to escape our current hellscape. “Another Place, Another Time” is really about tough love, but sounds uplifting and fun. If you look a little deeper into the lyrics you will find it is pretty bleak. “They say the grass is never greener, on the other side of the street. When you’re hanging from the ceiling. It’s time to admit defeat. The cook has left the kitchen. The dog’s not on the porch. Running from yourself was never gonna work.” But there is hope in it as well which is how most of the music on Greatest Hits plays out with the theme of destruction to rebirth to destruction again, mirroring his own life (“The Lost Generation”). Bata literally nearly died halfway into the making of this album and has since mostly recovered. Incoming is about the madness of his thought process and how one’s own thinking can lead to their self-destruction. Bata hopes that there are some who can relate and maybe see that they are not alone. There is help out there. Bata declares his love for art, music and film “Cinema” particularly from the 80s and 90s where this album is firmly sonically set. “Detente/We Can Work It Out” is a cold war drama about a relationship that is on the rocks. Lyrically most of this album is set in the present with the exception of “Generation X” and “Keith Haring.” Before this project Bata would never have imagined his voice being used as a vocalist, but once he began writing the lyrics he realized he couldn’t image them coming out of anyone else’s mouth. He found is much more difficult technically to sing than he had planned. The fine details of producing were also a challenge. The Lost Generation Greatest hits is a precursor to his next project which is a film that happens to be a musical. Recently Bata held a twice monthly DJ residency at The Eagle Wilton Manors (100 Percent Vinyl), as well as can be heard at various parties around the country, most notably, November 4 and 5 at The Barracks in Palm Springs. The Lost Generation - Greatest hits can be downloaded and purchased at Bandcamp.com / https:// johnbata.bandcamp.com/album/the-lostgeneration-greatest-hits-2 and soon after on other streaming services. Photo via Bandcamp.com. COMMUNITY Staff MEGAN RAPINOE TO RETIRE FROM SOCCER during the National Anthem to show her solidarity with NFL player Colin Kaepernick. “I’ve been able to have such an incredible career, and this game has brought me all over the world and allowed me to meet so many amazing people,” Rapinoe said in the statement from U.S. Soccer. “I feel incredibly grateful to have played as long as I have, to be as successful as we’ve been, and to have been a part of a generation of players who undoubtedly left the game better than they found it. To be able to play one last World Cup and one last NWSL season and go out on my own terms is incredibly special.” She is scheduled to play in her final World Cup this summer in Australia and New Zealand. After that, Rapinoe is set to complete her historic soccer career in the National Women’s Soccer League and end the 2023 season with her long-time club,  OL Reign. Although their last game will be in Chicago against the Red Stars on Oct. 15, the OL Reign announced the team will hold a “Forever Reign” celebration of Rapinoe’s career at their last home match at Lumen Field on Oct. 6 against the Washington Spirit.  “I will forever cherish the friendships and support over the years in this game,” she said, “and I am beyond excited for one last ride with the National Team and the Reign.” Rapinoe has been a longtime advocate for transgender athletes, and just this week defended trans inclusion in sports in  an interview with LinkedIn News: “I think a lot of athletes feel the same, they would give up any sort of championship so that a kid doesn’t feel like they don’t belong in the world.” “You’ve given so much not only to soccer but to sports and the world beyond,” wrote trans trailblazer and author Schuyler Bailar in a comment on Rapinoe’s Instagram post.  “Thank you for all that you are and all that you’ve done.” “So proud of you!” wrote USWNT teammate Ali Krieger of the NJ/NY Gotham FC, who  announced in March  that she, too, is retiring at the end of the season. “Most important, you’re an incredible human and friend.” L esbian activist, anti-racist, transgender ally and two-time World Cup champion  Megan Rapinoe  announced on Instagram on June 8 that this championship season will be her last.  “It is with a deep sense of peace and gratitude that I have decided this will be my final season playing this beautiful game,” Rapinoe wrote, in a post that featured a photo of the 38-year-old when the Redding, Calif., native was a little girl. “I never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would shape and change my life forever, but by the look on this little girl’s face, I think she knew all along.”  “Congrats, baby!!” wrote Rapinoe’s fiancée, former WNBA star and Olympic Gold Medalist Sue Bird, on her Instagram post. “That little girl is going to continue to do so much good in this world (but she sure did kill it on the field). I love you!”  Bird  told an interviewer last year  if it were up to her, she would have married Rapinoe in 2021, but that most likely they won’t tie the knot until after this season.  Rapinoe met Bird at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and  reportedly started dating  that fall, but Bird didn’t come out as gay until July 2017, as  the Blade reported. The following summer, Bird and Rapinoe became the first same-sex couple in ESPN’s The Body Issue. In 2019, Rapinoe posed for Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue, becoming that iconic magazine’s  first out gay woman  to do so. Last year, President Biden awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “I want to thank my family for being by my side all these years. Thanks to all my teammates and coaches all the way back to my first days in Redding, on to college at the University of Portland and of course thanks to U.S. Soccer, the Seattle Reign and especially Sue, for everything,” said Rapinoe in a statement posted online by U.S. Soccer. The organization hailed Rapinoe for “her amazing talents on the field, her creative goal scoring, her clutch performances in some of the biggest matches of her career,” and for her social justice work off the pitch, from LGBTQ+ rights to racial inequality, voter rights and gender and pay equity. “She leaves the game as one of the most impactful figures in the history of soccer in the United States and in the global women’s game.”  Rapinoe, one of Time Magazine’s  2023 Women of the Year honorees, was the first white athlete and the first woman to kneel SPORTS NEWS Dawn Ennis Washington Blade COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL LGBTQ MEDIA ASSOCIATION. Photo via Megan Rapinoe, Facebook.

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22 • 7.20.2023 CLARENCE THOMAS, GILDED ‘ORIGINALISM’ E very other week another SCOTUS scandal breaks, but no justice is more tainted than Clarence Thomas. Gifts lavished on Thomas and his crusading wife Ginni taste, feel, and smell uber lux: island hopping on staffed superyachts; pampered vacations worth millions over two decades; bougie boarding school tuition; a refurbished home for mom; disguised provocateur “fees” for Ginni; and travel on private aircraft meant for heads of state. The Thomases have luxuriated in conservative donor Harlan Crow’s extreme wealth for decades, while most federal judges won’t even accept a free lunch. Clarence and Ginni show us how it’s done: not just the lunch, but also the chef, the estate he toils in, and a private jet and yacht to get to the secluded island it sits on. BRINGING THE PAST TO LIFE These modern-day ermine furs have been bestowed on a Supreme Court justice who, in return, grafts unyielding conservatism onto a 230+ year old founding text that was never meant to be static. From his perch on the high Court, Thomas has advanced putative “originalist” 1791 values - as he sees them - from an era when women had no vote or voice and humans were legal chattel. According to Thomas and his federalist friends, the meaning of the US Constitution must be fixed according to the understandings of those who ratified it. Where advancements in science or technology over 200 years interject pesky ambiguity - as they will - Thomas meets the moment by spinning history, pronouncing his own views as “original” to the founders. CHERRY-PICKING HISTORY TO PUT A GUN IN EVERY HAND Thomas’ selective historical spin is on acute display in the 2021 Bruen decision, striking down New York’s limit on concealed handguns. Thomas instructed that the only periods of legal relevance were 1791 and 1868, when the 2nd and 14th Amendments, Photo by Steve Petteway, via WIkimedia Commons. respectively, were ratified. Working within Thomas’ restriction, New York presented historical evidence that weapons were, in fact, legally regulated during colonial times. New York presented the Court with three distinct types of weapon carry restrictions adopted after the 2nd Amendment was ratified in 1791, but Thomas deemed three colonial-era weapons regulations insufficient to show a supporting “pattern.” Query how many regulations during that narrow window of time would suffice to teach Thomas that our founders had the common sense to regulate guns. MARRIAGE FOR ME BUT NOT FOR THEE Thomas’ originalist ruse isn’t limited to guns. In Dobbs, the Court’s results-driven departure from Roe v. Wade, Thomas wrote a concurring opinion that questioned the entire right of privacy, saying he would go further - much further - than the majority. Thomas suggested that the Court “reconsider” its prior substantive due process cases because the right to privacy, he says, is not supported by the Constitution. Specifically targeting Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell, Thomas says citizens have no protected privacy right to contraceptives, same-sex sex, or same-sex marriage. Analysis supporting the Constitutional right to same-sex marriage in Obergefell flowed from Loving v. Virginia, the landmark case that struck down anti-miscegenation laws under the 14th Amendment. Thomas saved for another day how he would protect his own mixed race marriage under Loving while outlawing marriage for others under the same analysis. DECISIONS FROM A POISONED TREE Thomas’ conservative benefactor, Harlan Crow, has poured billions of dollars into funding cases before the court, as well as political campaigns to block or seat certain justices on the court. Thomas, in appreciative lockstep, has repeatedly ruled against donor disclosure. Even Citizens United, which gave corporations a blank check to influence elections, didn’t go far enough for Thomas, who issued a blistering lone dissent to rail against donor disclosure requirements. In a criminal trial, evidence that is illicitly obtained is excluded from the jury. As the “poisonous tree doctrine” goes, if the evidentiary tree is tainted, so must be its fruit. Relatedly, in a civil trial, the best way to cast doubt on an opponent’s expert is to tell the jury exactly how much he was paid to reach his conclusions. Knowing who paid for what, and how much, is key to weighing just outcomes. Thomas’ selective originalism falls from a tree so gilded by years of opulence it is rotten. Worse, the charade offends the original originalist: (L)aws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed … institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors. – Thomas Jefferson Clarence Thomas would keep America stuffed in an ill-fitting coat to serve his benefactors, the coat makers. Doubtless he’s relieved “quid pro quo” isn’t in the Constitution. But then, neither is “judicial review.” VIEWPOINT OPINION OPINION Sabrina Haake THE HAAKE TAKE Read more from Sabrina Haake is a 25-year litigator specializing in 1st this author here and 14th Amendment defense. Her columns appear in OutSFL, Chicago Tribune, Salon, State Affairs, and Howey Politics. 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24 • 7.20.2023 MISS UNIVERSE COMPETITOR RIKKIE KOLLÉ IS TRANS On July 8, model Rikkie Kollé was crowned winner of Miss Netherlands by Miss Universe R’Bonney Gabriel. Kollé is the first transgender winner of Miss Netherlands and is set to compete for the title of Miss Universe. Gabriel showed respect to Kollé and paid homage to the “vibrant colors of the Netherlands fashion” through her bright neon gown. “I want to be a voice and role model for all young women and queer people,” said Kollé to USA Today. “I know better than anyone else what it’s like to feel alone and not be surrounded by only positive thoughts.” The Miss Universe 2023 competition is set to take place in El Salvador by the end of the year. Rikkie Kollé. Photo via rikkievaleriekolle, Instagram. OUT AND LOUD CULTURE OUT AND LOUD TRANSGENDER By Christian “CJ” Walden LGBT CELEBRITY WATCH LYNDALL GRACE THOUGHT ‘IT WAS OBVIOUS’ SHE WAS BISEXUAL L yndall Grace, a MAFS (Married at First Sight) star and rising influencer, came out as bisexual during a spontaneous Instagram live during pride month. While hosting a Q&A during the live stream, a fan asked whether or not she was bisexual, and Grace was happy to answer. “I truly thought it was pretty obvious,” said Grace. “If the nose ring, roller hockey, overalls, footy, Miley Cyrus posters, gridiron, and lack of care of what men think of me wasn’t enough ... I used to have an undercut.” Later in the Q&A session, Grace said that she “has never attempted to hide her sexuality, and has always been open about who she is.” BISEXUAL Lyndall Grace. Photo via 10dall, Instagram.

7.20.2023 • 25 POTENTIAL ‘JOY RIDE’ SPINOFF TO INCLUDE QUEER STORYLINE “Joy Ride,” a film by Oscarnominated “Everything Everywhere All At Once” star Stephanie Hsu almost had a queer plot, but was chopped from the final version. In an interview with Collider, Hsu revealed that her character Kat was originally supposed to have “a little gay” subplot. “There’s a whole gay track between Sherry’s character and my character that kind of got edited,” said Hsu. While the “little gay” subplot was cut from “Joy Ride,” Hsu explained they’d like to revisit the cut plot in any potential sequel, but that Sherry Cola, who plays Lola Chen in the movie, is not looking forward to dedicating screen time to a queer storyline. “[It] will be saved for the sequel, but Sherry is livid about it,” Hsu said. Stephanie Hsu. Photo via stephaniehsuofficial, Instagram. CULTURE OUT AND LOUD QUEER PLEASE CHECK EACH LOCATION'S SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION REGARDING DATES, IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE FOR SERVICES, OR OPTIONS FOR VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE. CONGREGATION ETZ CHAIM 2038 N. Dixie Hwy (Pride Center Building B), Wilton Manors 954-564-9232 - etzchaimflorida.org [email protected] Friday Night Shabbat Service 8p.m. CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR, MCC 2011 S. Federal Hwy. Boynton Beach churchofoursaviormcc.org | 561-733-4000 Sunday Service 10AM HOLY ANGELS CATHOLIC COMMUNITY 1436 NE 26th St, Wilton Manors 954-633-2987 - HolyAngelsFL.net Sunday Mass at 11AM ST. NICHOLAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1111 E. Sample Road, Pompano Beach 954-942-5887 | StNicholasFL.org Sunday Service 9:30AM SAINT MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND SCHOOL 1750 East Oakland Park Blvd, Fort Lauderdale 954-563-5155 | www.saintmarksftl.com Worship Sundays @ 8am and 10:30am STS FRANCIS AND CLARE CHURCH 2300 NW 9th Ave. (Powerline Rd.) WIlton Manors 954-731-8173 | stsfrancisandclare.org Sunday: 10:30 AM. Watch LIVE @ facebook.com/stsfrancisandclare SPIRITUALITY LISTINGS WONDERING WHERE YOU FIT IN? Holy Grill Mobile Feeding Ministry BINGO! Sundays 2pm Thursdays 1pm “Love without judgement” A home for your spirit. Holy Angels National Catholic Church 1436 NE 26th Street Wilton Manors. 33305 Facebook.com/HolyAngelsFL www.HolyAngelsFL.org 954-633-2987 Mass Schedule: Sabado 6:00 PM misa en español • Sunday Mass at 11 AM in English • All are welcome! Join us for masked, socially distanced in person worship. 11 AM Sundays. Services also LIVE-streamed on Facebook and posted on website for safe at home viewing. Join us for in-person worship at 10 AM Sunday, or live streamed on Facebook www.facebook.com/ChruchofOurSaviorMCC 2011 South Federal Hwy. Boynton Beach, FL 561-733-4000 www.churchofoursaviormcc.org Church of Our Savior MCC

26 • 7.20.2023 CULTURE FOOD WRECK-AGE Boaz Haor performs every Thursday night at the B Ocean Hotel. Photo courtesy of MeduSirena. L ike many a red-blooded American boy, I grew up having a crush on the comic book’s king of the seas, Aquaman! Sure his powers were lame, talking to fish, but his long flowing blond hair made him different from other superheroes. I got to relive those fantasies as I sat in the Wreck Bar at the B Ocean Hotel and took in the Aquamen Burlesque show. Porthole bars were common in South Florida in the 1950s and ‘60s. One of the few to survive, B Ocean Hotel’s Wreck Bar, designed to resemble the inside of a shipwreck, complete with “broken” deck planks, has been around since the hotel’s days as the Yankee Clipper in the 1950s. In 1965, the Wreck Bar ceased regular performances, but the windows into the hotel’s pool remained. When the B Ocean Hotel opened, they brought back the kitschy shows, but with more of an adult edge. The Aquanauts, along with their distaff cohorts, the Aquacats, perform other days of the week, including an all-ages familyfriendly show on weekends. But Thursday night is when you want to attend and watch the guys flip their tails in America’s first allmale underwater burlesque show, where you can sip a cocktail and watch through porthole windows into one of the hotel’s pools as the guys strip down to their G-strings. Not only can you see through the square windows, the Aquanauts bump and grind right on them. As for the men, they range from lean and muscled bald guys to a cute little twink with flowing hair and the host and MC, a few years past his prime, but oozing with sex appeal, working that jiggly ass like a 20-year-old. And when he strips down to a G-string his, ahem, “dorsal fin,” will make your jaw drop. What would a visit to a show like this be without the addition of tropical drinks? Wreck Bar has a full menu of the classics, including many with a new spin on them and drinks that are sure to become classics. Our attentive and friendly bartender Mark made some excellent suggestions. I started with the classic Mai Tai, made with Captain Morgan white rum, dark rum, Curacao, OJ, orgeat, and lime. Even through all that sweetness, I could tell that this drink would knock me on my ass (and I wanted to sample another concoction), so I asked Mark for half a glass of soda and watered it down a bit. He also made a virgin mojito for my teetotaling husband. After that drink, I decided that I should put some food into my body to absorb the alcohol. I opted for the redundantly named Di Mare Seafood Ceviche. It was easily enough to serve as an entrée or to be shared by two as an appetizer. Corvina, clams, shrimp, and calamari swam in a citrusy broth topped by a small order of fried calamari. A side dish of fried Brussels sprouts suffered from a lack of seasoning, a bit of salt and pepper took Rick Karlin HOT DISH ALL-MALE BURLESQUE SHOW AT THE WRECK BAR care of that. My hubby loved his salmon and Parmesan-truffle French fries. Both parts of the dish were perfectly prepared. Your ticket includes a $35 credit towards food and drink, performances are included, but tips are not. Whatever you do, bring some cash because after the show the “mermen” work the room in their skimpy finale costumes collecting tips. The guys were friendly and seemed to enjoy their work. Read more from Rick Karlin is OUTSFL’s food editor, but the views this author here and opinions he expresses in his columns are solely his own and do not represent the official viewpoint of OUTSFL. Have a culinary tip to share? Email Rick at [email protected]. Sign up for our newsletters at outsfl.com/newsletter outsfl knows DAILY - OUR DAILY EBLAST • ISLANDER - TWICE WEEKLY WILTON MANORS EBLAST • SCOOP - OUR WEEKLY EBLAST

7.20.2023 • 27 and and and FALLING ASLEEP WHILE READING A ging can be great fun if we’re kind to ourselves and have a good sense of humor. Frustration solves nothing. Like worry, it’s a waste of time. Also, it’s silly to compare ourselves to people who are older, younger, or the same age. We just got back from a week on a lake in upstate New York. We were with our nephews and their families, all of whom were waterskiing. I taught a lot of them how to ski, and I was so tempted to try skiing again. Getting up wouldn’t be hard, but my lower back and arms would really pay for even a short ride around the lake. Sometimes when I acknowledge a memory fog or loss of balance, someone will say, “You’re just 75. I know people in their 90s who are very sharp.” But, I’m not that 90-year-old, and I’m not sure I want to live that long. My fog and my imbalance are not eliminated because I hear about the sharpness of someone much older. We all have different DNA, and different role modeling from our parents and grandparents. At the pain doctor’s office today, we learned that if you had chickenpox as a child, you’re more likely to get shingles. Shingles painfully manifests itself to stress. That’s why we need to be kind to ourselves, to laugh, and to keep things in perspective. I also learned that the tramadol I take to ease the sciatic pain causes brain fog and fatigue. Tough choice. A good reason not to compare yourself to someone your own age or older is that you don’t know what meds they’re on, or if they’ve had prostate cancer, or heart surgery, or a hip or knee replaced. Just because someone replaces all of their car’s parts doesn’t mean they’ll be the “winner” of the race to see who lives the longest. And who cares who wins? My dad used to take naps, and I thought it odd to miss any part of the day. For years now naps have been an essential part of Ray’s and my day. We eat before most restaurants open and are in bed when a lot of people are savoring their second martini. Recently, I caught myself falling asleep while reading a book. Whoa! “Old people do that.” When I let go of the judgment, I loved the experience. I can do a lot of hard labor. Now, if I feel tired, I stop working without shame. If we seniors acknowledge that age will manifest itself in different ways and at different times for each of us, and that we can’t do a whole lot about growing old, it can be a wonderful, well-deserved time of leisure, reflection and perspective. The wisdom that comes with being a senior can make death much less scary. Embrace aging as the key to understanding, for gratitude, and for letting go. And laugh with yourself in loving kindness. CULTURE OPINION Brian McNaught THE WISE SNOWY OWL Photo by No Revisions, via Unsplash. Read more from Brian McNaught has been an author and educator this author here on LGBTQ issues since 1974. Former Congressman Barney Frank said of Brian, “No one has done a better job of chronicling what it’s like to grow up gay.” www.brian-mcnaught.com.

28 • 7.20.2023 LOCAL NAMES TOP SUMMER MARQUEES Miami native D. Smith, a Grammy-nominated producer, singer and songwriter, makes her directorial debut with “Kokomo City,” an awardwinning documentary about Black sex workers opening on Aug. 4 at O Cinema South Beach. Credit: Magnolia Pictures. ENTERTAINMENT FILM J.W. Arnold ‘KOKOMO CITY’ AT O CINEMA Miami native D. Smith makes her directorial debut with the award-winning documentary, “Kokomo City,” opening Aug. 4 at O Cinema South Beach in Miami Beach. Smith, a two-time Grammy-nominated producer, singer and songwriter who made history as the first transgender woman cast on a prime-time unscripted TV show, also filmed and edited the film, which hands the microphone to four Black trans sex workers in Atlanta and New York City. The women – Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell and Dominique Silver – provide searing descriptions of the danger and hardships they face, and their stories earned Smith awards at the Sundance and SXSW film festival. The film is dedicated to Da Doll, who was killed in April. The child of an acclaimed drummer, Smith wrote her first songs as a child for the church choir and later teamed up with songwriter Stacy Barthe to create hits on the Universal label for Lil Wayne, Cee-lo Green, Fantasia, Ne-Yo and Billy Porter. In 2014, Smith decided to live her truth and transition. She was unaware at the time the decision would hold dire consequences for her career, but noted the challenges ultimately led to the film project. “Kokomo City” is currently being distributed by Magnolia Pictures. “Kokomo City” by D. Smith opens Aug. 4 at O Cinema South Beach, 1130 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. For tickets and show times, go to O-Cinema.org. ‘I REMEMBER’ AT SAVOR CINEMA Funny guy Peter Bisuito is reaching the for the stars once again. The local comedian devoted several years to a hopeful sitcom pilot (“Vent & Chester”) and now “I Remember,” his latest big screen project, is debuting on Thursday, July 20 at 7 p.m. at Savor Cinema in Fort Lauderdale. Derek Dawson’s husband Dom is missing, but Derek must overcome repressed memory loss to find him – if he can only remember – teases press materials. Robert Koutras stars as Derek and Bisuito is Dom in the feature filmed in familiar Wilton Manors locations. The rom-com may seem like a departure for Bisuito, who goes for quick, sometimes raunchy punchlines on stage as “My Big Funny Peter,” but he remains hopeful. The screening is sold out. For more information about “I Remember” and to view the trailer, go to MyBigFunnyPeter. com. OUT THOU ARTS Welcome Aboard! Your beautiful vintage Captain Bruce Magnolia Grace Adventures trawler awaits. (352) 220-1016 / MagnoliaGraceAdventures.com • Intracoastal Day Trips • Pampering Weekends • Hourly Rentals • Fireworks EXPERIENCES: • 2-3 day Miami Skyline • Special Occasions • Airshow Viewing • Boat Parade JULY 28 – 29 arshtcenter.org | 305.949.6722

7.20.2023 • 29 Follow Us on Social Media & Stay Connected facebook.com/OutSFL @out_sfl @outsfl SUPPORT OUR JOURNALISM donations to OutSFL can be made here: outsfl.com/static-content/donate “Queer Love,” a new multidisciplinary art exhibit comprised of photography, video installations, paintings, and sculptures created by local LGBTQ artists, celebrates queer relationships and affirms the need for connection and representation. Contributing artists span generations, nationalities, races, and gender and sexual identification, including queer, non-binary, and trans. Co-curated by Nik Harris and G Wright, the exhibit intentionally centralizes images and works of queer women, a segment of the LGBTQ population that historically has lacked representation. The exhibit’s theme emerged from Harris’ and Wright’s reflections on their own struggles to come out, obtain acceptance, and find love. “Growing up Black and queer in the Deep South is hard. I know how important it was to see my dreams of love physically manifested. This project is the completion of a promise to my younger self. That if I survived, I would thrive and make this world better for people like me,” Harris said. Echoing Harris, Wright shares, “Growing up as a masculine presenting Jamaican, I did not see a reflection of myself. It’s hard to be what you cannot see." The Queer Love exhibit helps remedy this. Visionary leaders, Harris and Wright are also the co-founders of the exhibit’s respective presenting and producing entities, Thou Art Woman (TAW) and Black LGBTQ+ Liberation, Inc. (BLINC). TAW is an event series established in 2014 to uplift LGBTQ+ women and allies through visual and performing arts events, often with community partners, such as TransInclusive Group, Thinking Cap Theatre, and Brevo Theatre. The more recently founded nonprofit BLINC, helps BIPOC LGBTQ+ people lead happier and healthier lives through the arts, health and wellness programs, and strategic community partnerships. Through these affiliated organizations, Harris and Wright, create spaces to unite and amplify queer voices, platforms they prize that much more given the latest legislative efforts to curtail LGBTQ rights. The “Queer Love” exhibit also represents a countermeasure to the Stop W.O.K.E Act, which colludes with anti-LGBTQ legislation to impact doubly the black queer community. Wright asserts, “We refuse to be erased as Black people and as queer people.” The exhibit’s anchor, the “Black Queer Love” project, features photographs and video interviews of queer couples. Denise Royal and Tony Brown of Royal Brown Photography conducted and documented the interviews that so powerfully capture participants’ vulnerability and humanity. The exhibition can be viewed on Monday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. through Aug. 31 and by appointment at hello@ thouartwoman.com. Harris and Wright will host an Artist Talk at the closing reception on Monday, Aug. 14 at 6:30 p.m. Admission for this and all exhibition events is free. QUEER LOVE ART EXHIBITION GIVES VOICE & VISIBILITY TO LGBTQ WOMEN Queer Love Featured Artists. Photo by David Muir. ENTERTAINMENT ART Nicole Stodard MORE INFORMATION AT WWW.THOUARTWOMAN.COM.

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