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2 • 6.1.2023 June 1, 2023 • Volume 1 • Issue 1 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 PUBLISHING CONSULTANT Pier Angelo 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 OUTSFL @OUT_SFL @OUTSFL Cover photo compilation by Derek Palmer using photos from iStock.
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6 • 6.1.2023 www.vivagenhealth.com [email protected] 954-372-2756 *generic semaglutide Ozempic* (Semaglutide) Medication assisted weight loss! CALL TODAY FOR FREE TELEMEDICINE OR IN PERSON CONSULTATION NO INSURANCE APPROVAL NEEDED CUSTOM PROGRAMS FOR YOUR GOALS STONEWALL PRIDE RULES COMING INTO FOCUS NO PASTIES OR PLUNGING DRESSES ALLOWED “They’ve banned drag!” “Pride is more like shame!” “We’ve been betrayed by our leaders!” Emotions have been running strong since a vague, potentially devastating new law went into effect in Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis and his GOP supermajority wrote a law that seems to skirt the first amendment and ban all public drag. It now appears much of the hysteria and hyperbolic rhetoric may be overblown. To be sure, the situation is perilous. No one really knows how the law will be interpreted and enforced. As the first major LGBTQ event in Florida since the law passed, Stonewall Pride and host city Wilton Manors are about to be the legal guinea pig. Stonewall CEO Jeff Sterling is in charge of the event, and speculation about his intentions has run the gamut. He plans to present details of a “Code of Conduct” to vendors and businesses next week, but has given OutSFL an idea of what to expect at the June 17 event. “There will be a code of conduct, and a dress code is just a part of that,” he told OutSFL. While an initial reading of the law had many believing there would be no drag anywhere at Stonewall, Sterling is setting the record straight. The code of conduct and dress code will only be applied to people in the parade, on public stages, and vendors. “Those are people who choose to be in their positions.” Even in those spaces, drag queens will be allowed. Sterling said the dress code will be for all participants and will require full speedos, a bit more than a thong or what would be acceptable even at a public beach. Females, or female presenting, must have prosthetics covered at all times, so no plunging dresses. He also says pasties will not be a way to skirt the code. That said, drag entertainment may be booked at some of the stages up and down Wilton Drive. “There is no ban on drag. Everyone is welcome, and we mean it.” The code of conduct will also stipulate that any public entertainment must avoid lewd innuendo or gestures. Sterling says these rules have been in place for years, but not enforced. This year will see enforcement because it’s Stonewall Pride 2022. Photo by JR Davis. believed DeSantis’ minions will be in the crowd, looking for a “Gotcha!” moment. The new law is intentionally vague, and could be wielded like a blunt instrument by DeSantis. Even before the law, he was using code enforcement to revoke liquor licenses of establishments that hosted public drag entertainment. Now city employees and elected officials could be removed by the governor’s office and replaced by people who don’t share the same vision of openness and inclusion. While everyone is upset at the situation, Sterling says it’s important that the community lives to fight another day. “My number one overriding goal is to protect this event so we can hype it in the future.” Sterling is known for keeping a low profile and his get-the-work-done attitude. But this year has seen immense interest in Wilton Manors and Stonewall. So while he prefers to remain behind the scenes, Sterling believes the national attention will bring new allies. “We’ve never had so much press. I’m hoping we get some good out of this.” It is possible that an unplanned group could emerge from the crowd during the parade or try to rush a stage. Sterling said he’ll deal with situations as they happen and protestors will, at a minimum, be asked to leave. “I don’t expect a problem. There are five to six thousand people working on the event. Of those people, easily 99% want to be there.” As for a less raucous Pride, Sterling says it’s a step the community needs to take. “Pride itself needs to be elevated so we don’t stand there with hands over the eyes of a child.” NEWS LOCAL ‘THERE WILL BE A CODE OF CONDUCT, AND A DRESS CODE IS JUST A PART OF THAT.’ John Hayden
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8 • 6.1.2023 DESANTIS STUMBLES INTO 2024 RACE WITH CHAOTIC, DISORGANIZED ANNOUNCEMENT More than 300,000 Twitter users were logged in at 6 p.m. ET on May 24 to hear Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis begin his 2024 presidential campaign in an announcement address featuring the social media platform’s owner, Elon Musk. Moments after moderator David Sacks kicked off their conversation, however, the audio cut out due to technical glitches that persisted for nearly half an hour as the event was steadily hemorrhaging listeners. Those who joined or rejoined the event at various times after about 6:30 p.m. ET might be forgiven for thinking the topic was Musk rather than DeSantis, who is widely considered the candidate likeliest to unseat former President Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s frontrunner for the nomination. At one point, for instance, U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) entered the chat to tell the polarizing billionaire tech entrepreneur, “I’m one of your biggest fans” and brag, “I’m one of the first members of Congress to own a Tesla,” the electric carmaker founded by Musk. Following reports on May 23 of DeSantis’ unorthodox plans to announce his run for president, pundits saw a golden opportunity for the Florida governor to generate buzz around his campaign, which seemed to lose “DANGEROUSLY OUT OF STEP WITH AVERAGE AMERICANS’ VIEWS ON FREEDOM AND EQUALITY, DESANTIS HAS WEAPONIZED HIS POSITION AS GOVERNOR TO TARGET AND PUNISH ANYONE HE CONSIDERS HIS POLITICAL ENEMY, INCLUDING LGBTQ+ FAMILIES.” - KELLEY ROBINSON PRESIDENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Photo courtesy of DeSantis’ office. momentum leading up to its official launch. Responding to questions from Sacks, DeSantis defended Florida’s spate of antiLGBT policies, like last year’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which criminalizes classroom discussion of LGBT subjects and, earlier this month, was broadened to cover more grade levels. LGBT groups, Democratic Florida lawmakers, and other critics argue the law was written with discriminatory intent, to create a chilling effect that will discourage educators from creating welcoming environments for LGBT students. Disney came out against the measure, kicking off an ongoing spat with DeSantis, who said on Wednesday that the company “obviously supported injecting gender ideology in elementary school.” The governor also objected to what he characterized as the media’s misleading coverage of Florida’s adoption of policies restricting the educational materials made available in schools. LGBT GROUPS AIR OBJECTIONS TO DESANTIS’ PRESIDENTIAL RUN In advance of Wednesday’s conversation with Musk, DeSantis filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission formally declaring his plans to enter the race as LGBTQ and other civil rights advocacy groups registered their objections to his candidacy as well as to Florida’s policies under his leadership. “Dangerously out of step with average Americans’ views on freedom and equality, DeSantis has weaponized his position as governor to target and punish anyone he considers his political enemy, including LGBTQ+ families,” Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson said in a statement. Following a statement from the LGBTQ Victory Fund, which called DeSantis a “transphobic bigot” who has “no place in government — let alone the White House,” the LGBTQ Victory Institute on Wednesday said his entry into the race is “bad news for America — and even worse for anyone who’s part of a community he’s targeted while in office as governor.” Over the weekend, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for Florida because of “DeSantis’ aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Florida schools.” HRC and Equality Florida followed suit on May 23 with a jointly issued travel notice that cites the potential impact of the state legislature’s recent passage of six antiLGBTQ bills, several of which have already been signed into law. White House Press Secretary Karine JeanPierre declined to specifically address the travel advisories during a press conference, but said Florida Republicans “have attacked diversity. They’ve attacked inclusion efforts. They’ve limited the teaching of Black history. And they’ve launched attacks on the LGBT youth, immigrants, educators and women’s reproductive freedom.” “That’s what you have seen from lawmakers in Florida,” Jean-Pierre said, adding that the Biden-Harris administration will “continue to speak out against discriminatory policies.” NEWS STATE Christopher Kane The Washington Blade COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL LGBTQ MEDIA ASSOCIATION.
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14 • 6.1.2023 WELCOME TO OUT SOUTH FLORIDA L ast week the South Florida Gay News shutdown. This week a new newspaper is born from its ashes. Welcome to Out South Florida. Now more than ever we need a thriving independent LGBT press. There is a growing number of politicians and right-wing activists that wish to silence and erase us. We are facing an unprecedented assault on our culture, our liberty, and our freedom here in Florida, and around the country. Out South Florida will be here to tell those stories. We will be the LGBT newspaper of record. These may be our pages, but this paper is your voice. We will cover the joy and jubilation as well as the sadness and sorrows. One of our jobs is to hold those in power accountable. Sometimes it isn’t pleasant – especially when one of those people are our friends, our neighbors, or our community leaders. We can’t promise you’ll like every story. But we are committed to being fair and accurate. The four tenets of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics are Seek Truth and Report It; Minimize Harm; Act Independently; and Be Accountable and Transparent. We believe in those principles. Last week when SFGN shuttered its doors some folks were gleeful in its demise. To those I say this: a free press is a cornerstone of democracy. We are a newspaper – not an echo chamber. There will always be those who disagree with a particular story or angle. We will always welcome your criticism and feedback. I respect and admire news outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post, and so many others. But that doesn’t mean I agree with or like every story. Some I vehemently disagree with. For example the New York Times has recently come under fire from LGBT activists pushing it to cover the transgender community more fairly. But that doesn’t mean I want the outlet to shut down. Imagine if every outlet that produced a story you didn’t like was forced to close. We hope you believe in the freedom of the press as much as we do. So how can you support us? Advertise. Donate. Subscribe to our newsletters. Follow us and share our stories on social media (@out_sfl on Twitter, @outsfl on Instagram and Facebook.com/ OutSFL). Welcome to Out South Florida. Thank you for reading. SPEAKING OUT PUBLISHER’S CORNER Jason Parsley is the co-owner and publisher of OutSFL. He served as the editor of the South Florida Gay News for 12 years. Follow him on Twitter @jeparsley and Instagram @parsleypastries. Jason Parsley THESE MAY BE OUR PAGES, BUT THIS PAPER IS YOUR VOICE. WE WILL COVER THE JOY AND JUBILATION AS WELL AS THE SADNESS AND SORROWS. Photo via Vecteezy.
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18 • 6.1.2023 FLORIDA’S ANTI-TRANS SLATE OF HATE Y ears ago I was a Republican. I was just out of college, a newly named advisor to a governor in the Midwest. One morning about six months in, our chirpy secretary, I’ll call her Tess, came to work downcast. Although our office was dark (mahogany paneling, green glass lampshades), I could see she’d been crying. Her face was puffy and her hands were shaking. I tried to comfort her without prying. She spent all day answering calls and typing, never leaving her desk, speaking softly and taking messages with her eyes down. One morning she came in with a bruised face; it looked like a broken blood vessel. Without taking off her coat, she asked if we could talk in confidence. As we walked under the glass Rotunda toward the lounge, the pressure of maintaining her composure at a job she sorely needed exploded. She let me hug her, wracked in sobs, and began to talk. THE SILENCE BREAKS What vexed Tess was her 5-year-old son. More accurately, what tormented her was how her husband treated him. The problem was that young Robin wanted to wear girls’ clothes. He was excited to be a new Kindergartener, and wanted to wear dresses to school. As a toddler, Robin had preferred dolls to trucks. Her husband tried to teach him the joys of toy soldiers and cars, but it wouldn’t take. Tess knew her baby boy was different, but thought it might be a phase. Her husband saw things differently. Tess’s husband crafted his own form of aversion therapy. As Robin grew into a preschooler, his father slapped and punched him if he caught him holding one of Tess’s antique dolls, punctuating the blows with words of degradation and shame. Tess struggled to shield her son, to deflect her husband’s anger toward herself instead, but a secretary with three young children could not afford divorce. Young Robin began spending days in his room. Photo by Karollyne Videira Hubert via Unsplash. One time, her husband gone to work, Tess decided to let 5-year-old Robin wear a dress at home, complete with hair barrettes. Dressed to suit himself, the boy didn’t parody or parade in front of the mirror. Instead, he climbed next to his mom on the sofa, and pressed into her side. She put her arm around him in quiet acceptance, pierced with a premonition of what Robin might face in life if this wasn’t just a phase. They embraced in peace, and fell asleep on the couch. Her husband woke them up. In a screaming, spittled rage, he lifted the boy off the sofa by the neck of his dress. He ripped it off, and beat Robin so severely he missed school the next day, the same day Tess came to work with bruises of her own. FLORIDA’S GOP BULLIES I think of Robin and Tess whenever I read the slate of hate spreading through Florida’s GOP controlled legislature. DeSantis conservatives can’t seem to get enough of bullying vulnerable kids like Robin, kids who may be confused about their gender, or who may in fact be transgender. DeSantis prohibited gender-affirming medical care for minors, not through legislative action, but by executive fiat. At DeSantis’ behest, Florida’s Board of Medicine, all of whom are DeSantis appointed- voted to ban gender-affirming care for minors, regardless of what parents know about their own child. Florida’s SB 254, now close to signature into law, will codify the Board’s rule into statute, and worse- make it a thirddegree felony. DeSantis also expanded the reach of his hateful “Don’t Say Gay” law the same way — through executive fiat — by urging Florida’s Board of Education to expand the speechrelated ban through high school. Although transgender people comprise less than 1% of the population, Florida’s GOP lawmakers have filed over a dozen bills targeting them, regulating what bathrooms they can use, what medical decisions they can make, and what they can express in public. Florida’s puritans don’t protect young Robins of the world, they justify their beatings. LIMITED GOVERNMENT HYPOCRITES It’s hard to decide what’s worse: the cruelty, the ignorance, or the hypocrisy. Conservatives trying to disappear gay and trans children promote ‘limited government.’ Expanding state powers to dictate private medical choice and regulate school speech is the opposite of limited government- think of the apparatus required to enforce it. What is it about trans children in particular that drives conservatives to frenzy? Trans people have always been with us, including the two-spirit people of North America, the Hijira from India, Kathoey from Thailand, and Fa’fa’fine from Samoa, to name a few. Instead of learning about the full, beautiful spectrum of humanity, GOP bullies remain defiantly Dark-age ignorant. Two weeks after Florida expanded “Don’t Say Gay,” Montana’s GOP, refusing to be outdone, muzzled a transgender legislator for speaking out against their anti-trans efforts. The gentlewoman from Montana may be silenced today, but she will have the last word: GOP state legislators, picking on vulnerable children like Robin, will soon have blood on their hands. Sabrina Haake Sabrina Haake is a 25 year litigator specializing in 1st and 14th Amendment defense. Her columns appear in OutSFL, Chicago Tribune, State Affairs, and Howey Politics. She and her wife split their time between South Florida and Chicago. VIEWPOINT THE HAAKE TAKE OPINIONOPINION
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20 • 6.1.2023 LET ME MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER L et’s start at the very beginning. When we read we being with ABC. When you’re gay you begin with LGB. The “L” is for “Lesbian,” females who are attracted emotionally and/or sexually to other females. The “G” is for “Gay,” males who are emotionally and/or sexually attracted to other males. It can also be used by some to mean all homosexuals, male and female. The “B” is for bisexuals who have the capacity to be attracted to both males and females, but rarely equally. Many bisexuals embrace the terms “gay” or “lesbian,” because of the desire to affirm that part of themselves that is homosexual. Here, let me make it easier. LGBTQIA+ The “T” is for “Transgender, an umbrella term that covers transsexuals, crossdressers, and anyone else who feel that their gender, “man” or “woman” doesn’t fit their biological sex, “male” of “female.” The “Q” is for “Queer,” an umbrella term for anything other than the norm. It can mean “gay,” “lesbian,” “bisexual,” “transsexual,” “gender queer,” “sexually queer,” “intersex,” and “non-binary.” The “I” is for “Intersex,” individuals whose sex is unclear based on exterior genital features, and interior chromosomes and levels of estrogen and testosterone hormones. The “A” is for “Asexual,” people without sexual interest or drive. Letters are sometimes added to the acronym, such as another “Q” for people who are “Questioning.” You’ll also see an extra “A” for “Allies.” At the end of the acronym, you may see a “+” sign. That is any group not yet identified with a letter, such as people who identify themselves as “Non-Binary.” People who are non-binary reject the social construct of Photo byCarlos de Toro, via Unsplash. male and female. They usually prefer the use of the pronoun “they.” There’s a lot going on in our Rainbow Community, such as changing the Rainbow Flag to have it incorporate colors for races, except Asians, and triangles for people who are transgender. Transgender people have their own flag, and it doesn’t have a rainbow, nor does a Black Lives Matter flag have a rainbow. But, I’m 75 and I’m not in charge. I never have been. I’ve spent 50 years helping audiences in colleges and corporations build their confidence in what all these letters and words mean. When you’re well educated, the fear disappears. The people who have taken my place on stage may be telling their audiences very different things than I did. I’ve always made the distinction between “homosexual” and “gay” that a person who tolerates their same sex attractions are homosexual and people who celebrate their same sex attractions are gay. My hope is that everyone is happy with what they name themselves and how they live their lives. I don’t use the word “queer” to identify myself, nor do I put preferred pronouns under my name. The rainbow stickers on our car are the traditional colors that were usually used. That’s just me. And that brings us back to doe. CULTURE THE SNOWY OWL Brian McNaught has been an author and educator 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. Brian McNaught MY HOPE IS THAT EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY NAME THEMSELVES AND HOW THEY LIVE THEIR LIVES. General & Cosmetic Dentistry 954-565-7666 Always Plenty of Free Parking • Conveniently Located on Wilton Drive Dr. David K. Warner, DDS, FAGD State of the Art Facilities • Most Insurance Plans Accepted 1946 Wilton Drive Wilton Manors • FL 33305 www.IslandCitySmiles.com Dr. Stephen T. Scoglio, DMD Your smile should leave a great impression. Comprehensive Exam, Digital X-Rays & Cleaning* $69 New Patients ($312 Value) *In the absense of gum disease. Not applicable to insurance benefits. Welcoming
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22 • 6.1.2023 FLORIDA LGBT HISTORY History was never as straight as we are told. Recording our history means reporting the truth. 1800–1970 After Florida became a territory of the United States in 1821, the Territorial Legislature enacted laws against fornication, adultery, bigamy, and incest, as well as against “open lewdness, or … any notorious act of public indecency, tending to debauch the morals of society.” Florida’s first specific sodomy law, which was enacted in 1868 and made sodomy a felony, read: 1900–1960 The general attitude about homosexuality in Miami mirrored many other cities’ across the country. Though gay nightlife in the city had enjoyed the same boisterous existence as other forms of entertainment in the 1930s, by the 1950s, the city government worked to shut down as many gay bars as possible and enacted laws making homosexuality and cross-dressing illegal. From 1956 to 1966, the Johns Committee of the Florida Legislature actively sought to root out homosexuals in state employment and in public universities across the state, publishing the inflammatory “Purple Pamphlet”, which portrayed all homosexuals as predators and a dire threat to the children of Florida. In the 1960s The Miami Herald ran several stories implying the life of area homosexuals as synonymous with pimps and child molesters, and WTVJ, a television station, aired a documentary Image created using photos from Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons. titled “The Homosexual” in 1966 warning viewers that young boys were in danger from predatory men. 1960–2000 Florida courts interpreted the 1868 law to prohibit all sexual activity between two men or two women. In 1971, the Florida Supreme Court struck down the “crime against nature” statute as unconstitutionally vague. The court retained the state’s prohibition on sodomy by ruling that anal and oral sex could still be prosecuted under the lesser charge of “lewd and lascivious” conduct. The public image of homosexuals changed with liberalized social attitudes of the late 1960s. In 1969, the Stonewall riots occurred in New York City, marking the start of the gay rights movement. Though gay life in Miami was intensely closeted, and bars were subject to frequent raids, Christ Metropolitan Community Church—a congregation for gay and lesbian Christians in Miami—was founded in 1970 as a religious outlet, attracting hundreds of parishioners. JESS CLAWSON University of Florida: The 1972 Democratic National Convention was held in Miami, featuring, for the first time, a public speech about the rights of gay men and lesbians by openly gay San Francisco political activist Jim Foster. Jack Campbell opened the Miami branch of Club Baths in 1974. When it was raided, he made sure that all charges against those arrested were dropped, filed a lawsuit against the Miami Police Department prohibiting further harassment, and received a formal apology from the police. Even the depiction of gay men and lesbians in the local newspaper had changed to that of a silent, oppressed minority. By 1977, Miami was one of nearly 40 cities in the U.S. that had passed ordinances outlawing discrimination against gay men and lesbians. In 1977, partly due to the anti-gay Save Our Children campaign led by Anita Bryant in Miami, the Florida Legislature passed a law specifically prohibiting homosexuals from adopting children. In 1978, in an effort to stop the anti-gay work happening in Florida, the Florida Task force was created. It was the lesbian and gay civil rights lobby in Tallahassee, and likely the first statewide LGBT organization with a paid lobbyist. Patrick Land was the first executive director/lobbyist. Dr. Ronni Sanlo was the second, serving from 1981 to 1983. One of the primary pieces of work during that time was to fight the Bush-Trask amendment, an addendum to the Florida appropriations bill that would have eliminated all state funding (including football money!) to Florida’s colleges and universities that supported LGBT student organizations. The bill was signed into law but was found unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme Court. In 1997, Equality Florida was established, becoming the largest statewide LGBT rights lobby organization. 2000s Same-sex sexual activity remained illegal in Florida until 2003, when the United States Supreme Court struck down all state sodomy laws with Lawrence v. Texas. As of mid-2011, the state’s sodomy law, though unenforceable, had not been repealed by Florida legislators. Since the passage of the Florida Amendment 2 on November 4, 2008, by a vote of 61.9% in favor and 38.1% opposed, both same-sex marriage and civil union had been banned by Florida’s state constitution. Despite that temporary setback, a major victory for LGBT rights on November 25, 2008, when Judge Cindy S. Lederman declared the ban on homosexuals adopting children violated the equal protection rights under the Florida Constitution. Same-sex marriage in Florida became legal on January 6, 2015, as result of Brenner v. Scottl. 2023 Thanks to “ Adoph” DeSantis, all our gains are in jeopardy. Dark days ahead. Once again we are an easy target for homophobes and self-righteous politicians. We might have to enlist all the Drag Queens to restart a Stonewall 2. Watch your backs and don’t be complacent. This is war. THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF HOMOSEXUALS CHANGED WITH LIBERALIZED SOCIAL ATTITUDES OF THE LATE 1960S. CULTURE HISTORY Pier Angelo was born in Italy, moved to England at the age of 17 and learned English at the Nelson School of English. He attended college and graduate school in Manhattan. In 2009 he co-founded SFGN with Norm Kent. Now he’s retired with his husband Tom and his Affenpinscher Cabbage. Pier Angelo
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24 • 6.1.2023 “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 injectable PrEP! 1 SHOT every 2 MONTHS protects you from HIV. Get your Rx at our in-house pharmacy. Call today to see the experts in HIV care and prevention! Dr. Schumann, MD Dr. Bolivar, MD João Rodrigues, APRN 954.530.8357 2608 NE 16th Ave. | Wilton Manors, FL 33334 A laska is big. So big, we’re not even going to try to give you guidance on the whole state. For starters, let’s focus on Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula. Anchorage is Alaska’s largest city and home to a hearty queer population. “I know lots of queers that come up here for a vacation adventure and love this place,” said Anchorage Assemblyman Christopher Constant, a gay man who migrated from the central California coast 25 years ago and fell in love with the northern lights. With a population hovering around 300,000, Anchorage has all the things an urban dweller would desire. Mad Myrna’s, (530 E. 5th Ave.), is the drag bar downtown with dinner shows and The Raven, (708 E. 4th Ave.), is a nearby Levi-leather bar that oozes a bunkhouse feel for the more mature crowd. Anchorage also offers an assortment of independent restaurants and cafés, a worldclass art museum and a full range of hotels and bed and breakfasts. A scrumptious tundra omelet at the Snow City Cafe, (1034 W. 4th Ave.), is a good way to fuel up for a day of exploring. Reindeer sausage can be found on a lot of menus, but you may have to answer to Santa Claus if too many go missing! To immerse yourself in the local community, drop by Writer’s Block Bookstore & Cafe, (3956 Spenard Rd.), which has a nice selection of books, magazines, small gifts and hosts a wide array of events. The food is homemade and the pelmeni is delish! Once you’ve seen the city, get a rental car at the Anchorage airport because you’re gonna need it. You can take the Alaska Railroad down to Seward, but for this story, we’re sticking to the road. There are several photographic pullouts on the Seward Hwy. and we recommend Potter Marsh – for bird watching – and Beluga Point for a look into the gorgeous Turnagain Arm. The arm, a body of water, got its name from notorious British explorer Captain James Cook, who, as the story goes, had to keep telling his crew to “turn again!” (While in Anchorage be sure to take a peek inside the historic Hotel Captain Cook.) Once in Seward, hop on one of the Kenai Fjords Tours for a fascinating ocean cruise into Kenai Fjords National Park where you’ll get an up-close look at huge glaciers and likely see a lot of marine mammals along the way. Timing is important when planning your Alaska visit. The peak season runs from late May to early September when the state truly becomes the home of the midnight sun. Alaska, Delta and American Airlines all offer non-stop flights from Seattle to Anchorage. GET YOUR FEET WET ON ALASKA’S KENAI PENINSULA Photo via Travel Alaska, Facebook. CULTURE TRAVEL ADVENTURE AWAITS FOR LGBT TRAVELERS FOR MORE INFORMATION, DISCOUNTS AND TRIP IDEAS, VISIT TRAVELALASKA.COM. John McDonald
6.1.2023 • 25 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 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, FL 33305 954-633-2987 - HolyAngelsFL.net Sunday Mass at 11AM ST. NICHOLAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1111 E. Sample Road Pompano Beach, FL 33064 954-942-5887 | StNicholasFL.org Sunday Service 9:30AM SAINT MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND SCHOOL 1750 East Oakland Park Blvd Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 954-563-5155 | www.saintmarksftl.com Worship Sundays @ 8am and 10:30am SPIRITUALITY LISTINGS Worship Sundays @ 8 am and 10:30 am *during our 10:30 service we are joined by the choir and an organist. ASL accessible. Find us on Facebook and YouTube. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church and School The Reverend Grant Wiseman, Rector 1750 East Oakland Park Boulevard @ Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33334 954-563-5155 @ www.saintmarksftl.com
26 • 6.1.2023 SPIT TAKE I t’s hard to believe that the first rodiziostyle Brazilian steakhouse restaurant in the U.S. opened only 30 years ago. In Brazil churrasco (Portuguese for “barbecue”) refers to the way the meat is cooked, on skewers, usually above charcoal. A restaurant serving this kind of food is called a churrascaria (Portuguese for “steakhouse.”) The concept of serving the grilled meat directly off the rotisserie spit, with diners paying a fixed price is called rodizio. Originating in the Southern region of Brazil, most of the rodizios were merely roadside shacks. The format proved so popular in the States, that in a short time, it became synonymous with Brazilian food. Brothers Arri and Jair Coser bought an old and rustic churrascaria (or “steakhouse”) called Fogo de Chão in the city of Porto Alegre. The Coser brothers decided to create a more upscale atmosphere when they brought their chain of restaurants to the U.S. in 1995. Opening in Texas, where they predicted the love of steak equaled that in Brazil. During the next five years, the company opened five locations, one per year, in Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Beverly Hills, and Washington. Now Fogo de Chao has recently opened a Fort Lauderdale location, which joins several other established rodizios. At most American rodizios, the diner is given a twosided chip that alerts the servers (often called gauchos) when to approach the table, or when you need a chance to digest. Most rodizios also offer an extensive salad bar, which vegetarians can often purchase to dine from separately. In such cases, the diner is usually given a chip where the indicator is for no meat. However, the servers are always eager for you to try their wares and sometimes plop the skewer of meat right in front of the vegetarian. FOGO DE CHÃO 201 E. LAS OLAS, FORT LAUDERDALE 754-900-3111 FOGODECHAO.COM Lunch is $43, brunch is $46, and dinner is $61. All include the market table and feijoada (salad) bar and unlimited amounts of the following cuts of meat served tableside: filet mignon, bone-in ribeye, bottom sirloin, pork (seasonal cut) picaňha (Brazilian cut-prime part of the top sirloin), bacon-wrapped chicken and steak, lamb chops, pork, top sirloin, spicy pork sausage, double bone-in pork chop, and chicken. The following side dishes are also included in the salad bar offerings: cheese bread, crispy polenta, mashed potatoes, and caramelized bananas. Indulgent cuts such as Wagyu New York strip, Wagyu ribeye, and dry-aged tomahawk steak, can be added for a substantial price increase ($100+.) The market table and feijoada bar can be purchased on its own for $15 at lunch, $34 at brunch, and dinner. I’m usually in a meat stupor, but desserts are available at an additional cost. RODIZIO GRILL RODIZIOGRILL.COM/FT-LAUDERDALE 1817 POINTE BLVD., DANIA BEACH 954-719-0970 Although a nationwide chain, Rodizio Grill’s only local location is in the Dania Pointe Mall. While the offerings vary from location to location, the following are usually offered; maminha (a tri-tip sirloin steak cut unique to Rodizio Grill), beef tenderloin with chimichurri sauce, beef topped with fresh parmesan cheese, top sirloin, beef with a special garlic butter sauce, chicken wrapped in bacon, bone-in chicken thigh, sweet and spicy chicken, linguiça (Brazilian sausage), Berkshire pork, presunto (a lean cut of marinated ham), lamb is marinated in garlic, white wine, mint, lemon, and a fresh herbal blend. Fish and seafood selection varies from market to market based on what is available and in season, not all locations always offer fish. Try the fresh glazed and grilled pineapple. It serves lunch for $36.99 and dinner for $46.99, both prices feature unlimited tableside rotisserie service and the salad bar. The salad bar alone is $22.99 at lunch, $29.99 at dinner. CHIMA CHIMASTEAKHOUSE.COM 2400 E. LAS OLAS BLVD. FORT LAUDERDALE 954-712-0580 Chima is unique in that you can NOT get just the salad bar. It does offer a salad bar with a single entrée (one of which is grilled CULTURE HOT DISH Rick Karlin is OutSFL’s food editor, but the views 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]. Rick Karlin vegetables). The cost for the rodizio and salad bar is $49.90 for Saturday or Sunday lunch, or $42.90 for salad bar plus one select cut of meat, vegetable, or pineapple skewer, dinner is $63.90 for the rodizio and salad bar, it’s $47.90 for the salad bar and entrée. RGS STEAKHOUSE 360 E. MCNAB RD., POMPANO BEACH 754-222-8242 This independent Brazilian rodizio offers a freshly prepared salad area with cold and hot items. From the grill, it offers grilled meats such as picaňha, ribeye, flank steak, chicken, lamb, and pork. The salad bar offers a buffet with fresh salads, such as asparagus, potato salad, chicken salad, fresh beets, shrimp salad, and hot items such as white rice, black beans, and mashed potatoes. The rodizio and salad bar is $42, and the salad bar alone is $21.50. TEXAS DE BRAZIL 2606 SAWGRASS MILLS, SUNRISE 954-800-4200 TEXASDEBRAZIL.COM With eight locations in Florida alone, Texas de Brazil is the big hitter in the group. Selections will vary by location, but among the rodizio offerings are filet mignon, flank steak, petite filet, beef ribs, barbecued pork ribs, parmesan drumettes, and lamb picaňha. The salad bar is quite extensive, with hearts of palm, tabouleh, marinated artichoke hearts, peppadew peppers, crostini, in-house dressings, smoked salmon, goat cheese terrine, shrimp salad, manchego cheese, prosciutto, and pineapple carpaccio, Dinner served 5 pm.-closing weekdays, 4 p.m.-closing weekends in $52.99, salad bar only $31.99. Weekday lunch M-F noon-3:30, is $30.99 salad bar only $21.99. Weekend lunch S/S noon-3:30 is $39.99, salad bar only $26.99. Photo via Chima Fort Lauderdale, Facebook. TAKE A STAB AT THESE LOCAL EATERIES
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28 • 6.1.2023 “Ithink lots of gay men have prison fantasies,” explained playwright and producer Ronnie Larsen. “One of the biggest porn movies of all time was ‘Powertool,’ with Jeff Stryker playing a prisoner. It’s a thing.” Larsen’s latest play, “The Prisoners,” is actually based on real life – the experiences of a friend who discovered a website that matches “pen pals” with prisoners. “My friend has been living this for 13 years. There are these prison dating sites. You can click on [the prisoners’] profiles and see what they did. It started as a lark and it was a little bit sexual, but nothing really came of it. He actually went to the prison and met the guy, who was very hot but had a swastika tattooed on his chest, covered up by a big black square,” Larsen recalled. In this story, Jeffrey Roach plays Tim, a man who finds himself enamored with prisoner Justin, played by Brandon Campbell. “The play gets very intense quickly,” added Larsen. “It’s a dark erotic thriller.” “The Prisoners” isn’t the playwright’s first foray into the world of the incarcerated. Before the pandemic, he landed a Carbonell nomination for his performance FANTASY AND REALITY COLLIDE IN NEW PLAY ENTERTAINMENT THEATER J.W. Arnold A&E Theater Caption: J.W. Arnold [email protected] RONNIE LARSEN’S “THE PRISONERS” RUNS JUNE 8 – JULY 16 AT THE FOUNDRY, 2306 N. DIXIE HWY. IN WILTON MANORS. TICKETS START AT $35 AT RONNIELARSEN.COM. in “An Evening with John Wayne Gacy, Jr.,” his drama about the Illinois serial killer who performed at children’s parties as a clown. And just last year, Larsen was set to produce “Slammer Girlz,” a riff on campy ‘60s and ‘70s women’s prison flicks. Audiences may see “The Prisoners” as a return to the gay sex-themed shows that made Larsen popular with Wilton Manors audiences. Some of his biggest hits include “Making Porn,” “All-Male Peep Show,” “Truck Stop Sally’s Sex Party,” “Sauna” and “Happy Ending.” More recently, he has co-created the musicals “One More Yesterday” and “Now & Then,” as well as the comedies “The Actors” and “Grindr Mom.” “I’m in this crazy creative zone right now where I do what I want to do and follow the projects that interest me. I’m no longer worried about perception,” Larsen said. “One show is G-rated and the next has a prison rape on stage. I am free.” Audiences have embraced the wideranging offerings at the Foundry, as well as Larsen’s creative journey. “Something incredible is happening between the theater and the audience. They’re telling us to keep doing everything we’re doing,” he added. “Our audience isn’t just coming to see dick. They want to experience the stories we’re telling.” Ronnie Larsen’s new play, opening June 8 at the Foundry in Wilton Manors, explores prison sex fantasies. Credit: Ronnie Larsen Presents.
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