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LOCAL NEWS: Pompano gay man recovers stolen items
‘Bear’ robber suspect, Gregg Sullivan, is still
at large
A Pompano gay man who says he was robbed by a man he met on a gay
Internet site has recovered some of his stolen items at a local pawn
shop. Ken Nyquist said he recovered the items, which included a 1905
gold world championship swimming medal and a gold ring, at Nation’s
Pawn Shop on Oaklan...
- PHIL LaPADULA August 5, 2005
LOCAL NEWS: School board votes to reaffirm policy of tolerance
Video flap causes officials to consider changes
in diversity committee
The Broward County School Board on Aug. 2 voted unanimously to reaffirm
the diversity policy of the school system. The nine-member board also
voted to hold a workshop to discuss revamping the
school-board-appointed diversity committee to make sure it sticks to
its mission of “promoting tol...
- PHIL LaPADULA August 5, 2005
LOCAL NEWS: Lakeland gay couple’s home torched
Authorities decline to classify incident as
hate crime
A young gay couple say their home in Lakeland, Fla., was burglarized
and set on fire July 25. The perpetrators allegedly spray-painted the
words “Die Fag” on their front porch. Police and fire officials have
declined to say whether or not the incident is being investigated as a
hate crime, which ...
- PHIL LaPADULA August 5, 2005
LOCAL NEWS: Suicide by former Miami official renews national
‘outing’ debate
Ethics expert and activist questions paper’s
reporting methods and intentions
The suicide of former Miami City Commissioner Arthur Teele last week
has raised new questions about the ethics of “outing” public officials
who lead double lives and conceal homosexual affairs. Teele, who had
recently been indicted on fraud and money-laundering charges, shot
himself t...
- PHIL LaPADULA August 5, 2005
NATIONAL NEWS: Gay blogger released from ‘ex-gay’ camp
Tenn. teen criticizes gay activists, who say
new online posts reflect coercion
A gay Tennessee teen who gained worldwide attention after detailing his
fear of being sent to an “ex-gay” camp in an Internet posting said the
entire situation has been blown out of proportion, according to his
latest blog. But some gay activists who oppose the camp said the
posting ...
- ANDREW KEEGAN August 5, 2005
EDITORIAL: Did the Miami New Times kill Arthur Teele?
The suicide of a former Miami public official
has once again sparked debate on the question of outing.
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO know what dark thoughts filled the mind of former
Miami Commissioner Arthur Teele as he walked into the lobby of the
Miami Herald shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27. That’s when
the controversial former commissioner made national headlines by
putting a s...
- MUBARAK DAHIR August 5, 2005
COLUMNS: Rush to judgment feeds Islamophobia
Gay activists and HRC condemned the Iranian
executions before learning the facts, smearing Muslims in the process.
IN THE WAKE of the recent London bombings, the Western world has been
propelled into another vicious cycle of revenge against Muslims and the
Islamic world. While mainstream media around the world have more
accurately represented the outpouring of condemnation by Muslim
organizations and instituti...
- FAISAL ALAM August 5, 2005
LETTERS: Letters to the editors
Art guild director wasn’t fired over censorship
To the Editors: The media are the hapless vehicles in an effort to
misrepresent the Board of Directors of the Broward Art Guild.
Simply put, the “Controversy” show last May and subsequent TV segment
on the “Daily Show with Jon Stewart” were not deciding factors for not
r...
August 5, 2005
BITCH SESSION: Bitch Sessions
Love the Christian, hate the closed-mindedness.
The more I read bitches from lesbians, the more I realize they play the
same head games with each other that gay men do.
To the guy bitching about men wearing flip-flops: Have you never been
to the beach? Tons of straight boys who are hot as hell are wearing
them, and just as many hot gay guys ...
August 5, 2005
LOCAL FEATURE: Rising from the ashes
With the help of her art, Elizabeth Jurado
overcame her past and gave herself a new start.
Local artist Elizabeth Jurado began painting two years ago, and is
entirely self-taught. After being featured in group exhibits through
the Broward Art Guild and ArtsUntied, Jurado has now landed her first
solo show as the Stonewall Artist of the Month. But if her work strikes
you as being tha...
- ANDY ZEFFER August 5, 2005
COVER STORY: Roughing it for ten years
The South Florida gay dance troupe, the
RoughRiders, marks a milestone
LONGTIME Roughriders memeber Howard Cunnigham likes to joke that the
dance group has performed at the opening of every Winn-Dixie in town.
That might be an offhand joke, but the troupe has been a staple in the
Fort Lauderdale gay community for a decade, performing at countless
recognition dinners, p...
- ANDY ZEFFER August 5, 2005
COVER STORY: Here come the brides
Gay wedding boom takes off to newly legal
locales
When Rebecca and Jen Stapel-Wax exchanged wedding vows eight years ago,
same-sex marriage was just beginning to pop up on the political and
cultural radar screens. The couple, both 35 and now with two young
boys, traveled from their home in Georgia to their home state of
Massachusetts to be marri...
- DYANA BAGBY August 5, 2005
DISH & GOSSIP: Boys will be toys
The ‘Dukes’ were more than friends, Michael
Lucas burned at Fire Island and Jimi Hendrix asked and told
There’ve been rumblings about an on-set romance between “The Dukes of
Hazzard” costars JOHNNY KNOXVILLE and blonde beauty JESSICA SIMPSON,
but it seems that the real action was man-on-man.
“Johnny Knoxville took advantage of me,” dreamy SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT,
who plays B...
August 5, 2005
HOMEFRONT: Berried alive
Botanists may have a specific meaning for
‘berries,’ but cooks need only worry about how fruitful delights
brighten summer recipes.
I have very fond memories of blackberry picking when I was a kid. There
seemed to be berry vines growing everywhere.
My brother and I would put on long pants and shirts and wander off to
find a berry patch to work.
These were not your pampered, farm-bred blackberries. They were wild,
manly ones wi...
- GEORGE OLIVER August 5, 2005
TELEVISION: ‘Footballers’ scores
Leave it to the BBC to air ‘Footballers Wive$,’
a show so trashy, campy, fabulous and addictive it made the leap to
America.
EVIL TONYA TURNER might be able to beat bitchy Alexis Carrington in a
catfight.
For all of you who say, “There is no way that anyone could top Joan
Collins’ diva-licious antics on ‘Dynasty,’” you haven’t seen
“Footballers Wive$.” It’s in the m...
- BRIAN MOYLAN August 5, 2005
THEATER: Bang for your buck
Campy cross-dressing, hilarious slapstick,
ingenious costuming and relentless political incorrectness combine to
make the ‘Big Bang’ a draw for gays.
WHEN I FIRST GAZED UPON THE SET for “The Big Bang,” I thought that it
looked like some stuffy queen’s overly designed home, filled as it was
with an eccentric mix of leopard skin chairs, antique wood cabinets and
a dizzying amount of knick-knacks.
I didn’t realize at the tim...
- MUBARAK DAHIR August 5, 2005
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 & 6 CAESAR: All hail Caesar! The
porn superstar makes his first Florida appearances at the Boardwalk on
Friday and...
August 5, 2005
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