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tarting on Friday and going all weekend long, the Stax Twins were featured at Boardwalk.
On Saturday afternoon Chris Caputo hosted a Smart Ride Pool Party at his home in Wilton Manors. The donation based party will help him reach his
mandatory fundraising goals and amongst the crowd enjoying the weather was The Smart Ride's Glenn
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Weinzeimer who was keeping track of all the great donations. Later that night we went to Ramrod for Pig Dance #121 (first Saturday of every month) starring DJ Bryan Hukill, which as always was filled with leather men and those that admire them!
Afterwards, we headed down to Twist, to end our Saturday evening and as usual it was packed!
On Sunday, I went to New York for the wedding of my
good friends Dr Max and Lauren. The wedding was beautiful!
The rest of the staff, stayed in town and many of them headed to Flip Flops for their monthly T-Dance hosted by Amanda Austin with this month's special guests Carmen Adore, Dee Dee Van Carter and Kitty Meow. As usual, this monthly T-dance was filed with partiers.
Later that evening, the staff headed to The Pub for their Bruit Bears: Necessi T Dance, which featured the music of DJ Alex Ferbeyre and sexy gogo bears.
Everything you need to plan your week u THURSDAY SEPT 6 The GLLN next CLE Luncheon, which is open to everyone, takes place at Timpano Chophouse (450 E Las Olas Boulevard) from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. The speaker will be the Honorable Dean J. Trantalis, Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, recently elected as Fort Lauderdale's first openly gay mayor, and the topic will be “The State of Fort Lauderdale.” The cost is $30 for members and $35 for non-members, by registering at GLLN.org. u SATURDAY SEPT 8
Murray and Peter presents “War on the Catwalk: The Queens of Season 10” at the Parker Playhouse at8pm, with a VIP Meet and Greet at 6pm. The night will star drag race queens Miz Cracker and Monet X Change as hostesses and Vanjie, Vixen, Blair, Dusty and Monique performing. SAGE Book Group presents Insomniac City: New York, Oliver and Me by Bill Hayes at the Stonewall National Library & Archives (1300 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort
Lauderdale) from 11am to 12pm. Bill Hayes came to New York City in 2009 with a one-way ticket and only the
vaguest idea of how he would get by. But, at forty-eight years old, having spent decades in San Francisco, he craved change. Grieving over the death of his partner, he quickly discovered the profound consolations of the city's incessant rhythms, the sight of the Empire State Building against the night sky, and New Yorkers themselves, kindred souls that Hayes, a lifelong insomniac, encountered on late-night strolls with his camera. And he unexpectedly fell in love again - with his friend and neighbor, the writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks (Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, etc.) whose exuberance is captured in funny and touching vignettes throughout the book. What emerges is a loving tribute to New York and a portrait of Sacks at his most personal and endearing, from falling in love for the first time at age
seventy-five to facing illness and death (Sacks died of cancer in August 2015).
The Miami Beach Botanical Gardens presents their Second Saturday Seminar: How To Create Ecologically and Sociologically Sustainable Landscapes with Steve Woodmansee from 10am-12pm. Learn to create an ecologically and sociologically sustainable landscape which incorporates aspects of native plant habitats, rockland hammocks and pine rockland communities. Steve will discuss plantings for our coastal region. Following the talk, you are invited to join him on a special tour identifying the plants in their Pine Rockland Garden. Native species will be available for purchase to add to your garden.
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The Club Fort Lauderdale presents their monthly Cumunion party from 3 to 7p.m.
midnight (FL Res) and only $7 for members after midnight and $10 for non-members (1820 – $12 all night).
u SUNDAY SEPT 9 The Pub presents a benefit The Ramrod will be for Sasha Lords to raise celebrating their 24th money to send her to Miss Florida F.I 2018 from 10pm to anniversary with a free raffle 12am. The Drink N Drag show drawing for a sky diving jump will be extended and include (from 11pm to 1am), the annual free Ramrod 15 entertainers, and also Anniversary Pin (ask your feature silent auction items. Sasha is always there for our bartender), plus Leather werk community, so let's all go out prizes, bar tabs, things for fun and free pig week tickets and to support her! much more. Noche Latina Saturdays inside the Ivy Dance Room u MONDAY SEPT 10 and Patio at the Manor Complex celebrates Brazilian The WMBA (Wilton Manors Independence starring Lana Business Association) Novva Lanudde, and Juliana presents their Monthly Evening Mixer, which will for Rivera as well as sexy Latin Go-Go Papi's. Saturdays at the the first time ever feature Manor is from 11pm to 4 am Speed Networking, so bring and feature NO COVER before plenty of business cards. The
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event will take place at u WEDNESDAY SEPT 12 Hunters Nightclub, from 6 pm- 7:30pm. The cost is free The one and only Kathy for members and $10 for non- Griffin is back with her “Laugh Your Head Off members. World Tour” at the Adrienne uTUESDAY SEPT 11 Arst Center for the Performing Arts. To purchase tickets go to SAGE/Pride Film Series: KathyGriffen.com “Eastern Boys” will be shown on at 1:15pm in the u HOT STUFF Main Hall of the Pride Next Thursday, September Center. They are Eastern boys and come from all over 13 is the grand opening of a sensual experience unlike Eastern Europe: Russia, Romania, Ukraine. They any others called Throb might be prostitutes, but Thursdays at Miami Velvet there is no way of knowing (3901 NW 77th Avenue)). for certain. Daniel, a discreet This is a private men's club man in his late fifties has his and will include: private and eye on one of them – Marek, public rooms, live dancers who agrees to visit him the and performers, free lockers, following day, at his home. full dance floor, and BYOB Has Daniel fallen into a trap? with free mixers and bar Free and open to the public. staff at your request. Book Popcorn and sodas will be online and receive 25% off. served.
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organization. The event also features lots of fabulous silent auction items and raffles. Even if you are not bowling, go out and support! For more info, go to: HungerFighters.org.
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COMEDIAN - KATHY GRIFFIN
She speaks! After a year of national scandal and following a sold-out run of stand-up shows and rave reviews around the globe, Kathy Griffin is returning with the much-anticipated North American continuation of her “Laugh Your Head Off” World Tour armed with the story of the now infamous and controversial photo (yes…THAT photo). She will also be breaking down everything in the pop-culture landscape from Trump to the Kardashians. Wed, September 12; 8 pm; Arsht Center (1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami); Tix: start at $39.50; ArshtCenter.org CONCERT - PAUL SIMON
Legendary songwriter, recording artist, performer, and half of he legendary Simon and Garfunkel, will be bringing his Farewell Tour to South Florida. Catch this iconic performer one last time, and watch one of the best musicians of our time. Sat, September 8; 8pm; BB& T Center (1 Panther Pkwy, Sunrise); Tix start at $46; theBBTCenter.com POVERELLO - BOWL A THON
The 28th annual Bowling to Fight Hunger (which us old timers still refer to as the Poverello Bowl-A-Thon raises tens of thousands of dollars for this important organization. If you can’t bowl, there are many ways to support: You can attend and bid on the many silent auction items and/or buy raffle tickets, you can sponsor a bowler(s) or team(s) or you can just make a donation. Sat, September 8, 12-4pm; Sawgrass Lanes (8501 N University Drive, Tamarac); Poverello.org DRAG RACE – QUEENS LIVE!
Murray & Peter Present War On The Catwalk – The Queens From Season 10. An evening of high energy drag starring some of the contestants from the reality television show on VH1. Scheduled to appear is: Miz Cracker, Monet X Change, Vanjie, Vixen, Blair, Dusty and Monique. Sat, September 8, 8pm (VIP Meet and Greet 6pm); Parker Playhouse (707 Northeast 8th Street Fort Lauderdale); Tix start at $23; (Parkerplayhouse.com CONCERT - SALSA
The City of Miami Beach presents “First Friday” concerts this month featuring the José Fajardo Salsa Project celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! Friday, September 7; 7-10pm; Normandy Fountain (7802 Rue Vendôme, Miami Beach); Free Hotspots.LGBT | 23
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Celebrating the 25th anniversary of her GRAMMY-award winning, critically acclaimed album Ingénue, she brings her platinum-selling record to audiences that will experience the album performed live in its entirety, including the Grammy Award–winning hit “Constant Craving”— along with hits from her 2004 Nonesuch debut album, Hymns of the 49th Parallel. Fri, Sep 7; Broward Center for the Performing Arts (201 Southwest 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale); Tix: $30-$89; BrowardCenter.org FESTIVAL – ART LAUNCH 2018
This is Miami’s biggest annual event celebrating and kicking off the Arts Season—and it’s FREE! Join them for a day of fun and discovery: family activities, mini performances, a community arts village of more than 100 arts and cultural organizations, chef demonstrations, food, live bands, DJs and more. Plus—the majority of the Arsht Center’s season will go on sale for individual show tickets for the first time—and if you purchase in person at the box office, they will waive their ticket handling fees! Sat, September 8; Starts at 10am and goes all day; Arsht Center (1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami); free admission COMEDIAN – DREW LYNCH
Who can forget the lovable Drew from his performances on America’s Got Talent in 2015 (he was 1st runner up)? He moved to Los Angeles a few years prior to that with aspirations of becoming a fully articulate film actor. Then something completely unpredictable happened; during a softball game, Drew got hit with the ball causing damage to his vocal cords which left him with a stutter. Embrace life even when it throws you a curveball; he brings to life the social hardships of dealing with a newly-found speech impediment. Fri & Sat, September 7 & 8; Palm Beach Improv (550 S Rosemary Ave. Suite 250 / West Palm Beach); Tix: $22; PalmBeachImprov.com
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Peppermint is a revenge story centering on a young mother who finds herself with nothing to lose, and is now going to take from her enemies the very life they stole from her. This Action/Drama/Thriller stars Jennifer Garner, Tyson Ritter, Annie Ilonzeh, and Richard Cabral. In theaters Fri Sep 7. Rated R TV- REALITY FINALES
Some of the most successful reality Television show are coming to their finales that you surely will not want to miss. Starting with So You think You Can Dance on Monday, September 10; World of Dance on Wednesday, September 12 and lastly America’s Got Talent on Wednesday, September 19.
Kathy Griffin Laugh Your Head Off Tour comes To Miami
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athy Grif in has won two Emmy's, one Grammy, is a New York Times best-selling author, and is a Guinness World Record–holder for “most stand-up specials by a comedian.” In 1996 she had her irst major TV role in Brooke Shields's sitcom, Suddenly Susan. After that she had a string of hour-long comedy specials on Bravo and her own reality show, and still one of my favorite shows, My Life on the D-List. Since that show ended she has done a lot more stand up specials, many tours, hosted E!'s Fashion Police (replacing her friend Joan Rivers), hosted a talk show and much more. She was more popular than ever, when the infamous mask incident happened. The image triggered a rare instance of bipartisan agreement of disgust and disapproval. Due to this, her tour was cancelled, she was ired from CNN's New Years Eve special which she cohosted for 10 years, and many friends abandoned her. She was also put on the no ly list, the inter pole list (still on), is detained at every airport, had to deal with death threats to herself, her mother and her family, and was forced to go overseas to make a living. Finally, last June, she brought her “Laugh Your Head Off Tour” (you can see by the name
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she is not hiding from the incident) to North America. The tour sold out New York City's Carnegie Hall in one day, and is about to come to the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, September 12.
Why did now feel like the right time to tour again in the States, where you're still receiving death threats? You know, I talked to other people who'd been in scandals, trying to negotiate how much time I would need. I'm trying to explain what happened to me in such a way that people can put themselves in my shoes and say, “You know, she might be annoying, but this is not right. I don't think I'd like it if this happened to my mom, or my aunt, or my sister, or my cousin or my kid. Having lived through it, I feel I'm on a comedy mission to tell people that we need to talk about this. After I kick the bucket, I want some baby gay or young female comedian or young person of color who has a dream to say, This bitch did it at 57! Are you feeling redeemed? I am performing for thousands of people in places I was told I would never work again. The accidental president said “Kathy Grif in
calls from during bad times didn't feel the same way. And it was harder when I would reach out and say, “I need you,” and some people were just not having it. Most people avoided me. Who is your least favorite and most favorite celebrity? Least favorite is Andy Cohen, most favorite Kelly Ann Conway's husband Do you regret anything from the last year? My only regret is that I went live and apologized. I take it back!
will go down.” Well I am up and louring. Heck I was the only standup comic at the Whitehouse correspondence dinner. I was invited by the Washington Blade and I got into ights with at least 4 cabinet members! They also said I would never play Miami again and I am selling out the Arsht Center, how great is that!
Also, one of the reasons this tour is important is that it's allowing me to go city to city and tell people they can hate the picture all they want. I have no problem with that. But I want everyone to know that if your 13-year-old kid takes that same picture and puts it on Twitter, he or she shouldn't be put under a two-month federal investigation.
At one point you were accused of being in Isis, did that affect you? That's so ridiculous….. I can't be in Isis, they don't even have gay bars there!
Many comedians have criticized Trump, and some have been faulted for not, do you hold any bitterness toward comics who have played it safe? I think comics who don't talk about Trump, is bullshit. I really think it's the responsibility of a comedian to push the envelope.
Why do you think you deserve the support of celebrities when so much of your success has been based on mocking them? Because those same celebrities know that when the chips are down—and when they have been down—I am absolutely there for them. It was painful when certain people I was happy to take
What should we expect from your “Laugh Your Head Off Tour”? This tour is about playing the great halls...that's why I am playing the Arsht Center. I will have lots of all new material from the most corrupt administration in history! I want the community to know Jefferson Beauregard Session is deteriorating LGBT rights day in and day out. We need to be concerned about Kavanaugh, and Ober ield…..Florida watch your back…how are they going to gerrymander the polls this time? I also might have to throw in a moment of Oprah or Ryan Seacrest. The show is still ever changing, but I will still be talking about being on the news every 3 seconds .Out of the blue, Sarah Huckebee started taking about me again….and tried to tie me in with Samantha B, and Roseanne (who is a Nazi now). I am so bitter that ABC gave her a multi-million dollar comedy show and not me!
What's Ahead for Kathy? New Year's Eve live with Kathy and Stormy….Wouldn't that be AMAZING? LOL!! There are also multiple things going on at team Grif in…..all pro gays! Also, one of my dreams is, as a lot of comedians have done, a seminal ilm role. I'm de initely still hopeful. But do you know what my real dream is? I would love to do a speaking tour.
To purchase tickets for Kathy's “Laugh Your Head Off Tour” at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, go to: ArshtCenter.org.
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deep inside HOLLYWOOD By Romeo San Vicente
Brace yourself for more Less Than Zero
Documentary Now! Loves Company We see you out there, those of you devoted to Documentary Now! You're not the mainstream TV viewer, to be sure, but you know a good Bill Hader-as-Spalding Gray segment and Errol Morris
You're not the mainstream TV viewer, to be sure, but you know a good Bill Hader-as-Spalding Gray segment and Errol Morris parody when you see one.
parody when you see one, and that means you deserve some kind of television entertainment. Well, the upcoming season of the acclaimed IFC series, created by former Saturday Night Live cast members Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers and Hader, which
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in each episode parodies a different classic documentary – from Grey Gardens to Stop Making Sense – is going to get even more specific. They'll be tackling D.A. Pennebaker's 1970 film, Original Cast Album: Company. It featured the first cast of Stephen Sondheim's legendary musical – Dean Jones, Elaine Stritch, Beth Howland, Donna McKechnie – as they spent all night in a recording studio working on the cast album for that show. The DN! version of this will be called Original Cast Album: Co-Op and will feature guest stars Taran Killam (SNL), James Urbaniak (Venture Bros.), comedian John Mulaney, Tony Award-winning star of Hamilton, Renee Elise Goldsberry, and School of Rock's Alex Brightman. We'll be watching, if for no other reason than to see who'll be singing the fake version of “Ladies Who Lunch.”
If you were around during the 1980s, you remember Less Than Zero, the shocking novel that exposed the depraved lives of a bunch of fictional rich kids in Los Angeles. There were things in that book that cannot be described in polite company even now, and it put its young author Bret Easton Ellis on the map. Then came a hilariously dorky just-say-not-to-drugsand-behave-yourself film version in 1987 starring Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz and Robert Downey Jr. What endures from that debacle is a very cool soundtrack album and a cult following of snickering Gen Xers. Now Hulu has decided to give it another
DOWNEY go, this time as a TV series from Lost writer-producer Craig Wright. It'll star The Walking Dead's Austin Abrams as Clay, the bisexual drug-addicted college freshman home for Christmas break contending with his equally drugged friends, as well as Lily Donoghue (The Goldberg's) and Cooper Koch (Fracture). We're hoping it's a nice period 1982 series, with all the fashion adventures and new wavey details that promises. And it had better be bleak, like noholds-barred, really, really, bleak. Otherwise you might as well just watch Degrassi.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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THE TIME IS NOW
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for Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith at L’Hermitage.
VOTES ARE IN
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FL State Rep. Michael Grieco!
SUPPORTERS
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Thomas has fun at SAVE!’s Luncheon with Yvette from Baptist Health.
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Season & World Series Send Off Party at Georgie’s Alibi/Monkey Bar.
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the boys at her Crazy Daisy P-Town Tea Dance at Georgie’s Alibi/Monkey Bar.
of enchantment at the Pridelines Masquerade Ball at the Faena Forum.
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FOR THE KIDS
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and bring Back to School supplies to The Pride Center’s Founders reception.
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WELCOME TO MIAMI GARDENS
u State Rep. Shervin Jones & Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert III
welcome SAVE!’s Tony Lima, Jimmy Nickerson, Joseph Salzverg and a friend to the Hard Rock Stadium for their latest Business Luncheon.
By Chris Azzopardi 'A Simple Favor' actress on her fluid sexuality, kissing Blake Lively and advocating for 'Pitch Perfect' lesbian love
The pitch is perfectly crazy in Anna Kendrick's walk on the dark side
of filmmaker Paul Feig's warped sense of humor, A Simple Favor. It's martini-sipper mom versus martini-swigger mom. Target mom versus Met Gala mom. Aspirational versus extra. It's regular mom-meets-mom business, a modern mom-com – until Emily (Blake Lively) goes missing. Emily's sudden disappearance prompts Stephanie (Kendrick) to mount an investigation by employing her keen Nancy Drew smarts and posting distressed clips of herself on her dorky craft vlog. (Friendshipbracelet tutorials are just gonna to have wait.) A bit camp? Yep. A bit queer? Obviously. And naturally so, as Kendrick's 15-year career is steeped in queerness: at age 17, she cut her acting teeth on Camp, the 2003 teen musicalcomedy directed by out filmmaker Todd Graff; as Beca, she brought covert aca-gayness to the three-part Pitch Perfect franchise; and in 2014, the 33-year-old Oscar-nominated actress slipped into Cinderella's glass slippers for
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Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods. And her long, impulsive kiss – “just another Tuesday,” Emily notes – with Lively in A Simple Favor, well, it's not exactly straight, she says. Here, the longtime ally talks about attempting to allow the lesbian love to bloom between queer-coded Pitch Perfect leads Beca and Chloe (Brittany Snow), what irks her about self-congratulatory reactions to celebs coming out and, when it comes to her own sexuality, being open like Emily.
A car sing-along, a little camp, some martinis and a mom makeout sesh: Anna, you sure know what the gay community wants at this point in your career, don't you? (Laughs) Oh my gosh! I wasn't thinking of it in that way, but yeah, it is kind of camp. It takes itself a little seriously, but we're always winking or having fun. It's bright and colorful, and there's an unabashed campiness to it – even though the stakes are very real in places.
You didn't recognize a queer sensibility going in? To be honest, when I was going in, there was just so much to play with. I remember having one of those conversations with Blake where we both felt like, “Are we high right now? Are we having a stoner conversation?” Because we were talking about how in a traditional comedy there's a slider that you're on from how subtle to how broad, and with this it felt like you weren't just on this linear slider – you were in three dimensions, and you could go to all these places. It was so much fun as actors to have that, and I know that sounds really stoner-y and existential and dumb. But the world Paul created had so much possibility, and so I wasn't really thinking about one group. I was barely getting my brain around what the movie was in the first place! But I think Stephanie is very much an underdog and she's finding her place in the world. I feel like that's something that queer people can relate to at one point in their lives or another. What was it like coming to set for the first time and seeing the giant painting of Blake-asEmily's vagina front and center in Emily's front room? OK, this is actually really interesting: So that painting – fun fact – was never once on set. That is all post effects. Sometimes it was green screen, and sometimes it was this other painting that was
very nice but very Tumblr art. It was actually Blake's idea to have it be a little bit more, um, obscene. Certainly it's art, but a little more shocking for Stephanie to see. Not so polished, not so pretty, not so coy. I thought that was really brilliant. Regarding Pitch Perfec: Are we ever gonna get the Beca and Chloe love story that they so deserve? I know. I definitely wanted to have an ending that was a Bechloe ending, and we did shoot one version where Brittany and I tricked everybody into just shooting one that was just the two of us getting together. We knew it
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was a long shot. It meant so much to us that there was this following around their latent relationship and, yeah, I thought it would've been really cool if it would have ended up coming to fruition in the end. If we ever do a four, I will fight tooth and nail for it, but I'm not sure it's gonna happen. Because the studio doesn't want to go there with their sexuality? It wasn't like Universal was like, “There can be no lesbians in Pitch Perfect!” Because obviously Cynthia Rose is an openly gay character. But I think they were just confused by it because they weren't listening to all the online chatter about it, whereas I see it every day, and I'm like, “Are you kidding? This is what they want!”
Best lesbian Bechloe fanfiction you've read? OK, I've actually only tried to ever read one. It was so sweet and puppy-lovey that I was like, “Aww, I wanted to read some sauciness!” I thought I was gonna get scandalized! Instead, I was like, “Aww! This is, like, so sweet! This reminds me of The Baby-Sitters Club books.” But I haven't actually followed up on it. You once met a guy at a Gelson's market who told you he does your Camp character, Fritzi, in drag. First of all, how often do you run into drag queens at grocery stores who tell you that you're their inspiration? (Laughs) Not often enough! That was one of my favorite moments of being recognized, ever. And I'm sorry, what's the second part of your question? I got too excited. Which other characters of yours might make good drag material? Stephanie has a real Sandy-in-Grease vibe,
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where she doesn't become the bad girl, exactly, but she loosens up and shakes it off a little bit. But I do always still like Rizzo in Grease, who is more fun than Sandy, so I'm not sure that Stephanie is necessarily the one. She'd have to really just be letting her hair down. You've said you downplayed Fritzi's sexuality when you filmed Camp. The thing that made me uncomfortable about Fritzi was I was 16, but it wasn't so much that she was gay – it was that unrequited gay love situation. I think if she'd been crushing it and getting girls, I would've been like, “Awesome, awesome, awesome!” It was just, at 16 you don't want to be playing the girl that nobody likes, which I totally recognize as I get older is such a silly insecurity issue. But at the time I was definitely like, “Can't somebody just have a crush on me in a movie – god!” Would you have approached Fritzi differently in retrospect? The truth is, I think I would have just enjoyed myself. Todd Graff is amazing, and I'm so lucky to have had him as my first film director. And he really got me to do everything that I think that I would've done as a more experienced actor, regardless, but I guess I regret that I didn't enjoy myself more. You recently won the Choice Twit award at this year's Teen Choice Awards, and I wouldn't be surprised if this was your crowning tweet: “Lot of people seem really proud of themselves for announcing they 'already knew' Barry Manilow was gay. Yeah……ur the true heroes today guys.” When a public figure comes out, taking the attitude of like, “Duh, we knew,” is the weirdest thing to me. Even when celebrities announce that they're pregnant, people aren't like, “Duh, we could tell three months ago.” They're like, “Aww, she's finally ready to talk about the fact that she's pregnant! That's amazing!” And you would think that your sexuality would just be really supported (because) they feel comfortable talking about it now. It's a really weird topic to feel a sense of superiority
that you figured it out first. So much of what you do is just a bit gay. Was that the case for your role as Santa Claus's daughter in the forthcoming Noelle? Again, I would say Noelle has a touch of camp, so hopefully that will be enjoyable. It's been so long and I haven't even seen a cut of it, so I'm like, “What did we make?” Oh, but they did make a point to have same-sex couples wherever we went, whether we were at the North Pole or outside the North Pole. Getting back to A Simple Favor: Where do you think Stephanie and Emily fall on the Kinsey Scale? That's a good question. I think Emily is a surprise for Stephanie, and she is completely in love with her in a way that she can't totally
understand. I do think that Stephanie probably would define herself as straight, except that there is this woman and she really is kind of in love with her and there is a part of her that is attracted to her. That scene: I remember Blake and I both feeling like neither of us wanted to be the aggressor in the scene. Blake was worried that
she would come off as taking advantage of me in that scene because I'm in a very vulnerable place, and I was worried that I would come off like I wanted so much more, and that Blake is just kind of playing and Emily is very comfortable with the fluid aspects of her sexuality, whereas Stephanie has more of an emotional component to it. So, I was worried it would be, like, really sad. We definitely struggled to find that perfect balance of, there's just this moment and they both get caught up in it and it's a little uncomfortable. Yeah, it was a fun day. You've been open about your girl crushes over the years. Have you ever had a girl crush that was or could have been romantic? Let me think about that. I definitely – there's somebody I'm still friends with, and when we met we kissed. This was after high school, and it was the first time I had kissed a girl where it wasn't just like, we're at a party and boys are watching! That horrible performance silliness. But I think I haven't had that emotional love for a lady, which isn't saying it could never happen to me, but I think I'm more of an Emily than a Stephanie. And your lip-lock with your longtime girl crush Blake Lively in this movie – thoughts? (Laughs) I mean, all I'm ever thinking about in (kissing) scenes is, who has gum? Who has a mint? And I think Blake is probably the same because I've never experienced a guy, like, searching for a mint and searching for gum. So, we were the mintiest, freshest two people to have ever kissed in the history of America. Congratulations! Thank you. Call Guinness.
Chris Azzopardi is the editor of Q Syndicate, the international LGBT wire service. Reach him via his website at www.chris-azzopardi.com and on Twitter (@chrisazzopardi).
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Even in prison, Shea Diamond was a star. The concrete floor her stage, the men her audience. And the acoustics? “The best,” Diamond says. The 40-year-old soul songstress stretched her body over the hard ground, beating it while singing a song she wrote in her cell called “I Am Her.” She was serving a 10-year jail sentence at various men's correctional facilities in Michigan for committing armed robbery, a desperate attempt to fund her transition, and “instead of just counting the days and wondering what day it is, I put all the energy into music.” The men were transfixed, moved. “These guys were singing it,” she says, “and asking me to sing it again.” Diamond was released from prison in 2009 with a passel of songs she'd written, moved to New York City, and devoted her new life beyond bars to being on the front lines of transgender
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Now, Diamond's empowered jail musings are free at last on her Tranter-produced debut EP, Seen It All, and a forthcoming full-length. Do you think the world is ready for a major trans artist? Definitely not, but the world wasn't ready for Einstein and his theories either. The world wasn't ready for equality and wasn't ready for slaves to be free. So, the world isn't always ready for change, but change is always going to happen. How does it feel to know that you are a part of the change? It feels absolutely amazing to be a part of the change. In this climate, it's especially important to be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem, so music is able to tap into the areas that we weren't able to tap into. We were definitely on the frontlines protesting, marching and community organizing, and at the end of the day, if people are jamming to a tune, then we will be able to effect more change. When did you first become interested in music? I grew up with a lot of music. My aunties all sang, my mother sings. I grew up with someone always singing. What role has music played in helping you overcome your hardships? Music was able to heal me in every moment, including my confinement. That's when it was
“Being trans, they wanted to punish me extra, they wanted to discard me of yard or telephone privileges for just being me.” the roughest for me, because I didn't have any support. So the family and friends that didn't turn their back on me because of my gender identity, they turned their backs on me because I was a criminal in their eyes. I had to really reflect and deal with myself. I was left to myself and there was nobody else. I had to reflect and be able to internalize a lot, and so I
projected a lot of that energy, both negative and positive, into music and created what at the time seemed to be like poems or just words that started with a story. With “I Am Her,” I said, “I want to be able to express all my feelings about the church, the rejection from the church, how nobody wanted to accept me for being her,” and it talks about how, at the end of the day, I was by myself and I was all right by myself. Being trans, they wanted to punish me extra, they wanted to discard me of yard or telephone privileges for just being me. What did your activism entail? It entailed a lot at different times. Because there were different roles I played within activism, like survival sex worker activism – a lot of work around that. Because a lot of people wouldn't care if (trans sex workers) got murdered because nobody would question, and so that was affecting a large part of our community. Our most
“I've been having people offer to sign me and to buy my song “I Am Her” since I was incarcerated.” marginalized part of the community is the part of our community that is deprived of job opportunities, of other resources, and have to engage in survival sex work, because sometimes it's our only option. Survival looks different for different people, and through my journey I've learned that. We were trying to gather clothing for someone who was trapped in another state, so we would have to raise money in order to get a ticket for them to get back to a safe place because they were deprived food and their clothes were taken. So these things were established within a place that was supposed to do it, but it was us doing it. That's what our activism looked like a lot of the times, doing a lot of things that people don't wanna do. Our activism was protesting, was going to rallies, was going to march, was going to Washington, was going to all of these places trying to change policies. Our activism just looked completely different throughout the years. Hotspots.LGBT | 47
Do you consider your music activism? I do. In my music I believe that I touch things that people don't really touch. I talk about what's happening in our climate, and I believe that the great artists that weren't so popular were the artists that were talking about what was happening in their times and speaking against those things. So everything from “I Am Her,” which became an anthem, to “Keisha Complexion,” that is reclaiming beauty for the dark-complected woman or person. It's dealing with sexism, it's dealing with activism, it's dealing with self-care. There's a part of my song that talks about, yes, we're fighting all these things in life, there will always be oppression, but we have to have one day to just do us. Every element of my music is speaking to your spirit. Recently, the people (told me they) wanna dance, so I said, “OK, OK. I'm gonna give you good music but something you'll be able to
dance to too.” So I'm making music now. One song is still in the activism world, but you're still dancing on it. But the latest one I just worked on has nothing to do with activism. It's just about you literally dancing. Are you still working with Justin on those songs? I am working with Justin. I am able to work with other writers and producers as well, so we've got a mixture of some really good stuff. We've been in the kitchen cookin', and the result is gonna be really delicious. How does working with another queer person, like Justin, affect the collaborative process? What's so special about the relationship is, well, I'm working with a friend now. Literally, he's a person I can confide in, a person I can
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trust, a person I can call on, a person I do call on a lot, probably to the point that it's driving him crazy. (Laughs) But he answers every call. Navigating this already tough music industry, you know, it's sharks, so to have someone who is legit, to have someone who remotely cares about you, not only you as an artist – the money that you can make or what you can do – but who cares about you as a person and your well-being and how you're gonna endure this. What was going through your mind when Justin first contacted you after hearing “I Am Her”? I completely thought it was a joke. I've been having people offer to sign me and to buy my song “I Am Her” since I was incarcerated.
“...the family and friends that didn't turn their back on me because of my gender identity, they turned their backs on me because I was a criminal in their eyes.” And why did you say no? Because for me there were other songs that were on the shopping block! (Laughs) But some songs really were near and dear to me. “I Am Her” was one of them, and the album ones; I wanted to hold onto those. So getting this email from Justin talking about,
“Yeah, I wanna fly you on out to LA,” I was like, “Yeah, suuuure.” (Laughs) I just thought this is one more person that is gonna take me along for the ride. I definitely didn't take it serious. I told him, “Look, I can't afford to go out to California and to the studio,” and he said, “No, I'm gonna pay for your hotel. I'm gonna pay for your flight, I'm gonna pay for your food.” So, because we're in the age of Google, I go on Google and turns out he's a person. Our first meeting was at a Cyndi Lauper performance. That was the first meeting and I was already impressed. Then he flew me and my friend out to California. We were just like queens there. And then going into the studio for the first time – you know, a real studio – to me it was just like magic. Just being able to record “Seen It All” and just the magic of being in that space and in that moment knowing where I came from and knowing where I was in that moment and what I had accomplished despite all those odds. And that song was just perfect, of how I thought I'd seen it all, and I really hadn't.
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CROSSWORD Peppermint Twist ACROSS 1 Homer work 5 Patron of Wilde's homeland, briefly 10 Stats on a stallion 14 Sammy once of the Cubs 15 Pirate's stash 16 Parker of _South Park_ 17 Leopold's partner 18 Responds to yeast 19 "...a deer, a female deer..." 20 Musical in which Peppermint became the first transgender woman to originate a principal role on Broadway 23 In the loop, at a gay rodeo 24 Swiss miss, perhaps (abbr.) 25 As a bottom limit 28 Sea near the Caspian 30 Gives a butt-whuppin' to 31 20-Across is based on the music of this all-female band 35 Anderson Cooper's network 36 Edgar Box to Gore Vidal 38 Ambient rocker Brian 39 Start of a song title from 20-Across 42 More adept 44 Wife of Buck's Wang 45 Blows one's top 47 Where to vote against homophobic candidates 49 Elizabeth Perkins' “Weeds” role 50 End of title 55 Maupin's “ ___ of You” 56 "___ la vista, baby" 57 Pointing to it is the little hand's job 59 "The thing," to Hamlet 60 Fruity-smelling compound 61 Primal impulse 62 Welcome bedroom sounds 63 Nasty type 64 Went right with your stallion
DOWN 1 Subj. for some aliens 2 Honeypot lover 3 Fortune-teller's opening 4 1972 Minnelli musical 5 Leather bands 6 Hot dish holder 7 Sat for “JustUsBoys” 8 Declare firmly 9 New Ager John 10 Moor jealous of his partner 11 Dentist's mouth penetrator 12 Hard to penetrate 13 Melina's “Providence” nickname 21 Some E.R. cases for Dr. Callie Torres 22 Webzine 25 Bend over 26 The sound of music 27 Deity identified with Diana 28 "Got ya!"
29 Legal matter 31 Seventh notes to Debussy 32 Gets hard 33 R.E.M.'s "The ___ Love" 34 Arrange by penile length, e.g. 36 “The Guardians” writer Castillo 37 Architect Maya ___ 40 Shots from Mauresmo 41 “ __ Enchanted” 42 Tibet setting 43 Hairy embrace? 45 Of the season after Mardi Gras 46 Owner of an "arsonist" cow 47 Former “American Idol” judge Abdul 48 Winfrey of “The Color Purple” 49 ___ del Sol 51 Class for future AZT makers 52 Cushiness 53 Went lickety-split 54 Likely to break the condom, perhaps 55 Cruising area 58 Checkers side
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The Frivolist By By Mikey Mikey Rox Rox
5 Reasons To To Resist Resist Tossing Tossing Out Out Your Your Ex-Relationships’ Ex-Relationships’ Mementos Mementos
When a relationship ends, tensions run high – When a relationship ends, tensions run high – and the first thing many of us do to satisfy our anger and sadness is to toss or burn the photos, and the first thing many of us do to satisfy our letters and other mementos our partners have anger and sadness is to toss or burn the photos, given us. This act of aggression won't solve letters and other mementos our partners have anything, and, in fact, will only serve to hurt you given us. This act of aggression won't solve more later. Quell the temptation to pitch your anything, and, in fact, will only serve to hurt you ex-relationships' physical reminders with these more later. Quell the temptation to pitch your five reasons to hold onto them. ex-relationships' physical reminders with these five reasons to hold onto them.
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1. Throwing the mementos out won't getthe back at them 1. Throwing mementos If you think tossing out the tangible out won't get back at them remnants of your relationship is somehow
If you think tossing out the tangible “getting back” at your ex for whatever he or remnants of your relationship is somehow she did, you're wrong. If you're angry “getting back” at your ex for whatever he or enough to go to those lengths, it's safe to she did, you're wrong. If you're angry assume that you're the one scorned while enough to go to those lengths, it's safe to your partner may be eager to move on. If assume that you're the one scorned while that's the case, it's doubtful that they care your partner may be eager to move on. If what you do with those possessions. So, in that's the case, it's doubtful that they care fact, you're not affecting them but rather what you do with those possessions. So, in hurting yourself in the long run by fact, you're not affecting them but rather destroying the evidence. Before you do what can't be undone, stop, think about this hurting yourself in the long run by decision and find something more destroying the evidence. Before you do what productive to do. If you need the mementos can't be undone, stop, think about this out of your sight stat, find a box, tape it up decision and find something more and put it away until you're ready to productive to do. If you need the mementos reminisce. out of your sight stat, find a box, tape it up and put it away until you're ready to reminisce.
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Breakups suck. They hurt; leave us depressed, lonely and Breakups suck. They hurt; leave us depressed, lonely and insecure; and maybe even feeling like damaged goods. insecure; and maybe even feeling like damaged goods. But like other painful situations in life, this too will pass – But like other painful situations in life, this too will pass – eventually – and once the skies clear again for you, you eventually – and once the skies clear again for you, you may reflect fondly on the relationship. When you do, may reflect fondly on the relationship. When you do, you'll be glad you have the reminders that once upon a you'll be glad you have the reminders that once upon a time you had a good thing, and though it didn't work out, time you had a good thing, and though it didn't work out, you were able to successfully move on and make peace you were able to successfully move on and make peace with the fact that everything happens for a reason. with the fact that everything happens for a reason.
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Real talk: It's hard to find someone to whom you're attracted who will put up with your bullshit – for me it is, at least – so when I find will put up with your bullshit – for me it is, at least – so when I find that person, I'm committed to the relationship and making it work. that person, I'm committed to the relationship and making it work. Everybody argues, and sometimes it's easy to call it quits to hurt Everybody argues, and sometimes it's easy to call it quits to hurt your partner's feelings when that's not what you really mean. You might even “break up” a few times along the way – something most your partner's feelings when that's not what you really mean. You us have experienced with at least one relationship – but if you might even “break up” a few times along the way – something most know deep down that there's a chance of reconciliation, us have experienced with at least one relationship – but if you concentrate on that (and the work you'll both need to put in to know deep down that there's a chance of reconciliation, make a go of it again) instead of being destructive. concentrate on that (and the work you'll both need to put in to make a go of it again) instead of being destructive.
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when I was a sophomore in college – but it was the first time I fell My first relationship with a guy didn't last long – about six months in love and experienced gay love in return. We dated long-distance when I was a sophomore in college – but it was the first time I fell for the entirety of the relationship, and to keep in touch in a world in love and experienced gay love in return. We dated long-distance where email was just becoming commonplace, we sent letters and for the entirety of the relationship, and to keep in touch in a world cards to each other regularly. When we broke up, I was crushed – where email was just becoming commonplace, we sent letters and mostly because it was my fault – but that didn't stop me from cards to each other regularly. When we broke up, I was crushed – throwing out everything he ever sent or gave me. He's dead now, mostly because it was my fault – but that didn't stop me from and there are few things I wouldn't give to have those letters. throwing out everything he ever sent or gave me. He's dead now, and there are few things I wouldn't give to have those letters.
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I see my relationships as sort of like getting a tattoo: While there's no physical 5. That relationship is part of your story embrace it representation of that experience on my body, the relationship still leaves an indelible mark. I have many tattoos, and I haven't always been happy with the I see my relationships as sort of like getting a tattoo: While there's no physical end result. I held onto that state of mind for a long time, particularly in my 20s, representation of that experience on my body, the relationship still leaves an but as I've gotten older I realize that I just have to accept the things I can't indelible mark. I have many tattoos, and I haven't always been happy with the change – despite that I'm an absolute control freak. I recognize now that these end result. I held onto that state of mind for a long time, particularly in my 20s, “mistakes” on my body and, similarly, in my personal life are all part of my but as I've gotten older I realize that I just have to accept the things I can't story, my learning experience, and all of it informs the future decisions I make change – despite that I'm an absolute control freak. I recognize now that these so I (hopefully) don't make the same mistakes again. “mistakes” on my body and, similarly, in my personal life are all part of my
story, my learning experience, and all of it informs the future decisions I make so I (hopefully) don't make the same mistakes again.
Mikey Rox is an award-winning journalist and LGBT lifestyle expert whose work has been published in more than 100 outlets across the world. He spends his time writing from the beach, his dog Jaxon at his side. Connect with Mikey on Twitter @mikeyrox. Mikey Rox is an award-winning journalist and LGBT lifestyle expert whose work has been published in more than 100 outlets across the world. He spends his time writing from the beach, his dog Jaxon at his side. Connect with
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Bacardi Headquarters Hosts
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Charo Valero
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The Luminaries, presented by AIDS Healthcare Foundation, welcomes over two hundred attendees each year and proudly recognizes the contributions of those young professionals who have made outstanding strides towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) equality. This year, honorees include Charo Valero of National Latina Institute of Reproductive Health, Jamie Guirola of NBC6, and John Byrne of Prevention 305. Charo Valero serves as the Florida State Policy Director for the Florida Latina Advocacy Network of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. Born and raised in Panama City, Panama, Charo is a proud immigrant and queer Latina feminist who strives to build the community and inspire and empower other women, queer folks, and folks of color. When not at work, Charo is a lead organizer and founding member of Lady Fest Miami, a graduate and current member of the executive team of the New Leaders CouncilMiami Chapter, and serves on the board of Engage Miami. Prior to advocating for reproductive justice, Charo was the Field Director at SAVE, where her main focus was public education and community mobilization for LGBTQ political advocacy at the local, state and national level. Jamie Guirola of NBC6 is a Miami native, who considers it a privilege to be able to tell stories that matter in his community. In addition to being a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters, Jamie is also active in the LGBTQ community. He regularly emcees the annual Equality Florida Gala and is a member of the Miami Beach LGBTQ Advisory Committee. For a brief 58
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time, Jamie also served on the Florida Department of Health's Transgender Workgroup. John Byrne is the founder and owner of the political news site RawStory.com. Recognized as a "PrEP Champion" by the University of California, John recently founded Prevention305, a nonprofit focused on raising awareness and access to PrEP, the once-a-day pill that prevents HIV. In just a few months Prevention305 will launch a digital campaign across various dating platforms in MiamiDade County, educating the local LGBTQ community on the use of PrEp. Last year, in an effort to ensure exceptional work does not go unnoticed, SAVE introduced a People's Luminary Award, asking the community to assist with the nomination process and ultimately vote for a winner. "Last year we received over a dozen nominations within hours of announcing our People's Luminary Award. The finalists received well over 1,000 votes. It was heartwarming to see so many of those we serve feel so passionate about those young professionals who have made an impact in their lives." says, Tony Lima, Executive Director of SAVE. "The winner will be announced at The Luminaries on Thursday, September 13th," Lima adds.
The Luminaries reception, will take place at the Bacardi Headquarters in Coral Gables on Thursday, September 13 from 6-9pm. Attendees will enjoy an open bar courtesy of Bacardi, delicious food, live entertainment and more. Tickets are on sale for $65 at luminaryawards.org.
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La República de Honduras, está ubicada en el centro de América Central, se remonta a 14,000 años en que se estima ocurrieron los primeros asentamientos de pobladores sedentarios. Resalta en la historia geológica de Honduras el hecho de poseer el único reporte de fósiles de dinosaurios de América Central. Antes de la 60
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conquista por los españoles en el siglo 19, lo que ahora es Honduras fue habitado por pueblos de culturas que interactuaron entre ellos en diversos grados, en el tiempo y el territorio. De aquella época sobresalen la cultura Olmeca, la Tolteca y la Maya. El 15 de septiembre de 1821 se firma el Acta de Independencia de Centro América respecto a México
que se proclama en 1823, es en 1838 cuando Honduras se independiza de Centroamérica y se inicia el proceso de integración definitivo que da lugar a la Honduras contemporánea. La institución encargada del censo de la población de la República de Honduras, detalló que existen cuatro millones 629 mil 916 mujeres; de las cuales dos millones 626 mil 329 son del área urbana y el resto del área rural. Mientras que el sexo masculino está representado por cuatro millones 329 mil 313; de los cuales dos millones 291 mil 803 pertenecen a la zona urbana y el resto al área rural. El crecimiento demográfico es de un 1.6 por ciento, el cual ha aumentado en los últimos años. La tasa bruta por natalidad es de 22.1 de nacimientos vivos por cada mil habitantes durante un año. La nación catracha es el segundo país más poblado de Centroamérica y el Caribe, ya que el primer lugar lo ocupa el vecino país de Guatemala con más de 17 millones de personas. El Consejo de Administración del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo estableció en 1989 el Día Mundial de la Población, con el que se pretende centrar la atención en la urgencia e importancia de las cuestiones relativas a la población. Anteriormente en 1968, los líderes mundiales proclamaron que los individuos tienen el derecho humano
básico de determinar libre y responsablemente el número y el espaciamiento de sus hijos. En el 2017 la población mundial fue de 7.600 millones de personas. Se estima que alcanzarán los 8.600 millones para el año 2030. Además, llegará a 9.800 millones para 2050 y a 11.200 para 2100. Estas son estimaciones de un nuevo informe de Naciones Unidas publicado el año pasado.
Los tres lugares turísticos más importantes de Honduras: sus respectivas características y descripciones 1. Ruinas de Copán Situadas entre unos de los lugares más turísticos de Honduras, esta es la antigua capital de un reino Maya que surgió entre los siglos 5 al 6. Hoy sus ruinas declaradas Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO, permiten retroceder en el tiempo, permitiendo apreciar lo que fue su esplendor a través de palacios, pirámides, plazas, estelas y otros monumentos. El conjunto que hoy se puede visitar es bastante extenso, abarcando tanto el área conocida como Conjunto Principal que aloja a la antigua acrópolis, el “Conjunto de Sepulturas” correspondiente a la zona de residencia de la clase dirigente de Copán y el “Conjunto de los Sapos” un poco más alejado de los demás. Dos museos emplazados en el Parque
Arqueológico, terminan por complementar la experiencia de descubrir el mundo maya. 2. Cayos Cochinos Los Cayos Cochinos son un grupo de islas que se destacan impresionantes escenarios caribeños, conformados por dos pequeñas islas principales: Cayo Menor y Cayo Mayor, así como 13 cayos más pequeños de origen coralino. El encanto de estas islas lo constituyen tanto sus escenarios marinos atiborrados de arrecifes de coral como sus interminables playas de arenas blancas, muchas de ellas prácticamente vírgenes. 3. Playas de Utila Sin duda uno de los más paradisiacos lugares turísticos de Honduras, un archipiélago caribeño rodeado de aguas tibias y cristalinas, donde sumergirse en verdaderos tapices de corales y una extraordinaria biodiversidad marina. Tres son sus islas principales: Utila, Guanaja y Roatán, la primera conocida por sus idílicos escenarios marinos donde realizar snorkel entre cientos de especies de peces, manatís y delfines; la segunda también paradisiaca es famosa por sus canales que atraviesan la ciudad a modo de calles, mientras que la última, Roatán, es la más grande y visitada, con espectaculares playas de aguas turquesas como West End y una inagotable oferta de entretención ligada a su amplio
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genre latino / Conexiones desarrollo turístico. La variedad es el santo y seña de la gastronomía de Honduras. Es algo lógico si tenemos en cuenta que la cultura del país tiene muchas fuentes de las que beber: la criolla, de los habitantes originales de la región; la de los colonizadores españoles, la africana que llegó con los esclavos. Si a esto le unimos la gran variedad de materias primas de calidad que aportan los dos océanos con los que linda el país, así como los cultivos tropicales, no es de extrañar que se trate de una gastronomía tan amplia e interesante. Los productos más empleados en la cocina hondureña son las carnes, pescados y aves, las tortillas de trigo y maíz,
el arroz, las legumbres, las verduras, las frutas y los derivados lácteos como el queso. Las distintas culturas del país poseen cada una su propia gastronomía, y dentro de la cocina hondureña nos encontramos con variantes como la criolla, la misquita, la garífuna... Las zonas del norte, centro y sur del país muestran distintas especialidades. Algunos de los platos típicos de honduras, producto de las distintas cocinas del país, son la machuca plátano verde machacado con coco y otros ingredientes, el casabe una especie de pan realizado con yuca, las baleadas tortillas de trigo rellenas con distintos ingredientes,
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típicas de la costa norte, las sopas de mondongo, de mariscos, de gallina, marinera, las quesadillas y tamales, la carne de res asada en pinchos y muy especialmente, el consomé de garrobo, elaborado con la carne de un reptil similar a la iguana. En la zona sur del país son típicos los camarones y los productos de la pesca artesanal, así como todos los derivados de la caña de azúcar y exquisitas frutas como melones, sandías o mangos. Para finalizar, en el apartado de postres podemos degustar especialidades como los alcitrones o frutas caramelizadas, los alfiñiques o las tabletas de leche y coco, entre muchas otras; y en cuanto a bebidas, el café es habitual en todo el país y se consume a cualquier hora, mientras que algunas de las bebidas alcohólicas más populares son el güifiti, la chicha y el vino de Coyol. The Republic of Honduras, located in the center of Central America, dates back to 14,000 years in which it is estimated that the first settlements of sedentary settlers took place. It highlights in the geological history of Honduras the fact of possessing the only dinosaur fossil report of Central America. Before the conquest by the Spaniards in the 19th century, what is now Honduras was inhabited by peoples of cultures that interacted among them in varying degrees, in time and territory. The Olmec, Toltec and Maya cultures stand out in that period.
On September 15, 1821, the Central America Independence Act was signed with respect to Mexico, proclaimed in 1823. In 1838, Honduras became independent from Central America and the process of definitive integration that gave rise to contemporary Honduras began. The institution responsible for the census of the population of the Republic of Honduras, explained that there are four million 629 thousand 916 women; of which two million 626 thousand 329 are from the urban area and the rest of the rural area. While the male sex is represented by four million 329 thousand 313; of which two million 291 thousand 803 belong to the urban area and the rest to the rural area. Population growth is 1.6 percent, which has increased in recent years. The crude birth rate is 22.1 live births per thousand inhabitants for one year. The catracha nation is the second most populous country in Central America and the Caribbean, since the first place is occupied by the neighboring country of Guatemala with more than 17 million people. The Governing Council of the United Nations Development Program established in 1989 the World Population Day, which aims to focus attention on the urgency and importance of issues related to the population. Earlier in 1968, world leaders proclaimed that individuals have the basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children. In 2017, the world
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The three most important tourist places in Honduras: their respective characteristics and descriptions 1. Copan Ruins Located between one of the most touristic places of Honduras, this is the ancient capital of a Mayan kingdom that arose between the 5th and 6th centuries. Today, its ruins declared World Heritage by UNESCO allow us
to go back in time, allowing us to appreciate what that was its splendor through palaces, pyramids, plazas, stelae and other monuments. The set that can be visited today is quite extensive, covering both the area known as the Main Assembly that houses the ancient acropolis, the "Set of Graves" corresponding to the residence area of the ruling class of Copan and the "Conjunto de los Toads "a little further away from the others. Two museums located in the Archaeological Park, end by complementing the experience of discovering the Mayan world. 2. Dirty Keys The Cayos Cochinos are a group of islands that stand out impressive Caribbean scenarios, made up of two Hotspots.LGBT | 63
genre latino / Conexiones small main islands: Cayo Menor and Cayo Mayor, as well as 13 smaller cays of coral origin. The charm of these islands is made up of their marine scenarios crammed with coral reefs and their endless white sand beaches, many of them practically virgin. 3. Beaches of Utila Undoubtedly one of the most paradisiacal tourist places in Honduras, a Caribbean archipelago surrounded by warm and crystalline waters, where you can immerse yourself in true coral tapestries and an extraordinary marine biodiversity. Three are its main islands: Utila, Guanaja and Roatán, the first known for its idyllic marine scenarios where you can snorkel among hundreds
of species of fish, manatees and dolphins; the second also paradisiaca is famous for its canals that cross the city as streets, while the last one, Roatán, is the largest and most visited, with spectacular beaches of turquoise waters like West End and an inexhaustible offer of entertainment linked to its broad tourism development. The variety is the watchword of the gastronomy of Honduras. It is logical if we take into account that the country's culture has many sources to drink from: the Creole, from the original inhabitants of the region; that of the Spanish colonizers, the African who arrived with the slaves. If we add to this the great variety of quality raw materials provided by the two oceans with which the country borders, as well as
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tropical crops, it is not surprising that it is such a wide and interesting gastronomy. The most used products in Honduran cuisine are meats, fish and poultry, wheat and corn tortillas, rice, pulses, vegetables, fruits and dairy products such as cheese. The different cultures of the country each have their own cuisine, and within the Honduran cuisine we find variants such as the Creole, the Misquita, the Garífuna ... The northern, central and southern areas of the country show different specialties. Some of the typical dishes of Honduras, product of the different cuisines of the country, are the machuca green plantain crushed with coconut and other ingredients, the casabe a kind of bread made with yucca, the baleadas wheat tortillas stuffed with different ingredients, typical of the north coast, the soup of mondongo, seafood, chicken, seafood, quesadillas and tamales, beef roasted on skewers and especially, the consommé de garrobo, made with the meat of a reptile similar to the iguana. In the southern part of the country, shrimp and products from artisanal fisheries are typical, as well as all those derived from sugar cane and exquisite fruits such as melons, watermelons or mangoes. Finally, in the desserts section we can taste specialties such as alcitrones or caramelised fruits, alfiñiques or milk and coconut tablets, among many others; and as for drinks, coffee is common throughout the country and is consumed at any time, while some of the most popular alcoholic beverages are güifiti, chicha and Coyol wine.
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elp, child sex abuse in the Catholic Church is in the news again and, gosh, wouldn't you know it, the Catholic Church is trying to blame it on the gays. Again. A recent Pennsylvania grand jury report found sex abuse rampant in the church, something everyone who has ever delved into it has also found to be true. According to the report some 300 priests preyed on children for decades while church leaders turned a blind eye to the literal hell on earth they were letting fester. There's a reason why in every Hollywood depiction of prison there's a child abuser, usually a sexual abuser, who gets shanked in the showers. After all, it's easy to hate that guy. I'm not condoning violence, just pointing out that as a society we pretty much agree that child abusers are THE WORST. Unless they wear a black robe and a white collar. Then instead of going to prison, you just get transferred to a new parish with brand-new parishioners to terrorize. There are many reasons why this is such a bad practice, but I would like to point out that by moving the priest away from his victim(s) the church is essentially saying that the victims are the problem. The priest is the innocent here, seduced by the tender flesh of wicked children, as opposed to a very sick person guilty of the worst kind of abuse. And if you feel like you're experiencing
déjà vu, well, you are in the sense that, yes, this has happened before. And it keeps happening. All over the world. But the Catholic Church knows just who to blame. In an Aug. 16 interview with Thomas McKenna, the president of Catholic Action for Faith and Family, Cardinal Raymond Burke says, “It seems clear in light of these recent terrible scandals that indeed there is a homosexual culture, not only among the clergy but even within the hierarchy, which needs to be purified at the root.” Now, it may sound like Burke is shining a spotlight on problems within the church itself, something that really needs to be examined more closely and would be examined more closely if the church stopped trying to cover up its sexual abuse epidemic. But, of course, that's not what Burke is doing here. He's basically saying, “If we just get rid of all the gays who are mucking up each level of the hierarchy everything will be just fine.” But, of course, it won't. Rather than spend a second examining the institution to stop abuse, the church once again seeks to change the subject. Look, all organized religion requires a great deal of suspended disbelief and magical thinking, a.k.a. “faith,” in order to work. Critical thinking is pretty much the antithesis to religious doctrine. Which is why the church is seeking to capitalize on the
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Burke calls gross homosexuality mischaracterizati “disordered” on that gay Burke calls homosexuality and he's not people are the only pedophiles in “disordered” and he's not the conservative order to absolve Catholic its own sins. only conservative Catholic calling for a “I think it has purge of gays been calling for a purge of gays from the considerably priesthood. aggravated by from the priesthood. However, the anti-life Burke and the culture in which we live, namely the contraceptive culture that others are not making any distinction between “gay” and “pedophile,” a separates the sexual act from the conjugal distinction that is, uh, really important union,” Burke tells McKenna. “The sexual act has no meaning whatsoever except between a because they are not one in the same. Unless, of course, your goal isn't to keep man and a woman in marriage since the kids safe from abuse, but is actually to CYF conjugal act is by its very nature for (cover your frock). procreation.” Got that? Gays are a problem, but the whole D'Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer, and thing has been made even worse by all of these comedian living in Michigan with her wife and whores on birth control having sex without making babies. Thank you for attending this TED son. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. You can follow her on Twitter Talk about sex by a man who supposedly has @MamaDWitkowski. never had sex.
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