Watermark issue 18.01: Health and Fitness

YOUR LGBT LIFE. ISSUE 18.01 | JAN. 6 - JAN. 19, 2011 WATERMARKONLINE.COM

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The highly anticipated return of Wonderland to Tampa’s Straz Center has the arts community abuzz. But the production’s Mad Hatter and Miss America 1998 Kate Shindle is still passionate about HIV/AIDS education and advocacy and hopes to raise some money for Francis House while she’s in town.

Model and Underground South Tampa Fitness Studio owner Jared Burgess knows how to get hot for the New Year.

Photo courtesy Jeffrey Rich

6 | Orlando News An Orlando couple gave generously over the holidays to The Center, helping install a new floor. Hope Unites UCC installs a new pastor; more.

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Tampa Police are still searching for the suspect in a Dec. 20 shooting

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outside a Tampa nightclub. Insults and money reign as a Roast of Brian Longstreth raises money for charity; more.

12 | State News Man arrested in Dec. 26 slaying of Wilton Manors gay couple. SmartRIDE

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Vice President Joe Biden claims gay marriage is an inevitability for the U.S.

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Colleges considering reinstating ROTCs after DADT decision; more.

25 | Scene+Heard Former Miss America Kate Shindle stars as The Mad Hatter in the

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revamped Wonderland, returning to Tampa’s Straz Center through Jan. 16.

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HIV/AIDS education and advocacy. Stephen Miller dissects The Swan and

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The Fighter and finds both are worthy of the ticket price.

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35 | Fitness Orlando residents Guy Bosworth and Michael Colavolpe share their stories

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of conquering their battle with weight and the practices that worked best for them. Tampa Bay fitness trainers Tera Guzman and Jarrod Burgess offer tips for starting and maintaining a healthy exercise routine. Orlando yoga

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instructor Greg Duke tells about the benefits of yoga to overall fitness. And one-time news anchor and cancer survivor Wendy Chioji talks about her

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While that may be true in some circumstances, there are times were facts ow that the holidays are over and we’re firmly planted into the New Year, it’s highly likely we’re all looking at a long list of resolutions for are just that—facts—and there’s no other way to present the information.

The landslide of calls and letters I received from that story weren’t exactly 2011. favorable. Since I wasn’t a “native” of the Florida town I was living in, I was No doubt most of those resolutions involve a new-found commitment to called an outsider and an insensitive, career-seeking journalist. The facts of the gym, some healthier eating habits or possibly the exorcism of some habit the story were never disputed but my intentions were questioned. Even though deemed socially unacceptable by the masses. the entire community was talking about the tragic accident, many couldn’t But sometimes change has to come in a non-physical form, and for me understand why the paper I worked for would cover it. Our letters to the editor that’s an even more difficult resolution to keep. section was full for several weeks. It was even worse than when I gave the We all have specific images we keep of ourselves. I’ve always considered local production of The King and I a bad review—but that’s another story. myself an outgoing yet slightly conservative, fun and well-liked person.

When you report news, the only time you usually get feedback is when I’ve been told I act older than my age, which is fine for now, and as a teen I someone is upset. So checking my e-mail or answering my telephone is not remember making my teachers and the parents of my friends laugh. always my favorite pastime. But I do it and defend my position if it needs If someone didn’t like me, I’d shrug and move on. I have never worked to defending or offer an apology if one is necessary. hard to try to impress anyone just so they’d like me.

Without readers and advertisers, a media company I’ve tried to keep that sense of humor into my cannot exist.

Steve Blanchard adult life, but admittedly, it can be tough to hold onto So what does all of this have to do with New Year’s it sometimes, especially when you’re in the news EDITOR Reporting the news SteveB@WatermarkOnline.com business. I’ve covered murder trials, traffic accidents, resolutions?

Keeping a tough skin isn’t easy. As I look forward protests, shootings and insane elections—all of which will not always make to the next 12 months, I remind myself that sharing have impacted my outlook on life in some way. you popular. the news—both good and bad—is passion of mine When I took journalism courses in college I was I’ve had since I wrote my first story in my high school taught two very important lessons that resonate with newspaper. As a predominant LGBT news leader in me to this day. One, a career in journalism will not Florida, it’s even more important for Watermark to make you rich unless you land a top anchor spot on a continue reporting the news accurately. national news program; and two, reporting the news will not always make you There will be stories that are difficult to write and others that will incense popular. some readers. Some items will be light and fun to read while others will share As a news editor for a daily newspaper several years back, I wrote a story the grim truths about an event or situation. on a horrific, fatal accidental teen shooting. The daughter of a prominent local But in 2011, I resolve to continue informing our readers of important, sad, family was killed and the gun was in the hand of her boyfriend. No matter how shameful, positive and fun news throughout the year and listening to feedback much care and thought I put into the story, the facts were these: the boyfriend with no hard feelings. accidentally shot his girlfriend in the chest, killing her.

Happy New Year. | l | News organizations are often blamed for capitalizing on tragedy to sell papers. We’re also blamed for slanting the news to favor one side more than another.

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“I’m thrilled because of the church; it’s my privilege to join the folks there,” Braid said.

There will be an acknowledgement of Braid’s new role at the 9:30 a.m. service on Jan. 9. | l |

Orlando | Hope Unites Church of Christ has a new part time Supply Pastor for 2011.

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Orlando | The final numbers are still being tallied, but it looks like Orlando’s LGBT Referral Exchange Development Group (RED) has reached its goal of $200,000 in done deals during its first year of operation. RED is operated by the Metropolitan Business Association (MBA) and launched Jan. 10, 2010.

Early numbers show RED members have achieved $210,000 in sales, $105,000 in net profit and 49% closing ratio on referrals given, according to RED group director Jason Holstein.

The groups initial success has prompted the creation of RED Group South Orlando and RED Group North will kick off in March.

Holstein said his past experience with networking groups has been uncomfortable.

“Before coming out, I always wanted to build relationships and conduct business with members in these groups, but believed that coming out would inhibit my relationship development with certain members in these groups and, consequently, adversely impact my sales,” he said.

MBA president Gina Duncan said RED is “a huge value to our members and an important part of MBA Orlando’s future growth plans.”

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Orlando couple tackles project, not presents jamie hyman Orlando | In lieu of packages under the tree, an Orlando couple tackled a project at The Center over the holidays. Ryan Salyer is a Center board member who has been with his partner, Danny Justice, for ten years.

“My partner and I decided to do something for The Center instead of doing Christmas presents for each other,” Salyer said. “We decided to redo the lobby and front desk area because when you come in the front door, that’s the first impression you have of The Center, and we wanted it to feel welcome and inviting.”

The scope of the project included ripping up the old floor tiles, acid washing the brick they found underneath, putting four coats of finish on the floor, repainting the walls with a new color and flat finish, scraping the popcorn ceilings and new crown molding around the top. The project has been underway since Dec. 23 and the goal is to complete it in time for a Jan. 6 reception for

County Commissioners Linda Stewart and Bill Segal. The only component that won’t be finished is a new front door, which has been ordered but won’t be installed until after the Jan. 6 event.

“We’ve been working every day and some days we put in 12 hours,” Salyer said.

The couple donated all of the materials and labor, worth close to $2,000. Several volunteers also assisted in the execution of the project.

“We were very excited for them to sacrifice their personal Christmas for the good of The Center,” said The Center’s executive director, Randy Stephens. “It shows how the community is starting to pitch in and realize The Center is something that belongs to everybody.”

Salyer said he hopes their work will inspire new improvements projects, and said another board member has already mentioned that he and his partner night renovate a room down the road. He is also inspired, and said they’re getting a bathroom in working order and wants to tackle the kitchen next.

“Couples have donated stuff [in the past],

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but nothing to this extent,” Stephens said.

“They actually were there on hands and knees scrubbing and hanging and being there all hours of the day and night.”

Stephens said the difference is dramatic.

“Everybody’s noticed it,” he said.

“We also remodeled the area where the volunteers operate from and they’re more excited than anybody because it looks so nice and clean. | l |

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More time to submit recipes for Center fundraiser The Center is extending the deadline to submit recipes for its first-ever cookbook fundraiser. The deadline to submit recipes is now Feb. 28. Email recipes to PlumtreeCompany@aol.com or drop them off at The Center. The books will be $10 each and can be pre-ordered at The Center. All proceeds from book sales will benefit The Center.

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Actress and former Miss America Kate Shindle will headline a show at The Honey Pot in Ybor City to benefit The Francis House on Friday, Jan. 7, at 11 p.m. Shindle currently stars as The Mad Hatter in Wonderland, which stops at the Straz Center before heading to Broadway. Donations for Francis House will be taken at the door.

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Police still searching for shooting suspect

Crowd shows up for Longstreth roast

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St. Petersburg | It was literally standing-room only for those attending the roast of Brian Longstreth, a founder of St. Pete Pride and a well-known area realtor.

Nearly 70 people were present at the Flamingo Resort’s Blu Room on Jan. 2 to “honor� Longstreth for his 50th birthday.

Tickets sold to the roast raised money for St. Pete Pride and the American Civil Liberty Union. The idea of the roast came to organizers after Longstreth was voted “Local Celebrity I’d Like to see Roasted� in the 2010 Watermark WAVE Awards. “Tonight ain’t all about you,� emcee Christine O’Leary told Longstreth, who was seated on stage. “It’s going to get rough and it’s not going to be pretty. So brace yourself.�

O’Leary and several others shared stories about Longstreth for more than an hour. State Representative Rick Kriseman was even among the roasters, who had the crowd laughing hysterically with his political humor. “When I was asked to come roast and honor St. Petersburg’s silver-haired Rays fan and most popular gay resident, I was thrilled to accept,� Kriseman said. “But that’s when I thought we were roasting Charlie Crist.�

Tampa | The Tampa Police Department is still searching for the suspect who shot and critically injured a patron of Valentines Nightclub in the early morning hours of Dec. 20.

According to police, Juan Pineda of Clearwater left the club on North Armenia Avenue around 3 a.m. with a friend and entered a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was parked in an alley approximately 1,000 feet from the club. “The men noticed several items missing from inside the car and they both exited and walked to the rear of the car,� said TPD spokesperson Janelle McGregor. “That’s when an unknown individual approached from the south side of the vehicle and shot [Pineda.]�

When police arrived, Pineda was laying in the alley. According to McGregor, there was a large crowd nearby when the shooting happened, but very few witnesses have stepped forward. “We are still actively investigating this case,� McGregor said. “We’re very disappointed that only one witness came forward when we know there was a crowd of patrons leaving the club.�

McGregor added that the alley is a popular parking area for patrons of Valentines.

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Watermark via e-mail after a previous story about the shooting and said that the suspect was not a patron of the bar. He also said that the kind of crime that happened “can happen anywhere to anyone and tying this to Valentines is a very good example of misreporting a story.�

The police department desagrees, however, and is convinced that several patrons of the club witnessed the shooting and encourages them to step forward with information. “The victim is unable to communicate with us due to his injuries,� McGregor said.

McGregor added that it did not appear that Pineda was targeted because of his perceived sexual orientation and that the shooting could be directly related to the vehicular burglary.

According to McGregor, the Tampa Police were called to Valentines 10 times in 2010 and of those 10, five calls were related to battery.

The Dec. 20 incident was the only weapons assault related to the club last year.

A return email to O’Rear seeking further comment was not returned by press time and a call to Valentines went unanswered.

Anyone with more information on the shooting is asked to call the Tampa Police Department’s non-emergency line at 813-231-6130. | l |

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Others taking the stage included former St. Pete Pride board members, both of Longstreth’s brothers and his former partner and roast organizer, Jeff Klein.

Nearly $400 was raised for charity and Longstreth took the jokes in stride, often covering his face while laughing or attempting to counter the roasters before O’Leary would order him to “shut it.� | l |

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Sarasota | The man who founded the Metropolitan Community Church will visit the Church of the Trinity for a series of programs highlighting marriage equality in February.

The Rev. Troy Perry, who founded the MCC church in his Los Angeles, Calif., home in 1968, performed the first public same-sex wedding in the country in 1969.

The following year he filed the first-ever lawsuit seeking legal recognition of samegender marriages.

Since retiring in 2005, Perry has toured the world, speaking mostly to MCC churches. He has visited Tampa Bay several times and will headline at the Church of the Trinity the weekend of Feb. 11-13.

In a 2007 interview with Watermark, Perry said that the growth of the church took patience and that battling homophobia in all its forms was a larger battle than even he expected..

“When I first started MCC, people just couldn’t get it through their heads,” he said. “People would say that this just had to be a gay person playing church. I think they expected orgies on the alter. I thought, ‘Oh my God, these people are

going to be sadly disappointed.'”

Today, nearly 40 years later, more than 300 MCCs have sprung to life in 46 states and on six continents, and same-sex marriage is recognized in a handful of countries, five states and in Washington, D.C. “In the early days, we were definitely working to get out of the business,” Perry said. “But we didn’t know then just how deeply and hostile homophobia is around the world. We definitely have a long history in front of us.”

On Feb. 11, the church will honor Perry at the Long Boat Key Club. Tickets for the dinner are $100 and are available by calling the church at 941-355-0847.

At 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, the free “Conversations with Rev. Elder Troy Perry” gives everyone an opportunity to interact with the church founder.

And, in Sunday, Feb. 13, Perry will be on hand to celebrate the installation of Trinity’s new Senior Pastor, Rev. Charles Tigard, at the 10:30 a.m. service.

For more information, visit TrinityMCC.com. | l |

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Accused of killing a gay couple in their Wilton Manors home on Dec. 26, 2010, the 26-year-old Flanagan High School graduate, from Hollywood, Fla., is being held without bond on a probation violation.

That charge is unrelated to the deaths of Kevin Mark Powell, 47, and Steve Adams, 52, but police say Avesenew is expected to face charges related to their deaths.

The bodies of Adams and Powell were found inside their rented home early Sunday, Dec. 26, after one of the victim’s sister called police when her brother didn’t show up at her house for the holidays.

The pair met at a Gay Pride march in Cleveland when Powell was 18 years old, a relative told the Sun Sentinel. The men lived together in South Florida for several years, owning a home in Hollywood and then moving to Wilton Manors. Adams was a registered nurse at Jackson Health System and Powell was an interior decorator who set up large displays in department stores, including Macy’s.

Relatives and friends of Avsenew were shocked by the accusations of murder.

“Peter was like a brother to me, man,” recalled Richard McClendon of Davie, Fla. “I could never imagine him doing anything like that and I surely don’t think he did it.”

Farris added that Avsenew was very open about his probationary sentence for grand theft out of Monroe County, and that he was “working on getting his act together, and meeting with his probation officer regularly.”

Violating that probation, however, is the preliminary basis for his new arrest and no bond. Formal charges in the double homicide of Powell and Adams are pending. One thing is clear to homicide detectives, though.

“It was not a random act or a break in,” said Wilton Manors police Sergeant Chuck Howard. “The victims knew the accused assailant.”

Sources confide that detectives are exploring “how and where the men met.”

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The arrest also surprised Avsenew’s 21year-old niece, Erica Howard, Peter Avsenew is from Sarasota, suspected of killing a gay who could only couple in Wilton Manors describe her uncle the day after Christmas. in glowing terms.

“He was and is an amazing uncle and he was always there for me,” Howard said. “And he never let anything bad happen to me, he was more like an older brother. I love him with all my heart and I could never imagine him doing anything like this.”

But most of those reached had not seen Avsenew lately, and were unaware that he had done jail time at least twice this year, getting out once in June.

It was at Avsenew’s mother’s home in Dundee, Fla., where he was apprehended without incident on Dec. 28. That is also where the victims’ stolen car was recovered.

Across the state, Avsenew has been taken into custody more than a dozen times since 2003, state records show. He has been convicted of vehicle theft, robbery, grand theft and engaging in fraud through bounced checks. He also has pled no contest to marijuana possession, loitering, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal mischief and resisting an officer without violence.

Wilton Manors police, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies are working together on the case.

Anyone with further information is asked to contact WMPD Detective Biagio Balistreri at 954-390-2150. To provide anonymous information about this case, the public can contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493TIPS. | l | Editor’s note: Norm Kent is a reporter with the South Florida Gay News and this article is used with permission.

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Navy captain to lose command over homophobic videos wire report Washington, D.C. | A series of coarse and sexually explicit videos produced several years ago and shown to the crew of a Navy aircraft carrier by an officer who is now the ship’s captain has cost the officer his command, a Pentagon official said on Tuesday.

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To people shocked about this bill I say, what did you expect would happen? What did you expect when you looked away or said nothing in the face of the Phelps family’s “God Hates Fags” signs that are displayed at Iraq War veteran’s funerals, citing n Dec. 7, 2010, David Bahati, a member of Uganda’s parliament was homosexuality as the cause of the war?

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If every one of you who witnesses the has the chance for passage. The proposed actions of hate does not openly condemn law criminalizes attempted gay acts, requires them, then you are compliant. A silent the immediate reporting of suspected homosexuals, and voice in the face of hate is a voice of would censor or agreement. Eulogized fine any Ugandan Uganda seems far leaders like Jerry agency that publicly supported gay rights.

Falwell preached removed from Main statements saying, The reach of the Street USA—but the “AIDS is not just proposed law also God’s punishment extends beyond church on the corner Africa by demanding for homosexuals; it is precisely what is is God’s punishment the extradition funding the hateful for the society of homosexual that tolerates Ugandans living efforts in Africa. abroad. homosexuals.”

Yet, the response So, how should we by millions of react when we learn Americans to words like these continues to be lawmakers are voting on laws like these?

The history of anti-gay laws is long and “Amen.”

The religious frenzy in the world’s cruel. In the 1930s, Paragraph 175 of the Nazi wealthiest nation is being led astray, first Criminal Code sent 15,000 gays to die in by a minority of leaders who let piety usurp death camps. In Saudi Arabia, under Sharia righteousness, and second by a majority of law, homosexuality is still punishable by them to sit silently compliant. We live in death. a time and place where countless people To many, Uganda seems far removed

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Shindle is relatively new to the musical, which has been revamped and reworked since it debuted in Tampa nearly a year ago. The 33-year-old has only been with the show since Labor Day 2010, and even in that short period of time she has seen the production evolve.

While she may play a villainess on the stage, Shindle is anything but evil in real life. She still takes heart to her Miss America platform of HIV/AIDS activism and will appear, along with a few castmates at the Honey Pot in Ybor City on Jan. 7 to benefit the Francis House. On Jan. 11, the Straz Center will host Francis Night at Wonderland, where theatergoers can enter a special code when they order tickets to ensure $10 is donated to the HIV/AIDS charity.

In a New Year’s Eve morning phone interview with Watermark—her first interview about her new role—Shindle shared her love of playing a non-traditional villain, the attraction she seems to have over gay men and the importance of keeping HIV/AIDS education in the public eye: WATERMARK: Congratulations on your role as the Mad Hatter in Wonderland. How familiar were you with this musical before you came on board?

KATE SHINDLE: I hadn’t seen the production before, and by the time I went in to audition I hadn’t read the script because they were doing some rewrites. I had a few scenes to work on. What’s interesting is as much as I like the show, it’s changed significantly. There’s been a lot of evolution since Labor Day. Isn’t dealing with all the rewrites and that “evolution” frustrating as an actor? How do you keep the changes straight?

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What type of work did you do with it?

I volunteered with something very similar to Francis House while I was in Chicago. I stuffed envelopes and answered phones. It just always seemed so stupid to me that we knew how to stop AIDS but we couldn’t figure out how to actually do it. I learned that too many people were reluctant to talk about a straightforward public health issue. That injustice hooked me.

Since she was crowned Miss America 1998, Kate Shindle has appeared in film, television and now, as The Mad Hatter in Wonderland.

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That’s like asking an accountant how they do all that math. It’s our job. The memory muscles are tricky sometimes and those changes are the things we work on the most.

It’s part of the gig. There are new lines that sometimes show up in the morning that go into the show that night.

You are an American sweetheart. Was it difficult taking on the role of a villain?

It’s funny. I feel safe saying that the Mad Hatter is not a traditional villain. The character and all of Wonderland are parts of Alice. So the Hatter is a force within Alice that she must deal with before she can return to her real life.

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Yes. We’re diving deep inside someone’s head and looking at what makes up her psyche.

That’s the most interesting thing. I think while people can enjoy this show on its surface, and kids will love it because they get to see a guy in a rabbit outfit, it’s challenging in that we get into the ego of the main character.

You are very involved with the HIV/AIDS community and activism. Why? I went to a very white suburban Catholic High School, which was great, but I didn’t grow up in a world that spent a lot of time with AIDS. It wasn’t part of our universe. When I went to college, I learned that a professor in the theater department had just died from complications and it was a loss deeply felt by faculty, staff and his students.

You were very outspoken about it during your reign as Miss America 1998.

When I was Miss America I was only 20—just old enough to think for myself but not old enough to be scared of opening my mouth and broadcasting my opinions. (Laughs.)

Miss America required a platform and I think this was a pathway to social relevance for the organization. In 1998, no one really cared or paid attention to the swimsuit, but they did pay attention to the platforms that changed the world.

Has that involvement, you think, made you a role model to the LGBT community?

I think I’ve been fortunate in terms of being a role model to many communities. I felt like an outsider when I was a kid because I had bad hair, glasses, played the violin and had the same sweater in five different pastel colors.

(Laughs.)

But I always identified with those who didn’t feel like they fit in and I still do.

That gave me a built in mechanism to somehow connect with a few kids who would leave that high school auditorium after I spoke and remember what would discuss.

The gay community is awesome and it doesn’t hurt that I am in musical theater or that I sing loudly and without taking breathes for long periods of time.

Obviously you’re passionate about musical theater and HIV/AIDS activism. What else gets your attention?

The fight for equality. The equality battle has come a long way. Things that make me angry include the opposition to same-sex marriage. The battle for equality will not be won or lost by just one segment. It will be won when we bring in gays, straights, Christians, Republicans, Democrats and everyone else.

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In Anita’s Wake The Center is hosting a special, free screening of In Anita’s Wake: The Irrational War on Florida’s Gay Families. ACLU representatives will be present to answer questions and lead a discussion regarding a possible upcoming effort to reinstate the ban on adoption by gay people.

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theater [TAMPA] Wonderland Wonderland: A New Alice. A New Musical. returns to Tampa’s Straz Center for the Performing Arts through Jan. 16. The Wonderland Tampa engagement is a new musical featuring a new score telling the story about a new Alice who has lost her joy in life. Estranged from her husband, alienated from her daughter and in danger of losing her career, Alice finds herself in Wonderland where she

encounters strange though familiar characters that help her rediscover the wonder in her life.

For tickets and information, visit StrazCenter.org.

[HUDSON] How to Succeed in Business The Show Palace Dinner Theatre presents How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying from Jan. 7-Feb. 27. The popular music comedy features local actors Anna Kimmell, Michael Sterling Miller and Erin Romero. For tickets and more information, visit ShowPalace.net.

[SARASOTA] The Color Purple The powerful story of family, true love and inspiration takes to the stage in musical form when The Color Purple arrives at the Van Wezel on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 13-14. The Grammy-nominated musical is based on the Alice Walker novel, which inspired the popular 1980s film. For more information and tickets, visit VanWezel.org or call 941-953-3368.

[ST. PETERSBURG] The Men A gay twist has been added to the classic tale of The Women, by Christian Couture, who will hold the world premier of his new play, The Men, at Studio at 620 Dec. 16-Jan. 9. The campy and mature comedy is directed by Bob Devin Jones.

For details and more information, visit Studio620. org.

[VENICE] Love, Sex and the I.R.S. It’s almost tax time so it’s only appropriate that Venice Theatre presents the 1970s comedy Love, Sex and the I.R.S. The show tells the story of Jon, an out-of-work musician who tries to claim his male roommate, Leslie, on his tax forms. Love, Sex and the I.R.S. opens on Tuesday, Jan. 11 and runs through Jan. 30.

The production is directed by veteran area actor Daniel Greene. For tickets, visit VeniceStage.com or call 941-488-1115.

special events [ORLANDO] Cocktail Reception The Center, along with The Orlando AntiDiscrimination Ordinance Committee, is hosting a cocktail reception to honor Orange County Commissioners Bill Segal and Linda Stewart for their work in advancing LGBT equality. It runs from 6–8 p.m. at The Center on Jan. 6. RSVP to Director@TheCenterOrlando.org. Free parking is available across the street at CFE Credit.

I Do Downtown Bridal Crawl Same-sex couples are welcome to the second annual I Do Downtown Bridal Crawl, which kicks off Jan. 9 at 11 a.m. at the Orange County Regional History Center. Participants get a map of stops to tour the History Center and six other venues, plus information from vendors and caterers. Advance tickets $10 at TheHistoryCenter.org/bridalcrawl, $15 day of the event. The Crawl runs until 4 p.m.

Phish Phest 2011!

Mr. Sisters is the venue for Phish Phest’s first event of 2011. The event runs from 7–11 p.m. on Jan. 7, and attendees who come early and mention Phish Phest get half price appetizers and tapas from 6–7 p.m.

Diagon Alley’s Death Beaters The Orlando Psycho City Derby Girls’ January Game has a Harry Potter theme! It’s Gryffindor (Sunnyland Slammers) vs. Slytherin (Serial Thrillers) on Jan. 9 at Universal Skate Center.

Tickets are $10 presale from your favorite derby girl or at the rink, or $13 at the door. Bring a school supply for Gift For Teaching and get the presale price at the door. Children 3–8 are $5 any time. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and the game starts at 5 p.m. Fans who dress up as their favorite winners have a chance to win a wand.

Beer will be sold at the event.

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1- Misty Eyes gives a thumbs up during Holiday Show at Hamburger Mary’s in Ybor City Dec. 23.

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2- (L-R) State Rep. Rick Kriseman roasts Brian Longstreth during a fundraising event at the Flamingo Resort Jan. 2.

3- Members of Una Voce perform in their “Dickens of a Christmas” concert in December.

4- Christine O’Leary and Michael Keeffe were all smiles before the Roast of Brian Longstreth at The Flamingo Resort Jan. 2.

5- The Tampa Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence pose with Francis House’s Joy Winheim during their Holiday Ham It Up event at Chelsea Nightclub.

6- Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner and Tampa City Council Candidate Carrie West met with supporters during a meet and greet thrown by Dr. Derald Gingerich.

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State Rep. Rick Kriseman brought the house down during the Roast of Brian Longstreth on Jan. 2 at the Flamingo Resort. The roast, which celebrated Longstreth’s 50th birthday and raised money for St. Pete Pride and the ACLU, also showcased the always-funny Christine O’Leary. Kriseman surprised the crowd, however, when he took the stage and shared how excited he was about honoring St. Petersburg’s famous silver-haired, Raysloving gay resident. “But that’s when I thought we were talking about Charlie Crist,” he said, to thunderous applause and laughter.

Kriseman went on to diss the Republican-run state legislature and share funny anecdotes about his dealings with Longstreth since the two met when the politician was a St. Petersburg councilman. Kriseman even returned to the stage later in the evening impersonating former St. Pete Mayor Rick Baker—complete with the hoarse voice. Even O’Leary, who always steals the show, had to bow in recognition to Kriseman’s comedic prowess after his performance. If you liked Kriseman before the roast, you loved the man afterward. It goes to show that if you have a job in Tallahassee, you have to have a strong sense of humor.

Sometimes you just have to take a minute and applaud amazing, giving people.

According to a very reliable source within Tampa’s LGBT community, the owner of he Stone Soup Company on 7th Ave. in Ybor City literally runs a restaurant during the day and then gives his leftover soup away to the homeless every week. The straight owner, Ilya Ben Goldberg, purposely opened his restaurant in the west end of the historic district because he’s such a progressive thinker. He’s also a member of the GaYbor District Coalition. It makes us proud that a business owner thinks of others in difficult economic times and that he can see past class, sexuality and income when it comes to helping his fellow man.

Plus, the food at The Stone Soup Company is incredible. We encourage anyone in the area to stop in, thank Goldberg and enjoy a wonderful meal.

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1– The backyard was packed with hotties at The Singhaus’ Last Call 2010 New Years’ Open House.

2– The who’s who of Orlando’s Theatre community gathered at the home of Sam Singhaus to ring in 2011.

3– (L-R) Ron Bush and Jerry Danese of Prime Timers of Central Florida present Meghan Scott of Hope and Help Center with some of the personal toiletry items collected during the Prime Timers’ annual holiday gathering.

4– (Clockwise from top left) Russ Spears, Peter Brown, Paul Soost, John Knott, Paul Carroll and Vince Koehle got goofy at a New Years’ gathering at Spears’ Thornton Park home.

5– (L-R) LGBT activists Joe Saunders, Michael Slaymaker, Mary Meek, Randy Stephens and Patrick Howell attended the ceremony swearing Teresa Jacobs’ in as Orange County’s new mayor on Jan. 3.

6- Board President Eric Paci pitches in, ripping floor tiles as part of The Center makeover project.

orlando overheard Punked at Valet Parking Two hilarious valet stories from the holidays: Michael Wanzie dropped Parliament House manager Drew Sizemore off at the airport and then used his silver sedan to do some last-minute Christmas shopping at the Mall at Millenia. When valet parking delivered a car at closing time, Wanzie shoved his bags into the trunk and started to drive off… until the owner started pounding on the door and yelling, “Get out of my car!” A startled Wanzie professed his innocence, but the enraged woman would have none of it. “Do you have a baby?!” she screamed.

“Didn’t the car seat in the back tip you off?!” He handed her the keys and she calmed down… until Wanzie realized she still had his gifts in her trunk and started chasing after her waving his hands. On New Years Eve, a valet at one of the biggest and busiest local bars delivered the wrong car to an oblivious female patron, who continued on to two more watering holes before noticing the error hours later. The car owners were incensed. I mean, when you’re ready to leave a party, you’re ready to leave.

Bitch Slap This news short comes from the Naples Daily News in sleepy southwest Florida,

and is best quoted verbatim: Sebastian C., 50, was arrested by Collier County Sheriff’s deputies at his home shortly before 9 p.m. on New Years Eve. Mr. C. and his live-in boyfriend of eight years began fighting about his boyfriend’s mother, according to reports. The men were both intoxicated and the argument began when Mr. C. hit his boyfriend in the arm, kicked him in the buttocks and slapped his face. According to deputies,“his boyfriend told him to get out of his life while making a gesture with his hand… palm up while blowing air across it.” Now that’s a police report to make you proud!

In a Word…

Leigh Shannon is included in Jenettha J. Baines new book, 100 of the Most Influential Gay Entertainers, available at a-argusbooks.com. * Realtor David Dorman was featured in an episode of HGTV’s House Hunters that aired during the holidays. Dorman helped a buyer purchase a new home in the Dr. Phillips area. * Orlando was ranked 9th among the Top 10 U.S. Destinations for American LGBT Travelers according to Community Marketing, Inc. New York City was first, Fort Lauderdale was 7th.

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he LGBT community has always been known for jumping on the next trend, but this talent might be detrimental to getting in shape. Doctors, specialists, scientists and people who’ve turned their lives around tell us time and again that we don’t need grapefruit and kumquat diets or grueling exercise plans we will quit when we grow frustrated.

Since we likely didn’t get out of shape overnight, getting back into shape takes time—the tried and true combo of patience and diligence.

“I’ve been doing this a while, so I’ve changed my metabolism,” says Orlando resident Guy Bosworth, who has lost 55 pounds over 18 months through careful diet and exercise.

“Now, I basically know what I can eat and what I can’t, and I have my exercise plan built into my habits.”

That exercise includes three days a

week of weights with a trainer. It also includes five days of hour-long cardio.

“I don’t mind,” he says of the commitment it takes. “Cardio is my decompression time now, my escape from work,” admits Bosworth, who trains flight attendant union reps.

Bosworth does admit that his job’s travel makes it hard, but a committed person will always find a place and time to get healthy. Bosworth, who is 5 foot 11 inches, started slow, by working with the personal trainer. As he shed some of his initial 235 pounds, he became more enthused. He added cardio, started watching what he eats, cleared more time, and dropped to 180 in about 10 months; he’s maintained it since.

“It was a slow process,” says the single and svelte Bosworth, “about a pound a week.”

“I’ve struggled with my weight

for my whole life. I’ve done Weight Watchers, I’ve been on the Atkins Diet.

I’ve tried a variety of different things over the years, and my weight has constantly gone up and down.”

Bosworth says he doesn’t know what exactly motivated him to commit to this long-term health plan: “I think it was the next step in a process I’ve been going through over the last couple years, recognizing that I needed to change my self-destructive behaviors.

I got a good tax return and I thought, ‘You know, I could spend this on toys, or I could invest this money in my health.’ For some reason, I chose the latter.”

For Disney actor Michael Colavolpe, the motivation came from another thespian, the well-known Central Florida actor/singer/cabaret Continued on page 38 | uu |

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Greg Duke

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rlando | After spending several years in the fitness industry as a personal trainer, a friend introduced Greg Duke to yoga to help counter injuries he had sustained in Orlando’s Central Florida Softball League.

The 39-year-old soon fell in love with the challenges presented by yoga and trained to become an instructor. In 2010, Duke graduated the Yoga Teacher Training with Senior Baptiste teacher Mark White and is now an instructor at Orlando Power Yoga.

To contact Duke or to sign up for a class, visit OrlandoPowerYoga.com or call 407-719-0101.

To reach Duke directly, call 407-496-3091.

Duke shared his thoughts on yoga, its benefits and why it can help improve someone’s overall fitness Who benefits the most from yoga?

Everyone can see life-changing benefits from yoga. Everyone comes in for different reasons—weight loss, emotional therapy, physical rehabilitation, to heal old injuries, defy old age and turn back the clock, gain better flexibility, increase muscle tone, discover a healthy optimal body of overall health, fun exercise, or just for the physical challenge. Yoga has something for everyone that gives it time and a chance.

I think most people just don’t understand yoga.

They may already have a preconceived notion of what it is and they either determine it’s too hard or not for them. Usually, new students are brought in by a friend, or they hear about amazing cases of peoples lives changing due to yoga. I just tell people to have an open mind, and that we're saving a spot for them when they are ready.

Is yoga compatible to weight training or other gym activities?

Are there specific courses for beginners?

It’s very compatible, Yoga will allow you to improve any fitness program by improving strength, flexibility and structural alignment. It will also help cut down on recovery periods and will detox the body of impurities caused by intense weight training. There is much more to yoga than just stretching.

Every class has beginners in it—we are all beginners. More advanced students know when to go deeper into a pose, and I always give modifications and variations for those with less experience or for those that may be trying to take it easy that day.

How did you get involved in yoga?

I first came to yoga to heal myself after being a smoker most of my young life. When I quit a friend recommended I go to yoga to cleanse my body and strengthen my lungs. Most recently I came back to yoga to reduce injuries while playing softball. I was so tight from weight training, I got injured at almost every game or practice. I was referred to Orlando Power Yoga by a friend. it turned out I knew the owner, Kelly Senn, from years before. I saw so much improvement in my athletic ability and my range of motion after a short period of time practicing this style of yoga, I was amazed.

Yoga is often linked to spirituality. Is the practice possible if someone isn’t spiritual?

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Are people intimidated by yoga? How do you convince those people to try it?

Yoga in America starts off by opening the body.

You don’t have to be spiritual to open the body and strengthen it. The spiritual part happens if you want it to or if you’re open to the thought that, “Yes, you have a heart inside your body.” That is spirit.

For you personally, what it is your favorite thing about Yoga?

It keeps changing—I guess because I keep changing and growing. It used to be about noticing my own personal achievements and advancements within my own practice, but now I enjoy watching that within my students.

Do you have a favorite yoga position?

I love to do backbends. Camel, Bridge, and Wheel are all back-bending asanas (poses). Even though they can be challenging at times, they feel great.

Stretching and opening up the muscles closest to the heart can be scary and make you feel very vulnerable. But the rewards are immeasurable, much like opening up your heart in a relationship.

What is the biggest challenge you face as a yoga instructor?

My biggest challenge is getting out of my own way, having faith and simply allowing the process to happen. Much like a student practicing, I am simply a teacher practicing, learning along the way. | l |

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Lose-It measures out my calories for me, I Both men are in their late 40s, an age thought, ‘I could do this, no problem.’” when people think that getting healthy is Colavolpe, who is six foot three, found impossible. that with the physical activity of acting “Start small,” Bosworth says, of at Disney, the main thing he needed to do encouraging others. was watch his food intake.

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Tera Guzman is a professional bodybuilder and owner/operator of City Gym in St. Petersburg.

Jared Burgess is a personal trainer and model who owns Underground South Tampa.

Trainers share aDvice To achieve goals in The new Year

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or most of us, a brand new year means brand new resolutions, often revolving around getting into shape. But every year, resolutions fade, our excitement ebbs and we find we’re in the exact same shape we were the 12 months earlier.

To help you accomplish your fitness goals in 2011, we spoke with trainers in the fitness field who have helped countless clients achieve success and asked for their advice.

The right motivation Jared Burgess of Tampa owns Underground South Tampa, and won Watermark’s 2009 WAVE Award for favorite fitness trainer. He says that while most people are motivated into the gym for aesthetic reasons, it’s important to look at the overall health benefits of a good workout plan.

“A well-defined chest, chiseled abs, and sculpted abdominal tend to be the desire that drives a lot of men to hit the gym,” Burgess says. “Those are great goals but other benefits of strength training include increased bone density, a lower risk of illnesses like diabetes, stroke and heart complications and more.”

Tera Guzman agrees. The owner of City Gym in St. Petersburg is a bodybuilder and has helped men and women reach their goals.

She adds that in addition to weight training, nutrition is key.

“Women and men both want to lose fat in their abdominal and hip areas,” she says.

“It helps to have a nutrition program that is specifically designed for their needs. They must also have a cardiovascular regimen and learn exercises to target problem areas.

There’s no rush Sometimes the hardest part of any new fitness routine is just getting started. Too many people enter the gym, overdo it and are too sore to continue.

“If you are new to strength training you must start slow and work your way up,” Guzman says. “You don’t want to injure yourself or make yourself so sore initially that it distracts from your everyday activities.”

It’s also important to work out the entire body and not just the “vanity muscles,” according to Burgess.

“Focusing on the entire body helps prevent injury,” Burgess says. “The core area is one of the most important areas to build and develop in conjunction with everything else, as almost every movement you make requires some level of tension in the mid-section. “ Don’t be intimidated Walking into a gym or fitness center for the first time can be an unsettling experience for some. Big guys, intimidating machinery and a lack of knowledge may make you want to head for the door.

But there’s nothing to be scared of, according to Guzman.

“I’ve found in my experience that if you look around, you’ll find most members are not any different than yourself,” Guzman says.

“Not all gym members are necessarily former college athletes. Your anxiety will remain if you continue to avoid the situation.”

Both Burgess and Guzman say that asking for help is encouraged in the gym and that asking for simple instructions does not lock you into any kind of training contract.

“March right up to a staff member and ask,” Guzman says. “The staff is there to help you and make your workout experience as effective as possible, no matter what your skill level.”

Guzman and Burgess are both available for personal training. For information on Burgess and Underground Tampa, call 813-500-5076.

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rlando | As reporter and news anchor at NBC affiliate WESH-TV, Wendy Chioji was a reassuring presence in Central Florida for more than twenty years. During that time she won journalism awards, including an Emmy, and was lauded for her many volunteer activities.

She also developed close ties with the local LGBT community as a member of the Hope & Help Center’s advisory board.

But in 2001, and just days after running the Boston Marathon in less than four hours, the fitness buff was diagnosed with stagetwo breast cancer. She continued to exercise during months of brutal chemotherapy, and famously attended the Headdress Ball wearing a platinum blonde wig to cover her shaved head. Eventually Chioji emerged cancer-free and with a new perspective on life. In 2008, she quit her coveted anchor job and moved to Park City, Utah, where she reinvented herself as a fitness and yoga instructor, freelance journalist and spokesperson for cancer survivors.

“I plan to do everything I can to make the most of this second chance, both for myself and the people I might be able to help,” she told Runner’s World in 2007.

In April, Chioji will join former WESH sports anchors Marc Middleton and Bill Shafer as a reporter for the nationally syndicated Growing Bolder television show, which appears on most PBS affiliates.

With typical enthusiasm, Chioji jumped at the chance to talk with Watermark readers about fitness.

WATERMARK: It’s a new year and everybody wants to get fit. You exercised while you were going through chemo! Any tips for getting and staying motivated?

WENDY CHIOJI: In a word: Go! The hardest thing about any workout is getting out of the house and doing it. If you’re just getting started, have reasonable goals. Run for 15 minutes, or work out at the gym for just 30 minutes at first. Also, have a program!

If you’re just heading out with no plan, it’s easy to overdo it or get bored or just not make any progress. Set goals.

You have friends and fans that have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. Do you see any

parallels with your cancer battle?

The disease may be different, but many parts of the experience are the same. The diagnosis will take your breath away. It will reprioritize your life and force you to make big choices.

The treatment can be harrowing and daunting. We’ve made lots of progress, but both diseases still have a stigma; that’s definitely something that HIV/AIDS and cancer advocates need to work on. There’s no need to whisper “cancer” or “HIV” any more.

Former WESH-TV news anchor Wendy Chioji used her experience with cancer to embrace life in new ways. Photo courtesy Wendy Chioji.

their lives. I realized then that even if my disease killed me, I’d have time to put my affairs in order and say what I needed to say to people I loved.

After I was done with treatment, I started doing pretty much everything that I’d put off for “a better time.” I went on a photo safari in Africa. I bungee jumped over the Zambezi River. I shaved my head and went platinum blonde to the Headdress Ball.

There’s no guarantee there will be a tomorrow. You have to live for today.

Do you have gay friends with HIV who, like you, have used what many would see as negative in positive ways?

There are two big ways you can react when you’re diagnosed with a lifethreatening disease. Fear will keep your life In making life changes, you’ve described small and limit your experiences. Not only it as “following your heart.” Can you talk will you not help yourself, you are missing about the difference between a fantasy and the chance to help others. On the other hand, change driven by heartsong? you can face the challenge with a positive People constantly tell me that I made a attitude, coming from a position of strength, brave decision to come out here to Park City. and make a difference.

You really have lots of control over what’s To many it seems a lark, but that’s hardly the case. It was a happening, even calculated risk. I had though it doesn’t feel planned my “escape” like it. Live fiercely for years. I saved and openly. Trying to "The diagnosis will take money. I researched make a difference in your breath away.” where I wanted to be. other people’s lives I think it’s critical to will make a difference —Wendy Chioji happiness that you in your own. follow your heart, but you have to take You’ve shared responsibility as well. that your cancer diagnosis caused you to Set it up.

Make it happen. reestablish your priorities and stop putting things off—great lessons for all of us. How Do you meditate? Do yoga? How would can people who are not facing illness tap you describe your spirituality? into that energy that comes from sensing Like everyone’s, my spirituality is that life is finite? individual and unique. I do yoga—in fact, I Isn’t it the biggest shame that most people teach it (Anusara-inspired training) and run need a crisis to put their life into perspective? the yoga program at the Westgate Resort and Life is finite. None of us has enough time to Spa here. Most of my family is Buddhist, and do all the cool things we want to do. though I didn’t go to temple often, I like the When I was slogging through my peaceful, live-and-let-live philosophy of the cancer treatment, airplanes crashed into religion. Do no harm. Leave this place better the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a field than you found it. That’s my spirituality. in Pennsylvania. None of the nearly 3,000 people who died that day got to say a final Are your fitness goals changing as you get “good bye” or “I love you” to the people in older? What adjustments have you made,

physically and intellectually?

My fitness goals haven’t really changed much. Living in Park City among elite athletes and former Olympians, there’s lots of motivation to be fit and healthy. My biggest athletic goal is still to qualify for the World Championship Ironman in Kona, Hawaii.

Do you count calories? Take any supplements?

I don’t count calories. I am the world’s worst dieter. I’d rather run an extra hour than deny myself a piece of pumpkin pie. I do take some supplements because I don’t always eat as well as I should: fish oil, iron, a multivitamin and glucosamine-chondroiten.

Body types vary. How does someone know when they’re at a healthy weight?

There are all kinds of charts measuring BMI [Body Mass Index] and height-toweight ratio, blah blah blah. It’s enough to make your head spin. How do you feel? Do you like the way you look? That’s my best indicator.

Do you have any dieting tips?

Get off the couch, even if just for 10 minutes. Then reassess. Like I said, getting out the door is the hardest part of a workout.

Think diet, not dieting. Eat different foods with lots of colors; green is particularly good.

Its okay to eat a cookie, just don’t eat the whole freaking box. Its okay to binge once in a while, just don’t link big fat food days together. Remember that restaurant portions are almost always too big. Eat slowly. Think about how great half of that piece of salmon and that leftover rice would be for lunch tomorrow. | l |

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I would need to know how close your friendship with Darryl is. If he’s a very close friend, I would sit him down and have a serious conversation. I would let him know that the constant hubris is not only exceptionally unattractive, it also is transparently about his insecurities. I would ask him if he realized that the image he is presenting to the world is one of someone who is so screamingly insecure that he constantly has to prop himself up.

I would also make it clear that he also looks a little delusional. Remind him that he is, yes, handsome. But from a purely objective place as his friends, you can report that not nearly the number of people are coveting him as he thinks. I imagine he’ll at least think of your words the next time he feels like pointing out how wellcruised he is. In the event that he is not such a close friend, I’d say “fuck him.”

That shit’s annoying, yo.

Dear Truth, I am a single, 32-year-old lesbian, born and raised in Kansas. My parents (whom I adore) still live in the house I grew up in, and most of my family still lives within 200 miles of my hometown.

Shortly after I came out to my family in 2000, I moved to Bradenton for work and I have lived here happily ever since.

I go back home several times a year, but I’m finding it harder and harder to get excited about visiting, especially around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Dear Truth, My family is incredibly loving and y friend Darryl thinks totally supportive, but I’ve established everybody is hitting on him. a really good life here in Florida and Darryl is handsome, but he’s my circle of gay friends has become a not nearly the catch that he thinks second “family” to me. This year was he is. No matter where we go, Darryl especially hard since my closest friends feels obligated to inform us that all the were celebrating their new baby’s men—especially the hot ones—are after first Christmas. I know bio-families him. I’m so sick of him saying something are important and I want to be a good like, “Did you see daughter, but I’m that guy cruising tired of missing me?” whenever a out on celebrating Here comes the good-looking man holidays with the Truth: Darryl sounds walks by. And it’s people with whom not just gay guys, I share my life. Is insufferable. either. Darryl is it wrong that I’d convinced that he’s rather be with my so attractive and friends than my masculine that even straight guys want family for holidays? What should I do? him. It’s annoying and embarrassing, —Troubled in Paradise and a couple of times we’ve almost gotten into fights because Darryl insists Dear Bradenton is Paradise?, on maintaining eye contact with the What we have here is called an guy—he calls it “cruising back”—if he embarrassment of riches. You are truly thinks the guy is hot. I’ve tried to talk blessed, and I hope you take time to to Darryl, but to no avail. What should remember that at the onset of a new year.

I do?

I think with thoughtful planning and —Weary Wingman rigorous communication, you can enjoy your time with your family, while still Dear W2, fulfilling your desire to spend the quality Here comes the Truth: Darryl sounds time with your chosen family. I would insufferable. I am sure there are plenty of begin by talking with your ‘bio-family’ and reasons why you’re friends with Darryl explain the time and expense of travelling and I have no way of knowing what to them multiple times each year. As an they are. To know what you should do, adult, of course you have obligations

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The long-running tournament will return to the Lake Fairview and Seminole County Softball complex as with round-robin play beginning on Saturday, Jan. 15, at 8 a.m. As of press time, nearly 50 teams had registered for the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance tournament.

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Players in the 2010 Orlando Meltdown tournament look at the brackets before taking the fields. | Photo by Tom Dyer

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Blatter told journalists in Abu Dhabi that he was sorry if anyone was offended by his comments in South Africa, where he said gay visitors should “refrain from any sexual activities” while in Qatar because of the Gulf nation’s strict laws against homosexuality.

“It was not my intention and never will be my intention to go into any discrimination,’’ Blatter said in Abu Dhabi, which is hosting the Club World Cup. “This is exactly what we are against. If somebody feels that they have been hurt, then I regret (it) and present apologies.”

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Lavrikovs said Qatar and more than 70 other countries still criminalize individuals for homosexual relationships, and some countries punish them by death sentence.

Since winning the right to host the tournament, concerns have been raised about Qatar’s social restrictions, limiting the drinking of alcohol to hotels, frowning on public affection and considering homosexuality taboo. | l |

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male prostitutes? Back when Franco was preparing to play a hooker in Sonny, he wanted to watch some real male prostitutes at work for research....ah, the things I’ve done in the name of “research.” He claims to have followed the guy on an actual call: “It went down. Everything went down, as you see in the movies and hear about. The eerie thing is, it was like a movie, but it wasn’t a movie—it was the real thing, happening in front of me.”

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve said that...

What if I told you Bea Arthur had a secret she took to the grave? Documents have surfaced indicating that for 30 months, Arthur was a Women’s Reserve Marine who was a typist and drove trucks! At her personality appraisal, she was deemed to have excellent vocabulary, was argumentative, and overaggressive. The overall evaluation called her “a good worker—if she has her own way!” By the time of her honorable discharge she was a staff sergeant. The only real embarrassing part is that she was out of work for five weeks “after contracting a venereal disease.” What did I tell you? Even tops are at risk!

Picture it—Chris Rock serving Mariska Hargitay breakfast in bed...in the nude! The Children’s Defense Fund held its annual benefit in NYC and auctioneer Ali Wentworth was unable to get a high bid for Rock’s package, so to speak (I suppose her hubby George was too shy to bid on it himself).

With the blessing of Chris’ wife (who is on the board), Ali threw in that Chris would be nude, and up popped Mariska’s hand.

I guess Chris Rock servicing you in the nude is worth $25 grand. At least at my house, the camera equipment is already set up.

This ties in perfectly with our “Ask Billy” question.

Gary in Boston asks: “I just saw a video of Brendon Villegas from Big Brother 12 apologizing for having an online cyber-indiscretion.

What the hell does that mean? And where are the photos?”

Brendon was on Big Brother this past summer.

The sexy swim coach developed a relationship with another contestant, Rachel, which resulted in

Mariska Hargitay agreed to buy “Breakfast in bed served by Chris Rock” to benefit the Children’s Defense Fund, as long as he did so naked. Rock and his wife agreed to the arrangement.

some risqué bulging underwear shots, which we’ll also post. Since then, he apparently continued seeing Rachel, but had some sort of a relationship with another chick named Molly. To prove her point, Molly posted the nude photos of Brendon, which Rachel apparently recognized. Brendon claimed it was only a cyber-affair. Molly counters that they did have sex—“He denies it and I am not proud of it, but yes, only once. I don’t want to go into the details.” She may not, but I’m happy to share some details with you on BillyMasters.com.

Since it’s too late to make another gift suggestion, I’m going to give you the gift of laughter. I got quite a chuckle out of watching a troupe of four shirtless male acrobats in tight white pants performing in front of Pope Benedict and a mixed assortment of holy men. It’s rather amusing seeing these celibate fellows, fiddling underneath their vestments, their minds wandering back to the rectory.

It sure as hell beats the crazy lady tackling the Pope last Christmas Eve. Or does it?

When the Vatican is hiring male strippers for midnight mass, it’s definitely time to end yet another column.

Until next time, remember, one man’s filth is another man’s bible. | l | Sexy swim coach Brendon Villegas of Big Brother 12 is still fighting rumors of a love triangle—and those online photos aren’t helping.

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