I feel happiness about the fun time I had taking almost 1,000 photos on Ocean Drive smack in the middle of this year’s Miami Beach Gay Pride 2015 Parade. The Parade was packed with people who came out to celebrate Pride, and seeing all the beautiful faces from all walks of life, all ages, all races and all sexual orientations made me very happy and proud of living in a country where the majority of its citizens unequivocally support equality for all. This year’s Parade was truly uplifting and I will remember it fondly through the photos we published in this week’s Pride Parade photo essay and online at www.wiremag.com/photos and Wire Magazine’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/wiremagazine.
I can’t help but also feel sad as I relive my memories of Naomi Wilzig, owner and founder of the World Erotic Art Museum in Miami Beach, whose recent passing took all of us who knew her by surprise. In this business of publishing, I meet a lot of people, some great and some not so great, some...