Florida Agenda

Intoxiskate Promoter Turns Talents to Help Others and Faces Personal Tragedy By Bob Kecskemety Early in June, Intoxiskate promoter and Matty’s bartender, David Rohrig, 31, realized there was a need in the community to provide a website database for troubled LGBT youth in Broward County. He realized there were online sources, but a young person [...]

By DMITRY RASHNITSOV Last weekend saw the crowning of Mr. and Mrs. Stonewall locally, but that’s peanuts compared to the competition that the city of Montreal, Canada is staging. The first ever Queer of the Year is going to be crowned this summer! Everyone in the LGBT community is eligible to enter. First visit www.QueerOfTheYearContest.com [...]

Celebrity Photographer Brings Message to Florida By Bob Kecskemety Up to 150 people attended the NOH8 Campaign photo shoot held this past Monday, June 21, 2010 at CopyThis on Wilton Drive. People came from as far as Virginia to attend the shoot. California-based celebrity photographer, Adam Bouska and his partner Jeff Parshley were Grand Marshals [...]

The World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews: Keshet Ga’avah (“World Congress”) is pleased to announce that California Senator Mark Leno will receive its Leadership Award at the 20th World Conference of GLBT Jews.  The conference will take place Aug. 13 – 15, 2010, on the campus of the University of California, Los [...]

Gay Theater Group Receives Grants from the Government (Photo: Courtesy of Lea DeLaria – http://www.delariadammit.com/) By DMITRY RASHNITSOV Lesbian Comedian/Singer Lea DeLaria from Broadway’s On the Town and The Rocky Horror Show, TV’s Will and Grace and the movie Edge of Seventeen performs a special benefit for Rising Action Theatre at The Manor, 2345 Wilton [...]

Broward House Comes to the Aid of Local Entertainer The community is coming to the assistance of legendary local entertainer, Ray Fetcho (a.k.a. Tiny Tina) who was recently hospitalized with an infection of the leg due to diabetes. Fetcho’s condition got worse and doctors were forced last week to amputate the leg. Broward House, in [...]

Local Chapter Puts the “Fun” Back into Fundraising (Photo: Provided by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) They can now be seen at almost every community gathering. They stand their stoically, usually quiet and very “nun-like”. They are dressed as nuns but are often adorned with large amounts of jewelry with white faces, campy makeup which [...]

FACES United & Proud Arts United is currently presenting its 10th Annual United & Proud member Art Exhibit celebrating Gay pride Month at the Broward County Main Library Gallery 6. The event stretches until June 25. It features over 60 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and gay-supportive artist members showcasing their best work. (Photos by Stephen R. [...]

By Dmitry Rashnitsov The Women’s Theatre Project in association with The Pride Center at Equality Park proudly present it’s Second Annual Lesbian Play Reading Festival, June 25-27 in Wilton Manors. The festival was created to give lesbian playwrights a voice.  After the Broward New Times named the TWTP “The best place to meet intelligent lesbians” [...]

A Conference for and by Young LBTQ Women and Their Allies By Bob Kecskemety The Aqua Foundation for Women and Safe Schools South Florida is presenting their second Outlet: Plugging Women into the Arts conference this Saturday, June 12, 2010 at GLCC/Pride Center starting at 9 p.m. The conference is by and for young LBTQ [...]