South Florida Blade: The deputy
director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management told a
Senate hearing Wednesday that his agency opposes legislation
that would provide domestic partners of gay federal employees the
same benefits available to spouses of straight employees.
Feds Oppose Domestic Partner Benefits Bill
Oh La La Mag: If you don’t know
celeb photographer Mike Ruiz, you will soon. This fall, he
will be appearing as a judge on two national TV shows: RuPaul's
Drag Race and Americas Next Top Model. The former model
has made a name for himself behind the lens shooting stars like
Kirsten Dunst, Vanessa Williams and Lindsay Lohan. Most
recently, he shot Kathy Griffin for the next season of her show, My
Life on the D-List, and Mario Lopez for his hosting gig on
TV’s entertainment news show, Extra!
Oh La La Gets Personal With Mike Ruiz
Queerty: This [RNC source] tells Ian Halperin, an investigative
reporter who previously exposed Scientology's homophobic history, that the RNC's
estrogen-heavy short list included Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The hawkish, familiar and capable Rice seemed like be a good pick. Although she
wouldn't draw as many women as Clinton, nor as many blacks as Obama,
her placement could have skewed the numbers a little.
Gay Condi Rumors Derailed Veep Chances, Claims RNC Source
Huffington Post:
With Clay Aiken the latest celebrity to admit, "Yes, I'm
Gay!" on the cover of a national magazine, here's a look back at the
progression of celebrities' coming out covers through the ages. Note
the shift from Greg Louganis' sad, shameful, "My Private
Hell" cover in 1995 to the celebratory Aiken cover (and the others)
years later.
Coming Out Covers Through The Years
Barack Obama responds to
John McCain's delay the Presidential debate stunt.
The Prophecy, a
production for Beautiful Mag.
Village Voice, Michael
Musto: I've now had time to consider Palin's candidacy
with some thoughtfulness, and I still come up with two thumbs way
down my throat. I mean, Obama's ex-reverend is supposed to be
the problem in this campaign, but her church believes in
praying away the gays? She still thinks the war in Iraq has
something to do with 9/11? (Even Dubya got the memo that it
doesn't.) What's more, Palin thinks it's almighty God who's sent us
to war? (I guess she never got the fax about separation between
church and state either.) She detests abortion yet will gleefully
hunt animals from a helicopter? And she looks like a LensCrafters
commercial? Plus she never heard of the Bush Doctrine; Cindy
McCain doesn't seem to grasp Roe v. Wade; and her
hubby is fuzzy about Spain? Oy. This ticket has been basically
giving us a free trailer of a sequel that must be avoided at all
costs, even at a senior-citizens' discount!
Sarah Palin Sucks, Sean Penn Rocks
Gay Agenda:
Lindsay Lohan officially came out and publicly and admitted that
she is in a lesbian relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson.
Lohan and Ronson Make it Official on Air
Dolce and Gabbana has begun a
new ad campaign featuring five rugby players from the Italian
National team. Sergio Parisse, Denis Dallan, Ezio Galon,
Andrea Masi e Gonzalo Canale are the athletes D&G chose to
represent the contemporary man, and his lifestyle. The impressive
bodies sculpted through dedication, discipline and physically
strenuous trainings, make them the perfect models for a new ideal of
beauty that is healthy, clean and masculine. More here,
Dolce and Gabbana's Italian Rugby Players
Salon: Early
Wednesday night, a few hours before President Bush predicted
an economic nightmare on national TV, Joe Lieberman slipped
into the back of a room on the second floor of the Capitol to listen
to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve
chairman Ben Bernanke make their case to the Senate Democratic
caucus. For the Bush administration's financial crisis duo, it was
yet another contentious meeting with a skeptical Congress.
Congress Hits the Panic Button
Open Congress: The
focus in Congress right now is on passing some version of a massive,
taxpayer-funded bailout of the financial sector as quickly as
possible. In the past few days, several draft versions of different
bailout plans have been passed around Capitol Hill, but two in
particular have taken hold as lead competing proposals from which a
compromise is likely to ensue. See teh basics of the two plans here,
Bailout Battle
At The Boulevard
Miami has
Gayety Thursdays with all new live shows every hour.
Torpedo
Fort Lauderdale
will have the CD Release Party for The Pussycat Dolls’ newest album on
Thursday, September 25th. Titled Doll Domination and featuring the
new hit song When I Grow Up, DJ TPROMIX will feature it all night
long.
Sawmill Camping Resort
in
Dade City
(between Tampa & Orlando) Enjoy
Sawmill's clothing optional pool, delicious food and drinks poolside. Take a
stroll around Ricky Lake with towering Cypress trees and through our nature
trails. 8PM Dart Tournament, Karaoke & Open Mic Talent Search w/Coffee Tom in
Woody's; 4PM - 7PM Happy Hour @ Splash Pool Bar & Cafe.
Oakland Park’s
Rising Action Theater,
Inc. has
Some Men
until November 2nd. Some Men takes place at a gay wedding where eight men look
back on their lives from 1922 to today exploring how gay life, love, and
relationships have changed through the decades. The Rising Action Theatre is
located at 840 E Oakland Park Blvd in Oakland Park. Performances are
Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM. Tickets can be
purchased at
www.risingactiontheatre.com or by calling 1800 595-4849.
Books & BooksBal Harbour
Shops. World
renowned personal coach Masha Malka
uses practical and fun “One Minute Tips” to help you change your life in The One Minute Coach (Morgan
James, $14.95). Malka uses easily digestible tips that allow even the busiest
of people to find the time and resources to make the changes they want to make.
Change you life one minute at a time. Malka is a Soviet refugee who knows what
it is like to live below poverty level, to have low self-esteem, to start out
without the language skills, money, or contacts and to make a great life for
yourself. Successfully balancing demands of a growing career as an author,
international speaker and a life coach with 3 children, husband, family,
friends, and personal needs - she is passionate to show others how they can do
it too. 7:30pm
Books & BooksCoral
Gables. My Father's
Paradise
(Algonquin, $25.95) is Ariel Sabar's
quest to reconcile present and past. As father and son travel together to
today's postwar Iraq to find what's left of Yona's birthplace, Ariel brings to
life the ancient town of Zakho, telling his family's story and discovering his
own role in this sweeping saga. What he finds in the Sephardic Jews'
millennia-long survival in Islamic lands is an improbable story of tolerance and
hope. Populated by Kurdish chieftains, trailblazing linguists, Arab nomads,
devout believers—marvelous characters all— this intimate yet powerful book
uncovers the vanished history of a place that is now at the very center of the
world's attention. 8pm
TBPAC
presents Margaret Cho's Beautiful Tour on Thurs, Sept.
25, at 8 p.m. at Carol Morsani Hall. Regularly priced tickets
start at $28.50. To take advantage of this offer, call the TBPAC Ticket Office
at 813.229.STAR (7827). Hailed as "murderously funny!" by The New York Times, Margaret
Cho is one of the most prolific and critically acclaimed comedians of our time.
In the past eight years, she's successfully launched four national tours,
turning each into a concert film. In 1999, her groundbreaking one-woman show,
I'm The One That I Want,
became a best selling book and a concert film that grossed more per print than
any film in history. Her following tour, Notorious C.H.O., culminated in
a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall, and in 2004, the CD of her
Revolution tour was nominated for a Grammy®. A true entertainment pioneer,
Cho also created and starred in The Sensuous Woman, a live variety
show featuring vaudevillian burlesque and comedy, which she took for a
successful off-Broadway run last fall. Beautiful is Cho's first stand-up
tour in three years and is eagerly anticipated by fans. Visit
MargaretCho.com for more information.
Orlando Shakes presents a performance of Kiss Me, Kate
by Samuel and Bella Spewack with music and lyrics by
Cole Porter today.
Love, comedy and confusion thrive behind the scenes
of a Broadway-bound musical version of The Taming of the
Shrew in Cole Porter’s musical masterpiece. Quarrelling
couples swat and swoon as they navigate through the satiric,
witty, and sensual score featuring such classics as “Too Darn
Hot,” “So in Love” and “Brush Up Your Shakespeare!” Featuring
Orlando singing talent Michael Andrew.
The well-loved musical will open the company's 20th
anniversary season at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center.
Ticket prices range from $16 to $40.
For more
information, maps and links to Orlando Shakespeare Theater as well as ticketing
information, use this link:
Orlando Shakes Presents Kiss Me Kate
Sabroso
Twist Miami Beach
Thursday is packed with boys clamoring for their 2 for 1 well drinks and
domestic beers 11pm to 3am. Enjoy Sabroso, a latino themed night featuring hot
salsa mixed with the latest sounds in popular dance music and special guest
performers - in Bar Five. Billboard reporting DJ Paulie keeps the dance floor
in the main room slammed all night. Hot Gaiety dancers taking it off in the
Bungalow Bar.
Two Guys
on a Mic Karaoke
Two Guys
on a Mic Karaoke Thursdays 9pm to close: Join Bill's
Filling Station Wilton Manors
and Rick & Andy aka Two Guys on a Mic for the best and most popular karaoke on
the drive. Can you sing like Whitney? Who can, but with our amazing drink
specials at your fingertips; you may begin to think you sound like Whitney after
a few. Tuesdays we have $5 32oz Malibu Flavored Rum Buckets; Thursdays we have
$3 margaritas, both available after 9. On Key, Off Key, Bill’s is the right
“Key” for the best karaoke in town on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9pm. Hear you
there!
Gayety Thursdays
At The Boulevard
Miami has Gayety Thursdays with all new live shows every hour.
Thursdays at Sawmill Camping Resort
SSawmill
Camping Resort
in Dade
City
(between Tampa & Orlando) Enjoy
Sawmill's heated clothing optional pool, delicious food and drinks
poolside. Take a stroll around Ricky Lake with towering Cypress trees and
through our nature trails. 8PM Dart Tournament, Karaoke & Open Mic Talent
Search w/Coffee Tom in Woody's; Tini Thursdays & 4PM - 7PM Happy Hour @ Splash
Pool Bar & Cafe.
Chill Lounge Sounds
Remember
to chill out
with
Circuitseven and
his chill lounge
sounds at
Naked Grape Wine
Bar
on Thursdays
beginning at
9PM. Sit back,
take off your
shoes and relax
with your
friends. Have
conversation or
just listen to
the relaxing
groove of DJ
Circuitseven.
Sweet Thursdays
Pandora Eventsis bringing
sexy women back to South Beach with Sweet Thursdays at
Halo Lounge
Miami Beach. Enjoy Happy Hour from 7 PM to 9 PM and the
party will go into full gear at 10 PM with DJ Jenni Fox spinning the funkiest blend of
the 80’s and 90’s. Enjoy $3 Miller Lights and $7 Flor de Cana
Mojitos all night long. VIP Tables are available with delicious
bottle prices.
Uncut Reality
Group
The M Project
Uncut Reality
Group
Alternative
Activities, for
the Alternative
Lifestyle.
Core/Social
Group meets Thursdays
at 7:00 PM at
the
M Lounge,
2645 N Andrews
Ave, Wilton
Manors, FL
33311.
Weekly agenda,
come choose the
free Friday
movie, plan
activities for
future
adventures and
give feedback on
M Projects
progress. Bring
your ideas,
comments, and
friends. We need
to hear from our
core group
members and the
youth in the
community!
Use your mouse to rollover the club
names for general info. Click the underlined link for map
& address. Some events may change. To insure you have a good
time we recommend that you be prepared to 'go with the flow'. Most
recent update:
November 15, 2008 09:05 PM.
South Florida
(Includes
Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, Miami, Naples, Fort Myers and the Palm Beaches) Bill's$5 Malibu Buckets.
The Birdcage
(at The Boardwalk)
All
Stoli Drinks $4 & $9 Miller Lite or Presidente Beer Buckets.Boardwalk
Towell night with $3 Skyy vodka drinks
Boom
Thursday therapy with $3 Long Island iced teas and DJ Lydia PrimGeorgie’s Alibi
Long Island teas in Mason jars 9 PM to closeHalo LoungeWham Thursdays with DJ Jenni Foxx 1/2 price drinks 1:30 AM to 3
AM
JackhammerPorn Bingo
with host Ivana Du $ 3.00 Iced Teas and happy hour prices all dayLips Drag Dining
Dinner with the Divas. Electra as Cher, Madonna, Dianna Ross,
Bette Midler and many more.
Matty’s
½ price happy hour 11 AM to 9 PM. Purple Thursdays anything purple
$4.Naked Grape Wine Bar
Chill out Thursdays 9 PM to midnight. Lounge music with Circuit
Stephen
New
MoonBe a rock star Karaoke with MelissaRosie's Bar and Grill
$2 miller lites at 7 PM Scandals Saloon
Cash Prize Pool Tournament at 8 PM Score
Creme and Sugar
Sidelines Sports Bar2-4-1 Happy
Hour 2 PM to 9 PM, $3 Svedka Night 9 to Close, Late Night Happy Hour
2-4-1 on Well & Draft Midnight to Close SoBe Social Club
presentsSimple Life Thursdays at Buck15 LoungeStable
Sangria Thursdays with Bartender Dan’s Unique Sangria Blend.Torpedo
DJ T Pro mixTwist
see long description above
Central Florida (Includes Tampa, St Petersburg,
Orlando, Daytona)
Sawmill Camping Resort
4PM - 7PM HH @ Splash Pool Bar & Cafe;
8PM Dart Tournament, Karaoke &
Open Mic Talent Search w/Coffee Tom in Woody's.
Cold Keg: Trash night amateur
strip contest at midnight, $1 rum and cokes and 50 cent drafts from 9 PM to 11
PM.
G. Bar Ybor City
$1 Drinks until midnight and no cover!
North Florida (Includes Gainesville,
Tallahassee, Jacksonville and Pensacola Beach) Emerald City,
Drag O Rama at 11:30 with
your hostess Ebony Sinclair.
Remember
to chill out
with
Circuitseven and
his chill lounge
sounds at
