The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of South Florida (GLCC) hosted a FAB FLICKS fundraiser at Cinema Paradiso on June 27.  The event began with a 2-hour reception for the GLCC Founders Circle - a group of donors who have given at least $1200 annually to the Center.  Guests enjoyed an open bar and bartenders sponsored by Boardwalk Bar, entertainment by Misty Eyez and the Trannie Shack crew of Elements Bar and hosted by Denise Warner of the Lesbian Lounge of GayInternetRadioLive.com.  Cinema Paradiso sponsored the feature film Hedwig and the Angry Inch.  All proceeds from the event benefit the programs and services of the GLCC.  The next FAB FLICKS event is scheduled for August 22, please visit the GLCC website for additional details www.glccsf.org. 

On Sunday July 2, Babylon T and Noche Latina T at Voodoo Lounge presented Independence T dance. Once again Voodoo put on a fabulous Sunday party with all 3 rooms offering a different Genre and being PACKED. DJ Miik was keeping the patio hoping, DJ Nena made it wall to wall men in the Latin Room, and DJ Angelo Kortez had the boys dancing all night. Daisy and Vegas Dion performed to much accolades.  

On Monday July 3^rd, the Boardwalk presented a birthday party for Erika Norell and Daisy Deadpetals, and the bar was Slamming!!! For those of you who haven’t been to the Boardwalk in the last month you have missed their renovations, and you must put it on your list as a must see. The bar looks FABULOUS…..It honestly doesn’t even look like the same bar. Kudos to owners Victor and Jim and Manager Nena for doing such a great job!!! 

Speaking of Trannie Shack on Tuesday July 4, Trannie Shack at Elements presented a birthday party for Manager Howard Merritt and Performer/bartender Diva.

Fort Lauderdale’s newest Guest House Mary’s Resort is offering a Sizzling Summer Special from now until August 30^th. If you stay 3 nights you get the 4^th night free. For more info on Mary’s Resort Click Here. 

Starting Sunday, July 9th Cupids new hours will be from 10pm till 5am seven days a week. Don't forget there's no cover after 2am with any club bracelet or stamp seven days a week, the party doesn't stop until you stop partying. 

Naked Grape has 2 events for the remainder of July and they are:

Friday, July 14th - Fundraiser Wine Tasting for Stonewall Library.  6:30pm to 8:30pm.

Saturday, July 29th - Naked Grape Wine & Beer Bar Grand Opening. 8:00pm to midnight.

Midland Medical Incorporated (MMI), a Florida-based, healthcare facilities development and management company, announced today that it has been selected by the Wellness Center of South Florida (Wellness Center) to establish, staff, and operate a diagnostic and medical treatment clinic for persons co-infected by HIV/AIDS in the Ft. Lauderdale/Miami area.  The clinic will be located in the Wellness Center's facility in Broward County, and the new services will be available to all infected persons at low cost.  The Wellness Center is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that has provided post diagnosis support activities and services for infected HIV/AIDS individuals since 1996, according to Heidi Andrus, the Wellness Center's founder and executive director.  Diagnosed as HIV positive herself in 1986 and later as positive for Hepatitis C (HCV), Andrus discovered that persons with her condition often 'fell through the cracks' when it came to learning about treatment options and finding support groups, and established her group to fill the gap. The Wellness Center was founded initially to service the growing population of persons co-infected with HIV/HCV, but more recently shifted its focus to exclusively provide financial assistance to HIV/AIDS positive individuals with limited incomes.  Qualified persons can turn to the Wellness Center to obtain funds to pay for their medical insurance premiums, thereby insuring that their healthcare coverage's remain in effect.  In addition, it supports the HIV/AIDS community with outreach counseling and education services. For information about the Wellness Center and its full range of offerings, contact Ms. Heidi Andrus, Executive Director, by email at WCSFlink@cs.com or phone 1-954 568-0152.  To contact her by fax, dial 1-954-1364.

The Rising Action Theatre Company announces its second production; The Last Hairdresser; a comedy by Doug Holsclaw. It will be performed at Boom from July 14-August 20; Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and Sundays at 2:30. Boom is located at 2232 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Tickets are $25 with a discount for groups. They are available by calling 954 567-8550 or you can also buy tickets at Gay Mart which is right next door to Boom. The Last Hairdresser is a fast and furious farce about a fey airline steward who after being called “stewardess” for the last time, threatens to blow up the plane he is working on. His court ordered rehabilitation is vocational training as a hairdresser where he meets various snippy versions of himself. It is subtitled "the comic reconstruction of the bitchy queen." The Last Hairdresser was awarded best new play of 2002 by the San Francisco Bay Critics Circle. Reviews included: “-drop dead hilarious.” City Search “witty, incisive and deliciously mean spirited.” San Francisco Bay Times “Steel Magnolias with a kinky twist.” LA Times.  After an acclaimed production of “Southern Baptist Sissies” David Goldyn, artistic director of Rising Action Theatre Company, once again directs. He has headed the Parks Shakespeare Company and The Acting Studio Company. His directing credits include Stray Dog Story and From Shirley Temple to Aimee Semple in Los Angeles. In Orlando, as Artistic Director of the Acting Studio Company, he directed Jeffrey, Ruthless, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, Fortune and Men’s Eyes, PS Your Cat is Dead and others. He currently teaches theater at Broward Community College. He has an M.A. in theatre from NYU. The play features Dwayne Tuttle and Noah Levine from Southern Baptist Sissies along with Emily Ocheltree, Eston Dunn, Troy Stanley, Steve Woollet, Brandon St. John. and Jack Livesey.

The PALS Project has expanded its services to the community with the addition of new staff member Magno Morales.  Morales most recently worked in HIV testing, outreach and prevention at Hispanic Unity. The PALS Project, a non-profit HIV prevention project in Broward County, works with HIV+ gay, bisexual, queer and questioning men.   Located at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of South Florida, the PALS Project provides HIV+ men with real social support, accurate HIV information and practical, effective strategies and tools to lead safer, richer lives. “Magno displays such passion and vision for work with HIV+ individuals, especially an underserved Hispanic community,” states Kristofer Fegenbush, Project Manager.  “His enthusiasm, experience and dedication will assist the PALS Project and the GLCC as we improve and enrich our services.” Morales led HIV prevention support groups in his native country of Nicaragua and in Costa Rica.  He also collaborated with his brother-in-law, a physician in Nicaragua, to lead prevention meetings on college campuses. Morales will help the PALS Project launch the first local examples of the nationally respected Healthy Relationships program.  This five-session small-group program helps participants reduce stress by building coping skills—including problem solving, decision making and negotiating choices.  In a safe, supportive environment, participants learn to make informed decisions that will build healthy, safer relationships with family, friends and sex partners. The PALS Project will offer groups both in English and Spanish.  These fun, interactive sessions use modern movie clips to launch small group discussions each week.  “I look forward to years of work with the PALS Project and the GLCC,” states Morales.  “I’m excited by their vision for the future.  We share a common heart for the Latin community.” Through creative efforts, the PALS Project aims to decrease the number of new HIV infections in the community.  The Project provides a safe, non-judgmental, supportive environment for men to look at their own behavior and to make wise choices that benefit their health and the health of others.  PALS receives its funding from the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of HIV/AIDS.