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Gay and Here to Stay: Zakar Twins Stage Memoir Send-Up of Mom

By Dale King
Sep 4, 2019

When Michael and Zach Zakar decided six years ago to admit they were gay, the response was mixed. “By the time we were 18, we had come out to all our friends,” says Zach. The response? “OK, cool.” Except for their mom, an uber-Catholic, dedicated homophobe, who bristled at the prospect...
Art After Stonewall at Frost Honors Gay Rights Movement's 50th Anniversary

By Barbara Negron
Aug 27, 2019

It's the 1960s and in a small club called the Stonewall Inn, people gather to drink, dance, and be themselves. Fifty years ago, all hell broke loose as patrons of that Greenwich Village pub clashed with police in what is now considered the modern beginning of the fight for gay...
Rumors Bar & Grill in Wilton Manors Will Close

By Juliana Accioly
Aug 7, 2019

One of Wilton Manors' most beloved destinations, Rumors Bar & Grill, has announced its closing date. After a five-year run, the establishment posted on Facebook that it will shut its doors permanently Sunday, August 18.
At the Stonewall National Museum & Archives, Queer History Is Still Unfolding

By Celia Almeida
Jun 28, 2019

The Fort Lauderdale library and Wilton Manors gallery known as the Stonewall National Museum & Archives began as a collection of queer erotica in a Hollywood basement.
The Museum of Discovery and Science Will Celebrate LGBTQ Families This Saturday

By Christian Portilla
Jun 21, 2019

The Museum of Discovery and Science (MODS) will host its first Family Pride Day, in alignment with Pride Month, Saturday, June 22. The event grew out of the museum's LGBTQ+ Inclusivity Initiative, which MODS implemented last year.
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis on the City's Gay-Friendly History: "We Have Evolved"

By Naomi Feinstein
Jun 14, 2019

Fort Lauderdale and its neighboring cities, such as Wilton Manors and Oakland Park, have some of the highest concentrations of same-sex households in the country. And those numbers are growing.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Snubs LGBTQ Community in Pulse Remembrance

By Jerry Iannelli
Jun 12, 2019

June is Pride Month. The 2016 attack on the Pulse nightclub, which occurred three years ago today, killed 49 people at an event held for gay Latino men. Yet Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — or someone in his administration — decided it was necessary this year to scrub mentions of the LGBTQ community from the state's yearly Pulse Memorial Day proclamation.
NSU Art Museum's "A Sense of Pride" Symposium Spotlights Queer Artists and Activists of Color

By Christian Portilla
May 16, 2019

A symposium at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is bringing together established and emerging LGBTQ+ artists to explore issues of queer identity and representation in art through panel discussions and conceptual performances.
The Eight Best Gay Bars in Fort Lauderdale

By Juliana Accioly
Apr 30, 2019

Bars and clubs such as Georgie's Alibi, Ramrod, and Rumors are safe spaces where gay people gather for drinks, drag, and dancing.
Frank Art Gallery's "Prism" Commemorates the Forgotten History of the Stonewall Riots

By Celia Almeida
Feb 21, 2019

It was an event as important to American civil rights history as bus boycotts and sit-ins, but 50 years later, the moment that catalyzed the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement is still unfamiliar to most citizens. And it's no wonder that the Stonewall Riots — which took place at New York City's Stonewall...
Carnaval-Themed 2019 Pride Fort Lauderdale Will Host First-Ever Parade on Fort Lauderdale Beach

By Juliana Accioly
Feb 20, 2019

The 42nd annual Pride Fort Lauderdale festival has been expanded to a four-day event including its first-ever parade on Fort Lauderdale Beach.
Art-Rageous 2018 Will Spotlight Queer Artists in Wilton Manors

By Ghenete "G" Wright Muir
Oct 5, 2018

Tedd Davis's greatest impact in the local art community is felt through events such as Art-Rageous, an annual, juried art competition and exhibit that will take place at Davis' gallery in the heart of Wilton Manors this Saturday, October 6.
As Trump Reverses Trans Guidelines, Pride Fort Lauderdale Expands

By Ryan Yousefi
Feb 23, 2017

To celebrate its 40th year of LGBTQ awareness, Pride Fort Lauderdale (formerly South Florida Pride) is taking its annual festival from the cozy confines of Holiday Park to Fort Lauderdale Beach. This weekend's Pride Fort Lauderdale — scheduled to be centrally located at 1100 Seabreeze Blvd., also the site of the Tortuga Music Festival — will be an expanded version of the free celebration of the LGBTQ community, supporters, and friends.
Wilton Manors Police Department Faces Discrimination Claims

By Jess Swanson
Sep 7, 2016

In the dim light of South Florida's most famous gay hangout, two dozen men curl around the center bar to down two-for-one drinks on a Monday evening. Some are balding with graying hair. More rugged gents sport baseball caps. A few clean-shaven yuppies in suits scroll through social media feeds...
Pink Pistols Fort Lauderdale Wants to Arm the LGBTQ Community

By Antonia Noori Farzan
Aug 15, 2016

Whatever your stereotype of a gun owner looks like, Gus Kein is probably not it. The 52-year-old Wilton Manors resident is both openly gay and a retired minister. As a 17 year old growing up in Plantation, "I shot a bird or a squirrel or something and cried like a...
Wilton Manors Grilled Cheese Shop Goes Viral With Post Defending Transgender Employee

By Antonia Noori Farzan
Aug 8, 2016

Saturday afternoons are always busy at New York Grilled Cheese. Hungover people line up for greasy sandwiches stuffed with bacon and fried chicken. Customers spill out of the tiny pink storefront on Wilton Drive, and congregate in front of the sex shop next door. This being Wilton Manors, America’s second...
Men-Only Divorce Attorney Says He's Crusading for Men's Trampled Rights

By Nicolás Rivero
Jul 27, 2016

Kenny Leigh’s attitude toward family law is simple: “You shouldn’t have to prove that mom’s a crack whore for a dad to get the kids every other weekend.” Leigh, of Kenny Leigh & Associates, is the founder and CEO of the largest firm of for-men-only family lawyers in Florida, with...
Wilton Manors Residents Complain About Too Much Sex at Colohatchee Park

By Antonia Noori Farzan
Jul 1, 2016

Michael Rajner didn’t expect to see a man getting a blow job. It was the middle of the afternoon, and he was at Colohatchee Park walking Gidget, a Yorkie-mini Schnauzer mix. But it was impossible to mistake what was happening on the park bench ahead of him: one man was...
Highlights From the 2016 Wilton Manors Stonewall Festival & Parade

By Antonia Noori Farzan
Jun 21, 2016

The tragic attacks at a gay club in Orlando the weekend before weren’t going to stop the party at Wilton Manors’ annual Stonewall Pride Festival, and neither was the sweltering 94-degree heat. Instead, the LGBT community and allies showed up ready to show their pride and solidarity, and have a...
The Dogs With the Most Pride at Stonewall Parade 2016

By Antonia Noori Farzan
Jun 20, 2016

Wilton Manors’ annual Stonewall Pride Festival is a time to dress up in rainbow everything: beads, tutus, sweatbands, t-shirts, kneesocks, bow ties, and bandannas. That is no less true if you happen to be a dog. Here are some of the most pride-filled pets that we spotted at the parade...

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