Florida Agenda

By ROBERT ELIAS DEATON Ya gotta love those Mormons. First they create Salt Lake City, courtesy of Brigham Young, president of the Church of Latter Day Saints, who arrived in Utah in 1847 and established a settlement to escape religious persecution from the ?East.? Then, they make the place so welcoming that hundreds of thousands [...]

By Dale Madison   Stephen Fallon, the Executive Director of Latinos Salud, knows his way around an HIV/AIDS service organization, having worked in that niche of the non-profit industry since 1995. In 2000, he began working with gay and minority-based agencies and clinics that wanted to expand their HIV prevention and support services. “I’ve met [...]

By JEAN DOHERTY   A bisque is a smooth, creamy, highlyseasoned soup of French origin. It’s rich and decadent. It’s classically based on a strained broth or “coulis” of crustaceans. It can be made from lobster, crab, shrimp or crayfish. In authentic bisque, the shells are ground to a fine paste and added to thicken [...]

By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN   A week ago Sunday was National Earth Day, and what better way to celebrate, we thought, than eat at Energy Kitchen, an eco-friendly restaurant with a fresh approach to a healthy diet. The idea here is a simple one: everything on the menu is 500 calories or less. Nothing is [...]

ST. PETE PRIDE The 10th Annual St. Pete Pride Street Festival and Promenade returns Saturday, June 30. The diversity of Southwest Florida’s LGBT community and visitors from around the world join local allies, business and community leaders, and supporters for a day of food, fun, dancing, music, and fun. St. Petersburgh’s Grand Central District transforms [...]

PRIDEFEST Key West has a lot to be proud of: the southernmost U.S. city recently tied with San Francisco for the title of Best City for Unity Between Gays and Lesbians, and they won hands down in Best City for Unity Between Gays and Straights. Both their city and county official mottos are “One Human [...]

AQUA GIRL For Women Who Love Women, May 2 through 6. Now in its eleventh fabulous year, Aqua Girl™ continues to attract women from all corners of the country, the Americas and around the globe. The week continues to grow with an ever-expanding variety of events that enhance its appeal and have created what is [...]

BEACHBEAR WEEKEND The annual BeachBear celebration in Fort Lauderdale will be held May 10 through 16. The host hotel is the Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel, 440 Seabreeze Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. Thursday, May 10 – Afterburn: Windamar Resort from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tea-dance, drink specials. – BearBust: Scandals from 6 [...]

BY Arlen Leight , Ph.D. You cannot pick up a magazine or watch a television show today without some advertisement for so-called “E.D.” treatment. Erectile disorder is often called erectile dysfunction or impotence and is the most common sexual disorder for men. Ironically, “dysfunction” and “impotence” inaccurately and often inadvertently contribute to a man’s feeling [...]