Florida Agenda

Wilton Manors’ second attempt at a public/private partnership to develop its Hagen Park/City Hall parking lot seems likely to end in failure. Last month, an eight-member city committee made up of residents, city staff, and members of the business community unanimously rejected a $14-million residential development. Committee members raised an issue with the number of […]

Alan Clendenin remembers when Anita Bryant hawked orange juice and bigotry in the late 1970s. And as the newly-elected Vice Chair of the Florida Democratic Party (FDP), he wants to work to ensure the existence of a state party dedicated to defending all of its ideals, including LGBT rights. Clendenin, 53, who serves as a […]

NOTE: On Friday, January 25 and Saturday, January 25, Boom nightclub (2232 Wilton Dr., Wilton Manors) will hold its “Studio 54 Weekend,” from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., a local tribute to the glamour, energy, and excitement of New York City’s original Studio 54 nightclub, which operated from 1977 to 1981 and helped provide a […]

Gayborhood Agenda WILTON MANORS — What Boyd Corbin says what started as a joke has turned into anything but. Corbin has been charged by the Broward State Attorney’s Office for an alleged Halloween assault on at Georgie’s Alibi on Michael Walters, who emcees at the popular nightclub under the professional name Florida’s Dame Edna. Corbin, […]

Haulover Clothing-Optional Beach in the Crosshairs MIAMI — Just as LGBT politicians are fond of saying there’s no “gay way” to fix a pothole, the gay naturists of Haulover Park’s nude beach don’t see a gay—or “naturist”—way to park a car. Fearing that plans for a new boat house would use up the limited available […]