Florida Agenda

By ROBERT ELIAS DEATON We’re a sucker for Brazilian butts. And nowhere on earth are there more on display then in the incredible city of São Paulo. It’s not only the largest city in Brazil; it’s the largest city in all of South America, and the seventh-largest city by population in the world. It’s just [...]

By ROBERT ELIAS DEATON We’re a sucker for Brazilian butts. And nowhere on earth are there more on display then in the incredible city of São Paulo . It’s not only the largest city in Brazil; it’s the largest city in all of South America, and the seventh-largest city by population in the world. It’s [...]

By ROBERT ELIAS DEATON In case you’ve been living in a foxhole lately, things haven’t been going well for the LGBT community in North Carolina these days. First, the fair citizens of the 12th state in the Union decided to amend its constitution, declaring “marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic [...]

By ROBERT ELIAS DEATON Part 2 of 2 This week we return to Utah, land of the Mormons, clear skies, mountain ranges, and little bluestem—which is not the name of an small Indian Chief but rather a beautiful scrub grass which is indigenous to the Salt Lake City area and whose seeds feed flocks of [...]

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 ROBERT ELIAS DEATON Part II—The Hotels, The Clubs, The Adventure In November 2001, Klaus Wowereit became mayor of Berlin. Now in his third term, Klaus’s favorite color is pink, and he is not subtle in showing his preference for it. Klaus, you see, is gay— which in Berlin is no big deal. In fact, [...]

By ROBERT ELIAS DEATON   Part One—In and Around Berlin is a city best approached with a very open mind. Forget any image you might still possess of a graffiti-covered Berlin wall being toppled, or guarded gates separating East and West. While Berlin of the present is one very much rooted in its past, there [...]

La Dolce Vita Italian Style   ROBERT ELIAS DEATON As Italian cities go, Venice is more dramatic than gay. While in America, the two qualities often go hand-inhand, in Venice there is a certain chaotic energy that never really sleeps. Even in the middle of the night, voices can be heard drifting from secret alleys [...]

By ROBERT ELIAS DEATON The Canary Islands sit off the coast of Northwest Africa some 60 miles from Morocco but, otherwise, a world away. The Spanish archipelago is composed of seven major islands, all watched over by its own patron saint, the Virgin of Candelaria, who has her hands full—particularly in Playa del Inglés, the [...]

By ROBERT ELIAS DEATON It is tough being gay in Moscow. Up until 1993, homosexuality was deemed a crime in Russia; and it was only thirteen years ago that it was removed from a list of mental illnesses. As the world at large has embraced tolerance, and is increasingly accepting same-sex marriage, Russia has moved [...]