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What's HOT! / News, gay events and information - South Florida - Miami - Fort Lauderdale - Palm Beach

  • What's HOT! South Florida August 26, 201

    Last Wednesday the Mack guys hosted yet another successful Miami mixer at Sagafredo Zanetti's in Brickell.  Professionals mingled in an elegant setting while sipping on 5 star

  • What's HOT! South Florida August 19, 201

    Friday night was happening all over Fort Lauderdale. It started with “Broward Bares It,” a benefit for Broward House at Passion Nightclub at the Seminole Hardrock Hotel and Ca

  • What's HOT! South Florida August 12, 201

    On August 3rd the monthly Mack Lunch was held at the beautiful China Grille on the 17th Street Causeway overlooking the intercoastal.  Congrats to Danny and DJ for once again

  • What's HOT! South Florida August 5, 2010

    The last 2 months have been so crazy for me, traveling across the state many times for important events, that this past week I decided I was going to give my body a break and

  • What's HOT! South Florida July 29, 2010

    On Monday, July 19th Bill's presented their 4th annual Bartenders, Boxers and Briefs Underwear Auction benefitting Tuesday's Angels. The event featured some of the sexiest b

  • What's HOT! South Florida July 22, 2010

    Last Tuesday was the monthly Fort Lauderdale Mack Mixer, which took place this  month at the beautiful Ritz Carleton on A1A. Over 100 people attended this networker and social

  • What's HOT! South Florida July 15, 2010

    Ok, I admit it - sometimes I get exhausted and need to rest, so this past week I only attended activities within the walls of Wilton Manors. Thursday night George Castrataro

  • What's HOT! South Florida July 8 , 2010

    In my travels out and about in the state of Florida I felt that I may be a little neglectful of Miami, so this past week I tried to spend a lot of time there. Wednesday night

  • What's HOT! South Florida July 1 , 2010

    Coming off a momentous first year, W Fort Lauderdale celebrated its one year anniversary in Florida on Thursday night. Inviting guests to slip behind the velvet ropes, W hoste

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What's HOT! Central Florida / News, gay events and information - Tampa - Orlando - St. Petersburg

  • What's HOT! Central Florida, August 26,

    I'd like to start off this week by congratulating Miss Alis Summers and Miss Jocelyn Summers. Alisa recently placed in the top 12 of the Miss Gay USofA newcomer Pageant. This

  • What's HOT! Central Florida, August 19,

    Ok, so last week I showed some love…well, A LOT of love to Tampa and like I said, this week I brought the love to St. Petersburg. Monday night was spent at Flamingo for their

  • What's HOT! Central Florida, August 12,

    What a week I had, let me tell you! I went to Dinner and a Movie at Flamingo on Monday, G Bar on Tuesday, Hamburger Mary's for some Drag Queen Bingo on Wednesday, JJ's GaYBOR

  • What's HOT! Central Florida, August 5, 2

    I know that at times I have some really crazy or goofy things to write about but for this issue I’d really just like to say thank you. Thank you to all of you who read my colu

  • What's HOT! Central Florida, July 29, 20

    So, did you miss seeing me around town this past weekend? Well, I missed all of you, too, but not enough to miss out on a trip down to South Beach and Fort Lauderdale! Just ki

  • What's HOT! Central Florida, July 22, 20

    Unity in our community, those are great words to open with. The recent confusion with the what was to be Club Infusion and its failure to open really did show how unified our

  • What's HOT! Central Florida, July 15, 20

    Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day! Yes everyone, summer time is here and with that comes the heat, the humidity and the rain...but hey, all the more reason for yo

  • What's HOT! Central Florida, July 8, 201

    So, you’re saying to yourself, “Hmm, GayDays is over, Pride is over and GaYBOR days are over, sigh...it’s going to be a boring summer from here out….” Not! You’re in Central F

  • What's HOT! Central Florida, July 1, 201

    Welcome to GaYBOR Days! This is going to be one fun-filled week right here in our own home town of Tampa in the GaYBOR District. How about our own Cory on the cover this wee

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Dishing with Mark & Carrie / News, gay events and information - Central Florida - Tampa - Orlando - St. Petersburg

  • Dishing with Mark & Carrie August 26, 20

    The talent shows at JJ's are simply not to be missed! Every week, as the word spreads they are even more incredible than the week before! Recently there were 4 contestants: a

  • Dishing with Mark & Carrie August 19, 20

    GLBT Major News Press Conference When Al & Chuck called a local GLBT press conference we knew it was going to be big and exciting news. All the gay media were there together w

  • Dishing with Mark & Carrie August 12, 20

    Not one, but two new T-dances, both connected by the trolley! Congratulations to Manny Alvarez on the opening of Twilight in the towers of Channelside. The club has a New York

  • Dishing with Mark & Carrie August 5, 201

    Tampa wasn’t the largest of the non profits attending this year’s conference Florida Together held Saturday, July 24 in Orlando. Political candidates including running for Flo

  • Dishing with Mark & Carrie July 29, 2010

    When Chuck invited us to Al’s Surprise 50th birthday celebration we knew it was going to be over the top fun, but never thought it would turn out to be such a magical adventur

  • Dishing with Mark & Carrie July 22, 2010

    Carrie West Applies For Tampa City Council AppointmentIt was last Wednesday and the stir of craziness in Tampa city government and politics had me scratching my head. Every

  • Dishing with Mark & Carrie July 15, 2010

    GaYBOR DAY’s 2010 Visitors as far away as Miami, Atlanta, New York, Detroit, Santa Fe and Los Angeles felt the warmth that the historic Ybor City District offers, some for th

  • Dishing with Mark & Carrie July 8, 2010

    A huge thank you and congratulations to St. Pete Pride 2010 for a job well done! Just for the record, Mark & Carrie, owners of MC Film, were at the very first St. Pete Pride

  • Dishing with Mark & Carrie July 1, 2010

    After many months of hard work the 3rd Annual GaYBOR Days is this weekend!  This year there is a 15th Street Health Fair, VIP parties, Muvico Movie Night, Famous GaYBOR Bar

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Hot Topics / Sizzling conflicts affecting our gay community.

  • Hot Topics July 29, 2010

    National AIDS Strategy Clashes with Florida Since 1980, 575,000 Americans, including approximately 300,000 gay and bisexual men, have lost their lives to AIDS. Each year, 56,

  • Hot Topics July 8, 2010

    Fear FactorWe will soon get a ruling on a federal constitutional challenge to Proposition 8, the referendum that overturned same-sex marriage in California in 2008. In the nat

  • Hot Topics June 24, 2010

    Pride, Proclamations & Party Politics Presidential proclamations honoring LGBT Pride Month are back, thanks to the election of Barack Obama in 2008. Although largely symbolic

  • Hot Topics June 10, 2010

    Christian Fascism in Africa The use of the “Nazi” label as a comparison is often overblown rhetoric that diminishes the horror of the Holocaust and says more about the accu

  • Hot Topics May 27, 2010

    George Rekers: Hypocrisy or Pathology? Before George Rekers brought his rent boy to Europe to “carry his luggage,” “show him Jesus” and, according to the escort, rub his pe

  • Hot Topics May 13, 2010

    Pride & Prejudice   A complex political issue unrelated to LGBT rights is jeopardizing funding and governmental support for North America’s largest Pride event, with com

  • Hot Topics April 29, 2010

    Crunch Time For ENDA While it's been sixteen years since the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) was first introduced as a bill in Congress, our community is

  • Hot Topics April 15, 2010

    Vatican Circling The Wagons As a non-Catholic, I have refrained from writing about the latest revelations of priests molesting children, but with Catholic leaders bla

  • Hot Topics April 8, 2010

    Have Fun & Use A Condom A March 10 press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a wake-up call to our community: “Data analysis by the CDC u

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Hollywood Inside & Out / Celebrity gossip with a gay perspective.

  • Hollywood Inside & Out August 12, 2010

    "She thinks it would be a lovely home for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt." - Well-known "psychic" Kenny Kingston passes along a message from Marilyn Monroe regarding her Brentwo

  • Hollywood Inside & Out July 29, 2010

    "They still don't understand why I didn't win. I go, 'Guys! Seriously?' They go, 'No, mommy. You were the best.' They still insist. That's love." - Kate Gosselin tells "Access

  • Hollywood Inside & Out July 15, 2010

    "No one. They should all wait till I'm f---in' dead. I pass the mantle to no one. They'll have to rip it from my dead shoulders. I know - gracious till the end!" - Joan Rivers

  • Hollywood Inside & Out July 1, 2010

    "This is what I live for, so bring it. This is how I write my act." - Kathy Griffin answers Elisabeth Hasselbeck's question on whether the redhead worries about being a guest

  • Hollywood Inside & Out June 17, 2010

    "I need a girlfriend. I'm looking for funny, someone who can deal with a busy schedule, which has been a problem in the past. Just a cool girl. I need someone to hang out with

  • Hollywood Inside & Out June 3, 2010

    "I never really addressed those rumors 'cause I always figured why defend yourself against something that's not offensive."   - Johnny Galecki explains to the ladies of "The

  • Hollywood Inside & Out May 20, 2010

    "The grande dame of Broadway has entered the record books. Angela Lansbury received a Tony nomination for her work in "A Little Night Music."   This marks Angie's seventh n

  • Hollywood Inside & Out May 6, 2010

    "With all due respect to Rupert, you can blame a lack of advancement in your career on all kinds of things, for a myriad of reasons. So I don't think he can specifically pinpo

  • Hollywood Inside & Out March 25, 2010

    "He's kinda sexy. I'd hit that."- Gabourey Sidibe expresses her desire for a bit of Gerard Butler. Gotta give the girl credit - she said it right to his face. Let's get right

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Question Mark / gay relationships, questions and answers.

  • Question Mark August 19, 2010

    Dear Mark, I'm a 43 year old gay man. I have had a few significant relationships in my life. However none of them have lasted more than 6 years. All my life I dreamed of meet

  • Question Mark August 12, 2010

    Dear Mark, Can you help me with something? I’m a 32 year old gay man. I don’t want to sound arrogant, but by all accounts I think I’m very good looking. People have told me

  • Question Mark July 8, 2010

    Dear, Mark, How are you today? I wrote you a while back and told you that the guy I had fallen in love with had broken up with me. After what happened to me, I tried to do

  • Question Mark July 1, 2010

    Dear Mark, My partner and I have been married for 20 years. He is handsome and intelligent and I love him very much. The problem is that I don’t believe in my heart that he l

  • Question Mark June 24, 2010

    Hi Mark, I’ve been seeing this guy for about six months now. We met online and it was really a great connection at first. He was everything I was looking for. He was sexy as h

  • Question Mark May 27, 2010

    Dear Mark,I hope you still remember me. Well, I guess I haven't written to you for a long time. I've been quite busy with my work and everything. I write to you this time to

  • Question Mark May 13, 2010

    Dear Mark, Long distance relationships are hard. I’ve been seeing this woman I’ll call Jill for the past six months. We met in Fort Lauderdale over the Winter Party festivitie

  • Question Mark April 29, 2010

    Dear Mark, I’m at a cross road in my life and not sure where to turn. I saw your column online and thought you might be a safe person to ask. I’ve been with my partner f

  • Question Mark April 1, 2010

    Dear Mark, I saw your article and wanted to write in. I'm 50 years old. I have lived a life of celibacy because I was molested by my gym teacher when I was 13 years old. I had

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Cheaper Than Therapy / A short story can teach a long lasting lesson & it is always Cheaper Than Therapy

  • Cheaper Than Therapy, August 19, 2010

    The Once & Future Ex My heart sank as I read the words on my phone: It's over. Couples break up every day. Relationships are difficult. They require hard work, compromise,

  • Cheaper Than Therapy, August 5, 2010

     Definitely Not George Monday morning, in a five minute break between an overload of meetings, I got a text message that read, “Hey,  Good seeing you this weekend.”  The numb

  • Cheaper Than Therapy, July 22, 2010

    Schmabobble At 7:30, the alarm trumpets in my ear and reverberates through my brain. I can feel my pulse behind my clinched eyes. I am aching and disoriented, trying to figure

  • Cheaper Than Therapy, July 1, 2010

     Arrested Development   Although every word I write has underlying evidence of my true personality, a lot of what I say is tongue-in-cheek, so I assume readers will take it

  • Cheaper Than Therapy, June 17, 2010

    Situational Cuteness "That guy's cute!" I glanced around at passing cars to identify the cute guy my friend, Stephen, was talking about. My eyes landed on a very confusing s

  • Cheaper Than Therapy, June 3, 2010

    Routine Maintenance Four weeks ago I reminded myself that I had six weeks until Gay Days in Orlando. Six weeks to eat right, work out and get a tan. The timeframe was totally

  • Cheaper Than Therapy, May 20, 2010

    Oh, For The Love of God Admittedly, I have fantasized about hooking up with one of the many hot boys from my high school. Unfortunately, Brian was not one of those guys. Brian

  • Cheaper Than Therapy, May 6, 2010

    Bad Romance   When my mother called to tell me that my grandmother died, I didn't cry. It is pretty common knowledge that I am emotionally stoic. In fact, only a few close

  • Cheaper Than Therapy, April 22, 2010

    Game, Set, Mismatch “You have a good approach, but no follow through.”   I must have heard this constructive criticism from my tennis coach at least three times a week. Th

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Need Wood? / Sex questions, honest answers and comments by Woody Miller

  • Need Wood? August 12, 2010

    HIV Transmission Hey Woody, I’ve been hooking up with this guy and having awesome sex. We both have boyfriends but play on the side. The thing is, he doesn’t want to use cond

  • Need Wood? August 5, 2010

    That Guilty Feeling Hey Woody, I’ve had a couple of bad experiences with Grndr guys showing up at my door looking 20 years older than they are and three inches shorter than t

  • Need Wood? July 29, 2010

    Bridging Age Differences Hey Woody!I’m 24; he’s 18. The only thing that’s stopping me from falling in love is his age. I find myself constantly lying about it to my friends.

  • Need Wood? July 22, 2010

    Anal Bleaching Hey Woody,I’m an ass-freak. I love to “toss salad” and get my own lettuce flipped and licked. I want my sphincter in porn-quality shape—the pinkest pink possibl

  • Need Wood? July 15, 2010

    Changing Attraction Hey Woody! I know I’ve missed out on some great one-night stands, even relationships because the guys weren’t my physical type. I’ve tried but I just can

  • Need Wood? July 8, 2010

    Big Penis, Bad Breath Hey Woody, Thank you, thank you, thank you for the great column on bad breath, but you never addressed how to tell somebody they smell like they just ri

  • Need Wood? July 1, 2010

    Too Nelly for Online Hey Woody,I’m 18, have a nice body, cute butt, and all that, but nobody online hits me up. I think what’s causing all the ignores is my femininity. I’m ki

  • Need Wood? June 24, 2010

    Infatuated with Big Dicks/Ripe Smells Hey Woody, I love how guys smell, from fresh sweat (not the same as “BO” for the ignoranti), to crotch smells, etc. (not the same as cac

  • Need Wood? June 17, 2010

    Giving Boyfriend's Another Chance Hey Woody, So I met an out of town guy who’s planning to move here. It’s been incredibly passionate with lots of talk of what will happen be

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The Situation / Burning politics and their impact on the gay community.

  • The Situation February 4, 2010

    The State of Our Union Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell There appeared to be a great deal of controversy surrounding last week's State of the Union Address in which Preside

  • The Situation January 28, 2010

    Hate on Trial Prop H8 on Trial The makers of California's Proposition 8, the ballot measure that ended marriage equality in the state, were quick to jump up an

  • The Situation January 14, 2010

    Family Matters   For all the nonsense we hear spewed about protecting marriage, defending the family, family values, etc., this week we'll take a look at how valuable t

  • The Situation December 30, 2009

    2009 - Where Did It Go? 2009 has been quite a year. After we endured the last 19 1/2 days of George W. Bush's two terms as President of the United States, we began t

  • The Situation December 17, 2009

    GOProud   Apparently gay conservatives were not getting enough grief as Log Cabin Republicans – some felt the incongruity between their political beliefs and sexual orie

  • The Situation December 10, 2009

    The War on Christmas Has Begun! Actually, like anything else related to the holidays, the War on Christmas began back in September, when the American Family Association

  • The Situation November 19, 2009

    Holy?! ¢atholic ¢haritie$ The Archdiocese of Washington (a division of the Catholic Church, Inc.) has threatened to take its ball and go home if the City Council of

  • The Situation November 12, 2009

    A Walk Down Memory Lane More Electile Dysfunction - Last week’s elections were a mixed bag at best. Washington’s domestic partnership law stood the test of funda

  • The Situation November 5, 2009

    Halloween’s Over: The Bats Want Their Guano Back   Hide & Seek - Now that President Obama has signed the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act into

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Mrs Beasley / Community news & gossip!

  • Beasley April 1, 2010

    “If your presence doesn't make a difference, neither will your absence.” - Mike Hamic My dear friend Richard gray , living tourism legend who created The famous Royal Palms

  • Beasley March 11, 2010

    “A good gossip cannot believe everything they hear, but they can print it.” - Cindy Adam   Happy 25th Anniversary to the Boardwalk   The legendary Boardwalk of internati

  • Beasley March 4, 2010

    “Life isn't about waiting for the rain to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain.” -Anon   This Just In Cleto Buren (pictured here), the husband of Hotspots

  • Beasley February 17, 2010

    “The only normal people there are, are people you don't know very well.”  - Unknown Happy birthday to Jim Babb of the Depot. Wishing sexy Jim the very happiest of birt

  • Beasley February 11, 2010

    “Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.”  - Unknown

  • Beasley February 4, 2010

    “Nick's small package was a problem sometimes, like the first time we had sex, to tell you the truth, I didn't really feel much. I faked the whole thing. I really felt sorry

  • Beasley January 28, 2010

    “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain   This Just In You can soon have David Beckham on your rigid rod! Well, that is by way of wea

  • Beasley January 21, 2010

    “Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.” – The Beatles   We Hear   That a very famous sports figure was in town securing Super Bowl tickets and a

  • Beasley January 14, 2010

      “Good friendships are like good health: neither should be taken for granted.” – Unknown   We Hear   That the world famous Boardwalk will present 2010 RentBoy.com cale

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