Tag Archives: Fort Lauderdale

I’m in Florida for the next two weeks and tomorrow Father Tony and I will spin his tiny convertible down the Overseas Highway for a week of poolside blogging at Key West’s fabulous Island House. There will be a JMG reader meet-up in Fort Lauderdale upon our return (details to follow) and then I’m off to spend Xmas in Orlando …

The ostensible purpose of this post is to pimp my beloved Father Tony’s South Florida Gay News profile of the good Mark Foley, who is a Fort Lauderdale park ranger and environmentalist and should not be confused with disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley, who also lives in South Florida. But to be truthful, I just wanted to post this photo …

Wilton Manors, the very gay small town just north of Fort Lauderdale, is slated to get a massive new resort. New York-based G Worldwide plans to break ground on a 700,000 square-foot resort at an estimated cost of $80 million in Wilton Manors. The luxury resort, scheduled for completion in 2011, will bring over 500 new jobs to the area …

I’ve had a couple more phone conversations with Jo-Vanni today. He reports that his interview with CNN this morning “went pretty well,” but that they gave him no indication when it will air. (I’ve emailed my contact at CNN to ask.) And they apparently will show him on camera. In the meantime, I’ve got Father Tony working in Fort Lauderdale …

Kick off your weekend with a gorgeous progressive vocal house mix by Fort Lauderdale’s DJ Herbie James. Setlist. Website. Podcasts. Upcoming gigs: Fridays & Saturdays @ Ramrod. I was in the room kinda losing my mind (in a great way) when Herbie laid this down for us. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: DJ David Knapp. DJ Dave Huge. DJ Corey Craig.

This weekend I was in Fort Lauderdale where I spoke on a panel at the Gay & Lesbian Literary Arts Festival at the wonderful Stonewall Library & Archives. I’ll post a slideshow about the event later today. My beloved Father Tony was a fabulous host and even submitted to my unreasonable demand that we tour pretty much every gay bar …

Father Tony tells me that the yacht with the dark hull is owned by Richard Branson.

South Florida Gay News reports on a new t-shirt line. Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves, however, Gunner Thelander and Kevin Mahon both of Fort Lauderdale and the Inchwear Team have something other in mind than hearts. The InchWear t-shirts—displaying increments of 6,” 7,” 8,” 9,” & 10+”—dare men to let the world know just how big that…special …

Learn2Discern is Coral Ridge Ministries’ weekly Two Minutes Of Hate, most of which so far have been about them there evil homersexshuls.

Next weekend I’ll be in Fort Lauderale for the 2010 Gay & Lesbian Literary Arts Festival, where I’ll join Miami Herald columnist Steve Rothaus and author Steve Petrow for a panel discussion titled “The Art Of Blogging.” Fancy! The panel will be moderated by South Florida Gay News columnist and blogger bon vivant, our very own Father Tony. Festival registration …

Earlier this month Florida nurse Ray Fletcho was fired from his nursing job after his employers discovered a 34 year old arrest for hosting a wet jockey shorts contest as his drag alter-ego Tiny Tina. Fletcho had not advised his bosses about the “lewd behavior” charge because he had only paid a small fine in 1976. This week the Florida …

A nurse in Florida has been fired and told he can no longer work in his profession because his employers discovered that he was busted for “promoting a lewd performance.” That horrific act? Working as the drag queen emcee of a wet jockey shorts contest 34 years ago. From South Florida Gay News: For the past 15 years, Ray Fetcho …

Last Sunday I posted an article which claimed that gays are fleeing Miami Beach for Fort Lauderdale and other places. The article and its author Natalie O’Neill, who cited rising hate crimes as part of the reason for the exodus, have since come under some criticism both at home and here in NYC. O’Neill appeared on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show …

The spiraling down of the formerly fast glittering gay life in South Beach has been discussed on this blog many times over the years. This week the Miami News Times published a lengthy feature on the issue, citing not only the greatly diminished gay nightlife there, but a parallel and frightening spike in the number of violent hate crimes. In …

A teabagger rally on a Fort Lauderdale street corner turned violent when counter-protesters from the pro-immigrant ANSWER group showed up. From the below clip shot by a teabagger (hence the inflammatory title), it’s hard to tell who started what, but this is just the latest in a recent spate of tea party protests that have gotten physical.

Yesterday Ken Keechl was sworn in as the mayor of Florida’s Broward County, the first openly gay county mayor of the seaside gay tourism mecca. Keechl was elected by fellow county commisssioners. Handling the county’s roiling corruption scandals will be Keechl’s first order of business. Ken Keechl took over as Broward mayor Tuesday amid a wide-ranging government corruption investigation that …

Roni Griffith, (The Best Part Of) Breakin’ Up, 1982. OK, so it’s summer of ’82 and I’m at T-dance at Backstreet, Fort Lauderdale, watching the fabulous Sharon Redd. At the end of her set, DJ Bob Miro booms out in his unmistakable game show host voice, “Neeeeeeext Sunday! Rrrrrrroni Griffith will be here with her coconuts!” And the following weekend …