At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama achieved celebrity with his unifying speech.

George Kessinger, the man who helped start the South Florida Amateur Athletic Association softball league, brought gay life to Wilton Drive by opening Georgie's Alibi, and who single-handedly sponsored SFAAA in its early days as it gained footing, has been elected to the NAGAAA Hall of Fame. 

Until we admit that Jan. 6 was primarily a Christian conservative coup attempt, we will never move forward as a country.

I should really be dead of AIDS by now, but I’m celebrating my 60th birthday instead.

Much has been written lately about the “death of the LGBT press” as more queer newspapers bite the dust and more queer people get our news and information from the Internet. In fact, LGBT papers are very resilient. Not counting the Advocate, which only survives as a magazine adjunct to Out, there are many LGBT papers which have survived years, even decades: Bay Area Reporter, Philadelphia Gay News, Seattle Gay News and Washington Blade, just to name a few.

I'm writing to ask you to run a public service blurb, once again, to alert tourists and snowbirds, heading for the warm fun and frolics of Wilton Manors, about the speed trap on NE 26th Street, perpetrating as a school zone.

Here’s a secret that has stopped the Equality Act in its tracks in the U.S. Senate. The Republicans and religious leaders have framed the subject as one of “religious freedom,” and have won that debate since our lobbyists aren’t addressing it as it should be: religious institutions wanting special rights to discriminate.

When my son was little, he did something at school that could soon be banned in Florida and numerous other states: he talked about his two moms.

I arrived at our staff meeting like any other staff meeting. It was a little loud, and hyper-masculine, like you might expect in a weight room environment.

Everyone has heard it said that we are our own worst critic, but have you ever realized that we are also our very own greatest limit?

Upon closing my eyes and dreaming up my hero, two images appear. One is a beautiful strong and tall Jason Momoa who sets his beach towel next to mine.

In all of history, Broadway has never been shut down for more than a few days. Last week, it was announced that Broadway will officially be shut down for at least 400+ days — 14 months — if not longer. 

I’m out. Not out like a lost dog; out like a rocket slipping through the ozone skin of the atmosphere.

When I moved to Fort Lauderdale in 1994, I rented half of a historic house in Sailboat Bend. At the time, the neighborhood was already a cliché: Neglected by straight folk, taken over by gay folk.

According to the Census Bureau, nearly 1 in 5 people have a disability. But despite the fact that people with disabilities make up almost 20 percent of the U.S. population, a 2016 report by the Ruderman Family Foundation states that 95 percent of characters in television with disabilities are played by able-bodied actors.

As a former IRS agent, I get called all the time from prospective clients that say that they received a "nasty gram" from the Internal Revenue Service.

Read all you need to know about taxes by former IRS Agent & Teaching Instructor Michael Sullivan such as dealing with the IRS, or how to find your old tax returns.

I don’t want to be told how resilient I am. I am resilient, but I don’t want to live a life where it’s required of me.