I’m dining out less often due to the upswing in COVID and the new Delta variant (how long before we have a drag queen named Delta Variant?)

To his peers, Rob Shore is known as “Dr. PrEP”

As executive minister at Sunshine Cathedral, a Metropolitan Community Church in Fort Lauderdale, Dr. Robert Griffin is witnessing a new wave of coming out stories.

Broward County Judge Robert Lee is certainly a man of distinction.

Robin Bodiford has been gay for as long as she can remember and she has been first out in many ways for many years.

Rod Hagwood has been working at the Sun Sentinel for as long as he’s been in South Florida — 25 years.

Rodney Briguglio grew up in West Hampton Beach, Long Island, “a small town where everyone knew everyone else’s business,” he said.

“I like problem solving,” said Ron Gunzburger, 51.

In almost a year, Roya Amirniroumand has transformed women’s services at The Pride Center at Equality Park.

Sabrine Johnston has lived in West Palm Beach for 25 years – the last five as the woman she was born to be.

As one of the few women leading a professional symphony orchestra in the United States, South Florida Symphony Music Director Sebrina Maria Alfonso knows a thing or two about the so-called “glass ceiling.”

Welcome to SFGN’s second OUT50 list. When we decided last year to come up with this list we thought it would be difficult putting together enough names. It turned out the difficult part was narrowing it down to only 50 individuals.

Welcome to SFGN’s third OUT50 list. When we decided two years ago to come up with this list we thought it would be difficult putting together enough names. It turned out the difficult part was narrowing it down to only 50 individuals.

Welcome to SFGN’s fourth OUT50 list. When we decided four years ago to come up with this list we thought it would be difficult putting together enough names. It turned out the difficult part was narrowing it down to only 50 individuals.

The City of Chicago, the home of Barack and Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and the International Mr. Leather contest, also boasts the first hall of fame that features members of the LGBT community. Since 1991, the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame (glhalloffame.org) honors “the contributions of Chicago’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities and the communities’ efforts to eradicate homophobic bias and discrimination.”

Do you know someone in the local LGBT community that deserves recognition? Has SFGN overlooked them? Well, if so, here’s your chance to submit your own nominations. Click the link below, and fill out the nomination form. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12QPT6WlgIRS2_MMbViP786moQwAWGnKi86Kbwi8qZ_I/edit

As a lesbian whose clients are a majority gay or bisexual, Shanna Ratliff can still draw amongst her own experiences to help serve them.

Your new favorite spiritual decor is just a click away at the Off Beatnik Etsy shop. 

In early August, four anti-vaccine conservatives died from COVID, and now three more have died, including a Florida Republican official.

After a year of being stuck at home, are you ready for some football?

When Stephen Fallon co-founded Latinos Salud in 2008, he already had years of experience in AIDS service work, both with his own consultancy and with Fort Lauderdale’s CenterOne.

“Equality is good business!”

Steve Haas has been in South Florida since he finished college, more than 35 years ago. He’s been supporting the LGBT community ever since.

It was a trade show in Berlin nearly 20 years ago where Steve Smith decided to take a stand.

“It was a struggle from week to week to get people to go on the record,” recalled Steve Rothaus during the early days of reporting on the LGBT community in South Florida.

Steve Stagon was given two years to live. That was 1988.

As Chief Innovation Officer for Children’s Services Council (CSC) of Broward County, Sue Gallagher’s duty is providing opportunities for all children “to realize their full potential, their hopes and their dreams, supported by a nurturing family and community.”

After about 20 years in the construction industry, Suzi Hollis never thought she’d be the owner of a health related business. But a construction accident in 1996 in her hometown of Chicago helped define her, in good and bad ways.

You might say Ted Scouten was destined to have a career in the news.

At 65, Terry Stone does more traveling than most people in for profit organizations. As CEO of CenterLink, he has his work cut out for him supporting some 170 existing community centers and fostering new memberships to expand visibility, and provide support and resources as needed.