This is the last issue of SFGN before election day. By this time next week, we’ll have a good idea of how much support the LGBT community will have in elected offices for the next two years.

PRICE, Utah (AP) — April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce, a Utah couple who married last year, went to a routine hearing Tuesday expecting to hear an update on how long it would be before they could adopt the baby girl they'd been raising as foster parents for three months.

The Pride Center at Equality Park is a community center for the entire community offering everything from a flea market and bingo to couples counseling and transgender education.

Following an earthquake this past weekend in Haiti, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation is collecting donations to help the communities that were severely impacted by the catastrophe.

Two powerhouses serving Broward County have joined forces: AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and Broward House.

Thirteen Wilton Manors businesses received grants from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.

It’s not a distinction Sal Torre wants for his neighborhood.

Lace up your shoes and grab a ball, it’s time for one of the most fun fundraisers of the year.

While most performing arts organizations and venues remain dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wilton Manors-based Island City Stage recently announced steps to safely reopen on a video conference held on Monday, Aug. 31. 

Progress is being made, but much work remains. In a year when violence against the trans community has nearly doubled, that statement is about as optimistic as trans activists can get. 

Police in Iowa arrested a man for the 2002 murder of a Wilton Manors resident.

Art Frenzie is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month with a week of sales and an Anniversary Gala. 

Like a skeptical math teacher, Constance Ruppender wants you to show your work. More specifically, Ruppender will be accepting photos of people working in Wilton Manors as part of “The Way We Worked,” a traveling Smithsonian photo exhibit. The exhibit will be hosted by Art Gallery 21 in Wilton Manors March 18 to April 29.

Art is returning to Wilton Drive this season. On the third Saturday of each month, artists and businesses will resume showcasing and selling their original work. It’s called the Wilton Manors Art Expo. The first one is Nov. 21 along Wilton Drive’s Art and Entertainment District.

African American men are one of the main groups impacted by the HIV/Aids epidemic.

Artists and Art Lovers listen up! The Art Walk on Wilton Drive (formerly Island City Art Walk) is back. It’s held on the third Saturday of each month, 7 p.m. to10 p.m. The next one is December 20 on Wilton Drive, in the Wilton Manors Art and Entertainment District.

From a rainbow bridge to murals on buildings and wall-sized paintings in businesses, Wilton Manors’ art scene is vibrant and alive.

Even with the coronavirus, the Pride Center is abuzz. Seniors are moving into the newly opened Residences at Equality Park, improvements are being made around the campus, staff members continue to connect with the community via Facebook Live, and by the end of the month, a 3,000 square foot mural will be erected. 

Male. Female. That’s the gender binary. Now meet the artist who wants the world question it.

When the Wilton Manors Arts & Entertainment Expo returns this Saturday, Jan. 21 from 6 to 9 p.m., it will be under new owners and a shortened season.

There’s obviously money to be made from Monet.

The Amazon Original unscripted series, “Tampa Baes,” premieres on Friday, Nov. 5 on the streaming service.

The biggest names in South Florida cabaret will perform together on Saturday, Aug. 7 at The Foundry, 2306 N. Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors.

Ask any gay man which “Golden Girls” character he resembles most and you’ll almost always get “Blanche.”

Producer Ronnie Larsen has extended the run of Robert Chesley’s risqué drama “Jerker” at the Foundry at Wilton Theater Factory and he’s opened the first clothing-optional performance to the public on March 13 at 8 p.m., courtesy of the men’s naturist group, the WildFyre Society.

A private collection of artworks by Keith Haring is on display through March 5 at Island City Cultural Center, 600 N.E. 21st Ct. in Wilton Manors.

While most of South Florida’s regional theater companies are enjoying a well-deserved summer hiatus, two Wilton Manors theaters have productions opening or re-opening during the hottest month of the year.

Karen Peterson and Dancers, Florida's leading physically integrated dance company, returns to an onstage performance with a live audience outdoors at Pinecrest Gardens, 11000 SW 57th Ave. in Pinecrest, on Sunday, April 11 at 4 p.m.

Epiphany Theatre at Elliot Hall, 2501 N.E. 30th St. in Fort Lauderdale, explores the life of long-forgotten gay illustrator J.C. Leyendecker in Lance Ringel’s “In Love with the Arrow Collar Man,” playing through Feb. 25. 

Island City Stage is tackling gay playwright Tennessee Williams’ most enigmatic play, “Suddenly Last Summer,” playing through April 17 in Wilton Manors.