This past week I found myself listening to music sung by Edith Pilaf and other Parisian chanteuses. At first I just thought it was accidental, just enjoying some music of the past. However, as the week went on and still I was listening, singing along, and humming tunes while working, I began to think that something else must be going on.

Like many gay men, I was unaware of the incredible injustice inflicted on transgender individuals and wasn't always an ally of the transgender community.  In 2005, I first engaged in HIV/AIDS activism and befriended several transgender individuals who helped educate me on the complexity of their hardship and struggle, and the intersectionality of our struggles.

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Years after purchasing the former Kmart site and multiple rejections by the city commission, Oakland Park has approved Wal-Mart’s plan to build a 121,345 square foot store.

Those who volunteer to be on city boards, advisory committees and task forces are repeatedly applauded by commissioners for giving their time and talent in service of the city.

Despite objections to its design, a plan to honor former Mayor Justin Flippen was approved by Wilton Manors Commissioners at Tuesday night’s meeting.

Medical marijuana legalization will be on the ballot this November and if it passes commissioners in Wilton Manors want to be ready to contain it.

Wilton Manors homeowners may soon be able to make major home improvements without having to take out a huge loan or pay the entire cost upfront.

The last item on the Wilton Manors commission meeting agenda generated the most robust discussion of the evening.

Should the city provide first-time home buyer assistance? Rental assistance? Both? That’s the question commissioners will have to answer if they want to utilize $280,000 to assist low-income residents who live in the city.

It was standing room only Tuesday night in the Commission Chambers as Wilton Manors commissioners voted on a land use change for the property that was formerly the home of the Center for Spiritual Living.

Wilton Manors is proceeding with a bold policy to offer employees up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

Usually, the commission is the last body to approve projects in the city. But in the future, if city staff members want to request a variance concerning a city-owned property, they may have to go before the commission first.

For years, Commissioner Tom Green has occasionally talked about commercial recycling.

Wilton Manors is opening its commission meetings to the general public again.

Talk about burning the midnight oil. Tuesday’s commission meeting lasted five hours and 37 minutes and did not end until after midnight.

More than 100 people attended the community prayer vigil at Sunshine Cathedral Sunday evening, hearing from community leaders and moving musical performances from singers and musicians.

The Pride Center is pleased to announce Hunters Nightclub as the presenting sponsor of Wicked Manors – FREAK SHOW to be held on Friday, October 31, 2014 starting at 7 p.m. until Midnight!

Rabbi Noah Kitty of Congregation Etz Chaim is running for the Wilton Manors Commission.

To better secure city personnel and facilities, Wilton manors officials have hired Burns & McDonnell, a Fort Lauderdale security firm, to provide consulting services for security risk assessment.

The mother of a man on trial for the murder of a Wilton Manors couple has died, adding to an already complicated case.

The Community Affairs Advisory Board may have reached a final decision on its police survey: leave it to the professionals.

While the hospitality industry has been decimated, five area eateries have made adaptations that have allowed them to survive during the pandemic.

A Broward County magistrate ruled a Wilton Manors sidewalk adjacent to Lazy Lake is being negatively impacted by overgrown vegetation from the property at Northeast 21st Court.

South Florida, and Broward County especially, are the hottest of COVID hot spots.

As the first vaccines for the novel coronavirus were administered Monday, Florida reached a grim milestone in cases and deaths.

Last month saw a dramatic increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Oakland Park with 661 in July —  easily outpacing May and June, which in total saw 159 cases.

Between May and June there were a total of 52 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Wilton Manors — in July almost double with 103. 

As COVID-19 continues to break records in Florida the number of cases in Oakland Park continues to surge as well.

Craig Jungwirth. By now just the mention of that name will make almost any gay man in South Florida cringe.