Gallery | Latinos Salud Winterland Party in Wilton Manors

Dozens celebrated New Year's early on Friday at the Latinos Salud Winterland Party in Wilton Manors.

Latinos Salud, at 2330 Wilton Dr., provides life coaching and HIV/AIDS education for young gay Hispanic men. It has two groups: Somos for men under 30 (954-533-8681) and Juntos for men up to 44 (954-765-6239).

Click the photo to view a gallery from the party. All photos by STEVE ROTHAUS / Miami Herald Staff.

Philly.com: 'Santorum surges from behind in Iowa'

Headline on Philly com article:

Santorum surges from behind in Iowa

Twitter user @Dan_UA sent this out and it was retweeted by @RickSantorum:

Amazon under fire for carrying calendar titled 'I'm Not Gay, I'm Just a Sissy: 12 Months of Sexual Confusion'

Update: It appears Amazon.com has pulled this calendar from its website.

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GLAAD is calling on Amazon.com to stop selling "a highly offensive and anti-LGBT calendar" by Christian cartoonist Joe King titled I'm Not Gay, I'm Just a Sissy: 12 Months of Sexual Confusion.

Among the 12 monthly cartoons: "We All Have AIDS,"  "Bareback," and "Queen for a Day."

Barnes & Noble.com stopped selling the calendar after an item appeared Tuesday on Towleroad.com, according to GLAAD.

Church Nativity scene with gay figures vandalized

Associated Press

CLAREMONT, Calif. -- Southern California authorities are investigating vandalism of a church's Nativity display that includes depictions of gay and lesbian couples.

The damage at Claremont United Methodist Church occurred late Saturday or Sunday morning.

The display's three panels feature silhouettes of three hand-holding couples - two men, two women and a heterosexual pair. The vandal knocked over the depictions of the gay and lesbian couples but left the straight couple alone.

Claremont police Sgt. Jason Walters tells the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (http://bit.ly/thlRM7) it's a hate crime.

The display created by an artist church member includes the phrase "Christ is born" and a Star of Bethlehem but no traditional manger figures.

The Rev. Dan Lewis says the vandalism sent a personal message to gay and lesbian church members.

Truth Wins Out calls on Chicago Archbishop Francis George to resign for 'comparing LGBT community to KKK'

News release from Truth Wins Out:

CHICAGO – Truth Wins Out stepped up its campaign calling on Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Francis George to resign today by placing a full-page ad in this upcoming Sunday’s Chicago Tribune. The ad is headlined, “Hey, Cardinal Francis George, Gay is not like the KKK,” and slams the Cardinal for foolishly comparing the LGBT community to the Ku Klux Klan. It satirically includes a picture of a rainbow-robed Klansman and debunks the lies and misinformation disseminated by the Archbishop about the LGBT community. The ad comes as an online TWO petition calling on George to step down has reached more than 4,000 signatures.

“We felt compelled to place this ad after Cardinal George compounded his initial smear with further insults disguised as an apology,” said Truth Wins Out’s Executive Director Wayne Besen. “It seems the sin of pride is keeping George from saying he is sorry for his outrageous and misleading remarks about Gay Pride. At this point, the only road to redemption is his resignation.”

George’s offensive remarks first came during a dispute over the scheduled starting time of the annual gay pride parade in June. The event was originally set to begin at 10am, but a priest bitterly complained that the starting time would interfere with morning services. In an interview with Fox News in Chicago, Cardinal George said: “You know, you don’t want the Gay Liberation Movement to morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism.”

Instead of backtracking this week, George tried to rationalize his below the belt smear with an offensive statement from the Archdiocese: “When the pastor’s request for reconsideration of the plans was ignored, the organizers invited an obvious comparison to other groups who have historically attempted to stifle the religious freedom of the Catholic Church. One such organization is the Ku Klux Klan which, well into the 1940’s, paraded through American cities not only to interfere with Catholic worship but also to demonstrate that Catholics stand outside of the American consensus. It is not a precedent anyone should want to emulate.”

“This is not a legitimate fight over religious liberty as George wrongly implies, but a vivid example of religious bigotry fueled by a mean-spirited analogy that linked innocent, law abiding families with the KKK,” said Besen. “We will stand up against such lies and speak out when LGBT people are unfairly maligned.”

Earlier in the year, TWO launched a 160,000-signature Change.org petition that helped persuade Apple, Inc. to eliminate an “ex-gay” iPhone app by the group Exodus International.

Truth Wins Out (TWO) is a nonprofit that fights anti-LGBT religious extremism. TWO specializes in turning information into action by organizing, advocating and fighting for LGBT equality.

Advocates: Gay-friendly senior housing needed

By KATHY MATHESON, Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA -- Elder advocates say a lack of gay-friendly affordable housing for seniors is leading many to hide their sexual orientation after years of being open about it.

Gay seniors fear discrimination, disrespect or worse by health care workers and residents of elder housing facilities.

Experts say the issue is becoming more urgent as baby boomers begin turning 65 this year. They say the gay elder population is expected to double, to at least 3 million, by 2030.

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New book alleges affair between President Richard Nixon and businessman Bebe Rebozo of Key Biscayne

New book coming in January: Nixon's Darkest Secrets, which reveals President Richard Nixon's possible affair with Key Biscayne businessman Charles "Bebe" Rebozo.

Author Don Fulsom (an American University adjunct instructor and former UPI reporter who covered Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton) writes of "the intimate and possibly homosexual nature of Nixon's relationship with confidante Charles "Bebe" Rebozo, a banker with mob ties," according to publisher Macmillan's website.

The book also contends:

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  That the future president sabotaged the 1968 peace talks for political gain
• By the time Nixon became president in 1969, he had linked to the mob for more than two decades and, as president, had a close connection with New Orleans boss Carlos Marcello, the most powerful Mafioso in the nation
• The president had a drinking problem and top aides referred to him as "Our Drunk"
• Nixon had a misogynist streak and was abusive toward first lady Pat Nixon
• Testimony alleging that the president had ordered the killing of White House reporter Jack Anderson

Rebozo and Nixon were close friends for more than 40 years.

Nixon, who resigned as the nation's 37th president during the Watergate scandal in 1974, died 20 years later. Rebozo died in 1998.

From Rebozo's Miami Herald obituary:

When in Washington, Rebozo would drop in frequently at the White House and sit in the Oval Office with Nixon, listening reverently to the President's monologues. When a visitor showed up on business, Rebozo would deferentially shoo himself out.

"They were inseparable -- you just can't imagine how close two men could be, " Louis P. Fineman, a Republican campaigner, said when Nixon died in April 1994. "Richard Nixon would come to Miami feeling defeated, and he'd go to Bebe like a Father Confessor.

"It was as if Bebe had the key to unlock Richard Nixon's soul."

Activist in Jamaica criticizes ruling party candidates' anti-gay rhetoric in campaigns

By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The leader of Jamaica's sole gay rights group said Tuesday that some ruling-party candidates have aggressively played to anti-gay constituents by resorting to homophobic rhetoric in the final days of the campaign for this week's national elections.

Dane Lewis, executive director of the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, said Jamaica Labor Party candidates have "unfortunately descended into pulling the sexuality card" in advance of Thursday's tight vote.

"It's been disappointing that they've chosen this road yet again because it seems to historically be their stance during campaigning," said Lewis, adding that his group is not endorsing any political party.

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Latinos Salud Winterland Party from 7 p.m. to midnight Friday in Wilton Manors open to everyone

From Latinos Salud:

Please join us as we close out 2011 with dance, music, drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and great raffle prizes on Friday, December 30th from 7:00 p.m. until midnight.

Our special Winterland Party is open to everyone.  You do not have to be a member of Latinos Salud.

Never been to Latinos Salud?  We're located at 2330 Wilton Drive, in Wilton Manors (that's across from the Manor nightclub, and just a few buildings East of Alibi).

Any questions, call us at (954) 533-8681 or e-mail rsvp@latinossalud.org.  We'll see you at the party! 

Pandora Events presents Sweet Farewell on Thursday night at MOVA lounge off Lincoln Road

From Pandora Events:

Pandora Events presents

Sweet Farewell
December 29th

After 2 years with the Mova family we are going to say goodbye with one Big Party

DJ ZEHNO

spinning the best of early 90's-00's hip hop has to offer
1625 Michigan Ave-South Beach

For more information give Amy a call at 305-975-6933 or Yesi at 305-495-6969

Stay tuned for our new monthly roving Thursday at the Hottest lounges in town.