Pride takes a seat
Over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend, Orlando City Soccer and Orlando Pride’s Phil Rawlins certainly gave us something to be thankful for. He shared an image of the new soccer stadium.
In the image was a set of seats he called the Pulse tribute seats designed in rainbow colors to honor the victims of the Pulse massacre with the hashtag #DefyExpectations. In the world of sports, founder and president of Orlando City Soccer Rawlins has been very actively involved in supporting the LGBTQ community, and with the audience the Orlando City and Orlando Pride games attract, it’s no surprise the LGBTQ community supports them in return!
The new stadium is scheduled to open in 2017.
Female Impersonators to Naked Boys invade
On December 7, the Parliament House will host the National Title Holder Revue show featuring performances by the winning 2016 title holders from the top five national female impersonator pageants, including the PH’s own Jazell Barbie Royale.
On the other side of the spectrum, Naked Boys Singing returns to the Parliament House, as the touring production moves from Ft. Lauderdale to Atlanta. By the way, Naked Boys Singing’s Atlanta engagement was recently blamed by someone as the reason they’re presently facing a drought.
OGC is honored
The Orlando Gay Chorus has recently been invited to attend the Florida Music Educators Association annual conference as presenters and performers. Artistic Director James Rode broke the good news on Facebook. OGC will also be part of the pre-conference to discuss how to promote diversity and understanding through their art.
More equality heads to Tallahassee
Though it should have been expected given the powerhouse nature of the Eskamani twins, Ida and Ana, we’re still delighted to see that Ida has been chosen by incoming state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith as his legislative aide.
The Eskamanis, who have been teetering on the progressive edge of Orlando for years now, are making big names for themselves: Ana with Planned Parenthood and Ida as a former employee of Equality Florida. “I am absolutely thrilled to announce the addition of my good friend Ida Vishkaee Eskamani to our official team as my new legislative aide!
Ida’s experience as a committed advocate for social justice and equality will help us to shape progressive policy in the Florida House. Not only will she make me a better lawmaker, but her reach into the community will ensure our office stays connected with the constituents I was elected to serve.
