With fireworks, film festival, and party at PH, will Come Out With Pride break 100,000 this year? Chely Wright brings her riveting coming out doc to Orlando, The Trials of Tampa’s Mandi McKee, A new Steel Magnolias, Wait, Wait’s Paula Poundstone, Cleaning House’ Mark Brunetz, local news, celebrity interviews and much more!
On the Cover: Country music star Chely Wright broke ground when she came out in the May 3, 2010 issue of People magazine, and then on Oprah and Ellen. The dramatic behind-the-scenes story of her journey is told in the riveting documentary, Wish Me Away. Wright will be in Orlando on Wednesday, Oct. 3 to talk about the film as part of Come Out With Pride’s Out in the Open Film Festival.
Watermark Issue 19.20// Sept. 27-Oct. 10, 2012
Page 8 | Orlando News
The Headdress Ball raised a record-setting $329,000 for the Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, and an award was created to honor Maggie King, the organizations development director for the past dozen years. And the Orange County School Board moved one step closer to protecting staff, teachers and students based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Page 12 | Tampa Bay News
Tampa’s Mandi McKee learned the hard way that publicity cuts both ways. After an appearance on Anderson Live, McKee claims her story regarding the impact of a hair loss drug on her decision to transition to living as a female was distorted, and the experience far different than expected. McKee sets the record straight in our story by Zach Caruso.
Page 35 | COWP
Come Out With Pride expands to 11 days in its eighth year as a successful fall event. In addition to an expo with 110 vendors, the parade and fireworks, this year’s COWP includes a film festival and a big post-event party at the Parliament House featuring pop and LGBT icon Debbie Gibson.
Page 62 | Gallery W
Once again, Headress Ball was a big success for the Hope and Help Center. The event, held at the Hilton Orlando on Saturday, Sept. 22, drew well-dressed movers-and-shakers from Central Florida’s LGBT-friendly community. With an Oz-like â┚¬Å”Twistedâ┚¬Â theme, many were clad in green. The point: raise plenty of green for the area’s biggest AIDS Service Organization.
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