Chris Rudisill takes the leap from Metro to Ft. Lauderdale’s Stonewall National Museum and Archives, How your local watering holes are changing with the times, Zebra Youth Council raises awareness, local news, celebrity interviews, and much, much more!
Watermark Issue 22.25 // December 3-16, 2015
On the Cover | Page 16
At the station: Amid of flurry of activity around St. Pete’s Grand Central District (or Gayborhood), Metro Wellness figurehead Chris Rudisill takes his bow this month, promising to keep up the good work at the Stonewall Museum and Archives in Ft. Lauderdale.
All the stripes | Page 13
Orlando’s Zebra Coalition continues to expand its impact into local universities and local lives. Now we’re getting somewhere.
A Klan by any other name | Page 20
As Jacksonville continues its fight to enact a Human Rights Ordinance, the ugliest colors of the south start to shine with threats and flyers.
Unelectable? | Page 25
Our favorite do-gooder returns to address the crisis that is currently known as “unelectable” candidates by way of sometimes-grumpy Bernie Sanders. Shouldn’t we all be grumpy sometimes?
Raising the Bar | Page 29
“Let’s face it, social media isn’t going away. It’s a part of the whole experience of going out – heck, of all of life, anymore.” —Stonewall Orlando owner Steven Watkins
A camp legend’s grown-up Christmas list | Page 37
“I guess I could be political and want peace in Baltimore. I always think maybe I should do drugs again. I hate fruit baskets. When someone ever dares give me a fruit basket, I tell them a beautiful basket should be filled with poppers, gun oil, porno, cigarettes – things you would never want to buy for yourself – not a rotten pear. I can buy a pear, anyone can buy a pear. So I’m always amazed when I see one of those.”
Planned perishing | Page 54
Our political column Uprisings doesn’t feel very dear to Robert Dear, the man who in one fell swoop reminded America that there are terrorists among us, and they will, in fact, make already difficult decisions terrifying.
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