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The Tampa Museum Of Art Grand Opening............


The Tampa Museum of Art is a metal box filled with wonder boasting a new car smell. It's hard to take it all in – but try.

And when you visit, these are the five things you shouldn't miss:

 "Les Trois Barres," hanging in the Frank and Carol Morsani Atrium, is a sculptured mobile by famed artist Alexander Calder. Made of balanced geometric paddles of various sizes and colors, it seems to move with each visitor's breath.

Taking three gallery spaces, "A Celebration of Henri Matisse: Master of Line and Light" deserves most of your time. Many of the exhibit's drawings, lithographs, pen and ink and oil on canvas pieces are part of his famous Odalisque series.

Particularly stunning are the English aquatints of women's faces that fill one of the gallery walls. Made toward the end of Matisse's life, they show the strength of the artist's line in printmaking.

"The Hidden City" exhibit, exploring what makes a city in the 21st century, includes several standout works. Among them, Doug Aitken's "Plateau 2002," an illuminated birdhouse city made of FedEx boxes, featuring feathered friends perched atop their particular home. Also, "Subway with Silver Girders, 1981-82" by American artist Donna Dennis, which recalls a dank New York City with its wires, tunnels, gates and lights.

Get a glance at a stunning niche of American culture at "Life Captured: Garry Winogrand's Women Are Beautiful" exhibit with its 85 unpretentious photographs capturing women walking on a city street, lighting a cigarette, sunbathing, talking to friends, scowling, smiling and laughing.

The Nutella and banana Panini on the children's menu at the SoNo Café, operated by Marty Blitz and Maryann Ferenc of Mise en Place. The speck ham, arugula, fig, bleu cheese and onion Panini also is fabulous.

 

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The Gasparilla Softball Classic will be using the 2009 NAGAAA rating definitions and division thresholds.  All players submitted will be verified versus the official 2009 NAGAAA database.

 

 

Welcome to the 16th annual Gasparilla Softball Classic. Florida's oldest gay softball event. All of the planning is wrapping up and all we need now is for your team to register. Here are a few reasons why you do not want to miss our tournamant this year.

  • The Weather - Tampa Bay is beautiful this time of year
  • A Great Host Hotel – This year we are bringing back your favorite host hotel from last year. It is close to all of the softball complexes and is offering FREE shuttle service to and from the airport.
  • Friday night registration block party in Ybor City is back! This has been done with great success the past two years and we are going to hold it again this year.
  • The Weather – Did I mention just how great the weather is in Tampa this time of year?

Registration and Game Schedule

  • Thursday 2/11 - Pre-Registration
  • Friday 2/12 – Registration / Ybor Block Party
  • Saturday 2/13 - Pool Play and Double Elimination Begins / Host Bar Party
  • Sunday 2/14 - Double Elimination Ends / Closing Party

Schedule of Events

Thursday
Pre-Registration Party (all divisions)
8-11 pm
Club City Side
   
 
Friday
Ybor Block Party & Registration
8-11 pm
Hamburger Marys

A & B Division
Streetcar Charlies

C Division
Spurs

D Division
 
Saturday
Pool Play - 8 am
Double Elim - 1 pm
Sat Night Party - 6-11 pm
Hamburger Marys
   
 
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Double Elim - 8 am
Championship Games
Closing Party - 6 pm
Georgie's Alibi

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Charlie Crist Opposes DADT Repeal

 

Florida Gov. Charlie "Closet Case" Crist doesn't want DADT repealed. Neither does his GOP primary opponent for the U.S. Senate, former Florida House speaker Marco Rubio.
U.S. Senate rivals Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio both said today they oppose abolishing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy affecting gays and lesbians in the military. The 1993 policy was intended to be a political compromise that let gay men and women serve so long as they stayed silent about their sexuality. But President Barack Obama and top military leaders say it is time to end the discrimination all together. "We are a nation at war. The governor believes the current policy has worked, and there is no need to make changes," Crist campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said. "Marco Rubio supports the current policy and doesn't see any evidence it needs to be changed," spokesman Alex Burgos said.

 

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How Mullen Arrived at DADT Opinion

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The New York Times profiles Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and how he arrived at his statement on Tuesday that “allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do.” Many factors came into play, not including his experience as the son of a Hollywood press agent.

 

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 REVERSAL: Colin Powell Joins Call For Repeal Of DADT

 

In a major reversal, Gen. Colin Powell, who opposed Bill Clinton's attempt to allow gay soldiers to serve openly, has joined the call to repeal DADT.

 

 

 



The Ex-Gay Files

 

British investigative reporter Patrick Strudwick, an out gay man, went undercover in the UK's network of "ex-gay" outfits to see how they pretend to pray the gay away. Here's how just one of the "therapists" worked. She begins her wound hunt by asking about my family. I tell her that I have a close relationship with my parents and that they always gave me huge amounts of love, so I didn't understand why Nicolosi says that homosexuality is caused by inadequate parenting. "Well, there was something happening within your family dynamics that led to your depression," she says. Lynne explains that people only identify as gay when they are already depressed. "There's a confusion, there's an anxiety, there's a lot of pain," she says. "Often the thought can be, 'Oh I'm confused about my sexuality so I must be gay'." She says that at the heart of homosexuality is a "deep isolation", which is, she says, "where God needs to be". "Did you have a difficult birth?" she asks. No, I say. Why? "It's just something I have noticed. Often [with homosexuality] it is quite traumatic, the baby was put into intensive care and because of the separation from the mother there can be that lack of attachment." She moves on. "Any Freemasonry in the family?" No, I say, again asking her to elaborate. "Because that often encourages it as well. It has a spiritual effect on males and it often comes out as SSA."

 

 

American Family Association Radio Host: It's Time To Imprison All Gays

 

American Family Association radio host Bryan Fischer has called for sending homosexuals to prison for forced reparative therapy, a move he says is sanctioned by the Bible. Below, he responds to an email from a complaining listener.

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Born-again actor Stephen Baldwin tells The Guardian he doesn't support same-sex marriage, he has respect for anyone who rejects the gay lifestyle, and that he'd beat his daughter if she ever became a stripper.

 

 

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University of Tampa senior Hector Flores says it was nerve-wracking asking the president at a town hall meeting what he was doing to advance equality for same-sex couples... but it was something he had to do.

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The day after President Obama reiterated his pledge to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in his State of the Union address, he traveled to the University of Tampa in Florida for a town hall meeting. He took six questions from the crowd, including one from Hector Flores, a senior performing arts and communication major, who went last and asked the president about equality for same-sex couples, including marriage.
Flores, a 21-year-old native of Jersey City, New Jersey, talked to Advocate.com about asking the question, and what he thought of the president's answer.
 Advocate.com: How did you feel about the State of the Union speech?
Hector Flores: I watched it several times. A lot of the reforms had to do with the financial deficit that we’re facing and other valid issues, but I wanted to have clarification that gays are also in the groups to be taken care of.
re you involved with gay rights activities on campus?
I am involved somewhat. We have an organization here at the University of Tampa. I go their events when I can. I am also in a fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha, an honor society, Alpha Psi Omega, and I am a resident advisor. That’s how I found out about the event.
How long did you have to prepare for the president’s visit?
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We already know that Whole Foods CEO John Mackey thinks that global warming is a hoax and that Americans have no inherent right to health care. The latest bit of crazy from crazy Mackey's crazy mind is a new employee discount policy. If you have lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and a lower BMI (Body Mass Index), you get a bigger discount. Aside from the fact that those three factors, while important, are not necessarily predictive of good health, there's Mackey's "fatties shouldn't work here" message. The planned in-house screenings should be a riot. Participation is voluntary, just in case you don't want corporate all up in your business. But then you don't get the steeper discount on that $2 banana.

 

Jarrett: Obama Will Move on DADT "Right Away"

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White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show on Wednesday and said that President Barack Obama would begin to move “right away” on his pledge to work to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

 

HRC Plans Campaign Against Military Ban

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In response to President Obama’s call in the State of the Union address to end “don’t ask, don’t tell," the Human Rights Campaign Wednesday night announced a campaign targeting the antigay policy.

 

 

Ted Haggard: I Am Cured Of The Gay

 

Ted Haggard and his wife appeared on Oprah's tribute show to cheated upon wives yesterday. According to Ted, he now lets his wife check in on his whereabouts via Facebook and Twitter so that she always knows he doesn't have a cock in his mouth. Because you can only use the internet in the presence of heterosexuals. Gayle Haggard explains why she is confident that her husband is now completely heterosexual. She says that she does believe that homosexuality is a sin, but tap dances around the question as to whether she agrees with that pesky abomination thingy. But: "Honestly, I don't feel that the government should be in the marriage business. I feel as though the government should provide equality under the law and it should deal with civil unions. And in our communities of faith, we should give the definition of marriage."

 

 

 

Chase Gives Shepard Found. $37K

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Chase Community Giving, the online philanthropic partnership between Chase and Facebook, will give $37,000 to the Matthew Shepard Foundation, the charity announced Monday.

 

Cop Sues for Being Fired Over Porn

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A former police officer's short pornography career is keeping him from staying in law enforcement, he told TheMiami Herald in an interview published Tuesday.

 

FLORIDA MAN ARRESTED FOR EXPOSURE OF HIV

 

JRLChartsOnline reports: "Former U.S. Olympic equestrian rider and part-time Ocala resident Darren Chiacchia, was arrested last Wednesday for violating state law that required him to disclose he was HIV positive to his one-time sexual partner. 45-year old Chiacchia is also known to be a Florida Horse Park Board Member, a 2003 Pan American gold medallist and a distinguished activist for the country's equestrian community. Darren Chiacchia also is known for his farm that teaches students how to ride horses." Horses and each other. The District Attorney wants to elevate the charge from a third-degree to a first-degree felony.   

 

 

 

There's A John Edwards Sex Tape

 

Gawker reports today that John "Baby Daddy" Edwards made a sex tape with his German filmmaker mistress. According to those that have seen the video, Edwards is rocking a monster.
Sources say, in the throes of their affair, John Edwards and Rielle Hunter made a sex tape that contains "several sex acts." And that his aide, Andrew Young found it on an unmarked DVD. The tape, say both our sources, is explicit and reveals that Edwards "is physically very striking, in a certain area. Everyone who sees it says 'whoa'. She's behind the camera at first." When rumors of the affair first broke Young was so loyal to Edwards that he pretended that he was the father of Hunter's daughter Frances Quinn, now 2. But part of Young's disillusionment with the 2004 vice presidential candidate and 2008 candidate came one day as he went through a stack of DVDs at Rielle Hunter's house.
 

Bono Mack and Pougnet for ENDA

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Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (pictured), the Republican representative for California’s 45th district, and her leading Democratic challenger, gay Palm Springs mayor Steven Pougnet, agree that Congress should pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

 

 

 

   
Tea Party Leader Busted For Child Rape, Found With Grenade Launcher

 

Former USMC Sgt. Charles Dyer is the organizer of a Tea Party offshoot called the Oath Keepers, a group dedicated to recruiting military personnel into the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. Dyer works as a liaison between militia groups and the Tea Party and last year spoke at a Tea Party rally in Oklahoma. On Tuesday, Dyer was arrested for the rape of a 7 year-old girl. During his arrest, police found a grenade launcher in his home.

 

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The exhibit, "A Celebration of Henri Matisse," we feature a double set of works on loan from The Baltimore Museum of Art plus the "Matisse as Printmaker" touring exhibit by the American Federation of Arts.

The "A Celebration of Henri Matisse" exhibit will be on display in Tampa Feb. 5 through April 18. It is the largest collection of works by Matisse, known for his use of color and his influence on contemporary art, to come to the Tampa Bay area.

"He's one of those artists that when you open the text book there he is," Smith said. "Almost every major movement in contemporary art can be linked back to Matisse or Picasso."

The AFA exhibition is the first to be drawn from the Pierre and Tana Matisse foundation, which includes works bequeathed from Matisse to his son Pierre.


 

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Catholic Archbishops Launch New Manhattan Declaration Campaign

 

The authors of the anti-gay Manhattan Declaration, which calls for the disobedience of any laws granting LGBT rights, want to increase its number of signatories from 370,000 to one million. Working to help them reach that noble goal are Catholic archbishops. Via press release:
Cardinal Rigali of Philadelphia (right), Archbishop Wuerl of Washington, DC (left), Archbishop Dolan of New York and Archbishop Kurtz of Louisville reached out to all of their brother Catholic bishops asking them to spread this document throughout their dioceses and encourage their clergy and faithful to study it and join as signatories. The Archbishop of Detroit has planned a grassroots effort throughout his archdiocese. The Bishop of Phoenix has already organized a grassroots effort there. We are also receiving many reports of evangelical gatherings in a number of areas - and many evangelical pastors referring to the Manhattan Declaration in their sermons. This bold and exciting movement needs to reach 100 or 200 cities in America. Why not? Can you help? We are urging you to encourage your pastors and community leaders to do what these other cities are doing. Organize ecumenical meetings organized around the Manhattan Declaration; get other concerned citizens to join the effort. Get on the internet or phone and ask friends to join you.

 

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The 2009 Copenhagen Outgames reportedly raked in a $234,000 profit, a stark contrast to the problematic 2006 Montreal games. The 2009 Copenhagen event was one of the largest and best-attended international sporting competitions to be held in Denmark, organizers said in a statement.

 


Pope Calls Gay Marriage an "Attack"

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Pope Benedict XVI assailed same-sex marriages as a danger to humanity on Monday in an apparent response to Portugal’s move to legalize same-sex marriage last week.

According to Agence France-Presse, the 82-year-old pope said that humans “can be protected or endangered” in his address to the Vatican diplomatic corps.



 
 
 
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Queering The 2010 Census

 

Since 1990, gay and lesbian couples have been provided an unintentional outlet to categorize their relationship, by self-identifying as married or unmarried partners. Even though the results aren’t officially reported, the raw numbers reveal that 145,000 same-sex couples identified as married or “unmarried partners” in 1990 (before any legal recognition in the U.S. even existed) and close to 600,000 same-sex couples self-reported in 2000. The Obama administration has reversed a Bush-era policy, so in the 2010 Census, a report will be released that outlines official information about same-sex couples. Here are some quick instructions on how to make sure your family is reported correctly.
What Box Do You Check?
If you are in a relationship and you live together, you have two choices. First, one of you will be designated as “Person 1.” If there is no clear favorite for who should be the head of household, perhaps you could flip a coin, wrestle for it or hold a lip-synching competition. Whoever doesn’t win will be designated as “Person 2.” This person is asked how they are related to Person 1. There are 16 choices, but the two that concern you are “husband or wife” and “unmarried partner.”
This is the important part: You do not answer based on the actual legal status of your relationship, you answer based on how you personally categorize your relationship. If you are legally married, you will probably mark down “husband or wife,” though if you are in a civil union or domestic partnership, yet you still feel married, than you should also mark “husband or wife.” If there is no legal recognition of your relationship where you live, but you still consider yourself married, it’s also important that you mark “husband or wife.”
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BAMACT*Bay area Men Of Color
727-461-2617
 www.geocities.com/bamact_fl
Boat & Scuba West of Tampa
BoatandScubawest.com.
A social and recreational club of GLBT outdoor enthusiasts.

Brothas Speak
(813) 236-8809.
Discussion group for same-gender-loving men of color. 

Crescendo: Tampa Bay Women’s Chorus
(813) 679-7585
CrescendoSings@aol.com.


EZRA Group
(813) 932-4359.
Support group for GLBT persons who have experienced a recent death or loss. 

Face to Face Youth Group
(813) 935-4101
 Fce2FceYouth2aol.com.
Youth group for GLBT and their supporters ages 14-21. Sundays, 7 p.m.

FACT HIV/AIDS Support Group
(727) 895-4439


FACT Spanish-Speaking HIV/AIDS Group
(727) 895-4439.Family Bridge Club
(813) 832-2999.

 


Flamingo Auto Group
hometown.aol.com/flamingoautogrp
Central Florida Region of the Lambda Car Club International.


Florida Golf Coast Couples
 chaircouple@fgcc.com
FGCcouples.com
Social group for same gender couples. P.O. Box 7925Tampa, FL 33679-7925.

Freedom Rings Alcoholics Anonymous
(727) 849-6962.
Pasco County’s only AA meeting for GLBT individuals. 

Friends for Gay Men Club
(813) 969-1664
Gay men’s social club.

Front Runners of Tampa Bay
(813) 891-7098
 Saturdays, 9 a.m. Old Hyde Park Village, and Wednesdays, 6:45 p.m., Fred Ball Park.


Gay & Bisexual Men’s Support Group
Phone: Ken (813) 623-6661


Gay & Lesbian Alcoholics Anonymous
Phone: (813) 273-8741.


Gay Men's Discussion Group
 metrocharities.org/TampaMetroCenter.htm.


Gay Men’s Outdoor Club
 (813) 961-6871Gay Skate*813-876-5826
members.aol.com/tampagayskate.


GLBT Parents of Tampa Bay
 Cathy_James@yahoo.com.GLSEN Tampa Bay
 (813) 258-8817.
 GLSENTB@aol.com.
 Organization working to end anti-gay bias in Hillsborough County schools. Third Fridays.

Healing Drum
 metrocharities.org.
 7 p.m., second and fourth Thursdays. Metro Center, St. Pete.

Hillsborough County GLBTA Democratic Caucus
 Meets 2nd Wednesday of each month.

HIV Tampa Bay
 HIVTampabay.net.
 

Kappa Xi Omega Sorority
 KappaXiOmega.org.
 

L.I.G.H.T./FACT
 (727) 895-4439.
 

Lesbians Look Out Association
 pianolez@aol.com.
Social club for womyn.

Line Dancing
 metrocharities.org.
 

Log Cabin Republicans of Tampa Bay
 (727) 455-9866
 lcrtampabay.com.


Metro Charities’ Thrift Store
 (727) 321-7212.
 Free household goods, clothing and other items for those living with AIDS/HIV.
2235 Central Ave., St. Pete.

Metropolitan Charities/Metro Center
(727) 321-3854
metrocharities.org.
A community services organization offering HIV/AIDS case management, counseling services,  .

Money Matters
metrocharities.org.
 

Narcotics Anonymous
 ecg@tampabay.rr.com.
Open meeting for gays and lesbians. Meets Thurs.; 8:15 p.m.; GALAA Club.

Operation H.O.P.E. of Pinellas
 (727) 822-2437.
 POCAS@aol.com.
AIDS organization dedicated to the needs minorities.

Out of the Closet Thrift Stores
(813) 250-1959.
All proceeds benefit AIDS and breast cancer patients in Tampa Bay. 

PFLAG Pinellas
(727) 345-7688
Pflag@tampabay.rr.com
Justmark.com/pflag/
Fourth Saturdays, 10 a.m. at Saffron’s Restaurant, 1700 Park St. N., St. Pete

PFLAG Tampa
(813) 239-2070
Geocities.com/pflagw
Second Tuesdays, 7 p.m. MCC Tampa, 408 E. Cayuga St, Tampa.

POLK COUNTY GAY LESBIAN ALLIANCE
PCGLA.org
Social group for Polk’s GLBT community.

POLK COUNTY HIV/AIDSSUPPORT GROUP
 (863) 401-3204 or Merry at (863) 606-9288.

Pride Alliance
(813) 974-4297.
Second and fourth Thursdays during the summer; every Thursdays the rest of the year, 8 p.m. USF Marchall Center.

Prime Timers of Tampa Bay
(813) 231-8817/
Primetimersww.org/tampabay.
Social group for mature gay and bisexual men and those younger men who admire them.

PWA Coalition of Tampa Bay
(813) 238-2887
PWACtampa.homestead.com.


Rainbow Readers
(813) 221-1423.
 Second Mondays, 7:30 p.m.

Rainbow Travel Club
(813) 414-9933.
Toll Free: (800) 881-3600.
Florida’s largest gay and lesbian travel organization.

ROTC – Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps
 Frank at (727) 822-6982 or
 rotcstpete@verizon.net.


Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous
 (727) 896-SLAA
 www.tampabayslaa.com


Southern Exposure
(813) 237-2436.
Gay male non-sexual nudist group. Meets monthly.

St. Pete Pride
StPetePride.com.
For updates on upcoming events see our website

Starburst of Pinellas Park
Call Georgia (727) 523-8760.
Support group for cross-dressing and transgendered persons.

Suncoast Squares
John and Leo at (727) 343-8466.
 suncoastsquares@yahoo.com.
Tampa Bay Bears
TampaBayBears.com
Second Fridays, 7:30 p.m.. Suncoast Eagle Bar.

Tampa Bay Business Guild
(813) 237-3751.
TBBG.org.
Meets Second Tuesdays.

Tampa Bay Lesbians
http://escape.to/TBL
Social, sporting, cultural activities.

Tampa Chaveroi
tampachaverot@hotmail.com.
Jewish lesbians and their partners.

Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
(813) 879-4220
TIGLFF.com.
 

Tampa Metro Center
(813) 232-3808.
Metrocharities.org/TampaMetroCenter.htm.
6421 N. Florida Ave., Tampa.

Tango Lessons
Web: metrocharities.org.
 

The Line
(727) 586-4297.
Gay & Lesbian Crisis/Service of Tampa Bay Inc.

Triangles Social
Web: metrocharities.org.


Tropical Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf
(813) 236-3123.


Two-Stepping
metrocharities.org.
 

West Florida Growlers
Westfloridagrowlers.com.

Westcare Transgender Self-Awareness
 (727) 502-0188.


Women’s Writing Our Way
 metrocharities.org.
 

YES (Youth Education Services)
St. Pete. (727) 502-0188 or Tampa. (813) 226-2141.
Provides free HIV testing. In Pinellas, at WestCare Florida,
 
UNA-VOCE: The Florida Men’s Chorale
 Una-Voce.com

 

Welcome to the Metro Thrift Store!

Located at:
2235 Central Ave
St. Petersburg, FL 33713-8844
(corner of 22nd Street and Central)
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Store Hours:
Monday through Friday
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturdays
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Metro Thrift Store provides gently used FREE household goods, clothing and other merchandise to anyone living with HIV/AIDS. Purchase certificates are available through all case management agencies in Pinellas County.

 

 

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