To Our OutClique Readers,
I am thrilled, excited, and honored as I look at this issue. I want to express my deep gratitude to our fantastic OutClique family. Our pages are filled with opportunities for community involvement, ways to improve relationships, numerous healthcare resources, exciting places to visit, delicious food to discover, shows for everyone, and the very best of the best.
A huge thank you to our amazing team, who work so hard to create not only this print issue but also all of our photography, social media, website content, interviews, writing, graphic design, distribution, and a special thank you to my wonderful copy editor.
Our covers this month are extraordinary. Fort Lauderdale is incredibly fortunate to have Dean Trantalis as its mayor—a leader of leaders, a great listener, a genuine individual, and a true caregiver for our community. We are honored to feature him as our October 2024 cover story.
In our second edition this month, we will feature Charles Baran’s new book Rhoda Rage and the Goldfish Letter. When you meet Charles, you will understand why he is part of the OutClique family. This incredible story, set in Wilton Manors and South Florida, even mentions OutClique! We are thrilled to highlight a local author who contributes so much to our community and the arts.
Don’t miss out on our spiritual features. God is alive, and our LGBTQIA+ churches are dynamic and welcoming.
Happiness abounds—catch the wave!¹ Thank you for reading and continuing with us on this journey of life.
Be blessed today,
Dr. Steven²
¹ Easterday-Holder, A. DMA (former Chair and Professor of Music at Carson-Newman University and choir member Immanuel Baptist Church, Lexington, KY). (www.ibclex.org)
² McEldowney Jensen, PhD.,J. Director of Graduate Studies, Educational Policy Studies & Education. University of Kentucky, College of Education. (Doctoral supervisor) Dissertation title: Pediatrics education in an AHEC setting: Preparing students to provide patient centered medicine. A research study of ways that medical students learn patient centered medicine through their rotations in AHEC clinical settings.
