Steven Skelley

My review of Menopause: The Musical published in EDGE magazine at -  http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=theatre&sc2=reviews&sc3=theatre_reviews&id=136264 Menopause: The Musical by Steven  Skelley I saw   "Menopause: The Musical"   and survived! I consider that quite an accomplishment considering how the evening began. As my male guest and I made our way to our balcony seats, we were greeted with multiple catcalls from female attendees such as: "Hey! What are you doing here?" "Hey! This is not a Beach Boys concert. It’s ’Menopause’!" "Hey! You two do realize you are the only two men here, right?" My favorite was, "Hey! Did you think this was going to be a great place to pick up chicks?" Being a gay male journalist, picking up post-menopausal, grey haired females was not high on my list of priorities, but I knew it was going to be an entertaining night. T

A fantastic article by Steffany Skelley Gilmer for  Edge On The Net  Gay News. Motorcycle enthusiasts ride to raise funds for HIV/AIDS charities and research. amfAR’s LifeRide Cycles From Florida to D.C. for AIDS Conference by Steffany Skelley Gilmer EDGE Contributor Friday Jul 20, 2012 PRINT EMAIL COMMENTS (0) LARGE MEDIUM SMALL Riders set out for amfAR’s Life Ride, cycling 1,800 miles from Miami to Washington, D.C.  (Source:Facebook) On July 14, participants in amfAR’s LifeRide, a nine day charity motorcycle event from July 13-20, pulled into Central Florida on their way from Miami to Washington, D.C., to raise funds and awareness for HIV/AIDS. amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, partnered with New York-based skin and hair care company Kiehl’s Since 1851 to raise and donate $100,000 to groups at eight stops along the way, ending up in the nation’s capital on the eve of the International AIDS Conference. The 10-day, 1,800 mile motorcycle ride is jus

9 to 5: The Musical review by Steven Skelley http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=theatre&sc2=reviews&sc3=theatrereviews&id=136838 9 to 5: The Musical by Steven  Skelley EDGE Contributor Monday Sep 10, 2012 PRINT EMAIL COMMENTS (0) LARGE MEDIUM SMALL Melinda Lebo plays Doralee in the Titusville Playhouse production of ’“9 to 5: The Musical”’ at Emma Parrish Theater   If you were to ask me to describe  "9 to 5: The Musical"  in two words, I would simply reply, "Dolly Parton!" That’s all you really need to know. The show is filled with 16 of her catchy songs, her "Backwoods Barbie" comedy routine and that trademark big smile and feel-good vibe. Under the energetic direction of Steven J. Heron, the Emma Parrish Theater/Titusville Playhouse has put together a wonderfully entertaining interpretation of "9 to 5: The Musical." Heron told Edge that it was a lot of fun bringing the

This is a fantastic article by Steffany Skelley Gilmer for Edge On The Net Gay News & Travel. C.W. Bill Young, the longest-serving Republican member of Congress, was part of a state sponsored witch-hunt of gay Floridians which used police officers to drag suspected gay men (both students and educators) from their college classes in front of their classmates and students to be interrogated about their sexuality. More than 100 professors, educators and deans were fired from their jobs due to Young's harrassment. One even attempted suicide! Young refuses to apologize to this day. Steven Skelley http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=politics&sc2=features&sc3=&id=136496 Jessica Ehrlich Takes on Anti-Gay Rep. C.W. Bill Young for Congress by Steffany Skelley Gilmer EDGE Contributor Thursday Aug 30, 2012 PRINT EMAIL COMMENTS (0) LARGE MEDIUM SMALL Democratic candidate Jessica Ehrlich, who seeks to unseat anti-gay incum

The U.S. Health Care Debate - It is all about greed by Steven Skelley Mahatma Gandhi said, "There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed." This truth could not be more relevant and apparent than in the U.S. Health Care debate. As the Democratic Party tries to make sure that every American citizen has access to lifesaving health care, their  Republican opponents do everything in their power to deny it.  At almost every instance, Republicans cry that there is not  enough money to pay for medical care for American citizens. I have always found it to be the height of hypocrisy that politicians who have the best health coverage money can buy provided for them by taxpayers for life, don't feel that every other Amerrican citizen deserves the same. Since Republicans like to rant about the lack of funds available from insurance and health care providers, I would like to  suggest a simple solution. The public records of these sa

The Chik Fil A Homophobia: It was never about free speech by Steven Skelley In 2012, there was a huge controversy over published reports that Chik Fil A owner Dan Cathy had not only made public statements against equal civil rights for LGBT American Citizens but had boasted of donating several million dollars to anti-gay groups. Groups such as The American Family Association have tweeted that the USA needs "an Underground Railroad to deliver innocent children from same-sex households." AFA's Bryan Fischer went on to say he supported KIDNAPPING children of gay parents to save them. You want to know why Chik Fil A's owner disgusts me? Because he financially supports bullshit like this. If he had said, "I gave several hundred thousand dollars to an organization that supports the kidnap and rescue of African American children from their parents," the whole country would be outraged. But, because he targets LGBT American citizens instead of Africa