Brandon Thorp

Reader comments: Judge screwed over Miami Beach's vigilante cyclist

Archbishop Favalora Accused of Turning Miami Archdiocese Into "Corrupt Homosexual Superculture"

​Oh, Jesus Christ. Gawker has a whopper of a story today accusing Archbishop Emeritus John C. Favalora of running the Miami Archdiocese of the Catholic Church like some sort of gay sex mafia.The report, penned by former New Times contributor and theater critic Brandon K. Thorp, gathers information ... More >>

Allen West, uncut

A candid conversation with South Florida's rising Tea Party star.

On stage this week: Making fun of Broadway and tree-hugging a-holes

A candid conversation with South Florida's rising Tea Party star.

Supreme Court Considers Vaccine-Autism Case While New Times Probe Draws Ire

Dr. Gary Kompothecras, an influential political donor to Gov. Charlie Crist, is at the center of a controversial study.​The U.S. Supreme Court today is scheduled to hear a case that could have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of lawsuits that claim there is a direct link between autism and vaccin ... More >>

Letters from the issue of October 7, 2010

Dr. Gary Kompothecras, an influential political donor to Gov. Charlie Crist, is at the center of a controversial study.​The U.S. Supreme Court today is scheduled to hear a case that could have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of lawsuits that claim there is a direct link between autism and vaccin ... More >>

New Times Finalist For 10 Press Club Awards

​Miami New Times was shortlisted for ten awards for Excellence in Journalism from the Florida Press Club, with staff writer Tim Elfrink a finalist for four awards. Gus Garcia-Roberts is finalist for two awards, while Francisco Alvarado, Kyle Muzenreider, and Pam Shavalier are also nominated.

Man Up

Rekers's Spanking Science

How George Alan Rekers and his rent boy got busted by New Times

Rekers's Spanking Science

Letters from the issue of May 13, 2010

Rekers's Spanking Science

Crist Ad Surfaces on White Pride Site

​"We created this civilization -- by 'we,' I mean the whites." So says Gordon Baum, the CEO of the Council of Conservative Citizens -- the CCC, for short. "Our local chapters would probably support a referendum to ban inter-racial marriage, I would speculate," he says in a New Times interview. ... More >>

NARTH Had Hand in Rekers Damage Control, Escort Says

Did NARTH help George Alan Rekers with damage control?​Members of one of America's largest "ex-gay" organizations may have secretly intervened in the rentboy scandal, publicly calling for a "thorough investigation," while working behind the scenes to quash the story.Officials of the National Assoc ... More >>

George Rekers Resigns from NARTH Board

via NARTHNARTH claims it can cure people of their homosexuality. Was Rekers "Not only a bored member, but also a client?"​Dr. George Rekers has resigned from the board of the NARTH, the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, in the wake of the fallout following his tr ... More >>

There Were Others, Escort Says

Conversation between George Alan Rekers and Lucien via Facebook on March 20, 2010.The gay escort hired by George Alan Rekers as a travel companion told Miami New Times Thursday that he had been paid to give the anti-gay crusader body rubs in the nude before their March 30 trip to Europe. And Faceboo ... More >>

George Rekers Is a Homosexual, Escort Says

Photo by Brandon K. ThorpGeorge Rekers and "Lucien" at MIA.​The male escort hired by anti-gay activist George Alan Rekers has told Miami New Times the Baptist minister is a homosexual who paid him to provide body rubs once a day in the nude, during their ten-day vacation in Europe. Rekers alleged ... More >>

George Alan Rekers Denies He's Gay

​George Alan Rekers, the anti-gay activist who hired a male prostitute, has fired back at the New Times reporters who broke the story. This afternoon, Rekers sent an email calling a follow-up article "defamation." He claims his rent-a-boy agreed to a statement that clears him of sexual acts. ... More >>

Things Rekers Said To Lucien When He Didn't Think We Were Listening

George Alan RekersAnti-gay activist George Alan Rekers contends in an earlier post on Riptide that he did not hire a young gay escort named Lucien as a prostitute. But what the minister -- who hasn't returned calls seeking comment -- likely didn't realize is that Miami New Times reporters were sitti ... More >>

Rent Boy Customer Dr. George Rekers' Damage Control: Jesus Hung Out with Prostitutes Too

Dr. George A. Rekers says that Jesus hung out with prostitutes too.​Yesterday, a report from New Times contributors Penn Bullock and Brandon K. Thorp went up bringing to light the fact that Dr. George Rekers, a leading "scientific" voice in the anti-gay movement, had hired a male prostitute who ad ... More >>

NARTH Responds to Rekers' Eurotrip With a Non-Response

George Alan Rekers​By now, you've likely read about George Alan Rekers, the luxuriously mustachioed Christian fundie and co-founder of the Family Research Council, whom we caught coming home from Europe with a young male escort. Rekers claims his ill health necessitated hiring the boy as a luggage ... More >>

Letters from the issue of February 18, 2010

George Alan Rekers​By now, you've likely read about George Alan Rekers, the luxuriously mustachioed Christian fundie and co-founder of the Family Research Council, whom we caught coming home from Europe with a young male escort. Rekers claims his ill health necessitated hiring the boy as a luggage ... More >>

So, Who Won the $4,000?

Skot Olsen​A few months ago, New Times Broward-Palm Beach announced that we would be giving away $4,000 to local artists through our first-ever MasterMind Awards, sponsored by the Amplitude Academy of Musical Arts, a new music school in Boca. This past Saturday, winners were announced at the Artop ... More >>

Sauced at Tijuana

Apparently, the Tijuana Flats Burrito Co. has finally opened up a location in South Florida. It's about time. Tijuana Flats is a Floridian company, after all, straight out of Winter Haven, and they've got branches in four states already. We ordinarily wouldn't get so excited about a chain restaurant ... More >>

Last Night: Madonna at Dolphin Stadium

MadonnaWednesday, November 26, 2008Dolphin Stadium, Miami GardensI am writing this to you at 2 a.m. exactly, which is the time you get home if you live in Wilton Manors and go to Madonna concerts in Miami. Madonna does awful things to the Golden Glades Exchange. Madonna makes "lanes" meaningless a ... More >>

GableStage Director Talks Politics

Joe Adler on November, cuts in school funding, and what's wrong with America.

Letters from the Issue of August 7, 2008

"It's a hard way to make a living. Try combining that with some cheapskate who doesn't want to part with a dollar at the end of a dance."

Weekly Purge: Edition #3

"It's a hard way to make a living. Try combining that with some cheapskate who doesn't want to part with a dollar at the end of a dance."

Q&A with Celia's Modesto Lacen

"It's a hard way to make a living. Try combining that with some cheapskate who doesn't want to part with a dollar at the end of a dance."

Finally Florida

A rogue state meets presidential candidates who pine for its fickle heart.

Letters from the Issue of May 8, 2008

"The figure of Christ deserves respect, and so do your readers."

The Carbonell Awards

"The figure of Christ deserves respect, and so do your readers."

Letters from the Issue of December 13, 2007

"It is time that the United States make a change."

Letters from the Issue of November 1, 2007

"Calling an illegal alien an undocumented worker is like calling a drug dealer an unlicensed pharmacist"

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Letters from the Issue of July 12, 2007

"Give the girl a break, you envious sons of bitches"

Letters from the Issue of July 5, 2007

“I hope the real message of Jesus can be heard over the banging of hate drums”

Letters from the Issue of May 10, 2007

"You need to check your facts.”

Letters from the Issue of April 26, 2007

"It never ceases to amaze me how we sell our integrity for so little when it is the only thing we have."

Letters from the Issue of April 19, 2007

"Too often a bilious blend of vitriol, sarcasm, and hatred is served up."

Letters from the Issue of March 22, 2007

"It seems that the green tide in our paradise is here to stay, and we feel very sad about that."

Betrayal

"It seems that the green tide in our paradise is here to stay, and we feel very sad about that."

Ladies Night

Drag queens, hard rock, and the death of the nuclear family

Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway

Drag queens, hard rock, and the death of the nuclear family

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