The double meaning of “Fitting In” (Blue Fox), the title of writer/director Molly McGlynn’s second feature film, is a good place to begin this review. Because the main character Lindy (Maddie Ziegler) is a 16-year-old high school, the concept of fitting into the complex and often challenging social situations in which 21st century (or any century, for that matter) teenagers find themselves, the title has that covered with no problem.

Mark Gilbert has been on the Board of the OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival (formerly The Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and the Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival) for the better part of 20+ years. In his early years, he put gay on the radio with a sponsorship for the film festival that said The Miami Gay And Lesbian Film Festival out loud and proud all day and night.

For openly gay vocalist Jeff Harnar, life truly is a cabaret. He has received multiple accolades for work as a performer including awards from the Mabel Mercer Foundation, the Chicago Cabaret Professionals, Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC), and Broadway Cabaret World, to mention a few.

Larry Buzzeo is originally from Stamford, Conn. where he began his theatrical obsession at the age of 25.

Broward County has a rich and active arts community, with far more viable LGBT organizations than you might expect from a population of about a half-million people (many of whom are not full-time residents).

Catch up on all the latest news about the 8th Annual Diversity Honors, taking place on March 9.