From the street, Convivio Bookworks is easy to miss. The building is plain white, its windows darkened, with only modest signage out front announcing the name and a simple promise: “open today.” Nothing about the exterior hints at what waits inside.
It's never easy to narrow down the many extraordinary individuals in our Out & Proud community — but each year, we rise to the challenge.
When Rae Jenae moved to Miami from New York in 2017, she was looking for lesbian-centered events and came up empty. So, she created her own. What began as an Instagram directory quickly turned into a nightlife empire. Her first event at Sidebar in 2018 drew more than 700 people, and she’s been curating queer nightlife ever since.
Mike Sanders is many things: a transmasculine, nonbinary former titleholder in the leather scene, a political activist, and a fierce believer in building a chosen family. As the organizer of American Brotherhood Weekend (ABW), a leather family and contest that’s been running for over 30 years, Sanders helps carry on a legacy of community, kink and care. Contestants compete in categories like speech, interviews, fantasy, and wear.
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