A.H. of Monroe County, Inc. (AH) will be providing important sexual health and wellness outreach while shifting into the campaign to bolster participation in The SMART Ride 15.

On Friday night, June 8th, 2015 Fantasy Fest Queen Jodyrae Campbell will present ‘Real Men Do Drag’, where burly meets curly and boots are traded for bras.

The competition, from 6 – 8 p.m. at AQUA nightclub, 711 Duval, will be hosted by Jessica T. Deveraux and emceed by Laurie Thibaud.

“I won’t promise pretty and I can’t guarantee poise,” commented Scott Pridgen, Executive Director of AH, “but I can assure attendees of plus-sized laughter.”

Tips and other proceeds will equally assist the local Key West Mile Markers team for The SMART Ride 15 (TSR) and the other Florida agencies participating in TSR: AH, Pridelines, Broward House, Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Metro Wellness and Community Centers, Miracle of Love, Inc. and Compass Community Center.

“We work handlebar-to-handlebar with TSR management and the other ASOs to remind this state that there is still neither vaccine or cure for HIV and AIDS,” said Pridgen.

Entry at the door is a suggested $10 donation.

The next day, at the Key West PRIDE Street Fair Saturday, June 9th, the familiar AH tent, with safe sex condom packets and other sexual wellness literature, will also host TSR from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. On-line participant registration will be available, plus information about a special 1-Day Ride from Marathon to Key West for Saturday, November 17th.

Alongside, at the same time, Key West Mile Markers team riders past and present will gather in another tent to discuss the165-mile journey from Miami to Key West, enlisting not just riders, but crew and supporters. In addition to raffles – including an Aeromexico round-trip for two and a Susan G. Komen woman’s cruiser bike — they will also be re-staging their popular ‘Taste of Key West’ barbecue, with proceeds to benefit the team.

For more general information about The SMART Ride 15, access www.TheSMARTRide.org. Locally, the Mile Markers can be found on FACEBOOK at http://tinyurl.com/n46jt3r; Team Co-Captains Donald Gene Dotzauer and/or Karen Frank-Noll can be messaged from there.

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