‘I Don’t Know if Any of My Friends Are Laying in That Club’ (Video)

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‘I Don’t Know if Any of My Friends Are Laying in That Club’
As the head of The GLBT Center of Central Florida, Terry DeCarlo is a well known figure in Orlando's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, and his heartbreak is apparent.
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‘I Don’t Know if Any of My Friends Are Laying in That Club’

As the head of The GLBT Center of Central Florida, Terry DeCarlo is a well known figure in Orlando's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, and his heartbreak is apparent.

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‘I Don’t Know if Any of My Friends Are Laying in That Club’

As the head of The GLBT Center of Central Florida, Terry DeCarlo is a well known figure in Orlando's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, and his heartbreak is apparent.

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Joseph H. Thompson was among six prosecutors who resigned last month over the Justice Department’s effort to investigate the wife of Renée Good.