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THE WOMAN BEHIND SOUTH FLORIDA CONNECTS: "No Spouse Left Behind: Straight Spouse Awareness". Debbie is a professional woman who got tired of hearing the sad stories of friends and acquaintances, and even strangers about their suspicion or confirmation of the deceptive, secretive, same sex lifestyle of their husbands, wives and significant others.
"When I found out that I was a straight spouse and nearly married a bi-sexual man I felt very alone as there was no support for immigrant straight spouses. There was very little information available but nothing that addressed my cultural and religious needs. It was a very difficult and shameful time and nothing helped. I also found out that this was not just 'my problem', but the problem facing many other immigrant women. So I decided to do something to help those affected by the deception, lies, and narcissistic behavior of the men and women who claim to love them. I received a call from a distraught acquaintance some time ago, and my daughter overheard my end of the conversation. As I listened to what my daughter had to say afterwards, I realized just how close I had come, to been is a situation like the woman I had just spoken to on the phone.
I was distressed and I remember my daughter's words, "Mom do something before you go crazy." God has decided to use me to help his hurting people, so here am I. He let it come to me so I could understand it through experience. I would never understand it or be able to help anyone living it if the phenomenon was not part of my own life experience." Debbie Thomas-Brown
 Debbie Thomas-Brown
CEO/Founder South Florida Connects Debbie Thomas-Brown is CEO/ Founder for South Florida Connects, (SFC). She is also the Media Liaison between SFC and media sources. SFC is a local, philanthropic and social outreach, organization and the umbrella organization for Connecting the Down Low Clues. 
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South Florida Connects has two websites, one of which is the social arm of the organization at southfloridaconnects.com where they educate, encourage, empower, and offer peer support to straight spouses and others, about 'down low living' and how to navigate this issue, how to avoid becoming a straight spouse, and also how to live a fulfilled life after divorce from a gay spouse.
The other arm of SFC, the philanthropic side with its outreach website at southfloridaconnects.org, encourages individuals to ‘reach out and touch’ each other in a humanitarian way with "Pay it forward" acts of kindness. Debbie has worked in Community Outreach for many years, as a beacon of positive change in neighborhoods throughout Broward County and Miami-Dade, Florida. She has utilized her roles as Nurse, former High School Teacher, and Community Outreach Advocate, to help develop programs that serve the community, and raise awareness to create a lasting impact and improve lives. Debbie Thomas-Brown is a recognized spokesperson for straight spouses in The Caribbean Community in South Florida, having interviewed on several radio shows, including Perspectives on WAVS 1170AM, on Straight Wives, a Blog Talk Radio Show, and The Donneth Show with ‘Community Solutions’ a local community outreach radio show she co-hosts on WAVS 1170am When she presents her monthly straight spouse awareness program. She also hosts SFC's straight spouse awareness outreach radio show on blogtalk Radio at blogtalkradio.com/straightspouseawareness. and a weekly segment on Thursdays at 8pm on the Bonnie Kaye Straight Wives Show at blogtalkradio.com/bonnielkaye Debbie is a sought-after source of information in the Caribbean Community, as she speaks with the authority of personal experience, shared experience, and lots of research. Because of her dedication and hard work as a community volunteer, on October 3, 2012, the Points of Light Institute named her A Daily Point of Light. She was also awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award for her outstanding dedication to straight spouse advocacy. <<Read Her Complete Profile Here>> 
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