Madonna lovers may be delighted to hear two recently leaked songs from the Erotica sessions, which have been buzzing all over the internet. It’s a shame the song “Shame” didn’t make the cut–not even as a B-side. However the the song “You Are the One” should go hide for another 20 or so years. Check…
Mystery surrounding the disappearance of West Hollywood resident Ramon Estrada led investigators to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was found in a coma as a “John Doe.” Police believe Estrada’s broken shoulder, head trauma, pneumonia and heart issues are injuries caused by a severe beating. Estrada vanished on his way home from the Gold Coast…
Los Angeles-based photographer Dusti Cunningham (he recently shot trans activist Buck Angel for the June cover of The Fight) and transgender activist Jacob Rostovsky, are working together to raise funds to complete “Gender Bent,” a photographic series containing photos of people who have bent and blurred the lines, and custom-designed their gender to better suit…
The Off-Sunset Festival returns for a second year after a successful run in 2013. The heart of Silverlake is set to deliver an exciting day full of music, culture, art, food and fun. 5,000 people attended the event last year. 8,000 are projected to attend this year–making this a bigger and better event than 2013.…
Los Angeles based artist Drake Labry on maintaining a healthy balance, pushing limits and what he would like to change about the art scene. BY RICK GALIHER | PHOTO BY ANTHONY DURAN There’s more than meets the eye with artist Drake Labry. He studied art from an early age in the South, continued his education…
Legendary drag superstar Jackie Beat celebrates a quarter century of drag genius with a one-night-only, once-in-a-lifetime, one-of-a-kind, best-of show performance at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Village this month. BY MARK ARIEL | PHOTO BY MAGNUS HASTINGSThe Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center is welcoming Los Angeles drag superstar Jackie Beat to…
LA LGBT Center’s smartphone dating app study reveals higher risk of gonorrhea and chlamydia among users. BY VICTOR MELAMED Results of a study conducted by the Los Angeles LGBT Center indicate that gay/bisexual men who use smartphone dating applications, such as Grindr, Scruff, and Recon, to seek sexual partners—have a higher risk of contracting common…
Walt Cassidy’s journey from androgynous New York Club Kid to respected contemporary artist. BY PAULO MURILLO Walt Cassidy is a man of many incarnations. He survived the early 1990s as New York Club Kid known as Waltpaper, he founded the conceptual hardcore punk band BOOB in the late 90s, and he’s worked hard to earn…
The best things in life are free. It’s “summertime, and the livin’ is easy” even if you are on a budget. The key is to know where to go. Here’s a sampling. COMPILED BY RICK GALIHER LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART On Friday nights, chill with “Jazz at LACMA,” on Saturday afternoons, spice up…
“ART 4 Empty Store Fronts.” One man’s noble quest to increase the presence of art in Los Angeles. BY ORLY LYONNE Sadly, quite a few stores in the Los Angeles area are vacant, waiting to be rented, leaving behind a rather unseemly promenade of empty store fronts. However all that may very well change in the…
This year’s “Pride Is YOU” celebration marks OC Pride’s sixth annual event since its triumphant return in 2009. BY VICTOR MELAMED On August 9, 2014, from noon until 10 pm, OC Pride will once again take over the streets of Downtown Santa Ana for a fun and free festival celebrating the culture, identity, and achievements…
Traditionally relegated to sexual invisibility by the age of fifty, the men in Jay Lawton’s photographs defy cultural expectations. BY MARK ARIEL | PHOTOS Courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries “The Jay R. Lawton: Project 50,” organized by Thomas Trafelet and Peter Ayala, on exhibit last month at the ONE Archives Gallery &…
Painting by Miguel Angel Reyes Local gay artists discuss their work, inspiration and accomplishments in the art world. BY PAULO MURILLO Miguel Angel Reyes INTIMATE SITUATIONS Mexican born artist Miguel Angel Reyes is a Los Angeles-based portrait and figurative painter, muralist, printmaker and illustrator. He graduated from Otis Parson School of Design in 1987 with a…
Not your grandmother’s old house—homoerotic art in all its animalistic, sensual, beautiful, minimalistic, exaggerated and comical form is on display from floor to ceiling. BY PAULO MURILLO | PHOTO by HENNING VON BERG OF HvB PHOTOGRAPHY Last month I was invited to visit the Tom of Finland Foundation – or TOM House as it is called…
An exhibit of life drawings by J.B. Harter and students of the LA LGBT Center’s Learning Curve program. BY PAULO MURILLO The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Learning Curve Adult Education program has presented its popular life drawing course for more than a decade. Now it returns with a special edition student art exhibit presented in…
