LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER TO HOST NATION’S 1st GLITTER RUN, A 7-COLOR 5K FUN RUN/WALK TO CELEBRATE CITY’S DIVERSITY August 20 Event Traverses Hollywood on Iconic Hollywood Blvd. LOS ANGELES, May 31, 2017—Be bold, be proud, and bedazzled while participating in The Glitter Run, a 7-color 5K fun run/walk on Sunday, August 20, that benefits…
Project Angel Food is hosting an open house for the community from 1 to 4pm on Sunday, June 25, in honor of George Michael’s 54th birthday. The event takes place in the parking lot at 922 Vine St. in Hollywood. Visitors will be able to tour the non-profit organization’s 8,000 square foot kitchen, learn about…
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(THE FIGHT’s Tom Pardoe with International Mister Leather 2017 Ralph Bruneau.) Simply put, you made the GIANT statement. We hope you felt #ResistMarch was meaningful and energizing. Over 100,000 of you showed up in the spirit of unity and action that’s going to be needed to get our country back on the right track. Just the sight of you…
AIDS/LifeCycle is a fully supported, 7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money and awareness in the fight against HIV/AIDS. AIDS/LifeCycle 2017 is taking place now – through June 10, 2017. Upcoming events: AIDS/LifeCycle Candlelit Vigil WHEN: Friday, June 9, 7:00PM – 9:00PM WHERE: San Buenaventura State Beach Everyone is welcome…
2,800 Participants in AIDS/LifeCycle Raise More Than $15.1 Million for San Francisco AIDS Foundation and HIV/AIDS-Related Services of the Los Angeles LGBT Center SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2017—AIDS/LifeCycle® announced today that participants raised more than $15.1 million dollars to support San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the HIV/AIDS-related services of the Los Angeles LGBT Center.…
SUNDAY, JUNE 11 HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND 8AM Ten days, and counting. That’s all we have left until we take the streets and the timing couldn’t be more appropriate. Just turning on your TV or visiting a news site gives you a new reason every day to march with us. So here’s what you should keep…
MeUndies is launching its first-ever Pride campaign known as “Celebrate Yourself.” For every pair of this specially-selected underwear sold, $1 will be donated to the Los Angeles LGBT Center—the world’s largest provider of programs and services for LGBT people—benefiting the Center’s youth services. The following LGBT social media influencers and notable figures have thrown their…
MedMen co-founder Andrew Modlin on reshaping the cannabis industry. BY CAITLIN DONOHUE | PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM Over the course of his 10 year career in the marijuana industry, Andrew Modlin, oil painter turned brand designer turned co-founder of the SoCal based marijuana investment firm MedMen, has made it his firm’s goal to bring professional…
The #ResistMarch takes place on Sunday, June 11, 8am-1pm. It will start in Los Angeles, at the intersection of Hollywood and Highland. It will end in West Hollywood. When any American’s rights are under threat, all our rights are threatened. We are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer. We are people of color. We are people of…
“Fighting for justice, and winning, is what we know how to do. It’s one of the things we do best.” Excerpts from a speech by Lorri L. Jean, CEO, Los Angeles LGBT Center at “An Evening With Women,” last month. …When we gathered here last May, I began my remarks with a joke about Donald Trump.…
Web cam performers have slowly become recognized as a force to be recognized in the adult entertainment industry. One of the largest live cam websites in the world, CAM4, offers many different types of performers and are dedicated to ensuring those performers get the support they need in order to succeed and grow. They are…
The LA Pride Festival returns to West Hollywood park for two days of live entertainment and community programming on June 10th and 11th. BY VICTOR MELAMED This year’s Main stage at the LA Pride Festival, renamed the Park Stage Presented by Blue Shield, will feature a collection of pop artists including established and emerging…
Redline’s Oliver Alpuche on DTLA Proud, diversity and expanding the festival’s footprint. BY MARK ARIEL DTLA Proud is committed to celebrating everyone’s story, to spreading optimism, to growing our community and to expanding our definition of diversity,” states California native and Redline bar owner Oliver Alpuche. Alpuche, along with other downtown bar owners and community members,…
Singer songwriter Barry Manilow on why he didn’t come out till now. BY ORLY LYONNE Veteran singer Barry Manilow said coming out publicly about being gay was a “beautiful experience,” as he was honored for his long-standing career in the music industry, reports Reuters. Manilow, 73, spoke about being gay for the first time last…
Merchant Ivory’s classic gay period drama has been restored ahead of a rerelease in New York and Los Angeles. BY VICTOR MELAMED A new 4K restoration of Maurice—the 1987 romantic drama about gay love in early-20th-century England, based on E.M. Forster’s novel—will open theatrically in Los Angeles on June 2 reports Variety. Directed by James Ivory, featuring…
A sampling of West Hollywood City’s June Pride events. For a complete list visit: www.weho.org/pride. FRIDAY, JUNE 2 LESBIANS TO WATCH OUT FOR: ‘90S L.A. ACTIVISM Plummer Park, Long Hall, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. Opening reception June 2 from 7pm-9pm. Runs through June 30. This year marks the 24th anniversary of the National Dyke March…
God’s Own Country Eleven days of not to be missed world-class films, panels, and parties. July 6–16, 2017. BY ORLY LYONNE Each summer Outfest Los Angeles screens more than 150 feature and short films to an audience more than 40,000 people. Outfest Los Angeles is the oldest film festival in Los Angeles and is considered…
PHOTOS BY JOSEPH DANIELS United Equality is an artistic social movement in which subjects bare their bodies with the exception of a single bandanna. The subjects, photographed by Joseph Daniels, appear bare as a symbol of equality. The current campaign—#Resist—was created to “fight back against bigotry, sexism, racism, homophobia and xenophobia” in Trump’s America.…
Solidarity March, Rally For Gay Chechens In an urgent effort to help stop the atrocities happening against LGBT people in the Russian republic of Chechnya—in which hundreds of gay men are reportedly being kidnapped and tortured in concentration camp-like facilities to “purge” the country of homosexuality—a solidarity march and rally—“Eyes On Chechnya”—was held downtown last…
Eradicating HIV New treatment method might lead to the end of AIDS. BY VICTOR MELAMED Researchers believe they have found a new method to execute the “shock and kill” strategy aiming to eliminate HIV hiding in viral reservoirs inside our own T cells, reports David Artavia at hivplusmag.com. Even though an HIV-positive person on antiretroviral therapy…
