The fabulous Le Bal returns to the Ace Theatre, hosted by the legendary Candis Cayne this Friday July 29th! Seeking to celebrate the art of drag and revues of the ages, the last two installments brought earth-shatterning entertainment and revelry. Read more
Photo & text by Paulo Murillo – The Los Angeles LGBT Center promptly responded to today’s announcement made by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, that he selected Anti-LGBT Governor of Indiana Mike Pence as his running mate for Vice President. “Donald Trump’s selection Read more
Photo by Paulo Murillo — The Los Angeles LGBT Center teamed up with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the County Department of Health Services, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and AIDS Project Los Angeles, the Los Angeles LGBT Center to urge gay/bisexual Read more
Artist, actor, designer, model Aaron Valenzuela on colliding worlds, potential and movement and his “second puberty.” BY MARK ARIEL | PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM In an interview with THE FIGHT creative powerhouse Aaron Valenzuela talks about the power in achievement, Read more
Sailors and Marines discharged from military service because of their sexuality urged to appeal that injustice. BY VICTOR MELAMED Navy Department officials are urging the thousands of sailors and Marines forced out of the military because of their sexuality in previous decades Read more
If you are white and cisgendered, and living in a big city or on the coasts, it has become easy to forget how hated we clearly still are, and the madness that infects the world. BY BRENDEN SHUCART The evening Read more
Health Department warns of meningitis outbreak in Los Angeles and Orange County. BY PAULO MURILLO The California Department of Public Health reports that nine men have fallen ill to meningococcal infections in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas since Read more
City commissioner Patty Sheehan calls out GOP politicians for their hypocrisy after Orlando tragedy. BY ORLY LYONNE Orlando city commissioner Patty Sheehan spoke to Michelangelo Signorile on SiriusXM Progress about the Orlando shooting last month, criticizing the inaction of GOP politicians like Marco Read more
Alexander Skarsgard on strong gay role models. BY VICTOR MELAMED The Legend of Tarzan’s Alexander Skarsgard wants you to know that he is flattered to have the support of LGBT fans. In an interview with Pride Source last month Skarsgard Read more
California judge rules ChristianMingle must allow same-sex matches. BY ORLY LYONNE LGBTQ singles looking for love will soon have another online dating site to rustle through. Thanks to a recent lawsuit, Los Angeles-based Spark Networks Inc. must now open its many Read more
HBO’s The Trans List The 2016 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival returns to the Ford Theatres. BY ORLY LYONNE With 162 films from 19 different countries, Outfest Los Angeles once again brings together the highest quality of LGBTQ film Read more
Model, actor has died in an apparent suicide. BY VICTOR MELAMED 26-year-old Andrew Christian model and actor Jorge Ilich died last month after jumping from a Miami Beach high rise apartment building, reports towleroad.com. According to NBC, police arrived at Read more
They’re back! Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, opens nationwide on July 22. Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone (Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley) are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to: shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hotspots in Absolutely Fabulous: Read more
THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 17 OUTFEST: LOS ANGELES Queer Film Festival. Tickets & Info: outfest.org. SUNDAY, JULY 10 ONYX SOUTHWEST PRESENTS: CAGED HEAT Eagle LA, 4219 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, 4pm-8pm. Info: www.EagleLA.com. Turn up the heat with the Men of Read more
Photo by Paulo Murillo ORLANDO CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN L.A. Over 2,000 gathered for a candlelight vigil last month at the footsteps of the Los Angeles City Hall to protest and mourn the 49 people that were killed in the Orlando Read more
SUPPRESSING THE VIRUS New therapy keeps HIV at bay without daily drug regimen. BY VICTOR MELAMED The hunt for an HIV treatment that roots the virus out of its hiding places and kills it just got more interesting, reports the Read more
BULLET BAR PULSE FUNDRAISING EVENT The Bullet Bar in North Hollywood held a raffle / fundraising event last month with all bar sales benefiting the Pulse victims in Orlando. Gear Worxxx (Gearworxxx.com) and Magnolia Grille (themagnoliagrille.com) put together gift baskets Read more
HELLO FROM THE OTHER SIDE Excerpts from a series of online chats with Zayed, a gay Muslim man, living in Saudi Arabia. BY MARK ARIEL I wake up every morning and think to myself today will be my last day on Read more
EDGAR’S WORLD “World 8” owner Edgar Garcia on androgyny, gender fluidity and Cody from Street Fighter. BY JOSEPH ARELLANO Founded and led by Edgar Garcia “World 8” is a quirky, charming video game boutique making waves and headlines for being Read more
The country and the world mourned our loss with flags at half staff and rainbow colors in the public square. When 32 gay men and women died in the 1973 New Orleans arson attack, the media took little notice. Decades Read more
