By Paulo Murillo — Downtown L.A. will host its very first LGBTQ Pride Festival. DTLA Proud Festival is all set to happen in all its rainbow glory on Sunday, August 7, 12pm-10pm, at Pershing Square Park in downtown Los Angeles. That’s Read more
The Eagle L.A.’s Charlie Matula on growing up in the Southland, his career as a gay bartender and later bar-owner, and what it means to be a Daddy. BY BRENDEN SHUCART | PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM When you think of Read more
Here’s why Trump’s VP choice Mike Pence is awful for the LGBTQ community. BY VICTOR MELAMED Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s running mate, attracted national attention last year when he signed a religious freedom law that members of the Read more
If we all work together, we can secure a better life and a better future for generations of LGBT people. BY JEFFREY ERDMAN | PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM When I ran for Mr. Los Angeles Leather this year, and later Read more
“There seems to be a new and growing appreciation for older men.” PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM Jim Key, turning 51 this month, Chief Marketing Officer at the L.A. LGBT Center, tells THE FIGHT that “the biggest advantage to getting older Read more
“I am proud to show that 41 can look good and that Daddy is the new black, or in my case silver is the new black.” PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM Menswear designer and founder of sheehanandcompany.com Daniel Sheehan, 41, confides Read more
“Being a ‘daddy’ is about teaching the younger generations what little I have learned along the way.” PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM DJ, promoter and landscape designer Victor Rodriguez, 49, tells THE FIGHT that his understanding of the term “daddy” “is Read more
A new study suggests that open relationships among gay couples could bring a couple closer together. BY VICTOR MELAMED While open relationships are much more prevalent among gay couples compared to heterosexual couples, there is often still stigma attached to Read more
Raja Gemini DTLA Proud Festival, Sunday, August 7. Ventura County Pride, Saturday, August 20, 2016. BY ORLY LYONNE The DTLA Proud Festival takes place this month on August 7 at Pershing Square Park in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Read more
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 DTLA PROUD FESTIVAL 2016 Pershing Square, 532 S Olive St, Los Angeles. 12pm-10pm. Tickets & Info: DTLAProudFestival.org. Through community partners, the festival will showcase the best that downtown has to offer through 40 community booths (10 local restaurants, Read more
Promising Early Results Interim results for HVTN 100, a HIV-vaccine trail, have already outperformed those of previous vaccine trials. BY VICTOR MELAMED Last month researchers at the 2016 International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, revealed that the interim results for HVTN Read more
RECEIVERS Of MEMORY To know how shit’s worked in the past is to know how it’s probably gonna shape up in the future. BY THOMAS VALLS So, I’m just coming out of the age when I’d believed that the experiences in my Read more
TOP 5 Game Daddies I love me some hot daddies. Hell, I am partnered to one and I couldn’t be happier. Check out gaming’s most popular mature heroes. BY JOSEPH ARELLANO 5. RYU—STREET FIGHTER Taking the scene long ago in the Read more
French teacher Cindy Mauro and Spanish prof Alini Brito insisted that the topless escapade was all a misunderstanding and that Mauro was simply trying to help her colleague recover from an episode of diabetic shock. Sadly, no one believed their Read more
TOM PARDOE, JOE ARELLANO PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM AGES: Tom: 52, Joe: 29. HOMETOWN: Tom: Cedar Falls, Iowa. Joe: Bedford, Indiana. BEEN TOGETHER: Three and a half years. OCCUPATIONS: Tom: Director/Teacher/Dancer. Joe: Actor/Account Representative/Dancer. GOOD RELATIONSHIP TIPS: Tom: communication, respect, Read more
Making History Sarah McBride: first transgender American to address a major party convention. BY ORLY LYONNE Last month, Human Rights Campaign national press secretary Sarah McBride became the first transgender American to address a major party convention—and moved delegates to their feet Read more
