MR. SISTER LEATHER 2017 The Sisters’ new titleholder, David Sanford, on sobriety, kink and living your life out loud. BY MARK ARIEL PHOTO BY ROBERT GREEN, MOTORBOOT PHOTOGRAPHY The results of The Los Angeles Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence contest Read more
Ali Mushtaq: Mr. Long Beach Leather 2016 THE FIGHT Interview Ali – congratulations on winning the title of Mr. Long Beach Leather 2016! What motivated you to enter the contest? There were two main reasons. Long Beach was one of the Read more
Andy, 2005 (left), 2016 (right). “The room, lit only by the flickering closed-circuit porn on the TV, begins to darken further. I feel panic, but there’s nothing I can do as I slip headlong into the utter nothingness of the Read more
The world’s largest leather event is promoting harm reduction strategies. BY MARK ARIEL Folsom Street Fair, taking place this month, will be rolling out an overarching message of “Make It a G-Free Weekend.” “Over the last several years, we have seen Read more
Foundations Los Angeles at Encino, The Canyon at Peace Park in Malibu and Michael’s House in Palm Springs. Located just northwest of the bustling heart of Los Angeles, Foundations Los Angeles at Encino caters to the unique needs of Read more
Every time you enable someone else’s drug abuse or alcoholism by cleaning up their mess, you help them avoid the consequences that might just motivate them to change. BY DR. STEVE GANZELL If you are not an alcoholic or drug Read more
A sober living residence to call home, for those who seek to maintain their newfound recovery. BY PAULO MURILLO The greater Los Angeles area has a long list of sober living facilities to choose from, but the Westwind Recovery Residences Read more
Grief requires work, time, and forgiveness. Forgive them for leaving.Forgive yourself for surviving. Forgive yourself and others for not taking the best actions. BY SEAN GALUSZKA Humans should have developed iron clad coping skills for grief by now. We’ve had Read more
ANITA BRYANT’S PLAYBOY INTERVIEW. SEE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER LISTING. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 ONYX-ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY Eagle LA, 4219 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029. 4pm-8pm. Info: www.eaglela.com. The Brotherhood of Onyx Southwest celebrate their one year anniversary, the beginning of many more great Read more
PALM SPRINGS LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival, is dedicated to advancing and further strengthening our diverse gay community through the establishment of a world-class forum that presents lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender cinema from Read more
GSK CEO ANDREW WITTY A SIMPLER HIV TREATMENT Getting the three-drug cocktail regimen down to just two different drugs. BY VICTOR MELAMED GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is seeking to lop off one-third of the HIV drugs most patients are required to take, Read more
The BRAVE, The BEAUTIFUL Last month, Jen Anderson Shattuck posted a photo of her 3-year-old son Roo wearing a tutu on Facebook. In the caption, she told the story of a distressing encounter that had occurred the day before. My three-and-a-half-year-old son Read more
Compassionate High-Quality Dentistry Dr. Jay S. Grossman, DDS, specializes in correcting dental damage related to substance and drug abuse. BY MARK ARIEL With more than 25 years of experience treating patients with substance abuse, Dr. Jay S. Grossman, DDS, has seen Read more
JUDGE REED O’CONNOR A conservative federal judge in Texas—Reed O’Connor—has ruled that the Obama administration may not dictate how individual states choose to interpret Title IX’s ban on sex discrimination in public schools. MEA GULPA I’d like to apologize to Read more
SOBER NO MATTER WHAT By Paulo Murillo Ruben Zambrano has been sober since August 18, 1993. At 17-years sober, he was let go from his job of 10 years. After working various odd jobs, he decided to go into business Read more
HELPING OTHERS David Neuendorff Videographer David Neuendorff, has been sober since August 16, 2002. Helping others has helped him maintain his sobriety. Helping others also helped him direct his life from delivering food to building his own video editing business Read more
In recognition of National Recovery Month we contacted a few local sober folks to talk about their recovery journey. LESSONS IN HUMILITY By Paulo Murillo While choreographer, dancer and entertainer Luis Camacho is widely known for his antics in the Read more
