Month: June 2022

The Cast of “ARENA:  A House MUSIC-al.” Photo: Jose Miranda Go back to a time and place where LOVE was a drug, friends became FAMILIA, and the music gave you LIFE!  Come experience, or re-experience, the magic that was ARENA! Read more

In July 2021, for the first time ever, the Census Bureau initiated a series of nationwide surveys that included questions about sexual orientation and gender identity. The results are notable, especially for California, reports The Public Policy Institute Of California. Our Read more

This week, British bank Halifax announced that its employees will now have the option to list their pronouns alongside their names on their name tags. “Pronouns matter. #ItsAPeopleThing,” an announcement on the bank’s official Twitter account read, reports LGBTQ Nation. Read more

A group of House Democrats on Tuesday announced they would move to codify federal protections for transgender people, reports The Hill. The proposal, dubbed the “Transgender Bill of Rights,” would codify the Supreme Court’s 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County decision Read more

San Francisco’s Pride festivities were cut short on Sunday when someone sprayed mace into the crowd, causing momentary panic, reports LGBTQ Nation. The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. in the city’s Civic Center where the annual Pride Festival was taking Read more

Following the decision by the United States Supreme Court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, the Los Angeles LGBT Center issued the following statement: “The Los Angeles LGBT Center condemns the decision by the United States Supreme Court Read more

Photo: Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday called for overturning the constitutional rights the court had affirmed for access to contraceptives and LGBTQ rights in an opinion concurring with the majority decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, reports The Read more

Photo: Paulina Rubio Long Beach Pride’s festival and parade will take place July 9-10 and will kick-off with a free Teen Pride celebration on Friday, July 8.  A two-day waterfront festival with musical headliners including Iggy Azalea, Paulina Rubio and Read more

Photo by Paulo Murillo for WEHO TIMES Prism Comics & The City of West Hollywood hosted the first ever Q Con, a queer comic convention for LGBT comic book fans on Saturday, June 18, 2022 at Fiesta Hall’s Plummer Park, reports Read more

Harry Styles chalked up a major win for LGBTQ visibility this pride month after helping an Italian fan come out as gay during a weekend concert at London’s Wembley Stadium, reports The New York Post. The 28-year-old Grammy-winner stopped singing Read more

Bobby Newberry and Fia Nyxx are out to make people dance, sweat, feel free, sexy and have a good time this summer.  Their new single, “Escape” is a scorcher of a dance record with sultry house elements, a disco infusion and Read more

President Joe Biden issued an executive order today to stymie  discriminatory legislative attacks on the LGBTQ community by Republican-controlled states, declaring before a signing ceremony packed with activists, “pride is back at the White House,” reports PBS. Biden said the order Read more

Snow Tha Product San Diego Pride is proud to announce the complete lineup of the 2022 Pride Festival, which is composed of over 100 LGBTQ entertainers.. The San Diego Pride Festival will be held Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July Read more

Dozens of white supremacists were stopped before violently disrupting a Pride in the Park event in Idaho this past Saturday. The police detained and charged 31 people who belonged to a far-right extremist group known as Patriot Front. Authorities said Read more

Maestro, an upcoming biopic based on the life of the 20th-century American conductor and composer, Leonard Bernstein is currently in production. Directed by and starring Bradley Cooper as the maestro himself, the film is set to hit Netflix in 2023.  Read more

White nationalists and supremacists are riling up thousands of social media followers with snarky memes and trendy videos on divisive issues including abortion, guns, immigration and LGBTQ rights, reports The Columbian. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned that Read more

Ramona Agruma, Rebel Wilson. Instagram  Rebel Wilson is sharing her new love with the world, reports PEOPLE magazine. On Thursday, the Senior Year actress, 42, posted a photo on Instagram smiling alongside her girlfriend Ramona Agruma, revealing in the caption, “I thought I was Read more

Roughly 5% of Americans aged 18 to 29 identify as transgender or nonbinary, a Pew Research Center survey has found, more than any other adult age group, reports Forbes. Pew’s survey, which was released during Pride month, comes during a time Read more