Where The Bears Are

International Bear Convergence (IBC), the premier winter event for bears & their admirers takes place in Palm Springs next month, February 2-8, 2016.  BY VICTOR MELAMED It’s that time again! The International Bear Convergence (IBC) comes to life next month Read more

Crown Of Leather

BDSM Educator & “Pro-Dom” Shae Flanigan is resurrecting the Ms. Los Angeles Leather after a 17-year-hiatus, bringing a renewed sense of unity to the Southland’s Leather community. BY BRENDEN SHUCART As far back as she can remember, Shae Flanigan has always Read more

From Holland With Love

Despite a number of complaints gay Squirt.org ad campaign will remain at train stations throughout the country. by Orly Lyonne Outdoor advertisements for the gay hook-up app Squirt will not be banned in the Netherlands, despite a number of complaints, Read more

Look Back In Shame

Michael Weinstein’s Anti-PrEP Crusade is a betrayal of AHF’s own mission to provide cutting-edge care. BY BRENDEN SHUCART People say nobody is angry about HIV anymore. But that’s untrue. I’m angry. I’m angry that I spent the first 24 years Read more

Meet (The App)

Jordan Goodwin’s new social media platform helps people make friends with similar interests—a sort of “Grindr for everything else.” BY BRENDEN SHUCART It can be strangely difficult to make friends in the Digital Age, the vast oceans of the internet Read more

The MORE You Know

Ann Rostow’s highly anticipated, most revered, insanely popular annual news quiz. BY ANN ROSTOW Don’t you hate end of year tests and reviews? Yes, me too, with the salient exception of my own clever version of the genre. I started Read more

The Envelope, Please

The LGBT media monitoring organization GLAAD (glaad.org) has listed their “Most Intriguing LGBT Characters” of 2015. Here is a partial list of last year’s (mostly) new LGBT characters that stood out from the crowd in television and film. The Bold Read more

What The Puck?

Glee actor Mark Salling (“Puck”) arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography.  BY VICTOR MELAMED Former Glee star Mark Salling was arrested at his Los Angeles home on child pornography charges last month. Salling is best known for playing Noah Read more

The Body | 01.2016

The VAMPIRE Facelift Restores shape, improves tone and texture, rejuvenates new and younger tissue. Recently seen on an episode of “Kim and Kourtney Take Miami,” “The Vampire FaceLift” has been gaining traction as a highly effective cosmetic procedure. Developed by Dr. Read more

The Calendar | 01.2016

SEE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27 FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 Red Light District Bullet Bar, 10522 Burbank Blvd 9pm. Visit BulletBarLA.com for more information. The producers of Erotic City at Los Angeles Pride take you to the streets of Amsterdam in their Red Read more

The Epidemic | 01.2016

Two-Drug Combination Savings Two-drug ART with dolutegravir-lamivudine more cost-effective. Virologically suppressive first-line antiretroviral treatment with a two-drug regimen of dolutegravir (Tivicay) and lamivudine would be highly cost effective and could save US health systems approximately $500 million over five years, according to Read more

The Event | 01.2016

Exposure DRAG Every Monday night in Highland Park at The Offbeat Bar, Exposure Drag rocks the East Side with a party and show dedicated to the notion of “exposing” (get it?) new talent as well as showcasing the continued growth Read more

The Spread | 01.2016

AGE: 26 OCCUPATION: ACADEMIC RESEARCHER, FOCUSING ON ISSUES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY, MASCULINITY AND CULTURE. AFTER WORK: A MEMBER AND SECRETARY OF ONYX’S EMERGING SOUTHWEST CHAPTER. RELATIONSHIP STATUS: “DEPENDS ON WHO IS ASKING.” HOBBIES: GOING TO THE GYM AND BECOMING A Read more

The State | 01.2016

Marriage Jihad Feds: California man wanted to join Al Qaeda terrorists because of gay marriage. A 22-year-old Californian allegedly wanted to join Al Qaeda because of the Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex marriage, reports The Huffington Post. Adam Shafi of Fremont, California, Read more