FOSTERING COMMUNITY

DJ Mez on music as a unifier, the queer underground community and making more genuine efforts to understand one another BY MARK ARIEL  |  PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM Up and coming Los Angeles DJ Mez’s first ever gig took place Read more

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

A posh adult retail store specializing in sexual health and wellness products that promote body positivity and self-care. BY ORLY LYONNE Inspired by the Egyptian Goddess of Sensuality, Ghettoff (pronounced “get off”) is a posh adult retail store specializing in Read more

CREATING FAMILIES

Beverly Hills Egg Donation’s Robyn Perchik on embarking on a journey with an egg donor BY VICTOR MELAMED Robyn Perchik is the managing partner of Beverly Hills Egg Donation (BHED), a popular egg donor agency based in Southern California. Though Read more

Future Perfect

Improving the quality of life—OxyHealth specializes in personal hyperbaric therapy BY SEAN GALUSZKA Cutting edge technology once reserved for the likes of Madonna, Michael Jackson, and LeBron James is here, it’s available, and OxyHealth is at the forefront, specializing in Read more

Getting To Know Joe

An interview with Joe Hollendoner, the upcoming CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center BY MARK ARIEL Last month the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Board of Directors announced Joe Hollendoner, CEO of San Francisco AIDS Foundation, will become the Center’s Read more

Hard Copy

The ever-changing landscape of LGBTQ media, underserved communities and THE FIGHT’s 10th year anniversary BY BRENDEN SHUCART The last decade or so has been a notoriously tumultuous and uncertain time for the world of publishing in general, and absolutely savage for Read more

The Kindness Of Strangers

The list of fundraising campaigns continues to grow as bars continue to struggle while they wait out the pandemic. BY PAULO MURILLO Members of the LGBTQ community and its allies have been watching with horror as longstanding gay bars and Read more

Live LIMITLESS

Trainers and best friends Jason Wimberly and Thomas Fairman joined forces to create a new type of movement based on the elements of Air, Earth, Fire, Water and the primal element of MAN. Their first mens-only course aspires to give Read more

The First Issue

Paulo Murillo on being featured in the inaugural issue of THE FIGHT,coiffed and airbrushed models and revolutionary queerness BY PAULO MURILLO I remember when Stanford Altamirano first told me that he wanted to launch a magazine called THE FIGHT. We were Read more

The Art

BRANDAN RAY LEATHEAD A Mexican-American visual artist based in Los Angeles, Brandan Ray Leathead’s work reimagines the aesthetics/themes of Americana andnostalgia through the lens of Queer Futurism/Fantasy. He uses spaceas a foggy home for memory and reality. Contact info: https://brandanray.com, https://www.instagram.com/brandamsel

The Calendar

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 (VIRTUAL) FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER WORKSHOP PT.1: BUDGETING, SAVING, CREDIT, & DEBT 5PM-8PM Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-time-homebuyer-workshop-pt1-budgeting-saving-credit-debt-tickets-133356221047 In this virtual SF LGBT Community Center workshop, you will learn to use goals, budgets and technology to gain more control over spending habits, Read more

The City

LOS ANGELES  FAULTLINE BAR CLOSES AT ITS FOUNDING LOCATION, SEEKS NEW HOME The Fautline Bar has closed at its founding location at 4216 Melrose Avenue. In an interview with Qvoice News, the bar’s co-owner Ruby De Fresno confirmed the bar Read more

The Final Fight

THE KILLING FIELDS Puerto Rico declares a state of emergency over murders of multiple transgender people. Puerto Rican Gov. Pedro R. Pierluisi has declared a state of emergency as transgender people continue to be murdered on the island, reports LGBTQ Read more

The Rostow Report by Ann Rostow

Maybe it’s just for now, but I am relishing press conferences and Covid briefings. I like seeing Joe give us an update on this or that policy. It’s fun to meet these competent new executives and hear their detailed agendas. Read more

The Share

Enjoying LIFE We asked these clean and sober folks, with various lengths of recovery time, what brings them love and joy as they trudge the road of happy destiny BY PAULO MURILLO LOVE & JOY OF SOBRIETY “My life is Read more