Compassionate Care

Wulfpak’s Aaron Dolson on the cannabis industry, gender identity and bringing the power back to the Radical Faeries. BY BRENDEN SHUCART  |  PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM BEGINNINGS  Aaron Dolson got into cannabis when he met the legendary Dennis Peron at Read more

A Queer Celebration

The Bay Area Drag Festival is Coming Back to Oakland! From Friday April 26th to Sunday April 28th, over one hundred drag kings, queens, and queer performers from the Bay Area and beyond will come together for the second annual Read more

Queer PTSD

Our community has been affected by the trauma of societal and familiar homophobia. BY COLIN STACK-TROOST, MA, AMFT The first time that I made the connection between trauma the queer experience was in the title of a book: Alan Downs’ Read more

The Radical Faeries At 40

“If you can bake a fierce pie, if you can do fierce drag, if you can dig a ditch or cut a potato generally into cubes, you can be a Faerie.” BY PHILIP HUANG “I know your type,” my therapist said, Read more

ECCE HOMO (Behold The Man)

“Some may call me a narcissist, and I’m inclined to agree with them. But is all of my mirror-gazing truly narcissism if I hate what I see there?” BY ANDY NICASTRO “I wish that confidence was all you could see Read more

Farm Chic Getaway

Find out what makes the Santa Ynez Valley the best undiscovered LGBTQ vacation destination. BY SEAN GALUSZKA  Before “hand crafted,” “small batch,” and “farm to table” became hipster mantra, the Santa Ynez Valley employed these practices for decades. They continue Read more

Heatwave

Addicted Celebrates Ten Steamy Years With “Heatwave” Swim Collection Founded by Eduardo Suner in 2009, Addicted has dedicated itself to the design, manufacturing and sale of men’s underwear, swimwear & sportswear. The Addicted brand emphasizes comfort, fun and excitement for Read more

Maybe Baby

“It may seem counterintuitive, but having children has actually increased our social life by quite a bit.”  BY VICTOR MELAMED Brian and Toby Rubin-Sowers, a gay couple with two children, talk to THE FIGHT about their surrogacy journey. How long Read more

Protector Of LGBTQ Youth

The community mourns the passing of activist Virginia Uribe. In response to the passing of Virginia (Gina) Uribe, Ph.D., 85, who died last month, Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Lorri L. Jean issued the following statement: “The entire Center community Read more

Simply Divine

The 14th annual tasting event benefiting the Los Angeles LGBT Center is a celebration of delicious food, wine, spirits, craft beers, and more! Following its successful inaugural run at Hollywood Forever last year, the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s 14th annual Simply Read more

Support Our Troops

House passes resolution opposing Trump’s transgender military ban. The House of Representatives passed a resolution last month expressing opposition to the Trump administration’s ban on transgender service members in the military, reports CNN. The resolution “strongly opposes President (Donald) Trump’s Read more

Tenacity

As a Black, queer, trans, half-generation immigrant from Kenya, my American experience has been quite oxymoronic. Safe yet toxic, free yet hunted, expected to be at peace yet danger lurks at seemingly every turn. BY GABRIEL UHURU I just came back Read more

White Party Palm Springs

RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Shangela will perform at the Circus T-Dance. The largest gay dance party in the world with DJs, live performances, pool parties and more—White Party Palm Springs—is taking place this month April 26-29. This year White Party Read more

The Art

GREG NASCA Originally from Boston, MA where he earned bachelor degrees in Global Studies and Graphic Design, Greg Nasca lives in Los Angeles. While living on the east coast he focused on ceramics and digital media. Since moving to LA, Read more

The Calendar

SUNDAY, APRIL 7 ANITA MAY ROSENSTEIN CAMPUS GRAND OPENING COMMUNITY CELEBRATION 11AM–5PM 1118 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA 90038. Info: lalgbtcenter.org/opening. JOEY ARIAS & SHERRY VINE IN “GARDEN OF SHE-DEN” 7:30PM–9:30PM Catalina Bar & Grill, 6725 Sunset Blvd, Los Read more

The City

LOS ANGELES LA LGBT CENTER CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF ANITA MAY ROSENSTEIN CAMPUS Two years after breaking ground in Hollywood—and just in time for its 50th anniversary—the Los Angeles LGBT Center celebrates the grand opening of the unprecedented Anita May Read more

The Epidemic

Long-Acting Injectable  Researchers say that GS-6207, Gilead’s first-in-class capside inhibitor, can remain in our body’s system for up to 24 weeks.  According to results from an early clinical trial presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2019) Read more

The Event

Off Sunset Fair PHOTOS BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM Los Angeles Leather Pride 2019 took place last month at various venues throughout the city—culminating with Off Sunset Fair. A plethora of vendors, entertainers and local celebs—as well as the amazing attendees – Read more

The Music

TAKE ME NOW Onicks releases his new single Take Me Now, Find it on iTunes, Apple Music and Spotify. Onicks represents the voice within the body of a broken heart.  His music can be found somewhere between a glass of wine Read more