Last Reminder

Critically acclaimed Palm Springs Pride headliner Aiden James on playing live in L.A., natural disasters and why an artists’ sexuality should be secondary to their art. BY BRENDEN SHUCART | PHOTO BY NEAL SANTOS Scruffy, adorable, with a luminous presence Read more

Heart Of The Matter

“First Comes Love:” portraits of enduring LGBTQ relationships (Soleil Press), a new hardbound book by photographer Barbara Proud. For years photographer Barbara Proud has been on the ground, capturing the quiet, every day moments of loving, committed same-sex couples. The Read more

Leaving Porn

Addison Graham on making it big in Hollywood, harsh realizations and how he found his true self in the desert. BY PAULO MURILLO  |  PHOTO BY AJ FORD, www.ajfordphotography.com Addison Graham is hardly the first porn actor to move to Read more

Losing Kate

“It’s been long and brutal and full of a lot of tears and angst and it’s finally coming to a close.” Kate von Roeder, a 27-year-old local transgender woman, ended her life on Oct. 1.  BY JAMES MILLS With the Read more

Love Makes A Family

November is recognized as National Adoption Awareness Month. RaiseAChild.US connects the LGBT community to the nation’s fostering and adoption needs. BY ORLY LYONNE RaiseAChild.US is a non-profit organization that educates and encourages the LGBT community to build families through fostering Read more

Stop Kiss

The critically acclaimed play, winner of the GLAAD Media Award for Best New York Production, now at The Pasadena Playhouse. BY ORLY LYONNE The Pasadena Playhouse presents “Stop Kiss,” the second production of its 2014-2015 season. Written by Diana Son Read more

THAT THING CALLED HOPE

Battling mental illness and addiction: Andy Nicastro’s powerful, excruciatingly honest, gut wrenching life story. Depression, dual diagnosis and how psychiatric medication saved his life. BY ANDY NICASTRO The first time I attempted suicide I was eleven years old. I took Read more

Blow The Whistle On HATE

“OUT for Safe Schools” tackles bullying in Los Angeles. BY VICTOR MELAMED The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), in partnership with GLAAD, and the LA LGBT Center’s Project SPIN, has announced this year’s “OUT for Safe Schools” campaign to Read more

The Calendar | 11.14

  A THANKSGIVING MOMENT: APLA “Bar on 4,” 9700 Wilshire Boulevard., LA, 6:30pm to 8:30pm.  Visit apla.org for more information.  Cocktail reception in honor of Ron Valdez, a former AIDS Project Los Angeles board member.   PALM SPRINGS PRIDE POOLSIDE KICKOFF Hacienda Cantina and Beach Club, 1555 S. Read more

The City | 11.14

PALM SPRINGS PRIDE CELEBRATION Nightlife fashion icon Amanda Lapore will not only strike a statuesque pose as this year’s celebrity Grand Marshal at the Greater Palms Springs Pride parade, but she is also scheduled to perform alongside a lineup of Read more

The Epidemic | 11.14

BODY & SOUL New study: meditation may help people with HIV. BY VICTOR MELAMED From the time a person is diagnosed with any illness, the focus of their healthcare often shifts to managing sickness rather than promoting wellbeing. But new Read more

The Event | 11.14

BEST in DRAG It was a long night of fierce ice queens, alien fashion fiends, muscle queens, a Samurai princess, and others at the 2014 Best in Drag show last month—the annual drag queen beauty pageant known for being rude, Read more

The Law | 11.14

Flexing Your Rights Gym contracts: everything you need to know. BY DAVID HAKIMFAR California’s “Health Studio Services Contract Law” governs contracts for gyms, or “health studio services.” In fact, should you become injured by the gym’s failure to comply with Read more

The Place

WEHO’S CONTINENTAL KITCHEN American and Mediterranean food made with a twist. By Paulo Murillo Every so often a neighborhood restaurant comes along that friends of friends rave about to all their other friends, and right now friends are raving about Read more

The Share | 11.14

Attitude Of Gratitude With Thanksgiving around the corner we asked a few local sober folks why gratitude was important to their recovery. NOT A VICTIM “I was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. Initially it punched me in the gut, but Read more

The State | 11.14

State Bans “Gay Panic” Defense Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla (D-Concord): “Such defenses legitimize violence against LGBT people.” BY VICTOR MELAMED California Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation that prohibits the so-called “gay panic” defense from being used to escape murder charges. Read more