The City of West Hollywood to Co-Host HIV is Not a Crime Event
The City of West Hollywood will co-host HIV is Not a Crime – Los Angeles event, presented by Californians for HIV Criminalization Reform (CHCR). The event will provide an update to attendees about laws that criminalize people living with HIV. It will take place on Wednesday, November 16, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at…
West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to Host 33rd Annual West Hollywood Creative Business Awards
SAVE THE DATE! The West HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is set to host the 33rd Annual West Hollywood Creative Business Awards 2016, on Wednesday, November 16, at The W Hotel Hollywood, at 6250 Hollywood Blvd. The event presented by Wells Fargo is billed as West Hollywood Chamber’s most prestigious and longest-running event. It is now in…
City of West Hollywood Mayor Lauren Meister Responds to Election Results
Official Statement from City of West Hollywood Mayor Lauren Meister: “The Presidential race is finally over and, like many people in West Hollywood, I have been reflecting on what the results may mean for all of us. And as I’m processing all that has happened this past week, I’ve realized how lucky I am —…
Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Lorri L. Jean Responds to Election Results
In response to the results of Tuesday’s U.S. Presidential election, Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Lorri L. Jean issued the following statement: “I know the results of last night’s election are shocking to most of us. I read a headline this morning that said: ‘Don’t mourn, fight like hell. Old hatreds won the day. But they…
“RAINBOWS DON’T PAY THE BILLS!”
LA LGBT Center re-negotiating union wages after threats of strike. BY PAULO MURILLO An article in Huffington Post Queer Voices this month alleges that the Los Angeles LGBT Center pays many of its hourly employees “poverty wages” that qualify them for CalFresh food stamps, housing voucher programs, and other forms of public assistance. Queer Voices…
AIDS Walk Los Angeles Raises Over $2 Million
Over 10,000 participants joined City of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Supervisor Hilda Solis, Peter Gallagher, Pauley Perrette, Estelle, and more at the new AIDS Walk Los Angeles home in Grand Park, where over $2 Million were raised for APLA Health services and other area organizations. Thousands of participants filled the streets of Downtown Los Angeles…
Ali Mushtaq: Mr. Long Beach Leather 2016
Ali Mushtaq: Mr. Long Beach Leather 2016 THE FIGHT Interview Ali – congratulations on winning the title of Mr. Long Beach Leather 2016! What motivated you to enter the contest? There were two main reasons. Long Beach was one of the first leather communities I was introduced to when I moved back to Southern California. Since joining the…
Helping Others THE SHARE David Neuendorff
HELPING OTHERS David Neuendorff Videographer David Neuendorff, has been sober since August 16, 2002. Helping others has helped him maintain his sobriety. Helping others also helped him direct his life from delivering food to building his own video editing business “1 Minute Reel” (1minutereel.com), where he recently created the training educational video called “Meth: Insight…
LA LGBT Center Reacts to Trump’s Choice of Anti-LGBT VP Running Mate Mike Pence
Photo & text by Paulo Murillo – The Los Angeles LGBT Center promptly responded to today’s announcement made by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, that he selected Anti-LGBT Governor of Indiana Mike Pence as his running mate for Vice President. “Donald Trump’s selection of Mike Pence as his candidate for Vice President sends a loud and clear message that…
LA LGBT Center and LA County Encourage Gay/Bisexual Men and Trans People to Get Meningitis Vaccine
Photo by Paulo Murillo — The Los Angeles LGBT Center teamed up with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the County Department of Health Services, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and AIDS Project Los Angeles, the Los Angeles LGBT Center to urge gay/bisexual men and transgender people living in Los Angeles County to get vaccinated for invasive meningococcal disease (IMD).…
Former Faultline Owner Jorge Usatorres Honored with Certificate of Commendation by City of Los Angeles
City of Los Angeles Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell presented Jorge Usatorres, the financial executive responsible for rebranding and reviving the Faultline bar, with a City of Los Angeles Certificate of Commendation after Usatorres set up two scholarship awards for LGBTQI students at Los Angeles City College as a parting show of appreciation shortly after he sold the bar in…
The Share | 06.2016
Pride In Recovery With Pride season in mind, we asked a few local sober folks with different lengths of recovery time what celebrating Pride is like for them now that they are sober. BY PAULO MURILLO FEELING CONNECTED “I’m performing at the Pride festival. I have worked a few Prides hungover and that was not fun.…
Join the City of West Hollywood and CSW for the West Hollywood Dike March 2016
Photo by Paulo Murillo CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD AND CHRISTOPHER STREET WEST TO HOST ANNUAL ‘WEST HOLLYWOOD DYKE MARCH’ Lesbians and their allies will gather by the hundreds on Friday, June 10, 2016 to celebrate community and increase visibility at the annual West Hollywood Dyke March. The gates for the West Hollywood Festival at West Hollywood Park, located…
CSW Board of Directors Apologize for Missteps in Plans for this Year’s LA Pride
Christopher Street West (CSW), the non-profit organization responsible for organizing LA Pride in West Hollywood, changed their tune on a lot of their plans for this year’s Pride Festival on June 10-12, after community members threatened to boycott the event due to several complaints surrounding the way CSW was being run. Community members had issues around…
Miss Coco Peru Shares Her Guide to a Somewhat Happy Life
By Paulo Murillo – SAVE THE DATE!!! The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center announced the return of legendary Miss Coco Peru to the Reinberg Theatre stage with limited performances of her show, A Gentle Reminder: Miss Coco Peru’s Guide to a Somewhat Happy Life on Fridays and Saturdays, May 13-14 and May…
Point Foundation Honors Greg Louganis and Pete Nowalk at Point Honors Gala in New York
By Paulo Murillo Point Foundation, the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students of merit, invited legends, leaders and stars of the screen and stage to their annual Point Honors gala at the New York Public Library, April 11, to celebrate the accomplishments of Point’s higher education scholarship recipients. Creator and executive Producer of ABC’s “How to…
