Two years after opening its flagship Anita May Rosenstein Campus, the Los Angeles LGBT Center celebrates the grand opening of its newest building: the Michaeljohn Horne & Thomas Eugene Jones Youth Housing. Located directly across the street from the revolutionary Campus and next door to the Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza, the nearly 13,000-square-foot,…
The cast of Glee reunited yesterday during the virtual ceremony for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards for a special tribute to the legacy of the late Naya Rivera’s character Santana Lopez. The tribute honors the ten-year anniversary of Santana’s coming out on the GLAAD Media Award-winning series and spotlights the character’s impact on LGBTQ…
President Joe Biden issued the first presidential proclamation recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility – today, March 31, 2021, reports NBC News. The day is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and bringing awareness to the discrimination and violence they face everyday. In his proclamation, Biden said Trans Day of Visibility recognizes the generations of activism by transgender and…
(Photo: Naya Rivera, via Wikipedia Commons) The cast of the hit show Glee will be reuniting at the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremony, the LGBTQ advocacy organization announced this week, reports LGBTQ Nation. They will be honoring their late fellow cast member Naya Rivera. The out actress was 33 when it was announced that she died in…
(Shane Devereaux) Carlsbad police are investigating whether a fight Saturday night is a “possible hate crime,” according to Lt. Kevin Lehan. A GoFundMe page created by friends of Shane Devereaux notes the transgender Marine veteran was out with his girlfriend and was left with serious injuries, reports CBS8. Friends said the couple were approached by three men…
Three registered nurses on dealing with the pandemic and how to tap into some joy and whimsy after such a challenging year BY DARSEEN | PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM Jon Sugiuchi (He/She/They),J Cagandahan (She/Her/Hers), and Diego Montoya (He/She/They) are three registered nurses working in Southern California. In an interview with THE FIGHT they talk about…
Former Rage nightclub space in WeHo gets new life Lance Bass, of NSYNC boyband fame, who is also part owner to Rocco’s WeHo, signed a lease and he has been handed the keys to the former Rage Nightclub space located at 8911 Santa Monica Boulevard, reports WEHO TIMES. “West Hollywood is reborn!!!” reads a caption…
Question: What do “Swan Song,” “Another Gay Movie,” “Pet Peeves” and “Claw” have in common? Award-winning actor Jonah Blechman celebrates the release of four dynamically diverse projects in 2021. To kick the year off, Blechman and Director/Writer/Producer Todd Stephens (Edge Of Seventeen) teamed up once more for this year’s SXSW darling film Swan Song which…
Showcasing the work of queer and trans filmmakers of color, this year’s festival takes place on April 16th to April 20th. Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to creating visibility for diverse LGBTQIA+ stories and empowering tomorrow’s artists and storytellers, has announced its lineup for the 2021 Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and…
Angered by Asian American attacks, Californians rally to demand change A grassroots anti-hate rally brought out a very large crowd in San Jose last month, reports CBS San Francisco. Rally participants said they were fed up and that they would no longer stay silent. Gay state assemblyman Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) fired up the crowd by…
Lil Nas X claps back at critics of his new “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” video Lil Nas X isn’t taking any criticism sitting down, reports Anna Chan at Billboard. The rapper, who dropped his new single and video “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” last month, is hitting back at critics who don’t…
Using therapeutic tactics as tools for emotional manipulation: Jack Tracy’s new track Jack Tracy presents a moody blue-eyed soul number in “The Feels,” his brand-new track from his soon-to-be released Love Yah EP. “The song is about a relationship that is being held together by the one thing that still works in it: the incredible…
First Presidential Proclamation issued on Trans Day Of Visibility 2021 President Joe Biden issued the first presidential proclamation recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility last month. The day is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and bringing awareness to the discrimination and violence they face everyday. The full text of President Biden’s first “Presidential Proclamation on Transgender…
REMY GIERKE “I am interested in the intersection of the varied meanings of the word fantasy. Utilizing crafts and aesthetics from the literary style to examine a place where mundane idle thoughts, blend with sexual desire and magic. My work branches into two series: The first are the Landscape paintings, and the second are from the…
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WEST HOLLYWOOD DEMONSTRATORS JOIN NATIONWIDE CALL TO STOP ASIAN HATE Demonstrators gathered on all four corners of the Santa Monica Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard intersection in West Hollywood at the end of last month for a nationwide call to Stop Asian Hate. The protest was a condemnation of the recent rise in hate crimes…
TSUNAMI OF HATE Growing government discrimination against the LGBTQ community in Turkey Turkish media are reporting that police detained dozens of people who assembled outside a courthouse last month in a show of solidarity with 12 students who were taken into custody for unfurling rainbow flags, reports The Associated Press. The detentions came amid growing…
I’m not optimistic about Senate support for the Equality Act, even as the arc of history seems to be bending our way NO LONGER THE SOCIAL OUTCASTS A massive annual poll of 10,000 Americans run by the Public Religion Research Institute has just released its latest findings on attitudes towards GLBT rights, revealing a continual…
THE COMPANY WE KEEP Three sober individuals with various lengths of recovery time talk about the dynamics of their friendships MORE HONEST “I have my sober crew that I hang out with. I have my friends Ramon, Charlie and Leo who are sober, and then there’s my very best friend, she’s a normie. We’re good.…
(Facebook screen grab – (L-R) Lance Bass, named business partner, John Cole and Monte Overstreet) Lance Bass, of NSYNC boyband fame, who is also part owner to Rocco’s WeHo, signed a lease and he has been handed the keys to the former Rage Nightclub space located at 8911 Santa Monica Boulevard, reports WEHO Times. The…
The Bank of England has just released the design for the new £50 bill that features Alan Turing, reports LGBTQ Nation. Turing was a gay mathematician whose theories were highly influential in the development of computer science, and his work during World War II helped Allied forces crack coded Nazi messages and defeat Axis forces,…
(Dr. Rachel Levine) In response to yesterday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Dr. Rachel Levine as Assistant Health Secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, the Los Angeles LGBT Center issued this statement: “The Los Angeles LGBT Center congratulates Dr. Rachel Levine on this monumental occasion of becoming the first openly transgender person to…
(Before-and-after fire photos show the Long Beach Pride lifeguard tower.) A lifeguard tower painted in rainbow colors to honor the LGBTQ community in Long Beach burned down early Tuesday morning, March 23, and fire officials are investigating how it started, reports Long Beach Press-Telegram. Firefighters responded to the Pride Lifeguard Tower, on the beach between…
(Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa (©Boulder Police Department) Ahmad Al Issa, identified by authorities Tuesday as the gunman who opened fire at a King Soopers grocery store in Colorado, killing 10 people, including a Boulder police officer, shared posts against gay marriage, abortion and Donald Trump’s stance on immigration on a now deleted Facebook page, reports…
