Folsom Street Fair

The world’s largest leather event is promoting harm reduction strategies. BY MARK ARIEL Folsom Street Fair, taking place this month, will be rolling out an overarching message of “Make It a G-Free Weekend.” “Over the last several years, we have seen Read more

Free Will

Will Walters One proud gay man finally gets his day in court. Will Walters vs. the city of San Diego. BY PAULO MURILLO Will Walters had the worst gay pride ever in 2011. He was allegedly cited, manhandled, detained, humiliated, Read more

Life Skills

Foundations Los Angeles at Encino, The Canyon at Peace Park in Malibu and Michael’s House in Palm Springs.   Located just northwest of the bustling heart of Los Angeles, Foundations Los Angeles at Encino caters to the unique needs of Read more

The Other Side Of Grief

Grief requires work, time, and forgiveness. Forgive them for leaving.Forgive yourself for surviving. Forgive yourself and others for not taking the best actions. BY SEAN GALUSZKA Humans should have developed iron clad coping skills for grief by now. We’ve had Read more

The Calendar

ANITA BRYANT’S PLAYBOY INTERVIEW. SEE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER LISTING. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 ONYX-ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY Eagle LA, 4219 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029. 4pm-8pm. Info: www.eaglela.com. The Brotherhood of Onyx Southwest celebrate their one year anniversary, the beginning of many more great Read more

The City

SANTA MONICA BACKS GAY GAMES BID  City of Santa Monica Mayor Tony Vazquez and Councilmember Pam O’Connor proposed a resolution that would back Los Angeles’ bid to host a Gay Games event. The Los Angeles Volleyball Association is spearheading the Read more

The Desert

PALM SPRINGS LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival, is dedicated to advancing and further strengthening our diverse gay community through the establishment of a world-class forum that presents lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender cinema from Read more

The Epidemic

GSK CEO ANDREW WITTY A SIMPLER HIV TREATMENT Getting the three-drug cocktail regimen down to just two different drugs. BY VICTOR MELAMED GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is seeking to lop off one-third of the HIV drugs most patients are required to take, Read more

The Event

DTLA PROUD FESTIVAL Silverlake hipsters, WeHo boys, drag queens, cos players, lumbersexuals, and others all crammed into Pershing Square for the first ever DTLA Proud Festival in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles last month. The masters of ceremonies were the Read more

The Final Fight

The BRAVE, The BEAUTIFUL Last month, Jen Anderson Shattuck posted a photo of her 3-year-old son Roo wearing a tutu on Facebook. In the caption, she told the story of a distressing encounter that had occurred the day before. My three-and-a-half-year-old son Read more

The Profile

  Compassionate High-Quality Dentistry Dr. Jay S. Grossman, DDS, specializes in correcting dental damage related to substance and drug abuse. BY MARK ARIEL With more than 25 years of experience treating patients with substance abuse, Dr. Jay S. Grossman, DDS, has seen Read more