The City of West Hollywood celebrates pride with its WeHo Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival (formerly called the One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival), which runs from Harvey Milk Day (May 22) through the end of June Pride month (June Read more
By Payam Ghassemlou Ph.D. Given many gay men have received negative messages about their sexual desire growing up, addressing the issue of sexual compulsion needs to be done delicately and carefully without reinforcing shame or internalized homophobia. There is a Read more
Photo: Orville Peck This year’s TOM’s Bar will be the Foundation’s 29th annual commemoration of the artist Tom of Finland, his life and legacy. “Tom asked me not to have a funeral but to have a party – Read more
Finally, Heartstopper has been renewed for season 2 after becoming one of the most adored Netflix series ever, reports the UK’s Metro. What’s more, it’s already been confirmed for a third season too. Based on the graphic novels by Alice Read more
Disney has started marketing and promoting merchandise under the name Pride Collection for the first time, a big branding move for a company that has become a conservative target for its support of LGBTQ+ rights, reports the Los Angeles Times. Read more
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 16–18 the Los Angeles LGBT Center will once again host the annual Trans Pride L.A., one of the nation’s oldest and largest celebrations of the TGI/ENBY+ (Trans, Gender Non-Conforming, Intersex, Non-Binary & Gender Expansive) Read more
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday urged for Americans to condemn “vile hate” against members of the LGBTQ community on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, saying that the “fight remains as urgent as ever,” reports The Hill. “International Day Read more
Karine Jean-Pierre held her first briefing as White House press secretary on Monday after making history as the first Black and out LGBTQ person to step into one of the most visible roles in the administration, reports CNN. “I am a Black, gay, Read more
The Blasian March, founded by organizer Rohan Zhou-Lee as an initiative to build solidarity between Black, Asian, and Blasian communities, proudly presents the Black Asian Trans Solidarity Power Rally in Los Angeles in coalition with GYOPO, Stop DiscriminAsian, QueerX, and Read more
Photo: Instagram @helloross It’s official! Television personality Ross Mathews has tied the knot with boo Dr. Wellinthon García, reports Instinct magazine. Mathews and García got married in a ceremony with 110 guests in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, the location where their relationship began. Mathews, Read more
Urvashi Vaid, RIP. Photo: The Laura Flanders Show, via Wikimedia Commons Former National LGBTQ Task Force executive director Urvashi Vaid, 63, passed away this past weekend. “The world has lost a giant in the movement for LGBTQ freedom, justice and Read more
One couple’s journey to parenthood and the creation of “Sunshine Surrogacy” BY MARK ARIEL | PHOTO BY JOHN JACK GALLAGHER Becoming a parent is really a life-changing experience and we have not regretted it for a single second,” says Leo Read more
Automotive designer Bryan Thompson’s series of illustrations explore an alternative 1970s with flying cars The series is influenced by my 20+ years as an automotive designer for Citroën, Nissan, Subaru, Honda, Volvo, and more. The designs are inspired by my mentors Read more
Upcoming June Pride Events in SoCal MAY 22-JUNE 30 WEHO PRIDE LGBTQ ARTS FESTIVAL Various locations throughout West Hollywood. www.weho.org/community/weho-pride JUNE 3, 7:10PM LGBTQ+ PRIDE NIGHT AT DODGERS STADIUM: DODGERS VS. METS Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles. www.mlb.com/dodgers/tickets/specials/lgbt-night JUNE 3-5 OUTLOUD Read more
NETTA releases live video for I Love My Nails, performs at White Party Palm Springs BY ORLY LYONNE The amazing Netta has just released “I Love My Nails,” an anthem that rivals her Eurovision-winning breakout hit Toy in pure unbridled Read more
LA LGBT Center Congratulates Ketanji Brown Jackson, the First Black Woman to Be Confirmed to the Supreme Court Following the United States Senate confirmation last month of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, Los Angeles LGBT Center Executive Read more
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS TRANSACTION 1PM-3PM Trans Wellness Center. For more info: (323) 993-2900 or visit: www.mytranswellness.org. A social support group for transgender women at any stage of gender transition, many participants are in a marginal or transitional living situation. Facilitated Read more
“Run, don’t walk, to your trusty google machine and search for ‘The End of Men,’ Tucker Carlson’s ‘documentary’ about the loss of testosterone in recent years. Carlson’s low-T remedy seems to be an infrared laser system that men can aim Read more
