The enactment of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is a tragic violation of universal human rights—one that is not worthy of the Ugandan people, and one that jeopardizes the prospects of critical economic growth for the entire country. I join with people Read more
Complexions Contemporary Ballet returns to The Music Center, L.A.’s only performing arts center, with performances from June 16–18, 2023, as part of the 20th dance season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center. The New York-based company, hailed Read more
Book your hotel room for CLAW’s annual LA Leather Thanksgiving Getaway by May 30, 2023 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel – and you will be entered into a raffle to get your room for FREE!!! Retail Value $850 (4 nights Read more
Photo By Philip Spittle, via Wikimedia Commons Tina Turner — the iconic and adored singer known as “The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” — has died, The Guardian reports. She had suffered ill health in recent years, being diagnosed with Read more
TOM’s BarSunday, June 18, 2-10 PMThe Avalon & Bardot Hollywood 1735 Vine StreetLos Angeles, CA 90028 Tom of Finland Foundation Is back with the biggest TOM’s Bar in history! The event will be the Foundation’s 30th annual commemoration of the Read more
Police have made an arrest in the sexual assault of a gay man during a hookup on a dating app earlier this year in Palm Springs, reports local News Channel 3. The suspect, Hakan Isik, 56, Desert Hot Springs, was Read more
In response to the Dodgers Foundation rescinding their invitation to recognize the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at next month’s Pride Night, Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Joe Hollendoner issued the following statement: “We are deeply disappointed that the Dodgers, an Read more
Shortly after the Los Angeles Dodgers announced a Pride Month partnership with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a well-known troupe of charitable drag nuns, conservatives mounted a quick backlash against the team, reports The San Francisco Standard. Led by Florida Read more
Gio Benitez, an out, gay Cuban-American journalist and news correspondent, has officially made his debut on the Good Morning America show as the new weekend anchor, reports OUT magazine. Benitez made his entrance on the show with an introduction from his fellow panel, Read more
Christopher Street West Association (CSW) – the 501(c)3 nonprofit that has produced the iconic LA Pride celebration for more than 50 years – has announced its trio of grand marshals to be celebrated at the LA Pride Parade on Sunday, Read more
Lisa Vanderpump’s Pump Lounge Restaurant in West Hollywood is closing after being at 8948 Santa Monica Boulevard for the past 10 years, reports WEHO TIMES. “It’s with heavy hearts that we announce that the lease at Pump Restaurant is expiring, Read more
Alex Newell J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell appear to have made history Tuesday as the first openly nonbinary actors to be nominated for Tony Awards reports The Hollywood Reporter. The two were nominated in the categories of best performance by an actor in Read more
Joey Bachrach and Andrew Fox, the founders of Rainbow Hill Sober Living, open an LGBTQIA+ treatment center in the heart of Miracle Mile BY MARK ARIEL | PHOTO BY ZIV SADE Joey Bachrach and Andrew Fox, a recently married sober Read more
Los Angeles LGBT Center unites California Kink Community for Inaugural Leather Day of Advocacy in Sacramento BY VICTOR MELAMED Mr. LA Leather 2023 Colin MacDougall joined over 60 advocates and members of the California leather community gathered in Sacramento last month Read more
Non-binary singer, rapper, dancer and actress Janelle Monáe releases her highly-anticipated new single BY ORLY LYONNE Janelle Monáe is back in action with the release of her highly-anticipated single, “Float”—available now via Wondaland Arts Society/Atlantic Records. “Float”—which Monáe recently teased Read more
From Los Angeles to Solvang, Pride is everywhere! Save the dates FRIDAY, MAY 19 LONG BEACH PROUD FEST Through May 21, 2023. Info: www.lbhomeliving.com/lbproud MONDAY, MAY 22 PRIDE IN IRVINE 5–7pm, Irvine Civic Center Piazza. Info: www.cityofirvine.org SATURDAY, MAY 27 TRANS PRIDE Read more
American Idol David Hernandez Releases His First Single from His Don’t @ Me EP American Idol’s David Hernandez has released the first single from his long-awaited autobiographical EP, Don’t @ Me. “When It Rains, It Pours” is about the Read more
BY PAULO MURILLO LOS ANGELES LA LGBT CENTER RAISES $1M BENEFITING COMMUNITY The Los Angeles LGBT Center raised over $1M to support its lifeline services and advocacy benefiting the LGBTQ community during The Center Gala fundraiser at the Fairmont Century Plaza. Over 800 supporters came together as the Read more
“The Bolshoi has just cancelled a ballet tribute to Rudolf Nureyev, the dance icon who was gay. As far as I can tell, the ballet, which premiered in 2017, ‘touches on’ homosexuality, but that’s apparently enough to drop it completely.” Read more
