Harvesting HERstory

Travis Barr-Longo, aka Anita Buffem, becomes the first drag queen in nation’s history elected to a school board BY SEAN GALUSZKA In a sleepy, Central New York, agricultural village, Herstory is being made. Anita Buffem (www.youtube.com/@BuffemBeautiful ) (aka Travis Barr-Longo) Read more

We Are Family

The iconic Grammy®-nominated Sister Sledge named final headliner for Palm Springs Pride, November 2 Sister Sledge, the legendary disco group, will headline the Palm Springs Pride Festival and deliver their iconic hits that have captivated audiences for decades. The free Read more

The City

BY PAULO MURILLO LONG BEACH REP ROBERT GARCIA NAMED NATIONALCO-CHAIR FOR THE HARRIS-WALZ PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN Congressman Robert Garcia, of Long Beach, has been named a national co-chair for the Harris-Walz presidential campaign. The popular former mayor of Long Beach said Read more

The Event

SALUTE! A CELEBRATION OF REPRESENTATION AT INTERNATIONAL MISTER LEATHER 46 This past August, “SALUTE! A Celebration of SoCal Representation at International Mister Leather 46!” was held on the rooftop of the LA LGBT Center-Senior Service Division, overlooking the scenic beauty Read more

The Nation

VP NOMINEE TIM WALZ: WE’RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO DEMONIZE PEOPLE In a speech last month at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner, 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz affirmed  his commitment to LGBTQ rights. “What this election Read more

The Share

OVERCOMING FEAR In recognition of Halloween, we asked these clean and sober folks with different lengths of recovery time what was the scariest aspect of addiction and how they walked through that fear BY PAULO MURILLO DOING THE WORK “I Read more