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VAN NESS RECOVERY HOUSE TURNS 50 The Van Ness Recovery House, the oldest LGBT recovery house in the nation, is celebrating 50 years in September—during National Recovery Month. We asked these clean and sober folks who are alumni of the Read more

UPCOMING PRIDES

Ventura County Pride, DTLA Proud, Inland Empire Pride and more August-September events August 18, 2023 OUT ON THE MOUNTAIN Six Flags Magic Mountain www.outonthemountain.com/fight August 19, 2023 VENTURA COUNTY PRIDE www.diversitycollectivevc.org August 25-27, 2023 DTLA PROUD www.dtlaproud.org August 26, 2023 Read more

The Event

EAGLE LA SALUTES THE 45TH INTERNATIONAL MR LEATHER 2023 WINNERS! The event took place last month at the Eagle LA—celebrating: Marcus Barela IML 45, Eagle LA Mr Leather 2023 Chris Gonzalez,  IML 1st Runner-Up Mr GNI Leather 2022 Matthew Moody,  Read more

The Rostow Report by Ann Rostow

South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace shared a weird anecdote with her audience at a prayer breakfast. Podcaster Graham Allen’s reaction: “I’ll take ‘what is a sin’ for $500 Alex.’” ROUGH SEX AND “HIGH VALUE REWARDS” Where to begin? Perhaps we can Read more

The Share

LIVING IN RECOVERY  We asked these clean and sober individuals how their lives have improved now that they are in recovery BY PAULO MURILLO MY SANITY “My life has really improved since I got sober. I have a stable job, I’m financing Read more

The City

BY PAULO MURILLO LOS ANGELES LA LGBT CENTER’S TRANS TOWN HALL The Los Angeles LGBT Center hosted the inaugural Trans Town Hall last month at the Renberg Theatre in Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza. The event kicked off the Read more

The Event

TOM’S BAR 30TH ANNIVERSARY \ DADDY’S DAY 2023 The biggest TOM’s Bar in history took place last month at The Avalon & Bardot Hollywood. The event brought the Leather and Kink communities together and highlighted Tom of Finland’s 30th annual Read more

The Rostow Report by Ann Rostow

“Again and again, this Court places the constitutional rights of Christian actors above those of secular Americans, gays and lesbians, atheists, and whomever else is left on the sidelines of justice.” DARK DAY FOR GAY RIGHTS As this issue goes to Read more

The Share

SPIRIT OF THE FELLOWSHIP We asked these clean and sober individuals about the fellowship in sobriety and how friendships and chosen family help in their program of recovery BY PAULO MURILLO GREAT NETWORK  “I have made amazing friends through the Read more

The City

BY PAULO MURILLO WEST HOLLYWOOD WEHO PRIDE WEEKEND, JUNE 3-4, 2023 The City of West Hollywood will start-off June Pride Month with a jam-packed weekend of events and festivities: WeHo Pride Weekend will take place on Friday, June 2, 2023, Saturday, June Read more

The Event

THE AMAZING COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES.  JUNE 16–18, 2023 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 Read more

The Rostow Report by ANN ROSTOW

Florida: “One mother complained that the poem read by Amanda Gorman at Joe Biden’s inauguration “The Hill We Climb” lacked educational value, and contained indirect hate messages and boom, it was removed from the lower grades.” IT’S DEMORALIZING, IT’S DEPRESSING, Read more

The Share

Hopeful Recovery  We asked these clean and sober individuals with different lengths of recovery time to share how hope and staying hopeful helps them stay the course SAFETY NET  “I did everything that I was supposed to do in my Read more

The City

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 Event

Dragstrip 66 30th Anniversary Reunion PHOTOS BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM, TONY DIMAIO History repeated last month as the much beloved DRAGSTRIP 66 ended its 10-year club retirement with a sold out “30th Anniversary Reunion” at Los Globos in Silver Lake. Over Read more

The Rostow Report by ANN ROSTOW

“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

The Share

JOY OF LIVING We asked these three clean and sober individuals from different walks of life what brings joy to their lives now that they are in recovery THE CONNECTION “What’s different in my life now is the connection I Read more

The City

BY PAULO MURILLO RIVERSIDE LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY CELLAR DOOR BOOKS FINDS NEW LOCATION AFTER  BEING FORCED TO RELOCATE As we previously reported—days after the hate group “Proud Boys” harassed visitors attending Drag Queen Storytime at Cellar Door Books,  the property management abruptly canceled Read more

The Event

MR. LOS ANGELES LEATHER 2023 CONTEST The Mr. Los Angeles Leather 2023 Contest, sponsored by THE FIGHT, took place last month at The Catwalk Club, in Los Angeles. Colin MacDougall, Mr. Regiment 2023 won the title of Mr LA Leather Read more