Living, Loving & Losing

Tom Goss on his ninth studio album, Remember What It Feels Like BY VICTOR MELAMED  |  PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM Tom Goss’ ninth studio album, Remember What It Feels Like, is a clear-eyed look at where he has come from Read more

And The Winners Are …

LGBTQ & nonbinary performers swept the Tony Awards The Tony Awards have always felt like home for the queer community, but this year was something even more special, reports the Advocate. While many gay legends took home awards, including Sean Read more

Meet Your PICKLE

City of West Hollywood Selects Pickle as City’s Inaugural Drag Laureate BY ORLY LYONNE The City Council of the City of West Hollywood unanimously approved Pickle as the City’s inaugural Drag Laureate last month. Pickle was selected through an application Read more

Our Voice: Queer Stories

Outfest LGBTQ+ Film Festival takes place this month in Los Angeles. The 11-day festival will showcase a program of over 170 titles The 41st Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Festival is taking place July 13 – 23 in venues around Los 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

Everyone’s Pride

Sister June Cleavage on the Dodgers’ debacle, community service and standing strong in our convictions BY MARK ARIEL  |  PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM By now—I’m sure most of you know the story. But for those who have not been following Read more

All Roads Lead To Tom

TOM’s Bar is back! The event will be Tom of Finland Foundation’s 30th annual commemoration of the artist, his life and legacy Tom of Finland Foundation is back with the biggest TOM’s Bar in history! The event will be the Read more

And The Winner Is

Marcus Barela, Eagle LA Mr. Leather 2023, is the new International Mr. Leather (IML) 2023. Congrats! International Mr. Leather (IML) , a multi-day conference and competition celebrating the leather, kink, fetish, and BDSM communities, took place in in Chicago over Read more

LA Pride In The Park

New artists join previously announced headliners, Mariah Carey and Megan Thee Stallion at LA Pride in the Park, June 9 & 10  Megan Thee Stallion, Mariah Carey Christopher Street West Association (CSW)—the 501(c)3 nonprofit that’s produced the iconic LA Pride celebration 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

Stronger Together

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

Raising Visibility

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

Triple Threat

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

Upcoming PRIDES

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

When It Rains, It Pours

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

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