No Matter What Recovery’s Anthony Arranaga-Grayson and Paulo Arranaga-Grayson on love, sobriety and family BY MARK ARIEL | PHOTO BY ZIV SADE Paulo Arranaga-Grayson and Anthony Arranaga-Grayson, the founders of No Matter What Recovery, met in Los Angeles, while in Read more
Clint Yeager, longtime Eagle LA bartender and musician, has died. RIP Beloved musician and Eagle LA bartender Clint Yeager passed away last month during an emergency surgery. According to a post on Yeager’s sister-in-law’s Facebook page Clint “had developed an Read more
Focusing solely on work by queer artists, AMOCA brings queer narratives to the forefront of ceramics BY BETH ANN GERSTEIN Making in Between: Queer Clay, on view at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) in Pomona through December 30, Read more
Offering specialized care for LGBTQ+ individuals, including gender-affirming treatment options BY ORLY LYONNE Rainbow Hill Recovery, dedicated to serving the LGBTQ+ community, opened its doors on June 12, 2023. This state-of-the-art center is located in the Miracle Mile district of Read more
Lauri Carleton lost her life defending a rainbow Pride flag Lauri Carleton, 66, a SoCal clothing store owner, was shot and killed last month after an argument about a rainbow Pride flag hanging outside her business. The suspected shooter, Travis Read more
An interview with NBC’s “LA Fire & Rescue” firefighter Anthony Alvarez BY SEAN GALUSZKA | PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM NBC’s ‘LA Fire & Rescue’ firefighter Anthony Alvarez (featured here with his husband, CHP officer Martin Lopez) takes a moment from Read more
John Duff fans the flames in his new track, “House on Fire” BY LARRY OLSEN John Duff’s latest single, “House on Fire,” is a breezy throwback track that seems to signify that romance is alive, however, in true John Duff Read more
“Barbie” on track to make $1 billion at the box office, despite conservative backlash It turns out conservative trolls were no match for Barbie, reports LGBTQ Nation. Despite their sneering, bad-faith, and frequently transphobic criticisms and calls for parents not Read more
Profiling the works of three gay and lesbian writers: Lorena L. Sikorski, Stephan Ferris and Waide Riddle BY MARK ARIEL LORENA L. SIKORSKI Artists and Vagabonds: How I Escaped My Mother’s Narcissistic Personality Disorder An amazing autobiographical work exploring family Read more
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
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
LA LGBT Center decries SCOTUS ruling that permits anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis—a decision that comes on the last day of Pride Month that allows a private business to discriminate Read more
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
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
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
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
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
An excerpt from Shane Ivan Nash’s new book “The Missing Piece: How Patriarchy Excludes Trans Men From Society” BY SHANE IVAN NASH Where are the trans men? This is a question I am asked far too often. Transgender individuals are 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
