The City

BY PAULO MURILLO LOS ANGELES LA LGBT CENTER TO HONOR RAVEN-SYMONÉ IN COMMEMORATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH The Los Angeles LGBT Center will host its inaugural Highly Favored program and ball on February 24, from 6–10PM at The Village at Read more

State Pride

California ranks as top state for LGBTQ population California has the largest number of LGBTQ Americans, followed by Texas, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania, reports The San Joaquin Valley Sun. The data comes from a study by the Williams Institute Read more

The City

BY PAULO MURILLO WEST HOLLYWOOD ICONIC NIGHT CLUB MICKY’S LISTED FOR SALE Micky’s West Hollywood, the iconic gay restaurant, bar and nightclub, located at 8855 Santa Monica Blvd, has officially been listed for sale. Commercial real estate agency The Brandon Read more

The City

BY PAULO MURILLO WEST HOLLYWOOD TRISTAN SCHUKRAFT BUYS THE ABBEY WEHO AND THE CHAPEL  The Abbey Food & Bar, and The Chapel at The Abbey were both official sold to Tristan Schukraft, technology entrepreneur, turned hotelier, nightlife aficionado and well-known Read more

CALIFORNIA PROUD

Gov. Newsom: “We have some of the most robust laws in the nation when it comes to protecting and supporting our LGBTQ+ community.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills last month aimed at bolstering the state’s protections for LGBTQ+ Read more

The City

BY PAULO MURILLO | PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM LOS ANGELES CLAW PRESENTS LA LEATHER GETAWAY The 3rd Annual Leather Getaway, an all-encompassing weekend of skills & education classes, kink vending, inclusive socials, game shows, speed dating, sex-positive events, dinners, cruising, Read more

Beacon Of Light

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

Unwavering Ally

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

The City

BY PAULO MURILLO PALM SPRINGS IDINA MENZEL ANNOUNCED AS HEADLINER FOR PALM SPRINGS PRIDE Organizers of the Palm Springs Pride Festival announced that actress, singer, and the “Queen of Broadway”, Idina Menzel, will headline the pride event scheduled for November 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

Legalizing HATE

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

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

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 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 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 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 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

Wedding Bells

David Geffen has married male model Donovan Michaels According to various media reports multi-billionaire media mogul, David Geffen, 80, has married male model Donovan Michaels, 30. Geffen posted a photo of himself with Michaels last December. They sat next to Read more