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Palm Springs Pride 2015
“Color Our World With Pride,” the theme of this year’s Greater Palm Springs Pride Celebration, was selected to show support for all LGBTQ people in communities across the globe. BY ORLY LYONNE The...
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The Ins And Outs Of Leather
Leatherman Steve Ganzell on your first leather purchase. The dos, the don’ts and finding what turns you on. BY STEVE GANZELL While there are probably a million reasons that fetishizing leather is...
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Living Your Truth
Each year on October 11, National Coming Out Day continues to promote a safe world for LGBT individuals to live truthfully and openly. On Oct. 11, 1987, half a million people participated in the March...
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Band Of Sisters
Joe Gregory, Mr. Sister Leather 2016, on “family” values, community outreach and true bonds. BY MARK ARIEL | PHOTO BY ROBERT GREEN Joe Gregory won the title of Mr. Sister Leather last month....
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Making Monsters [cover feature]
Face Off’s Gage Hubbard on working in the field he loves and the moment in his life when he realized that being “uncool” was cool. BY MARCUS BARELA | PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM Make-up artist, Gage...
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Tough Love
Report on intimate partner violence in LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities: transgender people face increased risk of violence. BY VICTOR MELAMED The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs...
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Sexual Health In WEHO
Los Angeles LGBT Center opens new West Hollywood facility to promote, protect sexual health. HIV/STD testing capacity triples; PrEP and PEP services expanded. BY ORLY LYONNE | PHOTOS BY LISALISA...
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Fighting The Sex Police
“The National Coalition of Rent Boys & Allies” advocates for the legal rights of male escort workers. BY VICTOR MELAMED An association of rent boys and their supporters has organized a national...
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When Three Is Not a Crowd
Is the queer community on the edge of assimilation, or a sexual revolution? BY BRENDEN SHUCART 2015 has been a monumental year for the queer communities. The admittance of gays into the military and...
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Out For Safe Schools
Los Angeles LGBT Center’s student safety program goes nationwide. BY VICTOR MELAMED A pilot program developed and launched two years ago by the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the Los Angeles Unified...
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Maybe Baby
An interview with Dr. Sam Najmabadi, the medical director of the Center for Reproductive Health & Gynecology, on LGBT family building. Dr. Najmabadi, what options are currently available for a gay...
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I Went To ‘Le Bal’ And Now I Have Nothing Left To Live For
Drag correspondent Pickle on “Le Bal” at Ace Hotel DTLA last month: “The whole evening could be described as relentless orgasmaticness.” BY PICKLE | PHOTOS BY SARA TOLLEFSON It almost looks like...
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Finding Your Way Home
How one gay man’s guardian angels saved the day. BY ERIC SLAYTON I was a six-year-old child raising my two-year-old and infant brothers. My mother was a drug addict and my father was no where to be...
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Changing Lives
There are not enough parents to care for all of the children in the foster care system. You can make a difference. BY ORLY LYONNE RaiseAChild.US is a national nonprofit that promotes family building...
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Moving Forward Sideways [cover feature]
Palm Springs Pride headliner Wrabel on finding your own voice, a painful breakup and the “bully in his head.” BY MARK ARIEL | PHOTO BY MATHEW TUCCIARONE With his first single “Sideways” featured on...
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Terror Suspect’s Gay Connection
Salah Abdeslam, who is now believed to be in disguise (right) and going by a new name. Paris terror fugitive Salah Abdeslam was seen visiting gay bars in Brussels before the attacks. BY VICTOR MELAMED...
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Sex Wars
Battle of the billboards in Los Angeles. The Center versus AHF. BY MARK ARIEL The Los Angeles LGBT Center recently launched a campaign dubbed “What R U Into?” showing men at different WeHo hot spots...
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PEP, PrEP or Both?
Dr. Tony Mills from SoCal Mens Medical Group on navigating new HIV prevention strategies. By Tony Mills, MD I met with a patient last week—recently diagnosed with gonorrhea—to discuss STD and HIV...
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Nirvana for the People
Nirvana’s Dr. Andrew Vanderveer on cannabis and HIV. By Brenden Shucart I know first-hand how helpful cannabis can be when you are HIV-positive. I had smoked pot before being diagnosed (I was in my...
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A Journey Of Redemption
Filmmaker Scott Bloom on the deadliest hate crime ever committed against the LGBT community. By Scott Bloom Dates of significance: June 24, 1973 an arsonist set fire to The Upstairs Lounge, a gay bar...
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