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UPCOMING PRIDES
Pride events taking place this month include DTLA Proud and Ventura County’s Pride Festival The DTLA Proud Festival will take place in Pershing Square this month on August 27–29. The festival...
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THE WALK SHOW
APLA Health launches AIDS Walk Los Angeles 2021 hosted by Ongina of RuPaul’s Drag Race APLA Health has partnered with Ongina to host their new weekly online video talk show, The Walk Show. Every week...
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PAPERBACK WRITER
The first bestselling paperback original in the US was a work of lesbian pulp fiction One of the very first paperback originals in the US published in 1950 was Tereska Torres’ “Women’s Barracks,” a...
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OUTFEST LOS ANGELES
The 10-day festival celebrates 39 years of LGBTQ+ film and television this month with a return to in-person screenings BY ORLY LYONNE Celebrating its 39th anniversary, Outfest LA has announced its...
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KIDS LIKE ME
Ris iRAWniQ Anderson.Photo by John Allen Phillips A vibrant new children’s book by nonbinary author Ris iRAWniQ Anderson For most people, gender rebel icon Grace Jones is not the first person to come...
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JUST RIDE
BOBBY NEWBERRY.PHOTO BY LEE GUMBS Shot in Echo Park, Bobby Newberry’s Ride is about taking chances and chasing after life’s wildest dreams Bobby Newberry’s new single and music video Ride was released...
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GOLD MEDAL AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW
Diver Tom Daley sends a powerful message to the LGBTQ community after his gold medal win The British diver Tom Daley said last month he hoped his gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics would be a shining...
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EYE OF A NEEDLE
Jesse McCloud on the potential of thread art, the emotional attachment to their work and the pandemic’s effect on creativity BY MARK ARIEL | PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM California born and raised...
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The French Connection
Romain Berger, 33, a queer photographer from France: “I want to make people dream and get excited.” With a background in film and theatre, French photographer Romain Berger has “long been fascinated...
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The Killing Fields
LGBTQ people desperately try to escape Afghanistan as Taliban reinstates sharia law Photo by Bakr Magrabi from Pexels A Taliban spokesman has dispelled any notion that Afghanistan will remain a...
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It’s His Party
Laith Ashley breaks barrier of gender diversity in first feature BY VICTOR MELAMED | PHOTO BY MAX BRONNE Trans male model, actor, singer-songwriter, and activist Laith Ashley (Pose, Strut) has...
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Doing It
Jimmy Biblarz is running for City Council in CD-5. Joe Marcellus really likes him BY JOE MARCELLUS | PHOTO BY SARAH FORD Full disclosure: I am friends with Jimmy Biblarz, candidate for LA City...
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Come To Her Window
Melissa Etheridge goes back to her roots Iconic Grammy and Academy award winning singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge has released the third single—“As Cool As You Try”—off her upcoming album—“One Way...
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Staying Alive
Overcoming child abuse, bullying and depression. One man’s harrowing journey BY MARK ARIEL | PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM There is a saying in Japan: “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.”...
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Trans Recovery
Grace Michelle O’Connor, a Primary Therapist at Westwind Recovery, on the challenges facing Transgender-identified persons upon entering treatment Westwind Recovery has one of the most dedicated...
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STATE PRIDE
California Attorney General Rob Bonta California bans state-sponsored travel to Ohio over anti-LGBTQ law Starting this month, California will not allow any trip from the Golden State to the state of...
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PRIDE PUBLICS
A visual dialogue with LGBTQ+ change makers in downtown Los Angeles In recognition of LGBTQ history month ONE Archives Foundation has launched “Pride Publics: Words and Actions”—a multisite exhibition...
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PALM SPRINGS PRIDE
Stephan Jenkins, “Third Eye Blind” Third Eye Blind Headlines 35th Annual Palm Springs Pride Festival T hird Eye Blind, Jody Watley, A Flock of Seagulls, The Robyn Party, Shannon, and Jeanie Tracy...
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MEGAHOOD2021: TAKING A STAND
An estimated 40,000 enthusiastic participants attended Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco at the end of last month to celebrate all things leather, kink and fetish. Proof of vaccination was required....
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LOVE SHOULDN’T HURT
West Hollywood recognizes October as domestic violence and intimate partner violence awareness month BY ORLY LYONNE I n recognition of Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Awareness Month...
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