Dignity And Equality | 06.2016
This following is a proclamation released and signed by President Obama to honor Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2016. Since our founding, America has advanced on an unending...
View ArticleThe Lavender Effect | 06.2016
Strengthening unity among all diverse people, educating and inspiring future generations. BY VICTOR MELAMED The idea to begin The Lavender Effect, an LGBTQ Heritage Organization, came to me in 2009,”...
View ArticleBack To The Future | 06.2016
CSW board member Dr. Steve Ganzell on leaving the Mormon church, dealing with with hatred and ignorance and the agonizing struggle of being part of an organization that has lost its way. BY DR. STEVE...
View ArticleChemical Reaction | 06.2016
“ChemSex” is no stranger to Los Angeles. One look into the men-seeking-men ads and you’ll encounter posts where gay men are looking to get seduced with chess or that they are chemmed out and looking...
View ArticleAn Option To Medications For BPH | 06.2016
The UroLift® System is a minimally invasive procedure that does not require any cutting, heating or removal of prostate tissue BY LANCE PATRICK WALSH, MD, PH.D. Having to go all the time? You are not...
View ArticleBack To Your | 06.2016
Foundations LA: rediscover yourself and leave empowered to be who you were always meant to be. By Wendy Lee Nentwig Located just northwest of the bustling heart of Los Angeles, Foundations Los Angeles...
View ArticlePride In Wonderland | 06.2016 [cover feature]
Through most of its history, Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” has been described as a “coming of age” story about a young girl trying to figure out who she really is. As Alice travels through...
View ArticleSweetie, Darling! | 07.2016
They’re back! Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, opens nationwide on July 22. Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone (Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley) are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life...
View ArticleRIP Jorge Ilich | 07.2016
Model, actor has died in an apparent suicide. BY VICTOR MELAMED 26-year-old Andrew Christian model and actor Jorge Ilich died last month after jumping from a Miami Beach high rise apartment building,...
View ArticleQueer Film | 07.2016
HBO’s The Trans List The 2016 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival returns to the Ford Theatres. BY ORLY LYONNE With 162 films from 19 different countries, Outfest Los Angeles once again brings...
View ArticleMingle Away | 07.2016
California judge rules ChristianMingle must allow same-sex matches. BY ORLY LYONNE LGBTQ singles looking for love will soon have another online dating site to rustle through. Thanks to a recent...
View ArticleMe Tarzan | 07.2016
Alexander Skarsgard on strong gay role models. BY VICTOR MELAMED The Legend of Tarzan’s Alexander Skarsgard wants you to know that he is flattered to have the support of LGBT fans. In an interview...
View ArticleHeartless | 07.2016
City commissioner Patty Sheehan calls out GOP politicians for their hypocrisy after Orlando tragedy. BY ORLY LYONNE Orlando city commissioner Patty Sheehan spoke to Michelangelo Signorile on SiriusXM...
View ArticleHealth Alert | 07.2016
Health Department warns of meningitis outbreak in Los Angeles and Orange County. BY PAULO MURILLO The California Department of Public Health reports that nine men have fallen ill to meningococcal...
View ArticleAfter Orlando | 07.2016
If you are white and cisgendered, and living in a big city or on the coasts, it has become easy to forget how hated we clearly still are, and the madness that infects the world. BY BRENDEN SHUCART The...
View ArticleA Few Good Men | 07.2016
Sailors and Marines discharged from military service because of their sexuality urged to appeal that injustice. BY VICTOR MELAMED Navy Department officials are urging the thousands of sailors and...
View ArticleLiving Creatively [cover feature] | 07.2016
Artist, actor, designer, model Aaron Valenzuela on colliding worlds, potential and movement and his “second puberty.” BY MARK ARIEL | PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM In an interview with THE FIGHT...
View ArticleSummer Prides | 08.2016
Raja Gemini DTLA Proud Festival, Sunday, August 7. Ventura County Pride, Saturday, August 20, 2016. BY ORLY LYONNE The DTLA Proud Festival takes place this month on August 7 at Pershing Square Park in...
View ArticleForging New Norms | 08.2016
A new study suggests that open relationships among gay couples could bring a couple closer together. BY VICTOR MELAMED While open relationships are much more prevalent among gay couples compared to...
View ArticleLife Lessons | 08.2016
“Being a ‘daddy’ is about teaching the younger generations what little I have learned along the way.” PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM DJ, promoter and landscape designer Victor Rodriguez, 49, tells THE...
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