Las Vegas Bets Big on Gays
These days, what happens in Vegas is increasingly gay. Even Chippendales. But is it possible to welcome tourists to a state that doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage? When Scott Martin, a gay tech executive…
Historic LGBT Sites To Be Featured In U.S. National Park Service Initiative
The National Park Service is launching an initiative to make places and people of significance to thehistory of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual Americans part of the national narrative. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell…
38th Frameline Festival Features LGBT Indian Films
Frameline 38, the film festival organized by the nation’s leadingLGBT media arts nonprofit organization, will feature three films from South Asian filmmakers at its latest edition, to be held in venues in San…
Most LGBT-Friendly Cities
Support for the gay community is higher than ever before—a recent Gallup poll shows that 55 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage, compared to just 27 percent in 1996. With Pennsylvania and Oregon…
10 gay honeymoon hotspots
Gay couples can now legally marry in 18 countries — a statistic that increasingly raises an important question: Where’s the best spot for a same-sex honeymoon? More and more destinations are now catering…
Your Vacation Is About to Disappoint You
So: Memorial Day is fast approaching. Ideally, a long weekend lies ahead; perhaps you’ve even wrangled yourself an extended vacation. Well done, and no doubt well deserved! Just one thing: Don’t expect the…
Pool Boys: The Summer Gay Scene at the Raven Pool in New Hope
“Are you drawing my PIC-TCHA?” From my lounge chair, I look up to see an older, slightly stocky gentleman hovering over me. He’s wearing blue shorty-shorts, and spitting his words with a particularly…
Gay Iraq War veteran and journalist Rob Smith to lead Key West Pride parade in June
Splashy pool parties and on-the-water adventures, late-night dance parties, a race for tutu-wearing competitors, an intriguing film premiere and a lively community parade are among the attractions during Key West Pride 2014. Set…
Summer in San Francisco
Mark Twain famously said, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” It is a common tourist faux pas to think June, July and August are going to be…
Key West Through a Local’s Eyes: 5 Places to Go
Chat with a local in the Florida Keys and you’ll likely hear a similar story often repeated. The storyteller talks of traveling here for a vacation and never going home, of calling time…