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…
Where the Girls Are
Oakland as modern lesbian dreamscape. “To my right, four women in lingerie are making cookies, giggling as they find new parts of each other’s bodies to ‘accidentally’ get dough on and subsequently lick…
Taking LGBT theater to the neighborhoods
About five years ago, at a rehearsal in the Back Bay for the True Colors LGBT youth theater, a teenage performer improvised a speech that turned Abe Rybeck’s head. “She said, ‘Why should…
Misterbnb, a Gay-Focused Version of Airbnb, Comes to West Hollywood
There’s a new entry to the group of so-called “peer to peer” businesses like Airbnb, Uber and Lyft that are offering services in West Hollywood outside the purview of regulators. It’s Misterbnb, a…
Historical context comes to queer life
The GLBT History Museum in the Castro received a facelift and reopened last week with a remodeled main gallery and a brand-new show, Queer Past Becomes Present, which will be up for several…
Boston Pride Hosts Annual Block Parties in Back Bay and Jamaica Plain
Boston Pride announced today that it will be hosting Block Parties in Back Bay and Jamaica Plain on Sunday June 15th in celebration of Pride Week. The Back Bay Block Party will be from noon…