City Proposes Rebranding Pride Culture Events as ‘West Hollywood Queer Arts Festival’
The City of West Hollywood’s One City One Pride cultural events program would be rebranded as the West Hollywood Queer Arts Festival under a proposal submitted to the City Council. The proposal is…
The Gayest Place in America?
My earliest sense of what it meant to be gay in the nation’s capital came more than a decade ago when I was a summer intern. I was a few blocks from Union…
Provincetown’s Alluring Sleepy Side
For a century or more before Pilgrims dropped anchor off what is now Provincetown, roving seamen sought refuge in the natural harbor at the curled tip of Cape Cod. The would-be colonists tarried…
The 5 Best Grindr (Etc.) Locations in New York City
Hordes of gay and bi-curious men scan the city with mobile apps in the ever-appealing quest for a date, a hookup, or a husband. That’s hardly news, but what are the most fruitful…
Philly Gets Its Gay On at OutFest
Over 40,000 visitors attended this year’s 23rd annual Philadelphia OutFest in October, making it the largest National Coming Out Day celebration in the world. “It’s a huge networking day,” said Fran Price, executive…
Plan for Washington DC national LGBT museum
A group of philanthropists hopes to open a museum for LGBT people’s stories in Washington DC by 2018 and hopes to raise $50 million to $100 million towards that goal in the next…
Asbury Park Rocks on After Superstorm Sandy
The seaside community that inspired the name of Bruce Springsteen’s first studio album, “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.,” is no stranger to adversity. There were the race riots in 1970 and a depressed…
Rental car devices take a toll on customer satisfaction
Frequent business traveler David Frisbie says he’s “very wary” of rental car companies’ toll-collection devices after what happened to him last year. Frisbie, of Del Mar, Calif., rented a car from Avis in…
Halloween gets outrageous in the Castro
It was Halloween night 2012 in the Castro District, and I felt as if I’d been admitted to some weird Fellini-esque fantasy. There was barely enough elbow room for me to squeeze through…
Bar hopping in Key West
Once home to Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams, this two-by-four mile island at the tail end of the Florida Keys is made for pleasure seekers. I arrive at Key West’s tiny airport and…