LGBT, minority Amtrak riders offered new travel resources
In an effort to reach out to some of its “multicultural” riders — namely those who identify as LGBT, black or Hispanic — Amtrak has launched three new “microsites” where bloggers will be…
10 Travel Tips for LGBT Families
A recent Twitter travel forum addressed many of the unique questions and concerns LGBT families have when traveling both domestically and abroad. Residence Inn partnered with Dana Rudolph, founder of Mombian.com, a blog…
WeHo Ties with Six Other California Cities in HRC Index of Gay-Friendly Cities
West Hollywood tied with Los Angeles, Long Beach, Palm Springs, San Diego and San Francisco in the Human Rights Campaign’s 2013 Municipal Equality Index, a ranking of LGBT-friendly cities. All six cities scored…
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…