8 famous streets in America you need to visit in your lifetime
There are renowned streets across the globe, like Abbey Road in London, England, and Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, but you don’t have to go that far. Many of the world’s most iconic streets are…
Leonard Bernstein’s NYC Residence Mapped As An LGBT Historic Site
The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project has announced the digital publication of the Leonard Bernstein Residence at the Osborne Apartments to its online map, a dynamic continually-evolving catalogue of geographic locations significant to LGBT history….
My Weekend at a Clothing-Optional Resort
The mercury had already climbed to 120°F—not uncommon for a midsummer Friday afternoon—by the time my friend Moises and I arrived at INNdulge, one of Palm Springs myriad clothing-optional resorts clustered around the Warm…
Inside the Beautiful World of Same-Sex Ballroom Dancing
“Dancing is going to be one of the last bastions of homophobia to fall because it is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire,” says Barbara Zoloth, founding member and President of the…
DTLA’s queer community soars to new heights, like its skyline
For decades now, the City of West Hollywood has been considered the “Gay Mecca” of Southern California, where LGBTQ pilgrims from all over the world have come to live, work, and play. While…
LGBTQ nightlife in the District is evolving – not dying
First there was the legendary Tracks, a staple for LGBTQ dance club goers in the ’80s and ’90s. When it closed in late 1999, it was immediately replaced by Nation, which reigned until…
On Bourbon: The street that locals love to hate
There are countless Bourbon Streets. There’s residential Bourbon. There is gay Bourbon — whatever of its remains can be glimpsed beneath the screeching flocks of bachelorette vultures. There are subjective Bourbons: beggar’s Bourbon,…
San Francisco City Hall a landmark in history of struggle and triumph
A city hall, often, is a monument. It’s a massive stone landmark that can be a monument to the people and their rights, a monument of both justice and injustice, a monument to…
Last gay bar in the Tenderloin never a drag
“Cowboy Bob!” they shout. A silhouetted figure, slightly hunched and topped with something akin to a park ranger’s hat, enters out of the bright daylight into the small, cramped space that sits at…
LGBTQ Guide: San Francisco museum shines light on hidden history
It was a daunting mission from the start: Bring visibility to a culture that, historically, had to be invisible. But it would be impossible to go through the displays at the GLBT History…