Hollywood's (Very, Very Wild) "Gay Cheers" Turns 25: An Oral History of The Abbey
The iconic gay hotspot located near the corner of Robertson and Santa Monica boulevards in West Hollywood has hosted Oscar winners (Elizabeth Taylor watched from her wheelchair as trans star Candis Cayne high-kicked…
11 things to do on your first visit to Boston
One of the enjoyable things about visiting a major city in the US is that most enable you to see the country through a slightly different prism: New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles,…
The Glorious History of the LA Pride Parade, Flare-Ups and All
LA Pride’s split personality virtually guarantees a lively if not dicey festival, this year being an especially painful case in point. On one hand, it’s an unabashed celebration of the LGBT community’s out-and-proud…
'I left my heart in San Francisco'
It’s not a look I would get away with myself. A pair of leather sandals with little white socks down south, and then a third sock, slightly north, snugly encasing the family jewels….
There goes the gaybourhood: why gay areas in cities may disappear
“I think the 1880s must have been an ideal time, with brothels full of off-duty soldiers, and luscious young dukes chasing after barrow-boys.” So says an elderly gay aristocrat, dreaming of Victorian…
Summer in the Keys
WHILE THE REST OF THE STATE is slowing down as temperatures rise, Key West and the Keys are just getting started. “Florida is the vacation destination for the United States, but theKeys are…
D.C. No Longer Has a Central Gay Neighborhood. Does That Matter?
In 1968, Deacon Maccubbin quit the U.S. Army. He’d been stationed in Virginia with the National Guard while the movement against the Vietnam War reached a fever pitch. The Norfolk native started to…
Bump, set, pride!
The D.C. Pride Volleyball League will host the Rehoboth Beach Open on Saturday, June 18 on Poodle Beach. The tournament is in its second year and organizers are hoping to draw about 30…
THIS PRIDE MONTH, WE HAVEN’T REACHED THE END OF THE ROAD
The problem with being part of a civil rights movement is that at some point, someone will believe you’ve “won.” Someone will assume that civil rights movements — the fights for equality and…
A bar as a national monument? New York's LGBT landmark vies for honor
The New York bar known as the birthplace of the gay pride movement could become the country’s first national monument honoring LGBT rights under a plan to be considered by President Barack Obama….