A Sexy, Salty And Sad Look At One Of Fire Island’s Most Legendary Events
Photographer Susan Kravitz has captured one of Fire Island’s best-known annual events for posterity in a dazzling coffee table book. Mascara, Mirth & Mayhem is billed as a “provocative, introspective, sad and funny”…
Updating and Alienating: Is Gay Pride in L.A. in Midlife Crisis?
Just forty-five years old, Los Angeles’ gay pride event is finding itself in an identity crisis. Now held in West Hollywood, it is not just a parade; it’s a multi-day festival celebrating lesbian,…
Why Some Queer People are Boycotting LA Pride
The world’s first organized pride parades took place simultaneously in New York City and Hollywood, California on June 28, 1970. The Los Angeles march was organized by Christopher Street West (CSW), an organization…
What’s new in Rehoboth
The Washington Blade hosts its tenth annual summer kickoff party in Rehoboth Beach, Del., this Friday from 5-7 p.m. at the Blue Moon, an event the staff looks forward to all winter. And…
Summer pool season opens in Las Vegas! 11 resorts that rock it
Pool season brings the best of summer party time to Las Vegas. There’s a pool experience for just about everyone, whether you’re looking to splash to the latest electronic music, get some poolside beauty tips,…
INSIDE NEW YORK NIGHTLIFE HOST CULTURE
At every “cool” party, they’re hard to miss: A group of glamorous kids wearing something out of a science fiction movie, a couture fashion collection, or your worst nightmare. They smoke cigarettes where…
Opinion: LA Pride — Let’s March On
The decision last week by Christopher Street West to make major changes in its plans for next month’s LA Pride festival was an encouraging sign that its leadership is listening to the LGBT…
How one leather party is taking back New York City
Brüt is New York City’s monthly leather party, which also hosts regular events in San Francisco and Los Angeles (Atlanta in July). Its popularity is sky-rocketing: the tickets for the New York event…
9 reasons D.C. is best city for gays
New York? Yawn. San Francisco? It’s been overrun by tech junkies. Chicago? Might as well be Shreveport. The jury is officially in, via my Facebook page, and Washington, D.C., has been declared the…
Rehoboth Beach prepares for summer 2016
Memorial Day is nearly upon us and that means thoughts go to vacations and for many that means the beach. For me, the beach of choice is Rehoboth Beach, Del. As a homeowner…