A ‘Queer Eye’ Guide to Philadelphia
On June 5, the fifth season of Netflix’s Queer Eye hits our TVs, bringing the Fab Five—Bobby Berk, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Karamo Brown, and Jonathan Van Ness—to the City of Brotherly Love. During filming last summer, the hosts…
The Best U.S. Cities for Same-Sex Couples
Best is almost always a subjective term. Same-sex couples live in every state of this nation, and just like their heterosexual counterparts, they want different things out of where they live. Some queer…
Pride Month moves online
Pride Month is moving online as social distancing rules force LGBTQ organizers to nix the outdoor parades and celebrations that typically draw large crowds during June in cities across the country. New York,…
Pride is a feeling, not a parade
The sight of thousands of topless women marching smack dab down the middle of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan would be a pretty provocative thing for the average person to see. For a 16-year-old…
Gay beach destinations plan for summer, with pandemic in mind
Ben Rimalower, 44, has been vacationing on New York’s Fire Island since 2005. The island’s Pines section, a popular beach destination for gay men dating back to the 1920s, has been a reliably…
Gay Bars Were Already Closing Their Doors Before The Coronavirus Hit
But gay bars were already closing their doors before the virus hit. Their decline began sometime around 2002 and has since accelerated. My research shows that as many as 37% of the United…
Your Pride trip may be canceled, but virtual Prides still march on
On a cloudy Friday last June, a congregation of around 25,000 transgender people and allies marched through Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Decked out in bright pinks, blues and whites, the cheery crowd repeated…
Gay-Listers Guide: Provincetown With Jackie Cox
In this edition of Gay-Listers Guide, RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12’s contender, Jackie Cox, the proud Persian who self-identifies as the season’s “nerdy queen,” takes us to one of her favorite summer getaways,…
Provincetown, the country’s unofficial LGBTQ summer playground, faces a unique challenge this year
Provincetown isn’t a place known for social distancing. People flock there from all over the country and the world to be a part of a summer-long party. It’s one of the premiere LGBTQ…
Gay Bars Around The World Facing Collapse Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
From pulsating gay super clubs to basement drag cabarets and dimly-lit lesbian bars, the new coronavirus has shuttered LGBT+ nightlife venues worldwide, with some already forced to close permanently while others are scrambling…