Hollywood Gets Its Groove Back
Hollywood’s grande dame hotels, the Sunset Tower and the Chateau Marmont, stand like stone sentries on Sunset Boulevard, less than two miles from the decidedly less stylish stretch of Hollywood Boulevard that hustles…
What to Do in Koreatown, Los Angeles
The antidote to Hollywood’s seasonal Academy Awards fever is just a few blocks away, in Koreatown. It’s hard to imagine that two decades ago, K-Town, as it is known in local parlance, was…
All About The Castro's GLBT Historical Society and Museum
Nestled between Walgreen’s Pharmacy and Badlands on 18th Street, the GLBT History Museum has been showcasing queer history from the archives of the GLBT Historical Society for the last four years, with a…
San Francisco: Where Violent Street Gangs and Silicon Valley Tech Bros Coexist
For decades, San Francisco enjoyed a reputation for welcoming outsiders: hippies, gay people, assorted weirdos who went West in search of freedom and ended up at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. Now,…
Hotels create romance packages for LGBT visitors
A rainbow is rising over Florida, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Florida legalized same-sex marriage in January, and hotels and resorts in the Sunshine State have responded with creative offerings for their…
In Key West, a Taste of Cuban Coffee Culture
We were sitting on benches, my new coffee mate, Anthony, and I. Side by side, half-listening to the baritone rumble of washers and dryers in the laundromat behind us, we watched the cars…
LGBT nightclub Liaison closes
Last Saturday, Liaison Nightclub had a line extending to Bally’s slot machines, with generally packed dance floors, several occupied VIP tables and busy bars between midnight and 2 a.m.—typically signs of a healthy,…
In Little Saigon, evolving views on gay rights
The rose oolong tea steamed on the table as regulars at the Little Saigon cafe debated politics, border disputes and the recent terrorist attacks in Paris — a running conversation in French and…
Paradise Lost: How Gay Meccas Are Slowly Disappearing Because Of Rising Rents
West Hollywood is a small city geographically; in total we’re less than 2 square miles in size. But our influence and impact is limitless. For 30 years now, “WeHo”, as it’s been affectionately…
Jeffrey Sanker Names Kelly Osbourne Queen of White Party Palm Springs 2015
Jeffrey Sanker, producer of White Party Palm Springs, the largest gay dance music festival in the world, has named international fashion icon and star of E! Entertainment’s “Fashion Police,” Kelly Osbourne as the…