All eyes on the Asbury Park arts scene
More than 2,000 descended upon the downtown of Asbury Park on the afternoon of Oct. 18. No, it wasn’t a zombie walk, and it wasn’t exactly a concert. It was the Asbury Underground…
States where you can get high at a same-sex wedding, in one chart
The political movement for marijuana legalization is often compared to the political movement for marriage equality. Both causes are seen by their supporters as civil rights issues, and both are very popular among…
Palm Springs: So Much More Than Just Coachella
Once an escape from LA favoured by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe, the desert city of Palm Springs has been somewhat overshadowed of late by the painfully hip Coachella festival…
Big Gay Ice Cream on why it's expanding to Philadelphia
The men behind New York’s Big Gay Ice Cream announced they would be opening up shop in Philadelphia earlier this year — an announcement that was actually made prematurely. But now Douglas Quint…
8 Ways to love a tiny Cape Cod oasis
Provincetown is an oasis with the kind of light that inspires artists and writers, a town at the tip of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod that celebrates the LGBT community. It’s a small town of…
Palm Springs Pride: 15 Reasons to Celebrate in the Desert
It’s been a long, wild ride since June, but Pride season is finally drawing to a close. During the weekend of Nov. 7-9, Palm Springs holds its annual celebration, the year’s last hurrah…
Plans set for 50th anniversary of LGBT-rights movement
Official plans will be announced Thursday, Nov. 6, for the 50th anniversary celebration of the start of the organized LGBT civil rights movement, Windy City Times has learned. A press conference will be…
Valley Voice: To enjoy gay pride, you must shed shame
The gay community certainly has much to be proud of this year. There is unprecedented gay and lesbian acceptance in our society and in much of the world. Everyone — gay, straight and…
Philadelphia Unanimously Passes Hate Crime Law
Less than two months after a brutal antigay assault in Philadelphia’s City Center saw a gay couple put in the hospital, the city council unanimously passed an ordinance that imposes elevated punishments for…
Rehoboth film festival in flux
The Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival all began in 1997 with a newspaper ad and a meeting of like-minded friends. “I placed an ad in the Delaware Coast Press asking for anyone interested…