Queer Flight: Does the Success of Gay Rights Mean the End of Gay Culture?
When Lary Abramson moved to San Francisco from Detroit in July 1960, police raids on gay bars were commonplace. Nightlife existed at the decree of morals cops who could be bought off, and…
Boston Pride 2014 Invites You to “Be Yourself, Change the World”
Boston Pride, the largest of New England’s annual Pride celebrations and one of the largest in the United States, will be held from June 6 through June 15 in various events throughout Boston,…
Las Vegas…98 Degrees Hotter than ever!
Like Palm Springs and Fort Lauderdale before it, Las Vegas used to sell itself as primarily straight. But “Sin City” has re-invigorated itself so many times, it’s like an athlete who switches gym…
Palm Springs declared hot in the hip sense (again)
When I visited Palm Springs in April, just ahead of the Coachella festival hordes, even I could detect the desert city has taken on a fresher vibe than the previous mix of sun-baked…
Gay Days expands into Ft. Lauderdale
Gay Days is growing again. According to Gay Days president Chris Alexander-Manley, the event is expanding into Fort Lauderdale. It’ll debut in 2014, running from Nov. 25 – Dec. 1. Alexander-Manley said they…
Gay Pride draws thousands to Asbury
Paradegoers filled every spot on the ledge on the Grand Avenue Bridge over Deal Lake for the Gay Pride parade Sunday. “It’s grown immensely since I first started coming in 2005. The parade…
Gay Travel: 22 Companies We’re Proud Of
Passersby at the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C., can’t help notice an 83-foot-tall banner featuring NBA player Jason Collins under the hashtag #LoveTravels. “Every time I travel, whether for my personal life or…
Key West Pride
Key West Pride, first started in 1978, still goes strong today as the residents of the United States’ southernmost point celebrate dignity, equality and love. This year, the festivities kick off on Wednesday,…
The Desert in Demand
It was Dinah Shore Weekend in Palm Springs — or the Dinah, as it’s known — five days of Sapphic revelry that every April draws some 15,000 women from around the country to…
The Evolving World of Gay Travel
In the 1970s gay tours took men rafting in the Grand Canyon and to Rio de Janeiro for Carnival. Gay hotels began opening in Key West, Fla. And destinations like Provincetown, Mass., were…