Finding Comfort and Safety as a Gay Traveler
Nearly every same-sex couple has experienced that awkward moment on vacation. It usually comes at hotel check-in, when you find yourself on the receiving end of a quizzical or disapproving look as you…
Palm Springs Hot Rodeo: Steers, Queers & Cheers
Cowboys set many a gay man’s heart aflutter, and the weekend of May 2-4 saw several SoCal hearts beating faster. The gay rodeo was in town, offering up some of the most exciting…
Atypical Vegas adventures: Culture off the Strip
If you’re planning a trip to Las Vegas soon, there’s more than the usual cycle of eat, game, drink, repeat. Off-Strip offers plenty of cultural outlets, from a night at the theater to…
Jersey Pride Celebration marks 23rd year in Asbury Park
For more than 20 years, through thick and thin, members of New Jersey’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community have converged on Asbury Park for life-affirming displays of pride. The tradition continues with…
Austin ranks among most LGBT-friendly U.S. cities
Austin is one of the friendliest cities in America for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, according to a report from personal finance website NerdWallet. The report, which ranked Austin as the seventh…
Las Vegas Bets Big on Gays
These days, what happens in Vegas is increasingly gay. Even Chippendales. But is it possible to welcome tourists to a state that doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage? When Scott Martin, a gay tech executive…
Historic LGBT Sites To Be Featured In U.S. National Park Service Initiative
The National Park Service is launching an initiative to make places and people of significance to thehistory of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual Americans part of the national narrative. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell…
38th Frameline Festival Features LGBT Indian Films
Frameline 38, the film festival organized by the nation’s leadingLGBT media arts nonprofit organization, will feature three films from South Asian filmmakers at its latest edition, to be held in venues in San…
Most LGBT-Friendly Cities
Support for the gay community is higher than ever before—a recent Gallup poll shows that 55 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage, compared to just 27 percent in 1996. With Pennsylvania and Oregon…
10 gay honeymoon hotspots
Gay couples can now legally marry in 18 countries — a statistic that increasingly raises an important question: Where’s the best spot for a same-sex honeymoon? More and more destinations are now catering…