Making sense of Miami: what America's refuge city says about the US's future
Just off Miami’s busy Calle Ocho, the thoroughfare that is the beating cultural heart of the city’s Cuban community, there rises a splendid ceiba tree whose roots erupt from the ground like waves…
US Travel to Get Economic Boost from LGBT Travelers
Out Now Global, a well-established Australian research consultancy on the subject of LGBT travel, is predicting enormous growth in LGBT travel to the United States due to the recent Supreme Court decision that…
Chasing the Pride Dollar: Newest Gay-Friendly Destinations
These days, it seems just about everybody is after that rainbow dollar. And the recent federal ruling by the Supreme Court to allow same-sex marriage in all 50 states will only further the…
9 Creative Ways To Celebrate LGBT Rights & Fourth Of July At The Same Time
On July 4, 1965, 40 gay and lesbian activists protested outside of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, in what is widely considered to be the first LGBT civil rights demonstration. To honor the 50th…
52 Essential Gay Bars And Nights Around Los Angeles
We’ve compiled a list of some of the best gay bars and their accompanying nights in Los Angeles County. We’ve got your requisite WeHo and Silver Lake spots as well as surrounding areas…
Rehoboth Beach: The LGBT Summer Playground
Rehoboth Beach is ready for the summer beginning with the 4th of July weekend. Ever since Memorial Day, crowds have been coming to the beach and enjoying all Rehoboth has to offer. The…
Cities Paint Rainbow Crosswalks in a Show of Gay Pride
On Friday, after a momentous Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage nationwide in the U.S., the White House was bathed in rainbow-colored lights. But even before the Court announced it would render…
Inside Miami’s Wild Museum of Sex
I’m in a dark room above a Miami Beach nightclub surrounded by penises. No, I’m not at TWIST, the famous South Beach gay club with seven bars, two stories, and one ornately framed…
An Antiques District Is Born: Sunny Dunes-Area Businesses Band Together to Make the Area Palm Springs' Next Big Thing
The nascent Sunny Dunes Antique District had a coming-out party, of sorts, on Saturday, June 20. Various businesses in the district kept their doors open a little later than normal for the Pop…
Focus on LGBT travel: Family travel
Jackie Cooper, a curator at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, grew excited when she located the clownfish — made famous as the central character in the animated film “Finding Nemo” — swimming in…