Nation’s First City Where Tourism Recognizes the ‘T’ in LGBT
There has been a massive and much-needed wave of news regarding anything having to do with that often neglected sub-group within the LGBT acronym. Transgender awareness is finally stepping forward in this country…
Philadelphia has become leisure destination
More visitors are choosing Philadelphia as a leisure destination. Visit Philadelphia touted the region’s success in drawing visitors during its annual New Year’s breakfast held Jan. 7 at the Doubletree Hotel. “Since we’re…
Gay Las Vegas
A gay sensibility rests comfortably in plain sight behind the monstrosity of glitz and glam that is Las Vegas. Queerness is lost completely on many (most?) tourists doing The Strip. Others are confused…
World's largest lesbian event, The Dinah, turns 25
LGBT groups all over the globe have spent many years creating events that support our community. Few things compare to the Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend in Palm Springs – the largest lesbian…
Winter Party Festival: March 4-9, 2015
Winter Party Festival is an annual fund- and consciousness-raising event committed to supporting, inspiring and activating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and its supporters worldwide through a celebration of identity,…
An Outsider’s Guide to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Before we traveled to New Orleans I didn’t know much about Mardi Gras. I knew there were crowds, beads, and flashing. I had seen clips on television of costumes and masks and floats. …
Books you must read to understand Vegas
Las Vegas doesn’t get much credit for it, but it really is a literary sort of city. Think about all the times over the years that Las Vegas has served as fodder for…
52 Places to Go in 2015
Untrammeled oases beckon, once-avoided destinations become must-sees and familiar cities offer new reasons to visit. There are four Fagabond cities on this list: #3 Philadelphia #16 Lower Manhattan, New York City #23 New…
From LAX to lax in Palm Springs
If you’ve never been to Palm Springs, you can be forgiven for thinking it’s a sleepy, geriatric town. But scratch the surface and you’ll find a desert oasis with cool midcentury architecture, temperatures…
HBO’s ‘Looking’ shows that all of San Francisco is a gayborhood
This week’s red carpet premier for the second season of “Looking” used the kind of backdrop that might have seemed fitting for a show about gay men digging through lust, love and angst…