December 18, 2024 The Newspaper Serving LGBT Los Angeles

Category: HISTORY


CALENDAR 11/16 – 11/29: The best goings-on around and about L.A., period.

November 14, 2018

November 14, 2018

Closing Weekend: “Members Only” When: Now through November 18 Where: Los Angeles Theatre Center What: “Members Only” is a play...

L.A.THEATRE REVIEW: A Queer Eye for the Boxing Guy in “Members Only”

November 11, 2018

November 11, 2018

Playwright Oliver Mayer’s latest drama, “Members Only” delivers groundbreaking queer experience at LATC. By Jorge Paniagua When playwright Oliver Mayer’s...

A Breakdown of What all the LGBTQ+ Midterm Election Victories Mean

November 8, 2018

November 8, 2018

The Blue Wave that swept through the U.S. House certainly had a rainbow tinge to it, and the victories didn’t...

Transgender Awareness Month Kickoff in West Hollywood

November 4, 2018

November 4, 2018

Transgender Awareness Month has officially began and the City of West Hollywood is ready to honor the community with a...

GAY L.A. – How Lesbian Filmmaker Dorothy Arzner Transformed Filmmaking

October 29, 2018

October 29, 2018

During a time when filmmaking was all about grit, the all-but-out Arzner rose to the top. Early Hollywood was full...

Entertainment for the ‘Undocuqueer’

October 28, 2018

October 28, 2018

By Christian Balderas “When have you ever seen an openly queer and undocumented person in Hollywood? Never, that’s when,” filmmaker...

Long, Dark History of West Hollywood’s Barney Beanery Against the LGBTQ+ Community

October 25, 2018

October 25, 2018

“Fagots Stay Out,” a misspelled sign over the bar at Barney’s Beanery in West Hollywood read since the 1940s. The...

Social Groups and Sororities United the L.A. Trans Community of the 1960s

October 24, 2018

October 24, 2018

Imagine body dysphoria prior to the 1950s and ‘60s – No support, no rights. Heck, the term “transgender” didn’t even...

Q&Ace: Common questions for the ACE Community during Asexuality Awareness Week

October 22, 2018

October 22, 2018

National Asexuality Awareness Week is upon us! One of the least represented members of the LGBTQ+ community, ACE people, or...

Assless Chaps and other Leather Paraphernalia; How a WWII Era Biker Club Revolutionized the Gay Community

October 16, 2018

October 16, 2018

A group of mostly gay veterans who remained in Los Angeles after WWII created the Satyrs Motorcycle Club in 1954....