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WILDFANG: The Queer Community is More than Just the Clothes on Our Backs

October 17, 2018

October 17, 2018

Wildfang. A clothing store-meets hangout spot, this feminist and queer-run business has been a part of the New York and...

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....

A War on Cross-Dressing: Los Angeles’ Anti-Masquerading Ordinance of 1889 Targeted the Growing Queer Population of Los Angeles

October 15, 2018

October 15, 2018

A little over a hundred years after the City of Los Angeles was founded, the Anti-Masquerading Ordinance of 1889 was...

What L.A. is doing for National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day

October 15, 2018

October 15, 2018

The LGBTQ+ Latinx community is at higher risk for HIV than the rest of the Latinx community, and the Latino...

COLUMN: Gay L.A. – Decades Later, Matthew Shepard Lives On in the Heart of the LGBTQ+ Community

October 14, 2018

October 14, 2018

The hate crime that got the world talking about tragic queer lives and deaths turns 20 this year. The late...

COLUMN: Living in the Safest LGBTQ+ City in the United States

October 12, 2018

October 12, 2018

By Elijah Root-Sanchez Waking up and watching the news each morning can be exhausting. There is a constant battle  for...

The Radicalized foundation of PRIDE for the LGBTQ+ Community

October 12, 2018

October 12, 2018

Considered a more radical LGBTQ+ activist group, Personal Rights in Defense and Education (PRIDE), was founded in 1966 and paved...

A Queer Spooktacular: 5 LGBTQ+ Halloween events in L.A. This Month

October 11, 2018

October 11, 2018

It’s the most wonderful time of year, Halloween! Let the horror movies, pumpkin carving, seances, parties and general debauchery begin....

The Founding Folk of L.A. Were LGBTQ-Friendly, Celebrated “Two-Spirited” Tribe Members

October 10, 2018

October 10, 2018

LGBTQ+ history in Los Angeles begins well before Los Angeles even existed. Before colonial settlers took over in 1781, L.A....

From “Sociopathic” to “Sexual Deviation,” Dr. Hooker Fought for the L.A. LGBTQ+ Community

October 9, 2018

October 9, 2018

One of the larger, uphill battles for the LGBTQ+ community has been fighting the classification of “criminal” or “crazy.” One...