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Lesbian Veteran Seeks Equal Benefits for Wife in DTLA Film Festival Documentary

October 19, 2018

October 19, 2018

After serving in the U.S. Army for 12 years, there was still another fight for Tracey Cooper-Harris to face.  An...

One of Four of Hollywood Trans Woman’s Attackers Walks Free Five Years Later

October 18, 2018

October 18, 2018

Nicol Shakhnazaryan gets zero jail time. Five years ago, Vivian Diego was walking to the Metro along Ivar Avenue. in...

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...

When Flowers BLOOM; WeHo Selects Queer Publication Founder as Poet Laureate

October 17, 2018

October 17, 2018

Founder and editor of LGBT literary magazine BLOOM, Charles Flowers is the new City of West Hollywood Poet Laureate. The...

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...