Queer Film Exploring Art and Porn to Screen at Art Theatre
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- By Brian Addison |
- Thursday, 23 May 2013 14:53
The word porn evokes political sentiments. After all, sex in and of itself is political. And artists A.L. Steiner and A.K. Burns are bringing their politically-charged sex film, Community Action Center, to Long Beach.
Add a commentSenator Lara Recognized by White House with Harvey Milk Champion of Change Honor
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- By Brian Addison |
- Wednesday, 22 May 2013 11:41
California State Senator Ricardo Lara has been honored today by the White House as a Harvey Milk Champion of Change, a recognition given to open LGBTQ appointed officials.
Add a commentIN PICTURES: Long Beach Pride Festival 2013
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- By Tim Nguyen |
- Tuesday, 21 May 2013 13:05
For the thirtieth year in a row, tens of thousands of people from all over Southern California congregated on Shoreline Village Park to celebrate the annual Pride Festival.
Add a commentIN PICTURES: Long Beach Pride Parade 2013
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- By Shelby Dereszynski |
- Monday, 20 May 2013 11:31
For the thirtieth year in a row, members and supporters of Long Beach's LGBTQ community strutted down Ocean Boulevard in the Pride Parade. Tens of thousands of onlookers googled and goggled at the array of floats, costumes, dancers and organizations that, even if just for a brief moment, let their inner rainbows shine.
Add a commentChained for Pride: Escape Artist Curtis Lovell to Perform from the Bottom of Hotel Maya Pool
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- By Brian Addison |
- Friday, 17 May 2013 10:15
He has been dropped into the Singapore River by crane, buried alive twice, and has cut Paris Hilton in half--just to name a few things. And now former Long Beacher Curtis Lovell II will return back once again to be handcuffed, shacked to chains, and tossed into the bottom of the Hotel Maya pool.
Add a commentDiscovering Our Transgender Pride
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- By Justine May Calma |
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 14:36
For most of us, a doctor assigned us a gender after taking one look at what was or was not present below the waist. For some, however, the gender assigned at birth becomes a prison caging one’s true self, a mismatch between what others see and what they know in their heart.
Add a commentRuPaul's Drag Race Veterans to Headline Pink Party
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- By Brian Addison |
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:01
The Pink Party started off as something that was a coin-toss. After all, the Downtown Long Beach Association (DLBA) was essentially gambling on a single question: Would the LGBTQ community--heaven forbid--vacate its Broadway enclave to truck downtown in order to celebrate Pride?
Add a commentLBUSD to Show Pride in Parade for the First Time Ever
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- By Brian Addison |
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 10:06
As Pride hits its 30 year anniversary, the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) will mark a first in its history: partaking in a LBUSD-sponsored trip down Ocean Boulevard for Pride.
Add a commentLong Beach's Leather Roots
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- By Brian Addison |
- Wednesday, 15 May 2013 14:42
Perhaps it is due to the odd correlation between the birth of Fascism in Europe and Fascist style--the leather boots, the clean lines, the regimented behavior, the rampant masculinity of it all--that most people assume the origin of the gay leather culture lies within European boundaries. However, the two places which play the most pivotal role in having created what is quite possibly LGBTQ history’s most visibly, openly gay subculture are Los Angeles and Long Beach--not shocking considering the history of California, whose embedded gay scene before the 1950s plays a pivotal role in the development of gay culture, including leathermen. Even further, gay leather culture is one of the largest contributors to what we can currently call “LGBT culture.”
Add a commentQueen Mary Raises Rainbow Lights for Pride
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- By Brian Addison |
- Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:50
To inaugurate Pride weekend, the Queen Mary has risen a row of rainbow lights where a string of traditionally white ones glow.
Add a comment2013 Long Beach Pride Week Calendar of Events
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- By Staff Reports |
- Tuesday, 14 May 2013 13:40
Here is a list of events that are occuring throughout the city during Pride Week to help you celebrate in any fashion you'd like, whether it is reveling or striking a pose.
Add a commentFree Shuttle to and from Pride and Ripples
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- By Brian Addison |
- Tuesday, 14 May 2013 12:09
Ripples will be offering a free shuttle service from its club in the Shore to the Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Pride Festival in Shoreline Village.
Add a commentLGB2 Founder to Bring Organization to Miami; Long Beach Chapter Expands
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- By Brian Addison |
- Friday, 10 May 2013 14:11
LGB2, the Long Beach-based LGBT social network, is going on four years--as well as a major change as its founder and president, Heber Siqueiros, will move to Miami come the end of May to begin LGB2 on the east coast.
Add a commentMillena Hidaway D-Lite: WERKing for Pride
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- By Sander Roscoe Wolff |
- Friday, 10 May 2013 11:29
Millena Hidaway D-Lite is the host of "WERK" A KIllEr DrAg RevuE, an all-ages family friendly show taking place every Sunday from 8:30 - 10 PM at Hamburger Mary's. In this interview with Culture Agent columnist Sander Roscoe Wolff, she talks about how she overcame her childhood challenges, and her effort to become Miss Gay Long Beach 2013.
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