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Out and About Long Beach is inviting the community to join them at 8 p.m. Oct. 10 to see South Coast Chorale’s The Queen’s Cabaret at the Scottish Rite Theater, 855 Elm Ave. in Long...
A few weeks ago, my family and I gathered in the heart of West Hollywood. No, I wasn’t giving them a tour of gay town. Our reunion was a more meaningful celebratory occasion. The youngest generational member of...
As discussion heat up across the country revolving the right of gays and lesbians, some businesses are staking out their profit share through new technology. Gay-centric entertainment site publisher MoxieQ, which formats its content for mobile phones and...
Perhaps you’re not deadEvery remote connection to youto us brings you back to lifePerhaps you’re not deadBecause with every memory I feel painWhat could have been. What actually happened. What I could have done to avoid...
There is not question that change cannot roll into action through inertia. Inertia has, indeed slowed down progress. And, as long as the LGBT community continues to accept second class citizenship, they will continue to be separate but equal...
Grace under fireBy Zamná Ávila When Mari Moreno moved to the West Coast from the South more than 12 years ago she hoped to find a place where she could continue to nourish her religious development. Magnetically...
Two days after the country observed 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and less than a week before the Fourth of July President Obama spoke to an LGBT group during a cocktail reception at East Room of the White House...
After what seemed a decade condensed in months to gays and lesbians in California, the state Supreme Court ruled to uphold the Proposition 8, which denies same sex couple the right to wed. While the more than 18,000 couples...
The earth won’t stand still May 26, a tremor set off by the roars and footsteps of LGBT activists is on the horizon in California.In Long Beach, is scheduled at 7 p.m. Tuesday on the corner...
By June 3, the California Supreme Court will vote on the right of same-sex couples to say “I do” legally. In the meanwhile, Long Beach and the rest of the state are celebrating their sexuality.The...