Is Long Beach Pride’s cancellation a precursor to what’s to come? Has the Trump administration won? Let’s hope not. And I don’t mean to ring the death knell to LGBTQ+ …
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awoke from a nightmare this morning where I took a stand with my family and decided to become estranged. I announced that I would no longer come home to visit …
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The controversy surrounding a recent incident at Tool Shed with Honey Davenport has laid bare the cumulative weight of being a Black gay man in a city that markets itself …
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The Late Show has been an institution since Stephen Colbert took the reins from David Letterman in 2015. In July 2025, CBS announced it would be retiring the Late Show …
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Vacations are starting already and kids of all ages are thinking about their summer break. I am just returning from an amazing Brandg Vacations expedition cruise to the Caribbean. It’s …
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May Day! May Day! May Day! The international voice radio distress call is used by aviation, maritime and for general emergencies. But it’s also the day when workers across the …
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We’re getting to that place in the calendar when “final” or “last of the year” is in the description of events on our Gay Desert Guide calendar. Yes, we’ve mostly …
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Greetings from the Panama Canal! Although I have yet to see it, I made out dozens of ships awaiting their turn as we flew into Panama City early Friday morning. …
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4/20 day starts off the week as a cannabis consumer’s high holiday. Not likely to gain federal status as an official holiday, the day has California origins dating back to …
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It’s easy to get caught up in the headlines of the day, most of which starts with “Trump…” It’s an exhausting exercise in vigilance that those of us in the …