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SF Latino Film Fest Features Gays Cholos, Soldier Lovers And Lesbian Foodies

Sep 14, 2012 by
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The Cine+Mas Latino Film Festival in San Francisco has kicked off a two-week schedule of screenings from American, Latin American and European filmmakers. And much to our delight, four queer entries have made it on the roster. Screening on Sunday, …

Pioneering Trans Model April Ashley Gets Movie Deal, Honor From Queen Elizabeth

Jul 27, 2012 by
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One of the first people to undergo gender-reassignment surgery, April Ashley has worked as an actress, cabaret performer and Vogue model. Now 77, Ashley is seeing her life story optioned as a movie even as she prepares to accept an …

PHOTOS: Rocco Katastrophe Releases New Album With A Queer Bang In Brooklyn

Jun 13, 2012 by
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PHOTOS: Rocco Katastrophe Releases New Album With A Queer Bang In Brooklyn

Hip-hop artist Rocco Katastrophe and friends raised the roof and set it on fire (or whatever hip expression the cool kids are sayin’ nowadays) at Brooklyn’s Public Assembly recently.

Before Stonewall, There Was The Cooper’s Donuts And Compton’s Cafeteria Riots

Oct 07, 2011 by
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Before Stonewall, There Was The Cooper’s Donuts And Compton’s Cafeteria Riots

October is LGBT History Month. All throughout the month we’ll revisit stories that shed light on lesser-known moments in LGBT history. While many think of the Stonewall riots as the beginning of the modern gay movement, there were numerous incidents …

SF Mourns the Loss of the Lady with the Liquid Spine

Jul 05, 2011 by
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SF Mourns the Loss of the Lady with the Liquid Spine

When I first learned about drag, it wasn’t on Ru Paul Drag Race or watching Wigstock on DVD. It was down in the Tenderloin at the legendary Aunt Charlie’s bar. Every Friday the Hot Boxx Girls would wow me not …

IML 2010 Winner Tyler McCormick Talks Trans Acceptance in the Leather World

May 25, 2011 by
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IML 2010 Winner Tyler McCormick Talks Trans Acceptance in the Leather World

Tyler McCormick arrived from Albuquerque at last year’s IML contest in Chicago and rolled offstage with the 2010 title. And we do mean rolled. McCormick is not only the first trans IML winner but the first in a wheelchair. We spoke …

Has Justin Vivian Bond Gone Too Far With Trans-Pronoun Correctness?

May 24, 2011 by
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Has Justin Vivian Bond Gone Too Far With Trans-Pronoun Correctness?

In his new Queerty/GayCities feature, etiquette writer Charles Purdy discusses matters related (either directly or peripherally) to social behavior, etiquette, social media and modern manners. This is his first post. I adore performance artist and songwriter Justin Vivian Bond. I …