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It's been 20 years since Ugly Betty first premiered on ABC, but now the cast is back together to celebrate the show's incredible legacy! And what a cast it was! 👏🦄👑 youtu.be/s1_zcRYyRas?...

Because it's that spooky time of year, it's a good time to reveal movies that messed us up. The movie that terrified and excited me was Night of the Living Dead, which my step dad took us to see at the drive in when I was 6 or 7. Now I'm a big fan of horror movies! 🧟 youtu.be/N2pNrDcO69o?...

When Kelly Watson’s wife was on her deathbed she asked the hospice nurse if there was hope of improvement. Her reply was extremely homophobic, prompting Watson to help create Triangle Care Management so that LGBTQ women could get better reproductive health services by doctors who respect them. 🙏🫶😷

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Chappell 👑 kicked things off with Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl which features the lyric “we’re leaving the planet”, and it felt like the room had been transported to Planet Queer where everything was glimmering, gleeful and gay. 🌈 A whopping $2mil was raised across two days for charitable orgs. 👏

Jean Twenge studies generational differences, looking for shifts in how successive generations identify and behave. Notable changes involve gender and sexuality where there's been a steady increase in teens identifying as LGBTQ. In 2025 the percentage of 15 yo girls identifying as bi dropped to 13%.

Rosie F**king O’Donnell turned out to be the hero we didn’t know we needed. ✊🏼🙏👏🏼

A trans student asked AOC why “trans people feel they've been abandoned by the Democratic Party, like a losing issue not worth defending.” She responded, “They’re wrong. What's important to understand is the moment you compromise the rights of a trans person, you compromise the rights of everyone."🏳️‍⚧️

JOY’N US, a multimedia exhibition by artist Travis Hutchison opens Fri, Oct. 23, 4—7pm, at Materias Primas: 68895 Perez Rd, Suite I-10., during Perez Art District’s 4th Friday Art Walk. It features hundreds of previously unseen photographs of gay male life in the 1970s. FREE. Runs til Nov 22. ❤️🖤💙🤎

The wait is over! EagleCC opens Fri, Oct 3‌0 at no‌on, the first night of Palm Springs Leather Pride weekend. The new bar has a capacity of 777, making it the biggest LGBTQ bar in greater Palm Springs, and an all-new interior. Located in the old Barracks location, 67625 E Palm Can‌yon Dr. ❤️🖤💙🤎

The march ended at the Puerto Rican Capitol in San Juan, the U.S. commonwealth’s capital and largest city. Samy Nemir Olivares, a member of the Puerto Rico LGBTQ+ Federation’s board of directors is among those who spoke. The march took place at the end of a 3-day conference. 🏳️‍⚧️

The words of a true ally. 🙏🫶👏

These ladies always brighten my day. Nothing beter than having a positive outlook! ☀️ #clotsandprayers 🤣🙏✊

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On view until Feb 7, 2027, Fairyland brings together people whose lives and work have shaped many overlapping narratives of Queer history, moving between generations and connecting the activism of the 70s and 80s with contemporary voices working across art, fashion, music, film, and politics. 🦄🌈🎨

Jeffrey Schmalz 👑 was a NY Times editor and reporter who began chronicling the AIDS epidemic for the paper in 1992, even as it ravaged his own health. Before he died the following year at 39, Jeff wrote poignantly about why the political and medical cavalry would not arrive in time for him.🎗️

Over the years, La Copine has made fans out of celebrities like Patti Smith, Cara Delveigne, and Natasha Lyonne, inspired a brand new cookbook, and become a staple of an eclectic community. It isn’t a scene like you'd see in a city or club. It’s more like a house party where everyone is welcome. 🍽️🌈

The groundbreaking show, GLEE, was a massive cultural phenomenon, tackling controversial subjects such as gay, trans, and lesbian sexuality, race, disability, mental health, and more. At least 10 original cast members have been contacted by Ryan Murphy about the reboot.🫶🌈🎶

Support Looking Out Foundation for a chance to win a trip to meet 👑Brandi Carlile at Girls Just Wanna Weekend 8. You and a guest will spend 4 nights in Riviera Maya, Mexico, going backstage for a toast with Brandi & the Twins, and exclusive merch. Join to maximize your chances: 1 entry = 5 points! 🌈

Happy International Pronouns Day! Using people’s correct pronouns is one easy way you can support our LGBTQ+ community every single day. Learn more: https://www.hrc.org/resources/why-we-ask-each-other-our-pronouns

Revivals After Dark returns Oct 23, bringing together great finds, special deals, community, and plenty of surprises. Visit the event page and let us know you’re coming. When you RSVP, we’ll keep you updated with exclusive offers, event details, and reminders. 🖤🤎💙❤️ revivalsstores.com/event/reviva...

45 years have passed since initial reports of what was characterized as a “rare cancer”, and 3 decades since there was a turning point in the US in the number of deaths from AIDS and related causes. Today artists are returning to those early years with what feels like a desire to decode our past. 🎗️

Since it's 🎃 Halloween month, here's a critique of timeless, iconic horror classic, 👿 The Exorcist... but from a style perspective. And who better to break it all down than the inimitable 👑 Stacey London and 👑 Clinton Kelly. 🎭 #imsogay 😂 youtu.be/4m6iKNt37BA?...

Don Lemon 👑 is one of the most well-known journalists in America. He became a household name during his 17 years on CNN before breaking out on his own in 2023. He started Lemon Media Network the year after, which has grown into one of the most successful independent news outlets in the U.S. ✊🌈👏

“Queer people are just so inherently creative. We're always imagining the world the way it can be and it stretches our imagination," says cofounder Joseph Frederick Allen. The FRAME, inspired by Warhol’s Factory, is meant to encourage artists to create together and help mold eachothers development.🫶

CMG hosts A MOONLIGHT HIKE, from Lake Hollywood to the Hollywood Sign! This is a joint event with GREAT OUTDOORS and other groups. 🌖🌳🌈 Location: Innisdale Trailhead near Lake Hollywood adjacent to 6301 Innisdale Dr, LA 90068. DATE: Wed, Oct 21, 6:30pm. RSVP: Email Gary This is a FREE event! 👏🏼

Happy birthday, Patrick Cowley 👑 whose hi-NRG dance music and remixes ruled dancefloors of gay clubs everywhere in the early 80's. He's best known for his collaborations with disco singer Sylvester, and is 15+ minutes-long remix of I Feel Love was highly sought after on vinyl. 💿🌈🎗️🙏🎂

🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 👑 DIVINE, who had a great sense of humor about his career. Quotes include: "All my life I wanted to look like Elizabeth Taylor. Now [she] looks like me". "Of course the last thing my parents wanted was a son who wears a cocktail dress that glitters, but they've come around to it. 🌈

Repeat after me: “I can still enjoy a transphobic movie.” “Trans people are not inherently violent.” “I can enjoy movies about fictional violent trans and trans-coded characters.” That said, some trans-coded killers are easier to watch than others. This list ranks them from least to most watchable:🔪

Last Oct DeSantis demolished a Pride crosswalk, claiming it put pedestrians at risk. Drag Queen, Miss Bouvee👑 picked up 50 of the dismantled bricks at auction, adding commemorative plaques and the chance to own part of our history for a tax-deductible donation starting at $250 to support LGBTQ orgs.

Wearing a t-shirt for the AIDS Memorial, Schmid asked someone to take a picture. He posted himself talking about his status. The next day he “had gone viral, pardon the pun.” Today, Schmid highlights HIV+ people on his Plus Life Media to let you to know you too can live a healthy and vibrant life. 🎗️

October is LGBTQ History Month: Streetbar opened on Arenas 35 years ago The Dinah celebrates 35 years of lesbian parties, acceptance, and community The Mattachine Society was born 75 years ago The Riviera Hotel is the historic site where PS Pride began in 1986 To learn more: lgbthistorymonth.com

Pres. Zelensky 👏 signed a Nat'l Human Rights Strategy defining human rights objectives for Ukraine and includes LGBTQ people among the groups facing human rights violations, including minorities, the internally displaced, disabled, children, veterans, and families of people killed defending Ukraine.

Dragazine has featured legendary and local talent, highlighting stars like Charles Pierce, Jackie Beat, and Chi Chi LaRue, keeping tabs on local and nat'l happenings, interviewed up-and-comers, offered tricks of the trade, classified ads, and more, showcasing when drag was an underground art form. 👑

“The Los Angeles Advocate started out as a 12-pg paper printed on a copy machine in 1967. In 1970, Jeanne C. Barney broke into queer publishing, launching her column, which ran in the Advocate from 1970-75, when it had become the most important nationally circulating gay newspaper in the US.” ✍️🌈🫶

“My fiancé and I both serve in the military and we built our relationship through trust,” his campaign website says, highlighting the idea of family values. “I’ve been openly gay in the military, and I’ve learned how to bring people with very different views to the table and make progress.” ✊🏳️‍🌈👏

Neither of the Easleys planned to get into politics, especially in a state particularly hostile to LGBTQ rights. But they realized few Dems would challenge Rep incumbents. They decided to run as an out lesbian couple. To their delight, the state’s Democratic Party was on board. ✊🏳️‍🌈🙏

I had the good fortune, or was naively brave enough, to come out at the age of 15. It was 1977, post-sexual revolution and early in the gay rights era. So when I hear of people who spend most of their lives not living as their authentic selves it makes me a little sad. But better late than never! ✊🌈

More than 20 years after Brokeback Mountain won nearly every precursor but lost on Oscar night, are audiences ready for a movie this steamy and provocative? What’s onscreen is so potent that the actors had to take care to keep the romance from becoming so overwhelming that it strained credulity. 💖🌈🏆

AIDS Walk LA is Sunday. Come out to WeHo Park for community, music, and remembrance. The opening ceremony features David Archuleta and Joel Kim Booster will present MJ Rodriguez with APLA Health’s inaugural Voice of Visibility Award. Park opens 9am; Opening ceremony 10:30am; 2-mile walk begins 11am.

THIS COUNTRY HAS DEVELOPED THE SH*TS Parody of “Adelaide’s Lament” from Guys and Dolls (Music/Lyrics by Frank Loesser). 👑 youtu.be/PceLcxFjigU?...

The Icons Project has become an indispensable community treasure, a gathering place of long past and still living queer individuals, who improved the conditions of LGBTQ people and, in their own ways, advocated for LGBTQ rights, establishing a legacy of activism, education, advocacy and bravery. 🏳️‍🌈✊💖

ART WITH MEANING The piece is powerful, standing nearly 5 ft wide and taller still, constructed from pills arranged in individual plastic cylinders. But, when you stand back, the real image appears – a self portrait of artist Christopher Yoculan, with his extended tongue holding a single tablet. 🎗️

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Reprising their stage roles, multiple award winner, and Oscar nominee 👑 Ian McKellen, and 3-time Laurence Olivier winner Roger Allam, star in this heart-warming and humorous film adaptation. When widower, Frank, and bachelor, Percy, cross paths, a friendship blossoms into an unexpected romance. 🫶💕🌈

ICONIC Troye Sivan'S 👑 music videos reveal an artist who is sensitive, unapologetically gay, and not afraid to explore his sexuality. This is reflected in his melodies, vocals, thoughtful arrangements, and smartly choreographed visuals. #ohmymymy youtu.be/fYaF00OZ69U?...

Queer women have feelings about the word lesbian. Nevertheless, the lesbian renaissance is in full force, in a way that embraces and reclaims the term. Here are a handful of female celebrities you need to know about, whose public pride is blowing away closet doors for queer women around the world. 👑

After the current disaster in charge this country is ready for LGBTQ leaders. 33 yo Bentley Hudgins spent the last 3 yrs advocating for LGBTQ rights. At 23 Bella Bautista is the first trans woman to win a legislative primary in GA. She heads a nonprofit distributing supplies to at-risk young adults.

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