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Just in Time for Pride: Washington DC's Gay Nightlife Guide

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:42:37 +0000

Last month I created a new guide to San Diego gay nightlife. This month, I've decided to move across country to our nation's capital, with my latest such guide, on Washington DC's top gay bars.

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May Gay Pride Festivals set for Brussels, NoHo, Long Beach, OKC, New Hope

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:52:36 +0000

A handful of Gay Pride celebrations have already taken place this year, and several more prominent ones are set for the remaining weekends in May, starting this weekend with the increasingly well-attended Belgium Gay Pride...

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Learn to Write GLBT Comedy at Chicago's Iconic Second City

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:53:39 +0000

During the week just after Chicago Gay Pride in late June, the legendary Second City Chicago is offering a week-long immersion course at its acclaimed Second City Training Center that ...

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Denver Art Museum Presenting Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective thru July 8

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:56:32 +0000

You can view a carefully curated collection of some 200 garments designed by legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at "Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective", running now through July 8 at the highly regarded Denver Art Museum. Saint Laurent, who died in 2008, reached the height of fame during the '60s and '70s, as his daring creations of haute couture dovetailed perfectly with the Sexual Revolution. The designer made up half of one of the most celebrated gay couples of the era, with romantic and business partner Pierre Bergé. This critically acclaimed show at the Denver Art Museum presents designs spanning his entire career, from the late '50s to the early 2000s. If you're in the area this spring, also check out a couple of additional notable exhibitions at the museum: "Focus: Robert Motherwell" is on through May 27; and "Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection" runs through June 17.

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Aqua Girl Party Lands in South Beach in early May

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:28:58 +0000

Arguably the capital of LGBT parties and fundraisers, Miami Beach will host the 13th annual Aqua Girl weekend from May 2 through May 6. This five-day blow-out raises enormous amounts ...

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Historic Queen Mary Launches Major Gay Party during Long Beach Pride

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:08:25 +0000

Home to one of the largest Gay Pride events in the country, Long Beach, California has two great new events in store for this year's Pride weekend festivities on May 19 and 20. The legendary ocean liner the Queen Mary, which for many years has been docked permanently in Long Beach as a distinctive hotel, is hosting to GLBT parties. The biggest gathering, the Poseidon party, takes place on the Saturday night (May 19) of Pride weekend in the ship's three-story event space, which has been fashioned out of a former boiler room.

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Keeping it Queer at Portland's Jupiter Hotel

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:56:53 +0000

One of Portland, Oregon's many great assets is its wealth of distinctive, one-of-a-kind lodging options, and one of the favorites here is the stylish, irreverent, and fun Jupiter Hotel, a smartly rehabbed Mid-Century Modern motel just a short walk across the Willamette River from downtown. The Jupiter--with its sleek and affordable rooms and a hip restaurant and live-music venue, the Doug Fir Lounge--has since its inception been a great friend to the LGBT community. Most recently, the hotel went all out in welcoming gay visitors by kicking off its Keep Portland Queer package, which you can book here.

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Grindr Presents its 2012 Travel Awards

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:47:23 +0000

Everybody's favorite guy-on-guy social app, Grindr, announced its Travel Awards last week during the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association's annual convention in the chic beach resort of Florianopolis, Brazil. I attended this conference and spent a few days checking out the sights in this gay-friendly city that's still a bit under the radar among many North American travelers - I'll be writing more about the trip in future blogs.

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A San Francisco Icon Turns 75 - Golden Gate Celebration Set for Late May

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:44:59 +0000

It's one of the most storied feats of structural engineering in the world, and on May 27, 2012, the familiarly orange suspension bridge that spans the 6,700-foot-wide strait near the ...

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Berlin's new Brandenburg Airport to open in time for Gay Pride

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:20:43 +0000

One of the most comprehensive and ambitious aviation projects in recent times, the much-anticipated Berlin Brandenburg Airport will open just southeast of this vibrant city on June 3, 2012, on the site of the formerly East German Schönefeld airport. Both it and the metro region's other current airport, Tegel, will close permanently. The old Tempelhof airport, on the edge of the hip and gay-popular Kreuzberg district (a short walk from the Berlin Gay Museum), ceased operations in 2008. Berlin has lacked a truly world-class international airport like the country's largest, Frankfurt, which is also the third-busiest in Europe. Brandenburg Airport will immediately boost foreign tourism to Berlin, which over the past decade has come rival London and Paris as the most popular GLBT cities in Europe.

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