Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. In the weeks since news outlets across the globe picked up a story that WeHo Times broke about the death of a 26-year-old Texas youth at the home of politically influential West Hollywood resident,…
https://youtu.be/tK1lOkVwqbc Following the Orlando massacre last weekend, controversial stickers and posters featuring a rainbow-colored version of the Gadsen flag and the hashtag #ShootBack have appeared in the West Hollywood. The signage appeared near West Hollywood City Hall, the Pacific Design Center and along Santa Monica Boulevard on Thursday morning. A number of stickers and signs were…
Sunday June 12, West Hollywood will be home to the iconic 46th annual LA Pride Parade and is free for all to attend. Drawing in hundreds of thousands to the city yearly, the LA Pride parade celebrates the history of the LGBTQ movement and showcases its current diversity with its colorful array of parade entries…
The owner of three of West Hollywood’s most fashionable men’s retail shops announced this week he will close one in order to convert it into America’s first privately owned LGBTQ Center. Thursday, Feb. 26, the LA Jock Sport retail shop at 7990 Santa Monica Blvd will become “Home”, a privately-funded help center serving the community…
Well, I feel like I am making a sequel to the movie Seven Days in May as my ongoing seven days have been a most wild ride. I started in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada where longtime political and gay activist Martin Rooney hosted me and kept me on a very busy schedule. First, we went…
http://youtu.be/2FScfWx0wKA NEW YORK — This Friday, during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games, restaurants, bars, and clubs across the nation will donate $1 of every drink sold from 9 p.m. to midnight as part of a new national initiative called Uprising of Love: Pride House 2014. All proceeds raised during the three-hour timeframe will be donated to…
http://youtu.be/tQF4qN-8u0k Artist Richard Hawkins tours Bob Mizer & Tom of Finland, the first American museum exhibition devoted to the art of Mizer (1922-1992) and Touko Laaksonen, a.k.a. “Tom of Finland” (1920-1991), at MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Hawkins, who guest co-curated the exhibition with MOCA Curator Bennett Simpson, examines selections from the first-ever presentation of…
St. Pucchi, one of the most renowned names in the bridal industry, is taking a public stand in support of gay marriage. Rani Totman, the brand’s founder and designer, has unveiled window displays in her flagship salon in West Hollywood’s famed Sunset Plaza showcasing two brides dressed in gorgeous St. Pucchi gowns behind the words…
Construction has begun of two landmark crosswalks along Santa Monica Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood, which will install permananent versions of the wildly popular “rainbow” Pride-flag themed crosswalks that were installed as temporary features honoring Pride month last June. The Rainbow Crosswalks, as the city has officially dubbed them in a press…
Think of everything you know about your typical men’s clothing line; such as the standard colors and designs we see on the shelves of our favorite department stores; now forget about it. Forget about the standard solid plain underwear and active wear that you’re used to and introduce yourself to Freedom Reigns; not your typical…
