Contents:
- WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
- WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
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WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE
" But the ntemporary excement around the supernatural holiday has a long history wh the LGBTQ morn phrase "gay Christmas" actually stems om an earlier queer nickname for the holiday, "bch Christmas, " acrdg to Marc Ste, a profsor of history at San Francis State Universy, and thor of "Cy of Sisterly and Brotherly Lov. "Durg the 1950s and '60s, Philalphia's LGBTQ muny celebrated "bch Christmas" by drsg up drag and partyg the cy's gay bars, Ste said. "Followg the wave of LGBTQ activism and visibily sparked by the 1969 Stonewall rts, more formal versns of queer Halloween celebratns began poppg up "gayborhoods" around the untry.
" As a gay man, he scribed Halloween as one of the only tim a year growg up when he was not "ostracized or punished or cricized for havg the flamboyant, creative tennci. topletetopleteFiltersDateCategoryFormatPriceLanguageCurrencyMost popular match3rd Annual Halloween GalaSat, Oct 28 • 7:00 PM Wt Oaks Farm Market3rd Annual Halloween GalaSat, Oct 28 • 7:00 PM Wt Oaks Farm MarketHalloween: Spooktacular Game DayMon, Oct 30 • 5:00 PM Lln| Detro Public LibraryHalloween: Spooktacular Game DayMon, Oct 30 • 5:00 PM Lln| Detro Public LibraryHalloween Balloon Garland ClassThu, Oct 26 • 6:00 PM Sweetwater StudHalloween Balloon Garland ClassThu, Oct 26 • 6:00 PM Sweetwater StudPromotedThe Gay Agenda @ Honey's LAThu, Aug 17 • 9:00 PM Honey's at Star LoveFreePromotedThe Gay Agenda @ Honey's LAThu, Aug 17 • 9:00 PM Honey's at Star LoveFreeCFGC | 2023 Halloween Ft (FREE)Sat, Oct 28 • 11:00 AM Child and Fay Guidance CenterCFGC | 2023 Halloween Ft (FREE)Sat, Oct 28 • 11:00 AM Child and Fay Guidance CenterGirl THURSDAY HALLOWEEN PARTY CupkKe LIVE at 340nightclub OCT 26th 2023Thu, Oct 26 • 8:30 PM 340 S Thomas StGirl THURSDAY HALLOWEEN PARTY CupkKe LIVE at 340nightclub OCT 26th 2023Thu, Oct 26 • 8:30 PM 340 S Thomas StSON OF MONSTERPALOOZA - Burbank - 2023The Marrtt Burbank Conventn Center & HotelSON OF MONSTERPALOOZA - Burbank - 2023The Marrtt Burbank Conventn Center & HotelGay Men Speed Datg Los Angel | Fancy a Go? @ The Hilton Culver CyGay Men Speed Datg Los Angel | Fancy a Go?
| Sgl EventThu, Aug 17 • 7:00 PM Wt CoGay Men Speed Datg Los Angel | Fancy a Go? THE RESERVE X CATWALK HALLOWEENSat, Oct 28 • 9:00 PM The RerveKids Fun Zone - Halloween PartySat, Oct 28 • 12:00 PM Janss MarketplaceKids Fun Zone - Halloween PartySat, Oct 28 • 12:00 PM Janss MarketplaceFRIGHT NIGHT OC HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY @ INCAHOOTS NIGHTCLUB 18+Thu, Oct 26 • 10:00 PM InCahootsFRIGHT NIGHT OC HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY @ INCAHOOTS NIGHTCLUB 18+Thu, Oct 26 • 10:00 PM InCahootsHotterPop Pool PartyTomorrow • 1:00 PMHotel ZiggyHotterPop Pool PartyTomorrow • 1:00 PMHotel ZiggyGay Men Speed Datg Long Beach | Fancy a Go? | Sgl EventThu, Aug 17 • 7:00 PM Congregatn Ale HoeGay Men Speed Datg Long Beach | Fancy a Go?
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
It has long been the ma LGBTQ+ cy Los Angel, wh the LGBTQ+ muny flockg numbers to the area's many gay bars, queer spac, rtrants, and more. In fact, more than 40% of WeHo's rints intify as LGBTQ, and three of the five Wt Hollywood Cy Council members are openly gay. Origally lled "Gay Pri" the 1970s, Pri beme an annual celebratn Hollywood durg most of the 1970s before movg to Wt Hollywood 1979.
Pri evolved to "Gay and Lbian Pri" and then me to be known as "LGBT Pri" 2001 before beg "LA Pri" for many years. Realy star JoJo Siwa, who me out as gay to her followers 2021, was anoted the “Next Gen In” for the para. Chun/Los Angel Tim) “It’s been the iendlit cy — the most gay-iendly cy that I’ve ever been to, ” said Portillo, 32.
The Abbey, arguably the untry’s biggt and most famo gay bar Wt Hollywood, is officially on the market. LA Pri, one of the natn’s olst and largt LGBTQ pri celebratns, is leavg Wt Hollywood after more than four s the inic gay-iendly a letter to the Wt Hollywood Cy Council on Tuday, Christopher Street Wt, the nonprof that produc LA Pri, says the annual para and ftival will be moved om the cy 2021. ”“Wh s high ncentratn of LGBTQ rints and bs — more than 40% of rints Wt Hollywood intify as LGBTQ and three of the five members of the Wt Hollywood Cy Council are openly gay — the Cy of Wt Hollywood remas the heart of the regn’s LGBTQ muny, ” the cy’s statement reads.