Where the Boys Are: the 5 Gayt Beach Southern California | LAist

Contents:

• TOO GAY, TOO WEIRD, TOO PREGNANT: THE MOST NTROVERSIAL BARBIE DOLLS HISTORY
• WHERE THE BOYS ARE: THE 5 GAYT BEACH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
• GAYT PLAC IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2020
• GAY SAN FRANCIS

TOO GAY, TOO WEIRD, TOO PREGNANT: THE MOST NTROVERSIAL BARBIE DOLLS HISTORY

Throw his accsori – a sparkly earrg and a necklace that had an eyebrow-raisg circular charm on the end of – and seemed evable that the doll was dubbed “Gay Ken” or “Fey Ken” a New York Tim article published 1993, wrer Carol Lawson claimed that Mattel was attemptg to “genr bend” Ken by makg him appeal to both boys and girls. As a gay man a untry that ma anti-gay iology a foundatn of s anti-Ukrae propaganda, he feared for his life every day.

In his seven years as a gay activist, Maysky has never seen Rsian-speakg LGBTQ+ immigrants g to California such great numbers. Petersburg who left Rsia after his parents threatened to sue his therapist who backed him receivg hormone therapy; and Ivan, 18, who is gay, half Rsian and half Ukraian, and “didn’t want to kill people.

WHERE THE BOYS ARE: THE 5 GAYT BEACH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Thoands of members of the LGBTQ+ muny are fleeg Rsia’s anti-gay laws. “My parents are very nservative and they don’t believe gay people should exist, ” said Max, who didn’t disclose his last name for fear of retaliatn agast his parents who live St.

Most of his iends are the closet or fled the untry — and many of them, he said, were vlently attacked by anti-gay groups before they left.

Thoands of members of the LGBTQ+ muny are fleeg Rsia due to anti-gay laws. A survey published 2020 by Mosw-based non-ernmental rearch anizatn the Levada Center, found that about 30% of Rsians wanted to isolate gay people om society. One of the rearchers, Ekatera Kochega, told NBC News that many Rsians “would not want to see gay people existg.

GAYT PLAC IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2020

Although is not illegal to be an LGBTQ+ person Rsia, a ago the Kreml passed a so-lled “gay propaganda law” banng the distributn of rmatn about gay relatnships among mors.

Maksim and Dmrii say they n’t wa to marry and start a fay, somethg that they, as gay men, wouldn’t be able to experience back home. Photo of John Carroll by Loris Guzzetta A gut post by Bill Gordon, an LAist rear who is always on the hunt for the bt gay many Amerins are preparg to bid adi to the season wh Labor Day weekend, those of lucky enough to live this part of the untry have several more weeks of warm weather to olic . Wh the holiday weekend around the rner, we at LAist figured that you same-sex lovg guys out there would appreciate on where gaze upon gym-toned bods whout fear (Lady-lovg ladi, we’re open to a siar post jt for you)’s a short list of the gayt beach the regn.

Often lovgly referred to as “Gger Rogers”, this beach is the only gay lole wh the cy lims (and accsible by public transportatn: Santa Moni Blue B 9).

GAY SAN FRANCIS

- Akbar & The Eagle: 18 or 27 mutThe guys you’ll fd there: A te cross-sectn of LA’s var LGBT scen wh a sprklg of straight fai that seem to be cluels to the scene around they’re wearg: Lycra/ spanx/ you-name-the-stretchy material swimmg tnks often a size too small, board shorts, sometim snazzy It’s the clost gay beach so you’ll fely see someone you know (is that a pl?

Directns: The gay sectn of Will Rogers is jt off the Pacific Coast Highway near the tersectn of Wt Channel Road. The gay sectn is directly wt of the parkg lot and volley ball urts, around Lifeguard Statn Matador (Part of Robert H. Purportedly a gay nu beach, this hidn ve is on the wtern outskirts of Malibu.