History has a hell of a sense of synchronicity. The 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots in New York City’s West Village is also, give or take a few weeks, the 50th anniversary of Midnight Cowboy, the story of Manhattan hustler Joe Buck and Times Square con man Ratso Rizzo, portrayed respectively by Jon […]
What Will Boston’s “Straight Pride Parade” Look Like? People Have Some Ideas
While the month of June tends to usher in the joie de vivre of summer, it also casts a pall of anonymity over one demographic of Americans: straight people, who are cast aside as the rest of the country celebrates LGBT Pride. But one group of straight Bostonians refuses to go gentle into that good […]
A New Exhibit Allows LGBTQ Inmates to Reach Out from Behind Bars
America has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world—more than 2 million people, according a 2018 report by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Life behind bars is traumatic, even more so for LGBTQ prisoners who are at greater risk for sexual and physical abuse and harassment. On the Inside at Craft […]
Before Stonewall, the Queer Revolution Started Right Here in Los Angeles
This June marks the 50th anniversary of New York’s Stonewall uprising, the rebellion against police harassment widely celebrated as the turning point in activists’ struggle for gay rights in the United States. People around the world pay homage to Stonewall every June when they mark international Pride Month, which arose as a commemoration of the […]
Santa Monica Goes Big at Its First Pride Celebration
The inspiration for SaMo Pride, Downtown Santa Monica’s first Pride celebration came from an unexpected source—their holiday lights. During the 2018 holiday season, they installed a rainbow of colored lights overhead on one block of the Santa Monica Promenade, and called it “Rainbow Road.” Mackenzie Carter, the director of marketing and communication for Downtown Santa […]
The Pioneering Cast of The Boys in the Band Is Going from Broadway to Netflix
In 1968, a year before the Stonewall uprising led to the world’s first PRIDE parade and changed queer lives forever, playwright Mart Crowley unleashed The Boys in the Band, an off-Broadway production that rocked gay and straight audiences alike. Focused on nine gay men who gather for one character’s birthday, the play laid bare truths […]