The Pride L.A. 10.5.18

10.05 – 10.18.2018ISSUE NUMBER 51, VOLUME 2

| OCTOBER 5 – 18, ‘18

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LEAVING OUR MARK ON HISTORY

October is National LGBT History Month. It serves as a reminder of how far we’ve come and how far we have to go as a society.

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SAFETY FIRST

Sexual Orientation Training for Law Enforcement Approved A bill that will mandate specific training on sexual orientation and gender identity minority groups for entry-level peace offices and dispatchers was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown over the weekend.

Assembly Bill 2504 – which the Senate previously passed with a 37-0 vote last month – requires local principalities to provide LGBT-specific educational training for individuals training to become peace officers and dispatchers as well as optional training for in-service officers. The bill was authored

by Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), Chair of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus. It is supported by Equality California and the Sacramento LGBT Center, among others.

“I am grateful that the Governor signed this bill to make LGBT specific police training available to departments across the state,” said Assemblymember Low. “Governor Brown has truly been a pro-equality Governor and this bill is a small step toward making our community safer.”

AB 2504 requires the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to develop a course of training for California peace officers and dispatchers on issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity differences in order to create a more inclusive workplace and improve law

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enforcement’s effectiveness in serving the LGBTQ+ community.

Roughly 22 percent of transgender or gender nonconforming people who had interacted with police reported police harassment.

An additional 6 percent of transgender individuals reported that they experienced bias-motivated assault by officers, according to transequality.org.

“By providing law enforcement officers with critical training and resources, we can ensure they have the tools they need to serve and protect LGBTQ Californians,” said Equality California Executive Director Rick Zbur. “Too many LGBTQ people, especially transgender women of color, have had interactions with law enforcement that make it crystal clear that such training is needed.

We’re grateful Governor Brown for signing AB 2504 and to Assemblymember Low for his leadership, which was crucial to bringing both communities together to pass this groundbreaking legislation.”

Prior to this bill, California POST does not require any specific training on sexual orientation and gender identity minority groups for entry-level peace offices and dispatchers and there is no in-service or on-going training requirement. Peace officers are not trained in how to respond to incidents in which the citizens involved identify as LGBTQ+. The

Long Beach Police officers walk in the Long Beach Pride parade.

California POST Learning Domain 42 “Cultural Diversity” Student Workbook makes minimal mention of LGBTQ+ co-workers and citizens. Rates of domestic violence in same-sex relationships are comparable to opposite-sex relationships. Hate Crimes involving LGBT people continue to be the second most common bias motivation. Gay men and transgender women are particularly vulnerable and it has been reported that hate crimes based on sexual orientation are rising

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in California. Improving law enforcement’s ability to communicate, recognize and serve members of the LGBT community will improve trust in California’s law enforcement, Low stated in a press release.

“California is home to the largest LGBTQ population in the country,” Low said. “This legislation is an active step toward keeping our community safer will increase trust in law enforcement within the LGBT community.”

WEHO NIGHTLIFE

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Gov. Brown Rejects 4 a.m. Last Call Bill California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill last Friday that would have allowed bars to extend alcohol sales in Los Angeles until 4 a.m.

State Sen. Scott Wiener's SB 905 proposed changing the state's drinking laws to allow bars to serve alcohol until 4 a.m. in select California cities, including West Hollywood and Los Angeles, as part of a five-year pilot program. In justifying his veto, Brown argued that a change in the law would lead to more reckless behavior.

"Without question, these two extra hours would result in more drinking," Brown said in a statement. “California’s laws regulating late-night drinking have been on the books since 1913. I believe we have enough mischief from midnight to 2 without adding two more hours of mayhem.”

Brown's wariness for extending the sale of alcohol in the state is shared by Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz, who

represents Century City. After SB 905 was passed in August, Koretz had some harsh words for the bill when speaking at a press event on August 6 saying “only a dumba** would value nightlife over all life."

After Gov. Brown vetoed SB 905, Koretz took to social media to celebrate Brown's rejection of the bill.

"The Governor has just VETOED the "4 am bar bill." I have long been working to defeat this horrible piece of legislation. Thank you Governor Jerry Brown for putting public safety first," Koretz wrote on Facebook.

After Brown vetoed the bill, Weiner released a statement calling the 2 a.m. limit a "bad leftover policy from over a century ago" and went on to say he would reintroduce the bill in the 2019 legislative session.

"It is a shame that we will continue to stifle our nightlife economy, but I remain committed to modernizing these outdated laws," Wiener said.

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10.05 – 10.18.2018 HISTORY

LGBT HISTORY MONTH

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FROM THE COVER

Leaving Our Mark on History

LGBT History Month was started by a Missouri high school teacher and was first celebrated in 1994. The month is celebrated in conjunction with National Coming Out Day on October 11 and the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights rally held in Washington, D.C. in 1979.

“LGBT history connects us to those who came before us,“ Beth Sherouse, HRC Senior Content Manager, said in an Human /rights Campaign blog post. “We celebrate the brave individuals who formed early communities and shaped our understandings of lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer identity, and the pioneers who helped pave the way for many of us to live openly and to fight for equality.”

The Pride L.A. is sharing historical events everyday this month online. Check out a few so far and check back in next issue for a comprehensive timeline of LGBT History in the greater Los Angeles area.

THE COOPER DO-NUTS RIOT MAY 1959 | DOWNTOWN L.A.

Sparked by police harassment of LGBT

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ABOVE – Theatre Merced, c. 1900 BELOW – Theatre Merced, c. 2014

people, this is often considered the first LGBT uprising in the U.S. This local cafe was located on Skid Row between two gay bars, Harold’s and the Waldorf. Coopers was often frequented by the queer community and subsequently harassed by the police.

At the time, L.A. law dictated that if a person's gender presentation did not match the gender shown on their ID they could be arrested. This directly targeted drag queens, transgender people, sex workers and other queer presenting folks.

THEATRE MERCED’S HISTORY 1871 – NOW | LOS ANGELES

Cooper’s Do-Nuts was a common location for police harassment of the LGBTQ+ community.

Often titled the oldest stage venue in Los Angeles, Theatre Merced has a long standing, titillating history in the LGBTQ+ community.

In January 1971, it opened as a melodrama theatre named after Swiss owner William Abbot’s wife, Mercedes.

After a few decades of struggling to keep theatre doors open,Theatre Merced went bankrupt and the space was often rented out to host LGBTQ-friendly masquerades that allowed attendees to socialize and cross dress under the safety of masked anonymity. Later, Victorian Sex Clubs produced highly satirical plays, as they were the only ones who could afford to rent out Theatre Merced. By the early 1900s, the theatre was viewed as L.A.’s first porn theatre.

Despite the highly welcomed queer space, Theatre Merced still struggled to stay open through much of the 20th century, sitting vacant for 30 years before finally before

the City of L.A.’s $23 million renovation in 2014. Channel 35 broadcast station moved its headquarters there. Recently, the City has approved another $40 million renovation to the block of historical buildings on which Theatre Merced sits. Phase 1, which will retrofit the buildings structurally begins in 2019.

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COMMUNITY CONTEST

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AND THE WINNER IS ...

OUR PRIDE to Feature Student Filmmakers Lights, camera, contest!

The OUR PRIDE Video Fest Contest began accepting submissions this week for the 2019 festival. This contest aims to help young filmmakers from around the world tell the often-untold stories of the LGBTQ+ community and their history, culture and contributions. The program not only promotes ability and visibility of the young LGBTQ+ community, but it aligns with state education standards. California Senate Bill 48 FAIR Education Act requires that public school history courses integrate factual information about social movements, current events and the history of the LGBTQ+ community into social science instruction.

“For too long, many of the struggles and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community have gone untold,” Dr. Yvonne Marie Andres, OUR PRIDE Video Fest co-director, said.“These stories are part of the civil rights movement that is an essential part of our nation’s history.”

Each submission will be 90 seconds to five unites long and will include short news stories, documentaries, creative fiction, music videos, animation and public service announcements.

Prominent figures in the LGBTQ+ community participating in the program include Stonewall veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy; co-creator of the first Pride Parade and co-founder of LA PRIDE, Christopher Street West. Other notables include Lynn “Faerie Rainbow” Segerblom, co-creator of the original Pride Rainbow Flag, and the Reverend Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Church, a Christian denomination with an affirming ministry with the LGBTQ+ community in Los Angeles. Andres said the video festival is modeled after the highly successful collaborative programs that Global SchoolNet has been producing for 25 years, according to a press release.

“We are applying the same methodology of our many international programs, such as CyberFair and Doors to Diplomacy, which have engaged more than 5.5 million students and connected schools, youth organizations, and communities across 194 countries,” Andres said.“We are providing a challenging, creative and competitive platform for young people to collaborate with others locally or around the world, and encouraging them to include their own original music, poetry and other creative content.”

Youth under age 18 work with mentors and adult coaches such as teachers or parents. Col-

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lege students participate independently, either solo or in teams to produce tier projects. Winners will be announced in in Los Angeles in May 2019.There will be screenings in June in NewYork for the Stonewall 50th anniversary and in June at San Diego Comic Con.Winners will receive a variety of commendations, including the Troy Perry Award. Cash awards and prizes include one-year licenses from sponsor WeVideo, the the online video platform for individuals, schools and busi-

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GAY L.A.

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Remembering an Unjustly Forgotten Author

Richard Hall’s stories are unflinching about gay life. So why isn’t he remembered more widely?

ry of being 10 years old and being given a promise by his Great-Uncle Harris to tell him his life story. When Harris dies before he can keep the promise, the narrator is forced to delay his San Francisco trip with a detour to the family hometown of Gideon, Texas, to read a sealed letter written by his Great-Uncle explaining his life. Harris’s letter describes growing up in frontier-era Texas right after It’s no secret that during the ‘80s and ‘90s, the Civil War, and slowly realizing his homowe lost some of our best writers, musicians, sexuality. His father finds out and sends him artists and thinkers to the AIDS crisis. Not to a mental institution-cum-primitive converonly that: we lost some of our bakers, our sion camp, where other inmates’ testicles are servers, our bartenders, our public servants, routinely removed in order to ‘cure’ them our lovers, our friends. In short: we lost. of their sexuality. Uncle Harris escapes and Writers like Edmund White, Armistead makes his way to New York city where he Maupin and Larry Kramer have documented lives out his life as a proud “Yankee.” and an this in their work. Even if they hadn’t become out gay man. famous for writing about a time that most The narrator realizes that, by breaking the people who didn’t live through can’t fathom, seal, he has become the first and only perthey would have been able to have the last son to learn the true story of his uncle. In word simply due to their survival. It’s said the last line of the book, he admits that very that history is written by the victors. In the likely, of the people who knew and survived case of queer history, it’s written by the sur- his family, “not one of them, I’m quite sure, vivors, who are their own kind of victors. remembered Uncle Harris.”

Among the people randomly picked off by Today, Hall is one of the many people the AIDS crisis was Richard Hall, a writer who whom history has, likewise, chosen not to died in 1991, just two years after the death of remember. Looking online, one can only find his partner. Rather than ending with his death a handful of resources about him, mostly and letting it define him, et’s start with it and linked to out-of-print books and essays about work backward. During his life, Hall distin- his work. One such book, “The Lost Library: guished himself by writing short stories, plays Gay Fiction Rediscovered,” carries a touchand murder mysteries with gay people – and ing tribute to to him by the writer Jonathan gay life – at the center. From 1976 to 1982, Harper. In the essay, Harper tries to use Hall’s Hall wrote a regular column for the Advocate work as a way to relate to one of his lover’s (which, sadly, has not standoffish friends. been digitized.) He “The source of my was the first out-gay empathy,” Harper person to be elected writes, “was a fiction to the National Book book by a deceased, Critics Circle. Today, out-of-print author none of Hall’s books that he’s not even are in print. going to read.” Still, I was lucky enough he makes an attempt, to find a copy of using Hall to tie two Hall’s “Letter From a people in the same Great-Uncle” in, of all community together. places, the playwright Remembering peoEdward Albee’s liple and their lives brary in Montauk, isn’t just about saying New York. The 1985 their names aloud or collection published, running them off in a like most of his othlist. It’s about trying ers, by San Francisto hold space in your co’s extinct Grey Fox memory not just for press, is slim, with the who they were, but Photo: Henry Giardina. title story making up Richard Hall was one of the first openly gay critics to for what they were the bulk of it. The for- be accepted by the straight world. trying to do and say. mat of “Letter From Not all hope is lost a Great-Uncle” uses an extremely tradition- for Hall of course: A project is afoot to turn al format to talk about an unconventional Hall’s “The Country People” into a film. Perman. The story begins when the narrator – a haps a new generation will come across a stand-in for Hall himself, who likewise had a copy of “Fidelities” or “Couplings” and find gay uncle – is on his way to his home in San something to love inside of it. Let’s hope so: Francisco when he is spurred by a memo- After all, there’s a lot to love there.

“Fidelities” and “Couplings” were among Hall’s short story collections.

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SHARE YOUR STORY

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Scott,Wendy and Amy Patton at Boise Pride 2017.

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Coming Out Day is Near

Share your coming out stories with the Pride L.A.!

Coming out is a continuous process. I came out to a guy hitting on me on the Metro the other day, I came out to my new doctor a month ago. And a few years ago I came out to my parents.

I first played with the idea of coming out, sharing with a few close friends that I was going on a date with a woman. Eventually I worked up the courage one weekend while my mother was in town to tell her. Despite my family being fairly open and accepting of people different from them, I was terrified.

There’s nothing more vulnerable than saying, “hey, I have a huge secret that I’ve been hiding from you and everyone else in my life.” My mom reponded that she already knew, that she’s always known and that she loves me. We called up my dad and he was just as unphased as my mom. Very anticliactic, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Since coming out, my parents have become my strongest alies, going to Pride Parades with me and telling any cringe-worthy, good-natured gay joke/pun they can possibly think of.

“At the end of the day, you’re just Amy,” Wendy Patton, aka my mother, said. “We’re going to love you and tease you just the same.”

Coming out can often take a lot of courage, even if it may seem safe in our California liberal bubble. Perhaps your friends and family won’t accept you. In some states, your employer can fire you. Everyone’s coming out story is a complicated process and decision, just as unqiue as each LGBTQ+ individual.

Everyone has a story, and the Pride L.A. wants to hear yours.

With National Coming Out Day right around the corner (Thursday, Oct. 11), the Pride L.A. wants to share your coming out stories for our National Coming Out Day Feature!

This year marks the 30th anniversary of National Coming Out Day, taking place on the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

The holiday is observed to celebrate and raise awareness about the LGBTQ+ community and civil rights movement. Though coming out is less risky in recent years, it is still crucial step toward LGBTQ+ equality.

It promotes visibility and representation in mainstream media, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

Submissions: For those interested in participating in the Pride L.A. National Coming Out Day Feature, please follow the instructions below.

Deadline: submit all entries by Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. No Exceptions.

Length: All entries must be 100-300 words long Visuals: Please provide one photo from around the age you came out and one present day photo Details: List first name, current age, current city of residence and roughly the age/year you came out Send it: Please send all entries to amy@thepridela.com File formats accepted: word doc, RTD, Google Doc, PDF, jpeg, png For more information, please email the Pride L.A. at amy@thepridela.com or call 310.310.2637 ext. 105

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OUR HEROES

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A Look at the first AIDS Unit in WeHo

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A documentary tells the stories and experiences of those on the ground floor of the AIDS Unit at Cedars Sinai Hospital in the '90s.

In an era driven by fear and ignorance of the unknown, the dedicated medical staff of the AIDS Unit at a West Hollywood hospital during the one of darkest periods in the LGBTQ+ history brought glimpses of hope and light.

The Pride L.A. was honored to have the privilege of speaking with two amazing nurses who worked at the AIDS Unit at Cedars Sinai Hospital, a hospital that was at the center of the AIDS Crisis. Certified Nursing Assistant John Rios Knuckles and Jennifer White Geller, RN “gave a voice to the voiceless.”

According to the City of Los Angeles AIDS Coordinator Office, “Since the epidemic began 31 years ago, about 31,000 individuals have been diagnosed with AIDS, 13,000 of them still are living.” The extraordinary staff at Cedars were there on the front lines, trying to end an AIDS epidemic that was targeting and already wounded LGBTQ+ community.

Knuckles and Geller, along with the rest of the staff, worked every day to provide quality care to the patients of this unit. The AIDS Unit staff members at Cedars Sinai were emotionally supportive for each other.

“Some people would come in and out of the unit, Knuckles said. “So, you really got to know some people.”

He said that nurses would “pick up each other’s patients” when they knew that another nurse had lost someone.

Work didn’t stop at the hospital doors,

though. Both Knuckles and Geller said that they had to educate friends and family about the AIDS Crisis.

“Never my mom, dad or my brother, they were really supportive,” Geller recalled. “But my [extended] family would always ask ‘Aren’t you afraid of working there?’”

Both Knuckles and Geller said that the answers to those questions were always “no, not at all.”

They loved what they did.

Knuckles said that even family members of patients would put on masks and gloves. He said that he would tell them that they were fine and that they could touch each other, but people were so driven by fear of the unknown.

“Even within the hospital, people were afraid… that was the main thing: fear,” Knuckles reflected. He said that the kitchen staff would ask him to give the food trays to the patients, but he would refuse. Other units would even “hold their breath while walking through [the unit].”

Even though the rest of the world may have criticized them, Knuckles and Geller explained how much they enjoyed their experience working in the unit. Both nurses actively chose to work in the AIDS Unit. Geller said that she “looked forward to coming to work every day.”

What these two, and the rest of the nursing staff at the AIDS Unit, did for their patients is nothing short of heroic. Jennifer told The Pride that “It wasn’t clear what you would be,” Geller said.“Sometimes you would be a mother, sometimes you would be a sister,” whatever the patients needed to enrich the last moments of their lives.”

A documentary on the AIDS Unit of Cedars Sinai Hospital called "The Unit," which you can watch here, was released as a part of STORIES: The AIDS Monument Project. The documentary tells the stories of Knuckles, Geller and other dedicated staff members at Cedars Sinai Hospital’s AIDS Unit.

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PROTECT YOURSELF

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FORMING OUR OWN PrEP BARRIERS PrEP becomes more readily available in Europe, and other parts of the world, yet only 4 percent of gay and bisexual HIV-negative men in the U.S. are on the preventative drug.

We’ve known, as a society, about the benefits of the HIV-preventative drug PrEP for a while. In 2015, the drug was made widely available in South Africa and other parts of the world. In 2016, an app launched that made the drug available via texting. Today, in the United Kingdom, a dismissal of Truvada’s patent renewal case is cutting the cost of the drug by as much as 90 percent, allowing for a generic version of the drug to proliferate and possible allow for easy access through NHS coverage. And yet, here the United States, measures are still being taken by individuals townships, cities and states, to repress and discourage a wider availability of the drug in particularly vulnerable communities.

Just this March, AIDS researcher Dr. Robert Redfield, who was recently appointed as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hypothesized in a speech that we could wipe out the AIDS epidemic in as little as seven years. So why are certain states so opposed to curbing the spread of the disease?

The answer isn’t as simple as one might think. While certain more conservative states would seem to have more transparent reasons for discouraging at-risk pa-

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tients from getting on PrEP, studies show that the reason only 4 percent of gay and bisexual men are on the drug is due to negativity and stigma around it. A recent study showed that men who identify as bisexual are less likely to take the drug with regularity. There also seems to be an assumption that a fear of HIV is outdated or unnecessary, possibly because of the CDC’s hopeful projections about an AIDS-free future. However, these projections are heavily built on assumptions about PrEP use. In America, we’re still dealing with stigma and shame surrounding the use of PrEP, as well as problems with availability, especially for poorer, marginalized communities that live outside of urban centers.

Of the 70 percent of new infections yearly, “African American men account for the highest number (38 percent), followed by Latino (28 percent) and White (28 percent) men. Over 60 percent of those who are undiagnosed are gay and bisexual,” according to a recent study. Though the study doesn’t include information about economic standing, it does include statistics about the likelihood of internalized shame and homophobia inside of specific communities.

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According to study, there’s also an age gap. Men over 50 were shown to be less aware than younger men, and that “most men potentially at risk for HIV do not meet CDC guidelines for testing, and PrEP use continues to be minimal.”

While the answer to this problem is more

complex, it’s clear that spreading more information, making mental healthcare more widely available, and helping marginalized communities gain information outside of family health practices could be all be crucial in the proliferation of PrEP use and the curbing of AIDS.

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FIRST LGBTQ+ CHURCH CELEBRATES 50 YEARS

For many religious members of the LGBTQ+ community, accepting oneself can mean rejecting the Church. However, for Reverend Troy D. Perry, it simply meant there was an space to fill within the LGBTQ+ community with the word of God. And thus, the Metropolitan Community Church was born.

After being kicked out of his church in 1968 for coming out to his wife and clergy, Perry was at a loss.

“I felt like I had failed the Lord,” Perry said.

Yet, later that year he created a revolution within a revolution a year before Stonewall when he advertised in the Advocate magazine for a gathering in his home as a church service for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. This small gathering of 12 people quickly grew into multiple churches around the country and eventually the world.

“God spoke to me,” Perry said. “I was called to preach, and that is what I did.”

It was no easy path though. Despite fire bombings of its sanctuaries and murders of its clergy, Perry led a movement and expansion of the denomination to become one of the world’s largest LGBT organizations with hundreds of churches in countries around the world. Only two months after founding the church, he began conducting what is considered to be the first same-sex wedding ceremony in the United States.

50 years later, the Los Angeles LGBTQ community will honor Perry on the 50th anniversary of his founding the first welcoming spiritual home for LGBTQ people, with a Gala event to be held on October 6 at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles.

Perry is a renowned international LGBTQ human rights activist and a pioneer

in social equality, legal protection and spiritual justice for LGBTQ people.

From those early days in the struggle for LGBTQ acceptance, he led the first historic protests and marches throughout Los Angeles and around the U.S. He has continued to lead the way in building a worldwide movement and played a critical role in paving the way for marriage equality. He conceived the world's first Gay Pride Parade and co-founded the Christopher Street West organization to launch the first LA PRIDE event in 1970. He most recently led a rousing call to action at the LA PRIDE 2017 Resist March.

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Reverend Troy Perry.

“We refuse to go back to 1970,” Perry said. “We will resist all hate. As we chanted in 1970, ‘an army of lovers can never be defeated.’”

For more information regarding the celebration and gala event, contact John Boswell at 310.766.5868 or john@ourpride.org.

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DEEP FRIED FORGIVENESS

` ⚫ BY JORGE PANIAGUA

Return of the Sweet Dixie Kitchen Chicken Scandal

Long Beach’s Sweet Dixie Kitchen, which serves Southern comfort cuisine, is a restaurant attempting to heal after controversy — one involving Popeye’s fried chicken and an, oftentimes, unapologetic business owner.

Yet, the restaurant is ready for a second opportunity — a redemption of sorts — from its neighboring community.

The restaurant, owned and operated by Kim Sanchez, sits in an old-fashioned building on the corner of 3rd and Elm street in Long Beach’s Art District. The ambient in the restaurant's surrounding neighborhood is calm and collect — an ideal fit for a diner that aims to provide a comfortable experience for its clientele.

Sweet Dixie Kitchen is an LGBTQ+-owned and LGBTQ+-friendly restaurant providing a safe place for the city’s many community members.The LGBTQ-pride flag normally flies right outside of the restaurant’s doors but it keeps being stolen, according to Sanchez.

Sanchez, who openly identifies as a lesbian woman, enjoys remaining an active member of her community. For instance, Sweet Dixie Kitchen has been a part of the Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce for the past four years.The chamber serves as a networking and support organization which aims to connect gay-friendly and gay-owned businesses in Long Beach.

Moreover, Sanchez and her partner, Victoria Person, are proud to be LGBTQ+ people. Person is a board-member of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.

The couple enjoy participating in events provided by the Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Center.

Both were executive producers at this year’s OUTFest, an LA-based film festival showcasting LGBTQ-interest films.

Since last October’s scandal, the restaurant

has focused on providing community-outreach within the city. For example, Sanchez tries her best to support the Long Beach’s LGBTQ+ Center by donating pastries and gift certificates whenever she is able to.

“I’ve been in touch with Porter at The Center -- if they ever need anything,” Sanchez said.

“We would give them the restaurant space for free, if they need it for meeting space. It’s open and available to them. I’ll donate to whatever they’re doing.”

The restaurant has also donated, either monetarily or with complimentary food, to the Long Beach Library Foundation, Pathways to Independence, Special Olympics fundraiser and other causes, Sanchez said.

The scandal

Last October, Sweet Dixie Kitchen’s normally-tranquil environment was interrupted by angry online reviewers, profound media attention and a diminishing clientele.

The restaurant was at the center of a peculiar scandal — one Sanchez coins as “PopeyesGate.” It turns out that the menu included two seasonal items – one of which was a chicken and waffles dish, featuring Popeye’s fried chicken rather than a freshly-fried option.

As reported by Tim Grobaty for the Press Telegram in October 2017, the restaurant was “facing a digital firestorm ever since a Yelp user posted that the fried chicken they're serving actually comes from the fast food chain Popeyes.”

As a result of the competition brought about by neighboring restaurants in the community, Sanchez said that she wanted to add a limited-time menu item that would prove to be a hit with customers while staying true to the restaurant's overall Southern theme.

Sweet Dixie Kitchen is located at 401 E 3rd St, Long Beach, CA 90802.

Photos: Jorge Paniagua.

Sweet Dixie Kitchen owner and operator Kim Sanchez wants people to give her restaurant another chnce.

Fried chicken and waffles seemed like the perfect fit, Sanchez said. Yet, as a result of her restaraunt being in a historic Long Beach building, one routinely policed by health inspectors, she was unable to add a deep fryer to her kitchen.

“I’ve got a very small kitchen that’s pretty old, back there,” Sanchez said. “So, we don’t have a lot of equipment and we can’t put a fryer in because we don’t have the proper grease-trapping things for it.We would have to do a whole demolition of the kitchen and, kind of, start over if we wanted to fry our own food.”

According to the Long Beach Water Department’s website, fats, oils and greases (FOG) are serious problems for the city’s public sewer system. Large amounts of these greases, as reported by the department, are “illegally washed into sewers mainly from food preparation establishments (usually through kitchen sinks and floor drains) that do not have adequate grease control measures in place.”

“We just thought it would be a fun thing to do. Completely innocent,” Sanchez said. “Just a fun thing to do.”

The owner’s intentions, entirely influenced by her drive to provide fried chicken in her Southern-themed restaurant, were rooted from a carefree, happy-go-lucky, mindset. However, the neighboring community’s reception, specifically on Yelp, was far from amused.

Yelp reviewer, Tyler H., whose review broke the news that Sanchez used Popeye’s chicken, started his October 2017 review of Sweet Dixie Kitchen with, “THE CHICKEN THEY USE IS FROM POPEYES!” and, ended his review with, “I challenge you to be honest with your customers...put it on your menu that you "proud-

ly" serve Popeyes chicken.You do this for coffee … why not for Popeyes chicken?

Sanchez said that her use of fried fast-food chicken was never a secret. Yet, she believes that the media manipulated their coverage of the story to make it seem as though she had been exposed.

Since the scandal, the restaurant has struggled to recover financially and Sanchez’s spirit remains “fractured.”

“Popeyes was a huge stressor for me,” she said. “It sucked most of the life out of me and since I’m the driving force here it's been hard to come back from that personally. It’s hard to, some days, come in here and try to create something. It’s really hard.”

Sanchez wants a second opportunity to show Long Beach that her restaurant is worthy of their time and hard-earned cash.

“I would really like to be given a fair opportunity, by my community,” Sanchez said. “Come back and eat — see what we’re doing.You know, if you don’t like it, you never have to come back again. But come back once just to see.”

Despite Sanchez’ community outreach, she remains divided on the defamation caused by the controversy. She, of course, regrets the choice but also remains hurt by all of the online “trolls” who harassed her on a constant basis.

Sweet Dixie Kitchen will be bringing back a special edition menu item, featuring Popeye’s fried chicken, every Friday in October. Sanchez said that she feels it is necessary to commemorate such a traumatic time in her life in this humorous way.

Sweet Dixie Kitchen is located at 401 E 3rd St, Long Beach, CA 90802. For more information, visit its website at www.sweetdixiekitchenlb.com.

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MAKEUP FOR LOST TIME L.A. hospital offers makeup classes for transgender women looking for support and confidence.

In today’s society, people cultured female are often raised using makeup from adolescence. However, for transgender women who undergo gender transition later in life, the task of makeup application can be daunting.

To help alleviate that anxiety, the Transgender Surgery and Health Program at Cedars-Sinai – one of only two academic medical centers in the western U.S. that offer gender-affirming genital surgery – now offers makeup lessons, an important piece of the transition process, program Director Maurice Garcia said.

“It can create significant anxiety,” Garcia said. “Our program lets women ask any and all makeup-related questions and learn from a professional how to best use makeup to present their true selves to the world, with pride and confidence.”

Garcia said that cisgender women learn makeup skills earlier in life from family and peers, but women who transition as adults miss “confidence-boosting experience” makeup application provides.

Cedars-Sinai offers two makeup services: a personalized, post-surgery makeup lesson before a patient leaves the hospital and workshops with other transgender women after a patient heads home. In addition to the makeup programs, the hospital also provides hormone management, voice and speech therapy, fertility preservation and mental health services for transgender patients.

“Our top goal is to treat the entire patient uniquely and offer services and support for them far beyond surgery,” Garcia said.

MAC makeup artist Kris Jorgensen volunteers with Cedars-Sinai volunteer to help transgender patients navigate the makeup aisle, learn how to apply cosmetics and feel comfortable with their new look.

“Makeup is for everyone,” Jorgensen said.

“Some women play with it from the first moment they see their mother put on lipstick. Others might not get to it until adulthood. But every woman deserves to look as good as she feels.”

While no one makeup tip is universal, Jorgensen said, there is one piece of advice he always offers first-time clients: “Stay away from rules! Don’t let anyone tell you that you

Photo: Courtesy Sedar-Cinai.

Cedars-Sinai offers two makeup services: a personalized, post-surgery makeup lesson and workshops with other transgender women.

can’t wear blue eyeshadow or that eyeliner should be applied only for evening events.”

He said that makeup application should be as unique as the person applying it.

Makeup artists interested in joining the Cedars-Sinai volunteer program can contact Camille Camello in Volunteer Services, at CamelloC@cshs.org or (310) 423-8044.

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Talking with Gay Comedian Guy Branum

Openly gay comedian Guy Branum is big, loud and sweaty. And he’s here to make a space for himself in show business.

Adding “author” to his laundry list of accomplishments in the media industry (podcast, album, game show host, you name it, he might have done it), Guy Branum’s recently released memoir explores what it is like to not only stand out while growing up, but to thrive as the goddess that he was destined to be.

When describing his book, Branum writes that it is about, “the life I was supposed to lead as a sad, fat, closeted bumpkin and my decision to be something thoroughly more fabulous. My life has not been practical, it has not been meaningful...but it has at least stayed interesting. Because a goddess’s job isn’t to be good, it’s to have compelling sto-

ries lyre players can tell about her at the courts of kings and princes.”

The Pride L.A. talked to Branum about his book, being a gay comic and where he’ll be performing next.

How would you describe your style of comedy?

Branum: My comedy is loud and sweaty.

Some would say it's personal, some would say it's observational, but I would say the most distinctive feature of my comedy is that I'm probably angry and yelling at someone about something that doesn't matter and sweating at least a little bit. I'm very large, I live in Southern California, sweat is an issue What is your all time favorite joke? (Your own, another comedian’s, knock knock joke, classic sketch, whatever) A very funny comic named Betsy Salkind has the funniest joke ever. When anyone says to her "You're a comic, are you funny?"

She always says "It's not that kind of comedy." I love that.

Who inspired you growing up?

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How did you cultivate your sense of humor?

As a child I loved any stand up I could watch. I remember watching Rosie on Star Search and thinking she seemed like someone who'd be friends with my sister. It was also really cool when I saw queer comics on T.V. for the firs time in the ‘90s. They were pretty much only women, but I remember seeing Marga Gomez on “Comic Relief ” and being enraptured by how funny, smart and beautiful she was.

What can the audience expect to take away from the night?

I'm working on some new material, so they'll have to sit quietly and wait for me to figure out where the punchlines are. I expect they'll get a lot of rest. Plus a keen understanding of where I am in my laundry rotation. If I show up wearing a Hawaiian shirt my mom bough me in 1991, that probably means I haven't been to the dry cleaners. That's some valuable information about who I am to walk away with.

Tell me a little bit about your new book, “My Life As A Goddess.”

Why did you decide to write it?

I like being paid money to talk about myself. Writing about myself is slightly harder, but I'm willing to do it, again, if there is money involved.

I write for TV and stand-up all the time, but it was nice to work on something where I was the only person whose vision had to be satisfied. The book is a trip through who I am, and if you don't like it, we probably shouldn't be friends.

What can readers expect to take away from it/ what do you hope to

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There's a very good cobbler recipe in the second half of the book. Also, that night clubs and club drugs are cool and people should enjoy them.

Can you tease one thing in the book that reader might be surprised or shocked to read about?

My home was searched by the Secret Service in 1998, also, there is a chapter about the history of Canada.

Why is it important for the LGBTQ+ community to have representation in the world of comedy?

Gay people have had to live our lives having the story of who we are told by straight people. We're not used to being able to talk about ourselves, and to the extent we are, we're used to talking about ourselves in terms of tragedy. Gay life is FUN, it's gay.

We need people reminding us of that. Also, it's important because I have to pay rent and I am a gay comic.

What is one thing you'd want to tell the LGBTQ+ community regarding consuming media or participating in the media/show business industry?

Gay men don't have to spend all of our lives over-identifying with women. It's fun, it will always be part of our culture, but we're allowed to want our own stories told, too.

For tour dates and more information on what Guy is doing, visit Guy Branum’s website at www.guybranum.com.

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Navigating the crowded taco scene in the wake of National Taco Day.

October 4 was National Taco Day, and while every day is more or less a taco day in Los Angeles, here are four tacos on the Westside that stand out from the pack and are worth going next time you feel like making your normal day a taco day.

1. Tacos Por Favor Tacos por Favor keeps it simple, tasty and fresh. Sticking to this simple formula, the three locations (Santa Monica, Venice, West L.A.) have become the go-to place for many Westsiders seeking out a quick, no-frills taco. From carne asada, carnitas and chorizo to lengua, mahi-mahi and potato, the range of taco options are varied, but the tacos themselves are straightforward: meat (or veggie) on a tortilla that can be "sauced-up" at the top-notch salsa bar.At under $3 a pop, one can walk out stuffed for $10 with three tacos, chips and salsa in their belly. And with enough salsa Roja, you will be wanting to spend a few more bucks and wash everything down with a horchata or Pacifico.

Tacos Por Favor is located at 1408 Olympic Blvd in Santa Monica, 1901 Olympic Blvd in West Los Angeles and 826 Hampton Dr in Venice. Visit https://tacosporfavor.net/ for more details.

2. Guisados While technically not the Westside, one-bite of a taco at Guisados will justify the trip to West Hollywood. With 14 different tacos to choose from, the sample platter of six mini tacos may be the best choice for those overwhelmed by the extensive menu. What tie the eclectic range of options together is pure deliciousness coupled with unique flavor combinations.

For those looking something straightforward yet different, try the Steak Picado: flank steak simmered with green bell peppers and bacon, served with green serrano chile atop black beans. For heat seekers, the Cochinita Pibil is a must have. Shredded pork cooked in a sweet, red achiote spice atop black beans topped with pickled red onions and habanero chile, the Pibil spice level defaults at a three on a scale of 1-10 and can be increased for the brave of heart and palette. For those looking to indulge, try the Chicharron taco. The pork rinds simmered in Chile Verde will make all the traffic and honking horns worth it.

A Cochinita Pibil taco at Guisados is a must for spice and pork lovers.

Guisados West Hollywood is located at 8935 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069.

For more information visit http://www.guisados.co/ or call (310) 777-0310.

3. Tito's Tacos Less than a block east of the 405, like Guisados, Titos is technically not on the Westside.

This is about the only comparison one can make between these two tacos joints. The hard-shell tacos at Titos are essentially a different type of cuisine than the decadent, soft-shell tacos at Guisados. In 1992 Jonathan Gold wrote in the LA Times that "Tito's has the deeply nostalgic bean 'n' chip smell" and in 2018 this has not changed.

Also unchanged is the simple menu at Tito's: tacos, enchiladas, tamales, two kinds of burritos (with or without beans), chile con carne, tostadas, rice and beans. And the hard-shell, ground beef tacos with cheese have not changed a bit either. And in all their crisp greasiness, why should they ever change?

Titos Tacos is located at 11222 Washington Pl, Culver City, CA 90230. Visit http://www.titostacos. com/ or call (310) 391-5780 for more information.

4. El Primo Tacos Set up on the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Brooks Avenue in Venice, El Primo Tacos serves arguably the best street al pastor tacos on the Westside. Open every night from 5 p.m. until they run out of meat (usually around 11:30) the aroma of pastor cooking on a spit should pull most people into line. If not, the price tag (or lack thereof) on the tacos should convince even the wariest skeptic. Every taco at El Primo, whether it's Lengua, Cabeza, carne asada pastor, is $1. And with tacos this good, you'll be wanting to buy quite a few.

El Primo Tacos is located on Lincoln Blvd. by Brooks Ave in Venice. They have neither a phone number nor a website so just follow the smell of al pastor.

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Local organization amBi, along with the City of West Hollywood, Human Rights Campaign LA, and ACLU of Southern California,hosted theevent at the West Hollywood Park Auditorium.

“While a small number of cities have issued proclamations recognizing Bi Visibility Day, this is a historic celebration as the first full-fledged Bi Pride celebration hosted by any U.S. city,” said amBi President Ian Lawrence-Tourinho said.

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93 Preppy wear 95 Himalayan native 97 Cheap and gaudy 98 Charged 99 Scrap 100 Actress Salma 101 Movie org. whose “100 Years … 100 Thrills” list has 106Down at No. 2 102 Takes a load off 103 Superman, by birth 105 “Coo-oo-ool!”

106 1975 summer blockbuster 107 Morse clicks 108 Indian blueblood 110 Teensy amount 113 Yogi’s accessory 114 Oscar ____ (Hollywood honor, informally)

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STAR GAZING

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) August 17th will bring Aries positive changes in everything that is connected with the sphere of finance. You will be informed that your salary will rise to a fairly large amount, and you will want to shout with delight at such news. However, along with more income, you will, unexpectedly, have a new expense.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) For Taurus, the most unpleasant event of this day will be the departure of a loved one. Seeing him off, pretend that separation does not frighten you. If the partner reads on your face fears and worries about this, his mood will change for the worse.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Gemini today will be at a dead end performing a very responsible job.

The only way out for you is to seek help from your senior colleagues. Do not be afraid to be known as an inexperienced newcomer who cannot cope on his own with an elementary task.

CANCER (June 22 - July 22) Cancers today will find a loophole through which one can escape from a very difficult conversation. You will successfully solve this issue, but sooner or later it will arise again. It will be reasonable if you determine in advance, in a dialogue with yourself, how you will respond to your companion when they again invite you to discuss it.

LEO (July 23 - August 23) Leos on August 17, 2018 will have unpleasant experiences of their own well-being. You will have to see a doctor to find out the causes of this ailment. Friday will not bring you other unpleasant moments. You will not be able to perform any new feats (the reason for this is the unsatisfactory state of your body).

VIRGO (August 24 - September 22) Virgos today are not recommended to allow themselves pessimistic thoughts. They will amplify your insolent attitude, and you will not be able to achieve the main goals outlined for today. If your cherished goal is attention from some person, it's all the more inadmissible to depress yourself.

LIBRA (September 23 - October 22) Libra on August 17, 2018 will not have big changes, but this day can be called absolutely calm for the representatives of your sign only as a great stretch. You will be constantly disturbed by annoying accidents and misunderstandings taking place in official affairs and in everything that concerns your love front.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21) Scorpios today will not be able to calm down, having learned the unpleasant news. Your sweetheart will "turn you away at the gate", making you doubt your attractiveness. To increase your self-esteem, you will begin a romance (more precisely, an affair without obligations).

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 21) Today, Sagittarius face the risk of betrayal or treason. You cannot control this process, and the only thing you can do is work on your emotional state.

It is important for you to understand that because of what happened in your life will not end, and therefore you do not need to worry too much about this.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Capricorns will manage to hold this Friday easily and positively. You will not feel particularly tired from work, and you will want to transform the evening of this day into a small holiday. Guests who you invite to your house for a small feast will also arrive in a beautiful mood.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Aquarius today are recommended to give their duty the utmost attention. You are being watched, although you do not notice it. The person who controls your work will certainly notice if you are continually being distracted by conversations with colleagues (or playing on social networks, or talking on the phone).

PICES (January 21 - February 19) Pisces today should not offer their advice to an outsider. He will fundamentally misinterpret this advice, and therefore it will bring an effect that is opposite to the one you expected. Later, this person will blame you for all mortal sins. You do not need it.

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