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> BEING OUR BEST AND DOING OUR BEST LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

COMMUNITY PRIDE 2018

This year, much like last year, has been politically tough. Despite our best efforts to turn the country back into something we recognize, we wake up almost every day to disturbing political news, school shootings, and loss of civil rights. The anti-trans and LGBTQ+ laws that have passed this year represent a devastating challenge to queer Americans living in the midwest who are just trying to get up out of bed and live their lives each day. Our theme for last

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year’s L.A. Pride issue was “Hope on the Horizon.” This year, our second Pride celebration with Trump in office, we encourage readers to keep hope alive by being, and doing, their best each day. Whether that means getting to the polls, picketing, taking care of others, or taking care of yourself, do your best to survive and thrive in this deeply unfair and painful moment in time. In this issue, you’ll read about the comeback of a legendary queer director,

a writer who’s creating LGBTQ+-centric coming-of-age novels for kids, an iconic singer responsible for one of the most enduring gay anthems, and a ton of creators and workers who are doing their best and being their best even in the worst of times. Let it be an inspiration to you. We certainly hope it will. Sincerely, Henr y Giardina.

Henry Giardina, the Pride L.A. Editor.

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Tay Barrett is Queering the Workplace The young auteur is taking a thoughtful, hilarious look at LGBTQ+ folk at work.

In “Work in Progress,” the web series created and starring L.A.-based auteur Tay Barrett, finding what you love to do only happens after a series of bizarre, painful interludes. Watering plants, dating lawyers, and stripping are all stepping stones on the glorious path to queer careerdom. But when it comes to making money, why do so many of us hate what we do? Barrett’s comedy doesn’t want to find easy answers. That’s what makes “Work in Progress” such a hilarious, unexpected pleasure to watch. After working in documentary, Barrett was approached by Here TV to create a series about anything she wanted. So naturally, she started thinking about how we work. We caught up with Barrett to talk about working lives, bizarre first jobs, and queer histories. THE PRIDE: Tell me about how “Work in Progress” came to be. TAY BARRETT: HereTV approached me and basically said I could make a show about anything I wanted. I was thoughtful about work at the time, because I was a double major in sociology and creative nonfiction writing in college. And I was depressed too, because all the jobs out of college suck. They don’t feel emotionally nourishing. So I was asking these kinds of questions like, how do people get through their days when they work in an office? Literally! I was asking people with a microphone, just doing audio interviews at first. So the show, “Work in Progress,” is kind of inspired by real-life events. I literally did start asking people straight up, “what do you like about your job?

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Tay Barrett’s show “Work in Progress” explores the concept of meaningful work in America.

What do you dislike about your job?” I was just curious! I was like, ‘I think I should find a job where I can find some sense of happiness.’ So I started asking around. Did people say helpful things? I found it really interesting, because at the same time I was doing that, I was reading a lot of social psychology books. “Why We Work,” by Barry Schwartz, is a really great book about this concept. But it’s amazing, people are very resilient. Most people frame their jobs in a way that feels purposeful. So even if you sweep floors or do some type of service work, we all tell ourselves stories to navigate the world. As we should! We make meaning for ourselves. So I found that interesting. And of course I talked to some people who were like,“yeah, don’t be a lawyer.” But then there were other people who were just blissful. Episode 4 of my show is about me interviewing my Aunt and Uncle about being berry farmers in Oregon. And that was born out of reality. I did ask them, “so what do you like about being a farmer?” Because it is so out-

side of my lifestyle here in Los Angeles. I think like, 3 percent of people in America are farmers. And my Uncle was so blissful about it, and that really moved me, because I would find it so miserable. I’m an artist, that’s my vocation. And I always knew, but I needed confirmation that I was on the right path. So that process allowed me to be like “I make art, that’s my job.” And it’s a hard job. It’s hard to get compensated for art. Especially when you’re not super famous and nobody’s banging down your door like ‘I need this thing from you!’ And a lot of that confidence and enthusiasm has to be self-generated.Which can be emotionally fatiguing. But I’d much rather live as I do now, being a freelance independent filmmaker, than do anything else. So Here TV approached you about “Work in Progress.” And they gave you total control. Shockingly, yes. I don’t know how I duped them! It’s to their credit. I joke that nobody’s banging down my door saying “make this thing” but HereTV did. And that’s a singular instance. I

licensed my series “Tiny Nuts” to them in 2014, and they had success placing it on Hulu. So the Managing Director called me and said,“let’s have you make a show, whatever you want!” I didn’t have a lot of direction, they enquired about an ensemble comedy and said that that would be welcome. And that was the extent of it. You’re also doing “Inside the Rainbow,” about queer working lives. Yes. That’s going to be a short series. And I’m really having fun with it. I’ve met some really interesting people in the queer community. I’m basically just showing queer people who are doing some type of positive social good.They’re making their art, they’re lending some type of service that’s uplifting. When I started the project, I was so sad and downtrodden about the news, the state of politics, everything I read. It was so upsetting. I was just like, “okay, we need something really uplifting!” I want to feature happy queer stories and narratives that aren’t so depressing. Because those stories matter, and I ingested them when I was coming to terms with my queer identity. I really wanted to celebrate and shine a light on those stories. So one piece is about a queer astrologer, another is about Big Dipper, this awesome bear rapper. Another is about Mark Taylor, who runs a part of the library at NYU where they have a huge vintage gay erotica section. Honestly, if I just meet somebody who’s really cool and I want an excuse to spend time with them, I can make a segment. And then I have another short doc series called “Queer Family Tree,” where I just sit down with somebody and ask them a bunch of questions about their queer identity and their relationship to it. Like, “how did you come to know you were this identity. What did you like about it, what did you not like? What would you tell your younger self?” So honestly, I’m just trying to create work that I would have loved when I was younger, that would have helped me. And hopefully this can serve as a resource for people, to let them know that it’s not so dire.

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More Funding for Anti-Violence Programs The LA LGBT Center just received grants to continue their STOP Violence program.

The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s anti-domestic violence program targeting the LGBT community, known as the STOPViolence Program, has recently received three grants totaling over $1.5 million. The Center is the largest community-based provider of LGBT-related legal services and STOP has offered the “largest and most comprehensive LGBT-specific domestic violence programs” in the country, according to a press release. Since 1996, STOP, which stands for Support, Treatment, Outreach, Prevention, has not only focused on emotional and physical violence toward LGBTQ+ folks in the home, but also on hate crimes (including bullying, harassment, and discrimination), stalking robbery, identity theft, cyber-crime and human trafficking. The total sum of $1.5 million comes from three separate grants, two of which come from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency

Services (CALOES), and a third that given by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Victims of Crime. The first award from CALOES funds a new STOP program, the Safely Home Initiative, which caters to survivors of intimate partner violence. The initiative is meant to give comprehensive assistance through every stage of the process, from emergency, temporary, and permanent housing; counseling for individuals, groups, and families; and legal services. While LGBT people experience intimate partner violence and sexual abuse at equal or higher levels than the general population, they face unique barriers to seeking help that heterosexual and cisgender people do not. According to the Williams Institute, a gender and sexuality think tank based at UCLA, legal definitions of domestic violence sometimes exclude same-sex couples. More broadly, LGBT folks, especially trans individuals, have lower confidence in law enforcement and the legal system, which means that they are less likely to seek help when they need it. The second CALOES grant went to the new Safe Shelters Program, which also provides emergency housing assistance to specific groups as well as offering services to LGBTQ+ victims of crime. “Disturbingly, LGBT people experience in-

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Thanks to new funding, the L.A. LGBT Center will continue to work to stop violence toward LGBTQ+ communities.

timate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking at higher rates than their heterosexual counterparts and, yet, few programs in the country provide services beyond intervention, counseling, and police reporting,” said Susan Holt, PsyD, LMFT, the Center’s manager of the STOP Violence Program. “By providing housing assistance, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is taking the vital step forward to protect, save, and empower victims of violent crimes.”

The third grant, from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Victims of Crime, provides funding to expand STOP’s data-collecting operation. STOP will begin surveying care providers and survivors in Los Angeles to understand the most effective means of assisting LGBT survivors of crime. The Los Angeles LGBT Center is also asking anyone in Los Angeles who has experienced violent crime to visit their website and fill out a survey.

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The beloved Venice gay bar reopens just in time for Pride.

During May of last year, for a split second in time, Venice citizens thought they were going to have to make due without a neighborhood gay bar. The Venice neighborhood, a famously diverse area, has been going through big changes in the past 10 years as the rent for a slot on the coveted Abbot Kinney Boulevard. keeps growing steeper and steeper, and as chain cafes and designer stores displace some of the older businesses that have helped the neighborhood thrive for years. In the summer of 2017, it looked like the stalwart gay bar, which opened in 1979, would go the way of the dodo. However, with a little help from the Venice community, including Venice Pride founder Grant Turck and Roosterfish’s new owner Mario Vollera, the iconic bar is set to reopen just in time for Venice Pride’s third year in business. To mark the occasion, we caught up with Vollera to talk about getting Roosterfish ready for its second act. Tell me a bit about how you got involved with Roosterfish. I always loved the place. When we saw it was available, we loved the idea of reopening it.

How has the Venice community gotten involved with the re-opening? We got a great support from neighborhood, the Venice Neighborhood Council, Mike Bonin, the Venice Pride committee. Everybody helped! Somehow, we are blessed to live in such an open-minded, caring neighborhood. What did you want to change about Roosterfish? What did you want to keep the same? We want to keep the name and legacy, the history and the personality. Honestly, we didn’t change much. All we had to do was clean it up a little. What are some of your hopes and dreams for the reopening? We hope that the bar is going to work and be busy. The rent on Abbot Kinney is very high and we are counting on the locals in order to make it stick! What kinds of events/special nights are you planning for the future? A lot of surprises to come! What does the history of Roosterfish mean to you? Is a beautiful example of what makes Venice wonderful. The Venice Beach area has always been a cosmopolitan neighborhood that welcomes everybody Roosterfish has been a great, iconic bar for so long, and will hopefully be successful for decades to come.

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Venice Pride’s 3rd Year May Be Its Best Since its beginnings in 2016, Venice Pride has been serving the queer community and striving for excellence.

When it comes to seeing the future, most of us imagine a bleak vision of sunken cities, sex robots, and cold corporate corridors. For those who like to think positive, however, this dire concept of the future is disrupted by visions of flashing lights, Radical Faeries, and gigantic rainbows. “I knew something special was happening,” wrote author Tim Miller in this publication in 2016, “the minute I saw the large goat being led by a wild Radical Faerie through the jammed streets of Venice Beach with the throbbing music of DJ Victor Rodriguez filling the gathering space and a huge conga line including a dancing dog snaking through the large crowd.”

Miller wasn’t alone in seeing the light. His labeling of Venice Pride as “a glimpse of the future” in its first year is emblematic of the positive, can-do attitude of the independent festival that’s now in its third year running. Since 2016, Venice Pride hasn’t just been a three-day celebration during the first weekend in June. It’s been an actual force for change in the Venice community. The celebrations aren’t just about partying: They’re focused on doing good in the community, from the “Beach, Please” yearly beach cleanup to Venice Pride Founder Grant Turck’s instrumental role in helping the iconic gay bar Roosterfish reopen after a brief, tragic closure. Three years in, Venice Pride seems intent on topping itself. This year’s main events center around not only Roosterfish’s grand reopening, but Venice’s role as one of the first cities to fly the United We Pride flag, the largest free-flying rainbow flag in history. “The flag is being manufactured right now.” Said Turck, who was responsible for reaching out to the San Francisco Pride organizers to bring the flag to Venice before it embarks on its world tour. “It’s 1,047 by 30 feet, and the largest Pride flag that’s been flown so far has

This year, Venice Pride enters its third year of celebrations.

been a 1,033 square foot banner in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. I’m meeting with the British Consulate to help them get on board. It might end up in Buckingham Palace!” That’s not all. In addition to the yearly sign lighting, where Venice’s businesses and community members “adopt” one of the bulbs that lights up the Venice Pride sign, the beach cleanup, and Gaywatch, this year features a takeover of the basement tavern, a Drag Brunch, and a cabaret-style late show. To kick things off, the United We Pride flag will have a raising ceremony while the Trans Choir of L.A. performs “Over the Rainbow.” All this packed into one weekend.

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“I’m really excited about the Rainbow flag, the visual aspect of that.” Turck said. “I love the sign lighting with the huge flag there.We’ll have disco balls, and we’ll totally transform Windward Avenue into Studio 54. Studio 54 West.” During the Roosterfish grand reopening, Turck has arranged to set up “interactive, primarily cash-based, but gay and fabulous” GayTMs, modeled after those of the ANZ bank in Australia. The bigger and more fabulous Venice Pride gets, it stays true to its core identity as a celebration that takes the concept of Pride to heart. If Venice Pride truly is a window to the future, we have nothing to fear.

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Thelma Houston is a Powerful Voice for Change The Grammy winner will headline at this year’s Venice Pride.

In 1977, Thelma Houston’s cover of “Don’t Leave Me This Way” first hit the air, becoming an instant classic and garnering the singer a devoted queer fan base. One year later, her recording would earn her a Grammy and a place in history as the first female recording artist on the Motown label to win the award. Houston’s iconic rendition of the song almost didn’t happen. To celebrate Houston’s upcoming Venice Pride performance June 2, we spoke with the legendary singer about what Pride means to her. THE PRIDE: What does Pride, and the queer community in general, mean to you? THELMA HOUSTON: Well, I’ve been performing at these different Pride festivals

for years. What I mean by that is, I’ve been doing work or being supportive of the LGBTQ+ community for many, many years because they have been supportive of me. Because when my song came out, “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” it got a lot of support from the community. Perhaps because the song was very popular in the clubs at that time. However, as far as my participation goes, when the AIDS scare happened, when we didn’t even know what it was called, we didn’t have a name for it at that time. I had lots of friends, my hairdressers, coat designers, a lot of my friends were in the community, and when it hit, we didn’t know what was going on. We all did things to volunteer, helping in ways that we could. As a result of that, it had to become more organized. We had to get the government involved and try to first of all find out what it was. There was a lot of progress made since that time. We still don’t have a cure for it, and I’ve continued to fight and do what I can. We need to be more educated. And also I’m supporting the community in terms of how far we’ve gone when it comes to acceptance. Same-sex marriage and

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other areas where we realize that people are people, and everybody should have civil rights. That’s why I continue to do what I do. When “Don’t Leave Me This Way” came out, was it an instant Gay anthem? I wouldn’t say it was an overnight thing. But probably from the time it was released until about six months – that was a long time ago! When “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” came out, “Don’t Leave Me This Way” was pretty popular in the clubs, and the film had a disco theme. I don’t think it had hit the charts yet. But they played it in the movie, and I think that had a lot to do with it as well. I was not the first person to record the song. It was originally recorded by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. And I was on Motown Label. They were on Philly International. That song, I believe, is probably one of the first songs to be recorded on a Motown label and go as big as it did without being a Motown song. So that was very unusual at that time, to have a remake of someone else’s song to be a hit

on the Motown label. And I hate the fact, also at that time, the DJs and clubs were starting to get a lot of leverage and power. Because the record companies were finding out, “wow, these clubs where people are

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from page 12 playing music, these DJs can hype these songs up.” So sometimes it was forced onto the radio, sometimes songs wouldn’t even be initially played on the radio. So it was a lot of things that helped to make it popular. It’s nice to hear that it’s considered an anthem! People do call it that, I don’t really know the exact reason. These are all my theories. And I’m saying that because when the song was first released, Mr. Berry Gordy did not think it was a hit. He didn’t think it was strong enough. So it was released very courageously by a woman named Suzanne de Passe, who at that time was the head of the A&R department. She almost had to put her job on the line by saying, ‘this song is a hit, I believe in it.” And then once it got out there in the clubs, that was that. The company got behind it and it became a hit. The following year, I received a Grammy award for it. And a lot of people don’t know this, but I was the first female on the Motown label to receive a Grammy award.

So this year, this country is going through a lot. What are you looking forward to, and what do you think we need to change? I’ll say this. John F. Kennedy was the first person I was able to vote for, and from Kennedy up until now, I’ve voted for several presidents, and in my voting history I have never, ever seen anything like this in the White House. This is a very scary thing. But I do believe that America is strong, and I believe that we can see this through. We have to motivate ourselves to get out and vote. We need more women to get elected. I think that’s what we can do now to start a change. And hopefully this guy won’t be in there for a second term. It’s very, very frightening for me. I have two full-grown children who have children. And I used to think, naively, that when my kids grew up and started their families I’d be free. But then you start to have grandkids, and you start worrying about them. Three of them are out of high school, but I have one kid in high school and that is the most frightening thing. Every day I’m concerned about my grandchildren having to go to school. And what’s going on. It’s something that’s there every single day. It’s such a scary situation. But I do feel that there is hope.

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And not a moment too soon.

To know the work of Bruce LaBruce, the iconic Canadian director responsible for “Hustler White,” “Super 8 ½,” and “Otto, or Up with Dead People,” is to enter a world of chaotic, beautiful queerness with a dash of zombies thrown in. The filmmaker has been creating work since the 1990s, and his latest effort, “The Misandrists,” a hyper-feminist fairy tale that aims to kick patriarchy in the teeth, his camp-icon status is firmly solidified. “The Misandrists,” described as a “feminist terrorist” film and a “campy feminist satire,” is a kind of SCUM Manifesto on speed: A vision of the world as created by TERFS and Kathleen Hanna-esque punks thirsty for blood. Needless to say, it’s exquisite. We caught up with LaBruce to ask him a few questions about – what else? – toppling the patriarchy. How long have you been working

on the idea of "The Misandrists?" I wrote the script for The Misandrists at the end of 2015/beginning of 2016, but it’s an idea that had been germinating for quite a while. I studied feminism in University in courses like “Protest Literature and Movements” and “Psychoanalysis and Feminism,” so I already had a solid background in the subject. Some lesbian friends and fans had expressed disappointment that I hadn’t included lesbian characters in The Raspberry Reich, another movie of mine about sexual revolution which came out in 2005, so I had been thinking since then about making a movie about lesbian separatist essentialist feminist terrorists. And I’d always intended to make a film with an almost all-female cast. I wanted to make a film that would pass the Bechdel Test by 1000 percent! What inspired you to tell this particular story at this moment? I’ve been hugely disappointed with the Left of late, and how it has responded to the worldwide conservative regression

we’re currently experiencing, including the rise of neo-fascism. A certain tendency on the left is to deal with it using “neo-Stalinist” tactics such as the policing of language and desire, and an adherence to doctrinaire or ideologically-entrenched beliefs, and of course, political correctness. I’m also really annoyed by the whole echo chamber phenomenon, the left’s refusal to even listen to those on the left or right who critique them or challenge their positions, to the point of censure. I think it’s important for the left to both develop more of a sense of humour about itself, and to be more auto-critical. The Misandrists supports certain leftist, feminist, and queer ideas, but it also critiques them, pokes fun at them, and challenges them. But the film also advances certain ideas about gender politics and feminism that rarely get discussed in movies.

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from page 17 explored purely masculinist worlds, so it was a real pleasure to delve into a feminine universe. Secondly, I’ve never made a movie almost exclusively set in one location before, which was a real pleasure and luxury. We found this spectacular big old house that was built in the 15th Century or something, and we shot everywhere – the attic, the cellars, the grounds, and interiors upstairs and down. It was a remote location, so the main crew actually slept at the location for the duration of the shoot, around 12 days, and the actors were billeted at nearby hotels. It was very cold in the early spring, and there were only coal ovens to heat the huge house, so there was an element of endurance art to the shoot, and it caused the cast and crew to bond very strongly. The Misandrists is a companion piece to my film The Raspberry Reich, which was also an affectionate critique of the radical left, but it’s very different in terms of style and genre. Do you see "The Misandrists" as pure fantasy, or do you hope it will mobilize audiences? I think “The Misandrists” is fantasy in

In his new film, Bruce LaBruce creates a fantasia of radical feminism.

the way that “The Handmaid’s Tale” is fantasy: it may seem far-fetched, but it touches on lot of social and political tendencies latent in culture that could erupt or even come true. The film isn’t meant to be activist in any conventional sense, but it certainly does encourage women and transgender

Photo: The Misandrists.

people, or any oppressed group, to express their rage and frustration. In the tradition of B-movies, it is meant to tap into these unresolved or repressed feelings and activate or invigorate them. Do you view the film as being

overtly political? I don’t think I’d call the film itself overtly political. The characters are overtly political, and they articulate their politics quite directly in the film. Big Mother is very explicit about her political feminist position when she declares, “equal participation in an iniquitous society is incommensurate with womancipation.” She rejects post-feminism, the strategy of women gaining power in the existing patriarchal system without addressing the corruption an injustices embedded in that system. But the film itself is more of a polemic. It’s an affectionate critique of aspects of feminism and the radical left, but the overall tenor of the film is pro-feminist. However, because it remains ambivalent and ambiguous about its subject, it leaves the audience with more questions than answers. What kind of audience response do you hope for with this film? I hope people are entertained by it, or even inspired by it, but I also hope it sparks debate and even anger. Walk-outs are always welcome. What's next for you? My next feature film, which is in the process of financing, will be a modern retelling of the Narcissus myth set in the early seventies called “Saint-Narcisse.” I’m also threatening to make a sequel to my movie “Hustler White!”

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LGBTQ+ Teens Seek App Friendships Grinder and other apps are moving into new territory.

With the new era of a technology-driven world and the rise of online dating, creating genuine connections outside of the virtual world is becoming more difficult. The chance of a romantic comedy-inspired serendipitous meeting of souls at a local coffee shop or grocery store feels slim to none at the best of times. That chance is even slimmer for an LGBTQ+ person who may not know many other people in the community to connect with. A new study, which was first of its kind, proves that many teens who identify as gay and bi use dating apps for connecting with their peers. The study by Northwestern University collected data from online surveys of 200 gay and bi teens ranging in ages 14-17 who were sexually active and found that over half of them were using apps like Grindr (21+) and Scruff (18+) to meet potential sexual

Studies show that queer teens are using Grindr to find friendship.

partners and friends. Although sex was a reason for using apps like Grindr, forging friendships with other LGBTQ+ teens their age was also a major factor. Even with the advantage of being a teen-

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ager in school where one is always exposed to others of the same age, the loneliness doesn’t seem to escape them since a study from Northwestern University published in the Journal of Adolescent Health states

more than half of sexually active young gay and bi men use dating apps to find not only romantic encounters but also friendship. The study also shone a light on how the subjects were also likelier to get tested for STIs while using such apps. "The sooner we understand the role these apps play in the lives of gay and bisexual teen guys, the sooner we will be able to tailor sex education and HIV prevention efforts for this population and help them live healthier lives," said Dr. Kathryn Macapagal, an author of the study, to the Chicago Tribune. According to popular online dating site eHarmony, it’s not just young gay and bi teens who are taking advantage of apps and sites for meeting people with 20 percent of committed couples in the United States meeting online and an even higher number utilizing the site. Although the days of LGBTQ+ club meetings and other in-person activities meant for socializing aren’t entirely obsolete, the rise of online apps for meeting people has definitely become a major component in people’s lives, young and old alike.

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Ji Strangeway

The queer author spoke at this year’s ClexaCon.

Writer and filmmaker Ji Strangeway is the author of “Red as Blue,” a new hybrid graphic novel with illustrations by Juan Fleites. The story, set in the 1980s, follows June Lusparian, a young Mexican-Armenian teen living in a fictional town in Colorado. As June maneuvers through her teenage years, she encounters the struggles of growing up gay and discovering who she truly is. The book is layered with characters and cultures that are as unique as the story itself. Ji Strangeway’s Vietnamese background is often the topic of discussion from others to her as a storyteller, although her writing is based on the authentic ideas from her individuality. “‘Red as Blue’ talks a lot about this environment that I grew up, which is this Chicano culture and the Mexican-American experience. But I chose to express that because there’s something in it that I needed to tell. I

could have made the main character Asian but it isn’t about an Asian experience,” Strangeway explained. “As a storyteller, I tell what moves me first before I tell the story about my Asian experience.” The character of June Lusparian in “Red as Blue” is not only Mexican but also comes from Armenian heritage. “When I tell a story about a Mexican-Armenian girl, it’s not the central focus of the film. She just happens to be authentic and different,” Strangeway said. “But I’m also telling that story from the experience of having Armenian friends and knowing that in Armenian culture, many believe there is no such thing as ‘gay.’ And when you’re a gay Armenian, often your life is in the closet.” The character in Strangeway’s film “Nune” is also of Mexican-Armenian descent, but takes place in modern day whereas “Red as Blue” takes place in the 80s. Strangeway was also a speaker at ClexaCon 2018’s Creative Activism panel. She stated how she never considered herself an activist until she realized that by openly being her authentic self in life and her work, it was a form of activism. The panel discussed

the importance of filling the empty roles of diverse characters that are missing on screen. Strangeway as a filmmaker and writer herself stressed the importance of filling those roles but with authenticity and genuine individuality versus creating token characters. In the modern age fighting for representation is a little easier through social media with filmmakers and writers connecting to new audiences and finding strength in garnered support for content that wouldn’t fit the mainstream mold. Ji Strangeway as an independent filmmaker embraces the tool social media is for LGBTQ+ content creators, stating “it is a powerful weapon.” She continued, “We don’t create for a thumbs up or a like. But if you get beyond that, it’s the most liberating platform to reach people you would have never otherwise reached and the sharing aspect of it is phenomenal.” “Red as Blue” is available through online retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Photos: ILDK.

Media. Ji Strangeway is the author of the graphic novel “Red is Blue.”

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VENICE PRIDE – MUSIC

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RuPaul’s L.A.DragCon Enters 4th Year

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. RuPaul and World of Wonder’s fourth annual DragCon event brought over 50,000 drag enthusiasts and participants to the L.A. Convention Center. The monumental spike in attendance (up 500 percent since its inaugural one in 2015) is telling of an era in which freedom of expression and the ability to be oneself is more important than ever. And there is no emblem of being outspoken for this cause quite like a drag queen, the likes of which attracted all ages to see their favorite personalities in the pancaked-makeup (no tea, no shade) flesh. With over 350 exhibitor booths to overwhelm the senses, the three-day extravaganza included runway performances, signings, panel discussions and the opportunity to take a picture in the actual and illustrious Werkroom from the show itself. With a welcoming sign outside that said “Shantay This Way,” another Instagram-worthy word choice in the form of a LOVE sign-esque font encouraged, “EVERYBODY SAY LOVE.” And that is, fundamentally, what Drag-

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The L.A. Drag Convention has entered its 4th year.

Con is all about. Having a safe space to show love for other queens and what they do (that is, when they’ve forgotten about the latest drama long enough not to be so shady). As recapped by Metro Public Relations, “The convention featured top talent for performances, meet and greets, panels and

more, including: RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Bianca Del Rio, Trixie Mattel, Billy Eichner, Alaska 5000, Jinkx Monsoon, Alyssa Edwards, Aquaria, Asia O’Hara, Blair St. Clair, Dusty Ray Bottoms, Eureka, Kalorie Karbdashian Williams, Kameron Michaels, Mayhem Miller, Miz Cracker, Monét X Change, Bebe Zahara Benet, Raja, Sharon Needles,

Violet Chachki, Sasha Velour, Chad Michaels, Ross Mathews,Yeardley Smith, Tokyo Stylez, Hannah Hart, and World of Wonder co-founders and DragCon creators Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey.” Plus many more, all there to celebrate and honor the only just now adequately revered art form. If you missed out on the L.A. edition, fret not. Tickets are on sale for the second annual DragCon in New York City, to take place September 28-30 at the Javits Center. Even if you did attend already, there’s always something innovatively fishy worth seeing at this event.

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New Work From John Cameron Mitchell The “Hedwig” creator has a new queer film out this summer.

It started with the genderqueer character Hedwig from “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” an Off-Broadway hit that later premiered on Broadway and was adapted into a film in 2001. Following in “Hedwig’s” glittery footsteps were indie queer films like “Shortbus” in 2006 and “Rabbit Hole” in 2010. Now, after an almost 10-year hiatus, the man behind it all, John Cameron Mitchell, is at last premiering a new queer project called “How to Talk to Girls at Parties.” The film premiered at Cannes last year and made its debut in the United States on May 25, starring Elle Fanning as an alien visiting Earth and Nicole Kidman as Queen Boadicea. Kidman’s Vivienne Westwood-inspired aesthetic in the film is reminiscent of David Bowie’s Jareth the Goblin King in 1986’s “Labyrinth.” The film is based on the story of the same

name written by Neil Gaiman in 2006. The new film adaption is written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell and features A-list stars instead of the usual less-experienced LBGTQ+ performers Mitchell showcased in former indie films. Yet the stars of this film still takes on themes of prior works of Mitchell’s and embody the flamboyance, colorfulness and sexual fluidity, including pansexual characters who follow their sacral chakra radiating from their pelvic region. Just as Gaiman’s story is based on a group of British teens, the film adaptation follows suit by taking place in South London with Alex Sharpe’s character Enn running into a group of extraterrestrials in town for research. Mitchell told INTO that he wants to embrace the British sense of humor that he loves and that British actors tend to present a lot less of that infamous Hollywood diva behavior than their American counterparts. Among the group of aliens is Kidman’s Queen Boadicea and Fanning’s Zan. Wanting to see a new world and a new life, although hers isn’t exactly conventional, Zan rebels from her extraterrestrial peers in search of adventures from the outside world, which

Photo: How to Talk to Girls at Parties.

John Cameron Mitchell is finally back with a queer adaptation of a Neil Gaiman story.

she refers to as “the punk.” In true romantic fashion, the connection between Enn and Zan allows them to travel between worlds. “The more and more we try to separate ourselves, the more we’re going to all be in our own little category with our own per-

sonal label alone and then Trump wins. Steve Bannon laughs while we destroy our allies so you know for me, it’s very much about finding common cause,” he told INTO. “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” is now open at the Hollywood ArcLight.

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June 2, 2018

A special full day of screenings and panels with previews of documentaries about the history of the West Hollywood Aquatics Team, AIDS activist Connie Norman, and the creators of the rainbow flag. The “One City, One Pride” kickoff features a free staged reading of “Dear Harvey” from Celebration Theatre. The One City One Pride Day of History on Saturday, June 2, 2018, is a full day of activities – including sneak peeks at new documentaries about the West Hollywood Aquatics Team and transgender AIDS activist Connie Norman, as well as an opportunity to meet and hear from some of the original rainbow flag makers. The event runs from 1:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the City’s Council Chambers/Public Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Blvd. For more information and to RSVP, visit https://pride. weho.org/one-city-one-pride-2018/2018/6/2/ one-city-one-pride-day-of-history

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and choir members from Conspirare will share the story behind creating the Grammy-nominated masterwork Considering Matthew Shepard in an intimate evening of song and conversation at the City’s Council Chambers/Public Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Blvd. Like many people, Craig Hella Johnson was deeply affected by the death of a young gay Wyoming man in 1998, Matthew Shepard, whose death 20 years ago created a worldwide outpouring of grief and sense of injustice. Admission is free, but RSVP is requested at www.eventbrite.com/e/one-cityone-pride-our-journey-with-matthew-shepard-tickets-45605383931.

June 22-23, 2018

Heroic Lives, a musical based on LGBTQ seniors’ lives created through a workshop process, will be performed on Friday, June 22, 2018 and Saturday, June 23, 2018 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the City’s Council Chambers/ Public Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. Heroic Lives is about the people who changed our world, told by the people who were there. Presented with the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Senior Services

Department through a grant from the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Division, LGBTQ seniors participated in a series of workshops culminating in an evening of songs, stories, and original writing about the individuals who fought for LGBTQ liberation and whose lives were acts of heroism. Admission is free, but RSVP is requested by phone at 323.860.5830 or by email at seniors@lalgbtcenter.org.

June 24, 2018, at 5 p.m.

The world’s first LGBTQ mariachi group will perform a free outdoor concert as part of the City’s Summer Sounds series on Sunday, June, 24, 2018 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. outdoors at Plummer Park, located at 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard. Led by director Carlos Samaniego, Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles also features Natalia Melendez, the first transgender female performer in the history of mariachi. This unique ensemble was created as a haven for mariachi musicians who identify as LGBTQ to perform traditional Mexican regional music in the otherwise “machista” and somewhat discriminating subcul-

ture of the mariachi world. Admission is free, but seating is first-come, first-served. RSVP is requested at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ summer-sounds-mariachi-arcoiris-de-los-angeles-tickets-43721273506.

June 30, 2018

The TransLife LA PoP Up Film Festival is a one-day event on Saturday, June 30, 2018 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the City’s Council Chambers/Public Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. The event will highlight films created by and starring transgender and gender non-conforming filmmakers, artists, actors, and themes. The film festival will kick off with an opening reception, followed by filmmaking/acting workshops, and will conclude with screenings. Admission is free, but RSVP is required at www.popupfilmfestival.org. “One City, One Pride” is organized by the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Division. For complete up-to-date listings, visit www.weho.org/ pride or follow @WeHoArts.

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Long Beach Kicks Off Pride Season

The 35th annual Long Beach Pride celebration came to a head Sunday, May 20 with a Rainbow Run and the parade, concluding the two-day festival. LGBTQ+ running club, the Shoreline Frontrunners of Long Beach, hosted the Rainbow Run — a 5k or 10k along the Long Beach coast that ended at the beginning of the parade route. Local Drag legend and parade announcer Jewels, was there to award run finishers with their medals as they crossed the finish line before she got ready to help host the parade. Grand Marshalls for the parade included: Grand Parade Marshal – Alexandra Billings; “Morris Knight” Political Grand Marshal – Long Beach Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez; Judith Doyle Community Grand Marshal – Reverend John P. Huffmans; Bob Crow Community Grand Marshal – Porter Gilberg; Marilyn Barlow Community Grand Marshal – Jessie Haase and Debbie Lambert; Dr. Robert Garcia Youth Grand Marshal Award – Kobe James; and “Whitey Littlefield” Community Bridge Building Award – Port of Long Beach. A climax of fun for the weekend, Sunday’s

festival was headlined by Sheila E. At the Main stage, Amara La Negra at the Fiesta Caliente stage and Dani Leigh at the Urban Soul Stage. For more information about Long Beach Pride, contact Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride organization at www.longbeachpride.com.

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Mary’s for $11.95 until 3 p.m. They also offer all you can eat tacos every Tuesday for $7.95, and if you’re anything like me, you can probably eat your weight in tacos. My biggest piece of advice: go slow and drink plenty of water. Visit www.fiestacantina.net to check out their other specials.

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Ready to booze it up for Pride? Here’s where to head to. Let’s face it. A lot of people in L.A. are broke most of the time: That “no guacamole with your burrito,” “paycheck-to-paycheck” kind of broke. Some of us have two roommates or two jobs to pay for a one bedroom apartment because rent is seriously a joke (a really mean one at that). However, as much as we complain about the cost of living, ridiculous traffic, and rising gas prices, there’s nowhere else in the world we’d rather be. For those of us on a budget, even though we may live in one of the most expensive cities in the U.S., that doesn’t mean we still can’t have a good time. With that said, here’s your essential pub crawl guide to the cheapest drinks this side of Fairfax.

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First Stop: Happy Hour at Fiesta Cantina Any pub crawl needs to begin with a decent happy hour, and Fiesta Cantina, located at 8865 Santa Monica Blvd., has one of the

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best happy hours in West Hollywood. Seven days a week, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., they offer a 2-for-1 special on all drinks (yes, all drinks.) Their Bottomless Weekends feature bottomless mimosas and bloody

Next Stop: West Hollywood’s Famous Trunks Located at 8809 Santa Monica Blvd., Trunks was the first bar I ever went to in L.A., long before I became a West Hollywood regular. It had everything I needed: cheap drinks and a pool table. (Back in New York, I was a serious pool hustler.) Nearly 15 years later, Trunks is still one of my favorite places to grab a drink. Beyond having a great staff that adds to its appeal as your friendly, neighborhood bar, Trunks also offers a solid variety of spirits for a fraction of the price. They’ve got Lagunitas, Stella Artois, Blue Moon, Corona, Bud Light, and Coors on tap for no more than $6, as well as Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon for a whopping $4 a glass. I’m

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from page 34 a fan of their house cocktails, which range from $9 for the Trunks Margarita, Sex on the Beach, and Trunks Clementine to $12 for their Old Fashioned and Signature Cosmopolitan. Trunks also offers a different happy hour for just about every day of the week. Visit west.hollywood.trunksbar.com to get their full menu. Final Stop: West Hollywood’s First Sports Bar, GYM Bar A fellow West Hollywood regular and very good friend of mine introduced me to GYM bar a few months ago, and it’s now become one of my favorite bars in L.A. Located at 8737 Santa Monica Blvd., GYM bar is known in West Hollywood as one of the only sports bars and decent places to play darts with just the right amount of dive. If sports aren’t your thing, they’ve got one helluva karaoke night every Monday. Disclaimer: the people who karaoke at GYM bar, including their bartender Josh, sound like they literally came straight from Broadway. (I sang “Wonderwall” by Oasis and instantly regretted it.) From 9 p.m. to close, on nearly every day of the week, they offer great deals on their drinks. On Sundays, they have $4 Pabst Blue Ribbon

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and $7.50 Three Olives cocktails. To kick off the work week, on Mondays they have $7.50 Three Olives Vodka and $4 bottles of Bud and Bud Light. Tuesdays offer $6 well drinks, $3 pints, and $11 pitchers of Miller Lite and Coors Light. Visit www.gymsportsbar.com for more drink specials. Encore: Five Guys to Soak Up All that Booze Right next to GYM Bar is one of my favorite sandwich staples, Five Guys. Anyone who’s had their fair share of drunken nights knows that there’s nothing better to sober you up than grease and carbs, and Five Guys offers just that and so much more. They’re simple, to the point, and hit the spot. My final words of advice: take a friend, drink responsibly, and don’t Snapchat anything you’ll regret in the morning.

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The Netflix show, initially considered a throwaway teen melodrama, offers some of the most impactful criticism on television.

Had you told me a year ago that the only thing getting me through the trials and travesties of the Trump administration, the weekly school shootings, and consistent nuclear threats that define American life today was a show about angsty teens adapted from a young adult novel, I would have spat in your eye.That’s no exaggeration.Then again, a lot of things none of us had ever thought possible have come to pass, and we’ve greeted them with a mixture of anxiety and denial. Netflix’s second season of “13 Reasons Why,” a show about teen suicide, is one of the many unexpected cultural events of the past year. Unlike anything else currently happening in America, the show

seems to actually have the potential to change things for the better. On the face of it, “13 Reasons Why” is a show about a very small story. A teenage girl commits suicide due to a lethal mix of bullying, rape, and depression.The show, of course, begins after she’s long gone, with the cast trying to come to grips with the part they may or may not have played in the drama of her life.The ‘reasons’ Hannah Baker, the suicidal teen in question, notes, are all actually people. People who have, in one way or another, let her down. After the show’s first season, when the 13 reasons were plotted out as 13 episodes, each giving voice to one specific incident or relationship that hurt Hannah, viewers imagined the show would not continue.What more was there to talk about? With the return of the show in its triumphant second season, we find out what the show is actually about. Not just a single life or a single death, but accountability, subjectivity, the impossibility of saving a life that isn’t your own, and all the ways and reasons that we still need to try to do so.“13 Reasons Why,” despite its dire premise, is a show about the future.And it’s hopeful. At the start of Season 2, the kids who all, due to their cruelty, self-absorption, or teenage cluelessness, caused Hannah Baker to die, switch from

“13 Reason Why” covers gun violence, suicidal ideation, and coming out in its second season.

villains to anti-heroes. It’s a subtle difference, but an important one.The lesbian student who threw Hannah under the bus to stay in the closet ends up coming out on the stand. The fair-weather friend who, rather than come to terms with her own rape, dropped Hannah unceremoniously, ends up naming both her and Hannah’s rapist on the stand.

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And erstwhile hero Clay, who loved Hannah but didn’t fight for her hard enough, manages to serve Hannah’s memory, help his manic-depressive girlfriend, and prevent a school shooting while helping a friend kick his heroin addiction. “Babysitter’s

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Club” this is not. Neither, however, is it one of those preachy, formulaic stories of high school life, where drug addicts, suicidally depressed kids, and rapists are secondary subject matter. In “13,” trauma is the main event, and it creates a bond between Clay and his friends that, despite painful differences and betrayals, saves them all from following in Hannah’s tragic footsteps. There’s a certain bravery about a show like “13” that isn’t exploitative of the “Me Too” movement and doesn’t ignore certain truths in favor of a neat ending. Instead of running away from pain and trauma and leaving everyone in their own, tortured head, the show pushes characters together, even uncomfortably so, to the point where you realize that the only thing they can do to survive the past year is to love each other.They do so clearly and without fear. In the middle of a school dance during the final episode, Clay wanders onto the dance floor after the DJ plays a song that reminds him of Hannah. One by one, his friends join him, until they’ve created a protective circle around him. Men, women, LGBTQ+, straight, popular kids, rejects: All come together not to protect Clay from his sorrow, but to join him in it, and to turn it into strength.This scene is the thing that most clearly drives home the idea of American life as it must be lived in this desperate moment, if any of us are to survive: A mournful huddle of hurt people, standing together, crying and holding on for dear life.

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The Poetry Brothel is an interactive literary experience dressed up as a decadent brothel. Poets performing under pseudonyms offer private, one-on-one readings of their original work in candlelit back rooms…for money. The main stage presents an immersive literary cabaret that fuses poetry, burlesque, live music, vaudeville, aerials, performance art, visual art, magic, and mysticism. On the patio, the troupe also offers Tarot, palmistry, typewriter poetry, handmade jewelry, poetic gemstones, and the occasional surprise performance! The El Cid tapas kitchen and bar will be open for dinner and drinks throughout. The Poetry Brothel was created in New York City in 2007 and has toured the world many times before establishing permanent residence in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berlin, Paris, and Barcelona. This month's theme is “Wilde Pride,” celebrating all things Dandy, Dapper, Literary, Snarky, and Queer, honoring the legacy of Oscar Wilde. When asked for comment, Mr. Wilde said: “You can never be overdressed or overeducated. But, let's try for both!” The 21+ event will take place on Sunday, June 10. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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His name was Nino. Most of the time, he went by Nino Fortson, but in the community of Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ ballroom scene, he was also known as Nino Blahnik and Nino Starr. After he was shot to death on Sunday, the first media reports on the murder of misgendered and deadnamed the 36-year-old gender-nonconforming Atlantan. His friends and family took to social media to express their sorrow for Forston’s death and their outrage over the disregard for his identity, rallying around the hashtag #JusticeForNino. For many in Atlanta’s queer community, the first time they heard the news of Nino’s death was through a Facebook post on the profile of Kamaro Blahnik, the founder of a national LGBT community provider called the House of Blahnik. The post referred to Fortson by both he/him and she/her pronouns, and called Fortson “my son.” According to Blahnik, Fortson walked the “Butch Realness” category at balls. The Atlanta Police Department (APD) has made efforts do better with the transgender community, spearheaded by lesbian chief Erika Shields. As a part of its Community Oriented Policing Section, APD now employs LGBT liaisons officers who assist with cases involving members of the LGBT community. “Our preliminary investigation did not in any way indicate that this individual identified as transgender,” said Atlanta police spokesperson Carlos Campos. “And we had no evidence that such an identification played any role in this death. But given the issues

that are being raised publicly, we are going to engage our LGBT liaisons to work with our homicide unit and see if there’s some angles that need to be looked at.” Witnesses at the scene of Fortson’s death described an argument between Forston, two perceived men, and two perceived women. “During the argument, the victim pulled a small gun from her pocket and fired into the air,” reads an official Atlanta police statement sent to them. “The witness said he then walked away, but a short time later heard more gunshots and looked back to see the victim on the ground, and one of the males limping away.” Fortson’s murder marks the 10th known transgender homicide this year, and the first transgender man of the group. According to a report released by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the Trans People of Color Coalition, 2017 was the deadliest year on record for transgender people. This held true for Atlanta and Georgia as well. “Last year was the highest record of violence against trans people in the metro Atlanta area and in the state of Georgia,” Zahara Green, executive director of the Atlanta-based nonprofit Transcending Barriers, said to them. The epidemic of violence against trans people is made worse by the lack of statewide protections. “There are no protections for hate crimes in the state, no anti-discrimination protections for housing or education,” said Green. “And that puts trans people in the dangerous situation of having to survive on the streets of Atlanta.”

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