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Dust off your pink, purple and blue blue flags because it is Pride season again. Bi Pride, that is!

Local organization amBi, along with the City of West Hollywood, Human Rights Campaign LA, and ACLU of Southern California, is hosting the first annual Bi Pride Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 1:30 p.m. The event will start with a rally at the West Hollywood Park Auditorium, continue with a Bi Visibility Walk through the heart of WeHo and conclude with a party back at the 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. The Pride L.A. spoke with Lawrence-Tourinho about the importance of the Bi Pride celebration and bisexual visibility/representation overall.

The Pride L.A.: In one sentence, what is Bi Pride?

Ian: Bi Pride is an occasion for bi people and friends to celebrate our community, increase our visibility, take a stand against biphobia and bi erasure and have fun while doing it.

What does amBi hope to accomplish with the celebration?

Bi people deserve a chance to feel proud of the diversity and beauty of our community.

We deserve a chance to be centered, to have our needs and concerns addressed, to feel welcome. amBi had to work hard for years to make more bi people feel comfortable at L.A. LGBT Pride. Just a few years ago, we used to get booed by lesbians and gays when we’d march in the parade.They’d yell biphobic things like “pick a side!”, “stop lying!”, “bullsh#t!” and a bunch of other stuff you probably can’t print.

That doesn’t happen anymore because we have big numbers and we make sure we're having fun. Our subliminal message is always a self-assured “you wish you were part of our group.”

We make sure we don’t ask people for their acceptance anymore – no more protest signs and such.We’re here, we’re happy, we’re a large, dynamic, and beautiful community. But we’re always just one contingent out of more than a hundred. Not everyone notices. And no one group has a right to say they represent The Bi Community, they only represent themselves.

The Bi Pride is a chance for people to participate who may or may not be part of amBi.This event done in partnership with the City of West Hollywood. Bi activists have been working for years to try to make the City more inclusive.

They have a Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board and, more recently, a Trans Advisory Board that looks out for the needs and concerns of those communities in the city. As usually happens with these things, the bi community seems to come last. Bi people don’t necessarily feel comfortable and welcome in West Hollywood.

Photo: Courtesy Mimi Hoang | amBi.

The first annual Bi Pride Celebration is set to take place on Saturday, Sept. 22 to promote bisexual visibility.

Too often, we get heckled in the bars - even when we go out on LGBT Pride weekend.With Bi Pride, amBi wants to signal that bi people belong here too and that we have a right to show up in West Hollywood as our full selves.

I’d like to thank the Lesbian & Gay Advisory Board for their part in making this whole celebration possible. We’re also grateful to HRC LA and the ACLU of Southern California for their support of the event and for helping get the word out.

Who is the celebration intended for?

The celebration is, of course, for bi people, our friends and allies. But it’s also for those who don’t know us yet. Every person who sees the Bi Visibility Walk will have to make a bit more space in their mental landscape for bi people. This celebration is also a chance for people who are unfamiliar with our community to get to know us a bit better by attending and, in future years, by exhibiting.

Why is Bi visibility so important?

Bi people make up at least half of the LGBT community by identity. If you count by behavior or attraction, we’re even more. But because you can’t readily see that someone is bi, people assume we are gay or straight depending on the gender of the person we are dating. Bisexuality doesn’t even cross people’s minds. Most people in our culture see their sexuality as defined by a rigid gender binary and bi people don’t fit that mold. It confuses people. Most can’t even conceptualize bisexuality because that all-important dividing line between sexes is missing – it makes some people downright angry and fuels biphobia. Monosexuals (folks

who are only attracted to one sex) question if we exist because they literally cannot conceptualize bisexuality. People don’t see bisexuality when it’s right before their eyes. With the emphasis on identity labels that has grown in popularity with social media, people and the media seem to require a formal declaration of bisexuality to take someone’s bi identity seriously. And that declaration must be repeated over and over. It’s an absurdly high threshold that other sexualities and identities are not held to. Earlier this year Janelle Monae said she was bi, but at some point she said she saw the word pansexual and felt that word described her too. The way the media took it, the word too meant she disavowed bi identity and had moved on. Meanwhile, pansexuality really isn’t all that different an identity. People just love to erase bisexuality whenever they’re given a chance. Bi Erasure is the opposite of Bi Visibility.

It leads people to dismiss and erase bi history, our contributions, but most importantly our present. Did you know Freddie Mercury was bi? Did you know that Sappho of Lesbos who gave us the words “Sapphic" and “Lesbian" was bi? Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, famous trans pioneers who were at Stonewall? Yes, also bi. And yet the common attitude in LGBT circles is that bi people don’t exist, haven’t contributed to the fight for LGBT rights and other such blatant untruths.Visibility is important because erasure hurts. It hurts on an individual level by leaving bi people feeling isolated and alone. It hurts on a systemic level because organizations, cities, and society at large sidelines us and our needs, acts in ways that are hostile to bi people. Just to put some numbers to this,

bi in-visiblity and the myth that our community doesn’t need the same services and considerations has some startling results. Did you know that a study of LGBT grants found that in 2016 outside organizations contributed over $22 million to trans-specific funding, over $4 million to Lesbian-specific funding, over $9 million to gay male-specific funding, but all of $300 (yes, three-hundred dollars) to bi-specific funding!

That’s shocking. Particularly when you dig a bit and find out that bi people have worse health disparities (higher depression, anxiety, suicide, poverty, etc, than gays and lesbians). Bi Visibility is important so we can finally be treated like people who aren’t invisible.

What would you say to people who are closeted or questioning?

If you are closeted because it is unsafe for you or your livelihood, that’s legitimate. If you have the ability, please try to get yourself into environments where you can at least be out to a few people. Being able to live openly isn’t just about taking a stand against discrimination, it’s also about our own mental health. Having to compartmentalize core parts of ourselves, tell white lies, avoid conversations, change pronouns when referring to our loved ones. All that hurts. It leaves us feeling alienated and is a cause of significant stress which affects our overall mental and physical health. Find community! Find people who accept your sexuality and understand you. That’s what amBi is here for.

If you can’t find community in person, you can now find community online via social media.

To those who are questioning, I’d say give yourself permission to be yourself. A good part of the fear you’re feeling is stigma. It’s understandable. Find an environment that is safe and comfortable for you to explore and learn about yourself. Personally, I’d suggest doing so in a space that isn’t all about sex. Make friends.

Be in environments where there is no stigma to being yourself, where people accept that not everyone has the same sexual orientation.

Whatever sexual orientation you may or may not have is just one component of what makes you as a person. But letting that part of you exist – without shame – is literally a path to being a more complete and happy person.

What can patrons/guests of the celebration expect?

This event is intended to be fun. You get to create a ruckus down the main drag of West Hollywood, laugh, meet people, make all the noise you want. You get to party and socialize and experience a big room full of bi people.

Afterwards we all get to take over the bars of WeHo. This is the first event of this kind. You get to be part of history. When this becomes a tradition that has spread to other places, you

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Bisexual visibility has been part of the fight for LGBTQ+ rights since the early ‘60s.

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The Long Fight for Bisexual Visibility BiPOL, one of the first national organizations for bisexual awareness, made way for a host of bi resources in California.

We all know the obnoxiously ubiquitous “Sex and the City” quote about bisexuality, as summarized by Carrie Bradshaw: “It’s just a stop on the way to gay town.”

Sadly, the one-liner has stuck around to misrepresent the bi population for decades, a painful reminder for bi-identified members of the queer community that they’ll never truly be accepted or seen.

Not unless there’s some drastic progress made in the fight for visibility, that is.

The thing is, the road toward bisexual visibility has been long and hard-won. To this day, bi-identified folks feel constantly left out, misunderstood and straight-out shunned.

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Dolores Del Rio, a Hollywood star during the ‘20s and ‘30s, was a member of the infamous “Sewing Circle,” a meetup group for bisexual women.

Bisexual Angelenos have a long history of feeling left out and stigmatized by gay and lesbian circles. “Bisexual women complain they are leered at by straight men and rejected by some lesbians as sexual ‘tourists’ who will abandon them for men,” wrote the Los Angeles Times in 2013. “Bisexual men, in turn, struggle to persuade men and women alike that they aren't just gay

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National HIV/ AIDS and Aging Awareness Day: Important Sexual Health for LGBTQ+ Elderly.

The AIDS Institute wants you to know that age is not a condom.

Tuesday, Sept. 18 was the 10th anniversary of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day. People over the age of 50 account for 47 percent of Americans living with diagnosed HIV, according to the Center for Disease Control.

People Living With Diagnosed HIV by Age, 2015 in the U.S.

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Staying Informed

“The HIV epidemic is dominated by older adults aging with HIV,” said Stephen Karpiak, PhD, Senior Director for Research for the ACRIA Centers at Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC).

“These folks are experiencing significantly more illnesses associated with aging than is typical.This heavy burden of disease, including HIV, is challenging how we care for these older adults, many of whom are long-term survivors.”

OnThe AIDS Institute launched National HIV/ AIDS and Aging Awareness Day 10 years ago in an effort to raise awareness of the alarming increase in the number of older adults becoming infected with HIV as well as those older adults over 50 aging with HIV. The campaign highlights the complex issues related to HIV prevention, care and treatment for aging populations in the United States.

“While there is a growing awareness that there is a critical need for both more services for, and more research about, older adults living with and affected by HIV, our nation is not fully prepared for the medical and social implications of this growing population,” Karpiak said.

Existing research on appropriate treatment is limited, and HIV and AIDS stigma are widespread among older communities. Moreover, the myth that older adults are not sexually active causes a serious barrier to prevention and care.

In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported persons aged 50 and older accounted for approximately: • 18 percent of new HIV diagnoses • 26 percent of persons living with HIV • 27 percent of all AIDS diagnoses • 59 percent of all deaths of persons with AIDS According to the CDC, older people in the United States are more likely than younger people to have late-stage HIV infection at the time of diagnosis.This means that they start treatment late and possibly suffer more immune-system

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damage. Late diagnoses can occur due to elderly stigmas. Health care providers may not always test older people for HIV infection. Older people also may not consider themselves to be at risk of HIV infection or may mistake HIV symptoms for those of normal aging. Among people aged 55 and older who received an HIV diagnosis in 2015, 50 percent had HIV over four years before diagnosis. This is the longest diagnosis delay for any age group.

“We know that older people living with HIV and AIDS are presenting our community with a host of new challenges—and opportunities,” GMHC CEO Kelsey Louie said. “We want to continue to be a place where these folks feel supported and where we can connect them with the appropriate care.”

HIV Data

People aged 50 and older accounted for 17 percent (6,812) of the 39,782 new HIV diagnoses in 2016 in the United States. People aged 50 to 54 accounted for 43 percent (2,959) of the new diagnoses among people aged 50 and older.b Among people aged 50 and older, blacks/African Americans accounted for 42 percent of all new HIV diagnoses in 2016. Whites accounted for 37 percent, Hispanics/Latinos accounted for 18 percent, and other races/ethnicities accounted for 4 percent.

Among people aged 50 and older, 49 percent of new HIV diagnoses in 2016 were among gay

and bisexual men, 15 percent were among heterosexual men, 24 percent were among heterosexual women, and 12 percent were among people who inject drugs.e From 2011 to 2015, HIV diagnoses among all people aged 50 and older decreased by 7 percent.

In 2016, 35 percent of people aged 50 and older already had late stage infection (AIDS) when they received an HIV diagnosis (i.e., they received a diagnosis late in the course of the infection).

But that percentage has declined since 2011, when 42 percent already had late stage infection.

In 2015, an estimated 47 percent (454,684) of Americans with diagnosed HIV were aged 50 and older. Of these, 38 percent (171,172) were aged 50-54, 29 percent (131,430) were aged 5559, 18 percent (81,438) were aged 60-64, and 16 percent (70,644) were aged 65 and older.

Among all people aged 55 and older with HIV in 2015, 95 percent had received a diagnosis, 69 percent received HIV medical care, 56 percent received continuous HIV care, and 60 percent had a suppressed viral load. By comparison, 86 percent of all people with HIV had received a diagnosis, and 51 percent had a suppressed viral load at the time of their last test. A person with HIV who takes HIV medicine as prescribed and gets and stays virally suppressed can stay healthy and has effectively no risk of sexually transmitting HIV to HIV-negative partners.

In 2015, 2,749 people aged 55 and older died from HIV disease.

Those that think they may have been exposed to the HIV virus can find testing locations close to them at HIV.org and at gettested.cdc.gov.

For more information, visit the Center for Disease Control website at www.cdc.gov/hiv/default.html.

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The 140-foot mural will be on display along Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood until December.

Painted Panels of LGBTQ+ History

There’s a certain crispness in the evening air as one walks down Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood as of late. Days are shortening and the leaves in William S. Hart Park are starting to turn and fall. This is a perfect evening to go for a stroll take in the enormity of the latest City of West Hollywood’s Arts Division instillation.

“A Mecca of Bold, Retold” is a 140-footlong temporary mural by Aaron Glasson that highlights historic figures and significant events in the WeHo’s history. Scheduled to be displayed until the end of the year, the mural exemplifies the diversity and intersectionality that creates the West Hollywood community. The LGBTQ+ community is represented in seven of the 19 panels.

The mural is part of the City’s Art on the Outside program, which installs rotating artworks in public spaces throughout the City. Works include sculpture, murals and other outdoor works. Most works remain on display from between six months and three years, according to the City of West Hollywood website. This instillation was commissioned in celebration of the “Summer on Sunset: A Tribute to the Summer of Love” events promoted by the visitors bureau of the City of West Hollywood.

LGBTQ+ Representation

The seventh panel of the mural recognizes the evolution of the area during the silent film era, as represented in the depiction of Russian immigrant and known bisexual Allah Nazimova. Her mansion, called The Garden of Allah, was located in Los Angeles, just outside of the City of West Hollywood’s border on Sunset Boulevard.

Artists such as Nazimova were early trail-

blazers who set a precedent that attracted other like-minded progressive artists and activists to the area.

In panels 11 and 12, Avant-garde clothing designer Rudi Gernreich’s is depicted. His clothes are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s, consciously pushed the boundaries of acceptable fashion. He used his designs as an opportunity expand society’s perception of what was acceptable.

He was the first to introduce unisex designs and cutouts in clothing and designed the first thong bathing suit, the first swimsuit without a built-in bra, and the topless monokini. Gernreich and his lover Harry Hay co-founded the Mattachine Society, one of the earliest LGBT gay rights organizations in the United States. Their goal was to improve the rights of gay men. Gernreich later lived together in West Hollywood with his partner Oreste Pucciani, who was also a pivotal figure in the gay rights movement, until he died in 1985.

Panel 13 features gay rights activist Henry “Harry” Hay, Jr. In 1989, the West Hollywood City Council named him as Honorary Citizen of West Hollywood.

Also featured in this panel is actress, singer and gay icon Judy Garland. She lived just north of the Sunset Strip. She is famous for her role as Dorothy Gale in “The Wizard of Oz” (1939). She was the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her live recording “Judy at Carnegie Hall” (1961), according to the City of West Hollywood website.

Panel 16 highlights the early days of the gay rights movement. The LGBTQ+ community in Los Angeles experienced the first gay-rights protests after officers beat gay patrons and arrested 14 people for

The mural, “A Mecca of Bold, Retold” features LGBTQ+ content in seven of the 19 panels.

same-sex kissing at the Black Cat bar on New Year’s Day in 1967. The first L.A. Pride Parade was organized in 1970 to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots.

Panel 17 takes us to 1984, the origin year of the City of West Hollywood. An unlikely coalition of LGBT activists, seniors and renters came together with progressive policies and strong tenants’ rights protections. The city was officially incorporated as an independent city on November 29, 1984.

Panel 18 looks at the current state of the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting L.A. Pride and the Resist March. In 2017, the colorful floats that were typically seen in

the Pride Parade were replaced with people marching for human rights. The Resist March, harkening back to the roots of the original Pride Parade, was a demonstration of fighting for human rights, inspired by the massive women’s marches that took place across the globe the day after President Trump’s inauguration.

This mural is located at William S. Hart Park, located at 8341 DeLongpre Ave. and can be viewed facing Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. For more information, please contact Rebecca Ehemann, the City of West Hollywood’s Public Art Coordinator, at (323) 848-6846 or at rehemann@weho.org.

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The “Gay View” Coming to a TV Near You With the premiere out this past Thursday, “Glitterbomb” is here to build bridges to the everyday gay community.

Like a pesky flake of glitter gleaming on your arm days or weeks after a wild night out at the Abby, LATV’s “Glitterbomb” will stick with you.

“I want something that we say or do to stick,” “Glitterbomb” cohost Alexander Rodriguez said. “I want you to think about it two weeks later and it makes you smile or laugh… And so our tagline is ‘keep calm and glitter on.’”

The daytime talkshow premiered Thursday, Sept. 20. Produces wanted to create something along the lines of the “Gay View,” Rodriguez said.

“What we wanted to set out to do was an all-inclusive show,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez and his other cohosts, Patrick Gomez and Enrique Sapene, are members of the LGBTQ+ community, yet their guests range anywhere on the sexuality spectrum, racial or national identity and come from all walks of life.

“We’re not the go-go boy and drag queen show – which there’s nothing wrong with that at all… there’s a time and place for that – but our show is... we’re the everyday gay person,” Rodriguez said.

With National Hispanic Heritage Month around the corner, “Glitterbomb” takes a look at the intersectionality of the LGBTQ+ community by celebrating and inviting the often-conservative Latinx community to see queer Latinos in a different light.

“We’re the gay person living across the street from you, standing next to you at the grocery store, the person you work with,” Rodriguez said. “We’re normal gay guys. We have our problems. We don’t fit the molds, we don’t fit any of the labels. No stereotypes…”

Rodriguez and fellow cohosts aim to

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educate the community on the diversity of the local community. They found themselves teaching and learning inclusivity from day one on the set.

“The crew and producers – as far as the LGBTQ community goes – had no idea how to speak our language. So we had to learn how to speak their language” Rodriguez said that this included speaking spanish and learning different gradients of the Latinx culture on set as well as teaching them the colloquial deffinition of “guurl.”

“It’s so important to understand your culture and be proud of you culture, but also understand how it mixes into this nation because this nation is made up of so many people,” Rodriguez said.

Over the course of the season, the weekly talkshow will interview celebrities, former Miss USA pagent winners, daytime drama and Latin telenovela actors, reality show competitors and more. Conversation will be fun, fast and sassy.

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The very first Latinx daytime talkshow, “Glitterbomb” airs weekly on LATV.

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For airdates and more information, visit the show’s website at www.latv.com/shows/glitterbomb.

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The Emmy’s Are Gayer Than Ever The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards may have been the most diverse show yet in terms of LGBTQ+ winners and nominees. From RuPaul to “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: An American Crime Story,” queer and trans actors and LGBTQ+ media won big at the 2018 Emmys.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” scored big with three nominations, winning Best Reality-Competition Program and Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. It was also nominated for Best Unstructured Reality Program, losing to “United Shades of America w. Kamau Bell.” In his acceptance speech, Ru Paul said the famous and inspirational closing to his award-winning show: “Listen, if you can’t love yourself, how the hell are young going to love somebody else?” Ru Paul, although controversial for his statements about trans drag queens, has done a lot for the acceptance of queer folks in popular culture.

The Fab Five took home an Emmy for Best Structured Reality Program for Netflix’s critically acclaimed “Queer Eye.” “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: An American Crime Story” also won three Primetime Emmys. Darren Criss won Best Actor Limited Series or TV Movie for his portrayal of Andrew Cunanan, the man who

assassinated Gianni Versace and four others in 1997. It also took home Best Limited Series and Best Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or a Special Thandie Newton, an openly bisexual actress, won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Maeve Millay in HBO’s “Westworld.” Newton made headlines for acceptance speech, saying: “I don’t even believe in God, but I gotta thank Her tonight. I am so blessed.” Her excitement and her emotion during her acceptance speech was a highlight of the evening.

Samira Wiley won Best Guess Actress for her appearance in Hulu show “Handmaid’s Tale.”

Yance Ford, a transgender director, won Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking for his Netflix true crime documentary “Strong Island.”

Many other LGBTQ+ people were nominated, including Sara Paulson for “American Horror Story: Cult,” Lily Tomlin for “Grace and Frankie,” Evan Rachel Wood for “Westworld,” Ricky Martin for “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: An American Crime Story,” Titus Burgess for “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” Kate McKinnon for “Saturday Night Live,” Cherry Jones for “The Handmaid’s Tale and Wanda Sykes for “Black-ish.”

Jane Lynch was nominated for both “Hollywood Game Night” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Ellen DeGeneres was nominated for “Ellen’s Game of Games.” Tim Gunn was also nominated for both Reality or Reality Competition Program and Host for Reality or Reality Competition Program for “Project Runway.”

Director Carrie Brownstein was nominated for “Portlandia.” Benj Pasek was nominated for composing "In The Market For a Miracle" for “A Christmas Story Live!” on FOX. Mark Rivers was

also nominated for composing the song “Totally Gay” for Netflix’s “Big Mouth.”

It is exciting to see so many not only LGBTQ+ roles, but subject matter, actors, writers and directors too being nominated or winning awards at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards. Hopefully other award shows continue this trend and start to recognize LGBTQ+ people in the industry for all the exemplary work that they produce.

The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards ran Monday, Sept. 17 on NBC.

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Tallulah Bankhead was also was a member of the infamous “Sewing Circle,” a meetup group for bisexual women.

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from page 3 men with one foot in the closet. Both are stereotyped as oversexed swingers who cannot be trusted.”

Let’s turn the clock back a bit, to a time when bisexuality, like gayness, existed as a kind of open secret in Hollywood circles. In the ‘20s, ‘30s, and into the ‘40s, queer and bi women and men dominated the film industry, from out-gay stars like Ramon Novarro and William Haines to closeted box office draws like Cary Grant and Greta Garbo.

In the ‘30s and ‘40s, bisexual star Marlene Dietrich went so far as to set up an official meetup for her and her other bisexual friends, known as the “Sewing Circle.”

The group, according to the New York Times, was “made up of Hollywood women who were either bisexual, committed to lesbianism, or just visiting. They met at one an-

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It is estimated that roughly half of the LGBTQ+ community identify as bisexual.

other's houses for lunch, conversation and possibilities. The Sewing Circle sometimes met at the house of Dolores Del Rio, then married to Cedric Gibbons, the MGM art director.”

Before Stonewall, when all queer identities were equally shunned, bisexuality wasn’t just an accepted way of life inside of the LGBT community: It was a method of survival. Many gay and lesbian stars married opposite-sex partners, had loving relationships with them, and also sought out queer relationships on the side. While history tends to label these “marriages of convenience,” there’s also a high chance that, in a less-constrained time period, these marriages still would have occured.

When the LGBT movement started gaining traction in the 1960s, however, bisexual women and men weren’t as easily included in the fight. In the 1980s, the first national organization for bisexual-identified folks, BiPOL, launched in San Francisco as a way to boost visibility. Now known as BiNet, the organization is still going strong, trying to provide bi-identified queers with a way to fight erasure and misrepresentation.

Here in L.A., there have been other, post-Stonewall iterations of the famous Sewing Circle. Perhaps the most visible of these is amBI, an organization that’s been going strong for 12 years. Founded in 2006, amBi has presented L.A.-based bisexual-identified folks with a place to hang out, date, and meet without the stigma presented by larger LGBTQ+ meetups. While the fight for bisexual visibility has a ways to go, it always helps to remember just how instrumental bi activists and artists have been to the movement at large.

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What other events/outreach does amBi do to help the LGBTQ+ community?

Our outreach helps make LGBTQ+ spaces welcoming and safe and accessible for the majority of people under that acronym. When you exclude bi people, don’t specifically invite them in, they aren’t getting your LGBTQ+ health services, HIV prevention, etc. Let’s always keep in mind that there are essentially next to no bi-specific programs or services put on by anyone (other than those put together by bi people themselves) anywhere in world but a lot of programming for the

LOS ANGELES LGBTQ+ community overall and outreach for all the other individual letters in that acronym. That’s not to say those communities don’t need and deserve more, it’s just that right now my community has next to zero.

So amBi is focused on the least-served half of the LGBTQ+. amBi now has chapters in seven cities and participates in Pride on two continents. As I mentioned, bi people being and feeling welcome at LGBT Pride is anything but a given. We hold chats and support groups in most of those cities as well. That helps make LGBT Centers and such spaces welcoming environments for bi people - who can then be reached by the other programs those places offer. We hold all kinds of events from movie nights, holiday parties, brunches, hikes, you name it. amBi is still growing and is, by design, a launchpad of sorts. It’s a place for bi people to

become grounded and strong in their identity.

I look forward to the day when the needs of our community are being addressed and we can shift our focus to helping the LGBTQ+ community at large.

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LIGHTS! CAMERA! QUEERNESS! Long-Beach’s longest running film festival made LGBTQ+ attendees laugh, cry and feel a part of the community.

Long lines of LGBTQ+ people eager to see their community represented on the big screens at the Art Theatre were expected during the 25th annual Long Beach QFilms Festival over the weekend. Yet, it is far from its cozy beginnings from which this inclusive event originated.

This longest running film festival in Long Beach successfully showcased a diverse array of stories, featuring LGBTQ+ people, through a mix of narrative features, documentaries and short films. With an average of 1,500 attendees each year — this festival has evolved substantially throughout the years. Festival founder Robert Cano shared that the QFilms’ inception was, actually, rather humble.

The very first Long Beach QFilms festival took place inside a small auditorium at California State University, Long Beach’s Student Union — a venue with a maximum capacity of 200 people. Yet, 500 people unexpectedly showed up to the opening night.

The festival’s origin dates back to 1993 — during a period when the LGBTQ community was struggling through the HIV/ AIDS crisis. Cano shared that he had become an expert when it came to preparing and taking chicken noodle soup to St. Mary Medical Center for his friends who had fallen victim to the epidemic. As a result of these difficult times that he witnessed the community face, Cano said that he felt that it was necessary to do something beneficial, and forward-looking, for the LGBTQ+ community.

“I wanted to show positive images of ourselves and see ourselves on the big

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screen portrayed in a positive way because their was so much negativity at the time,” Cano said. “Because of the AIDS crisis, we were labeled that it was our fault that it was happening. We were labeled dispensable by the government.”

Cano said that he felt that the media only negatively represented the LGBTQ community during the 1990s.

“I wanted to do something to honor the people that motivated me,” he said. “I said, ‘you know what, let’s start a film festival.’”

And thus, the idea for QFilms was born.

Since its inception in the early ‘90s, the QFilms Festival has received positive reception and a sizable turn-out of LGBTQ folk eager to see LGBTQ representation on the big screen.

“Our first opening night, we were showing this film called, ‘Together Alone,’ by P.J. Castellaneta.” Cano said. It was the hot, gay film at the time.”

As for this year’s opening night feature, attendees were treated with an inspiring, albeit heart-rending, documentary: “A Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years.” The festival has evolved greatly since its modest beginning — for example, at this year’s festival, 30 different films were shown from Thursday night through Sunday night.

Here are three of the festival’s most impactful films: “A Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years” 2018 | USA | 1hr 53min Directed By: William Clift Language: English Screened on Thursday at 7 p.m.

This documentary vividly showcases the origin and evolution of the country’s largest LGBTQ publication, The Advocate.

More than just a simple LGBTQ-interest publication, this bi-monthly magazine was founded before the famous 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City. The creation of The Advocate also simultaneously marked the initiation of the LGBTQ rights movment.

Featuring compelling interviews, striking imagery and a delightful narration from transgender actress and activist Laverne Cox, this documentary provides an informative – and oftentimes, heartbreaking – look into the evolution of the LGBTQ community in the United States. The documentary starts by covering the overlooked 1967 demonstration at the The Black Cat tavern — a gay bar in Silver Lake. At the time, it was against the law for members of the LGBTQ community to display any sort of public affection and they were constantly persecuted by law enforcement. On Feb. 11, 1967, gay-rights activists publicly protested the incessant oppression they faced from police officers. This gay-rights demonstration came two years before the famous Stonewall uprising. The film goes on to cover the sexual revolution of the ‘70s, the AIDS epidemic, marriage equality movement and many other events composing LGBTQ history. Although the documentary is lengthy — its nearly 2-hour running time feels short when one realizes just how much history the film covers.

“Familia?”

2018 | USA | 15 minutes Written & Directed by:Kase Pena and Marlene Forte

Language: Spanish with English subtitles Screened: Saturday at 2:45 p.m.

This QFilms entry, which was apart of the short films series, featured arresting storytelling and impressive acting alongside beautiful cinematography. The movie, written and directed by transgender filmmaker Kase Pena and Marlene Forte, told the story of a transgender woman of color struggling with relationship and family problems.

The film’s protagonist is shunned by her family for being transgender, yet she is constantly used by the same family for financial gain. The film includes images of sex work, a topic which the filmmaker felt was necessary to include because it is a reality in the lives of countless transgender people.

When asked what she would like audience members to learn from her film, Pena said, “I want people to see us as human beings not as a fetish, not as trash, we are human beings. The same as anyone else. We are transgender — that’s it. We have the same feelings, we experience the same emotions, we have the same needs, we have the need to love and be loved. To respect and be respected and to have jobs that we can live off of.” The short film strongly portrays the struggles of a marginalized community that is constantly misunderstood and underrepresented.

My Best Friend (Mi Mejor Amigo) 2018 | Argentina | 90min Directed & Written By: Martín Deus Language: Spanish with English subtitles Screened: Sunday at 7:15 p.m.

This Argentinian coming-of-age tale chronicles the friendship of two young men, Lorenzo, a book-smart yet timid teenager, and Caito, a troubled adolescent who had a falling out with his father and was invited to move in with Lorenzo’s family. The two end up spending a great deal of time together and become a strong network of support for eachother. However, Lorenzo begins developing a passionate crush for Caito — one that is not reciprocated. This is a classic archetype for questioning youth: falling for the straight best friend. Relatable narratives such as this make the film reminiscent of many questioning adolescents’ journeys as they come to terms with their LGBTQ+ identity. As a result of Director Martin Deus’ direction, the film provides delightful insight into a situation involving a gay teenager’s first-love. Although the story has plenty of comedic moments, thanks to a witty script filled with realistic Latinx dialogue, it also has a great deal of tragic-yet-touching scenes. To say the least, one should come prepared to walk out of the theatre feeling as emotional as Lorenzo.

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“Harlots” Season 2 is Still a Pleasure Chest

One of the more adventurous shows on TV brings a dramatic, cheeky second act.

“Harlots” isn’t the gayest show on TV. It’s not the most shocking, or the gaudiest, or even the campiest (though the constant presence of extreme cleavage makes it a high contender.) What’s amazing about “Harlots,” both the first and second season, is that it does what a lot of more talked-about, more prestigious shows used to do accidentally. It talks about female powerless in a male-dominated world without being preachy, dry or being at all about the male-dominated aspects of that world. Imagine if “The Sopranos” had just been about Carmella, Janice and the Mob Wives. Better yet, imagine if the “Real Housewives” franchise was not meant as comedy. In “Harlots,” we get to see the true desperation of people who will never feel free, and some who will quite literally never be free, of their dependence on men.

“Harlots” in its second season is still very much about women using men for money, and men using women for sex. What it dives into a bit more deeply this time around is the different definitions our characters have of “freedom.” One woman, a rare sex-hating harlot, tells her surrogate father, “We’re none of us free.” He in turn, a black man in a scathingly racist British society, turns her words back on her. “Who’s got you in chains?” Another conversation, between a young missionary and her girlfriend, a black woman who works the streets without belonging to a house or madam, reflects the same issue with definitions of freedom. The white missionary, who has saved her girlfriend from a term of indentured servitude in America, is ecstatic. Her girlfriend, however, is not. She has to serve as a slave to the man who sentenced her. When her girlfriend asks her to be grateful, she finds it a hard task. Freedom has always, and will always, mean different things to different people.

In this way, many of the conversations had between characters in “Harlots” feel extremely of the moment: phrases that might be bandied between social justice warriors on Twitter instead of upwardly mobile courtesans in 18th century England. But, miracle of miracles, this is achieved without any kind of self-congratulatory “aren’t things better now” approach. The writers of “Harlots” know that things are better, but just barely.

And there’s still so much work to be done.

Among the other remarkable things about the show this season are the addition of complex, brutal and bizarre characters with

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Lesbian noblewoman Liv Tyler and courtesan Jessica Brown Findlay get some action in Season 2.

vague motives, such as closeted lesbian noblewoman Liv Tyler, and the return of other strange, queer characters who live on the fringe of society. Like the best shows these days, “Harlots” finds ways not just to use its minority characters to make bland points about the current climate – people of color, queer folks, and intersectional charac-

ters – but to dive into the complex reality of their fight for survival. By trying to pull apart the pecking order (men of the upper class, men with money, women of the upper class, women with money, etc.) “Harlots” attempts a kind of complex, tricky world-building that better-funded and better-attended shows (“House of Cards,” et. al.) can’t quite

pull together. In lesser hands, “Harlots” could have been a colorful catfight. As it is, it’s one of the most brilliant exposes of what holds people back in past and current societies. It’s never a lack of money, a lack of ambition or a lack of brutality and desire. It’s structural each and every time. The structure of the law, of society, of the entire concept of manners, of trade, of absolutely everything, favors the white, the male, wealthy in that order. In a world where sex is the most valuable commercial asset and gender has a 50 percent chance of being your downfall, the possibilities of being screwed are endless, fascinating, and bitterly humourous.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING? Palm Springs Diverse Cinema When: September 20-23 Where: Camelot Theatre, Palm Springs What: LGBTQ+ Film Festival Why: Representation on the Silver Screen matters.

West Hollywood's First Annual Bi Pride Celebration!

When: Saturday, Sept. 22 from 1:30-6 p.m.

Where: West Hollywood Auditorium What: A rally, walk and party to celebrate Bi representation Why: Bisexuals make up nearly half of the LGBTQ+ community, yet have very low visibility Vanguard Awards When: Saturday, Sept. 22 Where: The Beverly Hilton Hotel

The best goings-on around and about L.A., period.

What: An award show and gala to celebrate individuals that give back to the LGBTQ+ community Why: All proceeds go to the Los Angeles LGBT Center Lambda Lit Fest When: September 29 - October 6 Where: West Hollywood What: An LGBTQ+ focused literary festival Why: Who doesn’t love a good gay book to curl up with?

Music Tastes Good When: September 29-30 Where: Shoreline Drive, Long Beach What: A highly inclusive music and food festival Why: All the fun of a music festival without the representation guilt of

cisgender/white/male dominated society.

Still We Rise When: Sunday, Sept. 30 at 1 p.m.

Where: WeHo Public Library What: 50+ Queer Women Writers speak Why: The speakers will invoke personal, political and sexual triumphs they’ve experienced as queer women.

LGBTQ LA: A Queer History When: Thursday, Oct. 4 Where: Santa Monica Public Library What: A multi-media lecture on the rich and inspiring history of LGBTQ Los Angeles.

Why: Learn about the beginnings of the LGBTQ Civil Rights movement, LGBTQ trailblazers, and the historical moments that ignited the movement towards equality.

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“The Old Man and the Sea” 51 Foe in “Wonder Woman” 20 Instrument whose name 55 – – – sounds like a rebuke of 56 Ready for the recycling bin Obama’s dog 57 Field trip chaperone 21 Case load?

59 Surrender 22 River that formed an extension of the Mason60 Celebrity chef Oliver Dixon line 61 Hunger for 23 One who’s just moved from 62 Will of “Arrested Portland?

Development” 26 Bit of baseball gear 64 Determined to do 27 “Jeez, I heard you already!”

65 Flower said to cover the plains 28 Number of Hades 29 Game played with a dog 68 Brand of 33-Down 30 Peak 69 Intense blowback against a signature Trump policy 31 Tennis great who wrote the proposal?

2009 tell-all “Open” 72 Large mobile devices, to use a 32 Major science journal modern portmanteau 33 Satchel for a guy 35 Convert a morgue worker into 74 Hair net 75 Amazon threat a spy?

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79 Highest draft category 80 Garbage barge 81 Tour de France setting 82 Bad person to get paired with for a class assignment?

87 Bender 89 “Present!”

90 Like more 91 Gulf mogul 92 Rulers during the Time of Troubles 93 Jewish mysticism 94 Harmonized 98 Triple-A requests 99 Nickname for a superserious congressman?

101 Trainer of Rey in “The Last Jedi” 102 Eager 103 Fixtures in every Vegas casino 104 Ontario city across the river from Buffalo, for short 105 Craftsy online store 106 Cay 107 For takeout 108 Exemplar of cruelty DOWN

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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) – There are eight out of ten planets favoring your sign this week on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. If you have anything important pending, these are the days to push forward. Just do not make promises you will not be able to keep when circumstances change.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) – Inspiration is running high for you now, so you need to follow your hunches for success. Something started now will bear fruit by next week. Take advantage of any opportunity presented to you at this time. You may find something around now that is ideal for you.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) – While first impressions are generally correct, this week you will need to get a second opinion because you could be wrong. Do not jump to conclusions on anything important. Your income has suffered a bit lately, and it will take next two weeks before it all straightens out again and becomes what you want it to be.

CANCER (June 22 - July 22) – This week you need to keep a leash on your tongue. Do not make promises at this time because you may not be able to keep them later. Errors in judgment are easy to make now.

LEO (July 23 - August 23) – You should make a real effort to get out in the world. Toughen your stance a bit and try not to be so sensitive. Pay more attention to developing your financial sense and cultivating your talent for maintenance and continuity. Keep contact with those who care about you.

VIRGO (Aug. 24 - Sept. 22) – You are probably feeling very intense about your finances this week.

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15 Awaken 16 Yellowfin 17 Workers who are always retiring?

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44 Citation 45 What “…” may represent 46 What “#” means in chess notation 47 Slim 49 Surrendered 50 “Take a hike!”

52 Like an uncorrupted file 53 Academy Awards prop 54 Popular Belgian brews, informally 58 Hurt 60 Ballet jump 63 Music genre at a rave 64 Provider of green juice?

65 Bother 66 Put away 67 Vietnamese broth-andnoodles soup 70 “Yeah, right” 71 Academy Awards prop 73 Garden toilers 76 Saliva

promises you may not be able to keep down the road.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) – The first part of this week is very karmic for you. It is highly possible to meet your soulmate now, so be sure you are out and about to meet as many people as possible between Monday and Thursday.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) – This week, you are finding ingenious ways to purchase what you want and still save money. This is an excellent time to buy property or a business. The first part of this week you could be in a position to find a good steady income, so look around carefully.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) – This is an excellent time to make a plan or a budget to save money. You need to save bit by bit and take the long view. This is also a good time to invest, purchase property or a business.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) – If you are thinking about taking a boat trip this may not be the best time for it. You have an excellent sense of color right now, but someone does not agree with your scheme. You may have to compromise. Your money stays steady for the next three weeks, so make the most of it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) – This week, it should be all about your finances and getting yourself out of debt. A savings account should be started or enhanced this time. Your business (or your home) has been expanded as far as it can be for now.

PISCES (Feb. 20 - March 20) – For the next week, it is time for you to consolidate and perfect what you already have. Your period of expansion is over and, if you persist, it will not work out too well.

You could lose money. A long time from now is a different story. Enjoy what you have and be content for now.

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