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9.06 – 9.19.2019ISSUE NUMBER 18, VOLUME 5

| SEPTEMBER 6 –19, 2019

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Unicorn pARTy Celebrates

BI PRIDE MONTH MORE ON PAGE 4

Photo by Morgan Genser.

Bi Pride Parade 2018.

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COMMUNITY LOS ANGELES

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BI PRIDE MONTH

Celebrate Bi Pride at Unicorn pARTy!

The Bi Task Force is passing the pink, purple and blue baton off to Good Trouble Makers – thus creating the ever-fabulous, ever-proud Unicorn pARTy to celebrate Bi Awareness Month.

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After receiving a grant from the California Institute of Contemporary Arts to produce inVISIBLE the dance theatre work, Good Trouble Makers approached #stillbisexual and The American Institute of Bisexuality to team up and make a larger community celebration. Previously, The Bi Task Force took the responsibility to host an annual Bi Pride event, but with this new event, the transition to Unicorn pARTy felt natural. Unicorn pARTy is taking place on September 14 at the Bootleg Theatre. Kai Hazelwood is the mastermind event coordinating group Good Trouble Makers – the first bisexual led and focused arts collaborative in the world. The Pride LA spoke with Hazelwood to see what event attendees can expect. Check it out: Can you introduce yourself? My name is Kai and I, along with my collaborative Good Trouble Makers, produce events, create original dance performances, and make good trouble. We work to raise the profile of bi+/queer and BIPOC com-

munity issues through art projects, events, and public speaking. I received my BFA from UCLA, and have performed across North America. I’m also co-organizer of AmBi LA an over 3,000 person strong social and support group for bi+ people. I have appeared in BuzzFeed videos, led bi+ storytelling workshops, and speak at high schools and colleges about bi+ community issues. I choreographed the 2016 bi+ contingent of the LA Pride Parade featuring the cast of Crazy Ex Girlfriend. In 2017 I signed with Go 2 Talent Agency, and was an Art Omi International Arts Center Choreographic Resident. In 2018 I was invited to The Black Choreographer’s Festival in San Francisco, named an Artist in Residence for the City of Los Angeles, and invited to Jacob’s Pillow as part of the National Presenter’s Forum. This year I’m thrilled to be a member of the 2019 Dance USA Institute for Leadership cohort. I’m also the Artistic Director of Downtown Dance & Movement in Los Angeles, and Good Trouble Makers a collective of art-agitators based in Los Angeles. In one sentence, what is Unicorn PARTy? Unicorn pARTy, in honor of Bi Pride month, is a night of revelry featuring dance performance, live music, and art celebrating love for more than one gender. Can you elaborate more? Have you always wanted to go to a Pride event but felt nervous because you thought that you might not be “queer enough?” You’re not alone, and this party is for YOU. If you rock your rainbow joy loud and proud, or if you’re an ally who's looking to celebrate bi+ pride, Unicorn pARTy, at the Bootleg Theatre is where you should be! Unicorn pARTy, in honor of Bi Pride month, is a 21+ evening of art, dance, music and revelry celebrating love for more than one gender. Produced by Good Trouble Makers and hosted by Miss Barbie Q. Where did the idea for the event come from? Unicorn pARTy came in to being out of a desire to create the party I wish I could have gone to as a baby queer looking for community, and the magical party I would be most excited to go to now. What can guests expect? A great time with some fabulous queerdos! Unicorn pARTy includes inVISIBLE, a dance theatre work directed by Kai Hazelwood featuring recorded stories from real bi+ people, a musical line up of some of LA’s hottest bi+ artists and bands like alt-rockers VATTICA, country pop artist Cindy Jollotta and funk and soul artist DIIMOND, as well as a queer craft market curated by QUEERDO by Kiki!!

What is new and exciting this year? It’s all new and exciting since this is the first time the event is happening! I’m most exited because everyone involved are seasoned badass artists and I can wait to experience the magic that is made when we all bring our skills together in one night! Why is this event important? Because celebration and visibility are vital political acts. Of course we have to march in the streets, change laws and so much more, but joyful celebration and community building gives us a home and helps us thrive! Why is Bi+ visibility important? According to The Bisexuality Report, “... of all the larger sexual identity groups, bisexual people have the worst mental health problems, including high rates of depression, anxiety, self harm and suicidality... Bisexuals experience high rates of being ignored, discriminated against, demonized, or rendered invisible by both the heterosexual world and the lesbian and gay communities...This erasure has serious consequences on bisexuals’ health, economic well-being, and funding for bi organizations and programs.” The best tool we have to combat these statistics is being as visible as possible so that isolated people struggling can find us, and to own our place in the LGBTQ+ rainbow; discrimination thrives in darkness, so the brighter and louder we are, the safer and more accepted our community becomes! Unicorn pARTy will take on September 14th from 5pm to 9pm at the The Bootleg Theatre 2220 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90057. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ unicorn-party-tickets-65969469459. Website: https://www.goodtroublemakers.com/unicorn-party.

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YOUTH PROGRAMS

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Cookin’ Up a Future

LGBTQ+ youth interested in culinary arts just received a whole lot of support from Cedars-Sinai. The Los Angeles LGBT Center has been awarded a $159,973 grant from Cedars-Sinai to benefit LGBTQ youth, ages 18–24, who are enrolled in a new intergenerational Culinary Arts program taught at the Center’s Anita May Rosenstein Campus. Launched in May at the Campus’ commercial kitchen, the program is comprised of 300 hours of hands-on training (spanning three months) in which the youth—alongside students from the Center’s Senior Services programs—learn basic culinary skills; assist with the preparation of up to 600 meals a day for the Center’s youth and senior clients experiencing food insecurity; and obtain paid internships with local restaurants, catering companies, and other food service businesses. “Nearly 60 percent of our youth members experiencing homelessness have told us that their inability to secure employment is the primary reason why they remain on the streets,” Center CEO Lorri L. Jean said in a press release. “The Culinary Arts program is designed to transform their lives so they may obtain the necessary skills and experience to build their future careers. Thanks to Cedars-Sinai’s generosity, our exciting new program—of which its first class of students recently graduated in July—will help our youth thrive in the food and hospitality sectors.” The Culinary Arts program is the brainchild of Center Board of Directors member and celebrity chef Susan Feniger, according to the press release. It is taught by Executive Chef Janet Crandall, Executive Sous Chef Shirley Cho, and Sous Chef Arlita Miller, with Nick Panepinto serving as the program’s Director of Culinary Training and Operations. “Cedars-Sinai is particularly proud of the work we are doing among transition age youth in the LGBTQ+ community,” said Cedars-Sinai Chief Community Engagement Officer Jonathan Schreiber. “It’s critical to provide support and hope for this very vulnerable group to help alleviate both homelessness and economic insecurity.”

The Center’s goal is to enroll 38 youth in the Culinary Arts program over the course of one year. All of the students will have access to ongoing case management that will connect them with the Center’s wraparound services to attain employment stability, such as housing, education, health and mental health services, and more. Additionally, those completing the first 200 hours of instruction will be placed in paid internships with food service businesses to fulfill the remaining 100 hours of the intensive training. The West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the City of West Hollywood’s Office of Strategic Initiatives have pledged to recruit 15 West Hollywood businesses to host the Culinary Arts internships. “The City of West Hollywood is proud of our long-term support of the many incredible life-changing programs and initiatives of the Los Angeles LGBT Center,” said West Hollywood Mayor John D’Amico. “Helping young LGBT people gain the culinary skills needed to secure future employment and stabilize their lives is vital—and what better place for them to do that than in the top-notch restaurants of West Hollywood.” The Culinary Arts Program is being offered at a critical time. On any given day there are 4,000 youth, ages 18 to 24, living on the streets of Los Angeles—in Hollywood, a staggering 40 percent of them identify as LGBTQ. In 2018 the Center served more than 1,500 youth experiencing homelessness through its youth support services and residential program. The Center offers critical help, including three meals a day; clothing; support groups; a charter high school, GED and college prep program; an employment preparation, training, and placement program; independent living skills-building; medical care; counseling; and whatever support youth need to get off the streets. For more information about the Los Angeles LGBT Center, visit lalgbtcenter.org. For more information about the Center’s Youth Services, visit lalgbtcenter.org/youth.

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Nektar Baziotis: From the EU to the Westside A journey to create one of the Westside’s leading tech companies By Sam Catanzaro Nektar Baziotis has come a long way in his journey to being one of the leading IT companies, specialized in web and mobile app for local businesses on the Westside: over the course of two decades Nektar has managed over 300 projects in 17 countries, but from the moment he stepped into Santa Monica, Nektar knew the city had something special. "When I first came in Santa Monica, I fell in love with the city. In Santa Monica people are smiling and happy, even when you just meet them randomly on the streets," Nektar said. Nektar is the founder of a tech, web and mobile app development company called ENKI Technologies based in the iconic 100 Wilshire building in Santa Monica. Since founding ENKI in 2015, Nektar says the company has seen economic growth, thanks in part to the people who make up Santa Monica, which Nektar says make it an ideal environment for a burgeoning startup. "In the last few years we have seen an economic growth and a focus on green initiatives. The mentality of the city, the people, the opportunities to collaborate for the good of all are what most attracts us. Santa Monica is the new Tech Innovation Hub. From large companies to startups, we all focus on expansion, hir-

ing more and being innovative," Nektar said. "For ENKI, we are in the center of a revolution in IT and we want to contribute to and be part of the success of the people, the businesses and the City of Santa Monica." Some examples of local business ENKI has helped thrive in the digital environment include Pacific Park, City of Santa Monica, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra and ExpertDojo on of the largest accelerators in Santa Monica and LA. For Pacific Park, ENKI built their system for online tickets and their new website. For the City of Santa Monica and the Chamber, ENKI has and successfully organized three career fairs (in 2017 and 2018) that attracted 5,000 job seekers and 100 companies. On top of delivering results to many Westside business, Nektar has an extensive history of results delivering to international organizations abroad, including the European Commission, the European Parliament and the United Nations (UN). "Working with the European Commission and the UN definitely made us focus more on User Experience and Security. We had to identify all possibilities during the specification phase to make it possible. Above all, we learned that no matter the size of the project, we should approach them all with strategically, as the dynamics and demands for delivery are always similar," Nektar said. Whether working with an international organization or with a local small business in the Westside, Nektar' and ENKI's approach @ROMANCEATTACKRH

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The US Government and military have helped Greece significantly in the modern era to reach independence. California for me is the epitome of freedom, respect for each other and evolution. In my mind and heart, there is no other place I would rather be and contribute too," Nektar said. Nektar Baziotis is an entrepreneur and IT project manager based in Santa Monica, President of ENKI Technologies. He has managed and successfully delivered to various institutes and organizations, including the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN) and public and private sector partners and clients in the United States. For more information, visit https://enki.tech/ or call (213) 814-2332 or follow at twitter.com/enkitechi/ and linkedin.com/in/nektariosbaziotis.

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DEAR AIDAN: Feeling Disappointed, Discouraged Dear Aidan, I was wondering if you can help me... I am so disappointed in my dating life! Everytime I meet a guy I get my hopes up that it could turn into something but end up disappointed about the outcome and I am sick and tired of wasting my time and energy only to be disappointed... Do you have any dating tips?

Dear Disappointed Lover, YES! Trust me, I have been there. Disappointed in all areas of life dating, friendships, work stuff. It is really hard when you get your hopes up about something only to learn that ultimately it was not what you were hoping that it would turn out to be! This was perpetual for me until I started looking at disappointments in everything in a new perspective, which I would urge you to take on as well! I believe it is a fact that anything that is worthwhile for you is a marathon – not a race. For example, if you want a great relationship with the man of your dreams, you don't just want to take ANYONE, you want to sift through all kinds of guys and figure out what you want and what you don't want by way of experience and really get to the heart of what you want. So you can look at "failed relationships" as a way to cull through what you don't want on your journey to that perfect relationship! I will address this issue with a personal example! I had a guy I was dating who I found out was really into threesomes. He was exhilerated by the idea... but I actually am a monogamy guy and had no idea how much I did NOT like the idea of threesomes until my boyfriend kept posing the question to me. We tried for a few more months but it became clear that we just wanted different things and I would never want to hold him or myself from the relationship

that was best fit for us both. So we moved on. feelings. For the period that you were with this tightly focused on the object rather than the guy, you experienced those emotions which big picture. If you look at this journey as a marBut I found major benefits in dating him! First, I discovered my strong preference for essentially inspired positive emotions in you at athon, not a race you can revel in what you monogamous relationships, which mean what that time. Positive emotions tend to a feeling learned and be proud of yourself that you are would be best fit for me would be someone of growth mindedness, steadfastness and per- in fact still in the marathon. Except in the future, who thought the same way. Does this mean that severance. So... The positive feelings that you you will be more specific about where you are either one of us are wrong? NO. But through had during the relationship, during the learning headed! the relationship now I can move forward with process which occured on your "marathon" is the knowing what kind of man I want! It's kinda not to be taken as a "waste," but rather as a Follow Aidan on Insta/Facebook/Twitter @Aidanlike learning that you are a top and then you good thing to have experienced on your learn- parkshow Check out Aidan’s funny advice podcast @WhatToDoShow and his tour dates and more at date a top and you figure out... oh no... ohh.. ing journey. You are dissapointed because you are too aidanpark.com. nooooooo... HAH! Also, for those of you who have been "dumped" or broken up with, it is also a learnAFFORDABLE ing oppotunity to see that this man that you are holding as your object of your desire is not in RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABLE, fact your object of desire, because you WANT AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE, TRUSTWOTHY RELIABLE, Call for Estimate to be with someone who WANTS to be with Call for a a FREE FREE Estimate RELIABLE, TRUSTWOTHY TRUSTWOTHY AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABLE, TRUSTWOTHY you. He has shown he is not that committed to AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABLE, Call for a FREE Estimate being with you, which is actually not what you RELIABLE, RELIABLE, Call for a FREE Estimate RELIABLE, RELIABLE, are looking for. Each "dissapointment" as far as TRUSTWOTHY AFFORDABLE, TRUSTWOTHY TRUSTWOTHY TRUSTWOTHY a relationship goes is actually something showSpecializes in Kitchen +Handyman Bathroom Remodeling • Air BnBconversions conversions RELIABLE, • Air BnB conversions • Air BnB YourYour local local Your local Handyman Handyman ing itself to be NOT what you want in reality of Service Your local Handyman • Kitchenremodels remodels YearsYears of Service Years of Service TRUSTWOTHY • Kitchen remodels • Kitchen and the discovery of that truth! Trusted in the+ Community! Specializes in Kitchen Bathroom Remodeling Fix BnB and repair anything! Trusted inTrusted the Community! in the Community! • Air conversions Years of Service Your local Handyman Secondly, a search for anything of worthiness • Fix and repair • Fix andanything! repair anything! Years of Service Trusted in the Community is a marathon, not a race. When you had the • Kitchen remodels Trusted in the Community! relationship what did you feel? You had a sense • Fix and repair anything! of excitement, anticipation, hope and positive

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86 Track down 90 Move in the direction of 91 Jerk 92 Rise to the occasion 94 Comedic duo? 95 Skipping syllables 96 Difficulty 97 2022 World Cup host 98 Alternatives to cabs 99 About to blow one’s top 100 3, 4 or 5, usually 103 What a 76-Down pulls 104 Certain buy-in 105 Vet’s malady, for short 107 Kerfuffle 109 Turf 110 Luxury-hotel amenity 111 Get gold from one’s lead?

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) For Aries today, the risk of accidentally committing an act of betrayal is increased. You yourself will not notice how seriously you might damage a person who has helped you a lot in the past. You can avoid this situation if you control every word you say. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Taurus today is primed for a major success in any endeavor. Hurry to make the most of this favorable moment! Concentrate on your most cherished dream and do everything to make it come true. You only need one thing - to strongly want this unmet goal to become a reality. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Today, Geminis will be surprised to find some flaw in themselves. This concerns something insignificant (perhaps a tiny birthmark that does not look aesthetic, a little pimple, wrinkles or freckles). Either way, this flaw will provoke a violent protest, and you decide to get rid of it as soon as possible. CANCER (June 22 - July 22) Cancers will meet this Friday in playful moods. You will want to endlessly attract attention to yourself, and for this reason you are committed to joking and giving promising looks to people of the opposite sex. LEO (July 23 - August 23) Leos today will make an important decision regarding their destiny. You realize that you do not have enough of everything that you want at the moment, and that you are ready to actively fight for a better future. You will even draw up a plan for this life-changing struggle, which you will proceed to implement without the slightest delay. VIRGO (August 24 - September 22) Virgo on August 10th will get full relaxation. Your work day will end sooner than other members of your family, and you will get time to hang out for a couple of hours. When the whole family is assembled, the house members will decide that you should all spend the Friday night at an outing. LIBRA (September 23 - October 22) Libras today will try to finish their current project as soon as possible in order to make their long-awaited weekend a little longer. This time you spend on yourself (more precisely, to create an impeccable appearance). And, your appearance will truly win over an impregnable fortress (your old love). SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21) For the Scorpios, the main task of this day will be reconciliation with their best friend. You will understand that you behaved impermissible, deliberately allowing them to be impacted for your own benefit. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 21) Sagittarius will be surprised by the events of this day. Everything around you will begin to happen as if by magic. It is necessary only for you to think about something, and it will immediately happen, causing both joy and great amazement in your soul. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Capricorns will spend August 10, 2018, slowly thinking about the fate of their marriage or romance. In general, you will still find your relationship quite happy. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Aquarius today is not recommended to trust their personal transportation to an outsider. Having taken note of this forecast, you will protect yourself from very big trouble. In general, this Friday will not give you major problems, and you will spend it in high spirits. PICES (January 21 - February 19) For Pisces, August 10, 2018 will be an unremarkable day, during which all thoughts are only about the weekend, and not about work. Nevertheless, you will perform your work efficiently, so that your weekend will start ahead of schedule.

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