Harvey Milk

Trail Blazing: Eight Great Pioneers of Pot

Tommy ChongBy Michael Goldstein Tommy Chong is perhaps the biggest celebrity on this list, as a longtime comedian, movie star and half of the still-working duo Cheech & Chong. He is both a hero, as a longtime marijuana advocate, and a martyr, as a veteran of nine months in federal prison for ru ... More >>

Gay Icon Harvey Milk May Get San Francisco Airport Named After Him

One of the first openly gay men elected in the United States may now be one of the first -- if not the first -- openly gay men in the world to have an airport named after him: Harvey Milk International Airport in San Francisco. Equality California, the statewide gay rights group, tipped the public ... More >>

Hydra Head Records: A Personal Recollection

This week, Hydra Head Records founder Aaron Turner announced the label's closing. The L.A. metal imprint -- by way of Boston and New Mexico -- is home to first-rate acts including Torche, Botch, Cave In, Harvey Milk and, occasionally, Converge. Co-founder Aaron Turner says that they'll stop putting ... More >>

On a Hopeful Note

Top 12 LGBT Movies You Need To See, as Picked by Film Fest Organizers

Outfest, L.A.'s gay and lesbian film festival, ended on Sunday, reminding us that films about the LGBT experience serve an important role in the community, from teaching teenage boys and girls that it's alright to kiss other boys and girls, respectively, to connecting social activists with images su ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/2 - 7/6

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "If you still look confused, you may be offered a free sample." 10 Best Tamales in Los Angeles. "But, as one might predict, the law barely lasted one full business day before a lawsuit was filed against it." Lawsuit Claims ... More >>

Cookbook Of The Week: The Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book Is Not Your Mother's (Damn) Ice Cream Book

It's the height of summer, and publishers seem to know that we are always tempted by new frozen churnings like those in the Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book, written by shop owners Jake Godby and Sean Vahey and writer Paolo Lucchesi. Forewarning: This is not a general reference book (for that, we s ... More >>

Gay History Bill: Why Is the Los Angeles Times Spreading Sex-Ed Lies Birthed by 'Stop SB 48'?

​Hide your little boys and girls... 'cause California's scheming, sexed-up politicians are about to sneak gay porn all up in their kindergarten classrooms! Heh. That's the gist of the "Stop SB 48" campaign, which seeks to repeal a new California law requiring the contributions of LGBT-identif ... More >>

The Top Five Metal Albums Consisting Of Only One Track

Long, slow ... heavy metal songs​Slow-crawl stoner metal lovers rejoiced last year when Sleep reunited for their first U.S. tour since breaking up at the end of the '90s. The band's 2010 tour included a stop at last year's FYF Fest, where loyal fans were rewarded with a set exceeding all expec ... More >>

California Remembers Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk, Excerpts from 'The Mayor of Castro Street'

Gay rights icon Harvey Milk​On Sunday, May 22, California will once again celebrate Harvey Milk Day. Blogger Michael Petrelis opines that one major gay rights group is doing a lousy job of educating the general public about the former San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated in 1978. Th ... More >>

L.A. Gay Pride: Comedian Margaret Cho Gets Lifetime Achievement Award, Bravo's Annoying Andy Cohen is 'Person of the Year'

Gay Pride award winner Margaret Cho​Gay Pride in L.A. is almost here, and Christopher Street West, which organizes the official parade in West Hollywood every year in June, has named its "2011 Slate of Honorees." Comedian Margaret Cho tops the list with the Morris Kight Lifetime Achievement A ... More >>

Equality California Honchos Wanda Sykes, Stuart Milk & Others Won't Meet Public During Executive Director Search?

​The search for a new executive director for gay rights powerhouse Equality California (EQCA) is still underway, even though ordinary gay folks know very little about it. Blogger Michael Petrelis has been constantly demanding that EQCA hold town hall meetings so the public can give their inp ... More >>

Scott Schmidt, West Hollywood Candidate: Gay Republican Tried to Stop Prop. 8, Now Aims to Unseat Incumbent John Heilman

WeHo City Council candidate Scott Schmidt​In West Hollywood, City Council candidate Scott Schmidt is apparently getting the reputation as the guy who worked harder to try to defeat Proposition 8 than incumbents John Heilman, Abbe Land, and Lindsey Horvath -- combined. Schmidt sent out a camp ... More >>

Will Gay Republican Fred Karger Run for White House in 2012? Something Very Interesting Is Brewing

Gay Republican Fred Karger​Fred Karger, the openly gay Republican who battled Mormons and the National Organization for Marriage during the Proposition 8 campaign, was featured in the Washington Post yesterday, gaining major recognition for his possible run for the White House in 2012. If Ka ... More >>

Despite Controversy, Human Rights Campaign Starts Moving Into Harvey Milk's Camera Store

Gay rights icon Harvey Milk​Barely rattled by a national controversy, the Human Rights Campaign, the gay rights lobbying group based in Washington D.C., is starting to move forward with its plan to open a gift shop at the site where gay rights icon Harvey Milk once operated his camera store i ... More >>

Mission Drift at Gay Inc.

Is the most powerful gay lobbying group in California becoming irrelevant?

On National Coming Out Day, Will Closeted Power Gays Listen to Harvey Milk?

Harvey Milk​Today's National Coming Out Day for gays and lesbians, and we can't think of a better time for closeted power gays -- folks who hold powerful positions, and are therefore highly influential, in politics, industry, and elsewhere -- to take the leap. As gays rights icon Harvey Milk ... More >>

Howl: Ginsberg on Trial, on Film

Documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman on their first dramatic feature

Theater Reviews: Of Grapes and Nuts, Paradise Park, The Web

Stage Raw: Ruined

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Happy Ending and WaterNEW REVIEW GO RUINED ​Photo by Chris BennionThe structure of Lynn Nottage's powerful drama is like that of so many play set in bars and brothels - there's the owner, the employees and the denizens. They tell ... More >>

Hollywood Youth Pride Hopes To Help Young People In L.A.

Steve La​A group of activists marched down Sunset Blvd in Hollywood Sunday heading toward the first Hollywood Youth Pride, an event dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered young people -- a demographic increasingly vulnerable to homelessness, prostitution and illicit drug use, ac ... More >>

But Can They Sing "Aba Daba Honeymoon" After a Few Beers?

Download: 22 Songs of Shred and Doom from Hydra Head Records ft. Xasthur, Torche, more

Hydra Head phones it in​Santa Claus is known for being a carols-and-hymnals sort of fella, but once the summer equinox hits, he's all black cut-offs, devil horns and doom-metal. Why do you think he keeps that wicked beard? It's versatile. As far as gift-giving goes, this one may be arriving ... More >>

I Love You Phillip Morris: Out of the Closet, but Not out in Theaters

Why the funniest, most subversive film of the year — starring Jim Carrey as a gay felon — isn't coming to your local multiplex anytime soon

INCHES011: New Wax from Fool's Gold, Now-Again (Rare Psych!), Samiyam, and Inca Ore ( MP3s, chart)

In the unpredictable wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many (with delicious irony) as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES seeks not only to review the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and ... More >>

Queer Town: Proposition 8 Lawsuit Moves Forward, Motion to Dismiss Denied

In San Francisco this morning, Proposition 8 supporters asked U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker to dismiss the federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn the successful anti-gay marriage ballot measure that became law after California voters passed it almost a year ago.Patrick Range McDonaldProp. 8 prot ... More >>

Queer Town: Harvey Milk Gets His Day in California

Late last night, a few hours after gays and lesbians from across the country marched in Washington D.C., California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law "Harvey Milk Day," Frontiers News Editor Karen Ocamb reports.Daniel NicolettaSan Francisco Supervisor and gay icon Harvey Milk (center)â ... More >>

Some [Gay] Marriage Semantics

Setting the (Gay) Wedding Table

Wiser, more diffuse, battle-savvy gay-rights groups craft a 2010 ballot measure for California

Stage Raw: Groundlings Enchanted Forest

The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded within this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; also, see this week's THEATER FEATURE on Elephant Man at Andak Stage CompanyGROUNDLINGS ENCHANTED FOREST Groundlings Enchanted Forest is one of 11 plays being reviewed this week. Photo courtesy of The G ... More >>

Fear Itself: D.C. and Hollywood In and Out of the Closet

GO LA: Lebowski, Tom Arnold and Other Big Events

What to do in L.A., May 8-14

Queer Town: The Torie Osborn Speech

Torie Osborn in downtown Los AngelesIn a recent speech given by Torie Osborn at a grassroots training seminar called Camp Courage, the longtime gay rights activist and former executive director of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center called for a new way of doing things within the gay establishm ... More >>

Emergency Response: Ambulance Feature Continues to Inspire

Plus, on Patrick Range McDonald’s Queer Town, Jonathan Gold, and our L.A. Infrastructure story

The Gayest Oscars Ever

Singing, dancing, politicizing — and still the ratings rose

Movie Reviews: Confessions of a Shopaholic, Friday the 13th, Gomorrah

Also, Fuel, Polanski: Unauthorized, and more

Sean Penn on Prop 8: Shame on Mormons, Blacks

Last night's L.A. Times Gold Derby blog presented a video clip of a somber Sean Penn at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, where his portrayal of gay icon Harvey Milk had won the Best Actor Award. Penn did not look to be in the mood for a political discussion, but when asked by Tom O'Neil a ... More >>

Today in Photographs: January 14, 1965 & 1984

Two reasons to protest in Los Angeles. Left: City Hall demonstrators rally against an L.A. visit by Dan White, convicted murderer of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. (Javier Mendoza/LAPL Collection)Below: Wilshire Boulevard picketers demonstrate against relaxation of World War II war-crimes statute o ... More >>

2008: A News Quiz

By Greg Critser 1. Minor Irritants A certain wearer of these Kawasaki 704 eyeglasses: A. Conjured endless anxiety and concern for the future of the republic B. Got a $6 million book deal for portraying said eyeglass wearer C. Instigated the "hot librarian" movement in American fashion D. Wi ... More >>

2008: A News Quiz

Best Movies of 2008: Great Expectations

Glimmers of hope in concentration camps, industrialized ghettos and the refuse of a barren planet

Film Poll 2008: WALL-E World

The little robot that could tops another chart

Letters: Old and Not in the Way

The face of post–Prop. 8 gay leadership; and more musings on Gold

How Acclaimed Indie Director Gus Van Sant Finally Got Milk

A tale of two movies

Milk: Proposition Hate

Biopic recaptures Californian intolerance at exactly the right time

Q&A With The Realist's Paul Krassner at Chicago 10 Screening

"Communicate without compromise," says the man who coined "yippie"

Man of Few Words

Gus Van Sant talks about his minimalist Last Days

Playing Favorites

Queer and/or peculiar films that have mattered

Shame, Embarrassment, Fear

Paragraph 175, The Taste of Others, Last Resort

The Last Roll Call

The cop funeral as civic pageant