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  “Out There” at Gallery 825 Celebrates the LGBT Experience

  June 4 at 11:55 a.m.

  We’re only a few days into Pride Month, and already Los Angeles is feeling the love from galleries to brasseries, beaches, dance parties and parade plans. For its part, West Hollywood-based Gallery 825, home to the nearly one century-old Los Angeles Art Association, returns this weekend with the 11th annual edition of “Out There,” arguably its most passionate and popular exhibition (and its most fabulous opening night party) of the year.

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  Celebrate Sexual Freedom With a Wry Perspective on International Whores' Day

  June 1 at 12:54 p.m.

  Ryan "Wry" Mantione, advocate for polyamory, provocative performance art, fetishism and sexual freedom talks L.A. events and this Saturday's Whores' Day (aka International Sex Workers Day).

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  Snow Mercy: The Benevolent Dominatrix With a Ph.D. in Biochemistry

  May 31 at 4 a.m.

  Within Mercy Studios L.A., one can find leather harnesses, assorted restraints, man-size padded cages and the mistress of the manor: Snow Mercy. Six feet of Latex fury in a pageboy haircut, Snow has been doling out punishment in the Los Angeles area for more than a decade.

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  “Thrilling Experiences” Fill AIKO’s Artsy Sex Shop at "Beyond the Streets"

  May 16 at 11:08 a.m.

  Just one of the 150 artists in the knockout "Beyond the Streets" installation taking over downtown this summer, AIKO has a unique story to tell about finding success as a woman of color in the street-art world. It’s a sexy story, too, full of action and adventure.

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  Ballsy Women Gathered in DTLA for the Dick Pic Art Show [NSFW]

  Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 11:41 a.m.

  For all the things they're OK at, men can't seem to understand that women don't want random penises emailed, texted and Snapchatted to them. With the traveling art show "I Didn't Ask for This: A Lifetime of Dic Pics," organizer Whitney Bell wants to make one thing clear — consent is key.
  
  The images in the show, which took over Think Tank Gallery on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6-7, are all sourced from dick pics sent to women without the consent of the receiver. Unless a woman has specifically asked for a snapshot of a man's penis, assume she doesn't want to see it. We don't want to see them if they're large, we don't want to see them if they're small, we don't want to see them with a remote control, we don't want to see them in a hot dog bun. We do not want your dick pics, Sam, we do not want them — they're worse then spam.
  
  It's a serious message, but it was presented in a playful way at Friday night's opening party. In a space designed to look like a woman's apartment — in which photos of random penises have been framed and hung with care — a DJ duo spun '90s tunes at the Doc Johnson–sponsored Butt Plug DJ booth, women got their pictures taken in the 200-dildo photo booth, and some even sat to get $20 tattoos from a selection of feminist flash. On the "Speak Up Wall," women vented their frustrations about unwanted sexual advances and more. Plenty of men and gender-fluid people were spotted in the crowd too, because allyship is key. Proceeds from the opening night party benefited the anti-harassment nonprofit Hollaback!.
  
  All photos by Star Foreman.
  
  

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  Millennials Are Having Less Sex but Getting More STDs

  Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 7:01 a.m.

  Why are STDs on the rise in L.A. County? Here's one theory.