This column is brought to you by Ashton Giese, ManAboutWorld correspondent and editor of theGAYography newsbrief. Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend? Check out great pictures (above below and via this link) from Wig Day on the Beach (#WDOTB) at Rehoboth Washington DC’s gay beach. This week’s news brief features exciting news from Kazakhstan where their Russia-like “gayContinue reading “Gayography Brief: Your Global LGBT News Update”
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Memorial Day Milestone: 1st LGBT Veterans Monument
UPDATED May 27 with actual photo from event. (Credit: Jean Albright via Facebook.) We hope you’re enjoy this long weekend and unofficial kick off to summer. Also be sure to give some thought to the veterans (LGBTQI and S) who’ve served this country. In a first, LGBT veterans will be honored today with the first such monumentContinue reading “Memorial Day Milestone: 1st LGBT Veterans Monument”
DDTI*: Time To Start Planning Your Provincetown Summer Visit
There’s no time like the present to make those plans for Provincetown. Download our guide to: Find the guesthouse that best suits your budget and tastes; Get your restaurants lined up; Figure out transport (reserve ferry tickets for busy weekends) And note that July 4 is one of the most fun times to go forContinue reading “DDTI*: Time To Start Planning Your Provincetown Summer Visit”
Cop, Newlywed and Leather Model: Sneak Peak of David Currie Profiled in Next Issue of ManAboutWorld
Aaron Currie (left) and David Currie (who’s also a Crime Scene Detective with the Broward Sheriff’s Office in Fort Lauderdale), were among the first same-sex couples married in Florida this past January. They’re also newly selected models for LeatherWerks in Ft. Lauderdale. Learn more about David in our next issue of the magazine where he’s profiled.
The Gay Graves of Brooklyn
The Gay Graves Tour, a one-of-a-kind tour at Green-Wood Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark in Brooklyn, returns for spring 2015. The tour will introduce you to the famous and the not-so-famous gay men and lesbians who are among the permanent residents at Green-Wood. The Gay Graves Tour is conducted entirely on foot. Tickets are $30 per person. Beginning at the fabulous Victorian Gothic entry gateContinue reading “The Gay Graves of Brooklyn”
5 Things You Can’t Miss In Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs’ heyday may have begun with the early movie and TV stars, but the town’s gay renaissance began in the ‘80s, when gay Angelenos started buying the mid-century modern homes in a then seedy downtown. Today, Palm Springs is a stylish and popular weekend getaway from September through May, and never more glorious than it isContinue reading “5 Things You Can’t Miss In Palm Springs, California”
San Francisco’s Zappos Bay to Breakers: Not Your Grandma’s Civic Trot
San Francisco is pretty much always ripe for a visit. It’s perfection in the spring, they host the world’s craziest Pride in summer, and three big gay street fairs, culminating with Folsom in the fall. Even their winters are charming. But for a city so full of crazy parties, the Bay-to-Breakers street party — a 103-year-oldContinue reading “San Francisco’s Zappos Bay to Breakers: Not Your Grandma’s Civic Trot”
Finding The Best Of San Francisco Inside HBO’s Looking
The gays have been grieving, riled up on Twitter and flinging hashtags — basically aghast at HBO’s short-sighted decision to end the only gay drama on cable. Here we had a show to call our own, real and gritty and heartfelt and sexy, and HBO goes and pulls the plug. Luckily, we still have Game of ThronesContinue reading “Finding The Best Of San Francisco Inside HBO’s Looking”
I’m Speaking at NY Travel Fest April 18, 2015
I have been inivited to join the New York Travel Festival panel on April 18 to discuss “What Gay Travel Gets Right:What other niches can learn from LGBT marketing.” Moderated by Mark Chestnut, Ed will join Matt Skallerud to discuss what has made LGBT travel marketing strategies successful, how these tactics work for other niches inContinue reading “I’m Speaking at NY Travel Fest April 18, 2015”
Welcome Heterosexuals!
The Georgia chapter of GetEQUAL, a grassroots LGBT empowerment organization, will be welcoming travelers outside the domestic Delta terminal at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport with a sign that says “Welcome Heterosexuals,” demonstrating the impact of Georgia’s latest bill on its tourist industry. The Georgia State Assembly is about to pass House Bill 218 and Senate Bill 129 — both wouldContinue reading “Welcome Heterosexuals!”
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