This weekend Big Gay Frisbee in Los Angeles is hosting the first-ever gay Ultimate (Frisbee) tournament. The event will be held at Pan-Pacific Park on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 1pm-5pm. There will be eight teams in the tournament, and everyone is guaranteed to play at least two games (games run 30-40 minutes). All skill levels [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles’
Swim for Equality ends season this weekend
The Swim for Equality will complete its second season this weekend with a finish-line party in Malibu, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 24, 12noon-5pm. The party is a celebration of the swim earlier that day. You can buy tickets to the party, at the home of composer and Out 100 honoree Nathan Barr, at the Equality California [...]
Los Angeles’ Chivas USA to host Major League Soccer’s first ‘Equality Night’ for gay fans
Los Angeles-based Chivas USA is holding Major League Soccer’s first-ever ‘Equality Night’ on Saturday, July 23. It is shaping up to be a really special night. They are hosting the Houston Dynamo that night; Dynamo star Mike Chabala has been an outspoken advocate against homophobia and participated in the NOH8 campaign. The Chivas cheerleaders have [...]
Phoenix Hellraisers win Pride Bowl in Chicago
The Phoenix Hellraisers (right) won their third straight Pride Bowl last weekend, beating the San Diego Bolts in the final, 41-33. The Pride Bowl is the annual gay flag football tournament in Chicago held the two days before the city’s pride celebration. In the third-place game, the New York Warriors avenged their loss in the [...]
Johnny Weir is L.A. Pride grand marshal
Figure skater Johnny Weir has been named the grand marshal of Los Angeles Pride. John Amaechi previously served as the grand marshal. I wonder if Weir will ask Kobe Bryant to ride with him! Despite not competing on the ice, it’s been another busy year for Weir as he came out (officially), released a book and successfully [...]
Hot naked yoga
Several years ago I wrote a piece for the New York Blade about Hot Nude Yoga, a class offered by Aaron Star in New York. Since then it’s exploded with Naked Yoga popping up in Los Angeles, naked yoga retreats all over the world, and of course DVDs to “enjoy” at home. One of those [...]
LA gay softball calendar 2011
The hot 2011 calendars are hitting the shelves and none are hotter than the calendar featuring the men of the Greater Los Angeles Softball Association. We have three photos from the calendar after the jump; You can order the calendar on their site. If you and your team or league have a 2011 calendar you’d [...]
Ski Bums launch California chapter
The popular gay ski group Ski Bums is headed west with a Los Angeles launch party of its new California chapter Oct. 8. The group has been based in New York for several years, but growing interest on the West Coast has driven group founder Chris French, along with Los Angeles-based Ski Bum members Bill [...]
Swim For Equality this Saturday
Equality California’s Swim For Equality is this Saturday in Malibu. Even if you’re not participating, you can head to Malibu to watch the swim and attend the post-party at a gorgeous home in Topanga. The party is $50, but you get in free if you donate said $50 to the swim. A couple teams you [...]
EQCA event with Greg Louganis June 19
Openly gay Olympic diving champ Greg Louganis is throwing his support behind Equality California’s ‘Swim For Equality’ in September. To kick off his support, Louganis is the headline guest speaker at a cocktail party next Saturday, June 19. I am so proud to be a part of the inaugural Swim for Equality, an event that [...]
EQCA swim event kickoff party May 29
Equality California will host a Malibu-based swim event on Sept. 25, and to kick off a summer of raising money and awareness for the event they are hosting a pool party this Memorial Day Weekend! The event is Saturday, May 29, from 12noon-4pm in the Hollywood Hills. Tickets are $40 if purchased in advance. The [...]
Lambda Basketball player auction May 30
Lambda Basketball, the Los Angeles-area gay basketball group, will hold a fun player auction and fundraiser at Here lounge, May 30. The proceeds will help pay for players to go to the Gay Games in Cologne later this summer. And one of the raffle prizes is a round trip ticket from Los Angeles to Cologne [...]
LGBT people in the Old West, May 13
For those in Los Angeles, a cool event honoring gays and lesbians in the Old West on May 13, co-hosted by The Front Runner author Patricia Nell Warren, who is an Old West historian… Discover the untold stories of the Western LGBT community on this progressive gallery tour as scholars and Autry curators tell the [...]
Johnny Weir on marriage and his upcoming book
I caught up with Johnny Weir as he preps for two big gay fundraisers this weekend in Los Angeles: Saturday at the GLAAD Awards and Sunday at a fundraiser for Equality California. Given his recent work with gay groups, and EQCA in particular, I wanted to know what he really thought about marriage. And his [...]
Gay Games registration party in L.A. Monday
Jim and I will both be at the Gym Sports Bar in West Hollywood Monday night, April 5, 6pm-9pm, for the Gay Games registration party and to watch the Duke-Butler game. We’re co-hosting the event with the folks from Cologne; and if you register for the Gay Games Monday, you’ll get 15 euro off the [...]