Walking through the streets of Iquitos amid the heat, smog, and buzzing moto-carriages, it’s hard to imagine there’d be a community of queens in the city. Iquitos lacks the quaint appeal of more popular gay hotspots: It’s dirty, rumbling, and while it has an estimated population of more than half a million people, remains accessible only by plane or boat.
For several months in 1984 Sean Martinfield served as the master of ceremonies at the famed Finocchio’s female impersonators cabaret in North Beach. He would introduce his fellow cabaret acts, help the performers with their costume changes, and oversee the lighting effects. Martinfield, 69, a native San Franciscan, would also sing his own set dressed up as the female chanteuse Pat O’Shea. It was the stage name his mother had performed under as a cabaret singer in Oregon.
Sometimes you need an excuse to take that much needed vacation you’ve been pushing off forever. Here are 11 gay events giving you a great reason to book that flight to a far-off destination. If these 11 fabulous happenings are in your backyard, even better!
A Bermudian lawyer has filed a legal motion with the island’s Supreme Court to undo a new law banning same-sex marriage, according to a court document seen on Monday. On Feb. 7, Bermuda’s Governor John Rankin in the wealthy British overseas island of 60,000 people approved the…
Gay travel specialists have described Bermuda’s repeal of same-sex marriage as “disastrous”, and warned that the country’s economy will be damaged as a result of the ban. A Supreme Court ruling last year authorized gay marriage in Bermuda, which also applies to cruise ships registered there.
LGBTQ+ people are being forced into “gay cure” rehab clinics and subjected to rape and beatings in Ecuador. Campaigners in the country have called on the government to investigate into over 100 clinics in which they believe human rights violations are being carried out against LGBTQ people.
First things first. What is LGBT history month? In a nutshell, it’s a period devoted to the annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history gay rights and civil rights movements throughout the thing we call, the world. And what’s even better, is that everyone can celebrate it, too.
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