California Gay Community News and Events:
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Gay Community News:
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Edge Los Angeles: includes gay community news, dining,
entertainment, style, night life and event information for the greater Los Angeles Area. |
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The Advocate - breaking news, news analysis, and
developing arts & entertainment stories that involve gay and lesbian people or are of direct interest
to a national readership of gay and lesbian readers. |
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In The Life, America's only nationally televised,
award-winning gay and lesbian newsmagazine, is dedicated to chronicle the history and contemporary experiences
of the gay and lesbian community. For airdates and times check their national broadcast schedule: www.inthelifetv.org/currentep/airdates.html |
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365gay.com - The daily gay newspaper online, offers
the latest in news, entertainment, travel destinations, sports scores and coverage, business, and health
news for the gay & lesbian community. |
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California Gay Community Events:
(These events are generally not naturist events)
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San Diego Leather Pride 2011 -
March 17-20, San Diego. Annual leather event includes reception, dinner, San Diego Mr. Leather contest and dances. |
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LA Leather Weekend 2011 -
March 25-27, Los Angeles area. Annual leather event features meet and greet party, seminars, awards dinner,
Mr. Los Angeles Leather contest, and entertainment. |
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Tom
of Finland LA Art Fair Weekend - March 26-27, West Hollywood Auditorium on San Vincente. 16th annual art
fair features artists from around the world: sculpture, photography, paintings, sketches, digital renderings
and more; life drawing and photography each afternoon. |
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Hot Rodeo - April 29 - May 1, A C Dysart Equestrian Park, Banning, CA. Weekend will feature IGRA sanctioned rodeo competition events, sponsored by the Golden State Gay Rodeo Association - Greater Palm Springs Chapter. |
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Long Beach Pride - May 21-22, Marina Green & Rainbow Lagoon, Long Beach. The yearly celebration includes four entertainment
stages, dancing and food. A parade highlights Sunday morning. |
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International Mr Leather - May 27-30, Chicago, IL.
International contest draws leathermen representing organizations, communities and business from throughout the
world. Includes reception, contests events, leather marketplace, victory celebration, and black and blue ball. |
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Spring California Men's
Gathering - May 27-30, Malibu, CA. Provides a place where men can explore different ways
of looking at life and expand concepts of self while having fun. |
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Los Angeles Pride - June 10-12, sponsored
by Christopher Street West, features a parade Sunday and festival Saturday and Sunday which
includes entertainment stages, vendor booths, dancing and food in West Hollywood. |
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San Francisco Pride - June 25-26,
features a colorful parade, festival, dancing, food, music, entertainment stages and other
events. |
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Outfest 2011 Los Angeles Gay
and Lesbian Film Festival - July 7-17, showcase for diverse, international gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender film and video, features more than 200 feature and short films,
at nine venues. |
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San Diego Gay Pride - Festival July
16-17, Balboa Park, includes entertainment stages, several dance floors, food, and vendor
booths. Parade along University Ave, July 16. |
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Up Your Alley - July 31
(Sunday), 11-6, Dore Alley, San Francisco, leather and fetish event which features vendor
booths and entertainment. |
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Sunset Junction Street Fair
- August 27-28, Sunset Junction, Silverlake. Street fair celebrates diversity, promotes understanding
and acceptance in the local community, features entertainment, food and vendor booths. |
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Summer California Men's
Gathering - September 2-5, Santa Rosa, CA. Provides a place where men can explore different
ways of looking at life and expand concepts of self while having fun. |
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San Diego Rodeo - September 2012,
Lakeside Rodeo Grounds, Lakeside. Weekend will feature
rodeo performance events, dancing, entertainment and the "famous San Diego Parties". |
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Las Vegas Pride 2011 - Spetember 16-17,
Weekend will feature a night-time parade route downtown on Friday (Fourth Street) and a festival at the Clark
County Government Center Sunset Blvd and Las Vegas Blvd. |
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San Francisco Bay Area
Gay Rodeo & Festival - September 16-18, featuring a weekend of rodeo events, country
dancing, entertainment and a festival at the Corralejo Tequila Arena, Driscoll Ranches, La
Honda, California. |
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Folsom Street Fair 2011 - September
25 (Sunday), San Francisco. Twentieth anniversary of this annual leather event which features
demonstrations, vendor booths and entertainment. |
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Castro Street Fair - October
2 (Sunday), Castro and Market Streets, San Francisco, features vendor booths, food, music,
dancing and entertainment. |
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National Coming Out Day - October 11, Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people and
friends hold workshops, speak-outs, rallies and other events aimed at showing the public
that GLBT people are everywhere. |
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San Fernando Valley Pride -
October tba, Studio City, to feature entertainment,
dancing, vendor and food booths. |
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AIDS Walk Los Angeles - October tba,
This 10-kilometer (6.2 miles) AIDS Walk begins and ends in West Hollywood and aims to raise
urgently needed funds to help prevent the spread of HIV and provide life-saving services
for those living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. |
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Halloween
Carnival - October 31, Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood. This night of tricks and treats,
the Halloween & Costume Carnival draws over 400,000 participants to The Boulevard for
food, merriment and costume contests. |
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Greater Palm Springs Pride 2010 - Festival
November 6-7, Palm Springs, CA. Includes entertainment, dancing, food, and vendor booths. Palm Springs Stadium.
Parade on Sunday, November 7. |
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Palm Springs
Leather Pride '11 -
November 10-13, Palm Springs, CA. Includes reception, dinner, Afternoon Cruise Party & Vendor
Market, Palm Springs Mr. Leather contest, dances, and clothing optional pool party, presented
by Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert. |
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Gay American Smokeout - November 18, The Gay American
Smoke Out is an opportunity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) individuals to challenge themselves
to quit smoking. It is also an opportunity for LGBT organizations to provide resources for quitting and host
fun events to raise awareness about tobacco use. |
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Fall California
Men's Gathering - November 25-28, Mountain Center, CA. Provides a place where men can explore different
ways of looking at life and expand concepts of self while having fun. |
New! For Los Angeles area gay community organization and resource
links, see: Gay Organizations
Links to other resources:
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