Like many literary masters, critically-acclaimed Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs was an enigmatic soul riddled with contradictions. Born into an affluent family of Missouri inventors, he was Harvard-bred but held blue-collar jobs. He married two women — one Burroughs killed by accidental gunshot — but severed his pinky...
read moreAn assault on a gay couple has two victims with black eyes, stitches and potential surgeries, and has a bar owner angry that out-of-town “rednecks” have tarnished his club’s gay-friendly reputation. On Wednesday, April 7, Ryan Gray and his partner, Kevin Burns, went to Piper Down for karaoke night as they often do on...
read moreI love traveling. It doesn’t matter what kind — road trip, cruise, beach lounging, resort hopping. My favorite, though, is the kind where you go to a gay resort or bed & breakfast, curl up on a comfortable lounge chair by a pool or on the beach, and read a book. When it gets too dark — go shower, gussy up, and find the...
read moreIn February of 2003, John Hessling left a cush job as director of leisure sales at Mandalay Bay and, with his partner Mike Torres, opened the doors to a 47-room resort for gay men — a first of its size in Las Vegas — The Blue Moon. The former Travelodge three blocks off the Strip was completely remodeled over several years to...
read moreSandra Bernhard, Martha Wash and Sister Dottie S. Dixon will be the main attractions at this year’s Utah Pride Festival, the Utah Pride Center announced April 12. A stand up comedian, actress, singer and author, Bernhard has appeared on several Pride Festival stages. She will perform at Washington Square on the evening of June...
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