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The article profiles Cary Harrison, the host of a talk show broadcast by KPFK radio station in Los Angeles, California.

The article offers news briefs related to activities of the gay community in the U.S.

The article highlights several events related to musical performances in California.

The article focuses on the initiatives of Long Beach AIDS Foundation in California in reaching out youth to prevent the disease. The foundation has launched the SpotU Website with a weekly Webcast titled "The Tenacity of Teens." It has introduced "SpunkTV" Webcast with a college-age cast. It has also devised a Project Red Paint art competition that invites school students to create art work that incorporates the AIDS red ribbon.

The article features the MPower OC organization in Costa Mesa, California. It serves as a place for gays of any age to meet and make friends. It bills itself as a premier social group for gay and bisexual men which provides a relaxed, coffeehouse-style lounge. The organization also hosts monthly outings or events.

A calendar of events in California from December 2009-January 2010 is presented which includes a disco Christmas at the Imperial Court of Long Beach on December 19, 2009, the South Coast Chorale's holiday concert, "A Season to Remember," on December 19, 2009 in Long Beach, and the Open House at the South Bay Center in Torrance on January 1, 2010.

A calendar of events in California from December 2009-January 2010 is presented which includes the second annual "Dance 4 the Cure," in December 31, 2009 in Anaheim, the music performance of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in Orange County, and the underwear and pajama party to be hosted by Metro Q Bistro for New Year's Eve in Huntington Beach.

The article offers news brief related to LGBT and AIDS in California. Doctor Kimberlee Woods vacated her position as executive director of the Center Long Beach organization effective in mid-September, 2009. Tech expert Kurt Knutsson will serve as the Master of Ceremonies at the annual Awards Night and Casino Party of Long Beach AIDS Foundation on October 3, 2009. The Paradise Piano Bar and Restaurant's "A Day in Paradise 2" event on October 3, 2009 in Long Beach will feature drag queen Jewels.

The article offers LGBT news brief in California. Metro Q Bar and Grill in Huntington, California, will offer gay atmosphere, and serve a mix of pub and Mexican food everyday to visitors and residents of Orange County. Annual Gay Days Anaheim will be held at the Disney Resort in Anaheim on October 2-4, 2009. AIDS Service Foundation Orange County will offer their last show of its annual Big Splash event on September 25-26 at the Festival of the Arts on Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach.

The article reports on several developments in Orange County, California in July 2009. It offers information on the celebration of Mpower's Annual Gay Beach Bonfire at Big Corona State Beach. It also highlights the presentation of the comedy event "Laugh Out Loud (LOL) with the Dorothys," to raise money for the AIDS Services Foundation Orange County (ASF). It also cites the LGBT film "Saving the Boom," which would be screening on July 16 at the Regency South Coast Theater.

The article offers news briefs related to LGBT people in California. South Bay Center in Torrance, California has formed an active women's group to host conversation groups and book discussions. Hamburger Marys holds the annual Bearkamp's superhero party on July 25, 2009. Support group for lesbians with cancer gathers at Market Place Mall in Pacific Coast, California every first Tuesday of the month.

The article profiles the Brick and Mortar store at Boystown in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It states that the men's urban fashion boutique offers modified basic designs. Owner Evan Hughes states that the store aims to provide products that will appeal to the community and to the visitors. Moreover, to create a neighborhood feel for the store, it keeps its sales low-key and honest.

The article reports on the employment of drag queens as waitresses at Hamburger Mary's in Los Angeles, California. It offers information on how drag queens work to entertain customers. It mentions the crash course offered to those who have no waitressing experience. The establishment's owner rotates the drag queens every week to keep the interaction with each other and keeps some of its regular waiters to take the customers' orders when a drag queen is on stage.

The article discusses the fitness opinion of Robert Green, owner of the Body Factory lifestyle boutique in California. Green believes that a person "cannot have one change in his life to change his life." This is because a person must be in the right mindset to get in shape. To deal with the psychological aspects, one must conduct self-examination.

The article explores the career of gay painter Wolfgang Bauer in Los Angeles, California. Although he studied acting and directing, Bauer focuses his artistic intensity through painting. His first exhibit held in May 2007 generated significant response and his paintings became popular because of the disturbing imagery they contained. His exhibit, "Queer Theories" will be exhibited at ONE Archive Gallery in West Hollywood from January 3 to February 27, 2009.

The article profiles Barbara Venezia. It notes that she was in a comedy cooking show with John Crean entertaining viewers and led the 232 episodes of the show. It adds that after the cooking show, she created The Friends of Dorothy in which she helps create must-attend fund-raisers. Furthermore, Venezia will be part of the second Haunted Halloween Costume Party on October 25, 2008 in Newport Beach, California.

The article offers information on the "Homo Haunt" costume party and carnival by MPower OC in Orange County, California. It notes that the center of the party is a haunted house Halloween maze with corpses, vampires, and spider webs. It mentions that drag queen Dolly Levi will host the evening. MPower OC was created in 2004, which aims to empower young gay and bisexual men in the area through friendship, community, and education.

Information on topic discussed in a panel discussion on HIV and aging at the Pacific Design Center on September 24 in West Hollywood, California is presented. Topics include the aging-related diseases that are compounded by HIV, the effects of HIV and aging on the brain and the rising rates of new HIV infections among older people. The discussion panel features speakers including Dr. David Hardy, Dr. Enrique Lopez and Dr. Karl Goodkin.

The article discusses the facts and fallacies associated with lewd conduct in California. Accordingly, Long Beach attorney John McBrearty reports that lewd conduct arrests regularly happen in restrooms which are believed to be used by gay community to meet with other guys. It also cites several cases of gay misconduct as well as initiative carried out by California cops on how to catch lewd conduct in public restrooms.

The article features the AIDS Food Store, a volunteer organization which provides free foods to people with HIV/AIDS in Long Beach, California. The organization was established in 1985 to address hunger as well as provide comfort among these people. The store is open every second and fourth Saturdays of the month, wherein between 75-100 people are given with food supplies.

The article profiles Phillip Yaeger, the new executive director of AIDS Service Foundation (ASF) in Orange County, California. According to the article, Yaeger was born in Georgia and raised in La Mirada, California. He started in the ASF as a volunteer in 1993 and has held 10 different positions before becoming the executive director. It stresses that his involvement started when a family friend died of what appeared to him to be AIDS, but no one spoke of it.

The article focuses on the Performers With Disabilities Committee under the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in the U.S. Formed in 1981 to draw attention to those with disabilities who work in entertainment, the committee sponsored many persons with disabilities (PWD) talent showcases, which attracted top casting directors and studio/network executives. In 2005, it released a report spotlighting the difficulties performers with disabilities face and offering recommendations for improvements.

The article focuses on Long Beach, the most affordable and friendly beach community in California. Realtor Rick McVeigh said that he had never encountered any opposition to gay couples in the beach, and that they know the purpose of his initiative in the area. He likewise informs that Alamito Beach is considered as the central district for gay people and suggests buyers to take a look in the beach if they want to buy an estate.

The article focuses on the special screening of the documentary film "Meth" on April 16, 2008 at Santa Ana College in California. Film director Todd Ahlberg and Ed McKie, one of the people profiled in the film, along with several community leaders, will lead a discussion about the growing crystal meth epidemic after the film showing. The screening is sponsored by the Orange County Methamphetamine Task Force. McKie is also planning to open Meth Education (METHEDS), a nonprofit entity for the gay community.

The article features Laguna Woods in Southern Orange County, a retirement community which caters to the gay market. Laguna Woods opened in 1964 as a gated community and expanded in the 1970s to include two golf courses, seven club houses, five swimming pools, two gyms/fitness centers, a performing arts center and an equestrian center. Laguna Woods has a Rainbow Club which holds various social events for LGBT residents with an estimated 1,000 gay and lesbian retirees out of a total population of 18,000.

The article presents information on an event being planned by a group called Guerilla Queer Bar Orange County in California with an aim to make straight bars gay for a night at a time. According to the article, the group will gather GLBT people at an unsuspecting straight bar for the evening which is set to start February 2008. Organizer Billy G. says that the initiative is not a confrontation thing, and that it is just about gathering open-minded people for a night of fun.

The article focuses on the real estate market in the U.S. which has become a buyer's market. Jeff Cook, senior loan officer at Metrocities Mortgage, says that a buyer's market is characterized by a lot of inventory and price cutting. It states that the prime interest rate has been lowered by the U.S. Federal Reserve by 1.25%.

The article features the Pink Kitty specialty adult novelty/sex store in Orange County, California. It sells sexy lingerie, adult sex toys, XXX digital video discs (DVD), fetish materials, sadism & masochism (S&M) items and of course lubes, lotions, and condoms. Pink Kitty owner Alysia Pardo said that they are the only adult-novelty store in Irvine, California and the only one that ever will be here, explaining that Irvine adopted ordinances prohibiting adult stores in the 1990s.

The article presents information on the Long Beach Community Business Network (LBCBN), a networking group for gay-owned and gay-friendly businesses in the Long Beach, California area. When Karen Hewus opened her Long Beach-based graphic design company, LOOK! Graphics, two years ago, she immediately got busy networking with other business owners. But she did not want to hide her identity as a lesbian business owner, so, she joined the LBCBN.

The article highlights the family-friendly World AIDS Day festivities to be conducted by the Long Beach AIDS Foundation in California. Gary Bowie, executive director of the foundation, says that the foundation aims to reach the underserved communities. It states that the event features a tour of the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), student art competition and art auction.

The article features actor Scott Presley. He recalls how he made a profession out of performing drag 20 years ago. According to director Simon Levy, casting a man in the female role is in keeping with the nature of plays by American dramatist Tennessee Williams. The actor, better known to Los Angeles, California audiences as Belle Aire, got his acting start studying at the New Actors Workshop in New York City.

The article focuses on Saddle Up Los Angeles, the horseback trail ride benefit event for AIDS through Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California. Event coordinator Sunnie Rose Berger has announced that the fires in May 2007 have spared the trail to Amir's Garden. Around 25 percent of the park's acres were burned by the fires. The event is set for August 25, 2007.

The article reports on the protests by former ex-gays against the programs that cure homosexuality. They held the first "Ex-Gay Survivor's Conference" at the University of California (UC) in Irvine where most of them shared their stories and began to heal the emotional scars of their ex-gay experience. It is said that the survivors staged a direct action in Encino immediately after the conference and 3 of them presented placards telling their stories to the National Association for the Research and Treatment of Homosexuality (NARTH).

The article reports on the celebration of gay pride at the city council of Los Angeles, California on June 29, 2007. Gay councilmember Bill Rosendahl initiated the observance of gay pride. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and police chief William Bratton made speeches about the importance of diversity. Six persons were awarded for their work in the gay community including Michael Andraychak of the Stonewll Democratic Club and Virginia Uribe of Project 10.

The article provides information on the deaths of two residents in West Hollywood. The author said that one was considered murder while the other has been labeled undetermined. The homicide bureau is still investigating the latter incident. The first of the two victims is Orlando Ortega. He was fatally shot near his apartment at the intersection of Sweetzer and Willoughby avenues. The second victim was Michael Pray, who was found dead in his apartment in Fairfax Avenue.

The article offers information on the Ex-Gay Survivor's Conference to be held at the University of California in Irvine from June 29 to July 1, 2007.

The article features Michael Solarez, a former police officer in Monrovia, California. He was allegedly fired from his job because he was gay, although the Monrovia Police Department claims his dismissal was due to his poor performance. Solarez filed a sexual-orientation harassment-and-discrimination lawsuit which ended in victory in May 2007. He has made friends with other gay police officers through the Pride Behind the Badge support association.

The article offers information on the Transgender Job Placement Program of the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center in California headed by Lynn Bridges. Bridges explains that the program is a peer-to-peer service that specifically targets sex workers to help them get off the streets. It is stated that the program has job listings for clients as well as occupational training services. The program is also showing employers the value of hiring transgender people, according to the article.

The article reports on the victory of incumbent candidates Abbe Land, John Heilman and Sal Guarriello in the March 6, 2007 City Council election in West Hollywood, California. Heilman says that with the election behind, they can move forward with city business. Steve Martin, one of the candidates, said that he would not trade what he experienced during the election. The author claims the election is the most contentious.

The article reports on the donation made by gay philanthropists John McDonald and Rob Wright to the Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation, Law and Public Policy at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) for the creation of an academic chair devoted exclusively to studying same-sex laws and public policy. It notes that the institute focuses on such issues as anti-gay discrimination as well as gay adoption rights. It also says that the gay couple is famous for giving to gay causes.

The article deals with smoking ban in West Hollywood, California. The anti-smoking group Smokefree Apartment House Registry is lobbying to ban smoking in apartments and even on balconies. There is strong opposition to an apartment smoking ban due to the city's heavy-smoking Russian and gay populations.

The article offers information on the efforts of West Hollywood city council candidates Ed Buck, Heavenly Wilson and Steve Martin to fight urbanism. They claim that urbanism is the cause of rampant destruction and degradation of the city's cultural heritage and environmental condition. They propose that high restrictions for new retail buildings must be adopted by the government.

The article reports the closure of the office of Being Alive, an AIDS-service organization, in Silver Lake, California. Executive director Rafael Cosio says that the closure is due to financial constraints of running and maintaining the office. Being Alive is planning to continue its operation in Sliver Lake by collaborating with People Assisting the Homeless.

The article provides information relevant to the operations and services offered by Bienestar, which serves the Latino community in the United States. It offers HIV/AIDS services, a food bank and provides assistance with immigration, domestic violence, mental health, substance abuse, employment and family issues. A grant from the Centers for Disease Control will help Bienestar expand its services and operations.

The article reports on the possibility of California losing millions of dollars in AIDS funding if Congress does not act soon, on its reauthorization of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act. CARE Act changes going into effect that will shift funding away from areas where the epidemic is more developed and toward areas where the epidemic is emerging, are discussed.

The article highlights a campaign by L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center against HIV in the gay and communities. The key objective of the campaign is discussed. The strategy of the group to discuss new ways of confronting HIV and AIDS is described. A criticism against the use of fear-based campaigns and the use of grotesque images for stigmatizing HIV positive men is presented.

The article announces the appointment of Buddy Goldman as a captain in charge at the Sheriff's Station in West Hollywood, California.

Reports on the support given by voters to candidates who support same-sex marriage in the June 6, 2006 primary election in California. Candidates who won, including Phil Angelides for governor and John Garamendi for lieutenant governor; Importance of primary results in the legislative races; Support of Angelides for GLBT issues.

The article reports on the contentious rivalry of Los Angeles City Council member Mike Feuer and Abbe Land, a West Hollywood City Council member, for the position to replace 42nd District Assemblyman Paul Koretz in California. The dispute started after Koretz mailed out flyers attacking the record of Land. Feuer's charges that the vote of Land on city council business favors the campaign contributors. In response, Land denies these, asserting that donations have never influenced her votes.