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Want to know what’s hot in lesbianville around the globe? Find out where the girls are going at Lez Adventure.

‘Orange Is The New Black” star Lea Delaria (Photo: Sophy Holland)

Broadway and TV Star Lea DeLaria Is Set To Jazz Up The Dinah

“Orange Is The New Black” star and hottest veterans of Broadway musicals and stand-up comedy, Lea DeLaria is returning to The Dinah for a special night of comedy and music.

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Dinah goers splash around in the pool and dance under the sun at The Dinah's Saturday Pool Party during the celebration's 25th anniversary in 2015. (Photo: Super G)

Turning Tables: Dinah Announces DJ Lineup With A Twist

Keeping the music pumping and the sounds fresh The Dinah delivers global celebrity DJs Samantha Ronson and Mary Mac along with the best female DJs from across the US to Palm Springs, California.

It’s going to be a power packed nitty gritty weekend of music as DJs Samantha Ronson and Mary Mac spin and Elle King takes the stage during the 4-day all-girl extravaganza, March 30 – April 2. This is just the beginning ladies.

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DJ Mary Mac

Groove Master DJ Mary Mac To Spin Her Spell On The Dinah

The dance floor will be slamming when DJ Mary Mac hits the turntables at The Dinah, March 30 – April 2, in Palm Springs.

The legendary DJ and performer joins fellow celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson in the DJ booth along with nine other DJs inspiring more than 15,000 women to work up a sweat on the dance floor during 4-day all-girl party in the desert.

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Global celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson (Photo: Courtesy of The Dinah)

Celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson Set To Throw Down The Hits At The Dinah

The girls at The Dinah will get footloose on the dance floors with global sensation DJ Samantha Ronson spinning the latest dance club anthems from around the world at The Dinah this spring January 4.

The Dinah Producer Mariah Hanson announced the famed celebrity spinstress will be in the DJ booth at The Dinah, March 30 – April 3 in Palm Springs, California.

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Guests have been enjoying cruising and resorting with Olivia Travel for more than 20 years. (Photo: Courtesy of Olivia Travel)

What Do Queer Women Travelers Want?

I am the first to admit, if you don’t get women and don’t know where to find us it might seem like we are playing hard to get – especially queer and trans women – but we are traveling in increasing numbers.

Women are nearly 50% of the population globally, so we are everywhere and we are roaming – especially on solo adventures and girlfriend getaways – as we continue to make bank, grow our net value, and start to enjoy our financial success.

However, women, in particular queer women, seem to be an elusive demographic to understand and to reach for travel professionals.

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The Sleep Inn in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo: Travel Pony)

Rude Awakening For Lesbian Couple At Sleep Inn In Brooklyn

Turned away for the night because they are a lesbian couple, Loren Parisella and Elizabeth Prestano, are suing the Sleep Inn, whose parent company is Choice Hotels International, in Brooklyn for discrimination.

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Two-time Grammy nominated “Exs & Ohs” crooner Elle King

‘Exs & Ohs’ Elle King Headlines The Dinah

Who hasn’t heard the crooning, swinging rockabilly tune “Exs & Ohs” by two-time Grammy nominated Elle King?

You couldn’t miss it and you won’t miss her if you are at The Dinah in Palm Springs, March 30 – April 3, 2016.

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A woman traveler exploring Myanmar, also known as Burma. (Photo: Bagan, Myanmar © Warrengoldswain | Dreamstime)

LGBTQ Travel Officially Expands Eastward with IGLTA and PATA Agreement

Lesbian and gay travel experts are eyeing Asia as the next hot destination from Japan to Thailand and why not? Queer travelers have already been creating a path to destinations such as China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and other countries in Asia.

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Daily and Transcendent: 25+ years of Photojournalistic Portraits Exhibit, November 1 – January 3, San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, Jewett Gallery, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, Calif. (Photo: Girls That Roam)

Queer History Caught On Film In ‘Daily and Transcendent’ Exhibit

San Francisco’s queer community is getting a look at itself through the lens of two photojournalists at the “Daily and Transcendent: 25+ years of Photojournalistic Portraits Exhibit” currently on display at the San Francisco Public Library’s Jewett Gallery.
The exhibit opened November 1 and is on display free to the public in the Jewett Gallery at the San Francisco Public Library’s Main Branch until January 3.

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Lesbians in Morocco have to choose to stay or go because coming out at home means a life of hiding or a life destroyed. Photo: (Marie von Hafften / GlobalPost)

Traveling Britons Free To Be Carefree When Vacationing Abroad

A lot of factors come into play when planning a vacation: where to go, where to stay, what to do, where to eat, how to get there, cost, weather and much more, but human rights and more specifically lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights? … That’s a low priority, according to a recent United Kingdom survey.

The rights of the residents who UK travelers encounter at the destination of their choice in question rated low, very low, like a 7% low, in a recent survey conducted by YouGov that was commissioned by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.

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Taking a romantic walk along the beach during a Caribbean vacation. (Photo: Courtesy of IGLTA)

LGBTQ Travel Gets Personalized

It’s an exciting new world for LGBTQ travelers seeking their next big adventure.

Will it be a vacation in one of California’s famed wine regions? Cooking classes in Tuscany? A river cruise through Europe? A gay or lesbian party weekend in Spain or Thailand? A family beach getaway? What will we do? … or better yet, Where will we go?

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Dean’s Gold strip club in North Miami Beach (Photo: www.mygola.com)

Access Denied: Strip Club’s Ungentlemanly Behavior Toward Two Ladies

It wasn’t a happy hour when a couple was denied entry into Miami’s “ultimate gentleman’s club” during a recent vacation to the Sunshine State.

The reason? Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa and Heather Cox were denied entry into Dean’s Gold strip club in North Miami Beach by a hostess and a manager because they were unaccompanied “by a man” recently while on vacation, according to multiple media reports.

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