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Black Women Settle Lawsuit With Napa Valley Wine Train
Sistahs on the Reading Edge settled their race discrimination lawsuit against the Napa Valley Wine Train April 18.
The Wine Train’s governing board still needs to approve the undisclosed settlement with the 11 women who were allegedly unceremoniously kicked off of the train for being loud and boisterous in August 2015, according to media reports.
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Model Rocker Madison Paige Debuts Girl Love Ode At The Dinah
Androgynous Model Madison Paige Explores Her Musical Side And Love Of Adventure by Heather Cassell Sunday is a big day for Madison Paige. It’s her coming out, so to speak, as a musician when she takes the stage with her band to close out The Dinah in Palm Springs. “I’m nervous. I can’t even play […]
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Hunter Valentine Rocks Out One Last Time
It’s been a rockin’ 11 years for Hunter Valentine.
The all-girl rock band has tripped around the world and opened for Cyndi Lauper, appeared on MTV’s “Make or Break: Linda Perry Project” and Showtime’s “The Real L Word,” and overall gained a loyal following of fans. But now it’s time for the band from Toronto to say good-bye … for now, says Hunter Valentine’s front woman Kiyomi McCloskey.
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Fun In The Sun In Palm Springs
Golf and sun beaconed to us as Super G drove along Highway 5 in Rosie’s, our convertible Fiat, top down, with me in the passenger seat heading toward Palm Springs, California. The desert oasis has been the playground to the stars for decades and for this long weekend getaway it was going to be ours.
Palm Springs is unique with its 1950s architecture, art galleries, boutique shopping, and outdoor activities, especially its 124 pristine golf courses and plethora of hiking trails and national and state parks. The desert city offers travelers everything that they want under the sun. There simply is no other place like Palm Springs.
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Austin’s Queer Vibe Beckons LGBT Travelers
Girls That Roam Heads South To Check Out Texas’ Quirky And Cool Capital City And The Queering Of The Famed South By Southwest Festival by Heather Cassell We had never traveled with our friends as a couple before, so a group of us heading to Austin was a new adventure, as new as heading to […]
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SXSW Gets Queer For Its 30th Year
Art, intellectuals, and technology create a perfect storm for cool confabs, like the wildly popular South by Southwest Festival, which turns 30 this year, and kicked off in Austin, Texas on Friday.
The annual indie festival and conference, taking place March 11-20, attracts upward of 72,000 attendees from around the globe to check out hundreds of musicians, artists, innovative thought leaders, and new technologies.
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Hit The Rails Or The Bay For LGBT Wine Events
This year LGBTQ oenophiles can wine and dine on the rails and on San Francisco Bay with two different inaugural events – the Napa Valley Wine Train’s first-ever Pride Ride and Out in the Vineyard’s first-ever Big Gay Wine Cruise.
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Exhibit Of Rare Womynist Posters Opens In San Francisco
Second to third wave feminists (womynists) of color are being celebrated with an exhibit “Feminists to Feministas: Women of Color in Prints and Posters” in San Francisco, California.
The exhibit opens with a reception, 7 to 9 p.m., at the San Francisco GLBT History Museum (4127 18th Street; 415-621-1107; GLBTHistory.org/Museum) tomorrow in the Castro.
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Ancient Japanese Capital City Nara Seeks To Attract LGBTQ Visitors
Japan’s ancient capital city Nara is preparing to roll out the rainbow carpet joining a host of other Japanese cities opening its doors to LGBTQ travelers starting April 1.
The decision comes several months after the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association completed a successful outreach campaign with the Japan Association of Travel Agents in Japan and solidified a partnership with the Pacific Asia Travel Association late last year.
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Bride Pride Sets Out To Make History In Provincetown This Fall
Provincetown is hoping to break a record by marrying at least 100 brides for Bride Pride on October 15 during Provincetown’s legendary Women’s Week, October 10 – 16.
Award-winning political humorist and LGBTQ icon who is a Provincetown, Massachusetts resident Kate Clinton will perform the nuptials.
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OUTsider Festival Keeps Austin Weird And Innovative
Austin is getting hot and heavy this weekend as queer artists pour into the capital of Texas for its second annual OUTsider Festival and Conference, themed “Sex in Public.”
The four-day festival and conference brings together LGBTQ and ally artists from all artistic disciplines from around the world to talk about their work, projects, and to inspire each other opened last night, but it runs through Sunday, February 21.
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Steamy Night Out At The Theater Valentine’s Day Weekend With ‘Reveal All Fear Nothing’
What if you could act out all of your dirtiest, deepest, sexiest secrets before an entire audience? Sound scary? Sound titillating?
Madison Young is doing just that in her adaptation of famed porn and sex educator Annie Sprinkle’s “Post Porn Modernist” performance piece in her show, “Reveal All Fear Nothing: A Journey in Sex, Love, Porn and Feminism.”
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