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Surviving the Riots: Black-Owned Happy Ice Storefront Opens June 20 on Melrose Avenue
Six months ago, Lemeir Mitchell watched his dream come true on Melrose Avenue: the construction of his Happy Ice storefront. What started as frozen treat truck grew within months into an operation he describes as bigger than him. Having com...
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The Abbey’s Guide to a DIY Drag Brunch At Home
The pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges for everyone, and the lively, upbeat mood of West Hollywood has noticeably changed. Nevertheless, this June marks the 50th anniversary of L.A. Pride, and the Abbey has shown its pride with...
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Coachella 2020 Canceled
It's perhaps the least surprising news of the month, but Coachella 2020 has been canceled. We reported in March that the festival had been postponed until October, with Goldenvoice releasing a statement that read: "At the direction of...
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Trinidad Jame$ Explains Why All Lives Cannot Matter Until Black Lives Are Treated Equally
America has a problem. Power, and the unequal distribution of its force.  The fundamental disparity of racial power has been at the root of decades of civil unrest, not to mention its ties to systemic injustice throughout the history of...
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Pride Q&A: Twenties Star Jonica T. Gibbs on Representing LGBTQ & Black Lives on TV
Lena Waithe's highly enjoyable BET drama Twenties might have been inspired by her experiences trying to break into Hollywood, but the show explores so much more, including the dynamics of friendships, relationships (gay and straight) and fi...
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Streaming Movie Picks: Watch Selma, Just Mercy and King in the Wilderness for Free
With protests in support of #BlackLivesMatter still being held across the country in the wake of George Floyd's death by a white Minnesota police officer, there has also been a movement toward education and learning about America's history ...
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ARTS
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ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives: Learning From Lived and Living History
The ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California Libraries is in fact the biggest collection of LGBTQ materials in the world — some three million objects encompassing books, zines, posters, recordings, ...
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Grimes Sells the Future at Maccarone Gallery
If you’ve seen the music videos, then you already know that Grimes has a penchant for animated digital avatars and tripped out cartoon futurism. As her current art show at Maccarone makes explicit, this is more than a cool way to make a v...
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CULTURE
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Op-Ed: Protesting as a Black Woman — Still I Rise 
I used to be afraid to attend protests because I worried that, as a black woman, I was more likely to be killed or targeted by the police. As the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others, compounded by years of police brutality a...
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L.A. Pride Black Solidarity March to go on With New Organizers
A march in solidarity with the black community that was planned for L.A. Pride will continue forward without the original organization on Sunday, June 14. Instead, it will be the All Black Lives Matter solidarity march. L.A. Pride had or...
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CANNABIS
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Cannabis Caucus Wants the DEA Out of George Floyd Protests
Congressional cannabis leaders are pushing back against the Drug Enforcement Administration's use of its advanced technological capabilities to participate in law enforcement responses to nationwide protests. On Monday, Congressman Earl ...
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How AIDS Activists Started The Cannabis Industry
While Dennis Peron has found himself a folk hero of cannabis legalization, the man who galvanized the AIDS community in California to back medical marijuana in 1996 was far removed from being pro legalization. Alongside other San Francis...
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The Los Angeles Museum of Love
The Los Angeles Museum of Love is 3000 square feet of activities designed to deepen connections. Entrance is via reservation only and we only allow eight people in the building at any time. Masks must be worn and space movement is only perm...
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Find and Order Weed Online
The wide world of cannabis is extremely vast — and it’s only growing. New brands and products are created seemingly by the minute. There are more deals than you can keep track of and they are gone in a blink of an eye. Don’t fret. Wee...
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