Beat Box
Beat Box Summer’s Hottest Dance Beats By Jimmy Newsum Who remembers Will Smith, when he was one half of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, singing about summer, summer, summertime? If you’re among the boys shaking up dance floors today, you probably do not. The point is, even nineties kids...
Indelible Artistry
Indelible Artistry By Chris Astrala LGBT artists have continually challenged mainstream understandings of gender and sexuality. The impact of this on our society is immeasurable. For example, artists of the 1980s who worked tirelessly to bring attention to HIV/AIDS in America, artists today maintain their roles as leading figures striving for change and cultural...
Local Art Redefined
Local Art Redefined Webster defines art as the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. We have gathered a small group of local artist who have expressed their own definition of what art means to them; what inspires them, what projects they...
Cairns
Cairns A guide to the Unofficial Gay Capital of Tropical Australia By Jay Horne, Editor FNQ Magazine Welcome to the Tropical Paradise that is the city of Cairns – The Unofficial Gay Capital of Tropical Australia and home to FNQ Magazine! Situated on Trinity Bay on the coast of Far North Queensland, the city...
Unknown But Very Trendy LGBT Destinations
Unknown But Very Trendy LGBT Destinations By George Zander In the search for the perfect LGBT vacation spot, you may NOT have visited these new comers to tourism scene. But trust me, for those of you who have stayed and played in more well known and famous spots, this is a great new list...
Ten Best Travel Destinations for 2015
Ten Best Travel Destinations for 2015 By Jaymes F. Frank Here are the 10 best travel destinations in 2015 – put them at the top of your lists and beat the crowds, these places are set to boom this year and beyond… Bosnia & Herzegovina A picture conveys a thousand words and Bosnia...
Are You Covered?
Are You Covered? 4 Smart Questions About Your Comprehensive Travel Insurance By Lisa Jeeves There are numerous viable options for comprehensive travel insurance. But you should still ask the right questions before putting pen to paper on a policy. The devil is in the details of comprehensive travel insurance. While you must pore through...
The Irish Referendum
The Irish Referendum By Harry Hayfield, Special Correspondent to The Standard Magazine The history of gay rights in the Irish Republic has been one of reality catching up fast. Being a homosexual man in Ireland was a criminal offence right up until 1990 (in the United Kingdom the act was decriminalized in 1963) and...
Evening Under the Stars
Evening Under the Stars Ending the season on a High Note It’s everybody’s favorite gala of the year. AIDS Assistance Program’s Evening Under the Stars has served as the grand finale of the charity season in the valley for the 22nd year running now. Like the grassroots organization it benefits, Evening Under the Stars,...
All You Need is Love
All You Need is Love A setting desert sun, an Evening Under the Stars in the shadow of the San Jacinto Mountains, and the indisputable talents of Darlene Love — what else is there? By M. M. de Crinis With one of the most recognizable voices that you might not have recognized as hers,...
The Impact of Meeting Harvey Milk
The Impact of Meeting Harvey Milk: From Marching in a Protest to Making History in the Workforce. By Ron Huberman I’m Ron Huberman and I’m from Boston, Massachusetts. I first met Harvey Milk when I walked into his camera store on Castro. In the summer of 1975, I was teaching school at that time...
La Voix
La Voix Brings Back The Voice By Jason Salerno La Voix made waves across the Atlantic last season with her vocal prowess on Simon Cowell’s hit competition show, Britain’s Got Talent. Now the gender-illusionist is taking aim at stateside lip-syncing queens, telling them it’s time to retire the copycat act and step up to the...
