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If you set your sights on thoroughly exploring Paris's arts and culture scenes, you would have to schedule a year away. There is not enough time on any itinerary to do justice to the astounding abundance of galleries, museums, and architecture that confetti this stunning city.

Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival returns to Los Angeles just in time for the holidays

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Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival returns to L.A. just in time for the holidays

For the first time, the international festival takes place concurrently with CLAW’s Leather Thanksgiving celebration.

Photo Gallery Q&A: Meet NYC based gay celebrity photographer Mike Ruiz and his LGBTQ+ subjects Lance Bass Ruby Rose Wilson Cruz Queen Latifah Miss Fame

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Meet Mike Ruiz, the celebrity photographer capturing Hollywood through a gay lens

With his camera, Ruiz has left an undeniable mark on pop culture!

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Thanksgiving dessert: 25 mouthwatering artworks from Tom of Finland Fest

Don't miss the action at the Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2024, which takes place in Los Angeles from November 29 to December 1.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington DC The Music Center at Strathmore North Bethesda MD

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London Arts and Culture

London offers an almost bewildering range of museums and galleries. While several of Britain's most esteemed museums are clustered round South Kensington, delve further and you'll find fascinating and obscure collections hidden in all corners, nooks, and neighbourhoods of the city.

Shanghai Arts and Culture

A gorgeous mix of turn of the century architecture and glittering high-rises, Shanghai has architecture to delight everyone. It also boasts a number of the country's finest cultural institutions, cutting-edge galleries, and fascinating smaller collections.

Paris Arts and Culture

If you set your sights on thoroughly exploring Paris's arts and culture scenes, you would have to schedule a year away. There is not enough time on any itinerary to do justice to the astounding abundance of galleries, museums, and architecture that confetti this stunning city.

Berlin Arts and Culture

Berlin offers over 100 museums, including institutions devoted to dogs, sugar, and hairdressing. Many are part of the vast Museum Island complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

BOOKS: Art & Queer Culture

If LGBT visibility is of prime importance for acceptance, then what could be more important than LGBT art?

Buenos Aires Arts and Culture

Buenos Aires teems with museums and sights jostling for your attention. Some are vital for any B.A. visit, but prospect further and there are plenty less obvious attractions waiting to be discovered.

Get Your Culture On During Pride at the WeHo Arts Festival

West Hollywood's 'One City One Pride' LGBTQ Arts Festival provides a fun and cultural way to close Pride month in L.A.

Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival returns to L.A. just in time for the holidays

For the first time, the international festival takes place concurrently with CLAW’s Leather Thanksgiving celebration.

Gallery of Geek: Tim Paul

Creative and quirky artist draws perfectly polished pop culture art.

Meet the activist teaching LGBTQ+ youth of color the value of their art

Colby King seeks to teach young queer POC about the financial possibilities of their culture and art.

Coachella in pictures

The art and community of our nation's preeminent cultural festival is captured in a photo essay by The Advocate's Meghan Quinn

The Bay Area Body

"Body, Body, Bodies" presents 27 artists who take on the body for your pleasure and edification in a new exhibit in San Francisco produced by the Queer Cultural Center for the National Queer Arts Festival 2014.

Tom of Finland ‘GlobalSexual’ Returns to America with the Next Generation of Queer and Erotic Art

The annual art and culture festival touches down this weekend in Los Angeles after visits to London and Berlin.

Meet Mike Ruiz, the celebrity photographer capturing Hollywood through a gay lens

With his camera, Ruiz has left an undeniable mark on pop culture!

Thanksgiving dessert: 25 mouthwatering artworks from Tom of Finland Fest

Don't miss the action at the Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2024, which takes place in Los Angeles from November 29 to December 1.

Organizers confirm pulling WorldPride events from ‘inhospitable’ Kennedy Center — not canceled by it

“We saw the writing on the wall,” Capital Pride Alliance Executive Director Ryan Bos told The Advocate.

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Mother Monster confirms she stands up for LGBTQ+ people on stage and off.

London offers an almost bewildering range of museums and galleries. While several of Britain's most esteemed museums are clustered round South Kensington, delve further and you'll find fascinating and obscure collections hidden in all corners, nooks, and neighbourhoods of the city.

A gorgeous mix of turn of the century architecture and glittering high-rises, Shanghai has architecture to delight everyone. It also boasts a number of the country's finest cultural institutions, cutting-edge galleries, and fascinating smaller collections.

If you set your sights on thoroughly exploring Paris's arts and culture scenes, you would have to schedule a year away. There is not enough time on any itinerary to do justice to the astounding abundance of galleries, museums, and architecture that confetti this stunning city.

Berlin offers over 100 museums, including institutions devoted to dogs, sugar, and hairdressing. Many are part of the vast Museum Island complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

If LGBT visibility is of prime importance for acceptance, then what could be more important than LGBT art?

Buenos Aires teems with museums and sights jostling for your attention. Some are vital for any B.A. visit, but prospect further and there are plenty less obvious attractions waiting to be discovered.

West Hollywood's 'One City One Pride' LGBTQ Arts Festival provides a fun and cultural way to close Pride month in L.A.

For the first time, the international festival takes place concurrently with CLAW’s Leather Thanksgiving celebration.

Creative and quirky artist draws perfectly polished pop culture art.

Colby King seeks to teach young queer POC about the financial possibilities of their culture and art.

The art and community of our nation's preeminent cultural festival is captured in a photo essay by The Advocate's Meghan Quinn

"Body, Body, Bodies" presents 27 artists who take on the body for your pleasure and edification in a new exhibit in San Francisco produced by the Queer Cultural Center for the National Queer Arts Festival 2014.

The annual art and culture festival touches down this weekend in Los Angeles after visits to London and Berlin.

With his camera, Ruiz has left an undeniable mark on pop culture!

Don't miss the action at the Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2024, which takes place in Los Angeles from November 29 to December 1.

“We saw the writing on the wall,” Capital Pride Alliance Executive Director Ryan Bos told The Advocate.