From page-boy to testosterone injections: One person’s journey fom female to male

Jim Howley was a girl who wanted to be a boy by the time she was four. It was 1979, in a town with the absolutely literary-perfect name of Plain City, Ohio. At preschool, she hung out with the boys. There—and we can imagine [...]

Is the Long Beach Gay Pride Parade only worth it if you’re gay?
Despite minoring in women’s studies at Cal State Long Beach and ranting feministically in the Daily Forty-Niner, it was only a few weeks ago that I had my first drink at Que Sera. Surprised? Apparently, you’re supposed to be. But although my feminism [...]

That’s the conception—but of course, the city has always had a vibrant gay nightlife scene

PHOTO by RUSS ROCA
We’re standing in the Crest, outwardly a nondescript little cinderblock of a bear bar on an industrial stretch of Cherry Avenue near Long Beach’s border with Paramount. Inside, there’s a fireplace, and out back a waterfall.
What’s a [...]