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Travel + culture + queer history Journalist for NBC Out, Nat Geo Travel, Condรฉ Nast Traveller, Washington/LA Blade, Westways, Passport, etc danallen.ink ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“Los Angeles | ๐Ÿ”œ Iceland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe.

12.06.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20103    ๐Ÿ” 5894    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 629    ๐Ÿ“Œ 242
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Luigi Mangione sex tape bombshell The 26-year-old has amassed a loyal fanbase behind bars, with women reportedly throwing themselves at him as he faces charges for allegedly shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

So many questions... but for starters, what does 'cinema-style' mean?
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

05.03.2025 05:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hell yeah Al Green.

05.03.2025 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5561    ๐Ÿ” 754    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 160    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48
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UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...

Here's the best place to directly support Ukraine.
u24.gov.ua

01.03.2025 01:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

America needs you. Right now. Sheโ€™s drowning in the waters of cynicism and grift. She cries out, but you keep walking by. Donโ€™t look away. Help her.

01.03.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anger. Righteous anger. We need more of it in this country.

28.02.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37387    ๐Ÿ” 5109    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1066    ๐Ÿ“Œ 192
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Theyโ€™re going to try to destroy democracy while pretending to save it.

25.02.2025 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 372    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Queer Angelenos: Short notice, but tix are still available for 'The Big Johnson,' the fantastic doc about sexy subversive NYC musician, nightlife icon, and activist Dean Johnson, screening at 4pm in East WeHo today as part of the Slamdance Film Festival.
slamdance2025.eventive.org/films/6761ae...

23.02.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yksi kaksi kolme SAUNA!

23.02.2025 06:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
KAJ - Bara bada bastu
YouTube video by Melodifestivalen KAJ - Bara bada bastu

Still love you Mรฅns Zelmerlรถw, but my early pick for this year's @eurovision.tv winner (so long as @melodifestivalen.se does the right thing) is Sweden's Kaj with the super catchy sauna-loving Swedo-Finn anthem 'Bara Bada Bastu' ('Just Take a Sauna').
youtu.be/28__O2Ngc74

23.02.2025 06:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Somehow it's even more insidious that they'd change his history into misinformation rather than just deleting it. It's a prime example of their disdain for both trans people and the truth.

15.02.2025 06:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I noticed this on Albert Cashier's page too. Disgusting and diabolical, not to mention utterly false.

15.02.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.

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13.02.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9322    ๐Ÿ” 4911    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 508    ๐Ÿ“Œ 684
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U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website The โ€œTโ€ was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.

Absolutely disgusting. The T & Q have now been removed from the National Park Service's page for the Stonewall National Monument, with all mentions of LGBTQ+ changed to LGB. Why is this administration so afraid of trans people that it's denying their very existence?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

14.02.2025 00:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Help Denmark Buy California โ€“ Because Why Not? Buy it from Trump, the bigliest crowdsourcing ever

I know it's a joke, but as a Californian I'm hard pressed to see any downsides to becoming Danish. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
โœ… EU passport
โœ… Universal health care
โœ… Female leader
โœ… Eurovision Song Contest voting rights
โœ… Hygge
denmarkification.com

12.02.2025 01:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Huge congrats to the 3 award-winning queer films at this year's Sundance Film Festival: Twinless, Come See Me in the Good Light, and Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears).

Congrats also to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who get name checked in 2/3 of these fantastic winners.

02.02.2025 23:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not this orange a**hole turning a national tragedy into an anti-DEI tirade.

30.01.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The new 'Wedding Banquet' is an absolute delight! Director Andrew Ahn celebrates a modern queer Seattle family with tender hilarity + excellent performances by Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, the iconic Joan Chen, & the fantastic Yuon Yuh-jung. A new queer classic is born.

28.01.2025 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sundance 2025 features uncharted queer territory and reimagined LGBTQ classics Star-studded remakes of โ€œThe Wedding Banquetโ€ and โ€œKiss of the Spider Womanโ€ headline a diverse and provocative lineup of queer films debuting at the influential festival.

My preview of the LGBTQ features at this year's Sundance Film Festival for NBC Out. @nbcnews.com #Sundance
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

24.01.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey @nytimes.com, this very misleading. Technically Victor Willis may be the only member of the group who also founded it with the producers, but he is NOT the last surviving member of the original Village People.

13.01.2025 22:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donations and thanks keep streaming in from the public today to the obviously very appreciative @lafd.bsky.social station across the street. I'm so so proud of these guys and my fellow Angelenos who are recognizing their massive efforts this week.

13.01.2025 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I live right across the street from a Los Angeles Fire Department station, and after such a difficult week for them and our dear city, it's been so deeply heartwarming to see a steady stream of people stopping today to drop off treats or just offer their thanks to the brave firefighters.

12.01.2025 01:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A harrowing evening in Hollywood after this suddenly appeared out my front door. Quickly evacuated alongside everyone in a several mile radius, but so grateful to the LAFD for stopping this fire from tearing through the heart of Hollywood. My heart's with those across SoCal who haven't been so lucky

09.01.2025 09:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The fact that the United States seems to be headed towards conditioning the quality of its relationship with its democratic allies on whether or not it has a right-wing populist party in power is not just objectionable, it's a major fucking crisis for the stability of the world.

08.01.2025 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In my first feature for the UK's @attitudemag.bsky.social, I had the pleasure of interviewing West Hollywood Mayor John Erickson. He's a smart, charismatic and passionate progressive, and having met him has given me far more hope for the future than I might have otherwise had post-election.

24.12.2024 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I always feel especially lucky to live in LA during awards season, when I can sit in on rare convos like this one between directors Christopher Nolan and Ridley Scott after a screening of Gladiator II last night.

11.12.2024 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And yet again, zero pushback on her vile nonsense from CNN.

27.11.2024 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of the best perks of getting verified with Muck Rack is that you can then report anything listed that isn't yours. They're very responsive to reports from verified users. In fact I found one misattributed piece last night after posting this, and by this morning they'd already removed it.

22.11.2024 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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