The royal family’s disdain for the crass orange blowhard is hardly a secret …The royals – particularly Princes Harry and Charles – are friends with the Obamas. And since the Queen is notoriously fastidious about protocols of state, it was hardly an accident that she wore the “American State Visit brooch” as Trump…
read more @ lgbtqnation.com The Queen Threw Subtle Shade at Trump
A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.
atlasobscura.com: City Hall Station – New York, New York – Atlas Obscura
Revellers take part in a gay pride parade in Tel Aviv, Israel June 8, 2018.
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In this picture taken Sunday, May 13, 2018, Elias, 24, who goes by the stage name of Melanie Coxxx, applies make-up during Beirut Pride week at his home in Tabarja, Lebanon.
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The US is far from the only country to recognize Pride. Worldwide, cities aim to highlight issues facing their queer communities through Pride celebrations throughout the year. Here’s how cities around the world have recognized Pride so far in 2018.
Protected by riot police in Kiev, Ukraine, drag queens in whimsical garb rode on parade floats on June 17.
See much more at businessinsider.com: LGBTQ Pride 2018: Photos of cities celebrating – Business Insider
People take part in the Pride day parade in the Queens borough of New York City, New York, U.S., June 3, 2018.
Reuters
A photographer has spent decades capturing these symbols of Americana and the open road.
The rise of automobile culture at the end of World War II gave Americans an easy and affordable way to see the country. Subsequently, mom-and-pop motels began appearing to meet the demand created by these new travelers. The motels strove to differentiate themselves with kitschy themes and eye-catching neon signs, which eventually emerged as distinctive images of Americana.
atlasobscura.com: The Vanishing World of Neon Motel Signs – Atlas Obscura
The bar now heralded as the launching point for the mainstream LGBTQ rights movement had, according to Kurt, fallen to the wayside and lost touch with its queer roots. So in 2006, in light of Stonewall going under, Kelly and a group of investors bought the property ― and revitalized it.Kurt Kelly and Stacy Lentz became the bar’s co-owners in 2006.
Read more about Kurt Kelly and Stacy Lentz saving an iconic place for the “gay rights” movement.
huffingtonpost.com: Stonewall Inn Owners: ‘This Is The Gay Church. This Is Where It All Began.’ | HuffPost
FoldHaus, Shrumen Lumen, 2016. Photo by Rene Smith.
Aaron Taylor Kuffner, GAMELTRON, photo by Libby Weiler
Each year in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, a city of more than 75,000 people rises out of the dust for a single week. During that time, enormous experimental art installations are erected and many are ritually burned to the ground. The thriving temporary metropolis known as Burning Man is a hotbed of artistic ingenuity, driving innovation….
No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man brings the large-scale work from this annual desert gathering to the nation’s capital for the first time.
americanart.si.edu: No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man
March 30, 2018 – January 21, 2019
From man-made, guarded structures to natural enigmas protected by environmental science, a slew of spots across the globe are entirely forbidden to outside travelers.
Extraterrestrial secrets, locked mysteries of religion, virgin wildlife and more make these places intriguingly off-limits.
farandwide.com: Forbidden Destinations You Can Never Visit | Far & Wide
See every single red carpet look from your favorite celebrities and designers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
vogue.com: Met Gala 2018 Red Carpet: All the Celebrity Dresses and Fashion – Vogue
and check out Madonna’s Surprise Met Gala Performance on vogue.com
Each region in the United States, from “Yankeedom” to “El Norte,” has its own cultural identity, says author Colin Woodard.
businessinsider.com: This map shows the US really has 11 separate ‘nations’ with entirely different cultures
Sculptures by artists and architects Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo sketch in vague outlines of Portland’s industrial past
The work of Edoardo Tresoldi appears as a majestic architectural sculpture that tells the volume of the existing early Christian church
The work of Edoardo Tresoldi appears as a majestic architectural sculpture that tells the volume of the existing early Christian church
Like hazy memories or flickers of imagination, architectural structures either long since lost or never built in the first place interact with three-dimensional space in the form of ghostly sculptu…
weburbanist.com: Ghosts of Architecture Past: 14 Fossils of Fallen Buildings
The imprints of buildings long gone can often be seen on their surviving neighbors for decades into the future
