Hotspots Happening Out marked its 5th Anniversary CAN Black History Month Cookout with a vibrant, family-friendly celebration centered on unity and Black Joy. The event welcomed Black and Brown Straight and queer attendees, drawing exceptional turnout from children and...
A conservative Christian group is criticizing a new margarine commercial starring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. One Million Moms called the 45-second I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! ad highly inappropriate over its bleeped profanity. The group said, “Foul language...
Former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher is reportedly set to marry his boyfriend, Etienne Bousquet-Cassagne, this May. The news follows Schumacher’s July 2024 Instagram post, where he came out as gay, captioning a sunset photo: “The most beautiful thing...
Bad Bunny has broken the record for the most-watched Super Bowl Halftime Show in history. The multi-Grammy winner and Spotify’s top-streamed artist since 2022 delivered a performance celebrating queer rights, Latin American culture, and global unity at the Apple...
Our Hotspots Happening Out LGBTQ lifestyle magazine Hotspots is back with a feature on Galleria Fort Lauderdale’s Valentine’s Day event, “Love at First Bark.” The celebration includes a dog adoption expo and a red-themed doggie fashion show on Saturday,...
A University of California, Berkeley professor and her students are using Wikipedia to document and preserve queer history amid rising misinformation and political efforts affecting diversity and inclusion. Since 2016, Juana María Rodríguez, a professor of ethnic studies, has...












