While racecar lovers were burning rubber in Long Beach, my girlfriend and I were burning rubber on the soles of our shoes and with bikes from Long Beach Bike Share to explore the city during our 36-hour jaunt.

This past December, to counteract a hectic Thanksgiving weekend full of large family gatherings, my partner and I planned a just-the-two-of us getaway to Maui. It rained. So we poured.

While the big gay New Year's party is not happening this year, LGBTs will mix into the mainstream celebration as Las Vegas Boulevard shuts down to accommodate the overflow crowds that will pour into the street at midnight.

Wine country is experiencing an increase in its LGBT community as people escape big cities like San Francisco, adult LGBT natives return after venturing out into the world, and a new generation of queers who were born and raised there decide to stay.

Once upon a time, Out There went on lots of world trips. Nowadays, not so much. That's all the more reason we make sure to make plenty of whoopee at home.

Victoria is Canada's best kept secret, with a combination of the country's best weather, picturesque scenery, and historic architecture.

San Jose has joined the list of cities and states banning taxpayer funded travel to North Carolina and Mississippi due to the enactment of anti-LGBT laws in those states.

A man I met at the gay Desert Paradise resort in Palm Springs last month best summarized why so many LGBTs return to the desert city every year and sometimes several times a year.

My girlfriend and I were feeling the tug of New York pulling at us from 3,000 miles away, or it might have been my auntie, who lives in Manhattan, asking us to visit. You don't have to twist our arms to escape to the Big Apple.

The nationwide backlash against anti-gay laws recently passed in Georgia and North Carolina is aiding efforts to enact legislation in California that would ban taxpayer-funded travel to such states, LGBT advocates say.

This year LGBT oenophiles can wine and dine on the rails and on San Francisco Bay with two different inaugural events - the Napa Valley Wine Train's first-ever Pride Ride and Out in the Vineyard's first-ever Big Gay Wine Cruise.

It's a revolution with a queer eye that is combining metropolitan chic and authentic wine country aesthetics in a sophisticated way that is truly inspiring the best in Calistoga, the Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, and Guerneville.

It's that time of year again when the entire city comes alive with everything leather and kink! Whether you're a Bay Area resident, a pilgrim to Folsom, or watching from afar, you'll want to know all about this year's fair.

New Orleans is without compare as a travel destination for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and even straight people, combining world class bawdiness, drinking, exquisite fine and casual dining, art, and a matchless music scene.