Historic Display of Iconic AIDS Memorial Quilt to Be Held June 11-12 in San Francisco

The largest display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in years will be June 11 and 12 in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. For those who aren't aware, the idea of a quilt honoring those who we have lost to AIDS was conceived in 1985 by activist Cleve Jones during the annual candlelight march in remembrance of the 1978 assassinations of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. The quilt, which weighs an estimated 54 tons, is the largest piece of community folk art in the world, which doesn't even count its emotional weight. 

The National AIDS Memorial will mark the 35th anniversary of the AIDS Memorial Quilt with an historic outdoor display in Golden Gate Park that will feature nearly 3,000 hand-stitched panels of the Quilt. More details HERE.

On the Rag, Vol. 452

A weekly look at what's making news in the gay mags:

The Fight (Los Angeles): White Party DJ Dan Slater flaunts his stuff

DNA (Australia): Matthew Rettenmund gets his first photo spread in print in Issue 207!

Winq (U.K.): The Pope welcomes Luxembourg’s Prime Minister and his husband to the Vatican

Get Out!: This one's all about "RuPaul's Drag Race"

Têtu (France): Jonathan Gillot: "For my first novel, I exploited the fantasy of the repentant skinhead"

Metro Weekly (D.C.): Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan has some ideas on how Democrats can win back Congress, starting with actually listening to voters.

Out in Jersey: “Million Dollar Quartet” is a hot jam session with Carl’s boys

QX (London): Easter weekend Festival 2017

Passport: Better know LGBT activist and "When We Rise" author Cleve Jones

Flame (Detroit): Grayson Mitchell Papp shares his transition process

Outlook Ohio: Kathy Griffin covers the Midwestern mag

Gay Times: Is Cristiano Ronaldo about to take it all off for us?

NKD Magazine: Meet singer/songwriter Hunter Hayes 

The Gay U.K.: Want to seeing Chris Pratt's morning wood?

Grab (Chicago): Meet Damon Heart

Q Salt Lake: Chris Wharton launches campaign for Salt Lake City Council District 3

GT (London): Connor Franta is out front

... but it's what's INSIDE that you won't want to miss!

Cybersocket (not work friendly: Fetish & kink hit the stands in Los Angeles 

MetroSource: Raconteur Penny Arcade: A Penny for Your Thoughts

Gloss Magazine: San Francisco is ready for the biggest tea dance of the season

Attractive Men:  Quitting Facebook leads to higher levels of well-being

Rage Monthly: Coming out country!

HIV Plus: 10 surprising things you may not know about HIV testing

Edge (Boston): Ablute!