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The Dinah remains the season’s biggest all-girl party that descends on Palm Springs. This year, the party has teamed up with the Human Rights Campaign to celebrate our continuing civil rights movement.

The seventh incarnation of the Fund in the Sun Foundation’s Ascension Beach Party made it abundantly clear that when Fire Island Pines wants to party, they have a full-on kiki on the beach.

Without a doubt one of the most anticipated parties on Fire Island. A charity by the Fun in the Sun foundation that has grown into a full weekend of events, the main one being a party on the beach with hundreds dancing under the sun.

There are rain dances and sun dances and dances of sheer exultation - and every kind of dance was on display for Divers/Cité’s 20th birthday party in Vieux Montreal.

Prism Festival’s Bootcamp featured DJs Hector Fonseca and Tony Moran and a performance by Erika Jayne as the military-themed event kicked off the final Friday night of Toronto Pride, one of the world’s largest Pride celebrations.

If you’re short on time, but want to look cool this Halloween, pop-up stores (like the one probably showing up at the former Tower Records at 2280 Market St.) are good for a quick joke celebrity outfit. Kim Kardashian in a sealed plastic bag? Yes, please.

If you want to volunteer for the Winter Party in four months, show up at a party in Ft. Lauderdale on Oct. 25.

As the locals like to joke, Montreal is a city of two seasons: festivals - and winter. Fortunately, the city hosts more than forty annual festivals, including Divers/Cite, the weeklong summer music festival - and Black & Blue, now celebrating 21 years.

On the wings of angels, Alegria flew to Los Angeles for its inaugural West Coast event at LA’s Club Nokia - and boyangels from all over the Left Coast lined up to receive their Alegria wings. Check out the angelic (and devilish) photos.

Wolfgang Busch’s landmark documentary on the art & history of flagging & fanning at gay dance parties will be a treat for anyone who’s admired those making these colorful swirls & serves as an invaluable part of gay cultural history.