EDGE San Francisco

West Hollywood Mayor John Duran told EDGE during a Feb. 27 interview that Proposition 8 engaged a new generation of LGBT activists. He also remains optimistic that same-sex couples will once again be able to marry in California by the end of the year.

A West Hollywood institution for gays in the 80’s and 90’s, Revolver was a favorite destination where friends could catch up over cocktails while watching one-of-a-kind music videos.

Recently on the West Coast, a certain rainbow-flagged jurisdiction considered a resolution for "Go-Go Dancer Appreciation Day" - because the mayor was fearful that the city was becoming a little too sanitized. Where else but West Hollywood?

"Half of the people here are homosexual," said the narrator on the TMZ Hollywood Tour bus video, adding, "the rest are just gay."

The city of West Hollywood has pushed forward historic legislation, making it the first city in the U.S. to ban the the sale of fur apparel. The city council voted unanimously (5-0) for the ban.

Nestled in the heart of West Hollywood, Fruute is destined to be the next dessert shop craze selling deliciously inventive mini-tarts that are both tasty and little works of art.

The city is considering holding a Go-Go Dancer Appreciation Day this fall to honor the club "groovers" who helped establish the Sunset Strip as a hub of hipness in the 1960s, and whose successors lend an edgy energy to its gay bars today.

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.

Sixteen of LA’s most sizzling hot bartenders burned up the catwalk for the Eighth Annual West Hollywood Bartender Auction at WeHo’s center of all things gay and wonderful, the Abbey, raising more than $50,000 for AIDS Project LA. Check out LA’s hottest.

Hollywood royalty mingled with the real thing as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent a sun-splashed day on the polo fields of Santa Barbara County followed by a diamond-studded night amid movie glitterati at the midpoint of their tour of California.