Rebekah Sager
Writer
I'm an L.A.-based writer, covering human-interest and culture stories. I have over 11 years of experience in digital and print media.
PROJECTS
losangelesblade.com
LA’s biggest night in drag
If you’re looking for a way to give back to a community hugely in need, while also enjoying an evening of one of the most electric, fierce and outrageous drag queen shows this side of the Mississippi, then get your tickets for the annual Best in Drag Show, held at the Orpheum theater in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 7.
National Public Radio
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists read three stories about a former kids TV star doing something new, only one of which is true.
losangelesblade.com
Baja is Mexico like you never imagined
Shhh….I recently returned to Los Angeles after a five-day trip to Baja, California. I stayed in Ensenada and in the Valle de Guadalupe, or wine valley, and explored as much of the region as I could squeeze in. I already want to go back.
Fox News
Social workers knew about suicide note abused boy was forced to write, family says
Four Los Angeles County social workers have been charged with felony child abuse and falsifying public records in the 2012 death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez, of Sylmar, California.
Commercial Observer
Grand Avenue, Frank Gehry and a 314-Room Equinox Hotel
At the end of this year the Grand Avenue Project, a.k.a. the Grand, will break ground in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles. The mixed-use project is slated to open in the fall of 2021 with famed Canadian-born American architect Frank Gehry designing the space.
Commercial Observer
Mayor Robert Garcia Has a Plan to Put Long Beach on the Tech Map
If anyone is at the center of everything relevant in politics and culture today, it’s the 28th mayor of Long Beach, Calif., Robert Garcia. At only 40 years old, Garcia is the first openly gay mayor of Long Beach and the first Latino...
Playboy
The Fight to Erase the Silencing of Male Victims in America
One month after the news broke about Harvey Weinstein and troves of women came forward about abuses, Anthony Edwards, star of NBC’s long-running drama ER, wrote a story for Medium about having been sexually assaulted by film producer Gary Goddard.
losangelesblade.com
GLAAD did it again at 2018 Media Awards in Beverly Hills
Thursday night GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, held its 29th annual Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The event honors media for projects and people who offer truthful and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ community and the issues that impact their lives.
westandup.org
Eyes on 2018
As U.S. voters prepare for the upcoming battle of the 2018 midterm elections, Patrice Khan-Cullors, co-founder or Black Lives Matter, says that at the center of the elections are black women. But not simply as voters helping Democratic politicians win seats—instead, as leaders in the social movement for black communities and running for elected seats themselves.
Commercial Observer
Spring’s in the Air: How Palm Springs Went From Desert Getaway to Hipster Playground
Los Angeles is the second-least affordable city in the U.S., for both home renters and buyers, according to the 14th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2018, a fact that has many heading east—more specifically to Palm Springs.
losangelesblade.com
Tens of thousands turn out for March For Our Lives in Downtown Los Angeles
More than 50,000 people marched in downtown Los Angeles Saturday to support the Parkland High students and push for change for stricter gun legislation. From kids, to moms, students, to grandmothers, millions of Americans took to the streets for the March For Our Lives.
losangelesblade.com
Gays Against Guns joins March For Our Lives in LA
As Los Angeles prepares for the national March For Our Lives happening on March 24 in Washington, D.C. and various “sister events” in other cities around the country, the founders of the group Gays Against Guns (GAG) are busy rallying the troops.
losangelesblade.com
RuPaul works it onto Hollywood Boulevard
On March 16th, America’s favorite drag queen and icon, Emmy winning RuPaul Andre Charles will be honored with the 2,631st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
losangelesblade.com
Out, proud and, yes, fat
Bevin Branlandingham does not teach your average aerobics class. First off, she’s fat, and secondly she’s queer. And she feels perfectly at ease with you referring to her that way. The name of her class is “Fat Kid Dance Party,” and truly everyone is welcome.
losangelesblade.com
Queery: Julio Salgado
Artist Julio Salgado creates work that challenges the usual undocumented immigrant narrative and encourages activism.