Launched in 2012, 2013 marks the first full, complete year that the Post’s LGBT section has catered to one of our city’s largest communities.

Virally speaking, our numbers have never been higher, particularly for this section. Readers flocked to stories in the thousands, captivated by everything from LGBT history to Hamburger Mary’s making history by moving to Downtown.

Put on your boas. Lift those martinis. Try to walk in the heels of Jewels and the boots of Landon Cider. Here are this year’s top ten LGBT stories out of Long Beach.

Wanda Sykes came—and conquered without the assistance of twerking on stage.

This year’s QFilms was the most successful—and this documentary about gay Latino gang members captivated readers with its unabashed, unfiltered look at men who redefine what being gay is.

Make no mistake: the world may be captivated by RuPaul’s Drag (Queen) Race, but in Long Beach and the Los Angeles area, drag kings—lead by Long Beach’s own Landon Cider—are ruling the streets and clubs with powerful gender inversions within an art that is dominated by male performers.

Though Long Beach lost a part of its spirit with the loss of Carlos De Avila, no one will forget the Fabulous Faggot of Funky Fourth Street.

This is the absolutely creepy and frightening tale of one our nation’s most prolific and disturbing serial killers: Randy Kraft, Long Beach’s Freeway Killer.

Do you Grind? If so, here are some tips to making your Grinding experience more prim and proper.

“So the time has come for the redundant and the banal to rear its absolutely ugly mug: DEAR WORLD, I AM NOT PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL PETTING ZOO.”

We have a vibrant leather community here in Long Beach—and its roots reach farther back than you think.

It raised eyebrows, questions, and cheers—and ultimately, Hamburger Mary’s move is seeming to be one of the best of the year, as veteran patrons and newbies alike are loving the new Downtown location.

Yup, gender neutral bathrooms dominated this year’s LGBT section, with thousands of likes and the creation of a dialogue about gender identity and catering to those who don’t fit the binary male/female paradigm.