“What you are seeing and hearing right now is nothing but a dream. You are dreaming right now in this moment. You are dreaming with your brain awake.” These are words taken from the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. I’ve been looking forward to sharing this practical guide to personal freedom with…
On Thursday Feb. 3, 2011, San Diego News 10 did a story regarding transgender veterans’ goal of having transgender people eventually being able to serve openly in the military. The video story was pretty favorable in the sense that it presented transgender views on open military service for transgender people and the barriers to them…
Valentine’s Day is a day of joy. Still, it is also a day of anxiety for many. With that in mind, here are some fun dating rules to ensure that if you meet your Valentine, or already have one, you will have the same one next year. Minimum partner age The simplest rule to guarantee…
Brannon Braga, the writer and producer of the iconic Star Trek, says he regrets not including gay characters in the TV series and films. Braga in an interview with website After Elton, said it was “a shame” that gay characters had not been included in the late 80s and early 90s. Braga said, “It was…
Eli Medina, an openly gay high school student, had to move out of his house and break ties with his mom, as she disagreed with his gay lifestyle. Now Eli has appeared on Made, MTV’s reality show about making dreams come true. According to Medina, “I just wanted to prove my worth to my mother,…
New Kids on the Block’s Jonathan Knight has hit back after reportedly being outed by ex-girlfriend Tiffany on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, several weeks ago. Knight wrote on NKOTB’s blog, “I have never been outed by anyone but myself! I did so almost 20 years ago. I never know that I would have to…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on NBC to apologize after an anti-transgender skit aired on Saturday Night Live (SNL), Jan. 31. The skit, titled Estro-Maxxx, blatantly mocked transgender people, parodying hormone replacement treatment and minimizing the challenges they face. SNL’s skit also supported many of the false stereotypes that could be used as…
I often applaud restaurants that have the courage to reinvent themselves in this interesting economy and do it successfully. As I have stated many times, the days of white table cloth dining is past and vacant fine dining establishments need to either accept the fact that their restaurants will be empty or do something bold…
When I saw the first TV ads for The Roommate, I may have squealed, “Oh. My. God! It’s Single White Female with Leighton Meester!” In the back of my head, I knew that there were a number of factors that meant The Roommate wouldn’t be nearly as good, mostly having to do with Leighton Meester…
When people ask me what I do for work – you know those odd courtesies we find ourselves in during social encounters – I usually say I am a story teller. Sure, I can impress them by stating I work for an alternative weekly newspaper, or declare I am an award-winning journalist, or even say…
