WISCONSIN – Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a statement released to the Washington Blade, veteran lesbian activist Robin Tyler says she is talking to LGBT leaders across the country about a possible national march on Washington in May 2012. Tyler, who is based in Los Angeles, said she first proposed the idea of a 2012 march in the…
BOSTON – More than 4,000 leading researchers and clinicians from around the world will convene in Boston, Massachusetts from Feb. 27 through March 2 for the 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). CROI is a scientifically focused meeting of the world’s leading researchers working to understand, prevent and treat HIV/AIDS and its complications….
LONDON – The British government is expected to announce full marriage equality for gays and lesbians under reforms to marriage laws to be announced soon. The reported move will end the final major legal discrimination against gays and lesbians in Britain. According to the Sunday Times, a proposal to end the ban on same sex…
LONDON – Stickers have been found placed in London’s East End declaring it a “gay-free zone.” The messages say, “Arise and warn. Gay free zone. And fear Allah; Verily Allah is severe in punishment.” A resident, who tried to remove the stickers, told PinkNews, “Tower Hamlets (an area in East London) council won praise from…
HUNGARY – A Budapest Court has overturned a police decision to deny permission for Budapest’s Pride march. Hungarian police had earlier banned this years Pride festival in the nation’s capital, citing that it would cause too much traffic disruption. The event had originally been approved and organizers had applied for an extension to the march…
While watching the Academy Awards and deciding who are the best and worst dressed, here is some food for thought. How do you think the celebs were looking at the Hotel Caesars on Revolucion in Tijuana back in the 20s and early 30s? Dashing south of the border to whoop it up, skirting the U.S.’s…
Thursday, Feb. 24 Up, up and away! San Diego State University School of Theatre, Television and Film present A Symphony of Clouds (Musical Adventures of the Boy Mozart). The production depicts Mozart’s rise to fame as a musical prodigy through action, dance, song and humor. Set against a backdrop of a stormy Europe in the…
My cat Nixon just celebrated another birthday and I love my kitty. Boy, if he could talk, blog or write a book … wait, I’d be in big trouble! Five days in Connecticut As my plane was near landing I looked out the window to a region blanketed by snow, which was everywhere. From the…
