The cast and crew of ‘Glee’ celebrated three wins last night at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards – another nod of accomplishment for the breakout TV musical hit. Scoring the award for Choice TV Comedy, Glee celebrates another win for its second year in a row in this category. Actor Cory Monteith enjoyed a win…
After a series of violent acts against the LGBT community hit headlines this year, it comes as no surprise that crimes against gay people are on the rise, according to Suzanna Walters, professor of gender studies at the Indiana University, and author of All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America. Crimes spanning…
For gays who no longer want to be gay, conversion therapy can be the answer to getting rid of gayness once and for all – this, according to a report by NPR. In its findings, the news source reported that “conversion therapy” could actually be effective at re-orienting one’s sexual preferences. GLAAD is calling out…
Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum signed a pledge this week vowing to enact measures in support of traditional marriage, if elected. The anti-gay pledge was drafted by the National Organization for Marriage and outlines measures to prohibit federal recognition of same-sex marriage. The president of the National Organization for Marriage,…
After the controversial video swept the internet, a teenager involved in the transgender beating at a Baltimore McDonald’s pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of first-degree assault in Baltimore County Circuit Court. Teonna Monae Brown, 19, admitted to attacking Chrissy Lee Polis, a 22-year-old transgender, after the woman used the restroom in a Rosedale McDonald’s…
After years of planning and successful fundraising events, the newly named North County LGBTQ Resource Center in Oceanside has been given the go-ahead. The decision follows the recent Imagine the Dream of a North County LGBTQ Resource Center Coming True fundraising event at the Oceanside Museum of Art, which not only exceeded the initial $10,000…
The ongoing evolution of the old JC Penney building at 3029 University Ave. will continue unabated in “late September or early October” as Palm Springs’ LGBT-friendly Wang’s in the Desert Pan-Asian eatery is set to open a brand new restaurant in the historic North Park location. Big Lots was the last retailer to conduct business…
There are only two nights to catch three of Broadway’s biggest headliner’s in a show that salutes the Tony winners of the Great White Way, along with many other show stopping hits as well. The Bridgepoint Education Summer Pops Concert on Aug. 5 and 6 will be conducted by renowned guest conductor Randall Craig Fleisher…
This year’s Toast to Hillcrest will be celebrated at our neighborhood’s finest bars, cafes, restaurants and wine bars on Thursday, Aug. 18, 5:30-8 p.m. The fifth annual Wine, Spirits & Nibbles Tour, for those over age 21 only, is the annual fundraiser for the Hillcrest History Guild. Bring your friends and make it a party!…
NEW YORK – The National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) “Let the People Vote” campaign has been described by one conservative columnist as a “futile venture” that amounts to “deceptive advertising.” James Taranto in his recent Wall Street Journal column wrote, “If the National Organization for Marriage were a commercial enterprise, its ‘Let the People Vote’…
