Louis J. Marinelli is launching his Summer Equality Tour from San Diego, Aug. 14. Covering 22 cities in 17 states, the tour will educate the public on issues of marriage equality and its effect on society. “This summer we plan to travel the country from California to Maine to talk about my change of heart…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The HRC has announced “On the Road to Equality,” a nationwide bus tour to spread the message of equality by educating the American public and empowering LGBT people to become advocates for themselves and their families. The 12 week tour will travel to 17 cities in 11 states and D.C., with particular…
ITALY – Gay rights campaigners across Europe are fuming after Italy’s parliament rejected a bill to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people from discrimination. They are calling for the European Union to step in and help as they fear a rise in homophobic violence. The Chamber of Deputies voted 293 votes to 250 not…
INDIA – A court in India has provided police security to a lesbian couple, who fear a backlash from anti-gay family and community members. Savita, a 25-year-old student at Choudhary Charan Singh University and her 20-year-old wife Veena, 20, were married by a court in Haryana, close to New Delhi, earlier this month. The women…
A serious topic to start this week’s page. As seniors, we have to think about the elephant in the room. We are losing friends and acquaintances at an accelerating rate. What can we do about it? Nothing. No more than we could 30-40 years ago when we of a certain age went through the plague…
As I’ve said before, I just don’t know why they call these the “Golden Years” as they are really the “Bronze” or “Copper” years when it comes to ageing! The heat really gets us seniors, and my home at Shady Pines isn’t too cool – and now I’m off to the East Coast where it’s…
Actors Jacob Caltrider and David McBean are working together to bring an inanimate object to life on the Cygnet stage. “Do I look inanimate to you, punk? If I can talk and I can move, who’s to say I can’t do anything I want,” says their character at the end of Act I. Caltrider and…
The San Diego Museum of Art’s Summer Salon series continues on Thursday Aug. 4 with another crop of artists responding to this year’s theme: What Does a City Need? In addition to an art-making activity involving Asian art and a reading by internationally-renowned artist, curator and author Rubén Ortiz Torres there will be a performance…
The Disney musical made its first splash on the screen in 1964 with Oscar winner Julie Andrews in her signature part. Forty years later the Disney people turned the movie into a happy, colorful stage musical that is touring the world. Now, with six productions running on three continents, the show has been seen by…
