Aiden Leslie’s “Trying to Leave Now” is about salvaging what is right in a relationship before losing everything. Penned by the artist, the single is the follow-up to “World’s Away,” his song that nabbed the top spot on Logo’s “Click List” countdown show for four consecutive weeks last summer. “I wrote ‘Trying to Leave Now’…
Once again singer Kelly Clarkson has taken the opportunity to deny rumors she is lesbian. Appearing on The View, Clarkson admitted that she had never been in love and was finding it very difficult to date because of her busy work schedule. She believes this is the reason people accuse her of being a lesbian….
Roland Emmerich is a world-class movie director with many hits on his resume. Currently the director of the lavish Columbia Pictures Elizabethan action-drama Anonymous, Emmerich enjoys the distinction of having racked up worldwide box office receipts of more than $3 billion during his career. Born in Stuttgart, Germany Nov. 10, 1955, Emmerich extended his interest…
What if William Shakespeare didn’t write Romeo and Juliet? What if he was nothing more than an arrogant actor who hung out with the likes of writers Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson, and took credit for every sonnet and play that he supposedly wrote? In German director Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous, he, along with writer John…
“Put your hands on the bar” was the familiar order of the San Diego Vice Squad during the ‘70s. Homosexuality and engaging in sex with someone of the same sex was a criminal offense except “in private;” and then the definition of “in private” was subjective on the part of the arresting officer. Behind closed…
The fall TV season is in full swing and some of the shows have already been strung up in a hangman’s noose, but they haven’t left viewers twisting in the wind about their ability to hold us enraptured. It has truly been a case of survival of the fittest, and some series have been gone…
A common theme in this week’s political news Dear Editor, This week the Log Cabin Republicans of San Diego County made headlines when they boldly endorsed State Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher for Mayor. Surprising many that they would pick a straight ally as opposed to backing openly lesbian Republican District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and openly gay…
Old Town San Diego is considered the birthplace of California. In fact, San Diego is the site of the first permanent Spanish settlement in California. It was here in 1769, that Father Junipero Serra came to establish the very first mission in a chain of 21 missions that were to be the cornerstone of California’s…
Questions about Councilman Carl DeMaio’s commitment to the LGBT community have reached fever pitch in recent weeks, leaving many of us to wonder: Did he really tell a major newspaper he was single? Why didn’t he refuse, and if not, why doesn’t he now disavow himself of Roger Hedgecock’s endorsement? Why isn’t the councilman more…
Expressive arts are front-and-center at the Martha Pace Swift Gallery and Expressive Arts Institute at 2820 Roosevelt Rd. in an exhibition entitled Recovering the Artist – A Show About Art/Not Illness. The exhibition opens with a reception and poetry reading Friday, Nov. 4 5-8 p.m. Art is often inspired by an individual’s desire to express…
