UNITED KINGDOM – Following the announcement by U.K. health ministers that the rules allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood if they refrain from sex for 12 months, would be relaxed, Edwin Poots, Northern Ireland’s health minister, has refused to lift the lifetime ban in Northern Ireland. On Nov. 7 the ban will be…
For theatrical events, what a great town we live in. Look at our choices of old favorites and originals here in San Diego and its nearby regions; comedy, drama, Elizabethan, musical, horror, etc. and the quality is top notch. Most from Broadway, but some heading that way! Need I tell you several productions or those…
Congratulations to the hardworking staff and volunteers of San Diego AIDS Walk & Run. It was another huge success. San Diego’s true GLBT veteran heroes All the local celebrations for the end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell were great and very well attended and I, as we all should, salute the organizers and speakers. Thank…
The Foo Fighters found a novel way to get back at the infamous Westboro Baptist Church as they demonstrated and picketed at their recent concert in Kansas City. Before the show the band pulled up in front of the banner-waving protesters on a flatbed truck and performed their song “Keep It Clean (Hot Buns),” especially…
The wildly popular comic actress Jane Lynch of Fox TV’s Glee show is appearing Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at 2910 La Jolla Village Drive for a book signing and discussion. This is sponsored by Warwick’s Books and the La Jolla Playhouse as a ticketed event. For a fee of $30, attendees will receive admission…
September was designated “Arts Month” in San Diego, but October is National Arts and Humanities Month. That means America’s Finest City gets 61 days of creative events and activities to keep us entertained. Here’s a list of a few things happening around the city in the coming week: Fall for the Arts: Dozens of arts…
The San Diego Film Festival, which is being held Sept. 28 through Oct. 2 at The Gaslamp Theatre, will screen films that run the gamut from slices of cinematic life that encompass the seesaw effects of comedy versus drama, and all points in between. From mainstream efforts, such as the new Seth Rogen and Joseph…
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has called on the National Hockey League (NHL) to take action after Wayne Simmonds of the Philadelphia Flyers was shown on video clearly shouting an anti-gay slur during a pre-season game last Monday night. In the pre-season exhibition game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers,…
Evan Rachel Wood has revealed her thoughts on her bisexuality admitting that she was terrified of her first serious relationship with a woman. Describing the experience as “wonderful” she told Marie Claire magazine, “I mean it was terrifying at first. Not because I thought it was wrong but just because I was intimidated by women….
