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’…
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…
