WASHINGTON – Human Rights Campaign president, Joe Solmonese has described former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania senator, Rick Santorum as “not fit to lead.” His statement follows the virtual tie between the pair at the recent Iowa Republican Caucus. Solmonese said, “These men who have pledged to amend the constitution to ban marriage…
BANGKOK – Four transgender airline in-flight staff have taken part in new Thai carrier PC Air’s first flight from Bangkok to Surat Thani. The four were hired last year as part of a larger hiring, which included 30 new employees. At the time, PC Air boss Peter Chan told the Daily Telegraph, “I think these…
Once upon a time, you loved fairy tales. Once upon a time, you loved princes and princesses, gnomes, and castles with moats and dragons. There was magic in a fairy tale; there were monsters and evil queens. Your imagination was the director and cinematographer. Your imagination was your graphics driver, with which you saw the…
A big Happy Birthday to my good friends Big Mike and Kurt Cunningham. I wish the two of you many, many more. Dear Johnathan Hale … Your recent positive written remarks concerning my and others involvement in the hate crime burning of the Jehovah’s Witness church was appreciated. But with all due respects, Johnathan, The…
dvd of the week On my favorite movies list of 2011, Moneyball manages to make baseball statistics dramatic and funny. Bennett Miller’s crafty use of slow motion, muted colors and slyly gorgeous cinematography creates an epic grandeur for what is really a story of office politics. He and the screenwriters use American audiences’ sentimentality about…
dvr this One of the best cop shows on TV, Southland is the only one that features a gay beat cop, Officer John Cooper, played with awesome anger and arrogance by Michael Cudlitz. In the season premiere, Cooper has just returned sober from medical leave (thankfully, since his painkiller addiction was not the greatest pilot),…
In the last two decades, more and more Americans have been buying property in other countries. Often, it is for a second home or a home for retirement. In some cases, it is even to relocate on a permanent basis. Our world has become smaller as it has evolved into an international market place, which…
During this presidential campaign season, I have already heard it said by some in our community that “LGBT rights are just some of my priorities. There are many other things that I care about that factor into my decision about who I will vote for.” I have accepted statements like this from members of the…
thursday, jan. 12 Brahms and Schumann: A love in common Johannes Brahms opened his Third Symphony with three notes, which stood for “Free but Happy!” It had been a long road for the 50-year-old bachelor. Long gone were the days of his conflicted love for Clara Schumann. But Clara was never far from his thoughts….
