Equality California (EQCA) together with co-hosts Randy Clark, Susan Guinn, Pam Morgan, Scott Paine, Joyce Rowland and Claire Stafford are kicking off the San Diego Equality Awards with a garden party in the Veranda Room at the W Hotel, 421 West B Street in San Diego Wednesday, June 27 6-8 p.m. RSVP to Jack Lorenz…
San Diego Labor Council Secretary-Treasurer/CEO Lorena Gonzalez has praised President Obama’s announcement deferring action on immigrant young adults. Calling the announcement “an encouraging step in beginning to address our nation’s dire need for comprehensive immigration reform,” Gonzalez said in a statement, “These are some of San Diego’s best and brightest, and the president’s actions allow…
San Diego LGBT Weekly is helping lead a campaign to thank and encourage JCPenney for not giving into pressure from One Million Moms (OMM) and the American Family Association (AFA) over featuring gay and lesbian couples in its advertising. Last month, JCPenney was the focus of homophobic outrage and calls for a boycott after it…
Different Stages will be presenting Somewhere in Between, a comedy by Craig Pospisil at the Electric Ladyland Art and Music Center; 4993 Newport Ave. in San Diego June 21, 22, 28, 29 at 8 p.m. Produced by Jerry Pilato and directed by Kristen Fogle and George Bailey the comedy, is told in ten scenes and…
Continuous Play, a new contemporary dance performance by The PGK Dance Project will be performed at The Vine Theater at the Bernardo Winery, Suite #5 13330 Paseo Del Verano N. in San Diego, July 7 at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. and July 8 at 2 p.m. This new program plays with where and how…
Giving Back is the New Black, a charitable afternoon of fun and fashion benefitting the Helen Woodward Animal Center is taking place at My Sister’s Closet, 8610 Genesee Ave. in San Diego Saturday, June 23 1-3 p.m. The highlight of the afternoon will be the live modeling of items from My Sister’s Closet and its…
In recent weeks, scores of new businesses have signed up to take The Pride Card. Two of the latest examples are Heart Dog Studios, the specialists in soulful, candid, fine art animal photography and Déjà Vu Love Boutique, “a one-stop shop for all your naughty pleasures.” Heart Dog will offer 20 percent off a custom…
WASHINGTON – A new report on gay and lesbian parenting, which purports to show the “very harmful” affects of having gay and lesbian parents, has been described as flawed, misleading, scientifically unsound and disparaging to lesbian and gay parents by organizations that protect and advance the freedoms and equality of LGBT Americans. The paper, New…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a groundbreaking study of LGBT-identified young people and a corollary study of straight teens that shows tremendous disparities between the two groups. With more than 10,000 respondents ages 13-17, Growing Up LGBT in America is the largest known survey of LGBT teens. Among the report’s key…
