LAS VEGAS – Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Nevada on behalf of eight same-sex couples challenging Nevada’s constitutional ban on marriage equality, which relegates them to only a second-class status. “Every day that same-sex couples in Nevada are denied marriage equality, the government sends a message that…
Well, I’m off to our state capitol for five days of meetings and some speeches. Our governor could be naming a new gay or lesbian judge for San Diego soon. Police Officers’ Widows/Orphans Fund gets GLBT support Not long ago Police Officer Jeremy Henwood was shot and killed after stopping by a McDonald’s to buy…
HBO’s latest dramedy is about three twentysomething women navigating love, sex and adulthood in New York City. If it was only about clothes and hair and putting men into categories like “rugged” or “wears a suit,” then it would be Sex and the City for a new generation, as some clueless TV critic wrote this…
Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride,now playing at the Diversionary Theatre, weaves the tale of three people living in England in two different time periods. This is done in two acts with each scene alternating between 1958 and 2008. The characters names remain the same in both periods, and in some ways the subject matter is…
Most Americans think of April 15 as tax day. But for baseball fans, it’s Jackie Robinson Day, a celebration of the man who 65 years ago broke baseball’s color barrier. The players all wear number 42, and stadiums around the country have pre-game events. The announcers appropriately recapped Robinson’s accomplishments. As an athlete, he was…
There will always be fundraisers and good causes. When you think about it, there seems to be one for everything. People get very passionate, as they should, about their charities and some industries today even have created their own. This year, we will celebrate the 6th annual event called Dining Out For Life. This fundraiser…
Philadelphia Flyers scout Patrick Burke, son of Leafs GM Brian Burke and brother of the late Brendan Burke, predicts that the National Hockey League will have its first openly gay hockey player within the next two years. The forecast comes in wake of Burke’s contributions to the “You Can Play” project, founded in Brendan’s memory…
Cher and Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack presented the Stephen F. Kolzak Award to advocate and film and television star Chaz Bono at Saturday’s 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles. Cher’s attendance was unannounced making for a special moment between mother and son – and the adoring crowd. The Stephen F. Kolzak Award is…
BY ANDREW PRINTER A one act play that is simply ‘awesome’ A Man, his Wife, and his Hat is an imaginative and thoroughly entertaining 90 minute, one act play up and running at the Moxie Theatre until April 29. The play, written by local MFA candidate Lauren Yee weaves a simple message about love…
President Obama announced Friday his support of the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) and the Safe Schools Improvement Act (SSIA). The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today applauded the president’s decision to help end discrimination against student LGBTs. “The President’s endorsement of the SNDA and SSIA…
