PROVO, Utah (CNN) – A Utah road sign in Provo was caught on camera flashing the text “GOD HATES GAYS.” The video was taken last week on University Avenue near the Provo town center. It’s an area with a lot of road work going on, but at the time the video was taken there didn’t…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has announced a further cash investment of $1 million in the four states facing marriage-related ballot measures in November – Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. The cash infusion brings HRC’s contributions to legislative and electoral marriage issues in the 2011-2012 cycle to $4.8 million. “This is a tipping…
I will not comment on the Johnathan Hale Media-pushed “Balboa Park lily pond” vandalization incident until after my meeting with Police Chief Lansdowne and other city officials. Next mayor and city council to be right-wing? When I first arrived in San Diego in the early 1970s our city was controlled by a conservative right-wing mayor…
Charming Hollywood actor Seth Peterson talked to San Diego LGBT Weekly about his role opposite Sharon Gless and Jeffrey Donovan on USA’s hit spy series Burn Notice, his multiple award-winning feature film Hate Crime and Sedona the movie, which will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, VOD and digital download Aug. 22. The brilliantly engulfing New…
Many words have been used to describe Michael Lucas through the years: abrasive, iron-fisted, arrogant, a hard ass … but family guy? Believe it or not, the man behind Lucas Entertainment, one of the top five gay adult-entertainment companies in the world, is showing his gentler side these days and it’s all thanks to the…
As the Balboa Park lily pond scandal reaches new heights, I have advice for Councilman Carl DeMaio and his partner, Johnathan Hale; don’t play coy with the truth. DeMaio has vehemently denied that Hale had any involvement with the water-gun fight in Balboa Park that caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage to…
The Bourne Legacy The three previous Bourne movies were big deals, popular among both average and uppity filmgoers, because they were actually thrilling spy thrillers made with virtually no special effects, directed by the auteurs Doug Limon (The Bourne Identity) and Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum), and all written tautly by Tony Gilroy…
I’m not sure which word best describes the choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as the Republican vice presidential nominee; obvious, daring and destructive all come to mind and have been used by various media outlets. Most reporting focused on his budget and its impact on independent voters. Less has been said about what the Ryan…
Goodness, it’s almost too hot to talk about art, write about art or read about art. But art happens anyway; so here’s a potpourri of things to consider for the coming week, sorted into the categories of gay, gayer and gayest. Gay: I think we can all agree that City Heights is home to quite…
