The recent Supreme Court ruling against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) has far reaching ramifications for many, especially for LGBT U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents and their non-citizen spouses. Until now, these couples have been barred from obtaining immigration status for their non-citizen spouses. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says the DHS…
The Media Arts Center San Diego is presenting, Laurence Anyways, a drama that charts 10 years in a relationship of a male-to-female transexual’s relationship with her lover at their new 48-seat movie theatre in North Park running from the July 5-11. Starring Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément, Laurence Anyways tells the story of an impossible…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today announced a new media campaign being executed through an in-kind media grant from PVBLIC Foundation to raise visibility and awareness. PVBLIC Foundation’s mission is to connect change making non-profit organizations with granted media that will enable their campaigns to make a bigger impact through communications. HRC joins…
Diversionary Theatre is proud to march in this year’s San Diego LGBT Pride parade Saturday, July 13. Diversionary are inviting San Diegans to join their squad and be part of this historic day! They’ll have coffee and pastries to fuel you up for the march and will supply T-shirts, banners and postcards to pass out…
General Mills is celebrating gay-pride month with one of its most famous breakfast cereals. The Huffington Post reports that the Minnesota food conglomerate is bringing Lucky Charms out of the closet. The “magically delicious” cereal is serving as the face of the new #LuckyToBe campaign which encourages people with Pride to Tweet and post online their reasons for…
The Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) celebrates “The Big Apple” at the Mississippi Room in the Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd., Saturday July 27. Music from Broadway and of the Big Band era will fill this historic ballroom. Among the Broadway musicals featured, the 45 piece ensemble will perform music from Les Misérables and Chicago….
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling last week on DOMA, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has directed the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to treat immigration visa petitions of bi-national same-sex spouses the same as those of an opposite-sex spouse. Napolitano’s statement follows: “After last week’s decision by the Supreme Court holding that Section 3…
COMMENTARY: BY AUTUMN SANDEEN According to a former OutServe-SLDN leader, 19 chapters of OutServe-SLDN are threatening to breakaway unless the majority of the existing board is replaced. In particular they are seeking the resignation of Josh Seefried, co-chair of the current OutServe-SLDN board of directors and alleged instigator of the plan to replace Allyson Robinson….
Late Friday Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) and 28 conservative cosponsors introduced a federal constitutional amendment in the House of Representatives, which would define marriage in the United States as the union of one man and one woman. The proposed amendment stated, “Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and…
Today is the day LGBT blog Pam’s House Blend will finally close down after nine years. Considered a trailblazer in the LGBT blogosphere, Pam’s House Blend gave voice to members of the LGBT community who had been largely shut out of the national discussion. In a farewell message on the site, creator Pam Spaulding wrote, “The Blend…
