As mentioned in a previous entertainment feature (“Something Big, Thick, Meaty and Lovely to Behold”, San Diego LGBT Weekly issue 116), I collect and display the works of local artists; examples of their oeuvre adorn the walls of the long entry gallery in my North Park condominium. One such artist whose paintings I am proud…
Tom Luhnow’s sudden and heretofore unexplained departure from the Greater San Diego Business Association (GSDBA) late last summer caused a great deal of head scratching. As promised in the first part of our look into the events that led up to a surprising parting of the ways between the former CEO and one of this…
Continuing puzzlement from seniors about apps compels me to enlighten you with information gathered from friends and Web sites all promising to use easy words. First, app means application. Well, that was easy. Further investigation revealed, “It is software used on a mobile device like an iPad, smartphone (those flat ones) or tablet.” Easy again,…
Sometimes it seems our community loves to eat their own. We put people up on pedestals, and then try to knock them down. Recently, a so called “gay writer” released a book, that took him eight years to write, trying to destroy the late Matthew Shepard. I know his parents and most people have gotten…
In the fall of 1997, Broadway audiences were treated to a show about circus freaks that included a set of twins that were conjoined. The show written by Bill Russell and Henry Krieger was based on real life sisters Daisy and Violet Hilton who eventually went on to become famous vaudevillian stage performers. Now San…
If one were to look at a national calendar of LGBT community events that are generally celebrated over the entire United States, the one trans specific day on that calendar would be the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). TDOR is a day where internationally, the LGBT community remembers and allies gather together for marches and…
With same-sex marriage now a reality in California, many in the LGBT community are turning their minds to planning their weddings. Just like any event the most important factors in planning this most special day are location, location and location. Get the location right and the rest just falls into place. Here in San Diego,…
As the LGBT community goes to the polls Nov. 19 to vote for our new mayor, it is important to consider a host of issues. Personally, I always look at a candidate’s record on an issue that is near and dear to my heart: LGBT equality. Leadership is all about leading. It is not about…
There’s nothing remotely interesting about Blue is the Warmest Color except everything. The three-hour lesbian love story in French that won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year features all of the oldest tropes of both love stories and queer love stories. We have the same boy meets girl, loses girl, tries to get girl…
