SAN DIEGO – More than $2,300 and forty large boxes of clothing were donated to the Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD) as part of the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) community outreach mission. “On any given day, more than 500 veterans find a helping hand at the Veterans Village,” said Marc Mangiantini, SDGMC…
CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs will be inducted into the inaugural class of The National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame this evening, joining other organizations, former pro sports officials, activists, journalists, retired athletes and current athletes. The National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame selected the Cubs for being the first professional…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Television icon Ellen DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars® for a second time, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Academy Awards® will be broadcast live on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, on the ABC Television Network. “We are thrilled to have Ellen DeGeneres host the Oscars,” said…
Spurred on by two landmark Supreme Court victories, LGBT activists are pressing hard to overturn state bans on same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Virginia. But, warns Howard Simon, the executive director of ACLU of Florida, don’t expect any substantive changes in the near future for the sunshine state. “I don’t want to build…
BY THOM SENZEE In a joint press conference, San Diego LGBT Weekly publisher, Stampp Corbin, San Diego businessman Michael Pallamary and local resident and activist Elisa Brent, told reporters at Civic Center Plaza, near City Hall this morning that they would team up as co-chairs to organize the recall campaign against Mayor Bob Filner. While…
San Diego LGBT Pride announced today that Ebony Aldridge will be leaving her position at Pride and moving on to work on other opportunities. Ebony thanked the board, staff and community for affording her the opportunity to lead the organization through another successful event this year. Additionally, William Rodriguez-Kennedy has resigned his post as co-chair-elect…
Due to ill-health folk legend Ferron has cancelled all upcoming concert appearances including her scheduled appearance at San Diego IndieFest 8. The nature of Ferron’s ill-health has not been disclosed. Festival organizers announced that Bitch will be replacing Ferron. Bitch first burst onto the scene when her band, Bitch and Animal, toured with Ani Difranco…
It is so disappointing when you grant an interview to what you discover is a reporter with an agenda. Voice of San Diego (VOSD) wrote an article about the Mayor Filner recall that was so inaccurate, I won’t even begin to address their political agenda. It is hard for the politicians and media in San…
Third Way and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), two Washington D.C.-based organizations who were heavily involved in crafting the strategy and messaging behind the recent surge in support for allowing gay couples to marry, have joined forces to tackle the movement’s next debate: overly broad religious exemptions to marriage and non-discrimination laws. Together with Anzalone…
Every once in a while, YouTube delivers unto the world a bona fide star. So it did again less than four weeks ago when more than a million people watched Steve Grand’s music video, “All-American Boy,” having been seduced by the 23-year-old’s sublimely earnest eyes, his persuasive voice, and his all-out, highly emotive performance of…
