May 22, Harvey Milk‘s birthday, San Diego Remembers invites everyone to join friends for the 2nd Annual Community Toast to Harvey Milk, a free annual event held in Harvey’s honor. The community will gather at the eastern end of Harvey Milk Street in the front of the San Diego LGBT Community Center for brief remarks,…
MANILA — A UN-sponsored study has confirmed that gay people in the Philippines continue to face discrimination despite pockets of increased tolerance for the LGBT community by Filipino society, reports GayAsiaNews.com. “Cultural and social attitudes toward LGBT people are complex, with signs of acceptance, particularly among the young,” said the study funded by the UN…
Last night, a federal judge ruled that Idaho’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. In her ruling flagwrote, “Idaho’s Marriage Laws withhold from them a profound and personal choice, one that most can take for granted. By doing so, Idaho’s Marriage Laws deny same-sex couples the economic, practical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of marriage, relegating…
DUBLIN, Ireland – Front Line Defenders, together with the Irish LGBTI organization Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN), will host a live Google Hangout Forum with leading LGBTI rights defenders from India, Russia, Uganda and Peru Friday 16 May at 3 PM (Dublin) / 10 AM (New York). The forum will discuss recent legislative efforts…
Playwright Jamie Morris (“Mommie Queerest,” “The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode,” and “The Silence of the Clams”) “ is at it again with his latest comedy parody. This time around he spoofs another popular 1980s sitcom, sending up the gals of the Sugarbaker Design Firm in Atlanta. The West Coast premiere of “Re-Designing Women”…
Victor Drai, the Las Vegas nightclub wunderkind behind the award-winning clubs Drai’s After Hours, Tryst and XS has announced the opening this summer of Liaison, an LGBT nightclub that will open in Bally’s Casino making it the first nightclub of its kind in Las Vegas. The club, which has the full support of owning company…
