Edward “Chip” Sarafin, an offensive lineman at Arizona State University, publicly came out this week. In an interview with Compete, Sarafin explains that he came out to his teammates last spring and is now ready to come out publicly. “It was really personal to me, and it benefited my peace of mind greatly,” Sarafin said….
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), released a video ad featuring Emmy Award-winning chef, author and TV host Anthony Bourdain for the group’s Americans for Marriage Equality campaign. In the video, Bourdain states, “A common thread of the people I admire – whoever they are, wherever they are – are people who are proud and…
I cannot pretend to be an expert on Catholicism, let alone Irish Catholicism. My entire experience of the Catholic Church has been created by history classes I took more than 20 years ago, a few masses I attended out of curiosity and a large number of movies about priests and nuns, which run the gamut…
You’ve planned for it, dreamed of it, wished it would happen. You imagined yourself with it and envied those who had it: family, vacation, money, success, a sibling, a pony. Whatever it was, it’s been your most fervent desire since forever. Yes, you’ve wanted it your whole life but, as in the novel For Today…
Global gay activist Stuart Milk (founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation) will be speaking at a special community forum today, Thursday Aug. 14 at The LGBT Center, 6 p.m. and you are all invited to attend and learn more about our brothers and sisters around the globe and their struggles. Stuart Milk has indeed become…
dvd of the week In Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, an incandescent Tilda Swinton plays Eve, an achingly-sweet, centuries-old aesthete who happens to be a vampire. Her similarly afflicted husband Adam, played by Tom Hiddleston (who is Loki in the Thor films and The Avengers), is a glum musical genius who hides from the…
dvr this TNT, Wednesdays, 9 p.m. After being killed off rather spectacularly in The Lord of The Rings and the season finale of the first season of Game of Thrones, gruff alpha male Sean Bean needed to get a role that would give him some longevity. In TNT’s new spy drama, Bean plays a master…
It finally happened. After a string of court victories for marriage equality, Circuit Court Judge Russell E. Simmons Jr., upheld Tennessee’s amendment against same-sex marriage, becoming the first jurist to uphold such a ban since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act last year. Having not won a case…
Summer in the Park Sue Palmer and Her Motel Swing Orchestra played at Trolley Barn Park Aug. 1. Organized by University Heights Community Development Corporation (UHCDC), it was a free and fun event for the whole family. This year’s concert series was held from July 4 to Aug. 1 and included Rhythm and the Method,…
thursday, aug. 14 A Forum with Stuart Milk Founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation and global gay activist, Stuart Milk will be speaking at a special community forum at The Center. This is your opportunity to hear about Stuart’s recent trips overseas. The San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre Street in San Diego, 6…
