SAN DIEGO – San Diego REPertory Theatre (San Diego REP) San Diego REP has announced their Season 39 line-up. Each of the six productions for 2014-2015 in San Diego REP’s 39th season “The Pianist of Willesden Lane,” “Honky,” “Steal Heaven,” “Oedipus El Rey,” “Uncanny Valley,” and “Lifeline: The Music of Harry Nilsson” is brand new…
Two members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot were detained briefly Tuesday in central Sochi, after apparently being considered suspects in a theft at their hotel, and then released, CNN reported. Earlier in the day, band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were meeting with journalists when police detained them, according to Tolokonnikova’s husband, Petr…
For Michael Sam fans worried about the effects of him being openly gay in a major league sport, a recent survey by ESPN, and published by Sports Illustrated, should prove heartening. Of the 55 players surveyed, almost an entire team’s roster, an overwhelming majority (86 percent) said they would have no problem with a gay…
http://youtu.be/xoEW9aTbFoc NEW YORK, — The whole world is watching Russia. As the Sochi Olympics approach the halfway mark, a new law from Moscow bans international adoptions by gay couples as well as single people from nations that allow same-sex marriage — just in case these singles are gay. Russia’s so-called “gay propaganda law” also has stirred…
Critical Voice, a coalition of LGBT teens, will present a health “boot camp” aimed at empowering young people to take charge of their physical, emotional and mental health, Sunday, Feb. 23 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Golden Hill Youth Center, 2220 Broadway in San Diego. Timed to coincide with the emotional turmoil teens…
Actress Ellen Page has cone out as gay. “I’m here today because I am gay,” Page told the audience at Time to THRIVE, a conference to promote the welfare of LGBT young people. “And because … maybe I can make a difference. To help others have an easier and more hopeful time. Regardless, for me,…
President Obama has condemned the decision by Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni to sign an archaic anti-gay bill into law. The bill, which once even included the death penalty, calls for gay Ugandans or anyone “promoting” homosexuality to be jailed – potentially for life. Museveni made the decision to sign the bill after consulting with a…
As the original Dinah Shore Weekend (April 2- April 6, 2014) is, for the 24th year in a row, about to bring all-time high temperature records , Club Skirts has just released a brand new promo video, The Lesbian Book Club, giving a hot glimpse into what the biggest lesbian event in the world is all about….
http://youtu.be/l79j_7gYKtk While we don’t normally expect straight men in their 50s or 60s from the world of sports to become fierce advocates for gay rights, this editorial from Sportscaster Dale Hansen on WFAA-TV – Channel Eight in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area – has exploded on the Internet. Why? For that we turn it over to…
SAN DIEGO — Tickets are still on sale for Tantrums and Tiaras: Battle of the Bar Queens 2014 – and they’re going fast! The show, scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 16 at 7 pm, is an over-the-top drag competition where representatives from some of the community’s bars with little or no drag experience compete for the…
