WASHINGTON – With another campaign launch today after his embarrassing flameou the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a video highlighting presidential candidate Rick Perry, in his own words, using harmful rhetoric to oppose LGBT equality. Perry has consistently opposed LGBT equality, from marriage to non-discrimination protections. ˚˚ “If Rick Perry wants…
One moment links 8 minds in disparate parts of the world, putting 8 strangers in each other’s lives, each other’s secrets, and in terrible danger. All 12 episodes of the global dramatic thriller Sense8 will launch Friday, June 5 only on Netflix. From the unparalleled creative minds of The Wachowskis (“The Matrix” trilogy, “Cloud Atlas”)…
Mother knows best. Long before you were old enough to complain, for instance, she knew when you were uncomfortable or ailing and she fixed it. She told you to ignore detractors. She helped you follow your heart. She reminded you to take a sweater. Mom always knew best – except, as in the new memoir…
Yes, 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of San Diego’s renowned Balboa Park and there are continuing events celebrating this historic landmark as there should be. Balboa Park has played a great part in the history of San Diego’s LGBT community. From social, political, HIV-AIDS demonstrations and Pride, etc. In fact, this year marks the 40th…
FilmOut San Diego had their 17th Annual LGBT Film Festival this past weekend. Opening night was full of excitement for the documentary Tab Hunter Confidential. The film has received accolades at several film festivals worldwide so the anticipation was not surprising. The story follows Hunter’s career and how he navigated through the politics of Hollywood…
It’s a Tuesday here in Burlington, Calif. and Amanda Watson is in surgery with Dr. Marci Bowers having gender confirmation surgery (GCS) as I’m writing this column. She’s waited a long time for this. Amanda is a former sailor. When her time in service ended in the late 1990s, she stayed in San Diego. She…
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced on his Web site Thursday that he is running for president a second time, joining an already crowded Republican field of contenders, reports The Huffington Post. In a video featuring a montage of U.S. landmarks and Perry meeting with mostly white groups of people, he claims the country needs…
Active duty United States Airman Logan Ireland and his fiancée, U.S. Soldier Laila Villanueva came out publicly today as being transgender in an exclusive New York Times Op-Doc,Transgender, at War and in Love. The Op-Doc, produced by Fiona Dawson, creator of “TransMilitary,” a platform for transgender service members, profiles the transgender airman, who recently completed…
ReadOut, a program of the Multicultural LGBT Literary Foundations presents an evening with critically acclaimed author Justin Torres 7 p.m., Saturday, June 20 at the Central Library, 330 Park Blvd. in San Diego. Justin Torres was the first openly gay Latino to be named one of the “5 Under 35” by the National Book Foundation,…
dvd of the week In the stylish and slight Focus, Will Smith plays Nicky, an extremely successful and absurdly smooth conman who meets a blonde seductress named Jess (Margot Robie) when she tries to con him and fails miserably. Jess asks Nicky to teach her to be a better con artist, and while he is…
