CULVER CITY, Calif. — Writer/director Ira Sachs and Love is Strange stars John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, have teamed up with Tie The Knot as guest designers, creating their own specialty bow ties inspired by the film. In Sony Pictures Classics’ poignant, modern-day love story, debuting today from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Ben (Lithgow) and George…
British supermarket chain, Tesco, has come under fire after one of its cashiers was overheard by a lesbian couple advising that “all gays should die alone.” Not content to leave well enough alone, the employee was then heard by a second couple to have added,”[Homosexuals] should not have babies.” Natalie Rivans and her girlfriend told…
Charlotte-area teacher Lonnie Billiard was fired from Charlotte Catholic High School after announcing on his personal Facebook page last fall that he planned to marry his partner. Billiard had been a teacher at the school for 15 years, and continued working there as a long-term substitute after he retired in 2012. Billiard’s firing was reported…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, has announced that Michael Sam, who made history as America’s first openly gay professional football player, will be honored at HRC’s national Time to THRIVE conference in February. “We are excited and privileged to recognize Michael Sam, and his brave commitment to leading an authentic life in…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Pride is kicking off 2015 by adding some well-known and highly-regarded talent to its staff. Sarafina Scapicchio is the new Director of Development. Ms. Scapicchio had been Director of Major Gifts and Corporate Giving at the San Diego LGBT Community Center (The Center) and had previously served as The…
WASHINGTON – As 2015 begins, The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) takes a closer look at a few of the many countries where the fight for equality is making progress, as well as those where the fundamental rights of LGBT people are increasingly under attack. Good news: Ireland Ireland is set to vote in May on…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera has announced the return of Opera on the Concourse, a series of free lunchtime concerts held for the public on the San Diego Civic Concourse with the stars of San Diego Opera’s season. Discontinued in 2007, San Diego Opera announced the return of this beloved program as a…
After a successful premiere, Ricky Martin’s new single “Disparo al Corazón” is now available on all digital-music outlets. Written by Ricky Martin, Pedro Capó, Yoel Henríquez and Rafael Esparza Ruíz, and produced by the multiple Latin Grammy® winner Julio Reyes, “Disparo al Corazón” is the second single from A Quien Quiera Escuchar. A Quien Quiera…
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris announced today her plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer. “I’m excited to share with you that I’m launching my campaign to represent the People of California in the United States Senate,” Harris wrote in an email to supporters. “Your support has been crucial…
At first blush, an article from the Salt Lake Tribune by Peggy Fletcher Stack reads like something you might find on TheOnion.com: Gay men – or in Mormon parlance ‘same-sex attracted’ – who marry heterosexual woman are two-to-three times more likely than opposite couples to call it quits. It’s tempting to shrug it off with…
