NEW YORK – Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund (www.truecolorsfund.org) today announced the lineup for its 5th annual “Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays” benefit concert Saturday, Dec. 5 at New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre to raise awareness about LGBT youth homelessness. 100 percent of the net proceeds from the concert will support…
An 18-year-old man who fatally stabbed a co-worker after a sex act and fled the scene without his pants or shoes pleaded guilty Oct. 29 to voluntary manslaughter. A murder charge was dismissed against Joe Andrew Cortez and Chula Vista Superior Court Judge Ana Espana indicated she would limit the maximum sentence to six years…
Humanity may be on the cusp of the first AIDS-free generation in decades. Research into a cure is progressing at a remarkable pace, and this treatable disease is now being beaten in global hot spots by access to health care and prevention methods. Ranging from high-tech American labs, where the DNA of HIV-positive patients is…
Fear of “special rights” for LGBT Americans to sexualize workplaces, schools, and churches set back the cause of equal rights decades. Those who opposed “special rights” did so more effectively than those who supported equality. Pope Francis, just before departing the U.S., bestowed special rites on Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, whom some liken to Montgomery…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — To mark Transgender Awareness Month this November, the National LGBTQ Task Force’s Executive Director Rea Carey has issued the following statement: “As we mark Transgender Awareness Month, there is much to celebrate in terms of awareness for the transgender community but there are urgent issues that must be addressed that directly affect…
Enjoy the frightful delights of this haunted house story with 1980s song titles mixed into it. I love Halloween just about as much as I love 1980s music! Have fun finding as many of those songs from that great decade as I had writing this ghastly tale. I counted 84 musical hits in this warren…
SAN DIEGO — Breast cancer survivors and their sisterhood of supporters gathered in San Diego Friday to urge motorists to order California’s brand new “Pink Ribbon License Plates” as the city gears up for Sunday’s Race for the Cure. The plates are designed to deliver a message of “Early Detection Saves Lives” and to help fund…
Trick or Treat … San Diego LGBT Weekly wishes all our readers a safe and happy Halloween! Don’t forget to check out our “Haunted San Diego” feature here And just to get you in the mood watch the original trailer to John Carpenter’s Halloween made in 1978, below … If you dare!
New legislation to be introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and allow it to be regulated similarly to alcohol. That approach would allow states that choose a legal, regulated approach to marijuana to move forward without federal interference and allow banking access and fair taxation to state-compliant…
The 2015 NewFest, New York’s LGBT Film Festival, concluded its 27th anniversary year at the Bow Tie Chelsea Theater – and the recently completed screening room at the LGBT Community Center – with a sold-out screening of Girls Lost. The highly successful six-day festival screened nearly 100 films to a number of sold-out audiences and…
