SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera announced today the return of Taste of Opera – a series of food-centric events designed to offer an introduction to San Diego Opera’s 2015 – 2016 season in informal and casual settings around creatively-themed dinners and cooking classes at The Curious Fork in Solana Beach. “The great thing about…
A gay man visiting Disneyland during its “Unofficial Gay Days” event was nearly ejected from the park over the outfit he was wearing. Anthony Gilét, revealed on his Web site that soon after entering the park he was chased down by a park employee who told him to change his shorts or risk expulsion. “I was…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) once again called on Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli to make good on his unfulfilled promise of Sept. 22 to lower the price on Daraprim — a crucial and often lifesaving treatment for those living with HIV — and urged officials to expeditiously investigate Turing’s reckless overnight 5,000…
LGBT Catholics and allied faithful will gather in four U.S. cities to pray the rosary and hold vigils as part of a national effort to send a message of acceptance and inclusion during a bishops’ meeting with Pope Francis in Rome. The faith sojourn, Pray, Listen, Discern — Raising the Voices of LGBT Catholics, organized…
SAN FRANCISCO — Several LGBT refugees now living in the Bay Area after fleeing their homelands in fear of persecution were honored for their courage and leadership during Horizons Foundation 35th anniversary Gala Saturday, Oct. 3. Horizons presented its first-ever Courage Awards to 11 people, including Subhi Nahas and Getrude Metsiegoum and Carine (last name withheld…
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation authored by Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego) that would update the state’s sexual health and HIV prevention curriculum to provide more current, inclusive and comprehensive instruction. “Our schools are a critical environment for providing young people with the knowledge and skills that they will need to…
The San Diego French-American Chamber of Commerce and San Diego French American School will present the first La Fête de la Gastronomie Thursday, Oct. 8 3-6 p.m. at the San Diego French Amerian School, 6550 Soledad Mountain Road in San Diego. French Gastronomy is a living thing, a tradition that has cemented French society throughout…
A priest that came out as gay has been fired by the Vatican. Newsmax reports that on the eve of a synod of the world’s bishops to discuss church outreach to gays, divorcees and more traditional Catholic families, Krzysztof Charamsa, a mid-level official in the Vatican’s doctrine office, came out of the closet at a…
LOS ANGELES – More than 400 guests attended the fourth annual Voices on Point gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night to support higher education opportunities for LGBTQ students. Caitlyn Jenner presented the Point Horizon Award to two Point Alumni, Rhys Ernst, Co-Producer for Amazon’s “Transparent,” and Zach Zyskowski, Producer on ABC Family and Ryan…
SACRAMENTO – Saturday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill authored by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) to prohibit law enforcement officers of the opposite sex to be in sight of a strip search being conducted at any juvenile detention center in California. After a local media outlet reported the practice had occurred…
