In conjunction with its current production of The Pride, Diversionary Theatre has assembled a panel of LGBT leaders for a discussion about the journey to find pride, exploring the differences between what it meant to be gay in the 1950s and today. The panel discussion, Being Proud: Then and Now. Stories of Pride and Sacrifice…
Sunday morning, I started getting really early phone calls from back East as my picture made the New York Times society page and was done by famed photographer Bill Cunningham who caught me at a gala GLBT charity event. Laura Duffy has let us all down When openly lesbian Laura Duffy was appointed a United…
Assembled in a large, unadorned meeting hall at the University Christian Church on Cleveland Avenue, a gathering of mostly-white, all-male singers are taking direction from Gary Holt, the artistic director of the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus. Gary, the current artistic director and a warm, enigmatic presence, has also served as the former artistic director…
West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — In his first big trip of the second fund-raising quarter, President Barack Obama hauled in at least $1.75 million at three fund-raisers in Florida on Tuesday. At all three campaign events – and during his one official event at Florida Atlantic University – the…
Blues legend Bonnie Raitt has something to talk about in her new ‘Right Down the Line’ music video: love is equal. Raitt’s first music video in fourteen years is fashioned in her signature style – a laid-back, soulful blues tempo featuring shots of loving couples including a decidedly handsome gay couple who share a kiss…
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — Does “Fifty Shades of Grey’s” love affair between a dominant man and vulnerable young woman feel a tad bit familiar? It might if you’re a tried and true fan of the “Twilight” series. Welcome to the world of fan fiction, where fans tweak or add to existing series,…
Police detained 18 men in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Wednesday for a sex sting investigation involving public beach restrooms. The undercover sting followed complaints from Los Angeles County lifeguards who noticed a group of men frequenting beach restrooms and staying for extended periods of time according to reports at the Los Angeles Daily News. “It just…
U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) is facing heat for an editorial published Tuesday in Massachusetts LGBT newspaper, Bay Windows. Brown, who has not historically supported the Employment Non-Discrimination Act or the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, said in his editorial that “[supporting] everyone’s pet project” was not his M.O. as a U.S. Senator….
A gay high school student in southwest Ohio is suing his school district over the ban of a t-shirt that read, “Jesus is Not Homophobe.” Maverick Couch, 16, says Tuesday’s lawsuit stems from the district’s false claim that the t-shirt was “sexual in nature and therefore indecent and inappropriate in a school setting” and prohibited…
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — I thought she was over. Madonna, that is. I thought she was too old to be referring to herself as a “girl.” I thought pop music passed her by. I thought Lady Gaga had killed her. And then I look at this week’s Billboard chart and I see…
