PHOENIX – An Arizona high school student, who was bullied, followed home and threatened for being gay, has become the youngest advocate on loan in the Phoenix Mayor’s Office. Caleb Laieski, 17, will work as a youth and diversity liaison, to raise awareness about bullying and diversity and serve as a point of contact for…
dvr this Arguably the funniest movie ever made, Billy Wilder’s movie about cross-dressing musicians (Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis) and the most amazing ditz to ever grace the screen (Marilyn Monroe) was shot at San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado and has as many quotable lines as Casablanca, Wizard of Oz and Star Wars combined. On…
WASHINGTON , DC – A scathing 42-page confidential document by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) was uncovered yesterday by the Human Rights Campaign as a result of the investigation conducted by the state of Maine Ethics Commission and Attorney General. The investigation was due to a sworn complaint filed by Fred Karger, founder…
SACRAMENTO — State Assemblymember Toni Atkins announced Monday that Nikki Clay, chair of the San Diego Convention Center Board of Directors and partner in the government relations firm Carpi and Clay, is the Woman of the Year in the 76th Assembly District. Clay was honored Monday in a presentation on the floor of the State…
It’s official. The newest Carrie Bradshaw, the beloved leading lady in HBO’s “Sex and the City,” is AnnaSophia Robb – the teen sweetheart who starred in “Soul Surfer,” “Bridge to Terabithia,” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” – and Sarah Jessica Parker has given her blessing says the Huffington Post. “She sent me a letter!…
Quashing the doubts of many in San Diego’s LGBT community that City Councilman Carl DeMaio would take a pass on the March 28 LGBT Mayoral Candidate Forum at The Center, the candidate for mayor has confirmed that he will attend, according to officials at the debate’s venue. However, a source involved in organizing the event…
NEW YORK – The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has announced the launch of its Commentator Accountability Project. The project aims to educate the media about the extreme rhetoric of over three dozen activists who are often given a platform to speak in opposition to LGBT people and the issues that affect their…
BRUSSELS – The European Parliament has adopted a resolution protecting same-sex couples’ inheritance rights throughout the European Union (EU). The resolution says individual countries that do not recognize legal partnerships between gay couples should not be able to deny a gay widow or widower the rights they have to their late spouse’s estate under the…
If sidesplitting comedy is what you are after, you are in luck, times three, because this Saturday night at 8 p.m. for your delectation The Birch North Park Theatre presents the Queer Queens of Qomedy. The Queer Queens are comprised of three of the country’s reigning LGBT comics, Gina Yashere, Fortune Feimster and Poppy Champlin….
