Felicity Huffman was nominated for an Oscar for playing Bree, a neurotic male-to-female transsexual who drives cross-country with the son she fathered but never knew. As amazing as the performance was, the film itself is more than one great impression. It’s also an enormously sweet and moving story about the relationship between a parent and…
This past February, Atlantis Events created the largest gay and lesbian cruise event to date when they chartered one of the world’s biggest cruise ships, the Allure of the Seas, for an LGBT group voyage. Now, based on the popularity of that sold out cruise, another major LGBT travel company Concierge Travel, has planned a…
Howard Bragman grew up “fat and Jewish and gay” (his words) in 1960’s Flint, Michigan – no wonder he felt like “a bit of a Martian.” Fortunately for both Bragman and the many celebrities who now number amongst his clients, the ‘gay guru’ found his niche in the world of PR – and today is…
TODD GLORIA San Diego City Councilman, District 3 I support the use of marijuana for medical purposes. As someone who understands the critical importance of this medicine for many people, I felt it necessary to challenge the notion, held by many, that there is no place in our city for medical marijuana consumer cooperatives….
Led by San Diego County Democratic Party Chairman Jess Durfee, 40 members of the San Diego Democratic Club will attend the California Democratic Party Convention as delegates. That number represents nearly 21 percent of the San Diego County Delegates to this year’s Convention. Most delegates were elected in Assembly District caucuses last January or elected…
Members of the Central United Methodist Church of Toledo, Ohio are hitting the streets with a visible and vocal campaign on behalf of religious tolerance and against anti-LGBT discrimination. Perhaps most notable amongst the church’s efforts are a series of billboards that proclaim a very different message from that most of us are used to…
There are advantages and disadvantages to everything in life. However, unless you have some special circumstances that preclude you from the benefits of homeownership, the advantages of owning a home are far greater than that of renting. Last year, a client was referred to me who wanted to buy a home. She and her husband…
In 2004, the elusive graffiti artist and celebrated mockumentarian Banksy created a now-iconic work of art on an outside wall of the Prince Albert pub in Brighton, England. The piece, dubbed “Gay Bobbies,” features two policeman locked in an embrace – and now promises to fetch nearly £1million when it goes up for auction in…
Collecting the paraphernalia of Pride parades and political protests, historical books, periodicals and pictures since 1986, the Lambda Archives of San Diego has outgrown its small corner in the Diversionary Theatre on Park Boulevard, leading the Archives’ board president, Frank Nobiletti, to sign a new long-term lease with the theatre that is set to nearly…
A student at the University of North Carolina has been charged with filing a false report after saying he was the victim of a hate crime. Quinn Matney, a 19-year-old freshman, allegedly claimed that a man shouted anti-gay abuse at him and branded his wrist, causing him to be treated in hospital for severe burns….
