When San Diego local Jarett Wilkins headed out to The Lamplighter on Tuesday night, he was simply looking for a low-key good time – a little karaoke and a few drinks with friends visiting from out of town. But when Wilkins went to take the karaoke stage, he found himself the brunt of offensive, anti-gay…
Nearly one year ago, LGBT Weekly publisher and co-chair of President Obama’s LGBT Leadership Counsel Stampp Corbin engaged into debate with Dan Savage, syndicated columnist, on the popular CNN show Campbell Brown. In wake of new political developments surrounding the LGBT community, the answer as to whether or not Obama has sold out gays may…
PFLAG San Diego’s monthly meeting features Michael Bussee, the co-founder of Exodus International who now speaks out against the “ex-gay” movement. The group meets Feb. 28, 7-9 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Mission Valley, 2231 Camino del Rio South. For more information, log on to pflag.com.
Metro Area Real Estate Professionals for Young Adult Housing (MARYAH) hosts its annual poker tournament to raise funds for The Center’s Youth Housing Project, March 3 at Top of the Park, 525 Spruce Street. The evening includes a Vegas-style poker tournament, players’ lounge, blackjack tables, hors d’oeuvres, no-host bar, prizes and giveaways! Poker seats are…
Every year, the glamour, glitz and camptastic production numbers makes the Oscars pretty darn gay, in that old school equation that says that gay equals sequins, divas, closet cases and camp. But sometimes the movies are actually gay, in the homosexual sense, and sometimes the nominees are, too. What’s gay about this year’s Best Picture…
1929 The first movie to win Best Picture is Wings, the story of a woman who comes between two men who modern viewers clearly can tell are in love with each other. 1941 Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca wins Best Picture, and at its heart is a housekeeper who was madly in love with her now-deceased mistress….
Members of Equality Hawaii and the Human Rights Campaign gathered to congratulate Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie for Hawaii’s decision last week to enact civil unions into law. The new law will take effect on January 1, 2012, and will make Hawaii the 15th US jurisdiction to provide equal rights under law to same-sex couples. Alan…
Perry Moore, executive producer of the “Chronicles of Narnia” film trilogy and co-writer and director of “Lake City,” was found dead in his home last Thursday morning. According to the New York Daily News, Moore, 39, was unconscious when he was found by his partner Hunter Hill in the bathroom of their shared home. Responders…
In the wake of controversy surrounding contributions to a politically conservative action committee during the 2010 elections, Target Corp. has announced new policies concerning future political giving activity. Jessica Carlson, a spokesperson for the popular retail corporation, explains that the company’s revised giving protocol was enacted after a meeting between the corporate responsibility committee and…
Step aside, Green Lantern: there’s a sexy new superhero headed for the spotlight. Adrianne Palicki (of NBC’s “Friday Night Lights” and the upcoming “Red Dawn”) will star as the wristband-sporting, tiara-wearing Wonder Woman in a contemporary take on DC Comics classic. The show’s pilot – written by “Ally McBeal” creator David E. Kelley and directed…
