Colin Farrell, one of Ireland’s best rising stars in Hollywood, recently sat down with Irish TV network RTE on the Claire Byrne Live to discuss his support for a referendum that would legalize marriage between same-sex couples in Ireland. Throughout the interview Farrell details his experiences growing up with a gay brother and how this…
Citing both their historical importance in “creating acceptance and awareness of the gay community by wider society” and helping generate respect from a younger generation by showing them how drag queens have been able to allow them “to be able to do what they do now,” Ricky Beirao has created the What A Drag! Exhibit…
If you Google the Rev. Troy Perry and Phil Wilson you will immediately know why they will both be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the eighth annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast to be held Thursday, May 21 at the Hilton Hotel by the Bay. Rev. Troy Perry is the founder of the worldwide Metropolitan…
Oh the trials of writing a weekly political print column. Last week, in the day between submitting my big questions for the year and printing them, Sen. Barbara Boxer answered one of them by announcing she would not seek re-election in 2016. Since then, some of the major players have stolen my opportunity for impressive…
Steal Heaven, the new play at San Diego REPertory Theatre takes us to the afterlife where political and social activist, Abbie Hoffman, who co-founded the Youth International Party (“Yippies”) in 1968, is an activist guru in heaven. He has the power to send someone in purgatory back to Earth if they pass his training. He…
If there ever is an object lesson about vetting leadership for transgender specific organizations, Allison Woolbert’s elevation to executive director of the Transgender Human Rights Institute (THRI) start-up nonprofit and creation of the Trans* Violence Tracking Portal (TVTP) should be that lesson. Allison Woolbert recently resigned as executive director of Transgender Human Rights Institute (THRI)…
The 2015 Academy Awards nominations, which were announced this morning, highlighted films and actors that have focused on LGBT equality, writes Hayley Miller on the HRC Blog. “The Imitation Game,” a film about Alan Turing, is nominated for eight awards, including best picture. The film’s stars, Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, were also nominated. Last…
Alliance San Diego has announced the program participants for the 27th annual All Peoples Celebration honoring the living legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. The All Peoples Celebration will take place Monday, Jan. 19, at the Balboa Park Activity Center. Doors…
After teaching abroad for 40 years, I retired here a couple of years ago and have filled my social life with the activities of several male groups; consequently I’ve had little contact with the lesbian community. I have definitely been influenced, however, by several of its prominent members who offer a welcome relief from the…
Carl DeMaio to wed in 2015? Recently, I had dinner with Carl DeMaio and his life partner Johnathan Hale who have been together about seven years. They had returned from a week’s vacation aboard a cruise liner and looked tanned, rested and ready for a new chapter in their life together. While many Republican Party…
