San Diego Pride announced today that for the first time, the annual festival will feature metal detectors at the entrances. The festival will have more entry lanes to avoid long lines. As always, there will also be a significant law enforcement presence, the San Diego Police Department’s mobile command unit will be stationed in front,…
Today is the last day to buy tickets online for the 9th Annual Wine and Music Festival benefiting the Women’s Museum of California. The Wine and Music Festival is the Women’s Museum of California’s only annual fundraiser, which funds their educational programming and original exhibits. The Festival will be held Friday June 24, with VIP…
SACRAMENTO – On the same day that the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v Texas temporarily blocked implementation of immigration reform executive orders by President Obama, the California State Assembly passed House Resolution 53, proclaiming the month of June 2016 as Immigrant Heritage Month to honor the important role of immigrants in California’s economy and future. California…
Today the #RestInPRIDE launched a new video campaign honoring the 49 innocent lives lost at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. The campaign launch video encourages the LGBT community and allies to record and post their most PRIDEFUL memory to the #RestInPRIDE Facebook page. Through sharing uplifting video messages with heart, #RestInPRIDE continues the important conversation about the victims…
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Pride have announced that there will be security screening and metal detectors at all points of entry for the 2016 San Francisco Pride Celebration and festival, scheduled for Saturday, June 25 from 12:00 Noon to 6:00 PM and Sunday, June 26 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM at San Francisco’s…
Over the last four decades, same-sex marriage has gone from a ‘preposterous notion’ to one of the most successful civil rights campaigns in the world. Now, as the country gets ready to celebrate the first anniversary of same-sex marriage a new documentary entitled ‘The Freedom to Marry’ will make its world premiere at at the…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera announced today that tenor Piotr Beczala will open San Diego Opera’s 2016-2017 season with a recital on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 7 PM at the Balboa Theatre. In demand at the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls, Mr. Beczala made his Company debut as Rodolfo in…
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore requested a court drop judicial ethics charges against him, saying he never told probate judges to refuse marriage licenses to gay couples. Moore filed his response Tuesday. Last year, HRC and other civil rights organizations joined the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) ethics complaint with the Judicial Inquiry…
Do you know where San Diego’s early gay bars were? Have you read the hate crimes plaque? Have you looked at the base of the flag pole? Have you peeked into the secret garden? How much do you really know about Hillcrest? To celebrate Pride week, Lambda Archives will have two evening tours: Wednesday July 13 and…
LOS ANGELES — Equality California has endorsed the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016, an initiative to raise California’s cigarette tax by $2 on tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, which are taking a disproportionately large toll on lesbian, gay and bisexual communities. Lesbian, gay, bisexual Californians smoke at two to three times…
