BOSTON — Jack’d, the international gay app has announced that its members voted Michael Sam of the St. Louis Rams as the top new gay icon for 2014. The nomination is the first in a series of announcements resulting from a user poll that surveyed the global Jack’d community on attitudes about gay pride and LGBT celebrities…
Last week, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and the National Park Foundation, in partnership with the Gill Foundation, announced a new LGBT theme study — standing outside the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The study will help identify places and events associated with the story of LGBT Americans for inclusion in the parks…
LOS ANGELES – Writer/director Marina Rice Bader (Exec. Producer of Elena Undone, A Perfect Ending) will make her directorial debut at the 32nd Annual Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival with the world premiere of her feature film entitled Anatomy of a Love Seen. Outfest – the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that promotes equality by…
NEW YORK — The Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) joined as plaintiff in a pending Federal District Court lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s same-sex marriage ban. Among the suit’s charges is that North Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage restricts the rights of individuals to freely practice their religion and therefore violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment…
BANGKOK — Popular gay tourists hubs in Bangkok have remained quiet and near empty following Thailand’s recent military coup and the nightly curfew, reports GayAsiaNews.com. Silom, the Thai capital’s bustling business district which is where most local and international gay men and women hang around at the night only clubs and bars now has a…
Chris Shaw, owner of Urban Mo’s, Baja Betty’s, Gossip Grill and the Hillcrest Brewing Company has pledged to match all donations to The Center in June up to $20,000. Announcing his incredible offer in an email Shaw wrote, “I have been fortunate to be part of our San Diego LGBT community for many years, and have…
Residents of Long Beach, Ca. on Tuesday elected Robert Garcia their next mayor, making him the city’s first openly gay and Latino chief executive, reports the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. Garcia defeated opponent Damon Dunn, capturing 52.1% of the vote to Dunn’s 47.9%. Garcia immigrated to the United States from Peru with his family…
Actor Jonah Hill told Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon that he lost his cool with a paparazzo and is heartbroken that he used a “disgusting” homophobic slur. Hill then went on to apologize for his comments concluding with, “If someone says something that hurts you or angers you, use me as an example of what…
SAN DIEGO – Left to a citywide vote, the Barrio Logan Community Plan Update in the form of propositions B and C was repealed. Despite this outcome, Environmental Health Coalition (EHC) and plan supporters insist the community will ultimately prevail in implementing the plan it needs to improve children’s health. “Barrio Logan is my home and…
San Diego County Registrar of Voters Michael Vu had predicted a 35 percent voter turnout for Tuesday’s primaries. In reality, the Counties’ voters exceeded predictions of a low turnout registering little more than a 20 percent. In the city of San Diego Propositions B and C failed, meaning the current Barrio Logan Community plan is…
