http://youtu.be/tQF4qN-8u0k Artist Richard Hawkins tours Bob Mizer & Tom of Finland, the first American museum exhibition devoted to the art of Mizer (1922-1992) and Touko Laaksonen, a.k.a. “Tom of Finland” (1920-1991), at MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Hawkins, who guest co-curated the exhibition with MOCA Curator Bennett Simpson, examines selections from the first-ever presentation of…
SAN DIEGO — An estimated 1,300 volunteers will participate in WeAllCount Friday, Jan. 24 from 4-7 a.m. Sponsored by the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and County of San Diego, the 2014 count of homeless persons in San Diego County will be directed by the Regional Task Force on the Homeless. “We have an incredibly large task ahead of us and that is to accurately count homeless individuals including…
WASHINGTON, D.C.— A new poll released Tuesday by The Latino Victory Project and Latino Decisions shows San Diego mayoral candidate David Alvarez with a commanding lead over opponent, Kevin Faulconer, among eligible Latino voters. The poll, which was commissioned Jan. 17, shows Alvarez with a 65-point lead with Latino voters over Faulconer. Seventy five percent of Latinos…
Today, Toni Atkins was elected the Speaker of the California Assembly – the first open lesbian and only the third woman to hold the position. Atkins, who previously served as Assembly Majority Floor Leader, will soon assume the seat currently occupied by John Perez, who also made history as the first openly gay California Assembly…
NEW YORK, — Uprising of Love, the It Gets Better Project and other leading LGBT organizations have launched a week-long series of Google+ Hangouts called “Uprising of Love Hangouts on Air” to explore a variety of LGBT and human rights issues that have surfaced in connection with the upcoming Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. The series aims to…
Speaking before the annual Indian Psychiatric Society meeting, prominent psychiatrist and last year’s president Dr. Indira Sharma labeled homosexuality ‘unnatural.’ The comment, which she reiterated on Monday, created a firestorm in a country still under attack from a major High Court decision which reinstated the ban on same-gender sex. According to the Times of India, Sharma unapologetically decried the…
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee (SF Pride) is now accepting nominations for Community and Organizational Grand Marshal for the 44th Annual Celebration and Parade which takes place June 28, 29. Grand Marshal nominations opened at the January General Membership meeting Tuesday, Jan. 14 and will close after the February General…
SAN DIEGO – The reintroduction of the annual San Diego Pride festival logo contest began Jan. 21. With the new year in motion and the planning for the 2014 celebration well underway, the new logo for the 40th anniversary San Diego Pride, Reflections of Pride, encourages artists and graphic designers across San Diego to participate in…
LOS ANGELES, — Dr. Rizi Timane, minister, social worker, and outspoken advocate for the LGBT community, has issued the following statement on Nigeria’s criminalization of gay marriages and civil unions: I grew up in Nigeria. In Lagos, to be exact. And I have known since I was eight years old that I am transgender. I was born as a…
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., – Female rap titan Eve will be heading to Palm Springs this April to headline Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend’s Saturday signature party at the Palm Springs Convention Center Saturday, April 5. The Grammy Award-winning rapper who recently released her first new album in 11 years titled Lip Lock will take center stage at the…
