What happens when the publishing industry is in crisis? The first titles to be dropped are LGBT authors of color. Please support LGBT authors of color and spend a few minutes at the new San Diego Central Library. Hear a panel discussion on this subject and a reading from two brilliant Gay Latino authors, Saturday Nov….
In a new Harris Poll released today and commissioned by Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, nearly half (49 percent) of gay and lesbian adults would consider changing jobs if their employer required them to transfer to a state where same sex marriages were not recognized, compared to just 30 percent last year. The new survey also…
SAN DIEGO – Today, the San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) announced the appointment of Kathleen Hansen as the chorus’ first-ever assistant artistic director. After an extensive search process, SDWC’s board of directors extended the offer to Hansen, who started in the position Oct. 19. Ms. Hansen will work closely alongside long-time SDWC Artistic Director Christopher Allen,…
In an unapologetic, yet hardly surprising, interview, Brian Camenker, the president of MassResistance, a Massachusetts-based pro-family organization devoted almost exclusively to fighting abortion and LGBT rights, went on Linda Harvey’s Mission America talk radio program to declare that violence against the LGBT community, especially in Russia, is the direct result of a gay person’s behavior….
Around the world, LGBTI rights defenders are threatened, harassed and attacked as a result of their peaceful and legitimate human rights work. The situation in Honduras, one of the most violent countries in the world, has drastically deteriorated since the 2009 coup, with 101 crimes motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity committed between 2010…
A large number of writers have been credited with the phrase “kill all your darlings.” I had always thought it was Dorothy Parker, and the Internet claims it is William Faulkner or Stephen King. A recent Slate article places its origin as a writing guide from 1913. Whoever said it first, it’s been a key…
LOS ANGELES – Award-winning out writer/director, Angela Robinson, who’s written and produced the upcoming Girltrash: All Night Long as presented by Power Up is severing all formal ties with the non-profit film company over creative differences and professional, moral and ethical issues. Robinson, one of the executive producers of HBO’s True Blood and a co-executive producer…
MINNEAPOLIS — The fifteenth anniversary Out & Equal Workplace Summit will be in Minneapolis Oct. 28 – 31. It is expected to draw more than 2,000 attendees from 27 countries to share best practices to create LGBT workplace equality. The Workplace Summit comes with the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) heading for a vote in the US House of Representatives. “It’s…
SAN DIEGO — The Malashock Dance company will perform edgy and provocative new works in the premiere of Malashock/RAW4. The performances are Nov. 14, 15 and 16 at the Lyceum in Horton Plaza. Now in its fourth year, Malashock/RAW4 features all new choreography by Malashock Dance Artistic Director John Malashock, independent choreographer Michael Mizerany and guest…
NEW YORK — Independent publishing house Hot Glue Press has announced that it will publish Heal This Way: A Love Story written by Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters, and photographed by tour photographer Tracey B. Wilson. Lady Gaga’s biggest fans share their raw emotions about coming out, bullying, thoughts of suicide, and the need for acceptance. The…
