SAN DIEGO – It’s not quite Napa … yet … but East San Diego County has established a vibrant and growing wine industry. There are more than 50 wineries in San Diego County, with more than 40 east of Highway 15. Many of those local east county vintners will have their products highlighted at the…
After Tuesday’s vote in Houston, Texas that repealed anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people, a petition has sprung up on Change.org calling for the NFL to relocate the 2017 Super Bowl from Houston. The petition, started by football fan Ben Douthett, urges the NFL to take a stand on behalf of LGBT equality and avoid scheduling…
CHICAGO – Leaders from lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) state equality organizations meet next week in Chicago for a conference on how to tackle serious challenges that remain despite the Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality. The annual autumn Equality Federation Midwest/West Leadership Summit, convened by the Equality Federation and hosted by…
https://youtu.be/CnOJgDW0gPI A Kansas teacher has been asked to resign after showing his students an anti-bullying film. Tom Leahy, a social studies teacher at Conway Springs Middle School, showed his students the 2011 short movie Love is All You Need, an anti-bullying film that depicts a fictional world in which heterosexual children are bullied by homosexual…
Ohio voted Tuesday against legalizing recreational and medical marijuana via an amendment to the state’s constitution, shooting down a proposal to grant a small number of wealthy investors sole permission to operate commercial marijuana farms. The initiative has been controversial, even among many marijuana legalization supporters, because its drafters included a provision that set aside…
SAN FRANCISCO — GLAAD today announced it will honor United States Chief Technology Officer, former Google VP of Business Development and PlanetOut CEO Megan Smith at GLAAD Gala San Francisco at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Nov. 7. At the gala, Megan Smith will receive the Ric Weiland Award, which honors innovators who advance…
Released today! Danielle LoPresti, with her real-life spouse and child, star in this progressive interpretation of Tommie Connor’s 1952 Christmas classic. Watch the video above and for more videos from Danielle LoPresti and The Masses go here. New album update from DLPM: “Two years and one grueling cancer battle later, the “House of D” album…
NEW YORK, NY – The second season of EastSiders, the critically-acclaimed dark comedy starring series creator Kit Williamson (Mad Men) and three time Emmy Nominee Van Hansis (As the World Turns) as a gay couple trying to stay together in the aftermath of infidelity, releases on DVD via Wolfe Video Tuesday, Nov. 3. The second…
SAN FRANCISCO — GLAAD has announced it will honor Tyler Oakley at GLAAD Gala San Francisco at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Nov. 7. The event will be hosted by Mean Girls and Looking star Daniel Franzese and will feature a special performance by Grammy Award-nominated recording artist and Selma star Ledisi. Additional special…
NEW YORK – Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund (www.truecolorsfund.org) today announced the lineup for its 5th annual “Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays” benefit concert Saturday, Dec. 5 at New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre to raise awareness about LGBT youth homelessness. 100 percent of the net proceeds from the concert will support…
