Humanity may be on the cusp of the first AIDS-free generation in decades. Research into a cure is progressing at a remarkable pace, and this treatable disease is now being beaten in global hot spots by access to health care and prevention methods. Ranging from high-tech American labs, where the DNA of HIV-positive patients is…
Enjoy the frightful delights of this haunted house story with 1980s song titles mixed into it. I love Halloween just about as much as I love 1980s music! Have fun finding as many of those songs from that great decade as I had writing this ghastly tale. I counted 84 musical hits in this warren…
SAN DIEGO — Breast cancer survivors and their sisterhood of supporters gathered in San Diego Friday to urge motorists to order California’s brand new “Pink Ribbon License Plates” as the city gears up for Sunday’s Race for the Cure. The plates are designed to deliver a message of “Early Detection Saves Lives” and to help fund…
Trick or Treat … San Diego LGBT Weekly wishes all our readers a safe and happy Halloween! Don’t forget to check out our “Haunted San Diego” feature here And just to get you in the mood watch the original trailer to John Carpenter’s Halloween made in 1978, below … If you dare!
The 2015 NewFest, New York’s LGBT Film Festival, concluded its 27th anniversary year at the Bow Tie Chelsea Theater – and the recently completed screening room at the LGBT Community Center – with a sold-out screening of Girls Lost. The highly successful six-day festival screened nearly 100 films to a number of sold-out audiences and…
San Diego LGBT Weekly won a record 12 awards at the San Diego Press Club 42nd Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards Tuesday night. With the new awards, LGBT Weekly has now won a total of 47 awards for journalism excellence since it was founded in 2010. The sold-out gala event, held at the Jacobs Center…
Racial profiling has become a pressing issue in the media and several celebrities have taken a stand on the topic. Comedian Orlando Jones posted a video about his experience with racial profiling via his WhoSay account. Watch the video above.
SAN DIEGO – The third and final honoree has been selected to receive an award of distinction from the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) to be presented at their upcoming Nov. 7 Aston-Brooks Gala. Archbishop Rev. Carl Bean, D.Min. will receive the Sunshine Brooks HIV/AIDS Advocacy Award. As a young singer, Carl Bean brought…
Earlier this year, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery installed the portrait of Sylvia Rivera in the “Struggle for Justice” exhibition. Rivera is the first transgendered person in the museum’s collection. A forerunner in the fight against gender identity discrimination, Ray Rivera rechristened himself as Sylvia as a teenager. When cast out by her family, she…
San Diego Musical Theatre announced today the final production of their 2015 season, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Nov. 27 – Dec. 6 at the Spreckels Theatre. Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaption features seventeen Irving Berlin songs, played by a live 22 piece orchestra! Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have…
