Love, Always is the first collection of writings by partners of trans people. As the visibility of trans people rises throughout the world, so does the need to hear about the experiences of their loved ones who stand by them. Yet, their stories have remained largely untold in the sea of media attention on trans…
Editor’s note: Welcome to The Amazon Trail, a monthly lesbian column by award-winning author Lee Lynch. My body is telling me to slow down. Has been for quite a while. When was the last time I climbed a tree, a favorite younger pastime? Now I simply admire them and the birds that flit from…
NASHVILLE, TN – GLAAD, today announced the addition of country music legend Crystal Gayle and songwriter/producer Desmond Child to the lineup of the inaugural Concert for Love and Acceptance. The event, presented by GLAAD and Herndon, will feature artists and celebrities in a coalition of support for LGBT acceptance and will take place at City…
NEW YORK – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, honored Kelly Ripa, Thomas Roberts, and the best in film, television, and journalism at the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria New York on Saturday. Anderson Cooper, Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Laverne Cox, Rupert Friend, Lynda Carter,…
On the heels of Bruce Jenner’s landmark TV interview, best-selling transgender memoirist Jennifer Finney Boylan earned a standing ovation after urging hundreds of independent writers to remember that their work matters and makes a difference, at the recent American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) writers conference. The conference was attended by more than 500…
Twenty years ago as a teenager ChadMichael Morrisette was bullied for being gay. The Daily Grind reported that Morrisette described his school days as: “During junior high and high school I was bullied for being who I am. I was bullied for being gay. I was bullied for being little. I was bullied for every…
LOS ANGELES – Author, political strategist, civil rights activist and political firebrand David Mixner will bring his audience right onto his metaphorical front porch in his theatrical tell-all, “Oh Hell No!,” coming to Los Angeles and San Francisco next month. Once named by Newsweek as the most powerful gay man in America, Mixner is a…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera announced today that tenor René Barbera, who made his San Diego Opera debut this past April in the Company’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Concerts, will be returning for a recital on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 7 PM at the Balboa Theatre as part of the Company’s 2015-2016 season….
San Diego band, Danielle LoPresti and The Masses released a new video Thursday from their performance at San Diego IndieFest 9 March 28. The performance took place at Officer Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park, directly facing the Mid-City Police Station in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego. LoPresti, joined by Minneapolis out singing phenom, Cameron Wright,…
WASHINGTON – Today, just hours after Grammy Award-winning music legend Elton John urged Congress to bolster its fight against AIDS, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, in collaboration with AIDS United, released a guide on HIV prevention and care, as well as a unique online Q&A feature. This new resource is supported in part by…
