It was dubbed the wedding of the year. After suffering homophobic heckling at their first ceremony in August, Gary Jackson and Oscar de la Salas’ October wedding redo in Coronado received many column inches in the press. Their story is well-known and Jackson and de la Salas became media celebrities. What is less well-known are…
Boy George has reunited with the band that brought him international stardom, Culture Club, for a new tour and album which is preceded by the lead single “More Than Silence”. With a career spanning over 30 years, the Grammy Award-winners first shot to international stardom in the 1980s as one of the U.K.’s biggest exports…
In the past month, same-sex marriage has gained momentum across the country as more federal judges reject state laws that have banned the unions. Key decisions for Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee have all centered on the legal question of same-sex marriage. But outside the courtrooms, one impact of expanding the definition of legal marriage is…
Call it a wave, a shellacking or simply a very good election year for Republicans. But whatever you call it, don’t call it the year of the gay Republican. Two candidates, Carl DeMaio, who ran against Scott Peters in California’s 52nd district, and Richard Tisei, who ran against Seth Moutlon in North Boston’s normally Democratic…
Saturday, the Los Angeles LGBT Center hosted the 45th Anniversary Vanguard Awards, honoring longtime LGBT activists George and Brad Takei who accepted the International Vanguard Award, presented by Tab Hunter; Marvel Entertainment who received the Corporate Vanguard Award, accepted by Marvel’s Vice President of Animation Development and Partnerships Courtney Lane, presented by Holland Taylor; and…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has sent Russian President Vladimir Putin a T-shirt that reads “Love Conquers Hate” in Russian. HRC’s gift was sent in recognition of Putin’s comment, “The meaning of our whole life and existence is love.” “Putin made clear that love is at the core of every single person,” said…
LOS ANGELES —The Advocate has named Russian president, Vladimir Putin as “Person of the Year” in its December/January issue, on sale Nov. 18. As the Olympic Winter Games headed to Sochi in 2014, so did a spotlight on the violations against the Russian LGBT community. Those violations are coming directly from the top of the Russian…
Join the Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) as they celebrate the holidays, Saturday, Dec. 13, 7 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front St., next to UCSD hospital. “Suite for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble,” “Suite for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble,”The evening’s line up will feature music of Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year. Selections will…
A U.S. Navy veteran and lesbian author of a new, professionally-illustrated children’s book for donor-conceived children of two-mom lesbian families has launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish the book. Christy Tyner’s book Zak’s Safari is a book that explains their conception story. “I assumed that because there were so many two-mom families out there, there…
SEATTLE – Two California women were the third LGBTQ couple to be married through Visit Seattle’s Marry Me in Seattle campaign last night. Some 30 friends and family were on hand to witness Andrea Ross DeLuna and Claudia Araceli Pizano tie the knot at the Seattle Aquarium. The couple were chosen randomly from hundreds of…
