Bach Collegium San Diego (BCSD), San Diego’s only early music ensemble, will close its ninth season with a program of music by two important 16th-century composers, Palestrina and Byrd, reflecting the turbulent years of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. The performances, called Heresy! Greetings from Rome & Canterbury will be Friday, June 1 at 7:30…
Gay singer/songwriter/song stylist Raspin returns to San Diego June 14, appearing at Lestats West, 3343 Adams Ave. at 9 p.m. Based in the Los Angeles area, Raspin is a well-rounded, accomplished songwriter, vocalist and producer. His first CD, We Do What We Do has received rave reviews and is an eclectic mix of some of…
(CNN) – In a move that he admits could cost him some fans, hip-hop artist Yitz “Y-Love” Jordan, considered “the first black Jewish MC,” has come out publicly as a gay man of color. “I feel like I have wasted years of my life worrying that my ‘public reputation’ will be negatively impacted by my…
(CNN) – Boxer Manny Pacquiao is under fire, after some comments he made about gay marriage got him banned from The Grove in Los Angeles. In an interview with National Conservative Examiner, Pacquiao addressed President Obama’s recent endorsement of gay marriage. “God’s words first … obey God’s law first before considering the laws of man,”…
Iran has recalled its ambassador to Azerbaijan after accusing the country of planning a “gay parade” for this coming Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest. The Telegraph reports that Azerbaijan’s hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest – a flamboyant annual pageant of pop music from around Europe – has been condemned by some Iranian clerics who have…
San Diego’s only comedy show geared toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community returns June 14 with comedians Sean Wherley, Janice Remland, Tamer Kattan, Sarah Burford, and headliner Faith Choyce. The Laugh Out Proud Comedy Show begins at 8 p.m. and is held at Martinis Above Fourth, 3940 Fourth Ave., Suite 200, in San…
(CNN) – In an interview with Rolling Stone, Against Me! singer Tom Gabel opens up on being transgender and shares her plans to transition from a man to a woman. The punk rocker has been privately struggling with gender dysphoria, and will soon start taking hormones and receiving electrolysis treatments, Rolling Stone reports. Gabel is…
(CNN) – The withdrawal of one of two massage therapists from a sex battery lawsuit against John Travolta “completely vindicated” the actor, Travolta’s lawyer said Tuesday. The lawyer representing the therapists filed papers Tuesday dropping the client identified as John Doe #1 because he had misstated the date of the alleged incident at the Beverly…
A writer who revamped Batman for DC Comics has said that the character is “very, very gay.” Grant Morrison, the leading writer of superhero comic books today, spoke about the comic book superhero in a recent interview with Playboy magazine. Morrison who became interested in the class element of Batman – “He’s a rich man…
Despite often being dismissed by people as a cop-out, bisexuality is actually real. So says True Blood actress Anna Paquin in a recent interview with Zooey magazine. Paquin, who is currently married to co-star Stephen Moyer, came out as bisexual in 2010. Currently featured as Zooey’s May cover girl, Paquin told the magazine in an…
