Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. Before delivering stirring remarks two Sundays ago to a large group of LGBT San Diegans about the need for unity and alliance among America’s minority communities, Rev. Shane Harris, president of National Action Network’s…
SAN FRANCISCO – Hornet, the world’s second largest gay social network, announced today that it has raised its first round of institutional funding led by Ventech China to support rapid business growth and user adoption across the globe. Hornet is committed to strengthening the gay community by providing quality social interactions with more ways to…
LOS ANGELES – In honor of World AIDS Day, The Advocate, with the generous support from Michael J. Libow and in conjunction with The NAMES Project Foundation, is bringing three installation panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Los Angeles for display at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and The Beverly Hills Public…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego City Councilmember Todd Gloria will join City officials and community members, Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 12 p.m. to kick-off the long-awaited construction phase of the new Mission Hills-Hillcrest public library, to be known as the Mission Hills-Hillcrest Harley and Bessie Knox Branch Library. Originally opened in 1961, the Mission Hills-Hillcrest…
The calamity of this election has confirmed an unimaginably deep disturbance in our society. As always, the progress we have made brought along with it a tailspin of backlash. In the endless cycle of history, there is no choice but to press on immediately and cohesively toward our goal of an inclusive society. I’m not…
Jared Milrad and Nathan Johnson, the history making same-sex couple featured in Hillary Clinton’s viral presidential campaign commercials (“Getting Started,” “Equal”) with 10 million+ views worldwide – will discuss their widely anticipated new book, “So, You Want To Get (Gay) Married,” (now available for sale at howtogetgaymarried.com), Dec. 9 at Book Soup in West Hollywood. Milrad and Johnson are the first openly gay couple to appear in…
Focus Features Loving is now playing in additional cities; expanding across the country Wednesday, Nov. 23. From acclaimed writer/director Jeff Nichols, Loving celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (portrayed by Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), who married and then spent the next nine years fighting for the right to live…
SAN DIEGO – This weekend the acclaimed 85-voice-strong San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) concludes its 29th season with performances of Everything She Touches, with hundreds of patrons from all over Southern California projected to attend. The concert will take place on Saturday November 19 at 7:00pm and Sunday November 20 at 4:00pm at the beautiful…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera’s mainstage season continues Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 with Verdi’s Falstaff. An international cast of opera stars brings the story of Falstaff, Shakespeare’s beloved character from his plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, to life in Verdi’s final opera he composed and only his second comedy. Falstaff…
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego LGBT Community Center has announced it has received a $50,000 challenge grant from Tony Award winner, artist and activist Sara Ramirez. She will match each gift — dollar for dollar up to $50,000 — that is made as part of The Center’s fundraising campaign through the end of the…
