Meet the Vine star, author and youth advocate who has lit up social media with more than a quarter billion views In an age of often vapid social media, where our likes, dislikes, beliefs and values are funneled through an echo chamber of our own choosing, it is no surprise that both the metrics and…
Today is the last day to buy tickets online for the 9th Annual Wine and Music Festival benefiting the Women’s Museum of California. The Wine and Music Festival is the Women’s Museum of California’s only annual fundraiser, which funds their educational programming and original exhibits. The Festival will be held Friday June 24, with VIP…
Today the #RestInPRIDE launched a new video campaign honoring the 49 innocent lives lost at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. The campaign launch video encourages the LGBT community and allies to record and post their most PRIDEFUL memory to the #RestInPRIDE Facebook page. Through sharing uplifting video messages with heart, #RestInPRIDE continues the important conversation about the victims…
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Pride have announced that there will be security screening and metal detectors at all points of entry for the 2016 San Francisco Pride Celebration and festival, scheduled for Saturday, June 25 from 12:00 Noon to 6:00 PM and Sunday, June 26 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM at San Francisco’s…
Over the last four decades, same-sex marriage has gone from a ‘preposterous notion’ to one of the most successful civil rights campaigns in the world. Now, as the country gets ready to celebrate the first anniversary of same-sex marriage a new documentary entitled ‘The Freedom to Marry’ will make its world premiere at at the…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera announced today that tenor Piotr Beczala will open San Diego Opera’s 2016-2017 season with a recital on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 7 PM at the Balboa Theatre. In demand at the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls, Mr. Beczala made his Company debut as Rodolfo in…
Do you know where San Diego’s early gay bars were? Have you read the hate crimes plaque? Have you looked at the base of the flag pole? Have you peeked into the secret garden? How much do you really know about Hillcrest? To celebrate Pride week, Lambda Archives will have two evening tours: Wednesday July 13 and…
LOS ANGELES — Equality California has endorsed the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016, an initiative to raise California’s cigarette tax by $2 on tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, which are taking a disproportionately large toll on lesbian, gay and bisexual communities. Lesbian, gay, bisexual Californians smoke at two to three times…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Pride Center at San Diego State University has received a $100,000 gift from San Diego donor David Gubser. Gubser committed another $100,000 to the university’s LGBT Studies Program, the second of its kind in North America and the first in the California State University system. A staunch supporter of LGBT centers and…
SAN DIEGO — UC San Diego Health is having their 2nd annual Pride Lighting Ceremony Wednesday, June 29 from 7:30-9 p.m. at their Hillcrest Medical Center (200 W. Arbor Drive, San Diego, 92101). This free community event will feature the Gay Men’s Chorus, as well as Congressman Scott Peters, Councilman Todd Gloria and Councilman-Elect Chris…
