NEW YORK – GLAAD has announced that it will honor singer, songwriter, record producer and actress Mariah Carey at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York at the Waldorf Astoria New York May 14. Academy Award-nominated director Lee Daniels will present Carey with the award. The 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards are presented…
Starting a new restaurant can be exhilarating and stressful. Yet, in spite of opening just last month, Eric and Lindsey Fillion, owners of “Pardon My French Bar & Kitchen,” felt especially compelled to support Dining Out For Life® San Diego. “Our next-door neighbors told us about Dining Out For Life and asked us if we…
San Diego Pride announced today that multiplatinum artist Kesha will be headlining Saturday night at San Diego’s Pride Music Festival. Kesha has used her international fame as a platform to educate others about the LGBT community, highlight inequality, and empower others to be themselves unapologetically. Her 2010 anthem “We R Who We R” was a…
American singer, songwriter Prince has died; he was 57. He died at his Paisley Park recording studio and home in Chanhassen, Minnesota, near Minneapolis, today after suffering flu-like symptoms for several weeks. “It is with profound sadness that I am confirming that the legendary, iconic performer, Prince Rogers Nelson, has died at his Paisley Park…
NEW YORK — With the recent passage of North Carolina’s HB2 Law aka “The Bathroom Law,” and its message of exclusion, high profile corporations and celebrities have spoken out, canceled events or threatened sanctions if the law is not repealed. Transgender actress and activist Shakina Nayfack (who can be seen in the upcoming second season…
ATLANTA—Transgender university and college students are at a significantly higher risk for suicide attempts when their campus experience includes being denied access to bathrooms and gender-appropriate campus housing, a Georgia State University study finds. “An alarmingly high proportion of the transgender individuals participating in this study – 46.5 percent – had a history of attempted…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Relationships bring with them lots of issues: Who will do the laundry? The cooking? Pay the bills? But gay and bisexual men also wrestle with how to handle HIV status and testing. A new University of Michigan study trial is believed to be the first of its kind to use telemedicine…
SAN DIEGO – Returning favorites, important debuts by exciting American artists, bold new productions, and staged works that explore the relevance of opera in the 21st century are all part of San Diego Opera’s 2016-2017 Season. The Company will continue to present three mainstage operas at the San Diego Civic Theatre, but this season has…
Three-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer/songwriter Gwen Stefani will return to the road this summer as she launches her “This Is What the Truth Feels Like” 2016 tour July 12 in Boston, Massachusetts. Gwen’s highly anticipated tour will bring high-energy performances to dozens of cities throughout North America including Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Tampa and Vancouver this Summer…
The Quebec-based artistic entertainment company, Cirque du Soleil has announced it will not be performing in North Carolina. The company has canceled their scheduled performances of OVO in Greensboro (April 20-24) and their scheduled performances in Charlotte (July 6-10) and their scheduled performances of TORUK – Avatar in Raleigh (June 22-26). In a statement the…
