The NFL’s first openly gay player, Michael Sam, will receive an Athlete Ally Action Award, Athlete Ally announced today. Athlete Ally, a nonprofit focused on educating and activating athletes to champion LGBT equality, will also honor basketball legend Grant Hill and tennis champion Dr. Renée Richards at this year’s Athlete Ally Action Awards Oct. 20…
The Nashville Grizzlies, the only gay and inclusive rugby team in Nashville have just released their 2016 fundraising calendar. Founded in 2006, the Grizzlies’ goal is to create a safe space for players of all sexual orientations, backgrounds and experience level to learn about the sport and have fun. The team is in the middle…
https://youtu.be/7rZOMY2sOnE Campbell’s Soup’s have launched a new ad campaign depicting real families including a gay couple and their son. In its first major brand push in five years the soup giant tries to tap into what’s really going on in people’s lives when it’s time for soup, reports AdAge. “Our goal was to sort of…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Ambassadors of The Trevor Project will host “The Orange Party” Saturday, Oct. 10 from 6-10 p.m. at The Kimpton’s Hotel Palomar in Downtown. This fun-filled party will be hosted by Kevin McHale (Artie on Glee), and include a special guest performance by Alex Newell (Unique on Glee). Party guests…
It has been almost a year since the self-styled Coronado Islander Ladies united in an amazing and unprecedented show of kindness, support, and love to give gay couple Oscar and Gary a “Do-Over” wedding after a homophobic heckler ruined their big day. Since then the Islander Ladies formed a non-profit to actively confront hate and…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera announced today the return of Taste of Opera – a series of food-centric events designed to offer an introduction to San Diego Opera’s 2015 – 2016 season in informal and casual settings around creatively-themed dinners and cooking classes at The Curious Fork in Solana Beach. “The great thing about…
A gay man visiting Disneyland during its “Unofficial Gay Days” event was nearly ejected from the park over the outfit he was wearing. Anthony Gilét, revealed on his Web site that soon after entering the park he was chased down by a park employee who told him to change his shorts or risk expulsion. “I was…
The San Diego French-American Chamber of Commerce and San Diego French American School will present the first La Fête de la Gastronomie Thursday, Oct. 8 3-6 p.m. at the San Diego French Amerian School, 6550 Soledad Mountain Road in San Diego. French Gastronomy is a living thing, a tradition that has cemented French society throughout…
LOS ANGELES – More than 400 guests attended the fourth annual Voices on Point gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night to support higher education opportunities for LGBTQ students. Caitlyn Jenner presented the Point Horizon Award to two Point Alumni, Rhys Ernst, Co-Producer for Amazon’s “Transparent,” and Zach Zyskowski, Producer on ABC Family and Ryan…
I read with dismay the Sept. 3 guest commentary (San Diego LGBT Weekly issue 181) by PETA’s Gray Caskey urging the LGBT community to unite against SeaWorld. I am a proud member of San Diego’s LGBT community, and I completely disagree with the distorted portrait Ms. Caskey painted of our park. There is no organization…
