San Diego LGBT Pride military contingent to hold information session for the 41st annual Pride parade

San Diego LGBT Pride will hold an information session for the 2015 Military Contingent at the San Diego LGBT Center, Friday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m., in preparation for the 41st Annual San Diego LGBT Pride Parade, “Liberty and Justice For All.” San Diego LGBT Pride continues the proud tradition of recognizing and welcoming members…

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Rainbow flags return to the Gaslamp Quarter for the 41st annual San Diego Pride

SAN DIEGO – The Gaslamp Quarter Association has announced that the tradition of displaying 124 rainbow flags for San Diego Pride along Fifth Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter will continue this year from July 12 to 31. The rainbow flags are presented by San Diego Pride, the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is fostering pride…

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New infographic details the reality of being transgender in America

DENVER — Although recent polling indicates that only 11-22% of Americans personally know someone who is transgender, the public transitions of Caitlyn Jenner and, previously, Laverne Cox, mean more people are becoming familiar with transgender people. Few people, however, understand the myriad issues facing transgender people, including legal discrimination; limited job opportunities; high rates of…

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Ex Machina

dvd of the week Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) wins a contest to spend a week with reclusive, eccentric genius Nathan (Oscar Isaac) at his estate in a nameless, northern mountain valley. Caleb, slight and pale and stereotypically nerdy, is perhaps more ill at ease by Nathan’s masculine aggression than his genius. He seems more comfortable with…

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Life is delicious at Bankers Hill

Tiger, my handsome well-muscled dinner companion, and I visited Bankers Hill Bar and Restaurant one recent balmy evening. We crossed the open-raftered high-ceilinged dining room to our seat at a rough-hewn wooden table on the intimate patio. Sitting beneath the stars on a sultry summer night, we viewed the living wall of bromeliads and ferns,…

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BIG FREEDIA: The ‘undisputed ambassador’ of the energetic, New Orleans-based Bounce movement comes to Pride

If you take a metaphorical power saw to conventional hip-hop, inject it with a furious beat and a call-and-response patter, Bounce, one of the largest regional strains of the genre you may never heard of, starts taking shape. An early offshoot of Bronx-based hip-hop, Bounce arguably took off in 1991. According to Matt Miller, author…

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