This time it’s different. Since Christine Jorgensen became an international celebrity in 1952 as the supposed, but not actual, first recipient of a sex change operation, the media has been fascinated, titillated and afraid of transgender people, and the images the media produced expressed these emotions. The broadcast news and film have long dominated the…
thursday, june 25 All Shook Up The story is all new! The hits are all Elvis! Get ready to shake things up with this hysterical new musical comedy about a guitar-playing, hip-swiveling roustabout who rides into a sleepy town in 1955 determined to help everyone discover the magic and romance of rock and roll. Throw…
The City of San Diego Historical Resources Board has been awarded a grant to complete the San Diego LBGTQ Historic Context Statement. Kelley Stanco, senior planner/HRB liaison for the city made the announcement today at the Historical Resources Board hearing. The board was awarded the full amount requested which was $30,000. The board will now…
The Pride Health Challenge contestants have been transforming their lifestyle. As we approach Pride, Metabolic Direct and LGBT Weekly wanted to highlight each contestant’s journey. Each week, for the next four weeks we will publish their Pride Health Challenge stories in their own words. Here the contestants will share their truth. Here is Marcel’s journey:…
dvd of the week Transamerica, one the best and most subversive movies about transgender issues ever made, starred Felicity Huffman as Bree in an epic performance that should have won her an Oscar in 2006. Bree is an anti-heroine – proud, angry, funny and dishonest. She is deeply flawed and secretly fragile. Without Huffman’s performance,…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Tuesday, July 7, 2015, the producers of top2bottom, a gay talk show, are hosting an open casting call at Urban Mo’s Bar and Grill (308 University Avenue, 92103) from 5pm to 9pm. The producers are seeking gay and bisexual guys who live in the Greater San Diego Region and are over…
Today, the executive director of San Diego Pride, Stephen Whitburn, issued an open letter addressed to all San Diego Pride attendees warning of potential activism that “may temporarily disrupt the parade’s flow.” According to the letter Pride was recently contacted by members of the transgender community who notified them of their plan to conduct multiple…
As evidenced by the recent loss of San Diego’s Michel-Carey house, sites important to LGBTQ history are vanishing. The Palms, Circus Disco and now The Factory in West Hollywood are all threatened with new development projects. Last Friday U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the Henry Gerber House in Chicago, Illinois, has…
LOS ANGELES — Point Foundation (Point) is awarding new scholarships to 36 students who have demonstrated academic excellence and leadership in their communities, despite facing obstacles such as bullying and financial hardship. Point is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students. These new scholarship recipients join 47 current undergraduate…
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission today voted unanimously to designate the Stonewall Inn at 51-53 Christopher Street in Manhattan as an individual landmark. The site was the starting point of the Stonewall Rebellion, and is one of the most important sites associated with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) history in New York City…
