http://youtu.be/gsEXn5Hft4A It’s Super Bowl Sunday and Coca Cola wants to spread positivity and acceptance with their new ad starring Michael Sam. In the video description, Coca-Cola explains, “Michael Sam has experienced firsthand how the Internet has grown increasingly negative. Watch as he channels this negativity into positivity and provides great advice for how to #MakeItHappy. “…
http://youtu.be/iKU0DwR1H7M Back in the 1970s, another ‘Golden Age’ of television, the three major networks – ABC, NBC and CBS – routinely depicted characters of color, feminists, gays and other non-white-heterosexual men. But that diversity came at a price. Blacks were usually seen as drug dealers or poverty-stricken while Latinos were low-riding thugs or the hired…
GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.– Former *NSYNC member and Dancing with the Stars alum, Lance Bass, will be the official “Love is Love” ambassador during a landmark sunrise beach wedding and vow renewal for 100 LGBT and straight couples from across the country and around the world. Hosted by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau…
thursday, jan. 29 The GRIFT The latest presentation in the La Jolla Playhouse Without Walls (WoW) series, THE GRIFT at the Lafayette Hotel is a world-premiere, immersive theater piece which takes audiences on a participatory journey through the extraordinary rooms and spaces of this expansive, 1940s-era landmark. Like the three-time-extended ACCOMPLICE: San Diego, this thrilling…
San Diego Latino Film Festival Poster Winner The San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF) had a poster unveiling and benefit event, Somo Estrellas at Karina’s Mexican Seafood’s new location downtown. They had over 70 entries from around the world including Canada, Mexico, India and Argentina. The winner, Zoran Cardula is a graphic designer and an…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Renée J. Lukas’s debut novel, The Comfortable Shoe Diaries (Bella Books, 2015) explores LGBT culture in a funny and offbeat way, including the issue of gay marriage. It’s the story of Sydney Gray, a neurotic writer who loses everything—her job, home and a long-term relationship to boot. How she’s able to pick…
Alan Ball, the writer-producer who developed True Blood for TV is back with HBO with Virtuoso, a Fame-like musical drama that has received a pilot pickup, according to The Hollywood Reporter. According to the report Ball will write, exec produce and direct Virtuoso, an hourlong period drama set against the complex and volatile backdrop of…
http://youtu.be/xAsjRRMMg_Q Budweiser released its 2015 Super Bowl ad Wednesday, a sequel to its successful dog-and-Clydesdale story from last year. The commercial, entitled “Lost Dog.” #BestBuds is set to the song “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” performed by Sleeping At Last. The puppy in the commercial goes off on an unscheduled trip, eventually finding his way…
Convening a rare press conference on Tuesday at church headquarters in Salt Lake City, Mormon leaders pledged to support anti-discrimination laws for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people, as long the laws also protect the rights of religious groups, reports CNN. In exchange, the Mormon church wants gay rights advocates — and the government —…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation announced a partnership with award-winning children’s musicians Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, who will dedicate a portion of proceeds from their new album to the HRC Foundation’s unique Welcoming Schools program. The duo will also debut its latest CD, “Dancin’ In The Kitchen,” which celebrates diverse…
