Fifty years ago, this summer an urban rebellion took place. One hundred and fifty-nine riots erupted in African American cities across the country. The civil unrest took place in cities like New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Birmingham, and Boston, to name a few. The worst riots that summer were in Newark, New Jersey and Detroit, Michigan. The movie…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — This Saturday, City Heights residents and Latino-immigrant business owners invite San Diego to Salsa Sabado, a salsa dance rally to both protest Washington, D.C.’s attempts to divide and to build bridges across San Diego’s El Cajon Boulevard “border wall.” At the event, free Salsa lessons will include the unveiling of a…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Longtime LGBTQ Democratic political activist Mel Merrill has passed away. Merrill was a former officer of the San Diego Democrats for Equality having served as a vice president and for seven years as treasurer. Merrill worked tirelessly for the community including volunteering for Lambda Archives for many years. State Sen. Toni Atkins…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera’s 2017-2018 season continues on November 10, 2017 at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre with As One, part of the Company’s dētour Series. San Diego Opera’s dētour Series premiered in the 2016-2017 season and is dedicated to exploring lesser known operas and works that fall outside of the Company’s…
NEW YORK, NY – International pop icon Pink is back with her new single, “What About Us” today at all digital providers via RCA Records (click here to listen). The pop anthem was written by Pink, Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol and Steve Mac and produced by Mac. “What About Us” is the first official single from Pink’s…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Oasis, a non-profit organization with office locations in La Mesa and Escondido, is working with the LGBT community to bring awareness to the issues that impact older LGBT Americans. As a result, Oasis will be hosting a class, “LGBT Issues and its Aging Population” Monday, Sept. 25 at 1:00…
LOS ANGELES , Calif. — Watching transgender characters on fictional TV shows has the power to influence attitudes toward transgender people and policy issues, according to new research from USC Annenberg. Just published in the peer-reviewed journal Sex Roles, the research further highlights the ways political ideology shapes viewer responses to transgender depictions in entertainment….
Friday afternoon, ELLE.com released a video featuring Nemis, an eight-year-old boy who transforms into his drag queen alter ego Lactatia. Since it was posted, the video has been viewed more nearly 25 million times, shared more than 200K times and received more than 50K comments. In the video, Nemis opens up about his love for…
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival (Cinema Diverse), which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, will open with The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin – the new documentary about the beloved writer of the Tales of the City novels, which were set in San Francisco, beginning in…
BOSTON, Mass. — The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) approved a resolution Monday urging that the Controlled Substances Act should be amended to remove marijuana from scheduling in order to give federally approved banks the ability to work with marijuana businesses. This would also allow states to determine their own marijuana policies without the…
