friday, march 7 Art of East Asia The newly refurbished permanent display Art of East Asia represents more than six years of research and conservation by the museum’s curator of Asian art and has been designed by the renowned firm of Staples & Charles. Art of East Asia vividly animates the philosophical and creative traditions…
SAN DIEGO — This week, the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) had the honor of performing at both outgoing Interim Mayor Todd Gloria’s community celebration and for newly elected Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s inauguration ceremony. “We are so proud of Interim Mayor Gloria. His strong leadership represented the entire city of San Diego in an…
JACKSON, Miss.– Today a group of Mississippi Baptist and Methodist leaders sent an open letter to state legislators condemning SB 2681 that would allow businesses to refuse services to the LGBT community on the basis of religious freedom. In the letter the signatories stand firm in their support of religious freedom, saying they hold the…
PALM SPRINGS – More than 15,000 women from all over the world are once again expected to gather in Palm Springs to attend the biggest lesbian event of its kind in the world, Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend – the original Dinah Shore Weekend – slated for April 2 to April 6 (www.thedinah.com). Celebrating this year its…
In last nights Academy Awards, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, Jared Leto took home the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Rayon, a trans woman living with AIDS in 1980s Texas, in Focus Feature’s Dallas Buyers Club. While accepting the award, Leto said “This is for the…
Two days ago, Steve Grand — whose same-sex music video “All-American Boy” went viral last summer — launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $81K in a month to fund his first album. But as of today, fans have already pledged $118K, and that number is rising by the minute. This is truly a story of a grassroots movement in…
NEW YORK — Archetypes Executive Chairman Tom Gallagher, has unveiled an iconic “Who Am I to Judge?” Pope Francis T-shirt. This universal message is especially timely with the recent news about Michael Sam and Ellen Page coming out. However, “Who Am I to Judge?” goes beyond the gay, lesbian and LGBT community. It’s a global…
The amazing talent of RuPaul now stretches more than two decades after he burst onto the scene back in 1993 with the No. 2 Billboard Dance Chart hit single “Supermodel (of the World).” He has released six albums, been in more than 20 films such as The Brady Bunch Movie, Too Wong Foo…Thanks for Everything,…
In honor of the fact that Harvey Milk’s American Diner is doing something totally unique in San Diego by bearing the moniker of the LGBT-equality movement’s patron saint and trailblazing public-office pioneer, San Diego LGBT Weekly is sharing with you a Q&A posed to the restaurant’s co-owners, Frank Lechner and Big Mike Phillips about the…
It’s pretty easy to imagine how Pompeii got made. Some screenwriter said, “Gladiator crossed with Titanic. In 3-D.” And I can imagine that if I were a producer with a few boatloads of cash and a throbbing desire to get a few more boatloads that sort of pitch would give me a tingling, ecstatic thrill….
