LOS ANGELES — Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) actors face continued discrimination, even as workplace opportunities and conditions improve, according to a first-of-its kind report by UCLA’s The Williams Institute and the performers’ union SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists). The report entitled, “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Diversity in…
Halloween is here! And nobody likes to party in costume more than the LGBT community. For decades we have donned the looks of Cher, Madonna, Lady Gaga – you name it – and we do it better than everyone else (I should know; I was Madonna circa Blonde Ambition one year, cone-bra and everything)! Tell…
Let me be clear. I am not a fashionista. I wear shorts and a T-shirt pretty much every day. The shorts are from a thrift store and the T-shirt is from the House of Hanes, care of Target. I hate wearing shoes. I wear flip-flops. Not designer flip-flops mind you, $1 flip-flops from the children’s…
Not many people would utter Copley Symphony Hall and the Pet Shop Boys in the same sentence but fans of both have been doing just that when it was announced that eclectic techno pop Grammy nominated duo The Pet Shop Boys would be performing there Oct. 8. The infamous electronic U.K. pop duo that rose…
Prisoners About half way through Denis Villeneuve’s haunting, absorbing and morally problematic Prisoners, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) and Franklin Birch (Terrence Howard) are screaming at each other. Keller is insisting that he knows that Alex Jones (Paul Dano) is the man who has kidnapped and hidden his and Franklin’s young daughters; Franklin, in tears, keeps…
thursday, sept. 26 The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde’s most popular play has been called the funniest in the English language. Algernon and Jack are in love with two delectable young women, both of whom have illogically sworn to marry only men named Ernest. Outrageous frivolity with intricate twists and turns, The Importance of…
Showgirls 2: Penny’s From Heaven dvd of the week Depending on who you talk to, Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls is either one of the biggest cinematic disasters of the last 30 years – ineptly acted, written and danced – or it is a camp masterpiece for the ages – deliberately funny, ironic and sly. I’m not…
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) presents Bob Mizer & Tom of Finland, the first American museum exhibition devoted to the art of Bob Mizer (1922–1992) and Touko Laaksonen, aka “Tom of Finland” (1920–1991), two of the most significant figures of twentieth century erotic art and forefathers of an emergent post-war gay culture….
Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort will welcome the LGBT community Saturday, Oct. 5 from 1-5 p.m. as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) hosts a blazing hot poolside party to kick-off North County Pride’s Pride @ The Beach in Oceanside. HRC will be hosting Dive into Pride, a day of fun in the sun at Harrah’s…
WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced that Jennifer Lopez will receive the 2013 Ally for Equality Award at HRC’s sold-out National Dinner on Saturday, Oct.r 5 in Washington, D.C. “Jennifer Lopez embodies the spirit of an ally to the LGBT…
