The Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) celebrates “The Big Apple” at the Mississippi Room in the Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd., Saturday July 27. Music from Broadway and of the Big Band era will fill this historic ballroom. Among the Broadway musicals featured, the 45 piece ensemble will perform music from Les Misérables and Chicago….
The inaugural Bayard Rustin Civil Rights Honors will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 2 at The San Diego LGBT Community Center. The awards will be presented by the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) of Washington, D.C., the International Court Council and the San Diego LGBT Community Center. Bayard Rustin (March 17, 1912-Aug. 24,…
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego LGBT Center announced today that registration for the all-new AIDS Walk San Diego is now open, and that there are some great new additions to this year’s event. In addition to new routes for both the Walk and Run, organizers are adding a “Street Challenge” obstacle course! It all…
BY WILL RODRIGUEZ-KENNEDY SAN DIEGO — In the wake of two landmark decisions by the Supreme Court striking down the Defense of Marriage Act and ruling the people who brought the Proposition 8 case did not have standing, hundreds of jubilant community members gathered at the Hillcrest Pride Flag and the San Diego LGBT Community…
The San Diego Sqooterheads, in association with Mo’s Universe, are proud to present the Stonewall Anniversary Scooter Roundup, taking place under the Hillcrest Pride Flag this Friday June 28, 8:30-10:30 p.m. — the 44th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion that gave birth to the modern LGBTQ rights movement. The Roundup is for anyone in the community…
National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual campaign to encourage people of all ages to “Take the Test, Take Control.” Too many people don’t know they have HIV. In the United States, nearly 1.1 million people are living with HIV, and almost one in five don’t know they are infected. Getting tested is the…
BY CHRISTOPHER LEEMASTER AND NEAL PUTNAM A non-religious memorial service honoring the life of Jay Robert Barton will be held Monday, July 1 at 2 p.m. in the Fireside Room at the Jolly Roger Restaurant, 1900 N. Harbor Dr., in Oceanside. Jay, a well-spoken, generous, humorous, passionate and red-haired handsome man, died June 5 of…
SAN DIEGO — LGBTQ organizations are calling for a mass rally at 5 p.m. under the Hillcrest Pride Flag at the intersection of Normal Street and University Avenue Wednesday June 26 – the day the Supreme Court issues its ruling on the legality of California’s Prop. 8 and the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage…
It has come to the attention of San Diego LGBT Weekly that the Lincoln Club of San Diego County is set to endorse Carl DeMaio in his run against Congressman Scott Peters in the 52nd Congressional District. In an email sent to supporters headed “Keep this secret” Lincoln Club Chairman Bill Lynch writes: “I’m going…
BY VICTOR HOFF Last night, approximately 30 people attended a seminar sponsored by the San Diego Press Club entitled ‘Reporting on LGBT Issues.’ The event, which was held at KGTV Channel 10, was moderated by award-winning journalist and former San Diego LGBT Weekly editor Thom Senzee and included a diverse array of panelists from San…
