Cygnet Theatre’s 2012 Cygnet Gala will be held Saturday, June 2 and will include a live performance of Dirty Blonde (2 or 8 p.m.) with a gala party at the Old Town Cosmopolitan Hotel from 5– 7:30 p.m. The party includes wine, food, entertainment, valet parking, and a silent auction, with all proceeds benefiting Cygnet…
The San Diego Unified School District, has announced the following events happening on their campuses in May. For more information on these events and others visit sandi.net. May 25 – Doyle Elementary International Festival, 5-7 p.m., Doyle Elementary School, 3950 Berino Ct. 92122. Open to the public. May 29 – Future Point Loma High students…
A meeting to learn about The Quilt Conversation, a project presented by the San Diego Museum of Art as part of its Summer Salon, will be held 6 p.m. Friday, May 25, at the San Diego Art Department, 3830 Ray Street in North Park. Organizer and San Diego LGBT Weekly arts columnist Andrew Printer will…
San Diego CityBeat reported yesterday that it had received a copy of an email in which a prominent supporter of City Councilman Carl DeMaio’s mayoral campaign says DeMaio “ … specifically promised me, as a condition of my support, that he would not push the gay agenda issues (including same-sex marriage) as did Mayor Sanders….
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CNN) – Prosecutors will appeal a 30-day jail sentence handed down last week against Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers student convicted of spying on and intimidating his gay roommate, who then killed himself by jumping off New York’s George Washington Bridge. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan said Ravi’s crimes warranted “more…
RICHMOND, Va. (CNN) – Lawmakers in Virginia have voted down Tracy Thorne-Begland’s nomination as a judge to the Richmond General District Courts. The vote was 33-31 with 10 abstentions. He needed 51 votes. Delegate Bob Marshall (R -Manassas) wanted Thorne-Begland, who is openly gay, removed from consideration because of the prosecutor’s past involvement with the…
MOSCOW – Almost half of Russians believe homosexuality is a human behavior acquired under the influence of the media, according to a poll taken by the state-owned polling agency VTsIOM earlier this month reports Rianovosti. “Forty-seven percent of the respondents said media and propaganda were the key factors contributing to development of a person’s non-traditional…
Today marks the 82nd anniversary of the birth of slain LGBT civil rights leader, Harvey Milk – and, in San Diego, the day the nation’s first Harvey Milk Street was dedicated. The dedication was officiated by Milk’s nephew and several other dignitaries. Gathered on a street corner for the unveiling was a diverse crowd made…
San Diego HIV/AIDS advocate, civil rights activist, author and columnist Terry Angel Mason will be a guest speaker for the San Diego Neighborhood House Association’s (NHA) event for HIV Vaccine Awareness Day. The event is hosted in part by the San Diego Urban League. The function will take place Friday, May 18 at the NHA…
Following the success of Dining Out for Life San Diego, The Center expressed its thanks and gratitude to the thousands of diners, 105 restaurants and army of volunteers who took part in the event. Christopher Mills, major gifts officer of The Center wrote on the Web site, “I stopped in at many of the restaurants…
