Numbers nightclub will be hosting the 14th Annual Cinco de Mayo 2012 charity fundraising event Saturday, May 5. Presented by Selena Diamond, Carlos Silva and friends with the Imperial Court de San Diego the event will feature the annual Mr., Ms. and Miss Cinco de Mayo contest and will benefit the programs of the Imperial…
The San Diego Democrats for Equality (SDDE) has announced their endorsements and other actions taken at a recent meeting. Among key highlights the club announced that it had rescinded its “acceptable” rating for Juan Vargas in Congressional District 51 due to “… his key role in blocking Sen. Kehoe’s bill to expand access to abortion…
NEW YORK – Lambda Legal has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the New York Court of Appeals urging the Court to drop the aggravated assault charge leveled at a criminal defendant based on his HIV status. “The last time I checked, being HIV-positive is not a crime,” said Scott Schoettes, HIV project director at Lambda…
HONG KONG – Anthony Wong, a Hong Kong based pop star, came out at the end of his concert last week. According to The Wall Street Journal, Wong told the crowd, “People don’t need to guess whether or not I’m a tongzhi [Chinese slang for homosexual] anymore,” he said on the last night of his…
EDINBURGH, Scotland – An Episcopal church located on one of Edinburgh’s busiest streets, Princes St., has unveiled a gay wedding mural. St John’s Church chose the topic for the mural which shows two men with one about to place a ring on the other’s finger under the words “God is love.” Associate Rector of the…
GERMANY – The German Rainbow Open, Europe’s largest gay and lesbian golf tournament will return for an eighth year this September to WINSTONgolf, near Schwerin. The tournament has become established in the international gay golf calendar and will be played over 2 days, with 18 holes each, one gross and four net classes, with golfers…
WASHINGTON – Three senators say the Pentagon is putting too much red tape in front of veterans who want the word “homosexual” removed from their discharges when they were kicked out under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Web site The Hill reports that Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) have sent…
NEW VIDEO FROM LGBT WEEKLY MEDIA PARTNER, CNN Balloons, signs, tears, and joy may not be unusual sights on military bases when family and friends await their returning veteran’s safe return home from a long deployment, but a wedding proposal by a boyfriend to his Marine boyfriend is. That’s what happened Tuesday at Camp Pendleton,…
The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) will be hosting a fundraiser May 5 at 7p.m., at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park. Encore: Sizzle and Spice, a fundraiser to benefit the growth of SDGMC was inspired by their recent popular show, Olé Olé! Olé! The evening will follow Olé’s Latin culture theme…
LGBT parents are among those being urged to encourage their high school-age budding actors to participate in preliminary auditions for the 2012 Globe Honors and The Road to the Jimmy Awards, an annual competition recognizing excellence in high school theater. The event will take place May 5, 6 and 7 at The Old Globe. Presented…
