On the first night back from a holiday break, James Corden takes a minute to remember music icon George Michael and the impact he had on his life, including the Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day charity sketch the two shot in 2011 that ultimately inspired Carpool Karaoke. “I feel like I’ve loved George Michael as…
“I’m honored and grateful,” author Jake Biondi said about his Boystown book series being included in the BookLikes.com “Best of 2016” book list. With an average customer rating of five stars, the “I’m honored and grateful,” author Jake Biondi said about his “I’m honored and grateful,” author Jake Biondi said about his Boystown book series…
LOS ANGELES — As we begin a new year, the February/ March issue of the The Advocate looks ahead at America in the age of Trump. Following the 2016 Presidential election, Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen turned to legendary LGBT advocate Larry Kramer for guidance on turning despair into action. Gessen came to the United States…
In a transcript from a private meeting with the Rockettes and Madison Square Garden executive chairman and Cablevision CEO James Dolan, Marie Claire reveals that Dolan encouraged the Rockettes to “tolerate” Trump supporters, some of whom belong to the sexist and white nationalist alt-right movement ― seemingly no matter what. Acording to the Marie Claire…
Sales of a special edition of Hitler’s Mein Kampf have soared in Germany. The book which outlines Hitler’s ideology that formed the basis for Nazism and sets out his hatred of Jews, which led to the Holocaust went on sale a year ago. The Huffington Post reports that the new edition is the first reprint…
A federal judge has decided to issue an injunction blocking enforcement of federal protections that were set to go into effect Jan. 1 barring discrimination in health care services based on an individual’s gender identity, as well as reproductive health services. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by…
LA Galaxy soccer star, Robbie Rogers has announced his engagement to Greg Berlanti. Rogers made the announcement on his Instagram account on New Year’s Day. “I feel extremely lucky and blessed to end 2016 engaged to the love of my life,” Rogers wrote about Berlanti, who is the creative mind behind television hits like Dawson’s…
SAN DIEGO, CA – On the eve of the New Year, California State Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D – San Diego) issued the following statement regarding the Jan. 1 official and legally-obligated increase to the State of California’s and the City of San Diego’s minimum wage. “Today, more than a million hard working San Diegans and…
Rap group Run-DMC are suing Amazon and Walmart for $50 million for trademark infringement. CNN Money reports that the suit, filed Thursday in federal court in New York, accuses the retailers of manufacturing, marketing and selling products with the group’s trademarked name, including glasses, hats, T-shirts and wallets. “The products sold by the Defendants confuse…
SAN DIEGO — A Public Candle and Flower Vigil in Memory of Will Walters will be held today at 2 p.m at the Pride flag located at the corner of University Avenue and Normal Street in the heart of San Diego’s historic LGBTQ Hillcrest neighborhood. There will be remarks and remembrances from community members, colleagues…
