Combine everyone’s favorite ogre and donkey duo with an original musical score and you get the family fun-filled Shrek the Musical. The Broadway production brings its unique blend of humor to San Diego’s Civic Theatre from July 5-10. Similar to the 2001 film, the stage version tells the story of how Shrek meets Fiona and…
Comedian Paula Poundstone has made a career out of finding the funny in a plethora of situations, whether it’s raising her brood or expounding the virtues of cats, cats and more cats. And the comedy veteran will be bringing her three decades-long expertise and rapier wit to Anthology for two shows on July 2 at…
For the first time in San Diego Pride’s history, and believed to be in the history of Pride anywhere, a contingent of active duty service members and veterans are planning to march in this year’s San Diego Pride parade, July 16, 11 a.m. in the heart of Hillcrest. “It has always disturbed me that enlisted…
Last summer, Louis Marinelli was a power-player for the National Organization for Marriage’s “Summer for Marriage Tour” – an event designed specifically to discourage marriage equality and promote a strict, DOMA-inspired definition of marital union. But that was then. Fast forward one year, and Marinelli can now be found gearing up for what he hopes…
James Taylor, a Southwest Airlines pilot based in Argyle, Texas, issued a written apology Tuesday after accidentally recording an extended anti-gay and discriminatory conversation on the FAA’s radio system last week. MSNBC reports that Taylor unintentionally left his microphone on during a conversation in the cockpit, during which complained about a surfeit of “gays, grannies…
Puerto Rico’s LGBT community has suffered a devastating slew of murders in the last year and a half – some directly targeted, others so recent that shockwaves are still being felt throughout the island and beyond. Besides the slain eighteen, countless other Puerto Rican LGBT individuals have faced attacks and discrimination as a result of…
A state judge in Sao Paulo has ruled in favor of what the court claims is Brazil’s first legal gay marriage. Judge Fernando Henrique Pinto issued a decision Monday declaring that two men may convert their civil union into marriage, potentially paving the way for a change in the country’s current policy limiting official recognition…
CNN Newsroom aired a special report Tuesday morning in which Soledad O’Brien covered the discrimination and difficulty faced by LGBT immigrant couples under current U.S. immigration laws. In addition to discussing the legal impediments involved in keeping LGBT immigrant couples together and interviewing activists such as Immigration Equality Executive Director Rachel Tiven, O’Brien also profiled…
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former New York Senator and one of the first celebrity contributors to the “It Gets Better” campaign on behalf of LGBT youth, celebrated last week’s vote to legalize same-sex marriage today with a statement applauding the country’s gay rights progress. The Sacramento Bee reports that Clinton emphasized the United States’…
UPDATE: Governor Cuomo signed the bill into law just before midnight on Friday EDT. Gays and lesbians will be able to get married in 30 days barring any court challenges to delay the law. LGBT activists across the nation are celebrating the passage of same sex marriage by the New York legislature. After a roller…
