Most Americans think of April 15 as tax day. But for baseball fans, it’s Jackie Robinson Day, a celebration of the man who 65 years ago broke baseball’s color barrier. The players all wear number 42, and stadiums around the country have pre-game events. The announcers appropriately recapped Robinson’s accomplishments. As an athlete, he was…
There will always be fundraisers and good causes. When you think about it, there seems to be one for everything. People get very passionate, as they should, about their charities and some industries today even have created their own. This year, we will celebrate the 6th annual event called Dining Out For Life. This fundraiser…
Philadelphia Flyers scout Patrick Burke, son of Leafs GM Brian Burke and brother of the late Brendan Burke, predicts that the National Hockey League will have its first openly gay hockey player within the next two years. The forecast comes in wake of Burke’s contributions to the “You Can Play” project, founded in Brendan’s memory…
Cher and Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack presented the Stephen F. Kolzak Award to advocate and film and television star Chaz Bono at Saturday’s 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles. Cher’s attendance was unannounced making for a special moment between mother and son – and the adoring crowd. The Stephen F. Kolzak Award is…
BY ANDREW PRINTER A one act play that is simply ‘awesome’ A Man, his Wife, and his Hat is an imaginative and thoroughly entertaining 90 minute, one act play up and running at the Moxie Theatre until April 29. The play, written by local MFA candidate Lauren Yee weaves a simple message about love…
President Obama announced Friday his support of the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) and the Safe Schools Improvement Act (SSIA). The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today applauded the president’s decision to help end discrimination against student LGBTs. “The President’s endorsement of the SNDA and SSIA…
Set to Chopin’s Nocturne # 2, Opus 9 this video promoting the Turin GLBT film festival portrays the citizens of an Italian town facing the ultimate public taboo in the surprise ending.
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — Kevin Kloosterman, a former Mormon bishop, said he “came out” last year — just not in the way that many people associate with coming out. “I came out and basically made a personal apology to (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) folks for really not understanding their issues, not…
Senior Community Centers will host the only San Diego Mayoral Candidate Forum focused on aging policy issues in the City of San Diego. The forum is Thursday, May 3, from 5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. at Senior Community Centers’ Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center located at 1525 Fourth Ave. in downtown San Diego….
Matchcover collectors from around California will gather at the Hotel Lafayette, 2223 El Cajon Blvd., in San Diego, for the 57th annual convention of the Associated Matchcover Clubs of California (AMCAL) April 19-21. The event is open to the general public. There will be millions of matchcovers around the hotel, as collectors buy, sell and…
