The Descendants
dvd of the week Alexander Payne won another Oscar for his screenplay to this low-key dramedy about a man dealing with finding out that his comatose wife cheated on him, their problematic children, and a large family squabble about what to do with a huge track of Hawaiian land they inherited. George Clooney is more…
Some Like It Hot
dvr this Arguably the funniest movie ever made, Billy Wilder’s movie about cross-dressing musicians (Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis) and the most amazing ditz to ever grace the screen (Marilyn Monroe) was shot at San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado and has as many quotable lines as Casablanca, Wizard of Oz and Star Wars combined. On…
Fans cheer lesbian proposal
Several thousand hockey fans got a little extra at a recent Toronto Maple Leafs game in Canada. Yahoo Sports reported that during the second intermission a Toronto Maple Leafs fan named Alicia stood on the ice wearing a blindfold. When it was removed, she looked up at the video scoreboard and read a message from…
Anti-gay lyrics cause Sizzla concert cut
Reggae artist Sizzla has been banned from performing in Stockholm, Sweden after his anti-gay lyrics had sparked outrage among Swedish music-lovers. The Local reported that Sizzla, real name Sizzla Kalonji, was scheduled to perform later this month in Stockholm but public condemnation of the artist, whose lyrics have incited violence against gay people, led organizers…
Remembering César Chávez
Many, if not most leaders in the American labor movement started life with humble beginnings; and it was often their upbringings that motivated and propelled them to fight for the rights of the working man, woman and child. Along the way, labor’s best and brightest found themselves flanked by equally fine leaders from the LGBT-equality…
An open letter to Chad Griffin
As many of you know, Chad Griffin has been selected to lead the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest advocacy group dedicated to the achievement of LGBT equality. With his appointment, Griffin instantly becomes one of the most powerful figures in the LGBT civil rights movement. Griffin is not unfamiliar with how to be an…
The City: Top to Bottom
thursday, march 29 Tour de Cuisine – Celebration of French gastronomy and wines Experience the 2nd Annual Tour de Cuisine restaurant week now through April 1. Get a unique French culinary experience and enjoy a great prix fixe menu of $30, $40 and $50 at participating restaurants. All of the participating restaurants have French proprietors…
The epitome of farm-to-table
The farm-to-table concept of restaurants has to be one of the hottest trends out there today. Chefs all over the world continue to market their favorite farms and farmers, and it is not uncommon these days for them to list the places where the ingredients come from on their menus. If you look around our…
Defining criteria for gender markers on federal identity documents
If you live in the U.S. and you’re not of trans history, chances are extremely high that the federal government considers you either male or female. By that I mean that every federal agency – every executive branch department – you have dealings with will gender you as male or female, and that gender identification…