I took a sabbatical for a few weeks so I wasn’t able to share two exhibition openings by two local gay artists. Luckily both shows are still up and both are in North Park so you can pay a visit next time you are in the neighborhood. In my first column of the year I…
BY VICTOR HOFF Tracking Sean down was no easy task. He’s not inclined to give interviews or, I suspect, he’s much more careful about with whom he speaks, given the rather toxic environment he has left behind in the gay adult entertainment world when he closed the door on ‘Brent Corrigan.’ Luckily, I have the…
A Christian pastor is calling for a national boycott of Starbucks Coffee in wake of the company’s support of same-sex marriage in the state of Washington. Pastor Steven Andrew of USA Christian Ministries called for all Christian Americans to stop their support of the giant coffee chain in an online blog published a day before…
Two gay Ohio men say they were arrested and jailed without their pants in what may be a slam against their sexual orientation. Steven Ondo and Jonathan Simcox are suing the city of Cleveland and its police force, asking for unspecified damages, in what they call anti-gay bias the Associated Press is reporting. Their claims…
A federal appeals court said Thursday that videotapes covering the historical Perry v. Brown tiral surrounding California’s Proposition 8 ruling would be kept private, thereby overturning a lower court decision that would have allowed the tapes to be released publicly. The announcement comes as a victory for supporters of Proposition 8, serving meanwhile a disappointment…
BY VICTOR HOFF In general, the history of queer cinema reads like a never-ending saga of homophobia: murderers (“Rope,” 1948), psychopaths (“The Fan,” 1980), both (“Cruising,” 1981), limp-wristed pansies (“Partners,” 1982), manic depressives (“The Children’s Hour,” 1961) and just about every other pathology one can evoke. Hollywood was unapologetic in its cruel depictions of…
It’s been a while. I’ve been going nuts since the New Year. My life, as yours does too (I hope) offers too much to do, but not enough time to do it in. For instance, I am now in the process of moving … yes; I am moving in with my boyfriend! I know what…
One of the world’s greatest space mysteries, black holes, is featured twice in the Reuben H. Fleet’s new February line-up. Feb. 4, a new digital Planetarium show, Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity, debuts at The Fleet using the new state-of-the-art digital GSX™ System just installed. Academy Award-nominated actor Liam Neeson narrates and guides…
Four months after announcing an historic name change and launching a design competition to create a new face for the organization, the board of directors of San Diego Democrats for Equality (formerly the San Diego Democratic Club) unveiled its new logo Friday during an eventful first meeting of the year, which also included a candidates…
San Diego Pride executive director, Dwayne Crenshaw, was pleased with the turnout of approximately 40 people for a meeting at The Center to answer questions about, and distribute applications for prospective membership in the organization’s new Community Advisory Council. “I don’t mean to keep repeating myself,” Crenshaw told the crowd in The Center’s main auditorium….
