FilmOut San Diego’s 13th LGBT Film Festival continues this weekend with three more days of film screenings at the historic Birch North Park Theatre (2891 University Ave.). FilmOut San Diego annually affirms the ongoing integrity and boundless imagination of our community and the artists who tell our stories. The festival board of directors believes its…
It appears that Torchwood fans always have something to say. Now the popular BBC show has received complaints that it is too gay. The series – which stars openly gay actor John Barrowman, who plays bisexual Captain Jack Harkness – has recently aired its most explicit gay scene yet in the U.S., in which Harkness…
Andrej Pejic, the Bosnian-born supermodel headlined as the prettiest boy in the world, has told New York Magazine that he doesn’t mind whether people think he’s male or female. Pejic has appeared on catwalks around the world in both men’s and women’s clothes and Barnes and Noble have even banned a magazine that featured him…
During the early 1970s, gay communities in major cities like San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles began to establish community award shows to honor outstanding achievement in the LGBT community. San Diego established its own honors in 1974, when long-time gay activist and current City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez created the Nicky Awards. Nicky…
The term “Renaissance man” has been applied to individuals who have “acquired profound knowledge or proficiency in more than one field.” This description is most certainly applicable to JC Jones, a 23-year-old entertainer, who is making his mark on the show business world as a musician, actor and model. Attendees at the 36th Annual Nicky…
I’ve been writing this column now for about four months, and I think it’s about time for me to tell you how I got here – the Reader’s Digest version! Well, I was born a poor black child … no, that’s not it! I was raised on the streets of … no that’s not it…
Title insurance is a very important thing to have, when you are buying a property. It does not matter whether you are buying a piece of land, condo, home, apartment building or a commercial property, it is essential to have a title search and title insurance on all types of property. What most of you…
MOVIE REVIEW: Paul Rudd makes me happy like few actors do. He’s in two movies I adore, The 40 Year Old Virgin and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and two that I really adore, The Object of My Affection and Clueless. His sweet, still boyish (after all these years) face falls nicely somewhere between…
In his performance at the Human Rights Campaign’s Stand Up For Equality in San Diego last month, D.J. Pierce returned briefly to his Shangela experience to explain to audience members what life was like on RuPaul’s Drag Race. He suggested that Ru might tell two audience coworkers (paraphrase): I’m sorry, my dears, but this week…
RESTAURANT REVIEW: Recently Chef Rene Herbeck invited me and a friend to have dinner with him at the new Au Revoir French Bistro, the former home of La Vache. This chic bistro in the heart of Hillcrest reminds me of my favorite bistros and restaurants in Paris near the Pompidou in the city center or…
