Recently, I was looking at a copy of Equality Maryland’s State Senate Whip Count for HB 235 – a Maryland bill that will provide housing and employment antidiscrimination protections based on gender identity. I received the whip count from a source that leaked it – it seemed very apparent to me that someone at Equality…
I am off to our state capitol for four days, and then I’m home for two weeks … hooray! “Carl DeMaio is not loyal to his gay community…” So, says San Diego Democratic Club President Doug Case in about an hour conversation I had with him this past week. Case also stated to me that…
I have a confession. I have never been to the Timken Museum of Art before. I have seen it, I have walked around it and I have passed by it many times on my way to other museums along the Prado in Balboa Park. But I have never gone in. I went in today and…
The medical drama television series Grey’s Anatomy is to stage its first lesbian wedding. Orthopedic surgeon Callie Torres (Sara Ramírez) and pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) are going to make their union official in this season of the show. It has been revealed that the impending nuptials of the lesbian lovers will happen in…
The Old Globe has announced it is staging the U.S. premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s new comedy, Life of Riley. Directed by Richard Seer, Life of Riley runs in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of The Old Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, with previews starting April 30 and opening night May 5. Alan Ayckbourn,…
Lady Gaga has confronted a religious fundamentalist who was protesting outside one of her concerts. As documented on the singer’s web series GaGavision, the protester presented the singer with a “Get Out Of Hell Free” card, prompting her to confront him about his views. Gaga’s car rolls up to the lonely protester and she offers…
A woman who attacked a Paul Gauguin painting in Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery claimed she did it because it is “very homosexual.” Screaming, “This is evil,” a woman tried to pull Gauguin’s Two Tahitian Women from a gallery wall last week and banged on the picture’s clear plastic covering, said Pamela Degotardi of New York,…
Someone called my column saccharin the other day – one of the more (ironically) bittersweet critical compliments I’ve received. It’s the aspect I love and hate most in my writing, and one I can’t seem to change. It’s frustrating because I have so many dark and depressing thoughts in my head, but I can never…
When the time comes to sell your home or investment property, there are many things you will want to take into consideration. By being proactive and preparing for the sale, you will know what to expect and will typically have a better experience. It is not possible to cover every aspect of what may occur…
In our journey towards spiritual enlightenment during this Season of Lent, we have already gone through several practices that have the great potential of growing and deepening our spirituality and our relationship with God – these are good, but, just a reminder, we have to practice them in order to bring about spiritual enlightenment. In…
