SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) has announced that it has selected Mama’s Kitchen as its 2013 spring concert community partner. Audience members attending Rocket Man – The Music of Elton John will be asked to deposit their donation during the intermission in the Chorus’ iconic giant ruby slipper in the…
SAN DIEGO – For the past decade San Diego’s very own Imperial Court and countless volunteers have raised money and collected Easter baskets, bicycles, toys and more for underprivileged children to receive Easter Sunday. The Imperial Court de San Diego and Empress Candi Samples kicked off the 10th annual Children’s Easter Basket campaign at Bamboo…
We attended the Latino Film Festival media kickoff party Feb. 21 at Gang Kitchen in Downtown San Diego. We saw many familiar faces from the community and one that we recognized but couldn’t pinpoint from where. He started charging his phone behind us and then it hit us that it was Douglas Spain. He’s one…
I would never refer to African Americans by the terms “colored” or “negro” even though Martin Luther King Jr. used those terms frequently. Times have changed, and the terms we use for the African American community and its members have changed. Many, if not most, African Americans now consider those terms to be offensive, although…
I invite you to join me for my birthday celebration and fundraiser at The Center, Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 p.m. The food will be catered by Babbo’s at a reasonable price and your money goes to a good cause. I hope you’ll join us! … end commercial! Te amo! Je t’aime! Ich liebe dich! I…
SAN DIEGO – Lambda Archives of San Diego are to open their second in-house exhibition, utilizing the newly remodeled space and displays in their permanent location in University Heights, 4545 Park Blvd. Suite 104 (behind Diversionary Theatre). Set to open Friday, March 15 with a reception and party from 7 – 9 p.m., the Queer Artists Project’s first…
Being Alive San Diego will hold an enormous yard sale Saturday March 16 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. at their offices at 4070 Centre Street. The yard sales are conducted with donated items from clients and people in the community. The yard sale proceeds will go to Being Alive’s Food Bank, called Daniel’s Pantry. With…
SAN DIEGO – California Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins has called on the community to change the future and defeat cancer by enrolling in a novel cancer prevention study. She made her appointment to enroll last week in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS-3), and wants others to follow her lead. “This…
SAN DIEGO – At its annual board meeting, A. Latham Staples, the founder of the Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced his resignation as president and CEO of the organization he started in 2008. Staples who will remain with ESF as Chairman of the Board…
Absolut Hillcrest Mardi Gras brought out our community to raise funds for scholarships that are awarded to LGBT college students or allies. Despite the frigid temperature, (48 degrees, it felt like Chicago!), many in our community showed they care about the next generation. While the Hillcrest Business Association and its board of trustees decided to…
