LOS ANGELES — Voices of acclaimed recording artists and stories from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students, will come together in a jubilant celebration at Voices On Point. The evening is a benefit for Point Foundation (Point), the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students of merit. As part of the Sept. 7 concert and dinner to…
MINNETONKA, Mn. – More Light Presbyterians (MLP) today announced the appointment of Alex McNeill as their new executive director. McNeill is an openly transgender man, and a nationally known educator and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) Christians. As executive director, he will help MLP chart a new strategic direction to help…
LA JOLLA, Calif. — La Jolla Symphony Chorus has announced that it will be holding open auditions for all voice parts for the 2013-2014 performance year. The season, titled Life, will mark the 40th anniversary of David Chase as Choral Director of La Jolla Symphony & Chorus. Choral highlights of the season include: Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms,…
SYDNEY, Australia — Seven sinful years! We’re not talking about a marriage, we’re talking about Cocksox®, the infamous underwear and swimwear brand from Australia. “We started out with one red underwear brief listed on eBay, almost as a dare,” laughs Nadiah Christensen, Cocksox® creative director, “And now look, seven years later Cocksox® is bigger and better than ever.”…
President Barack Obama on DOMA: “I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. This was discrimination enshrined in law. It treated loving, committed gay and lesbian couples as a separate and lesser class of people. The Supreme Court has righted that wrong, and our country is better off for…
Allyson Robinson has been fired as executive director of Outserve/SLDN after a board meeting yesterday. The news was first reported on the Bilerico Project after receipt of a leaked email. The Bilerico Project report stated that the entire senior staff quit immediately following the board vote. Director of External Engagement Zeke Stokes, Director of Chapter…
One of Hillcrest’s longest standing icons, the City Deli, will soon make way for another icon as the nation’s first Harvey Milk American Diner debuts in San Diego. Owners Tom Brown, Michael Phillips (Big Mike) and Frank Lechner secured an exclusive license for the use of the name from Stuart Milk and the Harvey Milk…
SAN DIEGO – For the third year in a row, San Diego LGBT Pride is inviting active duty and veteran servicemembers to participate in a special military contingent leading the 39th annual Pride parade Saturday, July 13 at 11 a.m. San Diego Pride made in history in 2011 by hosting the first active duty military…
(CNN) — The Republican National Committee has brought on a director of evangelical outreach to massage the party’s complicated relationship with religious conservatives, GOP sources told CNN on Saturday. The party organization has hired Chad Connelly, a consultant and motivational speaker who, until this weekend, was the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Connelly…
The board of directors of San Diego LGBT Pride announced today that Stephen Whitburn will continue to head the organization as its general manager. Whitburn had held the position in an interim capacity since January. San Diego Pride’s previous director, Dwayne Crenshaw, departed the organization amid his recent run for a seat on the San…
