Tracy Morgan issued a public apology Tuesday to gay rights advocates and audience members exposed to his violently anti-gay tirade during a June 3 stand-up show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. According to The Tennessean, Morgan spoke with Kevin Rogers — the gay man whose Facebook post detailing the comedian’s homophobic remarks went…
Flamboyant pop singer Cee Lo Green vented his frustration via Twitter last week after a Minneapolis, Minn. music writer penned a lackluster review of his latest local concert. E! reports that Green, who played in Minneapolis on June 16, resorted to Twitter after the writer in question, Andrea Swensson, dubbed his performance “gross” in her…
Hillcrest’s popular nightspot Eden will reveal a reinvented restaurant to the public tomorrow, ringing in the first day of summer with a fresh menu and stylish new ambiance. Ron Prestage will take the lead as the Eden restaurant’s new executive chef, providing patrons with elegant yet fuss-free food in a “colorful, casual and contemporary” atmosphere…
San Diego boasts a rich arts community – and for the last 25 years, the La Jolla Festival of the Arts has championed local talent, including a variety of LGBT artists, at their beloved annual event. This summer, the festival will celebrate a quarter-century of art and activism on behalf of the San Diego…
Comedian and 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan has issued an apology in the wake of community outrage inspired by anti-gay comments made during a comedy show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium last weekend. The Human Rights Campaign reports that Morgan, who has encountered criticism in the past for his at-times controversial stage humor, reportedly went on…
Concierge Travel, the Houston-based, LGBT-oriented travel company that recently announced a lesbian and gay cruise on the world’s largest cruise ship, has now launched plan for the first gay and lesbian cruise on Peru’s fabled Amazon River. The seven-night river cruise is scheduled to set sail on October 27, 2012. Guests will travel aboard the…
More than 100,000 people have declared their support for marriage equality in an open letter to President Obama moderated by Freedom to Marry’s ‘I Do’ campaign. Now, Oscar winner Natalie Portman and her fiancé, Benjamin Millepied, have added their names to the star-studded list. Freedom to Marry launched the open-letter campaign in March with the…
In keeping with her many efforts on behalf of the LGBT community, pop megastar Lady Gaga has accepted an invitation to march in the EuroPride parade this coming weekend. Gaga, who comes from an Italian-American family, will join this year’s European gay pride celebration in Rome in what promises to be an impressive finale to…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced this week that the Grammy-Award-winning actress and native New Yorker Vanessa Williams has joined the dozens of high-profile celebrities, political figures and ordinary citizens taking a stand for marriage equality in New York. Williams, who made a name for herself when she was crowned the first African-American Miss America…
No longer is the gay prom queen a figment of Glee plot lines and teen fantasy: Jake Boyer, an openly gay senior at Blacksburg High, took home the tiara this year in what he and others are counting as a resounding victory for LGBT equality. NBC Washington reports that Boyer, who came out earlier this…
