Given the historic nature of Coy Mathis’ victory, it would perhaps be fodder for media dissection long after the ruling came down. But, sandwiched as it was between some of the nation’s most transcendent moments in LGBT history, her story has all but disappeared from our collective national consciousness. Yet it bears repeating if we…
You’re on the dance floor working up a good sweat. A throbbing hip-hop beat thumps from the speakers and colored lights flash and spin in sync with the music. You’re having a great time with your friends at one of the many San Diego LGBT Pride Parties. Chances are good that while you’re working up…
Life shapes art according to singer-songwriter, Vicci Martinez, who will be performing at Pride’s main stage, Sun., July 14 from 5-5:30 p.m. For Martinez, a few major events that have unfolded during her 28 years have molded her into the artist Pride Festival goers will experience, not least among them her parents’ response to her…
Five years may be the blink of an eye on the road to justice, but when you’ve celebrated victory only to have it snatched away, when the fundamental worth of your family has been actively denied at the ballot box, it can seem like a very, very long time. Now, after five long, painful years,…
This offering is the first in a series of informative articles about all things real estate. I am Del Phillips, Realtor with Ascent Real Estate, and I will be bringing you news and views of our communities and general real estate topics that I hope will interest you. I was born and raised in Hillcrest…
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.”…
Summer is here and with it all kinds of arts events and outdoor activities. In August, the San Diego Museum of Art will be presenting a new incarnation of their popular Summer Salon. Before that however, those of you who are oriented toward the performing arts will have a smorgasbord of off the wall performances…
Mario Ortega (Her Most Imperial Majesty, Empress Candi Samples of the Imperial Court de San Diego) and husband James Hederer were legally married in a historic ceremony Wednesday. Although the couple’s nuptials did not represent the first same-sex union in the County since the repeal of Proposition 8, their wedding is the first legal marriage…
Goodness gracious! I just remembered pride is one of the seven deadly sins. Fact bible Wikipedia says it is the worst, leading to all the others. Yet here we are holding a parade and festival for it. Surely, there has been a mistake in the translation of the ancient tongue. What is there to celebrate?…
The Newsroom returns to HBO July 14, and before then you can binge on the first season of Aaron Sorkin’s sometimes comic drama about the backstage goings on at a cable news show hosted by a truth-telling independent. Sorkin, who created The West Wing and wrote The Social Network, has a practically patented style of…
