BOSTON – Mayor Thomas Menino has written to Chick-fil-A president, Dan Cathy taking the anti-LGBT fast food chain to task and urging them to back out of their plans to open a location in Boston. Menino criticizes Cathy for opposing same-sex marriage and for saying that the generation that supports it has an “arrogant attitude.”…
Q&A WITH BIG MIKE What would you call your reality show? MICHAEL BREITENSTEIN San Diego Yes, I would be on a reality show. The subject of the show would be My Gay Life. KIRK HINKLEMAN San Diego Yes, boring-ass suburbia. Straight and married with two children. BETH GALLAGHER Oceanside I…
If we look familiar it is probably because you may have seen us taking photos for San Diego LGBT Weekly. Perhaps we took a photo of you at one point. If so, thank you for sharing your smiles with us. If our faces are not familiar, but our names are, then maybe you’ve read some of…
Stepping Stone of San Diego, a non-profit alcohol and drug recovery facility serving the LGBT community, will hold its annual summer fundraiser, Cirque du Summer, Saturday, June 16, 4-10 p.m. at 3767 Central Ave. in San Diego. Billed as a day of old-time circus fun, live entertainment, great food, celebrity auctions, and friendship, all proceeds…
Each year The San Diego LGBT Community Center celebrates the birthday of Frida Kahlo, commemorating the legendary life of one of the most influential Mexican painters of the mid-twentieth century. The event, Pachanga de Frida, will be Saturday June 30, 6-10 p.m. at 3909 Centre Street in San Diego. Tickets are $15 in advance (available…
It’s time to pull the white shoes out of the closet, clean off the barbecue and plan your outdoor soirée. I love this time of the year. About now is when Skecthalina Jones, Nikki Fierce and I get together on my private outdoor patio overlooking the Hillcrest strip once a month for lunch and cocktails…
Cygnet Theatre’s 2012 Cygnet Gala will be held Saturday, June 2 and will include a live performance of Dirty Blonde (2 or 8 p.m.) with a gala party at the Old Town Cosmopolitan Hotel from 5– 7:30 p.m. The party includes wine, food, entertainment, valet parking, and a silent auction, with all proceeds benefiting Cygnet…
Saturday, May 19 animal communicator Terri Steuben will be signing her book “Secrets of A Pet Whisperer” at South Bark Dog Wash at 2037 30th Street in South Park. The event will be from 12 – 4:30 p.m. and all are welcome. South Bark Dog Wash is a locally-owned business that sells quality food, chews,…
Like so many other food and drink holidays that are celebrated in the United States, very few Americans actually know the significance and history behind these celebrations. I mentioned it before with St. Patrick’s Day and, in my opinion, the Cinco de Mayo celebration has to be next. Cinco de Mayo, or May 5, commemorates…
The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) will be hosting a fundraiser May 5 at 7p.m., at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park. Encore: Sizzle and Spice, a fundraiser to benefit the growth of SDGMC was inspired by their recent popular show, Olé Olé! Olé! The evening will follow Olé’s Latin culture theme…
