I guess winter is finally here. It’s been way too cold for this Brazilian, but it does get me in the Christmas spirit. The idea of a white Christmas was never easy for me to grasp as it is summer in Brazil and the first time I saw snow was in California when I moved…
Shame, Steve McQueen’s dystopian tale of compulsion and sibling conflict, is the most sexually explicit movie I’ve seen since John Cameron Mitchell’s Shortbus but it is not nearly as interesting, inventive or sexy as Mitchell’s movie. In fact, Shame is about as sexy as taking a cold shower, clothed, while your grandmother sits on the…
A lawyer representing Jerry Sandusky in the Penn State sex scandal has made a rather embarrassing flub. Attorney Joseph Amendola, who represents Sandusky, told the media Tuesday that if anyone believed university officials on allegations against his client, they ought to call 1-800-REALITY. Sure enough, 1-800-REALITY is a gay sex line. It’s the “the hottest…
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd class Jase Daniels, 29, was reinstated as into active duty as a linguist after the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) and the law firm of Morrison & Foerster pushed for his return to duty. He was sworn in Monday. “Today, I took an oath and affirmed to defend the Constitution…
Giving to a charity each year is easy for most of us. We find ourselves drawn to a cause, a particular group, mission, etc. When you have that personal tie to an organization giving your hard-earned dollars is simple. However, what happens when you don’t have a charity and you are new to donating? Or…
One in twenty men in the UK were diagnosed with HIV in 2010. These staggering numbers do not account for men who are unaware of their infection. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the United Kingdom reports that people living with HIV in the UK reached 91,500 in total, and 3,000 of those individuals were…
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has announced his pending retirement from Congress in wake of his announcement that he will not seek a 17th term. Barney, 71, has been an active liberal Democrat, well-known for his many contributions to fight for LGBT rights. He leaves behind his post citing a “deteriorating political culture and a more…
Thank you to everyone who attended the San Diego LGBT Weekly 1st anniversary party at the award-winning Busalacchi’s restaurant. It was great to see Mayor Jerry Sanders, Congressman Bob Filner, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, Sheriff Bill Gore and so many other VIP’s, businesspeople, community leaders and activists having such a great time. Community members need…
dvr this Inarguably one of the great American films of the 1950s, Sweet Smell of Success is also one of the meanest, with zingers as pointed as anything in the other great 1950s films about the desire for fame, All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard. Burt Lancaster plays the malevolent newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker and…
