One stage. Nine challengers. Forty million viewers. And the winner takes home a six-month national TV campaign, plus a $500 million advertising contract, and a chance to challenge the current champion – one-on-one. If that whets your appetite for a new cycle of America’s Next Top Model, I’m sorry to disappoint. It’s just the Republican…
Buick is the quintessential American car. And it’s precisely the iconic Americana image that makes Buick such a perfect fit as this year’s partner at OUT100, a widely-received event promoting humanitarian achievements within the LGBT community. Turns out, the epically conservative mom-car is, refreshingly, gay friendly. “We are delighted to have the support of such…
House Republicans are dumping more and more money into their fight to uphold DOMA, but the Senate Judiciary Committee is pressing ahead with the Respect for Marriage Act – historic legislation that would repeal DOMA once and for all. DOMA deprives same-sex couples of over 1,100 federal rights, benefits, and responsibilities of marriage. It’s not…
Brett Ratner has apologized after he uttered a gay slur during a press conference for his new film, Tower Heist, The Associated Press reports. “It was a dumb way of expressing myself,” Ratner said in his statement. “Everyone who knows me knows that I don’t have a prejudiced bone in my body. But as a…
A Jan. 9, 2012 trial date was set Oct. 24 for a man suspected of fatally beating Vance Shazier, 67, a member of the Metropolitan Community Church, who was much loved by fellow congregants. Thomas Lee Daniel, 40, appeared before San Diego Superior Court Judge John Einhorn for trial last week, but his attorney requested…
Casually interested in my high school classmates I have kept up with the gossip, I mean, the news through a few old pals, but I never attended the reunions until recently when my curiosity peaked and I sallied forth to the rock-bound coast of Maine for my 50th. About 60 classmates plus spouses showed up…
Aiden Leslie’s “Trying to Leave Now” is about salvaging what is right in a relationship before losing everything. Penned by the artist, the single is the follow-up to “World’s Away,” his song that nabbed the top spot on Logo’s “Click List” countdown show for four consecutive weeks last summer. “I wrote ‘Trying to Leave Now’…
Nearly 343 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists and allies concluded the 15th annual ILGA-Europe’s Annual Conference in Turin, Italy on Oct. 30. The event served as the largest LGBT event occurring on an annual basis in Europe’s history. Conferences, workshops, and discussion panels centered around the event’s theme: “Human Rights and “Traditional Values”: Clash…
Patrick Henry High School in Del Cerro has elected a lesbian student as its Homecoming King, San Diego News10 reports. “They were chanting my name and it was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever had,” said newly-crowned Homecoming King Rebecca Arellano. Hailey Adams, Arellano’s girlfriend of two years, ran for Patrick Henry High…
A judge has ordered a North Park man to stand trial for the murder of Jason “Cowboy” Huggins and felony assault of his boyfriend, both of whom were hit in the head with rocks in a canyon. Joshua James Larson, 37, will get a trial date set Oct. 27 when he appears before a San…
