One of the best things San Diegans get to enjoy during Pride weekend is the plethora of musical acts that the music festival has to offer. This year the annual San Diego Pride Music Festival in Balboa Park will include multiple stages of entertainment, with more than 200 musicians, bands, comedians and dancers to tempt…
A heavy bowl-sized molcajete made of black volcanic stone is placed on the table. Diced tomatoes, jalapeños, onions, garlic and cilantro are heaped inside. A whole peeled and pitted avocado is added to the mix with a squeeze of grilled lime juice then expertly blended. And that’s how guacamole ($7.99) is made at Ortega’s Mexican…
Over 80 percent of the victims in the Orlando, Florida terrorist attack and massacre were people of color, mostly Latino of Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican descent. This coming Saturday, July 9 at 6 p.m., at St. Pauls’ Episcopal Cathedral (2728 Sixth Ave. in Hillcrest) over 50 San Diego Latino and Latina organizations will be…
This year’s Pride will obviously be of great significance providing a chance to show our strength and resilience. A reportedly large number of non-LGBT supporters will be attending this year. How can we do less? I can’t believe I’m saying this: Come out and join the “straights.” It is not over-reacting to be nervous and…
SheFest returns to San Diego July 9 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. at North Park Community Park, 4044 Idaho Street in San Diego. SheFest is a woman-centered event that celebrates and supports the talents and contributions of women while fostering meaningful connections within the LGBT and larger San Diego community. This one-day festival is free…
The San Diego Human Dignity Foundation’s (SDHDF) fifth annual ‘Reunion on the Bay’ is coming up Saturday, Aug. 6 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. where the ‘Love Goddess,’ actress and comedian, Judy Tenuta, will perform selections from her standup comedy and musical acts. Also known as ‘The Aphrodite of the Accordion’ Judy Tenuta was…
As we celebrate Pride in America’s Finest City, we are Orlando. The tragic events at the Pulse Nightclub touched so many in the LGBT and Latino communities, yet we must remember that #WeAreSandyHook, #WeAreSanBernadino, #We AreParis, and #WeAreInstanbul, just to name a few. While the event in Orlando awakened our community to the gun control…
An online fundraiser for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting set up by Equality Florida has raised $7M in a campaign that continues to break records for online philanthropy. Equality Florida launched the GoFundMe campaign hours following news of the horrific shooting with an initial goal of raising $100,000. The campaign became the quickest to…
San Diego LGBT Pride Music Festival headliner Kesha may not have set out on a career trajectory intending to become an educator of straight men, but boy has she schooled a few. Take for instance an Internet troll who recently made the mistake of publicly criticizing the megastar recording artist’s posterior. Here’s the stunningly concise,…
