A new report from the Williams Institute, a progressive think tank on the campus of UCLA, shows that Utah stands to gain significant financial advantage, increase tourism and create jobs if it were, in fact, to legalize same-sex marriage. The authors, E.G. Fitzgerald, Christy Mallory and M.V. Lee Badgett, have released a report entitled “Estimating…
SAN DIEGO — Tickets are now on sale for the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus’ (SDGMC) biggest show ever, LUV Madonna—Music of the Material Girl. The spectacular two-show Madonna tribute will kick off San Diego’s Pride Week at the chorus’ new home, the historic Balboa Theatre July 12 and 13. “If you’ve ever seen a…
“Books enrich us, they help make us more human and they help diminish the fear that we might have of each other.” — MICHAEL NAVA Michael Nava published his first book in 1986. That novel, The Little Death, was published by Alyson Publications, a small gay press that accepted the book after 13 other publishers…
Sounding very much the part, San Diego County district attorney candidate, Bob Brewer recently spoke with LGBT Weekly about the heated election campaign for the job of the region’s top cop, his opponent in the race and his best friend – a dog named Combination Plate #3, aka “Taco.” Brewer, who is running against three-term…
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and Prop. 8 are relegated to their rightful places in the dustbin of history; it seems like pretty much everyone who wants to be open about their sexual orientation is; and it appears to many that HIV is a minor concern. So what’s there left for an LGBT Center to do?…
The phrase “throw down the gauntlet” means to issue a challenge. In medieval times, a knight would throw his metal glove, the gauntlet, to the ground to issue a challenge to another knight. If the knight accepted the challenge, he would “take up the gauntlet.” Well I am throwing down the gauntlet this political season….
Dom Hemingway The first two minutes of Dom Hemingway is perhaps the most thrilling film scene I’ve seen in several months. As the titular character, Jude Law – beefed up, with mutton chops and his natural receding hairline – stands naked and sweaty, only his head and torso visible for those two minutes while he…
Today, Thursday, April 24 is the eighth annual Dining Out for Life San Diego, and participants have their choice of more than 80 locations to dine out for breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks and dessert. Dining Out for Life has quickly become a community tradition, with great enthusiasm behind it. Local restaurants and bars agree to…
“We’ve really put a lot of time into this,” Milton Aguilar said about his and Daniel Greer’s wedding, as they celebrated being the first same-sex couple to get married at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park last Saturday. This milestone in marriage equality in the San Diego community was born from the memories Daniel…
A rapist who was arrested in Ocean Beach after two lesbians heard the victim’s screams and chased him was sentenced April 17 to 30 years to life in state prison. Richard Christopher Butts, 26, said nothing before San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy Walsh handed down the expected sentence. Butts pleaded guilty March 3 to…
