The Japan Society of San Diego & Tijuana held its 12th annual Beer & Sake Festival June 13 at Harrah’s Rincon. Guests enjoyed sumptuous appetizers, tasty beers and sakes while listening to the dynamic sounds of San Diego Taiko. It felt like there were less vendors than last year and the bigger space took away…
WASHINGTON D.C.—The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released three emotional and inspiring videos highlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Mississippians, Alabamans, and Arkansans sharing their courageous stories. The video is part of HRC’s Project One America Summer of Conversations story-telling campaign announced earlier this month. “We want people to start a conversation about equality whether on front porches, in…
In addition to the beautiful beaches, hiking paths, museums and the prominent San Diego Zoo there are numerous must-go festivals that occur in San Diego throughout the year. We had the pleasure to attend two of these events this past week, The San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival and the Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival. The 13th…
San Diego’s leaders and public officials flooded the hall at the Balboa Park Club Friday as Assemblywoman Toni Atkins was ceremonially sworn in as this city’s first speaker of the assembly and the California State Assembly’s first lesbian speaker. Even though Atkins’ official swearing in happened last month in Sacramento, a jubilant atmosphere filled the…
Kim participated in this year’s Cinco de Mayo Trail Run which was launched by the Valley Elementary Educational Foundation in 2007 to raise money. Now, in its seventh year the event continues to grow and now provides fundraising opportunities for several schools in Poway. It was an extremely hot day and the trail was strenuous….
India’s first dating Web site exclusively for lesbians and bisexual women in that country has been launched, reports GayAsiaNews.com. The Web site which began in February but launched recently caters to only women in India and women of Indian origin across the world and offers a professional matchmaking service in a very private way. Avashya.com…
LOS ANGELES — Having served three terms as the mayor of Texas’s largest city, Houston’s Annise Parker has proven she is not going away any time soon. Parker began her career as a very visible lesbian activist during the 1980s. Then, as an openly gay politician, she took the mayor’s office in America’s fourth largest…
By the end of the 1950s, it had become apparent that the first chapter in rock ’n’ roll’s storied history had come to a close. Buddy Holly, Richie Valens (“La Bamba”) and the Big Bopper (“Chantilly Lace”) were all killed in a plane crash over Iowa. Little Richard (“Good Golly, Miss Molly”) had retired from…
The Dinah Shore Weekend in Palm Springs has grown over the years to one of the “must” weekends for women. This year there were several simultaneous events between April 3-6 and we had the opportunity to attend the Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival hosted by L&G Events and A Touch of Seduction Latin, hip-hop and…
Last night Magnolia, Miss. passed a resolution 3-2 recognizing the dignity and worth of all city residents – including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). Magnolia joins three other Mississippi cities – Starkville, Hattiesburg and Oxford – which all passed similar resolutions earlier this year. “Like so many cities across America, Magnolia,…
