ORLANDO, Fla. – On the eve of the two-month anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub massacre, presidential candidate Donald Trump will join U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio at a radical anti-LGBTQ event in Orlando. Equality Florida, joined by community partners and individuals directly impacted by the shooting, will gather Thursday, Aug. 11 for a peaceful rally and press…
Cos for Alarm Los Angeles (AP) Bill Cosby, who likes to be known for his tennis as much as his comedy, was showing off his tennis form yesterday at the Los Angeles Tennis Club, but his best shots were still in the humor department. He was asked a variety of questions on several aspects of tennis-among…
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump will join U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) to speak this week at a campaign training hosted by the Liberty Council, an extremist hate group monitored by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its anti-LGBTQ discrimination efforts. The two-day event is set to take place at the Hyatt Regency Orlando (9801…
MIAMI, Fla.,—Broadway musical theater producers Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley will be honored at the 2016 National LGBTQ Task Force Gala—Miami. The annual fundraising gala will take place on Saturday, October 8, at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach (4441 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140). Rudetsky and Wesley will be presented with the National Leadership Award…
Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) today announced that their short film, Gold Star, written and directed by Karla Legaspy, won the top award at this year’s PBS Online Film Festival. Gold Star follows a young girl who dedicates a love song to her teacher during an elementary school talent show. The ensuing homophobic reactions from school…
NEW YORK—Thursday, Aug. 4, police in Uganda raided a nightclub where an annual LGBTI pride celebration was taking place. In addition to brutalizing participants in the pride event, the police detained leaders of civil society organizations who are engaged in advocacy for the LGBTI community. This attack is part of an overall pattern in Uganda…
Sharp Senior Resource Centers today announced the free programs offered at Sharp Memorial and Sharp Grossmont Hospitals. These are free programs offered to the community at large, not just Sharp members. Sharp Memorial Hospital Senior Resource Center, 7901 Frost St., CA 92123 858-939-4790 September 2016 Programs The Senior Resource Center at Sharp Memorial Hospital offers…
NEW YORK, N.Y. –Athlete Ally, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and 20-plus national LGBT organizations submitted a letter to the Big 12 Conference and its member schools urging it not to consider Brigham Young University (BYU) as a potential new conference member because of the school’s express policy of discriminating against same-sex couples…
Broadway San Diego has announced that San Diego native, Nick Cordileone, will star in the role of “Timon” in the San Diego limited return engagement of The Lion King at The Civic Theatre, Sept. 7 – Oct. 2. This production also features Mark Campbell as “Scar,” Gerald Ramsey as “Mufasa,” Buyi Zama as “Rafiki,” Drew Hirshfield as “Zazu,”…
Vice TV show Gaycation will air a special episode Aug. 24 where co-hosts Ellen Page and Ian Daniel travel to Orlando in the wake of the massacre at Pulse nightclub. Gaycation: Orlando includes one survivor’s harrowing story of escaping the night club and another’s day of burying one pair of friends, reports Indiewire. The special hopes to…
