LOS ANGELES — For Plus magazine’s September/October issue, the publication announced its curated list of the 75 Most Amazing HIV+ People of 2016. This year’s edition of the annual list includes everyone from activists to artists who all have one thing in common: they are fighters and advocates for a more informed community. Topping this…
Brazilian model Lea T will becomes the first openly-trans woman to participate in an Olympics opening ceremony as the Olympic games officially start in Rio tonight. Lea T told BBC Brasil, “I can not say anything yet, we need to keep the surprise But the message is very clear:.. Include all, regardless of gender, sexual…
LAGOS, Nigeria –Pride celebrations start this week in Uganda, fully funded by more than 2,500 members of All Out, a global movement for the rights of LGBT people. The event, themed “Standing together!”, will culminate with a Pride march in Kampala Saturday, Aug. 6. “As a gay man living in a country where my love…
Detransitioning happens; there are detransitioners who regret decisions they made while identifying as transgender and transitioning. Their numbers are relatively small, but even in relatively small numbers – compared with the size of the larger trans community – these detransitioners add up to thousands of people. Carey Callahan, in her blog entitled Maria Catt, posted…
The drooping sails of an anchoring fleet The shadowy city at our feet With the Mountains’ proud peaks so lofty and still ’Tis a picture worth seeing, from Golden Hill. This poem, written back in 1887 by Daniel Schuyler, paints a picture of the then lovely setting that was to become the neighborhood known as…
The Republican and Democratic Party Conventions are now in the books. What did we learn? Two Americas. In 2004, Sen. John Edwards described an America divided between the wealthy and those who lived paycheck to paycheck. In 2016, the choice is between Michelle Obama’s mutually supportive country struggling to become more perfect and Donald Trump’s…
The Republican National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia have come and gone. In their wake there is a clear choice for the LGBTQ community and for the country at large. After seeing the doom and gloom being projected by the RNC, the “Midnight in America” convention, the DNC…
Meet Andrea Goss who stars as Sally in the National Tour of ‘Cabaret’ The National Tour production of Cabaret, the award winning musical and film, will be making a stop in San Diego from Aug. 23-28 at the Civic Theatre. The musical, written in 1966, was based on the John Van Druten play I am…
Now entering their fourth decade of music creation and live performances, Georgia native folk rock music duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, better knowns as the Indigo Girls, bring their popular show back to one of their favorite live venues, Humphrey’s by the Bay, Friday Aug. 12. “Well for one thing, we love playing…
Can a benefit concert featuring a headlining act whose songs bridge the gaps separating four decades of musical styles bring together two generations of San Diegans devastated by HIV/AIDS and today’s millennial generation, which sees the virus as merely a chronic medical condition – or just another STD? Jay Sheehan says “yes;” The B-52s can…
