NEW YORK, – The United Nations agency leading the response to HIV/AIDS has condemned the killing of an outspoken activist for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Cameroon, and called on the government to thoroughly investigate his death. Eric Ohena Lembembe was the executive director of the Cameroonian Foundation for…
Now that Pride is over, the LGBT affirming flags will come down and we’ll be back to regular Hillcrest, North Park, downtown and Mission Hills. And I for one think that’s a problem. Many businesses want to fly the Pride or HRC flag when we are out in force for our annual celebration, but what…
WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Ana M. Ma has been hired as the organization’s new Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff. Ma joins HRC from the U.S. Department of Labor where she currently serves as Chief of Staff. “Ana is an exceptional leader who brings decades of experience creating…
WASHINGTON – The House Energy & Commerce Committee has approved the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, H.R.698. The bipartisan bill sponsored by Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) would lift a federal ban on the donation of HIV-positive organs to HIV-positive recipients, making it possible for researchers to study the safety of such procedures. The bill…
Sister Act the Musical hits town at Broadway San Diego Civic Theatre July 30-Aug. 4, and is based on the wildly popular 1992 film of the same name. Academy Award Winner Whoopie Goldberg, who starred in the film, wears the hat of producer this time around. The show got its out of town tryout right…
Consider this. According to Wikipedia there are approximately 60,000 LGBT people living in metropolitan San Diego. Taken at face value that means there are upward of 60,000 gay people using their smart phones and/or point and shoot cameras all day long, taking snapshots of partners and events and fleeting moments that are here today, then…
Last year, when Nat Faxon and Jim Rash accepted the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with Alexander Payner for The Descendants, a bunch of people watching the show said, “Wait, those guys?” Faxon is a dopey-faced blond who has appeared in countless TV sitcoms and B-movies, and bald and awkward; Rash plays the hapless…
LGBT Pride 2013 may be a faded memory of last weekend, but hard on its coattails is none other than Comic-Con International: San Diego, which will be parking itself at the San Diego Convention Center from July 18-21. This year promises to be an exceptional year with plenty of exclusives, giveaways, swag and of course…
The Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) celebrates “The Big Apple” at the Mississippi Room in the Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd., Saturday July 27. Music from Broadway and the Big Band era will fill this historic ballroom. Among the Broadway musicals featured, the 45 piece ensemble will perform music from Les Misérables and Chicago. The…
Unthinkable! Impossible! But it happened and hordes of dewy-eyed youngsters are rushing to City Hall. In the midst of all this well-deserved jubilation, I feel it is my duty as a senior to point out a few realities. No, I am not going to be an unromantic old fart and mention the implications of this…
