You’ve often wished things were different. You wanted a sofa, for instance, and regret getting chairs. The college degree you achieved should’ve been something else, and you wish you’d started your career in another city, state or a whole other continent. And how would life be with a bigger family, an alternate family or no…
Many of us Catholics feel that our church has left us. We have not left the church. The last two popes, especially, have used very hurtful and ugly words when talking about homosexuality, divorce, adoption, women’s rights, etc., etc. I truly believe if Jesus came down to Earth he would weep when he would see…
dvd of the week A couple weeks ago, Australia’s film censor banned I Want Your Love for being too sexually explicit, and that is also probably why the Travis Mathew’s film never found a nationwide distributer in the U.S. A gorgeously shot, naturalistic story of the last 36 hours that Jesse (the quite amazing Jesse…
dvr this Turner Classic Movies, 10:45 p.m., Saturday, March 23 Luc Besson became world famous with the great thriller La Femme Nikita, in which a teenage junkie (Anne Parillaud) agrees to become an assassin in order to avoid going to jail for murder. She’s not happy at first and it’s not easy. She is put…
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Proposition 8. Only two things are certain. No decisions will be made, and activists and reporters will parse every word uttered to project how the Court will vote. To help you keep up with the rampant, pointless speculation,…
The BIL 2013 conference was held in the heart of downtown Long Beach with an attendance of more than 600 people. If TED is mostly attended by over-achieving baby boomers, BIL caters to the boomer’s tech-crazed offspring. It is a quirky, populist unconference that’s named from the 1989 science-fiction comedy film, Bill & Ted’s Excellent…
It’s rare that an art event in the LGBT community is the toast of the town but that was clearly the case last Friday night at the opening night reception of the Queer Artist’s Project exhibition at the Lambda Archives (SDLA). “It’s the most exciting art event I’ve been to in a long time,” Julie…
thursday, march 21 GSDBA Art Mixer The arcHIVe project, along with the Sunset Temple and Claire de Lune Coffee Lounge, will be hosting an art mixer for the Greater San Diego Business Association (GSDBA). The evening will feature local artists affected by HIV as well as The arcHIVe project artists Chad Elliott Hirata, Kyle Cardwell,…
At what age do transgender girls become perceived predators? Do we consider a transgender girl in kindergarten – a girl born with male genitalia – to be a predator toward other girls in her elementary school class should they all use the girls bathroom? Would the line be a third grade/8-year-old trans girl? A sixth…
You are cordially invited to join me in celebrating my birthday at The Center – Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 p.m. Only $20 for dinner and dessert catered by Babbo’s Restaurant. All proceeds benefit the outreach of MCC – our Community Church! Have you ever tried to rest, unplugging from all your electronic devices and screens,…
