LOS ANGELES — As we begin a new year, the February/ March issue of the The Advocate looks ahead at America in the age of Trump. Following the 2016 Presidential election, Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen turned to legendary LGBT advocate Larry Kramer for guidance on turning despair into action. Gessen came to the United States…
In a transcript from a private meeting with the Rockettes and Madison Square Garden executive chairman and Cablevision CEO James Dolan, Marie Claire reveals that Dolan encouraged the Rockettes to “tolerate” Trump supporters, some of whom belong to the sexist and white nationalist alt-right movement ― seemingly no matter what. Acording to the Marie Claire…
Sales of a special edition of Hitler’s Mein Kampf have soared in Germany. The book which outlines Hitler’s ideology that formed the basis for Nazism and sets out his hatred of Jews, which led to the Holocaust went on sale a year ago. The Huffington Post reports that the new edition is the first reprint…
A federal judge has decided to issue an injunction blocking enforcement of federal protections that were set to go into effect Jan. 1 barring discrimination in health care services based on an individual’s gender identity, as well as reproductive health services. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by…
LA Galaxy soccer star, Robbie Rogers has announced his engagement to Greg Berlanti. Rogers made the announcement on his Instagram account on New Year’s Day. “I feel extremely lucky and blessed to end 2016 engaged to the love of my life,” Rogers wrote about Berlanti, who is the creative mind behind television hits like Dawson’s…
SAN DIEGO, CA – On the eve of the New Year, California State Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D – San Diego) issued the following statement regarding the Jan. 1 official and legally-obligated increase to the State of California’s and the City of San Diego’s minimum wage. “Today, more than a million hard working San Diegans and…
OAKLAND, Calif. – Arrive Ride Services is a new, members-only concierge service that connects seniors to the services of Lyft and Uber. These companies are exclusively app-based, but 73 percent of Americans over the age of 65 do not own a smartphone and therefore have no access to on-demand rides. Arrive seeks to connect these…
Your mother called it an “angel’s kiss.” Ugh. Lots of people are born with birthmarks or unique features but you saw yours as a flaw and you hated it for years. Slowly, though, you came to embrace it, to see it as something that sets you apart, and now you wouldn’t erase it for the…
OnStage Playhouse will present Play it Again Sam Jan. 06 – Feb. 04, 2017, at their historic Third Avenue theater in downtown Chula Vista. Originally staged on Broadway in 1969,Woody Allen’s Play it Again, Sam was a smash hit and was nominated for three Tony awards. It was adapted for film in 1972 starring Woody…
SAN DIEGO — A Public Candle and Flower Vigil in Memory of Will Walters will be held today at 2 p.m at the Pride flag located at the corner of University Avenue and Normal Street in the heart of San Diego’s historic LGBTQ Hillcrest neighborhood. There will be remarks and remembrances from community members, colleagues…
