Earlier this year I joined the board of directors of two mainstream arts organizations. I decided that if I wanted to see more high profile and high caliber LGBT oriented arts events and exhibitions in San Diego then a good tactic would be to help facilitate change from within some of our city’s more notable…
http://youtu.be/2T7iMA1Uo6k Rising LGBT pop artist, Daniel Sobrino has just released his new single and music video entitled, “Power of Us.” A powerful gay anthem it has already got more than 50,000 YouTube views and has been featured on The Backlot, EQ Music, Gay.com, and more. Originating from Mexico City, Sobrino has always loved music, having memories…
The Lambda Literary Foundation (LLF) has announced the opening of book submissions and revised submission guidelines for the Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating the best in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literature. Books submitted for consideration of this Lammys cycle must be published between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2013. Entering their 26th year, the Lammy Awards…
IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE Episode Title: Fix My Suburban Lie Air Date: Saturday, Aug. 24 at 9 p.m. ET/PT OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Parents Traci and Andre ask spiritual life coach Iyanla Vanzant for her help in “fixing” their two adult children, who they feel are making horrible life choices. The parents blame themselves for their…
Like many San Diegans, I found out Monday morning that Congressional candidate Carl DeMaio would be organizing events for the effort to recall Mayor Bob Filner. This is my shocked font! Of course, the man who lost the mayoral race to Filner is joining the recall. It allows him to settle an old score and…
Danielle LoPresti and Alicia Champion are synonymous with not only founding and producing IndieFest and the band Danielle LoPresti and The Masses, but also with creating an independent music and culture scene in San Diego that simply did not exist before. They work hard to bring talented artists to San Diego, as well as looking…
It’s no secret that I absolutely worship Debbie Gibson. I have been a true blue fan of hers since she first hit it big with hits like “Only In My Dreams,” “Shake Your Love” and “Foolish Beat.” “Foolish Beat” entered Debbie into the Guinness Book Of World Records as the youngest artist in history to…
When I was at grad school one of my professors gave me an old book that described homosexual life in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The book was an example of ethnographic research whereby the author/researcher immersed herself into the world of gay people (mostly men) to understand the subculture from within. The hardcover…
I’m not sure why Woody Allen decided to set Blue Jasmine in San Francisco. He can turn a city into a main character of his films; from Manhattan to Vicki Cristina Barcelona to Midnight in Paris. But in Blue Jasmine, the city is neither lovingly shot nor does it really have a role to play…
How do any of us know what our gender is? If one is assigned male at birth and loses one’s genitalia in an IED explosion, is one still male? If one is assigned female at birth and lose one’s external genitalia, breasts or uterus to disease, is one still female? Obviously the answers to those…
