2015’s no average year, Emma Hewitt’s no average Pride diva In many ways, Emma Hewitt is a classic diva – a perfect San Diego LGBT Pride headliner. With a legendary electro-mezzo vocal style, Australian-born Hewitt owns the descriptors “haunting” and “yearning” and has every right to claim them in her bio. But it turns out…
SAN DIEGO – The Gaslamp Quarter Association has announced that the tradition of displaying 124 rainbow flags for San Diego Pride along Fifth Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter will continue this year from July 12 to 31. The rainbow flags are presented by San Diego Pride, the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is fostering pride…
Pride is a time to show support for equality by standing in solidarity with the LGBTQA community and its allies. Every July, San Diego celebrates this community with a parade and festival that attracts hundreds of thousands of supporters from around the county and the greater Southern California region. We are proud that many Family…
A simple proclamation, “We Are Here”, is printed on a souvenir button from Phoenix, Arizona’s first march for gay and lesbian rights. The cherished button and official program have been collecting dust in a memorabilia filled cardboard box since June 27, 1981. I’ve kept them all these years because the event was transformative and life-changing….
Celebrating diversity and inclusiveness in the heart of San Diego City Hall, Mayor Kevin Faulconer and Councilmember Todd Gloria will join San Diego LGBT Pride to raise the first Pride flags at City Hall, Tuesday, July 7 at 12 p.m. to commemorate the day as San Diego LGBT Pride Day and celebrate the 41st anniversary…
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—For the first time, members of the United States Border Patrol, San Diego Sector, held an LGBT Heritage Event at their regional headquarters in Chula Vista, Calif., Tuesday, June 30. More than 100 people attended the standing-room only event. The theme, “Color Our World with Pride,” included speakers Laura Duffy, U.S. Attorney for…
“So Stonewall is a great, great foundation,” transgender activist and Stonewall veteran icon Sylvia Rivera wrote in her 2001 essay Bitch on Wheels. “It began the modern day liberation movement, like we spoke before about the Daughters of Bilitis and the Mattachine Society. Yes, there were lots of other little groups but you had to…
Continuing an annual tradition, the AntiViral Research Center (AVRC) at University of California, San Diego is offering 250 free weekend passes to the 2015 San Diego LGBT Pride Festival for persons who undergo free, confidential HIV testing. The program is part of an on-going study to detect early and acute HIV infections in the community….
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — In celebration of LGBT Pride Month, Comcast has announced it will feature a specially curated collection of films from Frameline, the world-renowned media arts organization connecting filmmakers and audiences around the world. Frameline has selected an eclectic mix of LGBT independent film titles that will be made available to Xfinity TV subscribers…
Appliance company Maytag has come out in support of the LGBT community with a Tweet released yesterday stating, “Proud to be in any home. Happy #Pride Month” together with a picture of the famous Maytag man holding up a rainbow cake with the caption, Equality and cake for all. Thanks, Maytag man for your support!
