Google doodles – the artistic renderings that replace Google’s classic logo in accordance with major holidays, events and commemorations – have become a standard feature of cyber life, bringing variety and cultural recognition to even the most mundane web activities. However, as of June 1, 2011, the colors of the rainbow were notably absent from…
The Greater San Diego Business Association (GSDBA) has announced this year’s recipients of several annual awards recognizing exceptional business and community leadership in action. This year’s theme is “Celebrating Excellence,” and award-winners will be honored at a luncheon on June 23 at the Hilton San Diego Resort on Mission Bay. Councilmember Todd Gloria will present…
Flamboyant pop singer Cee Lo Green vented his frustration via Twitter last week after a Minneapolis, Minn. music writer penned a lackluster review of his latest local concert. E! reports that Green, who played in Minneapolis on June 16, resorted to Twitter after the writer in question, Andrea Swensson, dubbed his performance “gross” in her…
The online video campaign for New York marriage equality, spearheaded by the Human Rights Council (HRC) and featuring appearances by both iconic and everyday New Yorkers on behalf of LGBT marriage rights, has topped the one million viewer mark just in time to celebrate its 51st and final video release. Each video presented within…
Hillcrest’s popular nightspot Eden will reveal a reinvented restaurant to the public tomorrow, ringing in the first day of summer with a fresh menu and stylish new ambiance. Ron Prestage will take the lead as the Eden restaurant’s new executive chef, providing patrons with elegant yet fuss-free food in a “colorful, casual and contemporary” atmosphere…
Nicole Murray Ramirez, a long time San Diego Latino and LGBT rights activist, has been named the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender person of the year by city Assemblymember Toni Atkins. Atkins explained that San Diego’s LGBT community has relied upon Nicole Murray Ramirez over the years and noted the city’s progress by pointing out…
Another presidential hopeful has joined GOP candidates Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty as a victim of the “glitter bandits.” The most recent politician to be “glittered” is Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. According to the Star Tribune, Bachmann was the subject of a glitter shower Saturday after delivering a speech at the RightOnline Conference in…
A Safeway employee at a D.C. retail location in the Southwest area of the city has been fired for directing homosexual slurs at a same-sex couple last week. NBC Washington reports that Jason Morgan and Brendan Harrington, Southwest residents and regular Safeway customers, were at the checkout counter when a cashier used an offensive slur…
What began as an isolated attack on Newt Gingrich’s anti-gay politics has become a vigilante movement in defense of LGBT and reproductive rights – this time in pink. Nancy Mancias and Chelsea Byers, members of the anti-war activist group CODEPINK, took a page out of activist Nick Espinosa’s playbook yesterday when they showered Republican presidential…
San Diego boasts a rich arts community – and for the last 25 years, the La Jolla Festival of the Arts has championed local talent, including a variety of LGBT artists, at their beloved annual event. This summer, the festival will celebrate a quarter-century of art and activism on behalf of the San Diego…
