SAN DIEGO – In support of its 40th anniversary, The San Diego LGBT Community Center has launched its #GivingTogether campaign. “For four decades, The Center has stood as a beacon of hope for LGBT San Diegans, and for others across the nation,” said Dr. Delores A. Jacobs, The Center’s chief executive officer. “Today, we continue to…
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn “To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.” – Leonard Bernstein “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day…
SAN DIEGO – The world’s top drag superstars, the winners of RuPaul’s Drag Race and All Stars Drag Race, will rev the crowd up into a heated frenzy at an out of the box charity event held for Mama’s Kitchen at Kimpton’s Hotel Palomar Nov. 15. The fundraiser will be part of Kimpton’s nationwide Red Ribbon Campaign…
The San Diego LGBT Community Center held its 40th Anniversary Gala at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel last Saturday. Approximately 1,000 community members and supporters gathered to celebrate The Center’s ruby anniversary. The idea of The Center was born after New York’s 1969 Stonewall riots. The founders envisioned a gathering place where the community…
There has been a lot of speculation about the events surrounding the sudden departure of former Greater San Diego Business Association CEO, Tom Luhnow. Lingering questions among San Diego’s LGBT-leadership, media and business communities include: Was it a firing? Was there a specific, underlying dispute between Luhnow and board chair, Eric Brown beyond the officially…
Two million dirty syringes have been taken from drug addicts since the clean syringe exchange program started in 2001, said the city’s emergency medical services director to a City Council committee. “Can you imagine that we have actually eliminated 2.1 million syringes that were dirty? Can you imagine how high that pile would be?” asked…
The calendar pages turn faster and faster and suddenly it’s that time again. Off to the costume shop or the back of my closet looking for something breathtakingly beautiful, frighteningly fearful or cleverly comical. Searching for a Honey Boo Boo mask (for a friend), I wandered quite accidentally into one of the naughtier adult shops…
My phone rang off the hook recently over the back cover ad in the October issue of San Diego Pix magazine. It featured two hunky guys sharing what is known in the drug world as a “shotgun.” I have always admitted my own personal drug problem since the 1960s (mostly quaaludes and coke) and trust…
Diversionary Theatre and Artistic Director John Alexander have never been too shy to step outside of the proverbial “box.” They have kept San Diego audiences entertained with plot twists and gender bender casting for years, so why would they stop now? Coming in October (just before all Hallows Eve) Diversionary Theatre will present a send-up…
We all know women love little more than planning events, so I wasn’t at all surprised when my girlfriend broached the subject of Halloween in June. “What should we dress up as?” she asked. “Halloween? Summer just arrived – I’m worried about what kind of vegan cuisine we’ll BBQ on the Fourth,” I started in…
