San Diego citizen Jeff Olson (who is gay) made national news headlines when he was arrested for just writing his protest message against American banks in chalk on the streets. (I call this political art.) Of course, it was arch right-wing (check out his state legislative record) City Attorney Jan Goldsmith who made the decision…
Being invisible is not easy, but it is a situation LGBT seniors face daily. We are not ignored, that is deliberate; we are just not there. It saddens and, at times, infuriates seniors to be denied the chance to communicate our knowledge and experiences to the younger crowd; to compare our lives and enrich each…
About the San Diego leather community article Dear Editor, Thank you for sharing a brief overview of the leather, kink, and fetish community in San Diego (San Diego LGBT Weekly June 20, issue 123). I encourage anyone who wants to know more about who we are to reach out and find us! I am compelled…
I was deeply shocked and saddened when I heard of Ron Monigold’s passing. Ron started writing his real estate column for San Diego LGBT Weekly in February of this year. Ron was always the perfect columnist. His columns were interesting, the right length, required very little editing and always on time. He came across to…
friday, july 5 Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon This show tells a deeply personal account that spans from Seattle playwright and actor Kimball Allen’s childhood as a young Mormon boy growing up in Blackfoot, Idaho, to his teenage gay awakening, to his drug abuse later in life, and ends with his eventual arrest and…
SAN DIEGO – Plans are set for Special Delivery’s annual LGBT Pride BBQ fundraiser, the nonprofit’s largest annual fundraising event, to take place on the rooftop of the Inn at the Park (formerly Park Manor Suites) from noon to 6pm on Saturday, July 13, announced Executive Director Ruth Henricks. Inn at the Park is located…
The Media Arts Center San Diego is presenting, Laurence Anyways, a drama that charts 10 years in a relationship of a male-to-female transexual’s relationship with her lover at their new 48-seat movie theatre in North Park running from the July 5-11. Starring Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément, Laurence Anyways tells the story of an impossible…
Diversionary Theatre is proud to march in this year’s San Diego LGBT Pride parade Saturday, July 13. Diversionary are inviting San Diegans to join their squad and be part of this historic day! They’ll have coffee and pastries to fuel you up for the march and will supply T-shirts, banners and postcards to pass out…
The Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) celebrates “The Big Apple” at the Mississippi Room in the Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd., Saturday July 27. Music from Broadway and of the Big Band era will fill this historic ballroom. Among the Broadway musicals featured, the 45 piece ensemble will perform music from Les Misérables and Chicago….
