You are cordially invited to join me in celebrating my birthday at The Center – Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 p.m. Only $20 for dinner and dessert catered by Babbo’s Restaurant. All proceeds benefit the outreach of MCC – our community church! Like some of you, I was raised in a Christian tradition and was taught…
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) San Diego Chapter and AILA LGBT Committee are holding an evening presentation entitled Exploring LGBT Issues in Immigration and Employment Law Thursday, March 28 5:30-8 p.m. at The San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre Street in San Diego. Presenting will be Ginger Jacobs, Esq., Jacobs & Schlesinger LLP;…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) has announced that it has selected Mama’s Kitchen as its 2013 spring concert community partner. Audience members attending Rocket Man – The Music of Elton John will be asked to deposit their donation during the intermission in the Chorus’ iconic giant ruby slipper in the…
SAN DIEGO – For the past decade San Diego’s very own Imperial Court and countless volunteers have raised money and collected Easter baskets, bicycles, toys and more for underprivileged children to receive Easter Sunday. The Imperial Court de San Diego and Empress Candi Samples kicked off the 10th annual Children’s Easter Basket campaign at Bamboo…
thursday, march 7 The Collective The National Comedy Theatre’s long form show. Like the regular shows, each Collective performance is completely improvised and is based entirely on audience suggestions. Performances feature five of NCT’s experienced main stage cast members improvising a full-length play around a single theme or storyline, from scratch. National Comedy Theatre, 3717…
There were more GLBT Republican delegates at this past week’s state party convention in Sacramento than ever. San Diego’s Republican delegation was led by Susan Jester (president of the local Log Cabin chapter and AIDS Walk founder) and “Mr. Gay Republican” himself former state Assembly candidate Ralph Denny. For the first time all the candidates…
I spent last weekend in Washington, D.C. lobbying and learning with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest LGBT civil rights organization. I returned with a few stories to share. The last time I visited room 2410 in the Rayburn House office building with an HRC folder I got a forced smile from a staffer…
The San Diego Latino Film Festival begins this weekend. As it has for the past seven years it will be continuing its mission to help correct the often distorted images seen on television and in the movies by revealing LGBT lives through international film in the 8th outing of their Cine Gay Showcase. Challenging the…
I would never refer to African Americans by the terms “colored” or “negro” even though Martin Luther King Jr. used those terms frequently. Times have changed, and the terms we use for the African American community and its members have changed. Many, if not most, African Americans now consider those terms to be offensive, although…
I invite you to join me for my birthday celebration and fundraiser at The Center, Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 p.m. The food will be catered by Babbo’s at a reasonable price and your money goes to a good cause. I hope you’ll join us! … end commercial! Te amo! Je t’aime! Ich liebe dich! I…
