thursday, june 6 Becoming Cuba This world premiere drama set in 1889 Cuba, introduces a family coping with the changing landscape of their country as it struggles for independence. Melinda Lopez’s knack for dialogue and drama, mixed with her knowledge and research of the time, opens the door for issues of loyalty and family, fighting…
Each year, The San Diego LGBT Community Center celebrates the birthday of the legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo with the Pachanga de Frida event. This year’s event will take place at The Center, 3909 Centre Street Saturday, June 29 from 6-10 p.m. and will be hosted by the fabulous Franceska. Guests will enjoy dancing to…
David and Jason are a married bi-national couple fighting the Defense of Marriage Act which denies gay Americans more than 1,100 federal rights. This includes preventing gay Americans from gaining green cards for their foreign born spouses. Since meeting in the Spring of 2007, Jason has returned to L.A. more than a dozen times for…
SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s best brewers, artists and musicians are showing off at the 17th annual North Park Festival of Arts. Nearly 30,000 visitors are expected to visit the festival, spanning the intersection of University and 30th Avenues. The festival is free to attend and sponsored by North Park Main Street, a non-profit organization…
PHILADELPHIA,– Equality Forum, a national and international LGBT civil rights organization, calls on the U.S. State Department to allow Mariela Castro, a Cuban LGBT civil rights activist, to visit Philadelphia for Equality Forum 2013. The State Department issued a visa to Ms. Castro to visit New York for U.N. meetings, but did not authorize Ms. Castro to travel to Philadelphia to…
After a nine year hiatus the San Diego American Flag Football League’s (SDAFFL) Surf & Turf Tournament is back April 27- 28. The only tournament of its kind on the West Coast, the Surf & Turf Tournament is expected to bring in some of the best LGBT flag football teams for what is being seen…
BY VICTOR HOFF Set amid the brooding clouds, hand passed chicken satay with a warm peanut sauce and the soft chortle of its participants, über-trendy Roppongi’s restaurant in La Jolla held court last night to the Fashion Week San Diego preview. The occasion, which presages the main event to be held downtown from Sept. 30…
There’s no doubt about it. San Diego is a great city to live in if you’re an athlete and a member of the LGBT community. With many LGBT-founded leagues and teams in the area, there are opportunities for practically any sports fan. Athletes of all skill levels are welcome to join, compete and, perhaps most…
We all have friends whom we love, but who occasionally make us roll our eyes. Such a friend drove me to a recent California Men’s Gathering (CMG) event. The trip started with the announcement he had forgotten to find out how to get to Alpine and asked me. Foolish question. I can’t even point to…
The songs of legendary musician and showman Elton John will take center stage at the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus spring concert Rocket Man – The Music of Elton John April 13 and 14 at the Birch North Park Theatre in San Diego. The 150-member chorus will highlight five decades of hits from “Your Song,”…
