WASHINGTON – In response to the discovery of 26-year-old Mia Henderson’s body in West Baltimore, the sixth transgender woman of color murdered this year – the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called for more concerted efforts to protect transgender women from unprecedented levels of violence and harassment. Henderson – an African American, transgender woman –…
SAN DIEGO – All women are invited to the premier of the first official women’s event taking place this Pride season – She Fest – Saturday, July 12 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at North Park Community Park. She Fest is a woman-centered event that celebrates and supports the talents and contributions of all women…
In addition to the beautiful beaches, hiking paths, museums and the prominent San Diego Zoo there are numerous must-go festivals that occur in San Diego throughout the year. We had the pleasure to attend two of these events this past week, The San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival and the Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival. The 13th…
Playwright Jamie Morris (“Mommie Queerest,” “The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode,” and “The Silence of the Clams”) “ is at it again with his latest comedy parody. This time around he spoofs another popular 1980s sitcom, sending up the gals of the Sugarbaker Design Firm in Atlanta. The West Coast premiere of “Re-Designing Women”…
LOS ANGELES –– The 29th Annual California Women’s Conference (CWC) will stage the Creative Expressions Concert series at Long Beach Convention Center across both nights of this month’s highly anticipated two day event May 19, 20. The Creative Expressions Concert series, showcasing performing artists including Mary Lambert, will be streamed live online. The Marriage Equality…
thursday, may 1 Simply Barbra Steven Brinberg returns to MA4 as Simply Barbra celebrating the 50th anniversary of Funny Girl’s opening on Broadway with many songs from that great Broadway musical (and film) as well as other Streisand classics all performed live. Brinberg was hired by Streisand’s management to sing at her friend Donna Karan’s…
http://youtu.be/7nyt24ifM6w Despite an increase in violence and a spike in Russian distaste for all things LGBT, Side by Side, the Russian-based international LGBT film festival is moving ahead with plans to run gay-themed screenings in Moscow for the third time in as many years. The festival, which has already played to appreciative crowds in St….
The World Congress of Families is moving full speed ahead with plans to hold an international anti-LGBT conference at the Kremlin in Moscow this fall, despite the growing international crisis in Ukraine and the withdrawal of key conference partner Concerned Women for America over concerns that holding the conference would give the appearance of “giving…
Only 2 days left to get your tickets to Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Still Warn Us About! Two incredible Chicana lesbian novelists, Carla Trujillo and Felicia Luna Lemus, come together in an intergenerational dialogue that highlights Chicana lesbian contributions to arts and literature. Get your tickets here today! When: Friday, March 21st (7:00-9:00pm)…
Take me OUT to the ball game! Grab your friends and family because one San Diego’s most fabulously fun outing is about to return. San Diego LGBT Pride’s annual Out at the Park will take place Saturday, April 19, at Petco Park. This sells out every year, and every year it is a BLAST! This…
