If we look familiar it is probably because you may have seen us taking photos for San Diego LGBT Weekly. Perhaps we took a photo of you at one point. If so, thank you for sharing your smiles with us. If our faces are not familiar, but our names are, then maybe you’ve read some of…
As part of a regular series I aim to identify unlikely places around the city where you can see art, both intentional and otherwise. This week I offer you a shopping/dinner outing that involves a soupçon of gay-made art on the side. I’ve known about the series of photorealistic paintings by E. Gibbons for a…
thursday, june 21 Harmony, Kansas With a lively, soulful score, Harmony, Kansas tells the story of Heath, a gay farmer making his way in a rural community where homogeneity rules. When his city-born partner, Julian, talks him into joining a spirited group of gay guys who meet once a week to sing, Heath discovers a…
The stock market had a nice increase over the first four months of the year. But now it’s been going down for May and June. Maybe it’s due to the Greek debt problem, or Spain’s bank bailout, or slow U.S. job growth. It’s enough to make you go crazy. But should it? Heck no! None…
I am not a monster. I am not a creature of tooth or claw, scales or deformity – I am not any sort of monster that is an evil antagonist bent on chaos and destruction. My transgender peers and I don’t prey on women and children in public restrooms or classrooms as some imagine. My…
(CNN) — The little boy with a buzz cut shows no sign of nervousness as he sings in front of the church congregation. Dressed in a pressed white shirt and blue sweater vest, he holds the microphone and sings that the Bible is right, then lets loose the line that brings whoops from the congregation:…
(CNN) — Christianity in America is being hijacked. The faith known for Jesus Christ’s teaching of “love thy neighbor as yourself” is in danger of being redefined by the far right as: “Hate the gays, Mormons and Muslims.” Just this past weekend, Christian missionaries — including members of the organization Bible Believers — traveled to…
(CNN) — A porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a university student in Montreal “trusts the Canadian judicial system,” his attorney said after a hearing Thursday afternoon. Luka Rocco Magnotta, faces first-degree murder and other charges in the death and dismemberment of Jun Lin, a 33-year-old Concordia University student from China. The 29-year-old Magnotta…
Seattle, WA (KCPQ) — Seattle’s gay pride parade is Sunday, but there will be no rainbow-colored flag atop the Space Needle this year. Or at least that’s what Space Needle management was saying Wednesday. The Space Needle released this statement: “As we don`t raise any flag but the American flag on a regular basis, there…
MINNEAPOLIS (CNN) — Jim Smith is a former Roman Catholic priest who left his post with the church 10 years ago. He’s an ex-priest for several reasons, he says, but one of his main concerns was the church’s stance against same-sex marriage and other LGBT issues. But Smith remains a Catholic – though he says…
