Luna Grill – fast casual Mediterranean restaurant featuring all-fresh, high-quality, wholesome, made-to-order Mediterranean fare – has just opened its doors for business on its fourth restaurant. The newest location is in the Hillcrest area of San Diego, at 350 University Ave. at Fourth Avenue. “The Hillcrest community has been one of the friendliest so far,”…
As I wrote when the movie opened, “Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre is smartly taut, with Moira Buffini’s screenplay restructuring the telling of the plot without losing any of its themes or power. Fukunaga also retains the beauty of Charlotte Bronte’s prose, not by using voice-over but by shooting the movie with literary precision: exquisitely detailed…
Logo, Sunday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m.: Jamie Babbit’s brightly colored comedy about an ex-gay therapy camp for teen queers is not quite as funny or moving as it wants to be, but it’s damn entertaining, with Natasha Lyonne as the lesbian cheerleader and Clea DuVall as her fellow camper. The rest of the cast is…
Miley Cyrus has got a new tattoo. Her seventh in fact. The new tattoo is an equal sign on her wedding ring finger symbolizing the fight for equal rights. Pink News reported that Cyrus tweeted a picture of the new tattoo to fans with the words “all love is equal.” Some fans were not happy…
President Sebastian Pinera of Chile proposed legislation Tuesday that aims to guarantee the legal recognition of gay civil unions throughout the country. If the measure becomes law, gay couples will be afforded a number of rights currently reserved for opposite-sex married couples, such as social benefits and inheritance rights. According to the Associated Foreign Press…
White House spokesmen have announced Raul Alvillar’s appointment as interim LGBT community liaison to the Obama Administration. The decision, released Wednesday, designates Alvillar as the temporary point of contact for LGBT individuals until the administration names a permanent liaison to the position. The Washington Blade reports that Alvillar will step into the position held by…
“Sesame Street” has evolved into a cultural icon for children (and their parents) across the country – and besides Big Bird and Elmo, perhaps two of the show’s most well-known characters are the stripe-sporting, rainbow-hued roommates Bert and Ernie. For decades, the puppet duo has lived and learned together on the air – and now,…
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum took a metaphysical detour Tuesday in the midst of his campaign travels to expound on the issue of same-sex marriage. In addition to his routine talking points on the matter – including the significance of family, morality, faith and other socially conservative staples – Santorum also presented locals at an…
Reverend Ouyang Wen Feng, the first and only openly gay pastor in Malaysia, is encouraging the country’s gay and lesbian people to “keep coming out” in an effort to fight LGBT discrimination. The outspoken equal rights advocate, who is also the leader of a controversial gay-friendly ministry, hopes to empower Malaysia’s gay community to speak…
