Mervyn LeRoy’s 1956 thriller about a blonde grade-school psychopath is taut, terrifying and more than a little bit campy. Patty McCormack plays Rhoda, the titular character, with a cold, devilish calm that influenced every child playing evil ever since, from The Omen to The Good Son. The battle of wits between Rhoda and her mother…
To say Michael Feinstein is busy is an understatement. The out singer is currently working on his 30th album, creating a score for a Broadway musical, designing a new piano, owns his own nightclub, serves as artistic director of the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts, runs his own record label and still finds…
Getaways to South America, Las Vegas, Monterey, Scottsdale, Arizona and Long Beach are among a cache of prizes up for grabs next weekend through the first-ever opportunity drawing being held by San Diego LGBT Pride as part of the upcoming Pride Around The World celebration. Proceeds from the opportunity drawing will go toward San Diego…
LGBT Pride honors San Diegans each year, based on their activism and support given to the LGBT community. This year’s honorees will be publicly recognized at Pride’s Spirit of Stonewall rally, scheduled for 6:30 p.m., July 15, at the main festival stage at Marston Point in Balboa Park. The 2011 Stonewall Honorees include: Larry Baza…
Michael Irvin, a Dallas Cowboy superstar and prizeholder to three Superbowl wins, joins Ben Cohen, Hudson Taylor, Mike Chabala, and Nick Youngquest as the latest ally to support gay rights and marriage equality. And now, in his recent interview and cover shoot at OUT Magazine, Irvin emerges as much more than a football legacy: rather,…
As the fight for marriage equality gains momentum, states across the nation are experiencing a surge in the demand for marriage among same-sex partners. And while the number of gay marriages and civil unions have sky-rocketed across the board in the US, lesbian couples appear to be driving the trend. The US Census Bureau reports…
Just days after ordering an immediate end to the “Don’t, Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written order requiring the Obama administration to clarify its’ legal position on the ban against openly gay service. According to Reuters, the administration failed to specify whether it intended to seek further review…
Pop icon Lady Gaga was a prime topic of discussion on “Meet the Press” last Sunday, sparking a debate on gay marriage and sexual orientation between host David Gregory and Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty. According to USA Today, the subject arose in light of a recent interview during which Pawlenty admitted to being a…
Democratic senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry recently penned an op-ed for the Boston Globe in which he takes on pundits who have criticized President Obama’s “evolving” views on gay marriage and accuses them of stirring up a “phony debate about a real issue.” Today, Senator Kerry is an avowed supporter of marriage…
Andrew Gibson, openly gay adopted brother of the perpetually controversial actor Mel Gibson, sprung to the latter’s defense in a recent interview by refuting media claims that his brother is homophobic. ABC News reports that according to Andrew, Mel Gibson “never meant to upset anyone” by commenting publicly on either homosexuality or any other sensitive…
