Jason “Cowboy” Huggins died Wednesday morning, July 6. Joshua Larson, who was arrested June 24 for allegedly bludgeoning Huggins with a rock in a Hillcrest canyon, is now being charged with murder. Huggins, 31, was struck June 22 in a Hillcrest canyon; he later flagged down a motorist at 6:15 p.m. and was taken to…
Nearly 35 food vendors will feed the crowds at this year’s San Diego LGBT Pride festival, scheduled for July 16-17 at Marston Point in Balboa Park. Among them are two “gastro trucks” new to the San Diego food scene and a Swiss hot dog vendor specializing in baguette-encased hot dogs more commonly found on the…
The San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) presents its third annual Pride sing-along with a screening of Rent on Thursday, July 14, 7 p.m. at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center (3925 Ohio St., in North Park). The event features a fully interactive presentation of the film version of the Broadway musical, Rent (which reopens on…
The Lemon Grove Branch of San Diego County Library (8073 Broadway in Lemon Grove), is hosting its second annual Pride celebration on Saturday, July 9 from noon to 3 p.m. This year’s festival celebrates lesbian and gay art, literature and music, with a lineup of musicians, activities and prizes. “This is an exciting event for…
Step right up, folks! It’s fabulous. It’s furious. It’s dastardly. It’s delightful. And above all, it’s absolutely queer. Come one, come all to The Fab and Furious Queer Circus of Dastardly Delights. The Queer Circus sets up camp at the San Diego Art Institute: Museum of the Living Artist in Balboa Park on July 10….
Nominations are being accepted from now until July 15 for the 26th annual Nicky Awards, one of the West Coast’s oldest LGBT community awards. Long considered “the gay Academy Awards of San Diego,” the community-based awards honor and recognize outstanding achievement within the LGBT community. Nominations for the 2011 Nicky Awards are being sought for…
When Patrick Wallace logged onto Facebook one morning and saw that his friend, Michael Volpatt, had posted a note from his mom expressing her unconditional love for her gay son, he immediately recognized it was something special. Less than two months later, the pair has transformed that single letter into a Web site with over…
The San Diego City Council has voted 7-0 to pay $498,320 in architectural fees and engineering designs for a new fire station in Hillcrest to replace the current old building that is too cramped to fit new fire apparatus inside. The Hillcrest Fire Station No. 5, at 3902 Ninth Ave., will be demolished and replaced…
ARKANSAS – A newspaper in Arkansas has insulted a local gay man by omitting him from the obituary of his partner of ten years. Terrance James had submitted an obituary of his partner John Christopher Millican to The Batesville Daily Guard which the paper then edited by removing James’ name. Subsequently, the Gay and Lesbian…
FLORIDA – Notoriously anti-gay reggae star Buju Banton has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of three cocaine related charges. In their verdict the 12 member jury in Tampa, Fla. declared Banton guilty on conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. He was also…
