SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa’s ambassador to Uganda, Jon Qwelane, has been found guilty of hate speech for an anti-gay column he wrote before his appointment. The South African Human Rights Commission’s spokesman Vincent Moaga said a judge ruled that the newspaper column in question, which was headlined Call me names, but gay is not…
NEPAL – Nepal’s Central Bureau of Statistics has given official recognition to gay and transgender people in this year’s Nepalese census. For the first time data was collected on the third gender from 5.6 million households across the country. This has been seen as a major victory for equality in a country that only decriminalized…
The older we get the once popular bar-hopping, dragging someone home at 2 a.m. and then getting up at 7 a.m. for work or church are vague memories. Now we’ve been and gone by 11 p.m. In many cases we have given up the bars altogether, usually due to the hour, but far too often,…
After much travelling recently, it was good to spend some quality time in San Diego. I was able to attend two great events celebrating Stepping Stone’s 35th anniversary (outstanding job Bixi Craig, Tom Reise and committee). This past week marked the 30th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS and I thought about the wonderful friends…
Refuge’s remaining performances are June 11 and 12. A few issues ago, I reported on a handful of dance companies located at Liberty Station. I encouraged LGBT Weekly readers to consider taking a dance class or attend a choreographed production as a way of adding some variety to your local art-going activities. I took my…
InnerMission Productions will be presenting the Adam Bock comedy Swimming in the Shallows at the Diversionary Theatre beginning June 4. Swimming is a surreal comedy that weaves in a lesbian commitment ceremony, a middle-aged couple re-evaluating their lives, and a boy in love with a shark. In a phone interview with LGBT Weekly, playwright…
There are certain words that you associate when you hear the name Stevie Nicks, which are as indelible as the uniqueness inherent in her intonations during a song that surrounds you from your speakers. Words such as “royalty,” “survivor” and “one-of-a-kind,” and you can now officially place “Gleek” and “bossy” on the short list of…
Concierge Travel, the Houston-based, LGBT-oriented travel company that recently announced a lesbian and gay cruise on the world’s largest cruise ship, has now launched plan for the first gay and lesbian cruise on Peru’s fabled Amazon River. The seven-night river cruise is scheduled to set sail on October 27, 2012. Guests will travel aboard the…
It looks like ole ABC did it to me again, and I didn’t even get the luxury of being taken out to a free dinner prior to them … you get my drift and you may want to stand downwind! First, they axed one of their most inventive shows ever when Pushing Daisies was cancelled…
