Musicians Sara Bareilles, Lance Bass, Cyndi Lauper, LeAnn Rimes, award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, and actor Verne Troyer have signed on to Freedom to Marry’s Say, “I Do” campaign. Since launching the Say, “I Do” campaign on March 14, more than 70,000 people from across the country have joined celebrities, leaders in tech and business,…
Once upon a time, Ray at Night was a monthly celebration of local artists that brought people and attention to a tiny stretch of road in downtown North Park. Every second Saturday, locals would stroll in and out of shops and studios and look at art and hopefully buy something to give them pleasure, support…
Distinguished art critic Robert Pincus hosts Women and Art, Women in Art, a conversation with members of FIG (Feminist Image Group), the coalition of female artists working in San Diego whose work appears in this group show. What motivates women who are visual artists? What place do women hold in the local art scene? How…
Toni Atkins is the Democratic State Assemblymember representing the 76th Assembly District. In February, she submitted the Gender Nondiscrimination Act (AB 887), which is sponsored by Equality California and the Transgender Law Center. According to the Transgender Law Center and Equality California, AB 887 seeks to strengthen employment, housing and other civil rights protections for…
It is still a great time to buy a home in San Diego. Prices are still down and mortgage interest rates are low. Although it is still a buyer’s market, the number of home sales has risen. This is due to having a large number of buyers in the San Diego market, which includes investors…
Some of you remember Lent as giving up chocolate and fish on Fridays; others of you have never even heard of the word (except that it sounds like something you clean from your dryer). Here we are – in the season of Lent – the 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter. In my column…
How many people in the LGBT community shop at the popular Uptown Shopping Center, home to Ralphs, Trader Joe’s, Starbucks and many other stores? How many people would change their shopping habits if they knew at least one of those stores has failed a national survey for LGBT workplace equality? The Human Rights Campaign (HRC)…
The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) presents the powerful, edgy and inspirational Through a Glass, Darkly for its West Coast Premiere April 9-10. The 45-minute theatrical musical will be performed by SDGMC as part of its popular spring concert, to be held at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center’s 500-seat David and Dorothea Garfield…
