NEW YORK—Thursday, Aug. 4, police in Uganda raided a nightclub where an annual LGBTI pride celebration was taking place. In addition to brutalizing participants in the pride event, the police detained leaders of civil society organizations who are engaged in advocacy for the LGBTI community. This attack is part of an overall pattern in Uganda…
Sharp Senior Resource Centers today announced the free programs offered at Sharp Memorial and Sharp Grossmont Hospitals. These are free programs offered to the community at large, not just Sharp members. Sharp Memorial Hospital Senior Resource Center, 7901 Frost St., CA 92123 858-939-4790 September 2016 Programs The Senior Resource Center at Sharp Memorial Hospital offers…
NEW YORK, N.Y. –Athlete Ally, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and 20-plus national LGBT organizations submitted a letter to the Big 12 Conference and its member schools urging it not to consider Brigham Young University (BYU) as a potential new conference member because of the school’s express policy of discriminating against same-sex couples…
Broadway San Diego has announced that San Diego native, Nick Cordileone, will star in the role of “Timon” in the San Diego limited return engagement of The Lion King at The Civic Theatre, Sept. 7 – Oct. 2. This production also features Mark Campbell as “Scar,” Gerald Ramsey as “Mufasa,” Buyi Zama as “Rafiki,” Drew Hirshfield as “Zazu,”…
Vice TV show Gaycation will air a special episode Aug. 24 where co-hosts Ellen Page and Ian Daniel travel to Orlando in the wake of the massacre at Pulse nightclub. Gaycation: Orlando includes one survivor’s harrowing story of escaping the night club and another’s day of burying one pair of friends, reports Indiewire. The special hopes to…
The San Diego Women’s Chorus have extended the deadline in their search for an assistant to the artistic director (AAD). The new deadline for applicants is Aug. 29. The AAD will work under and report to the San Diego Women’s Chorus Artistic Director, the acclaimed Kathleen Hansen, and the SDWC Board of Directors. The ideal…
Aug. 4 Ugandan police forces raided the 2016 Uganda Pride, forcefully arrested prominent human rights activist Dr. Frank Mugisha and Pepe Julian Onziema, leaders of Sexual Minorities Uganda, among countless others. Activists and individuals took to social media to report incidents of police brutality and misconduct. Kasha Jacqueline tweeted, “Our Pride event has been raided…
Aug. 11, Sen. Marco Rubio will address listeners at an event in Orlando that is backed in part by the virulently anti-gay Liberty Counsel. The event, “Rediscovering God in America Renewal Project” is being held at a hotel that is less than 10 miles from the site where Omar Mateen slaughtered 49 people at a…
HRC Alabama has revealed a new billboard off I-85 in Montgomery calling out disgraced, notoriously anti-LGBTQ Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, reports the HRC’s Hayley Miller. The billboard, which reads“#NoMoore: Dismiss Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore” goes up as Moore, suspended from the bench in May for his consistent defiance of pro-marriage equality federal rulings…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera has announced the continuation of its “Community Conversations”, a free lecture series that explores the various aspects of San Diego Opera’s 2016 – 2017 season – La Cenerentola (Cinderella), Soldier Songs, Falstaff, and La traviata. These popular events pair San Diego Opera’s Director of Education and Community Engagement, Dr….
