Today, Alan van Capelle, CEO of Bend the Arc Jewish Action, issued the following statement on the Senate’s consideration of the Employee Non-Discrimination Act: “Discrimination and intimidation at the workplace is the adult version of schoolyard bullying. It’s wrong, yet through years of inaction, we’ve allowed it to continue to this day. Firing someone based on their…
LOS ANGELES – Nike, the world’s largest sports company, has made an unprecedented $200,000 donation to the LGBT Sports Coalition, which aims to end anti-LGBT bias in sports. Campus Pride is one of the inaugural partners of the LGBT Sports Coalition. This is the first donation made to the Coalition, and it’s the largest donation…
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, Calvin Manson’s soulful production about the life and music of Nina Simone is a beautifully crafted piece. Four performers played Nina at different points in her life and took us from her humble beginnings to her training as a classical pianist and eventually becoming active in pursuing dreams of living…
Turn your dial to KPBS tomorrow for Morning Edition, and Mid-Day Edition to hear a special segment with Beth Accomondo on She-Rantulas From Outer Space- In 3D!” and program your DVRs to catch an in-depth exclusive on the production Friday night at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Evening Edition only with the KPBS Television channel! Buy your tickets here. AND…
http://youtu.be/et5br3riiaE New out artist Kenyth Mogan’s debut music video “Fall Apart” was released today. Written by Kenyth Mogan, Tyler Schuelke and Angelo Rosati Costa the track was produced by Tony Rodini. Describing the video Mogan told Huff Post Gay Voices Savas Abadsidis, “The video follows me and my boyfriend (played by my friend Tyler Schuelke) from…
Director and Co-Writer Ruff Yeager and two of the main characters, Tony Houck and Melinda Gilb sit down to discuss the inception of She-Rantulas from Outer Space-in 3D! playing at Diversionary Theatre, San Diego through Nov. 17. Buy tickets here.
Nashville based pop artist and equality activist Holly Elle performed at the Atlanta Pride Festival earlier this month alongside Bonnie McKee and Steve Grand. Holly Elle has long been a supporter of LGBT rights as well as an advocate for anti-bullying so performing at Atlanta Pride was a natural progression for her. Her song “Freak” (watch the…
SAN DIEGO – The world’s top drag superstars, the winners of RuPaul’s Drag Race and All Stars Drag Race, will rev the crowd up into a heated frenzy at an out of the box charity event held for Mama’s Kitchen at Kimpton’s Hotel Palomar Nov. 15. The fundraiser will be part of Kimpton’s nationwide Red Ribbon Campaign…
WASHINGTON – A retired Supreme Court justice has performed a same-sex marriage ceremony joining Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to become only the second past or present justice to officiate at a same-sex wedding ceremony. Buzzfeed.com reports that retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor officiated at the wedding of Jeff Trammell and Stuart Serkin last…
David Cohen, Bobby Jones and the Verant Group have purchased the North Park Theatre located in the center of what Forbes Magazine calls one of the hippest neighborhoods in the U.S. West Coast Tavern has been operating in the lobby of the theater for more than four years and the purchase is a perfect fit…
