SAN DIEGO – Council President Todd Gloria today gave remarks following the announcement of a settlement with Mayor Bob Filner. The comments were made in the Council Chambers of the City Administration Building, and the Council President stood with his Council colleagues. Thank you all for joining me here today. As you know, Mayor Bob Filner…
Poppy Champlin as seen on Showtime, HBO, Oprah and Comedy Central, is bringing her troupe of lesbian comedians back to San Diego Sept. 7 to the Birch North Park Theatre. This year the troupe is comprised of the multi-talented Sandra Valls, a Latina diva of comedy, as seen on her Showtime Special, BET and LOGO….
IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE Episode Title: Fix My Suburban Lie Air Date: Saturday, Aug. 24 at 9 p.m. ET/PT OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Parents Traci and Andre ask spiritual life coach Iyanla Vanzant for her help in “fixing” their two adult children, who they feel are making horrible life choices. The parents blame themselves for their…
St. Pucchi, one of the most renowned names in the bridal industry, is taking a public stand in support of gay marriage. Rani Totman, the brand’s founder and designer, has unveiled window displays in her flagship salon in West Hollywood’s famed Sunset Plaza showcasing two brides dressed in gorgeous St. Pucchi gowns behind the words…
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans has earned a reputation as the premier destination for Halloween. This year will be no exception as the city prepares to celebrate the 30thanniversary of “Halloween New Orleans (HNO XXX),” Oct. 24 – 27. The weekend-long extravaganza, benefiting Project Lazarus, is expected to bring in more than 5,000 visitors from across the country and will feature…
WASHINGTON – Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning announced today that she is female and wishes to begin hormone treatment therapy. In a statement read on NBC’s Today show, Thursday, Manning said, “As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me,” Manning said in the statement. “I am…
The first annual 2013 San Diego Leather Fetish Ball will be held Oct. 5 from 6:30- 11:30 p.m. at Claire de Lune’s Sunset Temple, 3911 Kansas Street in San Diego. Sales will benefit the Ben Dillingham Grant, which provides financial assistance for medical and burial expenses for the LGBT community, the Harvey Milk Scholarship Fund…
While not quite on par with Boystown, the Castro District or KeyWest, the news coming out of Vietnam these days resembles less and less the stuff of third-world homophobia and more and more the growing sense of pride and community that these famed American enclaves have come to represent. In 2011, director Vũ Ngọc Đãng…
Transprogressive Some people consider Pfc. Bradley Manning a hero; others a whistleblower; others still consider him to be a criminal who endangered the security of the United States. There was a portion of the San Francisco LGBT community who wanted to own Manning as a San Francisco Pride honoree this past June. Others didn’t want…
Gaytravel.com, the gay travel company that has been connecting the LGBT community with gay-friendly destinations for more than 15 years has said “goodbye” to Russia as a result of their new anti-gay laws and the upswing in homophobia in the country. In a statement posted on their Web site Gaytravel.com wrote, Due to the recent…
