If you’re heading over to Vegas you’ll definitely want to check out the Fremont Street Experience downtown (Old Vegas). It’s a short drive from the Strip. We’ve been there a few times and have always enjoyed the free shows, deep-fried Oreos and 99c shrimp cocktails. This year they’re presenting the Rock of Vegas Summer Concert […]
thursday, june 27 Joshua White The San Diego Museum of Art has selected three nationally recognized musicians: Danny Green, Joshua White, and Mark Dresser for the Jazz Residency Project. During their residencies, each musician will explore a single topic or theme critical to their work over the course of three concerts. Each concert includes a […]
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) bills itself as the largest LGBT civil rights organization in the U.S., but it has a reputation of not being trans friendly. In the 110th Congress (2007/2008), the HRC was the only LGBT civil rights organization that supported the non-trans-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) put forward in 2007 by congressional […]
BY WILL RODRIGUEZ-KENNEDY SAN DIEGO — In the wake of two landmark decisions by the Supreme Court striking down the Defense of Marriage Act and ruling the people who brought the Proposition 8 case did not have standing, hundreds of jubilant community members gathered at the Hillcrest Pride Flag and the San Diego LGBT Community […]
The San Diego Sqooterheads, in association with Mo’s Universe, are proud to present the Stonewall Anniversary Scooter Roundup, taking place under the Hillcrest Pride Flag this Friday June 28, 8:30-10:30 p.m. — the 44th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion that gave birth to the modern LGBTQ rights movement. The Roundup is for anyone in the community […]
National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual campaign to encourage people of all ages to “Take the Test, Take Control.” Too many people don’t know they have HIV. In the United States, nearly 1.1 million people are living with HIV, and almost one in five don’t know they are infected. Getting tested is the […]
BY THOM SENZEE Life with La Toya star, La Toya Jackson will be grand marshal at this year’s San Diego LGBT Pride parade. She will also be introducing the winner of the Voice of Pride singing contest during the Pride festival. San Diego LGBT Weekly spoke with the superstar by phone yesterday and got some insight about what […]
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the Proposition 8 case did not have standing, California Gov. Jerry Brown has told county officials the ruling applies statewide, reports the Sacramento Bee. In a prepared statement Brown said, “After years of struggle, the U.S. Supreme Court today has made same-sex marriage a reality in California. In […]
In what LGBT activists are hailing as a major step forward, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued the first revision in nearly a decade including, among other points, a decidedly pro-LGBT message. “Sexual-minority youth should not be considered abnormal,” said its new materials released on Monday entitled “Office-Based Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and […]
With President Obama planning to make a three-country stop in Africa this week, LGBT activists, diplomats and party officials are all expressing concern about just how far he can and will go in denouncing the treatment of millions of people living there, reports ABC.com. The President plans on visiting South Africa, Senegal and Tanzania. The […]
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