Cathy Rigby soars into the Civic as Peter Pan

Cathy Rigby

Peter Pan hit Broadway in 1955 starring Mary Martin in the title role. Her performance won her a Tony award and since then the character has been portrayed both on stage and screen many, many times. This week Cathy Rigby brings the role of Peter Pan to life at the Civic Theatre. Complete with Captain [...]

Buy, sell or hold: A political investors guide to Election 2012

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By now, you undoubtedly know the candidates who won the elections you care about. Electoral gains, however, aren’t limited to the people who win offices. A variety of other people and interests saw their stock change this week. Here is your investor’s guide to the next round of politicians and issues. Buy: Number crunchers. Since [...]

Fighting for a good cause

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Last week, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) and OutServe, the association of actively serving LGBT military personnel, announced the selection of transgender Army veteran Allyson Robinson to lead the newly combined organization. In her first interview since her appointment Robinson spoke to San Diego LGBT Weekly columnist Autumn Sandeen about her new role and what [...]

Time to decide, San Diego

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In every election, someone will tell you that voting is a matter of life and death. This year, it’s literally true in California, as Proposition 34 would repeal the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Oddly, life and death may not even be the most important thing to [...]

Halloween: a totally gay tradition

The holiday season is upon us and by holiday I don’t mean Thanksgiving or Christmas. I am referring to the holiday, that highest of holy days for most gay men; from the moment we stumble across mom’s jewelry box right past middle age when makeup and monsters continue to give us a thrill. Am I [...]

Exclusive interview: Lance Bass takes to the San Diego stage to fight for marriage equality

BY JONATHAN YOUNG Lance Bass is accustomed to being in the spotlight. He’s performed with the record-breaking NSYNC, trained to be an astronaut, cut a rug with swing dance champ Lacey Schwimmer on Dancing with the Stars and has revealed to the world he is gay with a cover story in People magazine – just [...]

Living history: San Diego LGBT history is alive and well today

San Diego has a very vibrant past, especially in the LGBT community. The history is just as colorful – and fabulous – as its people. You don’t have to dust off an old book, however, to learn about America’s Finest City’s early days. Just look around and you will see several organizations and establishments that [...]

Upwardly mobile, eminently electable: We interview Dave Roberts, 3rd District county supervisor candidate

On paper, in photos and in person, Solana Beach Deputy Mayor Dave Roberts comes across as if he could have been sent straight from Central Casting to fill the part of ”perfect contemporary political candidate.” The candidate for 3rd District county supervisor hopes to succeed Pam Slater, who is stepping down after more than 20 [...]

Who are you walking for? AIDS Walk 2012

This year the AIDS Walk launched a Facebook site for participants to answer the question, “Who are you walking for?” Some weeks ago this writer attended a team leader informational meeting. At the end of the session the leader asked the attendees to answer the question on video. That gave me pause to think back [...]

RIP, DADT

For more than a decade, the U.S. Dept. of Defense’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy claimed the careers, livelihoods and in some cases, the lives of American servicemembers whose only crime was volunteering to serve our nation and being gay, bi or lesbian at the same time. The contention among repeal advocates was that [...]

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