Writer, actor, musician and transgender activist Chaz Bono (Dancing with the Stars) will be honored at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s 40th Anniversary Gala & Auction, hosted by Leslie Jordan (The Help) and featuring Jane Lynch (Glee) on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. As was previously announced, [...] [...more]
Founder of the That Girl in Pink Foundation, Benni Cinkle, has released her music video for the charitable anthem, “Can You See Me Now” on VH1.com. Cinkle earned international attention as “that girl in pink” dancing in the now infamous Rebecca Black “Friday” video. Yet the video made her the subject [...] [...more]
September 16-18 the QFilm Festival will will be showing over twenty films made this year by some of the top independent LGBT filmmakers. Every year is unique and 2011 promises to be another excellent event and even more special with its international block of films. QFilms has invited Popo Fan, a twenty-six year old Chinese filmmaker [...] [...more]
The Long Beach QFilm Festival 2011, proudly presented by The Gay and Lesbian Center of Greater Long Beach and Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride, will take place September 16th-18th at the historic Art Theater located at 2025 East 4th St. and the neighboring Center Long Beach, both on Long Beach’s renowned “Retro Row.” The [...] [...more]
One of the most profound aspects of the theatre is its ability to combine multiple realities of the human experience through storytelling in order to widen one’s consciousness. Terrence McNally combines the journey of Jesus Christ and his Apostles with the reality of being a gay man in mid-20th century Corpus Christi, Texas. By doing [...] [...more]
Art Theatre of Long Beach & Whole Foods Present Life-changing, New Documentary, “FORKS OVER KNIVES”, Sunday, 7/24th Whole Foods host FREE light brunch preceding film with Chef Paul Buchanan in the lobby. Brunch: 11:15 am; Screening 11:45 am; Tickets are $11 “A film that can save your life” —Roger Ebert “Richly inspiring and informative [...] [...more]
Today the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact announced the Broadway premiere of “8″, a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal legal challenge to California’s Proposition 8, written by AFER Founding Board Member and Academy-Award winning writer Dustin Lance Black and directed by Tony Award-winning actor and director Joe Mantello. The [...] [...more]
The controversy over whether it’s possible to “pray the gay away” has once again hit the headlines with the recent reports about Michele Bachmann’s husband, whose Christian therapy clinic has been caught by undercover media suggesting “reparative therapy” to reverse homosexuality. While the drama might not bode well for Bachmann as [...] [...more]
Out”R”us launched the first phase of its niche LGBT social network. OutRus is a social network targeted toward the LGBT Community. Out”R”us is also open to teens and is standing by its principals of Not being a dating site as are most gay social network sites. The site is free membership and it is loaded with [...] [...more]
Tracy Morgan opens up to Russell Simmons on hip-pop news website, GlobalGrind, regarding the recent controversy surrounding his anti-gay comments. Morgan, who tells Russell to count him in at the next gay marriage protest, apologizes for the anti-gay remarks stating he is most sad about the comments he made about kids and bullying. “I am [...] [...more]
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