Archive for the ‘Arts and Entertainment’ Category

An over the top production that puts the fun in fundraiser
Esther Rubio-Sheffrey
 
On Sunday October 25, the first annual community charity event of its kind TANTRUMS & TIARAS: Battle of the Bar Queens, will take place at the Birch North Park Theatre. The fundraising goal is ambitious – $50,000. Nonprofit organization Mama’s Kitchen, will benefit from [...]

Margie M. Palmer
(CALIFORNIA) October 20, 2009– After a whirlwind of media frenzy over anti-gay comments made during the Miss USA pageant, USA pageant officials are seeking a refund of $5,200, the exact price of her breast implants.
 The suit was brought by K2 productions, the directors of the Miss California USA pageant, in response to a [...]

Organization Surpasses Fundraising Goal by Raising More Than $250,000 at 8th Annual Garden Party Event
(LOS ANGELES) /PRNewswire/ — Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH), the nation’s only affordable housing development and organization for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) older adults, announced that it raised over $250,000 at its 8th annual Garden Party event entitled [...]

(SAN DIEGO) Thousands of gay men from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico descend on Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, every year over the Thanksgiving holiday – all seeking sun, skin and solstice.  
 
Now in its third blazing hot year, Club Mañana and Club Papi present Vallarta Fever, beginning Nov. 25th through November 29th, 2009.

The weekend event will feature [...]

Dinner to feature Queer as Folk’s Robert Gant and special performance by Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child
 (CHICAGO, IL)  – The Human Rights Campaign announced yesterday the programmatic line-up for its annual Chicago Gala Dinner to be held on Saturday, November 7, at the Hyatt Regency.  This year’s dinner is themed “Time to Shine” and reflects [...]

October 14, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Matt Ramon
619.491.0400
Battle of the Bar Queens Guest Judges Announced:
Community “Fun” Raiser for Mama’s Kitchen to Take Place Sunday October 25
(SAN DIEGO)  On Sunday, October 25, San Diego’s LGBT community is invited to attend a new type of fundraiser.  Taking place at the North Park Birch Theatre, TANTRUMS & TIARAS- Battle [...]

October 13, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Johnathan Hale
jhale@himsd.com
SAN DIEGO)  Today SDGLN.COM is proud to announce five of our esteemed columnists.  Coming from all age groups, all walks of life, and all over the state, we couldn’t be more excited to have them on board. 
Big Mike -  “Living and Loving Life”
Big Mike is a 20 year resident [...]

(BURBANK) Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Concerned Disney stockholders have submitted a shareholder resolution asking the Walt Disney Company to include the prohibition of discrimination based on ex-gay status in its sexual orientation policy and diversity training programs. “The resolution cites the need for diversity and equality in the workplace,” said Regina Griggs, executive director of [...]

 New Commercial Calls Viewers to Join “the Civil Rights Movement of This Generation”
(LOS ANGELES)  PRNewswire— The Rev. Rizi Nasele Timane’ and the Gospel Truth Music Ministry are airing a 30-second commercial identifying the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community’s struggle for full equality as a civil rights issue and promoting equality for all. The ad [...]

Voodoo Lounge Cancels Performance by Buju Banton
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ — Voodoo Lounge announced today that it has canceled the Tuesday, October
 13, 2009 performance of reggae act Buju Banton. “After reviewing Buju Banton’s lyrics, I was appalled by their sheer hatred and encouragement of violence towards the gay, lesbian and transgender community,” stated [...]