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  • UNDERSTANDING ORGANICS FOR A TRULY HEALTHY BODY

    UNDERSTANDING ORGANICS FOR A TRULY HEALTHY BODY

    ~ by naomi shadwell Food is a major part of our lives. If we are not eating it, we are thinking about it, smelling it, or even just looking at it. Yet, not many people give much thought to how food is produced. Mastering nutrition, however, my main focus is food and how different foods [...]

  • SPIRITUAL BOOT CAMP: STARVE A BULLY, FEED A CHAMPION

    SPIRITUAL BOOT CAMP: STARVE A BULLY, FEED A CHAMPION

    ~ by jacob glass The mind can be your best friend or your worst enemy. It can be the center of miracles, or of madness. It can be a place of truth, or a place of lies; it can be an environment of peaceful contemplation, or of desperate painful isolation. The choice is ours to [...]

  • TWO CALIFORNIA QUEENS SASHAY THEIR WAY INTO ‘RUPAUL’S  DRAG RACE: SEASON 4′

    TWO CALIFORNIA QUEENS SASHAY THEIR WAY INTO ‘RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: SEASON 4′

    ~ by jared cox The wait is over! The sensation that is RuPaul is back and better than ever! RuPaul’s Drag Race marks its fourth season with an all-new fierce cast of 13. RuPaul says that they’ve challenged themselves to make this season more outrageous than ever and happily reports that such attempts were a [...]

  • TALKING WITH TRANSGENDER FITNESS GURU CHRIS TINA BRUCE

    TALKING WITH TRANSGENDER FITNESS GURU CHRIS TINA BRUCE

    ~ by randy hope Chris Gary Bruce was the All-American male high school and college football player from Georgia who married his college girlfriend, had two kids and pursued his interest in fitness and bodybuilding. He eventually achieved 230 pounds of muscle over his 6-foot-1 frame and became a successful multi-million dollar entrepreneur. Bruce enjoyed [...]

  • JENNIFER HOLLIDAY – NEW AND FRESH EVERY TIME

    JENNIFER HOLLIDAY – NEW AND FRESH EVERY TIME

    ~ by randy hope The Tony and Two-Time Grammy Winner is Set to Take the Stage with the San Diego Symphony Just in Time for Valentine’s Day More than two decades after she starred in the hit Broadway musical Dreamgirls, Jennifer Holliday, whose heart-wrenching rendition of the show stopping torch-song ballad, “And I Am Telling [...]

  • I RESOLVE…

    I RESOLVE…

    ~ by jim zians How are those New Year’s resolutions working out for you? If you made them last month, then you may be asking yourself how well you are doing and whether you will manage to stick to your resolutions. Are you still wondering if those resolutions have any chance at success? If things [...]

National

ACTOR MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS IS AN AMERICAN FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY
[ 0 ] January 19, 2012

ACTOR MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS IS AN AMERICAN FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY

~ The ‘Wire’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire’ star forcefully urges Americans to join the fight for equality WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization – released a web ad featuring actor Michael K. Williams for its Americans for Marriage Equality campaign. In the ad, [...]

GLSEN RELEASES GROUNDBREAKING STUDY OF BIAS, BULLYING & HOMOPHOBIA IN GRADES K-6
[ 0 ] January 18, 2012

GLSEN RELEASES GROUNDBREAKING STUDY OF BIAS, BULLYING & HOMOPHOBIA IN GRADES K-6

. Playgrounds and Prejudice: Elementary School Climate in the United States” First National Study to Look at Homophobia, Gender Nonconformity in Elementary Schools Gender Nonconforming Students at Particular Risk for Bullying, Many Teachers Unprepared to Address Issues of Gender Expression, LGBT Families NEW YORK  – The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) today released [...]

FRUIT FLY: LAUGHING DOWN MEMORY LANE MEMORY LANE WITH LESLIE JORDAN!
[ 0 ] January 16, 2012

FRUIT FLY: LAUGHING DOWN MEMORY LANE MEMORY LANE WITH LESLIE JORDAN!

~by randy hope Do gay men become their mothers? That is the question asked in Leslie Jordan’s hilarious and touching new romp, Fruit Fly. Jordan travels back in time using show-and-tell to take the audience on the ride of a lifetime. Childhood recollections combine with perilous teenage shenanigans, Jordan is in his element as he [...]

San Diego

PILOBOLUS: A WHOLE NEW SPECIES OF DANCE
[ 0 ] January 10, 2012

PILOBOLUS: A WHOLE NEW SPECIES OF DANCE

~by joel martens La Jolla Music Society presents PILOBOLUS on Saturday, January 14 at The Birch North Park Theatre. How can you describe something that is almost beyond understanding? I am in such total awe of this group of dancers and their artistry that I struggled to put into words a deserving description. The name [...]

EDEN’S EFFERVESCENT NEIL INGHAM
[ 0 ] January 9, 2012

EDEN’S EFFERVESCENT NEIL INGHAM

~ by brad hart Talks about EDEN’S upcoming ONE YEAR Anniversary Celebration, new events happening this month at EDEN, and some of his OTHER favorite things. Where were you born, Neil? In Memphis, Tennessee So you’re a Southern boy. How long have you lived in San Diego? It will be two years in March. What [...]

SPIN IN 2012 IN THE DJ BOOTH WITH LUIS PEREZ AS BILL HARDT PRESENTS: NYE 2012
[ 0 ] December 27, 2011

SPIN IN 2012 IN THE DJ BOOTH WITH LUIS PEREZ AS BILL HARDT PRESENTS: NYE 2012

Rooted in the music of his native Puerto Rico, and influenced by heavy progressive house sounds, DJ Luis Perez is quickly becoming one of America’s hottest gay entertainers, spinning his fresh beats from venues like The House of Blues in San Diego to the live television broadcast of the 2009 Miss California USA pageant. In [...]

Orange County

ORANGE COUNTY’S PREMIER BUSINESS MIXER FOR THE GAY COMMUNITY – PRESENTED BY THE RAGE MONTHLY & VELVET LOUNGE
[ 0 ] January 16, 2012

ORANGE COUNTY’S PREMIER BUSINESS MIXER FOR THE GAY COMMUNITY – PRESENTED BY THE RAGE MONTHLY & VELVET LOUNGE

Back this month on Thursday, January 19 comes Orange County’s Premier Business Mixer for the LGBT community and friends presented by The Rage Monthly magazine and Velvet Lounge along with the California Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Don’t miss this great opportunity to get out, mix and mingle and grow your business. Be sure [...]

STEPPING OUT WITH A COMEDIC THRILLER!
[ 0 ] January 13, 2012

STEPPING OUT WITH A COMEDIC THRILLER!

~ by lisa lipsey AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 39 STEPS DIRECTOR JESSICA KUBZANSKY The 39 Steps, a two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award winning play based on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film, comes this month to La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel and a little romance, [...]

MARTIN HARVEY
[ 0 ] January 13, 2012

MARTIN HARVEY

On the Wings of Dance for Come Fly Away by bill biss Though Martin Harvey considers himself primarily an actor first… he is one “hell of a dancer.” On stage now in the national touring production of Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away, he dances as one of the principle leads. The show is a musical [...]

Long Beach

IMPERIAL COURT OF LONG BEACH PRESENTS: IMPERIAL CASINO ROYAL ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 21
[ 0 ] January 19, 2012

IMPERIAL COURT OF LONG BEACH PRESENTS: IMPERIAL CASINO ROYAL ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 21

Emperor Dina and Regent Empress Boom Boom, along with the Reign of Passion, Integrity and Glitz of The International Imperial Court of Long Beach present Imperial Casino Royal. Benefiting The Center Long Beach and Bienestar Human Services Long Beach, jackpot prizes include a flat screen TV, camera, gift certificates and more. The casino games begin [...]

BASEBALL CAP AUCTION & PARTY
[ 0 ] November 9, 2011

BASEBALL CAP AUCTION & PARTY

Join the International Imperial Court of Long Beach for Empress Jackie’s Baseball Cap Auction and Party at Paradise Piano Bar on Friday, November 11 at 8 p.m. The event is a fundraiser for The Center Long Beach’s Mentoring Youth Through Empowerment (MYTE) Program and includes a live auction, raffles drawings and lots of gifts. Participants [...]

STOP THE BULLYING FUNDRAISER
[ 0 ] November 9, 2011

STOP THE BULLYING FUNDRAISER

The Long Beach Community Business Network and Club Ripples are set to host a fundraiser for the Paul Duncan Stop The Bullying Fun on Sunday, November 13. The event will include a barbecue on the patio and 50/50 raffle. There will be drink specials, including $2 drafts, $3 iced teas and $2 Jell-O shots. The [...]

Los Angeles

FRUIT FLY: LAUGHING DOWN MEMORY LANE MEMORY LANE WITH LESLIE JORDAN!
[ 0 ] January 16, 2012

FRUIT FLY: LAUGHING DOWN MEMORY LANE MEMORY LANE WITH LESLIE JORDAN!

~by randy hope Do gay men become their mothers? That is the question asked in Leslie Jordan’s hilarious and touching new romp, Fruit Fly. Jordan travels back in time using show-and-tell to take the audience on the ride of a lifetime. Childhood recollections combine with perilous teenage shenanigans, Jordan is in his element as he [...]

NAKED AND TALKING PRETTY IN SANTALAND
[ 0 ] December 15, 2011

NAKED AND TALKING PRETTY IN SANTALAND

THE BLANK THEATRE PRESENTS PAOLO ANDINO IN THE SANTALAND DIARIES ~by john solleder It was almost 20 years ago when David Sedaris read his Santaland Diaries essay on National Public Radio for the first time. At the time, he was a relative unknown and the NPR appearance was his first big break. The story of [...]

LADY GAGA TO BE HONORED WITH GOOGLE AT ‘TREVOR LIVE’ AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM
[ 0 ] November 18, 2011

LADY GAGA TO BE HONORED WITH GOOGLE AT ‘TREVOR LIVE’ AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM

Adam Shankman to Direct Dec. 4, 2011 Event for The Trevor Project WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.– On Sunday, December 4, The Trevor Project will honor Lady Gaga with the Trevor Hero Award and Google Inc with the Trevor 2020 Award during “Trevor Live” at the Hollywood Palladium (6215 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA). The annual show [...]

Blogs

2012—MAYBE THE MAYANS HAD THE RIGHT IDEA?
[ 0 ] January 13, 2012

2012—MAYBE THE MAYANS HAD THE RIGHT IDEA?

Is it possible that the world we understand and know will come to and end?  Personally, I don’t mean to say that I agree with the concept of the world going to go out in a horrifying ball of fire.  I do however like the idea of something ending and changing, being on the verge [...]

Words to live by
[ 0 ] November 9, 2011

Words to live by

Have you set yourself up for a great ride?  There are so many things that can happen during the holidays to derail your best intentions—we all work to enjoy the season but it can be challenging at times. Family dramas usually become that much more intense as we reconnect. Try as we may, it can [...]

It – Just Keeps Moving On . . .
[ 0 ] October 5, 2011

It – Just Keeps Moving On . . .

by joel martens It’s the one thing in life that we have absolutely no control over—the fact that time passes. You can fight the concept, rail against its occurrence, work to not let it show in your life and on your body, but girlfriend there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it. I [...]

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