San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

In 2015, San Diego Gay and Lesbian News brought you the story of Marsha Wetzel, a senior living in a retirement community who claimed staff at the facility abused her both physically and verbally because she is gay.

Alec Mapa isn’t afraid to talk about anything, and the LGBT community should appreciate that a little more, especially if they are parents because that’s just another thing he’s honest and funny about.

It takes a lot to be a drag mother, and even though Michelle Visage is not a drag queen she could be deemed their Godmother. She certainly knows how to mentor them, protect them, help them flourish, but she doesn’t care if they like the sting of her words or not, "Sometimes they’re too belligerent," she tells me.

You may have heard of the latest social app that has dominated the number one spot in Apple’s app store, but what is it really? And why are people so eager to subscribe to its abuse?

It’s called Sarahah and it means “honesty” in Arabic. It was launched in November 2016 and later with a Snapchat update it grew into the little startup that could.

This past Saturday San Diego’s Bob Lehman and his husband Tom Felkner not only celebrated their nine-year wedding anniversary, they also celebrated being the first same-sex male couple married in California.

Lehman posted on his Facebook page that he couldn’t believe so much time has passed and, “Happy Anniversary to all the couples married on that historic day.”

If you did most of your gay coming of age or coming out in the latter part of the 90’s, those lyrics are all too familiar and will probably be in your head for the rest of the day. Sorry about that.

Del Shores made gay movie cult history in 2000, with his Texas toast sized slice of life film “Sordid Lives.” And as he continues this tale in “A Very Sordid Wedding,” we get to revisit these characters once again. And 17 years later they are just as kooky as ever.

It might be said that Kathy Griffin was probably the originator of the modern day tea party. No, not that Tea Party, the one she invited us to, first on her weekly Emmy-winning reality show “My Life on the D-List," then in her stage act where she pours aplenty on Hollywood and its ilk.

One San Diego drag entertainer is probably the biggest fan of comic book culture, character-driven video games and any sort of entertainment that involves a lot of color.

Kickxy Vixen-Styles wanted to use all that knowledge and put it into a weekly YouTube discussion show with her friend Slay.Braham, nee Abraham, who shares her interest in what she calls “nerdism.”

Although Hilary Clinton lost the election to Donald Trump last year, it's not going to stop one little girl from attaining her dream to becoming America’s first Madam President, at least that’s the premise behind one gay television star’s timely children’s book.