As previously announced, the Federation of Gay Games will be headed to South Africa for its 2008 annual meeting. This year’s forum will take place from October 20-25 in Cape Town and will feature two days for board meetings, one day for various committee meetings and three days of meetings for the General Assembly. TOGS, the national LGBT sports organization of South Africa, organized the FGG annual meeting.
Critically celebrated songwriting force Tegan and Sara have announced dates for a late Summer, early Fall American tour which will kick off in San Diego on Sep. 20, and will culminate with a 4 night stand in Los Angeles Oct. 16-19, in support of their current Vapor/Sire album, The Con.
AIDS Walk San Diego has been selected to participate in Macy's Passport In-Store fundraiser on Sat., Oct. 4. Macy's Passport In-Store is a shopping event benefiting more than 10 HIV/AIDS community organizations in the San Diego area, including AIDS Walk San Diego. This activity-filled day offers special discounts, cooking demonstrations, fashion events, special giveaways and the chance to win a $1,000 Macy's shopping spree.
A far cry from traditional stand-up, Hot Gay Comics highlights the best in out and proud comedy. Each show features a cast that includes mainstays as well as up and comers in today’s comedy world. here! Networks gathers friends and comedic contemporaries for a night of hilarious gay and lesbian storytelling. This is not your straight friends’ comedy show.
Peace One Day has announced that a star-studded concert celebrating Peace Day 2008 will be held at the Nokia Theatre Times Square in New York City on September 9th, 2008. Grammy-award winning singers Annie Lennox and Bryan Adams will perform acoustic sets alongside international sensation Natasha Bedingfield.
Other Side Productions presents the New York City premiere of Two Spoons—a poignant comedy that follows Steve and Larry, gay dads with a three-year-old son, who are on the verge of getting married until a weekend getaway in the City of Brotherly Love changes everything. The play explores the line between, and the boundaries of, independence and commitment, freedom and responsibility, fantasy and reality.
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights group, today announced that best-selling author, Emmy Award-winning television host, and personal finance expert Suze Orman will be honored with the 2008 National Equality Award at the organization's Twelfth Annual National Dinner in Washington D.C. on October 4th.
RealJock and Diakadi Body will be hosting two back-to-back RealJock Diakadi bootcamp training weeks at Atlantis Events' Club Vallarta at the beautiful, all-new Pallace Vallarta Resort. Billy and Mike will lead a series of daily bootcamp workouts available to all Atlantis guests that will incorporate many of the challenging exercises you've seen in their RealJock workouts, as well as a lot of new ones you haven't.
For the 22nd consecutive year, the island city renowned for its all-embracing diversity is to welcome as many as 5,000 women during the Womenfest celebration. Set for Tuesday through Sunday, Sept. 2-7, the acclaimed event for lesbians and their friends features activities ranging from pool parties and women-only watersports excursions to an art and poetry evening and a group commitment ceremony.
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the only national nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to advancing workplace equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, expects nearly 3,000 attendees to gather at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, September 10-13 for the annual Out & Equal Workplace Summit.
