As a Mormon following his faith, director of the L.A. Film Festival Richard Raddon donated $1,500 to support Proposition 8.  Both the L.A. Film Festival and the Independent Spirit Awards are under the umbrella of Film Independent, a nonprofit arts organization with the explicit mission to promote diversity. Last week, Raddon offered to resign as [...]

OMG! Elton John, you’re breaking my heart. And getting used by Yes-on-8 fund raisers in the aftermath of the passage of ballot initiative that eliminated same-sex marriage in California.

As fires raged in the outlying suburbs of Los Angeles, over 20,000 supporters of equal marriage rights marched peacefully through downtown Los Angeles as part of a national day of protest against the passage of Proposition 8 which eliminated the right to marry, granted by the California Supreme Court earlier this year. Thousands arrived by [...]

El Coyote’s red neon sign flickered above the angry crowd of nearly 100 demonstrators last night as their shouts of "Hate on plate! Hate on plate! What do we want? Civil rights!" filled the night. But privately, many expressed regret at the situation which could force the closure of this beloved landmark: Someone here, who [...]

Over seven thousand protesters filled Sunset Junction, the heart of Silver Lake, still the center of hardcore, funky, old school gay Los Angeles–though the past decade’s influx of straights has raised the cry of "Get rid of the baby-daddies and bring back the leather daddies!" Saturday night Silver Lake was vitalized, vivified and electrified as [...]

Melissa and Tammy Lynn While the grassroots are moving  to have the IRS investigate the tax exempt status of churches involved in the passage of California’s repressive ban on same-sex marriage,  Grammy and Academy Award winner singer Melissa Etheridge has another plan for those un-personed by Prop 8: Okay. So Prop 8 passed. Alright, I [...]

Over 1000  protesters in West Hollywood, upset over the passage of Prop 8 took to the streets chanting "Equal Rights."  Around midnight, while several hundred stayed in WeHo, one large group marched east along Santa Monica Blvd and another along Sunset Bvd, then up to Hollywood and Highland Blvds where a protester was arrested when [...]

Tomorrow the AFL-CIO launches voter protection radio spots by rapper Ludacris, television’s Judge Mathis and actor/activists Hill Harper and Edward James Olmos. Olmos recorded two ads, one in English and one in Spanish You can listen to them here: The ads run from Oct. 25- Nov. 4 in 16 media markets in Colorado, Florida, Michigan, [...]

The Denver police union is selling t-shirts DNC commemorative t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “We Get Up Early to Beat the Crowds:”

Former bad girl and rehab-frequent flyer  Lindsay Lohan is settling down since starting a serious relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson. The couple has some thoughts about Sarah Palin which they shared in Ronson’s blog. Excerpts include: Is it a sin to be gay? Should it be a sin to be straight? Or to use birth [...]