San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

Orthodox rabbis often raise their sons in the hope that at least one will enter the rabbinate.

But “Rock Star Rabbi” Shlomo Carlebach’s parents didn’t expect to find their son ministering to a mixed group of San Francisco’s hippies, drug addicts and flower children and singing songs like “Lord, Get Me High.”

How’s it going Hillcrest? I hope you guys are keeping cool with this mini heat wave we got going on.

But I hope you're ready for a weekend jam-packed with a bunch of different fun. We have Drag Race Queens, All kinda delicious food and an announcement you have been waiting for. So sit back relax and let’s get into this week's Out and About. 

“The Taming of the Shrew” has been a problematic play from the beginning, especially with that last scene of a “tamed” Kate advising women to put a hand beneath their husband’s foot as a sign of submission.

The years since then have only intensified women’s discomfort with the play.

How many celebrities do you know who have an underground shopping mall in their basement, stocked with tchotchkes and other memorabilia of their public lives?

Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan play a married couple in the upcoming comedy Ideal Home which is scheduled to hit U.S. theaters on June 21.

A dad wanted to brag about his son’s relationship and asked to see his “boy toy” in this heartwarming story that has recently gone viral.

Louis is a teenager who has become the internet social media celeb of the day thanks to a text exchange he had with his dad.

And now for something completely different.

San Diego Repertory’s Playwright-in-Residence Herbert Siguenza has teamed with Rachel Grossman, artistic director of dog & pony dc theater company, for something San Diego hasn’t seen recently: immersive theater, the kind that invites the audience to “write” the play by becoming part of the action.

The workroom got a bit heated in this week’s episode of Drag Race. The queens had to team up and create a new dating app commercial which gave way to some creative differences during the backstage beating process.

One of the greatest singers of our time, Whitney Houston, left millions of fans wondering how such a successful celebrity could have fallen so far.

What a great week of fun and excitement it’s gearing up to be in San Diego. With spring in the air and the social season starting to take bloom in clubs and special events around the community, there’s no better time to get “Out & About” with Jinx Mirage.