San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

It's been over a year since Babycakes moved out of Hillcrest, but get ready because they're back. Their grand opening will happen on December 14. There will be an official ribbon-cutting, giveaways, and specials. 

 American democracy is one of the greatest political systems the world has ever devised, granting freedoms (and responsibilities) to its citizens that are paralleled in few other areas of the world.

But that “shining city on the hill” has a few dark spots as well, brought about by those old bugaboos fear and loathing. 

And now for something completely (or at least delightfully) different: New Village Arts’ world premiere of the pirate version of “Around the World in 80 Days,” with original music composed by Joseph Freeman and Renee Moreno of Leucadia’s pirate rock band Shantyannes.

Emmy winner Billy Porter is going to help ring in 2020 live from New Orleans as he helps host Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2020.

This will be the first time the Pose star has been a part of the show now in its 48th year.

There's a new gay bar coming to Hillcrest and it's getting ready to open its doors in just over a week. 

Just in case you missed all the hub-bub, the "World Famous Tin Room" is taking up residence in Hillcrest. This is an extension of their bar of the same name that remains open in Dallas. 

Jamie Lee Curtis has been dealing with an entity hiding behind a mask for four decades, but there is one menace in particular that she feels should be exposed; closeted anti-gay politicians.

Dolly Parton appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers this past week and gave a special shout out to her gay fans through one of her most famous songs.

The 73-year-old singer was on the show to promote "Heartstrings," a Netflix original that uses her songs as the inspiration behind the episodes.

It’s a story of a couple of minor-league crooks planning a revenge heist. Backyard presents this funny and profane American classic through Dec. 7 at the Tenth Avenue Arts Center. Rosina Reynolds directs.

Donny (Francis Gercke), proprietor of a cluttered junk resale shop, has sold a buffalo head nickel for $90, but now thinks it’s worth a good deal more and wants it back.

San Diego Pride 2018 headliner Kim Petras is above hate, literally. The trans singer is featured on four electronic billboards in Topeka, Kansas, the birthplace of the anti-LGBTQ Westboro Baptist Church (WBC).

Love, loss, dreams and responsibility haunt the characters in Ann Noble’s “And Neither Have I Wings To Fly,” playing through Dec. 8 at Scripps Ranch Theatre.