This  month long festival is designed to  showcases the very  best in Lesbian, Gay Bi and Treans art and culture, which includes  dance, film, cabaret, writing,  poetry,  literature,   and a few exhibitions.

This year for the very first time there is a youth strand in the festival,   called Right To Love,  which promises to offer an interesting insight to the mind of the young.

Other highlights include a reading by leading lesbian author Stella Duffy, the comedy and music night Lavender Girls and the play Mother/Son by Jeffrey Solomon.

The pull of this event is widening,  with a an exhibition in Turku, Finland, while the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and British Embassy in Ankara are funding research into the possibility of holding a Homotopia festival in Turkey.

Festival director Gary Everett said: “Homotopia offers a veritable smorgasbord of entertainment for everyone of all ages. From the hilarious, outrageous and subversive to the thought-provoking and challenging.  International artists from Italy, Mexico and the US rub shoulders with writers and performers from Wales, Scotland and Liverpool. We are now the only LGBT cultural festival in the north of England – come and find out why.”

Jason Shaw

Her new song, ‘Facing a Miracle’ was chosen by a panel responsible for selecting the anthem for the event.

The artist will give a premier performance of the song on July 31st, as the sporting event commences.

According to Dayne:

“My gay audience and followers are the most loyal and the most fun to perform for.”

Read more at: Bi-focal Views!

The event should be laugh packed with the outspoken Handler and equally outspoken honorees Wanda Sykes (The New Adventures of Old Christine) and Miss Coco Peru aka Clinton Leupp, (trick, Girls Will Be Girls)

Handler is one of the LGBT community’s greatest straight allies. She is an opponent of Prop. 8 and was the Grand Marshal at this year’s L.A. Pride parade. Amber Riley, co-star of Glee, will also perform.

Read more at: SheWired.com!

GLBT History Month is endorsed by GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Education Association, and other national organizations. In 2006, Equality Forum assumed responsibility for GLBT History Month.

Celebrate Our Heritage

The GLBT community is the only community worldwide that does not learn its history at home, in public schools or in religious institutions. GLBT History Month teaches our heritage, provides role models, builds community and makes the civil rights statement of our extraordinary national and international contributions.

About Equality Forum

Equality Forum is a national and international GLBT civil rights organization with an educational focus. Equality Forum coordinates GLBT History Month, produces documentary films, undertakes high-impact initiatives and presents the largest annual international GLBT civil rights forum. For more information, visit www.equalityforum.com.

Check out the video below, and make sure you come back every day as the video will change and bring you 31 GLBT icon for all 31 days of October!

GLBT History Is American History

“GLBT History Month sends an important message to our nation’s teachers, school boards, community leaders, and youth about the vital importance of recognizing and exploring the role of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in American history.”

George Chauncey
History Department
Yale University

Watch the video below and find out more at: www.GLBTHistoryMonth.com!

“A march,” you ask with indignation. “I didn’t know. Why doesn’t our gay media keep us informed of these important things. God, our gay press has failed again. Why can’t we have gay versions of Walter Cronkite or Don Hewitt?”

Yes, gentle reader there is a rally. Called the National Equality March; go to this site and you will get all the information you need. If you can’t be in DC that weekend, you’ll find suggestions for alternative activities. Between now and October 11, I’ll spend an entry each week reporting about the upcoming rally.

Read the rest at: 365gay.com

This Memorial Day Weekend, thousands of men and women will converge on south Florida for the largest social gathering of the year. Sizzle Miami, conceived almost 8 years ago, has grown to become America’s most celebrated and anticipated urban gay event in an atmosphere unparallel to none.

Originally a one-day occurrence, Sizzle has evolved into a 5-day smorgasbord of captivating day-time events, and pulsating nightlife. This Memorial Day Weekend, party-seekers from around the world will convene in sunny Miami,
Florida celebrating life, pride & liberty!

Dates: Thursday 21st May 2009 – Tuesday 26th May 2009

For more information, visit the event’s official website by clicking here!

and…if you’re in the DC area, IT GOES DOWN THIS FRIDAY @LIV AND SUN/MON @EYEBAR

K&C Productions,LLC Presents: The Best of both worlds MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND TRIPLE-PLAY

Friday May 22nd @ Liv Night Club 2001 11th Street NW WDC doors open at 9pm $10 B/4 12AM – $15 After must be 21w/ID
And the party continues – Sun May 24th @ Eyebar – 1716 I Street NW in DC doors open at 9pm $10 b/4 12AM must be 21w/ID

LAST AND FINAL STOP: MONDAY NIGHT 5/25/09- GET DOWN & DIRTY SUMMER BASH THE GROWN & SUPER SEXY PARTY @ Eyebar 1716 I Street NW DC . Our theme for this event is YOU BE SEXY! Doors Open @ 9pm each night at each venue until we say the party is over!

K & C Productions, LLC
Founders/Promoters
www.myspace.com/sugafreesundays
sugafreesundays@yahoo.com

As usual, there will be non-stop entertainment both days, with an outdoor stage highlighted by national recording artist Lori Michaels & The Girls, Shelina, Howard Tonkin, Nelson Polanco and many more surprises! Official Pridefest events will be held at several of the nightclubs and venues in town starting on Friday, March 20 at Living Room Niteclub for the Official Pridefest Opening Party and Saturday March 22 at Sidelines Sports Bar and continuing through Sunday night.

To get all the details and plan your trip, visit The Cabana Guesthouse!