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February 28- March 12, 2020 voluMe 1 issue 11
Feb 28-Mar 12, 2020 voluMe 1 issue 11
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on stage Fly at The La Jolla Playhouse C12
COMMUNITY vOICes
Conversations with Nicole C7
Life Beyond Therapy C8
Powerful Black Women Growing up black in San Diego County C15
NIghT LIFe
Big Mike & Friends C9 The C Word … Community Gay for Good! C15
The Bar Social Scene Brunch Smackdown: Saturday vs. Sunday C18 Health & Fitness Work Out Smarter, Not Harder C11
LEATHER pride PRIDE leather LEATHER pride JOhN Serafine Mis San Diego Leather 2019, Pup Rpwdy San Diego Bootblack 2019 and Jody Mitchell Mister San Diego Leather 2019. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Leather Pride)
saN DIegO LeaTher PrIDe 2020 “It’s not about a contest or a tItle, It’s about meetIng a stranger and leavIng wIth a new famIly member.” by Doriam Couto, Mr. san Diego leather 2018
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he year is 1979; the Barbary Coast in Downtown San Diego is nut-to-butt with leatherfolk, drag queens, and members of our LGBTQ+ community attending the very first Mr. Leatherman contest in San Diego. Little did they know the rich history that fundraiser would inspire. It has not
only brought together people whose values span the breadth of the earth, it’s inspired a legacy which has united people for decades under one umbrella: Leather Pride. san Diego leather Pride continues on C2
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TODOs CaMbIaMOs (we all change)
se el cambIo que quIeres ver en el mundo entrevIsta con el dIrector arTuro MoNTeNeGro Por Cesar a reyes
er nuestras historias reflejadas en la pantalla grande es algo que siempre nos llena de orgullo como latinos. Cada año, El Festival Latino de San Diego presenta historial de toda Latinoamérica pero también año con año da espacio a tener historias de nuestra comunidad LGBTQ representadas en la cartelera Somos que es parte del festival. El Festival toma lugar en Marzo 12 al 22 en los Cines de AMC Fashion Valley 18. El Festival son 11 días celebrando en Cine, Arte y la Cultura Latina. Este año Somos nos presenta aún mas diversidad en la cartelera. Con propuestas como Todos Cambiamos, una película de Pánama que nos presenta la vida de Federico Ponce, un padre de familia y señor de negocios, que se enfrenta con la difícil decisión de querer vivir su verdadera vida como Lizzie y lo que eso significa para su esposa e hijos. Platicamos con su director Arturo Montenegro sobre la importancia de este tipo de películas. (translation on page 10) Todos Cambiamos continues on C10
COMMUNITY Meet this years Bayard Rustin Civil Rights Honorees C4 SPORTS If you can’t be an athlete, be an athletic supporter C5 (Courtesy photo)
LLOYD YOUNg
‘I know thIngs that no self-respectIng person should know!’ by Jon-Paul spickard
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ou might recognize the handsome face from the 2009 film “Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!!” And you should definitely recognize the angelic voice from the “Jersey Boys” musical and 2014 film adaptation directed by Clint Eastwood, but there is so much more to John Lloyd Young. He is an award-winning actor, singer and artist. He does extensive charity work for many nonprofits including Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), and the USO. He is a practicing student of Chinese Chan Buddhism and prides himself on the ability to write in Chinese. As a matter of fact, I recently interrupted his usual meditation time to do a Q&A and play the name game and he was happy to humor me. I found him to be kind, smart, political and very witty!
Q&a
JPS: You were born in Sacramento; do you ever get back there? JLY: I was born in Sacramento on Mather Air Force Base, which is now a VA Medical Center and I have been back there on sort of a pilgrimage. I’ve hung out there with a bunch of veterans and “shot the shit” with them outside of, to me, was only a building in a baby picture. My passport says I was born in Sacramento and I live in California now so as far as I’m concerned, I’ve always been a Californian.
John lloyd Young continues on C14
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