Congratulations to our brothers and sisters in New York State who now have the freedom to marry the one they love! I watched the LiveStream on pins & needles and listened to some very passionate, powerful speeches, including Senator Grisanti who, despite his strong Catholic conviction, believed that NO ONE should be denied the right to marry the one they love and receive all the rights & protections afforded that union. Shortly after 10:30PM (Eastern time) on Friday, June 24, 2011, four days shy of the 42nd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village – the riots that ignited the LGBT equality movement – New York State Senate, in a vote of 33-29, approved marriage equality. Read More
Yep, you read that right! We made primetime TV, baby. Remember back about six months ago you heard us rambling on & on about filming with the Bump! crew from LOGO? Well, the show finally premiered nationwide on Wednesday, March 9, and we’re happy to share it here with you now…you know, just in case you forgot to set your DVRs. Bump – the ultimate gay travel companion – is the world’s first LGBT travel and lifestyle television series presenting new, gay-friendly destinations in each episode with a stylish, fun & upbeat twist. The show airs internationally on OutTV, LOGO, Here and others. San Diego was the featured destination in episode 5 of the series’ 5th season. So, they’ve been around and know exactly how to have fun no matter where in the world they go. Read More
Stampp with Madame Secretary Hillary Clinton
If you don’t know Stampp Corbin, you should. We had him on the show a couple months ago and he was a riot! Stampp’s an international business & community leader, philanthropist, political activist and one of my favorite oenophiles – we both like white, chilled, thank you. He’s walked the hallways of Stanford, Harvard and the White House and isn’t the least bit pretentious about it. He’s a smart, savvy and driven entrepreneur who has founded, run and sold several multi-million dollar IT companies. He’s served on the Boards of the Human Rights Campaign, Easter Seals and Mount Carmel Hospitals, was a National Advisor to the Small Business Administration during the Clinton Administration and the Co-Chair of the National LGBT Leadership Council for Obama’s Presidential campaign. And, even though Stampp is an out and proud gay man now living in San Diego and producing the city’s only LGBT weekly newsmagazine, the recently launched San Diego LGBT Weekly, he’s rubbed elbows with some big-time leading ladies the likes of Hillary (Clinton,) Michelle (Obama) and two-time Tony Award-winner Tonya (Pinkens,)…and that’s just a few of them. Read More
Yes, I’ve received your emails…and comments…and Facebook posts. And I agree, my blogs have been, let’s just say, lacking. While I admit to getting on Ophelia‘s tail about keeping up on her ‘blogging’ I, myself, have left my lil He Said blog space somewhat dusty. I promise it’s not without reasons, many of which you probably won’t care about. My absence of blogtivity these past few months on HSSS.TV isn’t because I haven’t been in front of the computer. Hashem knows that’s not the case. Try tearing me away from Facebook or Twitter and see what happens. But, that comes easy for me because social media is a huge part of my work. I’m online every day, all day. Now, add to that a twice-weekly talk show, PRing clients, other print & online writing gigs, being at The Center six days a week, working with Stonewall Citizens Patrol and countless other social & charity events and fundraisers, and well, Aaron’s just a busy boy. Realistically though, if I focused as much attention on this blog as I do sassing up my status updates, I wouldn’t be fielding the hate mail and the point of this post would be moot. So, perhaps an intervention is in order. Not in that A&E cameras following your every move for an ambush reality show sorta way. Just more a, “betch needs a tech-free vacation” way. Some call it going off-line for a while. I’m calling it an Inter(net)vention. Read More
