With moderator Courtney Ray on vacay in the Big Apple, Executive Producer Ophelia joined Ian, Alejandra & Amber this week at the Brass Rail studio to add a little sass to the panel. Topics at this week’s roundtable discussion included paying high school students for good attendance, Fat Tuesday, Lent, Mardi Gras, local craft beer breweries, AFCSL softball, SDAFFL flag football, Dining Out For Life benefiting the Center’s HIV/AIDS prevention programs & services + more. They Said will be going on a hiatus for the month of March to do some fine tuning & panelist casting. Check back for the new & improved They Said – the unique talk show where opinions matter and sexual orientation doesn’t – the first week of April, 2012. Read More
Back at Hillcrest’s oldest gay bar, the Brass Rail, Executive Producer Ophelia joined They Said’s Courtney, Ian & Alejandra for this week’s roundtable of topics, washed down with a little vino courtesy of our lesbian oenophile, Amber. Whitney Houston‘s tragic passing was hot on the list, along with Grammys wrap-up and some chatter on Adele, Chris Brown & Jennifer Hudson. The crew also talked about safety concerns with internet hook-ups, the ongoing debate over Hillcrest’s pending Pride Flag, Valentine’s Day, Imperial Court de San Diego’s 40th Coronation, entertainment at this year’s Absolut Mardi Gras and, of course, Dining Out For Life. Sign up to be an ambassador or get your favorite restaurant to participate. Read More
They Said’s post-Super Bowl chat fest featured a new face on panel, the fabulous wine gal Amber Regan, who spoke lesbianese for this week’s roundtable of news & hot topics. Courtney, Ian, Jerimiah & Alejandra helped Amber get settled in, before diving in the Super ‘Madonna’ Bowl / commercial madness, which included some feisty words for CNN’s Roland Martin and his off-color comments about guys liking David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad. The crew also touched on Prop 8, Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen For The Cure and gave their take on boycotts and businesses refusing service to patrons. Ian finished off with several upcoming events including the San Diego Flag Football clinics, Laugh Out Proud comedy night at Martinis Above Fourth and the monstrously yummy Dining Out For Life. Read More
With Jerimiah galavanting around the U.S. and a miscommunication with our first guest lesbian forcing the panel to be short two co-hosts, the remaining They Said crew had plenty to talk about, and rightfully so, as both Ian and Courtney sat in awe over Alejandra’s voluptuous-ity! After getting all the niceties out of the way, they dove headfirst into a full list of topics that included POTUS’ SOTU, Cynthia Nixon’s “choice” of bisexuality, RuPaul’s Drag Race (#TeamChad), the Super Bowl, Madonna, the Muppets retort to Fox News, prenuptial agreements and calls to 911. Then, Courtney put San Diego media on ‘alert’ regarding the mudslinging over San Diego’s mayoral race. Finally, Ian finished off with some upcoming events. Don’t forget to head out and support San Diego American Flag Football this season and Dining Out For Life this April. Read More
Ian, Courtney & Jerimiah welcomed Executive Producer Aaron to the They Said panel at our Brass Rail studio as the resident ‘transian’ (trans + lesbian) to dish this week’s list of news & topics. Hot on the list, of course, was Courtney’s favorite sport, football, and the upcoming Super Bowl. Of course, Aaron & Ian were more excited about Madonna’s half-time performance & the commercials, which now have a bracket of their own for all your Super Bowl party fun. From NFL to college, the crew discussed the rather awkwardly-announced passing of former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno. Then, they talked Oscars, Starbucks offering beer & wine, same-sex marriage in Washington state, Cynthia Nixon’s “choice to be bisexual” and our ongoing search for They Said’s resident lesbian. If you think you’ve got what it takes, email Aaron or Courtney and we’ll have you on as a guest host to test your skills. Read More
