SAN DIEGO – At a special event Friday night at the 1202 Nightclub, San Diego LGBT Pride announced that R&B and hip-hop sensation Monica and wildly popular DJ Morgan Page will be the headliners for the San Diego LGBT Pride Festival July 13–14.

“Freedom to Love and Marry” is the theme of the 2013 celebration.

“I'm excited to be a part of this year's San Diego Pride, as I believe everyone deserves the freedom to love and marry. It's a pleasure to give back to my fans in the LGBT community who have supported my music over the years,” DJ Morgan Page said.

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Women's Chorus (SDWC) will perform its spring concert "Still We Rise" this Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5 at University Christian Church in Hillcrest. Tickets are still available.

The Black Storytellers of San Diego will be SDWC's special guests at this concert event that will offer a glimpse at women’s legacy through story and song. The Black Storytellers of San Diego is a dynamic group of women who promote storytelling and oral tradition through education and entertainment.

The renewed effort to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act launched last week came days before the 60th anniversary of a defining moment in LGBT history, when thousands of employees and contractors were purged from the federal government because they were gay or lesbian.

Actor Tuc Watkins, who played gay neighbor Bob Hunter on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” reveals for the first time that he is gay in real life, and a single dad.

In an interview with Hallmark Channel’s Marie Osmond — scheduled to air Monday, April 29 — Watkins comes out publicly and tells Osmond that he recently welcomed twins Catchen and Curtis via surrogate.