A lot has been written about Carl DeMaio as a candidate and as a gay Republican, and I wanted to take some time to speak to DeMaio about how he perceives himself fitting in with both the LGBT community and the Republican Party.

While this email interview was conduced before DeMaio announced May 31 he was running against Rep. Scott Peters for the 52nd Congressional district, I asked him questions about his perceptions of a community he is at once a member of – and, by some, excluded – that continue to be relevant.

So many people are quietly working to make the world a better place, and we just don't thank them enough. Within our community, we have several awards events to honor people who are doing big things, but too often it's the people who are just living their everyday lives doing the incredible things who don't get any credit for it.

WASHINGTON -- With the Supreme Court only days away from major rulings on same-sex marriage, President Obama faces the prospect of having to make his own difficult decisions about the definition of wedlock.

Gay rights advocates are already pressing Obama to immediately broaden the federal government’s recognition of legally married same-sex couples if the court strikes down a ban on providing federal benefits to them.

The question for Obama turns on whether the federal government should extend full benefits to gay couples living in states that don’t recognize their marriages.

You know you’re not in Camelot when King Arthur’s “steed” is a sound effect made by knocking coconut shells together.

In fact, the King (Bob Himlin) and his sidekick Patsy (Steven Grawrock) are in Monty Python country, “Spamalot” to be exact, and a wild and wacky evening is in store for all.

Premiere Productions presents “Monty Python’s Spamalot” through June 23 at the Welk Resorts Theatre.