If you’re going to be in the Los Angeles area tomorrow with an extra $300 to $25,000 in your pocket, you might want to check out An Evening With Women.

Starting at 6 p.m. on May 19, 2012, the Beverly Hilton Hotel will host An Evening With Women, an L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center event designed to raise funds for the center’s services to the LGBT community.

Organized by singer and songwriter Linda Perry and event producer Brent Bolthouse, An Evening With Women will include some of the most influential women in music and entertainment.

Indeed, Aimee Mann, Wanda Sykes, Kat Von D, and Samantha Ronson will join headliner Courtney Love and special guest Camp Freddy.

In addition to cocktails and entertainment, guests can take part in a silent auction, bidding for items like Linda Perry’s 1983 Customized Harley Davidson Fat Boy, a tattoo from Kat Von D, and a chance to meet Celine Dion.

When a person who has kept her sexuality private or who otherwise has lived his public life as a straight person comes out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, it’s a big deal. It’s an important time in that person’s life, as well as his family’s and friends’ lives.

Like it or not, it can be an even bigger deal when that person is a celebrity, simply because of the often global audience watching that person…

…and an even BIGGER deal when the celebrity comes out as transgender, something that doesn’t happen all that often.

Such is the case for Thomas James “Tom” Gabel, the lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for punk band Against Me!, who has announced he is transgender and will soon be known as Laura Jane Grace.

On May 9, 2012 (that’s tomorrow!) in Washington, D.C., the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will present Heroes of Hope, a tribute in honor of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.

During the 2012 Awareness Day, SAMHSA will honor America’s youth who’ve overcome trauma, as well as the people who’ve helped them become more resilient and triumph over their traumatic experiences.

Such people include family members, community members and health providers, and SAMHSA calls them the Heroes of Hope.

This year, one such Hero of Hope is singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper.

The Fix is rapidly becoming one of my favorite health-oriented websites.

Whether it’s a celebrity interview or an article on some new scientific development, the site, which touts itself as “the world’s leading website about addiction and recovery,” always has something interesting to sink your eyes in.

Of course, I can’t share every single thing I enjoy from The Fix (though I did add the site to the Celebrity Psychings “Well Read” blogroll, finally), but every now and then (like their Courtney Love tell-all and list of how people filled the addiction void after becoming sober), something comes along I think y’all’d find interesting.

Most recently, I’ve bookmarked their list of The 10 Greatest Songs About Recovery.

It’s been two years in the making, but Lisa Marie Presley finally releases her third studio album on May 15, 2012.

(Confession: I’m somewhat excited about this. I dug “Lights Out” and Presley’s cover of “Dirty Laundry,” so, yeah – I’ll probably check it out.)

Rolling Stone calls the 11-track Storm & Grace, her first studio album since 2005′s Now What?, “a raw, powerful country, folk and blues collection that finds her embracing her Southern roots and family name.”

However, you might be a bit surprised to find out how far Presley went to reconnect with those Memphis, Tennessee roots.

Country singer Carrie Underwood and her hockey playing husband Mike Fisher have teamed up to let teens know they’re “beautiful,” “special,” and “loved.”

The celebrity couple recently filmed a public service announcement (PSA) for Do It For Daron (D.I.F.D), a “youth-driven initiative focused on raising awareness and inspiring conversations about youth mental health.”

Friends and family of Daron Richardson created D.I.F.D. after the 14-year-old girl committed suicide. The program “supports programs and initiatives aimed at transforming youth mental health” and aims to help create a future where young people can seek help without feeling afraid or ashamed.

During the PSA, Underwood tells teens to:

If you remember when Keith Richards released his autobiography, Life, you also might remember some of the less-than-flattering things he had to say about bandmate and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.

(Richards hit Jagger below the belt, if you know what I mean.)

Yet, during an interview for an upcoming documentary chronicling the band’s 50-year career, Jagger and Richards discuss the nature of their relationship, and Richards expresses remorse for his comments:

As far as the book goes, it was my story and it was very raw, as I meant it to be, but I know that some parts of it and some of the publicity really offended Mick and I regret that.

For more information about the upcoming documentary, visit The Rolling Stones online.

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Quick reminder!

Remember when I told you all about Lady Gaga‘s new youth empowerment foundation, the Born This Way Foundation (BTWF) and its poster contest?

Well, today’s the day!

The Foundation requires that all contest entries be received TODAY – March 23, 2012 – to be eligible.

Haven’t started yet? Consider this question swiped from the BTWF Web site:

The Amy Winehouse Foundation, launched shortly after the 2011 death of its namesake, has announced a new scholarship program.

Overall, the Foundation is designed to assist charitable activities that help troubled youth, with an emphasis on those kids dealing with disabilities, poor health, financial disadvantages, and addiction and substance abuse problems.

For this particular scholarship, the Amy Winehouse Foundation has teamed up with the Sylvia Young Theatre School, the same London school Amy Winehouse attended as a girl.

Starting in September 2012, the Foundation will pay the full tuition for one talented child who can’t otherwise afford to attend, and will continue to pay until the child “reaches official school-leaving age.”

Do I really have to give a reason why you should spend your weekend listening to Dave Matthews Band?

Really?

Well, if you insist.

Dave Matthews spent last Sunday helping raise money at the ninth annual John Varvato’s Stuart House Benefit.

The Stuart House is a facility for child victims of sexual assault established by the Santa Montica-UCLA Medical Center’s Rape Treatment Center.

According to the Stuart House page on www.911rape.org, the Stuart House:

[...] remedies many of the problems in the traditional system that often revictimize these profoundly traumatized children, such as multiple, repetitive interviews in cold, institutional settings; low prosecution rates; and critical shortages in expert medical care and therapy services.