Announcing Our San Diego Pride Giveaway! In an effort to connect with our LGBT Weekly readers, we’re giving away 2 San Diego Pride Festival tickets to a lucky winner every week from now until July 15. All you have to do to win is subscribe to LGBT Weekly. Here’s how the giveaway works. We will…
According to MSNBC.com, a new poll conducted by the Pew Center suggests that highly visible gay families may be changing the way Americans view and accept alternative family structures. The nationally representative survey polled 2,961 Americans – and overall results revealed participants to be more supportive of two-parent gay and lesbian families than they are…
A group of thirteen activists will appear in federal court on Friday in response to charges filed against them during a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” protest held in November of last year. Members of the group, which includes gay rights advocates, a Catholic priest and gay and lesbian veterans banned from military service under the…
Pop megastar Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance this past weekend at Connection, a gay bar in Louisville, Kentucky. The vocally pro-LGBT singer showed up unexpectedly at Connection after performing at the Louisville KFC Center earlier in the evening. According to TMZ, Gaga joined impersonators taking part in a Lady Gaga drag show and joined…
As part of its 2012 Election news coverage, ThinkProgress reported yesterday that possible Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his associates contributed more than $850,000 to a 2010 campaign against the three Iowa Supreme Court justices supported marriage equality. The report follows evidence that Gingrich also gave $200,000 to the anti-marriage equality group Iowa for…
Assemblywoman Toni Atkins recently administered the oath of office to the San Diego Democratic Club’s new slate of officers. The officers include: Doug Case, President; Jeri Dilno, Executive Vice-President; Craig Roberts, Vice-President for Political Action; Matt Corrales, Vice-President for Development; Brad Jacobson, Secretary; and John Gordon, Treasurer. “We need to re-tool and re-energize the Club…
The San Diego Democratic Club (SDDC) will host a panel discussion on a new initiative to reform the governance structure of the San Diego Unified School District at the Club’s March 24 meeting. The initiative is being sponsored by a group of parents and business leaders called “San Diegans 4 Great Schools.” The organization is…
