WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner says the House counsel will defend the federal ban on gay marriage, now that the Obama administration won’t. A five-member panel appointed by Boehner voted 3-2 on party lines to defend the law. Last month, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Obama administration will no longer defend Defense of…
NEW ORLEANS – Reverend Grant Storms, an anti-gay Christian fundamentalist preacher from New Orleans, has been arrested for public masturbation near a playground in a public park. Storm said he was urinating in a bottle on his lunch break, but two witnesses say they saw him masturbating. Police reports stated the preacher confessed, but Storms…
AUSTRALIA – An Australian TV presenter criticized for on-air remarks he made about Sydney’s Mardi Gras festival has made a public apology. Ron Wilson, a presenter for Channel Ten, was interviewing Mardi Gras festival co-chair Peter Urmson, when he asked him, “On the night some of the spectacles you’re seeing, I’m assuming, would even make…
ISRAEL – Singer Dana International, one of the most famous transgender celebrities in the world, is once again going to represent Israel in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, after being selected by Israeli TV viewers. The 39-year-old star, real name Sharon Cohen, will perform her new song “Ding Dong” in the competition, being held in…
MOZAMBIQUE – Compared to some African nations, the Republic of Mozambique has strong equality credentials. In an encouraging step forward, the country’s Justice Minister at the UN, Benvinda Levi, has said that homosexuality was not illegal in Mozambique. LAMBDA, an LGBT association in Mozambique which is not currently recognized by the state, welcomed the statement…
Form versus function seems to be an omnipresent choice in my world: shoes, clothes, kitchen organization and even vegetable planting. With spring next week, I will face a new wealth of these choices: a whole quarter of my closet to choose from again, spring cleaning, organizing and what kind of vegetables I will grow. Of…
Thursday, March 17 Go green It’s time to get down and get lucky at the15th annual Miller Light ShamROCK 2011, with the Young Dubliners. The Gaslamp transforms into the greenest party this side of Dublin! ShamROCK 2011 will certainly have enough traditional Irish music and food to get your step dancing on, but they’re also…
My doctor made me cancel my Oklahoma trip and I’ve been in bed rest for about four days, but I’m feeling better and ready to rock and roll. I’ve cancelled all of my out of town trips until the end of the month, so maybe I’ll see you around San Diego! SDDC attack on Dumanis…
San Diego leather men and women are in the midst of Leather Pride festivities, an annual series of events that is part celebration and part community outreach. “It is the leather community’s chance for a local celebration of what we are all about, and to do outreach to the rest of the community,” said Adam…
