Response to ‘hatchet job’ I have been traveling around southern Mexico the last few weeks and the first thing friends handed me when I returned was a column by Nicole Murray Ramirez in the March edition of the LGBT Weekly. I would like an opportunity to respond to the hatchet job done on my character…
TODD GLORIA San Diego City Councilman, District 3 I support the use of marijuana for medical purposes. As someone who understands the critical importance of this medicine for many people, I felt it necessary to challenge the notion, held by many, that there is no place in our city for medical marijuana consumer cooperatives….
David Sedaris – the acerbic, sardonic and self-deprecating openly-gay humorist/writer – is at his best when life seems at its worst. His awkward foibles and fumbles with family, while employed as a Macy’s Santaland elf, insane neighbors including a Bad Seed-esque little girl and culture shock after moving to Paris with longtime partner Hugh Hamrick…
The Community Leadership Council’s LGBT Redistricting Task Force is working to ensure the survival of an LGBT-friendly district, and is asking the community to make a strong presence at the May 2 public hearing. The San Diego Redistricting Commission is hosting public hearings to gain feedback and input about the redistricting process. A pre-map public…
Townspeople, an organization that helps find housing options for people living with HIV/AIDS, low-income, homelessness and mental illness, has opened 34 new apartments in Normal Heights in an effort to create a community of support. “We want people to come together in a community to be a part of mainstream society again,” said Townspeople Resource…
Led by San Diego County Democratic Party Chairman Jess Durfee, 40 members of the San Diego Democratic Club will attend the California Democratic Party Convention as delegates. That number represents nearly 21 percent of the San Diego County Delegates to this year’s Convention. Most delegates were elected in Assembly District caucuses last January or elected…
An Imperial Beach man pleaded guilty April 20 to felony battery with serious injury to a gay man who at the time was running for a South Bay school board seat when he was punched and kicked at a fast food restaurant. Andrew Valencia, 30, had to get root canal treatment for displaced teeth and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – King & Spalding, the leading law firm that had been contracted by House Republican leaders to defend DOMA at the rate of $520 an hour, have decided to withdraw from the litigation. The firm cited problems with the vetting process applied to the engagement. Earlier King & Spalding had been criticized by…
CALIFORNIA – A bill that would require schools to fairly and accurately portray the historic contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in social science instruction has passed the state Senate in a 23-14 vote. The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act (SB 48), authored by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), would…
TENNESSEE – A state Senate committee has approved a bill that will prohibit teachers from discussing homosexuality in kindergarten through eighth-grade classrooms. The legislation (SB49) known as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, was introduced by Republican Senator Stacey Campfield, who has been pushing for the law for six years. As introduced, the bill would have…
