One week before the St. Petersburg Gay Pride parade, scheduled this year for June 25, Russian anti-gay organizers staged a rally in St. Petersburg petitioning city hall to ban LGBT groups from city-sanctioned activity. The violently anti-gay rally, which involved participants draping a coffin in a rainbow flag and then destroying and discarding it in…
Hillcrest’s popular nightspot Eden will reveal a reinvented restaurant to the public tomorrow, ringing in the first day of summer with a fresh menu and stylish new ambiance. Ron Prestage will take the lead as the Eden restaurant’s new executive chef, providing patrons with elegant yet fuss-free food in a “colorful, casual and contemporary” atmosphere…
Nicole Murray Ramirez, a long time San Diego Latino and LGBT rights activist, has been named the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender person of the year by city Assemblymember Toni Atkins. Atkins explained that San Diego’s LGBT community has relied upon Nicole Murray Ramirez over the years and noted the city’s progress by pointing out…
As the San Diego mayoral race gets underway, it seems that the LGBT community has an embarrassment of riches. Congressman Bob Filner, State Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and City Councilman Carl DeMaio have all thrown their hats into the race. State Senator Chris Kehoe is still exploring her options. What does this…
Another presidential hopeful has joined GOP candidates Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty as a victim of the “glitter bandits.” The most recent politician to be “glittered” is Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. According to the Star Tribune, Bachmann was the subject of a glitter shower Saturday after delivering a speech at the RightOnline Conference in…
