See this week’s print edition of San Diego LGBT Weekly for in-depth coverage – out Thursday. Equality California Executive Director Roland Palencia’s resignation, which was announced earlier today, comes in the wake of the organization’s decision to stand down from its mission to repeal Proposition 8 – and, according to insiders staffing cuts will…
Longtime LGBT activist Frank Kameny passed away on October 11, 2011. In 1957 Kameny was dismissed from his job as an astronomer from the Army Map Service for being gay. This discrimination began Kameny’s lifelong commitment to LGBT equality. An original founder of the seminal gay rights organization the Mattachine Society, Kameny fought for gay civil rights, particularly equal…
On Monday’s Late Night with David Letterman, Tracy Morgan explained that his anti-gay slurs during his stand-up act in June was “a misunderstanding” and that he was just trying to be funny. “I just think it was a misunderstanding. I was up there working,” he told Letterman. “[Y]ou have networks, maybe like Comedy Central, where…
Today marks National Coming Out Day, where closeted lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are encouraged to speak up about their sexual orientation. As National Coming Out Day is celebrated across the nation, the premise of the observance is to promote greater self-acceptance in letting young people know it’s okay to be gay. According to…
Anna Grodzka, president of TGEU, will take her seat as Poland’s first elected member of parliament. Grodzka has been a longtime supporter of LGBT equality throughout Europe and was a candidate of the Palikot Movement, a new political party that has taken special interest in LGBT issues during election. “This is an incredible step forward…
Roland Palencia, Executive Director of Equality California has announced he is resigning from the organization. After an extensive executive search, Palencia was named the Executive Director in May of 2011. His tenure has lasted less than 5 months. While it is not unusual for executive directors that follow long term executive directors, like Geoff Kors,…
