Old Town San Diego is considered the birthplace of California. In fact, San Diego is the site of the first permanent Spanish settlement in California. It was here in 1769, that Father Junipero Serra came to establish the very first mission in a chain of 21 missions that were to be the cornerstone of California’s…
Questions about Councilman Carl DeMaio’s commitment to the LGBT community have reached fever pitch in recent weeks, leaving many of us to wonder: Did he really tell a major newspaper he was single? Why didn’t he refuse, and if not, why doesn’t he now disavow himself of Roger Hedgecock’s endorsement? Why isn’t the councilman more…
Expressive arts are front-and-center at the Martha Pace Swift Gallery and Expressive Arts Institute at 2820 Roosevelt Rd. in an exhibition entitled Recovering the Artist – A Show About Art/Not Illness. The exhibition opens with a reception and poetry reading Friday, Nov. 4 5-8 p.m. Art is often inspired by an individual’s desire to express…
thursday, nov. 3 Dia de los Muertos Gala Concert Celebrate Mexico’s most colorful and magical holiday by honoring the legacies of Mexico’s most beloved artists and the lives of our loved ones who are no longer with us. Symphonic Mariachi Champana Nevin’s Dia de los Muertos Gala is a family celebration with gleeful, dancing skeletons…
I own two cats. OK, it’s more like there are two cats that live in my apartment that let me pretend I own them. Sometimes, life is just about the two cats. My cats’ names are Kitty Bon-Bon and Maggie. Kitty Bon-Bon was named after a cat in a children’s book from the early 1960s…
I know people who are addicted to watching the news. I mean, they flip from one news channel to the next, get newsmagazines, read articles online and get texts and tweets about breaking headlines. You know what they’ve found? They’re more informed, yes, but they are also more depressed. Sometimes it seems that our world…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has launched a new video campaign that features Cory Booker, Mo’Nique, and Julian Bond in its latest public campaign for marriage equality, and that’s no accident, according to The New York Times. The videos are part of the Americans for Marriage Equality campaign, which aims to educate Americans about same-sex…
A lesbian couple in Parker, Colorado are victims of a hate crime after the women found “Kill the Gay” spray-painted on their garage door. According to Colorado’s CW, the couple had an ongoing dispute with their homeowners association, after the H.O.A. said the couple had failed to pick up after their dog. Another neighbor told…
The FAIR Education Act (SB 48) requires all schools in California to include LGBT history as a part of its curriculum. Despite the overwhelming benefits of including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender education throughout the state’s schools, an anti-gay group called Stop SB 48 has aimed to put an end to the state’s initiative. Previously,…
Due in part to her effort to support LGBT teens, Cathleen Galgiani (D) has confirmed to The Stockton Record that she is a lesbian. Galgiani hopes her open sexuality will send a positive message to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teens that it’s okay to be homosexual. “It sickens me that young people would think…
