SAN DIEGO — Mayoral Candidate Bonnie Dumanis today announced the District Attorney’s Office has been honored for the fourth year in a row with a Workplace Excellence Award from the San Diego Society for Human Resource Management. Her office won the award for its proactive and innovative succession planning, allowing the government agency to reduce its…
It’s all fun and games until someone says the word “gay” – at least that’s how it seems for Michele Bachmann in this video. Going only by Elijah, the young man proudly approaches Michele Bachmann at a book signing to tell her: “My mom is gay and she doesn’t need fixing.” “What’s your name?” Bachmann…
After his appearance on Regis and Kelly, How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris has apologized to his fans and the transgender population for using the word ‘tranny’ to describe his voice. A bit on the show had Ripa and Harris try sulfur hexachloride – which, unlike helium, creates a low-pitched voice. Harris…
Stage actor Alan Sues, known for his role in “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”, died Thursday due to cardiac arrest at the age of 85. Sues passed away in his home in West Hollywood, the AP reports. “He was sitting in a recliner watching TV with his dachshund Doris who he loved in his lap,” Michael…
Although his exact date of birth has eluded this reporter and his best research skills, one thing that is certain, this week marks the birthday of civil rights legend and San Diego LGBT Weekly columnist, Nicole Murray Ramirez, also known as Empress Nicole the Great, The Queen Mother of the Americas within the Imperial Court…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has announced that it is launching the first-of-its-kind Jewish Organization Equality Index (JOEI) survey. Modeled after HRC’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), JOEI is designed to measure LGBT inclusion in the programs and employment practices at Jewish non-profit organizations. JOEI is supported by a…
Jerry Gana LAGOS, Nigeria – Legislators in Nigeria are aiming to pass legislation that would criminalize marriage for same-sex couples. Couples who marry could face up to three years in jail. Under the measure, couples who marry could face up to three years in jail, and witnesses or anyone who helps couples marry could be…
Yes, this weekend I’ll celebrate yet another birthday, and no, I wasn’t here to greet Christopher Columbus. Dear Jim Winsor of SDGLN First of all, I don’t know much about the “Hillcrest Hot Messes” but I do commend them for volunteering to feed the homeless. As for me, who came from the 1960s and ‘70s…
British singer George Michael has been admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia. The 48-year-old singer has cancelled a number of appearances on his Symphonica tour while he is being treated. Michael’s publicist Connie Filippello said in a statement that he had been “diagnosed with pneumonia and he is currently receiving treatment.” The UK Independent reported…
You’ve seen them. You’ve heard about them. But if you haven’t, how could you miss them – female impersonators, drag queens and performers. Yes, performers. They are more than guys who dress in women’s clothes; they do a lot of things. I’ve got the inside scoop – up close and personal with Glitz Glam aka…
