“In each of these foundational cases, the court concluded that discriminatory state action could not stand on the basis of gender stereotypes. The court’s more recent cases reiterate that the Equal Protection Clause does not tolerate gender stereotypes. Accordingly, governmental acts based upon gender stereotypes – which presume that men and women’s appearance and behavior…
Do you remember the very first time you changed the oil in your own car? For some of us, it was a big deal. One hot summer day, a young pastor decided to change the oil in his car for the very first time in his life. He had purchased five quarts of oil, a…
SAN DIEGO — Beginning today at 7 a.m. The San Diego Foundation gives you the chance to make online donations to Townspeople and then have your gift matched*. Nearly 400 nonprofits in San Diego are participating in this online event. We hope you will support our work and help house many in San Diego. Townspeople…
GQ released its annual Year In Style fashion report Tuesday, which documents the year’s best and worst fashion faux pas. In tandem with the report, the men’s fashion mag took to Twitter to promote the looks. And in an unfortunate faux pas of their own, GQ tagged Adam Lambert in a tweet that read: GLAAD…
A lawyer representing Jerry Sandusky in the Penn State sex scandal has made a rather embarrassing flub. Attorney Joseph Amendola, who represents Sandusky, told the media Tuesday that if anyone believed university officials on allegations against his client, they ought to call 1-800-REALITY. Sure enough, 1-800-REALITY is a gay sex line. It’s the “the hottest…
Earlier this year, Chrissy Polis, 23, was attacked in a Baltimore McDonald’s after using the women’s restroom and is now making headlines again for her unrelated Dec. 3 arrest for disorderly conduct. Police arrested Polis after she “became disorderly and shouted obscenities at a police officer who arrived at her apartment after she called police,”…
A surge of teen suicides arising from online bullying have made headlines, and Facebook has noticed. Using the popular social platform as a medium for bullying and expressions of suicide, kids now have a safe place to talk to a crisis counselor about bullying or suicide, in addition to reporting it. The program launched Tuesday…
