Get ready to unleash your urban cowboy, so say organizers of the first annual Hillcrest Hoedown happening Sunday, Oct 16. So exactly what is a hoedown? According to Dictionary.com it’s “a community dancing party typically featuring folk and square dances accompanied by lively hillbilly tunes played on the fiddle.” This year’s event will take place…
San Diego LGBT Weekly has learned that Equality California will be laying off staff in coming weeks, and has lost some sources of revenue in the aftermath of soon-to-be-former executive director, Roland Palencia’s resignation, which preceded the group’s decision to stop seeking a 2012 ballot initiative to repeal Proposition 8. EQCA has confirmed layoffs are…
San Diegan Peggy Walkush, is a survivor of breast cancer, a cancer research fundraiser extraordinaire and the first lesbian (honorary) captain of the San Diego Chargers during a recent game, as part of the NFL’s breast cancer awareness campaign called “A Crucial Catch.” “Being honorary team captain of the San Diego Chargers … was a…
NEW YORK – Just as a new poll showed Herman Cain moving into a tie for second place for the GOP presidential nomination, he sparked fury by saying that homosexuality is a choice. The Washington Blade reported that during an appearance on ABC’s The View, when asked by host Joy Behar whether he believes being…
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner has approved an increase to the cost cap of defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to $1.5 million. Boehner originally entered into a contract with private attorneys to defend DOMA in court with a cap of legal fees at $500,000. A new contract has been revealed that increases…
Oct. 13 Michael Guest Diplomat b. Oct. 26, 1957 “Leaders are judged not only by the challenges they tackle, but by those they fail to address.” Michael Guest is the first openly gay Senate-confirmed U.S. ambassador. He was nominated by George W. Bush. After serving for 26 years, Guest resigned from the State Department due…
Transgender Human Rights Campaign board member Meghan Stabler has married another woman in Texas by legally declaring her gender as male, a development that could be considered controversial (and perhaps hypocritical) because of Stabler’s national prominence, and because of her position at HRC as the only known trans person sitting on the board. The lesbian…
WASHINGTON – LGBT History Month provides role models, teaches history, builds community and celebrates our community’s important national and international contributions. As the nation honors LGBT heroes during each day of October for LGBT History Month former Speaker of the House, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi pledged her support of both the month-long event and the push…
NEW YORK – The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) honored the best in LGBT-inclusive advertising, marketing and public relations at the 2011 GLAAD Amplifier Awards Oct. 4. The awards, held at The Altman Building in New York City, were an official event of Advertising Week and were presented by Omnicom Group, and presented…
AUSTRALIA – Two Western Australian (female-to-male) trans men who challenged the interpretation of the Western Australia (WA) Gender Reassignment Act have won their appeal to be recognized as men. The Australian Star Observer reported that the two took their challenge to the High Court after they were denied a change to their birth certificates because…
