A U.S. appeals court made a monumental decision Tuesday that found that Proposition 8 – the discriminatory, anti-gay measure that banned same-sex marriage in California – is a violation of the U.S. constitution. In response to the ruling, the organization Freedom to Marry has dubbed the strike down of Proposition 8 as ‘powerful’ in that…
A federal appeals court announced Tuesday that California’s Proposition 8 violates the legal rights of gay and lesbian couples. The ruling thereby clears the path for a future U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage as early as next year. The anti-gay organization ProtectMarriage has vowed to appeal the decision to a larger panel…
The San Diego Democrats for Equality has announced several local events amid the Proposition 8 victory in which an appeals court has determined the measure unconstitutional. Allies and activists are encouraged to get involved and attend the following San Diego-based events to celebrate Tuesday’s epic win for the LGBT community. Community march planned in…
The Virginia State Senate is debating the passage of the so-called “conscience clause” that would permit adoption and foster agencies to deny placing a child in a home based on moral or religious causes. President Obama has opposed the measure, prompting The Family Equality Council to praise the Administration in wake of the president‘s support…
Join other San Diegans Today, Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Joyce Beers Community Center on Vermont Street in San Diego to celebrate today’s appeals court decision affirming the unconstitutionality of California’s Proposition 8. Better yet, join in the march from University Ave. and Sixth Ave. in Hillcrest to the Joyce Beers Community…
In observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Feb. 7, there will be free, confidential testing at the Tubman Chavez Center from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at 415 N. Euclid Ave. in San Diego. “We have been raising awareness in the African-American community since the beginning of the epidemic,” said Terry Cunningham, Chief of…
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will make an official ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 by Tuesday at 10 am the court announced Monday. The three-judge panel heard arguments more than a year ago but has not made an official ruling on whether or not the same-sex marriage ban violates the rights of…
Photo Credit: Facebook.com/PrideFlag The Uptown Planners will collaborate on the Hillcrest Pride Flag project on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 6pm at the Joyce Beers Community Center on Vermont Street just north of University Avenue. Hillcrest residents and those in surrounding areas are invited to participate in the meeting to let the planners know that the…
The Welk Resort Theatre in Escondido has put a call out for non union and Equity actors to perform in Stepping Out, a play about the lives of a group of mainly women attending a weekly tap dance class in a dingy North London church hall. Auditions will be held Feb. 27, 10 a.m. at…
WASHINGTON – The tax returns for Mitt Romney’s charitable foundation reveal that the GOP presidential hopeful has given at least $35,000 in recent years to groups actively working to halt the spread of LGBT equality and, in some cases, intentionally demonize LGBT people. The revelation comes two weeks after Romney said in New Hampshire that…
