The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a new ad attacking Romney’s stance on gay rights. The HRC says the Republican presidential hopeful and his running mate, Paul Ryan, represent a “devastating leap backwards for LGBT Americans seeking full equality.” The ad features Romney’s previous appearance on Piers Morgan’s CNN chat show, where he said: “The…
THE NETHERLANDS – The Dutch Football Association (FA) – the governing body of professional soccer in The Netherlands – is running a TV commercial highlighting the lack of openly gay footballers. The ad, which has been shown on Dutch television shows a man in a closet playing soccer and then enjoying drinks with his team…
La Vista Memorial Park, National City will celebrate Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, Friday, Nov. 2 5-9 p.m. The event started in 2009 when General Manager Luisa McCarthy realized the park didn’t partake in the celebration of Día de los Muertos. “I wanted to celebrate the passing of my father,” McCarthy…
LONDON, Ky. (CNN) – Two cousins have been convicted of kidnapping a gay man in Kentucky, but the Justice Department failed in the same case to win a guilty verdict in the first test of an expanded hate crimes provision covering sexual orientation. The jury verdict against David Jason Jenkins, 37, and Anthony Ray Jenkins,…
Yes, I wasn’t such an “R-rated” emcee at this past Saturday’s Nightmare on Normal Street and it was because the Police Department expressed their concern. People, politics and opinions County supervisor candidate Steve Danon has committed to work on bringing back the San Diego County Human Relations Commission as he shares many San Diegans’ concerns…
Last week, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) and OutServe, the association of actively serving LGBT military personnel, announced the selection of transgender Army veteran Allyson Robinson to lead the newly combined organization. In her first interview since her appointment Robinson spoke to San Diego LGBT Weekly columnist Autumn Sandeen about her new role and what…
In every election, someone will tell you that voting is a matter of life and death. This year, it’s literally true in California, as Proposition 34 would repeal the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Oddly, life and death may not even be the most important thing to…
It’s the Supreme Court, stupid! Dear Editor, No community has more at stake in this presidential election than the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. In Barack Obama, we have a Democratic candidate who has embraced full equality for LGBT people. We have a Republican candidate in Mitt Romney who is against the Employment…
It is that time of year where you get to participate in our political system by simply going to the polls and voting. Most groups in America had to fight for the right to vote, which makes it so troubling that so many refuse to exercise this hard won right. Unfortunately, the only group in…
