SAN DIEGO – Organizers of the Classic Gran Fondo San Diego announced today that the 2013 edition of the event will be held Sunday, April 14. Steeped in Italian tradition, a gran fondo is a semi-competitive bicycling event, and the Classic San Diego is in its fifth successful year. As always, it will start in…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Undocumented immigrants would be able to seek legal status without first going home under a compromise framework floated Monday by a bipartisan group of senators, according to a source familiar with the plan. The outline for a possible immigration reform bill reflects a mainstream Republican willingness to compromise on what President Barack…
A New Jersey teen who came out during a high school awards ceremony is speaking out about that experience. Jacob Rudolph, 18, tells MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts he deliberately chose to identify himself as “LGBT” rather than bisexual, gay or straight because he felt “those are the labels of the past, especially in modern times.” He…
SAN DIEGO – The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund today announced its endorsement of San Diego LGBT Pride’s executive director, Dwayne Crenshaw, in the upcoming special election for the District 4 City Council seat created by the resignation of Tony Young. “Dwayne Crenshaw stands out for his leadership on advancing issues of fairness and equality for…
RICHMOND, Va. – Senate Bill 701, a measure to protect Virginia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender state employees from workplace discrimination, passed today with a 24-16 vote in the Senate. Now, the bill moves forward to the House of Delegates. “We’re going to press forward with this momentum,” said Senator Adam Ebbin, a chief patron…
The first set of national prevalence data on intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence (SV), and stalking victimization by sexual orientation was released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study found that lesbians and gay men reported IPV and SV over their lifetimes at levels equal to or higher than…
(CNN) — For Gen. Martin Dempsey, Thursday’s move to open combat units in the U.S. military to women had its roots nearly a decade ago, on the streets of Baghdad. Dempsey took command of the Army’s 1st Armored Division in June 2003, when Iraqi insurgents were starting to target American troops with sniper fire, grenades…
(CNN) — CNN.com readers snapped to attention at Wednesday afternoon’s announcement that the Pentagon was planning to open combat roles to women. Commenters who identified themselves as male and as veterans overwhelmingly — but certainly not unanimously — opposed the change. The story’s very first comment raised the question of pregnancy’s effect on battle readiness…
When I was a teenager, I found great joy in Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. And even then, I was a budding movie critic, so I knew, more or less, that my joy was not based in some aesthetic appreciation of his acting, or the film’s surrounding, or even in the often great special effects that would…
When you were born, your parents counted your fingers and toes. They lovingly stroked your baby-soft skin, checked to make sure all parts were present and accounted for, then they looked into your face and wondered what might become of you someday. They never asked for a refund because of your hair (or lack thereof)….
