Todd Sears, an LGBT activist who has successfully lobbied the financial sectors in New York (Wall Street) and London (the City)in advancing the equal rights struggles of our community, is now turning his attention to the ‘emerging’ markets of Asia. “There are significant issues moving talent from the U.K., from the U.S., to places like…
After a blistering critique appeared on Vice’s blog, NBC Universal has cancelled their annual Bill and Ted Halloween Show, reports RawStory.com. The show, which screens annually at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, is based on the characters Bill Logan (Alex Winter) and Ted Logan (Keanu Reeves) from the hit 1989 comedy Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure….
What happens when the publishing industry is in crisis? The first titles to be dropped are LGBT authors of color. Please support LGBT authors of color and spend a few minutes at the new San Diego Central Library. Hear a panel discussion on this subject and a reading from two brilliant Gay Latino authors, Saturday Nov….
In a new Harris Poll released today and commissioned by Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, nearly half (49 percent) of gay and lesbian adults would consider changing jobs if their employer required them to transfer to a state where same sex marriages were not recognized, compared to just 30 percent last year. The new survey also…
SAN DIEGO – Today, the San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) announced the appointment of Kathleen Hansen as the chorus’ first-ever assistant artistic director. After an extensive search process, SDWC’s board of directors extended the offer to Hansen, who started in the position Oct. 19. Ms. Hansen will work closely alongside long-time SDWC Artistic Director Christopher Allen,…
In an unapologetic, yet hardly surprising, interview, Brian Camenker, the president of MassResistance, a Massachusetts-based pro-family organization devoted almost exclusively to fighting abortion and LGBT rights, went on Linda Harvey’s Mission America talk radio program to declare that violence against the LGBT community, especially in Russia, is the direct result of a gay person’s behavior….
Around the world, LGBTI rights defenders are threatened, harassed and attacked as a result of their peaceful and legitimate human rights work. The situation in Honduras, one of the most violent countries in the world, has drastically deteriorated since the 2009 coup, with 101 crimes motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity committed between 2010…
The San Diego LGBT Community Center held its 40th Anniversary Gala at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel last Saturday. Approximately 1,000 community members and supporters gathered to celebrate The Center’s ruby anniversary. The idea of The Center was born after New York’s 1969 Stonewall riots. The founders envisioned a gathering place where the community…
There has been a lot of speculation about the events surrounding the sudden departure of former Greater San Diego Business Association CEO, Tom Luhnow. Lingering questions among San Diego’s LGBT-leadership, media and business communities include: Was it a firing? Was there a specific, underlying dispute between Luhnow and board chair, Eric Brown beyond the officially…
Two million dirty syringes have been taken from drug addicts since the clean syringe exchange program started in 2001, said the city’s emergency medical services director to a City Council committee. “Can you imagine that we have actually eliminated 2.1 million syringes that were dirty? Can you imagine how high that pile would be?” asked…
