Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) of San Diego County President Susan Jester, Navy veteran Sean Sala, Pastor Rich McCullen of Missiongathering Church and other LGBT figures have scheduled a press conference Tuesday morning at the San Diego County Administration Building to call on the County Board of Supervisors to conduct an investigation into the recent “rogue”…
Late Friday State Attorney General Kamala D. Harris issued the following statement in response to San Diego County Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr.’s filing asking the state Supreme Court to halt same-sex weddings pending a court hearing. “The filing offers no new arguments that could deny same-sex couples their constitutionally protected civil rights. The federal…
Following two historic victories at the Supreme Court on marriage, the Human Rights Campaign hit the road for a tour across the country to support the fight for LGBT equality and to underscore the fact that there are two Americas when it comes to LGBT issues. In one America—in California, for instance—LGBT people are achieving increasing…
Voters in one of northern Mexico’s most violent cities have elected the country’s first openly gay mayor. Benjamín Medrano Quezada, of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), will become the mayor of Fresnillo, which has a population of 110,000, when he is sworn in. According to Box Turtle Bulletin, Quezada won on a campaign aimed at…
The Backstreet Boys have a new video called “In a World Like This” and there is a lesbian couple celebrating marriage equality. Watch here!
NEW YORK, – The United Nations agency leading the response to HIV/AIDS has condemned the killing of an outspoken activist for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Cameroon, and called on the government to thoroughly investigate his death. Eric Ohena Lembembe was the executive director of the Cameroonian Foundation for…
Now that Pride is over, the LGBT affirming flags will come down and we’ll be back to regular Hillcrest, North Park, downtown and Mission Hills. And I for one think that’s a problem. Many businesses want to fly the Pride or HRC flag when we are out in force for our annual celebration, but what…
WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Ana M. Ma has been hired as the organization’s new Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff. Ma joins HRC from the U.S. Department of Labor where she currently serves as Chief of Staff. “Ana is an exceptional leader who brings decades of experience creating…
WASHINGTON – The House Energy & Commerce Committee has approved the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, H.R.698. The bipartisan bill sponsored by Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) would lift a federal ban on the donation of HIV-positive organs to HIV-positive recipients, making it possible for researchers to study the safety of such procedures. The bill…
Sister Act the Musical hits town at Broadway San Diego Civic Theatre July 30-Aug. 4, and is based on the wildly popular 1992 film of the same name. Academy Award Winner Whoopie Goldberg, who starred in the film, wears the hat of producer this time around. The show got its out of town tryout right…
