An ‘evolved’ Bill Clinton addresses gay rights groups in emotional, impassioned speech

It’s been over 20 years since Bill Clinton was elected president. But the man who codified the military ban on openly gay members (DADT) and the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was nowhere to be found on Saturday night as the celebrated, and in some corners venerated, 42nd ex-president spoke to an influential gathering…

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Thousands march in Taiwan in 12th annual Pride parade

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Taipei Saturday for Asia’s largest gay rights parade, with many urging parliament to push through a controversial bill recognizing same-sex marriage. Supporters from Taiwan and abroad waved placards reading “equal marriage rights” and “support gay marriage” as they marched through the capital for the 12th…

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Hillcrest Business Improvement Association under fire for ‘sham’ hiring process

International photographer and San Diego community activist, David Lundin has a problem with the Hillcrest Business Improvement Association. Actually, Lundin has several problems with HBIA, not least among them what he calls “the sham hiring process” that last summer led to the re-hiring of Benjamin Nicholls as the organization’s executive director. Lundin has asked the…

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