St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral to expand ministries and improve the campus facilities

SAN DIEGO — In an effort to expand ministries at St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, improve the campus and provide more programs to the neighborhood, the cathedral’s governing board recently voted to move forward with the Cathedral Campus Redevelopment Plan that was adopted in 2002 by making the Olive Street property just north of the Cathedral…

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ENDA would end Jesse Helms’ legacy

Late GOP U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, popularly known as “Senator No” because he opposed federal spending except for his precious tobacco program for North Carolina growers and manufacturers, was fearless when it came to demagoguing and humiliating the LGBT community over matters like marriage equality, now settled by GOP Associate Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy,…

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‘Stonewall’ director addresses trailer controversy

Director Roland Emmerich has spoken out in support of his upcoming film Stonewall, defending the project against accusations that it ignored the role drag queens, the transgender community, and people of color played in the 1969 riots in Greenwich Village. The controversy arose after the release of the movie’s first trailer. Wrote Emmerich on Facebook: When I…

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Benham brothers call marriage equality ‘The worst thing that could have ever happened to our nation’

David and Jason Benham joined former Alaska GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller on his radio program last week to publicize their new book, “Whatever the Cost,” and came up with some extraordinary statements. Right Wing Watch reported that Jason Benham traced marriage equality back to the end of government-sponsored prayer in public schools, which he…

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Sweden: Video shows man rejected at job interview for being gay

LGBT discrimination does exist in Sweden as two Swedish journalists from STLHM Panda discovered as they conducted an experiment to find out if revealing you’re gay would make a difference to the hiring process. The Advocate reports that one candidate, Olle, was openly gay with plenty of experience; the other job seeker, a straight man…

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Calvin Klein billboard features a gay couple for the first time in the brand’s history

This week, New Yorkers woke up to find Calvin Klein Jeans’ new fall campaign, which features a gay couple for the first time in the brand’s history, posted on one of the biggest billboards in the city. Julien Sauvalle at Out.com, who took the picture of the billboard writes, “The picture, lensed by Mario Sorrenti,…

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Advocacy group takes legal action to protect public access to California’s beaches

SAN DIEGO – The Surfrider Foundation took another step today in its legal stand to protect California’s beaches by submitting its argument in Lynch v. California Coastal Commission in support of the continued protection of public access and recreation along the California coast. This case over the Lynch seawall in Encinitas has the potential to…

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A troubling night for LGBT equality at GOP debates

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Predictably, the first Republican presidential primary debate drew little encouragement for the LGBT community. Most of the attention on LGBT issues was negative. According to most reports Donald Trump came out on top in the debate, gaining most of the attention, most notably when he insulted Rosie O’Donnell. Toward…

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Jim Obergefell asks candidates to defend marriages of thousands of same-sex couples across Ohio and the nation (VIDEO)

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released a video of Jim Obergefell, who’s lived in Ohio for nearly five decades, asking candidates to defend his marriage and those of countless same-sex couples across the country, in advance of tonight’s debate in Cleveland. Obergefell was the named plaintiff in the Supreme Court case, Obergefell v. Hodges,…

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