SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Leading experts in transgender legal concerns, Professors Erin E. Buzuvis and Jennifer L. Levi of Western New England University School of Law Center for Gender & Sexuality Studies filed briefs in support of Virginia high school student Gavin Grimm who sued his school for excluding him from using the boys’ restroom facility…
https://youtu.be/Uxv6NpHP8X0 During this week’s Republican Presidential debate Ben Carson once again demonstrated he is no friend of the LGBT community by refusing to take sides on the issue of Turing Pharmaceuticals’ massive price hike of an HIV drug. CNBC host Jim Cramer asked Carson, “In recent weeks, another pharmaceutical company has been accused of profiteering,…
SAN DIEGO – In memory of Kurt Cunningham and his passion for ensuring that all community members, regardless of ability to pay, have access to counseling services, the Kurt Cunningham Counseling Services Fund has been established in accordance with his wishes. The purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to community members seeking counseling…
San Diego LGBT Weekly won a record 12 awards at the San Diego Press Club 42nd Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards Tuesday night. With the new awards, LGBT Weekly has now won a total of 47 awards for journalism excellence since it was founded in 2010. The sold-out gala event, held at the Jacobs Center…
Meet Lezbhonest: The first Laotian lesbian boat racing team debuts this Halloween Exactly three things come to my mind when the topic of rowing comes up in a conversation, the chances of being swallowed up by a black hole by the end of this article being greater. One is Merchant Ivory Productions with their assortment…
San Diego has two of the most haunted destinations in all of America. The Kate Morgan room at the Hotel Del Coronado and the Whaley House in Old Town. Before you read on, I want all of my readers to know that everything in the following story is true. It is based on historical documents,…
Wednesday, Oct. 21, without pomp or circumstance, both a ceremonial and an actual check for $5,000 from Front Runners and Walkers San Diego were presented to Stephen Whitburn , the executive director of San Diego Pride, a former Red Cross executive, a local San Diego newscaster and a dead ringer for the love child of…
A standing ovation was given to Leslie Alexis on Sunday by the congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church in San Diego (MCC) as the soloist and drummer was given a certificate of appreciation before her move to Chicago. People stood and clapped but were also sad after Senior Pastor Dan Koeshall announced Leslie and her…
Frank and I went to university together and ended up in San Diego. The years have flown by and even though he is still looking good with his fabulous hair and his comebacks as quick as ever, he could not ignore the physical failings overtaking him and so has moved to a care facility. We…
And they lived happily ever after. Even today, years after you’ve outgrown fairy tales, those words make you smile. Ohh, how you love a happy ending, even though (and maybe because) life doesn’t always work out that way. As a matter of fact, in Nothing Looks Familiar, a new short-story collection by Shawn Syms, sad…
