2016
Help with the donut hole
You younger readers will need a senior who can explain the topic. Good luck finding one. Briefly, the “donut hole” is not a cute, new, gay “pin the tail on the donkey” game. It is a serious and unwelcome place to be and means you have to pay full price for your medicines for the…
MCC bids farewell to Pam Raptis after 21 years of service
The Metropolitan Community Church bid farewell Sunday to Pam Raptis who will be joining her partner Alisan Rowland who is now the pastor of the MCC in New Orleans. A certificate of appreciation was given to Raptis for her 21 years of service to MCC that included various roles including board of directors for 11…
Railroad spikes used to kill San Diego homeless victims
Railroad spikes were plunged into the bodies of three San Diego homeless men who were killed in a series of attacks, a prosecutor told a judge on Tuesday. Deputy District Attorney Makenzie Harvey told San Diego Superior Court Judge Fred Maguire the actions by Jon David Guerrero, 39, involved “extreme planning in each of the…
Megalomania, thy name is Donald Trump
The polls after the Democratic Convention indicate that Hillary Clinton has a seven to nine-point lead over Donald Trump for the presidency. I am sure Trump will stop talking about polls again. The only time that Trump talked about the national polls was the week after his convention, essentially the only time he has led…
LGBTQ Task Force calls for full investigation into the Baltimore County police fatal shooting of black woman
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National LGBTQ Task Force is calling for a full investigation into the Baltimore County Police killing of Korryn Gaines and the wounding of her child. Ms. Grimes is the 647th Black person to be killed by law enforcement across the nation this year. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved…
House LGBT Caucus calls on Ukrainian government to protect Odessa Pride
The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus urged the Ukrainian government today to take measures to safeguard the celebration of LGBT Pride in Odessa this month. “On behalf of the LGBT Equality Caucus, I commend the leadership of Ukraine for actions taken to ensure that Kiev’s Pride celebrations were able to take place in an atmosphere of…
AIDS Walk/Run San Diego: Call for volunteers
The San Diego LGBT Community Center has put a call out for AIDS Walk/Run San Diego volunteers. Join them this year and help them get ready for the 27th annual AIDS Walk San Diego. “Simply put, volunteers make AIDS Walk/Run possible – and they make it fun,” said Sarah Merk-Benitez, volunteer coordinator. “AIDS Walk raises…
Supreme Court order delays justice for transgender students
The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday halted a lower court’s order forbidding a Virginia school district from enforcing its discriminatory ban on transgender students using bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. The 5-3 order in Gloucester County School Board v. Grimm allows the school board’s discriminatory policy to remain in place while the Supreme Court awaits…
An enlightening read that scores high
As long as your team wins. That’s all that matters, isn’t it – just that they win? You don’t care what they ate for breakfast. And, as in the new book Fair Play by Cyd Zeigler, you don’t care who they sleep with. Less than a generation ago, if a professional athlete came out publicly…