Mari Carmen Aponte is officially the Ambassador to El Salvador, the White House announced Friday. Aponte faced political heat last year after writing an op-ed piece for the Salvadoran newspaper La Prensa Grafica that supported the LGBT community in the nation. The editorial written Nov. 2011 praised El Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes for signing a…
WASHINGTON D.C. — Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) responded to an Amicus Curiae brief Tuesday filed by ten Republican U.S. Senators in the case Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management, asserting that no harm was intended to LGBT Americans through the passage of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and that the law is the result…
In spirit of Pride month, the Israeli military posted a photo of two soldiers walking together while holding hands. The picture, which was posted on the official Israel Defense Forces Facebook page, reads, “It’s Pride Month. Did you know that the IDF treats all of its soldiers equally?” The photo has already garnered 8,000 likes,…
According to a new poll by 10News San Diego, Congressman Bob Filner and City Councilmember Carl DeMaio are statistically equal in the San Diego mayoral race with Filner leading by a nominal three points. The poll reveals that Filner is a popular hit among younger voters with a 13 point gain for those under the…
Opponents of same-sex marriage in the state of Washington successfully filed more than 200,000 signatures Wednesday to place the legislation on hold by instating a referendum on November’s ballot. Preserve Marriage Washington submitted its required signatures just one day before the monumental law was due to begin in the state. “The current definition of marriage…
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — President Barack Obama touched on his recent announcement of support for same-sex marriage, saying at a New York City fundraising event Monday that he believes marriage equality “strengthens families.” “I want everyone treated fairly in this country. We have never gone wrong when we’ve extended rights and responsibilities…
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — The divisive issue of same-sex marriage in California may become another landmark case taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appeals court judges refused Tuesday to revisit an earlier ruling. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied a request to re-examine the…
Suspected murderer Luka Rocco Magnotta was arrested in Berlin, Germany after a global manhunt for the alleged cannibal and necrophiliac. The gay porn actor was wanted for dismembering a Chinese student in Montreal. “We have the information. We’re verifying [the details] right now,” a spokeswoman told The Huffington Post. Magnotta was placed on Interpol’s list…
BY THOM SENZEE In a political mailer emblazoned with the words, “If you hate DOMA, blame Filner,” a locally-based lobbying group for the liquor store industry is pointing an accusatory finger at Rep. Bob Filner (D-San Diego) as being responsible for the existence of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), part of which, coincidentally today…
Dharun Ravi will accept his jail sentence despite previous reports that he and his legal team would seek an appeal in last Monday’s court ruling. The former Rutgers student was sentenced to a 30-day jail term including 3 years’ probation after being found guilty of contributing to his gay roommate’s suicide. Ravi, 20, issued the…
