Well, I just got through what must be my 1,000th trip to Washington, D.C. in these last four decades. The Victory Fund and Carl DeMaio The Victory Fund, headquartered in Washington, D.C., endorses and financially supports GLBT candidates across the country. I am a proud founding member of this most outstanding and important organization. In…
I’m in town for about a week, and then I’m off on another trip to Washington, D.C. While I was gone I heard almost $6,000 was raised for Being Alive at this past Sunday’s pool party. “Conversations with Nicole” going live on the Internet! Yes you read right. I am working with some producers to…
Well I’m off to the airport for another speaking engagement … this time in Alaska! Don’t forget the “Diving for Being Alive” benefit this Sunday, Sept. 2. “The Carl DeMaio I know:” yes or no? Many media outlets, mostly straight and some gay have asked me for months to write or be interviewed about my…
Congratulations to Big Mike Philips, who this past weekend marked his 24th anniversary of moving to San Diego from Texas … their loss; our gain. Carl DeMaio and Johnathan Hale = Ronald and Nancy Reagan The entire GLBT community laughed its head off when Carl DeMaio told the San Diego media that his lover, Johnathan…
I will not comment on the Johnathan Hale Media-pushed “Balboa Park lily pond” vandalization incident until after my meeting with Police Chief Lansdowne and other city officials. Next mayor and city council to be right-wing? When I first arrived in San Diego in the early 1970s our city was controlled by a conservative right-wing mayor…
Well, I got onto a train to Los Angeles to get away from it all (and to see a heart specialist). I stayed at the estate of a world-renowned scientist: Dr. Danne Montague-King. He was a perfect host. But honestly; I slept most of the time. Conversations with Nathan Fletcher and Tom Shepard Not only…
Well, my doctor made me cancel my Texas trip last weekend and so I got to enjoy some of our Pride, but the heat made a lot of participation impossible. GLBTs boo, turn their backs on DeMaio It was so noticeable that even the Union-Tribune, among other media, reported that people all along the Pride…
Sad to say, I’ll be out of town, because of a speaking engagement in Texas, but it’s looking like our biggest Pride ever. San Diego’s first Pride march: 1974 Our nation’s first Prides were really marches, not parades. The late Jess Jessop and I had participated in Los Angeles’ first marches in the early 1970s…
Summer is here and some of the best patios are at Bourbon Street, Pecs, #1 Fifth Ave., Babycakes, The Caliph, Gossip Grill and The Hole. Stop by and have a cold drink and enjoy their great outdoor patios. AIDS Quilt coming to San Diego Word is that the Names Project/AIDS Memorial Quilt may be coming…
I’ve been enjoying my stay in San Diego with lots of rest and catching up with friends. In a few weeks I’ll be off to Fort Worth, Texas, but I’m loving our San Diego; it’s good to be home for a while. Mr. Luhnow, why GLBT over LGBT? I was truly taken back, when I…
