Well, I’m sick as a dog. Stupid me forgot to get my flu shot and now I’ve got a full-blown flu case. Get your flu shots today. It’s time for a San Diego AIDS memorial The city of Buffalo, N.Y. has had an AIDS memorial for well over two decades. It was one of the…
Yes, this weekend I’ll celebrate yet another birthday, and no, I wasn’t here to greet Christopher Columbus. Dear Jim Winsor of SDGLN First of all, I don’t know much about the “Hillcrest Hot Messes” but I do commend them for volunteering to feed the homeless. As for me, who came from the 1960s and ‘70s…
Thank you to everyone who attended the San Diego LGBT Weekly 1st anniversary party at the award-winning Busalacchi’s restaurant. It was great to see Mayor Jerry Sanders, Congressman Bob Filner, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, Sheriff Bill Gore and so many other VIP’s, businesspeople, community leaders and activists having such a great time. Community members need…
The holidays are fast approaching so please support the Imperial Court’s annual blanket drive for the homeless and veterans; the food drive/grocery vouchers for GLBT parents and children and toy drives for GLBT families, most who are out of work. For more info: 619-692-1967. Thank you and God bless. LGBT Veterans Wall dedication tonight One…
Now that my doctor has grounded me from out-of-state traveling for two months, I’ll be able to attend more local events. Dear Sean Sala … I found Sean Sala’s recent, lengthy commentary on a local LGBT Web site to be well written but also full of inaccuracies. In my opinion, both Sean Sala and Ben…
This Saturday, I will once again be your outrageous emcee at our community’s annual Halloween block party, Nightmare on Normal Street. I hope you will join the thousands of people who always show up to one of Hillcrest’s biggest events. Seven days in Hawaii While I have been to Hawaii before, this time it was…
As many of you know, October is national breast cancer awareness month and our lesbian sisters are affected almost twice as much as their straight counterparts. Please support the Toni Atkins Health Fund at The Center. Thank you. Gay Marine gets threats In 1948, when President Truman issued his executive order (No. 9981) marking the…
Well I’m off to Portland this weekend, home of openly gay Mayor Sam Adams whom I greatly admire. Lunch with Police Chief Lansdowne This past Monday afternoon I had lunch with our popular and respected Chief of Police William M. Lansdowne. We established a friendship about eight years ago, when we met at the City…
Well, my doctor has grounded me from flying for a week and, to tell you the truth, I’m kinda happy about it. So, I’ll finally have a weekend in San Diego after all these months. Hooray! Marching in Spokane In the last month there have been nine gay suicides in the state of Washington. Also,…
Congratulations to the hardworking staff and volunteers of San Diego AIDS Walk & Run. It was another huge success. San Diego’s true GLBT veteran heroes All the local celebrations for the end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell were great and very well attended and I, as we all should, salute the organizers and speakers. Thank…
