This past Monday night, I attended a fundraiser along with Commissioner Bruce Abrams at Martini’s Above Fourth (fabulous food as usual) for popular County Supervisor Dave Roberts. It was one of the biggest crowds I have seen at a political event this campaign season, with both Democrats and Republicans in attendance. Dave Roberts is, along…
Despite his vociferous claims to the contrary, Donald J. Trump may be one of the worst dealmakers in modern politics. Proof that Trump’s not the guy you’d want negotiating a deal on your behalf is in the pledge he made last September to the Republican National Committee. Trump promised the Republicans he will not run…
The Lambda Literary Foundation (LLF) appears to want to repeat history over a publicly painful 2004 book nomination that, after about five weeks, was withdrawn. Feb. 2, 2004, J. Michael Bailey’s The Man Who Would Be Queen was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award – a Lammy – in the Transgender/Genderqueer category. The selection was…
I remember former Assemblymember Lori Saldaña’s last run for office. It was the 2012 primary for Congress in CA-52, and she ran as the true progressive from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party. With her grassroots support and the “Bye-Bye Bilbray” singers, she was the Sen. Bernie Sanders of the race, fighting an uphill…
I just came back from spending five days in New York, full of meetings, events, speeches, etc. As many of you know, I was a national co-chair of “Stonewall 25” which drew almost 800,000 people to Central Park and a lineup that included Liza Minelli and an LGBT March on the United Nations. This past…
The threat of atomic war overshadowed my generation. On May 8, 1945, Winston Churchill announced VE Day, the end of World War II in Europe. On September 2, 1945, after horrendous destruction, Japan formally surrendered, ending the war throughout the rest of the world. I was born September 9, 1945 into a world free of…
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s continued resistance to a federal court to allow the government access to information on the iPhone of dead ISIS inspired killer Syed Farook has produced a predictable cacophony of opinion. Farook and wife Tashfeen Malik, parents of a newborn, methodically murdered 14 colleagues in San Bernardino, Calif., in December. Leading GOP…
This is the transcript of a radio spot that ran in a campaign against SB 200, a Colorado civil rights law that Gov. Ritter signed into law May 29, 2008. The spot began running Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Girl 1: “Mom!” Narrator: If the Colorado Legislature has its way a … G1: “A man in…
In February, the presidential primary process crept from Iowa to New Hampshire to Nevada to South Carolina. March 1 the election went national, with 12 states choosing their nominee for at least one party on “Super Tuesday.” By Wednesday morning, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump were the clear frontrunners for…
Last year during the 50th Anniversary Gala and “State Dinner’ of the International Imperial Courts of the United States, Canada and Mexico held in Portland, Ore., gay rights advocate and Academy Award winner (best screenwriter for the movie Milk) Dustin Lance Black announced that his ABC TV eight-hour miniseries When We Rise about the LGBT…
