My mom just celebrated another birthday (my father died of Alzheimer’s) and she has never been in a hospital and is still driving. People, politics and opinions The three Republicans who are running for mayor (Dumanis, DeMaio and Fletcher ) recently took part in a GOP debate and Nathan Fletcher went after DeMaio for using…
Wondering if the United States would be ready for an openly LGBT president? Watch what happens to Gov. Mitt Romney. No, not Rick Perry. Mitt Romney. Impeccable hair may seem to be the only similarity between Romney and a gay man, and ideologically, that may well be the case. But politically, Romney’s Mormon faith provides…
Civil rights movements – ones formed to address the oppression of minority populations – have often had significant pushback by societal oppressors that have included bathroom and/or significant shower components. Jim Crow states passed statutes severely regulating social interactions between the races and included “separate but equal” public bathrooms. An argument against the Equal Rights…
Well, my doctor has OK’d a speaking engagement for me in Texas this weekend, but then I’m grounded for another month. Jerry Sanders … the pride of San Diego When Mayor Sanders took office about seven years ago our city was under a dark cloud and the laughing stock of national publications including Time magazine…
Politician of the Year: When Time magazine isn’t distracted by groups (“The Protester”) or gimmicks (“You”), it gives its Person of the Year award to the individual, left or right or wrong, who most moves the needle and dominates the narrative. In that spirit, I give the Politician of the Year Award to Councilman Carl…
DeMaio, Dumanis, Filner, Fletcher duke it out at Lincoln Club BY NICOLE MURRAY RAMIREZ I would call the first mayoral debate among the four leading candidates, held at the elegant and expensive U.S. Grant Hotel, a draw. Hosted by the very well-known and conservative Republican Lincoln Club, City Club, it cost $30 to attend the…
A big Happy Birthday to my good friends Big Mike and Kurt Cunningham. I wish the two of you many, many more. Dear Johnathan Hale … Your recent positive written remarks concerning my and others involvement in the hate crime burning of the Jehovah’s Witness church was appreciated. But with all due respects, Johnathan, The…
July 2010, I received the following text in an email: “You are a liar. You are not out of the closet Adam Sandeen or whatever the f*** your name is. Grow up for once and admit you are still in the closet. I rest knowing you will get what you and your kind deserve soon…
2011 will go down as a huge year in the fight for LGBT rights, but that certainly wasn’t a guarantee last January, when the ink was barely dry on a complex process to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell; marriage equality in New York seemed like a football likely to be pulled from in front of…
Once again, a big thank you to everyone who gave to our community’s holiday food, grocery vouchers, toys and clothes drives. Your generosity and caring made our work projects much more successful. Going to Church on New Year’s Day Many of us in our GLBT community are spiritual. I have many Christian and Jewish friends….
