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…
Questions about Councilman Carl DeMaio’s commitment to the LGBT community have reached fever pitch in recent weeks, leaving many of us to wonder: Did he really tell a major newspaper he was single? Why didn’t he refuse, and if not, why doesn’t he now disavow himself of Roger Hedgecock’s endorsement? Why isn’t the councilman more…
I own two cats. OK, it’s more like there are two cats that live in my apartment that let me pretend I own them. Sometimes, life is just about the two cats. My cats’ names are Kitty Bon-Bon and Maggie. Kitty Bon-Bon was named after a cat in a children’s book from the early 1960s…
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…
Conservatives seem to understand homonyms, those pesky words that sound the same but are spelled differently. They’ve seen Rick Perry’s attempts to parry debate shots, and they’re certain Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan may cause some pain, but doesn’t actually involve a cane. Their mastery of homographs, words that are spelled the same, but sound differently,…
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…
Marriage equality would not have saved Matthew Shepard. Whether harsh, obvious – or both, it’s worth keeping in mind before we re-arm the circular firing squad that is often our activist community. Last week saw a hurricane of events in LGBT politics. Gov. Brown signed 10 of the 12 pro-LGBT equality bills passed by the…
Quite a few columns ago I wrote a piece outlining what I understand to be the six priorities of trans-community activism. In the column, Transgender activism goals, these priorities, in no particular order, were listed as: • Employment • Housing • Public accommodation • Full access to education • Full access to healthcare services •…
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…
Polling may be a science, but reporting polls is the art of spin, and reading them can be as confusing as a complex physics equation. I hadn’t planned to discuss polling again so soon, but the contrasts in two recently released surveys demand an explanation, and offer a lesson. To test your spin-sulation, scribble your…
