Lesbians, gays and bisexuals with same-sex partners can jurisdiction shop in order to marry legally. A California same-sex couple can travel to New York, D.C. or one of the other states with marriage equality to tie the knot. Of course, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Proposition 8 mean that a Californian same-sex couple…
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,…
Dear Ms. Hailey: We at Southwest Airlines are committed to providing a satisfying flight experience for all of our customers. We deeply regret that members of our team were insensitive to you and your companion. We deeply regret the incident, will refund the cost of your ticket and will try to improve on our strong…
If you’ve ever wondered about the mechanics of “treating” transgenderism, as it were, there are specific guidelines called the Harry Benjamin Standards of Care. A newly-revised edition of the Standards of Care was released Sept. 25, at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) conference in Atlanta. There are significant changes to the psychiatric…
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…
President Obama promised to veto any debt-reduction plan that didn’t include tax hikes on the wealthiest Americans in a speech last week. Republicans accused him of inciting a new “class war.” They’re half right. Is President Obama suggesting that middle-class voters would choose higher taxes on the rich over cuts in their health and retirement…
Sept. 20, the first day gay, lesbian and bisexual servicemembers could legally serve openly, I wasn’t in San Diego for the event at The Center. Instead, I was at Harvard University as the keynote speaker for the Ivy League university’s official event celebrating that historic day. I was humbled and honored to be invited, and…
Be afraid … be very afraid. I’ve decided that I will become very active on the Internet with a personal blog and a Facebook account by the end of the year. You can bank on this decision of mine. This will all happen by Jan. 1, 2012. By the way I lost my cell phone…
“I am wearing a pink tie. My opponent is not. Pink ties are the most important issue in this debate, so I should win.” In tournament debate parlance, this is known as the “Tie Paradigm” – pick a color that matches your wardrobe. It is an absurd point to make in an argument about pension…
In the Sept. 2 article, SignOn, U-T, moving to real-name comments, the Union-Tribune announced it was ending anonymous comments. They outlined why they were implementing their new, Sept. 12 onward policy: “But the veil of anonymity also enabled people to publish some dreadful, hate-filled and heartless comments on our pages and those of every other…
