In the big picture of basic civil rights for transgender Americans, 2011 has to this point been a good year for civil rights progress. Sometimes I know it’s hard to focus on what’s been accomplished when we also see what hasn’t yet been accomplished, or see backward steps, but for trans people we’ve seen more…
After much travelling recently, it was good to spend some quality time in San Diego. I was able to attend two great events celebrating Stepping Stone’s 35th anniversary (outstanding job Bixi Craig, Tom Reise and committee). This past week marked the 30th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS and I thought about the wonderful friends…
The 2012 election for San Diego Mayor is shaping up to be an exciting race. For the first time in our city’s history, we will have the opportunity to elect an openly gay candidate. I strongly encourage our community to embrace San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ candidacy and acknowledge her outstanding contributions to…
In every teen angst movie, there is a scene where the newly beautiful swan has a moment of crisis. Relations with the new glam clique become strained and she is driven back to friends from her ugly duckling days. Cady of the Mean Girls goes back to Janis and Damian, just as Veronica ended up…
On the Friday before the Memorial Day Weekend, the Obama Administration released a new federal workplace antidiscrimination policy relating to gender identity. There is history behind this policy release. Back on June 17, 2009, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released a memorandum entitled Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination. In that memorandum, The White House directed…
Summer is here and San Diego Pride is coming. Our parade is the biggest civic parade of all of the annual parades in the entire City of San Diego. Another lie I know it’s become very obvious that a certain gay media outlet is on the attack when it comes to me and those who…
Janet Mock has a career as a writer and journalist; she’s an editor for People.com. She’s young, beautiful and African American. Recently, she came out as a woman of transsexual experience. Mock came out in conjunction with releasing a video for the It Gets Better project – a video series created by Dan Savage to…
Thank you all for all your calls and emails about the Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast, but all credit should go to the hardworking committee and The Center. Over 1,000 attend Milk Breakfast The major article in this past Sunday’s edition of the Union Tribune stated it the best! “Harvey Milk Breakfast quickly becomes place to…
Every ten years, following the national census, city council district boundaries must be adjusted to keep, as closely as possible, the same number of people in each district. Normally this does not require big changes, but this year San Diego is adding a new 9th District, so every single district is on the chopping block,…
“There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends,” says Albus Dumbledore. Nowhere is this more true than in the world of party politics. Stand up to your party on the wrong issue, and life…
