My cat Nixon just celebrated another birthday and I love my kitty. Boy, if he could talk, blog or write a book … wait, I’d be in big trouble! Five days in Connecticut As my plane was near landing I looked out the window to a region blanketed by snow, which was everywhere. From the…
It seems that whenever a civil rights movement has fought in the United States, the battles have included public restrooms. From the segregated restrooms of the Jim Crow south, to the “unisex bathroom” arguments used in the fight against the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), to even the repeal legislation for Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT),…
When conservative Christians and other social conservatives talk about the “homosexual agenda,” it seems they often come up with outlandish ideas of what it would be. You know, stuff like trying to recruit teenagers into “the homosexual lifestyle,” lesson plans on “homosexual sex” in kindergartner classrooms and scary “men in dresses” invading public female restrooms…
Carolus Linnaeus once said, “Nature does not proceed by leaps and bounds.” Neither does politics, though to those who only follow state and local elections, it can seem to. In reality, the ground work for the big happenings in even numbered years is laid at the local level in off years like 2011. Engaging in…
Well, I’m off to Connecticut for five days and I hear a bad storm is on its way. So maybe you’ll be lucky and I’ll be stuck back east! San Diego LGBT veterans wall of honor to be established! In honor of San Diego County military veterans who have served our nation proudly, the Lambda…
On Thursday Feb. 3, 2011, San Diego News 10 did a story regarding transgender veterans’ goal of having transgender people eventually being able to serve openly in the military. The video story was pretty favorable in the sense that it presented transgender views on open military service for transgender people and the barriers to them…
Well, I’m off to the east coast and their weather of doom, so I’m packing extra warm clothes. Makes one really appreciate sunny San Diego! Many are trying to rewrite the history of Ronald Reagan This past weekend there was a huge celebration of what would have been President Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday, and talk…
Maybe it was too much to hope for. To hope that President Obama would say the word “transgender” in his latest State Of The Union address. I’m very aware that the visible part of the transgender sub-community of the LGBT community is pretty small, and my sub-community’s concerns are easily lost in broader pictures. But…
With the possible exception of prison overcrowding, societal ills tend to affect two groups: the young and the old. Disease, poverty and hunger all disproportionately affect children and seniors. Discrimination against the LGBT community is no different. Young people are often easy victims due to lack of support and experience. A seemingly small insult can…
Hope you’re all doing well. Remember when the flu lasted only a few days, now it lasts for weeks. I’m just getting over a bad case and it looks like my flu shot didn’t work! I will organize opposition to renaming the Coronado Bridge to Ronald Reagan Bridge Now comes word that there is a…
