In his performance at the Human Rights Campaign’s Stand Up For Equality in San Diego last month, D.J. Pierce returned briefly to his Shangela experience to explain to audience members what life was like on RuPaul’s Drag Race. He suggested that Ru might tell two audience coworkers (paraphrase): I’m sorry, my dears, but this week…
With a volatile stock and bond market, a dysfunctional congress and unemployment over 9 percent, it can be hard to believe in the American Dream. With Prop 8 still in effect, and a parade of Republican presidential candidates seeing who can hate gay marriage most (Fred Karger being the notable exception), it can be hard…
At the risk of losing my gay card, I’ll admit I don’t really like reality TV. More annoying is when reality TV invades reality, as when the cast of The Learning Channel’s Sister Wives sued the state of Utah over its anti-polygamy laws. Thanks largely to right-wing talking heads, TV polygamists have entered the marriage…
When the police arrive at your door at 4 a.m., you know two things about the party: It’s great, and it’s over. It’s time for someone to dial 9-1-1 on the Tea Party. They had a good ride, but it needs to end. Neighborhoods are a microcosm of the social contract that makes our government,…
For as much as they discuss the Ten Commandments, you might think that social conservatives would endorse legislation that made schools tell the truth. Nope. They are organizing in opposition, and frantically so. California SB-48, The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act, requires that schools include the contributions of LGBT Americans in social…
I spent a good chunk of water cooler time at work Monday answering the question, “So, how was Pride?” – which seems to be the July equivalent of, “What did you get for Christmas?” My answer is usually some combination of: “Had a blast,” “The fill-in-the-blank party was awesome,” or “You should come next year.”…
If I could give out honorary LGBT cards, U.S. Congresswoman Susan Davis would be at the top of my list. As the representative from California’s 53rd District, which includes Hillcrest, she has stood up for the LGBT community at every turn. Many congressmembers check all the right boxes: “No” on 8, “yes” on marriage equality,…
“You’re likable enough” was then candidate Obama’s comment about his opponent, Sen. Hillary Clinton. Whether he meant it or not, he was factually wrong. In 2008, Clinton’s likability didn’t translate into enough votes to win the presidency. Recent events in the 2012 race for San Diego mayor suggest that another likable politician, District Attorney Bonnie…
President Obama has already done more to advance LGBT rights than any prior president. After the first Republican presidential debate, where the frontrunners nearly trampled each other racing to the pinnacle of intolerance, I’m fairly certain I’ll vote for him again. I wish, though, that he would quit telling us that he is “evolving” on…
When something fails in the lab, we deconstruct the experiment with our colleagues. If someone thinks they have a better idea, we can repeat the experiment under identical conditions. Ideally, we run three groups simultaneously: the new plan, the old plan and no plan (known as the control group). Once the results are in, we…
