Meet Michael Sam. Sam is a college football player for the University of Missouri, aka Mizzou. Sam has decided that he wants to be the first openly gay NFL player, so he decided to come out; before the draft. I can’t express how much courage Sam has exhibited. Would you risk potentially millions of dollars…
There are those who feel that I have demonized Candidate Kevin Faulconer. That is simply not true. What I have done is simply represent the majority of our community that believes any Republican who wants our vote needs to repudiate his or her party with respect to LGBT issues, as well as the party leaders…
The San Diego HIV Health Services Planning Council is responsible for planning services for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in San Diego County and for allocating funding for these services under the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 (RWTEA). The San Diego County HIV Prevention Group guides the planning process for the…
I have had enough of people being able to say ridiculous things about the LGBT community and get away with it. Most recently it was the star of the Bachelor who called us perverts. He also said that there should never be a gay Bachelor. Really, gay men and women can get married in 18…
In response to ‘Open letter to Kevin Faulconer’ (issue 137, Jan. 2) Dear Editor, I read the Open letter to Kevin Faulconer and I was astonished by your outrageous conduct, and I will analyze your letter as follows: 1. You addressed to Faulconer with the word “Dear”. Under no circumstances is he your “Dear”. Look…
Why should gay people be Republicans? Because gay people are … people. Gay Americans are Americans. And most Americans aren’t single-issue voters. They are, on the whole, more center-right than center-left, more fiscally conservative than wealth-distributive, and happier to spend their money as they see fit than to have the government do it for them…
Setting the record straight on ‘Gary Holt and the Chorus’ (issue 137, Jan. 2) Dear Editor, Nicole Murray Ramirez has it wrong concerning Gary Holt as director of San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus. Gary Holt was not the director who took the San Diego Men’s Chorus (Not GMCSD) to the White House at Christmas in…
When it comes to the fight for LGBT civil rights, my philosophy has been, and will always be, the greater good for our community. Essentially, that means sometimes I vote for candidates that have philosophies that may negatively impact me personally, but will advance the cause of LGBT rights. For example, I have problems voting…
Dear Candidate Faulconer: This second part of my open letter to you was to be focused on how you should break with your Republican Party with respect to LGBT civil rights. Events over the last couple of weeks have made me expand the focus of this letter. First, the Duck Dynasty controversy revealed the true…
Senior housing Dear Editor, As my spouse, Dan Mock, and I have visited family at senior housing and an assisted living center over the past few years, we have begun the conversation about our own retirement and long term plans. I read your article in the LGBT Weekly (Dec. 19) with great hope that we…
