Seniors view with wonder the Gay America of today: schools with gay/lesbian clubs; mainstream businesses that openly court us; books which once got you arrested are everywhere; marriage and military service are now possible. Proud to be an American? You bet. Sad to say, things are still not perfect and bigots, like the poor, will…
If you enjoy zines: reading them, making them, collecting them, then you will appreciate a series of events scheduled for this coming weekend. Do Anything features work by individual artists and collectives who focus on do-it-yourself publishing and print projects. Employing alternative methods of production to create and distribute books, zines and video work, the…
Teens from Orange County, California have released an online PSA featuring Betty DeGeneres to raise awareness for Seth’s Law – which requires California schools to enact anti-bullying policies. More info below or here. This week the teens are also contributing posts about bullying to Huffington Post Gay Voices and Youth Voices. The young adults are…
A bill authored by San Diego Assemblymember Toni Atkins that will strengthen California’s child pornography reporting laws has advanced further in the legislative process with a bi-partisan, unanimous vote of the Senate Public Safety Committee. AB 1817 adds commercial computer technicians to those who are “mandated reporters” of child abuse. “The days of hard copy…
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNN) – A 14-year-old-boy has claimed that he was bullied to the point of blindness. Kardin Ulysse said the bullying, which included the yelling of anti-gay slurs, happened to him at his school, Junior High School 78 in Bergen Beach. “I can’t see from my right eye,” Ulysse said in his attorney’s office…
There is no exact timeframe or science to real estate cycles, but this alternation has been going on internationally ever since there were landowners. Today in San Diego and in most of the world, it is a buyer’s market. It has been a buyer’s market for four to five years, as prices have continued to…
thursday, july 5 Man of La Mancha One of the best loved musicals of a generation, the moving retelling of the classic story of Don Quixote celebrates the triumph of the human spirit. Imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition, Cervantes re-enacts the story of Don Quixote of La Mancha to win back a package of papers…
Democrats for Equality new endorsements! Latest endorsements for General Election 2012 At the San Diego Democrats for Equality June general meeting, the members endorsed in the following races: Dr. Shirley Weber, 79th Assembly District Robert Amador rated Acceptable, Superior Court Office 25 Jim Miller rated Unacceptable, Superior Court Office 25 Our next general meeting will…
MONTREAL (CNN) – A Montreal teacher has been suspended for showing his 10th grade students the killing and dismemberment video allegedly filmed by Canadian gay porn actor Luka Magnotta, the school board said last week. The class viewing allegedly took place on the morning of June 4; the same day German authorities captured Magnotta in…
The cardinal wedding rule is no one looks prettier than the bride. For my cousin who was, shall we say, a big-boned girl with a great personality, this challenge was met with girls of various heights, weights, colors, amounts of acne and two baby bumps. All wore home-dyed lime(ish) dresses of taffeta and crinoline. The…
