San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced today that he is throwing his support behind openly lesbian District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis for the upcoming mayoral election, set for June 2012. The current mayor recorded a YouTube video in which he endorses Dumanis as his successor, stating that the DA “has incredible integrity, does the right thing…
PFLAG National (Parents, Families, and Friends of the Lesbians and Gays) has united with The Family Equality Council in urging members of the LGBT community to reach out to straight allies throughout Pride month. Both organizations are suggesting that LGBT families seize the unique opportunity afforded by community Pride events, such as parades, barbeques, performances…
Here we go again. With Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls recent homophobic outburst at a Miami Heat fan, the subject of homophobic slurs is garnering national attention. During the game, Noah had said “F**k you, faggot” to the fan. It subsequently incurred him a scornful $50,000 fine from the NBA. Noah apologized after the…
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…
Mimi Laver, the Director of Legal Education at the ABA Center on Children and Law, has initiated the creation of an LGBT bullying and discrimination awareness campaign to educate legal professionals about the increasingly pertinent plight of underserved LGBT youth in America. Laver’s campaign, known as The Opening Doors Project, is the first national program…
OutServe, an association of active LGBT military service members, will hold the first annual OutServe Armed Forces Leadership Summit this fall in Las Vegas, Nevada. The summit meeting, which will take place October 13-16 at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino, is intended to give LGBT military personnel a forum within which to discuss…
San Diego Pride announced this year’s complete festival entertainment lineup today, with iconic female hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa and comedian Ross Matthews among the top talents scheduled to take the stage. The LGBT Pride festival is scheduled to take place July 16-17 in Balboa Park. On Saturday, July 16, crowds at the Main Stage will enjoy…
Public school teachers and students in Tennessee may be banned from using any language that alludes to or expresses homosexuality in the classroom if the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill passes next year. The Tennessee Senate has already passed the homophobic bill, but it will likely remain in limbo as lawmakers prepare to adjourn this spring….
The activist nephew of the late U.S. Civil rights leader, Harvey Milk, completed a whirlwind seven city human rights tour sponsored by Equality Italia and included high level government conferences, official state visits, students, business and activist meetings. Starting in Genoa the first week of May and crisscrossing the Mediterranean nation, Milk headlined film festivals,…
The famously blunt and unapologetic comedian Margaret Cho will headline at the San Diego Pride Festival this year, taking the main stage at Marston Point in Balboa Park on July 16, 2011 as the final act in a full-day performance roster. Cho, who recently appeared on season 11 of Dancing with the Stars and is…
