It’s been an interesting week at the Supreme Court. Monday, the Court declined to take up any challenges to Circuit Court rulings in favor of marriage equality, apparently adding the five states involved to the 19 states already allowing same-sex marriage. (Those who remember this column, https://lgbtweekly.jeffjungblut.com/2014/02/27/marriage-equality-its-not-over-til-its-over/, will understand why I’m feeling a little smug.)…
Mayor Kevin Faulconer made history again by appointing long time Latino/gay leader, Larry Bazza as the first person of color to become chair of the city’s prestigious and influential Art’s Commission. Baza is a true San Diego native whose family are fourth generation Californians; they are well known and respected leaders/activists within the people of…
Congratulations to all the San Diego Film Festival winners this year. “Where the Road Runs Out” starring Isaach De Bankolé as Professor George Mensa, not only had its world premiere at the festival but also won Best Narrative Feature. After an old friend unexpectedly passes away the professor finds himself inheriting a field station in…
Monday, Oct. 6, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) did not take up the marriage equality appeals of five states, so the federal Courts of Appeal rulings for those five states (as well as another six states in the Appeals’ Court Districts covered by those first five states) have, or will in short…
HOUSTON — Most lawyers associate arguments grounded upon the “original meaning” of the U.S. Constitution with politically conservative, status quo-preserving interpretations. The 19th Annual Frankel Lecture sponsored by the Houston Law Review of the University of Houston Law Center on Oct. 31 will argue that the original meaning of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause requires…
October in San Diego, without the change of seasons and colorful foliage usually associated with autumn, can mean only one thing – Oktoberfest! The celebration of all things German. A time for consuming cold beer and grilled sausages to the accompaniment of a polka band. Germans love their meat and, on average, consume 134 pounds…
Many of you will probably remember that I started talking about naming a public school after Sen. Christine Kehoe and finally establishing an AIDS memorial in San Diego in this column years ago (as well as a street named after Harvey Milk). The GLBT Historic Task Force was established to focus on these three major…
thursday, oct. 2. A Discourse on The Wonders of the Invisible World The year is 1702, 10 years after the Salem witch trials made famous in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. About to leave the colonies forever, long-lost Abigail Williams arrives at the Frontier Tavern of her childhood witch conspirator, Mercy Lewis, desperate to understand the…
The first California specific LGBT issue bill I ever lobbied for was 2006’s Justice for Gwen Araujo Act (AB 1170). The “What This Bill Will Do” section of Equality California’s fact sheet stated, “In order to dissuade the use of appeals to prejudice and bias in an attempt to gain acquittal, a favorable plea or…
The North County LGBTQ Resource Center will celebrate its seventh Pride By The Beach event Oct. 11, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. This year for the first time Pride By The Beach will be held in downtown of Oceanside by the Civic Center and Pier View way. The event is free for everyone to…
