A few articles ago I started a series called life stage planning. We only got through the 20s before DOMA was repealed and sidetracked us. But now we are back to continue on through our financial lives providing steps everyone should take as they reach different ages. Did your 20s pass you by without saving…
Jesus loved to throw great parties! He was the ultimate party planner – not the party pooper! In fact, he was the life of the party and the good news is that we are all invited to the party. But wait, there’s more, there’s no cover charge; the admission’s already been covered by the free…
Saturday, July 13, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The annual San Diego LGBT Pride Parade is the 4th largest in the United States attracting 200,000 cheering spectators. The parade begins at University Avenue and Normal Street, proceeds west on University Avenue to Sixth Avenue, turns south on Sixth Avenue, ending at Balboa Drive and Upas Street. Grand…
Recently at a GLBT event, one of the producers actually went out of his way to hide the American flag because of personal views! For decades, I’ve dealt with this with many left-wing GLBT activists refusing my requests that we sing our nation’s national anthem and display our country’s flag. Most refuse to do so…
Given the historic nature of Coy Mathis’ victory, it would perhaps be fodder for media dissection long after the ruling came down. But, sandwiched as it was between some of the nation’s most transcendent moments in LGBT history, her story has all but disappeared from our collective national consciousness. Yet it bears repeating if we…
You’re on the dance floor working up a good sweat. A throbbing hip-hop beat thumps from the speakers and colored lights flash and spin in sync with the music. You’re having a great time with your friends at one of the many San Diego LGBT Pride Parties. Chances are good that while you’re working up…
Goodness gracious! I just remembered pride is one of the seven deadly sins. Fact bible Wikipedia says it is the worst, leading to all the others. Yet here we are holding a parade and festival for it. Surely, there has been a mistake in the translation of the ancient tongue. What is there to celebrate?…
San Diego citizen Jeff Olson (who is gay) made national news headlines when he was arrested for just writing his protest message against American banks in chalk on the streets. (I call this political art.) Of course, it was arch right-wing (check out his state legislative record) City Attorney Jan Goldsmith who made the decision…
Being invisible is not easy, but it is a situation LGBT seniors face daily. We are not ignored, that is deliberate; we are just not there. It saddens and, at times, infuriates seniors to be denied the chance to communicate our knowledge and experiences to the younger crowd; to compare our lives and enrich each…
With the Supreme Court having made its decisions on DOMA and marriage equality, the spotlight is again on what President Obama can still do for the LGBT community. Dead center in the beam is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would prevent employers from firing workers for their sexual orientation or gender identity. While there…
