A same-sex couple that appeared in Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign launch video tied the knot Sunday. CBS Chicago reported that Jared Milrad and Nathan Johnson were surrounded by family and friends at Montrose Harbor Sunday afternoon but absent, though, was the presidential candidate. They sent her a Twitter invitation to their wedding today right after…
The lineup of all 75 films of the Oceanside International Film Festival (OIFF) – to be shown on the big screen this August including a prominent gay and lesbian screening block – is now complete. For its next installment put out annually since 2009, North County San Diego’s largest film festival recently announced the whole…
Sunday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry became the second Republican presidential candidate to suggest the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) should be able to deny lesbian, gay, and bisexual people the ability to work and volunteer for the organization when he said on Meet the Press that the BSA would be “better off” without openly LGB…
Following the announcement that TLC have cancelled the show 19 Kids and Counting, the Duggar family have issued a statement via Facebook. TLC cancelled the show after the Duggar’s oldest son Josh admitted to molesting five minor girls, including his sisters Jill and Jessa. The full statement from the Duggars is below: Today, TLC announced…
Same-sex weddings are now big business throughout the nation. It’s predicted that LGBT weddings will add an expected $21 billion to the already $70 billion industry. That makes for an almost 25% increase in wedding related purchases. Businesses in California are expected to see an estimated $265 million in new revenue with legalized gay marriage….
SAN DIEGO- Francine Busby, chair of the San Diego County Democratic Party, has called on San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer to refuse to speak at the 42nd American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Annual Meeting. ALEC is meeting in San Diego July 22 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt downtown. Mayor Faulconer is slated to speak along…
Whoa … not so fast! As the celebration of marriage equality winds down our community appears poised to pivot toward, and bring the primary focus of our formidable influence, to the fight for passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). It may seem the obvious course. After all, as the saying goes, a gay or…
New Rochelle, NY—Transgender Health, a new peer-reviewed, open access journal launching in 2015 from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, will deliver authoritative research and clinical studies exclusively focused on advancing the understanding of the health and health care issues and concerns of this unique patient population. “I want to personally thank Caitlyn Jenner for her…
WASHINGTON – Friday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)called on House Speaker John Boehner to remove Representative Scott Garrett (R-NJ) as subcommittee chair in the House Financial Services Committee over his hateful anti-LGBT objections to supporting his party’s congressional campaign committee because, according to Politico, it “actively recruited gay candidates and supported homosexuals in primaries.” Media…
Contemporary artist Gary Baseman has created a San Diego-themed sketch (shown right) on canvas to be displayed at San Diego LGBT Pride 2015. Attendees at the Music Festival in Balboa Park will help complete the art by lending their hand/fingers to add color to the art piece. Sponsored by AT&T, the interactive art project is…
