The Pride Health Challenge contestants have been transforming their lifestyle. As we approach Pride, Metabolic Direct and LGBT Weekly wanted to highlight each contestant’s journey. Below is the third Pride Health Challenge story. Here is Ildifonso’s journey: My journey has not been that unique. In fact, if you are reading this piece, it is probably…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego LGBT Community Center has appointed Sarah Merk-Benitez as the organization’s coordinator of volunteer resources. Merk-Benitez replaces Jerry Tomaszewicz, Jr. who has joined The Center’s accounting team. In her new role, Merk-Benitez is responsible for recruiting, training and coordinating The Center’s more than 1,000 volunteers. “I am so grateful to…
#LoveWins at the FIFA Women’s World Cup on Sunday in Vancouver, Canada after the USA beat Japan 5-2 to lift the trophy. After the final whistle blew US Soccer star Abby Wambach shared a kiss with wife Sarah Huffman. Fans took to social media to share the image along with the hashtag #LoveWins, reports The…
At 8:15 am Tuesday, July 7, San Diego Guild of Puppetry lead artist, Felix Diaz’s whistle will blow, the drum group from Monroe Clark Middle School will set the beat, and rank upon rank of 6th graders will set out on a spirited march to their feeder elementary, Rosa Parks, in their 10th annual, “Welcome…
A 20-year-old man was sentenced June 25 to four years in state prison for robbing and tasing a 73-year-old gay man who had placed an online ad on Craigslist. Probation was denied for Lucas Churchill Holmes, 20, of El Cajon, by San Diego Superior Court Judge Michael Groch who fined him $2,063. Groch imposed three…
Anti-gay Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) has been relentlessly resisting the Supreme Court’s historic decision that made same-sex marriage legal in every state. On Thursday, the federal trial court in New Orleans released a ruling that ended Jindal’s nearly weeklong effort to hold out, reported The Huffington Post. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman officially struck…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) applauded the President’s announcement that the Department of Labor will propose extending overtime pay protections to nearly 5 million salaried American workers, including more than 400,000 in California. This proposal would increase the current overtime protection threshold, guaranteeing overtime pay to most salaried workers earning less than…
YouTube content creator, Raymond Braun, recently sat down with gay psychotherapist, Matthew Dempsey, to discuss friendships between gay men and how to navigate “the friend zone”. Raymond and Matthew cover the relationships that exist between gay men and how to distinguish between these levels of friendship and intimacy. Watch above as Raymond and Matthew talk…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The United States Supreme Court’s endorsement of same-sex marriage is a huge victory for the gay rights movement but it is hardly the end of the battle for equality. With only 21 states banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, it is not illegal in most places in America…
Fox’s Megyn Kelly leaned on Ann Coulter’s new racist, anti-immigration book to defend presidential candidate Donald Trump’s disparaging comments about Hispanic immigrants, reports Media Matters for America. During his June 16 campaign launch, Republican candidate Donald Trump characterized Mexican immigrants as criminals and “rapists,” saying, “When Mexico sends its people … they’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” Trump…
