Call it a wave, a shellacking or simply a very good election year for Republicans. But whatever you call it, don’t call it the year of the gay Republican. Two candidates, Carl DeMaio, who ran against Scott Peters in California’s 52nd district, and Richard Tisei, who ran against Seth Moutlon in North Boston’s normally Democratic…
As part of their ‘Southern strategy,’ the Human Rights Campaign will launch a television spot tonight in the Jackson, Mississippi market that takes aim squarely at one of the most conservative, and homophobic, regions of the country, reports Jay Reeves for the Associated Press. The goal is part of a larger strategy to address huge…
Saturday, the Los Angeles LGBT Center hosted the 45th Anniversary Vanguard Awards, honoring longtime LGBT activists George and Brad Takei who accepted the International Vanguard Award, presented by Tab Hunter; Marvel Entertainment who received the Corporate Vanguard Award, accepted by Marvel’s Vice President of Animation Development and Partnerships Courtney Lane, presented by Holland Taylor; and…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today responded to the fact that only three Federal Employee Health Benefit (FEHB) providers will begin offering transition related health care coverage in 2015 for transgender federal employees: AETNA, Kaiser Permanente, and the Foreign Service Benefit Plan. Kaiser Permanente’s plan will significantly limit the scope of coverage. “Transgender…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has sent Russian President Vladimir Putin a T-shirt that reads “Love Conquers Hate” in Russian. HRC’s gift was sent in recognition of Putin’s comment, “The meaning of our whole life and existence is love.” “Putin made clear that love is at the core of every single person,” said…
There will be many who will run from the Carl DeMaio defeat like roaches when the lights come on, but one fact remains, the LGBT community re-elected Congressman Scott Peters. How can our community take credit? It’s a simple math lesson. When DeMaio conceded on Sunday afternoon, the total votes counted were 183,831. Congressman Peters…
Now that the election is all but over in the 52nd Congressional District, there is renewed interest in the DeMaio office break-in. When the break-in occurred in May, the DeMaio campaign cast aspersions on the Peters’ campaign then later walked the statement back while accusing Todd Bosnich of the burglary. Todd Bosnich was a former…
Update Saturday, November 8, 2014 Congressman Peters continued to widen his lead over Republican challenger Carl DeMaio. With an additional 3,502 votes counted on Saturday, Peters expanded his lead to 4,771 votes, a 280 vote increase over his lead from Friday night. Since the beginning of the tabulation of the late mail-in and provisional ballots,…
LOS ANGELES —The Advocate has named Russian president, Vladimir Putin as “Person of the Year” in its December/January issue, on sale Nov. 18. As the Olympic Winter Games headed to Sochi in 2014, so did a spotlight on the violations against the Russian LGBT community. Those violations are coming directly from the top of the Russian…
Join the Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) as they celebrate the holidays, Saturday, Dec. 13, 7 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front St., next to UCSD hospital. “Suite for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble,” “Suite for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble,”The evening’s line up will feature music of Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year. Selections will…
