SAN DIEGO – The public can learn the latest facts about one of the most confusing areas of health care – prostate cancer – at a free lecture Tuesday, Oct. 7, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. The lecture will be led by a team of medical experts from Scripps Health. Michael…
The National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Veteran’s Memorial Project has published the final design for its three-panel memorial to honor LGBT veterans. The memorial would be placed at the Congressional Cemetery. According to the Project’s Web site the Project’s mission is, ” … to raise funds and construct an LGBT Veterans Memorial in our nations capital….
The Fourth Circuit Court has refused to stay its decision striking Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday, which means LGBT couples might be able to marry as soon as next week. The Washington Post reported that opponents of the law said they will ask the Supreme Court to stay the decision before marriages could start Aug….
WASHINGTON – Last week, The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America, representing one of the world’s largest Christian denominations, announced that Jay Sekulow will be the next recipient of their annual Athenagoras Human Rights Award. Sekulow is the chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a group that actively advocated against…
SAN DIEGO — Will Walters, founder and president of San Diego-based civil rights education organization, FreeWillUSA invites San Diegans and visitors alike to join him for an evening of food, friends, fun and a little bit of fundraising, this Thursday, Aug. 14 from 6-8 p.m. at Harvey Milk’s American Diner, Sixth Avenue and University in Hillcrest. FreeWillUSA…
Media Matters for America’s latest post reveals that Breitbart.com criticized a Pennsylvania couple that was refused wedding gowns by a bridal shop owner on religious grounds, assailing the “lesbian bridezillas” for writing about their experience on Facebook. Aug. 7, The Press Enterprise reported that an unidentified lesbian couple in Bloomsburg, PA had been refused service by W. W. Bridal Boutique owner Victoria…
It was hard to miss – the five-foot tall, ruby-red sequined shoe in the Balboa Theatre’s front lobby at the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) recent LUV Madonna show. Strategically placed, it called out for show patrons to donate to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego. And, donate they did with…
If the numbers are to be believed, younger members of the Republican Party, those under 30, are helping to tip the scales in favor of same-sex marriage. According to FreedomToMarry.org, 61 percent support same-sex marriage. Furthermore, 40 percent of all Republicans support the rights of same-sex couples to enter into marriage while 56 percent agree with…
SAN DIEGO — After hearing five and a half days of testimony and viewing videotapes, a judge Aug. 8 ordered two gay male ex-nurses to stand trial for felony elder abuse in the way they cared for a then-98-year-old grandmother who could not speak and was mostly paralyzed from a stroke. The family of the…
Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams was found dead Monday at his northern California home. Williams, 63, apparently took his own life according to police reports. He had been battling severe depression. His media representative Mara Buxbaum told CNN, “This is a tragic and sudden loss. The family respectfully asks for their privacy as they grieve during…
