San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) Board of Education President Kevin Beiser affirmed the district’s commitment to compliance with AB 1266, the new law that went into effect Jan. 1, which mandates safe and equal access for California’s transgender students in public, K-12 schools to facilities, such as restrooms, locker rooms and athletic activities whose…
SAN DIEGO – The Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) and the Greater San Diego Business Association (GSDBA) Charitable Foundation are excited to continue the long standing tradition of Hillcrest’s Mardi Gras. The HBA is pleased to announce a new name and location for 2014. “Hillcrest Fat Tuesday” will be held March 4, 2014 with a parade…
http://youtu.be/ZyB7bzYRoqY These heroic women show what spirit, courage, and perseverance can achieve. May their bravery inspire us in 2014 and beyond.
SAN DIEGO – Global Entertainment Properties 1, LLC, (GEP) producers of The Complete Frida Kahlo exhibition, today announced an extension of the exhibition in San Diego through March 9. The exhibition, on display at historic NTC at Liberty Station, was originally planned to be in San Diego through Jan. 19 with San Diego being the…
From Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB), a New York- based personalized dating service, comes their latest survey of 5,600 CMB members …
Claiming defamation, “false light” (a legal term, referring to unwanted, malicious publicity) and intentional infliction of emotional distress, former District 4 City Council candidate, Dwayne Crenshaw is suing his one-time rival, Councilwoman Myrtle Cole, who defeated Crenshaw by about 1,000 votes (or 10 percentage points) during last year’s hotly contested election. “We have sadly come…
SAN DIEGO – Mayoral candidates and San Diego City Councilmembers David Alvarez and Kevin Faulconer today announced six debates they will participate in leading up to the Feb. 11 special runoff election. The top two finishers in the Nov. 19 primary election announced soon after they would work together to agree upon a half dozen debates. Each debate…
Today the United States Supreme Court issued a stay temporarily suspending the issuance of marriage licenses to lesbian and gay couples in Utah. Hundreds of couples have been married since U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby ruled Dec. 20 that the state’s ban on such unions violated constitutional guarantees of equal protection and due process….
Jan. 1, the Boy Scouts of America officially lifted the ban on gay members, although the ban on gay Scout leaders remain. Despite widespread fears that there would be a mass exodus of members the policy change was widely supported, including by religious leaders, and produced few consequences. In fact, according to BSA spokesman Deron…
From Media Matters For America comes their latest post responding to Pat Buchanan urging President Obama to visit Russia, in part, to atone for those who have been “stiffing” President Vladimir Putin due to his oppression of gay people. Echoing his earlier praise for the Russian president, conservative commentator Pat Buchanan urged President Barack Obama…
