Four teenagers have been arrested in New York Four for an alleged anti-gay hate crime. They have been accused of physically attacking two men while shouting anti-gay epithets in the early hours of July 21 outside a train station in Babylon, N.Y. The Long Island Press reports that the alleged attackers punched, kicked and shoved…
LONDON – A mysterious piece of street art has appeared on the wall of a restaurant in north London. PinkNews reports that the art shows President Obama ripping open a white shirt, superman-style, to reveal the Human Rights Campaign’s famous pink and red square emblem. Produced by the artist Pegasus, it can be viewed outside…
San Diego IndieFest is back! After a hiatus due to the birth of their son, San Diego IndieFest creators/ producers Alicia Champion and Danielle LoPresti have been busy creating a renewed look and format for IndieFest 8, still featuring the kind of roster you’ve come to expect— filled with formidable Indie revolutionaries to excite and…
SAN DIEGO – The 2013 AIDS Walk, Run & Street Challenge San Diego has added the Street Challenge as a new element to the 24th annual event, which will take place on Sunday, Sept. 29 in Balboa Park. The Street Challenge is a 5K obstacle course through Marston Point in Balboa Park that will have three heats,…
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SAN FRANCISCO ― Marriage Equality USA has reaffirmed its support for the U.S. Supreme Court decision of June 26 restoring the freedom to marry in California. “Despite Friday’s implausible petition from the San Diego County Clerk, what remains absolutely clear is that the courts have spoken, and Proposition 8 is unconstitutional,” said Brian Silva, Marriage…
CHICAGO — The American Osteopathic Association’s House of Delegates approved a policy today calling for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to modify its eligible blood donor criteria by allowing men who have had sex with other men to donate blood. Currently the FDA bans these individuals from donating blood due to concerns of the…
Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) of San Diego County President Susan Jester, Navy veteran Sean Sala, Pastor Rich McCullen of Missiongathering Church and other LGBT figures have scheduled a press conference Tuesday morning at the San Diego County Administration Building to call on the County Board of Supervisors to conduct an investigation into the recent “rogue”…
Late Friday State Attorney General Kamala D. Harris issued the following statement in response to San Diego County Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr.’s filing asking the state Supreme Court to halt same-sex weddings pending a court hearing. “The filing offers no new arguments that could deny same-sex couples their constitutionally protected civil rights. The federal…
Following two historic victories at the Supreme Court on marriage, the Human Rights Campaign hit the road for a tour across the country to support the fight for LGBT equality and to underscore the fact that there are two Americas when it comes to LGBT issues. In one America—in California, for instance—LGBT people are achieving increasing…
