Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain both made appearances in San Diego, Memorial Day. 10 News reported that they attended a tribute at the Veterans Museum. Speaking at the event, Romney warned of threats from around the world and said that to follow the course of Europe and shrink the military to…
San Diego-based national gay Latino activist Nicole M. Ramirez’s longstanding relationship with Texas just got a little closer as the mayor of San Antonio has named Ramirez mayor of city-within-a-city, La Villita. La Ciudad de La Villita is considered one of the oldest cities in Texas and the original San Antonio. La Villita has had…
LGBT young leaders from across San Diego launched Obama Pride in San Diego with a kick off press conference to discuss the 2012 election and LGBT youth issues in San Diego. Craig Roberts, vice president of Political Action with the San Diego Democrats for Equality, Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, president of San Diego Blue Dog Democrats and…
Organizers of the Easel Art Fair are calling on all San Diego artists to register for this upcoming exhibition. The exhibition, located at White Box Contemporary, 1040 Seventh Ave. in San Diego, will run from Aug. 27 through Sept. 1. Registration fee is $100 and all proceeds will benefit the Artist in Residence project. For…
Athletes for Education (AFE) President Steven Haynes has been named recipient of the 10News Leadership Award, which was bestowed posthumously during a ceremony at Sunset Elementary School Monday, May 7. The award was accepted by Haynes’ father, John Haynes. Steven Haynes died Feb. 18 after spending many years nurturing this non-profit organization that he established…
Coming off the heels of her premier performance at The Brass Rail, which was unanimously received as a knock-out punch, the venue has asked back San Diego LGBT Weekly’s very own diva of design, Trendy Wendy, who’s considering jumping on the band wagon of name changes; which letter in Wendy would look better as an…
Tuesday marked the 82nd anniversary of the birth of slain LGBT civil rights leader, Harvey Milk – and, in San Diego, the day the nation’s first Harvey Milk Street was dedicated. The dedication was officiated by Milk’s nephew and several other dignitaries. Gathered on a street corner for the unveiling was a diverse crowd made…
The San Diego Zoo Safari Park has announced that it will receive its largest ever single donation – $9 million – for a new Tiger Trail exhibit. The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, put one condition on the gift – the Safari Park has to raise an additional $2 million for the new exhibit….
San Diego LGBT Pride has announced that it has formed a Diversity Task Force. More than 26 local diversity organizations were invited to participate and currently 17 individuals are a part of this working group. Some of the diverse identities represented on the task force are bisexual, gender queer, Latino, black, leather, gay men, lesbians,…
After making history last year with the first active-duty military contingent in a Pride parade in the U.S., San Diego LGBT Pride is organizing an even bigger contingent for this year’s Pride event. The theme for this first post-DADT Pride is America’s Pride and it will be held July 20-22. San Diego Pride stated on…
