Nominations are being accepted from now until July 15 for the 26th annual Nicky Awards, one of the West Coast’s oldest LGBT community awards. Long considered “the gay Academy Awards of San Diego,” the community-based awards honor and recognize outstanding achievement within the LGBT community. Nominations for the 2011 Nicky Awards are being sought for…
When Patrick Wallace logged onto Facebook one morning and saw that his friend, Michael Volpatt, had posted a note from his mom expressing her unconditional love for her gay son, he immediately recognized it was something special. Less than two months later, the pair has transformed that single letter into a Web site with over…
The San Diego City Council has voted 7-0 to pay $498,320 in architectural fees and engineering designs for a new fire station in Hillcrest to replace the current old building that is too cramped to fit new fire apparatus inside. The Hillcrest Fire Station No. 5, at 3902 Ninth Ave., will be demolished and replaced…
Red Hot Babes and Bow Ties Saturday, July 9, 6 p.m. San Diego LGBT Community Center (3909 Centre Street in Hillcrest) Bust out your favorite bow tie and kick off your Pride festivities a week early! The Women’s Resource Center presents Red Hot Babes and Bow Ties, a women’s nightclub at The Center. Enjoy dancing…
Opponents of both Carl DeMaio and Bonnie Dumanis protested at the candidates’ mayoral campaign events over the past few days. A group of LGBT Democrats organized a protest at a DeMaio fundraiser on Monday, June 27. While DeMaio was inside Eden (located at 1202 University Ave. in Hillcrest), a group of about a dozen people…
Two days after local businessman John Sanfilippo died, his church, Our Lady of the Rosary in Little Italy, canceled a funeral Mass scheduled for Thursday, June 30, because he was gay. The next day, however, the Roman Catholic Diocese in San Diego overturned the decision. Sanfilippo died on Friday, June 24, after a battle with…
About 50 friends of Jason “Cowboy” Huggins held a quiet candlelight vigil at Scripps Mercy Hospital Tuesday, where Huggins remained in critical condition after a brutal assault the week before. “We are here to show him and his family that we care,” said Justin Newman, a close friend of Huggins and organizer of the vigil….
A Superior Court Judge has rejected a suit filed by San Diego Republican Party Chairman Tony Krvaric, alleging the San Diego Redistricting Commission was not properly created, demanding it should be disbanded and asking the City Council to select an entirely new commission. The decision was made by Judge William R. Nevitt Jr. last Friday,…
It only took a jury 92 minutes of deliberations June 24 to convict Philong Huynh of first-degree murder in the 2008 death of Dane Williams, 23, who was drugged and then sexually assaulted. The quick verdict took everyone by surprise, except for the six man six woman jury which heard 4 weeks of testimony of…
The LGBT Community Center hosted Pachanga de Frida June 25 to commemorate the life of Frida Kahlo, one of the most influential Mexican painters of the mid-20th century. The event, entitled Arte, Vida y Tequila, was a benefit for The Center’s Latino Services.
