Councilman: Demolition of historic LGBT house ‘not … illegal’ District 3 Councilman Todd Gloria says there appears to have been nothing illegal about the allegedly deceptive manner in which the so-called Michels-Carey House, the initial headquarters to San Diego’s fledgling LGBT-rights movement, was demolished to make way for future development. However, Gloria has referred the…
SAN DIEGO, Calif., – In celebration of LGBT Pride Month and as part of its ongoing commitment to cultural diversity and responsible banking, Union Bank has partnered with KPBS to honor two remarkable individuals as local heroes. The 2015 LGBT Pride Month honorees are: Terry Cunningham, the chair of the HIV Health Services Planning Council for…
In a move to address rumors of closure the chair of Stepping Stone San Diego today released an open letter reassuring LGBTQ San Diegans that the operation will not be shutting down. In the letter Chair Tom Reise writes, “Each of us on the Board of Directors and on staff considers Stepping Stone to be…
Chris Ward has kicked off his campaign for San Diego City Council to represent the Third District, announcing a number of significant endorsements one year from the election. “For years, I have been working to improve our community – by walking our streets, talking with neighbors, and collaborating with our leaders,” said Ward. “As a…
Being Alive HIV/AIDS Services San Diego has announced the return of Daniel’s Market Food Bank. The Mobile Market will be held one day a month on the first Friday of the month, June 5, 2015 at the Walgreen’s parking lot, 301 University (across from Urban Mo’s) from 9 to 11 a.m. “Daniel’s Pantry has been…
The Center for Networked Systems (CNS), a computer science research center at UC San Diego, is developing a new initiative to support LGBT undergraduate students in computer science and engineering. Named The Alan Turing Scholarship, this initiative will be established in 2015 by CNS through philanthropic partnership. CNS will award the Alan Turing Memorial Scholarship…
One of San Diego’s most important early LGBTQ sites, the small saltbox house at the corner of Florida Street and El Cajon Boulevard has been demolished without warning. HG Fenton, the developer of the property, demolished the house at 5 p.m. Friday May 29. Charles Kaminski of Lambda Archives of San Diego, who had organized…
On a recent Saturday night in San Diego’s University Heights neighborhood Tondelay O., a 6-foot-tall drag queen was dressed to the nines. But she wasn’t costumed to perform on stage – nor was she or any of her half-dozen or so sisters-in-drag decked out for a party. Tondelay and her pals, not to mention about…
Nancy Maclean won this year’s Lovedy Gilbert Award from the Metropolitan Community Church in San Diego that is presented to a female congregant who demonstrates love and acceptance for all. “You are my home. You are my family,” said Maclean just after Senior Pastor Dan Koeshall announced her as the 2015 winner. The straight woman…
A judge ordered Theresa Lynn Owens May 21 to stand trial on charges she struck six bicyclists on Fiesta Island while driving the wrong way while she was under the influence of methamphetamine. Many victims told San Diego Superior Court Judge Jeff Fraser about the suddenness of the Aug. 12, 2014, accident when Owens’ green…
