Shelley Zimmerman will support the LGBT community, said the new police chief who was sworn in Tuesday following almost a love fest and praise from residents during her confirmation hearing before the San Diego City Council. Zimmerman, 54, is the first female San Diego Police Chief and is a 31-year veteran. Mayor-Elect Kevin Faulconer nominated…
SAN DIEGO – USofA pageants will present the inaugural Miss Gay Golden State USofA pageant Sun., March 16 in the Lafayette Hotel’s Mississippi Ballroom. The pageant is open to male drag queens and transsexual female impersonators 21 years of age and older, who will compete in evening gown, personal interview and talent. Miss Gay Golden…
SAN DIEGO, – EXUSMED™, a corporation offering affordable mobile health care solutions for both patients and providers announced today that Dell technology training expert Nathan Stewart has joined the corporation’s Advisory Council. Stewart has had a successful 11 year tenure with Austin-based Dell, Inc. As a technology consultant, Stewart spent the first eight years of…
When San Diego LGBT Pride purchased its new office building in 2009 for $1,030,000, there was concern among the community that it was too pricey for the organization to afford. Five years later, those worries may become a reality as the remaining mortgage on the building is now due. In order to avoid having to…
After hearing dozens of speakers about a new medical marijuana ordinance Tuesday, the San Diego City Council voted 8-1 to approve an ordinance that regulates medical marijuana dispensaries. The law will go into effect in about 45 days after the Council does a second reading that will make it official. Ninth District Councilmember Marti Emerald…
Join in the largest LGBT Fat Tuesday celebration west of New Orleans, and experience the electric flair of New Orleans right in the heart of Hillcrest. March 4, from 6-11 p.m., let the wild rumpus begin as Hillcrest Fat Tuesday transforms University Avenue between 10th Avenue and Herbert Street to the carnival of the year!…
A male nurse who was extradited from Canada pleaded not guilty Tuesday to elder abuse and committing a lewd act with a 98-year-old female stroke patient while he was engaging in a sex act with another male nurse. Bail was set at $200,000 for Russell Olvena Torralba, 41, by San Diego Superior Court Judge Michael…
SAN DIEGO – The California Music Educators Association (CMEA) has chosen Kevin Beiser, San Diego Unified School District’s recently elected Board of Trustees president, as the 2013 CMEA Legislative Music Leadership awardee. Beiser had earlier received recognition from the San Diego chapter of the CMEA, which nominated him for the state-wide award. “After receiving the…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — EXUSMED™, a corporation offering affordable mobile health care solutions for both patients and providers, will launch a pilot program in early 2014 that will have more than 800 participating physicians providing care to approximately 1,500 patients throughout Southern California. EXUSMED’s programs, available to consumers in the summer of 2014, will provide…
After a series of legislative and judicial Marriage Equality victories, major anti-LGBT organizations have redirected their efforts away from marriage equality and toward attacking the rights of transgender people. These attacks follow California’s passage of Assembly Bill 1266, the School Success and Opportunity Act. The bill guarantees transgender students equal access to restrooms, locker rooms,…
