By dining out for breakfast, lunch, dinner or drinks today Thursday, April 30, San Diegans can make a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS and enjoy some of San Diego’s finest and most generous restaurants. Now in its ninth year, Dining Out for Life San Diego “has become a wonderful San Diego tradition,” said Dr….
“I want to apologize for anyone I have wronged,” wrote Ehren Lee Dragt, 35, on his Facebook account at 2:27 a.m. April 25. Five people responded, asking him what was wrong, but there was no response from him. Many hours later, Dragt was arrested on a murder charge after his partner, Michael Leon Campbell, 44,…
The “Boys of Summer” on a well-groomed green field beneath a sun-drenched blue sky. The crack of a hard-swung bat, the slap of a speeding ball against leather glove and the roar of the crowd. The aromas of a steamy hot dog served with grilled onions, and a cold beer’s malty froth. Ahhh, baseball. What…
WASHINGTON – Two days after the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the marriage equality case Obergefell v. Hodges, the Human Rights Campaign joined with the legal team from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher that challenged California’s ban on marriage equality to highlight key testimony from Hollingsworth v. Perry which shows that…
NEW YORK — The Board of Directors of the National LGBT Museum has voted to base the museum in New York City and has elected longtime LGBT activist Kevin Jennings as its co-chair. Founded in 2008 by Board Co-Chair Tim Gold, the National LGBT Museum engaged in an extensive visioning process (details of which…
Last week, I ranked the Supreme Court Justices by their likelihood of supporting marriage equality. In light of Tuesday’s oral arguments, I want to update some of those predictions. Justice Thomas, to the surprise of no one, said nothing. Still a “No” vote on marriage equality. Justice Scalia seemed convinced that a Federal right to…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation announced that 17 national religious leaders, from California to the nation’s capital, added their names to a historic statement calling for an end to “religious refusal” bills that allow discrimination against LGBT people. “Today, leaders from different faith traditions – and from across the country –…
While watching Bruce Jenner being interviewed by Dianne Sawyer, several ideas crossed my mind. First, in the TV situation comedy land of the 1950s and 1960s, audiences were assured “Father Knew Best.” That was the name of the show starring the amiable Robert Young, a Hollywood leading man in the 1930s and 1940s, who was…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will become the first official challenger to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when he launches his campaign seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2016 on Thursday. Sanders’ decision was first reported by Vermont Public Radio and confirmed by The Huffington Post. Sanders’ entry into the Democratic race ensures that…
SACRAMENTO—Victims of domestic violence would be able to have their wireless providers transfer their account from their abusers under a bill by Speaker Toni G. Atkins. AB 1407, which authorizes a court to direct a wireless provider to transfer services to a requesting party in domestic violence cases, passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee today unanimously…
