A fourth incident of vandalism has occurred to the Metropolitan Community Church in San Diego when someone used a marker on a window to print out seemingly random words. The graffiti was erased before Sunday services and a photo of it was sent to a San Diego Police officer who has collected the images of…
A man suspected of stalking and attacking women who walked alone at night in North Park remained in jail on $5 million bail after his attorney withdrew a bid Tuesday to seek a bail reduction. David Angelo Drake II, 23, will next appear in San Diego Superior Court on Friday and his attorney will seek…
SAN DIEGO — In a recent SurveyUSA poll, voters in California’s 52nd Congressional District ranked “integrity” as the characteristic they most wanted in their Congressman, and on that issue, the poll revealed, Rep. Scott Peters leads Carl DeMaio by a margin of 19 points, 56% to 37%. “Character counts and people want a Congressman they can…
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) pushed for a vote in the House on the bipartisan Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The House majority has blocked a vote on the ENDA bill passed by the Senate last year. Davis and her colleagues signed a…
DETROIT – Tapper’s Diamonds and Fine Jewelry stamp its mark in its 37th anniversary with the arrival of a new wedding jewelry collection from LGBT designer Rony Tennenbaum. Tapper’s, Michigan’s most trusted jeweler since 1977, is expanding its demographic reach and marketing to include the LGBT community by adding a new wedding & engagement jewelry collection created to…
NEW YORK — New York Blood Center’s Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute (LFKRI) Laboratory of Social and Behavioral Sciences has received a three-year, $2 million grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) to develop and test an HIV self-testing intervention for young, Black, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. This…
BANGLADESH — Bangladesh says it will veto the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) proposal to provide rights for gay and lesbian people, reports GayAsiaNews.com. “It goes against our values. Like many other countries including those Muslim and Christian, we opposed it,” Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the UN Abdul Momen told the Dhaka Tribune….
SAN DIEGO — The Scott Peters for Congress campaign has launched its third TV ad highlighting the stark difference between Peters and Carl DeMaio when it comes to fighting for equal pay for equal work for women. As the ad points out, DeMaio “is funded by Tea Party extremists who oppose pay fairness for women. DeMaio’s pledged…
Members of the Bolashak national movement and social activists in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, have combined their efforts to help staunch the spread of gay propaganda as well as ban same-sex couples from adoption, work in the public sector or service in the Kazakh army. Dauren Babamuratov, the public face of the anti-gay backlash, has…
SAN DIEGO – AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) proudly expanded its support of public health in the San Diego community by opening its first specialized HIV clinic in the area Sept. 9, offering specialized, client-centered HIV/AIDS care through its Hillcrest location. A private reception and ribbon cutting was hosted at the clinic Tuesday Sept. 9. The…
