May 22, Harvey Milk‘s birthday, San Diego Remembers invites everyone to join friends for the 2nd Annual Community Toast to Harvey Milk, a free annual event held in Harvey’s honor. The community will gather at the eastern end of Harvey Milk Street in the front of the San Diego LGBT Community Center for brief remarks,…
MANILA — A UN-sponsored study has confirmed that gay people in the Philippines continue to face discrimination despite pockets of increased tolerance for the LGBT community by Filipino society, reports GayAsiaNews.com. “Cultural and social attitudes toward LGBT people are complex, with signs of acceptance, particularly among the young,” said the study funded by the UN…
Last night, a federal judge ruled that Idaho’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. In her ruling flagwrote, “Idaho’s Marriage Laws withhold from them a profound and personal choice, one that most can take for granted. By doing so, Idaho’s Marriage Laws deny same-sex couples the economic, practical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of marriage, relegating…
DUBLIN, Ireland – Front Line Defenders, together with the Irish LGBTI organization Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN), will host a live Google Hangout Forum with leading LGBTI rights defenders from India, Russia, Uganda and Peru Friday 16 May at 3 PM (Dublin) / 10 AM (New York). The forum will discuss recent legislative efforts…
SAN DIEGO – Today, San Diego City Firefighters and lifeguards will endorse former federal prosecutor and City Council candidate Sarah Boot, citing Boot’s commitment to public safety and experience as a community advocate. Both organizations, which represent hundreds of the city’s public safety employees, declined to endorse Councilmember Lorie Zapf, who is running against Boot…
Today, the Human Rights Campaign released a video showcasing the experiences of Southern lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their families. The video essay is one component of the organization’s Project One America program. “People love their Southern roots, their families and they don’t want to leave their homes. So they are choosing…
India’s first dating Web site exclusively for lesbians and bisexual women in that country has been launched, reports GayAsiaNews.com. The Web site which began in February but launched recently caters to only women in India and women of Indian origin across the world and offers a professional matchmaking service in a very private way. Avashya.com…
SAN DIEGO – Last week Carl DeMaio took to the airwaves to attack Rep. Scott Peters for taking a $20,000 per year pension he earned during his eight years on the San Diego City Council. The truth – Peters donates the pension he earned during that time – plus an additional $5,000 per year – right back…
WASHINGTON – Over the weekend on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, in response to a question about military health regulations which effectively bar military service by transgender persons, said he believes that regulations should be reviewed. Hagel said: I do think it continually should be reviewed. I’m open to that….
LOS ANGELES — Having served three terms as the mayor of Texas’s largest city, Houston’s Annise Parker has proven she is not going away any time soon. Parker began her career as a very visible lesbian activist during the 1980s. Then, as an openly gay politician, she took the mayor’s office in America’s fourth largest…
