The openly gay organizer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Bayard Rustin may be the next openly gay American to have a United States postage stamp issued in his honor. The official launch of the Bayard Rustin USA/National Stamp Campaign will be announced at the 2014…
The year reign of Empress XLI Candi Samples and the Imperial Court de San Diego will come to an end Feb. 8 at the Lafayette Hotel when the new emperor and empress will be elected and crowned. The Imperial Court, Empress XLI Candi Samples and the board of directors have been responsible for giving out…
As San Diego LGBT Pride’s volunteers, board of directors and staff work on this year’s 40th anniversary Pride celebration they are inviting community participation in the festivities scheduled for July 18-20. Applications for entertainers, sponsors, parade contingents, program guide advertisers and festival exhibitors are now available online at sdpride.org. The annual Pride weekend festivities, which…
After deliberating only four hours, a jury Jan. 10 convicted a La Mesa man of six counts of practicing medicine without a license after he claimed he could cure HIV and cancer with unusual and expensive treatments. Keith Allen Barton, 52, was also convicted of two counts of grand theft, attempted grand theft and false…
As the special runoff election for mayor draws near, San Diego LGBT Weekly posed five questions on behalf of this city’s LGBT community to the two remaining candidates, District 2 City Councilmember Kevin Faulconer and David Alvarez, Councilmember for San Diego’s District 8. Unfortunately, despite several attempts to fulfill the vision for this article and…
A thesis being funded by the Academy of Finland and to be argued Jan. 24 at the Department of History of the European University in Florence, Italy suggests that men engaged in same-sex relations far more frequently and with far less reluctance than originally thought. According to a thesis by Sandra Hagman, “Finnish men were…
SAN DIEGO – At their first meeting of the new year, Jan. 7, Lambda Archives San Diego welcomed in new officers and board members. New elected board officers are Maureen Steiner, president; Cheli Mohamed, vice president; Haydee Sam, treasurer; Chuck Kaminski, secretary. New board members include Drew Ector, Fernando Lopez, Robert Mahlowitz, and Haydee Sam. They will join existing…
SHREVEPORT, La. — The Shreveport City Council has beaten back an attempt to undo a month-old Fairness Ordinance that prohibits discrimination in the public and private sector against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in jobs, housing and public accommodations. PACE (People Acting for Change and Equality) of Shreveport and Forum for Equality, a…
WASHINGTON– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), is taking part in a national service partnership with organizations across 18 cities to serve LGBT homeless youth for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. Officially recognized on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 20), MLK Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national…
PERTH, Scotland — A street preacher and U.S. native, Tony Miano, was effectively arrested last week in Scotland after a confrontation ensued over what was deemed ‘homophobic’ aggravation by Scottish officials. According to a report in CharismaNews.com, Miano, a former Los Angeles deputy sheriff, was part of a street preaching team holding a week-long mission. While talking about the nature…
