David and Jason are a married bi-national couple fighting the Defense of Marriage Act which denies gay Americans more than 1,100 federal rights. This includes preventing gay Americans from gaining green cards for their foreign born spouses. Since meeting in the Spring of 2007, Jason has returned to L.A. more than a dozen times for…
Born June 1, 1967 May 7 we lost our dear friend Tony Serafini. In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same as well. It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone; for part of us went with you. You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our…
(CNN) — A transsexual woman has won on appeal the right to marry her boyfriend, a decision poised to rewrite Hong Kong’s marriage law. The appellant — known only by the initial “W” — is a post-operative male-to-female transsexual who was refused the right to marry because she did not quality as a “woman” under…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego LGBT Community Center has announced the launch of Project TRANS, its Transgender Services Program. Project TRANS (Transgender Referrals, Assistance, Networking and Services) will serve as an umbrella for the various services The Center has previously offered specifically to the transgender community, including discussion groups, behavioral health services, HIV prevention…
In a move that are some are calling straight out of the Dark Ages, Illiza Sa’aduddin Djama, deputy mayor of Indonesia’s most western province Banda Aceh, has called for the criminalization of homosexuality and a punishment of 100 public lashing for anyone found guilty of engaging in its conduct, reports England’s Pink News. Calling homosexuality…
The San Diego Pool League’s (SDPL) Broomstick Tournament concluded April 28 at the Eagle with the team of Anthony Juarez and his team mate Kim McBride (sponsored by Twiggs Coffee House) finishing in first place. Finishing in second place were League President Russ Mortenson Boyd and Nancy Logerberg sponsored by the Leather Foundation. The three-weekend…
The Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast is designed to bring together more than 1,000 diverse San Diegans – business, labor, Democrats, Republicans, all communities, all ages, all San Diegans who support equality and justice – to celebrate the memory of this influential civil rights activist. The 2013 Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast will be held Friday, May…
The recycling center at the Albertsons supermarket in North Park has quietly disappeared following a petition drive that was signed by some of the neighbors that blamed scavenging and crime upon people who took their bottles and cans there. The decision to disband was made by the corporate owner, RePlanet, in late March and not…
With elections less than five months away, suggestions that Tel Aviv may elect its first openly gay mayor have started to surface. Reporting from 972Mag.com, journalist Noam Sheizaf is reporting that second-term Member of Knesset (Israeli Parliament) and former journalist for Channel 10 News Nitzan Horowitz has launched a serious bid to challenge the current…
(CNN) — Zambian police re-arrested two men this week on charges of engaging in homosexual acts “against the order of nature,” a rights group said. James Mwansa and Philip Mubiana, both 21, were arrested after neighbors reported them to the police, according to Amnesty International. Authorities subjected them to anal examinations without their consent and…
