VANCOUVER, Canada – A Canadian beauty pageant contestant who was disqualified after the Miss Universe Canada organizers discovered she was transgender has been allowed to compete. Jenna Talackova, a 6-foot-1-inch-tall blond model, was one of the 65 finalists selected to contend for the title of Miss Universe Canada and the honor of representing her country…
A special screening of the film Bully will be featured in San Diego, Thursday, April 5 at 7pm in Mission Valley. The film does not officially open in San Diego until next Friday and this is an opportunity to watch it following by a Q&A with Wendy Walsh, mother of Seth Walsh and Vinnie Pompei…
San Diego Unified School District has dedicated a new student drop-off/pick-up zone at Sessions Elementary School on Monday. Students, parents, staff and district leaders will mark the first day of use with an official dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 9 at 10 a.m. The safety project improves traffic and parking, and ensures safer conditions…
The word automaton has been with us since the 17th century, but you rarely hear it save at a robotics exhibit. Until, that is, it glommed on to Mitt Romney in his failed 2008 presidential campaign and his current repeat performance. Yet as derogatory as “soulless automaton” sounds, it is far too nice a thing…
SEATTLE – The anti-LGBT group The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), has announced it will lead an international “Dump Starbucks” protest of Starbucks Coffee Company to give voice to consumers around the world who support preserving marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The new protest campaign was announced after the recent…
The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) will kick off its 2012 season with a production called Olé! Olé! Olé!, Saturday, April 14 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 15 at 3 p.m. at the historic Balboa Theatre in downtown San Diego. Following sold-out performances by gay men’s choruses in Seattle, Houston and Minneapolis, the…
State Assemblymember Toni Atkins has chosen Nikki Clay, chair of the San Diego Convention Center board of directors and partner in the government relations firm Carpi and Clay, as the Woman of the Year in the 76th Assembly District. Clay was honored in a presentation on the floor of the state Assembly. “Nikki Clay has…
Hours before a highly anticipated LGBT mayoral forum at The Center, sponsored by San Diego Democrats for Equality, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher announced that he has decided to leave the Republican Party and will become an independent. Fletcher said that he has struggled with the decision but came to it in an effort to do “what…
The 9th annual Transgender Day of Empowerment will be held at The Center, Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m. The event is to recognize outstanding individuals from the transgender community and celebrate the joy of being one’s authentic self. For more information, contact Connor Maddocks at cmaddocks@thecentersd.org or 619-692-2077 x109.
San Diego LGBT Weekly sat down with the lone Democrat in the race for mayor, Congressman Bob Filner recently to learn more about his views on LGBT issues; his vision for a Mayor Filner administration; and why, until very recently, his campaign seemed set on autopilot. San Diego LGBT Weekly: You’ve been in Congress for…
