The LGBT Community Center presents The Repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell from an Insider’s Perspective, featuring U.S. Congresswoman Susan Davis, Aug. 31, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at The Center (3909 Centre St. in Hillcrest). In addition, Michael Magee, board co-chairman of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, will discuss the implementation of the policy’s repeal. “Susan has…
Mama’s Kitchen, a San Diego non-profit organization founded in 1990 and now delivering 7,000 healthy meals every week to men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS or cancer, is moving its home to larger premises. The new building, at 3960 Home Ave. in Fairmount Park, opens for business on Monday, Aug. 29 and will also…
Jessica Anderson of Aptus Insurance, which is based out of Bellevue, Wash., and her team, have put together a financial guide to help those in the LGBT community to maximize their benefits. Anderson was able to explain how, and why, this guide came about and just who would benefit from this guide in a recent…
Diversionary Theatre is preparing to launch its largest production ever – which is saying a lot for a performing arts company that has been around for 25 years. Richard Baird returns to San Diego to direct 14 actors playing numerous roles in an intense account of the struggle between passion and responsibility in Edward II….
Ugandan Bishop Christopher Senyonjo’s U.S. Compass to Compassion tour reached San Diego on Tuesday with a ceremony blessing and honoring the hands of doctors, nurses and all engaged in the business of healing and caring for the sick. The ceremony took place at LifeHouse San Diego Health Care Center, one of the largest nursing facilities…
The city’s lone organist who plays at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park won a 10-year salary guarantee when the San Diego City Council voted 8-0 to pay Dr. Carol Williams a total of $286,000 over the next 10 years. Williams receives approximately $28,860 annually from the city to play one hour concerts that…
CALIFORNIA –The California State Legislature approved Monday, Aug. 22 legislation that will strengthen the existing law regarding the provision of equal benefits to employees. The Equal Benefits bill (SB 117), authored by Sen. Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego), passed with a 22-13 vote. The bill would prohibit a state agency from entering into a contract in…
ILLINOIS – We don’t have to take the B out of LGBT. Researchers at Northwestern University have concluded that bisexuals actually exist. “Someone who is bisexual might say, ‘Well, duh!’” Dr. Allen Rosenthal, a psychology doctoral student at Northwestern University and author of the study, told the New York Times. “But this will be validating…
Following sex columnist Dan Savage’s “Google bombing” of GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s last name in 2003, he has now threatened to target his first name, too. Back in 2003, after Santorum compared gay sex to bestiality, Savage got his revenge by making searches for Santorum result in a particularly unpleasant definition. Essentially Savage gave…
FLORIDA – A Florida teacher has been suspended pending an investigation by the Lake County School Board following comments he made on Facebook concerning same-sex marriage. Jerry Buell, a social studies teacher at Mount Dora High School, commented in a recent Facebook exchange that he “almost threw up” in response to a news story about…
