CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Gov. McAuliffe today issued Executive Order 61, which will advance the cause of equality in Virginia by requiring all future state contractors with the Executive Branch to agree to a non-discrimination policy that includes discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This action builds on Executive Order Number 1 by extending…
An anti-fur activist pleaded guilty Dec. 27 to causing great damages to two East County homes and other businesses and is facing up to 18 months in federal prison plus paying $423,477 in damages. Nicole Kissane, 29, formerly of Escondido, will be sentenced Jan. 17 by U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns, who sentenced her…
A 21-year-old high school tutor who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 16-year-old male student was sentenced Jan. 3 to two weeks in jail and five weeks house arrest. Alejandro Rodriguez was handcuffed and taken into custody after appearing before Chula Vista Superior Court Judge Garry Haehnle, who placed him on three years probation….
A former band director at Bonita Vista High School pleaded guilty Dec. 29 to committing oral copulation and penetration with a foreign object upon a 16-year-old boy in 2010. Jason Jerome Mangan-Magabilin, 38, entered his guilty pleas just days before the victim would have testified against him in Chula Vista Superior Court. The Jan. 4…
President Obama has urged Democrats to protect the Affordable Care Act from Republican efforts to repeal it. The Huffington Post reported that Obama, on his last visit to Capitol Hill, sought to rally his party to do whatever it can to thwart them, despite the terrible odds. “Despite the negativity, you have a big chunk…
PINOLE, Calif.— Clinical psychologist and author Liz Dale is asking anyone — but especially those in the LGBT community — who has had a near-death experience (NDE) to participate in an online survey regarding the experience and its consequences. Survey results will inform a groundbreaking study and a new book to be published by Balboa…
LOS ANGELES — As we begin a new year, the February/ March issue of the The Advocate looks ahead at America in the age of Trump. Following the 2016 Presidential election, Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen turned to legendary LGBT advocate Larry Kramer for guidance on turning despair into action. Gessen came to the United States…
A federal judge has decided to issue an injunction blocking enforcement of federal protections that were set to go into effect Jan. 1 barring discrimination in health care services based on an individual’s gender identity, as well as reproductive health services. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by…
LA Galaxy soccer star, Robbie Rogers has announced his engagement to Greg Berlanti. Rogers made the announcement on his Instagram account on New Year’s Day. “I feel extremely lucky and blessed to end 2016 engaged to the love of my life,” Rogers wrote about Berlanti, who is the creative mind behind television hits like Dawson’s…
SAN DIEGO, CA – On the eve of the New Year, California State Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D – San Diego) issued the following statement regarding the Jan. 1 official and legally-obligated increase to the State of California’s and the City of San Diego’s minimum wage. “Today, more than a million hard working San Diegans and…
