SAN DIEGO — A Public Candle and Flower Vigil in Memory of Will Walters will be held today at 2 p.m at the Pride flag located at the corner of University Avenue and Normal Street in the heart of San Diego’s historic LGBTQ Hillcrest neighborhood. There will be remarks and remembrances from community members, colleagues…
LONDON — Victoria Beckham, wife of former soccer star David Beckham is to be honored by the Queen in her New Year’s Honors List for her for her fashion empire and charity work with the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Mrs. Beckham broke with protocol by announcing the award ahead of the official notification. Sky…
A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has quit the group over being selected to sing at President-elect Trump’s inauguration. CNN reports that Jan Chamberlin sent a resignation letter to the choir president this week saying she could never sing for Trump. “I’ve tried to tell myself that it will be all right and that…
RESTON, Va.—”‘Is it a girl or a boy?’ For parents of children with Disorders/Differences in Sex Development (DSD), the question can provoke great anxiety,” writes Michiko Watanabe, PhD, and Naveen Uli, MD, co-editors of a special issue of Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today, which examines challenges surrounding sex determination of babies born with…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Jeff Sessions has supplemented his original Dec. 9 Senate Judiciary Questionnaire (SJQ)—admitting that he had initially omitted hundreds of items—but there are still dramatic gaps in his record, according to a new report compiled by the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, People For the American Way, and Alliance for Justice. Fully…
SAN DIEGO — Will Walters, who sued the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) for discrimination when he was arrested for wearing a short kilt-like costume at the LGBT Pride festival in 2011, was found dead Wednesday at his apartment in Hillcrest in an apparent suicide. Dec. 13, an eight-member jury in the U.S. District Court…
NEW YORK, NY – The history of legendary drag pageants in the U.S. dates back to the 1970s. This year in Orlando, Fla., five reigning national pageant title holders came together to shoot a commemorative photograph as a symbol of unity and to wish everyone Happy New Year. This historic portrait was the brainchild of…
NEW YORK — Dramatic new artwork will adorn the new Second Avenue Subway stations when it opens in the New Year becoming the largest permanent public art installation in New York State history. The art will include a depiction of two married gay men holding hands by artist Vik Muniz. At 72nd Street, Vik Muniz’s installation,…
A PSA entitled “Human Rights: Because without I’m not Equal,” produced by the Association for Civil Rights (ACRI) in Israel has been banned from Israeli TV because of its backing of gay marriage. The ad ad includes appearances by such well-known Israeli celebrities as model and actress Galit Gutmann, former Miss Israel Titi Aynow, social…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – After only a few weeks in office as a State Legislator, California State Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D – San Diego) announced today his appointment by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D – Paramount) to serve as the Assistant Majority Whip for the California State Assembly. “I am honored to have this opportunity and…
