Join Bears San Diego at The Hole, 2820 Lytton Street in San Diego at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 18 for the Mr. Bear San Diego 2015 contest. This fun filled evening, which is a benefit for this year’s Bears San Diego Charities, features contestants for Mr. Bear San Diego in “Bear Wear” and “Club Wear,”…
SAN DIEGO – Christopher Ward, chief of staff to Sen. Marty Block and candidate for District 3 City Council, has been named the 2015 Volunteer of the Year for his efforts in mobilizing around ballot measures and helping Democratic candidates at every level. Ward, who has been an active community volunteer for over 15 years,…
Yesterday Carl DeMaio on his new radio show, the DeMaio-Sullivan Report on KOGO, showed his absolute lack of concern for the transgender community in the prison system. During the program on April 9, 2015, DeMaio indicated that he believed that transgender inmates should not be given sexual reassignment surgery (SRS). In fact, DeMaio called the…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul’S (R-Ky.) kick-off to his presidential campaign hasn’t gone quite as smoothly as he would have liked! Now the senator has admitted he is is an equal-opportunity hater of journalists, regardless of whether they’re men or women, reports The Huffington Post. “I think I’ve been universally short-tempered with both male and…
Do you know someone who is raising the bar for excellence in the legal profession? The LGBT Bar is looking for unsung heroes, champions of justice and others who deserve to be treated like a V.I.P. The National LGBT Bar Association is a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists,…
The official Web site for the City of San Diego, www.SanDiego.gov, is being redesigned and they need your help! Have you been frustrated trying to pay your water bill online, figure out library hours or book a park permit? The City of San Diego’s Web site hasn’t been working hard enough to help you engage…
WASHINGTON – The American Psychological Association expressed strong support for President Obama’s call for a society that accepts young people in their gender and sexual development, rather than rejecting them, labeling them as bad, or suggesting that they should change. APA has previously voiced its concerns about the scientific and ethical basis of efforts to change…
A new poll released by Reuters/Ipsos today is the latest to show that voters reject so-called Indiana-style “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA) bills that allow businesses to discriminate against LGBT citizens, the latest sign of growing momentum to ensure LGBT Americans are protected against discrimination. According to Reuters, “The poll found solid opposition to allowing businesses to…
Today the Florida House voted by 75-38 to advance a measure that would enshrine discrimination rights into Florida law by allowing any private adoption agency — both secular and religious, including agencies that receive taxpayer dollars — to discriminate against qualified prospective parents based on the agency’s religious or political beliefs, including those regarding sexual…
Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival – South Asia’s biggest and India’s only mainstream LGBT film festival – has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise a part of the funds required for organizing the sixth edition of the festival. The film festival will be held May 27 – 31, 2015 at Liberty Cinema and Alliance…
