SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A man who angrily drove into a parking enforcement officer after receiving a ticket has been ordered to pay $1,856 in damages to the owner of a parked car that the officer crashed into. Architect, Peter Alex Dreier, 42, of Hillcrest, has finished his 90-day jail term and remains on terms…
Openly gay Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Nov. 7, 1977. It was a momentous moment in American history and helped open once closed doors to other LGBT leaders and professionals which no doubt improved lives far beyond San Francisco. The fortieth anniversary of Milk’s election afforded us the opportunity…
Magnolia Pictures will release The Final Year in theaters, On Demand, on iTunes and on Amazon Video Jan. 19, 2018. The Final Year is a unique insiders’ account of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy team during their last year in office. Featuring unprecedented access inside the White House and State Department, The Final Year offers…
Monday Nov. 20, San Diego’s transgender community and allies held the 15th annual Trans Day of Remembrance. This somber event honored those who lost their lives to transphobic hatred and violence. In 2017, the documented toll was grim: 28 lost in the United States, 47 in Mexico, and 341 worldwide. The event was inaugurated…
Leading activists in San Diego and around the globe are urging the LGBTQ and allied communities to resist the temptation to think of World AIDS Day 2017 as just a time to reflect on the pandemic’s past. “We must ensure that people who do not know their HIV status are diagnosed and linked to…
A good friend of mine passed away unexpectedly last week. Mark and I were working together on a new start-up in the genetic medicine industry, he was only 56. Monday was my 57th birthday. Mark and I attended Harvard Business School together and were two of the youngest people in our class. Mark’s untimely death,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is joining forces with West Elm to launch a special “Love is Love” effort one week from today on Giving Tuesday, a global day that encourages giving back to your community — with time, a donation, a gift or speaking up on important issues. To honor the…
BALTIMORE — A federal court Tuesday granted the American Civil Liberties Union’s request for a complete halt to implementation of the president’s directive banning transgender service members from serving in the military while the ACLU’s lawsuit challenging it moves forward. The preliminary injunction stops the president from kicking out transgender people currently serving in the…
GLAAD has announced a grant for TransMilitary on the heels of Trans Awareness Week, which marks the first feature length film project to receive funding from the GLAAD Media Institute. Deadline.com just broke the news. The documentary chronicles the lives of four American transgender troops defending their country’s freedom while fighting for their own, and…
