Bob Filner maintains an advantage over Carl DeMaio in the mayoral race according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KGTV-TV released today. With 3 weeks to go before Election Day the poll shows Filner at 47 percent and DeMaio at 40 percent. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll 3 weeks ago, Filner is down 3…
You would be surprised at how many people on both sides of the aisle are disillusioned with one or more of their candidates. While your decision not to vote is as American as the right itself, it does mean that your voice will not be heard. The recent presidential election in Venezuela had a 90…
NEW YORK – The gruesome murder trial of a Portuguese model, accused of killing his elderly lover, continued last Friday with jurors being shown the bloody corkscrew that he used to castrate his victim. The New York Times reported that Renato Seabra, 22, admits to using the bottle opener to gouge off the testicles of…
A who’s-who of big corporations based in Washington have endorsed a full-page ad supporting Referendum 74, the state’s marriage–equality initiative, in the Sunday Seattle Times. Washington United for Marriage funded the ad – which includes endorsements from Amazon, Costco, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Nordstrom, Starbucks, T-Mobile, Vulcan and other companies to encourage votes in the Nov….
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has furthered its commitment to marriage equality, by announcing an additional $1 million investment in the four states facing marriage-related ballot measures in November – Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. The announced investments bring the HRC’s contributions to the four ballot measures to $4.4 million and $7.3 million…
WASHINGTON – The chief diversity officer at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. has been suspended after it came to light that she signed a petition against same-sex marriage. Dr. Angela McCaskill, who has worked at the university in various capacities for more than 23 years confirmed to a faculty member that she signed the petition on…
LGBT WEEKLY EXCLUSIVE Having served and worked with the last five mayors of San Diego, my relationship and friendship with each of them has been different. I first met Jerry Sanders when he was serving as the San Diego police chief in the mid-1990s. Sanders was a very progressive Republican who extended his hand to…
The Department of Homeland Security has issued new guidelines for immigration personnel for determining whether a same-sex relationship would “rise to the level of a ‘family relationship.’” Obtained exclusively Tuesday by the Washington Blade, the memorandum from U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) was welcomed by LGBT advocates and lawmakers seeking greater protection for bi-national…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) in partnership with PFLAG National (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) have released a comprehensive update of Coming Out as a Straight Supporter. The resource is intended to be a welcoming guide for straight supporters to build bridges of understanding when someone they know comes…
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (CNN) – Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, after a judge sentenced him Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison for sexually abusing boys entrusted into his care. Judge John Cleland ordered Sandusky, 68, to spend no less than 30 years…
