SAN DIEGO (CNN) – The newly-appointed archbishop of San Francisco apologized Monday after being arrested Saturday in San Diego on an allegation of driving under the influence. Salvatore Cordileone, who is to be installed in St. Mary’s Cathedral in October, is well-known as a conservative on social issues and was a vigorous supporter of Proposition…
The parents of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers University student who committed suicide in 2010 after his roommate recorded an encounter between Tyler and another man and published it on the Internet, have left their church in Ridgewood, N.J. due to its anti-gay views. According to The New York Times, Joe and Jane Clementi decided to…
The vice president of the United States has gone to the New England’s LGBT Mecca and told attendees of a speech during a fundraising event at Pilgrim Monument and Museum in Provincetown, Mass. that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans are “freeing the soul of the American people.” One observer said Vice President Joe Biden…
Sunday, September 2, from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., R&B singer and songwriter Michel’le will perform live at Numbers Nightclub as part of a special Labor Day weekend edition of EyeCandy presented by Global Male Productions to benefit Urban Pride – San Diego. Michel’le is sure to entertain what is expected to be a packed house…
BY THOM SENZEE The tragic, untimely death of Ran O’Dell, a man widely known for an unrelenting commitment to making sure those with whom he interacted – whether it was in one of his roles as a bartender, server, pop-video mix-master, or passing acquaintance – experienced at least one positive, happy or even joyful moment…
Parishioners across Scotland got an earful of anti-LGBT equality during Roman Catholic services Sunday in the form of a cardinal’s letter mourning the legalization of same-sex marriage and beseeching the faithful to join the church to roll back the new rights, which the government in Edinburgh has granted to gays, lesbians and bisexual citizens. Scotland‘s…
According to a spokesman for San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality (SAME), All charges against a group of marriage-equality activists who spent eight hours in jail for trespassing and blocking operation of a county building – a misdemeanor – after a protest in August of 2010 will be dropped. The protest was a response to…
SALT LAKE CITY – KSL-TV, an NBC-affiliated television station located in Salt Lake City, Utah, is refusing to air the upcoming NBC show, The New Normal. The TV station is owned by Bonneville International Corporation, which is in turn owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The New Normal follows…
There has been some talk that Congressman Bob Filner was involved in “gay-baiting” when he questioned the role of San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio’s partner in promoting the water-gun fight in Balboa Park. What is gay-baiting? It is the practice, most often used by Republican candidates, to imply that their opponent might be a member…
San Francisco 49ers Tape \’It Gets Better\’ anti-LGBT bullying video The San Francisco 49ers have become the first NFL team to join the “It Gets Better” public service announcement campaign, which seeks to assure LGBT youth that, despite whatever circumstances they now face, being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender doesn’t mean being doomed to live…
