The City of San Diego has declined to pay $150,000 to a local man who says his civil rights were violated during a controversial arrest for alleged public nudity at last year’s San Diego Pride Festival. As reported in the Dec. 1, 2011 print edition of of San Diego LGBT Weekly, San Diego police with involvement…
With its boundaries east of the 15 freeway, south of Mission Valley, north of Monroe Avenue and west of Fairmont Avenue Kensington is a beautiful community of San Diego. Today, it is a very desirable and upscale neighborhood that is sought after by many buyers. But let us look at the history of Kensington. The…
Wondering if the United States would be ready for an openly LGBT president? Watch what happens to Gov. Mitt Romney. No, not Rick Perry. Mitt Romney. Impeccable hair may seem to be the only similarity between Romney and a gay man, and ideologically, that may well be the case. But politically, Romney’s Mormon faith provides…
With so many great eateries right here in our city it is sometimes easy to forget that just north of San Diego there is literally a whole other world of eating experiences. North County houses some of the newest hot spots for restaurants and more and more top San Diego chefs are making their way…
The thing about growing up on the North County coast was that there were not a lot of great places to eat. There was, of course, a frozen yogurt place, a Pizza Hut and a few coastal cafes, but not much else. Today, this has all changed and the area is now home to some…
Remember the song, “United We Stand, Divided We Fall?” Something powerful takes place when we unite and come together in transformational partnerships. When you hear the word “partnership,” what comes to mind? (Friends, business, common goals, teamwork, neighborhoods) The dictionary’s definition says, “A partner is a person who shares or is associated with another in…
Barney Frank, 71, announced his engagement to longtime partner Jim Ready, 42, Thursday following a report by New England Cable News. The couple were engaged in Massachusetts where gay marriage has been legal since 2004. “I have a partner now,” Frank said in a statement according to the Washington Post. “I’m in love for the…
Just two weeks ago, Mitt Romney said in New Hampshire that he opposed discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. Yet his tax returns tell a different story. In 2006, Romney donated $10,000 to the Massachusetts Family Institute and $25,000 to the Beckett Fund – two anti-gay organizations focused on the “protection” of marriage…
Cynthia Nixon is making splashes this week after saying that, for her, being gay is a choice. Nixon explains in an interview at the New York Times magazine that she does not prefer to ‘define’ her ‘gayness.’ Prior to her current gay relationship, Nixon was previously involved with Daniel Mozes, and the ex-couple share two…
Today, Gov. Chris Christie (R-New Jersey) nominated an openly gay Republican mayor and an assistant state attorney general to New Jersey’s highest court. Phil Kwon, the first Asian-American to sit on the New Jersey Supreme Court, and Bruce Harris, a gay African-American mayor elected to Chatham Borough in November, were nominated Monday. “I am honored…
