The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is under fire after a group of married gay military personnel, the Servicemembers Defense Legal Network (SLDN), filed a lawsuit Thursday against the United States government. The lawsuit was filed in Boston at the U.S. District Court where the main argument presents a violation of constitutional rights for same-sex…
San Diego LGBT Weekly announced that it won 5 awards at the San Diego Press Club Awards held on October 25, 2011. The 38th annual Excellence in Journalism Awards honored the best work produced in print, online and in the broadcast media in San Diego. San Diego LGBT Weekly, and its companion website LGBTweekly.com, competed…
Baltimore Ravens football star Brendon Ayanbadejo shows his support of same-sex marriages through a web campaign which aims to built support for gay marriage in Maryland, the Washington Post reports. “I believe we should be doing everything we can to make Maryland families stronger,” Ayanbadejo begins. “…which is why I support marriage for gay and…
Some people’s nighttime reading includes the latest best seller, but for super pop star Rihanna, it’s a lesbian bondage book that’s got her stirring the pot. The curvy songstress was spotted in Paris purchasing kinky sex gear after leaving her hotel with an x-rated bondage book by photographer Ellen von Unwerth which features plenty of…
Just over two months away, all California school districts will need to have a diverse curriculum in place including a plan that includes studies on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender education. But the recently passed legislation that enacted LGBT education is non-specific, say some schools, thereby causing confusion as to how curriculum should be implemented…
Gay and lesbian couples have gotten the baby bug within the last decade, says a new analysis at the Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. Within the past decade, the adoption rates for gay couples has tripled. “It’s a stratospheric increase. It’s like going from zero to 60,” said Miami attorney Elizabeth Schwartz in a…
As candidates in San Diego’s mayoral field begin the inevitable jockeying for position, I have gotten countless emails heralding the endorsement of one candidate or another by a political ally or prominent supporter. Endorsements are supposed to provide useful guidance to a voter about the candidate because they show what kind of people support him…
A lesbian couple in California has started hormone therapy for their 11-year-old son Tommy after he said he wanted to be a girl named Tammy. Pauline Moreno and Debra Lobel decided to allow the hormone-blocking treatments so the child could make an informed decision about his gender expression at a later age. Many transgender rights…
A new study at the Boise State University says that heterosexual women are naturally bi-curious when it comes to their relationships with other women. But the report also says the feelings are completely normal and generally increase with age. Researchers studies 484 heterosexual women. From that group, 60 percent said they were sexually attracted to…
Three Marine corporals have been dismissed on bad conduct charges after Marine Corps officials discovered they were each involved in fraudulent marriages. Corporal Ashley Vice, who is a lesbian, and her partner Jaime Murphy, a civilian, married Corporal Jeremiah Griffin and Corporal Joseph Garner in order to collect $1,200 in stipends. Vice, Griffin, and Garner…
