San Diego State University announced today the approval of the state’s first LGBT Studies major to start spring 2012. The LGBT Studies major at SDSU will be the first of its kind within California and the California State University system. SDSU has a rich tradition of supporting the LGBT community within its school and state…
Santorum: /n/ “The frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.” Google has stayed mum in taking down the ‘Santorum’ definition that irks Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. After Dan Savage coined the term in 2003, supporters plastered the internet with the so-called definition. Santorum recently explained to…
The demise of the military’s discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, which was rescinded Sept. 20, has opened up many possibilities for gay servicemembers, including the Pentagon’s decision to allow military chaplains to marry couples in the jurisdiction where they are legal. Friday’s announcement was made via memos from top Pentagon officials, amidst a few…
It all ended with a simple Tweet from the White House at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday morning that said, “The repeal of the discriminatory law known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell finally and formally takes effect.” DADT was dead. Many years of work by a myriad of organizations and individuals finally helped the law succumb to…
Stepping Stone will host its annual Mission Bay Cruise on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011. The cruise which is in its third year of existence will also help to celebrate Stepping Stone’s 35th birthday. The event will feature an exhibit chronicling 35 years of recovery. Since its inception in 1976, Stepping Stone has been committed to…
Time to get your Thanksgiving pie on! Mama’s Kitchen, a nonprofit organization that delivers thousands of healthy hot meals at no cost to San Diego men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS or cancer, is set to once again host the West Coast’s largest bake sale. Baked by local pastry chefs, caterers and bakeries, the…
Thousands of LGBT softball players are making their way to San Diego for the 28th annual Autumn Classic, hosted by America’s Finest City Softball League (AFCSL) during Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 7-9. The tournament reached max capacity with 100 registered teams several weeks before the first pitch. “With over 1,400 athletes coming in from as…
NEW YORK – Police have opened a criminal investigation in the suicide death of Buffalo, N.Y., 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, who was bullied online with gay slurs for more than a year, reported ABC News. A student at Williamsville North High School, Jamey had been tormented for the past 12 months by cyberbullies who made disparaging…
CALIFORNIA – With the close of the 2011 Legislative session Equality California (EQCA) reached a new milestone – passage of its most ambitious legislative program since the organization was founded in 1998. EQCA successfully sponsored 12 bills, many initiated under the leadership of former EQCA Executive Director Geoff Kors, on issues ranging from domestic partnership…
On the day the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell finally happened, young airman Randy Phillips came out to his father via telephone broadcasting a webcam of the event on YouTube. The airman who is stationed at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany telephoned his father in Alabama to tell him he was gay. In…
