An Imperial Beach man was ordered Monday to stand trial for felony battery of a gay man who at the time was running for a South Bay school board seat when he was punched and kicked at a fast food restaurant. Andrew Valencia, 30, testified about how he had to get root canal treatment for…
Three men were assaulted Saturday morning, Feb. 12 in Mid City, during a fight that began with derogatory comments about the victim’s sexual orientation, according to a police report. Four males were walking in the 3900 block of 46th or 47th streets at about 1:30 a.m. Four other males, wearing dark clothing, made derogatory comments…
San Diego Police have released a composite sketch of one of the suspects that allegedly assaulted several people in a series of paintball attacks several weeks ago. The first reported incident was Jan. 24 at approximately 10:20 p.m. at The LGBT Center in Hillcrest. A dark car pulled up and someone yelled gay slurs and…
The California Supreme Court granted the request to take a certified question today, as requested by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The question challenged the legitimacy of Prop. 8 in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger California case. How will this affect the LGBT community and politics everywhere in the nation? If a…
The conservative and widely circulated New Hampshire Union Leader ran a full-page ad today advocating equal rights and marriage equality in the form of a letter to the New Hampshire legislature. The ad, sponsored by New Hampshire Freedom to Marry, features a letter from former Marine and self-declared conservative Craig Stowell in which he chastises…
The California Supreme Court is expected to announce a ruling today that will directly affect the future of Proposition 8 appeals and legislation. According to the Los Angeles Times, today’s ruling will be in response to a request from the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the legality of efforts by Proposition 8’s sponsors…
A California man was arrested Friday in the U.S. Virgin Islands for suspicion of distributing drugs to passengers on a Caribbean cruise, according to The Associated Press. Steve Barry Krumholz, 51, of West Hollywood was arrested for allegedly selling drugs and taking orders from passengers of the Allure of the Seas cruise ship, a charter…
Simon Hughes, a liberal democrat in the Coalition, predicts that UK government will allow same-sex couples to have a “civil marriage” with the same legal status as marriages between a man and a woman. Comments from Hughes follow moves by a liberal democrat minister to allow homosexual couples to have religious themes to their civil…
The Hawaii State House passed a groundbreaking bill Friday that protects the LGBT community from unfair discrimination against marriage equality. The bill provides that equal rights and responsibilities of married couples in Hawaii be afforded to thousands of non-married couples in the state, including same-sex LGBT couples. Equality Hawaii, the state’s largest LGBT civil rights…
“What you are seeing and hearing right now is nothing but a dream. You are dreaming right now in this moment. You are dreaming with your brain awake.” These are words taken from the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. I’ve been looking forward to sharing this practical guide to personal freedom with…
