San Diego was the first city to have a Harvey Milk Street, then Salt Lake City followed. Now Portland may be the third city as political trailblazer Terry Bean is heading up this city’s campaign and he tells me that already 75 percent of the current street businesses have agreed to the name change. Ric…
You felt surprisingly safe. There you were, in a place that was certainly iffy, but you were totally comfortable there. No danger, no darkness, no problems – and in the new book The Gang’s All Queer by Vanessa R. Panfil, no world you’ve ever seen before, either. Everybody knows that being a teen isn’t easy….
LGBT History Month, a once inconceivable concept, includes wrangles about teaching LGBT history in schools as “concerned parents” face the horror of their innocents becoming aware of us and our past. Yet even if details are skimmed over or omitted, there would (should) be acknowledgement of our existence and the many men and women, our…
Under the watchphrase Together Making Strides, this year’s Pride by the Beach event marked a full decade of North County LGBT civic festivity. It was rainbows, pink unicorns and flamingos, Venus and Mars gender symbols, American flags, Día de los Muertos skulls, colorful booth canopies, tie-dye shirts, face-painting, balloons and carnival food. It was also…
The only constant is change. Whether “change” is positive or negative can only be determined in retrospect. One of the things I remember most from my days at Harvard Business School is the caveat “there are no right or wrong answers,” people make the best decision based upon the information in front of them. Decisions…
LGBT History Month celebrates the achievements of 31 lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender Icons. Each day in October, a new LGBT Icon is featured with a video, bio, bibliography, downloadable images and other resources. Background In 1994, Rodney Wilson, a Missouri high school teacher, believed a month should be dedicated to the celebration and teaching…
The YMCA of San Diego County was fined $17,000 Oct. 20 and ordered to abide by numerous probation conditions for a chlorine spill that sickened 79 elementary students and eight adults in 2015. The YMCA, as a non-profit corporation, pleaded guilty to four felony counts and one misdemeanor that involved a hazardous waste spill that…
A heartwarming new film, released just ahead of Halloween, explores gender nonconformity, reports Gay Star News. In ‘My Heroes’, a family is shown preparing for Halloween. Mom reveals the costumes the kids requested. Dad looks on hesitantly. Both parents accompany the children as they go trick or treating – watching from a distance as their…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 100 chief human resource officers today urged members of Congress and the Trump administration to consider in future policymaking the vital role foreign-born workers play in the U.S. economy. The letter from HR Policy Association noted the enactment of a statutory authorization of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A convicted rapist who sexually assaulted a woman in Balboa Park was sentenced Friday to 55 years to life in prison. The victim told San Diego Superior Court Judge Louis Hanoian how the May 5, 2016 attack continues to affect her with panic attacks, insomnia and depression. Ismael Hernandez Jr., 28,…
