Now that the holidays are just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about gifts for those we love. In the spirit of making the holidays as blissful as possible, a gift guide is in order. What’s one gift that symbolizes emotion and love? Jewelry. In many different forms, the possibilities are endless when…
It’s officially autumn! Our ongoing warm weather may attempt to trick us to believe in perpetual summer, yet we are all aware of the subtle differences of our shorter days and cooler evenings. Seasons change and so do we as individuals in our life journeys. Due to the nature of my work, I meet many…
New GOP embraces gays Dear Editor: As a dedicated reader of GLBT online newspapers, including yours, I’m amazed by how endlessly hateful and intolerant the reporting is on the Republican Party. There is a new day for gay people in the GOP. Consider this: The Republican National Committee has removed all anti-gay planks from their…
With Election Day 2016 now less than a year away, it is time to take a break from presidential debate analysis and focus the next few columns on San Diego contests. In the past few weeks, new candidates have emerged in races that had been static for months. There will no doubt be a few…
thursday nov. 12 The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra La Jolla Music Society opens the Celebrity Orchestra series with one of the world’s premier symphonic ensembles, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra lead by their music director, Maestro Zubin Mehta. The evening will feature A Journey to the End of the Millennium by the Georgian-born Israeli composer Josef Bardanashvili,…
Every Nov. 20, here in San Diego we memorialize those people who’ve been killed due to anti-transgender hate. The day we do this is called the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, often referred to by the acronym TDOR. Originally, the list of the dead was Americentric as Gwen Smith, who is credited with beginning that…
As a progressive Christian, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to a loving God; this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! How many of you played on some sort of little league when you were a kid?…
The long-running felony case against three San Diego firefighters ended Monday with their guilty pleas to misdemeanor battery of an intoxicated person in 2012 in Normal Heights. Two brothers who were somewhat intoxicated yelled anti-gay epithets to the off-duty firefighters who also responded with anti-gay slurs even though none of them are gay. It was…
Irrawaddy Mon Amour, a documentary about a forbidden gay marriage in Myanmar, will have its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) this month. The directors are now running a crowdfunding campaign. Irrawaddy Mon Amour has been selected for the mid-length competition of IDFA, the most important documentary festival in Europe. The festival…
Today, the Ukrainian Parliament passed nondiscrimination legislation that will provide needed workplace protections for LGBT citizens and others throughout the country. The bill, which introduces a new clause to Ukraine’s Labor Code, aims to protect a wide range of people seeking to work free from discrimination and abuse in the country. The legislation was part…
