HRC‘s groundbreaking new survey of LGBT youth in the U.S. is a call to immediate action. Thousands of youth who don’t feel accepted by their parents or classmates reported being verbally harassed – twice as many as their straight peers. What’s more, only 37% of LGBT youth say they’re happy, compared to 67% among their…
Equality California (EQCA) in partnership with State Farm Insurance is set to honor grassroots activists in local communities who have made a difference in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Californians. It is the first time that an honoree will be selected not by EQCA, but from nominations by grassroots community members….
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) have announced that retired Staff Sgt. Eric Alva will be a special guest at the first HRC San Diego dinner. Alva was the first Marine seriously injured in the Iraq War. He lost his right leg from a land mine, March 21, 2003. After 13 years of military service, Alva…
San Diego LGBT Weekly is helping lead a campaign to thank and encourage JCPenney for not giving into pressure from One Million Moms (OMM) and the American Family Association (AFA) over featuring gay and lesbian couples in its advertising. Last month, JCPenney was the focus of homophobic outrage and calls for a boycott after it…
WASHINGTON – A new report on gay and lesbian parenting, which purports to show the “very harmful” affects of having gay and lesbian parents, has been described as flawed, misleading, scientifically unsound and disparaging to lesbian and gay parents by organizations that protect and advance the freedoms and equality of LGBT Americans. The paper, New…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a groundbreaking study of LGBT-identified young people and a corollary study of straight teens that shows tremendous disparities between the two groups. With more than 10,000 respondents ages 13-17, Growing Up LGBT in America is the largest known survey of LGBT teens. Among the report’s key…
Positive Youth, a 42-minute documentary produced by Logo TV, tells the story of four inspiring young adults whose lives are affected by HIV. Appearing at film festivals across the United States and Canada during the summer, including FilmOut San Diego May 31, Positive Youth shares a message of hope for those living with HIV and…
As part of a regular series I aim to identify unlikely places around the city where you can see art, both intentional and otherwise. This week I offer you a shopping/dinner outing that involves a soupçon of gay-made art on the side. I’ve known about the series of photorealistic paintings by E. Gibbons for a…
thursday, june 21 Harmony, Kansas With a lively, soulful score, Harmony, Kansas tells the story of Heath, a gay farmer making his way in a rural community where homogeneity rules. When his city-born partner, Julian, talks him into joining a spirited group of gay guys who meet once a week to sing, Heath discovers a…
I am not a monster. I am not a creature of tooth or claw, scales or deformity – I am not any sort of monster that is an evil antagonist bent on chaos and destruction. My transgender peers and I don’t prey on women and children in public restrooms or classrooms as some imagine. My…
