Many, if not most leaders in the American labor movement started life with humble beginnings; and it was often their upbringings that motivated and propelled them to fight for the rights of the working man, woman and child. Along the way, labor’s best and brightest found themselves flanked by equally fine leaders from the LGBT-equality…
Just hours after former Republican candidate Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher announced he would be approaching the mayoral race as an Independent, all San Diego mayoral contenders met at the LGBT Community Center in Hillcrest in what became an evening of lively debate Wednesday evening. The biggest applause was met when Fletcher criticized San Diego City Councilmember…
Acclaimed poet and writer Adrienne Rich passed away Wednesday at the age of 82 in her Santa Cruz home from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. Known for her influence in feminist culture, gay rights, and anti-war mantra, the award-winning author leaves behind a prized collection of more than a dozen volumes of literary works including poetry…
LONDON – British home secretary and cabinet minister for equality, Theresa May, has stated that marriage should be for everyone regardless of their sexuality. Writing in The Times newspaper she strongly dismisses claims by the Church of England to determine who should be able to marry. May writes, “… marriage should be for everyone, regardless…
The Egyptian grandson of actor legend Omar Sharif has some news to share: he is Jewish and he is gay. The announcement was made publicly Sunday in an open letter to The Advocate after years of silence. Although relieved to come out as gay, Sharif was admittedly worried of repercussions against his family, namely those…
A crowd of 60-70 supporters and would-be supporters came out to hear San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio, who is running for mayor, speak at a fundraising happy hour at Eden Tuesday evening, as well as a performance by comedian and DeMaio backer Shawn Pelofsky. DeMaio’s campaign billed the event as a social hour for…
Charles McKain, 65, from San Diego, died Saturday, March 17 after battling an undisclosed illness. McKain retired as a staff attorney for the Fourth District of the California Court of Appeal. He graduated from Hoover High School in 1963, and went on to earn a history degree from Stanford University and Juris Doctorate from the…
WASHINGTON – More than 15,000 people are calling on Mitt Romney to fire his National Finance Chair, Frank VanderSloot, for his extensive activities aimed at demonizing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. The petition, launched by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) last week, calls on people to demand Romney fire VanderSloot and return the money…
BRUSSELS – The European Parliament has adopted a resolution protecting same-sex couples’ inheritance rights throughout the European Union (EU). The resolution says individual countries that do not recognize legal partnerships between gay couples should not be able to deny a gay widow or widower the rights they have to their late spouse’s estate under the…
In support of gay art Dear Editor, This is in response to the article by Andrew Printer called “More gay art, please!” in the San Diego LGBT Weekly. I am a gay artist and have been living in San Diego for over 10 years. My experience of showing gay–art themed paintings in this city has…
