Prosecutor seeks maximum term for phony HIV doctor

A prosecutor is seeking a 7-year 8-month prison term for a La Mesa man who was convicted of practicing medicine without a license and treating people with HIV/AIDS and cancer with expensive and useless treatments. Keith Allen Barton, 52, appeared Monday before San Diego Superior Court Judge Amalia Meza who re-scheduled his sentencing for March…

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Russian editor fined for printing interview with gay teacher

Alexander Suturin, chief editor of  Khabarovsk newspaper, Molodoi Dalnevostochnik,was fined yesTerday under the new Russian “Anti-gay Propaganda” laws for for printing an interview with a gay teacher who said ‘being gay is normal’. Molodoi Dalnevostochnik, the oldest publication in the  region, came under fire because it bears a label warning people only above the age of 16 to visit its Web site,…

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President Beiser: a historical first

Chris Kehoe’s election as our city’s first openly gay official was one of the most important moments in the history of our LGBT community. Since then LGBT San Diegans have been elected judges, district attorney, state assemblymembers and county supervisors, etc. To many of us, Kevin Beiser’s election to the school board was the second…

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