2012
Romney ekes out win in home state
BY THOM SENZEE Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney has pulled off a hard-fought squeaker of a win in the state where he grew up and where his father was once a popular governor. As one pundit put it, “Romney thought he wouldn’t have to spend more than thirty minutes or thirty dollars in Michigan,” but…
Obama budget: ‘An economy built to last and security for the LGBT community’
WASHINGTON – (From a White House briefing) We now face a make-or-break moment for the middle class and those trying to reach it. After decades of eroding middle-class security as those at the very top saw their incomes rise as never before and after a historic recession that plunged our economy into a crisis from…
Post-Prop. 8 Victory: SD Dems for Equality announces flurry of events in coming days
The San Diego Democrats for Equality has announced several local events amid the Proposition 8 victory in which an appeals court has determined the measure unconstitutional. Allies and activists are encouraged to get involved and attend the following San Diego-based events to celebrate Tuesday’s epic win for the LGBT community. Community march planned in…
Cuba to consider legalizing same-sex civil unions
HAVANNA – Cuba’s first daughter has said the country’s lawmakers will consider legalizing same-sex civil unions this year. Pink News.co.uk reported that Mariela Castro, daughter of President Raul Castro and the director of the National Sex Education Centre told Cuba Si that the Cuban justice minister, Maria Esther Reus, announced that “… it is going…
A charming and satisfying love story
Somewhere, maybe just off to one side, there’s a hole in your heart. It’s not life-threatening. Though you feel like you might, you won’t die from it. It’ll never show up on an X-ray or CT scan. No doctor will ever be able to find the hole in your heart but you know it’s there;…