OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Max Disposti, executive director of the North County LGBTQ Resource center has received Oceanside’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award, the city announced today. The Martin Luther King Jr. Service Award acknowledges outstanding community civic leaders. Disposti was given his award at a breakfast awards ceremony Monday. Born in Rome,…
The San Diego GLBT Historic Task Force has announced that they will lead a campaign to create an AIDS Memorial for San Diego. “More than 7,600 men, women and children have died of AIDS in San Diego County,” stated City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez. “It is long overdue that we commemorate and remember their lives…
Lorena Gonzalez has been endorsed by Assemblyman Henry T. Perea, her campaign announced today. Perea is chairman of the Assembly Committee on Insurance and the Assembly Moderate Caucus and a key leader in policy dealing with job creation in California. His endorsement is the latest significant benchmark of support for Gonzalez, who has racked up…
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Western States Council has endorsed Lorena Gonzalez for the 80th Assembly District, her campaign announced today. The UFCW Western States Council is the regional governing body of 11 UFCW local unions representing over 200,000 workers in California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. The Council is a part of the…
After a fairly sparkling record in the 2012 elections (San Diego LGBT Weekly Sept. 27 2012 – Breaking open the political fortune cookie), the Politically Aware crystal ball was looking forward to a well-earned rest. Then City Council President Tony Young announced his resignation, Rep. Juan Vargas was sworn in, and the sound of falling…
(CNN) — A conservative group is planning a television and online ad campaign urging senators to vote against former Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearings to be secretary of defense. The American Future Fund plans to run television ads in Washington and in certain states against Obama’s nominee, the group said, as well as…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the HRC Greater New York Steering Committee have announced that Whoopi Goldberg will receive the 2013 HRC Ally for Equality Award at the annual Greater New York Gala dinner Feb. 2 at the Waldorf Astoria. “We are proud to honor Whoopi Goldberg with the Ally for Equality Award for…
(CNN) — A group of former service members who left the military because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy will get the full separation pay they were denied, according to a recent $2.4 million court settlement. The settlement was announced this week by the American Civil Liberties Union who sued the U.S. government on…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards® were announced today (Thursday, January 10) by this year’s Oscar host, Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone. MacFarlane and Stone announced the nominees at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. Academy members from each of the…
