After significant media debate leading up to yesterday’s vote, House Republican leaders voted to authorize a legal defense of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The move comes in response to the Obama Administration’s decision to cease defense of Section 3 on constitutional grounds. Michael Steel, a spokesperson for Speaker of the House John Boehner,…
The New York Times reported today that Governor Andrew Cuomo has promised to devote his “full attention” to the cause of legalizing same-sex marriage in the state of New York. Cuomo’s announcement came after a closed door meeting Wednesday, where the Governor met with gay marriage supporters. Attendees at the meeting included openly gay New…
San Diego is being represented at the White House as President Obama hosts a conference to hear concerns about anti-LGBT bullying. The anti-bullying prevention conference, taking place March 10 at the White House, is being hosted by Obama, the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. The conference unites students, teachers…
A reported deal made between Target Corp. and Lady Gaga was dissolved this past week due to Target’s donations in 2010 toward groups supporting candidates who were opposed to LGBT equality. The announcement was made this afternoon by the co-founder of Fly-Life marketing agency, Carmen Cacciatore. Gaga was reported stating to Billboard in February that…
Media Arts Center San Diego presents the annual San Diego Latino Film Festival, now celebrating its 18th season. The 11-day event is March 10-20 at the UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas Hazard Center. The Festival features more than 20,000 festival attendees; 160 entertaining and award-winning movies starring such actors as Ricardo Darin, Martha Higareda, Demian Bichir, Adal…
LGBT advocates have repeatedly urged the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to lift the stay preventing a definitive ruling in the Prop. 8 trial — and Palm Springs resident Ed Watson is no exception. Like so many gay couples, Ed and his partner Derence want desperately to see an end to the trial so they…
Led by House Speaker John Boehner, House Republicans are expected to take action this week in defense of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act. The move is in direct response to the Obama Administration’s landmark actions in support of greater scrutiny in sexual discrimination cases. With a Friday filing deadline in two related…
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, strongly criticized the House Republican leadership on Friday for taking steps to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court, violating their pledge to focus only on economic issues. DOMA is a policy which discriminates against the LGBT community…
In an already crowded field of candidates for the San Diego Mayoral election 2012, word has now come that California State Senator Christine Kehoe is making calls to San Diego movers and shakers about possibly joining the race. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis is already considered a clear front runner candidate, along with heavy-hitters State Assemblyman…
In response to news of his cancelled California speaking tour, Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseev published a statement yesterday to address controversial, seemingly anti-semetic blog posts published in response to recent revolutionary events in Egypt. Alekseev began his statement by emphasizing his strong belief in human rights and equality for everyone, “irrespective of any…
