Size is relative, as we know. Without a point of comparison, we cannot say that anything is either “big” or “little.” But we’ve seen the city and county of San Diego alternately described as a “big city with a small town feel,” a “small town vibe in a big package” and a “big small town.”…
Media Matters for America reports how, during discussions with Equality Matters, officials from a number of California’s largest school districts pushed back against right-wing misinformation about a new state law guaranteeing transgender students access to proper facilities and programs. Evidence continues to mount that a new California law allowing transgender public school students to use the restroom facilities…
Since 2010, when New Jersey was chosen to host Super Bowl XLVIII, business leaders have been building the infrastructure for a successful event. Rooms have been booked. Travel plans have been made. Pipelines have been built to guarantee enough product. For T-shirts, that’s great. For liquor, it’s at least legal. For victims of human trafficking,…
With the advent of home rental sites on the Internet, including airbnb.com, vrbo.com, vacationhomerentals.com and others, turning your home into a money-making vehicle is literally a breeze. But before you get too excited and start counting your take, it’s wise to size up your property and determine whether it’s a good candidate for the job….
Why should gay people be Republicans? Because gay people are … people. Gay Americans are Americans. And most Americans aren’t single-issue voters. They are, on the whole, more center-right than center-left, more fiscally conservative than wealth-distributive, and happier to spend their money as they see fit than to have the government do it for them…
SAN DIEGO — Lambda Archives of San Diego (LASD) has announced that it has been accepted into the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP). CAVPP is a partnership of 75 libraries and museums developing a database of audiovisual materials documenting California history. The project aims to take a sampling of media from diverse institutions, digitize them,…
Today, Toni Atkins was elected the Speaker of the California Assembly – the first open lesbian and only the third woman to hold the position. Atkins, who previously served as Assembly Majority Floor Leader, will soon assume the seat currently occupied by John Perez, who also made history as the first openly gay California Assembly…
After deliberating only four hours, a jury Jan. 10 convicted a La Mesa man of six counts of practicing medicine without a license after he claimed he could cure HIV and cancer with unusual and expensive treatments. Keith Allen Barton, 52, was also convicted of two counts of grand theft, attempted grand theft and false…
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of unmarried people in America 18 and older in 2012 was 103 million; 53.6 percent were women and 46.4 percent men. 17 million U.S. residents 65 and older were single – some 16 percent of all unmarried people. There were 87 unmarried men 18 and older for…
