The holiday season is upon us and by holiday I don’t mean Thanksgiving or Christmas. I am referring to the holiday, that highest of holy days for most gay men; from the moment we stumble across mom’s jewelry box right past middle age when makeup and monsters continue to give us a thrill. Am I…
Recently, San Diego LGBT Weekly welcomed San Diego State University educator, Pat Washington, who is running for a California State Assembly seat in the 79th District. Washington, a married, openly lesbian candidate with a strong focus on education as the foundation for her campaign platform, gets downright fiery when talking about the needs of the…
A transgender car thief who admitted stealing a truck from a Chula Vista firefighter was sentenced April 3 to 32 months in state prison. Carlos Olachea Jr., 31, who also goes by the first name of Carla, was ordered to pay $500 for car repairs to the victim by Chula Vista Superior Court Judge…
I don’t often write about chain restaurants as I feel that not all of them have what it takes to be in the market with the independents. Most do not have notable executive chefs and menus tend to be set by the corporate office. During my days as a corporate traveler for hotels, I had…
Archbishop Carl Bean, author of “I Was Born This Way” and an openly gay Black preacher who founded the Unity Fellowship Church Movement, will serve as co-host for LGBT & Allies All Families Matter Fundraiser for Pat Washington, candidate for California’s 79th Assembly on Feb. 19. When told of Washington’s decision to run for the…
Everybody knows that there is a concentrated LGBT community in the Hillcrest and surrounding metropolitan area. But what you may not know is that the LGBT community is scattered throughout San Diego and beyond. There are more of us than you may realize, living outside of the gay hub; we are simply everywhere. San Diego…
