What has come clear to me in nine-plus years of activism is that modern transgender/transsexual history has two significant, distinct beginnings. There are other trans beginning points, for sure, but I’m going to focus on two particular beginnings that have often been in conflict. The two beginning points I want to focus upon are these:…
San Diego-based videographer and LGBT rights activist Syd Stevens shot video of protesters at Saturday’s San Diego LGBT Pride Parade, most of whom shouted boos at, while a few turned their backs in silence to, City Councilman Carl DeMaio for what they see as the openly gay mayoral candidate’s turning his back against fellow members of the LGBT…
When the man who wrote some of the most memorable and important words ever spoken in the history of the English language has something to say; when Dr. Clarence Jones, speechwriter for the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has something to say; people’s ears tend to perk up. Expect thousands of perked-up ears…
American Idol star Adam Lambert, believes American attitudes to homosexuality are changing so fast, the country is in the middle of a “big civil rights movement.” Lambert, who recently became the first out gay man to top the U.S. Billboard album chart with the album Trespassing told the Independent, “[America] is in the midst of…
When the man who wrote some of the most memorable and important words ever spoken in the history of the English language has something to say; when Dr. Clarence Jones, speechwriter for the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has something to say; people’s ears tend to perk up. Expect thousands of perked-up ears…
The first mayoral poll came out this week and its Filner ahead by four points over DeMaio. While this will be long campaign, never have I witnessed a mayoral candidate so disliked and divisive as Carl DeMaio. Prominent national minority leaders to endorse Bob Filner Leaders and activists from the Latino, African American, Native American,…
We get it. Millennials, those born roughly between 1983 and 2001, thunderously approve of same-sex marriage. Poll after poll after poll indicates that the generation that enters the last year of its 20s this year not only endorses the civil rights of same-sex couples, but has claimed the revelation of its position as its very…
Those who’ve seen the film Milk may remember the scenes in the film showing Harvey Milk working with labor leaders to further civil rights for his primary identity community. And when he ran for San Francisco supervisor multiple times, and eventually won his district’s seat, he achieved office, in part, by not only working on…
Wrapping up our coverage of the 79th Assembly District race, San Diego LGBT Weekly gave the two remaining candidates, well-known activist and educator, Shirley Weber and leading community activist, Sid Voorakkara the opportunity to present themselves to our readers with answers to our questions as well as to questions they would ask themselves. Following last…
Famed transsexual, Christine Jorgensen embraced the term transgender in an attempt to distance herself from the sexualization of her life. From Oct. 16, 1979 issue of the Winnipeg Free Press’ article Christine Recalls Life As Boy From The Bronx: “If you understand trans-genders,” she says, (the word she prefers to transsexuals), “then you understand that…
