The White House has announced that openly gay NBA player Jason Collins will be seated in the box with the first lady, Dr. Biden and Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to the president, at tomorrow’s State of the Union Address. While at Stanford, Jason Collins was selected as an All American, named the NCAA’s “Big Man of the…
In The Time of the Butterflies In the Time of the Butterflies is a gripping story of courage in the face of unjust actions and repression based on the historical novel by Julia Alvarez. It examines how four sisters make the hard decisions whether they believe they feel strongly enough in a cause to risk…
Speaking before the annual Indian Psychiatric Society meeting, prominent psychiatrist and last year’s president Dr. Indira Sharma labeled homosexuality ‘unnatural.’ The comment, which she reiterated on Monday, created a firestorm in a country still under attack from a major High Court decision which reinstated the ban on same-gender sex. According to the Times of India, Sharma unapologetically decried the…
LOS ANGELES, — Dr. Rizi Timane, minister, social worker, and outspoken advocate for the LGBT community, has issued the following statement on Nigeria’s criminalization of gay marriages and civil unions: I grew up in Nigeria. In Lagos, to be exact. And I have known since I was eight years old that I am transgender. I was born as a…
Rumors have surfaced that popular Dutch band, Kleintje Pils, may include the popular gay anthem, “Y.M.C.A.” as part of its musical repertoire this year at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, according to a report on TalkingPointsMemo.com. The Dutch brass band that always performs at Olympic speed skating ovals is considering playing the iconic song as…
In the latest Multiple Exposure video, LGBTI rights defender Clare Byarugaba explains the context and potential consequences of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda. 20 Dec. 2013, the Ugandan Parliament passed the “Anti-Homosexuality Bill”, which currently awaits the signature of the President to become law. Multiple Exposure is a new monthly video magazine broadcast. Every month, three different 10…
The year reign of Empress XLI Candi Samples and the Imperial Court de San Diego will come to an end Feb. 8 at the Lafayette Hotel when the new emperor and empress will be elected and crowned. The Imperial Court, Empress XLI Candi Samples and the board of directors have been responsible for giving out…
As San Diego LGBT Pride’s volunteers, board of directors and staff work on this year’s 40th anniversary Pride celebration they are inviting community participation in the festivities scheduled for July 18-20. Applications for entertainers, sponsors, parade contingents, program guide advertisers and festival exhibitors are now available online at sdpride.org. The annual Pride weekend festivities, which…
As the special runoff election for mayor draws near, San Diego LGBT Weekly posed five questions on behalf of this city’s LGBT community to the two remaining candidates, District 2 City Councilmember Kevin Faulconer and David Alvarez, Councilmember for San Diego’s District 8. Unfortunately, despite several attempts to fulfill the vision for this article and…
I am reluctant to play the age card because change is inevitable and progress is … well, progress. But in this case I will. Back in the dark ages of the 1970s and 1980s when I was plump, young and oh-so serious I used to journal a lot, put onto paper all the dark and…
