Pride weekend is here once more and with it comes a plethora of artistic activity to choose from and this does not necessarily mean pictures in galleries and performances in theaters. Pride, both the parade on Saturday and the two day festival is an opportunity for the local community (plus thousands of out of town…
I was enamored during my first San Diego Pride in 2003. I’d began transitioning in early February of that year, then went to my first trans peer support group in late May, and then agreed to staff the trans booth in July. Frankly, I can’t remember whether or not I marched in the trans contingent…
I love listening to how children describe God. It’s even more interesting seeing how they draw God. One morning, a Sunday school teacher asked the students to sketch God. Some of the pictures showed God portrayed as a huge sea turtle, carrying the world on its back; God as a bright sun; God as a…
A Better San Diego, a coalition of community, faith and labor groups that seeks to build a better San Diego by addressing and demanding action on the important economic issues that face our communities is hosting a distinguished panel July 12, the Friday of Pride weekend, as part of its monthly breakfast series. The tremendous…
As we bask in the glory of the life-affirming Supreme Court rulings concerning marriage equality, the inevitable question is where do we go from here? While there are 13 states, plus the District of Columbia, that have marriage equality, there are 37 states that do not. When the framers of the Constitution established the three…
About the San Diego leather community article Dear Editor, Thank you for sharing a brief overview of the leather, kink, and fetish community in San Diego (San Diego LGBT Weekly June 20, issue 123). I encourage anyone who wants to know more about who we are to reach out and find us! I am compelled…
The Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) celebrates “The Big Apple” at the Mississippi Room in the Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd., Saturday July 27. Music from Broadway and of the Big Band era will fill this historic ballroom. Among the Broadway musicals featured, the 45 piece ensemble will perform music from Les Misérables and Chicago….
The inaugural Bayard Rustin Civil Rights Honors will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 2 at The San Diego LGBT Community Center. The awards will be presented by the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) of Washington, D.C., the International Court Council and the San Diego LGBT Community Center. Bayard Rustin (March 17, 1912-Aug. 24,…
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego LGBT Center announced today that registration for the all-new AIDS Walk San Diego is now open, and that there are some great new additions to this year’s event. In addition to new routes for both the Walk and Run, organizers are adding a “Street Challenge” obstacle course! It all…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) bills itself as the largest LGBT civil rights organization in the U.S., but it has a reputation of not being trans friendly. In the 110th Congress (2007/2008), the HRC was the only LGBT civil rights organization that supported the non-trans-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) put forward in 2007 by congressional…
