Numb

I was talking to my brother the other day about the recent mass shooting outside of Sutherland Springs, Texas and we were discussing how America has become numb to gun related mass killings. Instead of being horrified, we now ask, “How many people died”? Isn’t that a tragic commentary on American society? I am sure…

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Change

The only constant is change. Whether “change” is positive or negative can only be determined in retrospect. One of the things I remember most from my days at Harvard Business School is the caveat “there are no right or wrong answers,” people make the best decision based upon the information in front of them. Decisions…

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Free speech

My partner Scott and I are on vacation in Central Europe and really are getting a fresh perspective on what Europeans think of President Donald Trump. Most Americans seem to be embarrassed by the president and cannot answer simple questions posed by European citizens. Simple questions like, “Do you support Trump,” “Is Trump representing the…

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Activists protest inside Trump Tower to declare ‘The president is not above the law’

NEW YORK CITY — Activists demonstrated inside the Trump Tower atrium on Tuesday to voice their objection in response to reports that Donald Trump is considering firing Robert Mueller and pardoning administration members who have broken the law. Members of Rise and Resist, a NYC-based direct action group, carried signs stating ‘You can’t fire the…

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Dear Caitlyn Jenner, there is one more transition you need to make

Editor’s note: The following piece by San Diego LGBT Weekly publisher Stampp Corbin was originally published on HuffPost June 6, 2015. As usual, our publisher was prescient in his assessment of Donald Trump and what was going to happen. We have all watched with great interest the transition of Caitlyn Jenner who has finally become…

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President Trump grants media access to known anti-LGBTQ activist, Pat Robertson

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump granted a one-on-one interview with Pat Robertson, a longtime anti-LGBTQ activist and Televangelist. The interview aired today at 10 a.m. on the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). Robertson is infamous for calling for  so-called “religious exemptions” to push a dangerous anti-LGBTQ agenda, accusing LGBTQ people of deliberately spreading HIV and…

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GLAAD tweets in response to Trump/Putin meeting and Trump’s continued silence on Chechnya

Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met Friday during the G20 summit in Germany. While Russian President Putin denies any attacks on LGBTQ men in Chechnya, President Trump has simply ignored it all together. In fact, his staff even confirmed a couple weeks ago that they aren’t sure if the president was even “aware” of…

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Proposed Obamacare repeal deal could drastically cut access to transgender health care

NEW YORK – After last month’s failure, the Trump Administration is once again lobbying House Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The emerging reworked repeal contains language to defund Planned Parenthood, which is one of the largest providers of transgender health care in the United States. On top of providing LGBTQ-inclusive sexual and reproductive…

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