Letters You helped me make up my mind Dear Editor, I had long been a proponent of marriage equality on general grounds but had been somewhat ambivalent on the matter of civil partnerships. Was a civil partnership “close enough” to actual marriage? Should same-sex couples be satisfied with that? A quote attributed to Stampp Corbin…
letters San Diego needs to talk about HIV not remember AIDS Dear Editor, While I applaud the people behind the San Diego AIDS Memorial for taking the leadership in such a meaningful endeavor, I do have to question the timing of it. Memorials are something that we build like the World War II Memorial or…
A thank you to Stampp Corbin Dear Editor, This is just a personal expression of appreciation for your editorial “I Can’t Breathe” (San Diego LGBT Weekly, Issue 162). As an eighty-one-year old activist, who has worked on race/class/gender/LGBT issues for fifty years and who finds that (despite spurts like Brown vs. Board of Education and gay…
Transphobic? Dear Editor, Hey folks, I would appreciate no one use the term “transphobic” to describe the editorial folk at San Diego LGBT Weekly. They may disagree with you personally on what should or shouldn’t be acceptable commentary in the comment threads for my columns, but the publisher is giving a platform to folk who…
Nicolasaurous Dear Editor, Stampp’s standing up to Nicole is brave and badly needed. Nicole has stayed at the party way too long and it’s time to go. Have you ever zipped up too fast and gotten your nuts caught in the zipper? Well, that is what 40 plus years of Nicole feels like. Someday the…
Dear Editor, Again, just what we need, a Republican drag queen – who has crowned himself “the Mayor of Hillcrest [sic]” – giving us a GLOWING report of how he spent his Pride weekend cavorting with all the Republican candidates. I don’t know what to call it: Stockholm syndrome? If you are gay and call…
Publisher and Editor’s Note: The decision was made to publish these contradictory Letters to the Editor together, to ensure that the community gets to hear the different versions of the issues that are facing the Hillcrest Business Association. As always, we believe our readers will be able to discern the truth as San Diego LGBT…
Letters In Response to Jess Durfee’s letter and Stampp Corbin’s editorial (LGBT Weekly March 27, issue 143) Dear Editor, Even gay and lesbian history repeats itself. In 1938 feminist/lesbian Gertrude Stein nominated Adolf Hitler for a Nobel Peace Prize. So I think we shouldn’t be too tough on Bonnie Dumanis for supporting Mr. Dronenburg. We…
Media Matters for America latest post reveals how Washington Times senior opinion editor Emily Miller launched a baseless attack on a Maryland bill that protects transgender people from discrimination, repeating the debunked myth that sexual predators will exploit non-discrimination protections and sneak into women’s restrooms. March 27, the Maryland House of Delegates approved the Fairness…
