SD Hoops LGBT Basketball League has announced the following schedule of events as it prepares for the upcoming season and community engagement: Three-on-three tournament The league’s three-on-three tournament signup deadline has been bumped to Wednesday, September 26. Team fees must be paid by this date to be eligible. The one-day tournament is Saturday, Oct. 6 at…
Six Flags Magic Mountain’s annual “Out on the Mountain” (LGBT) Night returns in 2012 this Friday, September 21. Alexis Jordan, Shangela, DJ Ray Rhodes, Daniel Joseph Baker, Ingenue and DJ Steve Oaks star in a night of entertainment, as the entire the park “goes gay” for the night. “Out on the Mountain” is the creation…
The inaugural Giro di San Diego Gran Fondo, a two-day bike festival, will take place in Solana Beach Sept. 15 and 16. The festival, organized by GranFondo Cycling Tours aims to “bring the heart and passion of Italian cycling to San Diego.” Events will be available for all levels of riders, recreational to professional, with…
SAN FRANCISCO – A report from the California attorney general’s office published yesterday reveals that hate crimes involving a sexual orientation bias decreased 12.5 percent, from 279 in 2010 to 244 in 2011. Sexual orientation hate crimes were the second most common type of hate crime, comprising 23 percent of hate crimes reported in 2011….
Just before this year’s San Diego Pride, we chatted with NormSoft founder and chief technology officer, Tim Norman about his company’s partnership with San Diego LGBT Weekly, LGBTweekly.com and our retail discounts meet civil rights product, called The Pride Card. Because the final phases of the rollouts of the mobile applications the partnership has produced…
The nightlife venue that formerly housed Eden and Universal re-opened last Friday under an undisclosed name. Billed as a soft opening that also seconded as a renaming party, the event saw a large crowd who donned every look from street clothes and mohawks to “dress to impress” little black dresses and bow ties. Many are…
BY THOM SENZEE The tragic, untimely death of Ran O’Dell, a man widely known for an unrelenting commitment to making sure those with whom he interacted – whether it was in one of his roles as a bartender, server, pop-video mix-master, or passing acquaintance – experienced at least one positive, happy or even joyful moment…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A Kansas church notorious for its angry, anti-gay protests at military funerals will continue the controversial practice despite new restrictions in a bill passed by Congress that awaits President Barack Obama’s signature. “That’s really not going to change our plans at all,” Westboro Baptist Church spokesman Steve Drain told CNN on Friday….
State Sen. Christine Kehoe, Champion of Pride In November of 1992, Christine Kehoe made San Diego history when, as a councilmember representing Council District 3, she became the first open member of the LGBT community to be elected to public office in San Diego. After serving on the council from 1993-2000, she was elected as…
LONDON – Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell is calling on the London organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to ban anti-gay countries from the events this summer, reports PinkNews.co.uk. Tatchell said: “The Olympic Charter prohibits all discrimination, and this includes homophobic discrimination. Any country that discriminates against women, ethnic or religious minorities, or…
