Monday, March 5, 2012, I went to the Veterans Affairs (VA) San Diego Medical Center to change my gender marker from male to female. The previous Friday, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) informed trans veterans that the VA had clarified their policy, and were now using the U.S. State Department’s standard, developed for…
Spring is upon us and love is in the air! But, before you offer your sweetie your heart and your ring (or accept the same), make sure to keep in mind the California laws governing the exchange of the shiny circular bands symbolizing your commitment. Generally, the engagement ring belongs to the proposer, not the…
This week there is a plethora of opening receptions at some of San Diego’s smaller, independent and LGBT-owned or oriented galleries. Here’s a chance to support the arts and local businesses simultaneously! Noel-Baza Fine Art Three Artists Paint the City features paintings and works on paper by Wade Cline, Kim Reasor and Brad Maxey. The…
San Diego LGBT Weekly spoke with actress, comedian, singer and all-around performer, Sandra Bernhard in advance of her performance next week at La Jolla Playhouse, and learned a lot about one of the entertainment world’s most enigmatic celebrities. San Diego LGBT Weekly: I won’t say I’ve been a huge fan since I was a little boy,…
Deirdre Marie Capone is alleged mobster Al Capone’s grand niece. She is singing like a canary about her family and her remembrances of “Uncle Al,” the notorious gangland figure of the 1930s and 1940s, in her new book, Uncle Al Capone: The Untold Story from Inside His Family, from Recap Publishing and Ascot Media. We…
Hundreds of California Republicans gathered Sunday at the San Francisco Airport Hotel for the general session of the California Republican Party’s (CRP) Spring Convention. The agenda included the ratification of the Party’s platform, and of particular interest to the LGBT community was language regarding education, marriage, and family. While the newly revised platform has not…
SACRAMENTO – Senator Mark Leno introduced legislation Friday that reaffirms a family court judge’s ability to recognize parent-child relationships based on the evidence and what is in the best interests of the child. SB 1476 modernizes state law by giving courts the flexibility to protect children who have parent-child relationships with more than two people….
We, the conquerors of the typewriter and mimeograph machine; we, who can type, take shorthand and fearlessly faced Dictaphone transcription; we, keepers of books with nothing but a pencil and eraser, now find our skills redundant. Adding to the humiliation is the recent triumph of our humble servant the telephone. Once so easy to use,…
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez will have to rely on recommendations of friends and family after her hairdresser has called it quits following the governor’s opposition to same-sex marriage. KOB Eyewitness News 4 reports that Antonio Darden, the governor’s hair stylist, is refusing to see her, explaining that his protest comes in wake of the…
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee heard arguments Thursday morning on the Obama administration’s rule mandating free contraceptives for those employed at religious institutions. During the hearing, New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney asked the panel, “Where are the women?” The question came following an earlier argument from Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Democrat, who argued…
