Ahead of today’s Pride parade in D.C., new TWEET and FACEBOOK posts from Sen. Kamala Harris highlight a new Pride flag placed in front of her office Friday. Above the picture Harris posted, “Added a new flag to my Washington office this month – because in California we’ve got pride.” Sen. Harris is currently the…
Yes, racism and homophobia are alive and well in our country. Yes, our criminal justice system is far from perfect and there are indeed some bad police officers. I know about some of these issues and have personally lived out some of them in my life. To this day, I have witnessed these things which…
HBA honors Nancy – but why? Dear Mr. Younger, I am writing you out of concern and disgust over the flag at Normal Street flying at half-staff this week. I came across your email from the Hillcrest Business Association’s (HBA)Web site. If this is not a matter that you are involved with, if you would…
This June, San Diegans will be voting on the Barrio Logan Community Plan. I’ve seen the map, and it’s complicated. It has Residential Zones, Business Zones, Buffer Zones and seemingly every option in between. I’m still not sure if the blue area is the ocean or another type of land use. Fortunately, I don’t have…
A sleepy neighborhood in Orange County has been rocked by the action of one of its residents. And what has got Irvine’s Orangetree Housing Association up in arms – a Rainbow Flag no less! The OC Weekly reports that resident Dr. Mary Pham incurred the wrath of many of her neighbors by hanging an LGBT…
From the Huffington Post comes a story about a gay marine. On his last day of service the Marine received a rainbow flag with the phrase “Served With Pride” stitched under the Marine Corps logo. Originally posted on Reddit, the rainbow flag acted as a parting gift from the soldier’s unit. The photo was posted with…
The community gathered at Martinis Above Fourth for The 38th Annual Nicky Awards Nomination Party July 8. The crowd was all smiles as they cheered each other on. It’s great to see so many organizations and community leaders being recognized for their hard work. It’s an honor to be nominated among them in several categories….
Recently at a GLBT event, one of the producers actually went out of his way to hide the American flag because of personal views! For decades, I’ve dealt with this with many left-wing GLBT activists refusing my requests that we sing our nation’s national anthem and display our country’s flag. Most refuse to do so…
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…
http://youtu.be/js6QhN-vYPk Talk about an unfortunate slip of the tongue! HuffPost reports that Bill Lunn a newscaster for KSTP, the local ABC affiliate in Minneapolis had a “blooper moment” while introducing a segment on the Minneapolis Pride parade during the evening news. When saying the phrase “I pledge allegiance to the flag…,” Lunn accidentally said “fag”…
