Former Dancing With The Stars competitor Chaz Bono surprised his fiancée Jennifer Elia with an engagement ring on her birthday. While the transgender TV star proposed to Elia in 2009, they had since put their plans for marriage on a hiatus, explaining, “We’ve been engaged for two years and we’ve had to put things on…
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has announced his pending retirement from Congress in wake of his announcement that he will not seek a 17th term. Barney, 71, has been an active liberal Democrat, well-known for his many contributions to fight for LGBT rights. He leaves behind his post citing a “deteriorating political culture and a more…
Billy Canu and his husband, Michael Harbron were flying home after spending Thanksgiving away with friends and relatives. Harbron and Canu, the latter of whom is CEO and cofounder of a successful search engine optimization and Web-marketing firm with offices in San Diego and London, say they got a rude awakening about bigotry, and how…
Thank you to everyone who attended the San Diego LGBT Weekly 1st anniversary party at the award-winning Busalacchi’s restaurant. It was great to see Mayor Jerry Sanders, Congressman Bob Filner, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, Sheriff Bill Gore and so many other VIP’s, businesspeople, community leaders and activists having such a great time. Community members need…
Talmadge is one of San Diego’s older neighborhoods. It is a beautifully maintained community, just east of Kensington, that was originally developed back in the 1920s. But what you may not know is that Talmadge has a very unique history. Talmadge was named after three sisters, Norma, Constance and Natalie Talmadge, who were all silent…
There’s a kind of bait-and-switch going on with the tagline and title of Like Crazy: “I want you – I need you – I love you – I miss you – Like Crazy.” I got the impression, and I think this was the marketer’s goal, that the movie would be about an obsessive love affair…
Major League Baseball has adopted a new non-discrimination policy to include gay players as a part of their protected classes, The New York Daily News reports. The MLB and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association amended Article XV of the agreement which was due to renew this year. In addition to protecting “race, color, religion…
The Laugh Out Proud Comedy Show, San Diego’s only comedy show geared toward the LGBT community returns Dec. 8 and features four LGBT comedians, including headliner Shann Carr. With 20 years of gay stand up experience under her belt, lesbian comedian Shann Carr’s storytelling style has always had her audiences rolling in the aisles. Shann,…
Although construction has been down considerably for most of the Great Recession, this month has seen more than $200 million of commercial and government projects in the planning and post-bid phase of development, according to Reed Construction Data. Most projects are “ground-up,” but because preserving San Diego’ historic and culturally meaningful structures continues to gain…
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Legislature has passed the Transgender Equal Rights bill. The bill adds protections to the state’s civil rights laws against discrimination in employment, housing, education and credit based on gender identity or expression and adds gender identity and expression to the state’s hate crimes law. The bill now moves to the governor’s…
