In 1964, Fact magazine asked psychiatrists about Republican candidate Sen. Barry Goldwater’s mental stability. According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), of 12,356 psychiatrists polled, 2,417 responded, and 1,189 said Goldwater was unfit to be president. None had examined Goldwater, who sued the magazine and won. Since 1973 the APA has enforced a policy, often…
The odd distribution plan for the exceptional Other People says a great deal about how film has changed with the advent of streaming services, especially in regards to independent film. In the past, movies with tiny budgets and niche audiences (especially gay ones) could only be found in art houses in large cities before showing…
When I attended the North Park Seniors Information Session at The LGBT Center Sept. 8, 2016, I felt blindsided by one of the first pieces of information that was disseminated at that meeting: There will be a lottery to determine the application selection order. The lottery is being put in place to ensure all interest…
In a recent report commissioned by the city of San Diego to create a foundational history for the local LGBT community, I noticed some things were missing: transgender history, and the contributions of people of color. In October 2015 San Diego’s Department of City Planning received a $25,000 federal grant to write a historical context…
For those of you not lucky enough to catch Paula Poundstone last year at Humphreys by the Bay, you’re getting a second chance Friday, Sept. 30. Last years show was a crowd-pleasing bonanza and this year promises to be even better. Poundstone, who was born in Alabama and then raised in Massachusetts, has a way…
For the past three years, Mykel Resino has participated in AIDS Walk & Run San Diego. She’s walked to support local HIV services, to fight the stigma associated with HIV and in memory of her brother, Shawn. For Resino, fighting the stigma of HIV is especially poignant. She believes stigma prevented her brother from getting…
How an upstart ridesharing company turned a small two-seater into something much, much bigger If a story about a carsharing service that started small, appeared seemingly out of nowhere and caused a major disruption to a business model which had long been established as the accepted norm resonates in the gay community, it should. After…
I’m not a breakfast person. If you’re like me, then “the most important meal of the day” is a mug or two of steaming coffee dosed with liberal amounts of milk and sugar. Maybe I’ll gobble down a banana or spoon through a cup of creamy yogurt, but when somebody says “breakfast”, all I hear…
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…
A San Diego woman pleaded not guilty Sept. 8 to felony vandalism of Urban Mo’s Bar & Grill when she allegedly threw rocks through a glass door after being ejected. Raquel Bonilla, 22, of San Diego, was allowed to remain free on her own recognizance on condition she have no contact with the gay business…
