My friends and I enjoy tossing around and reacting to briefly worded memory stimuli; squeezing the orange dot in the margarine bag, the Rosenbergs, that swine McCarthy, Julius LaRosa, the stabbing of Johnny Stompanato, Billie Jean King and the Battle of the Sexes, the watusi, etc. (Oh, ask a senior. I can’t explain everything!). Recently…
This past Monday night at the Globe Theatre there was a public debate between Third City Council District candidates Chris Ward and Anthony Bernal. The event was sponsored by the Police Officers Association, San Diego LGBT Weekly, Hillcrest Town Council, Gaslamp Association, North Park Business Association, San Diego Chamber of Commerce and other community groups….
As the holidays get into full swing, I have six tenets that should be considered to make sure this is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. I am not an island The holiday season anchors your year and gives you the opportunity for reflection. Who are the people and what are the events…
The holidays should be a time that we spend with those who accept us unconditionally and support us with a safe and enriching environment. The holidays for many of us can bring on additional layers of stress in an already complex life! For LGBT individuals, this season can be a minefield when it comes to…
The Pope’s messages are more important than his religion Dear Editor, This letter is addressed to San Diego LGBT Weekly publisher Stampp Corbin. So I can better understand from where you’re coming, please indulge me and tell me what your religious preference is? Obviously you’re not Catholic, so are you a Protestant or an atheist?…
The first votes in the 2016 presidential race will be cast at the Iowa caucuses Feb. 1. That leaves establishment Republicans just over 50 days to avoid nominating a candidate too conservative for the general election. They should start by getting some of the moderate candidates to drop out, and can use the 2012 San…
The real estate market is in a sleepy mode, and there are lots of reasons for this. This is the first of a two-part peek at the forecast for 2016, and in this first of the series, we’ll lay out the forces that are at play, setting the stage for what is to come. In…
I remember some aspects of when I first came out, back in early 2003, which have really stuck in my memory. Many of those experiences have contributed to how I approach my life as a trans woman now, almost 13-years later. It’s not lost on me how my transgender peers are treated when we stand…
I remember growing up and listening to the song, “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth.” It was so much fun to play it over and over again on the record player. What innocence, what a time, when that is all I wanted. Wednesday Dec. 2, someone came into my office looking…
