City Councilman Todd Gloria announced today that he will run for the State Assembly 78th District seat in 2016. The seat is held by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, who will be termed out. In an email to his supporters Gloria wrote, “I was truly humbled to serve as interim mayor of San Diego and to…
The U.S. Small Business Administration San Diego District Office in association with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) today announced a no cost LGBT Business Builder event April 17 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Council for Supplier Diversity. The purpose of the LGBT Business Builder is to remove barriers…
L.A. Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers, one of the few openly gay athletes in professional sport, talked to GQ.com about FIFA and gay rights, the reaction to his recent op-ed in USA Today about the subject, other gay athletes and the homophobia he experienced before coming out. As FIFA gears up to host the next…
Reflecting an ever-increasing wave of support for LGBT equality, more than 100 technology industry leaders and counting have joined in an unprecedented statement to legislators calling for the addition of non-discrimination protections for LGBT people to civil rights laws. Launched last week in response to a host of anti-LGBT bills pending or signed into law…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and City Councilmember Todd Gloria will name April 7, 2015 “San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus Day” in recognition of the organization’s 30 years of singing, social outreach and changing lives one voice at a time. The official proclamation will be presented Tuesday, April 7 at 10 a.m….
http://youtu.be/CdhWhgA8Y0A Nike has released a new two-minute long commercial featuring Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy before the 2015 Masters, and it is a riveting watch that will inspire you! The ad focuses on the growth of McIlroy from a young prodigy who used to chip golf balls into washing machines to a professional golfer and…
Portland, ORE.— Ooligan Press has announced that Oregon native Karelia Stetz-Waters has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for her young adult novel Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before, published October 2014. Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before has been nominated in the LGBT Children’s/Young Adult category. The book tells…
Following an all-day sentencing Friday, a judge handed down 18 years to a Pacific Beach man who ran a “revenge porn” Web site that featured nude photos of two men but mostly women whose ex-boyfriends or others submitted the photos without their consent. Kevin Christopher Bollaert, 28, was ordered to pay $15,488 to six females…
Top Web site development company, Drupal Connect has announced that it is spearheading a massive nationwide fundraising campaign to help efforts to combat recent legislative measures that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning individuals. John Florez, President and CEO of Drupal Connect, said the company has been concerned by measures such as Indiana’s…
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California State Teachers’ Retirement System’s (CalSTRS) Investment Committee has updated their Corporate Governance Principles to expand the definition of board diversity to include sexual orientation and gender identity. The CalSTRS Corporate Governance Principles outline the basis for how the fund implements governance initiatives with its portfolio companies. Today’s action aligns…
