On Monday when the Supreme Court let stand appeals court rulings that allowed for same-sex marriage in five additional states, the right-wing media outbursts were predictably swift, reports Media Matters for America. Radio talker Mark Levin blasted the ruling as “judicial tyranny,” while Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro attacked the ruling and suggested the Court was wrong…
The Scott Peters for Congress Campaign has released a new TV ad that will air throughout California’s 52nd Congressional District on network and cable television as well as online. The ad, titled “What’s Right” points out that Peters’ opponent, Carl DeMaio has received millions in taxpayer-funded government contracts yet refused to cut his own Council…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Pride has announced that it is now accepting applications for its 2014 community grants, which will be distributed later this year to organizations serving the LGBT community. “The grants are funded by proceeds from the Pride Music Festival in Balboa Park,” said Stephen Whitburn, Pride executive director. “When you buy…
It’s been an interesting week at the Supreme Court. Monday, the Court declined to take up any challenges to Circuit Court rulings in favor of marriage equality, apparently adding the five states involved to the 19 states already allowing same-sex marriage. (Those who remember this column, https://lgbtweekly.jeffjungblut.com/2014/02/27/marriage-equality-its-not-over-til-its-over/, will understand why I’m feeling a little smug.)…
Mayor Kevin Faulconer made history again by appointing long time Latino/gay leader, Larry Bazza as the first person of color to become chair of the city’s prestigious and influential Art’s Commission. Baza is a true San Diego native whose family are fourth generation Californians; they are well known and respected leaders/activists within the people of…
In the somewhat tired genre of British movies that focus on plucky working class folks winning contests and defying mores (The Full Monty, Billy Elliot, Brassed Off, etc.) the politics of class conflict are usually sublimated by the up-from-our-bootstraps plotlines. It’s actually kind of sinister how those films trivialize the experience of British coal miners,…
Congratulations to all the San Diego Film Festival winners this year. “Where the Road Runs Out” starring Isaach De Bankolé as Professor George Mensa, not only had its world premiere at the festival but also won Best Narrative Feature. After an old friend unexpectedly passes away the professor finds himself inheriting a field station in…
thursday, oct. 9 An Evening with Laurence Juber: Beatles, Wings & Six Strings Fusing folk, jazz, rock and pop styles, two-time Grammy-winner and Wings guitarist Laurence Juber creates a multifaceted performance that belies the use of only one acoustic guitar. Known to his fans as ‘LJ’, the guitarist celebrates John Lennon’s birthday with some of…
Monday, Oct. 6, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) did not take up the marriage equality appeals of five states, so the federal Courts of Appeal rulings for those five states (as well as another six states in the Appeals’ Court Districts covered by those first five states) have, or will in short…
Reporting for the Washington Post, Ed O’Keefe reported on Wednesday that the oldest gay rights organization in the United States, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, will now be known as The National LGBTQ Task Force. “In light of growing support and a shift in judicial thinking, we want to reflect the next era…
