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Jose Julio Sarria and Gloria Johnson
Recently two long time GLBT activists/leaders passed away – Jose Julio Sarria and Gloria Johnson. Both very different but yet so much the same. Jose, a World War II veteran, drag queen and the first openly gay candidate to run for public office in North America (1961). Gloria, a feminist, hard core Democrat, anti-war and…
San Diego’s thriving fashion culture goes under the spotlight as Fashion Week returns
Let me be clear. I am not a fashionista. I wear shorts and a T-shirt pretty much every day. The shorts are from a thrift store and the T-shirt is from the House of Hanes, care of Target. I hate wearing shoes. I wear flip-flops. Not designer flip-flops mind you, $1 flip-flops from the children’s…
Pet Shop Boys stage ‘Electric’ dance party at Copley Symphony Hall
Not many people would utter Copley Symphony Hall and the Pet Shop Boys in the same sentence but fans of both have been doing just that when it was announced that eclectic techno pop Grammy nominated duo The Pet Shop Boys would be performing there Oct. 8. The infamous electronic U.K. pop duo that rose…
AIDS Walk San Diego: binding families, building community
The faces at AIDS Walk have changed dramatically over the years, but the mission remains the same – to raise funds for vital HIV/AIDS services, to raise awareness about the disease and to send a clear message of compassion to those who are living with HIV/AIDS. When the first AIDS Walk was held in San…
AIDS Walk continues to grow, evolve
AIDS Walk Street Challenge obstacle course AIDS Walk organizers are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to build excitement and increase participation and fundraising for the event. This year’s addition is AIDS Walk’s first-ever Street Challenge, a dynamic six-obstacle course (with two workout challenges as well) through Marston Point in Balboa Park. “This new…
Letters
A thank you to Harvey Milk’s American Diner Dear Editor, I want to acknowledge and thank the Harvey Milk Foundation for advancing the LGBT cause with their opening of Harvey Milk’s American Diner. Over 50,000 cars pass through the intersection of Sixth and University daily, bringing a very visible awareness to the LGBT cause with…
A haunting depiction of every parent’s worst nightmare
Prisoners About half way through Denis Villeneuve’s haunting, absorbing and morally problematic Prisoners, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) and Franklin Birch (Terrence Howard) are screaming at each other. Keller is insisting that he knows that Alex Jones (Paul Dano) is the man who has kidnapped and hidden his and Franklin’s young daughters; Franklin, in tears, keeps…
Doing the numbers on the major mayoral candidates
In my first look at the mayoral special election, I suggested that “Interim Mayor Todd Gloria may be the only thing between former Assemblymember Nathan Fletcher and a near coronation.” Since then, we have learned that former Councilmember Carl DeMaio and Gloria are out, and Councilmembers David Alvarez and Kevin Faulconer are in. So is…
Why should I go to a real estate broker?
In this era, when everything seems available on the Internet and we appear just a click away from buying anything from a new bathing suit to a new yacht, why should we bother with a real estate agent? Good question and it bears a real discussion. Why can’t sellers and buyers just deal directly and…