WASHINGTON – Following the Senate passage of Arizona’s so-called “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin released the following statement: “Religious groups have a long established first amendment ability to operate according to their own beliefs. However, when individuals or businesses go out into the commercial market, they must abide by legal…
Why should gay people be Republicans? Because gay people are … people. Gay Americans are Americans. And most Americans aren’t single-issue voters. They are, on the whole, more center-right than center-left, more fiscally conservative than wealth-distributive, and happier to spend their money as they see fit than to have the government do it for them…
SAN DIEGO — An estimated 1,300 volunteers will participate in WeAllCount Friday, Jan. 24 from 4-7 a.m. Sponsored by the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and County of San Diego, the 2014 count of homeless persons in San Diego County will be directed by the Regional Task Force on the Homeless. “We have an incredibly large task ahead of us and that is to accurately count homeless individuals including…
dvr this Lifetime, Saturday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m. By casting Christina Ricci as the ax-wielding 19th century murderess, I can only assume Lifetime is attempting to churn out more camp to accompany their Gina Gershon Donatella Versace biopic. Ricci, who is a very good actress, but who is still best known for playing Wednesday Addams,…
In The Time of the Butterflies In the Time of the Butterflies is a gripping story of courage in the face of unjust actions and repression based on the historical novel by Julia Alvarez. It examines how four sisters make the hard decisions whether they believe they feel strongly enough in a cause to risk…
After deliberating only four hours, a jury Jan. 10 convicted a La Mesa man of six counts of practicing medicine without a license after he claimed he could cure HIV and cancer with unusual and expensive treatments. Keith Allen Barton, 52, was also convicted of two counts of grand theft, attempted grand theft and false…
Monday morning, MSNBC News informed its national audience that in the upcoming mayoral race in San Diego, Kevin Faulconer had a “commanding lead over David Alvarez”. The Survey USA poll: Faulconer 53 percent; Alvarez 37 percent. While the election is about four weeks away, the last poll had them both tied. So, what is the…
dvr this HBO, Sunday, Jan. 19, 10:30 p.m. The widely promoted new HBO show Looking is about three gay men in San Francisco looking for love. The men (Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett) are very good looking and the show is explicit, so I’m betting the ratings will be high. However, I’m particularly…
WASHINGTON– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), is taking part in a national service partnership with organizations across 18 cities to serve LGBT homeless youth for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. Officially recognized on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 20), MLK Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national…
Four thousand lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates from across the country are expected to attend the 26th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change Jan. 29 –Feb. 2 at the Hilton Americas–Houston, 1600 Lamar Street in Houston. The Creating Change Conference is powered by hundreds of skills-building workshops, 23 Day Long Institutes, receptions, caucuses, film…
