Sixty Minutes broadcast journalist Mike Wallace passed away at 93 this month after a six decade career. His journalistic mantra was “be tough but fair.” That is exactly the philosophy of San Diego LGBT Weekly. Many in our community think that our role is to protect LGBT institutions and leaders; nothing could be further from…
Set to Chopin’s Nocturne # 2, Opus 9 this video promoting the Turin GLBT film festival portrays the citizens of an Italian town facing the ultimate public taboo in the surprise ending.
Some people think that I am not a supporter of Carl DeMaio. The truth is that I cannot stomach those who put their personal career above the well-being of our community. DeMaio recently stated that he is not running on social issues; this is evidenced by his fundraiser hosted by former mayor of San Diego,…
Spoiler Alert: If you don’t want to know more about The Hunger Games, read no further. You should probably stay in your house and turn off your phone and computer, too. The Hunger Games has a little something for everyone. The sci-fi crowd gets a post-apocalyptic planet with both high-tech hovercrafts and pre-industrial foraging. Romantics…
Humphrey’s Concerts by the bay have been a staple in San Diego for decades. The uniqueness and intimacy of the outdoor venue sets it apart from other concert and performance spaces in our glorious city. Another differentiator; Humphrey’s always seems to showcase acts that are of great appeal to the LGBT community. The 2012 season…
Many, if not most leaders in the American labor movement started life with humble beginnings; and it was often their upbringings that motivated and propelled them to fight for the rights of the working man, woman and child. Along the way, labor’s best and brightest found themselves flanked by equally fine leaders from the LGBT-equality…
Quashing the doubts of many in San Diego’s LGBT community that City Councilman Carl DeMaio would take a pass on the March 28 LGBT Mayoral Candidate Forum at The Center, the candidate for mayor has confirmed that he will attend, according to officials at the debate’s venue. However, a source involved in organizing the event…
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has announced that The Weinstein Company co-chairman and anti-bullying advocate Harvey Weinstein will present a Special Recognition Award to high school student Katy Butler at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards March 24, 2012, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. Seventeen-year-old Katy Butler launched a…
Mexican transgender activist Agnes Torres Hernandez, whose body was found Friday, was memorialized Tuesday outside a civic plaza in Puebla, Mexico as 2,000 individuals gathered to demand justice for her murder, deemed a hate crime by the Mexican Attorney General. Torres was last seen Friday night after she left her home to attend a local…
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) is reaching out to LGBT youth in a new ‘It Gets Better’ video where the Democratic National Committee’s chairwoman explains that teen bullying is only temporary. “For anyone who is going through a tough time, for anyone who has been bullied or feels alone or different, it gets better,” says…
