For the generation born just before the Baby Boomers, life in residential care homes, assisted living facilities and other elderly living arrangements appears to offer no respite from the closet nor the homophobia that so many of those in that cohort grew up with. Despite Canada’s reputation for tolerance and inclusion – the Canadian government…
Eddie Reynoso of Baja Betty’s talking to 10 News Image: 10News 10News in San Diego has reported that at least two gay bars in Hillcrest have received threatening letters. Eddie Reynoso, marketing manager at Baja Betty’s, showed 10News the 15-page letter written by “Eddie777, servant and messenger of God Yahweh.” Yahweh is known as the proper…
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, arguably the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for gay and lesbian rights in the United States. Gays and lesbians in the United States saw a very different world in the late 1960s. Most lived their lives in…
Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist has filed an amicus brief today in support of the marriage equality lawsuit Pareto v. Ruvin, which is set for a hearing July 2 before Judge Sarah Zabel in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami. Judge Zabel will hear from attorneys who filed a lawsuit in January on behalf of…
Held Aug. 3 to 10, Oceanside International Film Festival is an annual event put out since 2009 in San Diego County’s northernmost city famous for its very consistent surfing conditions, Oceanside. The festival (which finished accepting films June 16) will publicly screen 70 unique and independent films, a good mixture from the locals and around the…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Civil and human rights leader, Harvey Milk, was honored Thursday with his very own wax figure, which was unveiled by his nephew, Stuart, at Madame Tussauds San Francisco, to celebrate the opening of the city’s newest wax attraction. Stuart Milk, Co-Founder and Board President of the Harvey Milk Foundation, revealed the…
WASHINGTON — In advance of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s notorious anti-LGBT law, today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released a new report highlighting deeply disturbing trends of harassment, investigations, arrests, and acts of violence against LGBT Russians that have followed in its wake. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the internationally condemned and draconian anti-LGBT…
National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual campaign to encourage people of all ages to “Take the Test, Take Control.” In the United States, nearly 1.1 million people are living with HIV, and almost one in six don’t know they are infected. Getting tested is the first step to finding out if you have HIV….
Dear Editor, I would not consider standing up for respectful, professional and fair treatment in the workplace for staff, vendors and myself, reporting a Board Member interfering with business of the HBA to the President/Board attempting to take advantage [intimidation] of their position on the Board, “a disgruntled employee”, as stated by Nicholls in his…
With any hope for legislative action on the Employer Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) all but quashed for the foreseeable future, President Obama has announced plans for an executive order banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity for all federal contractors seeking bids from the U.S. Government. The action, which politically speaking is about all…
