http://youtu.be/osoHJdAnu2M Jason Collins, The NBA player, who made history in April as the first male U.S. athlete in a major professional sport to come out as gay, marched in the 2013 Boston Pride Parade on Saturday alongside his former Stanford University roommate, Congressman Joe Kennedy (D-Mass), reports Huff Post Gay Voices. After the parade, Kennedy tweeted…
LOS ANGELES — For the first time, a delegation from the California National Guard, led by its Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, took part in L.A. Pride, joining Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles), the first openly gay person elected official to lead a state house, in yesterdays Pride Parade. The California National…
SAN DIEGO – Mayor Bob Filner will open the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus “Summer of Love” encore gala Saturday, June 15 at Liberty Station, Point Loma. All proceeds from the ’60s-themed event will benefit the 150-member chorus’s mission of social change through musical outreach. Mayor Filner is no stranger to the turmoil of Sixties,…
SAN DIEGO — Special Delivery San Diego has announced that it has received a grant for more than $57,000 from The Thursday Club Juniors. “We are thrilled to receive this very generous award from such a wonderful local organization as The Thursday Club Juniors,” said Ruth Henricks, executive director. “This contribution will be used to…
(CNN) — Rafael Nadal has admitted to feeling “scared” when a masked protester ran onto court brandishing a flare during Sunday’s French Open final, briefly disrupting the Spaniard’s bid for a record-breaking victory. Nadal, who became the first male tennis player to win one grand slam eight times, praised the contribution of security staff who…
(CNN) — The Republican National Committee has brought on a director of evangelical outreach to massage the party’s complicated relationship with religious conservatives, GOP sources told CNN on Saturday. The party organization has hired Chad Connelly, a consultant and motivational speaker who, until this weekend, was the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Connelly…
PARIS — An anti-same-sex marriage protester attempted to disrupt the final of the French Open tennis competition yesterday afternoon in Paris. The man, wearing a mask, managed to ignite a flare within a few feet of Rafael Nadal. According to MSN News the incident occurred in the seventh game of the second set with Nadal…
In a new ad campaign for marriage equality launched by Australia’s Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gay (PFLAG), a straight couple are told not the child’s gender but their sexuality. Shelley Argent, a spokeswoman for PFLAG, told News.com.au that the campaign was created to gain support from traditional families on marriage equality because LGBT…
Christopher Beck served as a U.S. Navy SEAL in some of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan and earned medals and commendations including the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. But for 20 years while Beck was fighting for his country, he was also fighting an inner battle over his…
SAN DIEGO – Mama’s Pantry, a service of Mama’s Kitchen, provides a nutritional shopping opportunity at no cost for low income men, women and children of San Diego County affected by HIV/AIDS. Mama’s Kitchen is calling on the public to participate in the third annual Independence from Hunger, an initiative to encourage individuals, businesses, schools and community groups…
