Last week, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) and OutServe, the association of actively serving LGBT military personnel, announced the selection of transgender Army veteran Allyson Robinson to lead the newly combined organization. In her first interview since her appointment Robinson spoke to San Diego LGBT Weekly columnist Autumn Sandeen about her new role and what…
In every election, someone will tell you that voting is a matter of life and death. This year, it’s literally true in California, as Proposition 34 would repeal the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Oddly, life and death may not even be the most important thing to…
It’s the Supreme Court, stupid! Dear Editor, No community has more at stake in this presidential election than the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. In Barack Obama, we have a Democratic candidate who has embraced full equality for LGBT people. We have a Republican candidate in Mitt Romney who is against the Employment…
Looper I love the idea of time travel. I fantasize about it a great deal: going back and stopping 9/11; going forward and finding out the right lottery numbers; visiting ancient Greece to see the Parthenon in its original form; or to 1970s San Francisco to visit pre-AIDS Castro. I’m always excited by time travel…
Many of us dream of having that special getaway to retreat to on the weekends, holidays and anytime we just want to escape from the daily grind. Whether it is a mountain cabin, a casita on a lake or country cottage, we all have a need to go somewhere to rejuvenate our mind, body and…
I think most of us in San Diego know that Día de los Muertos (aka Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday that is now celebrated throughout the world. At the root of the holiday it is believed that the spirits of the dead return to earth for one day to be with their…
thursday, nov. 1 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Based on the true story of a legendary Texas brothel known as the Chicken Ranch, which operated from the 1840s to 1973. Protected by a friendly sheriff and frequented by politicians, football teams and others, the Chicken Ranch thrived in the small town of Gilbert, Texas….
Modern American cuisine seems to be one of the hottest new trends in dining. Some restaurants are moving away from fusion and focusing more on simple flavors. Modern American fits right up that alley as a new genre of cuisine. There are several places around town that execute this vision well. One however, does it…
I know that it’s always risky for a pastor to talk about anything having to do with money, but that’s exactly what I want to do. Not because I have to, but because I want to. Many churches and synagogues have annual stewardship drives and ask the question, “What are our needs as we look…
