What’s wrong with washboard abs that are pale and hairy? Dear Editor: The “Shirtless by August” article in the June 28 issue does a disservice to our community with its shaming message that we are not attractive unless we have tanned, hairless, washboard abs. The article also contains inaccurate information and unsafe advice. The section…
Here we are in San Diego, Calif. a city on the U.S. border with Mexico. We live within a nation of immigrants in a state that used to be a part of the country of Mexico. And here we are, as LGBT Californians – as LGBT Americans – aware of how we aren’t granted the…
Last month, San Diego LGBT Weekly asked readers, “Who is your LGBT Pride Star?” After sifting through nominations, we ended up with three finalists: Congresswoman Susan Davis; LGBT Weekly writer and local LGBT community activist, Will Kennedy-Rodriguez and fellow activist and community volunteer, Brandon Tate-McWilliams. The winner is Tate-McWilliams; chosen on account of his long…
The Homosexual Information Center (HIC), one of the oldest gay and lesbian non-profit organizations in the nation, is seeking funds to cover basic operational expenses to process and archive rare newsletters, clippings and correspondence – some dating back to the early 1950s – and make them publicly accessible through California State University Northridge, the Center…
ARLINGTON, Texas – A group of teens who police believe targeted gays and others by spray-painting slurs and vulgar messages on vehicles and homes this month, have been identified, thanks to home surveillance cameras that caught them in the act, authorities said last week. The Star-Telegram reported that an 18-year-old Fort Worth man has been…
The LGBT community has made tremendous progress toward equality during the last decade. With much more to accomplish, one of the most tragic issues lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities locally, nationally and globally face, is youth homelessness. Our community’s youth continue to face severe and heart-wrenching challenges and difficulties. “Think of it this way,”…
Living outside of the box: In our community this mantra is the rule, not the exception. We incorporate unorthodox thinking into the way that we love, the way that we work and even the way that we parent our children. We form creative arrangements for the parenting of our children that vary from traditional nuclear…
Most folk who aren’t part of the T of the LGBT community aren’t aware of the divides between some of those who identify as transsexual, but not as transgender, and those who identify as both transsexual and transgender. To me, the divide seems to be about whether or not one embraces diversity as a value…
Attorneys for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after it ruled the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional the Washington Blade is reporting. Drew Hammill, spokesperson for Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), told the news source that House Republicans notified the Democratic leadership counsel that an appeal was filed…
What should you do for someone who has forever changed your life in a positive and fundamental way? How would you honor a person who has improved your life on this planet? Would you take that person on a trip of a lifetime? Would you give her or him maid service for a year? Would…
