In the spirit of romantic February, the month is best sent off with this gay kiss following a Marine’s arrival from overseas. The photo, posted on Gay Marines Facebook page, garnered over 14,000 likes within days of its posting, over 2,700 shares, and over 3,000 comments congratulating the couple, said to be Brandon Morgan of…
BY THOM SENZEE Two Election 2012 priorities stood out at yesterday’s Victory Fund brunch at the Catamaran resort on Mission Bay: getting Tammy Baldwin, Democratic congresswoman from Wisconsin, elected to the U.S. Senate; and strengthening financial support for LGBT candidates in general – especially those who promise to actively battle for equality under the law…
The popular geo-social networking app, Grindr, has launched a new initiative that will use their location-based technology to raise awareness about global LGBT issues. The initiative, ‘Grindr for Equality,’ is a social movement that is intended to provide assistance and promote action amongst its some 3 million LGBT members worldwide. Grindr first began its philanthropy…
Following on from last year’s historic first-ever active duty military contingent taking part in a Pride parade, San Diego LGBT Pride has announced America’s Pride as the theme for its upcoming 38th annual Pride celebration. Taking place the weekend of July 20-22, the San Diego Pride weekend will include a large community rally, a mile…
The Laugh Out Proud comedy show, San Diego’s only comedy show geared toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, returns March 8. Headlining the new show will be Mal Hall who has performed at universities across the country as part of NBC’s Diversity Tour, and was the winner of the 2009 Orange County Comedy…
The race to succeed termed out Mayor Jerry Sanders is turning out to be an historic election. Two of the major candidates are members of the LGBT community. Both are Republicans; they are openly lesbian District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and openly gay City Councilman Carl DeMaio. Yet it is the remaining two straight candidates vying…
Feb.16, one-time Republican candidate for president, Pat Buchanan had an article posted to The American Conservative’s Web site, entitled Blacklisted, But Not Beaten. In the article, Buchanan’s first line in the piece was, “My days as a political analyst at MSNBC have come to an end.” Buchanan highlighted in his piece how the Human Rights…
Following on from last year’s historic first-ever active duty military contingent taking part in a Pride parade, San Diego LGBT Pride has announced America’s Pride as the theme for its upcoming 38th annual Pride celebration. Taking place the weekend of July 20-22, the San Diego Pride weekend will include a large community rally, a mile…
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. –Legislation aimed at essentially reinstating the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the Oklahoma National Guard was introduced last week and has been assigned to the House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. It is not known when the committee will consider the legislation. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on…
GOProud is an organization that represents gay, lesbian and transgender conservatives, as well as their allies. The organization is “committed to a traditional conservative agenda that emphasizes limited government, individual liberty, free markets and a confident foreign policy.” Guess what that conservative agenda also includes? It supports presidential candidates that do not support LGBT equality….
