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Pride needs you. Volunteer!
The regular busy bees in the many and varied organizations within the LGBT community are finalizing their preparations for the Pride weekend. We will certainly never forget last year. It was fantastic. As the deluge continued throughout the parade and afternoon, we kept on with full participation and enthusiasm. The spirit and emotion were a…
Hearing set for man who allegedly carjacked a teenager with HIV infected needle
A June 2 preliminary hearing was set for a suspected carjacker who allegedly held a hypodermic needle with HIV to the neck of a 17-year-old boy. Thomas Johnson, 36, is also charged with kidnapping Branik Brown and forcing him to drive Johnson around March 28. In an interview with KGTV (Channel 10), Brown said the…
Endorsements, false endorsements overtake District 3 race
What a difference a week makes in local politics. Last week San Diego Council District 3 candidate Anthony Bernal was riding high on the endorsement of Mayor Kevin Faulconer. By Tuesday of this week, Bernal was defending revelations that his campaign has claimed endorsements from people who say they have not endorsed him. One of…
Todd Gloria should endorse Chris Ward
As many of you know, LGBT Weekly does not endorse candidates because we believe that our readers are smart and when informed make the proper decision. Last week, many in the LGBT community were shocked by Mayor Faulconer’s endorsement of District 3 candidate Anthony Bernal, a Democrat, running against candidate Chris Ward, also a Democrat…
The City: Top to Bottom
thursday, may 26 Stupid F**King Bird In this irreverent, contemporary, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull, award-winning playwright Aaron Posner wages a timeless battle between young and old, past and present, in search of the true meaning of it all. An aspiring young director rampages against the art created by his mother’s generation….
Vermont joins growing number of jurisdictions protecting LGBTQ kids from conversion therapy
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Today, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed Senate Bill 132 into law, making Vermont the eighth jurisdiction—behind California, New Jersey, Oregon, Illinois, New York, Washington D.C., and Cincinnati—to protect LGBTQ youth from the dangers of “conversion therapy.” Senate Bill 132, which protects LGBTQ youth from mental health providers attempting to change their sexual…
Match releases new study on LGBTQ single population
DALLAS — Match, the world’s largest relationship company, today debuted LGBTQ in America, the largest nationally-representative study of American singles who identify as LGBTQ. Conducted by Research Now in association with evolutionary biologist and gender studies professor, Dr. Justin R. Garcia of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, the data reveals new social commentary into the evolving…
Queer TV network celebrates a very ‘Sherry’ Pride month (VIDEO)
Queer TV network gaySVTVworld celebrates Pride month with even more LGBT content including three brand new original series. Beginning in June, gaySVTVworld will premiere Trade2Trade, its sexy new talk show featuring men stripped down to the bare-essentials. Also on the summer slate is Empty Your Sack, Queen, a “woman”-on-the-street series and Poop Up Videos, an insider’s…
Equality California endorses three LGBT candidates for local races
LOS ANGELES— Equality California announced Tuesday the endorsements of three LGBT candidates for local races across California. “While our endorsed candidates may be running for office for the first time, they are all experienced advocates for civil rights and social justice and leaders in their own communities,” said Rick Zbur, executive director of Equality California. “Having…