San Diego mayor, Bob Filner, planted a peace tree last Saturday at the Sri Chinmoy Peace Garden located in the community of Normal Heights, on the corner of Adams Avenue and Arizona Street. At the ceremony Filner said: “As we progress as a city and we talk about tourism, and we talk about the navy,…
Being invisible is not easy, but it is a situation LGBT seniors face daily. We are not ignored, that is deliberate; we are just not there. It saddens and, at times, infuriates seniors to be denied the chance to communicate our knowledge and experiences to the younger crowd; to compare our lives and enrich each…
About the San Diego leather community article Dear Editor, Thank you for sharing a brief overview of the leather, kink, and fetish community in San Diego (San Diego LGBT Weekly June 20, issue 123). I encourage anyone who wants to know more about who we are to reach out and find us! I am compelled…
I was deeply shocked and saddened when I heard of Ron Monigold’s passing. Ron started writing his real estate column for San Diego LGBT Weekly in February of this year. Ron was always the perfect columnist. His columns were interesting, the right length, required very little editing and always on time. He came across to…
friday, july 5 Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon This show tells a deeply personal account that spans from Seattle playwright and actor Kimball Allen’s childhood as a young Mormon boy growing up in Blackfoot, Idaho, to his teenage gay awakening, to his drug abuse later in life, and ends with his eventual arrest and…
You know, many people believe in reincarnation – in one way or another. Did you know that the car you’re driving may have had a previous life in another form? True! Decades ago it became scary how fast the mountains of junk cars were piling up; hundreds of millions of them! Finally, it occurred to…
SAN DIEGO – Plans are set for Special Delivery’s annual LGBT Pride BBQ fundraiser, the nonprofit’s largest annual fundraising event, to take place on the rooftop of the Inn at the Park (formerly Park Manor Suites) from noon to 6pm on Saturday, July 13, announced Executive Director Ruth Henricks. Inn at the Park is located…
National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual campaign to encourage people of all ages to “Take the Test, Take Control.” Too many people don’t know they have HIV. In the United States, nearly 1.1 million people are living with HIV, and almost one in five don’t know they are infected. Getting tested is the…
BY CHRISTOPHER LEEMASTER AND NEAL PUTNAM A non-religious memorial service honoring the life of Jay Robert Barton will be held Monday, July 1 at 2 p.m. in the Fireside Room at the Jolly Roger Restaurant, 1900 N. Harbor Dr., in Oceanside. Jay, a well-spoken, generous, humorous, passionate and red-haired handsome man, died June 5 of…
WASHINGTON — With all eyes on the Supreme Court and decisions on Prop. 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act cases looming, the Human Rights Campaign and designers Alex+Chloe are unveiling their latest collaboration celebrating life, love, justice, marriage and equality. As trendsetting designers with an eye for the fashion forward, Alex+Chloe have built an…
