SAN DIEGO – The Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) and the Greater San Diego Business Association (GSDBA) Charitable Foundation are excited to continue the long standing tradition of Hillcrest’s Mardi Gras. The HBA is pleased to announce a new name and location for 2014. “Hillcrest Fat Tuesday” will be held March 4, 2014 with a parade…
Senior housing Dear Editor, As my spouse, Dan Mock, and I have visited family at senior housing and an assisted living center over the past few years, we have begun the conversation about our own retirement and long term plans. I read your article in the LGBT Weekly (Dec. 19) with great hope that we…
Politician of the Year: TIME magazine gives their “Person of the Year” Award to whoever dominates the headlines, good or bad. In that sense, one can make a strong argument for former Mayor Filner. However, his headlines were more about person than politics. Instead, the Politically Aware Politician of the Year is City Council President…
Positive attitudes are great! And a recent study by UBS finds that LGBT investors are an optimistic bunch when compared to straight investors. The LGBT community has a significantly higher belief that the long-term outlook for the U.S. economy is improving; that the worst of the economic downturn is over; and that the U.S. will…
PALM SPRINGS – Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend – the largest lesbian event of its kind in the world – has confirmed Iggy Azalea as one of the 2014 main headliners. Iggy Azalea, one of the most hyped MCs/female rapper in American hip-hop, is set to headline The Dinah’s Friday night “White Party” at the Palm Springs Convention…
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a far-right organization known for its advocacy of “Stand Your Ground” laws and restrictions on voting rights, has a history of anti-gay propaganda, according to recently released documents. People for the American Way (PFAW) uncovered and released an ALEC memo from 1985, called “Homosexuals: Just Another Minority Group?” that…
