When I nominated six-year-old Ryland Whittington and his wonderful parents for this year’s Harvey Milk Inspirational Award, I knew the 1,000+ people attending the Sixth Annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast would react in the same way as I did when first meeting the Whittington family … I cried, getting emotional over this beautiful story of…
LGBT WEEKLY EXCLUSIVE Having served and worked with the last five mayors of San Diego, my relationship and friendship with each of them has been different. I first met Jerry Sanders when he was serving as the San Diego police chief in the mid-1990s. Sanders was a very progressive Republican who extended his hand to…
Join Mayor Jerry Sanders in a small private setting for a fundraising event to benefit The San Diego LGBT Center. The event, hosted by Lisa Sanders and Meaghan Yaple, will be Saturday, Sept. 15 5-7 p.m. The event is $250 per person and will feature beer from Stone Brewing Company. All proceeds will benefit The…
For the past 10 days, friends from outside San Diego have inundated my inbox with two questions: “Did people really boo a gay mayoral candidate at Pride?” And, “Why?” Answering the first question is simple. Yes, they did. The second question is harder to answer, despite reading the knotted mass of Facebook and commentary threads…
Bonnie is the real LGBT choice for mayor Dear Editor, When Bonnie Dumanis offered me a job, I wasn’t sure I wanted it. I was offered a position at the district attorney’s office after leaving my job as a reporter at NBC San Diego. While I respected the outstanding job Bonnie had done as district…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego District Attorney and Mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis released the following statement in response to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion today finding Prop 8 unconstitutional. “Today’s ruling is an important legal victory that finally brings Californians closer than ever to marriage equality in our state,” said Dumanis. “For those…
