http://youtu.be/9I4Ny1RrXSk WASHINGTON – Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) and OutServe, the association of actively serving LGBT military personnel, today announced the selection of transgender Army veteran Allyson Robinson to lead the newly combined organization. The organizations will formally merge this weekend. A graduate of West Point, Robinson commanded Patriot missile units in Europe and the…
Bob Filner maintains an advantage over Carl DeMaio in the mayoral race according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KGTV-TV released today. With 3 weeks to go before Election Day the poll shows Filner at 47 percent and DeMaio at 40 percent. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll 3 weeks ago, Filner is down 3…
The funny thing about the LGBT civil rights movement is its unpredictability. Sometimes our community makes unbelievable strides, like the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and sometimes it is a smaller advance, like hospital visitation, which is enacted and goes practically unnoticed by our community. While the big things like marriage and employment non-discrimination…
San Diego LGBT Weekly: Why did you decide that this film was needed? Why tell the story of ACT-UP now? David France: For some time, I’d been thinking that someone needs to look back at the plague years and make sense of them. The majority of the work on AIDS [such as And the Band…
SAN FRANCISCO—More than $75,000 has been raised by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organizations and LGBT movement leaders to help young LGBT undocumented immigrants pay for work permit applications made possible through President Obama’s new “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) program. The president’s program, which took effect August 15, allows young people who were…
According to the Stonewall Democrats, 38 state delegations to the Democratic National Convention, currently underway in Charlotte N.C., have met or outperformed goals each had set in terms of including openly LGBT members among their ranks. Three state that have been counted in the “red” GOP column during national elections for decades have their first openly…
There are many types of homes throughout San Diego and beyond. One of the most popular architectural styles is the craftsman home, which has the charm of yesteryear and a strong emotional attraction that draws people to them. A craftsman home is usually a top consideration when individuals are looking to buy or rent a…
The 10th season of Project Runway has begun, so here is something to satisfy that cult show’s more rabid fans in between episodes. Did you know that the world’s largest gathering of fashion filmmakers happens right here in San Diego. That’s right; the La Jolla Fashion Film Festival is the first international fashion film festival…
“It never occurred to me that I was a lesbian. I wanted to know who I was in the world. After my relationship started, I never questioned it. That explains that!” Meredith Baxter Actress 2011 Grand Marshal “Harvey gave his life for a movement – for our LGBT rights movement – and we must ask…
When I came to San Diego from West Hollywood one year ago, I thought I was leaving the epicenter of all LGBT life and retreating to the quiet provinces for a more placid existence. How fooled I was by the bucolic air in this city of surfers. San Diego is, without a doubt, the hub…
