LOS ANGELES — Equality California (EQCA) has announced the receipt of a $250,000 grant from The California Endowment to educate and enroll at-risk and marginalized lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Californians in Affordable Care Act approved health care plans. This funding will be used for a campaign named “Health Happens With Equality,” with outreach up…
http://youtu.be/19noQ4YKks4 HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — With his hand locked firmly in the grasp of his boyfriend’s, Earvin Johnson III, son of basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, was spotted by TMZ.com on Sunset Boulevard yesterday dressed in a none-too-subtle black fur coat, red hand bag and black stockings. The 20-year-old was approached by a reporter and asked…
SEATTLE — From the files of the strange and unusual comes news that a company has manufactured the first bacon condom. J & D’s Foods, a maker of all things bacon, has announced that one of America’s favorite breakfast foods – bacon- will be the basis for the next product to roll off their production…
DUBLIN — In what the Irish government is calling a work ‘in progress,’ transgendered nationals are still banned from changing their birth certificate to reflect their new identities while those from other nations are not reports the Irish Times. “The General Registrar Office in Ireland will accept a birth certificate amended by another state where…
NEW YORK — The New York City AIDS Memorial’s Board of Directors revealed new renderings of the final design for the memorial and formally launched their capital campaign at a press conference last Wednesday evening in Manhattan. The effort to build the memorial, which started in 2011 as a grass-roots advocacy campaign led by two…
wtf? where’s the faith? BY REV. DAN KOESHALL One of the things I love about our church is the diversity we have. Look around – people come from all walks of life and from many different denominations, church experiences and spiritual paths. We are a community church built on the premises of what our founder,…
North Park is a shifting neighborhood of San Diego with a rich and interesting history. From its conception in 1893 to the current process of revitalization, this culturally diverse segment of our great city continues to progress while maintaining its remarkable architectural history. In the summer of 1893, merchant Joseph Nash, sold 40 acres of…
SAN DIEGO – A diverse and young group of leaders has joined the board of directors of San Diego LGBT Pride, the charitable non-profit that stages the annual Pride parade, rally, and festival to raise money for community organizations. At its March meeting the Pride board voted to add the following four new members Rick…
The night before the screening of The Croods, the marvelous animated film about a prehistoric family overcoming their fear of the world, a friend of mine said, “It’s just going to be a bunch of old jokes stolen from The Flintstones.” I can definitely understand that fear, and I don’t think I could be paid…
You’ve often wished things were different. You wanted a sofa, for instance, and regret getting chairs. The college degree you achieved should’ve been something else, and you wish you’d started your career in another city, state or a whole other continent. And how would life be with a bigger family, an alternate family or no…
