The year reign of Empress XLI Candi Samples and the Imperial Court de San Diego will come to an end Feb. 8 at the Lafayette Hotel when the new emperor and empress will be elected and crowned. The Imperial Court, Empress XLI Candi Samples and the board of directors have been responsible for giving out more than…
One of our community’s most artistic treasures for many decades has been Gary Holt. His recent resignation as director of the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus has saddened many and resulted in numerous rumors. The popular Holt joined the Chorus as a singer in 1986, and just a year later he became its director and…
Until 1976 I knew many homosexual men and women who were sent to state mental hospitals by a judge or the signature of one of their parents. Many received electric shock treatment and never came out of these hospitals the same person they were. It is in this environment, this hostile and hating society that…
Chris Kehoe’s election as our city’s first openly gay official was one of the most important moments in the history of our LGBT community. Since then LGBT San Diegans have been elected judges, district attorney, state assemblymembers and county supervisors, etc. To many of us, Kevin Beiser’s election to the school board was the second…
In response to ‘Kevin Faulconer is ready to be mayor’ Dear Editor, Nicole Murray Ramirez has apparently ended her “bromance” with Republican-Independent-Democrat Nathan Fletcher, and has now taken up residence with Republican Kevin Faulconer. Ramirez endorses Faulconer (San Diego LGBT Weekly issue 135, Dec. 5) for three explicitly stated reasons: 1. Faulconer is a clone…
Last week was the 10th Annual Christmas Wreath Auction at the award winning restaurant/nightclub, Martinis above Fourth in Hillcrest. For ten years, the owners and outstanding staff have been putting on this holiday charity event which has resulted in more than $180,000 being raised for the Queen Eddie Conlon Youth Fund administrated by our GLBT…
San Diego is the 8th largest city in the nation and there continues to be serious issues facing our city. Now more than ever, we need a qualified man with leadership experience; a moderate that can work with both Democrats and Republicans. Our city cannot afford “on the job training” in leadership and non-partisanship. If…
David Alvarez When it comes to GLBT issues and equality, our community has two solid candidates, supporters and friends in Kevin Faulconer and David Alvarez. While I do appreciate both of these candidates reaching out to me after the primary, I have not totally made up my mind, but will endorse a candidate in my…
There is that saying that if we don’t learn from history we are doomed to repeat it. Also, if we allow people to change history and rewrite it, how indeed can we learn from it? The recent media hullabaloo over the old San Diego Police headquarters on West Harbor Drive opening up as a retail…
The mayoral primary is coming up and as I have stated before when the dust settles it will be Kevin Faulconer vs. Nathan Fletcher battling it out for the general election. I was not impressed with David Alvarez’s campaign as it seemed mostly aimed at Latino voters, though millions were spent on it. I think…
