The San Diego Planning Commission, a seven member body responsible for recommending changes to the city’s General Plan and its neighborhood community plans, has approved a proposal that would change the name of Blaine Avenue in the historically LGBT neighborhood of Hillcrest to Harvey Milk Street, in honor of the slain gay civil-rights leader who…
Two Election 2012 priorities stood out at Sunday’s Victory Fund brunch at the Catamaran Resort Hotel on Mission Bay: getting Tammy Baldwin, Democratic congresswoman from Wisconsin, elected to the U.S. Senate; and strengthening financial support for LGBT candidates across the country – especially those who promise to actively battle for equality under the law for…
Although this week’s big event in the San Diego LGBT community was the march and rally celebrating the Proposition 8 decision, the weekend will be filled with an event that is arguably just as important – the 40th Anniversary Coronation of the Imperial Court de San Diego. San Diego LGBT Weekly caught up with the…
Well, I’m sick as a dog. Stupid me forgot to get my flu shot and now I’ve got a full-blown flu case. Get your flu shots today. It’s time for a San Diego AIDS memorial The city of Buffalo, N.Y. has had an AIDS memorial for well over two decades. It was one of the…
Although his exact date of birth has eluded this reporter and his best research skills, one thing that is certain, this week marks the birthday of civil rights legend and San Diego LGBT Weekly columnist, Nicole Murray Ramirez, also known as Empress Nicole the Great, The Queen Mother of the Americas within the Imperial Court…
After much travelling recently, it was good to spend some quality time in San Diego. I was able to attend two great events celebrating Stepping Stone’s 35th anniversary (outstanding job Bixi Craig, Tom Reise and committee). This past week marked the 30th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS and I thought about the wonderful friends…
