An easy choice for a topic this time: the primary elections. If it has somehow slipped your mind, mark it on your calendar! As the LGBT community becomes stronger, we must exercise this new power to protect our personal safety and to demonstrate a serious commitment to the political, spiritual and maternal rights we value….
CHICAGO — Until now, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) couples in Illinois — (as in most U.S. States) — faced a number of historically significant challenges and hurdles, especially when it came to the sale or purchase of a home. Generally, members of the LGBT community had to rely upon a number of complicated legal instruments…
If you love your Pride Card and you’re attached to your mobile device you’ll be head over heels for this announcement: the Pride Card is going digital! Nearly five years after the launch of the Pride Card, a physical key tag similar to ones at Ralphs or Albertsons, you are finally able to access the…
Critical Voice, a coalition of LGBT teens, will present a health “boot camp” aimed at empowering young people to take charge of their physical, emotional and mental health, Sunday, Feb. 23 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Golden Hill Youth Center, 2220 Broadway in San Diego. Timed to coincide with the emotional turmoil teens…
Size is relative, as we know. Without a point of comparison, we cannot say that anything is either “big” or “little.” But we’ve seen the city and county of San Diego alternately described as a “big city with a small town feel,” a “small town vibe in a big package” and a “big small town.”…
In the latest Multiple Exposure video, LGBTI rights defender Clare Byarugaba explains the context and potential consequences of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda. 20 Dec. 2013, the Ugandan Parliament passed the “Anti-Homosexuality Bill”, which currently awaits the signature of the President to become law. Multiple Exposure is a new monthly video magazine broadcast. Every month, three different 10…
2013 was an up and down year for mortgage interest rates, though they remained relatively low. What can we anticipate for 2014 and will it be a good time to think about buying a home? The Web site loanlove.com which offers prospective buyers advice on the ever-fluctuating mortgage rate market in a down-to-earth style, says…
Celebrants of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza and the usually omitted Druid’s Yule, all find December a joyful season this year. And me too; Dec. 25, among other things, is my birthday. It is a day which I am facing with mixed emotions. Certainly, I am happy to still be here considering, as they say, the alternative….
ExxonMobil, which for years has failed to offer basic non-discrimination protections to its LGBT employees and health benefits to their families, today announced it will recognize legal same-sex marriages and offer health benefits to same-sex spouses of its employees. Since 1999, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on the corporation to offer equal benefits…
