Open letter to Eric Heinritz Hello Eric, I wanted to extend heartfelt congratulations to you regarding your new position. Having had a front row seat as you transversed the vigorous interview process, I am confident in your ability to lead San Diego LGBT Pride. I look forward to how your experience and talent will help…
WASHINGTON – Dozens of the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organizations have joined an open letter of solidarity in response to the tragic death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer in suburban St. Louis. Since Tuesday when the letter was released with 17 signers, an…
WASHINGTON –– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has released an open letter to leaders in the fashion industry urging them to avoid the Sultan of Brunei’s hotels during their upcoming travel for menswear and haute couture fashion weeks in London, Milan and Paris. The Sultan has faced an international backlash following his recent decision to begin…
Today, as the life and work of Harvey Milk is honored across the state, San Diego’s LGBT elected leaders issued an open letter emphasizing the importance of strong leadership in passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. They laud the strong position taken by Congressman Scott Peters, thank him for his commitment and outspoken advocacy on LGBT…
Dear Candidate Faulconer: This second part of my open letter to you was to be focused on how you should break with your Republican Party with respect to LGBT civil rights. Events over the last couple of weeks have made me expand the focus of this letter. First, the Duck Dynasty controversy revealed the true…
Dear Candidate Faulconer: You were recently spotted eating with an LGBT leader at a restaurant in Hillcrest. According to the people sitting at the booth next to you, you were being counseled on how to get the LGBT vote. The fact that you were asking for counsel around the LGBT vote illustrates that your record…
From Queerty.com comes a touching video from father of three Jack Montgomery, of Washington, D.C., who wrote an open letter to Justice Antonin Scalia and his fellow Supreme justices regarding Scalia’s speculation as to the potential “deleterious” effects of kids having same-sex parents. Montgomery and his husband Kelly Vielmo adopted three siblings from D.C.’s foster…
