Construction has begun of two landmark crosswalks along Santa Monica Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood, which will install permananent versions of the wildly popular “rainbow” Pride-flag themed crosswalks that were installed as temporary features honoring Pride month last June. The Rainbow Crosswalks, as the city has officially dubbed them in a press…
As election season heats up, two questions seem to be getting an increasing amount of attention in the San Diego LGBT community: “Could the Victory Fund endorse Councilman Carl DeMaio for mayor?” and “Should they?” The first question is not as absurd as one might think. In the crowded world of interest groups, The Gay…
MANCHESTER, England – Thousands lined the streets of Manchester’s city center to watch one of the U.K.’s largest LGBT Pride parades, this past weekend. Locals and visitors alike defied the forecasted rain to turn out in their thousands to support this year’s Manchester Pride parade, featuring more than 100 participating companies, individuals, sponsors, and local…
For me, the most memorable moments of Pride were not the ones made in the clubs boasting a ridiculous door cost – after all, I am a lesbian and I am not willing to pay that much to get in. Let’s get real! I started my Pride weekend on the streets of Hillcrest, Friday, where…
Offering a discount to support a social cause is certainly nothing new in commerce or politics; and one where both business and cardholder can come together in support of such a worthy cause as equal rights is obviously a win-win for all parties. One spin on that tried-true-model is The Pride Card, a keychain discount…
I think the Apostle Paul would’ve liked the festivities here in San Diego as we celebrated LGBT Pride. After all, he understood the destructiveness of division and prejudice. He lived in a world whose fundamental structures were rooted in pairs of opposites: circumcision/uncircumcision; Jew/gentile; slave/free; male/female. And, he believed that the message of Jesus worked…
They fear the wrath of the NRA Dear Editor, When the framers of the U.S. Constitution placed a provision in this incredible document, stating that we have a right to bear arms, I don’t think that they were talking about assault rifles, semi-automatic weapons and lethal bombs! The real elephant in the room that no…
For the past 10 days, friends from outside San Diego have inundated my inbox with two questions: “Did people really boo a gay mayoral candidate at Pride?” And, “Why?” Answering the first question is simple. Yes, they did. The second question is harder to answer, despite reading the knotted mass of Facebook and commentary threads…
Pride weekend is history. All of that fun and celebration creates great memories; and you might find some more reminders of Pride 2012 once you open up your next credit card statements. You aren’t alone if you used a credit card that weekend because you ran out of cash. For a lot of people, yanking…
The Hillcrest flag raising was billed as a community event, yet many LGBT people were left outside the gates. As I enjoyed the Pride festivities over the weekend, many approached me to complain about the flag raising ceremony. The complaint? Why would you charge $15 to attend the flag raising that was billed as a…
