Late on Thursday six people were stabbed while participating in an LGBT Pride Parade in Jerusalem. The perpetrator, Yishai Schlissel, is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man who also stabbed victims at the same event in 2005. Schlissel was just released for that crime last month after serving ten years in prison. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promptly…
Thanks to former Hurricane Dolores, San Diego received more than 1.5 inches of rain this past weekend to mark the first time a San Diego Pride event has been so consistently poured on! The rainfall, which set all-time records for the month of July and was described by one National Weather Service meteorologist as “super…
Contemporary artist Gary Baseman has created a San Diego-themed sketch (shown right) on canvas to be displayed at San Diego LGBT Pride 2015. Attendees at the Music Festival in Balboa Park will help complete the art by lending their hand/fingers to add color to the art piece. Sponsored by AT&T, the interactive art project is…
SAN DIEGO – Today, U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) released the following statement on the LGBT Pride Festival celebration this weekend in San Diego: “During Pride we join together to celebrate the wonderful diversity of the LGBT community and our victories in the fight for full equality. While there is work to be done, particularly…
SAN DIEGO: Remarks by Nicole Murray Ramirez at St. Paul’s Cathedral rainbow lighting ceremony, July 14: Good Evening, it is my deep honor to have been asked to speak tonight. These are indeed historic times for our great nation and all Americans. The Confederate flag is coming town in many Southern states and the White…
As San Diegans gear up for Pride weekend Rep. Scott Peters delivered his message of support for the LGBT community. Watch the video above as Peters speaks about what LGBT equality means to him and how this year should be the biggest celebration yet. Over the last few month, Peters has been working hard promoting…
Tuesday night, St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral lit up its facade in rainbow colors. In a ceremony overseen by Cathedral Dean, The Very Reverend Penny Bridges and attended by Councilman Todd Gloria, City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez and Pride Executive Director Stephen Whitburn, history was made as St. Paul’s became the first Cathedral in San Diego to…
The Live and Let Live Alano Club (LLLAC) Sobriety Community Center will hold its 32nd Exclusive Coffee Cart at San Diego Pride, July 17 and 18, complete with a variety of healthy habits to replace addictive behaviors including laughter yoga, Tai Chi, boot camp fitness, spirituality and meditation. In addition to regularly scheduled recovery meetings…
It is the start of summer and a reminder to you to be proud of who you are. You are an amazing model of health and well-being. You’ve worked so hard to get straight A’s on your fitness report card. Let’s take a walk through all the Pride festivals around the country this summer and…
SAN DIEGO — St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral dean, The Very Reverend Penny Bridges has announced that St. Paul’s in San Diego will be the first cathedral in Southern California to celebrate LGBT Pride week by lighting the building in rainbow colors. Kicking off Pride week, the Light Up The Cathedral For LGBT Pride celebration will…
