SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Former San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has entered the race for County Supervisor. The registrar of voters office processed a Candidate Intention Statement Tuesday that was submitted by Dumanis. Dumanis faces former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher in the June primary, along with fellow Democrats Lori Saldaña, Omar Passons and Ken Malbrough….
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced today that she is stepping down as District Attorney after nearly 15 years in the position. Dumanis made the decision to step down to explore a possible run for County Board of Supervisors. Her last day as District Attorney will be Friday, July…
Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. SAN DIEGO — The board of directors of the San Diego LGBT Community Center and The Center’s CEO Dr. Delores Jacobs have announced, in back-to-back statements posted on Facebook, that she will not seek…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National LGBTQ Task Force is calling on Gov. Phil Bryant of Mississippi to resign. One week ago today, the governor signed a law, HB 1523, that legalizes discrimination against LGBTQ people. This new law may also lead to discrimination against unmarried people raising children, unmarried people having sex, and others. “Mississippi has once…
https://youtu.be/CnOJgDW0gPI A Kansas teacher has been asked to resign after showing his students an anti-bullying film. Tom Leahy, a social studies teacher at Conway Springs Middle School, showed his students the 2011 short movie Love is All You Need, an anti-bullying film that depicts a fictional world in which heterosexual children are bullied by homosexual…
LOS ANGELES — Point Foundation have announced that founders and board members Bruce C. Lindstrom and Carl T. Strickland have resigned. Due to the breadth and diversity of the Foundation’s board, no replacements have been named. “It has been a pleasure to work with Bruce and Carl, and I am proud of what we have accomplished…
There has been a lot of speculation about the events surrounding the sudden departure of former Greater San Diego Business Association CEO, Tom Luhnow. Lingering questions among San Diego’s LGBT-leadership, media and business communities include: Was it a firing? Was there a specific, underlying dispute between Luhnow and board chair, Eric Brown beyond the officially…
