San Diego Pride’s Director of Operations Fernando Lopez, is to be honored with a City of San Diego Human Relations Commission Commendation Wednesday, Nov. 16. A letter sent to Lopez from Joel Day, executive director of the City San Diego Human Relations Commission, stated: “On behalf of the City of San Diego’s Human Relations Commission,…
Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. SAN DIEGO — Supporters and detractors will face off at the Joyce Beers Community Center Nov. 13 for an up or down vote of confidence aimed at the current board of directors of San…
Thursday afternoon, Stephen Whitburn, San Diego LGBT Pride’s former executive director reached out to the community through San Diego LGBT Weekly with a special message. Titled a note to the community from Stephen Whitburn the message read: I want to say how deeply grateful I am for your expressions of how meaningful you’ve found the…
Join the San Diego Pride team as they walk with pride at AIDS Walk San Diego. This is your opportunity to be visible in your support for those living with HIV and AIDS and raise money for critical support services in your community. San Diego Pride have made it their goal to sign as many…
In 1974, homosexuals could be, and were, sent to state mental hospitals, and were subjected to electroshock therapy and lobotomies. The police were frequently raiding gay bars (that only heterosexuals owned because gays could not be issued liquor licenses) and beating us up and arresting us for “lewd conduct” (that being dancing with someone of…
San Diego LGBT Pride Music Festival headliner Kesha may not have set out on a career trajectory intending to become an educator of straight men, but boy has she schooled a few. Take for instance an Internet troll who recently made the mistake of publicly criticizing the megastar recording artist’s posterior. Here’s the stunningly concise,…
On the heels of his historic confirmation by the U.S. Senate as the 22nd Secretary of the U.S. Army, Eric Fanning will take the stage as keynote speaker at San Diego Pride’s Spirit of Stonewall Rally Friday, July 15 and serve as one of San Diego Pride’s honorary grand marshals for the parade Saturday July,…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Pride today announced the 2016 recipients of the Spirit of Stonewall Awards. Every year Pride accepts nominations from the community to recognize individuals, organizations, and groups who have contributed significantly to the LGBT community through their leadership, activism and fundraising efforts. This year’s recipients include: Community Grand Marshal – Michael…
San Diego Pride announced today that multiplatinum artist Kesha will be headlining Saturday night at San Diego’s Pride Music Festival. Kesha has used her international fame as a platform to educate others about the LGBT community, highlight inequality, and empower others to be themselves unapologetically. Her 2010 anthem “We R Who We R” was a…
So we had a little rain, even a lot of rain; so what. Pride was great! Soaking and dripping the paraders paraded and the cheerers cheered; all laughing and smiling. I was sitting in the “shaded from the sun” covered seating area. As the deluge started, dry and comfy, I smugly enjoyed the spectacle of…
