thursday, nov. 24 San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival The San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival is a favorite of festival-goers from around the globe. All venues are conveniently located in the Town and Country Convention Center. There are large concert rooms with double dance floors and small, intimate “listening” rooms. All are non-smoking. The…
The $6 million renovation of the historic Inn at the Park Hotel will bring with it certain menu changes at the hotel’s two restaurants. The Top of the Park Penthouse Restaurant serves up San Diego’s best panoramic views of the city, harbor and Balboa Park and under the watchful eye of Executive Chef Tony Wilhelm…
Between Nov. 11 and Nov. 25 this year are many days that leave me between feeling sorrowful and thankful. Owning it all is a difficult thing, but owning it all is important. Nov. 11 this year, as it is every year, was Veterans Day. I’m very well known these days as a transgender military veteran…
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – Some 80,000 petitions have been delivered to the Union-Scioto School District calling for a change in bullying policy after last month’s brutal beating of a teen. The 15-year-old teenager was severely beaten in his high school class room for being gay. The attack occurred at Union-Scioto High School in Chillicothe, Ohio, and…
A transgender woman suspected of practicing cosmetic surgery without a license is facing criminal charges after she injected a patient with doses of unsafe substances including a concoction of tire mender sold under the brand Fix-A-Flat, Super Glue, and mineral oil and other toxic substances. The patient was admitted to the hospital with severe illnesses….
Danielle Orna, 17, died suddenly Thursday though details of the teen’s death have not been released by Essex County Police. Orna was the President of the Gay-Straight Alliance at Nutley High School in Nutley, N.J. Police were unable to revive the teen when they arrived at 11 p.m. on report of an “unresponsive female,” the…
Brandon McInerney, an Oxnard teen who shot gay classmate Larry King after he said the boy was flirting with him, has accepted a plea deal and will spend the next 21 years in prison. “Larry had a complicated life, but he did not deserve to be murdered,” Greg King, father to Larry, told the Los…
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. – The Joint Commission has released a new field guide on LGBT patient-centered care. The guide, titled Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community, urges U.S. hospitals to create a more welcoming, safe, and inclusive environment for LGBT patients and…
Even though the anti-gay group Stop SB48 failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for a referendum that would have appealed the pending legislation, the group is up to it again. This round, Stop SB48ers will aim to remove all language that references lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from student curriculum. The group will…
The San Diego LGBT Community Center is participating in Our Greater San Diego Vision, an effort being billed as an “unprecedented” plan for the future of the greater San Diego region. Center officials are asking for input from the community. “We’d like you to participate as well,” read a statement in The Center’s weekly e-newsletter….
