The San Diego Hoops basketball league open gym returns every Wednesday at Golden Hill Rec. Center from 6-8 p.m. $5 to play. Players are asked to bring a dark and light-colored shirt to play in. The board of officers has decided to see if a Saturday morning open gym (on the last Saturday of each…
DENVER – The member-delegates of the 2.1 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have passed a ground-breaking resolution at their 2012 national conference in Denver last week. The resolution states that SEIU local groups and members will bargain for transgender-inclusive health care coverage as part of their contract negotiations with businesses and employers. “This is…
I recently listened to a trans activist talk around a table about the work of his trans-specific service organization. The organization provided antidiscrimination training that complied with a particular government mandated sexual orientation and gender identity training requirement for a particular service sector. There were no broader LGBT organizations in the immediate area providing that…
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — President Barack Obama touched on his recent announcement of support for same-sex marriage, saying at a New York City fundraising event Monday that he believes marriage equality “strengthens families.” “I want everyone treated fairly in this country. We have never gone wrong when we’ve extended rights and responsibilities…
Volunteers are needed at San Diego Democrats for Equality June 5 to get Democratic voters to the polls. The Registrar of Voters is predicting a light turnout, which makes every vote even more critical. If you can help with precinct walking, poll watching, distributing door hangers or making reminder calls to voters, sign up at…
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr. One thing that definitely matters is this year’s mayoral primary. For starters, whether we have an advocate for LGBT equality in the mayor’s office is a key question. Carl DeMaio has promised anti-LGBT advocates that LGBT…
Tuesday marked the 82nd anniversary of the birth of slain LGBT civil rights leader, Harvey Milk – and, in San Diego, the day the nation’s first Harvey Milk Street was dedicated. The dedication was officiated by Milk’s nephew and several other dignitaries. Gathered on a street corner for the unveiling was a diverse crowd made…
Here’s the gist of a parable told by the Transgender Law Center Executive Director Masen Davis, May 22 to a group of trans people, their significant others, friends, families and allies (SOFFAs) set to participate at 2012 Transgender Lobby Day in Sacramento, Calif.: “There was a man standing by a river. While looking across the…
