Congressional leader Nancy Pelosi called the ceremony not only historic for the LGBT community, but for all Americans and it most certainly was. American LGBT leaders and officials flew in from all over our great nation to pay tribute to a great American civil rights icon who has become a global hero for LGBT people…
At a ceremony in San Francisco Tuesday, the U.S. Navy made history by naming a new Military Sealift Command ship after Harvey Milk, the former Navy diver and pioneer in the LGBTQ civil rights movement who was assassinated in 1978. In another historic first, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus selected transgender Navy veteran Paula…
Tuesday, Aug. 16, City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez will lead a San Diego delegation to San Francisco for the official naming ceremony of the Harvey Milk Navy ship to be built and dedicated in San Diego. Among the San Diego delegation will be Councilman Todd Gloria, Ben Dillingham III, (Member of the San Diego County…
The Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus today announced that the naming ceremony for a new U.S. Navy ship in honor of Harvey Milk will take place Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 2 p.m. at Treasure Island Great Lawn in San Francisco. An earlier notification indicated Mabus intended to name a planned Military Sealift Command fleet…
Many times I have been asked why I am so patriotic and wear my American flag shirts to civil rights rallies and almost every March on Washington where I have been involved and/or spoken. I come from a very patriotic and Catholic family upbringing as my father served in the Army in World War II,…
thursday, april 24 Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure The world’s greatest detective is back in a classic adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat. As Sherlock Holmes seeks to wind down his career through the arrest of Professor Moriarty, he and Dr. Watson are drawn into a blackmail case that involves…
Friday, nearly 100 people gathered at The San Diego LGBT Community Center to celebrate what was a first for San Diego and quite possibly for the nation: the retirement ceremony of an LGBT servicemember at an LGBT community center. Hospitalman First Class Trent Osier chose the venue for his retirement ceremony which celebrated his 20…
