SAN DIEGO – San Diego District Attorney and Mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis released the following statement in response to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion today finding Prop 8 unconstitutional. “Today’s ruling is an important legal victory that finally brings Californians closer than ever to marriage equality in our state,” said Dumanis. “For those…
The Chairs of Mayors for the Freedom to Marry group – including Mayors Michael Bloomberg, Antonio Villaraigosa, Annise Parker, and San Diego’s Jerry Sanders — have pledged their support for ending same-sex marriage discrimination and have applauded the 9th circuit ruling that has deemed Proposition 8 as unconstitutional. More than 130 bipartisan mayors across the…
In this second part of San Diego LGBT Weekly’s look at the recent inaugural report from the United Nations Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, questions have inevitably been raised about what needs to be done on a global basis to protect LGBT people worldwide. Among its conclusions, the report…
MONROVIA, Liberia – Liberia’s House of Representatives speaker has said no gay rights bills will make progress during his tenure. Pink News.co.uk reported that Alex J Tyler, a member of the Unity Party, told the Truth FM Breakfast Show that any law enshrining equal rights for gays would be immoral. Tyler was recently re-elected for…
WASHINGTON – Washington magazine, the Weekly Standard has sent a fundraising email on behalf of one of its sponsors, the anti-gay organization Public Advocate of the United States that called LGBT Americans “sexual deviants” and asked recipients to contribute financially to efforts aimed at defaming the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA). Earlier this year, the organization…
thursday, jan. 12 Brahms and Schumann: A love in common Johannes Brahms opened his Third Symphony with three notes, which stood for “Free but Happy!” It had been a long road for the 50-year-old bachelor. Long gone were the days of his conflicted love for Clara Schumann. But Clara was never far from his thoughts….
