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UC San Diego Founders’ Day event: Nov. 16
The University of California, San Diego is holding a Founders’ Day event starting 11.30 a.m. Fri. Nov. 16 at Town Square, UC San Diego. This year’s celebration opens with a brief video, telling the story of the campus through the eyes of past chancellors. The investiture of Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla follows. After the program,…
Incense Bandit’s trial starts
Opening statements were given Nov. 2 in the trial of Charles Edward Shipman, 49, who is accused of committing six robberies and one attempted hold-up, the latter of which led to his arrest Feb. 13. The nickname came after the robber pretended he wanted to buy some incense at $8.95 per box, and told…
Video footage of Romney’s anti-LGBT revelations on gay parenting (VIDEO)
Further to investigative reporter Murray Waas‘ article published last week in the Boston Globe, highlighted on LGBTweekly.com, revealing his real stand on same-sex marriage and gay parenting videos have come to light showing Romney making those bigoted claims against LGBT parents. The first shows Romney speaking to conservative voters in South Carolina in 2005 and…
An amazing, inspiring, heroic historical document
Toward the end of David France’s extraordinary documentary about the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, or ACT-UP, and its off-shoot the Treatment Action Group, or TAG, playwright and ACT-UP founder Larry Kramer says, “We, ACT-UP, got those drugs out there. It’s the proudest achievement that the gay population of this world can ever claim.” Kramer,…
‘It’s a hero’s tale’
San Diego LGBT Weekly: Why did you decide that this film was needed? Why tell the story of ACT-UP now? David France: For some time, I’d been thinking that someone needs to look back at the plague years and make sense of them. The majority of the work on AIDS [such as And the Band…
Anderson Cooper calls out Star Jones – Watch the video!
http://youtu.be/soJilhhBvIs Check out the video. Thursday’s Anderson Live was co-hosted by Andy Cohen and featured “Steel Magnolias” stars Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashad, and Jill Scott. During The First 15, Cohen, who has been friends with Cooper for 20 years, asked him how he felt about publicly coming out. Cooper responded that he was…
Must watch! Samuel L. Jackson: ‘Wake the F— Up’ for Obama
http://youtu.be/FTtS17xcr-U (CNN) – Actor Samuel L. Jackson entered the political fray this week, starring in a new web video that parodies his own audio recording of the mock children’s book, “Go the F*** to Sleep.” This time, however, Jackson is reaching out to voters–not frustrated parents–urging Americans to “Wake the F*** Up” and vote for…
Zach Wahls brings Scouts for Equality launch to San Diego
“I’m not an activist. I’m just a kid from Iowa who happened to be in the right place at the right time to make the kind of argument that folks who are on the fence need to hear.” — Zach Wahls Zach Wahls, the author of My Two Moms, a former Eagle Scout and founder…
Pro sports: finally breaking down walls of anti-gay bigotry
Football news in the first week in September usually revolves around opening night, injury reports and final fantasy league preparations. This year, marriage equality received a surprising amount of attention in the sporting news. For readers who might not read the sports page, it’s worth a replay, because it shows some very positive yardage for…