dvr this Turner Classic Movies, Friday, Sept. 13, 9:15 p.m. Two hundred years from now, the survivors of humanity all live in a domed city and their lives are totally controlled by a computer that, among other unsavory things, kills every person when he or she becomes 30, though they think being vaporized means they…
Even though I’m a kind and joy-filled person, I’m always prepared to deal with inappropriate comments or behavior from the government-employed health care services workers. I’m always ready to ask why a medical doctor, nurse or technician’s bigotry is getting in the way of treating a veteran with respect to their service. Yet, I’ve never…
Col. James Pritzker, the heir to the Pritzker fortune, has come out in the open about his personal life. Crain’s Chicago Business reported that the retired Army lieutenant colonel and wealth management CEO stated a memo to employees at the Pritzker Military Library and Tawani Enterprises, that he is now living as a woman named Jennifer Natalya Pritzker. The…
WASHINGTON – Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning announced today that she is female and wishes to begin hormone treatment therapy. In a statement read on NBC’s Today show, Thursday, Manning said, “As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me,” Manning said in the statement. “I am…
BY THOM SENZEE In a joint press conference, San Diego LGBT Weekly publisher, Stampp Corbin, San Diego businessman Michael Pallamary and local resident and activist Elisa Brent, told reporters at Civic Center Plaza, near City Hall this morning that they would team up as co-chairs to organize the recall campaign against Mayor Bob Filner. While…
I was raised Catholic: First Communion, altar boy, confirmation – the whole 9 yards. My parents ran a group called “Pro-lifers For Survival,” though they were against the death penalty and for a preferential option for the poor, making them a bit more consistent on sanctity of life than many of today’s anti-abortion crusaders. Needless…
In your lifetime, you’ve wished upon many stars. You’ve spotted a twinkle in the night sky and hoped for love or fulfillment of a dream. You’ve wished for good grades, better money and the return of a loved one. And sometimes, you’ve wished for the impossible. But was the wish fulfilled, or was the star…
Jesus loved to throw great parties! He was the ultimate party planner – not the party pooper! In fact, he was the life of the party and the good news is that we are all invited to the party. But wait, there’s more, there’s no cover charge; the admission’s already been covered by the free…
BY NEAL PUTNAM Anti-gay protests at the LGBT Pride Parade are almost a tradition that most people dislike but others find either amusing or prove the point that Pride events are needed because of folks with attitudes like theirs. In recent years, members of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church have picketed the parade with hateful…
