The City of San Diego has declined to pay $150,000 to a local man who says his civil rights were violated during a controversial arrest for alleged public nudity at last year’s San Diego Pride Festival. As reported in the Dec. 1, 2011 print edition of of San Diego LGBT Weekly, San Diego police with involvement…
Mayor Jerry Sanders joined with more than 75 other U.S. mayors to pledge to support marriage for same-sex, gay and lesbian couples today in Washington at the 80th Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Among some of the other big-city mayors who also pledged their support were Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; Mayor Thomas…
Politician of the Year: When Time magazine isn’t distracted by groups (“The Protester”) or gimmicks (“You”), it gives its Person of the Year award to the individual, left or right or wrong, who most moves the needle and dominates the narrative. In that spirit, I give the Politician of the Year Award to Councilman Carl…
DeMaio, Dumanis, Filner, Fletcher duke it out at Lincoln Club BY NICOLE MURRAY RAMIREZ I would call the first mayoral debate among the four leading candidates, held at the elegant and expensive U.S. Grant Hotel, a draw. Hosted by the very well-known and conservative Republican Lincoln Club, City Club, it cost $30 to attend the…
Iowans gather Tuesday for the nation’s first primary season caucus BY JOEL TRAMBLEY Tuesday evening, 100,000 or so Iowa voters will bundle up, brave the cold and head out to one of 800 political gathering places. At 7 p.m. (CST), they will begin the process of picking our next president. Below is a primer on…
Billy Canu and his husband, Michael Harbron were flying home after spending Thanksgiving away with friends and relatives. Harbron and Canu, the latter of whom is CEO and cofounder of a successful search engine optimization and Web-marketing firm with offices in San Diego and London, say they got a rude awakening about bigotry, and how…
At its first general meeting as San Diego Democrats for Equality (SDDE), the former San Diego Democratic Club endorsed the campaign of Congressman Bob Filner to be San Diego’s next Mayor. “The club looked at the questionnaires submitted by several candidates, listened to the two who attended the meeting and considered all of the records,”…
See this week’s print edition of San Diego LGBT Weekly for in-depth coverage – out Thursday. Equality California Executive Director Roland Palencia’s resignation, which was announced earlier today, comes in the wake of the organization’s decision to stand down from its mission to repeal Proposition 8 – and, according to insiders staffing cuts will…
Red Hot Babes and Bow Ties Saturday, July 9, 6 p.m. San Diego LGBT Community Center (3909 Centre Street in Hillcrest) Bust out your favorite bow tie and kick off your Pride festivities a week early! The Women’s Resource Center presents Red Hot Babes and Bow Ties, a women’s nightclub at The Center. Enjoy dancing…
Remember the poster of America’s favorite uncle proclaiming he wanted us. Well, he didn’t. No matter our qualifications or dedication to the country. He didn’t. I was reminded of this by Diversionary Theatre’s recent production about Dr. Tom Dooley the ’60s superhero. He was lauded by all including three presidents as the finest example of…
