Letters
A thank you to Stampp Corbin Dear Editor, This is just a personal expression of appreciation for your editorial “I Can’t Breathe” (San Diego LGBT Weekly, Issue 162). As an eighty-one-year old activist, who has worked on race/class/gender/LGBT issues for fifty years and who finds that (despite spurts like Brown vs. Board of Education and gay…
Politically Aware Awards 2014
Politician of the Year: When I started thinking about this award in early December, I couldn’t settle on a winner. Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, Congressman Scott Peters and Mayor Kevin Faulconer were in the mix, but I didn’t feel like anyone had locked it down. What a difference two weeks, and two votes, can make….
It’s a new world, and getting smarter!
Happy New Year one and all. Many of you will be reading this article on your smartphones which, as we know, have become ubiquitous. And, in spite of the many things they currently do for us, we are only in the infancy of the “smart” world. This week we’re taking a look at the new…
The City: Top to Bottom
thursday, dec. 25 Christmas Day Champagne Brunch Cruise A full buffet and free-flowing bubbly with amazing views makes this brunch one of the most fun and intriguing in San Diego. Sample a variety of breakfast and dinner dishes with fantastic views, and then head to the outdoor deck for fresh sea air and a narrated…
Studying trans veterans
According to the USA Today article VA Treats 2,500 Veterans, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA – part of the overall Department of Veterans Affairs, or VA), in 2013 treated 2,567 veterans with the diagnosis of gender dysphoria for transgender specific health care. That’s a significant population of trans veterans in the VA. And, being statistically…
Divine love leaves no one out
As a progressive, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to a loving God; this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! I love how theologian Dr. Seuss makes us ponder through the eyes of the Grinch, “And the…
Todd Gloria: The best is yet to come
Yes, last week’s back-stabbing political coup against former interim mayor and council president, Todd Gloria was led by Republicans but had the help of some weak and unprincipled Democrats. In my view, the coup’s chief organizer was Councilman Scott Sherman, the new “Dick Cheney of San Diego.” In one of the biggest betrayals and back-stabbing…
Movie review: ‘The Imitation Game’
Let’s get this out of the way: Despite what you may have heard, read on Twitter, or seen ranted about on Facebook, The Imitation Game is a not a homophobic whitewash of Alan Turing, the gay British man who broke the Nazi codes during World War II and more or less invented the computer. Despite…
RIP ENDA (1974-2014)
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) passed away last week with the close of the 113th Congress. It was 40 years old. ENDA had been surviving on life support in the House of Representatives for slightly over a year, its suffering ending when Speaker John Boehner formally withdrew care by not scheduling a vote. ENDA was…