As a progressive Christian, 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! There is power in your words! We certainly know that words are powerful and make a…
In past years for this column, I’ve written about the first Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), and how the day came into being. I’ve also written about how Marti Abernathey maintains the current, official, list of the names of the dead. I came out in February of 2003. For several years I participated in organizing…
After 18 long and agonizing months, the presidential election is finally over. For this alone we can rejoice, although half of the electorate is unhappy. It is interesting to prognosticate on what effects the ultimate decision will have on so many things, including our favorite topic, real estate. Of course, this is all speculation, as…
When President Obama campaigned for Secretary Clinton, he would rattle off reasons that Donald Trump was “temperamentally unfit” to be president. When the crowd hissed their disapproval of Trump, Obama said “Don’t boo. Vote.” He knew that actions are more powerful than words as agents of change. (This is not always easy for a writer…
Euan Morton talks about his role as the genderqueer Hedwig Robinson Hedwig and the Angry Inch became a cult hit back in 1998 when it premiered Off Broadway with James Cameron Mitchell playing the title role. Mitchell also wrote the show’s story, with music and lyrics written by Stephen Trask. Its successful Off Broadway run…
It is a very difficult life to be transgender … dealing with the reality that you were born in the wrong body. The cold hard facts are that not only do a vast majority of Americans not understand our transgender brothers and sisters, sadly many gays, lesbians and bisexuals do not and many do not…
Thanksgiving Day 2016. Well, so much for the prediction the Trumpites would protest in the streets if Hillary won and how awful and un-American that would be. The entrails seem to have been mis-read. Obviously, my advice to vote, at least, for the senate was ignored. I suggest you ask all who complain if they…
Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. Before delivering stirring remarks two Sundays ago to a large group of LGBT San Diegans about the need for unity and alliance among America’s minority communities, Rev. Shane Harris, president of National Action Network’s…
Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. Months of discord between San Diego LGBT Pride and a significant number of local LGBT community members operating under the auspices of Save S.D. Pride (formerly San Diego Pride Community Negotiating Committee) was further…
A parolee faces a Jan. 24, 2017 preliminary hearing on charges he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 22-year-old man in a Carlsbad motel. Antoine Demond Henderson, 44, of Chula Vista, has pleaded not guilty to six felony charges that allege he kidnapped the victim in Escondido for purposes of forcible oral copulation Oct. 20. He…
