WASHINGTON, D.C. — Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) today announced the search process for a new Executive Director to be named this spring. On the heels of the announcement of the planned departure of Army Veteran Aubrey Sarvis, SLDN‘s Executive Director since 2007, the SLDN Board of Directors has retained the executive search firm, McCormack…
DynaCorp, a federal contractor specializing in aviation, management and security, has earned a negative spotlight in recent weeks for their discriminatory employee policies. The allegations stem from a claim which produced a $155,000 settlement on Jan. 6 after a complaint was filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The case is centered around James Friso,…
San Diego LGBT activist and blogger Mike Tidmus lost the battle to cancer Sunday, passing away at the age of 60. Tidmus’ sister, announced via Mike’s Facebook page: “My name is Lindsay Tidmus, Mike’s brother. It is with a heavy heart that I inform his Facebook friends of Mike’s passing. He left us this morning…
The state of Indiana has set a new bar of awareness by introducing LGBT-themed license plates which will debut in February. The new plates feature six hands in each of the rainbow colors to include one each of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple – the same logo used for the Indiana Youth Group,…
WASHINGTON – Washington magazine, the Weekly Standard has sent a fundraising email on behalf of one of its sponsors, the anti-gay organization Public Advocate of the United States that called LGBT Americans “sexual deviants” and asked recipients to contribute financially to efforts aimed at defaming the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA). Earlier this year, the organization…
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The newly sworn-in prime minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller has pledged to review the criminalization of homosexuality in the country and not forbid gays from serving in her cabinet as former prime minister, Bruce Golding had. Pink News.co.uk reported that Simpson-Miller returned to power after a convincing win at the end of…
Dovetailing with a year of protest in the U.S. and around the globe, The San Diego Repertory Theatre is offering a timely world premiere workshop production of A Hammer, A Bell, and A Song to Sing. Inspired by the work of legendary folksinger and activist Pete Seeger, it celebrates the history of change from the…
IRONICALLY, JUST A FEW MONTHS after the infamous Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy was abolished in the U.S., promising a hoped-for new era of tolerance in the military, the U.N. has published a damning first-ever official report on the state of global human rights for LGBT people and the widespread abuses that continue to exist….
As it turns out, 2011 was a really great year for independent queer cinema. I’ve mentioned multiple times over the last few months my love for Weekend, one of best gay movies ever made. And now San Diego is getting to see Pariah, one of the best lesbian films I’ve ever seen, which has won…
One of the luxuries of living in the Uptown/North Park neighborhoods is that we are surrounded by many fine eateries. You can literally walk out the door to great food and gorgeous company. It is so easy to forget we live in a diverse county with close to three-million residents and a mixture of cultures…
