Joel Trambley M.D., a political columnist for San Diego LGBT Weekly, and Dr. Pat Washington are two members of the LGBT community who were appointed Tuesday as new members of the city’s Human Relations Commission. They join four others as immediate members who were approved in an 8-0 vote by the San Diego City Council…
The dedication of the Benjamin F. Dillingham III and Bridget Wilson LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor will be held at The Center Thursday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. The brief dedication ceremony will be followed by a catered reception in the company of veterans, active duty servicemembers, LGBT civic leaders, elected friends and community members….
SAN ANTONIO – A University of Texas San Antonio student, badly assaulted by two men over the Halloween weekend, has claimed that it was solely because she was gay and wants police to treat the assault as a hate crime. KENS 5, San Antonio reported that Kristen Cooper was waiting for a ride home after…
ROME, Ga. – Shorter University has come under fire for adopting new faith statements that require all employees to, among other things, reject homosexuality. The new policy, described as a “Personal Lifestyle Statement” that all employees are required to sign states in point B.3, “I reject as acceptable all sexual activity not in agreement with…
BOSTON – Seventy businesses and organizations have filed a brief in federal court highlighting the harms to American companies caused by the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The amicus curiae brief – signed by a wide diversity of corporations from tech giants Microsoft and Google to consumer brands Nike and Starbucks – supports the…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a new video featuring civil rights pioneer and NAACP Chairman Emeritus Julian Bond as part of their Americans for Marriage Equality public-education campaign. “There are few who have so dramatically changed this country for the better like Dr. Julian Bond,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese. “We…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian police have cancelled an annual gay rights festival, after Muslims called for it to be banned. The Seksualiti Merdeka (Sexuality Freedom) festival has been held in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, since 2008, but has suffered increasing criticism by politicians and religious leaders as it gains awareness. A senior police official…
Aging has changed me to a point where many things I once enjoyed are now things I just can’t take. This includes much of the TV fare of today. For example, take those appalling Housewives. Most are rich (thanks to rarely, if ever, seen husbands) and seem to do nothing but shop and bitch, eat…
The holidays are fast approaching so please support the Imperial Court’s annual blanket drive for the homeless and veterans; the food drive/grocery vouchers for GLBT parents and children and toy drives for GLBT families, most who are out of work. For more info: 619-692-1967. Thank you and God bless. LGBT Veterans Wall dedication tonight One…
