Two days after local businessman John Sanfilippo died, his church, Our Lady of the Rosary in Little Italy, canceled a funeral Mass scheduled for Thursday, June 30, because he was gay. The next day, however, the Roman Catholic Diocese in San Diego overturned the decision. Sanfilippo died on Friday, June 24, after a battle with…
About 50 friends of Jason “Cowboy” Huggins held a quiet candlelight vigil at Scripps Mercy Hospital Tuesday, where Huggins remained in critical condition after a brutal assault the week before. “We are here to show him and his family that we care,” said Justin Newman, a close friend of Huggins and organizer of the vigil….
A Superior Court Judge has rejected a suit filed by San Diego Republican Party Chairman Tony Krvaric, alleging the San Diego Redistricting Commission was not properly created, demanding it should be disbanded and asking the City Council to select an entirely new commission. The decision was made by Judge William R. Nevitt Jr. last Friday,…
It only took a jury 92 minutes of deliberations June 24 to convict Philong Huynh of first-degree murder in the 2008 death of Dane Williams, 23, who was drugged and then sexually assaulted. The quick verdict took everyone by surprise, except for the six man six woman jury which heard 4 weeks of testimony of…
The LGBT Community Center hosted Pachanga de Frida June 25 to commemorate the life of Frida Kahlo, one of the most influential Mexican painters of the mid-20th century. The event, entitled Arte, Vida y Tequila, was a benefit for The Center’s Latino Services.
CALIFORNIA – The California state Senate Judiciary Committee has passed the Gender Nondiscrimination Act (AB 887) in a 3-2 vote. The bill is authored by Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and is sponsored by Equality California and the Transgender Law Center. If passed, AB 887 will strengthen employment, housing and other civil rights protections for…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has told reporters that her department “fully intends to collect LGBT data, through federal surveys.” In response to a question from the Washington Blade Sebelius said, “So it is definitely a commitment. We will be adding data questions to the national health surveys. And right…
SWITZERLAND – In a historic achievement for upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has passed a resolution on human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity (L9/Rev1). The resolution, presented by South Africa along with Brazil and 39 additional co-sponsors from…
NIGERIA – The Nigerian women’s soccer team has announced that it has successfully eradicated homosexuality from the squad. In an astonishing statement to the New York Times, Coach Eucharia Uche claims that since she was hired in 2009 she had rid the team of lesbianism. Uche, who is married with two children, said lesbianism was…
