The 2012 election for San Diego Mayor is shaping up to be an exciting race. For the first time in our city’s history, we will have the opportunity to elect an openly gay candidate. I strongly encourage our community to embrace San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ candidacy and acknowledge her outstanding contributions to…
Supporting Nathan Fletcher This past week the California Assembly passed two important bills aimed at combating anti-LGBT bullying in schools and colleges. I am very proud that my assemblyman, Nathan Fletcher was the only Republican to cross party lines on both occasions to vote to protect LGBT youth. In the past Assemblyman Fletcher took a…
Downtown San Diego is one of the most beautiful metropolitan centers in the world. It sits on the gorgeous Pacific bay and has a mesmerizing skyline that is second to none. In addition, it is adjacent to the world famous 1,400 acre Balboa Park. There is really no city in the world that can compare,…
MOVIE REVIEW: The relationship between a gay son and his straight father is about as fraught and awkward as any, and this is reflected in the history of queer cinema, which has mined this conflict like it was a ten-mile-deep cache of diamonds: The Sum of Us, La Mission, Beautiful Thing, etc. For obvious reasons,…
In every teen angst movie, there is a scene where the newly beautiful swan has a moment of crisis. Relations with the new glam clique become strained and she is driven back to friends from her ugly duckling days. Cady of the Mean Girls goes back to Janis and Damian, just as Veronica ended up…
Thursday, June 9 Debut U.S. tour Live on the stage of San Diego’s Civic Theatre for one night only, Black Country Communion is a devastating head-on collision between American and British rock influences – a true “supergroup” that delivers a titanic rock experience greater than the sum of its supremely talented parts. The seed for…
I have a bad habit of comparing my accomplishments to those of acquaintances, celebrities and artists. Some of these comparisons make me feel woefully inadequate. Without trophies or a standardized life progress bar marked with universal signs of success, I’m left drowning in confusion, competition and the pressure to do more with my life. I…
On the Friday before the Memorial Day Weekend, the Obama Administration released a new federal workplace antidiscrimination policy relating to gender identity. There is history behind this policy release. Back on June 17, 2009, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released a memorandum entitled Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination. In that memorandum, The White House directed…
Eric Clapton, one of the greatest living rock guitarists, wrote a heart-wrenching song about the death of his four-year-old son (March 20, 1991). He tragically fell from a 53rd-story window. Clapton took nine months off and when he returned, his music had changed. The hardship had made his music softer, more powerful and more reflective….
On May 18, 1995, Lincoln Aston was brutally murdered in his San Diego home. Instead of dwelling on the tragedy of his death, Aston’s family and friends came together to begin the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation, a resource that promotes equality and tolerance among the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. From the humble…
