Portland, Ore — Today, the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer, Portland Thorns FC of the National Women’s Soccer League, and team Owner/President Merritt Paulson announced their endorsement of the Freedom to Marry and Religious Protection Initiative. The initiative would make it legal for same-sex couples to marry in Oregon. This announcement marks the first…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, an organization that advocates for and protects the rights of all people who ride bicycles, ends its six-month stretch of monthly neighborhood bicycle tours Sunday, Oct. 20, in Ocean Beach. The final Bike Local Sunday kicks off at 11 a.m. in Robb Athletic Field with bike tune-ups courtesy of OB E-Bikes and…
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services, a California adoption agency based in Los Angeles, was awarded an HRC Foundation’s All Children – All Families seal of recognition at the RaiseAChild.US Harvest Celebration at Mauro Café Fred Segal Melrose Oct. 1. ACAF trainer Rob Woronoff presented the seal to Louis Josephson, PhD, the CEO of Vista…
Today, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C., the Values Voter Summit, a veritable who’s who of right-wing conservative politicians, journalists, religious and media personalities, will gather for three days to promote their exclusive brand of Americana based on faith, family and opportunity. Such iconic anti-gay figures as Tony Perkins, president of the Family…
This short film series, The Devotion Project, is a not-for-profit endeavor taken on by Tony Osso two and a half years ago. Troubled by the suicides happening in the LGBT community and noticing that role models were sorely lacking for LGBT teens, Osso decided to make these six 10-minute doc portraits of loving LGBT couples…
The Ribbons of Hope campaign, presented by Revivals, is a means to keep Being Alive’s services available to clients and provide them with hope. It will run from Nov. 1 to Jan. 1, 2014. Being Alive have also signed up with 30 local businesses that will be selling the Ribbons of Hope. They are looking…
Bears from throughout Southern California will converge on Rich’s San Diego Saturday, Oct. 19 for the Mr. SoCal Bear/Cub Contest & Show. The contest and show starts at 6:30 p.m. with a VIP reception that includes a buffet starting at 5:30 p.m. The evening will be hosted by Empress Roxy Bleau, and will feature a blessing by the…
The fifth annual San Diego Beer Week (SDBW), the region’s largest craft brewing event takes place Friday, Nov. 1 through Sunday, Nov. 10 across the County. This year SDBW kicks-off with a two-day main event that includes the VIP Brewer Takeover and San Diego Brewers Guild Festival. During the 10-days, breweries and restaurants will host more…
Tie The Knot, founded by the star of TV’s Modern Family Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita, released a New Mexico-themed bowtie, the “The Patricia Michaels,” for purchase online. This bowtie, created to highlight local marriage equality efforts, is the product of a collaboration between the Tie The Knot, renowned Taos Pueblo Designer…
The U.S Postal Service confirms that they will be issuing a commemorative U.S. Postage stamp in honor of Harvey Milk in 2014. Breaking the story, City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez, national chair of the Harvey Milk National Stamp Campaign and Queen Mother I of the Americas, International Court Council said, ” The International Court Council…
