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San Diego City Council, Human Relations Commission take stand against Arizona law

By Aaron Heier

San Diego City Hall passed a resolution Monday calling on Arizona to repeal its new statewide anti-immigration law. Councilman Carl DeMaio was the only member who voted against the resolution. Both Mayor Jerry Sanders and Police Chief William Landsdowne fully supported the resolution. The City of San Diego’s Human Relations Commission urged City Council to... »

People, Opinions & Politics: Eric McCormack honored & Arizona shamed

By Nicole Murray-Ramirez

Eric McCormack  of “Will & Grace” Honored in San Diego Popular TV star Eric McCormack who played Will on Will & Grace was honored this past Saturday evening by Equality California with their prestigious Equality Ally Award at the Culy Warehouse Gallery in San Diego’s Gaslamp district. Over 350 San Diegans attended the annual Equality Awards... »

Senators, Military Leaders to Introduce Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

By Aaron Heier

Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 3 at 11:45AM, Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Mark Udall (D-CO), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Roland Burris (D-IL) will hold a press conference to introduce legislation to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. The Senators will be joined by Brigadier General John Adams USA (Ret.) and Rear Admiral Jamie Barnett USN... »

Ted Allen and Pam Grier to serve as spokespersons for Dining Out For Life®

By Aaron Heier

Dining Out for Life® International has announced that Emmy Award-winning television personality Ted Allen will return as the event’s spokesperson, and this year will be joined by Pam Grier, actress, philanthropist and author of a soon-to-be released memoir Foxy – My Life In Three Acts. Dining Out For Life has grown tremendously in recent years.... »

Two Cents Exclusive with NOH8 Campaign Founder Adam Bouska

By Aaron Heier

A couple of weeks ago, I left my usual evening post at the Center’s front desk for an hour and braved one of the city’s most torrential down pours in years to attend the official San Diego NOH8 Campaign photo shoot, held at the Mission Gathering offices in Hillcrest. Wading through water up to... »

Assembly speaker honors Commissioner Ramirez

By GLT Editorial

California’s new Assembly Speaker-Elect John Perez recently honored San Diego City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez with an official resolution from the California legislature in recognition for Ramirez’s four years as chair of the City of San Diego’s Human Relations Commission. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom honored Ramirez with his own day in the city... »

‘Kehoe Pride Board’ crosses over with political donors and supporters: Former board resigns, San Diego Democratic Club appointed by Kehoe to take over Pride

By Staff Report

The reconstituted Board of Directors of San Diego Pride met Wednesday, January 27. The first order of business was to accept the resignations of board members Philip Princetta, Co-chair and Mike Karim, Treasurer. According to Pride, the new board members are fully committed to transparency and will honor the duties and responsibilities of the... »

Pride approves new board members

By Rick Braatz

At a San Diego LGBT Pride board meeting held on Wednesday, January 27, new Pride board members introduced themselves to Pride staff and reviewed and approved its board meeting minutes from a board meeting that took place last Sunday. The minutes for the Sunday, Jan. 24 meeting, passed out to all in attendance at Wednesday’s... »

Kehoe threatens Pride board members to resign or face receivership, Princetta & Worrell resign

By Staff Report

At a special meeting held last Saturday, attended by City Councilmember Todd Gloria and former San Diego deputy mayor Toni Atkins, State Senator Christine Kehoe demanded that San Diego LGBT Pride board members Chair Philip Princetta, Treasurer Mike Karim, Secretary Carl Worrell either resign or she would place the organization into receivership – a court... »

BREAKING: Sources confirming Obama to call for end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban

By Aaron Heier

Reports circulating around the internet today are suggesting that President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight will, in fact, call for an end to the US Military’s discriminatory ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy regarding GLBT servicemembers. Sources confirming this information include CNN, the Huffington Post, Hardball with Chris Matthews and New Civil Rights Movement among others.... »

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