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Thursday, May 10th, 2012

The San Diego City Council unanimously approved changing the name of Blaine Avenue in the historically LGBT neighborhood of Hillcrest to Harvey Milk Street. The name change will honor the late civil rights activist, who was the first openly gay elected official in the United States. San Diego is the first city in the U.S. [...]
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012

The Fox Canyon Neighborhood Association’s newsletter, Fox Canyon Voice provides residents with news, information and opportunities about their neighborhood. Highlights of May’s newsletter include: Coffee with Marti, Saturday, May 19, 12- 2 p.m., at 4787 Castle Ave., Fox Canyon – an opportunity to get to know and talk to Councilwoman Marti Emerald. In other news [...]
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012

San Diego LGBT Weekly has been nominated for the 2012 PrideNation People’s Choice Award for “Best Publication.” PrideNation Radio is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, and inaugurating the PrideNation People’s Choice Awards as a way to recognize listeners’ favorite individuals, organizations and businesses throughout the San Diego LGBT community. San Diego award nominations are [...]
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Despite the repeal of DADT, occurrences of alleged anti-LGBT hate crimes/incidents within the Department of Defense (DOD) has continued according to the LGBT nonprofit DOD FED GLOBE. As part of a campaign to highlight this problem, DOD FED GLOBE is looking for volunteers to tell their stories of harassment as past and/or present employees of [...]
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Celebrate 21 years of love at San Diego’s premiere restaurant tasting benefitting Mamas Kitchen featuring distinctive dishes by more than 55 top chefs. Mama’s Day 2012 is this Friday, May 11 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency, La Jolla. Two key new features of the event are a VIP Cabana Lounge featuring [...]
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012

BRIDGEPORT, Ohio – A member of the board of directors of the Ohio River Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has resigned following the BSA’s decision to oust Jennifer Tyrrell, a Bridgeport mom, as her son’s scout leader because she is a lesbian. David J. Sims resigned from the board April 27 [...]
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012

(CNN and LGBT Weekly) – President Barack Obama said Wednesday he supports same-sex marriage, raising the political stakes on an issue in which Americans are evenly split. “At a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be [...]
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012

WASHINGTON – New polling data from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press shows support for marriage equality at 47 percent – significantly higher than it was at any point prior to previous presidential elections. The poll also finds opposition to marriage equality has reached an all-time low. According to the polling, [...]
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012

WALES – A 226 pound rugby player from South Wales, who went into a coma after suffering from a stroke and broken neck during a freak training accident, has “woken up gay.” The Medical Daily reported that before the stroke, Chris Birch had been a beefy, beer-drinking athlete working at a bank and loved motorbikes [...]
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012

COPENHAGEN – A gay bar in Copenhagen, Denmark has banned straight couples from kissing and recently threw out a couple for doing just that, the Web site homotropolis.com reported. Jobbe Joller, the founder of the Danish LGBT organization Homosocialt Fællesskab, arrived at the Never Mind bar in Copenhagen with his boyfriend and two straight female [...]