I am so grateful that vaccines are bringing hope back to the holidays as many of us begin to feel safer gathering with our friends and family this season. With that said, this time of year I’m always reminded of the fear, pain, and…
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Last week during San Diego County’s Leon L. Williams Human Relations Commission meeting, Commissioner Pastor Dennis Hodges referred to transgender people as abominations. This month, 2021 became the deadliest year on record for our transgender siblings. A 21-year-old trans man, Poe Black, was killed…
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This last weekend, the USNS Harvey Milk launched into San Diego Bay marking the first time a military vessel was named for an openly LGBTQ civil rights leader. For many San Diegans who lived, served, and suffered through pre and post-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell discrimination or…
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Just this last weekend, 2 schools in Chula Vista were vandalized with homophobic and antisemitic graffiti. Today, LGBTQ, Jewish, and Latinx community leaders came together to denounce these acts of hate. Our shared struggle is the ongoing fight against white supremacy. Our fight is far from over.…
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In 1981, just 12 years after the Stonewall Riots, San Diego Pride board member Doug Moore created a list of Pride organizers from around the country, and from that list in 1982 half a dozen Pride organizations met in Boston. In 1983, the second…
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Today is Spirit Day. When Gilbert Baker designed the first Pride flag in 1978, he was intentional about the meaning behind each color. Purple symbolizes the spirit. In 2010, a surge of reported LGBTQ teen suicides related to anti-LGBTQ bullying inspired then-teenager Brittany McMillian…
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