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Coming to terms with my own HIV status has been a journey for me this year By Allan Acevedo | GSD Columnist At the end of September, our community will participate in the 26th annual AIDS Walk and Run. This important fundraiser serves multiple purposes, including bringing many different facets
The extreme right-wing Capitol Resource Institute and Paulo Sibaja are working hard to collect the necessary signatures to overturn the recently signed FAIR Education Act by referendum vote.
San Diego State University (SDSU) recently received a five-star rating, or perfect score, from Campus Pride, the national ranking organization known for working with universities to increase the positive experience and inclusion of LGBT students on campuses. This is the second year in a row that SDSU has received such distinction.
A conservative organization called the Capital Resource Institute began an online campaign to push for a referendum on SB 48. Senate Bill 48, or The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Act was signed into law on the eve of our own Pride celebration on July 14 by Gov. Jerry Brown and requires school districts to include age-appropriate, educational instruction on the contributions of LGBT people in history.
For months our community has been called to action around the redistricting process and the addition of a ninth district which would affect both the boundaries of our neighborhood and the make up of the council itself.
When we look for our community’s pick for mayor, it should not just be someone who is from the LGBT community but someone who has always supported and fought for our community.
Anyone who ever said city politics was boring clearly hasn’t been paying attention to the San Diego Redistricting Commission, who will determine what communities will be grouped together into districts represented by our city councilmembers. This task is especially important. The Commission will be drawing up a new ninth district out of the eight we currently have.
Last week, the House Armed Services Committee voted to include three vehemently anti-gay amendments into the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. The amendments, introduced by Representative Duncan D. Hunter (52nd District), included a roadblock to repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) that would expand its certification requirements to include the four service branch chiefs.
Last week marked 100 days since President Barak Obama signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010. At the signing ceremony, last Dec. 22, Obama said, “No longer will tens of thousands of Americans in uniform be asked to live a lie or look over their shoulder.” While the day Obama signed the act was a cause for celebration, it was not a day to stop fighting.
Earlier this month, President Barak Obama hosted the White House Conference on Bullying, discussing many of the initiatives and campaigns against bullying found on stopbullying.gov.