Sign up for our eNewsletterMy message to the younger generation making these changes is that you are doing a lousy job of educating us and the world. You keep adding and changing the acronyms and honestly feels like your shoving it down many of your gay and lesbian elders/seniors’ throats!
Read MoreFirst, was a memorial for local gay icon Rev. David Farrell.
Read MoreAs a co-founder in 1974 of San Diego Pride (the late Vietnam veteran Jess Jessop and ACLU attorney Tom Homann were co-founders, too), I have been blessed to witness the growth of our annual Pride parade from a few hundred people in 1974-75 to more than 200,000 in 2018.
Read More“Many believe that Kevin Faulconer will be the last Republican mayor of San Diego as Republican registration is shrinking all over California,” writes columnist Nicole Murray Ramirez.
Read MoreYes, I am a past national board member of the HRC and absolutely believe they do outstanding work on our behalf but changing our rainbow flag without our opinions — hell no!
Read More“Pose” begins where the movie “Is Paris Burning?” left off, with the New York Night scene … posing the New York Drag Ball with mostly black and brown transgender and drag queen contestants.
Read MoreBy Nicole Murray Ramirez | Conversations with Nicole There is no excuse for any of you not to go see the critically acclaimed “LGBTQ+ San Diego Stories of Struggles and Triumphs” at the San Diego History Center (1649 El Prado, Suite 1) in Balboa Park. It’s running through Jan. 20, 2020! This historic exhibit has been getting comments like “wow,” “unbelievable,” “awesome,” “moving,” “I am going back,” and “emotional” from everyone who has seen it.
Read MorePolice officials refused to issue us a permit and said, “There will never be a homo pride parade in San Diego,” and told us to leave before they would arrest us.
Read MoreHowever, this season of Pride comes in the midst of strong emotions and questions.
Read MoreBy Nicole Murray Ramirez | Conversations with Nicole Last week, I traveled up to Portland, Oregon as its mayor and City Council considered naming a downtown city street after Harvey Milk. This two-year grassroots campaign was led by gay pioneer and trailblazer, prominent Portland realtor Terry Bean (co-founder of Human Rights Campaign and the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund).
Read MoreEvery day our mailboxes and television programs were nearly full of candidates, with both Republican and Democratic Parties attacking each other.
Read MoreOut of the closets … into the voting booths!
Read MorePast gay ambassadors nominated by the president served small countries or countries anyone hardly heard of.
Read MoreSan Diego’s LGBT community has always been proud that Harvey Milk was stationed in our city in the 1950s while serving proudly in the U.S. Navy.
Read MoreBy Nicole Murray Ramirez | Conversations with Nicole Rainbow flag … black, brown, white stripes
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