Democrats for Equality, Last weekend, our club’s executive board met to consider those nominations submitted by you — our members. We had an outstanding number of more-than-qualified nominees to consider from, which no doubt made the discussion, selection, and finalization of this list all the more difficult. That being said, …
Dear Democrats for Equality, With a heavy heart I regret having to let you know that our friend, and former executive board member Joanne Climie has passed away. Joanne retired as a public school teacher, and was known to many as a fierce advocate for women, public education, and our …
Democrats for Equality, Mark your calendars! Our upcoming Freedom Awards will be a brunch event on Saturday, January 11 at 11:00am at the History Center. After the celebration, we’ll invite all of our guests and attendees to check out the LGBTQ+ exhibit that runs through January 20th. The Freedom Awards is our …
Democrats for Equality, First off, thank you again for all the wonderful birthday wishes yesterday and over the weekend. I’m still making my way through responding to every one. Our next club meeting is this Thursday (Oct. 24) , and since we are getting close to Halloween, there’s no better time to …
Democrats for Equality, Can you believe we’re already into October!? There is a lot going on this month, too. October is LGBTQ History Month. First celebrated in 1994, October includes National Coming Out Day on October 11th, and the first two national marches for LGBT rights in Washington D.C. occurred …
Democrats for Equality, A couple months ago we learned that we had lost Cindy Green, one of our club’s longtime members. Cindy loved this club. She donated what she could. She gave so much time, effort, and energy ensuring the success of many of our friends and family over the better course of …
Democrats for Equality, First off, shout out to Brandon Coopersmith and his husband Matt for bringing some delicious food for our meetings. It’s never easy to feed a large crowd of eager, hungry Democratic activists looking to defeat Trump and win, but they make the effort look effortless. It probably …
Democrats for Equality, Yesterday, a number of our executive board and club members showed up in a strong show of force in support of Chula Vista’s Drag Queen Story Hour. Probably to the surprise of those who showed up to protest, there were more standing up on the side of …
Democrats for Equality, Yesterday, Congresswoman Susan Davis announced that she will not seek re-election to Congress next year. Susan has been a longtime ally and friend to our club and to the LGBTQ community. It wasn’t long ago that she was sued for displaying the Pride flag outside her congressional office in D.C. …
Democrats for Equality, Those rumors you’ve been hearing are true… Darrell Issa is eyeing a return to Congress. Now, before you start thinking, “Mike Levin will crush him…” the Washington Post is reporting that Darrell Issa is launching an exploratory committee for the 50th Congressional District, currently held by the indicted …
