Democrats for Equality, Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of Alex Padilla to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy caused by election of Kamala Harris as our next Vice President. Alex Padilla will be the first Latino U.S. Senator from California in our state’s 170-year history. Prior to being elected Secretary of State, he was one …
Dear Democrats for Equality, Last night during our club meeting, many of us learned about the passing of George Murphy, one of our founding club members. George was also a founding member of Lambda Archives, our San Diego LGBT Community Center, and contributed greatly to the betterment of his Ocean …
Democrats for Equality, Happy Friday! This morning we all woke up to the news that our Biden-Harris ticket was leading in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and Pennsylvania — and obviously, if those leads continue to grow — it’s game over for the Trump presidency. Of course, that’s barring any sort of …
Democrats for Equality, You’re probably having to endure a number of sleepless nights over the last couple days, weeks — months and years even. The good news is that anxiety probably ends today, tonight, and in the coming weeks. Today, is Election Day. For all the protesting, marching, and organizing …
Democrats for Equality, Did you know that National City has a municipal ordinance on the books from the 1960’s that prohibits “impersonating members of the opposite sex?” In a San Diego Union-Tribune article this week, club board member and LGBTQ activist Coyote Moon recently discovered the discriminatory law and reached out to National …
Democrats for Equality, Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the historic appointment of Court of Appeals Justice Martin J. Jenkins — who would become the first openly LGBTQ and only the third Black man to serve on the California Supreme Court. Justice Jenkins retired last year as an associate justice of the California Court of …
Democrats for Equality, Early voting starts today! All registered voters will be mailed a vote-by-mail ballot starting today, or you can vote in-person at the San Diego County Registrar of Voters office located at: 5600 Overland Ave, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92123. ROV hours are Monday through Friday 8 AM …
Democrats for Equality, A couple weeks ago, we updated our club’s website to include a page for Transgender Resources and Guidelines — again, thanks to contributions from our executive boardmembers Dr. Andrea Cubitt and Shane Parmely. Earlier this morning, I took the liberty and added another informational resource to our club’s website — …
Democrats for Equality, We are excited to host a virtual fundraiser for Marni von Wilpert in a couple weeks on Friday, August 28th at 5:30pm. Special guests include our LGBTQ City Councilmembers Chris Ward and Dr. Jen Campbell, and retired State Senator Christine Kehoe. We want to invite all of …
Democrats for Equality, Today, is HERstoric. Our presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has selected our California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. As announced officially from Joe Biden’s Twitter account, it’s the announcement that has been heard around the world. Congratulations to our Senator — and, to echo the words of our Governor: Let’s go …
