Democrats for Equality, Happy Birthday, Harvey! Today would have been his 89th birthday. Enough cannot be said about the legacy Harvey left, in terms of being the first LGBTQ elected official in California, and one of the first in the country. Since his election to the San Francisco Board of …
Democrats for Equality, Last night’s club meeting resulted in two more endorsements for the 2020 election cycle! We are proud to have endorsed City Councilmember Steve Padilla for re-election to the Chula Vista City Council in District 3. It should not be lost to recognize the importance Steve Padilla has played in …
Democrats for Equality, At last week’s meeting, we adopted a bylaw change to include Area Representatives onto our club’s Executive Board. This change fulfills an opportunity to diversify, and fully reflect representation from across San Diego County. As our LGBT community’s political influence has grown from outside of just Central …
Democrats for Equality, Last night’s club meeting resulted in our first two endorsements for the 2020 election cycle! We are proud to have endorsed Council President Georgette Gomez for re-election in Council District 9, and we are excited to announce our endorsement for Todd Gloria to be our next San Diego Mayor! …
Democrats for Equality, There has been a lot of LGBT news over the last couple of weeks: Lori Lightfoot was elected Mayor of Chicago (first African-American woman, and first LGBT Mayor). Satya Rhodes-Conway was elected Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. Unfortunately/Sadly/Frustratingly, Trump’s dumb-ass ban on trans soldiers in the military went into …
Democrats for Equality, Fox News the other day apparently informed us that there are 3 more “Mexican” countries. Did y’all see this? It was from a segment regarding the Trump administration no longer providing foreign assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Their “lower third” graphic referred to these three …
Democrats for Equality, “The old order changeth” — quoted from a dark and dreary Tennyson poem, of which I find most British poetry to be. Either way, our new executive board has been sworn-in, and we are excited to continue moving our club forward. At last week’s meeting, our club …
Democrats for Equality, This is the week! Our new executive board will be sworn-in at our club meeting next week on Thursday, March 21 at 7:00pm. We’ll be meeting at Joyce Beers Community Center in Hillcrest. Due to ongoing discussions at the County Democratic Party regarding the equitable representation of …
For Immediate Release First, and foremost, sexual harassment and assault will not be accepted or tolerated by the San Diego Democrats for Equality. The action and behavior that has been alleged against San Diego Unified School Board President and Trustee Kevin Beiser stand in direct conflict with the values of …
Democrats for Equality, Earlier this week, Speaker Pelosi and Congressional Democrats introduced H.R. 5, the Equality Act — a bill that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to classes protected against discrimination by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If the bill were to be passed and signed into law, it …
