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LGBT Issues

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    [BREAKING:] Orange County OK's Domestic Partnerships

    Who would have thunk it?In a state that currently does not allow gay marriage, a county has just approved domestic partnerships.It's Orange County, which is incredible considering the political makeup of the leaders who . . . uh . . . check that . . .

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Dan Savage Gets Glitter-Bombed at UCI For Saying 'Shemale' and 'Tranny', Student Arrested

    Savage​Dan Savage found himself in a sticky sparkly situation last week while filming his new late-night MTV series, "Savage U," at UC Irvine.   In the show, set on college campuses across the country, the celebrated sex writer (whose column runs in OC Weekly) helps students navigate romance ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Harvey Milk Day

    Downtown Santa Ana French Plaza

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Long Beach Pride Fest

    Shoreline Village

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Demonstrators Welcome Ex-Gay Conference

    Christopher Victorio​Orange County's ex-gay-dar rocketed off the charts this past week as roughly 600 people gathered to attend Exodus International's Freedom Conference at Concordia University, while about 60 demonstrated outside the gates of the fortress-like campus last Saturday.

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    What You Missed: The Anti-"Ex-Gay" Conference

    Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyExodus founder and critic Michael Bussee.​A small but impassioned group of gay-rights supporters convened in Irvine on Saturday in response to the upcoming Exodus International Freedom Conference. Exodus' notoriety for "praying the gay away" has effectively prayed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Mormon Fight In Irvine this Weekend!

    No, Mitt Romney and David Archuleta aren't going to be brawling in the Great Park. Even better: This Saturday will bring two prominent local members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to debate how much government and religion should mingle. tracy out west / Flickr / Creative Commons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2009

    ACLU Blames Hate Mongers Coming to CdM High on Original 'Rent' Stance

    Corona Del Mar High School officials' initial decision to cancel the student production of Rent and their subsequent failure to address a growing atmosphere of intolerance at the school created "a breeding ground for homophobic attitudes" that is bringing the Rev. Fred Phelps' "God Hates Fags" group ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Prop. 8 Backers to Local, State Politicos: Butt Out and Get Back to Work!

    Local and statewide proponents of Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban approved by voters last November, have a message for local and statewide politicians: stop trying to overturn the election results and get back to work fixing your cities and/or California.State senators and Assembly members ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Honest Abe Lincoln Delays OC Participation in Same-Sex Marriage Stunt

    Tomorrow, same-sex couples throughout the country will go to their local county clerk counters and request marriage licenses as part of National Freedom to Marry Day. That won't happen in Orange County, however. The Old County Courthouse is closed due to Abraham Lincoln's birthday. This is ironic, g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Because You're Ugly: Urban Outfitters Pulls Tees in Support of Gay Marriage

    Repeat offender Urban Outfitters has made headlines once again: the leading retailer has taken T-shirts supporting gay marriage off its California shelves this week. The printed Tees, a staple for the popular chain, simply read "I Support Same Sex Marriage." When questioned, a buyer for Urban Outf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Calvary Chapel Transforms Another Gentle Soul into a Homo-Hater

    Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed by all the protests gay-marriage advocates are holding outside Mormon temples. Yeah, the Latter-Day Saints hierarchy urged their faithful to donate millions of dollars to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign, but Mormonism has always been upfront in their homo-hating-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Protest Prop 8 tonight and Sunday

    Is your activist streak feeling unloved after watching footage of yesterday's protests in LA against the passage of Proposition 8? Well, here's your chance to vent (peacefully, people, peacefully...). Tonight (Friday), the Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Center is organizing a protest march down Broadway, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Prop 8: No Way in Hell Is This Over

    I spent my Election Night trying to find non-existent parking outside Hamburger Mary's in Long Beach. The celebration inside sure looked like fun, though, but I don't think I would have stuck around past midnight to watch all the tears turn from Obama joy to Prop 8 despair. Failing that, I instead d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2008

    Martin Millard Not Just a Racialist, But a Homophobe

    The man who fancies himself the savior of Costa Mesa had this concluding couplet in his rambling reasoning to support Proposition 8: "On the other hand, it could be argued that if it is true that, as many gays now assert, homosexuality is genetic, then allowing gay marriage (and the normalization o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    But What About the Same-Sex Marriage Officiants?

    It's time for everyone to stop, take a breath and think about the people who will really be screwed should Prop. 8 pass. These are, of course, the wedding officiators who perform same-sex marriages and have now gone public with their "fervent opposition" to the California voter initiative that would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    Gay Marriage Foes Find Latino Mouthpieces in OC

    Where should a conspicuously anti-family, anti-civil rights, anti-gay marriage political “coalition” go when it's looking for Latinos to sound alarms and corral other Latinos to vote for their anti-gay marriage proposition in November? None other than Orange County, of course, where hatred does ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    Nativo Lopez Organization Cowardly Stays "Neutral" on Propositions 8 and 4

    Remember Nativo Lopez? Guy called Larry who became radicalized during the 1960s, led renter strikes against SanTana slumlords during the 1980s, served on the SanTana Unified School Board during the 1990s, then was recalled for his conflict-of-influenza, amongst other sins in early 2004? He's spent t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    No on Prop 8 public service announcement

    Weekly contributing writer Dave Barton and his friend Greg Adkins directed and edited this moving No on Prop 8 clip, currently making the rounds of YouTube and even the Daily Kos. The lines being read are from 1 Corinthians. And of course you already knew that Proposition 8 is the November religious ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 18, 2008

    [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Catholic Edition

    Weekly contributing writer Dave Barton and his friend Greg Adkins directed and edited this moving No on Prop 8 clip, currently making the rounds of YouTube and even the Daily Kos. The lines being read are from 1 Corinthians. And of course you already knew that Proposition 8 is the November religious ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    Gay Marriage Portends Increase in Urine Sex, OC Reverend Reveals!

    Usually I like to pretend Wiley Drake is really on to something when I blog about his crazy shit, but this email, which sat in my junk folder and remains there (I cut and pasted from it) is outrageously ridiculous enough to print verbatim: What Legal Same Sex Marriages Bring into society........... ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2008

    Save Straight Marriages, Quash Queer Ones

    The funniest of articles appeared earlier this week in the Orange County Register: Christian churches are uniting to save marriage. At Eastside Christian Church in Fullerton, about 100 pastors gathered under the guise of the Orange County Marriage Education Initiative, which its website declares is ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 31, 2006

    Paul Lynde Was Gay?

    And other questions raised by the emergence of OCs first gay/lesbian theater company

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2006

    Who Would Jesus Discriminate Against?

    Although it lacks the economic punch of Christmas, Easter is, in theory, the biggest of Christian holidays. "[A]nd if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." according to Paul (1 Corinthians 15:14), whose opinion on the matter commands a certain respect. So how ... More >>

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Burning Bush

    The Presidents Conservative Critics

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    Just Another Wedding Expo

    Gay and lesbian event trudges on, politics be damned

  • News

    May 6, 2004

    Gays 1, Phobes 0

    The passion of the Westminster school board

  • Film

    April 15, 2004

    Youre So Gay You Probably Think This Short is About You

    Fest expands gay-cinema offeringswith some positive results

  • Columns

    February 12, 2004

    In Defense of Gay Marriage

    So just shut up and buy Adam and Steve a nice present already

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Queer Eye for the GOP Guy

    Gay activist sets the record straight about Log Cabin Republicans

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Theyre Here, Theyre Queer, Theyre Armed

    Orange Countys Pink Pistols are all for peace, love and understanding among straights and gays. Meantime, theyre taking target practice.

  • News

    August 29, 2002

    Simon Flip-Flops, Woos Gays

    Republican candidate for California governor steps temporarily away from homophobia

  • Columns

    August 22, 2002

    Letters

    Republican candidate for California governor steps temporarily away from homophobia

  • News

    June 13, 2002

    No Pride

    Officials cancel annual OC gay festival at UC Irvine

  • Film

    February 28, 2002

    All of Me

    Trembling Before G-ds warm ideal of Jewish practice

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    No Queers Here

    Here and there, Vietnamese say theyre not crazy about gays

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Marxist Pinkos!

    I went to an anti-hate rally, and a political-science class broke out

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Bob Outs Himself!

    I went to an anti-hate rally, and a political-science class broke out

  • Culture

    June 8, 2000

    Emotional Hurdles

    Gay track coach goes the distance in Trailblazing

  • Features

    March 30, 2000

    Gypsies, Tramps and Bigots

    Kansas anti-gay reverend brings his traveling theater to OC

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Lou Sheldons Nightmare

    If Proposition 22 fails, were all going gay!

  • Features

    September 2, 1999

    Out at School

    Good taste, wit, impeccable manners: Life at a gay high school

  • Culture

    August 19, 1999

    Is Gay Culture Dead?

    Should anybody care?

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    Coming Out!

    Jim Toledano is a married father of two. Now the Democratic leader is ready for a new role: Gay activist

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    An Incomplete History of Gay & Lesbian OC

    Jim Toledano is a married father of two. Now the Democratic leader is ready for a new role: Gay activist

  • News

    August 12, 1999

    Beer Brawl

    Gay groups spar over Coors support

  • Columns

    June 17, 1999

    A Real Lou-Lou

    Gay groups spar over Coors support

  • News

    June 10, 1999

    Loathe Thy Enemy

    County school board trustee Ken Williams joins the Reverend Lou Sheldon for good, old-fashioned gay-baiting

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    The Faggot Factor

    The chickens came home to roost at Columbine High

  • News

    May 20, 1999

    Hey, Kuehl Aid!

    OC Board of Education torpedoes protection of gay students

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