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Commentary: people of color were 20th century’s conscience; will LGBTs be...
Photos.com Massive global interest in the passing and memorializing of Nelson Mandela last week illustrated again that people of color were humanity’s conscience during the 20th century. My question...
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Kevin Beiser: public education’s unlikely gay superhero
Kevin Beiser Kevin Beiser grew up in a family whose challenges included constant moving, homelessness, school suspensions, low expectations from teachers and addiction. Nevertheless, he is now...
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Never let authorities tell you to believe them over your own eyes
“Your eyes deceive you.” Essentially, that’s what lawyers representing the police officers who beat Rodney King half to death said 23 years ago last month. “You did not see what you think you saw.”...
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How downing of Flight MH17 might also harm LGBT Ukrainians
Kiev Pride The devastating loss of noted Dutch AIDS researcher, Joep Lange, who died in the recent downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight in the skies over Ukraine may turn out to be just one of...
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Is Obama’s ‘ENDA Light’ as good as it gets?
A recent media question-and-answer session held by the White House via Tumblr to shed light on President Obama’s executive order requiring federal agencies and contractors to afford the same...
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Is San Diego the new home of LGBT activism?
Most people think of New York’s 1969 Stonewall riots as the flashpoint that launched the modern LGBT rights movement. But demonstrations — and even riots — protesting police abuse of lesbian gay,...
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GOP promised I’d be speaking Arabic, paying $5 for gas and could marry my cat...
Dear Republicans of 2008 and 2012: I thought I’d give you a week or so to savor your progeny’s big wins before throwing a wet blanket over your victory party in the form of a reminder about your...
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Tim Cook’s Apple and Mike Pence’s Indiana: One’s the future, the other the past
From left: Mike Pence and Tim Cook Economically, the state of Indiana has a surprising number of similarities to Apple Inc. The Hoosier State’s annual gross output is actually greater than the iconic...
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Trump’s 2015 pledge to GOP proves he’s a terrible negotiator
Donald Trump Despite his vociferous claims to the contrary, Donald J. Trump may be one of the worst dealmakers in modern politics. Proof that Trump’s not the guy you’d want negotiating a deal on your...
View ArticleWho are America’s new political elites and what do they want?
Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. A new political class has assumed power in America. They’re the...
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James Comey: the man with the purple asterisk
James Comey At least twice last year, it appears then-FBI Director James Comey bowed to pressure from Republicans in Congress to do political damage to Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary...
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Commentary: My name is the GOP, and I’m a no-aholic
Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. The Party of No learned how hard it can be to shake a bad habit...
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Being a US territory should mean something
Imagine you live on an island in the Caribbean Sea. Your home is one of more than 7,000 islands in the immediate region. Your island is one of only 27 territories and sovereign nations into which a...
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