San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

While news is coming out that 17 people have been killed at a Florida High School, San Diego schools in the Skyline neighborhood were put on lockdown this afternoon after police were called out on a report someone may have a weapon. 

According to an article in BuzzFeed, The Department of Education (DoE) will not pursue complaints of mistreatment of trans students when it comes to using the restroom of which they most identify.  

Vanessa Trump, wife of Donald Trump Jr. was sent to the hospital after she opened an envelope at her Manhattan home and inhaled a mysterious white powder according to the Associated Press.

It happened shortly after 10 am Monday morning when Mrs. Trump started coughing and became nauseous after opening a letter addressed to her husband. She called 911.

An article published in Malaysian newspaper Sinar Harian hopes to give readers the resources to identify gay people by giving them pointers on what to look for.

According to Queerty, the paper says you can tell a man is gay because he likes:

Trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston has withdrawn from the running to take a seat at  California’s District 54 State Assembly.

A cis-woman who just wanted to use the bathroom at her local big-chain pharmacy may have changed their entire policy on restroom usage.

Jessie Meehan was checking out at her Walgreens on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles during L.A. Pride in 2017. She asked if she could use their restroom, they said yes but since she looked masculine was instructed to use the men’s room.

A proposed ballot that would provide $900 million for affordable housing was advanced by a San Diego City Council committee on Wednesday. This would mean an increase to homeowners in their property taxes.

California Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) who is Chair of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus put forth a resolution today apologizing for the Golden State’s past LGBT discriminations.

In 2015, San Diego Gay and Lesbian News brought you the story of Marsha Wetzel, a senior living in a retirement community who claimed staff at the facility abused her both physically and verbally because she is gay.

California Superior Court Judge David Lampe ruled in favor of a Christian baker in Kern County who refused to bake a cake for a lesbian couple.