San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

(WASHINGTON) – President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he planned to appoint openly gay attorney David Huebner as the U.S. ambassador to New Zeland and Samoa.

(CHICAGO)-- While the cold and flu season serves as a primary culprit in workplace absences, the economy may be a factor as well this year. According to an annual survey by CareerBuilder, nearly one-third of workers have played hooky from the office this year, calling in sick when they were well at least once.

The Newsom for California campaign announced today that Sam Diego Congressman Bob Filner, Chairman of the House of
Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, has endorsed Mayor Gavin Newsom for governor.

(SAN DIEGO)--An Oceanside lesbian whose doctors denied her infertility treatment based on her sexual orientation has reached a settlement with her former physicians in her historic lawsuit against them.

(SAN DIEGO) Barney & Barney, San Diego's oldest and largest insurance brokerage firm, officially ended its summer-long centennial celebration last week with an October 1 event at the San Diego Natural History Museum. As part of the commemoration, more than $260,000 in grant funding was allocated to local charities.

The Human Rights Campaign announced today that President Barack Obama will deliver the keynote address at the 13th Annual National Dinner, taking place this Saturday in Washington, D.C.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA, WASHINGTON, DC and ROCHESTER, NY)– October 6, 2009 – According to the 2009 Out & Equal Workplace Survey, other factors being equal, 71 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) adults would prefer a job with an employer based in a state where marriage equality is recognized over an employer based in a state that does not yet recognize marriage equality for

(NEW YORK) A new study released by Bankrate, Inc. shows that the vast majority of working Americans plan to work as long as they can during retirement age, showing a redefinition of how Americans view traditional retirement plans.

(SAN DIEGO) On October 12, 2009, San Diego’s Republican mayor Jerry Sanders will be joining the La Jolla Playhouse cast in the reading of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later.

A new national survey shows the economic downturn is taking a toll on the mental health of Americans. Individuals who are unemployed are four times as likely as those with jobs to report symptoms consistent with severe mental illness.