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Council may rename street for gay activist
SAN DIEGO -- A proposal to rename a two-block street in Hillcrest in honor of slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk is scheduled to go before the San Diego City Council today. City officials believe Blaine Avenue, which contains a handful of houses and...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Milk (movie), Crime, Law and Justice, Harvey Milk, Gay Rights
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Judge halts jury selection after prosecutor's questions about sexual orientation
SAN DIEGO -- A judge Tuesday dismissed an entire jury pool after lawyers for six same-sex marriage activists accused of trespassing complained that prosecutors had challenged a prospective juror based on his sexual orientation. Superior Court Judge...
Tags: Judges, Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Same-Sex Marriage
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'Harvey Milk Street' waits for City Council OK
Fox 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO - A measure to rename a Hillcrest street after civil rights leader Harvey Milk is now awaiting city council's approval. Milk became an icon in the gay community in the 70's after being elected as the first openly gay official in California....Tags: Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Milk (movie), Harvey Milk, Gay Rights
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Sanders leads push for gay marriage
SAN DIEGO -- Mayor Jerry Sanders will be a co-chair of "Mayors for the Freedom to Marry,'' a group of 70 mayors who support gay and lesbian marriage rights, an aide said Wednesday.
The group will have its first event Friday in Washington in connection...Tags: Lobbying, Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Jerry Sanders
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Local gays, lesbians applaud Prop. 8 ruling
SAN DIEGO -- Tuesday's ruling by an appellate panel that Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, was unconstitutional, was hailed by Gov. Jerry Brown, Mayor Jerry Sanders and leaders of San Diego's gay and lesbian community.
"Today's...Tags: Social Issues, Justice System, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Judges, Trials
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Judge: Sweetwater District unfairly favored boys' sports
SAN DIEGO -- In a potentially precedent-setting decision, a federal judge in San Diego ruled that the Sweetwater Union High School District unfairly favored boys' sports over girls' sports at Castle Park High School by giving the boys better athletic...Tags: Social Issues, Justice System, High School Sports, Labor Legislation, College Sports
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DADT repeal thrills former military personnel
Fox 5 News ReporterFormer sailor Sean Sala believes in equality, but he didn’t have faith his government did until Tuesday. “We say that everybody deserves an equal chance and everybody deserves to be treated equally, but we weren’t doing that,”...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Arts and Culture, Culture, Gays and Lesbians
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Local poverty rate rose dramatically in 2010
SAN DIEGO -- The poverty rate in San Diego County was nearly 15 percent in 2010, up from 12.6 percent the year before, according to a report released Thursday by the Center for Policy Initiatives.
The CPI used 2010 U.S. Census data to derive its figures....Tags: Social Issues, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Poverty, African Americans, Africa
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Active-duty service members march in Pride Parade
City News ServiceSAN DIEGO -- The 37th annual Pride Parade was Saturday, with the first active-duty military contingent to participate in such an event since the armed forces announced its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy would be rescinded. Nearly 350 people, mostly...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Leon Panetta, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Gay Pride San Diego
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San Diego proclaims July 'LGBT Pride Month'
SAN DIEGO -- The City Council Tuesday unanimously proclaimed July to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month in San Diego.
The declaration was presented by Councilmen Carl DeMaio and Todd Gloria, the two openly gay members on the eight-...Tags: Hillcrest, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Pride San Diego, New York, Gays and Lesbians
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LGBT celebrates "don't ask, don't tell" repeal
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO--The countdown is on: less than 60 days to go before the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy is history. Council members, service members, and members of the Hillcrest community gathered at The Center to celebrate the certification of the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health, Same-Sex Marriage, Elections, U.S. Navy
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