Mike Tidmus

Bad news for the anti-gays at the Pacific Justice Institute. On Monday, the Christian legal goons attempted to sue the Governor and Attorney General of California, and, thereby, force them to defend California’s heinous 2008 ballot initiative, Proposition 8. The Associated Press’ Lisa Leff has that story. Fast forward to today, and, without explanation, the [...]

“A multitude of evangelical leaders cried foul with the gay marriage activist ruling of homosexual federal judge Vaughn Walker. Yet, it was Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush who put Walker on the bench. Church leaders foam at the mouth in simulated shock and awe due to the abortions and same-sex marriages being promoted [...]

California now has a Ronald Reagan Day. That’s disgusting. Conan the California AIDS Budget Destroyer did his little photo-op with Nancy Reagan today in Simi Valley. Reagan’s AIDS Legacy / Silence equals death San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate As America remembers the life of Ronald Reagan, it must never forget his shameful abdication of leadership in the [...]

Bill Moyers Journal (video: MarriageTrial at YouTube) Attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies discussed the ongoing Prop 8 trial, Perry v Schwarzenegger, with PBS’s Bill Moyers. Embedding the video is not allowed, but you can kick back and watch it Chez Moyers. Moyers sets the stage: It’s true. Ted Olson, a conservative, and David Boies, a [...]

The San Francisco AIDS Foundation has set up a page that allows visitors to send a message to Governor Schwarzenegger urging the Governor to not diminish funding levels for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). Please take a few minutes and add your voice in support of this life-saving program. Urge Governor Schwarzenegger to fully [...]

Journalist Dan Aiello, writing at California Progress Report, has a great piece with some notable reactions to the signing, by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, of a bill honoring Harvey Milk with a “special day of significance” in California: The governor’s endorsement comes just one year after Schwarzenegger vetoed similar legislation intended to create “a special day [...]

Scooter, Hillcrest (photo: Mike Tidmus) The week kicks off with a bittersweet Monday. We were cheered, this morning, to learn that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had signed several pieces of GLBT-positive legislation — including the Harvey Milk Day bill — into California law, but tonight we’ll gather to remember the life and tragic loss of gay [...]

Arnold gets milk … at last (graphic: Mike Tidmus) Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed the Harvery Milk Day bill and a bill requiring California to recognize marriages performed in other states where same sex marriage is legal into law. Is that the sound of anti-gay heads I hear exploding? Dan Smith, at The Sacramento Bee, [...]

California State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano isn’t denying that he told Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to “Kiss my gay ass” on the heels of yelling “You lie!” when the Governor made an unexpected appearance and addressed a Bay Area Democratic fundraising shindig. Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, who recently lunched with Schwarzenegger, was less than amused [...]

“Recently, Gov. Schwarzenegger wiped out the entire California state contribution to the AIDS budget and there was very little reaction from the community. In one stroke of the pen, the governor wiped out 28 years of community activism and it barely made a wave. This could be seen as a sign of progress. Gay life [...]

Did you know that every 9 1/2 minutes, someone in the US is infected with HIV? Did you know that as many as 220,000 Americans do not know they are living with HIV? (graphic: San Diego AIDS Walk 2009) AIDS Walk San Diego is next Sunday, 27 September. More than two dozen of our local [...]

Did you know that we have a new diagnosis of AIDS every single day in San Diego County? Did you know that 1 out of 5 people in San Diego who know their HIV status are not receiving care? (graphic: San Diego AIDS Walk 2009) Please, don’t forget that AIDS Walk San Diego is coming up on [...]

L-R: EQCA Government Affairs Director Alice Kessler, EQCA Executive Director Geoff Kors, National Center for Lesbian Rights Executive Director Kate Kendell, Senator Mark Leno (photo: Charlie Peer, Outword, courtesy of Equality California) Yesterday (10 September 2009), Equality California and California State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) delivered close to 40,000 petitions with the names of Californians [...]

Let’s talk about apathy. Let’s talk about why people say things like: AIDS Walk? … that’s so 1990s … it’s just not that big a deal anymore. Let’s start by dispelling the myth that, with the advent of antiviral drugs, AIDS is now nothing more than one of many chronic manageable illnesses like high blood [...]

Bring your own shade (photo: mine) As September blazes into San Diego, please note, AIDS Walk San Diego is slated for Sunday, 27 September. Now would be a great time to start thinking about how you’re going to pitch in and help out. Here’s what’s coming up in sunny San Diego. Tuesday, 1 September: Coffee [...]