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The Defense Department on Thursday announced it is allowing service members to march in uniform in a gay pride parade for the first time in U.S. history.
The Defense Department on Thursday announced it is allowing service members to march in uniform in a gay pride parade for the first time in U.S. history.
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Pride Weekend festivities are set to begin Friday evening in Hillcrest with the raising of a rainbow flag up a 65-foot pole recently approved by the City Council.
The symbolic banner will wave over the traditional heart of San Diego's LGBT community. Council members this year not only approved the flagpole but also renamed a two-block roadway in Hillcrest Harvey Milk Street in honor of the slain gay rights leader.
The theme of this year's event is "America's Pride: Equality is an American Value."
Organizers also will hold their Stonewall Rally Friday in remembrance of a 1969 protest in New York City. The keynote speaker is scheduled to be Clarence Jones, a lawyer for Martin Luther King Jr. who helped draft the famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
The Pride Parade - which organizers estimate drew almost 200,000 viewers last year - will start Saturday at 11 a.m. along University and Sixth avenues in Hillcrest.
Around 400 active-duty members of the military are expected to march in the parade in uniform.
Last year, soon after the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was abolished, members of the armed services who marched wore t-shirts. Approval to wear uniforms this year was granted by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Rene Bardorf, as long as standards of appearance are maintained.
A two-day festival is set for Balboa Park, with numerous entertainment acts scheduled. Comic Sandra Bernhard will headline Saturday's slate, while British singer Natasha Bedingfield, who is straight but has a strong LGBT fan base, caps the Sunday lineup.
Tuesday, August 14 2018 11:18 AM EDT2018-08-14 15:18:56 GMT
A wildfire that investigators believe was deliberately set just west of San Diego Zoo Safari Park, one of three to erupt in the area in as many weeks, prompted evacuations and forced the closure of a stretch of the rural highway that fronts the popular wild animal exhibition grounds.
A wildfire that investigators believe was deliberately set just west of San Diego Zoo Safari Park, one of three to erupt in the area in as many weeks, prompted evacuations and forced the closure of a stretch of the rural highway that fronts the popular wild animal exhibition grounds.
Tuesday, August 14 2018 10:58 AM EDT2018-08-14 14:58:35 GMT
A night out at Petco Park was a home run Monday for kids battling cancer as they were treated to a true game day experience as the Padres took on the Angels.
A night out at Petco Park was a home run Monday for kids battling cancer as they were treated to a true game day experience as the Padres took on the Angels.
Tuesday, August 14 2018 10:57 AM EDT2018-08-14 14:57:49 GMT
Have you ever been late to a party or a ball game because you can’t find parking? A new app based in San Diego is promising to end the days of circling the block.
Have you ever been late to a party or a ball game because you can’t find parking? A new app based in San Diego is promising to end the days of circling the block.
Monday, August 13 2018 9:49 PM EDT2018-08-14 01:49:20 GMT
A ruptured water line on a hillside flooded a Loma Portal-area neighborhood Monday afternoon, forcing evacuations and leaving at least one home soaked and filled with mud.
A ruptured water line on a hillside flooded a Loma Portal-area neighborhood Monday afternoon, forcing evacuations and leaving at least one home soaked and filled with mud.
