San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

A San Diego LGBT activist and community leader was honored with not one, but two "Keys to the City" late last month. 

City Commissioner Nicole M. Ramirez, or "the Mayor of Hillcrest," was bestowed this rare honor by mayors Jackie Biskupski and Linda Gorton of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Lexington, Kentucky respectively. 

In 2016, the then Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus officially announced that three naval vessels would be named after prominent U.S. civil rights leaders which include Congressman John Lewis, gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, and U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy.

The International Imperial Courts of the U.S.A, Canada, and Mexico, and the National LGBTQ Task Force are currently accepting nominations for a joint project -- the establishment of a National LGBTQ Wall of Honor to be located inside the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City.

The Nominations are being accepted until March 25th.

This week marked the 20th commemoration of the torture, lynching and ultimate death of Matthew Shepard. The 21-year-old was tied to a barbed wire fence and left to die on a cold Wyoming night. 

Nicole Murray-Ramirez, Queen Mother I of the Americas, has released a special message on this day of remembrance.

This past weekend Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez flew to San Francisco to attend memorial events on the fifth anniversary of the death of LGBT activist Empress Jose Julio Sarria. 

In 1961 Sarria, a World War II veteran, made history when he became the first openly gay candidate to run for public office (San Francisco Board of Supervisors).

OAKLAND, California – This past Friday at the Alameda Ducal Council annual coronation, Queen Mother of the America’s Nicole Murray-Ramirez presented Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff and Emeryville Mayor John Bauters with the International Jose Julio Sarria Civil Rights award.

Over 500 children from all over San Diego got a visit from the Easter Bunny at the 16th annual Easter Egg Hunt at Trolley Barn Park in University Heights on Sunday.

This popular event brings the community together every year as they collect baskets and bicycles to give away to underprivileged children county-wide.  

San Diego Sen. Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) made history this afternoon when she is sworn in as the California Senate’s 48th president pro tempore, the first woman and first lesbian to hold the top seat in the Senate.

Every year the Imperial Court de San Diego helps to feed the community during the holidays and this year was no exception. On Thursday both The Court and The San Diego LGBT Community Center (The Center) hosted the 29th Annual Scott Carlson Thanksgiving Community Dinner & Food Drive.

San Diego City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez is in Washington DC for seven days, not only to march in our nation’s capital, but also as one of the national co-chairs.