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The organizer of San Diego Pride, Ron DeHarte, was attacked on Saturday at the city's annual Equality Torch Relay.
Kenyatta Mitchell was arrested after taunting DeHarte with homophobic slurs, kicking at him and trying to take his Pride flag.
Mitchell walked away when he realized a local news crew had caught the incident on camera.
DeHarte was not injured in the attack despite reports he had been hit twice in the face.
Mitchell was later arrested on an outstanding warrant for weapons possession, trespassing, and violating a restraining order. He is also expected to face an additional battery charge over the incident.
by Alannna Berman The Daily Aztec San Diego State University
Bryan Moreluck spoke to the Associated Students Council about a recent incident involving a gay student on campus. At 12:59 a.m. last Monday, the student was leaving the Arts and Letters building when he was chased and beaten. The student was in the hospital as of Wednesday. Moreluck invited the council to think about this incident further and be aware that homophobia is rampant and affects all people.
by Rex Wockner Gay & Lesbian Times - San Diego News
Pride Rocks event moved from Manchester Grand Hyatt
In apparent response to media inquiries, PlanetOut Inc., the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the Human Rights Campaign acted swiftly April 22 and 23 to dissociate themselves from the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego.
PlanetOut, GLAAD and Global Hyatt Corp. have partnered to offer a Pride 2008 GLAAD Package rate at 26 hotels nationally and to stage “Pride Rocks” parties at three hotels, in San Diego, San Francisco and Boston.
But, the San Diego party now will be moved to another location in protest of the $125,000 donation by the owner of the San Diego hotel, Doug Manchester, to the ongoing campaign to amend the California Constitution to permanently ban same-sex marriage.
The issue of gay and lesbian equality, including marriage equality, came home for Republican Mayor of San Diego Jerry Sanders last year; now, his support for his lesbian daughter and her rights is translating into a push by GLBT Democrats to get Sanders re-elected.
The Washington Blade reported on the development in a May 2 story, citing efforts by gay Democrat Stampp Corbin, who backs Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and Nicole Muray-Ramirez, the lesbian city commissioner of San Diego to help Sanders stay in office.
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