Category Archives: San Diego

Love Wins – Pride 2019

Posted on July 17, 2019 by barbaraweicksel

San Diego Pride 2019 has come and gone, and I’m left with very mixed emotions. Sad that it’s all over, happy that I was part of something so joyful and loving and so very powerful, and uncertain as to what … Continue reading →

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My 2019 Happy Pride

Posted on July 5, 2019 by barbaraweicksel

Those of you who have followed me over the years know how the San Diego Pride Parade changed my life some 17 years ago. I was 4 months from being 50 years old when I sat along 6th Avenue and … Continue reading →

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Gay Pride Parades – Now More Than Ever

Posted on June 24, 2017 by barbaraweicksel

I’m always hopeful when I write about Gay Pride that this will be the last year I have to explain why indeed it is we still need Gay Pride Parades. Ask me why we need Gay Pride Parades, and I’ll … Continue reading →

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Yes, Gay Pride Still Matters

Posted on June 30, 2016 by barbaraweicksel

On July 16th I will celebrate my 14th San Diego Pride Parade. I remember my first Pride Parade in 2002 like it was yesterday. I was 49 years old, still mostly in the big gay closet, but trying really hard … Continue reading →

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It’s Still About Pride

Posted on July 14, 2015 by barbaraweicksel

With marriage equality now supported by the highest court in our land; I’ve been asked that since we’ve won this one – will I finally just stop talking – will I finally stop shoving my “agenda” down the throat of … Continue reading →

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2015 – And So It Begins

Posted on January 1, 2015 by barbaraweicksel

Ready or not – another year looms in front of us – which also means another year is behind us. The question is – what will you do with this New Year – this 2015? I am not a New … Continue reading →

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Life is about Your Choices – Choose Wisely.

Posted on July 28, 2014 by barbaraweicksel

Perhaps the answers to life lie in not where we’re going, but where we have been. And maybe not so much where we have been, but who was there with us – who traveled the road with us. Who ran … Continue reading →

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Musings on The Fires Burning Around Me.

Posted on May 15, 2014 by barbaraweicksel

For the past 2 days I have thought of little other than the fires that are burning to the North and East of my home here in San Diego County. It’s been unusually hot in San Diego County – over … Continue reading →

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Is This All There Is?

Posted on April 25, 2014 by barbaraweicksel

Lots of “stuff” running through my mind this morning – you know what I’m talking about…  Nothing in particular, just a whole bunch of jumbled up thoughts that didn’t seem to have comas separating them. I decided to take myself … Continue reading →

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Pride is a little more proud this year.

Posted on July 11, 2013 by barbaraweicksel

I’ve been asked numerous times why it is that “you gay people” need a parade.  One person suspected that it was merely a chance for me to “prance around in your underwear.”  Let me be clear – I have never … Continue reading →

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