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Too bad we can’t be two places at once. I opted for DTLA but I wish the two events were on different nights. On one hand I wanted to be in WeHo with my friends and neighbors but on the other I felt there was a need to join a wider family gathering down town. I heard Lauren Meister speak on Sunday at the opening of the Pride Parade and her words while delivered in her typical low key manner, they where powerful and soothing at the same time. I saw a number of WeHo folks at the DTLA rally… Read more »
Mike Dolan
7 years ago
Mayor Pro Tem: John Heilman, was hosting international guests that were speaking the following day on Human Rights at our Council Chambers. Along with the principles from the Gay and Lesbian Center, these Human Rights speakers from Asia and abroad, were invited to the DTLA Candlelight Vigil, very successful and appropriate candlelight vigil; a very appropriate and far more inclusive than the Micky’s location. Councilmember Duran, was an invited speaker and gave a powerful and moving speech on the Orlando terrorist attack and was a speech that no one should have missed. As a West Hollywood resident, I was proud… Read more »
AM
7 years ago
Heilman has always used his council seat for self serving personal reasons & Duran’s hopes for political advancement are dead in the water. They are both at a political dead end but both still ego driven & delusional. Of course they went to the event downtown, both looking for personal publicity. Pathetic. Neither of them should run again. What will they do with their lives when they lose their seats next March & there are no vacated seats to temporarily fill? West Hollywood should no longer suffer while subsidizing Heilman’s & Duran’s personal delusions
Josh Kurpies
7 years ago
Wow, even in these moments of solidarity and unity, people within our own community are trying to divide us. I didn’t attend either of the two rallies, what does that make me?
Tragic events like the deadly Pulse shooting should not create walls in our community, they should tear them down. This may surprise some people, but lgbtq youth all over LA County, Southern California and even throughout the country look to WeHo Council (whether it be the city’s first mayor or it’s current one) in times like this for inspiration, motivation, confidence and leadership.
Larry Block.
7 years ago
Of the council members.. only D’Amico and Meister put local citizens and the people they represent ahead of their own plans or ambitions at the state or federal level. Duran was downtown. Heilman was downtown. Horvath was in DC.
Scott T Imler
7 years ago
Once again we gather at the tri-way of death, despair, and democracy for another rally, another parade, another music festival — to mourn our victimization, to blow our trumpet call to mourn, to blame, to fight back, to overcome — and then it’s back to work, back to shopping, back to the nightlife, and back to selecting the next leader of the free world, who will promise it all and deliver the same, until once again we gather . . . . in PRIDE ?
Williams
7 years ago
Durran was at the DTLA event. I am not a fan of his as a West Hollywood Council-member he is costing us millions with more lawsuits on the way. BUT he was wonderful and the man he was years ago. I did NOT want to like what he said but he was on point. To be fair, he moved us and reminded us that we are fighters. Heilman and Durran years ago were great leaders.
It did not take too long to figure out that Omar Mateen was Gay. That was obvious before the media released the information that Omar Mateen had been going to Pulse for years. The only surprise was that Omar was so far out of the closet — but still tormented by his family’s vile homophobia which had been reflected by many of America’s political and religious leaders. Then after repeal of DTDT and the Supreme Court Gay Marriage Decision, America started to hate Muslims more than it hated Gays, which of course did not make Omar feel very welcome in… Read more »
Woody McBreairty
7 years ago
Not surprised that Heilman & Duran opted for the more visible downtown event. I presume they both figured, you know, it was more worthy of their high profile political status. Some things never change.
Too bad we can’t be two places at once. I opted for DTLA but I wish the two events were on different nights. On one hand I wanted to be in WeHo with my friends and neighbors but on the other I felt there was a need to join a wider family gathering down town. I heard Lauren Meister speak on Sunday at the opening of the Pride Parade and her words while delivered in her typical low key manner, they where powerful and soothing at the same time. I saw a number of WeHo folks at the DTLA rally… Read more »
Mayor Pro Tem: John Heilman, was hosting international guests that were speaking the following day on Human Rights at our Council Chambers. Along with the principles from the Gay and Lesbian Center, these Human Rights speakers from Asia and abroad, were invited to the DTLA Candlelight Vigil, very successful and appropriate candlelight vigil; a very appropriate and far more inclusive than the Micky’s location. Councilmember Duran, was an invited speaker and gave a powerful and moving speech on the Orlando terrorist attack and was a speech that no one should have missed. As a West Hollywood resident, I was proud… Read more »
Heilman has always used his council seat for self serving personal reasons & Duran’s hopes for political advancement are dead in the water. They are both at a political dead end but both still ego driven & delusional. Of course they went to the event downtown, both looking for personal publicity. Pathetic. Neither of them should run again. What will they do with their lives when they lose their seats next March & there are no vacated seats to temporarily fill? West Hollywood should no longer suffer while subsidizing Heilman’s & Duran’s personal delusions
Wow, even in these moments of solidarity and unity, people within our own community are trying to divide us. I didn’t attend either of the two rallies, what does that make me?
Tragic events like the deadly Pulse shooting should not create walls in our community, they should tear them down. This may surprise some people, but lgbtq youth all over LA County, Southern California and even throughout the country look to WeHo Council (whether it be the city’s first mayor or it’s current one) in times like this for inspiration, motivation, confidence and leadership.
Of the council members.. only D’Amico and Meister put local citizens and the people they represent ahead of their own plans or ambitions at the state or federal level. Duran was downtown. Heilman was downtown. Horvath was in DC.
Once again we gather at the tri-way of death, despair, and democracy for another rally, another parade, another music festival — to mourn our victimization, to blow our trumpet call to mourn, to blame, to fight back, to overcome — and then it’s back to work, back to shopping, back to the nightlife, and back to selecting the next leader of the free world, who will promise it all and deliver the same, until once again we gather . . . . in PRIDE ?
Durran was at the DTLA event. I am not a fan of his as a West Hollywood Council-member he is costing us millions with more lawsuits on the way. BUT he was wonderful and the man he was years ago. I did NOT want to like what he said but he was on point. To be fair, he moved us and reminded us that we are fighters. Heilman and Durran years ago were great leaders.
It did not take too long to figure out that Omar Mateen was Gay. That was obvious before the media released the information that Omar Mateen had been going to Pulse for years. The only surprise was that Omar was so far out of the closet — but still tormented by his family’s vile homophobia which had been reflected by many of America’s political and religious leaders. Then after repeal of DTDT and the Supreme Court Gay Marriage Decision, America started to hate Muslims more than it hated Gays, which of course did not make Omar feel very welcome in… Read more »
Not surprised that Heilman & Duran opted for the more visible downtown event. I presume they both figured, you know, it was more worthy of their high profile political status. Some things never change.