Randy Dotinga, Author at Voice of San Diego

Organizers of the Gay Center for Social Services gather at its Golden Hill headquarters in 1973.

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When San Diego Fought Over Banning Gay Teachers

by Randy Dotinga July 20, 2024July 19, 2024

In 1978, local leaders and GOP bigshots united to fight a statewide initiative.

A Hillcrest sign can be seen above the bar at Rich's in Hillcrest on May 30, 2021.

They Were Here, They Were Queer: San Diego’s Historic LGBTQ Sites

by Randy Dotinga July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

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The Shadows Under the Sun: 2022’s Great Journalism About San Diego

by Randy Dotinga December 29, 2022December 31, 2022

The Raschke family featured earlier this summer in Voice of San Diego, were finally able to move into a three bedroom apartment all their own last week. Lulu, 4, celebrated the freshly-painted, carpeted bedroom she will share with her sister by tossing a shiny new blue dress in the air and catching it. / Photo by Peggy Peattie for Voice of San Diego

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Loss and Struggle, but Triumphs Too: The Tales We Told in 2022

by Randy Dotinga December 26, 2022December 28, 2022

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Talk About Pork: The Slop-py Origins of the People’s Ordinance

by Randy Dotinga November 7, 2022November 6, 2022

President Biden arrives at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to attend a get-out-the-vote event for Rep. Mike Levin in Oceanside on Nov. 3, 2022.

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Hail to the Chiefs: San Diego Hosts Its 15th President in a Row

by Randy Dotinga November 3, 2022November 3, 2022

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Monkeypox FAQ: S.D.’s Outbreak Is Slowing, But Risk Remains

by Randy Dotinga August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

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San Diego’s Abortion History: From Pre-‘Pro-Life’ Reagan to a Clinic Bombing Plot

by Randy Dotinga July 21, 2022July 20, 2022

Villa Montezuma house and female impersonator and Alpine resident Julian Eltinge

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Before Gay Meant Gay: Meet San Diego’s Early LGBTQ Pioneers

by Randy Dotinga July 14, 2022July 15, 2022

San Diego’s History as a Haven for Desperate Women

by Randy Dotinga July 3, 2022July 4, 2022