Manchester Grand Hyatt

San Diego Pride hotel partners accepting reservations for this summer's festivities

SDGLN Staff
March 16th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Those who are making plans to travel to San Diego this summer for the annual San Diego LGBT Pride Parade and Festival, "America's Pride," should look to San Diego Pride's official partner hotels.

LGBT community reacts negatively to San Diego Union-Tribune's sale to Doug Manchester

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
November 17th, 2011

SAN DIEGO – San Diego’s 143-year-old daily newspaper, The San Diego Union-Tribune, has been sold to MLIM LLC, an investment firm owned by entrepreneur Doug Manchester. The news did not go over well in San Diego's large LGBT community, considering that Manchester was a big supporter of Proposition 8 that took away marriage equality.

VIDEOS: Ken St. Pierre says rappeling was "not as scary as I thought"

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
August 19th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- Ken St. Pierre has gone over the edge!

As part of a media "test-run" of tomorrow's Over the Edge for KIT event, St. Pierre rappelled 33-stories down one side of the south tower of the Manchester Grand Hyatt Friday morning.

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VIDEO: Ken St. Pierre is going over the edge -- for charity!

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
August 18th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- Rappelling down the side of the tallest waterfront building on the West Coast is not something that Ken St. Pierre ever thought that he would do -- especially for a charity.

SDGLN Poll: Readers ready to attend events at Manchester Grand Hyatt now that it has new owners

SDGLN Staff
June 27th, 2011

A majority of readers of San Diego Gay & Lesbian News who took our poll say they will begin attending events at the Manchester Grand Hyatt now that it has been sold.

LGBT activists and their allies began boycotting the hotel after its former owner made a sizable donation to support Proposition 8.

Our poll question was: Will you attend events at the Manchester Grand Hyatt now that it has been sold?

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VIDEO: Mama's Kitchen honors volunteers with gala at Manchester Grand Hyatt

SDGLN Staff
June 20th, 2011

Editor's note: The Manchester Grand Hyatt is no longer owned by Doug Manchester. Manchester and his hotel were the subject of a long-standing boycott by the LGBT community and their allies because of his support of the Yes on 8 campaign to overturn gay marriage rights in California.