Mama’s Pantry, a service of Mama’s Kitchen, is seeking the public’s help to host food drives throughout the county, to ensure the shelves are full with nutritious non-perishable food items. “February is the month of love, and we encourage local businesses, schools, places of worship and social clubs to sponsor one or more of our…
The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) and the Amazon Breast Project present Red Hot Love, on Saturday, Feb. 26, 6-9 p.m. at The Center, 3909 Centre Street. Red Hot Love is a women’s nightclub made especially for Valentine’s, or those looking for one! Enjoy dancing, door prizes, snacks, a fabulous raffle and a no-host bar for…
The San Diego Wrestling Club hosts its fifth annual Bulldogs Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 19, beginning at 1 p.m. in the main auditorium of The LGBT Center, 3909 Centre Street. Spectators are welcome to come view the wrestling tournament for a suggested $5 donation to the club. The tournament features wrestlers from San Diego,…
San Diego hosts a star-studded educator’s conference with the second annual international educator conference focused on LGBTQIA youth, Feb. 25-27. This year’s conference, entitled Solutions To A Crisis, seeks to empower school counselors and educators to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer/questioning, intersex and allied youth. “Basically, our kids are struggling in our schools,” said…
More than 15 local health and social service providers have teamed up to create a large-scale social marketing campaign, called We Know Different, to encourage young Latino gay men in San Diego County to find out their HIV status by getting tested. Led by the Center for Strengthening Youth Prevention Paradigms (SYPP Center) at Children’s…
An Imperial Beach man was ordered Monday to stand trial for felony battery of a gay man who at the time was running for a South Bay school board seat when he was punched and kicked at a fast food restaurant. Andrew Valencia, 30, testified about how he had to get root canal treatment for…
Three men were assaulted Saturday morning, Feb. 12 in Mid City, during a fight that began with derogatory comments about the victim’s sexual orientation, according to a police report. Four males were walking in the 3900 block of 46th or 47th streets at about 1:30 a.m. Four other males, wearing dark clothing, made derogatory comments…
San Diego Police have released a composite sketch of one of the suspects that allegedly assaulted several people in a series of paintball attacks several weeks ago. The first reported incident was Jan. 24 at approximately 10:20 p.m. at The LGBT Center in Hillcrest. A dark car pulled up and someone yelled gay slurs and…
The California Supreme Court granted the request to take a certified question today, as requested by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The question challenged the legitimacy of Prop. 8 in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger California case. How will this affect the LGBT community and politics everywhere in the nation? If a…
The conservative and widely circulated New Hampshire Union Leader ran a full-page ad today advocating equal rights and marriage equality in the form of a letter to the New Hampshire legislature. The ad, sponsored by New Hampshire Freedom to Marry, features a letter from former Marine and self-declared conservative Craig Stowell in which he chastises…
