Janet Mock has a career as a writer and journalist; she’s an editor for People.com. She’s young, beautiful and African American. Recently, she came out as a woman of transsexual experience. Mock came out in conjunction with releasing a video for the It Gets Better project – a video series created by Dan Savage to…
Strange things happen in this world. Bizarre things! I remember as a child, my mom had just made a bologna sandwich, complete with Wonder Bread. Just as I was ready to take a bite – plop! – a bird had just flown over and snatched the sandwich from me. Strange things happen. And sometimes these…
Three decades, 650,000 deaths in the United States, 7,000 known deaths in San Diego County and still no cure. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome – commonly known by its acronym, AIDS – was first documented on June 5, 1981 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The LGBT community has never been the same. AIDS…
Editor’s Note: Not by any means is this meant to be an exhaustive list. It is simply a tribute to the talent and energy lost to AIDS in the local LGBT community. Albert Bell “At some point in your life, you’re faced with: ‘Are you going to shut up and die quietly? Or are you…
Before the AIDS epidemic hit, the gay and lesbian communities were largely separated; however, nothing brings together people like grief. As gay men were dying, the lesbian community stepped forward to help care for the sick. They became “buddies” for those suffering from HIV and AIDS – cooking food, cleaning apartments, running errands and too…
AIDS Walk The LGBT Center presents the annual AIDS Walk and Run, an event designed to increase awareness about the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic and to raise funds for the agencies and programs. AIDS Walk is San Diego’s largest one-day HIV/AIDS fundraiser. 619-692-2077 aidswalksd.org Auntie Helen’s Started in 1988, Auntie Helen’s provides free laundry service for…
The Gay Men’s Spiritual Retreat (GMSR) has served the spiritual needs of the San Diego gay community for 20 years. This year, the organization’s annual retreat will take place June 10-12 at Camp Stevens in Julian, CA and provide attendees with a sober, supportive environment of fellowship, workshops, drug and alcohol rehabilitation and recreation. The…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced this week that the Grammy-Award-winning actress and native New Yorker Vanessa Williams has joined the dozens of high-profile celebrities, political figures and ordinary citizens taking a stand for marriage equality in New York. Williams, who made a name for herself when she was crowned the first African-American Miss America…
