North County LGBTQ Resource Center expanding its HIV-AIDS free services

Thanks to the generous support of the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) and the long term collaboration with Vista Community Clinic, the North County LGBTQ Resource Center is now expanding its HIV-AIDS free services. Beginning this week, in addition to the already existing Wednesday testing they have added Friday as well! FREE HIV TESTING…

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Hattiesburg, Miss. passes resolution recognizing LGBT residents

Last night, Hattiesburg, Miss.  unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the dignity and worth of all city residents – including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). Hattiesburg is the second Mississippi municipality to pass such a resolution in the past month, with the city of Starkville taking similar action last month. Human Rights…

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Iranian pop sensation, Googoosh, breaks new barriers with pro-gay song (VIDEO)

Iconic pop legend Googoosh (aka Faegheh Atashin) has released a new, pro-gay song and video entitled Behesht (Heaven) that has earned her a new generation of fans as well howls of protest. Behesht portrays a lesbian couple in a relationship banned by both society and by their families. According to England’s The Guardian, which first…

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NRO’s Prager: ‘Incest, polygamy are logical consequences of marriage equality’

Media Matters for America’s latest post reveals that nationally syndicated columnist and National Review Online (NRO) contributor Dennis Prager has declared that the “radical and extreme” notion of marriage equality leaves “no plausible argument” against polygamy or marriages between brothers and sisters or parents and children. In his February 18 syndicated column, Prager assailed a spate of…

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San Diego REP to stage slate of world and regional premieres in 2014-2015

SAN DIEGO – San Diego REPertory Theatre (San Diego REP) San Diego REP has announced their Season 39 line-up. Each of the six productions for 2014-2015 in San Diego REP’s 39th season “The Pianist of Willesden Lane,” “Honky,” “Steal Heaven,” “Oedipus El Rey,” “Uncanny Valley,” and “Lifeline: The Music of Harry Nilsson” is brand new…

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Members of Pussy Riot released in Sochi

Two members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot were detained briefly Tuesday in central Sochi, after apparently being considered suspects in a theft at their hotel, and then released, CNN reported. Earlier in the day, band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were meeting with journalists when police detained them, according to Tolokonnikova’s husband, Petr…

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Quasi-official polls show overwhelming majority of NFL players OK with gay teammate

For Michael Sam fans worried about the effects of him being openly gay in a major league sport, a recent survey by ESPN, and published by Sports Illustrated, should prove heartening. Of the 55 players surveyed, almost an entire team’s roster, an overwhelming majority (86 percent) said they would have no problem with a gay…

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Moscow-born pop star celebrates LGBT community with new music video (VIDEO)

http://youtu.be/xoEW9aTbFoc NEW YORK,  — The whole world is watching Russia. As the Sochi Olympics approach the halfway mark, a new law from Moscow bans international adoptions by gay couples as well as single people from nations that allow same-sex marriage — just in case these singles are gay. Russia’s so-called “gay propaganda law” also has stirred…

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Critical Voice LGBT youth coalition hosts self-care health fair: Feb. 23

Critical Voice, a coalition of LGBT teens, will present a health “boot camp” aimed at empowering young people to take charge of their physical, emotional and mental health, Sunday, Feb. 23 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Golden Hill Youth Center, 2220 Broadway in San Diego. Timed to coincide with the emotional turmoil teens…

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