Michael Sam signs with Montreal Alouettes

MONTREAL – The Montreal Alouettes announced today that the club has signed international defensive end Michael Sam to a two-year deal. Sam (6’2’’, 260 lbs.) joins the Alouettes after spending the 2014 season in the National Football League with the St. Louis Rams and the Dallas Cowboys. The 25-year-old athlete developed his playing abilities with the…

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San Diego Writers, Ink’s annual fundraiser set for June 7

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Writers, Ink’s (SDWI) are asking the community to spread the word about their annual fundraiser Blazing Laptops. The all-day writing marathon helps support writing programs for the non-profit. Twenty-three participants have already signed up for the event scheduled for June 7, and the group has achieved 15 percent of its…

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Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship Program now accepting applications for fall 2015/spring 2016 semester scholarship awards

SAN FRANCISCO — The Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship Program is now accepting applications from students interested in applying for Fall 2015/Spring 2016 scholarships. The Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship Program, a program of the National AIDS Memorial Grove, recognizes, supports and encourages the educational efforts of young people committed to active roles of public…

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Same Difference: An LGBT youth documentary set to premiere in June (VIDEO)

Same Difference is a feature length documentary film that shows the difference between learning in a supportive school climate versus an oppressive school climate, featuring stories from Justin Aaberg and Graeme Taylor. Same Difference presents the lives of two real-life adolescent boys who identify as gay from a young age. The film demonstrates a schools’ responsibility…

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#AskTheHIVDoc! A new YouTube series from Greater Than AIDS

MENLO PARK, Calif.– Two out of every three new HIV infections in the U.S. today are among gay and bisexual men. Yet, according to a national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, few are talking about HIV with their health care providers. Greater Than AIDS is working to break that silence. Leading HIV doctors give…

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Watch: New trailer for transgender reality show ‘Becoming Us’

Today, HRC released a new trailer for the ABC Family documentary series Becoming Us. From Ryan Seacrest Productions comes ABC Family’s new docu-series “Becoming Us.” The series centers on a teenager named Ben who is learning to live with his dad becoming a woman. The series will follow Ben, his family and his friends as…

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Lambda Archives of San Diego hires new digital archivist

After a months’ long search, Ken Selnick has joined the staff of Lambda Archives of San Diego as their new digitization archivist. Selnick is a part-time librarian at the National City Public Library. He has Bachelors in History from San Diego State and a Masters of Library Science with an archival concentration from Simmons College…

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San Diego: More than 1,100 supporters of equality to gather in honor of Harvey Milk May 21

SAN DIEGO — More than 1,100 leaders from the LGBT, Latino, African-American, labor and business communities will gather for the Seventh Annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast at The Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, 1 Park Blvd in San Diego in celebration of Harvey Milk’s life and work for human rights. During the event, which starts…

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