LGBT Resource Center celebrates 15 years of changing the culture at UC San Diego

The last campus in the UC system to have an LGBT office, today the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center at UC San Diego is one of the largest in the nation. In the early 1990s, concerned staff, faculty and student activists sought to establish a Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center at the University of California,…

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San Diego Symphony announces 2015-2016 City Lights and International Passport Series

The San Diego Symphony has announced its 2015-2016 City Lights pops lineup and International Passport Series, which features musical acts from around the world. Both series take place at the Jacobs Music Center – Copley Symphony Hall in downtown San Diego. City Lights Marvin Hamlisch, San Diego Symphony’s former principal pops conductor, will be honored…

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Sir Ian McKellen announced as Trevor Hero award honoree at ‘TrevorLIVE’ New York, June 15

NEW YORK, NY– Celebrating 16 years, The Trevor Project will honor Sir Ian McKellen with the Trevor Hero Award at “TrevorLIVE New York” on June 15th at the Marriott Marquis, presented by Wells Fargo. McKellen will be honored for his ongoing support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) community. Maine’s Ryan Fecteau, the youngest…

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Special Delivery receives grants for diabetes nutrition program

SAN DIEGO – Special Delivery San Diego has recently received grants totaling $55,000 from Bank of America Foundation, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Domanica Foundation and Kaiser Permanente to fund its Diabetes Nutrition Program, announced Ruth Henricks, executive director. “We are honored and so very pleased to receive this support from such prestigious organizations to fund…

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GLAAD releases new Studio Responsibility Index; finds slight improvement in LGBT images in films released by seven largest studios

LOS ANGELES – GLAAD today released its third annual Studio Responsibility Index (SRI), a report that maps the quantity, quality, and diversity of images of LGBT people in films released by the seven largest motion picture studios during the 2014 calendar year. For the first time, GLAAD this year also tracked LGBT representations in films…

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LGBT first responders sought for athletic scholarship opportunity

SAN DIEGO – United States Police & Fire Championships (USPFC) announced today they have partnered with San Diego Pride to offer 5 – $100 OUT & Proud Athlete Scholarships. USPFC embodies the strongly held American value of honoring the full diversity of this country and our collective work toward liberty and justice for all. USPFC…

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