SDG&E has donated $10,000 to The LGBT Community Center. The funds will support the Hillcrest Youth Center. The Hillcrest Youth Center (HYC) is the only drop-in and recreational center in San Diego County dedicated to the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and HIV+ youth. HYC provides computer access, health education, basic financial education,…
The LGBT community took to the streets June 11 for the fifth annual Pride parade in Ensenada, Mexico. The event was supported by businesses and foundations across the border, including Foundation for Change, F Street, Palm Springs Pride and San Diego Pride.
The San Diego Democratic Club will host a panel discussion on the unprecedented range of attacks, ranging from lies or “not factual statements” about the percentage of Planned Parenthood’s budget dedicated to abortion, defunding attempts at the State and Federal levels, restrictions on access to health care services and even clinic attacks and assassinations of…
UC San Diego School of Medicine’s Lead the Way campaign, the world’s first comprehensive “test and treat” model of HIV prevention, has launched a mobile testing campaign in the 92103 and 92104 zip codes. Trained HIV testers from UCSD’s Antiviral Research Center are visiting residential locations in randomly-selected areas throughout the two zip codes to…
Tijuana’s 16th gay and lesbian Pride march hits the streets Saturday, June 18, at 5 p.m. Several hundred people joined last year’s parade down Revolution Avenue, the city center’s main drag. That was about 10 times more than the 85 pioneers who marched in the city’s first gay Pride parade in 1995. Last year’s sponsors…
Mahogany Run Delivery, a high-end furniture moving and staging company, is hosting its first mega storage sale this weekend with proceeds going to several San Diego non-profit organizations. The two-day event is June 17, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and July 18, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the 11,000 square foot warehouse at 9369…
Community identity, neighborhood beautification and competitive fun collide on Saturday, June 18, with the running of The Amazing High Heel Race, a scavenger hunt event connecting participating local businesses in Hillcrest, intended as a fundraiser for the construction of a 65-foot Pride flag pole monument. The race, which is scheduled to begin at Baja Betty’s…
San Diego boasts a rich arts community – and for the last 25 years, the La Jolla Festival of the Arts has championed local talent, including a variety of LGBT artists, at their beloved annual event. This summer, the festival will celebrate a quarter-century of art and activism on behalf of the San Diego…
San Diego LGBT Pride welcomes Spirit of Stonewall rally keynote speaker Marianne Williamson, a New York Times best-selling author and founder of the Peace Alliance and Project Angel Food in Los Angeles. She’ll be joined by Tucson hero and political activist Daniel Hernandez Jr., who came to the immediate aid of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after…
