The San Diego Human Dignity Foundation’s (SDHDF) fifth annual ‘Reunion on the Bay’ is coming up Saturday, Aug. 6 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. where the ‘Love Goddess,’ actress and comedian, Judy Tenuta, will perform selections from her standup comedy and musical acts. Also known as ‘The Aphrodite of the Accordion’ Judy Tenuta was…
Updated 6/28/16 Mayor Kevin Faulconer, former Mayor Jerry Sanders, City Commissioner Nicole Murray-Ramirez, District 3 Councilman Elect Chris Ward and City Commissioner Susan Jester will gather June 29 to officially open BLVD Treatment Centers’ new Hillcrest location. BLVD Treatment Centers’ CEO Stampp Corbin and Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Lauren Costine will also be present at…
San Diego Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Senior Pastor Dan Koeshall was really surprised and shocked June 19 when a community service award he thought was going to someone else was actually presented to him. Koeshall was about to praise a gay couple at the MCC whom he thought would get the award but was interrupted…
Because of fears of a copycat attack following the June 12 massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub, San Diego Police had a presence outside the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Sunday, June 19 for both services. Additionally, three members of the Stonewall Citizens Patrol were inside the church during the worship services. Senior Pastor Dan Koeshall…
A cadre of business owners, nonprofit executives, journalists and activists from San Diego’s LGBT community met with Mayor Kevin Faulconer and Chief of Police Shelley Zimmerman within 48 hours following the mass shooting in Orlando, now almost two weeks ago, to discuss security. “The police department, our community members, our media; we all have a…
Channel 10 News are reporting that police are investigating an online threat of violence to San Diego’s LGBT community which read, “You’re next.” The post which appeared in Craigslist’s men-seeking-men section is titled, “We need more Orlando’s (sic).” It is accompanied by a photo of a hand firing a revolver with a bullet coming out…
St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral welcomes all to join in a beautiful service of prayers, meditations and music to remember and pray for the healing and eternal rest of the victims of pulse in Orlando. The service will be held tonight, June 15, at 6 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Ave., in San…
SAN DIEGO – This morning, Dr. Delores A. Jacobs, chief executive officer of The San Diego LGBT Community Center, responded to the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida. The investigation in Orlando is still underway, and additional facts will become known in the coming hours and days. At this time, it appears an action of terrorism…
SAN DIEGO – In celebration of LGBT Pride Month and as part of its ongoing commitment to inclusion, diversity and responsible banking, Union Bank has partnered with KPBS to honor two inspiring local heroes. The 2016 LGBT Pride Month honorees are: Jonathan Bailey, volunteer and event co-chair, Mama’s Kitchen; and Mattheus E. Stephens, attorney, Progressive…
Election history was made Tuesday on the national political front as former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton clinched the Democratic nomination for president, while here in San Diego the historically LGBT-held District 3 City Council seat remained so with the victory of Chris Ward over Anthony Bernal. “I’m feeling grateful,” Ward told San Diego…
