Sarah Boot has announced that she has decided to run for California’s 78th State Assembly District. The announcement from Democrat Boot was accompanied by an endorsement from Democratic Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, the current 78th District representative who will be termed out in 2016. Boot lost out to Republican City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf for San…
SAN DIEGO — A transgender graduate student using the men’s locker room in the Aztec Recreation Center (ARC) gym at San Diego State University (SDSU) allegedly was told by ARC staff that “she” needed to leave the men’s locker room. Graduate student A. T. Furuya identifies as a genderqueer and transmasculine — transmasculine referring to…
Eleven women have told a jury about the consequences of their nude photos being posted online by the operator of a “revenge porn” Web site that demanded money in exchange for the pictures to be taken down. Twenty more women were expected to testify after the extortion and identity theft trial opened Jan. 16 against…
Join other actively serving and retired servicemembers, advocates, and experts for a three day discussion on issues, concerns, and future planning for the LGBT military community, at the the 4th annual OutServe SLDN San Diego Leadership Conference, Thursday, March 26 – Sunday, March 29 at the W San Diego Hotel, 421 West B Street in…
The 43rd annual Imperial Court de San Diego Coronation Military Ball will be held Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. at the historic Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd. in San Diego. The 42nd Reign and the Board of Directors of The Imperial Court de San Diego, have raised over $100,000 dollars that benefit community organizations…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Pride is kicking off 2015 by adding some well-known and highly-regarded talent to its staff. Sarafina Scapicchio is the new Director of Development. Ms. Scapicchio had been Director of Major Gifts and Corporate Giving at the San Diego LGBT Community Center (The Center) and had previously served as The…
San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) will grant up to eight consumers living with HIV in San Diego County 50 percent of the cost for attending this mulit-day event. To qualify consumers must be nominated by a recognized San Diego AIDS/HIV Service Provider who has received funding from San Diego Human Dignity Foundation in 2015…
Houston Burnside Jr. says his journey to the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) came after a meeting with his Baptist pastor in 1984 when he was “politely directed … that I was no longer welcomed there as an openly gay man.” Burnside retired Dec. 31 as staff pastor at the MCC San Diego church following…
PFLAG San Diego has teamed up with their members, non-profit supporters of LGBT youth and individual sponsors to offer scholarships to San Diego County residents. The purpose of these scholarships is to recognize outstanding LGBT seniors in high school, undergraduate and graduate students; to encourage them to continue post-secondary education; and to promote a positive…
Jeanne Burke will host a Death Café for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community Jan. 14, at the Library at The San Diego LGBT Community Centre, 3909 Centre Street in San Diego, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The first was held in December and was received with significant interest and enthusiasm. …
