SAN DIEGO — Emergency department (ED) overcrowding has been a major issue nationally for 20 years and continues to increase in severity. To address this issue, a pilot study has been launched at UC San Diego Health System’s ED to use telemedicine as a way to help address crowding and decrease patient wait times. The…
Today, San Diego Pride announced several new additions to the upcoming Pride weekend! Actor, author and activist George Takei will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Spirit of Stonewall Rally and Flag Raising. He will champion Pride’s 2013 theme “Freedom to Love and Marry.” Takei had this to say about his participation, “Freedom, love…
To celebrate Pride month, the San Diego LGBT Literary Foundation are offering a discount of 25 percent off all new LGBT titles that the multicultural LGBT book club has read or supported. These titles include, Chulito by Charles Rice-González, Gulf Dreams by Emma Pérez, For Colored Boys by Keith Boykin, The Color Purple by Alice…
SAN DIEGO – Mayor Bob Filner will open the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus “Summer of Love” encore gala Saturday, June 15 at Liberty Station, Point Loma. All proceeds from the ’60s-themed event will benefit the 150-member chorus’s mission of social change through musical outreach. Mayor Filner is no stranger to the turmoil of Sixties,…
SAN DIEGO — Special Delivery San Diego has announced that it has received a grant for more than $57,000 from The Thursday Club Juniors. “We are thrilled to receive this very generous award from such a wonderful local organization as The Thursday Club Juniors,” said Ruth Henricks, executive director. “This contribution will be used to…
SAN DIEGO – Mama’s Pantry, a service of Mama’s Kitchen, provides a nutritional shopping opportunity at no cost for low income men, women and children of San Diego County affected by HIV/AIDS. Mama’s Kitchen is calling on the public to participate in the third annual Independence from Hunger, an initiative to encourage individuals, businesses, schools and community groups…
Care with Pride, an innovative anti-bullying program launched in 2012 between PFLAG and Johnson & Johnson is back for 2013. This year, the Care with Pride campaign is honoring PFLAG’s founder, Jeanne Manford, who passed away in January at the age of 92. In 1972, Jeanne Manford courageously faced down bigotry and showed support for…
A United States District Court judge has denied San Diego LGBT Pride’s motion to dismiss charges that it violated Will Walters’ civil rights by inciting police to falsely arrest him and falsely accuse him of violating San Diego’s nudity code by wearing a leather kilt to the 2011 LGBT Pride festival. Judge Bencivengo did however…
Political parties have until July 20 to give unlimited campaign contributions in San Diego City Council races because of Tuesday’s 7-1 Council vote that will limit donations to $20,000 in citywide races, and $10,000 in Council district elections. The easy vote by the Council’s 5 Democrats and 2 Republicans for campaign limits did not go…
There is still time to donate to the new San Diego Central Library LGBT initiative. To ensure your donation goes to the LGBT initiative please send checks to Jay Hill, chief executive officer, San Diego Public Library Foundation, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101 with LGBT in the memo line, or by going online…
