“At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by how many diplomas we received, how much money we made or how many great things we have done. I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless and you took me in.”…
The San Diego Police Officers Association (SDPOA) will be teaming up with San Diego LGBT Weekly, North Park Community Association, Hillcrest Town Council, Gaslamp Quarter Association, San Diego Downtown Partnership, and San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce for an upcoming candidate forum for San Diego City Council, District 3 featuring Chris Ward and Anthony Bernal….
With his latest interview, Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli has officially cemented his place as the worst person in the world and poster child for pharmaceutical greed. Speaking at the Forbes Healthcare Summit during a 25-minute interview Shkreli said, “ I would have raised prices higher,” after being asked how he would re-do the past…
Russian TV host Pavel Lobkov – a presenter on the independent station Dozhd – announced he is HIV-positive live on television to mark World AIDS Day. Lobkov has been subjected to a stream of homophobic abuse following his announcement, reports Pink News. Lobkov’s announcement makes him the first Russian public figure to openly declare himself…
Following the cancellation of a reading of Jazz Jennings’ book I Am Jazz at Mt. Horeb Primary Center in Wisconsin parents in the community hosted a reading of the book at the Mount Horeb Public Library last night. The anti-gay group Liberty Counsel threatened the school with legal action. The school wanted to introduce the book to the students…
The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it has entered into a resolution agreement with Township High School District 211 based in Palatine, Illinois, after finding the district in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for discriminating against a transgender high school student by denying her access to the girls’…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today introduced a resolution (H.Res. 549) to designate June 26, as “LGBT Equality Day,” honoring the anniversary of three significant victories won at the Supreme Court for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans. “In the last two decades, our nation has seen the Defense of Marriage Act…
Health Assessment and Research for Communities (HARC), a nonprofit research and evaluation organization, has partnered with the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation and the Alliance Healthcare Foundation to develop a survey about the healthcare experiences of LGBT adults age 50 and older in San Diego County. To take the survey go to surveymonkey.com/r/SD-LGBT The objective…
SAN DIEGO – Two weeks ago recording artists and founders of San Diego’s IndieFest, Danielle LoPresti and Alicia Champion released a Christmas song that immediately received worldwide attention. The song, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus features LoPresti on vocals complemented by an eleven instrument band. However, what is getting all the attention is the…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative (HFC), a grant program of San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF), invites you to ‘Raise your glass to the end of HIV’ at the first-ever Bar AIDS San Diego event this Thursday, Dec. 3 during World AIDS Week at various bars, nightclubs, coffee shops and smoothie shops…
