NEW YORK – The American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law have announced the launch of The Kids are Listening, a nationwide awareness campaign to help ensure that the thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) children and teens who are in foster care receive the legal rights and protection…
ILLINOIS – According to a new research study by Northwestern University, gay young men in serious relationships are six times more likely to have unprotected sex than those in casual relationships, and this group accounts for nearly 70 percent of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in adolescents and young adults in the U.S. Brian Mustanski, associate…
AUSTRALIA – A Melbourne man has appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria charged with murdering his gay housemate. AAP reported that Aaron James Johnstone, 29, “lost it” after being propositioned by his drunken naked housemate, Phillip Higgins, in September 2006. Johnstone told police that Higgins, who was openly gay, had come out of his…
ISRAEL – The speaker of the Israeli Knesset, Reuven Rivlin, has angered conservative Knesset members (MKs) for stating that he plans to meet gay community leaders during gay Pride month. Nissim Ze’ev, an MK, said, “I am astonished over the Knesset speaker’s decision to host so-called gay families. I can’t understand his motive.” The Jerusalem…
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…
