The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) and the Amazon Breast Project present Red Hot Love, on Saturday, Feb. 26, 6-9 p.m. at The Center, 3909 Centre Street. Red Hot Love is a women’s nightclub made especially for Valentine’s, or those looking for one! Enjoy dancing, door prizes, snacks, a fabulous raffle and a no-host bar for…
San Diego hosts a star-studded educator’s conference with the second annual international educator conference focused on LGBTQIA youth, Feb. 25-27. This year’s conference, entitled Solutions To A Crisis, seeks to empower school counselors and educators to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer/questioning, intersex and allied youth. “Basically, our kids are struggling in our schools,” said…
More than 15 local health and social service providers have teamed up to create a large-scale social marketing campaign, called We Know Different, to encourage young Latino gay men in San Diego County to find out their HIV status by getting tested. Led by the Center for Strengthening Youth Prevention Paradigms (SYPP Center) at Children’s…
An Imperial Beach man was ordered Monday to stand trial for felony battery of a gay man who at the time was running for a South Bay school board seat when he was punched and kicked at a fast food restaurant. Andrew Valencia, 30, testified about how he had to get root canal treatment for…
Three men were assaulted Saturday morning, Feb. 12 in Mid City, during a fight that began with derogatory comments about the victim’s sexual orientation, according to a police report. Four males were walking in the 3900 block of 46th or 47th streets at about 1:30 a.m. Four other males, wearing dark clothing, made derogatory comments…
San Diego Police have released a composite sketch of one of the suspects that allegedly assaulted several people in a series of paintball attacks several weeks ago. The first reported incident was Jan. 24 at approximately 10:20 p.m. at The LGBT Center in Hillcrest. A dark car pulled up and someone yelled gay slurs and…
FRANCE – The French hypocrites? Surely not, you say! But when it comes to transgender issues, France is in the vanguard of hypocrisy. That is certainly the case according to national transgender organization Trans-Aide after the French government Minister for Justice Michel Mercier confirmed that the state will not recognize a change of gender identity…
BANGKOK – PC Air, a newly-formed Thai airline, has selected three Ladyboys in its first round of hirings to promote equal opportunities for what is dubbed the “third sex” in Thailand. The new airline’s boss, Peter Chan, is enthusiastic about his groundbreaking move because of the opportunities it would afford transsexuals. “I think these people…
FRANCE – A French father of two is taking GlaxoSmithKline to court, alleging the British firm’s drug to treat Parkinson’s disease turned him into a gay sex and gambling addict. The drug Requip, generic name Ropinirole, is used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, such as stiffness, tremors, muscle spasms, and poor muscle control. Requip…
Barbara Pierce Bush with her father, WASHINGTON – Sometimes the LGBT community finds support from the most unlikely of quarters! Barbara Pierce Bush is the elder of the fraternal twin daughters (the other is Jenna Hager, née Bush) of the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, and the granddaughter…
