It’s rare that an art event in the LGBT community is the toast of the town but that was clearly the case last Friday night at the opening night reception of the Queer Artist’s Project exhibition at the Lambda Archives (SDLA). “It’s the most exciting art event I’ve been to in a long time,” Julie…
You are cordially invited to join me in celebrating my birthday at The Center – Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 p.m. Only $20 for dinner and dessert catered by Babbo’s Restaurant. All proceeds benefit the outreach of MCC – our Community Church! Have you ever tried to rest, unplugging from all your electronic devices and screens,…
SAN DIEGO — Environmental Health & Justice Campaign (EHJC), an organization that fights toxic pollution in low-income communities of color, has announced that it has endorsed Dwayne Crenshaw in the City of San Diego’s City Council race for District 4. EHJC focuses on pollution issues in the disadvantaged communities south of I-8 where the District…
(CNN) — CNN’s Anderson Cooper was presented with the Vito Russo Award at the 24th annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York on Saturday by a very special “Boy Scout”: Madonna. The singer dressed up in uniform to deliver Anderson’s statue, which is given to an LGBT media professional who’s made a difference in promoting…
SAN DIEGO — Equality California (EQCA) today announced that Supervisor Dave Roberts will be honored at the San Diego Equality Awards with the EQCA Leadership Award, and that nominations are now open for the event’s State Farm Good Neighbor Award. Roberts is the proudly gay District 3 supervisor for the County of San Diego, and…
For many, St. Patrick’s Day is that one day when the vast majority of people who can’t stand the color green are forced to pick out that one green shirt they own or be assaulted by friends, family and pretty or many, St. Patrick’s Day is that one day when the vast majority of people…
Lambda Archives of San Diego (LASD) is a wonderful nonprofit tucked away behind Diversionary Theatre in University Heights. Their mission is to collect, preserve and teach the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the San Diego and Northern Baja California region. San Diego is fortunate to have an organization so dedicated to…
Imagine you’re a young transgender man or woman without insurance and need hormone therapy. Or you’re a lesbian who has lost her job with health benefits and has discovered a lump in her breast. Or you’re a gay man living on the streets and need HIV monitoring and medications. Who do you turn to? Where…
Nonprofits and how they should perform Dear Editor, Countrywide, nonprofits do wonderful work for their communities, but sometimes the organization is strictly run for personal gain or ego. Such organizations must be looked at for their performance and must be transparent. There is no place in the not for profit organizations for stonewalling, unclear financials…
JAKARTA, Indonesia — In a sign of just how far the struggle for equality has come, an Indonesian constitutional court justice was forced to backtrack and apologize after stating his opposition to same-sex marriage during a fit and proper test before the House Commission III, the country’s legal affairs division. The justice, Arief Hidayat, was asked…
