UC San Diego Health System and Scripps Health partner to improve hospice care, training and research in San Diego

SAN DIEGO – UC San Diego Health System and Scripps Health are partnering to provide improved continuity of patient care, fellowship training and research in hospice and palliative medicine. Under a new five-year agreement, Scripps will work with UC San Diego to provide outpatient and inpatient hospice care for UC San Diego patients, allowing UC…

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Save the date: April 30 is ninth annual ‘Dining Out for Life San Diego’

San Diego’s ninth annual Dining Out For Life® event, which allows everyone to help raise funds for the San Diego LGBT Community Center’s HIV/AIDS programs by simply dining out for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner at participating restaurants, takes place Thursday, April 30. More than 75 participating San Diego restaurants, bars, coffee shops and ice cream…

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Gay Chicago man is finalist in PETA’s ‘Sexiest Vegan Next Door’ contest

CHICAGO — It’s time for PETA to name this year’s Sexiest Vegan Next Door—and 27-year-old gay Chicago resident Shane Devins might just take home the title. He beat out hundreds of other entrants from across the U.S. to become one of 10 male contestants to advance to the final round. Visitors to PETA.org can now…

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Fifth annual ‘Ex 4 Vets’ event to be held May 2

SAN DIEGO -This year’s Ex4Vets invites San Diego college students, military personnel and the general public to an hour-long workout at San Diego State University’s Student Union on May 2, 2015. The event, formerly took place on deck of the USS Midway. This year’s location change will accommodate increased attendance from years past. The event…

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Basic Rights Oregon shifts to new leadership model for next chapter in LGBTQ movement

PORTLAND, Ore.—Today, Basic Rights Oregon’s Board of Directors announced a new leadership structure for the organization, shifting to a co-director model from the current executive director and deputy director model. Basic Rights Oregon is the state’s largest nonprofit gay and transgender advocacy group. Jeana Frazzini and Nancy Haque will serve as co-directors of the 19-year…

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HRC survey shows striking increase in Americans who personally know and support transgender people

WASHINGTON – Results from a new national survey commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, reveal a significant uptick in the number of Americans who say they personally know or work with someone who is transgender, and a corresponding increase in favorable feelings toward…

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Dr. Jill Biden to keynote 28th Annual HRC Atlanta Gala Dinner

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced that Dr. Jill Biden will deliver the keynote address at the 28th Annual HRC Atlanta Gala Dinner on Saturday, May 2, 2015. “Dr. Jill Biden has been a tireless advocate for the LGBT community,” said HRC…

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