Stepping Stone of San Diego is a non-profit rehabilitation center that primarily serves the LGBT community by helping those who struggle with alcohol, drug addiction and HIV/AIDS reclaim their lives. “If you are a gay man, gay woman or transgender person and go to a program that does not accept that, you are not going…
In a 37-to-one vote, Toronto’s City Council resoundingly passed a measure that would seek to aid the city’s homeless LGBTQ population. According to the Toronto Star, “The three-part proposal asks the city’s shelters chief to look into allocating 25 percent of beds in an existing youth shelter to people who identify as LGBTQ2S (lesbian, gay,…
SAN DIEGO — The idea of organizing a wild and fun evening of Jell-O wrestling to benefit homeless, LGBT and at-risk youth may sound like something crazy, but in the last four years it’s been proven to be crazy in only the best ways. Enter Throw Down for a Cause (TD4AC), founded in 2010 with…
San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman spent her 55th birthday Monday night answering questions from residents at the LGBT Center and vainly, but good naturedly waved her hands to try and stop the happy birthday song from being sung to her. It was Council President Todd Gloria who informed the estimated 85 people who gathered…
NEW YORK, NY – A talented, ambitious, and gay African filmmaker living in NYC, N. Mabasa-Mathope is not letting being homeless and HIV+ stand in the way of making his dream movie project a reality. And with over 530,000 YouTube views of the short film version, the buzz is definitely on about future hit dramedy,…
Actress Ellen Page has cone out as gay. “I’m here today because I am gay,” Page told the audience at Time to THRIVE, a conference to promote the welfare of LGBT young people. “And because … maybe I can make a difference. To help others have an easier and more hopeful time. Regardless, for me,…
SAN DIEGO — An estimated 1,300 volunteers will participate in WeAllCount Friday, Jan. 24 from 4-7 a.m. Sponsored by the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and County of San Diego, the 2014 count of homeless persons in San Diego County will be directed by the Regional Task Force on the Homeless. “We have an incredibly large task ahead of us and that is to accurately count homeless individuals including…
WASHINGTON– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), is taking part in a national service partnership with organizations across 18 cities to serve LGBT homeless youth for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. Officially recognized on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 20), MLK Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national…
Of the 8,879 homeless people in San Diego, 4,574 live ‘unsheltered’ on our streets. Approximately 10 percent of the homeless population is ‘youth’, and of that population, the youth who identify as LGBT may be as high as 40 percent. There’s been no comprehensive survey of homeless LGBT youth in San Diego since 2004, but…
SAN DIEGO – Home and Healthy for the Holidays is back for a second year, Dec. 5, 5-8 p.m., at W Hotel, 421 West B Street in San Diego. Family Health Centers of San Diego will once again use the power of fun to raise money for a very real and compelling need – health…
