SAN FRANCISCO — Several LGBT refugees now living in the Bay Area after fleeing their homelands in fear of persecution were honored for their courage and leadership during Horizons Foundation 35th anniversary Gala Saturday, Oct. 3. Horizons presented its first-ever Courage Awards to 11 people, including Subhi Nahas and Getrude Metsiegoum and Carine (last name withheld…
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation authored by Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego) that would update the state’s sexual health and HIV prevention curriculum to provide more current, inclusive and comprehensive instruction. “Our schools are a critical environment for providing young people with the knowledge and skills that they will need to…
The San Diego French-American Chamber of Commerce and San Diego French American School will present the first La Fête de la Gastronomie Thursday, Oct. 8 3-6 p.m. at the San Diego French Amerian School, 6550 Soledad Mountain Road in San Diego. French Gastronomy is a living thing, a tradition that has cemented French society throughout…
A priest that came out as gay has been fired by the Vatican. Newsmax reports that on the eve of a synod of the world’s bishops to discuss church outreach to gays, divorcees and more traditional Catholic families, Krzysztof Charamsa, a mid-level official in the Vatican’s doctrine office, came out of the closet at a…
LOS ANGELES – More than 400 guests attended the fourth annual Voices on Point gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night to support higher education opportunities for LGBTQ students. Caitlyn Jenner presented the Point Horizon Award to two Point Alumni, Rhys Ernst, Co-Producer for Amazon’s “Transparent,” and Zach Zyskowski, Producer on ABC Family and Ryan…
SACRAMENTO – Saturday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill authored by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) to prohibit law enforcement officers of the opposite sex to be in sight of a strip search being conducted at any juvenile detention center in California. After a local media outlet reported the practice had occurred…
LOS ANGELES — Friday AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) President Michael Weinstein released the following statement on President Obama nominating cardiologist Dr. Robert M. Califf to head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): “While Dr. Califf’s contributions to the research and clinical science community are well known and commendable, his cozy relationship with the pharmaceutical…
Friday, Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoed the law on Gender Accordance, which had been previously approved by the Polish Parliament (Sejm). The act will now return to the Sejm, where the veto can only be rejected with 3/5 of votes. According to ILGA Europe, the Gender Accordance Act is an attempt to codify the legal gender recognition…
SAN DIEGO – October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the debate continues in the United States regarding appropriate guidelines for breast cancer screening. After extensive review and discussion, the Scripps Breast Cancer Task Force recommends that women continue to follow the same screening mammography guidelines supported by the American Cancer Society (ACS), with…
I read with dismay the Sept. 3 guest commentary (San Diego LGBT Weekly issue 181) by PETA’s Gray Caskey urging the LGBT community to unite against SeaWorld. I am a proud member of San Diego’s LGBT community, and I completely disagree with the distorted portrait Ms. Caskey painted of our park. There is no organization…
