SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A full house – 313 people – saw and heard Rev. Troy Perry as the founder of the Metropolitan Community Church denomination accepted the first annual “Light of Pride” award Wednesday(July 12) at a special service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Hillcrest. A standing ovation greeted Perry, 77, who told…
SAN DIEGO — Celebrating the life and legacy of the slain San Francisco supervisor, yesterday’s annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast was a sold-out affair that also paid homage to two Lifetime Achievement Award honorees, Rev. Troy Perry and Phill Wilson. One of the event’s co-founders, Nicole Murray Ramirez, gave the opening remarks and outlined a…
SAN DIEGO — More than 1,100 leaders from the LGBT, Latino, African-American, labor and business communities will gather for the Seventh Annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast at The Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, 1 Park Blvd in San Diego in celebration of Harvey Milk’s life and work for human rights. During the event, which starts…
Longtime community leaders will receive lifetime achievement awards. The planning committee for San Diego’s seventh annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast may have a disagreement with one of their honorees. Phill Wilson, the president and chief executive officer of the Black AIDS Institute who is being honored with the Harvey Milk Lifetime Achievement Award, doesn’t believe…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego LGBT Community Center has announced the seventh annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast will take place Thursday, May 21, at the San Diego Bayfront Hilton. As a featured part of the event, The Center will honor two amazing leaders, Phill Wilson and Rev. Troy Perry, presenting each of them with…
