All community members are welcome to walk with The San Diego LGBT Community Center in the San Diego Pride Parade Saturday, July 15, kicking off at 11 a.m. The Center’s CEO, Dr. Delores Jacobs, is being honored as this year’s Champion of Pride, and she will walk with Center contingent members including board members, staff,…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Aging with HIV, cognition, isolation, and proper nutrition are a few of the topics that will be discussed at Living a Positive Life, a workshop for HIV/AIDS long-term survivors and all those affected by the epidemic. Scott Letendre, MD, UCSD will be joined by activists Andy Kaytes, UCSD Community Advisory Board,…
The San Diego Wrestling Club (SDWC) will be hosting their 11th annual Bulldogs Wrestling Tournament Saturday, June 24 starting at noon in the main auditorium of The Center, 3909 Centre Street in Hillcrest. Spectators are welcome to come and check out the wrestling competition during the tournament for a $5 donation to the club. The…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Monday, June 12, The San Diego LGBT Community Center will host a brief vigil to remember, honor, and say the names of the 49 largely Latino/a/x LGBTQ individuals whose lives were lost during the Pulse Orlando massacre one year ago. The community will gather in The Center’s parking lot at 6:30…
This month, San Diego’s Spanish-language transgender group Transgenero 2000 celebrates 17 years of education, advocacy, community activities and support to those in need. Their Facebook page spells out their mission: “Serving our LGBT Latin community in San Diego since 2000, in the fight to educate our community to achieve justice and dignity in our society.”…
Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. SAN DIEGO — The board of directors of the San Diego LGBT Community Center and The Center’s CEO Dr. Delores Jacobs have announced, in back-to-back statements posted on Facebook, that she will not seek…
San Diego’s 14th annual Transgender Day of Empowerment ceremony was held Friday April 14 at Hillcrest’s LGBT Center. An estimated 200 + audience heard local professionals, community organizers, and youth leaders bring home again and again the message “We are here to help make it easier for you”. Scholarships were awarded to give transyouth the…
Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A whirlwind of controversy is swirling around The San Diego LGBT Community Center following Friday’s Transgender Day of Empowerment at which the bestowing of an award on San Diego Police…
The Center’s Cheli Mohamed on the magic that volunteers bring to Dining Out for Life San Diego. The San Diego LGBT Community Center has made it incredibly easy, and wildly fun, to make a difference in the fight against HIV. Share a meal at that new place you’ve wanted to try = support HIV services…
Once again transgender Police Officer Christine Garcia has been subjected to hate, disrespect, insults and attacks by some militant radical members of our very own LGBT community. As many of you remember, Officer Garcia was barred from attending the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance because she was wearing her police uniform. Now for the recent…
