Testing for Pride tickets

The UC San Diego AntiViral Research Center is offering free San Diego Pride tickets for everyone taking a free, confidential HIV Early Test, through July 18. Simply schedule an appointment and get a free one-day ticket to the San Diego Pride Festival. The free San Diego Pride ticket offer is only good for appointments through…

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Letters

Fighting for every life threatened by cancer – in every community Dear Editor, In recognition of June 2012 being LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) Pride month, Gov. Jerry Brown recently noted that “California has been a leader in advancing the rights of its LGBT citizens.” The California Division of the American Cancer Society is…

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‘God, where are you?’

The article this week is from a sermon preached by a congregant who wishes to remain anonymous. James Cone teaches at Yale and recently published a book, The Cross and the Lynching Tree. It is a disturbing book. Cone tells the story of how, over a 60-year period (1880-1940), more than 5,000 African American persons…

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De-gay or not de-gay

Some gay and lesbian seniors have been out for years; others only recently. And, sad to say, others are still in the closet. Many of us purposely keep our living space private in order to relax amid things of our lifestyle. These varying degrees of outness to friends, co-workers and relatives correspond to the varying…

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