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By William E. Kelly
Author’s disclaimer: The sharing of my personal views, opinions and endorsement should not and cannot be construed as those of Gay San Diego or any of its affiliated San Diego Community News Network papers, their owner(s), editors, staff or advertisers.
With 30-plus years of providing family caregiving, more than a decade of study, research, writing and speaking about the significance of the historic aging of our population and the simultaneous impact it has on younger and all generations, my endorsement of Omar Passons for the San Diego County District 4 Board of Supervisor’s seat is not made lightly. Read More
By D’Anne Witkowski | Guest Editorial
Hundreds of thousands of people, young and old, took to the streets on March 24 to protest the despicable fact that the U.S. allows its children to be gunned down at school on the regular. Read More
Transgender Day of Empowerment – Join The Center in celebrating the rich diversity of San Diego’s transgender community at Trans Day of Empowerment. This year’s program will include trans speakers, entertainment, refreshments, community awards and scholarship announcements. This event is free from 6–8 p.m. bit.ly/2Iy0E2t Read More
OutServe-SLDN — the nation’s oldest and largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) military organization — has teamed up with The OUT Foundation in production for the Murph + OUTWOD Challenge. Read More
By Frank Sabatini Jr. | Restaurant Review
I’m guessing that 95 percent of the local population has never heard of Seaglass Restaurant. And here’s why. Read More
‘Mike Pence is about to change my position’
By Mark Segal | Guest Editorial
Is Vice President Mike Pence a closeted, deep-in-self-hate raging homo? Read More
By Archives Staff | Lambda Archives
Lambda Archives is home to more than 100,000 photos in our collection. Read More
By Michael Kimmel | Life Beyond Therapy
I often ask clients, “What do you do with your anger?” Some people are surprised by that: they’ve never really thought about it. Read More
By Nicole Murray Ramirez | Conversations with Nicole
Rainbow flag … black, brown, white stripes Read More
By Ben Cartwright | Back out with Benny
When I first came out as a gay teenager in 1997, it was the coffeehouses in Hillcrest that introduced me to the community and my first gay friends, and really, provided an amazing outlet for me to connect to the community. Read More
By Neal Putnam
A Chula Vista man has pleaded guilty to pulling a handgun on a 22-year-old acquaintance and to sexually assaulting him in a Carlsbad motel. Read More
By William E. Kelly
With a focus on the aging population, the candidates seeking the County Supervisor seat representing District 4, which will soon be vacated by Ron Roberts — Bonnie Dumanis, Nathan Fletcher, Ken Malbrough, Omar Passons and Lori Saldaña — gave generously of their time over the past eight months to discuss their views, prior-ities, recommendations and qualifications. Read More
By David Dixon
Artists show the love of all cultures through song and dance
For several decades, mashups have been a popular trend. From April 20–22, the PGK Dance Project is presenting, “MASHED UP Songs & Dances” at Horton Plaza’s Lyceum Space, in an event dedicated to this genre. Read More
By Frank Sabatini Jr. | Restaurant Review
A prime location in the heart of Hillcrest and an open, inviting facade that practically ropes you in from the sidewalk have given Uptown Tavern a universal appeal for the nearly six years it’s been in business. Read More
By Chris Azzopardi | Q Syndicate
Changes in LGBT films with director Greg Berlanti
Historically speaking, the most culturally influential LGBTQ-focused films have been independent, slow-rollout, arthouse-screened touchstones, from Best Picture Oscar contender “Brokeback Mountain” in 2005 to Best Picture Oscar winner “Moonlight,” released in 2016. Read More
By Frank Sabatini Jr. | Foodie Flashes
Is it any surprise that North Park is home to the hippest culinary studio in San Diego? Read More
By Michael Kimmel | Life Beyond Therapy
Does your life feel too boring and predictable? Maybe you need to have an adventure. If you have a little time and a bit of money, that’s all you need. People think that you need to spend a lot of money to go away on some big, expensive vacation to have an adventure. Not so! Read More
By Archives Staff | Out of the Archives
About 1,600 T-shirts reside in Lambda Archives. Although the mission statement of the organization is “to collect, preserve and teach the LGBT history of San Diego and Imperial Counties, and Northern Baja California, Mexico …” there are a few exceptions. The bisexuality collection is international in scope. The collection of pulp fiction books likewise knows no regional boundaries. Read More
By Relle Goan | North County Update
Realizing I had a future and was not alone
Five years ago, I started going to the North County LGBTQ Resource Center. Shortly after I came out, I found my home at the Center within the Our Circle group, a queer youth group that meets every Thursday night. After seeing how wonderful it could be to meet other LGBT youths, I realized I was not alone. It was like putting on glasses for the first time. I could finally see clearly that there could be a happy future for me. Read More
[Ref: “Claims against Peters unfounded,” Vol. 9, Issue 5, or online at bit.ly/2FvLkCc] Read More
By Chris Azzopardi | Q Syndicate
Singer-songwriter moves on from Christian-rock roots and discovers ‘silver horizon’ in pop music
Trey Pearson is living the out gay life he never thought he could. Read More
Albert H. Fulcher | Editor
Mayor brings interfaith discussion to LGBT–affirming congregations
The Interfaith Shelter Network (ISN) has been an effective program for the homeless throughout San Diego County, so far helping 8,000 homeless individuals gain access to resources and services to get their lives back on track. Read More
