SAN DIEGO – The San Diego LGBT Community Center has launched Project TRANS, its transgender services program.

Project TRANS (Transgender Referrals, Assistance, Networking and Services) will serve as an umbrella for the various services The Center has previously offered specifically to the transgender community, including discussion groups, behavioral health services, HIV prevention services, youth services and more.

Some schoolkids in Baltimore began integrating into their slang a new gender-neutral pronoun, "yo," as in "so yo went to the store and bought a juice and a magazine" or "hand it to yo." It's the first third-gender pronoun I've heard that doesn't sound silly, separating or degrading. It can be used by anyone for anyone, and it takes the (gender/sex-based) guessing out of things. Without even realizing it, these kids found a realistic solution to the problem of creating a pronoun that can be applied to women, men and anyone in between.

We need your help.

Fringe anti-equality organizations are flooding the Capitol and your lawmakers with misleading calls in an attempt to defeat California Assembly Bill 1266, the School Success and Opportunity Act, introduced by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano. It is urgent that members of the Assembly Education Committee hear from you asking for their support of this important bill to protect transgender students.

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego's transgender community will host the tenth annual Transgender Day of Empowerment tonight from 6-9 pm at The Center.

Everyone is invited to the free celebration, which is designed to recognize outstanding individuals from the local transgender community as well as educate the public and celebrate the strides the community has made.

Tonight's event will include an awards ceremony, art, entertainment, and refreshments. A preview of the Visible Bodies photography exhibition will also be on display, in advance of its full showing at the "Art of Pride" next month.