San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

San Diego Sen. Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) is making history this Wednesday when she is sworn in as the California Senate’s 48th President pro Tempore, the first woman and first lesbian to hold the top seat in the Senate.

Senator Atkins is the second senator from San Diego County to serve as President pro Tem (Senator Jim Mills of Coronado served as pro Tem from 1970 to 1980).

A Texas newspaper has taken it upon itself to alter an obituary which mentions a gay man’s spouse because of the publisher’s religious reasons.

The couple, Barry Giles and John Gambill have been together for three decades. Giles mother passed away and as is customary he sent an obituary to the local paper.

The San Diego Police Department is seeking the public’s help in finding a suspect wanted for sexual assault in the Hillcrest area.

Marion County Circuit Judge Vance Day has been suspended without pay for three years on six charges of misconduct. Some of those are for his refusal to perform same-sex marriages.

Four-time Grammy-winning group TLC has been booked to headline the San Diego Pride music festival, they will perform on Sunday, July 15, 2018.

"We are so looking forward to performing at San Diego Pride!” said Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins. “There is so much power in expressing yourself without fear. We hope all LGBTQ people will stand proud and be exactly who they are. Persist with Pride!”

The San Diego LGBT Community Center (The Center) has selected their next Chief Executive Officer.

That role will go to longtime San Diego LGBT community member Caroline (Cara) Dessert who has been the organization’s Chief Development and Community Engagement Officer since 2016.

The San Diego flu season has claimed more than 300 people, the County Health and Human Services Agency reported on Wednesday.

A 12-year-old student has died by suicide after being bullied by classmates because of his sexual orientation.

A United Airlines flight from Houston to New York ended in tragedy when a family dog died after being forced to stay in the overhead bin at the behest of the flight attendant. 

In a Facebook post, Passenger June Lara says she was on the flight and the dog belonged to a mother and her two children; one being a toddler.

A man in Texas who pushed a transgender woman into a river where she drowned will not go on trial for doing so reports New Now Next.