San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

You’re probably going to have to find your afternoon coffee elsewhere today. If you go to Starbucks you may find it closed because they are taking part in a nation-wide anti-bias training program at 2 pm.

The City of San Diego  is currently trying to give back $1.2 million in unclaimed funds. The money comes from checks that were returned because the addresses were invalid reports ABC 10. 

The amount of the refunds range from as little as $1 to $30,000. 

A young gay man remains in a coma in a Reno hospital critical care unit as his family tries to solve the mystery of how he got the injuries that sent him there.

Felix d’Eon is a talented Mexico City-based artist who takes pride in his heritage and uses it to create Latinx LGBT art. He claims that one of his designs was recently stolen from him and used to make a profit on t-shirts being sold at Target.

A Virginia hardware store is getting some media attention today after one of its workers threw out an Eagle Scout because the organization supports “homos” reports Towleroad.

Nichols  Hardware is located in Purcellville, and has been open for 100 years reports the Washington Post.

French minister Mounir Mahjoubi has come out in hopes that doing so will help fight against homophobia.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Ridesharing services are a great way to make a little extra money, the problem is the independent contractors who are signing on aren’t always so accepting of their passengers.

A South American man who was sexually abused as a child by a priest in the Catholic church has reportedly met with the Pope who told him God made him gay.

Republican Jazmina Saavedra who is running for Congress in California’s 44th District filmed herself berating a transgender woman through a closed bathroom stall in a Los Angeles restaurant.

The Texas town of Del Rio has a new mayor; openly gay veteran Bruno “Ralphy” Lozano (D). He won the office in the May 5 municipal election by 62-percent.

Del Rio is a border town with a population of 41,000 people and sits 150 miles west of San Antonio.