SAN DIEGO – Toni Atkins is most likely a shoo-in to be elected to the California Assembly, but don’t tell her that.

“Nobody has the luxury of complacency,” Atkins said in an extensive interview with San Diego Gay & Lesbian News.

Atkins hopes to represent Assembly District 76, which is considered safe for Democrats. Ralph Denney, her Republican opponent in November, is a long shot to pull off an upset. Daniel H. Baehr is the Libertarian Party candidate in the race, and little is known about him other than that he lists his occupation as school bus driver.

Editor's note: This article by Women's Voices For Change is followed by a report by SDGLN Copy Editor Morgan M. Hurley on lesbians and breast cancer.

A recent short article by Tracy Clark-Flory on Salon.com asks the provocative question: “Should we be pushing mammograms?” 

Editor’s note: Please remember that in the American justice system, suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. This is a true story about how two porn stars find themselves facing first-degree murder charges in Florida.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Dennis “Scooter” Abrahamsen just wanted to have a little fun in this sleepy little town on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

So the 41-year-old owner of a tattoo parlor organized a sex party at his home and hired a star attraction to tantalize and entertain his friends and guests.

San Diego is listed among the top gay cities in America, according to a new survey.

America’s Finest City was ranked No. 9 in the Gay/Lesbian Index’s metro-area rankings that were developed by Gary Gates, demographer at UCLA’s Williams Institute.

The index smashes the myth that the LGBT community is mostly urban and lives in places like Hillcrest in San Diego, Wilton Manors in Fort Lauderdale area, or the Castro in San Francisco.

"Gay people live everywhere," Gates said, "in cities, suburbs, and even in the country — one in seven same-sex couples live in rural areas."