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SDGLN's Ben Cartwright selected as first executive director of San Diego Gay Men's Chorus

SDGLN Staff
May 18th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Longtime San Diego Gay & Lesbian News Staff Writer Ben Cartwright has accepted a position as the first executive director of the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus (SDGMC), a local LGBT music and arts organization.

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RGOD2: 25 years ago, Pasadena's AIDS Service Center started with a telephone under the stairs

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle - SDGLN Contributor
May 18th, 2012

I visited the AIDS Service Center in Pasadena several months ago with Bishop Christopher Senyonjo of Uganda.

The most poignant moment was seeing 90 satchels lined up against the conference room wall with names of children who would be going to local schools while living with HIV. It was a symbol of how this 25-year-old agency has adapted to serve an eighth of Los Angeles County residents living with HIV.

The new executive director, Anthony Guthmiller, told me how things had changed from the early days with support groups and one full time mental health specialist.

VIDEO: California's Pride season begins this weekend in Long Beach

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
May 18th, 2012

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Every year around this time, many community members start noticing signals that the California LGBT pride season is approaching, often saying “It’s that time of year already?”

Long Beach, a coastal city in the southern part of Los Angeles County that is home to nearly a half-million people, hosts its LGBT pride celebration each year on the third weekend of May, which many consider the official kickoff to the California Pride season.

Judge Vaughn Walker to be guest speaker at GSDBA Awards Luncheon

SDGLN Staff
May 17th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Retired federal court Judge Vaughn Walker, who overturned California Proposition 8 that eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry, will be the guest speaker at the Greater San Diego Business Association (GSDBA) Annual Awards Luncheon on June 21 at The Prado restaurant ballroom in Balboa Park.

The Awards Luncheon is to recognize and honor business and community leaders that best exemplify the values and business success for which we stand.

Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast honorees named

SDGLN Staff
May 17th, 2012

SAN DIEGO – More than 1,100 San Diegans who support equality and justice will gather in celebration of Harvey Milk's memory at the sold-out fourth annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast on Friday, May 25, at the San Diego Bayfront Hilton.

As a featured part of the event, two San Diego leaders who have inspired us in the tradition of Harvey Milk will be honored.

Tijuana to observe IDAHO with three days of events, invite San Diegans to attend

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
May 17th, 2012

TIJUANA, Mexico -- In honor of the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), Comunidad Cultural de Tijuana LGBTI (COCUT - LGBTI) will host its annual Jornada Cultural Contra La Homofobia starting today at 4 pm and running through Saturday.

San Diego Pride expands its diversity efforts

SDGLN Staff
May 16th, 2012

SAN DIEGO – To take its long-standing commitment to diversity a step further, San Diego LGBT Pride recently created a Diversity Task Force to work on a number of initiatives to ensure that all communities are truly represented within the organization.

Hillcrest Business Association's mixer to discuss marketing TONIGHT

SDGLN Staff
May 16th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- The Hillcrest Business Association's (HBA) next quarterly mixer will be held tonight, May 16, at 5:30 pm at The Range Kitchen & Cocktails.

Area business owners and others interested in the work of the HBA are invited to attend the free open house.

Along with food, drinks and networking, the mixer will include a white-board session on best ways to market the overall business district, while providing business owners with ideas on market their own business.

The Advocate looks at Bloc Party's Kele Okereke, offers “181 Reasons to Have Pride”

SDGLN Staff
May 14th, 2012

LOS ANGELES) — Just in time for Pride Festivals across the country, The Advocate offers readers its “181 Reasons to Have Pride.”

The first reason, also the June/July 2012 cover story, is because Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke is just getting started. The lead singer of the breakout British band opens up to Advocate editor in chief Matthew Breen about his fibs to the press, his own coming-out process, and his responsibility as a role model for LGBT youth.

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RGOD2: Sponsors needed to bring LGBT activists to World AIDS Conference

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle - SDGLN Contributor
May 11th, 2012

It is heartbreaking to read some of the stories of the 120 people who have applied for scholarships to the St. Paul’s Foundation so they can come to the World AIDS Conference in July in Washington, D.C.

Two particular accounts give us windows into what it is like for millions of LGBT people globally.

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