San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

Many of us who survived the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the USA will reflect on how difficult it was to walk through the cloud of stigma and discrimination as we reflect on World AIDS Day this weekend.

Christian conservatives, for more than two decades a pivotal force in American politics, are grappling with Election Day results that repudiated their influence and suggested that the cultural tide — especially on gay issues — has shifted against them.

"We must stand with our brave brothers and sisters who face daily threats and insults and give them the tools and the safety nets to do the work that someone needs to do."

This recently released video of the Rev. Dr. Phil Snyder, pastor at the Brentwood Christian Church, in Springfield, Mo., is, at first glance, not much different from the recent anti-gay rants of pastors. But the final seconds will catch you by surprise.

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle writes that a Romney Administration would let anti-gay countries do what they want to persecute sexual minorities.

A new poll by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reveals that a record number of Americans (19.3%) have abandoned faith and now consider themselves unaffiliated with any particular religion.

The contrast between Ryan’s insistence on battering the wall between church and state and Biden’s commitment to honor it is distinct — and a clear warning of faith-based things Ryan would foist on the nation if he were allowed to continue his pursuit.

Important lessons from pets and ancestors about life and death.

Same-sex marriage “jeopardizes freedom rather than expands it,” and “endangers our religious liberty and the right of conscience,” according to Bishop Joseph Tyson, the Catholic bishop of Yakima, Wash.

I don’t believe for a moment that Jesus was a gay-bashing preacher, so where does the gay-bashing come from?