San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

Drag Queen Storytime happens in just under a week in Chula Vista and Interfaith leaders are offering their support to the City of Chula Vista, the Chula Vista Public Library, and Chula Vista Councilmember Stephen Padilla. 

After spending months in confinement at Otay Mesa Detention Center, Emilia, a transgender woman from Guatemala, was undoubtedly thrilled to be out of prison. People who met her after her release said she never stopped smiling.

On Thursday, September 12, San Diego Art Institute (SDAI) in Balboa Park will offer Art as Health: A Day of Art and HIV Testing between noon and 6 pm.

Back by popular demand, the Red Dress Party San Diego team presents The Red Dress Swap, inviting you to bring last year's little red number and swap it out for a fab new frock. Red dresses will be available for purchase starting at $25 and up.

The Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier will become a circus on Saturday, Sept. 14, complete with a  tent in the 40' tall space. There will be a troupe of circus performers, and even a Ferris Wheel overlooking San Diego Bay!

Every year the Red Dress Party San Diego holds a fundraiser which helps raise money for a number of HIV programs and service providers.

The Fight for LGBT Rights at the LGBT Community Center will be an opportunity for you to socialize with supporters of LGBT rights while learning about efforts (both inside and outside the courtroom) to protect and defend transgender community members.

San Diego Pride is next week, and on July 12 at Balboa Park, Trans Pride will be having their annual event celebrating transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary folks of all walks of life!

The first time I went to the Spirit of Stonewall Rally was in 2000. It was only a few weeks before that I had been homeless and living in my car.

I was from the rural border town of El Centro and didn’t know what Pride really was, but I knew there were LGBTQ people there and I knew it was in Hillcrest.

Our queer resilience and ingenuity have made us experts at the concept of found family.

Eugene Lee Yang of YouTube's The Try Guys has made perhaps the most important video of his life. Titled "I'm Gay," it chronicles his coming out and people are relating to it on a very personal and emotional level.