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A mid-century childhood in North Park

Having lived in my home in North Park for almost 10 years, sometimes I feel like an old-timer. I find myself more and more telling recent transplants on the block about the people who lived in their house three owners ago, and how different things were way back in the “aughts.”

SDSU's LGBT Student Union to receive campus Diversity Award

SAN DIEGO -- The LGBT Student Union (LGBTSU) at San Diego State University has been selected to receive the school's annual "Diversity Award," a top honor that reflects the organization's commitment to inclusion on campus and in the community.

San Diego State University's annual Diversity Awards - taking place Wednesday, April 24 - serves as an opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate the school's long standing commitment to diversity, inclusion, and social justice.

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RGOD2: How your taxes are killing LGBT people

Taxes and death may be the two inevitable American inescapable outcomes, but how are my taxes causing death to thousands of LGBT people around the world and how can I prevent these deaths?

I am in Washington, D.C. preparing for a panel discussion sponsored by the St. Paul’s Foundation, Ford Foundation and UN Foundation with 400 representative organizations from around the planet about LGBT issues and the World Bank.

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Fashionably Out: Playtime at your favorite fashion store

There’s a scene in “Evita” where Eva Peron decides she has had about enough with people spreading false rumors about her, and consults to her personal team for a glamorous makeover.

During this musical number, “Rainbow High,” Evita sings about the new woman she wants to embody and portray to Argentinians.

One of her operative lines from that song, “so Christian Dior me, from my head to my toes,” is clearly proclaiming that this woman means business - and knows her fashion houses very well.

April: National Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month

SAN DIEGO — April is National Prevention of Animal Cruelty month, so the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA is reminding the community to be advocates in the fight against animal cruelty and abuse.

The San Diego Humane Society receives more than 2,000 calls of suspected animal cruelty or neglect each year.

“We rely on community information to help our investigations,” said Randy Lawrence, Director of Humane Law Enforcement for the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA. “It’s often times the only way we’re able to collect enough evidence to bring animal abusers to justice.”

OUT's 7th annual Power List: The 50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America

NEW YORK -- OUT has released its seventh annual Power 50 list, ranking the gay men and women whose power and prestige is instrumental in influencing the way Americans think about and engage with the world. This year’s list runs the gamut, featuring businesspeople, entertainers, politicians, and activists.

Survey: San Diego drivers are distracted

SAN DIEGO -- There were about 3,300 deaths and 400,000 injuries nationwide in 2011 due to collisions involving distracted driving, according to experts in the Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety (TREDS) program at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

The use of cell phones while operating a vehicle is currently the leading cause of driver distraction crashes in California.

Las Vegas: Musical chairs happening at new gay and lesbian center

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The morning of April 6 was a memorable day for Candice Nichols. That morning, she oversaw the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the new Gay and Lesbian Center of Southern Nevada -- aka The Center -- for which she has served as executive director since 2004, and relocated to a renovated downtown building on South Maryland Parkway four times the size of the previous location.

White House seeks nominations for annual LGBT awards

WASHINGTON -- To honor Harvey Milk's legacy, the White House will recognize a group of outstanding openly LGBT state and local elected and appointed officials as "Harvey Milk Champions of Change."

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Heart & Soul: What does this mean?

I conducted a workshop a couple of weeks ago in Milwaukee, Wisc. based on my book, “Coming Out To Ourselves … Admitting, Accepting Who We Truly Are.” The title of the workshop is “It’s My Story, and It’s Sticking to Me.”

Much of the workshop has to do with what we believe and tell ourselves, about our past, other people, and even God (Spirit, the Universe, our Higher Power).

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