SAN DIEGO – Looking for love in all the right places? Or do you just want to add some more friends to your list?

Whatever you are looking for, Power Dating at Jake's on Sixth Wine Bar is the event to be at on Tuesday evening as some of San Diego’s finest gay and bisexual men are expected to be there.

The Power Dating event will give participants the opportunity to go on 20 “dates” in 90 minutes in a low-pressure, well-organized format.

Event organizers encourage all interested men to attend the event saying that it is “safe, relaxed, friendly and fun!”

SAN DIEGO – Hillcrest is going to be a hot mess on Friday night if everything goes as planned.

To celebrate her birthday, El Cajon resident and friend of the LGBT community Cali Griebel will be throwing a huge bash at Rich’s nightclub to raise funds for UCSD’s HIV programs.

The event, which will be called “Hot Mess,” will be a celebration of everything tacky, gaudy, over the top, experimental, and neon about 1980’s fashion.

A year ago, I got a phone call from a new start-up news website called San Diego Gay & Lesbian News (SDGLN.com), asking me to do something rather unexpected; write a column about anything I wanted.

A blank ticket like that is not something you get very often and I set out to write about single life and the ups and downs of dating. Truth be told, it ended up having very little to do with being single and a lot more to do with being in a relationship.

As I was scouring through “gay” news this morning looking for news tips to post in SDGLN’s "Causes" section, I came across two more heartbreaking stories of very young gay teenagers who have recently committed suicide, most likely as a result of anti-gay harassment.

I did not plan on writing about this topic in this week’s column, but I found myself practically lifeless at my desk, reading these articles with sadness, anger and a sense of wanting to wrap my arms around all LGBT youth and protect them for the big, bad world that we live in.