SAN DIEGO -- In August, an expected 75 competitive women's softball teams are expected to descend upon San Diego when the Amateur Sports Alliance of North America (ASANA) holds its annual Softball World Series here.

Called "San Diego Happens: ASANA 2012," the yearly championship tournament will take place August 21-25, 2012.

SAN DIEGO -- This Saturday, April 7, 2012 the dances that have been heating up San Diego's women's community for the last few years are back again with a new spin on their previous Hot Flash and Inferno dances and it is spreading …

Wildfire! A Hot Flash Production kicks off in April with two -- believe it -- two dances to get you out of your houses and onto the dance floor.

Now labeled "a dance for queer women and our allies," this all women's dance is very inclusive.

SAN DIEGO -- A much beloved member of the community, Rafael Acosta, died last Sunday after an acute illness took over his system. It was his 50th birthday.

Acosta had been sick with flu-like symptoms for several weeks, and many friends were unaware how serious his condition was until Sunday morning, when his family called, gathering them to his bedside at Scripps Mercy Hospital in Hillcrest.

Ed Johnson, a close friend who played softball and team-traveled with Acosta for over 20 years, described his sudden death as "shocking."

(Editor's note: San Diego Gay & Lesbian News team welcomes the return of Nested Lez, a popular social column that ran for many years in the local monthly print newspaper, Lavender Lens. Amy hopes to share the challenges and triumphs of the "nested" life every other week, or as often as her ever-increasing schedule allows.)

Eight years ago, I wrote my first Nested Lez column for the Lavender Lens (then known simply as The Lavender). In it, I tried to explain what the column would represent: