Afghanistan

"What's right is right:" Widowed lesbian pushes for equal military benefits

Bill Briggs - NBC News contributor
February 4th, 2013

When her spouse was killed in Afghanistan, Tracy Johnson drove across town to her mother-in-law’s house — clutching her marriage certificate — so she could hear the Army’s formal notification. No one from the military came to her door.

Lesbian soldier killed in Taliban suicide bomber attack in Afghanistan

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
October 6th, 2012

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Donna R. Johnson of the North Carolina Army National Guard was among 14 people killed Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle packed with explosives into a joint U.S.-Afghan patrol in eastern Afghanistan.

Johnson, of Raeford, N.C., who was lesbian, is survived by her spouse Tracy Dice, according to a statement by Lt. Col. Robert Carver of the North Carolina National Guard.

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Solace International to sell wares at San Diego Pride Festival, benefiting global communities in need

John Greenwell - Special to SDGLN
July 20th, 2012

Beni Ghale, a woman in Nepal, was abandoned by her husband with no source of income and two children to care for on her own.

Rather than resort to prostitution, and with only herself to rely on, Beni began to ask local restaurants in Kathmandu for their used rice sacks. She worked hard to replicate the traditional grass baskets by making tote bags and purses from these recycled sacks.

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THEATER REVIEW: La Jolla Playhouse's West Coast premiere of “Blood And Gifts”

Jean Lowerison - SDGLN Theater Critic
June 21st, 2012

We all understand great big, bloody public wars leaving death and devastation in their wake. But playwright J.T. Rogers is more interested in those little niggling covert operations – the non-war wars – that seem to be more de rigueur these days.

Rogers’ “Blood And Gifts” investigates the Soviet incursion into Afghanistan in the 1980s (intended to replace a leader the Russians regarded as U.S.-leaning), which brought CIA operatives, covert operations, the titular “gifts” and heightened political division to that country.

Afghan Women's Writing Project mentor to headline Spirit of the Barrio luncheon

SDGLN Staff
February 29th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Tickets are now available for Family Health Centers of San Diego's (FHCSD) next "Spirit of the Barrio Luncheon," to be held March 16, featuring award-winning author and international women's empowerment leader Barbara Field.

The tamale lunch has become one of the organization's beloved traditions, bringing more than 500 people together for networking, education, entertainment and community building. Individuals, businesses, corporate sponsors, political and community leaders alike typically attend the quarterly lunch program that raises money for FHCSD.

Coalition of community groups to protest U.S. military involvement Saturday

SDGLN Staff
March 18th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- A large coalition of local organizations have signed on to endorse and participate in a peace rally this Saturday to protest the United States military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The event, titled END THE WARS!: The REAL Threat to the Economy, will be held from noon to 3:30 pm at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Grape Street near Balboa Park.

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