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The Year in Review: Gay, lesbian service members no longer in the closet

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
December 31st, 2012

On Sept. 21, the U.S. military marked the first anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and 2012 saw lesbian, gay and bisexual service members openly participating in proud military traditions, national events and LGBT pride celebrations.

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Hillcrest Pride Flag to fly high after ceremony Friday night

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
July 19th, 2012

SAN DIEGO – After months of planning, fundraising and hard work, a rainbow flag will finally fly permanently over Hillcrest.

Friday at 6:30 pm, the Hillcrest Pride Flag will be raised for the first time during a special ceremony that will kick off “America’s Pride” weekend in San Diego. Community members who attend San Diego Pride’s annual Spirit of Stonewall Rally, which will be held on Harvey Milk and Normal streets in Hillcrest, will be able to witness the flag’s first official raising at the end of the program.

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Jim Winsor's Out & About: The gayest guide to San Diego Pride 2012

Jim Winsor - SDGLN Nightlife Columnist
July 19th, 2012

An annual tradition returns! Here again is my omnibus guide to all boy-related events during San Diego Pride, fully hyper-linked and in chronological order. So be sure to bookmark this page on your smart phones, for ease of reference during this hectic event-filled weekend.

Have fun guys, and I'll see you this weekend out and about!

Thursday, July 19

7 pm | Country Pride/Meet the Men of Dirty Tony's at Urban Mo's

Last call for San Diego Pride volunteer registration

SDGLN Staff
July 5th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- The annual San Diego LGBT Pride celebration - "America's Pride" - is just two weeks away and volunteers are still needed to help make the event a success. As one of the largest such events in the country, the San Diego Pride organization counts on an army of volunteers to make the parade, festival and other events a reality.

Volunteers are needed in a number of areas, including:

- Safety

- Recycling

- Sales and merchandise

- Transportation and communications

- Parade staging

- Exhibitor relations

San Diego Pride Spirit of Stonewall Awards nominations underway

SDGLN Staff
March 6th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego LGBT Pride has opened the community nomination process for its annual Spirit of Stonewall Awards, which will be presented during the 2012 Spirit of Stonewall Rally, kicking off the America’s Pride events on July 20.

San Diego Pride chooses 2012 theme

SDGLN Staff
February 21st, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego LGBT Pride has selected "America's Pride" as the theme for its 38th annual Pride Celebration Weekend, to be held July 20-22.

Dwayne Crenshaw, executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride, explains the theme in a news release issued today:

"The promise of America grounded in the Constitution, contained in our Pledge of Allegiance, inscribed on the Statue of Liberty and enunciated by generations of our nation’s leaders is that America stands for liberty, for justice, for equality for all. This has been America’s Pride,” Crenshaw said.

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