A Peruvian father faces allegations of setting his 22-year-old son on fire after learning he is gay and HIV positive.

Hitler Baneo Núñez, 49, allegedly tried to burn his son — identified in reports as Roberto — after becoming tired of jokes about his son’s sexual orientation, reports the Peruvian daily newspaper La Región.

SAN DIEGO -- Tickets are now on sale for the 22nd annual Mama’s Day fundraiser on Friday, May 10 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine.

This year, guests will enjoy an amazing line-up of culinary delights from San Diego’s top restaurants and executive chefs at the evening poolside affair to benefit Mama’s Kitchen, a local nonprofit organization which cooks and delivers hot, nutrition-specific meals free of charge to men, women and children affected by AIDS or cancer throughout San Diego County.

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) has selected Mama’s Kitchen as its 2013 spring concert community partner.

Audience members attending “Rocket Man – The Music of Elton John” will be asked to deposit their donation during intermission in the chorus’s iconic giant ruby slipper in the theater lobby.

The concert takes place on April 13 and 14 at the Birch North Park Theatre.

SAN DIEGO -- Guests at this year's Mama's Day fundraiser - benefiting Mama's Kitchen - will enjoy an amazing line-up of culinary delights from San Diego’s top restaurants and executive chefs at the evening poolside affair, taking place Friday, May 10, at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine.

Sam “the Cooking Guy” Zien will return for the fifth consecutive year as the event’s culinary host, and for the first time, AJ Machado from “AJ in the Mornings” on Energy 103.7 (KEGY-FM) will emcee the event.