(This post originally appeared in HERE in Gay San Diego, a SDGLN media partner.)

SAN DIEGO -- North County LGBTQ Resource Center Executive Director Max Disposti was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Award by the North San Diego County NAACP at a ceremony held Monday, Jan. 21. The award acknowledges outstanding civic leaders in the community, and is handed out at the NAACP’s annual community prayer breakfast.

SAN DIEGO -- As communities around the globe prepare to mark World AIDS Day on Saturday, Dec. 1, the World Health Organization (WHO) is continuing its focus on the number zero.

With this year’s theme being “Getting to Zero,” the international organization hopes to see a day when there are zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS related deaths.

OCEANSIDE, Calif. – It’s time for San Diego’s North County LGBT community to celebrate, as the annual Pride @ the Beach! festival returns tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 13.

The event, organized by the North County LGBTQ Resource Center, is a family-friendly LGBT Pride celebration, which includes entertainment, food, community resource booths and vendors, and other attractions that people have come to expect at such events.

Being an LGBT person of faith in some geographical areas can be very difficult. Only a few years ago, finding a supportive LGBT church or congregation in North County would have cost you some research time. Today, a diverse range of interfaith communities are stepping up to make sure their messages can be heard everywhere.