Patrick Henry High School

Life with Benny: Honoring a true hero

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
June 14th, 2013

So many people are quietly working to make the world a better place, and we just don't thank them enough. Within our community, we have several awards events to honor people who are doing big things, but too often it's the people who are just living their everyday lives doing the incredible things who don't get any credit for it.

Homecoming crowns just the start for San Diego lesbian couple

Matthew T. Hall - Columnist, UT San Diego
June 21st, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- It’s only been a week, but that’s not too soon to add 18-year-olds Rebeca Arellano and Haileigh Adams to a list of accomplished Patrick Henry High School alumni that includes Oscar nominee Annette Bening and Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams.

Do you remember Haileigh and Rebeca?

They’re the lesbian couple whose San Carlos classmates voted them homecoming king and queen one whirlwind weekend in October, eliciting raves and rebukes, happiness and hate, locally and nationwide.

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COMMENTARY with VIDEO: Patrick Henry High deserves praise, not hatred, for making history

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 2nd, 2011

Bravo to students at Patrick Henry High in San Diego for electing a young lesbian couple as the school's homecoming king and queen.

Sour grapes to the angry and upset bigots who have bombarded the school and the San Diego Unified district with homophobic outbursts and hateful messages -- and to the so-called journalists who are outraged by the election.

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Life with Benny: My personal crusade through the fear and stigma of HIV

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
December 1st, 2010

I was certain I contracted HIV when I was 15 years old.

The year was 1995; I had recently accepted the fact that I was gay and was ready to explore my sexuality.

A friend of mine, who was around the same age as me, came over one evening to sleep over. Our plan was to watch movies, hang out, and cause typical teenage mischief.

Somehow, we got into a little more "mischief" than we had planned, and ended up having oral sex. It was the first time I had ever experienced anything like that, and it was thrilling and nerve-wracking all at the same time.