It occurred to me that it was time to write about the nonprofit for which I work: the AIDS Research Institute (ARI). Founded in 1997, the ARI is the Organized Research Unit (ORU) of UC San Diego that both links the many HIV/AIDS programs at the university together as well as provides a bridge between those programs and the larger community.

Girl-on-girl action spices up “Side Effects,” arriving on Blu-ray and DVD on Tuesday, May 21.

Starring Rooney Mara and Catherine Zeta-Jones along with Jude Law and Channing Tatum, “Side Effects” is another suspenseful thriller from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh (“Traffic,” “Contagion”).

This one is another roller coast ride of intrigue and suspense, with more twists than a bag of pretzels.

For those of us in the LGBT community, we live in pretty amazing times.

Twelve states in the United States give same-gender couples the freedom to marry, with that number seeming to increase every day.

Thankfully, my then partner of 23 years and I were able to marry, and did so, during the short period of time in 2008 when it was legal in California. As we know, we are waiting to hear the decision from the U. S. Supreme Court as to the immediate future of same-sex marriage in California.

McKINNEY, Texas – A lesbian couple will comply with a Republican judge’s order to no longer live together due to a morality clause included in one of the women’s divorce papers, even though their attorney contends that the ruling is a violation of their constitutional right to privacy.

An attorney representing the couple issued a statement this week and revealed new information about the court action by Judge John Roach Jr., who has come under widespread criticism for his decision that split apart the couple.