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Gay man delivers 18,000 signatures supporting re-instatement to Catholic diocese

Nicholas Coppola, the gay man who was stripped of his involvement with his local Roman Catholic parish, delivered 18,603 signatures with GLAAD to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, requesting to be restored to full engagement with his local parish. The signatures were gathered through the social justice organization, Faithful America in less than one week after launching the campaign.

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THEATER REVIEW: Diversionary’s “The Further Adventures Of Hedda Gabler”

Hedda Gabler, splayed out on the couch with a bullet through her head, wakes from her final scene.

“Did I miss?” she asks. Then, seeing husband Tesman: “Am I in hell?

Well, not quite, but she and many other fictional/historical/mythological characters will flit through Jeff Whitty’s witty “The Further Adventures Of Hedda Gabler” on their way to ... well, I’m getting ahead of myself.

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THEATER REVIEW: Diversionary’s “The Further Adventures Of Hedda Gabler”

Hedda Gabler, splayed out on the couch with a bullet through her head, wakes from her final scene.

“Did I miss?” she asks. Then, seeing husband Tesman: “Am I in hell?

Well, not quite, but she and many other fictional/historical/mythological characters will flit through Jeff Whitty’s witty “The Further Adventures Of Hedda Gabler” on their way to ... well, I’m getting ahead of myself.

Immigration Court urged not to deport HIV-positive man convicted in sting

LOS ANGELES – Lambda Legal and the HIV Law Project today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief asking the Bureau of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to overturn an Immigration Judge’s ruling ordering the deportation of an HIV-positive immigrant convicted of solicitation for oral sex.

April: National Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month

SAN DIEGO — April is National Prevention of Animal Cruelty month, so the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA is reminding the community to be advocates in the fight against animal cruelty and abuse.

The San Diego Humane Society receives more than 2,000 calls of suspected animal cruelty or neglect each year.

“We rely on community information to help our investigations,” said Randy Lawrence, Director of Humane Law Enforcement for the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA. “It’s often times the only way we’re able to collect enough evidence to bring animal abusers to justice.”

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COMMENTARY: Also remembering the African-American Holocaust survivors

This week, April 8-12, marks the 27th annual observance of Holocaust Memorial Week. The week is about remembering not only the 6 million Jews murdered but also remembering the millions of allies, martyrs and victims who survived Nazi Germany's reign of brutality.

Man no longer allowed to visit husband at KC hospital | VIDEO

(Editor's note: President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on April 15, 2010 that protects the rights of LGBT Americans to hospital visitations with their loved ones. HERE is the final regulations issued by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.)

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — A Lee’s Summit man is fighting a restraining order that he says was issued against him after he says he was arrested for refusing to leave the bedside of his sick partner.

COMMUNITY PROFILE: Meet DJ Jason Drenik

SAN DIEGO – Popular DJ Jason Drenik has two big gigs this weekend, spinning at two Shaun Flak events.

First up will be Mojo Madness on Friday night at 1202 nightclub in Hillcrest.

He will also helm the M.A.N. party on Saturday night at Bourbon Street in University Heights.

Drenik, 31, grew up in Brentwood in Northern California. And he is single, gentlemen!

Learn more about Drenik below:

SDGLN: Where can people find you working?

The Range in Hillcrest on Fridays

SDGLN: When did you start spinning, and why?

OUT's 7th annual Power List: The 50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America

NEW YORK -- OUT has released its seventh annual Power 50 list, ranking the gay men and women whose power and prestige is instrumental in influencing the way Americans think about and engage with the world. This year’s list runs the gamut, featuring businesspeople, entertainers, politicians, and activists.

Survey: San Diego drivers are distracted

SAN DIEGO -- There were about 3,300 deaths and 400,000 injuries nationwide in 2011 due to collisions involving distracted driving, according to experts in the Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety (TREDS) program at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

The use of cell phones while operating a vehicle is currently the leading cause of driver distraction crashes in California.

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