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ADOPT ME! Take Pooh home!

SDGLN Staff
June 11th, 2013

Pooh is a black cat weighing 5.1 pounds. She is 6 years old and has been spayed.

Why I'd make a great companion

While I enjoy spending quality time with my people friends, I am also content to spend time on my own. I have an independent spirit. I'm a mellow and easy-going companion, content just to feel loved. I'm a fantastic companion seeking a family to cherish.

Type of home I'm looking for

I would do best in a home with children 8 years old and older, please.

GLAAD's What To Watch On Tuesday | VIDEO

Megan Townsend - Entertainment and Operations Coordinator, GLAAD
June 11th, 2013

(This post was originally published by SDGLN content partner GLAAD.)

TONIGHT: Hillcrest Town Council to discuss UCSD Health Care and the homeless

Hillcrest Town Council
June 11th, 2013

SAN DIEGO -- Tonight, join the Hillcrest Town Council as we have some great presentations from some great locals.

This month, we're excited to welcome Marina Baroff, Associate Administrator at UC San Diego Health System, and Karen Mitchell, Emergency Department Case Manager. Together, they're going to be discussing how UCSD is unveiling plans to improve the way they handle emergency department discharges of homeless patients.

Russia essentially bans the gay

SDGLN Staff
June 11th, 2013

MOSCOW -- Russia's parliament, the State Duma, today unanimously passed a federal law banning "gay propaganda" and "non-traditional sexual relations," drawing widespread criticism from human-rights groups. One deputy abstained from voting.

The federal law, similar to the one passed by St. Petersburg last year, is designed to "protect children from information that can bring harm to their health and well-being."

"The Life And Times Of Allen Ginsberg" DVD released June 11

SDGLN Staff
June 11th, 2013

Iconic poet, visionary, outspoken champion of human rights, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, Buddhist, political activist and teacher — Allen Ginsberg’s remarkable life shaped the very soul of American counterculture.

For 30 years, Academy Award-nominated producer and director Jerry Aronson ("Chasing Ice," "The Divided Trail)" accumulated more than 200 hours of film on Allen Ginsberg, resulting in this comprehensive portrait of one of America’s greatest poets, author of “Howl” and other groundbreaking poems.

Letter to the community: GLAD executive director to retire

Dianne Philips - Board president, GLAD
June 11th, 2013

My friend and colleague Lee Swislow has overseen GLAD with skill, finesse, and vision since 2005.

Lee will celebrate her 65th birthday next April, and when she does, she will also embark on a new adventure: retirement.

Lee has led GLAD to major advances in LGBT rights, from the spread of marriage equality across New England to spearheading the fight to bring down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, to winning the right of transgender people to deduct transition-related medical expenses from their taxes, to name only a few recent victories.

Jane Lynch and Dr. Lara Embry are divorcing

SDGLN Staff
June 11th, 2013

LOS ANGELES -- "Glee" star Jane Lynch and her wife Dr. Lara Embry are divorcing.

The couple told People magazine on Monday that their three-year marriage was caput:

“Lara and I have decided to end our marriage. This has been a difficult decision for us as we care very deeply about each another. We ask for privacy as we deal with the family matter.”

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Drugged and raped: A soldier tells his story

Nick
June 11th, 2013

(Editor's note: SDGLN has exposed a very ugly secret in our community: intentional drugging of victims and male rape. On Thursday, SDGLN published a first-person account of a well-known gay man in San Diego who was drugged and raped sometime after being out celebrating at a nightclub in Hillcrest. We verified the source and his story. Because of the sensitive and personal nature of this incident, we granted his request to run his important first-person story without revealing his name. The story has become the talk of the town.

Obama's highest-ranking gay official to be nominated ambassador to OSCE | VIDEO

SDGLN Staff
June 10th, 2013

WASHINGTON – The White House announced today its intention to nominate Daniel Baer – the current Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor – as the next Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Baer is the highest-ranking LGBT official in the Obama Administration.

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Mama's Kitchen to host "Independence from Hunger" food drives in July

SDGLN Staff
June 10th, 2013

SAN DIEGO -- Mama’s Kitchen is asking the public to participate in its third annual “Independence from Hunger,” an initiative to encourage individuals, businesses, schools and community groups to host food drives during July 2013 to ensure the pantry shelves are full with nutritious non-perishable food items.

Mama’s Pantry, a service of Mama’s Kitchen, provides a nutritional shopping opportunity at no cost for low income men, women and children of San Diego County affected by HIV/AIDS.