San Diego LGBT Community Center

ACTION ALERT: Support San Diego's 10th annual Rainbow Prom

SAN DIEGO -- Wow! Time goes by fast. Would you believe that The Center has been hosting their Rainbow Prom for 10 years?

The Rainbow Prom (formerly “The Other Prom”) provides our youth a safe, welcoming and affirming event where they can express themselves. LGBTQ youth want to go to prom, dress up and dance with that someone special, just like everyone else.

The Center launches Project TRANS, a transgender services program

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego LGBT Community Center has launched Project TRANS, its transgender services program.

Project TRANS (Transgender Referrals, Assistance, Networking and Services) will serve as an umbrella for the various services The Center has previously offered specifically to the transgender community, including discussion groups, behavioral health services, HIV prevention services, youth services and more.

San Diego LGBT Community Center is closed for the remainder of the day

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego LGBT Community Center has been closed for the remainder of the day, Wednesday, May 8. Staff members at The Center say the closure was necessary because of the need to use chemicals to seal the wood as the auditorium floor in the building is resurfaced.

All meetings that were scheduled to take place at The Center today and this evening are cancelled. The Center's staff and volunteers have apologized for the inconvenience and assure the community that these improvements are being done to make the facility a better space for everyone to enjoy.

On Thursday, LGBT nonprofits to raise money via #GiveOutDay

Nonprofits across the country - including two San Diego organizations - will encourage their supporters to contribute to them on Thursday, May 9 through a new online and Social Media initiative called "Give OUT Day." The program includes an online giving site being administered by Razoo.com making it very easy for potential donors to make a donation.

UPDATED: 2013 Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast is sold out

SAN DIEGO -- In just 18 days, our community will gather again in support of equality and justice to celebrate the life and work of Harvey Milk at the fifth annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast. With just a few weeks left, we are almost completely SOLD OUT.

This year we are excited to welcome two special guests to San Diego. Please join us to honor Former Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts with the Harvey Milk Lifetime Leadership Award and award-winning filmmaker Dustin Lance Black with the Harvey Milk Equality Award.

Dustin Lance Black and Barbara Roberts to be honored at San Diego Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast

SAN DIEGO -- Award-winning fimmaker Dustin Lance Black and former Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts will be honored at San Diego's fifth annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast on Friday, May 24.

The event is being organized by The San Diego LGBT Community Center and the San Diego Human Relations Commission, and more than 1,000 San Diegans who support equality and justice are expected to gather in celebration of Harvey Milk's memory.

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TODAY: San Diegans to dine out in support of The Center's HIV/AIDS services

SAN DIEGO -- More than 100 restaurants, bars, and coffeehouses are participating in Dining Out For Life, an annual fundraiser in support the San Diego LGBT Community Center's HIV/AIDS services.

Participating venues pledge to donate at least 25% of the day's sales to the cause, making it very easy for diners to participate - all they have to do is show up and dine out!

TONIGHT: Transgender Day of Empowerment celebration at The Center

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego's transgender community will host the tenth annual Transgender Day of Empowerment tonight from 6-9 pm at The Center.

Everyone is invited to the free celebration, which is designed to recognize outstanding individuals from the local transgender community as well as educate the public and celebrate the strides the community has made.

Tonight's event will include an awards ceremony, art, entertainment, and refreshments. A preview of the Visible Bodies photography exhibition will also be on display, in advance of its full showing at the "Art of Pride" next month.

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Michael Kimmel, California Men’s Gatherings to host relationship workshops

(This post originally appeared HERE in San Diego Uptown News.)

Psychotherapist and writer Michael Kimmel is partnering with the California Men’s Gatherings to offer a two-part workshop titled “Monogamy or Open Relationship?” that addresses monogamous relationships within the gay, bisexual and transgender men community.

Dining Out for Life volunteer orientations set

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

SAN DIEGO -- To help prepare for San Diego’s April 25 Dining Out for Life event, The San Diego LGBT Community Center has scheduled five separate volunteer orientations, starting Saturday, March 9 at 10 am.

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