SAN DIEGO -- The City Council Tuesday declared July as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month in the city of San Diego.

A proclamation, presented by councilmen Carl DeMaio and Todd Gloria, calls San Diego a "trailblazing city" led by Mayor Jerry Sanders, who frequently speaks out on behalf of marriage equality.

Gloria said the council unanimously supported the change of the name of a Hillcrest roadway to Harvey Milk Street and a 65-foot pole in the center of the city's LGBT community that will fly a rainbow flag.

SAN DIEGO -- Openly gay singer-songwriter Justin Utley will be returning to perform this weekend at the San Diego Pride Festival at Balboa Park, and he couldn't be happier for the invite.

Utley is still riding high from the release of his third album, "Nothing This Real," and he has been touring the Pride circuit this year where he is finding new audiences.

San Diego’s Pride Parade is almost 40 years old. Its exact birthday depends on whether you count the first parade with a permit in 1975 or the informal takeover of the streets by those who were denied a permit the year before.

But one thing I am virtually certain of – there were no elected officials in the parade either year.

SAN DIEGO -- The legendary Dreamgirls Revue will kick off San Diego LGBT Pride weekend with a special evening show on Wednesday, July 18, at Urban Mo's Bar & Grill.

The famed drag group performs nightly shows at venues across Southern California, including two times weekly in San Diego, and is the longest female/celebrity impersonation group in the area.