SAN DIEGO -- SDGLN is not often thought of as an international publication even though it is read in 175 countries. For many of our readers abroad -- the news and information about all the fun things we do here, our struggles and challenges and how we connect with the rest of the world, our publication represents a lifeline. It also gives them a hope that one day they too can have free association and a free press, civil rights, access to HIV information and health care as well as business opportunities.

Last week, Bishop Christopher Senyonjo and I had an opportunity to relax in the home of Tim and Michael, two dear friends in Minnetonka, Minn. We had been on the road fighting for global equality for two weeks, so it was a time to do laundry, have lunch with my partner Mile (as he changed planes on his way to Europe to visit his family) and give some support to the local campaign for marriage equality.

We were interviewed by KFAI Radio and shared some of the background of the anti-LGBT campaign in Africa.

It is heartbreaking to read some of the stories of the 120 people who have applied for scholarships to the St. Paul’s Foundation so they can come to the World AIDS Conference in July in Washington, D.C.

Two particular accounts give us windows into what it is like for millions of LGBT people globally.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Bishop Christopher Senyonjo of Uganda, a nation in the cross-hairs of a global jihad against LGBT rights, is calling upon San Francisco Pride and USA Pride organizations to adopt “Global Equality” as the theme for 2012 Pride celebrations.