SAN DIEGO -- PRIDE - The University of San Diego's (USD) LGBT student group - will celebrate its 21st anniversary with a special fundraiser celebration on Saturday, Nov. 10.

Students, faculty, alumni, friends and supporters of USD's LGBT community are welcome to attend the event, which is being sponsored by alumni of USD's PRIDE group.

Founded in 1991, the group has a long history of bringing LGBT issues to the forefront of the private Catholic university.

SAN DIEGO – Charles Robert Cook, known by friends and loved ones as Chuck, died Monday afternoon from injuries that resulted from a car accident in July. He was 35 years old.

News of Cook’s death sent shockwaves across the University of San Diego (USD) campus as well throughout the local LGBT community, as he was an active participant in many campus and community activities and organizations.

SAN DIEGO -- The University of San Diego's (USD) PRIDE organization will host a drag show tonight on the campus, despite complaints from an alumnus who has threatened to pull his support of the school, saying the event is contrary to Catholic beliefs.

Citing a California state law passed in October 2011, AB 887 and USD's addition of "gender identity" and "gender expression" to its Equal Opportunity Policy and Policy Prohibiting Discrimination and Harassment, USD president Mary Lyons approved the event, receiving numerous letters of support from community members commending her decision.