San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

While the COVID-19 health crisis and need to slow the virus’ spread has required the closure of some of our state parks, and closed parking and modified usage at all of our parks, there are several ways to bring the beauty and history of our state parks indoors thanks to the California State Parks’ website.

San Diego Pride has scheduled a series of upcoming virtual events to keep the LGBTQ community connected during these difficult times. The series began last Monday with an hour long question and answer session with City of San Diego Councilmember Chris Ward who shared about COVID-19 and its direct impact on the local LGBTQ community.

With so many people struggling right now due to reduced work hours or unemployment, Rich's San Diego wants to help. The popular Hillcrest nightclub plans to offer free meals every Wednesday to anyone who works at an LGBTQ+ business or organization in Hillcrest and whose livelihood has been affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

Six feet, girl! SIX FEET! 

In these times of social distancing, Urban Mo’s Bar & Grill wants to help you remind others to stay a safe distance while you’re out and about running essential errands. 

Many around town are mourning the loss of a community member who was known affectionately by those who knew him as “Uncle Don,” who passed away this weekend. Uncle Don’s death was reported on social media by Jonathan Lopez and Michael Gould, both close friends of Don.

I'd like to start to just ask you to do a really simple thing with me and let's just take a breath. Take a big deep breath in, and just open mouth, exhale, let it go. The breath is one of the simplest best tools I've ever learned in my life to calm the nervous system. And I think we all know it's really helpful to calm our nervous system in this really interesting time in history.

With so much uncertainty and so many things changing from day to day, I wanted to take this moment to share with you some of the changes and adaptations we’ve made and how we are moving forward. Our hearts go out to everyone who has been impacted by the mental, emotional, physical, health, and financial damage that has been done by this virus.

Please visit:  https://www.planhillcrest.org/ 

As America and the world try to make sense out of the coronavirus pandemic while following the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) guidelines and staying home, one community member is finding ways to safely aid those on the frontlines.