San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

It’s October and that means – it’s time to celebrate 

LGBTQ national leaders and government officials from all over the United States will be descending upon San Diego on Nov. 6for the official launching ceremony of the USNS Harvey Milk at the NASSCO Shipyard.

Today, the LGBTQ Victory Fund, launched a first-of-its-kind national effort to ensure LGBTQ communities are considered and respected throughout the U.S. redistricting process.

The annual Mr/Ms/Miss/MxLGBTQ Pride honorees, along with the Mr. LGBTQ Teen Pride honoree, were announced on Tuesday night at Mayor Todd Gloria's inaugural San Diego Pride Kick-Off event held at the Balboa Park Organ Pavillion. The event concluded with the lighting of the Organ Pavillion in rainbow colors.

This year's honorees are:

Today, city officials hoisted the LGBTQ Pride flag over San Diego City Hall. This is the first that a Pride flag has flown on City Hall for all to see, although Pride flags have been displayed in the building's lobby in the past.

The San Diego Public Library Foundation, a non-profit organization created to provide private support to the library system in San Diego, rallied many citizens to show up virtually to Thursday's city budget hearings to speak in support of their local libraries.

On Tuesday, Mayor Todd Gloria launched a major expansion of the “SD Access 4 All” program with free Wi-Fi at over 300 new locations. According to Mayor Gloria's office, this expansion follows through on his promise to take action to close the digital divide that leaves 53,000 San Diego households with no internet access.