Our LGBT Events - General

The David Bohnett Cyber Center is a 10-terminal computer lab adjacent to the Front Desk at The Center on Centre Street. The Hillcrest Youth Center (HYC) also houses a sister computer lab available for youth ages 14-20. New computers at HYC have been generously donated by the Waitt Family Foundation and the David Bohnett Foundation. Both labs provide free classes, mentoring, Internet access and use of the Microsoft Office Suite. Please call to verify hours of operation, there are times when the Cyber Center may be closed.

Alcoholics Anonymous meeting open to anyone who thinks they may have a problem with alcohol. We discuss the AA program of recovery and the 12 steps. Meets every Friday at The Center at 8pm.

Get rid of those midweek cobwebs by getting out on the trail for a while. Actual rides will vary but may include Penasquitos, San Clemente Canyon or Mission Trails. Bring your light...it can get dark! The ride will last a couple of hours. Start time: 5:30pm. Call Bill 1-2 days ahead of time to get the ride and start point info.

Front Runners provides running and walking activities for the LGBT community. Front runners meets every Monday and/or Wednesday at 6pm in Balboa Park at the southeast corner of Sixth and Laurel under the big tree.

Front Runners provides running and walking activities for the LGBT community. It meets every Monday and/or Wednesday at 6pm in Balboa Park at the southeast corner of Sixth and Laurel under the big tree.

Front Runners & Walkers provides running and walking activities for the LGBT community. Meets Monday and Wednesday at 6:00pm and Saturday at 8:00am at the south east corner of Laurel and 6th Ave in Balboa Park. Runners and walkers of all ages, gender, and athletic ability are welcome and invited to join us for our weekly fun runs and walks. We have over 200 members ranging in age from 23 to 72, about 40 percent of our members are women.

The San Diego Bulldogs offer you a way to learn freestyle wrestling in a fun, safe and challenging way! Beginners and all skill levels are welcome! Meets 4-6pm every Sunday at The Center.

Join Instructor Royal for this great yoga class every Tuesday 10:30 am at The Center. This class is FREE and open to all.

The San Diego Bulldogs offer you a way to learn freestyle wrestling in a fun, safe and challenging way! Beginners and all skill levels are welcome! Meets 7-9pm every Thursday at The Center.

J*Pride & the 2006 San Diego Jewish Book Fair are proud to present...

Jonathan Silin, author of My Father’s Keeper

Sunday, November 5, 2006, 5:00 p.m.

The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS
4126 Executive Dr. La Jolla, CA 92037

My Father’s Keeper is the moving story of Jonathan Silin, a gay man in midlife who learned to care for his elderly parents as a series of life-threatening illnesses forced them to make the difficult transition from being independent to being reliant on their son. Their new needs and unrelenting demands brought parents and child into intimate daily contact and radically transformed what had been a distant and emotionally fraught relationship.

Book Signing and Reception Following Presentation u $7.50 JCC Member/$9.50 Non-Member

For Tickets, please contact the JCC Box Office:
858.362.1348 or http://tickets.lfjcc.org

The Cygnets Water Polo team welcomes new members of al skill levels. They practice at the Helix Charter High School, located at 7323 University Ave in La Mesa, on Tuesdays from 7:15 to 9:00 pm. The first practice is free. For more information , visit www.cygnetspolo.com

***MEETS IN BALBOA PARK in the Playground near 6th & Spruce. Always FREE. Everyone welcome regardless of physical condition.

CLASS starts at: 7:30 pm, followed by practicing open dance
BACCHUS HOUSE at 3054 university ave. in northpark
for details: http://kpdancehouse.com/samesex%20dancing.htm

NEW CLASS: Starts September 5, 12, and 19 from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm!

Front Runners North County
More detailed information on http://www.northcountypridesd.org, select "Groups and Events", then "Front Runners North County"
A fitness & social group for GLBT and friends and families to walk and run on the beach in Carlsbad. We meet each Saturday morning at 9am in MaGee Park in Carlsbad, California. After that, we meet in a cafe with tea and coffee for chatting nice. Tell your friends about this nice group. Oh, so you know, it's FREE!!

At long last, OCEAN SQUARES is back. Tons of fun!!

Now that the long, drawn-out election is over, Ocean Squares is dancing again, tonight, Tuesday, November 11, 2008, at Pilgrim Hall in Pilgrim United Church, 2020 Chestnut Street, Carlsbad, CA, from 7 to 9 pm.
Pilgrim Hall is next to and attached to the church (unless we get shunted to the nursery again!). Pilgrim Church is on the northeast corner of Chestnut and Monroe, in Carlsbad. No—not the Mormon Temple—the opposite corner!
From the 78, exit El Camino, go south to Chestnut and turn right, down to Monroe. Church is on the near right corner. Small parking off Chestnut, and more parking around the corner.
We invite you to join us for an enjoyable evening of square dancing. Everyone is invited, whether you already know how to square dance or not. We will show you how! You don’t need a partner, and there is no dress code.
We are one of twelve gay square dance clubs in southern California, and about 85 in the U.S., Canada, and several other countries, including Japan and Denmark!
Hope to see you tonight!
--Steve van Keuren
rsvk@adnc.com
Phone: 858-576-6974
for Ocean Squares
Website: www.iagsdc.org/oceansquares
(Map Location: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2020+chestnut+avenue,+carlsbad,+ca&sll=33.770015,-117.339478&sspn=1.890414,2.999268&ie=UTF8&ll=33.163547,-117.325959&spn=0.007436,0.011716&z=16)

Urban Mos/Kickers Country Western Dance Instruction 7:00 to 8:30 Free of charge. 308 University Ave. SD

Urban Mos/Kickers Country Western Dance Instruction 7:00 to 8:30 Free of charge. 308 University Ave @ Third Ave.

2820 Lytton Street @ Rosecrans in San Diego

Zumba is an aerobic salsa that let's you dance your way to fitness. No more counting "reps" at the gym, and counting the minutes until it's over. With Zumba, you dance and exercise at the same time, and all to great latin music.

ROCK-STEP has an inclusive mission that is actively working towards building a strong and vibrant LGBT country western dance community in San Diego! Beginners encouraged to attend. No partner necessary, just bring your sweet self, a willingness to learn and HAVE FUN in a community of dancers embracing the values of inclusiveness, respect, and good ol' country kindness and hospitality! Lee from Kicker's will teach a combination of two-step, waltz, shadow, shuffle.

The Class Schedule is as follows:

6:30 - 7:00pm - Intro to Two-Step
7:00 - 8:00pm - Intermediate Spins & Turns
8:00 - 8:30pm - Line Dance or Secondary Dance Lesson

ROCK-STEP offers the LGBT community, as well as their families and friends, an environment that allows everyone - regardless of skill level - to experience the pure joy of dancing. We guarantee you won't feel like an "outsider" when you join us - even if that's only now and then. Wear comfortable clothes and leather or leather-like soles. No RSVP required. $5 donation. For more information, contact Sidney at Rock-Step@Rock-Step.org or visit our website at www.Rock-Step.org.

Project OUT-Reach is an in-person campaign that puts a face to the issue every single Saturday.

10am – Get a training and coffee
11am – Go out with a buddy that’s done the canvass before
2pm – Return to base to report back your experience and get lunch
3pm – Out the door to enjoy the rest of your weekend knowing that you made a difference

Project OUT-Reach – a project where we are going into the areas around San Diego County where we lost Prop 8 looking for new supporters while educating the community about what's happening around the issue of marriage equality and getting them involved in the next steps towards equality. Even by starting right now, we have less than two years to change the hearts and minds of 250,000 + 1 Californians by using earned media, demonstrations, public outreach and education. To be successful we cannot just organize in areas that are supportive. We must also reach out to communities that have not traditionally been our allies in this fight to bridge the gap in understanding. We will have conversations with people, both at their doors and in busy public spaces to raise consciousness about the issue as well as funds for the cause. We will keep our community energized and engaged as activists, fighting to win back our fundamental right to marry.

For more information you may contact:
(619) 861-7939
meusasd@gmail.com
www.marriageequalitysd.org

You are encouraged to bring friends and family along. Please RSVP via email to volunteer@marriageequalitysd.org with the number of people you will be bringing. Let us know if you speak Spanish so we can have enough materials in Spanish.

UCSD's AVRC and San Diego County Health have partnered with the LGBT Community Center to provide free & confidential HIV testing at the main Centre St. facility. Available testing slots each day are first come, first served (no appointments taken.) Testing hours are:
MONDAY - 9AM to 2:00PM (SDCH - rapid test - walk-ins only)
TUESDAY - 9AM to 3:15PM (UCSD AVRC - rapid & early tests)*
WEDNESDAY - 9AM to 2:00PM (SDCH - rapid test - walk-ins only)
THURSDAY - 9AM to 3:15PM (UCSD AVRC - rapid & early tests)*
FRIDAY - 9AM to 1:45PM (UCSD AVRC - rapid & early tests)*

*UCSD AVRC is offering the Early Test. Appointments for morning tests at the Center may be made in advance by calling (619) 543-8080. Walk-ins are also welcome. Please arrive at 9AM to receive an appointment for the same day.

"Yoga for Everyone" is a weekly free yoga class taught by instructor Tim Schultheis. This is a basic class where beginners will feel comfortable, but more advanced participants will be given options as well. Plenty of options to meet your specific needs and skill level. It's Yoga for All!

this class meets at the dance studio CHEEK2CHEEK at 4360 morena blvd, san diego,ca 92117
for more info, pls check our webpage: http://kpdancehouse.com - click on DIVERSITYDANCESPORT

this is a drop-in class and meets every saturday
it focuses on same-sex competition dancing - any level
we're meeting at: CHEEK2CHEEK dance studio, 4360 morena blvd, san diego, ca 92117
more info: http://kpdancehouse.com - click on DIVERSITYDANCESPORT

Dignity-San Diego is a Catholic Christian organization providing a safe and supportive faith community for LGBT Catholics and all seeking a healthy connection between thier religious traditions and spirituality through weekly worship, social, and service activities.
Location:
First Unitarian Universalist Church
4190 Front St, San Diego 92103
(across from UCSD Medical Center)
All are welcome!

New swimmers and drop-in visits encouraged. Please go to our web site for more information and be sure to check out our calendar for any last minute schedule changes. www.DSST.org

In 2009, over 1,000 volunteers went door to door with us across the state to talk with voters about the importance of marriage equality for gay & lesbian couples. This year we’ve already talked with voters at their door in places like Santee and El Cajon. How great is that?

We know we’re on the right path, but California’s a huge state and we have to change the minds of 800 San Diegans this year alone or we WILL continue to lose this fight.

For our door-to-door canvass we’re gathering a team of volunteers to go in pairs to neighborhoods that mainly voted Yes on Prop 8, and we’re having conversations at the door about voters' stance on marriage. Currently in San Diego 25% of the people we talk to come closer to supporting marriage for LGBT couples. We prepare you with a great training and role play then pair you up with a volunteer who’s canvassed before.

It’s really important that we get all of our supporters out with us doing this important work. We all need to do our part.

In 2009, over 1,000 volunteers went door to door with us to talk with voters about the importance of marriage equality for gay & lesbian couples. This year we’ve already talked with voters at their door in places like Santee and El Cajon. How great is that?

We know we’re on the right path, but California’s a huge state and we have to change the minds of 800 San Diegans this year alone or we WILL continue to lose this fight. Currently, we don't have enough volunteers on our team to meet this goal.

That's why we're on the phones every Tuesday and Thursday night, calling our supporters and signing up new volunteers. New and experienced phone bankers are welcome -- we go through a great training with you so you'll be well prepared to sign up some new volunteers and help build the team that's going to win marriage back! We also pair you with experienced coaches to support you through your whole shift. This is the most effective way to get more supporters to join the crucial work of going door-to-door to change hearts and minds about same-sex marriage.

It’s really important that we get all of our supporters out with us doing this important work. We all need to do our part.

Join us from 6-9pm any Tuesday or Thursday night at our office, 4506 30th Street, SD 92116 (North Park/Normal Heights).

Come join us for a great gay bowling league every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Kearny Mesa Bowl. We take any level of bowler, new, intermediate, or advanced, men and women. It's a handicapped-league, which means we all bowl on equal footing. We are accepting any number of people from 1 to a full team of 4. The Summer League lasts until the middle of August. The cost is approximately $16 per week. Teams are forming now, please give us a call or email to join! The league will begin its long Winter season in early September, and we'd like to get your interest for that league as well.

This support group meeting is open to all gay men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their partners and caregivers. The meeting is held every Tuesday 6:30 to 8:00 PM except the Tuesday on or before Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.

Diversionary Theatre presents ‘[title of show]’
July 8-August 8
A love letter to musical theatre and to the joy of collaboration, [title of show] is a witty new musical written by two struggling writers about two struggling writers writing a witty new musical. A can’t miss for those who love Broadway!
[title of show] has music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and the book is by Hunter Bell. Directed by James Vasquez, with musical direction by Tim McKnight. The cast of four features Tony Houck, Heather Paton, Karson St. John and Tom Zohar. [title of show] is an official event of San Diego LGBT Pride.
Show times:
Thursday & Monday at 7:30pm
Friday at 8:00pm
Saturday at 3:00 & 8:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm
Thursday, Sunday, Monday (July 26) performances: $33
Friday & Saturday performances: $35
Students/Seniors 60+/Military: $4 off
Student Rush: $12.00 tickets for students w/ID starting one hour before curtain.
Please ask for the discount at time of purchase.
Diversionary Theatre
“San Diego’s LGBT Theatre”
4545 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92116
619.220.0097

boxoffice@diversionary.org

www.diversionary.org

Diversionary Theatre presents ‘[title of show]’
July 8-August 8
A love letter to musical theatre and to the joy of collaboration, [title of show] is a witty new musical written by two struggling writers about two struggling writers writing a witty new musical. A can’t miss for those who love Broadway!
[title of show] has music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and the book is by Hunter Bell. Directed by James Vasquez, with musical direction by Tim McKnight. The cast of four features Tony Houck, Heather Paton, Karson St. John and Tom Zohar. [title of show] is an official event of San Diego LGBT Pride.
Show times:
Thursday & Monday (July 26) at 7:30pm
Friday at 8:00pm
Saturday at 3:00 & 8:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm
Thursday, Sunday, Monday performances: $33
Friday & Saturday performances: $35
Students/Seniors 60+/Military: $4 off
Student Rush: $12.00 tickets for students w/ID starting one hour before curtain.
Please ask for the discount at time of purchase.
Diversionary Theatre
“San Diego’s LGBT Theatre”
4545 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92116
619.220.0097

boxoffice@diversionary.org

www.diversionary.org

Believing in the importance of providing music for all, the mission of the Notre Temps String Ensemble, Inc. is to provide access to string music making to the members of the community regardless of musical experience or age.

Through structured rehearsals and concerts the ensemble members will gain basic knowledge in music making in a non-competitive setting.

The Notre Temps String Ensemble is a community based orchestra founded in 2008 under the direction of Michael Tagart. It exists to provide opportunities for music making to individuals who otherwise would not be given them. It is rare that the chance to meet in an orchestral setting is provided to people outside of well funded schools or those who dedicated much of their childhood to learning an instrument. In an effort to promote the highest standards possible, most existing community orchestras have audition requirements for entrance or age restrictions.

Notre Temps (Our Time) String Ensemble is comprised of over twenty members varying in age and ability level. These members come from all walks of life and represent many of the communities throughout the greater San Diego area. Connected by their love for music, the ensemble is not only an educational experience, but a social setting as well. It is through this love for music that our members are able to transcend the stigmas typically associated with playing an instrument later in life. The Notre Temps String Ensemble welcomes both members who have played their respective instruments earlier in life, or those who have recently made the decision to learn to play.

The Notre Temps String Ensemble does not hold entrance auditions and any member of the community is warmly welcomed to join. Seating arrangements are fashioned to provide an optimal experience both musically and socially to its members. The repertoire is selected for its beauty and playability.

The ensemble anticipates expanding its activities to provide music related opportunities to others throughout the community. Through our community involvement, the Notre Temps String Ensemble hopes to convey the message that music is for everyone.

Adam Collings Explores an All-Inclusive History of California
Tuesday, July 27 at 7pm

On Tuesday, July 27 at 7 pm, join scholar and author Adam Collings for a special celebration of authentic gay heroes from early California history, as portrayed in California: West of the West, the first inclusive history ever scripted for our Golden State. Erased from the record no longer, discover what a significant role and profound influence real historic gay figures have played in establishing our shared cultural heritage as Californians. Collings will read from his book and lead a discussion on July 27 at 7pm in The Center’s library (3909 Centre St., San Diego, 92103). This event is free to attend and all are welcome.

Join LGBT activist Robin Tyler and her wife Diane who will be here from L.A. among many other local LGBT and Labor activist.

http://www.goproud.org/

GOPROUD will by holding a "Don't Tread on Us" Reception.

Featuring Tammy Bruce:
...Fox News Channel Political Analyst,
National Radio Talk Show Host,
Best-Selling Author &
GOProud's Advisory Council Chair

From 5pm to 7pm they will be holding their reception.

This will be the first LGBT group to proudly violate our community's boycott of the Manchester Grand Hyatt. Shame on GOProud for not respecting our community! Shame on GOProud for writing a check to the Hyatt!

Check out this quote from an article on their website.

Gay, Inc - The Puppets of the Big Union Bosses

Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director, "The decision by the leadership of the gay left to support the Arizona boycott over an issue totally unrelated to gay rights shows just how beholden they are to the union bosses."

Lets meet out front of the Manchester Grand Hyatt at 4:30pm until 5:30pm. We will have bullhorns, drums, banner, picket signs, etc. Lets send them a message that San Diegans realize that unity, solidarity and coalition building only strengthen the LGBT community! The LGBT community of San Diego are not "puppets to union bosses" we are allies with union members!

Contact Michael Anderson @ 619-516-3737 ext 323 or cell 954-648-1984 or email Manderson@UNITEHERE.org for more information.

Rainbow Comedy Show this Sunday August 1st at GIO!! You dont have to be gay to come out!!

Brew Ha Ha Comedy presents Headliner Sarah Burford featuring the Rainbow team: Sean Wherley, Lauren Holiday, and Larry Tadlock. Chris Clobber and Diane Jean will co host as the Breeders.

Beautiful venue, wonderful food and drinks, lots of laughs, Happy Hour prices with reservations and no cover or minimum order.

Seating starts at 6:00 show at 7.
Get your reservations today Call GIO at 619-462-9100 or Call Brew Ha Ha Comedy for more information 619-922-9057.

Brew Ha Ha Comedy www.brewhahaentertainment.com

Gio Bistro and Wine Bar
8384 La Mesa Blvd.
La Mesa, Ca 91941
www.giowineanddine.com

Vermin on the Mount, the acclaimed L.A.-based reading series, celebrates its six-year anniversary with a night of irreverent readings in the heart of the East Village.

On July 31, four writers from across the country, touring together in a van out of Tucson, Arizona, will perform alongside four of San Diego’s finest writers. Vermin on the Mount represents a fantastic opportunity for San Diegans to see an eclectic showcase of emer...ging literary stars and exceptional local talent.

AARON BURCH is the author of the chapbook How to Take Yourself Apart, How to Make Yourself Anew by PANK Press and the publisher of Hobart. Aaron is currently working on his MFA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

South African writer LISA FUGARD now makes her home in Encinitas. Lisa is the recipient of numerous awards, and her debut novel, Skinner’s Drift, was published to wide acclaim.

AMELIA GRAY is a writer living in Austin, Texas. She is the author of AM/PM published by featherproof books, and Museum of the Weird, published this summer by Fiction Collective 2.

LINDSAY HUNTER lives in Chicago, Illinois where she co-hosts a flash fiction reading series called Quickies! Her collection of slim fictions, Daddy‘s, will be published by featherproof books in September.

San Diego native JESS JOLLETT’s work appears in Driftwood Journal, San Diego CityBeat, and San Diego Writers, Ink Anthology. She is also the communications director for So Say We All.

ENRIQUE LIMÓN is a nightlife columnist and contributing writer for San Diego CityBeat. His column “The Enrique Experience” emphasizes the unusual and the offbeat.

ADAM NOVY is the author of The Avian Gospels, which will be released in two installments by Short Flight/Long Drive Books. Adam lives in Long Beach.

ANDREW ROE’s fiction has appeared in One Story, Tin House, Glimmer Train, and more. He lives in Oceanside with his wife and three small children.

About the host… JIM RULAND started Vermin on the Mount in L.A.’s Chinatown in August of 2004. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, author of the short story collection Big Lonesome, and a freelance book reviewer for the Los Angeles Times.

www.vermin.blogs.com