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APRIl 2023 volume 4 Issue 13
APRIL 7, 2023 voLumE 4 ISSuE 13
LGBTQSD.NEWS
COMMUNITY vOICes
arTIsT prOfIle
Featuring Kevin Robert Winger P17
ConVersaTions WiTh niCoLe A War Has Been Declared P7 hoUsTon, We haVe a proBLeM New Rules On How To Be A Heartbreaker? P10
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Big Mike LiFe Beyond & Friends Therapy Featuring Monogamy, Polyamory CJ Jordon P8 Or Something Else? P9 Trans TaLk QUeer WiTh Connor parenTing Where is all the Good How Do We Protect News? P11 Our Children P12
pUblIC servICe
A Note from Toni: Honoring Outstanding Women P6 City Attorney News: Stalking Is All Too Common; Reporting Isn’t P18 Assemblyman Ward News: Lifecycle Of A Bill P18
eNTerTaINMeNT
Theatre Is Drag. Drag Is Theatre. P14
COUrT News
On Stage P15
Ex-sailor Ordered To Stand Trial In Gay Murder 33 Years Ago P19
San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus Spills The Tea With BRITPOP P16
MCC Vandal Found To Be Mentally Competent P19
TENNESSEE’S
drag baN TEmPoRARILy oN HoLD By Allan Acevedo
“Out
of the bars and into the streets,” Coco Peru recounted chanting at young bargoers when conversations first began circulating around the topic of “gay marriage,” the legendary drag queen shared on Delta Works’ hit podcast, Very Delta. Peru compared the long-hard campaigns for marriage equality to our contemporary fights to protect trans and gender non-conforming youth and adults and in some places even drag. The release of the April 3 episode coincides with a temporary victory for opponents of Tennessee’s so-called “Drag ban.”
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YOUTh Call fOr eNdINg
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t’s time to get your leather on or shine up that latex gear because the Leather Fetish Ball (LFB) is coming our way for its 10th anniversary. We talked with the producer of the event Robert Rodriguez about the 10-year milestone, looking back on the growth of the ball and what we can look forward for this year’s celebration.
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MONKEYPOX STUDY
By Cesar A Reyes
ational Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD) is commemorated annually on April 10th and is a day to educate the public about the impact of HIV and AIDS on young people.
By Allan Acevedo
to contribute to scientific research
10 Years of freedom to be Yourself!
For our readers who are not familiar with you, please tell us about yourself and your involvement in the community. My name is Robert Rodriguez, I’ve been in this community going on almost 22 years. I’m a former Mr. Gay California, Mr. Latin Leather California, Mr. San Diego Eagle, Emperor 42 of San Diego, raised thousands of dollars for charities all over San Diego, Producer and Promoter of many events in San Diego
HIV CrImInalIzatIon
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
leaTher feTIsh ball 2023
La Jolla Institute
Have you been vaccinated and/or recovered from monkeypox? lji.org/study
donors@lji.org
(858)-255-0680
Eligibility Institutional Review Board Protocol # VD-259-0822 A3 you are healthy, 18+ years old Approved for use until: you have been infected with monkeypox 08/23/2023 and/or received the monkeypox vaccine Participation brief health questionnaire up to 5 study visits with blood draws compensation up to $500 for time and effort