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october 2022 volume 4 issue 1
OcTOBEr 7, 2022 vOLumE 4 iSSuE 1
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LGBTQSD.NEWS
TheaTer
Little Shop of Horrors at San Diego Musical Theatre P14 ON STAGE P15
COMMUNITY vOICes
ConversaTions wiTh niCoLe We Support Mayor Todd Gloria P7
Big Mike & Friends Featuring Franko Guillen AKA Franceska P8
News
Travel
LiFe Beyond Therapy Are you bored? P9
Trans TaLk wiTh Connor How do we fight hate P10
Nightmare on Normal Street takes over Pride Plaza in Hillcrest P21
A New Captain at MeetMeOnboard P18
Living Out Loud: The Pink Gala P16
BUsINess PrOfIle
COUrT News
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Mayor Gloria’s Former Neighbor Sentenced to Six-Month Jail Term P23
Daniel Jordan Expected to AWOL Bar, The Canteena Plead Guilty to Stabbing and other Treasures inside His Husband in 2020 P22 AXIS Studios P12 The Long Journey: Stay On The Path P18
Janessa Goldbeck (courtesy image)
ESTEBaN DuarTE
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CeLeBraTing
LgBTQ hisTory MonTh
MeaNs lIfe! And The 2nd AnnuAl díA de los MuerTos By LGBTQ San Diego county News Staff
LGBTQ+ cOmmuNiTy SPOTLiGhT
JaNessa gOlDBeCk
usMC VeTerAn, AdVoCATe And ACTiVisT
J Esteban Duarte, Daisy Salinas, Franceska, Jamie Arangure, Vida’s Dia De los Muertos 2021 (courtesy image)
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shOwINg COMPassION aND lOve TO OUr BroThers, sisTers And siBlings in The TrAnsgender And non-BinAry CoMMuniTy By Big mike Phillips
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have always been so proud to live in a community that tackles the concerns and prosperity of fellow human beings that we share our environment with. In saying this, I also believe we still have a lot of responsibility to educate each other on our history and appreciate those shoulders we all stand upon.
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(photo by Big Mike Phillips)
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anessa Goldbeck was born and raised in San Diego County and has built her career around creating a safer and more equitable world for all. She is the CEO of Vet Voice Foundation, a national nonprofit organization with over 1.5 million members. Led by veterans, Vet Voice Foundation mobilizes veterans and military families to have a voice in our democracy by providing them with the support, training, and tools to shape policy and impact outcomes in their communities. Janessa, a Marine Corps veteran, deployed overseas as a Combat Engineer Officer, managing engineering, logistics, and explosive ordnance disposal missions. She also served as a Uniformed Victim Advocate, providing care to service members who experienced sexual assault. After discovering that some jobs in the military were closed to women due to the Combat Exclusion policy, Janessa volunteered to participate in Department of Defense-led research on gender integration in combat arms units. During this research, she volunteered for an infantry course officially closed to women. Following her experience,
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