December 1 is World AIDS Day, a day set aside worldwide for prayer, action, reflection, remembrance, awareness and advocacy about the AIDS pandemic,  33 million people infected worldwide.  The U.S. Center for Disease Control estimates that a new person is infected with the disease every nine and a half minutes.   AIDS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,...Continue reading→

Today, November 17, the California Supreme Court handed down its decision that the proponents of Proposition 8 had the right to appeal the August 2010 decision of Chief Judge Vaughn Walker, U.S. District Court, that the law was unconstitutional.   This ruling answers the question asked of the California Supreme Court by the 9th U.S....Continue reading→

November 20th is set aside each year as the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to remember those who have been killed as the result of ignorance and transphobia — hatred, fear, or misunderstanding of those who are gender non-conforming that resulted in fatal violence.  It is a day set aside to call attention...Continue reading→