The monthly Community Coalition Breakfast hosted at The San Diego LGBT Community Center is on hiatus for the month of September.

The next Community Coalition breakfast will take place on Friday, Oct. 17, from 7:30-9 a.m. The Center is located at 3909 Centre St.

The San Diego Chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) will host a “back to school” fund-raiser at The Big Kitchen on Thursday, Sept. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. A $17 advance donation includes a lasagna dinner with salad, garlic bread, brownie, and a choice of tea or lemonade. Those who wish to purchase tickets at the door can for $22. All donations will go to the San Diego Chapter of GLSEN to help make local schools better and safer places for all youth.

For more information or to purchase advance tickets, call 619-695-2872 or e-mail glsensd@yahoo.com. The Big Kitchen is located at 3003 Grape St. in South Park.

Gay Men’s Health Services at Family Helath Centers of San Diego will host the “Nuts & Bolts” workshop on Saturday, Sept. 27.

The free interactive workshop will explore healthy gay connections and allow men in the community to network while learning skills to build effective healthy gay connections with others. The workshop will be held at a private residence.

For more information or to sign-up for the “Nuts & Bolts” workshop, call Gay Men’s Health Services at 619-515-2446, ext. 2942 or e-mail gmhs@fhcsd.org.

The fifth annual Transgender Community Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Balboa Park. The event is hosted by Project STAR and the Transgender Advocacy and Services Center (TASC).

Everyone is invited to attend this free, fun community event. Attendees are asked to bring a side dish to share.

Project STAR offers case-management, referral and supportive services for transgender persons at high risk for HIV and STDs, transition related issues, monitored hormone therapy, and those individuals experiencing barriers accessing health and social services. Project services are offered in English and Spanish.

TASC seeks to identify the needs of the transgender community, educate itself and others regarding those needs and advocate to make resources a reality. TASC’s goals are to make sure transgender voices are heard in the greater community, to help the transgender community find its place as a group and as individuals, and to act as a platform to help the community create the support network necessary to live healthy and happy lives.

The picnic will take place at Balboa Park along Sixth Avenue just beyond the Upas Street entrance. A transgender flag will be posted for identification. For more information contact Tracie at 619-515-2411 or Paola at 619-515-2446, ext. 2943.

The California Men’s Gathering (CMG) Events Committee will host a special workshop titled “Monogamy or Open Relationship?” on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 7-8:30 p.m. The workshop, presented by licensed psychotherapist Michael Kimmel, will take place at The San Diego LGBT Community Center. The target audience for the event is gay, bisexual and transgender men 18 years and older.

The humor-filled, interactive 90-minute workshop is for all gay, bisexual and transgender men, whether in a relationship or single. The workshop will help participants decide whether monogamy or an open relationship is best for them. Kimmel will review some of the principles from the controversial book, The Ethical Slut, and explore sexual monogamy, emotional monogamy and “open relationships.”

Kimmel is an openly-gay San Diego psychotherapist with a private practice in the Kensington area. Kimmel has attended 15 California Men’s Gatherings and facilitated workshops at gatherings in Los Angeles and San Diego and community gatherings at the 2001 and 2002 Julian gatherings. He is currently writing a book, Life Beyond Therapy: How to create a practical, spiritual and psychologically rewarding life.

Cost for the workshop is $10. All CMG events are drug and alcohol free. To RSVP send an email to eventssd@thecmg.org and put “RSVP Relationship” in the subject line. The workshop is limited to 40 attendees.

For more information, contact Kimmel at 619-955-3311.

The Center is located at 3909 Centre St. in Hillcrest.

The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) at The San Diego LGBT Community Center invites women to “dust off their hot pink pumps and prepare for the ’80s invasion” as it hosts “Totally Red Hot ’80s.” The event will be set up like a women’s nightclub, with proceeds benefiting the WRC. Totally Red Hot ’80s will take place at The Center from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3.

The event will feature DJ Laura Jane spinning popular ’80s tunes, door prizes, dessert, a no-host bar and a “Totally Awesome Costume Contest.” Guests are encouraged to wear ’80s-inspired attire such as neon colors, leggings, or anything Madonna-inspired. Also, a prize will be given to the woman who brings the most outrageous photograph of herself from the ’80s.

Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. The event is open to all women 21 years and older.

For more information contact Abby Schwartz at 619-692-2077, ext. 212 or e-mail aschwartz@thecentersd.org.

The Center is located at 3909 Centre St. in Hillcrest.

The Southwest Region of Scouting for All will host its annual rally and protest in front of the local Boy Scout headquarters on Sunday, Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to noon. The purpose of the rally is to protest and bring attention to what Scouting for All calls the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) exclusionary policies.

Scouting for All is assembling a diverse group of speakers from the GLBT, straight, non-theist and faith-based communities to protest against the BSA’s policies of exclusion. Current BSA national policy specifically excludes youth who are gay, atheist or agnostic. Additionally, the BSA excludes youth who are the children of GLBT or non-theist parents. Scouting for All seeks to persuade the public to exert influence on the BSA so that all children and adults are once again welcome participants in the scouting program.

The mission of Scouting for All is to advocate on behalf of its members and supporters for unbiased values of scouting as expressed and embodied in the Scout Oath and the Scout Law, and to influence the BSA to serve and include as participating members all youth and adult leaders, regardless of their spiritual belief, gender, or sexual orientation.

The community is encouraged to attend and participate in the protest. For more information, contact Brenda Watson at 760-747-4114 or Howard Menzer at 619-229-1612.

The local Boy Scout Headquarters are located at 1207 Upas St. in Hillcrest.

Delta Lambda Phi, a national social fraternity for gay, bisexual and progressive men, is beginning its fall 2008 rush process. While the current membership of the group is comprised of mostly students from San Diego State University (SDSU) and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), students from any college or university in the San Diego region are welcome to rush, as the group is a multi-campus chapter.

Rush activities for the San Diego chapter, officially chartered as the Alpha Delta Chapter, began on Sunday, Sept. 14 and will continue through Monday, Oct. 6. Rush events will be held at various locations near SDSU, UCSD and in Hillcrest.

For more information, visit the group’s Web site at www.dlp.org/alphadelta or contact Ezra Evangelista, vice president for outreach, at 951-707-9460 or eevangel@ucsd.edu.

The South Bay Alliance has announced its next mixer has been scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 8 at the South Bay Fish & Grill. The event, which will run from 5:30-8 p.m., is organized to bring together the GLBT community and friends that live in San Diego’s South Bay region. The October mixer will also serve as a fund-raiser for No on 8, which is working to preserve same-sex marriage rights in California. Happy-hour priced drinks will be available, and appetizers will be included for $15.

For more information visit www.southbayalliance.net.

The South Bay Fish & Grill is located at 570 Marina Parkway in Chula Vista.

As part of the Binational Health Week celebration, the Vista Community Clinic is organizing a health and community resource fair. The event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Vista Community Clinic’s Health Promotion Center.

The event will provide the community with basic health screenings and information on a variety of community resources.

Spaces for nonprofit service providers to host a booth at the event are still available. Participating agencies can provide information and services to participants at the fair.

For more information, contact Ana Palomo at apalomo@vistacommunityclinic.org.

The Vista Community Clinic Health Promotion Center is located at 846 Williamson St. in Vista.