The mission of the LGBT Community Coalition Breakfast is to bring together fair-minded individuals to network, educate, and discuss the diverse issues that concern LGBT and allied neighbors and citizens of San Diego.

November speakers will include Assembly member Christine Kehoe, speaker pro tem and chair of the LGBT Caucus of the California State Assembly. Representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Equality California and the Lambda Letters Project will discuss the ways that each of their organizations help us work towards equality for all people and the importance of legislation such as AB 205. Speakers will be available for a question and answer period after the program. The breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. at The Center, located at 3909 Centre St. Contact AJ Davis-Defeo at (619) 692-2077, ext. 212

This month, Being Alive will be hosting a seminar on testosterone replacement options. Dr. David Shamblaw will lead the seminar, which will also include information on how testosterone replacement can help fight fatigue, depression and low sex drive. The seminar will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Balboa Park Recital Hall, 2130 Pan American Plaza. For more information, call Vique at (619) 291-1400 to RSVP. A light dinner will also be served.

The Ms. San Diego Leather Contest will celebrate 10 years on Saturday, Nov. 15, at The Center. Ms. San Diego Leather has a longstanding tradition of presenting quality women to the leather community and this year will be no exception. Events surrounding the contests include a meet the contestants, MCs and judges night at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14, at The San Diego Eagle, located at 3040 North Park Way. There will also be an after party Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003, at Sabbat/Shooters located at 3815 30th Street following the contest. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and a $10 donation is requested at the door. The contest will start at 7:00 p.m. There will be a cash bar with cocktails sponsored by The Imperial Court de San Diego and hors d’oeuvres by Tophat Catering. There will also be Commemorative 10th Anniversary pins for sale, The Leather Community-San Diego (TLC-SD) 2004 Calendars and fabulous door prizes including a 50/50 raffle. Emcees for the event will be Daddy Dana and Lady Ajax.

Make your Christmas tree shopping extra easy this year, enjoy a store rebate, and help out the environment all at the same time by purchasing one or more holiday trees at Ikea San Diego during regular store hours, Dec. 4-6. Five to seven-foot tall Douglas Firs retail outside the store for just $20 each. For each tree purchased, customers will receive an Ikea coupon worth $20 off a future minimum store purchase of $50. These rebate coupons are redeemable between Feb. 1 and March 31, 2004 at the IKEA San Diego store only.

In addition, Ikea San Diego will donate $1 for every tree purchased to the American Forests’ Global ReLeaf Program, an education and action initiative that helps improve the local and global environment by planting and caring for trees. For every $1 donation made by Ikea, American Forests plants a tree in one of the many projects it currently has underway nationally and globally. Ikea San Diego is located at 2149 Fenton Parkway. For additional information, call (619) 563-4532

Show Must Go On productions announces their new ‘Nite Out’ series at the beautiful San Diego Hilton/Del Mar. Combine a cocktail party, an exciting cabaret show featuring Bettina Warren and dancing to your favorite Baby Boomer tunes and you know you’re in for a special night. On Friday, Nov. 14, it will be Martini Nite Out and on Friday, Nov. 21, it will be Fine Wines Nite Out. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the show starts at 8:30 p.m. There will be a $15 cover charge with advance reservations and $18 cover charge at the door the night of the event. A portion of each ticket sale will be donated to victims of the wildfires. Call Show Must Go On Productions at (858) 794-9044 for information and reservations.

Bears San Diego are hosting Sun Bears Weekend 2004. The weekend, which will be full of fun and frolic, is happening Jan. 16-19, 2004 (Martin Luther King Weekend) and is guaranteed to be a fun time for all who attend. Friday, Jan 16, marks the official kick-off event, a meet-n-greet at Brians’ American Eatery. Other events for the weekend include an underwear party at the Eagle in North Park, lunch at the West Coast’s Lobsterfest in Puerto Nuevo and the Mr. San Diego Bear 2004 contest and show at The Hole. Registration for the event is $100 for Bears SD members, $120 for non-members. After Jan. 1, all participants will be charged $130. For more information, e-mail sunbears04@cox.net.

Primary Prevention with Positives, or P3, is a new program at The Center, funded by the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, and focuses on the active role HIV-positive people can take in preventing the spread of the virus to others and in keeping themselves free of STDs and other risk factors. At the same time it gives the positive community a stronger voice and a new recognition in the battle. Initial ideas for the group’s activities include creating a simplified “roadmap” of services for those newly diagnosed; the formation of a task force to develop a new prevention campaign geared toward the HIV positive community, and a steering committee to keep the organization on a steady course of growth and response to the changing needs of the community. Other ideas being tossed around include everything from immune system education to cooking classes, as well as innovative safer sex and relationship workshops, dances, and Internet education/intervention. P3 is actively seeking more ideas from positive men who would like to help shape future activities. The group meets from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday at The Center (3909 Center St.). For more information, call (619) 692-2077, ext. 133.

Mama’s Kitchen has announced the kickoff of their corporate food drive program for this year’s holiday season. Mama’s Kitchen needs non-perishable goods for the bags of groceries they deliver to families with AIDS. It is the only local meal delivery service for people with AIDS that provides three meals a day, 365 days a year and serves all of San Diego County. For participating corporations, Mama’s Kitchen will deliver special collection bins to their office along with a “wish list” of non-perishable foods. At the end of the food drive, Mama’s Kitchen will return to pick up the special collection bins.

For more information about participating in this program, contact Dawn Tol at (619) 233-6262.

A noted author and specialist in the treatment of sexual addiction will speak in Hillcrest on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 7:00 p.m. on the topic of “cybersex.”

Sexual addiction is a disorder in which there is loss of control over one’s sexual behavior, resulting in physical, emotional, and financial harm to oneself and others. With the growth of the Internet, online pornography and sexual chat-rooms have increasingly become a problem for many people. Sex addicts repeatedly engage in harmful or dangerous behavior despite adverse consequences such as exposure to HIV or other disease, loss of job, loss of relationship, or arrest.

Patrick Carnes, Ph.D., is a leading advocate of the Twelve Steps for recovery from compulsive sexual behavior. His lecture is the keynote event of a conference scheduled by a local Twelve Step group. Advance registration is requested. The cost is $30, which includes a catered dinner, the lecture and entertainment. For more information, call (858) 735-6647.

Join the Unity Fellowship of Christ Church San Diego as they celebrate their second anniversary at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at The Center, 3909 Center St. in Hillcrest. Rev. Gerald Green will be the guest speaker and the West Coast Members of the Unity Fellowship Church National Mass Choir will perform. For more information, call Rev. Charles Lanier at (619) 284-8552.

The Imperial Court 27th Annual Toys For Kids Drive started this week and boxes will be found through out San Diego at The Center, Rich’s, Bacchus House, Bourbon Street, The Flame, Brass Rail, SRO, Numbers, and many other locations. Donate an unwrapped toy at any participating location so that every child can have a Christmas.