Family Health Centers of San Diego will host Brothers United, a workshop for African American gay, bi and questing men in San Diego on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. The event is being promoted as a “day of friends, food and empowerment” and participants will receive two AMC movie tickets. Brothers United will be held at 4040 30th Ave. in North Park. For more information, call 619-876-4464.

San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride is accepting applications from a wide range of musicians and performing artists interested in appearing at this year’s two-day Pride festival, scheduled for July 17 and 18, at Marston Point in Balboa Park. The 2010 San Diego Pride theme is: “One World, One Heart, One Pride.”

Performers of all genres and cultures are encouraged to contact San Diego Pride to be considered in the festival’s full lineup of live entertainment, which will include bands, solo musicians, comedians, dance troupes and more.

Prospective performers must submit an application, plus an updated biography and press photo, and include a web site address, full name and telephone number. Applications are now available online under “Entertainment” at www.SanDiegoPride.org. Requests can also be mailed to: San Diego LGBT Pride, c/o Entertainment, P.O. Box 34366, San Diego, CA, 92163, or e-mailed to entertainment@sdpride.org.

The 2010 Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast will be held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel on Friday, May 21, 7:30 am. Buy your tickets soon – last year’s event sold out very quickly! For more information, e-mail jwergles@thecentersd.org.

The San Diego LGBT Community Center’s Women’s Resource Center will once again bring local women together for a day-long festival of workshops, entertainment and resources for lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) women. “Women’s Fest 2010: Strength in Diversity” will take place on Saturday, May 8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at The Center (3909 Centre Street, Hillcrest). This year’s festival will focus on nourishing the diversity within the women’s community as well as the ways in which we can come together to form a healthier and more empowered entity.

“We are so lucky to have so many types of women in our community – lesbian moms, bisexual activists, transgender women, lesbians of color, college students, senior citizens and the list goes on,” explains Abby Schwartz, coordinator of The Center’s Women’s Resource Center. “We have so much to learn from one another and our experiences, and Women’s Fest is the perfect venue to do so. We hope that this day of workshops, discussion and entertainment will bring the diverse facets of our community together in a whole new way.”

Last year’s Women’s Fest featured 15 workshops and more than 35 women-friendly vendors and community partners. Workshop and vendor applications for Women’s Fest 2010 will be available beginning March 1. For more information on Women’s Fest or to obtain an application, please contact Abby Schwartz at 619-692-2077, ext. 212, or email aschwartz@thecentersd.org.

Planned Parenthood of San Diego & Riverside Counties recently received an anonymous gift of nearly $300,000 to provide Gardasil, the HPV vaccine, at its family planning centers. “Gardasil significantly reduces a woman’s risk of cervical cancer because it is 100 percent effective in protecting against 70 percent of the strains of HPV that cause cervical cancer,” said Katharine Sheehan, M.D., Medical Director of the local Planned Parenthood.

Although Gardasil is available to girls as young as nine years old, the Planned Parenthood gift is specifically aimed to support vaccinating 19-26 year-old women. “The Vaccines For Children Program offers the HPV vaccine to females 18 years old and younger, so we felt it was important to reach a population that is no longer eligible for that immunization program,” said Dr. Sheehan. “The HPV vaccine is effective for women over 18 years old, and Planned Parenthood is pleased to offer it.”

For more than 90 years, Planned Parenthood has been America’s most trusted provider of reproductive health care services. Through 19 centers in San Diego and Riverside counties, Planned Parenthood provides contraception, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing, and abortion services. To schedule an appointment for Gardasil, contraception or testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, please visit www.planned.org or call toll-free at 888-743-PLAN (7526).