Tens (if even) Catholic students at the University of San Diego held a pray-in on Thursday night in an attempt to save the school from becoming the eighth gate to hell by hosting a drag show starring Manila Luzon. Last we checked, Manila Luzon and the students have not yet turned in to Emily Rose, so we're not sure what the prayer protest managed to accomplish aside from bringing more publicity to the drag show. 

Anyway, if you have a morbid curiosity, check out the handful of students praying against evil drag queens after the break. 

This should be fun--we've yet to meet a drag queen that doesn't love an audience!

Some students at the apparently uber-Catholic University of San Diego (USD) are planning a protest and and a prayer vigil denouncing a university-sponsored drag show that superstar queen Manila Luzon will be emceeing!

Around 5,000 students have signed a petition opposing the show. 

Why all the fuss? And what does Manila have to say about it? Find out after the jump!

Openly gay Councilman Todd Gloria has been named San Diego's new City Council President after a unanimous vote earlier today. Details after the jump!

It's always nice to be reminded that Pride isn't just a weekend where we behave in ways that might require the celebration to be renamed "Shame."  

It's also an opportunity to do some real good within our community, as evidenced by San Diego Pride's $30,000 donation to the San Diego LGBT Community Center this past Saturday!

More after the jump.

Some Republican members of Congress were less than thrilled by the Pentagon's deceision to give gay servicemembers a waiver allowing them to wear their military uniforms while marching in San Diego's LGBT Pride parade.

More after the jump.

Carl DeMaio, a conservative Republican, made history on Tuesday when he won the San Diego primary to become the city's first openly gay mayoral finalist. But not all of the city's LGBT community are celebrating the landmark development. 

San Diego's Missiongathering Christian Church has erected a billboard on the Billy Graham Parkway just outside Charlotte to apologize to the LGBT community for the campaign and passage of Amendment One. 

Very cool news!

Today, the San Diego City Council unanimously voted their final approval to rename a street after LGBT civil rights hero, Harvey Milk. San Diego will now become the first city in the United States to have a street named for Harvey Milk.

More after the jump!

Blaine Avenue (which is already gay friendly as it is!) in San Diego is even closer to scoring a historic makeover after a thumbs up given by the City Planning Commission today. Details after the jump.

The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal stemming from federal court, effectively leaving in place and endorsing a pro-gay ruling against Christian college groups.

Think beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Well, maybe, as long as that beholder is Travel + Leisure magazine, which has just ranked the American cities boasting the hottest residents. So, which city's Craigslist personals are we trolling in a separate browser window as we type?

Kevin Kelly's "Gay Baby Short Film" pokes plenty of fun at stereotypes but still managed to take away honors at the San Diego LGBT Film Festival. Watch it, after the jump!