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Conference To Address Sexual Violence In LGBTQ Community

By Jade Hindmon / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Brooke Ruth / Senior Producer of Audio News

Published April 23, 2019 at 8:26 AM PDT

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Conference To Address Sexual Violence In LGBTQ Community

A conference is being held Saturday on responding to sexual violence in the LGBTQ community. The goal of the conference is to increase culturally competent services in San Diego County for victims of sexual violence in the LGBTQ community.

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LGBTQ people are more likely to experience sexual violence than straight and cisgender people.

A conference is being held Saturday in San Diego to respond to sexual violence in the LGBTQ community. The goal of the conference is to increase culturally competent services in San Diego County for victims of sexual violence in the LGBTQ community.

This is the second year San Diego Pride is putting on the #MeTooLGBTQ conference. It’s open to victims of sexual violence, mental health and service providers and interested community members. Registration for the conference is at sdpride.org/metoolgbtq.

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Fernando Lopez, executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride, joins Midday Edition on Tuesday to discuss the unique challenges of addressing sexual violence in the LGBTQ community.

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Jade Hindmon is the host of KPBS Midday Edition. She connects San Diego through fearless conversations that inform, inspire and make you think. Prior to Midday Edition Jade was a reporter and fill-in anchor in the KPBS newsroom covering everything from politics to policing and the economy. Her award winning work spans network affiliates across the southeast and midwest. As a very proud Rattler, Jade studied broadcast journalism and political science at Florida A&M University. She takes a special interest in topics about democracy, accountability, racial justice, science and wellness.

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Brooke Ruth

Brooke Ruth is the senior producer of Audio News. She previously served as a producer for "KPBS Midday Edition" and a web producer. Before joining KPBS, Brooke was a web editor for four newspapers and a local television station. She began her career in news at the Imperial Valley Press. She has also been part of the web teams at the Napa Valley Register, North County Times, and U-T San Diego. While pursuing her undergraduate degree at UCLA in psychology, she worked on the student newspaper, the Daily Bruin.

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