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Influential President of Human Rights Campaign Stepping Down
Chad Griffin, the influential LGBTQ activist who helped turn the Human Rights Campaign into a powerful political force, announced Thursday that he is stepping down as the organization’s president. Griffin’s announcement follows a midterm election in which the group invested heavily in Democratic campaigns. The capstone for the organization came this week, when Rep. Kyrsten(…)
LGBTI Migrants Forced to Leave Caravan Because of Discrimination
Central American migrants, many of whom identified as LGBTI, reach Tijuana (Photo: YouTube) A group of LGBTI migrants has left the caravan of Central Americans heading to the US border hoping for asylum. They allege discrimination from the main group, according to US media. At least 70 members of the caravan had arrived at the(…)
Guyana Law that Criminalizes Cross-dressing Struck Down
A five-judge panel on the Caribbean Court of Justice on Tuesday unanimously struck down a Guyana law that criminalizes cross-dressing.Authorities in the South American country in 2009 arrested four transgender women and charged them with violating a colonial-era law that took effect in 1893 when Guyana was a British colony. A press release that three(…)
Local News
San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Concert Sun. Dec. 16 in Rohnert Park
Sunday, December 16 Home for the Holidays Sunday, December 16 at 5pm Green Music Center in Rohnert Park No one does the holidays better than the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus! Not only will the Chorus bring 150 dazzling men to this annual holiday tradition, it will be accompanied by a brass quintet and coloratura(…)
Comic Shawn Pelofsky Performs at Laugh Cellar Nov. 17
When Shawn’s not touring or performing for our troops in places like Afghanistan, Bosnia, Bahrain and Guantanamo Bay, she can be seen in Los Angeles at The World Famous Comedy Store. She has opened up for greats such as Richard Lewis, Robert Klein, Bill Maher and written for comedic legend, Joan Rivers on Fashion Police.(…)
Arts & Entertainment
Reflections on Black Gay Literature
In Conversation: Gar McVey-Russell & Philip Robinson Philip Robinson is an award-winning poet, writer and activist. His writing of poetry spans forty-nine years. Robinson is anthologized in several gay/queer literature’s front-runners: In The Life, A Black Gay Anthology, The Road Before Us: 100 Gay Black Poets, The Last Closet: real lives of lesbian and gay teachers,(…)
Book Review: ‘Vanishing Twins’ by Leah Dieterich
“‘I want to sleep with a woman,’ I said. ‘But I don’t want to leave you.’” That’s the salvo that ignites the central drama of Leah Dieterich’s new memoir, Vanishing Twins: A Marriage. At the time, she thinks of herself as “straight but interested in women,” having spent her college years making out with girls(…)
State News
Pro-Equality Candidates Score Key Victories Across California in 2018 Election, While Many Races Remain Too Close to Call
In an historic night for openly LGBTQ and pro-equality candidates across the country, Californians elected longtime LGBTQ ally Gavin Newsom to be the Golden State’s next governor and Equality California-endorsed candidate Eleni Kounalakis as the state’s next lieutenant governor, while re-electing U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. Additionally, openly gay California Senator Ricardo Lara currently leads Republican-turned-independent(…)
2018 ELECTION RESULTS: Which California Propositions Passed, Failed
On Election Day, California voters approved or denied 11 different propositions, which included regulations on dialysis centers, repealing the 2017 gas tax and wider local authority on rent control. >>> California and Bay Area election results here >>> National election results here See how the propositions fared below: Full coverage on the 2018 election at(…)
