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Questions Answered on NYC’s LGBT Health Care Bill of Rights
In what appears to be a glimmer of hope in America’s current political climate, New York City has made a progressive and revolutionary step toward improving quality health care by establishing the LBGTQ Health Care Bill of Rights. The Advocate spoke with Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, NYC’s gay deputy commissioner of disease control, for more insight(…)
The LGBTQ Community, Anti-LGBTQ Bigots And A Look At The Fight Over The Rainbow
1978 was a big year for rainbows. In 1978, legendary song writer Paul Williams wrote Rainbow Connection, later popularized by Kermit the Frog. Also in 1978, artist Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow flag as a symbol for what was then called the gay pride movement. Subsequent generations adopted it as the banner of the LGBTQ(…)
The A.I. “Gaydar” Study and the Real Dangers of Big Data
Every face does not tell a story; it tells thousands of them. Over evolutionary time, the human brain has become an exceptional reader of the human face—computerlike, we like to think. A viewer instinctively knows the difference between a real smile and a fake one. In July, a Canadian study reported that college students can(…)
Local News
LGBTQ Connection to Hold Training in Sonoma Valley October 11
In order to better serve our gay and transgender youth, LGBTQ Connection is offering a FREE training! Often, people want to support gay & trans youth, but don’t know how. Sometimes, this fear gets in the way of being an advocate for others. Our training is designed to meet people where they are at to(…)
Sonoma County Studies Disaster Response, Rolls Out New Tools for Public
Major natural disaster threats on the North Coast include earthquakes, floods, wildfires and landslides. All of which allow for less immediate advance planning than hurricanes, which is what makes it so important that residents take preparedness seriously, officials say. Here’s what Sonoma County emergency coordinators recommend: – Sign up for SoCoAlert at socoalert.com to learn(…)
Sonoma County Sheriff’s Out Gay Watchdog Gets Support and Criticism From Board of Supervisors
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors largely agreed Tuesday with how the county’s independent law enforcement watchdog has approached its role over the past year and a half, even amid some lingering critiques that surfaced following the release last month of the agency’s first annual report.While the board signaled support for Jerry Threet, who runs(…)
Fact to Face Benefit Stars SR Symphony Musician
Sandra Jordan invites you to enjoy an afternoon of music benefiting Face to Face.The Musicale will feature Face to Face board member & Santa Rosa Symphony Principal Clarinetist Roy Zajac, plus distinguished musicians Norma & Corrick Brown, Beverly Malpas, Valerie Marshall, Peggy Nance, Kathleen Reynolds, and Judy Walker. The program will take place on Saturday,(…)
Arts & Entertainment
Film Review: ‘Becks’
A rather compelling Tony Award Winner Lena Hall in her first starring role in a movie, makes this rather cute musical a much more entertaining experience than one may have otherwise expected from what is a somewhat very predictable drama. Hall plays Becks an aspiring musician who packs up her life in New York to(…)
The 10 Best Books Every Bisexual Should Read
I’m a librarian so to say that books are important to me would be a gross understatement. Books saved me as 15 year old bi girl growing up in conservative Catholic Wisconsin, where I didn’t know any LGBTQ people and thought there was something wrong with me for thinking my boyfriend was hot and female(…)
State News
Hepatitis A Outbreak Reaches San Diego And Los Angeles
Hepatitis A has spread far and wide in southern California, killing 16 people in San Diego County and transmitting to 10 people in Los Angeles county and 60 in Santa Cruz County, so far, according to reports. According to the Union Tribune, the first person known to be part of the recent outbreak was a(…)
California High School Students Take on ‘Sexist’ Dress Code Policy
Eight students at schools in Burbank, Calif., are taking their civics classes to new levels and challenging what they’ve dubbed a sexist school dress code policy, and are seeking to have the policy amended so that it does not disproportionately punish girls for clothing choices that make them more comfortable in sweltering conditions. During a(…)
