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Mayor Under Fire for Last-minute Cancellation of LGBTQ Pride Event
Dozens of Pennsylvanians were geared to make history Monday evening by raising the pride flag for the first time over Reading City Hall. Yet minutes before the event was slated to begin, the city’s mayor, Wally Scott, prohibited council members and city employees via text message from hanging the flag. “People were disappointed at first,(…)
El Salvador Cops Charged with Murder of Trans Woman Deported from US
Three police officers in El Salvador have been charged with the murder of a transgender woman who was deported from the U.S. The three police officers — Carlos Valentín Rosales, Jaime Giovanni Mendoza and Luis Alfredo — with El Salvador’s National Civil Police’s 911 System in San Salvador face charges of deprivation of liberty by(…)
Hong Kong Ruling Strengthens Rights Protection on Same-Sex Relations
Nearly 120 years after Hong Kong made sodomy punishable by a possible life sentence, a recent court ruling marks a further step toward completely decriminalizing same-sex relations. In 2007, Hong Kong scrapped its British-era sodomy law. But, for over a decade, several remaining provisions in its Crime Ordinance continued to single out male same-sex relations,(…)
Local News
Food For Thought Antique Store in Sebastopol to Close Sept. 14
Food For Thought, a nonprofit providing healing food and nutrition services to Sonoma County residents living with serious illnesses, announces it will close its retail store Food For Thought Antiques, Gifts, and Garden on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. The store is no longer accepting donations. Located in the heart of Sonoma County’s Antique Row in(…)
LGBTQI & Friends Presents 1960s SuMmEr BeAcH pArTy
When: Saturday, July 13; 6:30-10 p.m.Where: 167 N High Street, Sebastopol Senior CenterWhat: LGBQTI & Friends Dance PartyCome be dazzled and energized by outstanding dance music, bling, with wild & beautiful summer beach decorations in every room. Fortune Tellers, Card Readers and Palm Readers are available to delight you. Beer and Wine for sale $5.(…)
Arts & Entertainment
Book Review: “All City”by Alex DiFrancesco
It is hard to read Alex DiFrancesco’s All City and not think of Hurricane Sandy and the destruction done to New York City during that particular catastrophe. The sentiment that “New York didn’t seem like a place that could have an end. We would all wake up to our coffee in Greek paper cups and be furious(…)
Gay Teen Couple Makes Mexican TV History
A new Mexican telenovela is the first in the country’s history to feature a gay couple as leading characters. Juntos, El Corazon Nunca se Equivoca, which translates “Together, the Heart is Never Wrong”, premiered on Sunday (June 23) is about teen couple Aristóteles “Aris” Córcega and Cuauhtémoc “Temo” López moving to Mexico City to start university.(…)
State News
Another Trans Victim from Dating App Robbery
Violence against transgender people continues to be a daunting issue within the LGBTQ+ community. Los Angeles, alone, recorded a nearly 13 percent increase in hate crimes toward LGBTQ+ people and black community members last year, as reported by The Los Angeles Times. Yet, there are many transgender people who come face-to-face with assailants and live to(…)
“We are Complex, Dynamic and Supportive”: Exploring LGTBQ Latinx Kinship in All Its Forms
On June 7, the GLBT Historical Society Museum unveiled a new exhibition, “Chosen Familias: LGBTQ Latinx Stories,” curated by Tina Valentin Aguirre (genderqueer, they/them). A longtime activist, poet, producer and member of the Bay Area LGBTQ Latinx community, Tina currently serves as chair of the GLBT Historical Society Board of Directors. “Chosen Familias” explores LGBTQ(…)
