Northern Territory MP Chansey Paech has become the first openly gay Indigenous speaker of an Australianparliament in a landmark move. Paech took over the role of speaker from Kezia Purick, who resigned earlier this week after an independent report alleged corrupt practices. A Labor Party MP for Namatjira, Paech was previously deputy speaker in the parliament(…)
“Sometimes small gestures can have unexpected consequences. Major initiatives practically guarantee them.” Reads the first lines of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the ban on discrimination that protects gay, lesbian and transgender employees. There is no doubt that this decision opens up the legal system for a new era of trans rights. However, two(…)
The New York Post reports: Councilman Ritchie Torres broke out to an early lead Tuesday night in the hotly contested battle for an open Bronx congressional seat, as the openly gay city lawmaker appeared to turn away a challenge from one of New York’s most high-profile conservative politicians. Torres led the crowded field to replace retiring Rep.(…)
Beginning today, June 1, we mark LGBTQ+ Pride month in Marin County and globally. It is a critical time to recall the origins of the movement for our hard fought rights – a movement that has achieved massive advances for our community, but which still has far to go. We have achieved things it was difficult(…)
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1960s – 1990s Next Wednesday, 7/1 we will be talking with Bill Blackburn about Radical Faeries, the Billys and ManFest. We are online this summer via Zoom! Please contact me to enroll in this FREE class and receive a Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu Hope to “see you there”! Wednesdays 1:30 – 3pm
FRIDAY JUNE 26th 4:OOPM-4:30PMvia Zoom Meet (virtually) and Spend Time With Our Amazing Prevention Director,Lorie Violette Hear all about the work that Lorie and her team have been doing since SIP, how they have successfully opened up the office adhering to new guidelines in order to provide essential services to our clients.There’s no messing around when(…)
USA Today reports: The four justices appointed by Democratic presidents were joined by Justice Anthony Kennedy, a Republican appointee. Within two years, more than 150,000 same-sex couples got married. According to U.S. Census estimates, there are more than 500,000 married same-sex couples in the country. The impact of those unions has been more than cultural. Same-sex(…)
The US Marine Corps has released a statement celebrating Pride month and a decade since the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, and one officer is on a mission to shut down homophobes who disagree. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was the official White House policy that barred openly gay, bisexual and lesbian people from serving in(…)
What’s so bad about a rainbow burrito? If you’ve been following the rift in the L.G.B.T.Q. movement over the corporate embrace of Pride, the question may have crossed your mind. Last June, the West Village was a labyrinth of rainbows, with every bank branch and Shake Shack festooned with messaging for Pride Month. Chipotle sold(…)
An activist in Russia has claimed that authorities in the notoriously anti-LGBT+ country have recognised his same-sex marriage through a legal loophole. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Russia, and the country’s “gay propaganda” law prohibits the promotion of homosexuality. But a legal loophole in the country’s family law has led to Russian authorities unintentionally recognising the marriage of(…)
