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Sonoma County’s higher-than-average suicide rates to be focus of September 7 ‘Connection is Prevention’ event

On average, there are 73 deaths by suicide each year in Sonoma County, making it the ninth leading cause of death. The Sonoma County suicide rate of 14.3 per 100,000 residents is considerably higher than the California rate of 10.5. “While there are likely several reasons for the higher-than-average suicide rates in Sonoma County, we know that loneliness can increase the risk for suicide, and we’re living in a very lonely time for many people,” says Melissa Ladrech, Mental Health Services Act coordinator. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, who released a report last year on what he has named […]

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Three More Arrested In Pulse Memorial Protest 

Click Orlando reports: The Florida Highway Patrol arrested three people on Sunday during a protest near the crosswalk outside of the former Pulse nightclub. The “Chalk For Pride” event was scheduled for 6 p.m. at South Orange Avenue and West Esther Street to protest the removal of “Pride crosswalks” and the “abuse of laws that threaten our freedom of expression,” according to a news release. According to the FHP, 39-year-old Zane Aparicio , 25-year-old Mary Jane East and 26-year-old Donavon Short were arrested and taken to the Orange County jail. On Friday night — Orestes Sebastian Suarez, 29 — was arrested after […]

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As Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian, meet the woman racing to visit every exhibit

Earlier this year, TikToker Kathryn Jones began a quest to visit every exhibit at the Smithsonian museums and read every plaque.Justine Goode / NBC News; Getty Images Pausing next to a hulking steam locomotive at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on Friday, Kathryn Jones bent down to look at a tiny silk slipper. “I’ve never seen one in person. It’s so small,” she said, pointing at the shoe once worn by a Chinese immigrant with bound feet. “That’s why I love museums. It takes those facts and solidifies it.” The recording of a trail whistle hooted in the […]

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Harvard removes dedicated tutor support for LGBTQ+ students

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As part of a wider rollback on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI), the Ivy League university will no longer designate residential proctors or tutors specifically for LGBTQ+ or first-generation/low-income undergraduates, according to the college newspaper, The Harvard Crimson. The tutors and proctors will have their tasks folded into “specialty” roles. The change was reportedly announced last week in an email from associate dean of students Lauren Brandt. Proctors and tutors are live-in advisers who support and help plan activities for students in their first year at Harvard. A document included with Brandt’s email informed students that “Culture and Community” proctors […]

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“Queers for Palestine” protestors shut down Ottawa Pride parade & get it canceled

Ottawa’s Pride parade ground to a halt on Sunday afternoon when Queers4Palestine protesters blocked the route and demanded to negotiate with parade organizers over their stance on the war in Gaza. After nearly an hour of talks, and with the route still blocked, the two sides failed to reach an accommodation. Capital Pride, the event’s organizers, decided to cancel the remainder of the march. “We are bummed, of course, but we had a blast for the block and a half that we walked,” said Stefania Wheelhouse, who marched in the short-lived parade with a local theater company. “We sang, we […]

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Texas is gerrymandering the only LGBTQ+ member of Congress from the South out of her seat

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Texas Republicans‘ redrawn congressional maps will split up the district of the only out LGBTQ+ representative from the South.  Julie Johnson, an out lesbian elected to the state’s 32nd congressional district last year, condemned the GOP’s plans to pick up five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives by gerrymandering Democratic districts. She said the proposal, approved by the state House of Representatives Wednesday, would “decimate TX32, splitting my constituents into 8 different districts spreading all the way to the Oklahoma border and East Texas.” “Today, Texas Republicans and Governor Abbott rammed through the Texas House a set of rigged and racist congressional maps […]

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Pete Hegseth appears on podcast of pastor who called for murder of transgender allies

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has appeared at least four times on the Reformation Red Pill podcast, a far-right podcast hosted by Joshua Haymes, an anti-LGBTQ+ extremist who was also a former pastor at the church that Hegseth attends, The Guardian reported.  The publication noted that Haymes wants to execute adulterers and people who have abortions, that he seemingly called for the deaths of LGBTQ+ Pride marchers, and also considers liberalism a greater threat to the nation than neo-Nazism. Haymes is aligned with the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), a Christian Nationalist denomination that believes the United States should be subject to biblical law, and […]

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Illinois launches first-in-nation LGBTQ+ legal hotline

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Illinois Pride Connect will provide resources for health care, education, immigration, family services, elder services, and more, Pritzker said, both informing individuals of their rights and advocating for them. The organization will also host a hotline that can assist callers with legal issues, including but not limited to access to health care such as gender-affirming care, discrimination or harassment, public benefits like Medicaid or SNAP, identity documents, and housing or safety concerns. The website states: “If you’re an LGBTQIA+ individual (or a concerned family member or friend), and you’re facing legal issues that impact your health, safety, or access to care, we’re here to help. The […]

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At least 21 hospitals have ended or restricted trans care for minors since January

More than 20 hospitals and health systems have temporarily or indefinitely rolled back transgender care for minors and some young adults this year amid threats of federal investigations and cuts to government funding, an NBC News analysis found. Twelve hospitals have announced they have discontinued or will discontinue puberty blockers and hormone therapy for trans patients younger than 19. Four announced they are no longer providing transition-related surgeries to those patients; one said it discontinued gender-affirming care for teens; and four said they temporarily stopped transgender care for those under 19 after an executive order from President Donald Trump in January but resumed after a […]

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HHS cancels $12 million sex-ed grant after California refuses to eliminate gender identity lessons

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The federal government has ended a major grant for California sex education over the state’s refusal to eliminate trans and gender identity content from course materials. A letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) states that “the funded programs and services include gender ideology, which is outside the scope of the statute.” The letter quotes California officials’ response to its initial request it remove the material, which declared the state would “not make any such modifications at this time.”  HHS also claims that “gender ideology” is “irrelevant to teaching abstinence […]

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