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New House speaker’s views on LGBTQ issues come under fresh scrutiny
The unexpected elevation of fourth-term Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana to speaker of the House on Wednesday swiftly prompted unforgiving criticism and fresh scrutiny on the once obscure representative’s views on LGBTQ rights. Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, said Johnson would be “the most anti-equality” speaker […]
New House Speaker Mike Johnson Once Wrote in Support of Criminalizing Gay Sex
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a history of harsh anti-gay language from his time as an attorney for a socially conservative legal group in the mid-2000s. In editorials that ran in his local Shreveport, Louisiana, paper, The Times, Johnson called homosexuality a “inherently unnatural” and “dangerous lifestyle” that would lead to legalized pedophilia and possibly […]
Vermont’s largest school district unanimously approves strong protections for trans students
Vermont’s largest school district, the Champlain Valley School District, has passed a set of policies that affirm transgender and nonbinary students’ identities. The policies require schools to let trans students access school facilities, play on sports teams, and use pronouns and names that match their gender identity without informing potentially unsupportive parents. The policies, which closely follow […]
Local News
FreeLGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline to Focus on Freestone House and Gardens
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000. Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. On Wed, Jan 26 we will be talking with Jim Longacre about Freestone House & Gardens. Look forward to seeing you there! Please contact me to enroll in this FREE class and receive a Zoom invite: [email protected]
Earn an Accredited High School Diploma, Free with SoCo Library Card
Free with Your Library Card Have you been thinking about going back to school? Through Career Online High School’s online, accredited program, adults can earn a high school diploma and a career certificate, free with your Sonoma County Library card! Finish high school and receive job training in an online environment that’s available 24 hours a […]
Arts & Entertainment
The Best 30 LGBTQI American Documentaries
Local cinephiles/filmmakers Gary Carnivele and Jane Winslow present and discuss OUTwatch’s newly minted “30 Best American LGBTQIA Documentaries.” In a conversation shaped by the selections, the duo examine films about LGBTQIA history and issues, activism, gender studies, as well as profiles of noteworthy individual. They will also explore queer documentary style and take a closer […]
Transcendence Theatre Co. announces 10th season line up
Celebrating 10 Years of Transcendence!Announcing our 2021 season A note from Artistic Director, Amy Miller:Welcome to Transcendence’s 10th Anniversary Season! It has been WAY too long since we’ve seen you and we are thrilled that all of us can FINALLY experience LIVE musical theatre again! Thank you for your support and patience during these unprecedented […]
State News
LGBTQ+ Freedom Day Fest Is Postponed to 2022
Late summer and early fall are street-fair season in San Francisco, and SF Pride has been working on our inaugural LGBTQ Freedom Day Feston Valencia Street, to debut on Sunday, Oct. 10. It is to be an all-new, free event specifically for locals, part of our reimagining what Pride can be for our communities. And it […]
Back to the Stacks: Two Archives Grants Provide Autumn Momentum
Despite the new challenge presented by the Delta variant of COVID-19, the GLBT Historical Society’s archives are preparing for an exciting autumn. Since June, when onsite archives access became possible once again, we have been safely welcoming in-person researchers (along with the museum, vaccinations are now required for access). Executive Director Terry Beswick also spearheaded […]