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Reversing Trump, US restores transgender health protections
The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope of legal rights in sensitive situations involving medical care. The action by the Department of Health and Human Services affirms that federal laws forbidding sex discrimination […]
Gay Croatian couple’s five-year legal battle ends as judge rules can adopt
A court in Croatia has ruled that same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt, bringing to an end a gay couple’s five-year battle for their rights. Ivo Šegota, a molecular biologist, and Mladen Kožić, a sociologist, became the first-ever same-sex foster parents in Croatia in 2020, having launched a legal battle after their fostering application was initially […]
Vermont becomes 13th state to officially ban gay and trans panic defenses
Vermont has banned gay and trans panic defences, marking a major victory for the state’s LGBT+ community. Republican governor Phil Scott signed H 128 into law on Wednesday (5 May) after the state legislature nearly unanimously passed it earlier this year. The legislation prohibits the usage of a victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation as a […]
Local News
Free LGBTQI Class Wednesday Will Highlight Early Marriage Equality Struggle
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000.Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. Next Wed. 5/12/21 we will be talking with Frances Fuchs and John Torres about the history of same-sex marriage in Sonoma County. Please contact me to enroll in this FREE class and get a Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu
Ask Local Officials to Fly the Pride Flag in June
As we all know, LGBTQ+ Pride season is nearly upon us come June 1. The Marin County Board of Supervisors has raised the rainbow Pride Flag for the last two years during the month of June to celebrate the contributions of LGBTQ+ people to the social and economic fabric of the county, and to express their fullest support for […]
Arts & Entertainment
Occidental Center for the Arts Literary Series presents Shakespeare Everywhere May 16
Sunday, May 16th@ 4-5:30pm. Occidental Center for the Arts Virtual Literary Series presents ‘Shakespeare Everywhere’, conceived and hosted by local and beloved author Jean Hegland (Into the Forest; Still Time). Jean will join in conversation with a four-person panel of far-flung artists: a rapper, a cartoonist, a zine editor, and a Young Adult novelist who are incorporating Shakespeare into […]
LGBTQ+ Films Ignite CAAMFest 2021’s Vibrant Program
The Center for Asian American Media is pleased to showcase LGBTQ+ works as part of CAAMFest 2021. With a broad spectrum of themes, these projects convey the multifaceted intersections of sexuality and identity. Showcases and features include: HAPPY TOGETHER, directed by Wong Kar-WaiSaturday, May 15, 6:30 p.m. at FORT MASON FLIXIn this seminal and gorgeous film, Ho Po-Wing […]
State News
Home of San Francisco’s 1st same-sex spouses now a landmark
The hilltop cottage belonging to a lesbian couple who were the first same-sex partners to legally marry in San Francisco has become a city landmark. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to give the 651 Duncan St. home of the late lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin landmark status. The home in the […]
Caitlyn Jenner says transgender girls in women’s sports is ‘unfair’
Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympic champion and reality TV personality now running for governor in California, said she opposes transgender girls competing in girls’ sports at school. Jenner, a 1976 decathlon gold medalist who came out as a transgender woman in 2015, told a TMZ reporter on Saturday that it’s “a question of fairness.” “That’s […]
