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Newly elected nonbinary politician Bentley Hudgins announces ‘Woke 3.0 has commenced’
When right-wing media goes low, trans people go funnier! Nonbinary Georgia state rep. Bentley Hudgins made history after winning an assembly seat — and conservatives are (unsurprisingly) losing it. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. On November 5, End Wokeness, a right wing X account, made a post lamenting their victory as Georgia’s first nonbinary and transgender state representative. Attempting to somehow make a joke by just stating a fact, the End Wokeness account posted a video of Hudgins talking about their historic win. “Good news, Georgia!” End […]
Meet the weed-growing transgender daughter of immigrants who just made Florida electoral history
A cannabis worker and daughter of immigrants just won election as Florida’s first out transgender elected official. Quinnie Perez, a trans woman, was the top vote-getter in a three-person race for a relatively low-profile post on Orange County’s Soil and Water Conservation District. The race attracted little attention before Tuesday, but Perez’s historic victory brought a flood of media requests Wednesday. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “Like, my phone was quiet, and then the next moment, it’s nonstop,” Perez told The Advocate. “Like, my Instagram is barely functional now […]
Alabama Gay Sheriff-Elect Vows To End Flock Contract
The Washington Post reports: In the blue tide overtaking the country this week, Alabama voters elected the first openly gay sheriff. Democrat Brett Jones, in Madison County, defeated a two-term Republican incumbent to take over the law enforcement role. Jones is a former Navy SEAL who wrote a 2014 book about his experience of being gay in the military called “Pride: The Story of the First Openly Gay Navy SEAL.” Jones, a police officer at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, campaigned on transparency, jail reform and discontinuing the county’s contract with Flock, the controversial license plate reader system that has sparked widespread […]
Local News
Help Keep Sonoma County Farmworkers Warm During this Cold Season
The Peace & Justice Center is collecting warm clothing and work essentials for immigrant laborers and farmworkers through Indivisible Sonoma County’s BOOST program. Drop off donations Monday–Friday, 1–4 p.m. Indivisible Sonoma County’s new BOOST program provides practical support for people in our community affected by harmful federal policies. Each quarter, BOOST will focus on a different community need. For October and November, BOOST is collecting warm clothing and work essentials for immigrant laborers and farmworkers. In December, the program will support the Volunteer Center’s Secret Santa program. Items needed For men For women Clean, gently used jackets and sweatshirts are […]
Arts & Entertainment
Gradina Balkan Music Ensemble at Occidental Center for the Arts. Gradina Saturday November 14
Saturday November 14 @ 7 pm: Gradina Balkan Music Ensemble at Occidental Center for the Arts. Gradina is a Balkan music ensemble based in California’s North Bay area. We celebrate the seasons and their festivals through song and dance, bringing Old World rituals to new light and new generations to revel in the staying power of gratitude for life on Earth.We sing both a cappella and with instrumental accompaniment. We lean toward traditional songs and arrangements. We present “sit-down” concerts for choral listening as well as dance concerts, and we are also available to teach most of the dances we present. […]
Historians straightwashed a 1600s poet. A new book captures the true legacy of “the Welsh Sappho.”
When the Welsh government in 2021 embarked on what Deputy Minister of Social Partnership Hannah Blythyn described as a project to make Wales “the most LGBTQ+ friendly nation in Europe,” Welsh scholar Norena Shopland was commissioned to help train librarians, museum staff, and archivists on the inclusion of LGBTQ+ history. In 2022, Shopland served as founding researcher in an inspiring and beautifully done countrywide effort to write a local LGBTQ+ open-access online history for each of the twenty-two counties of Wales, providing, she wrote, “a means by which local people, allies and events can be celebrated instead of replicating mainstream narratives and […]
State News
Scott Wiener elected San Francisco’s first out gay member of Congress as Pelosi-backed rival concedes
California state Sen. Scott Wiener is poised to become the first out gay person to represent San Francisco in Congress after his Democratic rival, city Supervisor Connie Chan, conceded Wednesday evening in the race to succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Wiener led Chan 55.46 percent to 44.54 percent in Wednesday’s returns for California’s 11th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Chan said she expected the margin to narrow as more ballots were counted, but her campaign’s review of the outstanding vote persuaded her to concede. Major news outlets had not yet called the race when she did. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ […]
Who Can Vote in California
You must register before you can vote in California. You are eligible to vote in California if you meet all of the following requirements: You cannot register to vote in California if: Voter Registration Requirements To register to vote: If you don’t provide any of these numbers or the state can’t match the number you provide to official records, you will have to show an accepted form of ID the first time you vote. You can use any unexpired photo ID or a non-photo document with your name and address. Common examples include: Same Day Registration California allows voter registration […]
