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Show Your Pride By Voting
I am always surprised when I hear someone proudly say “after two years Pride is back!” If you are ‘out’ and didn’t have Pride in yourself and your community for the past two years there is a real problem and it’s not about missing the parades and parties. Pride needs to be about having Pride […]
Thomas wants the Supreme Court to overturn landmark rulings that legalized contraception, same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court must revisit and overrule past landmark decisions that legalized the right to obtain contraception, the right to same-sex intimacy and the right to same-sex marriage, conservative Justice Clarence Thomas wrote Friday. Thomas, in a concurring opinion to the court’s precedent-breaking decision overturning Roe v. Wade and wiping out constitutional protections for abortion rights, said that he would […]
High school students get threatened with machine gun while rallying for bullied trans classmate
Students at a Washington state high school Monday staged a walk-out in solidarity with a trans student, who was beaten in the school’s hallways the week before. The walk-out prompted a threat by another student “to aim a machine gun” at the rallying students, according to Kalama police. The Kalama Middle and High Schools, which […]
Local News
The Quitters at Occidental Center for the Art June 19
Sunday June 19 @ 4 pm. The Quitters at Occidental Center for the Arts.The Quitters return to OCA for a special afternoon performance in our amphitheater! Stevie Coyle and Glenn Houston make up the dynamic guitar duo known as The Quitters. Having each quit some of the best bands in the business, both are founding members […]
Occidental Center for the Arts presents: ’Dublinesque’ The Show! June 26
Sunday June 26 at 4 pm. Occidental Center for the Arts presents: ’Dublinesque’ The Show!, a celebration of Dublin, Ireland in song and story. Led by Eamonn Flynn on vocals and piano, Dublinesque features Darcy Noonan on fiddle, Hector Bragado on banjo and Felim Egan on accordion and bodhran. Produced by singer-songwriter and pianist Eamonn Flynn […]
Arts & Entertainment
Frameline 46: Interview with Peter McDowell the director of “Jimmy in Saigon”
When his golden-haired, blue-eyed brother Jimmy mysteriously died in Vietnam in 1975, gay filmmaker Peter McDowell was just a kid, growing up within his family’s “veil of silence.” As an adult, armed with a video camera, Peter embarks on a quest to uncover the possibly queer brother he never knew. Plotted like a terrific detective […]
State News
Frameline 46 Review: “Pure Grit” Directed by Kim Bartley
Growing up queer on Wyoming’s Wind River reservation, Sharmaine Weed has faced more than her share of troubles—but her love of extreme bareback horseracing has sustained her throughout. A ten-time undefeated champion until she’s forced to give up racing to care for her sister after a terrible accident, Sharmaine finds solace and support in her […]
Frameline 46 Review: “Petit Mal” Directed by Ruth Caudeli
Anto, Marti, and Lai are a throuple blissfully living together in a remote house, with nothing but their beloved bundle of dogs keeping them company. When Lai leaves for a work trip, the balance is thrown off and Marti and Anto must adapt to being just the two of them. Suddenly, the dreaminess of their […]
