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Rachel Levine: Efforts to deny health care to trans youth are ‘politics’
Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine on Thursday criticized efforts to prevent transgender youth from accessing health care. “Unfortunately, some have fought to prevent transgender youth from accessing the health care that they need,” she said in a speech she delivered at the opening of the Victory Fund’s 2021 International LGBTQ Leaders Conference that took place […]
South Africa: Broken Promises to Aid Gender-Based Violence Survivors
The South African government has taken important steps but did not provide adequate funding for shelters and other services for gender-based violence survivors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many survivors have been made more vulnerable in the context of Covid-19. The South African government has acknowledged high rates of gender-based violence both during and before the pandemic. But South African experts […]
Openly gay man elected to Honduran congress
An openly gay man in Honduras made history on Sunday when he won a seat in the country’s Congress. Grajeda will serve alongside Congresswoman-elect Silvia Ayala of the leftist Free Party (Partido Libre), who represents Cortés department in which the city of San Pedro Sula is located, as her substitute. Reportar sin Miedo, the Washington […]
Local News
Join Redwood Rainbows Square Dance Classes Jan. 12 – April 6, 2022
Wednesdays 7:00 to 8:30 PM January 12 – April 6, 2022 DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE FLYER Learn Social Square Dancing, a new,easy-to-learn set of calls that get you square dancing in just 13 weeks. Gently exercise your body and mind while moving to music and having fun.Give it a try—the first class is free! $120 for 13 […]
Free SoCo LGBTQ+ History Class to focus on early print media
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000. Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. On Wed. 12/8 We will be talking about one of Sonoma County’s first Lesbian/Gay Newspapers. Please contact me to enroll and get a Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu
Arts & Entertainment
Benjamin Alire Sáenz: “I am the luckiest.” On Writing Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
Since its publication nearly a decade ago, Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe has been widely regarded and accepted as a seminal young adult novel in the queer literary canon. Sáenz’s lyrical and beautiful novel about two Latinx boys becoming best friends and falling in love has been beloved among queer […]
Rainbow Railroad Hosts ‘When I Am Free’ Benefit Concert To Get LGBTQI+ Individuals To Safety
The annual Chicago 5 Lives Fundraiser hosted by Rainbow Railroad is proud to return this year with “When I Am Free”, a benefit concert offering attendees a premier evening of classical music from esteemed young musicians. Hosts will include U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky and Chicago Reader publisher Tracy Baim. The concert will be held on Friday December […]
State News
Craneway Holiday Craft Fair in Richmond Supports KPFA RAdio
Join us to celebrate the 50th Annual KPFA Holiday Benefit! The Craneway Craft Fair presents a unique opportunity to support local artists & craftspeople, and community powered KPFA radio—all while taking care of everyone on your holiday shopping list!Increase your impact by shopping from 200+ small businesses this Small Business Saturday with catered food and […]
A Rosetta Stone of My San Francisco Life
Back in May, we ran a story about a digitized collection we made available this spring: the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotape Collection. This remarkable collection consists of nearly 100 half-inch videotapes recorded by the Queer Blue Light (QBL) Collective, a grassroots guerilla project that documented the politics and culture of the […]
