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LGBT Activist To Challenge Trumpster Rep. Madison Cawthorn
The Asheville Citizen-Times reports: A Buncombe County commissioner who gained national prominence in the campaign to fully legalize same-sex marriage has said she will seek the congressional seat held by far-right Republican Madison Cawthorn. The Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara of Asheville announced her run March 3 for the 11th District seat, taking an immediate shot at Cawthorn and […]
Gay asylum seeker in Mexico receives date to enter U.S.
A gay man from Guatemala who the Trump administration forced to pursue his asylum case in Mexico is scheduled to enter the U.S. on April 30. Estuardo Cifuentes in June 2019 asked for asylum in the U.S. because of the anti-gay persecution he suffered in his country of origin. Cifuentes on Saturday told the Blade […]
Lockdown has caused a mental health crisis among UK’s LGBT+ kids – especially young lesbians
Pippa Sterk, an ambassador for British LGBT+ charity Just Like Us, writes for PinkNews about how lesbians in particular have grappled with loneliness amid lockdown. I want to shed light on the mental health crisis among young lesbians, but as I sit down to write this, I realise: how can I adequately capture the loss I’ve felt over the […]
Local News
Free LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline Class Wednesday
Sonoma County LGBTQI Community Center efforts – 1972 to the present. We’ll be covering the Penngrove WomanCenter, River Queen Women’s Center, LEGACY/Pride Center – from 1972 to the present. To register for the LGBTQI Timeline class please click on the appropriate link below. If you have not taken any classes through SRJC in the past year, you are […]
Happening in March at Marin’s Spahr Center
Covid-19 News for Seniors How to get your vaccine if you’re still searchingA friend recently gave me an insight into how to better your chances of getting a shot soon. A greater supply of vaccine seems to be becoming available so hopefully more people are being notified by their provider that they can schedule their shots. In […]
Arts & Entertainment
Film Review: “I Care A Lot”
This time our villainess has dispensed with The Cool Girl and has picked up a different stereotype of femininity — The Carer. Men can’t see through her nurturing exterior. She’s a sociopath, but in a professional, polished package, so you’d never expect it. Marla Grayson acts as a legal guardian to seniors, making financial and […]
Revry Celebrates Women All Month Long With Films, Series, and Music Videos.
Revry celebrates Women’s History Month with an entire March calendar highlighting incredible female Queer content made by and for the community. “Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day is such an important time at Revry. As a company that is co-founded by two women of color we have always made sure that we’ve highlighted and honored […]
State News
Upcoming Online Exhibits & Events at SF GLBT Historical Society Museum
Author Talk Last Night at the Telegraph Club: A New Novel Saturday, March 64:00–5:30 p.m.Online programFree | $5 suggested donationAward-winning young-adult author Malinda Lo will read selections from and discuss her new novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Dutton Books, 2021), a queer coming-of-age story set in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1950s. The story traces the […]
Queer Kinship Among the Seen & Unseen: Exploring Japanese American LGBTQ Lives
A new online exhibition provides a pathbreaking look at LGBTQ lives and culture in the Japanese American community in the United States. Curated by Stan Yogi and Amy Sueyoshi, a frequent GLBT Historical Society collaborator, Seen And Unseen: Queering Japanese American History Before 1945 is a project of J-Sei, a Japanese American community organization in Emeryville. The show […]
