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Gary Carnivele
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Napa Valley College Pride Learning Community Offering 2-Semester LGBTQ+ Program This Fall
The Napa Valley College Pride Learning Community promotes student success in college and life through an immersive communal experience in academics and college life. This two-semester program includes a cohort of students who work together with experienced faculty and college counselors with a focus on LGBTQ+ studies. These courses prepare students for transfer to a 4-year college or university or for entry to the workforce. Careers this learning community can prepare you for include: Being part of this learning community will offer you special field trips, activities, and experiences beyond a regular college class. You will meet new people and […]
Montana Man Sentenced To 18 Years After Using Assault Weapon In Crusade To “Clean Out” His Town Of LGBTQs
From the Justice Department: A Montana man was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris to 18 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for shooting into a residence and attempting to shoot others with the intent of ridding a town of LGBTQI+ residents. John Russell Howald, of Basin, was convicted by a federal jury on Feb. 17 of a hate crime involving an attempt to kill and discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence for firing an AK-style rifle at the residence of a woman who was known within […]
Frameline47 Interview: Co-directors Lisa Marie Evans & Marianne K.Martin; Producer Cheryl Pletcher Discuses their Documentary “In Her Own Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction
Narrated by LGBTQ+ historian Lillian Faderman and illuminated through interviews with trailblazers like Jewelle Gomez (The Gilda Stories), Dorothy Allison (Bastard Out of Carolina), and Sarah Waters (Fingersmith), In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction charts a literary journey from post-war lesbian pulp to modern bestsellers. Highlighting the successful and controversial, directors Lisa Marie Evans and Marianne K. Martin skillfully delve into stories that defined eras of lesbian writers, and the changing socio-political landscapes that encouraged an evolution of the genre. In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction pays loving tribute to this evolution of lesbian and queer fiction, told through a lens of […]
Twitter is ‘the most dangerous platform for LGBTQ people,’ GLAAD says
All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday. But Twitter is the worst. In its annual Social Media Safety Index, GLAAD gave Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter low or failing scores, saying the platforms don’t do enough to keep their users safe. That said, most improved from a year ago. Twitter, which was acquired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk last October, was the only exception. GLAAD’s scorecard called it “the most dangerous platform for LGBTQ […]
Illinois Becomes First State to Ban Book Bans
Illinois has become the first state to enact what’s being called a ban on book bans. House Bill 2789, signed into law Monday by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, will deny state funding to public libraries that ban materials because of “partisan or doctrinal disapproval” of the content. “We are not saying that every book should be in every single library,” said Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, according to the Associated Press. “What this law does is it says, let’s trust our experience and education of our librarians to decide what books should be in circulation.” Giannoulias, who also holds the post of […]
American Medical Association Strengthens Support for Gender-Affirming Care
The American Medical Association has strengthened its position supporting the care for all transgender and gender-diverse people. The AMA’s House of Delegates, holding its annual meeting in Chicago, voted Monday to pass the Endocrine Society’s resolution on protecting access to gender-affirming care, according to an Endocrine Society press release. In the resolution, the AMA committed to opposing any criminal and legal penalties against patients seeking gender-affirming care, family members or guardians who support them in seeking medical care, and health care facilities and clinicians providing it. The AMA promised to work with federal and state legislators and regulators to oppose policies restricting access […]
Call To Action: Protest Anti-LGBTQI+ Owners of Several Sonoma Businesses at General’s Daughter June 20
REMINDER – PROTEST ON JUNE 20TH, 5:30 – 7:00 IN FRONT OF THE PIZZA AND PINOT AT GENERAL’S DAUGHTER – OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET. WE ARE WAKE UP SONOMAOUR MISSION IS TO:Promote equality of human and civil rights within our community, through research, education about threats to those rights, and to champion community-based solutions. We see THESE BUSINESSES in direct conflict with our mission.Stand with us, boycott LeFever/Mattson owned businesses! (If you don’t see the image above with list of LeFever Mattson businesses, be sure to show remote content in this e-mail.) Think about where your money is going—you would be supporting the following:Large […]
Extreme right-wing physicians’ group behind anti-trans laws
The American College of Pediatricians, a small, right-wing extremist group of physicians who for two decades has struggled to gain traction finds itself for the first time with more power than it has ever had as the far-right takes greater hold on America. But along with their new-found power comes a deep dive into at least 15 years worth of their internal documents, the result of the group reportedly publishing a link to its own unsecured Google drive in April, which WIRED uncovered and reported on back in May. The Washington Post combed through 10,000 of the group’s documents, and on Thursday publishing its […]
West Hollywood Drag-Themed Art Display Vandalized Days After Pride
A public photo art display celebrating drag queens and LA Pride history has become the target of vandalism in West Hollywood. The life-size portraits come from an essay on the second West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval in the late 1980s, and have been on display along the Sunset Strip section of Sunset Boulevard since May 1. Now, more than a dozen of them have been burned, tagged with graffiti, stabbed, or slashed. Local station KABC-TV spoke with the artist responsible for the displays, who chose to remain anonymous for fear of her personal safety. “Some of the images were burned and they were gouged with some kind […]