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This Month at Sonoma County Library

Join the Sonoma County Library for events throughout the month of June, from constellation art to our first-ever Lectura Fest. All events are free and you don’t need a library card to attend; registration is required for select events. See some of our June events below! All AgesJoin us at the Central Santa Rosa Library on Saturday, June 10, from 10:30 am to 2:00 pmfor the first annual Lectura Fest, a celebration of reading, music, and culture! Enjoy performances by Chiquy Boom and Los Cenzontles, plus activities for the whole family—and more!Afro-Peruvian Cajón Drumming WorkshopJoin us to learn the history and tradition of the Afro-Peruvian […]

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ACLU sues Idaho for “unprecedented” gender-affirming care ban

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s gender-affirming care ban for transgender youth.  The organization is suing alongside other groups and law firms on behalf of two families who believe the law violates the U.S. Constitution. It is the eighth lawsuit filed by the ACLU and its affiliates against trans health care bans, according to the Los Angeles Blade. Lawsuits have also been filed in Arkansas, Nebraska, Montana, Oklahoma, Indiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky.  “This law is a dangerous intrusion upon the rights and lives of Idaho families,” said Amy Dundon, a Legislative Strategist with the ACLU of Idaho. “Our […]

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‘Pride Is More Than a Parade’ Says Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign has kicked off Pride Month with a powerful video calling for LGBTQ+ people and allies to “fight back with Pride.” In the clip, actresses Sheryl Lee Ralph and Alexandra Billings tell viewers that the march toward racial, queer, and reproductive justice is not over. “Just because you have rights today does not mean that you will have rights tomorrow,” Lee Ralph says in the video. Billings emphasizes that Pride emerged from protests. “You come from a family of revolution,” she says. “That is the foundation from which you were born. You literally come from human beings who […]

OUTwatch – Wine Country’s LGBTQI Film Festival Happening This Weekend at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol

OUTwatch – Wine Country’s LGBTQI Film Festival will happen Friday, June 9 through Sunday, June 11 as part of Sonoma County Pride’s Calendar of Events. After a three-year pandemic pause, OUTwatchreturns to showcase three entertaining narrative films and two thought-provoking documentaries. Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol will again play host to the festival.  The schedule is: Friday, June 9, 7 p.m. Maybe Someday During a cross-country trip, Jay, a 40-something photographer, ponders her life after her separation from her wife but a stop in her hometown sees the return of her high school crush and her gay bestie who keeps her laughing.  Saturday, June 10, 4 p.m. WildhoodWhen Link discovers […]

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Frameline47 Interview: ” Director Andy Vallentine Discusses His Debut Feature “The Mattachine Family”

In this nuanced, gentle, and ultimately heartfelt dramedy, director Andy Vallentine explores the notion of connection through the experiences of a loving gay couple who discover they have differing ideas about what makes a family. Nico Totorella (The Walking Dead: World Beyond), Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek), Juan Pablo Di Pace (Mamma Mia!), Carl Clemons-Hopkins (Hacks), Cloie Wyatt Taylor (Partners in Rhyme), Jake Choi (Front Cover, Frameline40), and Heather Matarazzo (Welcome to the Dollhouse) make up The Mattachine Family’s queer power ensemble. Jumping through moments in time between a collection of characters, The Mattachine Family finds a fiercely in love gay couple — photographer Thomas (Tortorella) and […]

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Marriage Equality Gets a Boost in South Korea

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Lawmakers in South Korea have introduced legislation that would extend the right to marry to same-sex couples. This important legislation would finally enshrine the rights of same-sex couples in the country. The bill would amend the gendered definition of marriage in the country’s civil code, allowing same-sex couples to marry and extending them the same rights and benefits afforded to heterosexual married couples. Meanwhile, the National Assembly is also considering legislation that would create civil partnerships as an alternative to marriage for both same-sex couples and heterosexual couples. In the absence of partnership recognition, same-sex couples in South Korea are […]

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Trans Woman Inmate Reaches Landmark Settlement with Minnesota Prison System

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The legal team of a transgender woman incarcerated in Minnesota on Thursday announced she will be transferred to a women’s prison as part of a landmark settlement with the state’s Department of Corrections. The settlement also guarantees affirmative medical care and appropriate housing for other trans prisoners. Christina Lusk, 57, sued the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) last year when they denied her gender-affirming medical care and housed her in a men’s prison after she pled guilty to a drug charge in 2019. Lusk came out as transgender and started hormone replacement therapy in 2008, and legally changed her name in 2018. At the time of […]

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Call to Action: Sonoma County Library Needs the LGBTQI+ Community’s Support for its Support of Us

The Sonoma County Library programing includes: Drag Story Hours, LGBTQI Teen Groups and activities, Here + Queer the Sonoma County LGBTQI Archives. At Wednesday’s library commission meeting, more than a dozen vocal detractors made public comments, displayed signs, and stated that they intend to protest at our libraries, on story days and at other times. Here is a link to the recording of that meeting. WARNING there are homophobic and transphobic statements:  https://www.youtube.com/ live/xiT0Od-j18o?feature= share&t=4072 Here’s how to support the library: WRITE A LETTER. It can be as simple as a thank you for doing the Drag Story Hour or […]

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Electric Shock Treatment, Overt Homophobia in U.K. Armed Forces: Repor

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An upcoming government report on homophobia in the U.K. armed forces will show a climate of blatant homophobia, incidents of blackmail and sexual assaults, and a campaign of drugs and electric shock treatment to “cure” LGBTQ+ service members of their homosexuality. The report, which covers 1967 to 2000, when the country’s ban on LGBTQ+ service members ended, is set for release next month and an advance copy was seen by Bloomberg. Commissioned last year by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the report contains over a thousand anonymous submissions from individuals who served in the U.K. military between 1967 to 2000. Terence Etherton, […]

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Vermont Bookstore Fights Book Bans with Pride Readathon for June

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A bookstore in Vermont is fighting back against calls to limit LGBTQ+ literature for young readers by hosting its first-ever Pride Readathon to raise funds for a summer camp for LGBTQ+ kids. Bear Pond Books in Montpelier will be hosting a Pride Readathon the entire month of June where participants will raise funds for every LGBTQ+ book they read. Bear Pond Books has a goal of raising $40,000 to support Outright Vermont’s Camp Outright, a summer camp that lets LGBTQ+ kids be themselves while taking part in a typical group camp experience. A private donor has offered to match the funds raised up to $20,000 in the Pride […]

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