Gary Carnivele

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LGBT+ & Friends Mardi Gras Dance Party Happens in Sebastopol Feb 25

LGBT+ MARDI GRAS PARTY! Share this link: https://fb.me/e/2L8VS5xV9 WE’VE ADDED A DRAG SHOW! Led by our local Fabulous BILLIE JEAN QUEEN! YAY! FREE KAZOO AND Mardi Gras BLING to first 90 people! JOIN OUR KAZOO PARADE. 6:30PM: Doors Open Dance to DJ Rockin Rotten Robbie! FREE Cake, Popcorn, Snacks, Beer and Wine only $6, soft Drinks $1 8PM Everybody’s Kazoo Band Mardi Gras Parade led by Professor Paddy-Whack: “When the Saints Go Marching In” DRAG SHOW: 8:30PM 9:00PM we will announce the winners of the costume contest! Advance tickets: $15; at-the-door: $20 Purchase at the Sebastopol FUN Senior Center or […]

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Fee Online LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline Class Will Discuss Local Activism by Forward Together Wednesday

LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000. Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. On February 22,  Magi Fedorka will be joining us for a presentation on the activism carried out by Forward Together. Look forward  to seeing you there! Please contact me to enroll in this FREE  class and receive a Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu

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Ben LaBolt to become first gay White House communications director

Ben LaBolt will become the first openly gay White House communications director, succeeding Kate Bedingfield, who is expected to leave at the end of February, advisors to President Joe Biden announced on Friday.  Bedingfield is expected to work on Biden’s reelection campaign. LaBolt has worked for the president since the Obama administration, most recently leading communications around matters like the nomination and confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the American Rescue Plan, and the Inflation Reduction Act.  The move comes shortly after Biden’s Chief of Staff Ron Klain and top economic advisor Brian Deese announced their departures […]

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Missing gay teen’s body found with gunshot wound to the head in possible hate crime

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The body of a missing gay 19-year-old was found in Brooklyn last week with a gunshot wound to the head and “significant burn wounds.” DeAndre Matthews, a student at SUNY Broome Community College studying criminal justice, reportedly went missing on February 6. According to his sister, Dajanae Gillespie, Matthews left his job at Buggy Service Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn at around 5 p.m. that evening, returning home to borrow his mother’s Jeep. Danielle Mathews, the teen’s mother, was reportedly one of the last people to speak to him on the phone that night. On Tuesday, Danielle Matthews was able […]

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Transgender community mourns death of British teen found stabbed to death

Many in the transgender community are mourning the death of British teenager Brianna Ghey, a trans girl who was stabbed to death Sunday.  Ghey, 16, was found dead in a park in Warrington, England — roughly 16 miles west of Manchester, England — with visible stab wounds, British authorities said. Police said they have arrested two teenagers, both 15 years old, on suspicion of the murder.  Ghey’s family released a statement through local authorities, saying Ghey was “a much loved” and “larger than life character who would leave a lasting impression on all that met her.” “The loss of her young life […]

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Funkin’ Fantastic Dance Party with Ariel Marin Band at Occidental Center for the Arts Sat. Feb. 25

Saturday February 25 @ 7:30 pm. Funkin’ Fantastic Dance Party with Ariel Marin Band at Occidental Center for the Arts. Inspirational songstress Ariel Marin, James Earley and a funktastic ensemble of musicians return to OCA for a dance party that you won’t forget! Come ready to boogie to your favorite funky rhythms and psychedelic grooves – from Tina to Chaka, Prince to James Brown, and so much more. Get your tickets early – this show will sell out! Admission is $37 General/ $30 for OCA members at www.occidentalcenterforthearts.org ; or at the door. Fine refreshments available for sale, art gallery open. […]

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Drag bans could result in arrests at Pride parades

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Laws banning drag performances have been introduced in legislative sessions in at least 14 states this year, and their potential effects are much more far-reaching than entertaining shows.  An alarming number of anti-LGBTQ+ (particularly anti-transgender) bills continue to be introduced; the ACLU is tracking 278 of them across 33 states. While many target bathrooms, IDs, books, healthcare, education, and sports, a newer trend this year is attempting to ban drag.  Republican state legislators in Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia have all introduced various bills on this theme. Sybastian […]

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Most LGBTQ+ founders and investors hide their gender or sexuality, report finds

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In the UK tech industry, 75 per cent of LGBTQ+ founders and 80 per cent of investors do not feel safe sharing their gender and sexual identity with their peers, new research has found.  The LGBTQ+ Founder Report was carried out by Proud Ventures (PV), a UK collective of LGBTQ+ investors, founders and venture capitalists, and surveyed 61 investors and 130 founders.  The first-of-its kind research sought to address the fact that “any attempt to engage with or support the LGBTQ+ community in tech or VC has been held back by the repeated question of whether there is actually any problem […]

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South Dakota becomes the 6th state to restrict gender-affirming care for minors

South Dakota has joined five other states that have restricted transition-related care for transgender minors in just the past two years.  On Monday, Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, signed the “Help Not Harm” bill, which bans health care professionals from providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery to minors as treatment for gender dysphoria, which is the distress caused by a sense of conflict between the assigned sex at birth and the person’s gender identity.  Providers who are already treating trans minors with puberty blockers, which temporarily pause puberty, or hormone therapy will be required to taper the minors off […]

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Trans employee wins $20K settlement against Shake Shack

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A transgender man won a $20,000 settlement in a lawsuit against the fast food chain Shake Shack after he faced a month of transphobic harassment on the job with no support from his employer. The man, who has not been identified in the media, worked at Shake Shack in 2020 in Oakland, California. He said that he was harassed daily and referred to as female. He told his supervisors about the harassment and instead of helping him they told him to “explain his gender to co-workers rather than rely on management to correct discriminatory behavior,” according to the California Civil […]

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