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A trans woman founded a group to help trans people leave the U.S. due to rising hate

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In response to the flood of anti-trans legislation and anti-LGBTQ+ hatred in the U.S., a transgender woman has founded TRANSport, an organization helping trans people flee the country. Rynn Azerial Willgohs, a 50-year-old transgender woman, began researching ways to leave the country after two events took place. First, in March 2021, a man nearly strangled her to death in a public restroom while she was traveling across the state for work — she hasn’t felt safe in public ever since. “There’s like 30 states right now I wouldn’t even drive through,” Willgohs, a North Dakota resident, told VICE News. Then, in June 2022, […]

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The Billie Holiday Project at Occidental Center for the Arts Sat. Feb. 18

Saturday February 18 @ 7:30 pm. The Billie Holiday Project at Occidental Center for the Arts. Don’t miss the return of this spectacular tribute to the one and only Billie Holiday! Super songstress Stella Heath and her band, featuring some of the Bay Area’s finest jazz musicians, skillfully evoke the electric and intimate feeling of seeing the legendary Lady Day live in a 1930’s jazz club. You won’t want to miss this Valentine’s Day tribute at our acoustic sweet spot on Bohemian Highway. Get your tickets early – this show will sell out! $32 General/ $25 for OCA members at www.occidentalcenterforthearts.org ; or […]

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Senior LGBT Retirement Development in Palm Springs to Open in 2023

For LGBTQ folks looking for a supportive community in Palm Springs, Living Out is now accepting reservations for leasing and scheduled to open this year. Studies show that up to a third of LGBTQ seniors fear having to “re-closet” as they age, according to Lavender Magazine, and that’s why Living Out is so important.  “This is a senior community in Palm Springs that’s intentionally designed to provide a safe, joyful living environment for LGBTQ seniors to continue to live and love out and proud,” the magazine published.  Built on nine acres in central Palm Springs, Living Out comprises 122 apartments […]

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Federal judge rules Catholic hospital discriminated against transgender man

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A federal judge has ruled that a Catholic hospital discriminated against a transgender man when it refused to perform a gender-affirming procedure. Jesse Hammons sued the University of Maryland Medical System, which owns St. Joseph Medical Center, after the facility canceled a hysterectomy in January 2020. Hammons’s doctor, Steven Adashek, had approved the procedure to treat his gender dysphoria. But St. Joseph’s chief medical officer, Dr. Gail Cunningham, later informed Adashek that the procedure could not be performed at the hospital because it conflicted with the facility’s religious directives. “We cannot do transgender surgery at St. [Joseph],” Cunningham told Adashek, according […]

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Free Online LGBTQI History Class starts New Semester Wednesday

LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000. Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. On Wednesday, January 18 we will be talking about LGBTQI Businesses  from 1970s – 1990s. Looking 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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Federal judge upholds W.Va. law that bans trans youth from female school sports teams

U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Goodwin for the Southern District of West Virginia ruled last Friday that the ban on transgender athletes competing in female school sports that Republican Gov. Jim Justice signed into law in 2021 is constitutional. “I recognize that being transgender is natural and is not a choice,” Goodwin wrote in his decision. “But one’s sex is also natural, and it dictates physical characteristics that are relevant to athletics.” The ruling came in the lawsuit challenging the ban filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of West Virginia and Cooley LLP on behalf of then 11-year-old Becky […]

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Black Democrats Support Transgender Identity Less Than Their Peers, Study Finds

Republicans and Democrats don’t often see eye-to-eye on social issues, but even within the Democratic party, there’s a differing views on gender identity and transgender issues. A May 2022 poll from The Pew Research Center found that 60 percent of U.S. adults say that the identities of man or woman are determined by someone’s sex at birth. Around 38 percent say someone can be a man or woman, even if that differs from their sex at birth. The statistics reveal that over half of U.S. adults incorrectly conflate gender with sex, as every major medical institution separates the two. According to the National Institute […]

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Fired Over Gay Guest Speaker, Former Tenured Professor Files Lawsuit

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A professor with more than forty years of employment and tenure at a Christian university in Oklahoma has sued the school for firing him over a gay guest speaker he had invited to speak to his class. The guest speaker, a former adjunct professor, is included in the lawsuit. Michael O’Keefe and Scott Hale filed an Oklahoma County District Court complaint alleging university administrators had stained their reputations. According to them, Oklahoma Christian University, a Church of Christ-affiliated school, and its chief legal counsel Stephen Eck acted and spoke “wrongfully, intentionally, and recklessly” about the men. O’Keefe had invited Hale to speak in […]

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Algerian authorities launch pathetic anti-rainbow campaign in bid to ban Pride flags

Officials in Algeria, where homosexuality is illegal, are attempting to stop any use of the Pride flag, according to footage shared online. Video shared on both Twitter and Reddit depicts the police and other officials handing out information pamphlets to the public about LGBTQ+ flags and symbols. A large crowd can be seen gathered around two uniformed officers who are addressing the group about the multi-coloured images.  The papers appear to contain information about the difference between a rainbow – which has seven colours – and a traditional rainbow Pride flag, which has six.  As well as this, the handout […]

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