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Out basketball star Brittney Griner detained in Russia

Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) icon Brittney Griner has reportedly been taken into custody in Russia on drug charges.  Griner, a seven-time WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist, was arrested after customs officials allegedly detected hashish oil in her luggage at an airport near Moscow, the New York Times reported.  The Russian Federal Customs Services released a statement that officials detained the player in February for possession of vape cartridges that contained the oil found in her luggage. It also released a video that showed airport security workers searching the luggage of a passenger, who was later identified as Griner. The customs service […]

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Food for Thought Oscar Party Benefit Happens March 27 at Rialto Cinemas

Ready for some glitz and glamour? Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol is inviting you to celebrate Hollywood’s biggest awards night in style while raising funds for Food For Thought! It’s time to hit the red carpet and join us for a fabulous evening as we view the annual awards ceremony LIVE on the big screen.  Sunday, March 27, 2022Red Carpet 4:00 p.m.Show Begins 5:00 p.m.$50 per person Tickets include passed appetizers and two drinks per person exclusively served inside the viewing room! Prizes offered for best dressed and best decorated mask. BUY TICKETS Rialto Cinemas6868 McKinley StreetSebastopol, CA 95472 Map Showtimes: (707) […]

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Positive Images & North Bay LGBTQI Families for a Social Saturday Host Intergenerational Gathering March 12

Join Positive Images LGBTQIA+ Center and North Bay LGBTQI Families for a Social Saturday: Intergenerational Gathering on March 12th from 11am-2pm at Cloverdale City Park! (450 W 2nd St.) All LGBTQIA+ youth, families, adults, and elders are welcome at Social Saturdays, which are a recurring series of monthly events taking place throughout Sonoma County where we are seeking to bring together members of our community across generations, particularly gender expansive youth, teens, and adults. At our March gathering we are excited to be offering two amazing activities: Zumba and cyanotype art! Zumba: For participants interested in music and movement, Delia (she/her) will offer participants […]

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Kristin Crowley Is Los Angeles’s First Out, First Woman Fire Chief

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The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday unanimously confirmed Kristin Crowley as fire chief, making her the first woman and first out LGBTQ+ person to hold that post. Mayor Eric Garcetti had nominated Crowley in January. As chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, she will oversee 3,246 uniformed personnel and 353 professional support workers, the Los Angeles Blade reports. She will begin her duties as chief March 26, when predecessor Ralph Terrazas retires. Before the vote, Crowley told the council she was “truly honored” as well as “humbled and proud” to be appointed fire chief, according to L.A. TV station KABC. Her confirmation came […]

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Statement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Reaffirming HHS Support and Protection for LGBTQI+ Children and Youth

On the heels of a discriminatory gubernatorial order in Texas, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released the following statement reaffirming HHS’s commitment to supporting and protecting transgender youth and their parents, caretakers and families. Secretary Becerra also announced several immediate actions HHS is taking actions to support LGBTQI+ youth and further remind Texas and others of the federal protections that exist to ensure transgender youth receive the care they need:     “The Texas government’s attacks against transgender youth and those who love and care for them are discriminatory and unconscionable. These actions are clearly dangerous to the health […]

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Majority of teachers have trans pupils and are ‘crying out’ for help to support them, UK study finds

The majority of teachers have a trans pupil in their class, with many saying they would like more help with how to support them, a new study has found. Research by LGBT+ young people’s charity Just Like Us found that 55 per cent of teachers in England have at least one pupil who has come out as transgender, and 78 per cent say they would like more resources supporting them. The study, which surveyed 6,394 teachers across England, also said that 87 per cent of secondary school teachers have had at least one trans student. “Trans young people across the country are in […]

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Ukrainian trans women ‘trapped in Kyiv’ as Russian forces advance on capital

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Many trans women are not being permitted to flee Ukraine, it has been reported, with one woman describing Russia’s invasion as a “war within a war” for trans folk. Kyiv’s mayor said Wednesday (2 March) that Russian forces are gathering “closer and closer” to the capital – but that “Kyiv stands and will stand”. One citizen who remains in the capital is Zi Faámelu, a musician best-known in Ukraine for competing in the competition show Star Factory. She has been hiding in her Kyiv apartment as gunfire and missiles get closer.blob:https://www.gaysonoma.com/8970d02c-4d1b-4aed-adc7-f9c106da0c82 She is starting to run out of food, she told CBS News, but is scared […]

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Courageous LGBT+ Ukrainians take up arms to join civilian fightback against Russia

A rush of LGBT+ volunteers in Ukraine are preparing for combat after the Russian invasion. Veronika Limina, from Lviv, has been running a camp which teaches volunteer LGBT+ cadets basic combat and paramedic skills, the Daily Beast reports. Limina, who works for an NGO promoting equal rights for LGBT+ people in the military, told the news outlet that she has signed up for Lviv’s territorial defence force and is prepared to fight as Putin’s forces move into the west of the country. “I am angry… We will kill Putin,” she told the Daily Beast. Andrii Kravchuk works at the Nash Svit Cente in Kyiv. […]

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While straight men face educational crisis, gay men excel academically, study finds

“I love gay people,” activist and playwright Larry Kramer proclaimed at the outset of a 2004 speech in New York City. “I think we’re better than other people. I really do. I think we’re smarter and more talented and more aware.” A new study making waves among LGBTQ-focused academics lends empirical credence to the iconic Act Up co-founder’s prideful claims — not to the supposed sweeping superiority of gay men, rather to the more narrow assertion that this group is remarkably inclined to excel academically. But the paper, which was published in the American Sociological Review on Feb. 20, comes to starkly opposing conclusions […]

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