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Most North Bay Concerts & Events Canceled or Postponed

Here’s a partial list: From the Sebastopol Center for the Arts In light of the current coronavirus pandemic, and with heavy hearts, the leadership of Sebastopol Center for the Arts has decided to postpone all public events, gallery exhibits, programs and classes. This includes the postponement of the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. We believe it is time to step back from our public activities and focus on the health and safety of our staff, volunteers and audience. We will maintain our current staffing, but will be closed to the public until further notice.  The Center’s leadership, board and executives are […]

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LA Pride Festival Postponed amid Growing Coronavirus Concerns

Los Angeles’ annual gay pride celebration has joined a growing list of events across the country that have been postponed, canceled or suspended amid fears of the coronavirus pandemic. The LA Pride Festival and Parade, now in its 50th year, will be pushed back to a yet unknown date from its traditional mid-June kickoff, organizers announced Thursday. LA Pride@lapride Due to the concerns of COVID-19, CSW will postpone all events related to the 50th Anniversary of LA Pride that were scheduled for June 2020. Organizers are assessing the situation. More information to be provided around the postponement as details become available.1,1913:54 […]

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S. Carolina Law Banning LGBTQ Sex Ed is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules

A U.S. district judge in South Carolina overturned a decades-old state law Wednesday that prohibited discussion of LGBTQ issues in public school sex education classes. According to the ruling, the law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The decision was prompted by a lawsuit filed just two weeks earlier by student members of the Gender and Sexuality Alliance at the School of the Arts in Charleston County, as well as several legal and LGBTQ advocacy groups. The law, passed in 1988, made it illegal for public school teachers to discuss “alternate sexual lifestyles from heterosexual relationships” except in the context of […]

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A First for Sonoma: Pride Banners

In the midst of all this chaos, some good news. The historic town square in Sonoma will be adorned with Pride banners. For the first time in our history Pride banners will fly proudly around our town square to honor and recognize June’s Pride month in celebration of Equality, Diversity & Inclusiveness! Truly overwhelmed and thankful for the support from The City of Sonoma’s Design Review and Historic Preservation Commission and the 21 local businesses that stepped up and sponsored a banner. And to Matthew Scott Long for the fabulous design! I only wish there were more posts to hang banners from […]

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Salvadoran Police Face Trial for Murder of Trans Woman Deported from U.S.

Three police officers in El Salvador will be tried for the murder of a transgender woman who was deported from the United States two years ago after failing to prove her life was at risk in the violent Central American country. The unidentified police officers face prison sentences of up to 30 years. They all deny the charges. Camila Diaz, a 29-year-old sex worker who fled from El Salvador following repeated threats on her life from a gang, was killed in early February after she was kidnapped and beaten. Judge Sidney Blanco said in court proceeding on Wednesday that sufficient […]

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‘Progressive Vanguard’: 9% of Democratic Primary Voters so Far are LGBT

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans came out in disproportionately high numbers to vote in their states’ Democratic primaries this year, and they skewed younger and more liberal than non-LGBT Democratic primary voters, according to a review of the NBC News Exit Poll conducted in 18 of the states that have voted so far. While former Vice President Joe Biden has won the most delegates so far, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has been the clear favorite among LGBT Democratic primary voters. Sanders was the pick of 41 percent of these voters, with Biden at 21 percent. The rest of the […]

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Students Mock College Basketball Player with Homophobic Taunts

Monmouth University in the United States has launched an investigation after students held up a sign saying “stick to Grindr” along with images from his dating profiles during a basketball game. The incident took place during a basketball match between Monmouth University in New Jersey and Siena College. When players returned to the court for the second half, several men from Monmouth University held up printed images from one of the opposing team’s Tinder profile, USA Today reports. Another man held up a bigger sign that read: “Stick to Grindr.”It is unclear if the player that was being targeted is gay or bisexual. Monmouth […]

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Openly LGBTQ+ candidates and pro-equality allies running for office dominated in CA on Super Tuesday

Across California on Tuesday, openly LGBTQ+ candidates and pro-equality allies running for office dominated in key races up and down the ballot. With the backing of Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, San Diego mayoral candidate Asm. Todd Gloria emerged from his primary as the clear frontrunner, pro-equality ally Asm. Christy Smith (D-Santa Clarita) placed first in both her special election and primary election for the 25th Congressional District and state senate candidates Asm. Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) and Abigail Medina (D-San Bernardino) both advanced to the November election. If elected, Eggman and Medina would make history as the first two LGBTQ+ women of color to serve […]

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Pride festivals Will Face Delays Due to Coronavirus

Pride festivals across Europe are facing the prospect of cancellation due to the threats posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Pride season, due to kick off in June, is likely to be impacted if measures are put in place to restrict large public gatherings amid the outbreak – which was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation on Wednesday. Organisers of Pride events across the continent joined an online meeting on Monday to discuss contingency plans for the coronavirus outbreak. Coronavirus disruption to Pride festivals is now ‘inevitable’. Kristine Garina, president of the European Pride Organisers Association, said that it is “inevitable” […]

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