Alicia Victoria Lozano

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Voters in a California beach town approved an LGBTQ Pride flag ban

The rainbow Pride flag and other nongovernmental banners will no longer fly on city property in Huntington Beach, California, an oceanside side community that has become a hotbed for broader culture wars. More than 58% of voters cast ballots in favor of Measure B, according to the latest tally provided by the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Measure B prohibits the display of Pride, breast cancer awareness and religious flags, in what is believed to be the first time voters have directly considered what kind of flags are flown in a city. Measure B exempts city, county and state flags, as […]

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17 Corrections Officers to be Disciplined in Trans Woman’s Death at Rikers Island

More than a dozen New York City Department of Correction officers will be disciplined for their conduct surrounding the death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco, 27, a transgender woman who died last year while in solitary confinement at Rikers Island jail. Three officers and one captain will be suspended without pay immediately, the department said in a statement Friday. It was not immediately clear what disciplinary actions the remaining 13 officers would face. The announcement comes several weeks after Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark declined to file charges following a six-month investigation into the circumstances of Cubilette-Polanco’s death. “We are committed to […]