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Amazon Refuses to Advertise Anti-trans Journalist’s Book Says Trans Teens Are a ‘Contagion’

Amazon has suspended a paid-for advertising campaign for a book suggesting that being trans is “a contagion among teen girls” written by renowned anti-trans journalist Abigail Shrier. The tech giant reportedly refused to host advertising for Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughter because it “claims to diagnose, treat, or question sexual orientation”. Its author is notoriously anti-trans Wall Street Journal writer Abigail Shrier, who wrote on Twitter that her book is about: “The idea that trans-identification has become a peer contagion among teen girls.” Shrier is known for writing obsessively about the debunked 2018 phrase “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria”, which posits that “social and […]

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LGBT+ Authors Quit JK Rowling’s Agency Over its Lack of Support for Trans Rights

Four authors have quit the writing agency that represents JK Rowling after claiming it failed to stand up for the trans community in the wake of the Harry Potter author’s transphobic essay. The writers were signed to The Blair Partnership and include Drew Davies, Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir, Fox Fisher, and one writer who has remained anonymous. In a statement about their decision to resign from The Blair Partnership, the four said they were “saddened and disappointed” to have to resign. “After JK Rowling’s – who is also signed to the agency – public comments on transgender issues, we reached out to the agency with […]

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Sebastopol Senior Center Forms 2 Groups for LGBTQ Seniors

Women Who Love Women  &  Men Who Love Men I am very excited to announce these two online groups starting this week! Please read the descriptions below.  Come and feel the connection, and take this time to nurture yourself.  I will be a participating helper for John with the Men’s group.  These are for seniors 55 and older.  No charge, but donations to support our senior center are welcome.   Email me Scotty King at scotty@sebastopolseniorcenter.org for more information, or to sign up. Starts this week.  Class accepts 12 people max, sign up now to save your space. 707-827-8429 Gay Men/Bi/Trans […]

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Chicago Teen Allegedly Killed Woman, 37, after Learning She was Transgender

A Chicago teenager faces a charge of first-degree murder in the death of a 37-year-old woman, whom he allegedly killed after learning she was transgender. Orlando Perez, 18, was taken into custody by Chicago police after admitting to shooting Selena Reyes-Hernandez in the head and back on May 31. Perez allegedly was upset to discover Reyes-Hernandez was transgender after he went home with her, police said. “Once the offender realized that this victim was actually transgender, the offender became very upset,” Brendan Deenihan, chief of detectives for Chicago police, said at a press conference Wednesday. “He left the residence, became […]

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Police ID Suspect in Murder of Dominique Rem’mie Fells, a Black Trans Woman

Police investigating the murder of Dominique Rem’mie Fells, a Black trans woman whose dismembered body was pulled from a river in Philadelphia, have issued an arrest warrant for a murder suspect in connection with the case. Warning – contains graphic descriptions of violence. Fell’s mutilated body was recovered from the Schuylkill river on June 9. Her corpse was stuffed into a suitcase with both legs severed, with stab wounds and evidence of trauma to the face and head. SPONSORED CONTENT15 Things Most People Don’t Know About Conjoined Twins Abby And BrittanyBy Ranker Police investigating the case have now issued an arrest warrant for […]

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A CO Trans Woman Was Misgendered by the Cop Who Killed her; DA; Media

Jayne Thompson, a trans woman shot dead by a Colorado State Trooper during an apparent mental health crisis, was misgendered by the officer involved, the coroner, the district attorney and the media. Thompson was killed on May 9 in an incident at the side of the road in Mesa County, Colorado — but her gender identity was obscured at the time, with many reports of the incident deadnaming and misgendering her. According to an incident report, Thompson — a white woman — had been standing at the roadside motionless for several hours when Colorado State Patrol trooper Jason Wade approached. She […]

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Layleen Polanco, a Trans Woman and Drag Ball Star, Pies in Prison of Possible Neglect

Officers swung open the iron doors of the cell of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco and called her name. They believed the Latinx trans woman was simply asleep while in solitary confinement. She was dead. Polanco, a member of one of the most storied groups in New York City’s drag ball scene, the House of Xtravaganza, could not afford the $500 bail after being charged for misdemeanour assault in 2019. SPONSORED CONTENTArchaeologists Discovered A Gigantic Egyptian Artifact In CaliforniaBy Maternity Week So she was sent to Rikers Island in New York City. There, when the door was closed to her cell on June […]

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Taking Pride in Solidarity is Our Business

When the COVID-19 crisis began, the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce said that it has never been more imperative to commit ourselves to shop local, shop LGBT, give back what we can to our community organizations, and support all those around us. The virus hit our communities hard and indiscriminately, especially in the most vulnerable, intersectional communities among us. And businesses large and small stepped up to support them. We were reminded from the beginning that we truly are in this together.  That sense of togetherness is amplified exponentially as we have arrived at both Pride season and this unprecedented […]

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High HIV Incidence Rate among Young, Latinx Trans Women in SF Study

In a recently published report in JAIDS, Willi McFarland, MD, PhD and colleagues describe HIV seroconversion trends among trans women in San Francisco from 2017 – 2019 collected in the TransNational Study. Young trans women (aged 18 – 24) had a significantly higher HIV incidence, as did Latinx trans women and trans women of color.  “Perhaps the most disheartening finding is the elevated HIV incidence among young trans women,” the authors said. “The nearly four-fold higher incidence among transgender youth predicts a continuing high burden of infection for years to come.”  “San Francisco is a small city with a lot of […]

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These Are the Riskiest Activities to Do during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Even as we move through the stages of reopening here in California, that won’t mean the risk of contracting COVID-19 disappears. Until we get a vaccine, every day will probably involve some type of risk weighing, so we asked a medical professional what the riskiest activities are right now. Dr. Jahan Fahimi, emergency department medical director at UCSF, assessed the risk of some common activities (some of which aren’t even allowed yet in the Bay Area, though they could be soon), with the caveat that all situations will vary slightly in risk level based on time and the number of […]

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