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Here’s what Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill would do, and what it wouldn’t do

Debate over state legislation that affects the LGBTQ community rarely leaves the halls of state capitols. But Florida’s Parental Rights in Education act — which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — has suddenly sparked a national war of words. In recent weeks, leaders of global corporations, editorial boards of major newspapers and Hollywood actors have all weighed in on the proposed legislation, with some calling it “deeply disturbing” and others “noncontroversial.” Kate McKinnon ripped into the bill during a recent “Weekend Update” segment on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” The hosts of the ABC talk show “The View” mulled over the […]

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Oklahoma university allegedly fires professor over gay guest speaker

A private Christian college in Oklahoma has come under fire for terminating a professor who says he was let go for bringing an LGBTQ guest speaker to his classroom.  Michael O’Keefe taught graphic design at Oklahoma Christian University for more than 40 years before being fired March 7, NBC affiliate KFOR in Oklahoma City reported.  O’Keefe’s lawyer, Kevin Jacobs, accused the school of discrimination and said the school unfairly disciplined the longtime professor.  “Letting students expect a world where you may be different is the message Mr. O’Keefe wanted his students to hear. That’s the message this speaker delivered, not an […]

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Vigil for Peace in Ukraine Saturday in Santa Rosa

Vigil for Peace in Ukraine Saturdays, March 20 and Ongoing — 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Old Courthouse Square  —  Santa Rosa (Additional vigil locations, dates and timesto be announced — watch for notices.) Vigils hosted by a group of Sonoma County QuakersAll Welcome — Please Join Us  For further information about this and future Quaker Vigils for Peace in Ukraine, contact Hubert at hydroprose@comcast.net

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SF GLBT Museum Kicks Off Auction as it Celebrates 37 Years

Today, the GLBT Historical Society celebrates the 37th anniversary of our first meeting, way back in 1985. This graphic contains an original button from the year that the society was founded, when we were known as the San Francisco Bay Area Gay and Lesbian Historical Society. Since then, we have grown significantly, from a living room full of boxes to an international leader in the field of LGBTQ history, and one of the most important queer cultural institutions in the world. Over the past 37 years we have provided material for innumerable books, documentaries, podcasts, artistic projects and more that explore a broad array […]

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Equality California announces 2022 endorsements ahead of the Democratic Party convention

Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, announced a slate of 2022 endorsements Thursday, ahead of the California Democratic Party convention. The organization has endorsed progressive pro-equality champion Tina McKinnor in the April 5 special election to fill the vacancy in the current 62nd Assembly District following the resignation of Assemblymember Autumn Burke. McKinnor is a lifelong Democrat who has led efforts to advance civil rights and social justice in the California Legislature — including the successful push to pass Senator Steven Bradford’s SB 2 last year, which created a process for the decertification of law enforcement […]

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LGBT+ Ukrainians fear ‘extermination and concentration camps’ under Russian rule, activist says

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LGBT+ activist Andriy Maymulakhin can hear gunfire in his home, which is located in a village just 50 kilometres from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Life since Russia invaded has been tense for Andriy, who serves as head of LGBT+ rights organisation the Nash Mir Centre, based in Kyiv. He’s separated from his boyfriend of 10 years, who is in western Ukraine. Two of his friends and one of their elderly parents are sheltering at his home. Shortly after Russia launched its invasion, Nash Mir’s offices were raided and its employees assaulted. Those who attacked them were, surprisingly, Ukrainian – the raid points to just how […]

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Namibia Supreme Court grants partial victory to gay couple seeking permanent residency

A married same-sex couple who is seeking permanent residency in Namibia received a partial victory from the country’s Supreme Court last week The Supreme Court on March 7 presided over a permanent residency case involving Guillermo Delgado and the Home Affairs Ministry. Delgado, a gay man from Mexico who married Namibian national Phillip Lühl eight years ago in South Africa, approached the Supreme Court last year after Namibia’s immigration officials ruled that their South African marriage did not qualify Delgado for residency in Namibia since the country does not recognize same-sex marriages. The Home Affairs Ministry also did not consider […]

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Black, Latino queer students say they are on edge in the wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

Miami eighth grader Zen Nelson, who is Afro Latinx and uses gender-neutral pronouns, said they have been subjected to homophobic slurs from their classmates for at least the past four years.  Zen said they didn’t bring this up to school administrators because they feared their complaints would not be taken as seriously as those of their white and wealthier peers who were harassing them.   Now, as the Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, prepares to sign the the Parental Rights in Education bill — dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by critics — Zen worries that school will become an […]

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British territories appellate court upholds Bermuda marriage equality repeal law

A British territories appellate court on Monday upheld a Bermuda law that rescinded marriage rights for same-sex couples. The 4-1 decision from the Privy Council’s Judicial Committee in London comes more three years after Bermuda’s government appealed a Bermuda Court of Appeals ruling that found the Domestic Partnership Act — which allows same-sex couples to enter into domestic partnerships as opposed to get married — unconstitutional. Supreme Court Justice Charles-Etta Simmons in 2017 issued a ruling that paved the way for gays and lesbians to legally marry in Bermuda. The Domestic Partnership Act that then-Gov. John Rankin signed took effect […]

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ABC Poll: Only 37% Support “Don’t Say Gay” Laws

ABC News reports: More than 6 in 10 Americans oppose legislation that would prohibit classroom lessons about sexual orientation or gender identity in elementary school, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. The ABC News/Ipsos poll found that 62% of Americans oppose such legislation, while 37% support it. Support for this type of legislation increases with age, but doesn’t reach majority support in any age group. Among those 65 and older, 43% support the ban, while it falls to about a third among those under the age of 50. Not surprisingly, respondents who identify as LGBTQ overwhelmingly oppose this type of legislation, […]

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