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King Charles Unveils Memorial To LGBTQ Soldiers

The BBC reports: King Charles III has unveiled a memorial to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender military personnel after a decades-long campaign against a ban on being gay in the armed forces. In his first official engagement in support of the LGBT+ community, the King visited the sculpture, named “an opened letter”, at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. The memorial is dedicated to those from the LGBT+ community now serving in the forces, as well as those who served at a time when it was illegal to be gay in the military. During the ban, which lasted until the year […]

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Vandal Hits Multiple Denver LGBTQ-Owned Businesses

Denverite reports: Someone threw rocks and smashed windows at several LGBTQ organizations and businesses across town over the past week, according to a statement from the Parasol Patrol, an organization that shields young people and their families from anti-LGBTQ attacks. The businesses included salons, a queer gym, a boutique and the Center on Colfax, one of the largest LGBTQ organizations in the state. Many of the business owners were friends. The apparent attacks spanned the city, from Washington Park to Southwest Denver to Colfax Avenue and the River North Art District. A motive has not been determined, though queer-owned businesses say […]

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Appeals Court Tosses Block On TX College’s Drag Ban

San Antonio’s NBC affiliate reports: A federal appeals court will take a second look at whether West Texas A&M University can ban drag shows, setting aside an earlier ruling that found the university’s ban likely violated students’ free speech rights. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday tossed a 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel issued in August and agreed to rehear the case before the court’s 17 active judges. The panel’s earlier decision had sided with the student group Spectrum WT, which is represented by FIRE, after university President Walter Wendler canceled a campus drag show in 2023. The […]

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Andrew Cuomo’s and Zohran Mamdani’s Complete Track Records on LGBTQ Issues

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This year’s mayoral race in New York City is shaping up to be the most-watched and most consequential local election in the country. Zohran Mamdani, a state assemblyman and Democratic Socialist who cleanly won the Democratic primary earlier this year and maintains a double-digit lead in the polls, is facing off against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent after losing to Mamdani in the primary. Analysts argue that this race could have significant implications for the future of the Democratic Party. If Mamdani wins, it will represent New Yorkers’ desire for a politician who leans further left than […]

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Ireland’s LGBTQ+ Hero Roger Casement Honoredon San Francisco’s Rainbow Honor Walk

The Consulate General of Ireland and the Rainbow Honor Walk (www.rainbowhonorwalk.org) will commemorate the life and legacy of Roger Casement — Irish patriot, humanitarian, and LGBTQ+ trailblazer — with a bronze plaque installed on San Francisco’s world famous “Gay Main Street.” The plaque will be unveiled at 4pm on Tuesday, October 28, in the Bank of America Plaza at 501 Castro Street, joining 44 other permanent tributes to notable LGBTQ+ individuals who have shaped world history and culture. “We are gratified to work with the Rainbow Honor Walk and the United Irish Societies to celebrate the life of Roger Casement, an Irish patriot and  peerless human […]

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Positive Images Social Saturday Happens November 1

Join us for Social Saturday on November 1st from 1-3 pm at Snoopy’s Home Icefor a magical wintery adventure. The public skate session lasts from 1:15-3:30, and guests are welcome to stay as long as they like.  Not a big skater? Enjoy a delicious treat at the Warm Puppy Cafe while you watch your loved ones skate! All community members will receive  free entry  to the ice rink thanks to Snoopy’s generosity. As always, Social Saturday is designed with LGBTQIA+ families in mind, and all ages are welcome at this awesome event  Questions or accessibility needs? Please don’t hesitate to reach out to joy@posimages.org

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“I Live the Life Because I Love the Life: A Celebration of Trans People of Color Opens at SF’s LLBT Historical Society Museum November 12

Opening next month, and co-presented with the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive, this exhibition celebrates Black, Latinx, Asian, and Pacific Islander trans and gender nonconforming people who lived authentically despite racism, homophobia, transphobia, and class prejudice. The exhibition highlights both performance and everyday expressions of identity, with works ranging from studio portraits of gender impersonators at Finocchio’s and the touring Jewel Box Revue to activist materials and self-portraits. Featured figures include trailblazing performer Stormé DeLarverie, beloved activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Cuban-born Finocchio’s star David de Alba, artist and writer Red Jordan Arobateau, and many more.

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Customs and Border Patrol says airlines may only use male and female gender markers for travelers

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The Trump administration has issued a new rule for airlines requiring an end to gender demarcations besides male or female. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol issued a new rule, citing an executive order signed by President Donald Trump the first day of his new term. The regulation demands carriers to update guidance for their Advance Passenger Information System, or APIS. Under Democratic President Joe Biden, airlines could note passenger gender with as male, female or other, but can no longer afford that recognition to genders outside the binary. “Existing APIS regulatory language provides that ‘M’ or ‘F’ (M=Male; F=Female) sex markers are to be accepted […]

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Cleveland Rocks Spirit Day, Lighting Up Downtown Landmarks to Lift LGBTQ Youth

The Terminal Tower, “Cleveland’s Signature Skyscraper,” beamed purple for the second straight year in support of LGBTQ youth and against bullying. It is the first landmark in Ohio to participate in Spirit Day, and the skyline this year expanded the purple output, with the nearby Beaux Arts post office plaza also lighting its columns, reflections in the mirrored new headquarters of Sherwin Williams, and additional purple illuminating the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The 98-year-old, 52-story, 708-foot-tall Terminal Tower is “Cleveland’s most potent symbol,” Cleveland Historical Society notes, connecting thousands of miles of rail lines and centering industrial innovation and […]

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Photographer Alice Austen was the queer star of the Gilded Age

Alice Austen, far left, and other members of The Darned Club on Oct. 29, 1891.Courtesy Collection of Alice Austen House Born into Victorian tradition in 1866, Alice Austen enjoyed a position in Staten Island society that gave her freedom to pursue what she dubbed “the larky life,” a whirlwind of fashionable gatherings and mischief that challenged social norms. But it was the gift of a wooden box camera from her uncle — and a chance meeting in the Catskills — that set the course for how Austen would be remembered beyond Gilded days: as one of America’s earliest and most […]

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