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N.C. lieutenant governor faces calls to resign for calling LGBTQ people ‘filth’

Multiple North Carolina state representatives are demanding that Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, resign after a video surfaced showing him describing the LGBTQ community as “filth.” The video, first shared by Right Wing Watch, a project of the progressive advocacy group People For the American Way, shows Robinson speaking at the Asbury Baptist Church in Seagrove during a visit in June, local NBC affiliate WRAL reported.  “I’m saying this now, and I’ve been saying it, and I don’t care who likes it: Those issues have no place in a school. There’s no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child […]

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California law requires gender-neutral area in some stores

California has become the first state to adopt a law requiring large stores to display children’s products like toys and toothbrushes in gender-neutral ways. The new law, signed by governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday (9 October), says that retail stores with a “total of 500 or more employees across all California retail department store locations” must sell toys and childcare products outside areas specifically labelled by gender. The legislation adds the gender-neutral section must display a “reasonable selection” of items, “regardless of whether they have been traditionally marketed for either girls or for boys”. The law will go into effect on 1 […]

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Happening this month at Marin’s LGBT+ Spahr Center

October is LGBT+ History Month!YOU Are Part of this History! We are hiring for our Senior Program!Help us find the right person! The Spahr Center recently received a grant from Marin County to begin training the staff of senior residential facilities to better care for LGBT+ seniors. We are combining this effort with the Friendly Visitor efforts already begun to create a new halftime position:Senior Program Manager. To view the job announcement, click here. Please share this information widely. Finding the right person will benefit ourcommunity for years into the future! Senior Picnic October 16 noon to 2 pmThe Social Committee is hosting an […]

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1 in 7 trans Britons are refused healthcare by their GP just for being trans

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One in seven trans people in the UK have been refused healthcare by their GP on account of being trans on at least one occasion, a report has found. And almost a third – 29 per cent – of trans people have been refused care by gender or sex-specific NHS services because they are trans. Of those trans people who managed to access general healthcare services, 70 per cent report that they then faced transphobia. Perhaps unsurprisingly, more than half (57 per cent) of trans people the avoid going to the doctor when they feel ill. These findings are contained […]

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California makes it illegal to remove condom without consent

California became the first state to prohibit “stealthing,” or removing a condom without permission during intercourse, after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Thursday. The new measure amends the state’s civil code, adding the act to the state’s civil definition of sexual battery. That makes it clear that victims can sue perpetrators for damages, including punitive damages. It makes it illegal to remove condoms without obtaining verbal consent. Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia originally tried to make it a crime in 2017 after a Yale University study that year said acts of stealthing were increasing against both women and gay men. […]

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2nd largest school district in Utah bans Pride & BLM flags as ‘too political’

Administrators this week in the Davis School District, which is Utah’s 2nd largest school district with 72,987 students, banned LGBTQ Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, saying they are ‘politically charged.’ According to the Salt Lake City Tribune, Davis Schools spokesperson Chris Williams told the paper; “No flags fly in our schools except for the flag of the United States of America.” Williams later walked that statement back adding a clarification that some of the Districts schools have flags from sports team or international countries which are considered “unrelated to politics.” “What we’re doing is we’re following state law,” said Williams. “State […]

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October Events at SF GLBT Historical Society

Reunion: The GLBT Historical Society GalaCommunity Event Thursday, October 216:00–7:30 p.m. PTOnline program$75 suggested donation Hosted by Sister Roma and Juanita MORE!, the GLBT Historical Society’s annual Gala, “Reunion,” will be an evening of fabulous entertainment, inspiring presentations and a heartfelt celebration of LGBTQ history-makers. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our Gala will again be virtual this year, with a broadcast that attendees can watch from home. The show is being hosted by Sister Roma and Juanita MORE!, and entertainment will be provided by the Sean Dorsey Dance Company. The proceeds directly support our mission of preserving and sharing LGBTQ history. More […]

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Wyoming librarians under fire for books about sex, LGBTQ issues

Books about sex, LGBTQ issues and how to have a baby have public library employees in a deeply conservative Wyoming city facing possible prosecution after angry local residents complained to police that the material is obscene and doesn’t belong in sections for children and teenagers. For weeks, Campbell County Public Library officials have been facing a local outcry over the books and for scheduling a transgender magician to perform for youngsters, an act canceled amid threats against the magician and library staff. The books are “This Book is Gay” by Juno Dawson, “How Do You Make a Baby” by Anna […]

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Trans man challenges Japan’s cruel, archaic gender laws

Gen Suzuki, a Japanese trans man, has filed a request with a Japanese court legally change his gender without having to undergo surgery and be sterilised. Suzuki, 46, filed a request on Monday (4 October) with the Hamamatsu branch of the Shizuoka Family Court to alter his family registry to align with his gender identity, Mainichi reported. Currently, Japanese law requires transgender people to get sterilised before they can legally change their gender. According to Mainichi, any changes to family registers in Japan, which record information about an individual including their gender and familial relationships, require permission from family courts. After filing the […]

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Rwanda: Round Ups-Linked to Commonwealth Meeting

Rwandan authorities rounded up and arbitrarily detained over a dozen gay and transgender people, sex workers, street children, and others in the months before a planned June 2021 high-profile international conference, Human Rights Watch said. They were held in a transit center in Gikondo neighborhood of the capital Kigali, unofficially called “Kwa Kabuga,” known for its harsh and inhuman conditions, which appear to have deteriorated further due to the increase in the number of detainees held there and the pandemic. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), first scheduled for June 2020 and rescheduled for June 2021, was eventually postponed indefinitely […]

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