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Marin’s Spahr Center Announces New Executive Director

The Board of Directors is excited to announce the appointment of Adrian Shanker (he/him) as the next Executive Director of The Spahr Center!In a national search for a new executive, organizations like ours endeavor to find the impossible. A person who has a big heart for our community and a bold vision for our future. Someone who can engage at both the grassroots level and on the national stage. A leader with the technical skills to manage a complex, growing organization and one who will do so guided by the values of equity and justice. We put together candidate profiles […]

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Over $400,000 Awarded to Grassroots LGBTQ Nonprofits in SF Bay Area

Horizons Foundation, the world’s first LGBTQ community foundation, today announced 31 grantee partners receiving a total of $402,000 through its flagship Community Issues Funding Program, which provides funding to grassroots LGBTQ organizations in the SF Bay Area. “Grassroots LGBTQ nonprofits continue to develop innovative ways to serve the community, especially groups that are traditionally underfunded and underserved,” said Francisco O. Buchting, Horizons’ Vice President of Grants, Programs, and Communications. These 31 grants will support organizations working across broad funding areas: advocacy and civil rights, arts and culture, community building and leadership, and health and human services. These grantee partners will focus on a […]

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Australian PM to ban faith schools from expelling LGBT+ students

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Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has vowed to stop students from being expelled for their sexuality or gender identity by religious schools. In an unexpected turnaround, the right-wing leader who has long been upfront about his evangelical Christian faith, promised to stop faith-based schools from discriminating against pupils, parents and guardians. Morrison made the surprise remarks that left fellow lawmakers and religious activists stunned to Brisbane’s B105.3 radio station on Thursday (3 February). He was asked to share his thoughts on Citipointe College’s now-withdrawn anti-LGBT+ student enrolment contract. It required families to sign enrolment paperwork that said being LGBT+ is “immoral” and compared […]

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From book bans to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, LGBTQ kids feel ‘erased’ in the classroom

Students have repeatedly vandalized Pride posters at Spencer Lyst’s high school in Williamson County, Tennessee. Teachers have skipped over LGBTQ issues in class textbooks. Trans kids in his state have been legally barred from competing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity. Parents have called on school officials to remove books about sexual orientation and gender identity from the county’s elementary curriculum. And while leading his school’s Pride club at a September homecoming parade, Lyst and other LGBTQ students were booed by a group of parents. “I’m so used to it, but it shouldn’t be something I have […]

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Percentage of LGBTQ adults in U.S. has doubled over past decade, Gallup finds

The percent of U.S. adults who identify as something other than heterosexual has doubled over the last 10 years, from 3.5 percent in 2012 to 7.1 percent, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. Gallup found that the increase is due to ​​”high LGBT self-identification, particularly as bisexual, among Generation Z adults,” who are 18 to 25. It asked more than 12,000 U.S. adults how they identify during telephone interviews last year. It found that younger U.S. adults are much more likely to identify as LGBTQ than older generations. More than 1 in 5, or 21 percent, of Generation Z adults identify […]

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DEPORTATION = DEATH, a National Day of Action for Immigration Reform, I Support of LGBT+ Immigrants Happens March 3 in SF

We are writing to invite you to be part of DEPORTATION = DEATH, a National Day of Action for Immigration Reform. Rainbow Beginnings is part of a national coalition led by Detention Watch Network.  Detention Watch Network, along with many other organizations are planning a National Day of Action March 3. Here in the Bay Area, as part of this national campaign, Rainbow Beginnings is planning DEPORTATION = DEATH,  a candlelight vigil at dusk to remember LGBTQ immigrants deported and asylum seekers held in concentration camps. It will be held at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro. We are reaching out […]

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Science Comes to Life with Your Library Card

Dive into environmental issues and discover how things work with our new science databases. From hundreds of 3-D interactive models, to in depth research on scientific topics, there is a whole world of digital science to explore! These new resources are courtesy of the California State Library as part of their K-12 Online Content Project, which enables all K-12 students in California to access vital learning support through their schools and local libraries. Find out more about these exciting resources below! Environmental Studies In Contextbrings together periodicals and multimedia, empowering learners to critically analyze and understand important topics that affect people around the world. […]

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LGBTQ advocates regroup on paid parental leave after Biden’s safety net bill stalls

The Rev. Richard Weinberg, an Episcopalian rector in Washington, D.C., was surprised to find that his diocese didn’t have a policy for paid parental leave when he began preparing to adopt a child with his partner last year. The church allowed three months of specifically paid maternal leave, four weeks more than D.C. law mandates. But unlike some of the district’s provisions, the church’s policy didn’t address people, including LGBTQ couples, who seek to have children through adoption, surrogacy or other means. After he and another priest petitioned the diocese for a policy that included all methods of starting a […]

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St. Louis groups launch ‘banned book program’ to distribute challenged books

Two local organizations are partnering to distribute free copies of controversial books in response to the recent increase in attempts to remove titles from school libraries. In Purpose Educational Services and the St. Louis bookstore EyeSeeMe will deliver free copies of “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morisson to Missourians who request it. The organizations raised more than $3,000 in the first few hours after launching the book program, said Heather Fleming, founder of In Purpose Educational Services. “If you look at most of the books that they are trying to ban, they are the stories of people from historically marginalized […]

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