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Bid to outlaw forced genital surgeries on intersex children in California pulled

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A California bill aiming to outlaw forced and unnecessary genital surgeries on intersex children has been pulled. California state senator Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, has been working for  three years to try to ban the “corrective surgeries”. His bill, SB225, would have banned unnecessary surgeries on intersex children under the age of 12, but it has been stuck in the Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development, according to the Associated Press. In 2020, the bill was opposed by committee chairman and state senator Steve Glazer, who said he believed it was moving “in the right direction,” but that he […]

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Five anti-LGBTQ people who’ve been charged for rioting at Capitol Insurrection

On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters who believed that President Joe Biden had secretly and successfully stolen millions of ballots across multiple states to usurp the presidency stormed the Capitol with the intent of stopping Congress from accepting the states’ election results. The crowd chanted for the death of Mike Pence – who was presiding over the Senate that day – and fashioned a makeshift noose as elected officials were swept to safety by the Secret Service and Capitol Police. Five people died as a result of the day’s events. Since then, over 700 people have been arrested for their role in […]

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Bridging the Lesbian Past and Present

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Over 30 years ago, Frances “Franco” Stevens founded Curve, the most successful lesbian magazine in the world, connecting lesbian community, changing the way lesbians are seen by the mainstream, highlighting the transgender experience, raising awareness of attacks on LGBTQ rights and amplifying the work of lesbian activists. One of the three 2021 recipients of the GLBT Historical Society’s History Maker Awards, Stevens reacquired Curve and co-founded the Curve Foundation last year to empower the Curve community — lesbians, queer women, trans women and nonbinary people of all races, ages and abilities. The Foundation’s mission is to spur storytelling and cross-generational […]

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U.K. expands ‘Turing’s Law’ to pardon past same-sex convictions

In a long-awaited triumph for the U.K.’s LGBTQ community, the government on Tuesday announced that anyone convicted of consensual same-sex activity under now-defunct laws will soon be eligible to be pardoned and have their records wiped clean.  This week’s announcement follows a less-expansive 2017 measure that was limited to nine former offenses that targeted gay and bisexual men. The new amendment will widen the criteria to anyone officially warned or convicted for an abolished civil or military offense that was imposed due to consensual gay sex.  British Home Secretary Priti Patel said in a statement that it was only right that where offenses have […]

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‘Words & Music’ at Occidental Center for the Arts Sun. Jan. 9

Sunday January 9, 2022 @ 3 pm. ‘Words and Music’, featuring Laurie Lewis, Don Henry, and Claudia Russell with Nina Gerber at Occidental Center for the Arts. Join us for an afternoon of outstanding music when three celebrated, award-winning singer-songwriters return to our stage to trade songs in a Nashville-style song circle, accompanied by virtuoso guitarist Nina Gerber. Don’t miss this special collaboration of talent at our acoustic sweet spot! $30 General/$25 OCA Members. www.occidentalcenterforthearts.org. Please be masked and bring proof of Covid vaccine/ID. Fine refreshments available, Art Gallery open. OCA is accessible to people with disabilities. Become an OCA Member and get discounts/free admission. Occidental […]

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Trans Pride flag planted on Antarctica’s highest peak to celebrate community’s ‘resilience’

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The trans Pride flag has been planted on the peak of Antarctica’s highest mountain, Vinson Massif, by trans climber Erin Parisi. Dedicating her achievement to “the resilience of the trans community” that “took me in when I had no hope”, Parisi said trans people “showed me that it’s better to be visible and free, than live in self-imposed exile, and that stigma withers when we visibly embrace our truth”. Parisi added, in an Instagram post: “We’ve been pushed down, often even beat up, and faced every kind of coldness through our lives – our resilience keeps us rising to the top.” […]

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Activist and ‘trailblazer for LGBT+ rights across America’ Jim Toy dies, 91

Pioneering Chinese-American gay rights activist and social worker Jim Toy, widely considered to be the first gay man to come out publicly in Michigan, has died at the age of 91. Toy died on 1 January, according to Washtenaw county commissioner Jason Morgan, who shared the news on social media. “Jim Toy was and will always be a champion for LGBTQ rights and the our community,” said Morgan. “He was a mentor, friend and someone I admired. I am honoured to have known Jim.” Morgan added that Toy helped pass LGBT+ protections throughout Washtenaw county, founded the first on-campus LGBT+ resource centre […]

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Israel scraps LGBT+ surrogacy ban in ‘historic step’ for equality

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Israel will allow surrogacy for same-sex couples, single men and trans people from next week after a decade-long legal battle. Health minister Nitzan Horowitz announced on Tuesday (4 January) that new rules making surrogacy accessible to all families will come into effect on 11 January. Currently, surrogacy in Israel is only legal for heterosexual, married couples and single women who ask a surrogate to carry their biological child. Same-sex couples and single men must currently go abroad if they wish to access surrogacy, making the process even more complex and expensive. In July 2021, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled […]

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It’s 2022 and these gay men are still on the sex offender registry for consensual sex

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A lawsuit filed last month revealed that at least 19 people are still required to register as sex offenders due to past convictions under South Carolina’s “buggery” law for having consensual gay sex. The SC law, along with other states’ anti-sodomy laws, were made invalid in 2003, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas’ anti-sodomy law was unconstitutional. While pardons were granted for those targeted by the laws, the convictions still require them to remain on the sex offenders list in South Carolina and two other states — Mississippi and Idaho. The lawsuit was filed by one of the […]

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