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The Museum of Sonoma County presents The Lesbian History of Sonoma County June 25

Join us via Zoom for a lecture and Q&A with Tina Dungan and Shad Reinstein, creators of the Sonoma County LGTBQI Timeline. They will be discussing the unique history of lesbians in Sonoma County and how these women have made an impact on our community.In the 1970s, the Women’s Movement and the Stonewall Riots combined to impact the nation and the world. Many lesbians began to dream of creating their own communities. During that time, an influx of lesbian women moved to Sonoma County, creating a vibrant community in the area. These women opened businesses and produced theater and musical events. Women’s Studies programs were created at […]

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Hate Groups Behind GOP’s Anti-LGBT 2020 Platform

Politico reports: A vote by the Republican National Committee to leave the party’s 2016 party platform unchanged ahead of the November election has infuriated grass-roots activists — including moderates who wanted to streamline its message and social conservatives who sought added language on emerging hot-button topics. The decision by the party’s executive panel Wednesday means the GOP will maintain positions in the four-year-old policy blueprint — including opposition to same-sex marriage and a nod to gay conversion therapy — and decline to stake out new positions on topics such as police reform, gender identity and third-trimester abortions. Party officials and senior […]

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Poland’s President Vows to Ban Same-sex Marriage, Gay Adoption and LGBT+ Education in Schools

The president of Poland Andrzej Duda has pledged to ban LGBT+ education in schools, as well as blocking the legalisation of same-sex marriage and adoption. President Duda ramped up his homophobic rhetoric on Wednesday to jump-start his re-election campaign, which had been interrupted by to coronavirus. In an apparent pitch to his conservative base, he signed a ‘family values’ declaration that vows to “protect children from LGBT+ ideology” and prohibit the teaching of LGBT+ inclusion by public institutions. “Parents are responsible for the sexual education of their children,” Reutersreported him saying. “It is not possible for any institutions to interfere in the […]

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RNC Endorses 2020 Platform Calling For Legalizing Anti-LGBT Discrimination And Overturning Marriage Equality

Just in from the Democratic National Committee: While the RNC preposterously claims Trump has taken “unprecedented steps to protect the LGBTQ community,” they just re-endorsed an unpopular platform that advocates overturning hard-fought LGBTQ+ rights. The GOP’s 2020 platform “condemns” marriage equality, which has been legal across the United States for five years and is supported by two in three Americans. GOP Platform: “Our laws and our government’s regulations should recognize marriage as the union of one man and one woman … We do not accept the Supreme Court’s redefinition of marriage and we urge its reversal.” Gallup: “U.S. Support for […]

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LA Pride Steps Away from ‘All Black Lives Matter’ March after Police Inclusion Sparks Outrage

LA Pride has stepped away from its “All Black Lives Matter” protest, after organisers were revealed to have been working “collaboratively” with police. LA Pride was cancelled almost two months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic, but organisers announced last week that they intended to replace it with a Black Lives Matter march. However the event was slammed by the LGBT+ community after an LA Pride organiser wrote a letter to police seeking permission and approval for the march. In the letter, organisers requested a special event permit in order to hold its Black Lives Matter march, and said they looked forward to organising […]

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Saudi Authorities Arrest, Beat Blogger Because He Supports LGBT+ Rights

Human rights campaigners have called on Saudi Arabia to release blogger Mohamad al-Bokari, who was detained after stating his support for LGBT+ rights. According to Human Rights Watch, al-Bokari was arrested on April 8 after an online Q&A in which he said: “Everyone has rights and should be able to practice them freely, including gay people.” Al-Bokari, who is from Yemen but has been living in Saudi Arabia since last year, is accused of “violating public order and morals” with “sexual references”, the rights monitor quotes a Riyadh police spokesperson as saying. Police subjected Mohamad al-Bokari to forced anal exam, a […]

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Trans Candidate ‘Shatters the Lavender Ceiling’ in West Virginia

West Virginia elected its first-ever openly trans official on Tuesday, June 9, making history and “shattering the lavender ceiling”. Rosemary Ketchum, a trans woman, was elected as councilwoman and won her bid for the third ward seat in Wheeling City, West Virginia. When she assumes her role on July 1, she will become one of only 27 openly trans elected officials in the whole of the United States, and one of four out LGBT+ officials in her state. According to The Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register, Ketchum said that although her gender identity was not a large part of her campaign and she thinks that […]

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What You Need to Know about COVID-19 Liability Waivers

You’re dining out for the first time since the shelter-in-place order went into effect. You walk in with your mask on and have your temperature taken. Then, you’re asked to sanitize your hands. Next, you’re told you’ll have to read the menu on your phone and your table is only reserved for 90 minutes. Finally, you’re asked to sign a liability waiver acknowledging the risks of contracting the coronavirus. This may be the new normal for dining out. It could be the same for working out at the gym, going to the dentist or getting your haircut. While you might […]

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Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot Vows to Find and Fire Cop who Shouted ‘f****t’ at Protesters

Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot has spoken out over a video of a police officer shouting an anti-gay slur at Black Lives Matter protesters in the city. A clip emerged on social media last week of the unnamed officer, dressed in a Chicago Police Department uniform, snapping back at protesters after a projectile is thrown. The officer, who does not appear to be injured, yells at the protesters: “B***h! Wait ’till I turn my back, you f**king faggot!” An investigation is now underway after the incident was reported to Chicago Police. Mayor Lori Lightfoot: Homophobic comments ‘demean the value of who we are as […]

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Biden Campaign Announces LGBTQ Steering Committee

Joe Biden on Monday announced the formation of his presidential campaign’s LGBTQ steering committee, Out for Biden, an initiative “aimed at turning out a record number of LGBTQ+ voters this November to elect Joe Biden.” The announcement comes days after the former vice president formally clinched the Democratic nomination for president by securing more than 2,000 of the total 3,979 pledged delegates. The committee has over 30 members, including most of Congress’ LGBTQ delegation: Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Reps. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Angie Craig, D-Minn., Sharice Davids, D-Kan., Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., Chris Pappas, D-N.H., and Mark Takano, D-Calif., are all […]

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