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Satisfying Students’ Hunger for Queer History

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One of the GLBT Historical Society’s key goals is to facilitate student access to LGBTQ history. We do this through a multipronged approach, overseeing opportunities for student engagement both at the museum and at the archives. Since the opening of the GLBT Historical Society Museum in 2011, we have offered docent-led tours to students at all levels. Of the nearly 80 museum tours we conducted in 2018, over half were provided to student groups.  Personalizing the HistoricalFor many students, the museum is their first exposure to queer history. Others have heard of well-known figures such as Harvey Milk, but are amazed […]

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Free LGBT+ Awareness Trainings for All Caregivers Happens September 26

Caring for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBTQ+) Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities  Become empowered, supported and informed about the unique needs of LGBT+ older adults and adults with disabilities. Understand how the caregiver’s approach affects the client’s care. Learn about LGBT+ identity and caregiving. Improve awareness and communications with and about LGBT+ people. Earn a Certificate of Completion and $25, if you: 1) register by one week before the training, 2) arrive at the training on time and 3) complete the four-hour class. Sign up online for the training that fits your schedule: July 25, 12:30 – 4:30 p.m., […]

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U.S. Wants Trans Woman Accused in Capital One Hack to Stay Locked Up

A woman accused of hacking Capital One and at least 30 other organizations is a flight risk, a threat and should be kept locked up until her trial, U.S. prosecutors said in court documents filed ahead of a Friday detention hearing in Seattle. Paige Thompson, a former Amazon software engineer who goes by the online alias “erratic,” has a history of stalking and threatening to kill people and to get herself killed by police, prosecutors said in the documents. Police in Mountain View, California, said she also threatened to shoot up an undisclosed company in May, while she was living […]

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Printer Who Nixed Gay Pride Shirt Goes to Kentucky Supreme Court

A Kentucky print shop owner who refused to make a gay pride T-shirt argued before the Kentucky Supreme Court that he shouldn’t be compelled to promote messages that go against his religious beliefs. Blaine Adamson is owner of Hands-On Originals in Lexington and declined to print a shirt promoting an LGBT pride festival in 2012. The city’s Human Rights Commission said that refusal violated its gay-rights fairness ordinance. On Friday, the high court heard an attorney for the T-shirt maker argue that the First Amendment protects him from having to print that message. An attorney for the Human Rights Commission […]

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Bringing LGBTQ History Into California’s Classrooms: A Conversation From the Front Lines

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In 2011 California ratified the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful Education Act, a law that mandates the inclusion of the political, economic and social contributions of people with disabilities and LGBTQ people in educational textbooks and the social studies curricula in California public schools. The legislation was groundbreaking in its own right, but was only a first step. Real change involves updating textbooks and classroom materials, providing teacher support and fighting efforts to water down or undermine the requirements of the statute. Eight years after passage of the FAIR Education Act, History Happens is checking in with two California educators to learn how the […]

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Biden, Castro Among 2020 Hopefuls to Attend Iowa LGBTQ Forum

At least four Democratic presidential hopefuls — Joe Biden, Julián Castro, Joe Sestak and Marianne Williamson — are expected to attend an LGBTQ forum in Iowa on Sept. 20. The event at Coe College in Cedar Rapids will be hosted by One Iowa, a statewide LGBTQ advocacy group; The Gazette, a daily in Eastern Iowa; and The Advocate, an LGBTQ magazine. The candidates will address the audience before a question-and-answer session with the three moderators, one from each of the host organizations. Courtney Reyes, the interim director of One Iowa, said the event will “focus on LGBTQ people in the heartland and their […]

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This is Why Some Lesbians Don’t Want Pete Buttigieg to be President

Lesbian political activists in the US are divided over whether they want Pete Buttigieg for president or whether they want a woman, according to Politico. Buttigieg, 37, the openly gay mayor of South Bend in Indiana, has attracted widespread LGBT+ support in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. But interviews with prominent LGBT+ Democrats have shown that there is a “collision of goals and ideals in the community of lesbian political activists this year”, Politico reports. “Mayor Pete, he’s a trailblazer,” said Campbell Spencer, a lesbian and political consultant who worked in the Obama White House and sits on the board of the LGBTQ […]

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Brazil’s Culture Secretary Resigns over Bolsonaro’s ‘Censorship of LGBT TV Shows’

Brazil’s special secretary of culture, Henrique Medeiros Pires, has stepped down in protest against president Jair Bolsonaro’s censorship of LGBT+ content on TV. Pires announced his resignation to minister of citizenship, Osmar Terra, on Tuesday, August 27. Last week, Bolsonaro halted funding for films with LGBT+ themes, describing such screenplays as “throwing money away”. One of the targets was Transversais, a five-part documentary series about the lives of five transgender people in Brazil. According to Pires, however, the suspended funding was just a “drop of water” in all of the Brazilian government’s efforts to censor culture and artistic freedom. Artforum reported that Pires said: […]

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Russian River Pride Happens Sept. 7

Russian River Pride 2019 ” Flooded with Love ” Street Music 10 am with DJ Loren Henry Grand Marshall Cleve Jones MC’s Berlin and Diva D Parade 11 am Events: Friday Sept 6 Karaoke and Cocktails 8 pm R3 Hotel Saturday Sept 7 Parade 11 am Main Street Rainbow Cattle Company 10 am Pre Parade cocktails DJ Bruce Woods Resort Retro Party with DJ McBayne 1230 pm – 5 pm Timberline Restaurant BBQ and cocktails 1230 pm R3 Hotel Contemporary Throw Down with DJ Loren Henry 1230 pm – 5 pm R3 Hotel Main Show 8 pm Sunday Sept 8 […]

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This Month at The SF GLBT Historical Society Museum

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Neighborhood EventCastro Art Walk at the GLBT Historical Society Museum Thursday, September 56:00–9:00 p.m.The GLBT Historical Society Museum4127 18th St., San FranciscoFree The GLBT Historical Society Museum is participating in September’s Castro Art Walk, a monthly event in the Castro neighborhood on the first Thursday of the month. Participating merchants extend their business hours to host special events and share artwork with the neighborhood. Drop by the museum during your self-guided tour of the Castro and enjoy our exhibitions at your own pace. Entry is free and the museum will remain open until 9:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. More information […]

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