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In-N-Out Burger’s $25,000 Donation to California GOP Brings Call for Boycott from Democrats

California Democratic Party Chair Eric Bauman is calling for a boycott of In-N-Out Burger after the fast-food chain donated $25,000 to the California GOP to boost party coffers ahead of the November election. Bauman called for the boycott of the popular California-based chain via his Twitter account late Wednesday with the following: “Et tu In-N-Out? Tens of thousands of dollars donated to the California Republican Party… it’s time to #BoycottInNOut – let Trump and his cronies support these creeps… perhaps animal style! ” According to a public filing dated Aug. 28, In-N-Out Burger made a contribution for $25,000 to the California Republican […]

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The Spahr Center Marin Hosts LGBT Drop In Discussion Groups for LGBTQ Seniors

NOVATO DISCUSSION GROUPFacilitated By Nancy Flaxman, MSWWhere: MARGARET TODD SENIOR CENTER 1560 Hill Rd, Novato, Room 3When: FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, Noon to 2:00 PM Scent freeTuesday September 3, 2019 12:00 PM to 2:00 PMCaring for Ourselves and Others As LGBT people, we are often faced with creating our own “families of choice”. How do you hope to provide care to partners and friends, and how would you like others to be there for you? How do you care for your own well-being? CORTE MADERA DISCUSSION GROUPFacilitated By Buz Hermes, MAWhere: CORTE MADERA TOWN CENTER Community Room, Suite 201When: SECOND WEDS OF EVERY MONTH, Noon to […]

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Group Connected to ‘LGBT-Free Zone’ Newspaper Cancels Carnegie Hall Event

Carnegie Hall announced on Saturday that Gazeta Polska Community of America, a U.S.-based group connected to the far-right Gazeta Polska newspaper in Poland, canceled its scheduled Oct. 24 concert. “Carnegie Hall has been speaking with this rental group this week since we learned of the sticker campaign,” said Synneve Carlino, a Carnegie Hall spokesperson. “While they have told us that they don’t support the campaign, they informed us today that they will not present the performance.” Gazeta Polska, a weekly Polish newsmagazine, has been criticized for its virulently anti-LGBTQ and anti-migrant content. Earlier this summer, it sparked global condemnation and an advertiser […]

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Ex-Gay Torture Camp Owners Charged With Trafficking And Forced Labor Of Underage Boys

Austin’s NBC News affiliate reports: More than a year after boys were removed from a nonprofit in Burnet County, the couple who ran it are facing trafficking charges. A grand jury indicted Gary Wiggins, 49, and his wife Meghann Wiggins, 34, on Trafficking of Persons charges. They are both accused of “knowingly” trafficking four underage boys and “through force, fraud or coercion” making them “engage in forced labor or services.” The two ran Joshua Home, which officials described as a place that “purports to be a residential home for troubled boys.” According to the indictment, the trafficking allegedly occurred between May […]

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Gay Man Says LGBT Asylum Seekers’ Claims are ‘Not being Taken Seriously’

Abderrahim El Habachi fled Morocco two years ago out of fear he could be imprisoned for his sexuality. He said that he is now part of a “huge community” who have come to the UK “to live their lives in an authentic way”, but have faced poor treatment under the British asylum system. “The Home Office is putting people through hell,” he told ITV News. “They don’t believe our sexual orientations or the struggles we are facing in our countries.” El Habachi said that in Morocco, LGBT+ people are considered criminals and live under the constant threat of violence. The Home […]

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China’s Parliament Rules Out Allowing Same-sex Marriage

Limiting marriage to a relationship between a man and a woman will remain China’s legal position, a parliament spokesman said on Wednesday, ruling out following neighboring Taiwan in allowing same-sex marriage, despite pressure from activists. Taiwan’s parliament passed a bill in May that endorsed same-sex marriage, after years of heated debate over marriage equality that has divided the self-ruled and democratic island. China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, has a thriving gay scene in major cities, but there has been little sign the ruling Communist Party will legalize same-sex marriage. Related NBC OUT ‘We’ve waited for a long time’: Gay couples […]

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HRC’s New Leader Alphonso David Recruiting more Troops

There is something reminiscent of black gay author James Baldwin in Alphonso David’s intense bearing, though the new president of the Human Rights Campaign is considerably more down-to-earth and welcoming than the defiant intellect who scorched racist America in “The Fire Next Time.”  For David, it is the fire this time that is fueling his drive for full equality and his fight against the dark amoral forces demolishing democracy through the rapacious black hole that is President Donald Trump.  David may be uniquely qualified to meet the LGBTQ leadership challenge of this historic moment. Born in Silver Spring, Md., in […]

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Here Are 5 Ways You Can Support Palestinian Queers

Palestinian Authority (PA) police also issued an official statement on August 18 encouraging members of the public to report on the activities of LGBT+ groups. Palestinian LGBT+ group Al-Qaws says that the PA police statement “promotes incitement against Al-Qaws” and followed an “unprecedented” attack on the group via its social-media channels. Al-Qaws had been planning a “queer camp” for the end of August in Nablus, northern West Bank. “The statement promotes incitement against Al-Qaws – and LGBTQ Palestinians – by encouraging members of society to report on Al-Qaws activities. Al-Qaws has since denounced such fear-mongering by Palestinian authorities,” the group […]

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Log Cabin Republicans Loses Several Leaders after Trump Endorsement

A number of leaders and members of the Log Cabin Republicans have left the national gay conservative group following its endorsement of President Donald Trump’s re-election bid in a Washington Post op-ed published last week — and other defectors could follow. Jennifer Horn announced her resignation from the organization’s board Monday, stating that she made a promise to herself when she entered politics that she would “never say or do anything that I could not explain to my own children.” Endorsing another four years of the current administration fell under this category, she said. Republican LGBTQ advocacy group endorses Trump for reelection […]

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Pulse Shooting Survivors Organize Ex-gay ‘Freedom March’ in Orlando

Angel Colon and Luis Javier Ruiz survived the 2016 mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida, where 49 patrons died. Now the two men, who no longer identify as gay, are organizing a “Freedom March” that encourages attendees to embrace Jesus and overcome their homosexuality and transgender identity. The rally is scheduled for Sept. 14 at Orlando’s Lake Eloa Park, just a five-minute drive from where the shell of the former nightclub still stands. Colon, 29, and Ruiz, 36, were among the 53 people injured after what was at the time the deadliest mass shooting in the United […]

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