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Russian LGBT Activists Arrested in St.Petersburg Day of Silence Protest

A group of Russian LGBT+ activists have been arrested in St. Petersburg during an annual “Day of Silence” protest for sex and gender equality. Some 11 people were detained by police on April 17, including Daniel Maksimenko, who spoke to reporters at local news site OVD-Info. “The police are going to detain everyone who walked with their mouths sealed. I heard what they said,” said Maksimenko. The activists were walking in the direction of the Church of the Saviour and covered their mouths with red tape when the police began making arrests. According to the organisers around 40-50 people attended the protest. The “Day […]

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Nevada Bans Gay and Trans ‘Panic’ Defenses in Criminal Cases

The state of Nevada has banned gay and trans “panic” defences in criminal cases in an effort to prevent LGBT+ victims from being blamed for their own assaults and murders. Gay and trans panic defences are still frequently deployed in criminal cases across the world in an effort to get more lenient sentences for homophobic and transphobic attacks. The line of decence usually involves the perpetrator claiming they had a moment of “temporary insanity” brought on by unwanted sexual advances or suddenly discovering a person’s gender identity. The use of such defences has previously been banned in California and Illinois. Nevada’s gay and trans […]

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A Peruvian City Official is Fighting to Legalize Gay Marriage

A lawyer named Susel Paredes and her wife, Gracia Aljovin, are battling to legalise same-sex marriage in Peru. Paredes and her wife married in Miami in 2016 and have since been campaigning to get the union recognised in the heavily Catholic, conservative country. On April 4, a local court asked authorities to treat the couple’s marriage like they would any other stating that not to do so would be unconstitutional. Paredes had disputed a decision by Peru’s national identification register (Reniec), to reject her request of marriage validation. “Who can be happy leading two lives?” —Susan Paredes “We want to trigger a legal […]

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Former Ambassador Seeks to become First Out Gay Man Elected to U.S. Senate

A gay foreign policy expert who worked in the Obama administration on international LGBT issues has declared his intention to run for U.S. Senate in Colorado. Daniel Baer, who’s 42 and a former U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe, announced his candidacy Tuesday in an email blast referencing his spouse, Brian Walsh. “Like many of you, Brian and I are dismayed by the chaos unfolding in Washington under this president,” Baer said. “But we’ve also realized that the best way to find hope and optimism is by putting ourselves on the line, taking risks for […]

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Buttigieg Talks to Rachel Maddow about Coming Out, Weight of ‘the Closet’

It’s been less than four years since gay marriage was legalized in the U.S., and LGBTQ people still face hurdles in adopting children, joining the military and buying wedding cakes. But on primetime TV Monday night, a remarkable conversation took place: A presidential contender and one of the country’s most-watched cable news hosts discussed the weight of the metaphorical closet and their experiences in coming out as gay. “You went through college, and then the Rhodes Scholarship process and getting the Rhodes scholarship and going to work for McKinsey and joining the Navy and deploying to Afghanistan and coming home […]

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Transgender Student Loses Scholarship over Trans Military Ban

A transgender student who is studying at the University of Texas in Austin (UT) has lost his scholarship after Donald Trump’s trans military ban came into effect last week. Map Pesqueira was awarded a national three-year Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship to fund his studies, according to Daily Texas Online. However, due to Trump’s trans military ban—which came into effect last Friday (April 12)—his scholarship has been revoked by the US Department of Defence. He is now at risk of not being able to continue his studies and has started a fundraiserto finish his degree. Transgender student Map Pesqueira’s dream was to serve […]

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Russian River Chamber Holds Event to Benefit Businesses Effected by the Flooding

The Russian River Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us in a celebration of food and wine to kick off the summer season. Celebrate the Rise of the Russian River after the rainy winter. On April 27th, 2019 from 1-4 pm over 30 gourmet restaurants and wineries will be serving up a variety of local Sonoma County  foods and delicious wines. The event is taking place in the tree-lined, center of town right next to Trios Restaurant. Nearby you’ll find art galleries and shops to browse after enjoying tastings from world class restaurants and wineries in the casual and […]

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California National Guard Defies Trump on Transgender Troop Ban

The California National Guard will continue to welcome transgender troops despite a military-wide ban. The Trump administration rule that bans transgender people from serving in the armed forces went into effect on April 12. However, California’s National Guard has made clear that it will not be following suit in adopting the policy. Transgender soldiers ‘will remain in’ California National Guard Major General Matthew Beevers told The Hill that gender identity of soldiers is “the least of our concerns.” He said: “Every [transgender] soldier or airmen currently serving in the California National Guard will remain in our ranks. We will not treat any soldier […]

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Supreme Court Rejects Gay Death Row Inmate’s Appeal

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by gay death row inmate Charles Rhines amid claims he was given a harsher sentence because of his sexuality. Rhines was charged in 1993 for stabbing a doughnut shop employee to death during a robbery in Rapid City, South Dakota. Prison may be too fun with other men, says jury According to sworn statements from 2016, the South Dakota jury that convicted Rhines may have given him the death sentence instead of life imprisonment because of anti-gay prejudice. “If he’s gay, we’d be sending him where he wants to go,” Frances Cersosimo noted another […]

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Cayman Islands Appeals Court Blocks Same-sex Marriage Legislation

An appeals court in the Cayman Islands has delayed the implementation of same-sex marriage legalisation in the British Overseas Territory. The Court of Appeal accepted a government request to halt the legalisation of same-sex marriage that Chief Justice Anthony Smellie of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands ruled with immediate effect in a historic ruling on March 29. The government is appealing the ruling and demanded a stay on same-sex marriage legalisation, which the appeals court granted on Wednesday (April 10), the Cayman Compass reported. “Chantelle and Vickie aren’t trailblazers. They’re just a couple who are in love and who know they […]

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