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2018 ELECTION RESULTS: Which California Propositions Passed, Failed

On Election Day, California voters approved or denied 11 different propositions, which included regulations on dialysis centers, repealing the 2017 gas tax and wider local authority on rent control. >>> California and Bay Area election results here >>> National election results here See how the propositions fared below: Full coverage on the 2018 election at abc7news.com/election. PROP 1: PENDING Authorizes bonds to fund specified housing assistance programs. Get full details on this proposition here. PROP 2: YES Authorizes bonds to fund existing housing program for individuals with mental illness. Get full details on this proposition here. PROP 3: PENDING Authorizes […]

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Orlando Approves $10million Funding Towards Pulse Museum and Memorial

Commissioners in Orange County, Florida, have approved $10million (€8.8million) in funding towards a Pulse Museum and memorial. The project will commemorate the lives lost at LGBTI nightclub, Pulse, in June 2016. The approved funding will come through hotel tax revenue. Orange County commissioners unanimously agreed the payments Tuesday. They will be spread over three years. Barbara Poma, the owner of the Pulse nightclub and founder of onePULSE Foundation, welcomed the news. She said afterwards the museum and memorial will be historic landmarks, and hence deserving of funding from the tourism tax. ‘We are not the first tragedy in our country. […]

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Rocking the Queer Vote: A Complete Guide on California Propositions

Sorting through the 11 state ballot initiatives. Election day is approaching and while it is easy to get distracted by who and what will be on the ballot at the federal level, not to be overlooked are the state and local ballot initiatives. In California, voters will get to weigh in on 11 propositions, many of which stand to impact voters in West Los Angeles. From Prop. 10, which would allow Los Angeles lawmakers to enact stricter rent control laws to Prop. 6, which could lead to lower gas prices in the state, understanding the impact each of the propositions […]

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These Are the Most Anti-LGBTI Posters Sent Out Ahead of Midterm Elections

Midterm elections are taking place today (6 November) in the US and many are thrilled with the several LGBTI candidates running for office. However, not everyone is happy with this ‘rainbow wave’ that could change the political scenario. Some of these crucial candidates’ opponents and their supporters have whipped up prejudice against them with anti-LGBTI flyers. A Republican on his gay opponent ‘and the man he calls his “husband”‘ The mailer targeting Smith Jr. (right) and his husband (center). As the Pittsburgh Current reported in early November, Republican Daryl Metcalfe currently serving Butler County, Pennsylvania, highlighted in a series of flyers […]

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For Underrepresented LGBTQ+ Community, Our Votes = Our Voices During Midterm Elections

The House and Senate are red. The Trump Administration is directly targeting the LGBTQ+ community on a weekly basis. Your. Vote. Matters.  With midterms just around the corner, it is not only important to vote, but be an informed voter as well. Democrats across the nation have seen a swell of LGBTQ+ candidates running for various positions. “I think candidates are running because they see it’s possible,” Victory Fund President Annise Parker said. “They see the need for more LGBTQ candidates to get involved in the process. But they now see clear evidence that we can win at the very […]

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Marin’s Spahr Center Is Moving

The Spahr Center is moving to 150 Nellen Avenue in Corte Madera. We’ll still be in our current office until the end of November. But we’re moving to our new home on November 30th. We’ll be open for business at noon on December 3rd in Corte Madera at 150 Nellen Avenue. Transportation information: First; we’re excited that there’s plenty of parking available! The best place to park is next to Big 5. And there are bus stops at the 101-S Lucky Drive exit and across the highway on 101-N next to the pedestrian bridge. Just walk across the across the bridge […]

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Parents Oppose ‘Chilling, Fascist’ Global Registry of Trans Kids

Trans advocates are outraged prominent trans health professionals have suggested creating an international global registry of trans children. A recently published article in the Journal of Sexual Medicine called for the registry to ‘further study of this basic demographic and its associated factors’. One of the authors is Dr Polly Carmichael, the director of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS). The GIDS is currently undergoing a self-imposed review after a senior staff member accused it of ‘fast-tracking’ children to gender transition. Called ‘Evidence for a Change in the Sex Ratio of Children Referred for Gender Dysphoria: Data […]

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Gay Man with HIV Charged Under Myanmar Sodomy Law

Addy Chen, left, has been charged under Myanmar’s sodomy law. (Photo courtesy of Myo Min Latt) YANGON, Myanmar — The LGBTI community in Myanmar has demand fair media coverage of a gay man with HIV who is charged under the controversial Penal Code 377 for allegedly committing sexual abuse against one of his employees.The accused, Aung Myo Htut, aka Addy Chen, is an outspoken LGBTI rights advocates and commonly known to be HIV-positive. Chen, who also owns a restaurant in Yangon, allegedly asked one of his waiters to give him a massage and sexually assaulted him in March. Chen was […]

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VOTE Tuesday – Our Lives Depend On It

Seven days … to turn out in masses to flip the House and the Senate and elect pro-equality candidates up and down the ballot! In this final countdown, it’s crucial to make sure your friends and family are committed to voting, too — and that when they get to their polling place, they’re voting for candidates and initiatives that support the LGBTQ community. Talk to them about issues that matter to you … help them learn what’s on their ballot … even offer to go with them or give them a ride. Lending a helping hand to those important people in your […]

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LGBT Candidates in the Midterm Elections Leading the Rainbow Wave

The Democratic Party hopes to paint Congress in blue at the midterm elections—but there is more than one colour in the spectrum of candidates hoping to win political office on November 6. A so-called ‘Rainbow wave’ of openly LGBT+ candidates is running for major political office in the upcoming elections, which will call voters to the ballots to fill all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 33 seats in the Senate seats and pick 34 state Governors. LGBT+ people are severely underrepresented across all levels of politics in the US. The 21 openly LGBT+ candidates running for the House of […]

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