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Russian Teenager Persecuted Under Anti-gay Propaganda Law for ‘Posting Pictures’

A teenager has been found guilty and fined 50,000 rubes (£600) under Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law. 16-year-old Maxim Neverov, was charged with “propaganda of homosexuality among minors”, for publishing pictures on a Russian social network. The Russian LGBT Network, who provided a lawyer for Neverov, published the story on its website on August 8. According to the report of the offence, Neverov,who is from the town of Biysk, published “some pictures of young men whose appearance (partly nude body parts) had the characteristics of propaganda of homosexual relations.” The Russian LGBT Network claimed the teen was not allowed to consult […]

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Arsonists Target Lithuania’s Only LGBT Rights Group in ‘Vicious Homophobic Attack’

Arsonists attacked the Lithuanian Gay League’s office in capital Vilnius. (lgl.lt/Instagram) The office of the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) – the country’s only non-governmental organization representing LGBT+ people – has reportedly been targeted in an arson attack. The incident allegedly took place in Pylimo in the Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, at about 4am on Friday morning. The front door and door blinds of the organization’s office were set on fire, according to LGL.LGL said that a passing taxi driver stopped to put the fire out. The group described the incident as a “vicious homophobic attack,” adding: “LGL believe that the incident […]

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Number of LGBT Candidates Standing for US Office Breaks Record

A record number of over 400 LGBT+ candidates are standing in elections for public office in the United states, according to the Victory Institute. The nonprofit group supports leadership campaigns within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Sean Meloy, the political director of the Institute, told Reuters: “It’s a really exciting time… We believe that representation is power and when someone is in the room and helping to make decisions, they will automaticaly bring an LGBTQ perspective.”Amongst the candidates is a Democrat transgender woman, Alexandra Chandler, who is a former military intelligence officer running for Congress in Massachusetts. The […]

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What’s Happening at The Spahr Center

New HIV Client Advisory Committee The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that they have completed the process of interviewing and appointing client to the new HIV Advisory Committee. Nine clients have been appointed to serve on the committee, as well as one alternate in case someone has to step-down. Committee members will serve one year terms of office through August 2019. Members are eligible to serve a second, one-year term by invitation of the board. Names of the committee members are not being published at this time because of confidentiality rules, but with their permission, their names will […]

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation Donates $10M To Dem-Backed Rent Control Ballot Measure

Amid a tense battle over rent control in California, real-estate interests are writing big checks to defeat a November ballot measure that would give cities more power to regulate what landlords can charge tenants — and the initiative’s backer responded this week with a $10 million cash infusion. “We know we will be significantly outspent by the opposition, backed by deep-pocketed developers and investors who continue to wreak havoc in the housing markets,” AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein wrote in a news release Tuesday. “The greed of these billionaire corporate landlords is causing widescale misery for millions of Californians, […]

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Remembering LA’s The Factory’s Glory Days

You might know the phrase The Factory as something belonging to Andy Warhol. But, once upon a time in 1974, not so mild-mannered for an optometrist Scott Forbes opened a gay club in L.A. called Studio One at The Factory. Originally built in 1929 as a space for the Mitchell Camera Corporation, the irony of the edifice eventually becoming a haven for the gay community of West Hollywood was that, by 1946, it was said that 85 percent of all movies distributed in theaters were filmed using Mitchell cameras. Considering the gay obsession with Hollywood despite its flagrant lack of […]

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HIV Care for People of Any Immigration Status in San Francisco Bay Area

Facing increasingly hostile immigration policies and rhetoric from the current administration, undocumented people in the U.S. are leading lives filled with fear and uncertainty. Fear of deportation or prosecution is preventing people from seeking social services including medical care, with potentially dire consequences for people living with chronic diseases such as HIV. “I think that as we have seen in the news a growing presence of ICE in communities—despite San Francisco’s status as a sanctuary city—we are also seeing a growing trepidation and hesitation as people are seeking care,” said Liliana Schmitt, recruitment and retention coordinator for Clínica Esperanza at […]

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US Officials Take Part in Global LGBTI Rights Conference

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan on Monday participated in a global LGBTI rights conference that took place in the Canadian city of Vancouver.Sullivan in video remarks at the 2018 Equal Rights Coalition Global Conference on LGBTI Human Rights and Inclusive Development said the U.S. “looks forward to exploring in concrete terms what we can do together to address criminalization of LGBTI status or conduct and the serious levels of violence and discrimination targeting LGBTI persons.” “We are eager to discuss ways that the coalition can support and recognize governments and civil society activists who are pressing for positive reforms,” […]

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Joe Biden Will Fight to Stop Parents Rejecting Their Kids for Being LGBT

Joe Biden Joe Biden’s foundation has launched a major campaign aimed at stopping parents from rejecting their LGBT kids. Barack Obama’s former Vice President Joe Biden, a long-time supporter of LGBT rights, has made LGBT issues a core focus of the Biden Foundation, which was set up following his departure from the White House. Biden today launched a campaign to raise awareness of “the importance of family acceptance in the lives of LGBTQ young people,” putting significant resources towards campaigns bolstering acceptance by families.The “As You Are” campaign launch is backed by a number of high-profile figures including Cyndi Lauper and […]

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Judge Who Blocked Name Changes for Transgender Teens Faces Lawsuit

A judge who blocked name changes for transgender teenager is facing a lawsuit. Judge Joseph Kirby, the Probate and Juvenile Court judge in Warren County, Ohio, is alleged to have denied legal name changes to at least three transgender teens. He denied 15-year old Elliott Whitaker a legal name change at Warren County Juvenile Court in June, telling the teen to come back when he is 18. State law does not require people to be 18 to secure a legal change of name, which is separate from legal gender recognition, but the judge ruled that the teen lacked the “maturity, knowledge and stability” […]

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