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Trans Woman Killed in El Salvador Was Deported by US Officials

Photo: Facebook/Asociacion Aspidh Arcoiris Trans18 February 2019     A transgender woman who was killed in El Salvador was reportedly deported by United States immigration officials before her death. They allegedly did not believe her concerns of being in danger in her home country. Camila died on 3 February, though the cause of death remains undisclosed at this time. LGBTI organization Presentes is investigating what happened to the 29-year-old sex worker. Some of Camila’s fellow sex workers told Presentes they saw police attack Camila and dump her body. ‘Presentes has asked police for an official response but it has closed the case and has not responded,’ the organization said in […]

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Sonoma County Pride Announces Entertainment Sponsor & Additional Venues for 2019

Sonoma County, California:  The Sonoma County Pride Board of Directors is excited to announce Graton Resort & Casino as our Year of LoveEntertainment Presenting Sponsor for Pride weekend on Valentine’s Day.  The resort is returning for the fifth year as a major sponsor of Sonoma County Pride. Board President, JD Donovan says: “The tremendous growth Sonoma County Pride has enjoyed over the past few years is thanks in large part to support from great community partners like Graton Resort. We are proud to be associated with a company that is so progressive and who gives so much back to the community in […]

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Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld Dies, Aged 85

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died, aged 85. The German-born, creative director of Chanel had reportedly been suffering ill health over the past few weeks, although no official cause of death has been revealed. French magazine Closer broke the news of Lagerfeld’s death. Sources at Chanel have confirmed the news. The designer missed two Chanel catwalk shows in late January. However, at the time the company said it was due to tiredness. It was the first time he had ever missed a Chanel catwalk show since taking over the helm in 1983. Career and controversy Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg in 1933: the son of a […]

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Mexico Border City Provides Assistance to LGBTI Migrants

 The mayor of a Mexican border city that has provided assistance to LGBTI migrants says President Trump’s continued demands for a border wall is a political “tactic.” Jesús Antonio Pujol Irastorza told the Washington Blade on Jan. 23 during an interview at his office — less than a mile south of the Nogales port of entry — that his administration is “prepared for issues of violence,” referring to one of Trump’s justifications for a border wall. “It is a tactic to go to certain people who want to build this wall…to say, look Congress, look Senate, we need to build […]

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Gov. Gavin Newsom Appoints California’s Highest-Ranking Trans Official

Gavin Newsom JP Petrucione will be the governor’s director of digital media, one of several LGBTQ appointees named by Newsom. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed JP Petrucione as director of digital media in the governor’s office, making Petrucione the highest-ranking transgender appointee in the state’s history. Petrucione, 45, was previously global digital director for public policy at Airbnb for two years, according to a Thursday press release from the governor’s office. Before that he cofounded and was managing partner at Social Stream Media and worked as a consultant at Storefront Political Media in San Francisco. When Newsom was mayor of San […]

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Report: Jussie Smollett Staged Attack After Racist Letter Didn’t Get ‘Bigger Reaction’

“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett reportedly staged an attack against himself in late January after a “racist” letter sent to the TV show’s studio, which contained a white powder, did not get a “bigger reaction,” according to a local Chicago news station.  A source told CBS Chicago the actor allegedly “concocted” the “staged” Jan. 29 attack and paid his “acquaintances”—brothers Ola and Abel Osundairo—over $3,000 to carry it out. Smollett reportedly opened the letter on Jan. 22 at Chicago’s Cinespace Studios, and the white powder prompted a HAZMAT team to respond. Chicago Police Department told the news station that the substance turned out to be asprin. Cinespace […]

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French Schools to Replace ‘Mother’ and ‘Father’ with Gender Neutral Terms

Schools in France are set to replace the words “mother” and “father” with gender neutral terms “parent 1” and “parent 2” on official documents in an attempt to curb discrimination against same-sex parents. The new measure is outlined in an amendment to France’s School of Trust Bill and has passed a first reading by the country’s National Assembly on February 12, French newspaper Le Figaro reported. Supporters of the amendment argue that change is needed to acknowledge the existence of same-sex parents. Valérie Petit, MP for the REM party, said the amendment aims “to root in law children’s family diversity in administrative forms submitted […]

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LGBT activist Oscar Cazorla killed in his home in Oaxaca, Mexico

Pioneering LGBT activist Oscar Cazorla was killed in his home in Juchitan, in Oaxaca, Mexico, on Saturday (February 9). According to the Oaxaca police, who have opened a murder investigation, the 68-year-old died from a blow to the heart inflicted by a sharp object. Cazorla was well known in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca for advocating for the rights of those identifying as muxes, a third, non-binary gender that has been celebrated in the culture indigenous to the Istmo de Tehuantepec since pre-Hispanic times. In 1976, the slain LGBT+ activist was one of the founders of the Vela de las Autenticas Intrepidas Buscadores […]

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Guide for LGBTQ+ Students

More than half of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), and other LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. report they’ve been singled out — through harassment, name-calling, or violent acts — because of their sexuality, according to a 2017 survey conducted by the Harvard TH Chan School of Public health. Of LGBTQ+ community members who attended or applied to college, 20 percent say they felt discriminated against while on campus. Members of the LGBTQ+ community are three times more likely to experience mental health issues, such as depression or anxiety, than others, according to the National Alliance on Mental […]

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Pentagon Ordered To Halt Discharge Of HIV+ Airmen

Via press release from Lambda Legal: Today, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Defense and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan to halt discharge proceedings against HIV-positive members of the U.S. Air Force. The order came in the case of Roe and Voe v. Shanahan, filed by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN, with partner law firm Winston & Strawn, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The two Airmen serving as plaintiffs, who filed pseudonymously, were given discharge orders at the end of last year after being found “unfit for continued military service” despite compliance with medical treatment […]

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