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How Trump’s Travel Ban Will Impact the LGBT Community

The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban, in a landmark decision which has been announced on the third anniversary of the SCOTUS decision to allow same-sex marriage. The ban is a major victory in the administration’s mission to restrict the number of immigrants and visitors into the United States. However the ruling marks a distinct change from the same day in 2015, when the Court voted for marriage equality rights. Critics say the latest Court ruling will dangerously impact the LGBT community. In a 5-4 decision, the judges confirmed the president’s powers over matters of national security.The […]

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Democrats Celebrate Anniversaries Of Obergefell, Windsor, And Lawrence Rulings For LGBT Civil Rights

From the Democratic National Committee: On the 3rd anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the 5th anniversary of U.S. v. Windsor, and the 15th anniversary of Lawrence v. Texas, DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement: “Before the Supreme Court handed down its decision in U.S. v. Windsor five years ago, Edie Windsor said, ‘I think justice will prevail. Is that crazy?’ Because of her indomitable spirit and the activism of millions of LGBTQ Americans, justice did prevail. Love is love. And America is better for it. “All across the country, LGBTQ Americans and their allies have organized for equal […]

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Cedars-Sinai Shifts Into Transgender Care

In the U.S., many hospitals either are not equipped for proper care for transgender patients or they do not address and handle them with respect and proper pronouns, which can make the already difficult experience of seeking healthcare and dealing with health concerns even more trying. With this in mind, Cedars-Sinai recently announced that they will provide transgender primary care in both Beverly Hills and Culver City. Transgender care programs at Cedars-Sinai have expanded from being one of only two academic medical centers in the Western U.S. that offer gender-affirmation genital surgery to now include quality medical care for all […]

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“Sordid Lives” Creator Del Shores Talks About His Plays, Films, and Bringing His New Play to Sonoma

Del Shores has written, directed and produced successfully across studio and independent film, network and cable television and regional and national touring theatre. Shores’ career took off with the play “Daddy’s Dyin’ (Who’s Got The Will?”) in 1987, which ran two years, winning many Los Angeles theatre awards, including LA Weekly’s Best Production and Best Writing.  A movie version of Daddy’s Dyin’ was released in 1990 by MGM starring Beau Bridges, Tess Harper, Keith Carradine and Beverly D’Angelo.  Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the film. “Sordid Lives,” his fourth play, opened in Los Angeles in 1996 and ran […]

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Families Belong Together—Attend a June 30 Event!

Donald Trump and his administration are cruelly separating children from their families. But we won’t allow it to continue. On June 30, we’re rallying in Washington, D.C., and around the country to tell Donald Trump and his administration to stop separating kids from their parents! Trump and his administration have been systematically criminalizing immigration and immigrants, from revoking Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to ramping up intimidating ICE tactics.  Join us on June 30 to send a clear message to Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress: Families Belong Together!  If there’s not an event near you, keep checking back or […]

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Sonoma County Coalition is Opening Doors for LGBTQI Older Adults

During National Pride Month, it’s important to remember the history of why we celebrate gains for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and intersex (LGBTQI) people. Many LGBTQI older adults grew up during a time when to love someone of the same gender was considered a crime, mental illness or a sin. LGBTQI people could be put in jail, fired from a job or put into a mental institution. Discrimination also included troublesome experiences with providers of services. For many, it was difficult to find in-home care, join in social activities and even get medical care due to their sexual orientation […]

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U.S. Supreme Court Ducks Dispute Over Florist Who Refused Gay Wedding Request

After siding with a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sent back to lower courts a similar dispute over a florist who declined to create flower arrangements for a same-sex wedding based on her Christian beliefs. The justices threw out a 2017 ruling by Washington state’s Supreme Court that Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers in the city of Richland, about 200 miles (320 km) southeast of Seattle, had violated the state’s anti-discrimination law and a consumer protection measure. The court ordered the top Washington state court to […]

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Closeted LGBT Youth Are Less Social on Facebook, Study Finds

Signup to receive a daily roundup of the top LGBT+ news stories from around the world Young LGBT people who have not come out are less likely to engage on social media like Facebook, a study has found. Closeted young people have “lower overall network connectivity” than others, according to the research paper published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The study examined the use of Facebook among LGBT youth, including how they interacted with managing the disclosure of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The results showed closeted young people were less connected on social media, in part, over […]

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Royal Family to Have First-ever Same-sex Wedding as Queen’s Cousin Prepares to Marry

Another historic royal wedding is set to take place this summer – the family’s first same-sex nuptials. Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, first made history when he announced he was gay in 2016 and became the first member of the royal family to do so. Following his announcement, Lord Mountbatten revealed he was in a relationship with James Coyle, who he will marry during the summer. New royal family will be the most diverse ‘since the early 1800s’ The wedding will be made even more special because Lord Mountbatten’s ex-wife will play a special part in the […]

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LGBT+ Asylum Claimants Are Being Left in Limbo by Trump Administration

The hostile immigration restrictions introduced by the Trump administration have “terrified” LGBT+ asylum claimants, says the head of a top US NGO. The revised version of Trump’s travel ban has spelt disaster for people residing in the US who are from one of the six countries that made the final cut in the discriminatory bill. For the likes of Mohamed, time is running out. The gay man from Syria applied for asylum in 2014 and has still not been granted a working visa renewal. “The number of LGBT people who make it through the system alive and request resettlement is […]

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