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West Hollywood to Host First Ever Bi Pride

Dust off your pink, purple and blue blue flags because it is Pride season again. Bi Pride, that is! The City of West Hollywood, amBi LA and HRC LA is hosting the first city-wide Bi Pride celebration in the country on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the WeHo Park Auditorium. The event will begin with a rally in front of the auditorium and continue with a Bi Visibility Walk through the heart of West Hollywood before culminating with a party back at the Auditorium. Artists include Torrey Mercer performing her new single Boys/Girls. L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-in-Residence Kai Hazelwood […]

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Same-sex Couples Win Hong Kong Visa Rights in ‘Breakthrough’ Change

(TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty) Hong Kong has made spousal visas available to same-sex couples for the first time in the wake of a court ruling—but the government has firmly ruled out permitting same-sex marriage. Hong Kong only recognises marriage as between a man and a woman, but the international business hub has come under pressure from employers and LGBT+ activists to respect the rights of same-sex couples. In July, Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal ruled that same-sex couples who have entered unions elsewhere must have their relationships recognised as part of the spousal visa application process, following a high-profile challenge from a lesbian […]

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RR Sisters HOst Anthem Closet Ball October 6 at R3

It’s that time of the year again! The Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (with a tiny bit of help from Purple Stardust Productions) are throwing a big drag contest. Yes! Closet Ball is coming! TICKETS: https://anthem.brownpapertickets.com Join us on Friday, October 6th at the R3 Hotel for the 15th incarnation of this amazing show.  This show is, at its core, an amateur drag competition and fundraiser. While our contestants, Earl Gilbert, Renee Ledford Combes, Joe Young and Nay Hulsey are the heart and soul of our effort, we’ve got an amazing variety show to entertain y’all while they are […]

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Gay American Man Could be Sent Back to the US Despite Being Married to a UK Citizen

A man from North Carolina in the US could be at risk of having to leave the UK and return to the States, despite the fact that he is married to a UK citizen. Brian Page had his latest appeal to the UK Home Office for an extension of his visa refused earlier this month, and was told that he must either leave the UK within 14 days, or apply for permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal, the next stage of the process. However, he has told PinkNews that he and his husband have been “cleaned out” by the […]

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UK Gay and Bisexual Men More Likely to Marry Later in Life

Same-sex couples are more likely to marry later in life than opposite-sex couples, according to new data. The Office of National Statistics commissioned a four-part series on young people in the UK, entitled Being 18 in 2018. The series focuses on 18-year-olds since the start of the millennium. In the UK, people can marry as soon as they turn 18. But since 1970, couples are waiting longer on average to tie the knot. Single women marrying men are more likely to marry the youngest. For example, the average age for women marrying men in 1970 was around 22 years old. […]

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Chile Approves New Gender Identity Law in ‘Great Victory for Trans People’

Chilean deputies for the Frente Amplio party, celebrate as they hold a giant fake Chilean Identity card reading “My identity, my right”, after voting a gender identity law, during a session at the Deputies Charmber, of the National Congress in Valparaiso, Chile, on September 12, 2018. (Francesco Degasperi/AFP/Getty) Chile has passed a new gender identity law that will allow transgender people aged 14 years and above to change their name and gender in official documents. The process will take place at a civil registry and will not require surgical or medical intervention, although minors will have to obtain permission from […]

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San Francisco Bay Times: Four Decades of an LGBT Free Press

The San Francisco Bay Times, the first newspaper for the LGBTQ community to be jointly and equally produced by women and men, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. This living-history panel will review San Francisco history from 1978 as covered in the pages of the paper. Among those who will take part in recounting memories and discussing the significance of the publication are founding news editor Randy Alfred, founding production manager Susan Calico, founding contributor Cleve Jones, founding arts and entertainment editor M. J. Lallo, historian and current columnist Bill Lipsky, and former columnist and current San Francisco Supervisor […]

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OUTwatch – Wine Country’s LGBTQI Film Festival Brings the Best of International Queer Cinema to the North Bay

OUTwatch – Wine Country’s LGBTQI Film Festival is thrilled to announce our move to Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol.  We join an impressive list of film festivals that call Rialto Cinemas home, including the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. The weekend of October 12 – 14, we will present seven critically-acclaimed films and the first of two exciting additions to the festival. Sunday Cinematic Salons, a discussion of queer film, and LGBTQI Classic Film Revival, a presentation of groundbreaking films that changed the landscape of cinema. OUTwatch is determined to bring the best of International LGBTQI Cinema to the North Bay.  This […]

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Romania Has Moved One Step Closer to Making Same-sex Marriage Illegal

Twitter A petition to ban gay marriage has been signed nearly 3 million times 13 September 2018 Same-sex marriage could forever be in jeopardy in Romania after the senate overwhelmingly voted to allow a referendum which could change the eastern European countries Constitution. The proposed referendum would ask Romanians whether they approved of changing the definition of unions in the Constitution. Currently, the Constitution defines unions as between the gender neutral ‘spouses’. But a petition signed by three million people wants unions defined as between ‘a man and a woman’. If the Constitution changes to say that, it would make it […]

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California Documentation to Match Gender Identity

Promoting safety and acceptance, two laws that allow Californians to legally change their gender on IDs and birth certificates and simplify the process went into effect this month. Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), authored Senate Bill 179, the Gender Recognition Act, and Senate Bill 310, the Name and Gender Act last year. Now, as they go into effect, he encourages residents to visit the California Courts’ online help center for assistance with the new streamlined procedures. “Mindful of all the people I know who are gender-nonconforming, and the families I know with transgender children, I wanted to make sure […]

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