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LGBTQ+ People Raped And Beaten in ‘Gay Cure’ Rehab Clinics in Ecuador

LGBTQ community protest against discrimination in Ecuador with “public kiss” demonstration (Photo by JUAN CEVALLOS/AFP/Getty Images) LGBTQ+ people are being forced into “gay cure” rehab clinics and subjected to rape and beatings in Ecuador. Campaigners in the country have called on the government to investigate into over 100 clinics in which they believe human rights violations are being carried out against LGBTQ people. Ecuadoran LGBTQ people demonstrate in front of the government palace in Quito against human rights abuses of gays in 1998. (Photo by GUILLERMO LEGARIA/AFP/Getty Images) An estimated 200 clinics are operating in the country. Four people have […]

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Trump Budget Plans Would Slash HIV/AIDS Funding

Donald Trump’s budget plans include a massive slash to HIV funding. The GOP billionaire has come under fire from LGBT groups following the release of his 2019 budget plans released on Monday.  The budget includes cuts to domestic HIV/AIDS programs, despite the growing needs, including elimination of Special Programs of National Significance (SPNS). The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, issued the following statement in response to the Trump-Pence Administration’s dangerous and irresponsible FY 2019 proposed budget. David Stacy, HRC’s Government Affairs Director, said: “Budgets reflect your values. The […]

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Newsom launches first campaign ad with throwback to Winter of Love

California Lt. Governor and Gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom is interviewed by Politico’s Carla Marinucci at University of San Francisco in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, February 5, 2018. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who sits atop most polls and has raised the most money in the 2018 California governor’s race, begins spending some of it Monday with his first campaign ad. It features the then-San Francisco mayor presiding over the first same-sex marriages in the city on this day 14 years ago. Today, we can confidently say, is the first day in the state of California that we are providing marriage […]

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San Francisco Leaders Join Senator Wiener in Support of New State Bill to Expand Conservatorship Laws to Help Mentally Ill and Drug-Addicted People Dying on California’s Streets

Today, San Francisco leaders joined together at a press conference to support a new bill authored by Senators Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Henry Stern (D-Canoga Park) to expand and strengthen California conservatorship laws by giving counties broader reach and more flexibility to help those who cannot care for themselves and who are dying on our streets. SB 1045 is sponsored by San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell, who is continuing the work Mayor Ed Lee started in bringing this issue forward. Senator Wiener was joined at a press conference in support of the bill by Mayor Farrell, San Francisco Board […]

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Anti-gay Group Buys Gay Club to Turn it Into a Church

  An anti-LGBT+ Christian group has purchased a former gay bar – with the intent of converting it into a church. The popular Bretz Nightclub in Toledo, Ohio, which was one of the oldest LGBT venues in the area, closed suddenly in December. The vacated venue was purchased for $148,000 in January by the extreme evangelical group, The Greater Toledo House of Prayer. In a statement on its website, the hateful organisation says: “In October 2017, the ministry became aware that the Adams St. building was available for sale, then toured the building and determined the space would work well […]

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Sonoma County LGBTQI Pride Parade and Festival 2018 Will Happen in Santa Rosa, June 1 – 3

The Sonoma County Pride (SCP) will produce its annual Pride Parade and Festival in Santa Rosa, returning to the heart of Sonoma County where previous Pride events enjoyed crowds numbering in the thousands.  The move to Santa Rosa from Guerneville will allow the event to thrive and grow.  The location will provide improved accessibility to: public transit; hotel accommodations; and parking. This year’s celebration spans three days of events and activities designed to appeal to a large array of the community’s interests. Friday, June 1, 2018  Pride Kick-Off at Laugh Cellar – Starring TV Star Alec Mapa Discover Santa Rosa: […]

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CHP Worked with Neo-Nazis to Bust Anti-racist Demonstrators

Newly revealed documents show that California Highway Patrol officers asked neo-Nazis to help them identify anti-racist activists who attended a counter demonstration against white nationalism last June. The Guardian reports that CHP officers worked with Derik Punneo, a member of the neo-Nazi-aligned Traditional Workers Party, and showed him photos of anti-racist activists to see if he could identify them. “We’re pretty much going after them,” officers told Punneo. “We’re looking at you as the victim.” The officers wanted the anti-racist activists identified as part of an investigation into violence that broke out during a neo-Nazi rally in Sacramento last June, […]

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Police Recover Six Bodies At Site Linked To Suspected Serial Killer Of Gay Men, Search Continues

Forensic investiagtors remove evidence from home on Mallory Cres. on Thursday.  (Bernard Weil / Toronto Star) | Order this photo   Toronto police have now recovered the remains of six people and identified one of them in an investigation into what they have described as the work of a serial killer. Bruce McArthur, 66, has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the disappearances of Andrew Kinsman, Selim Esen, Majeed Kayhan, Soroush Mahmudi and Dean Lisowick. Speaking Thursday at a home on Mallory Cres., near Bayview and Moore Aves., where McArthur mowed the owner’s lawn in exchange for storing landscaping […]

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One Year on ICE Prison for Transgender Immigrants in Texas Remains Closed

Photo: Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement VICE News has learned that a year-old detention center for undocumented immigrants in Dallas, Texas never opened its unit for transgender people detained by ICE. Prairieland Detention Center had plans to feature a protected, 36-bed pod exclusively for transgender detainees to keep those individuals safe from violence and abuse. ICE spokesman Carl Ruskok confirmed to VICE News that despite reports a year ago, the wing has never been used to house transgender detainees and there are no plans to do so in the future: “Due to an increased demand for detention bed space […]

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Poz Man Wins Battle to Change Rules So He Can Become an Airline Pilot

The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority has changed its rules to allow people with HIV to become commercial airline pilots after BuzzFeed News revealed how a man from Glasgow had been denied the chance to take up a training position with EasyJet because of his HIV status. Equality campaigners were celebrating the historic victory following the announcement of the rule change on Thursday morning by Andrew Haines, chief executive of the CAA. The move was confirmed in the House of Commons by transport secretary Chris Grayling. Last month, BuzzFeed News told the story of a man, named as Anthony, who said […]

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