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Immigrant Rights & Community Support Seminar Happens July 26 at the Rohnert Park Library

Please join us for an important immigrant rights seminar. This meeting is for all members and allies of the Asian and Pacific Islander community and everyone else who cares about and desires to learn about immigrant rights.  You will hear from local activists and immigrant rights attorney. The information that will be shared is IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE, not just those who are undocumented or know someone that is. Only when all of our community members are informed and know their rights, can our at-risk community be protected. To make it convenient for all to attend, this seminar will be available both IN-PERSON and ON ZOOM. Organized […]

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PBS: On the Frontline of Queer Programming. Show Your Support,

Public broadcasting has played a notable role in contributing to the national discourse on LGBTQ+ rights since at least the early 1960s, predating even the establishment of the Public Broadcasting Service on November 3, 1969. That is because stations such as KQED were already in existence by that time. KQED was the sixth public television station in the United States, signing on for the first time in 1954. Here is a look back at some historic LGBTQ+ moments on public media: 1961 – The First Television Documentary About Homosexuality Broadcast in the U.S. The first television documentary about homosexuality broadcast […]

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Harvard seemingly caves to Trump, shuts down LGBTQ+ and women’s center websites

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Harvard University has seemingly caved to the Trump Administration’s demand to end all diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by removing the websites for its LGBTQ+ and women’s centers. The Ivy League’s pages for its Women’s Center, Office for BGLTQ Student Life, and Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations were removed Wednesday at the same time Dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, Hopi Hoekstra, revealed a new Office for Academic Culture and Community in an email to faculty shared with The Advocate. “This new office is part of the [university’s] ongoing effort to break down silos, ensuring all members of our community are connected, […]

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Jim Obergefell fears same-sex marriages ‘will be erased’ under Trump: ‘We must fight’

Jim Obergefell, who pioneered the Obergefell v. Hodges landmark same-sex marriage Supreme Court case, has warned that same-sex marriages ‘will be erased’ under the current administration of President Donald Trump. Jim Obergefell, the American civil rights activist and lead plaintiff in the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges case, has expressed fears that under the current US administration – Republican president Donald Trump – same-sex partnerships “will be erased”. Speaking to Out Magazine, the former Ohio representative said: “I always knew I’d be sharing my story for the rest of my life. But now it feels different.  “Now, I tell my story not just with […]

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The Supreme Court’s latest “cruel blow” could make it a lot harder to win trans rights cases

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Shannon Minter, legal director for the newly rechristened National Center for LGBTQ Rights (NCLR), is once again, under a second Trump administration, confronting an avalanche of anti-LGBTQ+ law, policy, and rhetoric set off by the White House. Eight years ago, Minter led efforts by NCLR and GLAD in the first of four lawsuits to challenge Trump’s first ban on transgender service members in the military. Within weeks, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction that put a temporary halt to the discriminatory policy, which lasted almost two years. President Joe Biden restored trans military service before the Supreme […]

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California To Support LGBTQ Youth Suicide Hotline

The San Jose Mercury News reports: California will partner with the Trevor Project to provide suicide prevention support to LGBTQ+ youth, state officials announced Wednesday. The announcement comes weeks after the Trump administration said it will no longer provide national suicide and crisis hotline services to LGBTQ+ youth. “While the Trump administration continues its attacks on LGBTQ kids, California has a message to the gay community: we see you and we’re here for you,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “We’re proud to work with the Trevor Project to ensure that every person in our state can get the support they […]

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Board members called this nonbinary teacher a “groomer.” Now the district has to pay up.

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An Arizona school district has settled a discrimination lawsuit brought by a former teacher who is nonbinary. As The Arizona Republic reports, River Chunnui sued the Peoria Unified School District and two members of its governing board, Heather Rooks and Rebecca Hill, last year, alleging “discriminatory, retaliatory, and torturous actions” based on Chunnui’s gender identity. According to their March 2024 complaint, the former Desert Harbor Elementary School special education teacher sent a March 31, 2022, email informing fellow staff members of how they could support and acknowledge trans and nonbinary students on International Transgender Day of Visibility. After their email began circulating online […]

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Florida Republican official suspended for social posts mocking Pulse murder victims

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A Florida city suspended one of its council members over hateful social media posts, including one mocking victims of the Pulse shooting. Now, she has sued while alleging that some of the posts were doctored. The Groveland City Council last week suspended Councilwoman Judith Fike after nearly decade-old posts resurfaced, including one in which she wrote victims of the nearby Pulse mass shooting were killed more easily than if they had been hurled from buildings. According to The Orlando Sentinel, the post read: “‘Duh….why would the shooter target a gay club? My answer…Easier than marching them up steps to push off the roof..some […]

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Baylor University to return $643,000 LGBTQ-inclusion grant

Baylor University, a Baptist institution in Waco, Texas, announced Wednesday that it would rescind its acceptance of a $643,000 grant that it had recently been awarded to study the inclusion of women and LGBTQ people in the church.  In a letter posted to the university’s website, Baylor University President Linda Livingstone said returning the funds “is the appropriate course of action and in the best interests” of the school.  “We remain committed to providing a loving and caring community for all — including our LGBTQIA+ students — because it is part and parcel of our University’s mission that calls us to […]

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Trump poised to make LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers ineligible for student loan forgiveness

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Donald Trump‘s Department of Education is drafting plans to gut a student loan forgiveness program for public servants — and employees of LGBTQ+ groups are being singled out.  Trump signed an executive order in March dismantling access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, directly pointing to nonprofits that serve transgender people as ineligible for loan forgiveness. Now, the Education Department has unveiled drafted plans that would follow through with the order. The cuts are expected to disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ people, who are more likely to have student loans and more likely to work for nonprofits.  “The proposed restrictions on student loans […]

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