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L.A. Pride Organizers Announce Trio of Grand Marshals for Its 2023 Parade

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The Christopher Street West Association announced its trio of grand marshals for its L.A. Pride Parade on June 11. Legendary queer comedian Margaret Cho will be honored as the Icon Grand Marshal, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California has been named the Community Grand Mashal, and the late gay actor Leslie Jordan will be honored posthumously as the parade’s Legacy Grand Marshal. “Christopher Street West is honored and humbled by this year’s three grand marshals,” said Gerald Garth, president of CSW, in a press release. “Each have contributed to the LGBTQ+ community in their own unique ways, furthering our […]

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Repairing the Loss of the First Queer Archives

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Ninety years ago this month, the Nazis staged their first book-burning in Berlin. The gathering on May 10, 1933, saw hundreds of supporters of the regime march into a square in front of the 18th-century building housing the city’s first public library and across the street from one of Germany’s leading universities. The crowd threw cartloads of books onto a huge bonfire, the flames lighting the night sky as Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels gave a speech attacking Jewish and “un-German” authors. Many of us learned about this grim event in high-school history classes, where it’s often portrayed as an example […]

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Redwood Rainbow Hosts SF Info Session About Helping LGBTQ+ Refugees to Safety in The Bay Area

Earlier this year, Rainbow Railroad announced its participation in Welcome Corps – a pilot program from the US Department of State to bring LGBTQI+ people to safety in communities across the country.  We have an ambitious goal to bring 50 LGBTQI+ refugees to safety in the USA in 2023 – including 20 into the Bay Area – and we need your support.We’re excited to share more about this program with our community at an in-person supporter information session taking place on May 16 at the SF LGBT Center. At this session, you will learn more about the program and how you can […]

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Mendocino Pride Happens in Holland May 20 & 21

Mendocino County Pride Celebration will be held in Hopland this year!  Saturday we will shut down Center Street between Hopland Tap & Thatcher Hotel. The Street Party begins at 1pm with music, food, art, beer & wine. This is a chance to connect with the LGBTQIA+ community and allies. This is a family-friendly event and all ages are welcome. A $5 donation will go towards the event and our beneficiary The Ford Street Project. A drag show will follow at Hopland Tap from 6-8pm. There is no cover and the restaurant will also be open for dinner service. Sunday join […]

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Coalition of Faith Communities in SoCal Stand Against Anti-Transgender Agenda

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At an All Saints Church in Pasadena lrecently, a coalition of faith communities discussed concerns about a proliferation of legislation that impacts transgender people and denounced anti-transgender agenda in a press conference.  “We are deeply concerned about the growing number of anti-transgender bills being introduced in state legislatures across the country,” said Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Senior Rabbi at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley, California. “These bills are based on fear and ignorance, and they are putting transgender people at risk. We call on our elected officials to reject these hateful measures and to stand up for the rights of all […]

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Equality California on Rep. Tom McClintock’s Anti-Immigration ‘Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023’

Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, released the following statement from Executive Director Tony Hoang in response to Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) introducing H.R. 2640, the Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023, which would make it much harder for immigrants to seek asylum in the US and reinstate previous provisions enforced during the Trump Administration: “The United States has always served as a beacon of hope for immigrants seeking a better life for themselves and their families, including those who are LGBTQ+. Until our nation has a just and functional immigration system, we do not have full […]

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‘Drag Now. Drag Forever’ Will Be Theme of Palm Springs Pride

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With drag shows and performers under attack around the nation, the LGBTQ-friendly city of Palm Springs, Calif., has taken a stand for them. Greater Palm Springs Pride has announced that the theme for Pride Week, to be held in November, will be “Drag Now. Drag Forever,” and that the city will be a sanctuary for drag and all forms of self-expression. “Greater Palm Springs Pride declares Palm Springs, the Mother Church for Drag in the Coachella Valley, supports drag queens, kings, drag mothers, and baby queens regardless of their realness, flawlessness, disheveled presentation, or fierceness,” reads a press release from the group. […]

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Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec’s alleged killer also worked in tech

Mission Local is informed that the San Francisco Police Department early this morning made an arrest in the April 4 killing of tech executive Bob Lee, following an operation undertaken outside the city’s borders. The alleged killer also works in tech and is a man Lee purportedly knew.  We are told that police today were dispatched to Emeryville with a warrant to arrest a man named Nima Momeni. The name and Emeryville address SFPD officers traveled to correspond with this man, the owner of a company called Expand IT. Multiple police sources have described the predawn knifing last week, which left the 43-year-old […]

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Blue states including CA stockpile abortion pills amid legal uncertainty

The high-stakes legal battle over a widely used abortion pill has left some blue states busily stockpiling the medication, in anticipation of a time when it could no longer be easily accessible. The big picture: At least two states say they are creating reserves of mifepristone to continue enabling access to the two-pill regimen for medication abortion that’s at the center of the legal battle. Two others are focusing on the other pill, whose availability isn’t threatened, to offer an alternative.  Driving the news: Last week, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked lower court rulings that put restrictions on the use of mifepristone that the Food and […]

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House Digest Reports Best LGBTQ+ Friendly Cities in California

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California, with its exceptionally high LGBTQ+ populations and progressive economic, educational and social policies, was rated by the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) as the one of the top 15 states with policies and resources geared toward LGBTQ+ support.  House Digest reported the top cities in California with the highest scores from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Municipal Equality Index, which assesses cities based on non-discriminatory laws, employment policies, municipal services, hate crime rates and political leadership.  San Francisco Nearly 6.7% of the San Francisco population identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, totaling almost a quarter of a million people, […]

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