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Harvey Milk Terminal Opens at San Francisco International Airport

The first nine-gate section of the Harvey Milk Terminal, a project named for the iconic LGBTQ rights luminary, opened at the San Francisco International Airport on Tuesday. The $2.4 billion terminal — the first in the country to be named for an LGBTQ leader — contains an exhibition titled “Harvey Milk: Messenger of Hope,” which honors the first openly gay individual elected to public office in California. The exhibit contains almost 100 historic images, campaign material and press documents from numerous collections, including those from the San Francisco Public Library and the GLBT Historical Society. While 2018 saw a so-called rainbow […]

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Christian White Nationalists Plan Modesto Straight Pride Parade Against “Malevolent Sodomites”

San Francisco’s KRON-TV reports: Plans for a Straight Pride Parade take a major step forward in Modesto. The city is now considering giving organizers a permit for that event. A flyer circulating on social media advertises Stanislaus County will host the straight pride event in Modesto’s Graceada Park Aug. 24. The permit hangs in the balance. The man behind it is Don Grundmann of the National Straight Pride Coalition. He says the parade event is his group’s cultural answer to their opponents. “Essentially it boils down to two religious views of the world one is Christianity which is represented by heterosexuality […]

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With Federal Help, Alameda County and SF Hope to Cut Rate of HIV Infections

Alameda County is one of 48 counties handpicked by federal public health officials to receive extra resources to end the spread of HIV over the next decade — and getting that done will take creative, grassroots approaches, local AIDS activists said Friday at a meeting with national leaders. Under a federal strategy announced by President Trump earlier this year, the U.S. Health and Human Services department has promised to pour money and other resources into communities that continue to be hardest hit by HIV. The counties chosen for the first round of funding — which has not yet been determined […]

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Berkeley Does Away with Gender References

Berkeley, California, a city with a long history of progressivism, is moving forward with a plan to remove all gendered language from its city code as part of an effort to recognize its nonbinary residents. Soon, in the Bay Area city just east of San Francisco, all instances of “he” and “she” in the city code will replaced by the gender-neutral “they.” The City Council on Tuesday adopted the first reading of the new ordinance eliminating “gender preference language” in its municipal code. With the change, “manholes” will be called “maintenance holes,” “firemen” will become “firefighters,” “manmade” will be “artificial” and all […]

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Another Trans Victim from Dating App Robbery

Violence against transgender people continues to be a daunting issue within the LGBTQ+ community. Los Angeles, alone, recorded a nearly 13 percent increase in hate crimes toward LGBTQ+ people and black community members last year, as reported by The Los Angeles Times. Yet, there are many transgender people who come face-to-face with assailants and live to tell their story. Jessica-Jean de la Vega, a youth education advocate for a Los Angeles-based trans health clinic, is one of them.  De la Vega had downloaded the notorious LGBTQ+ dating/sex app, Grindr. She, like so many other LGBTQ+ people who frequent the app, was […]

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“We are Complex, Dynamic and Supportive”: Exploring LGTBQ Latinx Kinship in All Its Forms

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On June 7, the GLBT Historical Society Museum unveiled a new exhibition, “Chosen Familias: LGBTQ Latinx Stories,” curated by Tina Valentin Aguirre (genderqueer, they/them). A longtime activist, poet, producer and member of the Bay Area LGBTQ Latinx community, Tina currently serves as chair of the GLBT Historical Society Board of Directors. “Chosen Familias” explores LGBTQ Latinx kinship through 20 photo albums individually curated by members of the Bay Area’s LGBTQ Latinx community documenting the specific ways they define their familias —their families. Each tells a unique story of strength, resilience, culture and community. This month it was my pleasure to interview […]

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SB 145 Puts a Stop to LGBTQ Youth Being Placed on the Sex Offender Registry

Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 145, which ends blatant discrimination against LGBTQ youth regarding California’s sex offender registry, passed the Assembly Committee on Public Safety with a 6-2 vote. It now heads to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. SB 145 is co-sponsored by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office and Equality California, and is supported by both law enforcement and civil rights advocates. Currently, for voluntary unlawful sexual relations between a teenager age 14 to 17 and a partner within 10 years of age, “statutory rape” (i.e., penile-vaginal intercourse) does not mandate that the offender go onto […]

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LA Receives First Rainbow Crosswalk on 50th Anniversary of Stonewall Riot

On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riot, Los Angeles received its first rainbow crosswalk.  The City of LA and Venice Pride organization a commemoration ceremony today, outside of Roosterfish in Venice, where the crosswalk is located. Roosterfish is a gay bar that was successfully reopened last year with the help of Venice Pride. The permanent crossing is modeled after the iconic rainbow crosswalks in the Castro District of San Francisco. There is a rainbow crosswalk already in the City of West Hollywood, at Robertson Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard and in the City of Long Beach, along the strip […]

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Brave Trails Summer Camp for Queer Youth

The campers at  Brave Trails are told, above all else, they get a “second family” while participating in this Los Angeles-based LGBTQ+ youth summer camp.  Brave Trails blossomed out of the love that founders Jessica and Kayla Weissbuch’s share for summer camp and queer youth mentorship.  “With the skills learned at camp, our campers will be primed to thrive in their schools, workplace and personal lives,” Jessica said. “In addition, our campers will have the knowledge and confidence to be more impactful leaders and implement innovative social change in their communities.” The camp’s program focuses on four key elements: Leadership, […]

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Protestors Bring San Francisco Pride to a Halt

A group of about 12 protestors brought the San Francisco 2019 Pride Parade to a halt on Sunday (30 June). They were drawing attention to the police’s participation in the parade, which they found objectionable because of the treatment by police to members of the LGBTQ Community both in the city and around the world. They also object to the many corporations that participate, that negatively impact the community. About an hour after the parade began, protestors blocked Market Street by chaining themselves together under rainbow tubes, according to SF Gate. Other pride attendees also pushed and shoved police officers, CBS reports. Police arrested […]

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