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Ca State Senator Introduces Bill to Stop Unnecessary Surgery on Intersex Babies

Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and a coalition of civil rights, intersex, healthcare and LGBT advocates announced legislation to ensure intersex babies – “intersex” being a term used for people born with variations in their sex characteristics, including genitalia – can provide informed consent before undergoing medically unnecessary surgeries that can effectively assign them a gender (before they can decide for themselves) and that can irreversibly harm them. Senate Bill 201 would not prohibit treatment or surgery when it is medically necessary; it simply prohibits cosmetic surgeries on babies that are medically unnecessary and based on a desire to […]

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Jussie Smollett Strikes Emotional Chord: Bashers Won’t Win

 Jussie Smollett was blunt, emotional and defiantly determined Saturday night at a Southern California concert some urged him not to play, telling the crowd before singing a note that he had to go on with the show because he couldn’t let his attackers win. “The most important thing I can say is ’thank you so much, and I’m OK,” said the “Empire” actor and R&B singer from the stage at the Troubadour in West Hollywood in his first public appearance since he reported to police in Chicago on Tuesday that two masked men had assaulted him and put a rope […]

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50 Years Queer at the L.A. LGBT Center

The LGBT Center of Los Angeles announced Thursday “50 Years of Queer,” a jubilant campaign to commemorate its 50th anniversary. Throughout the new year, the Center’s signature events and other community-focused occasions will hallmark the organization’s half-century milestone.- Advertisement – “This is a historic moment for the Center and for the LGBT community,” Center CEO Lorri L. Jean said in a press release. “Fifty years ago, a small group of volunteers banded together and decided to change the world. Perhaps that’s not how they thought of it, but that’s what happened. What began as a vision for helping members of our […]

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Kamala Harris Calls for Tougher Gun Control Measures during Iowa Town Hall

Sen. Kamala Harris, the California Democrat and presidential aspirant, lamented on Monday the lack of congressional action on gun control, saying a solution would have been possible after the 2012 massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, if only lawmakers had been placed in “a locked room, no press, no one, nobody else” and required to examine “the autopsy photographs of those babies.” “And then, you vote your conscience,” she said at a CNN town hall in Des Moines, Iowa. “This has become a political issue.” Applause rang out as she added, […]

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US to Get New National LGBTQ Arts Center Thanks to SF Gay Men’s Chorus

The new home of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus on Valencia Street, San Francisco (Photo courtesy San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus) The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus has announced that is launching its own LGBTQ Arts Center in the California city. The Chorus has taken over a $9.6million, four-storey, art deco building at 170 Valencia Street. It will be the first time the Chorus has had a permanent home. The SF Gay Men’s Chorus is arguably the most famous gay choir in the world. It formed in 1978 and is famed for its performances and recordings. According to the […]

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GAY L.A.: The Last Los Angeles Bathhouse

“To the left of me,” wrote David Colker for the Los Angeles Times in a 1994 article, “four men were having sex. Only two of them were actually looking at each other.” So begins most bathhouse stories of the time. At the Compound, one of the Valley’s oldest establishments, porn would screen on the walls while patrons got it on in public (or private) rooms below. But not for long. Even in 1994, the gay bathhouse’s days were numbered. “A decade ago,” Colker writes, “Los Angeles boasted slick, high-tech bathhouses famous throughout the gay world. But as the specter of […]

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Gay Jewish Owner of San Francisco Civic Engagement Space Faces Weekly Protests

Manny’s Cafe, a civic engagement space in San Francisco’s Mission District, has been facing an onslaught of protest. Manny Yekutiel, the space’s owner, is the gay son of an Afghan refugee. He opened the doorsto the community space in November 2016. Since then, it’s been a hub for cultural and intellectual discourse. It has been a host to speakers from many social justice causes, including Black Lives Matter. Visitors are also welcome to peruse the space’s bookstore for titles from authors like Ta-Nehisi Coates and Howard Zinn. The food at the space is prepared daily by Farming Hope, a non-profit […]

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Monday Night Rally Outside Ed Buck’s WeHo Apartment for Suspicious Deaths of Two Gay Black Men

A crowed of over 100 people showed up to a rally outside the home of prominent LGBTQ+ political activist and campaign doner Ed Buck Monday night after a second gay black man was found dead in Buck’s West Hollywood apartment earlier that morning. Buck has not been charged with anything for either deaths. An investigation into the death is being led by Detective Q. Rodriguez of the department’s Homicide Bureau. The identity of the dead man has not been revealed. In July 2017, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore was found dead in Buck’s apartment due to an overdose on methamphetamine. Buck’s lawyer, Seymour […]

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‘Bruce Jenner is Still a Man,’ Reads Transphobic California Church Sign

A church in Weed, California put up a sign with homophobic and transphobic sentiments recently. Residents, however, did not take kindly to it. Trinity Bible Presbyterian Church’s sign reads: ‘Bruce Jenner is still a man. Homosexuality is still a sin. The culture may change, the Bible does not.’ According to local CBS news station KTVL, who first reported the story, residents of Weed said the sign has been up since the start of the new year. Community members gathered for the Shastina Love Rally over the weekend and protested the sign. ‘Just a community effort to show that we actually care […]

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Gavin Newsom Sworn In As California Governor

Gavin Newsom (D) took office as California’s new governor on Monday, vowing during his swearing-in ceremony to be hard on President Donald Trump while uniting rural and urban communities in the country’s most populous state. It was a long-awaited moment for the former California lieutenant governor and San Francisco Mayor, who announced his gubernatorial candidacy nearly four years ago. The Democrat takes over the post from Jerry Brown, a decadeslong fixture in statewide politics who termed out of office after 16 non-consecutive years as California governor. “Here in California, we will prove that people of good faith and firm will can […]

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