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FBI Releases Video of Young Man Planning Terrorist Attacks in San Francisco

The FBI recently released an undercover video showing a young man discussing potential terrorist attacks in the San Francisco bay area. 23-year-old Amer Alhaggagi pleaded guilty in July to ‘attempting to provide material support to a terrorist group’. Both Alhaggagi’s family and his defense lawyers are seeking leniency from Judge Charles Breyer. Alhaggagi faces anywhere from up to 47 years in prison to only six or seven. An undercover FBI agent captured the footage of Alhaggagi more than two years ago. It’s now available to the public for the first time after the FBI released it to KQED. ‘Alarmed at the detail, sophistication […]

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Remembering L.A.’s Last Great Piano Bar

Earlier this month, the New York Times ran a profile of Steve Ross, one of the city’s last great Cabaret artists. Ross has been playing at piano bars across the city since the 1980s, bringing the camp classics of the Great American Songbooks to newer, younger audiences at venues from the Algonquin to Birdland. While New York has always had a history of small, intimate bars built around a piano, L.A.’s relationship to the classic queer cabaret bar has been different. While the opening of Tramp Stamp Granny’s in Hollywood sparked a type of renaissance for that certain type of […]

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Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Community Supports Immigration Rights

It’s not news that the Trump Administration’s actions and rhetoric vehemently denounce undocumented immigration into the United States. Yet, a recent proposal by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suggests that even lawful immigration may be under threat. On Sept. 22, the DHS unveiled a proposal that will make it harder for immigrants to enter the United States legally, and qualify for and receive green cards and visas. The policy proposal has since been posted to the Federal Register and is currently in its 60-day comment period allowing interest groups and members of the public to weigh in. The Trump […]

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Gay Man Sues California Highway Patrol for Two Decades of Abuse and Harassment

Jay Brome, the former CHP officer | Photo: Video/Sacramento Bee 11 December 2018    0:49 GMT A gay man is suing the California Highway Patrol (CHP) for decades of abuse, harassment, and discrimination while on the job. Jay Brome dreamt of working for the CHP, a law enforcement agency in the Golden State with jurisdiction of all of California’s highways. He spent two years working on getting into the academy. When he finally did, he ended up patrolling the Contra Costa County in 2008, but not without costs to himself, his reputation, and his dignity. Attorney Gay Grunfeld filed a 55-page brief […]

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Long Beach City Officials Authorize Policies Protecting Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Citizens

Long Beach City officials, specifically North Long Beach Councilmember and Vice Mayor Rex Richardson, in collaboration with the Long Beach LGBTQ+ Center, are working conscientiously to make the city a safer, more-inclusive place for transgender and gender nonconforming people. In an attempt to build all-embracing workplaces for transgender and gender nonconforming Long Beach employees throughout the city, officials a part of the Long Beach City Council passed a motion adopting a preferred name and pronoun policy for all Long Beach employees. In essence, the policy allows for employees to be identified with the name and/or pronoun they prefer to be […]

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Give to SF’s GLBT Historical Society Today – Giving Tuesday

Please help support LGBTQ history and culture on Giving Tuesday, November 27. All contributions up to $50,000 will be matched, so you can double the impact of your donation and ensure that our history is not lost. “Understanding history in this political moment allows us to lead with compassion, intelligence, strategy, & understanding, rather than fear. We can be connected to a history and a future much greater than ourselves, as history is “being made every day” & the movements that continue to define us are all connected. The GLBT Historical society brings those human elements of history to life. […]

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Leading gay Democrat Steps Down Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations

The first openly gay Chairman of California’s Democratic Party, Eric C. Bauman, has stepped down from his position to allow the party to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against him. On Friday, Daraka Larimore-Hall, the second vice-chair of the party, filed paperwork requesting Bauman’s removal and prompting the investigation. Larimore-Hall says he has spoken to two victims, plus a witness Bauman allegedly intimidated. The victims were party staff members. In his letter, Larimore-Hall stated, ‘I believe the victims. Their stories illustrate a clear and escalating pattern of Chairman Bauman’s horrific and dehumanizing behavior. ‘This is unacceptable for a political organization […]

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Pro-Equality Candidates Score Key Victories Across California in 2018 Election, While Many Races Remain Too Close to Call

 In an historic night for openly LGBTQ and pro-equality candidates across the country, Californians elected longtime LGBTQ ally Gavin Newsom to be the Golden State’s next governor and Equality California-endorsed candidate Eleni Kounalakis as the state’s next lieutenant governor, while re-electing U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. Additionally, openly gay California Senator Ricardo Lara currently leads Republican-turned-independent Steve Poizner in the race for Insurance Commissioner by more than 105,000 votes, as of Wednesday morning. If elected, Lara will make history as the state’s first openly LGBTQ statewide official. “With millions of ballots left to be counted across the state, it is already […]

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2018 ELECTION RESULTS: Which California Propositions Passed, Failed

On Election Day, California voters approved or denied 11 different propositions, which included regulations on dialysis centers, repealing the 2017 gas tax and wider local authority on rent control. >>> California and Bay Area election results here >>> National election results here See how the propositions fared below: Full coverage on the 2018 election at abc7news.com/election. PROP 1: PENDING Authorizes bonds to fund specified housing assistance programs. Get full details on this proposition here. PROP 2: YES Authorizes bonds to fund existing housing program for individuals with mental illness. Get full details on this proposition here. PROP 3: PENDING Authorizes […]

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Rocking the Queer Vote: A Complete Guide on California Propositions

Sorting through the 11 state ballot initiatives. Election day is approaching and while it is easy to get distracted by who and what will be on the ballot at the federal level, not to be overlooked are the state and local ballot initiatives. In California, voters will get to weigh in on 11 propositions, many of which stand to impact voters in West Los Angeles. From Prop. 10, which would allow Los Angeles lawmakers to enact stricter rent control laws to Prop. 6, which could lead to lower gas prices in the state, understanding the impact each of the propositions […]

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