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Democrats would probably get more votes if they abandoned trans people. But they haven’t.

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A new poll shows – like many recent polls – that the public has turned largely against transgender people’s rights.  The poll from the liberal publication The Argument found broad opposition to transgender rights among U.S. registered voters, with only around a third of Americans supporting letting trans kids get puberty blockers with parental consent and a doctor’s recommendation. Over half supported requiring trans people to use the restroom associated with their sex assigned at birth. And a large majority – 60% – supported trans sports bans. This poll isn’t an outlier. Recent polling has shown that even people who voted for Democratic Presidential nominee […]

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“The Bad Seed” Opens at 6th Street Playhouse October 3

Beneath the charm and perfect manners of young Rhoda Penmark lurks a chilling darkness. When a classmate dies under mysterious circumstances, her mother, Christine, begins to suspect the unthinkable—could her seemingly innocent daughter be a murderer? As Christine digs into her own past, she uncovers disturbing secrets that challenge everything she believes about nature versus nurture. Set against the backdrop of 1950s suburban life, Bad Seed is a gripping psychological thriller that explores the terrifying idea of a child with a natural capacity for evil. Adapted from William March’s novel, this Broadway classic keeps audiences questioning: Are monsters born, or are they […]

Anti-LGBT+ Zealot Charlie Kirk dead after shooting at university in Utah

Charlie Kirk, the far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ commentator who founded Turning Point USA and became a defining figure of the American right’s youth movement, died Wednesday after being shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University in Orem, President Donald Trump announced. He was 31. The shooting happened during Kirk’s “American Comeback Tour.” He had been speaking in front of a large crowd assembled for a debate-style event. A graphic video from the scene showed him speaking before a shot can be heard, and he suddenly flinched as he was struck. He appeared to be shot in the neck. Police confirmed a single shot was […]

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A Special Encore Screening of OUTwatch’s Best-attended Film “Cloudburst” Happens August 14 at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol

This hilarious foul-mouthed lesbian road trip movie co-stars Oscar winning actors Olympia Dukakis (Stella) and Brenda Fricker (Dotty). Stella and Dotty are a lesbian couple in their seventies from Maine. First, Stella has to break Dotty out of a nursing home that Dotty’s granddaughter had moved Dotty unwillingly into. Then they embark on a Thelma and Louise-style road trip to Nova Scotia to get married. Along the way they pick up Prentice, a hitchhiker traveling home to Nova Scotia to visit his dying mother, and the three bond as they travel together. Get Tickets Here: https://app.formovietickets.com/title

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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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Director Johnny Symons Talks About His Documentary Assembly, Which Screens at Frameline 49 June 27 in San Francisco (Audio Interview)

Working with LGBTQ+ activists, poets, dancers, rappers, and in connection with community, queer, Black visual artist Rashaad Newsome’s new immersive work serves as both salve and lifeline to those daring to exist outside the margins. Through personal stories and tributes, odes to ballroom culture, live music, and Afro-futurist AI, Newsome transforms an NYC armory into a performance, art, and resistance sanctuary for the queer community. Using fractals in nature, which are naturally occurring and cannot be broken down, as a metaphor for the Black queer experience, Newsome — alongside co-director Johnny Symons (Out Run, Frameline40) — traces his own strength and resistance to […]

Give Back Tuesday Happens at the Rainbow in Guerneville

Tuesday, April 15·2:00 – 11:59pm Rainbow Cattle Company, 16220 Main St, Guerneville, CA 95446, USA www.queersteer.com Giveback Tuesdays.  Each week a local charity will be choosen.  10% of the sales for that Tuesday will be donated to the charity directly by us.  The more the community supports the Rainbow on a given Tuesday, the more the charity will get.  If you want to nominate a local charity for consideration for a Giveback Tuesday, email us. This has turned out to be such a wonderful event, and a number of very deserving charities have received money.  Since it’s start in late November of […]

Equality California Announces Upcoming Special Election Endorsements; Opposes SF Recall Effort

Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, today announced the endorsement of three candidates running for local office in special elections this April and opposition to a potential recall of an LGBTQ+ member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors: “As we continue to fight back against Donald Trump’s efforts to roll back rights for LGBTQ+ people, we are proud to endorse these LGBTQ+ candidates running for local office,” said Executive Director Tony Hoang. “Now more than ever, we must increase our efforts to elect qualified LGBTQ+ candidates at all levels of government, and we are confident these […]

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NPR and PBS first target in MTG’s DOGE crosshairs

Politico reports: The new House subcommittee designed to complement the work of Elon Musk has named its first target: the nonprofit news media. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s “Delivering on Government Efficiency” Subcommittee — or DOGE, mimicking its Musk-run analogue, the Department of Government Efficiency — is asking the leaders of PBS and NPR to testify next month. DOGE Subcommittee Chair Marjorie Taylor Greene  put out the request to the executives in a letter Monday morning, specifying a preference for the weeks of March 3 or March 24. In her letter to PBS CEO Paula Kerger, Greene pointed to […]

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