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LGBTQ Agenda: Bad week for equality sees ban on trans health care, doubts on drag shows

LGBTQ Agenda: Bad week for equality sees ban on trans health care, doubts on drag shows

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 7, 2023

It's been a tough several days in Mississippi and Tennessee, which saw anti-LGBTQ bills signed into law targeting gender-affirming health care.

Political Notes: Majority of CA trial courts lack LGBTQ judges

Political Notes: Majority of CA trial courts lack LGBTQ judges

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 2, 2023

For more than a decade California's courts have been required to release sexual orientation and gender identity demographic data on judges in an effort to help diversify the bench.

Political Notebook: SF gay GOP leader opposes changing city park name

Political Notebook: SF gay GOP leader opposes changing city park name

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 1, 2023

The president of a group for LGBTQ Republicans has come out in opposition to changing the name of a San Francisco park site that honors the city's last GOP leader to be elected mayor.

News Briefs: Congressional resolution honors Black LGBTQs

News Briefs: Congressional resolution honors Black LGBTQs

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 1, 2023

A resolution authored by Congressmember Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) and two gay House members honored Black LGBTQ Americans as Black History Month came to a close.

Out in the World: LGBTQ, ally immigration advocates protest Biden's proposed asylum policy

Out in the World: LGBTQ, ally immigration advocates protest Biden's proposed asylum policy

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 1, 2023

LGBTQ immigration advocates joined Democratic congressmembers in expressing disappointment in the Biden administration's decision to abandon its proposed immigration changes and instead pivot to Trump-style asylum rules in the face of legal challenges.

LGBTQ Agenda: Survey says bisexuals make up most of the rainbow umbrella

LGBTQ Agenda: Survey says bisexuals make up most of the rainbow umbrella

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Feb 28, 2023

The percentage of American adults self-reporting as non-heterosexuals remained steady last year — and almost three-fifths of those are bisexual, a Gallup survey found.

Political Notebook: 16 seek SF drag laureate post

Political Notebook: 16 seek SF drag laureate post

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 24, 2023

Sixteen applicants are seeking to become San Francisco's inaugural drag laureate. City Hall officials expect the person to be announced this spring, well ahead of Pride Month in June.

News Briefs: SF to end COVID health emergency

News Briefs: SF to end COVID health emergency

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Feb 22, 2023

The San Francisco Department of Public Health has announced that the city's COVID-19 public health emergency declaration will end February 28.

Transmissions: Six days in February

Transmissions: Six days in February

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Feb 22, 2023

On the afternoon of February 11, a girl by the name of Brianna Ghey was found on a path in Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington, Cheshire, England. Pronounced dead at the scene, she was the victim of multiple stab wounds.

Out in the World: Photo book provides an intimate look inside queer Chinese youths' lives

Out in the World: Photo book provides an intimate look inside queer Chinese youths' lives

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 16, 2023

A new photo book, "Solace: Portraits of Queer Chinese Youth helps give LGBTQ Chinese youth a voice at a period in their country's history when its government is cracking down on homosexuality and being queer is taboo.

Political Notebook: Gay Vallejo councilman aims to address teen smoking

Political Notebook: Gay Vallejo councilman aims to address teen smoking

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 15, 2023

Vallejo's new gay City Council member is aiming to address teen smoking in his Solano County city this year.

News Briefs: Oakland LGBTQ center offers Black History Month films

News Briefs: Oakland LGBTQ center offers Black History Month films

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Feb 15, 2023

The Oakland LGBTQ Community Center is presenting its Black History Month film series that continues through February.

Out in the World: Japan's PM apologizes for anti-same-sex marriage comments, fires top aide

Out in the World: Japan's PM apologizes for anti-same-sex marriage comments, fires top aide

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 10, 2023

Rather than roses and chocolates to start the month that celebrates love, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and one of his top aides faced criticism within parliament and from the public for comments seen as being anti-same-sex marriage.

Political Notes: Additional queer female icons to be featured on US quarters

Political Notes: Additional queer female icons to be featured on US quarters

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 10, 2023

The female namesake of an LGBTQ health clinic in the nation's capital and a lesbian poet and activist are among the latest American women chosen to be featured on U.S. quarters.