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Transmissions: Letters of hope amid the darkness

Transmissions: Letters of hope amid the darkness

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Apr 20, 2022

Over the last few weeks, anti-transgender and general anti-LGBTQ animus has reached a fever pitch.

LGBTQ Agenda: LGBTQ group disappointed court rules diversity law is unconstitutional

LGBTQ Agenda: LGBTQ group disappointed court rules diversity law is unconstitutional

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Apr 19, 2022

Members of LGBTQ and other minority business associations have expressed disappointment at a recent court decision that has ruled a California law aimed at increasing diversity on corporate boards is unconstitutional.

Political Notebook: Gay Dem Marshall runs for CA High Desert House seat

Political Notebook: Gay Dem Marshall runs for CA High Desert House seat

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 13, 2022

In the very first line of his campaign bio, Derek Marshall comes out as "an openly gay progressive Democrat and political organizer running to represent the people of the High Desert, the valley, and the mountains."

News Briefs: New program allows free access to state parks

News Briefs: New program allows free access to state parks

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Apr 13, 2022

California State Parks and the California State Library have announced a new program whereby people can check out park passes at their local library for free vehicle day use entry to more than 200 participating state park units.

Out in the World: SF Jewish, LGBTQ leaders support Ukraine at Seder

Out in the World: SF Jewish, LGBTQ leaders support Ukraine at Seder

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Apr 13, 2022

San Francisco's LGBTQ Jewish community spoke out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine and denounced the rash of anti-transgender legislation sweeping the United States at the recent Freedom Seder.

LGBTQ Agenda: Nearly 60,000 adolescents would be harmed by anti-trans laws in US, report says

LGBTQ Agenda: Nearly 60,000 adolescents would be harmed by anti-trans laws in US, report says

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Apr 12, 2022

As the American right continues its onslaught against transgender people throughout much of the country, the toll the attacks are taking on the objects of their obsession is becoming much clearer.

Transmissions: The other days

Transmissions: The other days

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Apr 6, 2022

In 2009, feeling a need for an event to balance the Transgender Day of Remembrance, the inaugural Transgender Day of Visibility was held.

Political Notebook: Lesbian Oregon US House candidate McLeod-Skinner seeks Bay Area support

Political Notebook: Lesbian Oregon US House candidate McLeod-Skinner seeks Bay Area support

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 6, 2022

Ahead of her state's Democratic Party primary May 17, Oregon U.S. House candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner is swinging through the Bay Area this weekend to attend several fundraisers for her campaign.

LGBTQ Agenda: US passport change highlights progress on gender issues

LGBTQ Agenda: US passport change highlights progress on gender issues

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Apr 5, 2022

The big news that Americans will be able to self-select their gender identity on their passport is just the latest salvo in an ongoing struggle for nonbinary and transgender folks be able to have their official identities match their lived identities.

Political Notes: With San Francisco event, Obergefell kicks off Ohio statehouse bid fundraising

Political Notes: With San Francisco event, Obergefell kicks off Ohio statehouse bid fundraising

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 4, 2022

With an event this week in San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro district, Jim Obergefell is kicking off his efforts to raise funds for his Ohio statehouse bid this year.

Political Notebook: 1st parent of a transgender child set to serve in CA Legislature

Political Notebook: 1st parent of a transgender child set to serve in CA Legislature

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 30, 2022

Suisun City Mayor Lori Wilson is expected to become the first CA Assembly member who's the parent of a transgender child following a special election April 5.

News Briefs: Gay doc offers injectable PrEP in SF

News Briefs: Gay doc offers injectable PrEP in SF

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 30, 2022

Dr. Nasser Mohamed is believed to be the first physician to offer Apretude (injectable PrEP) in San Francisco outside of a clinical trial.

Out in the World: Gay Bay Area Ukrainian American rallying support for LGBTQ community during Russian invasion

Out in the World: Gay Bay Area Ukrainian American rallying support for LGBTQ community during Russian invasion

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 30, 2022

More than 10,000 miles from his childhood hometown in Ukraine, San Francisco Bay Area gay Ukrainian Leonid "Leo" Volobrynskyy is horrified watching Russia destroy the country where his family and close friends still live.

LGBTQ Agenda: CA lawmakers seek to enhance abortion access in state

LGBTQ Agenda: CA lawmakers seek to enhance abortion access in state

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Mar 29, 2022

As reproductive rights are increasingly under attack around the United States, California lawmakers are moving forward with several bills to expand or otherwise increase access to reproductive services.