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Political Notes: San Diego-based website aims to educate voters

Political Notes: San Diego-based website aims to educate voters

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Dec 20, 2021

Ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, a San Diego-based website is aiming to educate voters about their congressional representatives.

LGBTQ Agenda: Queerency launches holiday gift guide

LGBTQ Agenda: Queerency launches holiday gift guide

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Dec 14, 2021

A new LGBTQ media company is releasing its 2021 holiday gift guide December 15. Queerency CEO Travers Johnson said "we are wanting to show the diversity, depth, and breadth of queer innovation."

New York City opens first US supervised injection sites

New York City opens first US supervised injection sites

  • by Liz Highleyman
  • Dec 10, 2021

New York City has become the first U.S. city to open government sanctioned supervised injection facilities, as San Francisco officials continue the process of doing the same.

Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty of staging attack

Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty of staging attack

  • by Brody Levesque, Washington Blade
  • Dec 10, 2021

The jury in the case of actor Jussie Smollett reached a guilty verdict December 9 in his trial on five felony charges that he faked a hate crime and was responsible for orchestrating it in January 2019.

LGBTQ Agenda: Prospective lesbian foster parents' case can proceed in South Carolina

LGBTQ Agenda: Prospective lesbian foster parents' case can proceed in South Carolina

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Dec 7, 2021

For the first time, a federal district court ruled that the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia does not grant adoption agencies a blanket license to discriminate against queer couples.

Argument in US Supreme Court abortion case concerns LGBTQ advocates

Argument in US Supreme Court abortion case concerns LGBTQ advocates

  • by Lisa Keen
  • Dec 2, 2021

The primary issue before the U.S. Supreme Court December 1 was abortion, but a swirl of other critical questions drew the justices' attention.

TV, film, and stage producer Scott Robbe dies

TV, film, and stage producer Scott Robbe dies

  • by by Jay Blotcher and Cynthia Laird
  • Dec 1, 2021

Veteran progressive activist and TV, film, and stage producer Scott Robbe died November 21, according to a statement by Paul Algiers, a longtime friend and the executor of Mr. Robbe's estate.

Florist settles gay discrimination case

Florist settles gay discrimination case

  • by Lisa Keen
  • Nov 22, 2021

Nine years after telling a gay couple she could not prepare a flower arrangement for their wedding because of her religious beliefs, the owner of a flower shop in Washington state has agreed to pay $5,000 to settle the dispute.

Biden nominates 2nd lesbian to federal appeals court bench

Biden nominates 2nd lesbian to federal appeals court bench

  • by Lisa Keen
  • Nov 18, 2021

President Joe Biden on November 17 nominated a second lesbian to serve on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Federal hate crime charged in Oregon Grindr beating

Federal hate crime charged in Oregon Grindr beating

  • Nov 17, 2021

U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors allege Daniel Andrew McGee tried to kill a gay man he met through Grindr over the summer. He was taken into FBI custody November 15 and charged with a federal hate crime.

LGBTQ Agenda: Studies look into LGB suicide risk

LGBTQ Agenda: Studies look into LGB suicide risk

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Nov 16, 2021

A National Institute of Mental Health study shows no racial difference in suicidality among gay and bisexual men in the U.S., but did find white lesbian and bisexual women were at higher risk than Black lesbian and bisexual women.

LGBTQ Agenda: 'Are Bisexuals Just Greedy?' answers tough questions with a smile

LGBTQ Agenda: 'Are Bisexuals Just Greedy?' answers tough questions with a smile

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Nov 9, 2021

Fiona Dawson, a bisexual filmmaker, is coming out with a new illustrated book to address misconceptions about LGBTQ people. "Are Bisexuals Just Greedy? And 20 Other Rather Direct Questions Asked of the LGBTQ+ Community."

Political Notes: Lesbian former Bay Area lawmaker McLeod-Skinner launches 2nd Oregon congressional bid

Political Notes: Lesbian former Bay Area lawmaker McLeod-Skinner launches 2nd Oregon congressional bid

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Nov 8, 2021

A lesbian former Bay Area councilwoman Sunday officially kicked off her second campaign for an Oregon congressional seat. Jamie McLeod-Skinner is one of at least four out candidates running for Congress in 2022 on the West Coast.

LGBTQ candidates score milestones in elections across US

LGBTQ candidates score milestones in elections across US

  • by Lisa Keen
  • Nov 3, 2021

LGBTQ candidates scored some milestones in the Noivember 2 elections, according to preliminary returns.