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Black queer woman named president of Human Rights Campaign

September 21, 2022 | by Chris Johnson, Washington Blade

Kelley Robinson, a Black, queer woman and veteran of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, is to become the next president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's leading LGBTQ group announced September 20.

LGBTQ Agenda: Vice President Harris meets with reproductive rights leaders

by Eric Burkett
Sep 20, 2022

Almost four months after the U.S. Supreme overturned Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris met with leaders of the nation's top reproductive and civil rights groups to discuss the impact of that decision.

Jewish college loses US Supreme Court ruling — for now

by Lisa Keen
Sep 16, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request that would have undermined a New York City law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in public accommodations.

Political Notes: U.S. Senate delays marriage equality vote post midterms

by Matthew S. Bajko
Sep 15, 2022

U.S. senators have punted voting to ensure same-sex couples can marry until after the midterm elections in November.

Political Notebook: Gay CA House candidate Rollins launches TV ads

by Matthew S. Bajko
Sep 14, 2022

An increasingly confident gay candidate for a Southern California House seat launched his first TV ads this week.

LGBTQ Agenda: 9th Circuit upholds Washington state's ban on conversion therapy for minors

by Eric Burkett
Sep 13, 2022

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld a Washington state law prohibiting conversion therapy for minors.

Federal judge rules insurance companies can refuse to cover PrEP

by Christopher Kane, Washington Blade
Sep 8, 2022

A federal judge on September 7 ruled against a federal mandate that requires employer provided health plans to cover PrEP, a drug used for the prevention of HIV.

Political Notebook: Biden nominates out lawyer to northern CA judgeship

by Matthew S. Bajko
Sep 2, 2022

Should San Francisco attorney P. Casey Pitts be confirmed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California then he would be the only LGBT Article III judge actively serving on the court, according to the White House.

LGBTQ Agenda: Use of 'grooming' slur up 400% on social media, pro-LGBTQ groups say

by Eric Burkett
Aug 30, 2022

Grooming, the practice by pedophiles of prepping a child for an eventual sexual connection, has been an accusation long lobbed at LGBTQ people by those who hate them.

Political Notes: Biden administration pumps $20M toward ending HIV epidemic

by Matthew S. Bajko
Aug 29, 2022

The Biden administration is awarding $20 million to more than five-dozen health centers across the country to help fund their efforts toward ending the HIV epidemic.

Fauci to step down from public health positions in December

by Liz Highleyman
Aug 24, 2022

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, will be stepping down from his current positions by the end of the year.

California adds Georgia to its travel ban list due to trans female athlete ban

by Matthew S. Bajko
Aug 19, 2022

State-funded travel to Georgia is now banned unless for emergency purposes due to the Peach State being added to California's "no-fly" list of states that have enacted anti-LGBTQ legislation is recent years.

LGBTQ Agenda: Bonta joins AGs in 14 states and DC to file briefs opposing Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law

by Eric Burkett
Aug 16, 2022

Joining the attorneys general of 14 other states and Washington, D.C., California Attorney General Rob Bonta has signed onto an amicus brief in a lawsuit opposing Florida's notorious House Bill 1557 — the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

LGBTQ Agenda: Southern groups help LGBTQ kids as schools begin new year

by Eric Burkett
Aug 10, 2022

When some LGBTQ kids go back to school in various Southern states this year at the end of their summer breaks, they may find support in a surprisingly intimate little detail. Handwritten notes of encouragement. From strangers.

News Briefs: B.A.R.'s Besties voting is now underway

by Cynthia Laird
Aug 9, 2022

Voting is open for the Bay Area Reporter's readers' poll known as the Besties.

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