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Political Notebook: SF backers host fundraiser for out Oregon House candidate Morales

Political Notebook: SF backers host fundraiser for out Oregon House candidate Morales

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 18, 2024

San Francisco supporters of queer Oregon House candidate Eddy Morales are hosting a fundraiser for him this weekend. Their aim is to help him clinch his Democratic primary contest on May 21.

Out in the World: Homicide suspected in death of prominent Angolan LGBTQ activist

Out in the World: Homicide suspected in death of prominent Angolan LGBTQ activist

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 18, 2024

Prominent Angolan gay activist Carlos Fernandes was found dead in his home in the capital city of Luanda last month under suspicious circumstances.

Political Notes: Hansen holding out hope in tight Sacramento mayoral primary

Political Notes: Hansen holding out hope in tight Sacramento mayoral primary

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 15, 2024

Steve Hansen is holding out hope he survives Sacramento mayoral primary.

Out in the World: LGBTQ Serbians protest reported police assault against community members

Out in the World: LGBTQ Serbians protest reported police assault against community members

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 15, 2024

Hundreds of LGBTQ activists and supporters recently demonstrated against reported police assaults on a young gay man and a bisexual woman in the Serbian capital of Belgrade.

Political Notebook: Newsom elevates gay justice to lead appellate division

Political Notebook: Newsom elevates gay justice to lead appellate division

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 13, 2024

Less than a year after joining California's 2nd District Court of Appeal bench, gay Justice Gonzalo Martinez is poised to oversee its Division Seven.

LGBTQ Agenda: Biden comes in clutch at election year State of the Union

LGBTQ Agenda: Biden comes in clutch at election year State of the Union

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 8, 2024

President Joe Biden's overarching message, as he made his case for a second term before the United States Congress on March 7, is that "the free world is at risk" both at home and abroad.

Political Notebook: Hansen awaits count in close Sacto mayor race

Political Notebook: Hansen awaits count in close Sacto mayor race

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 6, 2024

In the race to become Sacramento's next mayor, gay former city councilmember Steve Hansen is in a four-way statistical dead heat.

News Briefs: Frameline names permanent executive director

News Briefs: Frameline names permanent executive director

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 6, 2024

Frameline, which produces San Francisco's annual LGBTQ film festival, has named its permanent executive director. It did not have to look far.

Transmissions: A death in Oklahoma

Transmissions: A death in Oklahoma

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Mar 6, 2024

On February 7, a 16-year-old student at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma entered the girls' bathroom. Twenty-four hours later, that student would be dead.

LGBTQ Agenda: Feds tout conviction after first-ever trial for anti-trans hate crime killing

LGBTQ Agenda: Feds tout conviction after first-ever trial for anti-trans hate crime killing

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Mar 5, 2024

For the first time, a federal jury found a South Carolina man guilty February 23 in the hate crime homicide of a transgender woman.

Political Notes: Transgender judges go missing in CA court demographic report

Political Notes: Transgender judges go missing in CA court demographic report

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 1, 2024

Back in 2022 Governor Gavin Newsom ballyhooed his picking a transgender applicant for the first time to fill a judicial vacancy.

Out in the World: Ghana passes draconian anti-LGBTQ bill

Out in the World: Ghana passes draconian anti-LGBTQ bill

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 29, 2024

Lawmakers in Ghana have passed one of the world's most stringent anti-LGBTQ bills, further criminalizing sexual orientation and gender identity in the Western African country.

Out in the World: Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex marriage

Out in the World: Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex marriage

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 29, 2024

Greece granted the right to marriage to same-sex couples earlier this month in a landmark parliamentary vote, making the Mediterranean country the 38th country in the world to do so.

Political Notebook: Election to bring changes to SF Democratic Party

Political Notebook: Election to bring changes to SF Democratic Party

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 28, 2024

The March 5 primary will herald a leadership sea change for the San Francisco Democratic Party.