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Political Notes: Drag performers protest voter suppression laws

Political Notes: Drag performers protest voter suppression laws

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 23, 2021

Drag performers across the country will be taking part in a day of action this weekend to protest voter suppression laws being adopted by Republican-led statehouses throughout the South and Midwest.

LGBTQ Agenda: Bonta joins other AGs in filing amicus brief in trans ID case

LGBTQ Agenda: Bonta joins other AGs in filing amicus brief in trans ID case

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 19, 2021

California AG Rob Bonta joined the attorneys general of 14 states and the District of Columbia in filing an amicus curiae brief supporting three transgender Alabamans who've been denied driver's licenses that correspond to their gender identity.

Political Notebook: Gay Oakland port commissioner seated to 3rd term

Political Notebook: Gay Oakland port commissioner seated to 3rd term

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 18, 2021

Gay Oakland Port Commissioner Michael Colbruno recently won unanimous approval to serve a third four-year term on the East Bay maritime body.

Out in the World: Binational Taiwanese marriage equality activists wed

Out in the World: Binational Taiwanese marriage equality activists wed

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Aug 18, 2021

Two Taiwanese-Macanese marriage equality activists tied the knot in Taipei August 13 at the Zhongzheng District Household Registration Office.

LGBTQ Agenda: Bay Area lesbian filmmaker leads GLAAD social media efforts

LGBTQ Agenda: Bay Area lesbian filmmaker leads GLAAD social media efforts

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 17, 2021

In the wake of a devastating index of LGBTQ user safety online GLAAD has hired a lesbian Bay Area tech pioneer and filmmaker as its new social media safety program director.

Political Notes: US census officials shine light on LGBTQ community

Political Notes: US census officials shine light on LGBTQ community

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 16, 2021

In a historic first for the U.S. Census Bureau, the federal agency reported out data about how LGBTQ households have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in its August 11 Household Pulse Survey.

Political Notebook: Out councilman Carlson seeks Contra Costa supervisor seat

Political Notebook: Out councilman Carlson seeks Contra Costa supervisor seat

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 11, 2021

Ken Carlson, a gay retired Concord police sergeant who serves on the Pleasant Hill City Council, is looking to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather by serving on the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors.

Business Briefing: Used goods store revives payments to SF nonprofits

Business Briefing: Used goods store revives payments to SF nonprofits

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 11, 2021

Over its 39 years of operations the Mission-based used goods purveyor Community Thrift Store had never missed a payment to the numerous San Francisco nonprofits it helps support.

Transmissions: Olympic-sized double standards

Transmissions: Olympic-sized double standards

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Aug 11, 2021

It wasn't until 2003 that the Olympics had a formal policy for trans participants.

Jock Talk: Out athletes score at Tokyo Olympics

Jock Talk: Out athletes score at Tokyo Olympics

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Aug 11, 2021

Notes on the concluded Tokyo Olympic Games as Japan figures out how much (if any) of the estimated $20 billion-plus it spent to stage the event it can recoup while the International Olympic Committee collects its $3 billion-plus.

News Briefs: Gay man named to CA aging post

News Briefs: Gay man named to CA aging post

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Aug 11, 2021

A gay man has been appointed executive director of the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging, or C4A.

Out in the World: Senate questions Biden admin about protecting LGBTQ asylum seekers

Out in the World: Senate questions Biden admin about protecting LGBTQ asylum seekers

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Aug 11, 2021

Pressure is mounting for President Joe Biden's administration regarding protecting LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers.

LGBTQ Agenda: For the Pollacks, CBD business is all in the family

LGBTQ Agenda: For the Pollacks, CBD business is all in the family

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 10, 2021

Jordyn Pollack helped alleviate his transition-related anxiety with CBD products, and now selling them has become the family business through Ziggy's Naturals.

Political Notebook: EQCA plans 2nd California LGBTQ school issues report

Political Notebook: EQCA plans 2nd California LGBTQ school issues report

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 4, 2021

A statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization is preparing an update to its groundbreaking report released two years ago that found a majority of California's public school districts were failing LGBTQ students. Its release is expected sometime in 2022.