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Transmissions: What it feels like to be trans

Transmissions: What it feels like to be trans

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • May 5, 2021

For the moment, I want to speak to those readers who may not think of themselves as transgender.

Out in the World: Czech Republic marriage equality bill moves forward

Out in the World: Czech Republic marriage equality bill moves forward

  • by Heather Cassell
  • May 5, 2021

Lawmakers passing the country's same-sex marriage bill's first vote in parliament's lower chamber April 29 thrilled LGBTQ Czechs.

LGBTQ Agenda: Activists impressed with Biden's first 100 days, but say real challenges lie ahead

LGBTQ Agenda: Activists impressed with Biden's first 100 days, but say real challenges lie ahead

  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 3, 2021

While President Joe Biden's campaign seemed to some like a throwback to a bygone era, his first 100 days in office have shown that he aspires to be a transformational leader — and can be, if he is pushed enough.

Political Notes: Mahogany launches bid to be first Black trans SF Dem Party chair

Political Notes: Mahogany launches bid to be first Black trans SF Dem Party chair

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 29, 2021

Surrounded by LGBTQ community leaders and several supervisors, Honey Mahogany Thursday kicked off her bid to become the first transgender and first Black chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party at the Tenderloin site of the Compton's Cafeteria riot.

News Briefs: Bonta sworn in as state's new AG

News Briefs: Bonta sworn in as state's new AG

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Apr 28, 2021

Governor Gavin Newsom swore in Rob Bonta as California's 34th attorney general April 23.

Out in the World: Gay Kakuma refugee's death prompts study

Out in the World: Gay Kakuma refugee's death prompts study

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Apr 28, 2021

The Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration recently launched an in-depth research project to examine the conditions of LGBTQ asylum seekers and refugees at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya.

Out in the World: US embassies to fly Pride flag again

Out in the World: US embassies to fly Pride flag again

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Apr 28, 2021

In another reversal of the previous administration, U.S. embassies received a cable from Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week containing a "blanket authorization" to raise the Pride flag this year.

Political Notebook: Mahogany seeks to be SF Dems 1st trans Black party chair

Political Notebook: Mahogany seeks to be SF Dems 1st trans Black party chair

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 27, 2021

A year after becoming the first non-male identified transgender person elected to the body that oversees the San Francisco Democratic Party, Honey Mahogany is now aiming to become its first transgender chair and first drag queen to lead the local party.

LGBTQ Agenda: Gay Minneapolis pastor centers queer people of color in new book

LGBTQ Agenda: Gay Minneapolis pastor centers queer people of color in new book

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 27, 2021

A gay Asian American United Methodist pastor — whose Minneapolis church is just blocks away from where George Floyd was murdered last year by a former police officer — has come out with a new book about how queer people can live the Christian faith.

Political Notes: CA senators to take up nonbinary death certificates bill

Political Notes: CA senators to take up nonbinary death certificates bill

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 26, 2021

California senators will take up a bill allowing for the option of nonbinary as the gender identity on death certificates now that their Assembly colleagues have approved the legislation.

Transmissions: I'm angry

Transmissions: I'm angry

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Apr 21, 2021

Right now, transgender people in America are under assault.

Out in the World: Peru elects first lesbian to Congress; COVID takes life of first trans politician

Out in the World: Peru elects first lesbian to Congress; COVID takes life of first trans politician

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Apr 21, 2021

Peru elected its first lesbian to the South American country's Congress. Days earlier, the country's first elected openly transgender woman died from COVID-19.

LGBTQ Agenda: 'Different' songwriter tells queer youth to think twice before doubting themselves

LGBTQ Agenda: 'Different' songwriter tells queer youth to think twice before doubting themselves

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 20, 2021

Bad Lemon, a group of musicians, singers, and producers, came out with its first single last month — a "fight song" for queer youth experiencing bullying.

Political Notebook: California leaders among inaugural LGBTQ Hall of Fame honorees

Political Notebook: California leaders among inaugural LGBTQ Hall of Fame honorees

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 19, 2021

A number of Californians are among the inaugural class being inducted into the LGBTQ Hall of Fame May 2 by the LGBTQ Victory Institute.