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News Briefs: Meow to receive Peacemaker Award

News Briefs: Meow to receive Peacemaker Award

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 3, 2020

Michelle Meow, the longtime host and producer of "The Michelle Meow Show," will receive an award from Community Boards during its virtual event Friday, June 5.

Political Notebook: San Mateo, Contra Costa counties edge closer to Pride campaign sweeps

Political Notebook: San Mateo, Contra Costa counties edge closer to Pride campaign sweeps

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 3, 2020

After reading her city's first proclamation declaring June as Pride Month, East Palo Alto Mayor Regina Wallace-Jones explained why doing so held particular importance for her. Fifteen years ago one of her siblings came out as a transgender woman.

Transmissions: Stereotypes, biases, and bad theories

Transmissions: Stereotypes, biases, and bad theories

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Jun 3, 2020

At the heart of many of society's "-isms" is a laundry list of stereotypes that seek to characterize a group in ways that both provide an easy, if inaccurate, method of describing that group, while also confirming already inherent biases against it.

Bay Area Cannasseur: Furloughs, layoffs hit cannabis industry

Bay Area Cannasseur: Furloughs, layoffs hit cannabis industry

  • by Sari Staver
  • Jun 3, 2020

Although local cannabis industry leaders breathed a sigh of relief when the city reversed itself to allow dispensaries to stay open after the stay-at-home order was issued in mid-March, layoffs and furloughs have hit some of the larger companies.

Online Extra: LGBTQ Agenda: HRC report shows foster care agencies more accepting of queer youth

Online Extra: LGBTQ Agenda: HRC report shows foster care agencies more accepting of queer youth

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jun 1, 2020

The federal government and foster care agencies are taking divergent paths in the area of recognizing the LGBTQ identities of foster youth.

Online Extra: Political Notes: HRC backs queer San Diego House candidate Gómez

Online Extra: Political Notes: HRC backs queer San Diego House candidate Gómez

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 29, 2020

As she heads into a rough summer and fall campaign season, queer San Diego City Councilwoman Georgette Gómez has picked up the endorsement of the Human Rights Campaign.

Hungarian parliament bans gender recognition in landslide vote

Hungarian parliament bans gender recognition in landslide vote

  • by Heather Cassell
  • May 27, 2020

Hungary's lawmakers recently voted 133-57 to pass a bill that defines an individual's sex registered at birth, effectively banning future gender identity changes.

Political Notebook: LGBT advocates back SF, Oakland youth vote measures

Political Notebook: LGBT advocates back SF, Oakland youth vote measures

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 22, 2020

At 15 years of age Ewan Barker Plummer is already attuned to politics and civic affairs.

News Briefs: Pink triangle plans lighted display

News Briefs: Pink triangle plans lighted display

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • May 20, 2020

Organizers of the pink triangle installation atop Twin Peaks have launched an online fundraiser to pay for the site to be lighted this year.

Political Notebook: Year after Pride flap, Dublin council votes to fly expanded rainbow flag

Political Notebook: Year after Pride flap, Dublin council votes to fly expanded rainbow flag

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 20, 2020

A year after the city council in Dublin, California found itself the focus of negative headlines across the country for initially refusing to fly the rainbow flag in honor of June being Pride Month, it easily adopted a proclamation Tuesday.

Transmissions: All about Aimee

Transmissions: All about Aimee

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • May 20, 2020

Aimee Stephens was a transgender woman.

Report shows pandemic's affect on LGBTQs around the world

Report shows pandemic's affect on LGBTQs around the world

  • by Heather Cassell
  • May 20, 2020

Global LGBT leaders were concerned about the well-being of queer communities around the world when the novel coronavirus pandemic broke out and countries began shutting down to halt the spread of it.

Online Extra: LGBTQ Agenda: Pride Month to see second season of 'Queer Serial' podcast

Online Extra: LGBTQ Agenda: Pride Month to see second season of 'Queer Serial' podcast

  • by John Ferrannini
  • May 19, 2020

A podcast about the history of the LGBT rights movement before Stonewall will be back for a second season just as Pride Month kicks off around the world.

Online Extra: Political Notes: LGBT group focuses on flipping statehouse chambers

Online Extra: Political Notes: LGBT group focuses on flipping statehouse chambers

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 18, 2020

It has become a yearly ritual; Republican-controlled legislative chambers across the country pass anti-LGBT legislation, many attacking the rights of transgender youth and adults.