Starting next month, city councils around the Bay Area will begin welcoming back LGBTQ incumbents and newly elected members following the results of their races in the November 5 election.
Gay Colorado Governor Jared Polis is joining Illinois Governor JB Pritzker in launching a new organization to stand up for democracy on the state level.
Three years ago, when the LGBTQ resort and retirement mecca of Palm Springs was redistricted into new congressional and state legislative districts, it bolstered LGBTQ advocates' hopes of seeing out candidates be able to win the seats.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has barred transgender women from using women's restrooms on the House side of the U.S. Capitol and the House office buildings, his office announced in a statement on Wednesday.
The San Jose City Council decided November 19 to have a special election in 2025 to fill its vacant District 3 seat following the resignation of gay disgraced councilmember Omar Torres.
Several Stockton City Councilmembers have already called to congratulate him on winning his bid to join them and have referred to him as the councilmember-elect, as well as have a number of other city leaders since the November 5 election.
Voters already knew a gay man would represent District 9 on the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors — it was just a question of who would be taking gay BART board director and current President Bevan Dufty's place.
San Francisco voters have passed a bond measure that will give City Clinic a new home and allocate $25 million toward the renovation of Harvey Milk Plaza.
