Alok Vaid-Menon says their aunt, the renowned lesbian activist Urvashi Vaid, was their first “queer protector.” “Having an openly queer person in my family changed everything and made it possible for me to do the work that I do today,” Alok says. “Urvashi was my first queer protector.” Alok, who identifies as gender nonconforming and […]
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Political Notes: Trans US House, lesbian state Senate candidates survive their CA primaries
A transgender, nonbinary House candidate and a lesbian state Senate candidate have both survived their California primary races and are advancing to the fall general election.
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LGBTQ groups commemorate Juneteenth
President Biden last year signed the “Juneteenth National Independence Day Act” into law, officially designating June 19 as a federal holiday. This legislation was passed after years of advocacy — spearheaded by 95-year-old Opal Lee — pushing for federal recognition of the day in 1865 when the news of the Emancipation Proclamation was delivered to Galveston, Texas, […]
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Pa. House votes to remove ‘homosexuality’ from state crimes code
One of the lesser known pieces of statewide LGBTQ-related legislation in Pennsylvania, HB 2125, passed the state house 198-0 on June 8. Sponsored by Republican Representative Todd Stephens (R-Horsham), HB 2125 amends Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statute and removes discriminatory language concerning homosexuality from the title. Title 18 regulates crimes and offenses. The […]
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San Lorenzo drag queen storytime hijacked by Proud Boys
Kids attending a drag queen story hour at the San Lorenzo public library in the East Bay were confronted by right-wing protesters June 11, as alleged members of the Proud Boys barged in and harassed drag queen Panda Dulce as she was reading.
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Trans immigrant activist declines invitation to attend White House Pride reception
The co-executive director of an organization that advocates on behalf of transgender and gender non-conforming immigrants has declined an invitation to attend the White House’s Pride Month celebration on Wednesday. Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement Co-Executive Director Jennicet Gutiérrez on Tuesday told the Washington Blade during a telephone interview that she “very consciously” decided “not […]
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Sir Lady Java is a transgender pioneer who fought discrimination
Almost 50 years before “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Pose,” Sir Lady Java was a pioneering transgender activist fighting against a Los Angeles law that restricted drag performance. Photo: Sir Lady Java Almost 50 years before “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Pose,” Sir Lady Java was a pioneering transgender activist fighting against a Los Angeles law that […]
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Idaho police arrest armed extremists protesting Pride event
Heavily armed Coeur d’Alene police officers and Kootenai County Sheriff’s deputies in riot gear arrested half a dozen armed protestors, and a few self-labeled “street preachers” who were attempting to disrupt the “Pride in the Park” in Coeur d’Alene City Park which returned after a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. Creating concern for law […]
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Disabled queer people increasingly feel Pride in themselves
This Pride season, if you asked me what it’s like to be queer and disabled, I’d say, like Dickens in “A Tale of Two Cities,” that it’s “the best of times” and the “worst of times.” In the mid-1970s in Cambridge, Mass., white cane in hand, I first walked into a gay bar. When I […]
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Inspired at-home date nights to celebrate Pride
Pride month is that extra-special 30 days every year to show up as our best self and remind our loved ones how much we love them. Cuddle up at home away from the parties with your sweetheart with these date ideas. The Home Picnic Nothing says romance like a picnic. Whether you purchase a basket […]
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‘Don’t Say Gay’ law looms over Pride in Wilton Manors
WILTON MANORS, Fla. — This year’s Pride celebration in Wilton Manors will take place against the backdrop of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed earlier this year. The Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival will take place in Wilton Manors on June 18. “This Pride Month is different than previous […]
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SF supervisors unanimously vote to support historic intersection in Trans district
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously June 7 to support the designation of an intersection in the Transgender District as a historic landmark.
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First monkeypox case reported in San Francisco
San Francisco has seen its first probable case of monkeypox, part of a global outbreak that now involves nearly 800 people, mostly gay and bisexual men, the Department of Public Health announced Friday evening, June 3.
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We need a conversation about transmen in sports
There has been an enormous debate this year about trans people in sports. Twelve state legislatures in the United States have so far banned trans athletes from competing in sports. Most of these states are in the South, including, but not limited to: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. A majority of this […]
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LGBTQ+ production studios are electrifying Hollywood with authentic stories
When AJ Mattioli was in college, newly interested in his film classes—the only classes he was passing—he realized that the catalog of LGBTQ+ films shelves was barren. “I remember the early ‘00s, we had like 10 [LGBTQ+] movies. We had nothing to watch. I’d watch Imagine Me & You on repeat,” Mattioli says of trying […]
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Singing for Harvey on his day
San Francisco’s LGBTQ Castro neighborhood celebrated Harvey Milk Day on May 22.
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LGBTQ lawmakers in Latin America pledge to end conversion therapy in region
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Openly LGBTQ lawmakers from across Latin America who gathered in Argentina’s capital last week agreed to work together to ban so-called conversion therapy in the region. The second meeting of the Global Equality Caucus’ Latin America chapter took place in Buenos Aires. Those who attended agreed the effort to ban conversion […]
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WeHo Pride Parade to have Janelle Monáe, JoJo Siwa as grand marshals
The inaugural WeHo Pride Parade will have two grand marshals. Janelle Monáe will be the Grand Marshall Icon and JoJo Siwa will be the Next Gen Icon during WeHo Pride Parade June 5. The free parade will step off at noon Santa Monica and Crescent Heights Boulevards and head west into West Hollywood’s Rainbow District. […]
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The Outfronts festival will spotlight queer TV
The Outfronts will celebrate all things queer on TV. Hosted and organized by Outfest, The Outfronts second year will feature virtual and in-person panel discussions with the casts and crews of various LGBTQ+ series, advance screenings, and the world premiere of Peacock’s highly-anticipated “Queer As Folk” reboot. The four-day event will launch June 3. “After […]
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U.S. official meets with Brittney Griner
A U.S. consular official on May 19 visited detained WNBA star Brittney Griner in Russia. State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Friday told reporters during a virtual briefing the officer “found her continuing to do as well as could be expected under these exceedingly challenging circumstances.” The officer met with Griner two days after U.S. […]
