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Out in the World: SF rally calls on Biden administration to change US immigration policies

Out in the World: SF rally calls on Biden administration to change US immigration policies

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 10, 2022

A new San Francisco-based organization assisting LGBTQ asylum seekers to rebuild their lives in the United States called upon President Joe Biden's administration to do better by queer people seeking refuge in the U.S. at a recent rally.

Transmissions: We cannot rest easy

Transmissions: We cannot rest easy

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Mar 9, 2022

I haven't been sleeping well lately, and it is largely Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott's fault.

Political Notebook: Slew of LGBTQ candidates seek CA legislative seats

Political Notebook: Slew of LGBTQ candidates seek CA legislative seats

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 9, 2022

With at least 18 out candidates seeking California legislative seats in 2022, LGBTQ leaders are on the cusp of reaching their goal to have 10% of state lawmakers be from the community.

Business Briefing: Couple revives downtown Livermore taproom

Business Briefing: Couple revives downtown Livermore taproom

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 9, 2022

Years ago Kristen Iosco had tended the bar at Tap 25, a taproom in downtown Livermore showcasing more than two-dozen beers on tap. She then was hired as the general manager at Almanac Beer Co., a taproom and brewery in Alameda.

News Briefs: 4 Bay Area college students among Zamora scholars

News Briefs: 4 Bay Area college students among Zamora scholars

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 9, 2022

Four Bay Area college students are among the latest group awarded Pedro Zamora Young Leaders scholarships from the National AIDS Memorial Grove.

LGBTQ Agenda: Gallup poll shows uptick in people identifying as LGBT

LGBTQ Agenda: Gallup poll shows uptick in people identifying as LGBT

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Mar 8, 2022

When Gallup recently released a poll showing that more Americans now self-identify as LGBT acronym, people took notice.

Political Notes: CA state library announces $750K in LGBTQ history grants

Political Notes: CA state library announces $750K in LGBTQ history grants

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 7, 2022

LGBTQ history projects across the Golden State, from digitizing periodicals and films to preserving archival material related to gay rodeos and Santa Cruz's LGBTQ community, are receiving $750,000 in grant funding from the California State Library.

Out in the World: Singapore high court rules to keep law criminalizing gays

Out in the World: Singapore high court rules to keep law criminalizing gays

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 2, 2022

Singapore's top court has punted the country's law criminalizing gay sex to parliament in a decision that activists called a "partial victory."

News Briefs: SF trans film fest among Horizons' new grantees

News Briefs: SF trans film fest among Horizons' new grantees

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 2, 2022

Horizons Foundation has released its latest slate of grants through its community issues program, which supports grassroots LGBTQ organizations in the Bay Area.

Political Notebook: Laird reflects on 1st year in CA Senate

Political Notebook: Laird reflects on 1st year in CA Senate

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 2, 2022

Gay state Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) discusses his first year in the Legislature's upper chamber.

LGBTQ Agenda: Fallout from Abbott, Paxton letters sows confusion for trans people in Texas

LGBTQ Agenda: Fallout from Abbott, Paxton letters sows confusion for trans people in Texas

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Mar 1, 2022

Agencies in Texas that serve trans children and youth say that they will keep providing services in spite of a letter from Governor Greg Abbott ordering state agencies to investigate gender-affirming care on minors as child abuse.

Political Notes: Transgender actress ramps up 2022 bid for Pelosi's House seat

Political Notes: Transgender actress ramps up 2022 bid for Pelosi's House seat

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 28, 2022

A transgender actress is ramping up her campaign for San Francisco's newly numbered 11th Congressional District seat ahead of the June 7 primary.

News Briefs: GLBT Historical Society Museum reopens

News Briefs: GLBT Historical Society Museum reopens

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Feb 23, 2022

The GLBT Historical Society Museum in San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro district reopened this week after being closed for a month due to the Omicron surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transmissions: Common ground

Transmissions: Common ground

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Feb 23, 2022

By the time you read this column, Florida's House of Representatives may have already voted on House Bill 1557/Senate Bill 1834.