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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.

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.

Out in the World: New Zealand, Israeli health ministry move to ban conversion therapy

Out in the World: New Zealand, Israeli health ministry move to ban conversion therapy

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 18, 2022

Israel and New Zealand are the latest countries to take significant steps toward banning conversion therapy for minors and adults.

Political Notebook: Lesbians seek Bay Area county school superintendent posts

Political Notebook: Lesbians seek Bay Area county school superintendent posts

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 16, 2022

Since winning election in 2018 as San Mateo County superintendent of schools, Nancy Magee has yet to meet a counterpart in another county who is also LGBTQ.

News Briefs: AIDS grove honors Black History Month

News Briefs: AIDS grove honors Black History Month

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Feb 16, 2022

The National AIDS Memorial Grove has announced special online programming to honor Black History Month.

Political Notes: Campos, Mahmood support collecting LGBTQ data on California's state employees

Political Notes: Campos, Mahmood support collecting LGBTQ data on California's state employees

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 14, 2022

As efforts to track LGBTQ demographic data continue to increase at all levels of government, two of the candidates seeking San Francisco's vacant 17th Assembly District seat support collecting SOGI information among California's state employees.

Out in the World: Passage of Global Respect Act signals US stands with LGBTQ people globally

Out in the World: Passage of Global Respect Act signals US stands with LGBTQ people globally

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 11, 2022

Signaling the importance of global LGBTQ issues, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Global Respect Act.

Out in the World: US Senate confirms lesbian as director of Asian Development Bank

Out in the World: US Senate confirms lesbian as director of Asian Development Bank

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 11, 2022

LGBTQ organizations praised the Senate's confirmation of Chantale Wong as the first openly lesbian of color appointed to an ambassador-level position for the U.S. as director of the Asian Development Bank February 8.

News Briefs: 2nd Saturdays returns to leather district

News Briefs: 2nd Saturdays returns to leather district

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Feb 9, 2022

The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District and other South of Market groups have announced the return of the popular SOMA Second Saturdays starting February 12, from noon to 5 p.m.

Transmissions: When a swimmer is not a swimmer

Transmissions: When a swimmer is not a swimmer

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Feb 9, 2022

Lia Thomas is a swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a transgender woman. The latter statement is currently jeopardizing the former.

Business Briefing: Equator Coffee pairs perfectly with Golden Gate parks

Business Briefing: Equator Coffee pairs perfectly with Golden Gate parks

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 9, 2022

Bicycling over the Golden Gate Bridge on weekends from her Marin County home to check in on Equator Coffee's latest San Francisco location, Helen M. Russell marvels each time she sees the neon signage for the company she co-founded.

Political Notebook: Lesbian SF Judge Bradstreet retires from the bench

Political Notebook: Lesbian SF Judge Bradstreet retires from the bench

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 8, 2022

Having served 11 years on the San Francisco Superior Court, Judge Angela Bradstreet has decided to retire.

Political Notes: Lesbian San Mateo supervisor candidate Parmer-Lohan starts 2022 in strong position

Political Notes: Lesbian San Mateo supervisor candidate Parmer-Lohan starts 2022 in strong position

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 7, 2022

With two high-profile endorsements and a sizeable campaign war chest, lesbian San Mateo County supervisor candidate Laura Parmer-Lohan is starting 2022 in a strong position.

Out in the World: Report: Afghan LGBTQ people remain in peril, governments urged to act

Out in the World: Report: Afghan LGBTQ people remain in peril, governments urged to act

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 4, 2022

A new report by Human Rights Watch and OutRight Action International shows Afghan LGBTQ people remain at various stages of peril both within their own country and in neighboring countries.