President Joe Biden issued the first presidential proclamation recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility – today, March 31, 2021, reports NBC News. The day is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and bringing awareness to the discrimination and violence they face everyday. In his Read more
(Photo: Naya Rivera, via Wikipedia Commons) The cast of the hit show Glee will be reuniting at the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremony, the LGBTQ advocacy organization announced this week, reports LGBTQ Nation. They will be honoring their late fellow cast Read more
(Shane Devereaux) Carlsbad police are investigating whether a fight Saturday night is a “possible hate crime,” according to Lt. Kevin Lehan. A GoFundMe page created by friends of Shane Devereaux notes the transgender Marine veteran was out with his girlfriend and was Read more
(Facebook screen grab – (L-R) Lance Bass, named business partner, John Cole and Monte Overstreet) Lance Bass, of NSYNC boyband fame, who is also part owner to Rocco’s WeHo, signed a lease and he has been handed the keys to Read more
The Bank of England has just released the design for the new £50 bill that features Alan Turing, reports LGBTQ Nation. Turing was a gay mathematician whose theories were highly influential in the development of computer science, and his work Read more
(Dr. Rachel Levine) In response to yesterday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Dr. Rachel Levine as Assistant Health Secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, the Los Angeles LGBT Center issued this statement: “The Los Angeles LGBT Center Read more
(Before-and-after fire photos show the Long Beach Pride lifeguard tower.) A lifeguard tower painted in rainbow colors to honor the LGBTQ community in Long Beach burned down early Tuesday morning, March 23, and fire officials are investigating how it started, Read more
(Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa (©Boulder Police Department) Ahmad Al Issa, identified by authorities Tuesday as the gunman who opened fire at a King Soopers grocery store in Colorado, killing 10 people, including a Boulder police officer, shared posts against gay Read more
(Rep. Jimmy Gomez) A Democrat has launched a bid to expel QAnon conspiracy theorist, transphobe and “worst human of 2021” representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress, reports Pink News. California representative Jimmy Gomez (D) introduced a resolution Friday (19 March) to expel Read more
The Los Angeles LGBT Center joined a multi-racial coalition of civil and human rights leaders yesterday to speak out against the dramatic rise in hate crimes against the Asian/Pacific Islander (API) community over the past year. “The Center is here Read more
(Photo: Rick Fitzgerald) A Fresno, California police officer is under investigation for participating in a hate group’s anti-LGBTQ rally this past weekend, reports LGBTQ Nation. An anti-LGBTQ church in the city is attempting to move into a progressive neighborhood known Read more
After asking for patience late last year when he announced that he is transgender and non-binary, Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page is speaking out on what it’s like to be one of the most visible trans people in the world, reports NBC News. Read more
Assemblyman Evan Low (D) California Democrats have proposed a bill that would ban large stores from separating toys by gender in an effort to promote gender and LGBTQ equality, reports LGBTQ Nation. “Clothing and toys sections of department stores that Read more
(Pope Francis) The Roman Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex marriages, no matter how stable or positive the couples’ relationships are, the Vatican said on Monday, reports NPR. The message, approved by Pope Francis, came in response to questions about whether Read more
(Photo by Dusti Cunningham) “Palm Springs Leather Order of The Desert is proceeding with planning to present Palm Springs Leather Pride 2021 during the period of October 28-31, 2021. Since COVID-19 continues to be a concern, it is necessary to Read more
(Matthew Shepard, RIP) Lawmakers in Wyoming, where gay college student Matthew Shepard was killed more than 20 years ago, again decided not to adopt a hate crimes law, reports NBC Connecticut. Wyoming is one of just three states that haven’t Read more
A gay woman who worked as a controller at a Westlake Village environmental consulting company is suing her former employer, alleging she was fired in 2020 in part for complaining about sexual harassment by a male colleague, but was told Read more
CA state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) introduced a bill this week to repeal a law commonly known as “walking while trans” that advocates say has led to decades of discrimination against the transgender community, particularly Black and brown trans women, reports CNN. Wiener, Read more
Amazon has stopped selling books that frame transgender and other gender and sexual identities as mental illnesses, reports CBS News. The company explained its decision in a letter to a group of conservative Republican lawmakers, who had questioned why Amazon Read more
(Governor Tate Reeves) Legislation banning transgender athletes from competing in women and girls’ sports was signed into law by Mississippi’s Republican governor on Thursday – the first U.S. state to pass such legislation this year, reports Reuters. Governor Tate Reeves had Read more
