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Iconic lesbian activist Phyllis Lyon passes away at 95
She founded the first lesbian organization in the US & her “courage changed the course of history,” said California’s governor.
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Church cancels “faith healings” due to coronavirus
The church promotes conversion therapy, but it’s taking a science-based approach to coronavirus.
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Virginia passed a statute governing trans birth certificates in 1979. It wasn’t controversial then.
Virginia protected trans people in the 70s without any political opposition. The Old Dominion state is coming full circle.
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Things aren’t looking great for Pete now that Biden’s a serious candidate again
After finishing in the single digits in South Carolina, Buttigieg is running low on cash and faces Super Tuesday elections where the odds are against him.
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Texas demands the Supreme Court put an end to a pro-LGBTQ California law
Three years ago, Texas’s governor joked when California banned state-funded travel to Lone Star State. Now Texas is crying foul.
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Interview: Mark Takano is taking charge of protecting veterans & LGBTQ people in Congress
The first ‘Gaysian’ Congressman lets us know that he hasn’t forgotten trans veterans, commends Mayor Pete, and asks us to vote in other LGBT politicians of color.
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Gay Civil Rights icon Bayard Rustin just got his sodomy conviction pardoned
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California pardoned Rustin, who was arrested in 1953 for having sex with men.
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Bayard Rustin was convicted for having sex with a man. Lawmakers want to finally address it.
Advocates in California want an official pardon as “an affirmation of what Rustin knew all along: that he was not a criminal for being gay.”
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California to consider bill that aims to lower rates of STD diagnoses
Out state Sen. Scott Wiener promises to introduce a bill creating “a master plan” on STD prevention and have California monitor HIV/AIDS numbers until 2030.
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California just tabled a bill that would’ve banned surgeries on intersex infants & children
Such surgeries occur before young people can consent to them or develop their own gender identity, often scarring them for life and creating medical and identity difficulties later on.