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Sacramento Offers Sanctuary for Trans People

Posted on 3 May 2024 in World

Q Voice News reports that the Californian City of Sacramento has passed, by a unanimous vote in its legislature, to become a place of sanctuary for transgender people. While California was already a sanctuary state, the city’s resolution, which takes effect immediately, specifically ensures that local funds are not used to aid law enforcement from other jurisdictions in their attempts to prosecute the families of minors receiving gender-affirming care or their healthcare providers. City Council representative Katie Valenzuela, who was one of the sponsors

Butler Shows Feminism Supports Trans Rights

Posted on 3 May 2024 in Politics

Sometimes the popular and right wing press can present feminism and trans rights as battling it out against each other. But this is a distortion that plays into their divide and rule tactics of pitting different social groups against each other. The fact is that, as a sticker we saw in the St P

Celebrating Coming Out in Later Life

Posted on 3 May 2024 in Community

Gay men's clothing and underwear store Andrew Christian often posts interesting blogs on LGBTQIA+ life and culture. New from Eris Chase is a fun article on coming out later in life. And we know that there are many LGBT+ people who are older when they come out as gay, trans or n

Hypocrisy of "Free Speech Warrior" Musk

Posted on 2 May 2024 in Opinion

Arwa Mahadawi writing in the Guardian, says that the homophobia defender and self proclaimed "free speech absolutist", billionaire Elon Musk, is nothing of the sort. In fact, he is a hypocrite, defending the right wing's dubious ability to attack other people whilst having an ex

Documentary Celebrates the Life of Gay Haven

Posted on 2 May 2024 in World

QueerGuru, the excellent culture and arts website, reports that a new movie documentary looks at the history and contemporary culture of Fire Island, the Atlantic car free island territory forty nine miles from New York and a haven for LGBTQIA+ people since the d

May

NZ Police Seek Vandalising Fundamentalists

Australian based gay magazine DNA reports that police in New Zealand are seeking three individuals who vandalised a rainbow road crossing in Gisborne town. The perpetrators are re

May

Landmark UN Resolution on Intersex Rights

GaySA Radio and Mamba Online, both respected media working for South Africa's LGBTQIA+ communities, both reported this week that South Africa, alongside Australia,

May

Theatre Company Defends Star of Stage Show

LGBTQIA+ people will be under no illusions that arguments about "free speech" online are used as a smokescreen for apologists of the far right who make threats and engage in harassment of minoritie

May

House Music Pioneer Hero Celebrated

On Friday 5th April, BBC Radio’s independent music network, 6Music, broadcast an hour long special mix to celebrate the work of the gay house music DJ Frankie Knuckles to mark the tenth anniversary

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"Sick" White Fundamentalists Exporting Hate

Wayne Besen, progressive chat show host on US radio and blogger, warns that fundamentalist religious groups and cynical corrupt rulers are waging war against LGBTQIA+ Africans. Wa